laura mcgee

Dear Maddie: 5 months

2012-01-13T14:59:00.001-08:00

Dear Madison,
5 months already? It seemed that while i carried you in my tummy, time was so slow. The months ticked by as slow as possible and nothing seemed to make it go faster. But now since you were born, time is zooming by as fast as possible and i find my self taking back all those times i wished it would just hurry up.

You are still such a happy baby. You love to talk and make noise, the louder the better in your opinion. You also love to chew. Your hands and blankets seems to be your favorite, but you will also torture your toys as well.

We found out that you are not alergic to milk or soy products and were then refered to a GI specialist at Mary Bridge Hospital in Tacoma, Wa. There we found out that you have a immature GI track and that when we switched you from breastfeeding to formula, it shocked your system causing constipation. The Dr. said that once a baby has that problem then they get scared to go number 2 and then it causes a larger problem. You are now on a daily laxitive that you take just fine and seem to getting use to alright. The first time you took it though the next day you had a blow out up to your neck, it was quiet nasty!!

You still love and adore Kason. You think its so funny when he pretends to sneeze. You laugh and squeal at him.

During your 5th month you got to go to the zoo again! This time you went with Grandpa and Grandma Cline, Auntie Carrie and Uncle Adam, Brinnon, Samantha, Daddy, Mommy, and Kason. We went for the zoo lights!! You did amazing. Your rode in the stroller like a big girl for the first time and was bundled up so much you could barely move, but you loved it. It was at night and it was dark and most of the animals were inside sleeping, but the lights were amazing!
You also got to go to your very first cookie day with all the girls in mommys family. We make cookies all day long, and you had alot of fun getting tons of attention. Especially attention from Grandpa McGuire. You have a special connection with him and i love watching you guys together, he loves you so much.
You also got to have your first Christmas! We did Christmas eve at Grandma and Grandpa McGuires house. Santa came and you got to sit on his lap and get pictures. He gave you a cute little elf doll, you love it! Christmas day we opened stockings at home and then went to church. After chruch we came home and opened the rest of our presents. Then we headed over to Rodney and Danelles and enjoyed eachothers company while you got held alot and the kids played with new toys.

I think the biggest thing that happened during your 5th month is that you ROLLED OVER!! at 4 months and 1 week old exactly you rolled over from tummy to front and have been ever since. You HATE tummy time. So i think you started rolling over to avoid it!

You still sleep alot. You defiently take after Mommy in the sleeping department. You go to bed around 8-9 usually and sleep until 7ish in the morning. then you take your first nap about 9-10ish for about 2-3 hours and then another nap about 1 or 2 for about 2-3 hours. You love to sleep in your own crib. You still have to be wrapped up tight in order to sleep all through the night, or else you wake yourself up with your hands.

You love to laugh and smile alot. We have been so blessed with such a happy calm baby!! Even as you have been teething (still no teeth) you are still as happy as can be.

love,
Mommy

Dear Maddie: 4 months

2011-11-29T14:47:00.003-08:00

stats

12lbs 11oz

23.25 in

Dear Madison,

These last four months haev really flown by. I often find myself looking back and trying to figure out exactly where the time has gone. You are getting bigger and bigger each day and every day. You bring so much happiness and peace to our family and home.

You have found your voice these past weeks. You are one loud little girl. You fit in very well in our family. You love to squeal and make all kinds of noises now that you figure out how. There are times that I can hear you from all the way downstairs while you are upstairs!!

You also LOVE to laugh. You are starting to get tickelish under your arms. Your laugh is adorable! You laugh the most when we lift you high in the air and bring you back down fast. you giggle tons when we do that. You also laugh alot at Kason while he is playing with his toys, making funny sounds, or trying to play with you. You sure love him alot, and he loves you tons too.

You love to put your hands in your mouth and chew on them, or mommys hands. You also have been able to put your binky in your mouth now too if you are holding it just right. You also have a few toys you have been holding onto and chewing on, maybe you will be getting teeth soon? you have been drooling alot lately too!!

We have been putting you in your jumper/exersaucer for about a month to two months now and you love it. You now jump and kick and laugh and play forever. You think its the coolest thing ever. You love it when someone helps you bounce higher. I have a feeling you will be the kind of person who wants to go faster and higher at most things, roller coasters maybe? :)

After sitting in your highchair for a month and staring at our food, you finally got to try baby ceral yesterday on your 4 month mark. You LOVED it!! You were pretty hungry and by the time i got it ready you were so upset you wouldnt take it, so we made you a bottle and let you drink 2oz and once you calmed down we fed you your first bite. at first you were not sure what to do with it, but you got the hang of it quiet quickly, which surprised us at how fast you did. You ate the whole bowl!! This morning mommy made you another bowl for breakfast and you loved it as well. I knew you would love food!! We are starting out by mixing two tbs of rice ceral with 1oz formula. you eat every last bite.

You still love baths, especially when Kason is taking a bath and mommy holds you while you play in the tub with him. You mostly just float with most of your body under the water, but you always get a big smile on your face and you just relax.

Yesterday you had your 4month check-up at the doctors. They said you are doing very well and are impressed at how well you stand up. You LOVE to stand. Any chance you get you will stand (we are holding onto your hands) and you can hold up yourself for such a long long time. You have super good balance as well. I think you maybe an early walker, we will see. You got two shots at the doctors, and you were NOT happy about that. You did calm down rather quickly which was nice. Also we had your blood drawn to test if you are alergic to dairy and soybeans, we get the results in 6 days. For the last month you have been on soy formula and have gotten better, but i still think there is something wrong. You are unable to have bowel movements regularly and when you do, they are harder than rocks and you scream and scream until it finally comes out. Similar to your brother when he has dairy. So im hoping to hear back from the doctors ASAP and hope that its the dairy and soymilk thats causing this and not something more serious.

You had your first thanksgiving. We had it with Grandma and Grandpa Larry this year at the church. You got held alot, jumped in a bouncer, and slept. I did sneak a tiny bit of potatoes to you, and you looked at my like i was crazy lol.

I hate how fast time is flying by, but with each day you are gettting stronger and happier and sillier. We love you so much and are so grateful we have you in our family.

Love,

mommy

when you get excited you stiffen out your legs, throw out your arms and get cute little smiles on your face and usually squeal!

Dear Maddie: 3 months

2011-11-14T14:58:00.005-08:00

Dear Madison,
You are growing up to fast! Slow down a bit for your mommy, please! These pictures were actually taken when you were about 3.5 months. We had a bit of printer issues and i was not able to make your adorable onsie until today, november 14th.

We did not have you weighed for your 3 month mark, but if i had to guess you would be about 10-11lbs. You are my tiny little girl. We get many remarks about how adorable and tiny and petite you are. You are wearing 0-3 month clothes and have finally out grew your newborn clothes. You can still fit into a few newborn pants though.

You are eating 4-6oz every 4-6 hours. You have also started sleeping 10 hours at night. This is amazing considering you are only 3 months old!! We have started a bedtime routine as well. You get a bottle about 8 or 9 at night and then its diaper change, wrapped up in your wrap, and laid down, but not before many kisses and hugs from mommy, daddy, and kason. We turn on your mobile and shut the light off and close the door. You fall asleep almost right away.

We have put you in your jumping exersaucer and you love it. You try to jump a bit, but mostly you like that you are standing and looking around. Since the weather is getting colder we have been having a fire in the fireplace. You love sitting in your jumper watching the fire. If you are fussy we will set you infront of the fireplace and you will calm down and watch the flames flicker for quite some time.

You also now sit in your highchair seat while we eat dinner. You would get upset if we were eating and you were not watching us. Now you are happy to watch us eat, even though sometimes we feel so guilty eating as you are watching us and drooling and you cannot eat anything yet.

You hate tummy time. You scream and scream until we pick you up. You will not lift your head and look around. You usually lift your legs up and tipping forward on your tummy, cause your face to smush into the blanket. You hate it.

You had your first halloween. You were a super adorable Lady Bug! Mommy actually bought your costume back in August. I saw it right away and had to have it. You got many compliments and everyone loved your costume and thought you were too cute!!

Mommy also took your pictures inside a pumpking. You had only a diaper on, and even though it was a bit chilly outside, the sun was out and you didn't get too cold. Mommy put a blanket inside the pumpkin and you didn't mind it for a few minutes, then you wanted out. You loved watching Mommy throw the leaves in the air and let the drop.

You have been smiling and laughing alot more. You find the most random things to the be the funniest. Daddy was signing the alphabet song one night and was saying the sounds of the letters and when he got to C you started laughing and smiling. For some reason you find the C sound to be too funny!

One of your favorite things to do is stick out your tounge! We have all been doing it to you since you were only a few weeks old and you have loved it. Now you do it ALL the time. You love to have us stick ours out then smile and then you will copy us. It keeps us all entertained for a long time!!

You have brought us so much light and joy into our lives. We love you so much. Kason always wants to give you kisses and hugs and gets upset when other people are holding you too much, he wants you for himself!

Keep growing and exploring and always know we love you so much!
Love,
mommy

This look cracked me up.Kason had to have pictures taken with you. You are SO loved.You love to watch. You will watch people, the fireplace, animals, anything you can get your eyes on, you are happy watching it.
Happy 3 months Madison, we love you!

Fall 2011

2011-11-01T14:42:00.004-07:00

Here are a bunch of photos from this fall. i know i need to update this poor blog, but monthly isnt too bad right? lol :) here are pictures of Madison and Kason. Maddie is 3 months old in these.

Dear Maddie: 2 months

2011-09-29T17:47:00.005-07:00

stats

9lbs 15oz

21.25 in

Dear Madison,
You turned two months old yesterday on Kason's 4th birthday!! Papa Cline and Mommy took you and brother to the zoo. While Kason ran around and enjoyed him self you slept and ate your bottle and was very content, which is normal for you. You are such a happy baby, you still only cry when you are hungry or in pain. You love to smile and are started to laugh a little bit!! Daddy can get you to smile so big and everytime without fail.
Mommy changed your formula to sensitive kind because you were so gassy!! You can clear a room my dear, not so lady like :). Also you had tummy issues and were not doing number 2 either. So with this new formula and some bottles with water you have been doing much better.
You love your brother and he loves you so much. He always gives you star to cuddle with and lays with you when you are playing on your floormat toys. He always wants to hold you while he watches movies.
You are drinking 4oz every 4-5 hours and at night time you are going 6-8 hours. Mommy really likes that!! You sleep in your crib at night and still love it. Mommy uses a swaddle blanket and wraps you up tight and sticks your binky in your mouth. You love your binky. you get good night kisses and loves and then mommy says "good night my sweet girl" and puts you to bed. If you are not already asleep, you will talk to yourself for a few minutes and fall right to sleep. During the day you love your swing and will take naps in that or in my arms. You like to snuggle at night with mommy while Daddy and Kason have already gone to bed. Mommy and you usually watches movies or reads a book.
You like to be moving. If the car is stuck at a light too long and your awake you will let us know it's time to start moving. Same as in the shopping cart at the store or in your stroller. You like your swing to be on the fastest it can go. If the batteries start to die, you will let us know!!
You love music. You like your mobile in your crib and the elephants that circle over your head. You Love the lights and music on your swing. Music calms you down if you are crying. You love when Mommy and Daddy and even Kason sing's "I'm a child of God".
This past week you got to hang out with your cousin Andres. He is only 5 days older and you are about the same height but makes you look like a white little stick!! You are my tiny skinny girl. Alot of your pants fall right off of you. You are still wearing newborn diapers, or costco brands 1-2 which are pretty tiny. Mommy made you some fabric shoes since your feet are so skinny and long, nothing much fits them.
You have started to loose alot of your hair. Mostly on top and then it goes around to the back, so all you have left is a tuft of red hair on the crown of your head and the base of the back of your head, and a tiny bit by your ears. You are still dang cute though, and your hair is still nice and red, making your Grandma's and Mommy very happy!
Each day Mommy and Daddy and Kason fall more and more in love with you. We couldn't imagine what life would be like with out our little Maddie girl. You are always so Happy and smiling all the time.
We love you so much!!
Love,
Mommy

you sometimes gives us these worried looks, like this picture. I am always wondering what you are thinking.. maybe "what did i get myself into?" lolYour Grandma Cline made you this blanket! We get complements on it all the time!! so cute.

Kason turned 4!!!

2011-09-29T17:24:00.004-07:00

It's true. My baby boy turned 4!! Seriously where has the time gone? I remember the day we had him, the anxiousness, the anxiety of a c-section, the joy of holding him in my arms the first time. The way his cheeks felt on my lips when i first kissed him. My shock of having a 9lb 5oz baby with a shock of black hair.I really could not imagine what our life would be like without him. He is has brought so much fun and joy into our family. He is mind is always racing and he is always doing something with his hands, wether its playing with cars, creating inventions with legos, or coloring.

He is such a loving brother. He always wants to hug and kiss Madison. He has never been jealous of her or had any hard feeling towards her. When she is being held alot by others he gets jealous that he is not holding her, not that he wants attention.He is our silly boy! He is always coming up with silly things to say and do. He loves to make up games that we have no idea how to play, but he has rules and everything to go with them!
He is all boy! He loves sticks and getting dirty! He always wants to be with Daddy and help him with boy stuff. He loves to help with the wood, talk about hunting, camping, or just hanging out with Daddy and doing "guy stuff"

He loves to play and have fun with all his friends.

He is very proud that he is 4!! He loves to tell people he is a big brother and that he is getting bigger every day

He is adventerous and loves to try new things, but not with is food. He loves to jump and run and play and swim. He wants to do everything that the big kids are doing

He loves to snuggle, but on his own terms. He loves to watch movies and cuddle up to us with his favorite Blanket Star. He is still very attached to Star Blanket and sleeps with it every night. When he gets hurt he cries for star, not mommy anymore :(

He calls Elevators Alligators and i have no intention on changing it!! :)

He loves the camera, but he has to be in the right mood. Kason is a moody child and doesn't wake up in the best of moods either. He can be a grouch, but then he can be the loviest kid out there!

He doesn't want his teeth to fall out. He saw a show once and they talked about teeth falling out and it made him very upset that he would loose his, he doesnt want big teeth! lol

He always reminds us to say prayer for dinner and bedtime. He loves that he is a sunbeam and gets to go to primary, even though sometimes it's hard to get him to stay and be in a good mood. He is no longer allowed to have toys in sacrament so he uses his markers as toys, silly kid!

He is alergic to milk, but recently has been able to tolerate it in certian foods such as breads, crackers, cakes, frosting, and other cooked products.

He loves noodles, always has.

Big meat eater. loves to eat steaks with his Daddy.

He is also a big popcorn and candy kid, have to watch him on that!!

Again Kason is such a blessing in our lives and i can't believe he is already 4!! Can't wait to see what the next 4 years brings us :)

Dear Maddie: One Month

2011-09-09T14:53:00.004-07:00

At one month you were:
8lbs 10oz
just over 20inches

Dear Madison,
I cannot believe that you are already over a month old. To be honest you are exactly 6 weeks and 1 day old. Mommy goofed a little and didnt make your cute onsie and take your picture until today. But we don't have to tell any one that :).
You are such an amazing gift from God. I couldn't imagine what life would be like without. You are such a easy going wonderful baby. You have slept almost through the night since birth. You only wake up once or twice to eat and then go right back down. You sleep in your crib at night and love it. You love to sit in your swing and sleep during the day. You love your swing, and you like it to go fast! You also love your binky, bath time, being in just a diaper, and at night time you love to be wrapped up tight in your wrap blanket.
During your first month you were blessed, at just over a week old. On August 7th, 2011. It was such an amazing blessing. Your Daddy did a wonderful job and and you were surrounded by so much family. You wore my blessing dress which your Grandma Cline worse as well. Grandma McGuire made it. You were beautiful!!
You also have been to the doctors many many times. You were born weighing 7lbs 15oz and when we left the hospital two days later you were down to 7lbs 4oz which is normal. But by Monday, at 4 days old, you dropped down to 6lbs 14 oz. We started to make you eat every two hours and id nurse you for at least 30 minutes. We went back the next week and you had dropped down to 6lbs 9oz. That scared Mommy and Daddy. You were too tiny!! So i started to pump and found out that Mommy was not making enough milk for you. After much prayer and lots of trying we decided that you would be better of on formula. Since then you have gained weight wonderfully! You took to the bottle great and at first it was hard for Mommy to not nurse you anymore, but it helped knowing you were getting great nuturtion and where healthier with the bottle and formula.
You love to grab things with your hands and not let go. You just fling your arms out and grab until you get ahold of something. You also love to smile and are now starting to make cooing sounds while doing so.
At two weeks old you rolled over from tummy to back and have done so since then. You don't mind tummy time either.
At just 5 weeks you went camping for your first time. We slept in Grandma and Grandpa Cline's motorhome. You did great camping! you were hardly put down, only while people ate. All your Auntie's, Uncles, cousins, and grandparents adore you and love you so much!
you rarely cry. You really only cry when you are hungry. You love to sleep, and you do that alot! You also like to watch people and things go by. You are very observant. You can also hold your head up for a while too on your own with out flopping it back or too far forward.
You are finally starting to fit into some 0-3 month clothes. newborn clothing fits you best, and that has even taken a while. When you first were born nothing fit you!! We almost bought you premie clothing but instead just had you where newborn clothes that hung on you a bit.
You still fit in newborn diapers and size 1 diapers fit a little bit big, but you can still wear them.
Your hair has fallen out a tiny bit on top but you still have some towards the back top of your head and the back of your head. You hair is still red too, which Mommy is very pleased with! Your eyes are still very dark blue and mommy wonders if they were turn brown or stay blue.
You have brought us so much joy and love in these past 6 weeks and cannot wait to see you explore, learn, and grow as time goes by.
love,
Mommy

You yawn alot too!And you have such a serious face. Makes us wonder what you are thinking!

Madison's Birth

2011-08-24T10:47:00.007-07:00

Blogger is being really annoying and not allowing me to fix the pictures and place them in the right order.. so bare with me here. Birth story is after all the pictures :)
Grandma Val holding Maddie for the first time

My first time holding my baby girl

kissing Maddie

Snuggling her

Grandma Cline holding Maddie for the first time

Madison with her birth weight behind her

Madison's first bath, she loved it and just sprawled out and chilled.

Madison's very first picture!

Papa Larry holding Maddie for the first time

Kason came to visit me! Snuggled right up. I missed him :)

Seeing his sister, he was a bit overwhelmed with everyone there, but here at home he LOVES her sooooo much!

Our first family picture of us 4!!

Grandpa Cline holding Maddie for the first time

Daddy and Maddie

He is smitten!

Auntie Amy holding Maddie for the first time

First picture of us 3

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First off, it has been one day shy of 4 weeks since Madison was born. We have been having internet issues and finally got them all figured out and i can FINALLY blog and post pictures of our precious little girl.

Madison's birth was planned for the 28th of July. I had a c-section with Kason due to his large size and so i will be having c-sections with all our children. We picked the 28th (just a few days before her actual due date) for her to be born.

My pregnancy had been easy for the most part and so when i started to have contractions and major stomach pains on the 22nd of July i was a bit freaked out. They continued for an hour, and they were so painful i could hardly talk or move. I called up Danelle (my sister in law) and she drove me up to Harrison. When we got there (after getting logan from work) the pain had pretty much stopped. They checked me out and everything and i was not having contractions and they were not sure what the pain was from. I was fine the rest of the day and all day saturday. Sunday they started back up again and we left church early. They stopped after an hour and then on Monday they started back up again but then stopped after 3 hours.

Tuesday i had my last appointment and everything checked out fine. I was still set for that Thursday, the 28th.

Wednesday i cleaned the entire house and bags all packed. We took Kason up to my sisters house to stay until we got home from the hospital. He was so excited to be going there he didn't care when we left, we had to beg for hugs goodbye!! We then set off towards Poulsbo to stay at my Grandma and Grandpa McGuires house. We stopped in Tacoma for my last meal. We ate at Red lobster and man it was YUMMY! :)

The next morning we woke up and headed off to Silverdale to have Maddie! We got there at 10 and was scheduled to start the c-section at noon. Check in was great, i was assigned the most amazing nurse Adale. LOVED HER! I wish i would have had her the entire time we were there!! The anesthesiologist came in and I told him all my concerns about getting sick again. (with Kason the meds they gave me got me so sick i didnt even hold him until 2am, he was born at 5:21pm)

The Dr. was amazing and explained all the options and how that the medicen was prolly not the cause of my sickness lastnight but my heartrate and blood pressure dropping.

They rolled me out just after noon and Logan was able to walk into the OR with me and be there the whole time, even when setting up etc.

Madison was born at 12:44om on July 28th 2011. She was loud as soon as she came out, thats our kid! She weighed in at 7lbs 15oz and 21inches long. Immediatly i was told she had red hair!! i was so excited and shocked! i wanted a red head but doubted i would ever get one :)

I was sewed up and rolled back into our temp. room. Maddie was given her first bath, which she LOVED, and then we were transported to our premenate room. Vistors came, lots of them. Kason got to meet his baby sister and they exchanged gifts, it was cute.

We stayed until Saturday and left that afternoon.

We had her at Harrison in Silverdale and i have to tell you it was the best experience at a hospital ever. The staff is amazing, the rooms are nice, and the food is great. I loved almost every moment there. Yeah it was a drive from Shelton, but totally worth it.

baby number 2 so far

2011-05-22T09:54:00.004-07:00

this is me at the end of my 6month mark.
belly shot
we did a picture like this when i was preggers with kason and i love that photo! :) had to do one with Maddie :)
This is a picture of me starting the middle of my 7th month.

I realized i have not blogged much about this pregnancy at all really!! i need to write it down for my memory mostly.

First trimester.
-This pregnancy has really been so different from Kason's. For the first trimester i was sick sick sick. I didnt keep too much down, slept alot, and pretty much made a permanent body imprint on my couch.
-Kason lived off cartoons and mac n cheese for lunches for a while. He was fine with that though :)
-Kason loves his little sister already and will cuddle on my tummy, telling me he was cuddling with maddie.
-We didn't tell anyone about this pregnancy until i had an ultrasound at 12 weeks. It was SO hard keeping it from everyone, especially during Christmas time. That was tough.
-I craved watermelon sour candies. Couldn't get enough of them! so yummy!! Anything sweet would actually help me feel better and not so sick.
-I started showing at 12 weeks!! Way sooner than with Kason.
-I already knew i was having a girl without having proof, i just felt it.
-Picked out our girl name, Madison. Logan came up with it. Love it!

Second Trimester
-Starting to show ALOT more!!
-We bought our first home and moved out of our very tiny apartment. That was a huge thing for me. I was so scared we would bring Maddie home and she'd have no where to sleep, literally!
-We found out Maddie was indeed a GIRL!!
-Maddie offically got her middle name Elizabeth, from my middle name.
- Stopped puking so much, but still gag with brushing teeth!
-Had a scare on easter with a sharp pain. ending up being nothing really.
-been swelling alot in the hands and feet
-FINALLY found a doctor we really love and sticking with! She will actually be the one performing the c-section.
-craved deviled eggs!! ate so many on Easter.

Third Trimester
-Wanting to get Maddie's room done, but have not yet.
-Made 8 dresses for the little one
-Went through all the clothes my sister saved from her girls. 7 large 18 gallon totes!!
-Babysat Amy's kids while in Hawaii. Pooped!!
-been eating alot of peanut butter. mostly with apples. Cant get enough!
-been on a chocolate crave as well.

So far this pregnancy has gone fairly smooth. Have been having issues with swelling in my hands and feet which i don't like, but hey its okay! :) I am one week from hitting my 8th month mark! can not believe how far along i am already! With moving and everything its gone by really fast. Which is great for me!

Bring on Spring!!

2011-03-21T18:46:00.003-07:00

I'm happy that it is finally spring.
Even though the weather today here wasn't exactly ideal, it was not bad.
It warmed up a tiny bit and the sun did come out this afternoon.
We welcomed spring with grilling steak and asparagus, and baked potatoes :)
Logan was even fancy and did the cool grill marks :)
MMmMMMmMmMm the best.
Have you ever had asparagus grilled?
its amazing. and easy too.
all you need to do is cut the ends off and put them in a shallow dish. drizzle olive oil over and season with salt and pepper.
use your hands and mix it up a little to make sure they are fully coated.
Stick straight on the grill and turn when they get grill marks. they cook quickly.
we did them on medium high heat.
the grill master at work. (ignore the cheesy grin. he does it on purpose to annoy me)
and last but certainly not least the grill master jr. and little kason ahem i mean grill master jr. jr. he LOVES to help logan grill, even though he only 'helps' for 2 minutes then plays on his bike. :)
hope everyone is enjoying the turning of the seasons!!

Hats for Hannah

2011-03-20T09:39:00.004-07:00

My sister needed some hats done up real quick for her youngest Hannah (turning 4).
I was happy to do it :) It was fun making a larger version of the hats i made for Maddie. She also wanted flowers that were interchangeable to go with several different outfits.
I had fun doing and i know she is going to look amazing in the hats :)
4 hats in basic colors that will match her wardrobe with lots of fun flowers to that extra pop!
i know they all look like different size hats, but oddly they fit Kason all the same (i crochet to fit not to pattern really) and since Kason and Hannah are about the same in age im sure they will fit her just fine :)
each flower has a small hair clip (i believe they are called alligator clips?) so they are super easy to put on, they stay on, and she can also use them for hair clips as well or on head bands :)

Here is a picture with the flowers on the hats, each flower is about 3in
and a close up of one of the flowers :)
enjoy Hannah!! :)

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

2011-03-17T18:09:00.005-07:00

I LOVE this day! I love to claim my Irish side, which is small, but its still there!! :) I didn't do much this year, busy with life i guess.
We did make our traditional corned Beef and Cabbage with Irish Soda bread, yummy!! We had that for lunch since Logan is working swing shift. Kason LOVED the corned beef and gobbled it up as fast as we could give it to him!!
For dinner I wanted to do something fun for Kason.
So we made RAINBOW PANCAKES!
they turned out awesome!!
That is pretty to me :)
my pancakes may not be round but they sure are delicious!
all stacked up and ready to eat!!
my little helper!
i tried for a decent picture, but these cracked me up :)
and as proof colored food tastes WAY better than normal boring food!
(the picture is blurry because he was doing happy dances after every few bites!!)

Busy fingers

2011-03-16T16:37:00.004-07:00

Most of you may know i crochet and i like to do it. I'm pretty good at hats and have made many, mostly for Kason :) Well with a new one on the way, and it being a girl, i was excited to make tiny girly hats! :) Don't worry Kason will not be left out! :)

First off is Madison's blessing hat. If she fits it (we sure hope she does) she will be wearing the blessing dress my Mom and myself were blessed in. I wanted to make a hat to go with the outfit and i saw this pattern and knew it would be perfect. It has a timeless look to me that is classic and would be perfect.
Isn't it beautiful? I'm debating whether or not to make a small flower for it.. i might not because its for her blessing... but we will see.
I love the pattern, a shell pattern. One i have always admired and finally just did it, and it was WAY easy!
With my hand in it so you can kinda get an idea of what it would be like on a head :) It's made out of a cotton yarn, one of my favorites to work with. i LOVE the way it turned out, and best part. It took be 45 minutes for the entire hat! :) thats a winner for me!

Next up is a blue hat. Its the same pattern as the blessing hat, but its a tad smaller so i'm not sure if its going to fit... its no secret that Logan and I have big heads and we have lovingly passed that on the Kason.. I'm sure that little Maddie will have our head size as well. It's also made of cotton and has a bit of a stretch to it so it just may fit!
This one will have a white and light pink flower added to it with a button as its middle.. can't wait to add that!

just a close picture of the pattern.. i can't get enough of it :)
and again a picture with my hand in it. I did a border on the bottom of this one. I like the border but i'm glad that i left the blessing hat without a straight border, it looks more vintage that way to me :)

Another project i did was a hoodie. I was so excited to tackle this one that i did it before we knew we were having a girl. Good thing Maddie is a girl because this hoodie would not be boyish enough to put on a boy baby :)
It was an easy pattern from a book i got from the library. I may make the hood a bit larger. Madison will be born in Late July early August, BUT we are going camping for labor day.. she will be like 4 weeks!! So i'm stocking up on making warm hats and thick hoodies for her :) This is a bit big, about a 3 month size, but it will be just fine for her.
I LOVE the tye-dye yarn! it was perfect for this hoodie!!

And the last project for today is a blanket. I will admit i started this in late October but stopped just before Thanksgiving. Well i got sick right about that time and found out we were expecting!! So i lost all modivation while i had bad morning sickness... BUT FINALLY FINISHED IT! It was to be a blanket for myself, but once i got pregnant i decided that if we were having a girl i would end it at a baby size blanket and have it for her. Well a few days after finding out that Maddie was indeed a girl i finished it up, and its perfect! i love it so so much!!
It's laying over a cushion, its about 36in x36in give or take a bit. i love that its not classic soft baby colors, but bold and bright. a nice mix up in all the soft blankets she has or will get.
it's made up granny hexagons and its perfect!! i love this blanket. i now want to make a larger one for Kason's toddler bed, of course in boy colors :) we will see when that happens!

well thats alot for now. I have a few more things up my sleeve that will get done hopefully before we move (thats another post) have a good day!

sometimes

2011-03-12T17:53:00.002-08:00

there are sometimes when i wish i could get away with doing that.
Just lay down wherever i am and just take a break and give up for a little bit.
just sometimes...

Recovered carseat

2011-03-11T09:33:00.003-08:00

The day we had the ultrasound and found out it was a girl we did three things, called everyone we knew, ran to Old navy and bought the outfit i have been eying for a month, and went to Joanns and bought fabric for the nursery and to recover Kasons infant seat.
I followed the directions on MAKEIT-LOVEIT.com and it was easier than i thought. Everything is identical to the original carseat so nothing is unsafe for the baby. Same kind of material, thickness, etc. etc. etc. the belt position is the same and everything so its 100% fine for baby!super cute huh? I will be working on the head rest thing this weekend as i find time. Perfect and ready for little Maddie to join us. I know i got it done early but we are moving soon and had to get it done before we moved!

Whats in a name?

2011-03-11T09:20:00.002-08:00

I am big on names. I had names picked out in when i was in highschool for my future children. Of course a few of them have changed as i got older. I picked new names once i got married. Logan is a stickler for names. He is tough and shoots down almost EVERYTHING! makes things tough! Well with Kason we had his name picked out before we started trying for kids. So we knew as soon as we had his ultrasound and they said he was a boy we knew that moment he was Kason and from that moment on was called Kason. We even had his middle name picked, which is Logan's middle name.
This time around was harder. Logan and I agreed that i wouldn't talk names until we became pregnant. It was a tough 2 years not discussing names for me lol.
So the day i took that lucky pregnancy test i started talking names, it drove Logan nuts. It shot them all down, i mean hundreds really, and he said that he would know when the right one came, just like with Kason. Well one day we were driving home from Shelton and he brought up names.. it surprised me! He said he had a girl name he really liked and finally he told me after begging for a minute lol
He told me and it was Perfect!! I actually started calling the baby the name from the start, even though we didnt know if it was a girl yet. Kason also would call the baby the name as well. So as soon as we found out on Wednesday it was a girl the baby has been called the name since, instead of IT (which i hate) or the baby.
Are you anxious yet and wanting to know the name finally? Some already know.
But the name we have lovingly picked for our little girl is:
Madison we already agreed that we will most likely call her MADDIE most of the time. Doesn't it sound cute with Kason? Kason and Maddie? :) we like it!
we are still trying to agree on a middle name, so we will see on that one.. :)

it's a GIRL!

2011-03-11T09:15:00.002-08:00

Thats right everyone!! We are expecting a little girl in August! so excited!!
I think the one most excited is Kason. He has called the baby a girl from the day we found out i was pregnant. He tells everyone the baby is a girl and talks about a sister.
On wednesday we went to the ultrasound appointment and i was excited that Kason and Logan were both able to come :) Everything is normal and perfect!!
When the tech started to look for gender she said "lets see if there are boy parts or girl parts" and Kason got all mad and yelled (we had to get after him lol) at her and said "NO BOY PARTS ITS A GIRL!" it was hilarious! good thing the tech found girl parts!! from the very start of the pregnancy i just kept thinking girl and it got stronger as i got further along.. i'm glad i was right! It will be so fun to have a little girl in the house, help even things out! lol

Expanding our Family!!

2011-01-20T18:12:00.002-08:00

THAT'S RIGHT!!!! I'M PREGNANT! Finally after two years of trying to add on we are so excited to announce that we are expecting a little bundle of joy about august 3!! I am 12 weeks along and have had a rough first three months. I have become a hermit and stayed in our home most the time. Kason is super excited and loves to kiss my tummy and snuggle with the baby!! :) No names or anything yet, we are stumped. We will find out the gender just about my birthday time in March! best present!! :) So far everything looks great and a nice strong heart beat!

Stud

2010-11-15T09:45:00.003-08:00

Sometimes Ross is worth the horrible parking, long and endless lines, and misplaced items when you find this adorable and very handsome outfit for your son. Right now they have a great selection of dressy boy outfits for 9.99-10.99!! pants, shirt, tie, and vest! seriously can't beat that!! The top picture is my absolute favorite of him and that will be printed and hung in our new home, whenever we find it! :)

Pumpkin Patch

2010-11-03T12:55:00.005-07:00

We finally made it to the pumpkin patch on the 20th of October. It was a beautiful day, nice and sunny!! It wasn't cold either. We had been having such a nice fall. We went to a small farm in Silverdale. It was perfect for what we wanted, but next year i think we may go to a larger one with more stuff to do.
It was so cute. As we got up to the pumpkins Kason knew exactly what he wanted. He jumped out of the wagon and ran up to the small one and said "my pumpkin!" it was like he had seen it in a vision and knew that was THE one! haha. On the way to the patch he had told me he wanted a small one.He didn't even want to look at any other pumpkinhe carried it back to the wagon all by himself! he was so proudi tried to get his pictures sitting on the pumpkins but he kept giving me this look! it's cute though
i LOVE this picture!!!

After we went to the pumpkin patch we went to Poulsbo to see my grandparents. My Grandpa Martinson and Kason have a special connection and i love how much they love each other. Kason loves to ride on the tractor with Grandpa Martinson and i know Grandpa Martinson loves to give him rides!!It was so cute.. my grandpa told Kason they would go around the driveway loop once.. well as they came around grandpa told me Kason wanted to do one more... and then again one more.. I'm pretty sure it was Grandpa that wanted to keep going around!! He enjoys it just as much as Kason! i love that. My grandpa Martinson is young at heart and is amazing!
They have a porch swing that kason has mastered to get it to swing by himself.. he runs into it and then crawls up as it swings! it's cute.. this is his cheesy grin!
This is Kason's decorated pumpkin!! We used Mr. Potato head parts instead of carving!! it was so fun.. he told me where he wanted something and i used a dowel and punched in a hole and he put what part he wanted into the hole.. this is his finished masterpiece.. the funny thing is he calls it "papa cine", papa cline. :)The artist with his masterpiece!

101 loop

2010-11-01T13:34:00.008-07:00

I love that we live in one of the most beautiful places in the USA, well in my opinion! :)
During conference weekend i decided to surprise logan with a mini road trip. He has never done the whole 101 loop and i hadn't done it in such a long time that i thought it would be a lot of fun for us to do it! I am happy that we did it in the fall, the colors were just amazing!
We got up early Sunday morning and started going north to Poulsbo then over the floating bridge then to hwy 101.
We got to Sequim Bay state park and found a day use area and started breakfast. We brought our camp stove along and yummy food. We made a great breakfast and i am lucky enough to have a phone on which we were able to broadcast conference from.
So as we were enjoying a Delicious breakfast watching the sun break open through the thick gray clouds, birds flying over the water just as the choir started singing. It was truly amazing. We packed up after we were full and continued to drive and listen to conference. we stopped here and there when we wanted and just enjoyed the beauty around us, listened to amazing words of conference, and made lasting memories as a family. Here are a bunch of pictures...
driving over the floating bridge... the weather was looking pretty grim...our view as we listened to the choir sing and ate our breakfast. it was amazing!we pulled Kason straight out of bed and put him in his car seat when we left.. we left so early we didn't want to wake him until we had too.. so he played and ate breakfast in jammies.. reminded me of camping :)i LOVE this picture of Logan and I. we don't have many of just us.The three musketeers! he sacked out after getting a belly full of yummy breakfast.cresent lake. It's between Port Angeles and Forks. The water is really clear and you can see down to the bottom in the shallower areas. It was really cloudy here and a heavy thick mist covered us.growing up in Washington i have always loved how the fog would settle in between the valleys of thick trees. it looks so beautiful to me.We then got to Forks. Or shall i say Twilight central? Logan and i were cracking up the entire time. I have read and love all the Twilight books, but i thought it was funny how everything in Forks is now Twilight.. EVERYTHING...it's a blurry picture.. but that sign says "TWLIGHT FIREWOOD" seriously people!?!?!
We also found it funny that it was BEAUTIFUL and SUNNY in Forks, which is one of the wettest places in the NW and that Sequim, one of the sunniest places was rainy and yucky!!
We drove to the HOH Rain forest. We drove to the actually entrance then turned around. It was beautiful!
We then went to Ruby Beach. This place is BEAUTIFUL! We listened to the last few Conference talks as we walked the beach. It was amazing. It was just amazingly beautiful at the beach, it was a bit windy but it wasn't cold! I loved it. I couldn't believe it was October and it was that nice. The tide was suppose to be all the way out according to tide charts but it wasn't a very low low tide.. oh well it was beautiful still. We did manage to see some sea life but not much. Alot of the tide pools were completely covered.
Kason LOVES the beach and had so much fun making sand castles!!
We then drove to Matlock and visited with Logan's family. Then we came home. It was a great day and a lot of fun! I took WAY more pictures then these but i didn't think you want to see hundreds of pictures!! :)
We want to do the loop again but take a few days to do it next time. There was a lot we skipped so we could make it home before midnight!!

labor of love

2010-10-27T20:00:00.002-07:00

i love scrapbooking, mostly digital. i love how things just come together for me and it's fast and easy for me. i just really love to do it.. but this layout, well this layout was hard for me. it was a lot of layers and different things to go together and it defiantly was a labor of love to get it done. now i want to do it for each year until now.. lol we will see.

Kason's Birthday!!

2010-10-27T11:25:00.007-07:00

Kason turned 3 this year!! 3!! where has this time gone too?
His birthday this year fell on a Tuesday and so Daddy decided to take the day off and we would spend the day doing stuff all for Kason.
First off let me tell you Kason LOVES to go to Seattle. He loves to ride the bus's and the ferry and the monorail. He loves the seagulls on the ferry and everything about it.
So when we asked him what he wanted to do on his birthday he thought for a second then excitedly said "SEATTLE!" He makes me smile!!
He has been the to Seattle science center a few times and LOVES it so we were going to take him there, but on his birthday they were in the middle of exhibit changes and i couldn't see paying the same price for not as much stuff to do... (im cheap i know) so we looked into the Seattle Childrens Museum. This place looked great online and the prices were totally reasonable so away we went!!
We started the day by waking him up to birthday waffles! complete with syrup and candles! We then let him play in his new bounce house he got from friends for his birthday. He loved it! We ran and caught the bus right on time and then waited a while for the ferry. We walked around and saw fish and cool fountains and i could tell Logan really enjoyed just watching Kason explore. We got on the ferry and Kason had a blast showing daddy everything he loved about the ferry. We even got some seagulls to eat goldfish crackers from our hands!! well let me tell you I'm a big ol' chicken and Logan got them to eat from his hands. We would also throw them and they would catch the crackers in mid air! pretty cool.
We caught a bus to the westlake mall and caught the monorail over to the seattle center. Kason loves the monorail and it was cool this time because one of the drivers told us interesting facts as we rode. Then we went to the Childrens museum.
This place is AMAZING let me tell you. It's HUGE and has so much for all ages and so many different rooms. The one thing that i absolutely loved was that everything was spaced nicely and was not crammed.
I love the museum in Olympia for kids but their space at the moment is so tight it's hard to move around with there are a lot of kids... so i was defiantly pleased with the space!
Of course one of my favorite rooms was the craft room. They had everything you can think of for the kids to create. Even a large window in a stand up mirror frame they could paint then spray off with water.. it was fun! Kason loved the markers and clay. There are also many different areas where the kids can pretend to be working in a restaurant. Kason LOVED that and would serve us over and over!!
Other rooms included: a Clifford, The big red dog room, a shopping market complete with tiny carts and food, a building room where you can build houses for the kids, an outdoors area complete with a tent, tunnels and caves, an international area with many smaller rooms and houses showing how people around the world live, a invention type room, reading area, water tables, fish tank, fire truck and bus to drive, a theater for dressing up and perform.
Over all this place was amazing and we will be returning.
After we played all day we jumped on a bus and headed down to the waterfront. We ate at red robin and Kason enjoyed his free birthday meal and ice cream. We grabbed some fries from the mcdonalds right by the ferry terminal and fed the seagulls again on the way home. Kason LOVED it and it was a great end to an amazing birthday for the little man!!i love this photo of him, so cute!! and he gobbled up his waffles!!
panting. he loves to paint!
showing daddy how it's done! :)okay so this picture is very blurry but i thought it was funny that it looks like kason is totally checking out the little girl! (yes i blurred the little girls face more, i just wouldn't want my child on some random person's blog so i blurred her face in respect of that)
They had this tunnel thing, it reminded me of the ape caves. Logan bet i could make it through and i didn't think i could. i told him i'd get icecream if i got through.. surprisingly the tunnel was larger then i thought and yes i got ice cream later on that day! lol
The lunch special from Kason that day was: fried hamburgers fish sticks mangos and fries together.. yum.
i promise he was happy to be there and dressed up! lol bad picture. Our little fire fighter
playing in the water table with the boats!
Kason with his birthday ice cream at red robins!

Kason's birthday Party

2010-10-27T11:18:00.002-07:00

I will go ahead now and state there are no pictures as of today. I took my nice camera to the party and took pictures, but now i cannot for the life of me find the cord to my card reader to get my pictures into my computer. so once we get a bit of cash i will be purchasing a new one.

Kason loves to read. His favorites are Dr. Seuss books. He loves the movie "the cat in the hat" and we would spend at least 30minutes each night reading Dr. Seuss books until he fell asleep happy as can be. So when i asked him what kind of party he would like to have for his birthday he told me cat in the hat. I was excited because i knew that would lead to great decorations and fun cupcakes! Then a few days later he asked for a "docer Seuss" party instead.. YAY. he totally made my day there. I LOVE Dr. Seuss and had SO many ideas floating in my head. I asked him one day if he wanted cake or cupcakes, he chose cupcakes, i love this kid!! I made 3 different kinds from three of his favorite books, Green eggs and ham cupcakes, one fish two fish cupcakes, and thing 1 and thing 2 cupcakes from cat in the hat. His cupcake had a large cat in the had made out of gum paste. i had so MUCH FUN making all the cupcakes and using fondant and gum paste. I made two large flag type banners made from broken Dr. Seuss books. We also had burgers and hot dogs, chips, Carmel apples, chocolate dipped pretzels, and pink lemonade! it was a great party held at a local park and we ended up with AMAZING weather!! we lucked out so much! A ton of family and friends came and Kason had a blast!!
I will defiantly post pictures i promise!!

september catch up.

2010-10-27T11:07:00.002-07:00

I feel like that every time i am posting on here i am saying sorry for it being such a long time... oh well i guess life has been so busy and we have been enjoying as much of it as we can, that there hasn't much time left over for blogging.

Summer was great for us. When we moved to Bremerton in July i made it my goal to spend as much time outside as possible and take advantage of all the things the city has to offer during the summer. We were gone almost everyday from the house and it kept us busy and meeting new people. We really enjoyed this summer and i feel that we did use our time wisely and had an amazing summer.
As always summer comes to a close with labor day weekend. My side of the family always goes camping at Dosiwallups in Brinnon, Wa. Sadly the only pictures i took that weekend were of an Elk on our way home. sad.
It was a great weekend full of family, playing, getting dirty, a bit of rain, swimming, and talking around the campfire. it was a great year once again. Kason really enjoyed himself this year. He is becoming such a chatter box and wanting to do everything his big cousins do. He went swimming in the freezing water too and loved jumping on a long into a shallower area where mommy was. he loved throwing rocks and getting dirty. He is 100% boy.
September came in with beautiful weather and we kept busy with play dates and going to parks as much as we could to enjoy the nice fall we were having.
Towards the end of September we went to the Puyallup fair! again did i bring a camera? no. i don' t know whats wrong with me!
We let kason go on 5 rides and he loved all of them! he loves speed and did great. He picked the small roller coaster, airplanes, quads, giant slide, and driving cars. We spoiled him. We ate yummy fair food, drank chocolate milk, looked at quilts, went out to dinner, played games and had a great time with my side of the family.
September was great. Kason's birthday and party will be posted separate.

Science Center

2010-09-20T14:59:00.005-07:00

in august kason and i rode the ferry over to Seattle again and joined my sister this time to go to the science center! it was a lot of fun and it was fun watching kason exploring and learning so much. he loved the butterfly exhibit as well as the toddler area with a giant red car for him to drive. we had a great time with my sister and her kids and was alot of fun to be together again. kason and i went back a couple weeks ago by ourselves to the science center. i let him lead me around and do whatever he wanted to do. he was excited to stay in one place or go to as many places as he wanted. we stayed in the butterfly house for quite sometime. he loved the fish pond they have in there too. we saw some beautiful ones. i love butterflies! we also spend over an hour in the toddler area playing in the water, on the toy car, in the helicopter, slides and more! i ended up just walking us back to the ferry... it was a small workout but it was fun to walk in seattle (a nice area and yes we were safe) and then through pikes place market.. I LOVE PIKES! :) we made in just in time for the ferry. Kason had fallen alseep on the way to the ferry and ended up sleeping the whole ride on the ferry, and of course i took that precious rare naptime and sleept too! haha it was great!! here are tons of pictures from both trips.

he loves popcorn and was a great snack to keep him busy on the ride over
MMMmmmMMm i love this stuff too!
seattle!
Miss Hannah in the spaceship in the toddler area
Kason and myself on the ferry the second time we went over to the science center
i dont think he wanted kisses OH WELL!
reminds me of a tiger
these blue ones are my favorite and they followed us everywhere
and kason followed them
no joke... this is the correct color of that butterfly! i didnt brighten it at all. it looked like it was glowing! crazy!!
this is the car he spent forever driving.
he also loves the giant funnel with the small black balls and you watch them go down and down and around and around. we played there for a good 45minutes!
we will be going back again soon!!

Layouts

2010-09-17T14:10:00.003-07:00

So this week Logan and I got highspeed internet! yay!! about time huh? so now i can scrap and upload and download new things! yay!!! here are some i have done in two days... it was SO nice to scrap again.
Kason swinging away at my brother's house while we stayed there a week in Aug.
Our little family celebrating our 5year anniversary in May at the beach.
Kason while at the science center in the butterfly house
kason and daddy at the bunkers in Port Townsen.
This is one of the pictures i took for Kason's birthday.. he can be such a cheesy boy!
a rare photo of myself.

everything is scrap with Shawna Clingerman products. If you have any questions let me know. :) thanks

keeping busy

2010-08-24T22:49:00.002-07:00

wow this summer has been going fast! We are sure keeping ourselves busy and enjoying the beautiful weather we finally got.
Since we moved we have:

-Been going to swimming lessons 2 times a week. Kason is not old enough to do lessons alone so him and I go together and we swim. The teacher is not as good as i would like but she did help us the first few times we were there. Its super cheap at the public pool in bremerton (which they are closing due to budget cuts! BOOO) so Kason will not be able to take lessons there when he turns 3 like i had hoped for!

But he is doing AMAZINGLY well! He LOVES to go under the water. He will hold on my back and i will swim around and go under for a few seconds and back up and back down and he just laughs and loves it. He also can swim a few feet alone. But he does SUPER well with a noodle and will swim the whole pool with me by himself! YAY!

-We go to playgroups once a week with gals from church. I love our ward SO SO much! Kason loves all his little friends and they play and play all afternoon for hours. Its nice to get out and enjoy the weather and have picnics!

-Free movies! The regal cinemas have free movies each week and we go to them when we can. Kason is doing much better in movies and loves to sit and watch them now.

-READING! Holy cow! Kason is a book worm! he will sit and look at books for hours and loves LOVES me to read to him! His absolute favorite books are DR. Seuss! We have 9 now (our goal is to get all of them by his b-day, i find them at value village for 69cents! score) We have been participating in the libraries summer reading program. Kids read or get read to for 10 hours and they get a free book, ticket to the kitsap fair, and entered in a drawing. Well we finished that and they said if we complete it again (another 10hours) he gets to go to a special party for kids that do 20 hours. Well we are 30minutes from that goal (which we will finish tomorrow) so im excited for Kason to have fun at the library!

-Seattle Trips. We have gone to Seattle twice since moving to Bremerton. Kason and I hop on a bus and then on the ferry. Kason LOVES the bus and the BIG BOAT as he calls it. He also tells everyone he fixes the boat.. lol. We spent a day in July with Clara and the kids before they moved to NC. (the family i use to nanny) and then last week we joined Amy and the kids (my sister) at the science center. Kason absoultly loved it! He also got to ride the monorail which was tons of fun. He loves to watch Chuggington (a train show on preschool disney) and calls trains Chuggingtons. He told Logan he road a "Chuggington in the sky" and was super excited about it!!

-He has been talking up a storm. I have gotten several comments from strangers telling me how well he talks for his age :) he is a chatter box (logan claims its from the Cline side lol)

-As mentioned Kason LOVES Dr. Seuss and LOVES the Cat in the Hat movie (the new one from 03 i think?) anywho i asked him if he wanted a Mickey Mouse party (loves him too) or a Cat movie party (what he calls cat in the hat- cat movie) and he choose Cat movie. The next day he randomly asked me if he can have a Dr. Seuss party! Im all for it! i have many ideas and its going to be super fun and awesome! yay

-As you can see we have been a bit busy and loving summer in the city this year. We do miss the farm life too though. Kason has missed being able to play outside and run around everywhere instead of having to drive to parks to do so, but its nice we do have a small playground at our apartments though!

-ALSO! i am going to be doing a flea market type thing this saturday in Tumwater selling my jewlery and hopefully some sewing stuff. I'm sharing a booth with a great friend of mine who restores furniture and sews too! super excited! i think it will be tons of fun! yay.

-We got callings at church a few weeks back. Logan and I are both nursery leaders! Its actually alot of fun and i really like us doing it together. We have about 13-20 kids depending on the sunday. 18months-3 yrs! I wasnt sure about being in there with Kason. He has always done so well without us and with us i didnt want him getting jealous with us being with/holding other kids and playing with them, but he is great and plays with the other kids and doesnt hang on us!

well thats all i can think of right now... i have pictures to post.. hopefully i will be able to do that soon.

Dentist Trip

2010-07-19T21:49:00.005-07:00

Back in the start of June Kason had his second dentist appointment, his first he was only 18months old, so i was excited for this one because he knew more and understood alot more of what was going on.
he did great and opened his mouth after bribes of toys from the cool treasure chest! no cavities and everything looked great! yay!!
he got two toothbrushes which he loves. One i bought which is electric and its a firetruck it was only 5 bucks at the dr. office so i sprung for it :) and the other is just bright colors. He loves to brush his own teeth and not let me do it, so the electric one is nice so i can get in and out quick and get a good job of it! yay

Fair rides

2010-07-19T09:13:00.008-07:00

in the beginning of June Shelton, wa had Forest Festival so i decided to take Kason and let him ride a couple rides, he loved it of course.
i went ahead and let him pick a few to ride, of course he picked the quads right away and then an airplane ride. It was great to see him so happy and proud of himself! He loved sitting all by himself like a big kid and waving as he went by!

Anniversary campout!

2010-07-15T15:31:00.010-07:00

Each year for our anniversary we go camping.
We have done this since our 2nd anniversary and will continue it, we really enjoy the time out in the middle of nowhere just us.
We are trying to go to a new place each year so this year we went to this year we went to Grayland beach state park. Its near west port. it was great! the weather was to be horrible and we were not too sure about it but we went and it actually wasn't bad. it was cold at night and rained but during the day it was breezy and sunny!
Kason LOVES the beach and it was only a small walk from our campsite.
we explored West port and went out for dinner to a yummy place for lunch/dinner.
Then we walked down on the fishing boat docks and feed seagulls and seals! they were so close it was crazy!! Kason loved it and had a great time.
i really cannot believe its been 5 YEARS! crazy!! its been alot of ups and downs, full of love laughter and tears, but through it all there is nothing i would have changed. I LOVE YOU LOGAN!
they kept swimming by, i think they wanted food like fish and not the frys we had lol
the seals were so close to the docks it was crazy!! i never been this close to them before
our happy family
it really was beautiful on the beach, cold though!
The momma seals bring their babies up to the beach and leave them for days while they go hunt for food. I think its the park rangers or volunteers or someone official come and rope off the seal so no one can harm it and get ran over or something. the momma will come back in a few days and bring the baby back. i zoomed WAY in to get this beautifully blurry picture (yes its alive)

alot to catch up on

2010-07-15T15:26:00.002-07:00

So i know its been a long time since my last post, but believe me alot has happened and ive been so busy!!
in the middle of June we made the decision to move out of Matlock and closer to Logan's work in Bremerton. We stayed with my Grandpa and Grandma Martinson for 2 weeks and then got into a small apartment 5 minutes from logans work in a great community called Manette. We actually really like it here alot. We decided to only get a 1 bedroom (about 650sq) to cut down on costs n such because our plan is to be out late this fall and be moving in our own home! so we are hoping on that.
So i am finally able to load pictures and everything and do some posts so here is for some overload on posts!

New Adventure!

2010-06-08T14:07:00.005-07:00

Okay first off its been MONTHS, i know. Life got crazy and i felt like i was stuck in cement and the world was zooming by.
Now that i am getting back on my feet and everything i can blog.
I still need to upload a TON of pictures though.
But first before all that, I'm excited to finally show off my new hobby!!!
I had been staring at beads and tinkering with them for years and YEARS now and finally i am making necklaces, bracelets, and earrings and selling them because i love making them and i eventually started getting too much for myself, so I'm sharing the love.
there is a link to my etsy shop ELIZABETH LANE STUDIO to the right here on my blog or you can also click here
The shop will eventually be filled. I have a ton more to post, just waiting on uploading more pictures. If you have any requests just let me know and i can figure something out for you! if you live close to me and want something let me know, i can hand deliver :)
here are some images of what i have and some previews of what is to come!
These are called Anna Earings
These are Ava Earings
This is a small preview to the Em Necklace
This is the Mia Necklace
This is a small preview of the Ruthie Necklace

Im so excited for this to get going! Please tell all your friends and family and let me know if there is anything special i can whip up!

Kason at 2.5

2010-04-03T10:12:00.002-07:00

i never really realized or even thought about how much a child can grow in just 6 months.. in the first six months of life a child can learn to smile, sit, crawl, roll over, laugh, hold things, hold a bottle, find their binky, play, etc. etc. so why does it amaze me everytime Kason grows in leaps and bounds? this post is pretty much for myself to remember Kason at this age, and i have to say so far one of my favorite stages. its tough, but he is absorbing so much each day, its an amazing thing to watch.
-Kason facts-
-He is a Ham. He loves attention and is really great at hamming it up for people and the camera
-He plays shy. He wont talk infront of people and sometimes hides behind Logan or myself. He usually does warm up after a bit.
-He is attached to his beloved bankit dar or in translation Star Blanket. This is not a baby blanket of his.. its a large blanket (bit enough for an adult to cover them selfs while watching tv etc.) it was given to me by a former boss's mother. Its snowmans on one side and stars on the other.. it was one random day MONTHS ago Kason asked for the Dar Bankit.. and since he is attached, doesnt sleep with out it and when he gets upset or over whelmed he needs the blanket.
-He recently has gotten into Thomas the Train and Mickey Mouse Play House
-Still like the wiggles, maybe a little less than before
-Will watch tv for about a 30 min. stretch...
-Has been into cuddling this past month.. this is not normal for Kason so i have been soaking it up... he has not really cuddled unless sick since 6 months.. seriously.
-Drinks from normal cups usually, sippy cups in cars or running about the house
-favorite animals are cows and bunnies.
-Rides one of the cows at our house
-Loves trains and cars and will play on his car carpet for quiet sometime.
-wears a 2t-3t clothes.. pants are ALWAYS long on the child.
-Potty trained, with a few pee accidents every once in a while and still trying on the pooping.
-Sleeps in a big bed.. he climbed out of his crib in Nov. 09 and since then has been in a big boy bed.. sometimes crawls into mommys and daddys bed.
-Figured out how to open baby locked doors (the ones with the covers you have to press on certian spots)
-He loves to try and figure things out.. always has, but more recently he will sit and take apart things and put them back together again.. with a very concentrated mood about him.. he is serious about it when he does it.
-talks in full sentences usually.. and about 50-60% of what he says strangers can understand.. usually.
-Doesnt say his L's, his V's are B's and sometimes R's come out funny
-He likes to say everything is Orange or Blue.
-understands what Big and Little is
-knows that two is more than one and always wants two of everything
-loves yogurt.. we will go through a large container of yogurt in less than a week.
-chocolate..he is a chocolate boy!-He is smart. He just watches you do something, and then he can do it too. always has been a watcher.
-likes to laugh and laughs at his own little jokes all the time.
-LOVES the bunnies at home, but absoulty adores Pepper (my moms rabbit)
-Loves to do things for mommy (helping with laundry, letting the dogs in and out, picking up stuff etc. etc.)
-Stubborn. the most stubborn child EVER
-loves to color, paint, anythign creative... i wonder where he gets that?
-When he wants me to do something and i dont do it, he will grab my hand and try to make my hand do it (like open something etc.)
-loves the water and loves to swim, he is a fish
-loves to go to nursery at church
-loves to plays with his cousins and friends
-likes to jump on the trampoline at my parents house
-whenever he see's the McDonalds symbol (the golden arches) he yells out CHICKEN mommy, that is what he eats there chicken nuggets, but seriously we do not go there often.. like maybe 1-2 times a month... crazy boy
-picks up on things quickly and remembers things pretty well.
-can through a royal trantrum when things are doing going his way
-when he is mad or frusterated he bites his blanket.
-has to sleep with his Mickey Mouse stuffy.

Over all Kason is a bright funny little man. He loves his Papa's and his MaMa's and adores his Daddy. He is amazing and i could never imgain our life with out him. I am glad that he surprised us when he did and that we had him when we did. He is one special amazing little boy and i cant wait to see what he does in life.

RS birthday dinner

2010-04-02T10:14:00.004-07:00

on March 25th our ward celebrated the Birthday of the Relief Society. In our ward i am the Relief Society Acitivty Leader.. and i LOVE it! this was our second activity with me being the leader and it was a HUGE one! a big dinner with a program.. well i could never have done it with out all the help, so EVERYONE who helped THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! seriously THANKS!
our theme was pioneer sisters.. and since i had been staying at my moms, the theme was brought on from all her neat things around the house... and she let me use them for the dinner, so THANK YOU MOM!! everything turned out wonderful!

each table had a different mini quilt... i made 5 and they turned out so wonderful!the cake! i learned a good lesson though.. do not decorate a cake at midnight while watching "whos line is it anyways" good thing those swirls are to look unique.. i was laughing so hard...

yumfor the cup cake stand i used 3 wooden plates my mom had with a small vase for the bottom thing to hold up the next plate and then a small glass to hold up the top plate
each table had flowers on them in mason jars with fabric tied around

we took a rope and tied it from one side of the gym to the other and used clothes pins and hung up quilts like they were dryingi put the forks and spoons in enamle cup thingsmore of the quiltsi got the flowers at safeway for cheap!! yay!

Over all it was wonderful. We had soup and salad, with rolls. A short talk givin by Kelly, which was a great talk, and just hung out and visited.. it was a good night!

time for change

2010-04-01T11:38:00.004-07:00

it was time for me to have some change... with our tax return we each took some money out for ourselves. i used all mine for a complete new wardrobe and i LOVE my new look.. it just needed one thing.. NEW HAIR!! i got my hair done last march by a wonderful friend of my sister in Puyallup.. she is amazing i tell you! i loved my hair, but i let it grow out and the color fade. Its been a year so i HAD to get something done with it...
so here is a before picture.. longer with the layers grown out.. i actually liked the longer layers... but the color was driving me nuts.. i wanted something DARKER and BOLDER...

BEFORE

AFTER! we went dark dark brown with blonde highlights and my fav. violet red pieces here adn there through out my hair.. I LOVE IT
i love that i went dark and i really wanted some splash of color but wanted it to still be church appropriate. next time i may do a little MORE color lol
but i LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! thanks Tiffany!

Blackmail

2010-03-14T12:20:00.002-07:00

Kason found my lipstick.
enough said.

-note to Kason-
As your mom i have full rights to show this to your girlfriends and have it on a slide show at your wedding.
love your mom

can you guess what this is?

2010-03-13T22:47:00.004-08:00

anyone??
Anyone??
-i feel like i should insert "bueller.... bueller" in a monotone voice-

well if you cant guess ITS AN EGG!!!!
crazy huh?I went out one morning early Feb. and found it in the chicken coop.. if i had not found it there i would never have guessed it was an egg by just looking at it...

just a random post today!

bath tub paint!!

2010-03-12T14:38:00.003-08:00

Kason LOVES to paint

Kason LOVES to take baths

so when i found this recipe

we had to try it. It was super easy and fun and Kason LOVED IT! my only complaint is that the paint stung his eyes when they accidently got in them.. also it was ALOT of soap.. i made 4 colors so that was 1cup of dish soap... all went down the bathtub drain... and that soap ment bubbles coming out of the toliet downstairs... whoops.. so the next night i made two colors... and i halfed the recipe.. it was the perfect ammount for just Kason...

next time we make it im going to use kids soap and see how that works instead of dish soap.

Here are pictures from our first try-

-sorry the pictures are in reverse order.. blogger hates me today-

-my revised recipe-

you will need a small container (muffin tins or small bowls)

1TBS cornstarch

1/8 cup dish soap

3 drops food coloring

1TBS water

step 1- put cornstarch in container

step 2- add soap and food coloring to cornstartch and mix until smooth

step 3- add water and mix

step 4- enjoy!

what i really LOVE about this recipe is that it DOES NOT STAIN (well im not sure about grout) and you just wipe the tub and walls clean and the shower looks brand new!!!

enjoy!

spring please come soon

2010-03-11T09:03:00.002-08:00

last week we had BEAUTIFUL weather.. no rain, and around 60 degrees.. it was wonderful.. we were outside everyday, went to parks, had playdates, had friends over for a picnic, went to my brother's for a BBQ, went on walks... now this week.. its rainy and yucky and cold. i hate nice weather like last week around this time of year, ONLY because its a teaser.. spring is not here yet.... oh well it will come soon.
last friday i had two friends over and their kiddos.. we had a picnic and made crafts and played played played all afternoon. KASON LOVED IT!!!

i adore this pictureswing monkey swing!!
Kason loves the swings and now is on a big boy swing.. he doesnt go as fast so he still likes the littler swings that buckle, then he can go HIGH and FAST!

ill just stare at these pictures until spring comes! :)

our little reader...

2010-03-10T11:21:00.002-08:00

back in Feb. while kason was first potty training i walked into the bathroom and found him like this...

he was seriously sitting there on his potty going through every page of the magizine! it was really cute and funny.. i have no idea where he got this though... neither logan or myself read while going to the bathroom...
i love my weirdo child!

our home

2010-03-03T08:26:00.007-08:00

i know its only been a week.. well even less than a week, since we came to my parents to house sit, but i already miss a bit of the farm life. i know some people think im crazy for living out in the boonies with no TV and only dial up net and living so far from stores and such, but it really suits us and i love it alot. there are days i complain about the net or stuff like that, but i really do like it alot out there.
Kason too. He has really missed his animals.. talks about them alot.
i took these pictures about 2 weeks or so ago.. right before V-Day.

this is Penelope, my momma rabbit. My other one ran away back in Nov. and then i got this lovely girl

this is Sweet Pea. She is Penelopes daughter and she is so sweet and cute i love her. I got her back in Nov. too.This is Harley. He is the biggest, goofiest, silliest, doofesty, smartest dog ever. He is really. He plays stupid perfectly, but he is a smart dog. He gets what he wants when he acts stupid lol
I love his big brown eyes, they are so beautiful to me... makes me a sucker to give him my scrapshis big ol nose.he really is a beautiful dog

Doesnt she look Happy? This is Dutchess. She is the happiest, sweetest dog ever. Shes a lover. This is her smile face.
Our cats think their dogs.

we have 9 cats.

all but 3 are tame and will sit and beg for food right next to the dogs on the back porch...

it gets crowded.I cant wait for spring, and i think the trees agree. this tree is already flowered now after i took this pic!this is miss Molly. She was our first calf this year, back in early jan, and was premie. she is so tiny!! she is actually smaller than the newborn calf that was born on Feb. 16th. crazy!!
this is her protective momma Tanner. Yes she was mooing at me to get away from her baby.
this is the stare down.

they won

i walked awayThis is witchy.

enough said?

actually Witchy is super nice when she wants to be, just dont grab her baby...

my life flashed before my eyes that day

she is pretty though, and has huge horns.

This is Bess. My fav. isnt she cute?

i know your thinking DUDE SHE IS A COW

but she is a cute cowand the nicest cow you will ever meet.

This is the Cow that Kason rides.

seriously. we put him up on her back, help him balance and she walks around.

Who needs horses when you got Bess?

she her huge belly? She is pregnant, well she was in the pic.

She had her baby on MONDAY! im so excited, im going to train this baby! Its a boy and im super excited to train it to be nice like his momma!!This is Stinky. He has a white stripe down his back, hence the name Stinky.

Like his curls on his head? they are like messed up side burns or something!

this is witchy boy. She has 4 babes. Stinky and his sister MooMoo are identical. Then there is CoCo who is all black with a brown stripe, and then our newest (besides Bess') Bullseye is all black with a white spot on his, well his you know what :)

well thats it for all the farm pics.

hope you enjoyed seeing our cow family!

and Bunnies

and Dogs and cats!

we did it!

2010-02-24T16:08:00.002-08:00

I dont want to be over confident but i think we did it! i think Kason is pretty much potty trained, he still has an accident here or there, and we are trying hard on the poopies... but he stays dry ALL NIGHT LONG and ALL NAP LONG!
Way to go Kason!
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On another note.. we went to the Dr. on Monday for Kason, he was complaining of ear pain and it was yucky looking.. for those who dont know kason got tubes in his ears nov. 2008 so its been over a year and only with one infection!
well the tubes finally came out within the last three weeks (the dr. checked them 3 weeks ago and they were fine then) and he already has an infection in the right ear! dang it! so i made an apt. with the ENT dr. again and see if he needs another surgery.. we will see.

Not alot else going on. I need to get my bootie in gear and pack tonight. Kason, Dannon, and myself are going to my parents for over a MONTH to housesit while they play Oldies in AZ and snowbird it with my grandparents... i hope they have a great time... while i enjoy the following i have missed for the past 8+ months
-HIGHSPEED INTERNET
-TV WITH CHANNELS!
-MY OWN BATHROOM!!(well make that 3)
-eat whatever i want too
-DVR
-fenced in yard for Kason and dannon
-the ability to post pictures WHENEVER i want too
and im sure there are more....
anywho well thats all i have for today!!

Doing good

2010-02-16T16:45:00.002-08:00

we are doing good!!
Kason has been at this potty training stuff for about a week now and the most he has had in one day is 3 acidents!! pretty good in my eyes!!!
He is loving the weather being nicer and loves to playoutside and check out all the animals...
Another one of the cows FINALLY had her baby today! a little boy all black... they said i can name him.. im thinking bullseye for some reason lol :) i like it
anywho well really not much going on.. just thought id update a bit :)

{patience

2010-02-11T09:43:00.002-08:00

I think Heavenly Father blessed us with Kason to teach me patience.
My Mom use to tell me that I was born without patience because I was born in a Hallway and couldnt wait the extra few minutes to the delivery room.
sorry mom.
I guess all kids are here to teach us patience.
Can I say lesson learned and now Kason can be not so.. trying?
It was worth a shot.
Kason is a good kid, don't get me wrong.
But he is a BUSY kid.. always has been since he started to roll over, at 2 WEEKS! That was a sign and I should have prepared better lol.
Kason is also STUBBORN! i mean extreamly... and it doesn't help him that both his parents are very stubborn as well.. poor child.. no hope in that department...
So when Kason gets it in his mind to do or want something... there is no stopping him with out a fight.
Lastnight he fell asleep in the car on the way home from Shelton (about 25 minutes) and usually we can take him right inside and put him to bed... well not lastnight. He was wide awake and insisted on staying awake for what seemed FOREVER! we laid with him for just over 2 HOURS! and he finally fell asleep, as well as my self. He wasnt screaming or anything the whole time, just laying there...
I HATE just sitting somewhere and doing nothing, or in last nights case laying, its boring. i dont like boring.
so I came to the conclusion Kason is here to teach me patience. It's okay though because i know that one day he will have a kid that will teach him patience.. payback...Heavenly Father has a funny sense of humor sometimes i think.. :)
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On another note...
We are back into potty training..and this time im not going to speak too soon. iv'e learned my lesson.
We went out and bought a potty for him.. somethign i didnt really want to do, all the cleaning and stuff ew.. BUT since i have started to watch my sister-in-laws kids a few hours a week Kason has become very interested in their little kid potty.. and im tired of diapers.. and my child stripping all the time to pee in the potty.. so we jumped back in.. bought stickers for a chart and a potty.. i let him pick his potty out.. i gave him a choice of two potties... one very basic and plain that can convert to the big potty and become a step stool also.. and the other one is super basic too, its green and has a frog face and feet... he stood there in the potty isle at wally world for like 5 minutes checking out both potties and even sitting on them FINALLY he picked the frog.
As soon as we got home he carried inside the house and showed it to everyone that was home.. he was SO proud of his new potty..and he has been doing good... only one accident yesterday during lunch time, and he sat on the potty alot by himself to go, and 2 times he forgot to take the undies off.. oops.. at least he was trying.. and the stickers are a huge sucess here too. i got him car stickers and HE LOVES them.. so lets hope for the best and this is it..? maybe.. im stickin to it this time to quitting.
anywho.. well not much else going on here.. so ill let you all go now :)

open mouth-insert foot

2010-01-13T13:40:00.002-08:00

why is it that i always speak too soon?
The day after my last post Kason peed his pants a million times, and everyday since then. Over the weekend we put him in diapers... i know once you switch to undies you shouldnt go back, but the weekend was insane and i couldnt change his clothes 500 times.
i dont get it.. he was perfect the first day, which is usually the hardest, and then just didnt care the rest... he played in the wet pants and everything didnt bother him one bit!
i wish we never got that stupid swine flu, yes im being whiny in this post, sorry

on to better news... one of the cows out here, Tanner, had her calf yesterday, we think its a boy, havn't gotten too close, but he is super cute with brownish fur adn a white face with an L on it! lol too cute.. he is super tiny though... we hope he will be okay.
anywho well not much else going on here. its quiet, Kason is out like a light so im enjoying the peace. House is clean so thats nice too.. i think ill relax, soak it all in, and crochet with out a little helper!

Potty Time-Round two

2010-01-05T23:54:00.004-08:00

Back towards the end of October we got the swine flu, Kason and I. He was done with the pee part of potty training and was close on the poopy part... then we got that stupid flu and all went away..
Kason was so sick he just laid down and did nothing.
it was sad to see.
We tried to pick it back up when we got better, but then he got sick again, and then we went to the great wolf lodge with Amy and her family and Adam and i didnt want to have him wanting to use the potty all day then so i said id start after thanksgiving, well time flew by on a jet and here we are after the new year.
This morning (tuesday morning) i gave Kason the option to use undies or diapers. he chose undies with excitment and put them on... he used the potty like a champ and had one accident about an hour into it, a poopy. he went the rest of the day perfectly fine, no accidents! he even walked into the bathroom once and pulled down his pants and said he needed to go!! everytime he takes his pants of he checks to see if he is dry and then yells "DRY MOMMY" and smiles big!
so cute!! we even drove to town and went shopping and came home with no accidents at all!! he did have another poopy before bed... so if we work on the poop i think we got it!!
im glad he is easy with transition things like this.. the bottle he never missed it and the binky was good to go in a day. we lucked out with this one.
tonight before bed i braved it and gave him the option of diapers or undies and he chose undies and i explained all about no peepeeing in the bed.. we will see.. everything is washable so im not worried about it or anything.
anywho thought id update... christmas pictures coming soon with updates on that :)

November AND December in a nutshell

2009-12-23T08:51:00.002-08:00

November and December have pretty much flew by on us so fast!!!
These last few months have been crazy and Kason has grown up so much and so quick!!
-NOVEMBER-
November was great.. the weather started to get colder and actually less wet!!
I made a schedule for Kason and I for the day.. i felt like our days were slipping by and we were getting nothing done whatsoever... so we started structering our days and it worked wonderfully!
We have a time for everything yet its still flexible to do other stuff and run late etc.
But we have been working on our colors, shapes, etc. etc. and he is soaking everything up and loves to ask what everything is now.. like colors.. he loves circles and will paint circles all the time.
Kason started spouting off sentences in the middle of November.. he has always talked well for us... and we was started to put a couple words together here and there, but then one day it was like BAM and he started chattering away in sentences we can mostly understand! his first sentence was "Mommy i made a mess, Need a towel" and he actually did need a towel! lol had hot chocolate on the kitchen chair! the other day he announced that "Cows eat grass"... it was so random!
Thanksgiving was great. We spent it with Logan's Moms side this year... tons of family, yummy food, and games.. it was alot of fun and it was nice to see everyone together.
Shortly after Thanksgiving the weather went to freezing!! i mean we got down to 6 degrees a few nights in a row! INSANE! and then during the day never got over 22! Our pipes froze one morning for over 5 hours!! I was changing out our rabbits water twice a day to keep it from freezing SOLID! the fish pond here was so thick of ice i could stand on it!
-DECEMBER-
KASON IS NOW IN A BIG BOY BED! crazy!! when did my little baby boy get so big?!? we bought an awesome toddler bed almost a year ago because Kason was climbing up on EVERYTHING and we feared his crib was next... well he never climbed out until now... he woke us up one morning by just standing by our bed staring.. it was weird lol...
he lped me take down the crib and put it away and put up his new bed.. he LOVES the bed and stays in it at night and naps!! he sleeps great, even better now.. so it was not as bad as we though it would be!
We got snow in the start of December sometime.. it was just about .5in but still it was snow and not just ICE which was all we were having.. it was fun. We took Kason out (thankfully his snowsuit from last year barely fits) and he played and played in the snow and loved sliding down the slide that was snow covered.. and watching all the cows in the snow..
We have been working on art alot here and Kason has made a few ornaments for himself to put on the tree, pictures with paint, playdough and much more.. he is loving all the art time and is now asking to paint first thing in the morning!!
We are spending Christmas Eve and Day with my family this year... we hear Santa maybe stopping by my Grandma and Grandpa's on Christmas Eve!! i hope he does so Kason can say hi! He loves Santa and talks about him and knows he assocatied with Christmas...
Sunday we are to give a talk at church on Goals and Resolutions.. im not excited lol. i really dont like giving talks.. but oh well. :) im hoping for the best..
well i think i hit the basics on our livesi n the last few months and hopefully i will get WAY better at blogging!!
HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!

Happy belated Halloween!!

2009-11-02T08:37:00.004-08:00

I love halloween

i get that from my Dad

He LOVES halloween.

This year i really wanted to make Kason's costume, so i did! He loves COWS so what should he be for halloween? A COW!!

thats exactly what he was too. And he loved it. He is actually wearing it right now too... showing it off for my grandparents.

Isnt he the cutest cow ever?!?!

our little nudest

2009-10-13T12:00:00.002-07:00

yeah thats right guys
kason is a nudest
he has ALWAYS hated clothes, even as an infant he would rather be naked with just a diaper in our arms and a blanket.
now he is buck naked running around eating crackers and playing cars.
great fun
i dont mind now that he is potty trained and wont pee everywhere.
plus we live in the middle of nowhere and nobody is going to just stop by and he's 2. not a big deal
lol
anywho yeah thats my tid bit for the day
oh my bunnies are doing FAB and i have played with them away from the momma for like 10 minutes at a time and they do great!!

My nudest

2009-10-13T11:52:00.002-07:00

yeah you read that right.. nudest.
Kason is a nudest
right now he is buck naked running round the house playing cars.
He was just refusing to wear pants but now its the undies too. He takes them off as soon as i turn my back and then runs around and plays naked.
i let him
He has always hated clothes and diapers so now that he is potty trained i let him go at it while to one is here... if someone is here of course the little man gets clothes on but until then
he is our nudest.

Little Digger

2009-10-10T07:45:00.002-07:00

Since we have been in the potty training mode Kason have rarely worn pants in the house.. its just SO much easier to only pull of unides 30 times a day and not both. Anywho well he has now started to not wear pants outside and just boots... This is Kason the other day showing off his new style outside...
I think its super funny and too cute.
I was reading a book and looked over to check on Kason and saw him digging in the dirt. I called my mom quickly and told her that there is without a doubt in the entire world that Kason is 100000000000% boy because he was digging in the dirt in just undies and boots! lolThis is my favorite picture of the bunch!! just too cute!Then he was off to do something else in his undies..
boys..

Bring on the bunnies!!

2009-10-10T06:21:00.004-07:00

So i mentioned before in one of my fabulous catch up posts :) that we have baby bunnies!!!

They are two weeks old now and doing awesome...

i thought you might like some pictures so here they are:

This is Molly- the mama rabbit This is Farley our Daddy bunny
Those are the babies in their nest at 8 days old.
This is my runt.. she/he is doing awesome!! she's not too much smaller than the rest though so thats good. I named her Amy for now... cause it reminded me of an orangecicle and my sister LOVES those.. so there ya go :)There are three here.. hard to tell they are all indetical expect one has brown markings not black.. but they are the same as the others. Their names are "little moos"This is a size comparison with my runt and my largest, the one on the right his name is Wombie cause he looks like a wombat!! ----those were all pictures of the rabbits at 8 days----This is the bunnies in their nest at almost 2 weeks!!This is Amy! She is getting bigger and is prolly my favorite out of them all... i love all the orange!Here are 2 of the 3 "little moo's" the bottom one is the one with brown markings... they are so so cute!!!! This is little Racer. He had racing stripes going down his sides but now they are more down by him bum so it looks like waves lol oh well he can still be little racerthis is little Wombie cause he looks like a Wombat to us!!This is Amy and Wombie again for a size comparison.

Pee trained!

2009-10-06T09:06:00.000-07:00

so you may ask exactly what is "pee trained" well its potty trained but with pee! lol
anywho Kason is doing excellent with going on the potty!! ZERO accidents Sunday or yesterday except 1 poopie.. we are still workin on the poop.. any suggestions?
anywho im very proud of Kason for doing this potty training stuff so young and quick!! 5 days and he was done with the pee!!

We had a great Saturday. My aunt Jean got married on Saturday so we headed over to Eatonville for the wedding and it was lovely.. outside so it was cold but it was still fun. There was a large pond with coy (is that how you spell it?) fish and he loved watching the "fifis" we then headed over to Cabelas and walked around and kason again loved the "fifis" there too. we spent an hour watching the fishes and looking at all the other animals..

Sunday sucked though. woke up with food poising (thank you long john silver!) and spent the early EARLY morning (4am) doing stuff in the bathroom that is too nasty to write in a blog lol
so im not going to

anywho well life is back to normal and we are just playing, working on the potty training (poopies) and having fun.
my baby bunnies are doing WONDERFUL and cant wait until theuy get bigger and can leave the nest..in about a week in half! :)

Day 5 and doing great!

2009-10-02T09:17:00.002-07:00

So as i mentioned in a previous post we are potty training!!!
I am amazed at how well he actually doing because i know boys are always harder to potty train and Kason just turned 2 so he is really young.
It started about 2 weeks ago when he wanted to sit on the potty like mommy and daddy and kept saying "i pee" and would go to the potty. So I decided it was time to just do it.
On his birthday (the 28th) i put him in just undies and told him he needed to pee in the potty.. He had alot of accidents but everytime he did he told me about it right away... so that was a step.
Everytime i had him sit in the potty he would pee. And he got jelly beans for it which he loves!!
Day two was better less accidents and he started telling me "i pee" before he went in his pants so we made it to the potty.
Day three we had his doctors appointment in Oly. We made a pit stop in shelton at logan's sisters house to use the potty. He stayed dry the whole time in the car and at the doctors office. We even went ot lunchw ith my mom and he told me everytime he had to go potty!!! We were accident free until he fell asleep on the way home and pee'd right before we got home.. oh well... he was sleeping right?
That night he was standing right by me and looks at me and says "i pee" and pee's on the floor!!! He was being a turkey and testing his boundries... he has not done that since!
Yesterday he had one accident while his cousins were over and he was busy playing and watching the wiggles and then another one late lastnight before bed i think he was just too exhausted.
SO overall he is doing AMAZING and im so proud of him!!! He only wears a diaper for nap and bedtime and i have noticed that he barely pee's in them... so hopefully that will end soon.
we are working on the poop. (sorry alot of potty talk here lol) but he is doing better!

I have also noticed that Kason is adding IE to every new word he learns!!
-wadIE (water)
-yogIE (yogurt)
-peachIE (peaches)
and so on.. its cute :)
he is also strining words together to form small sentences! yay!!
anywho i should have some pictures up eventually.. i have a bit to post :)

Kason is now 2!

2009-10-01T10:49:00.003-07:00

Okay so i remember counting down the months, weeks, and days of my pregnancy and now im posting about Kason being 2!?!?!?!?!
where does the time go?
no really if you know please tell me!!
Anywho so Kason is doing wonderful. He is such a happy independent wonderful little guy. Here are some facts
-Height- 32 3/4 inches (25%)
-Weight- 30.2 lbs (30%)
-He talks up a storm here at home or in the car but usually when he is around other people other than daddy and mommy he is super quiet and wont talk until he gets use to the other around him and then he is mr. chatty
-Loves to run, jump and climb up on everything. He is still our little Monkey.
-He loves animals especially COWS or as he calls them CR-OWES. He picks grass and tells me he wants to feed the cr-owes.
-He is starting to be a big help around the hosue and picks up his toys when asked.
-LOVES LOVES the wiggles!!!! Kason has NEVER been one to sit and watch tv. Not even like 5 minutes... he would look at the screen then take off and play. Well one day we found out Kason LOVES the wiggles and will sit down and watch it over and over again... we are going out soon to buy more DVDs because this one is driving me nuts!!
-Kason is a great eater adn loves to feed himself.
-Kason is FINALLY off all his medication for his Asthma!!! yay!! he still has his enhaler incase there are emrgencies or bad colds but he doesnt have to have the daily puff anymore!! thats awesome!!
-Kason is on day 4 of potty training and its fantastic!! he is pretty much good to go.. hardly ever has an accident anymore and tells me everytime he needs to use the potty. He only wears diapers to bed. We did straight up no diapers or pull-ups just undies and he did wonderful! i highly suggest that!

Yesterday was his appointment for his 2 year and he is doing great. the doctor is super pleased with everything and says that his speech is wonderful for being just 2 and that he is pretty much potty trained is fantastic! yay!! im glad he is on course!

What have we been up to?

2009-10-01T10:29:00.002-07:00

So it seems that everytime i get on here i say that im sorry because its been SO LONG since i last posted...
well i think its time we all get use to the fact that with my internet connection its ALWAYS going to be a LONG time between posts.
oh well.
Anywho... So Lets see what happen this summer.
-We had a great 4th of July. We had a pig roast out here with tons of people and then we did fireworks. We also camped outside with Logan's siblings and our friend Kelly and Chris. That was alot of fun. They also rode quads too.
-There was a cute calf born on the 2nd of July. A little boy named Indy (for indepence) since he was so close to the 4th
-Logan and I went to a Mariners game at the end of July. It was my first and I have to tell you im not a HUGE baseball fan but i LOVED the game it was SO MUCH FUN! THe food, smells, the games they play during plays etc. etc. it was just alot of fun
-At the end of July we had a family reunion for Logan's Dad's side. It was fun. At a park in Shelton. There were alot of people from last year we got to see again and chat with so that was good!
-In August i had my sisters oldest 3 kids out here for 4 days. that was alot of fun. they had a great time and helped out ALOT too. they are awesome kids
-Towards the end of August my sister and her kids and kason and i all went up to my Grandma McGuire's house and picked blackberries about 7 gallons!! We then made 22 pints of Jam!!! it was fun to hang out and learn something new with my sister!
-My brother and his wife bought their first house in the end of August!!! wa to go guys!! i cant wait until logan and i do that!! :)
-Labor day weekend was a blast!!! We had a ton of fun even though is poured a few times and our Tent tried to become a house boat! lol we did stay dry though. Kason loved being outside all the time and getting dirty.. he is really good at that!!!
-I ran my first 5k on September 13th!! it was awesome. I did the bank to bay in tacoma and i cant wait until next year to do it again... i do plan on doing 5ks through out the year though.
-We went to the Puyallup Fair and it was awesome. Kason loved to watch everything and eat all the junk food! lol Logan and I love the fair so it was a good time!!
-My rabbit had her second litter (first litter all died) and they are doing wonderful!!! I have 6 babies 3 black and whites, 1 all black with some brown underneath, 1 orange, and 1 brown and gray. they are a week today!!!
-Kason turned 2!! crazy!! i will post a post all about him in a few minutes...

well thats all i can think about right now... im sure i will come up with more sooner or later

some pictures finally

2009-08-25T11:22:00.005-07:00

Dutchess, such a wonderful dog

Kason loves to push this toy around

and everywhere

my handsom boy

Harley Dave, a spunky fun dog

where there is water he will find it... and love itdannon is fully enjoying herself out here too.beautiful lillys

mr. kason monkey
this is the look he guves me when he wants something

these last three pictures are from my grandma's house in June. She had those beautiful flowers and then some bees wanted to enjoy them too. so i snuck in there and got some shots.

then the strawberries.. i love that white one. totally orginal.

here are the pictures as promised yesterday. there are ALOT more but i am crunched on time so maybe later!!!

i have found heaven

2009-08-24T14:25:00.002-07:00

in the form of a sandwich.
it is super yummy
and tasty
and to die for
I have found the love of
Tomato Sandwiches.
to
die
for
really they are.
Super simple too. All you need is:
Bread (i toast mine.. its the only way to eat them i swear)
a good helping of mayo
and of course fresh tomatos!
toast your bread and then spead a thick layer of mayo on both pieces.
slice your tomatoes about 1/4 or thicker if you like too. i put two good slices on mine. then place them on your bread and eat
they are addictive
so watch out
they are so so so goooodddddd!
i cant get enough of these. had two today lol
bad girl laura
_____________________________
anywho not too much going on here. Its nice and sunny outside and im taking shelter inside for some cool air for a bit.
my rabbit finally had some babies, but unfortantlly they died.. all 6. so we will try again sooner or later
one of the dogs here, Fergie, is preggo and will have her pups in the second week of September. im super excited about that.
she is a super pretty golden lab.
OOOOOOOHHHHHH
i have been learning how to can!! pretty cool huh!?
its not hard and scarey like i thought it would be. its fun! really im not lying
canning is fun
and the food is always SUPER yummy too. tonight we are doing peaches i believe. lastnight was tomatoes.
anywho... well i better be on my way... i will upload pictures tomorrow hopefuly!

running

2009-08-10T14:11:00.002-07:00

I have recently (well 5 weeks ago) started training for my first 5k that will be in September.
Check out my blog that i will update 3 times a week about my runs.
http://runningmyiowa.blogspot.com/
i already posted one post to explain the name.. you will understand soon enough.
check it out!!

I am alive.

2009-08-03T15:24:00.002-07:00

Wow.
I am finally updating this sad poor neglected blog.
Sorry for all those avid blog readers and stalkers. :)
Lets see...
Well we moved as i mentioned before in my last post.
The move went well. We had a lot of help and had almost everything packed which was wonderful to have accomplished. We had a lot of family help out on both ends of the move and it was nice to hang out and have my family out here after got stuff moved. We had a BBQ and swam in the pool and just hung out.
Shortly after we moved i got rabbits. Two Holland Lops, male and female.
Farley the male is orange and white and Molly the female is all gray with some white here and there.
We should have baby rabbits by the 16-23 this month. that will be exciting. we are going to sell the babies, so if anyone is looking for a nice easy going pet let me know. they wont get over 4lbs full grown and they are great with kids. Kason loves them!!
Kason is doing super well with the move and LOVES it out here. We dont have cable and we have super slow internet so we play all day and learn new songs and run around outside and play with the animals as much as possible.
Kason is picking up so much.
He just turned 22 months on July 28th.
This is more for my memory's sake that anything else-
-He is loving fruit this summer. Banana's are his favorite.
-He is repeating everything we say and do
-He loves to help clean and will run around doing what im doing (laundry, sweeping, dusting etc.)
-He is a Papa's boy. He loves his grandpa's (and grandmas) and will call for them all the time.
-He wants to wear a "papa shirt" (which we figured out was a plaid shirt) just like Larry. lol
-He is loving nursery at church and loves to play with Braxton (his cousin) and Allison (our friends little girl)
-Naps have been a struggle since we moved out here. He can hear everyone moving around and talking.. also he is taking shorter naps!! (hopefully this will stop and he will go back to long naps again! lol)
-Loves the quads and will ask to RIDE all day long and put on the big helmets.
-Loves tools. He will sit and take a screw driver and "fix" his hotwheels ride on quad for hours at a time.
-Loves to Swim. He is out in the pool more than he is not in it. He is now kicking, jumping off the ladder, and trying to lay on his back.
-He is a hat boy. He got his first baseball cap two weeks ago and wears it constantly. He actually keeps it on him too!!

SO thats enough about Kason for now :)
We got to go to a Mariners game a bit back it was AWESOME! my first one ever and it was so much fun! We were only 7 rows from the field right by first base and right feild. We were close to Ichiro!
anywho... not much else going on
OH Logan got his Aprenticeship last month!! he starts in the start of September!! we are so excited and happy for him!!
well i think i will get off and get busy finishing up Harry Potter 5!! (im re-reading all the books once again)

Moving.

2009-06-12T08:13:00.001-07:00

Hey guys so ive been lame with posting, sorry.
but we are moving tomorrow!! crazy huh? so that means internet is getting disconnected today. bye bye internet!
so i have NO idea when i will be back... really none... so hang in there and take care!

Toddler must haves

2009-05-21T14:26:00.003-07:00

Okay so i read blogs where they post their must haves for this kids.
Usually infants
Well i'm posting my must haves for my toddler.
Things i would not want to live without and things that make life that much better.Playtex sippy cups.
I buy them at Target in two packs for like 6 bucks
The basic ones, not the insulated one ( i really find no need for that kind) anywho these are great and durable. Kason is a rough kid and throws his cup a lot, they have no cracked leaked or anything. I love them. They are also super easy to keep clean. Backpack leash
Kason's a monkey. Buy them at Walmart for 10 bucks.
Now i know there is alot of contraversy about putting your child on a leash, but as my Grandma McGuire put it "I rather put a kid on a leash and know where they are then searching for the little one in a crowd." Kason is independent and when we are not using a stroller he wants to walk. With the pack back he has the independence and i have the reasurence that he is safe next to me and not being taken by some stranger.BEST THINGS EVER.
Snack cups. I get them at walmart for 5 dollars for 2!
They have a lid that allows the little one to get his hands in and grab the food, but then you can tilt the cup upside down and the food doesnt come out!!! Kason is a dumper so this is wonderful! i was going through so many ziplock baggies before i found these! The lid does not come off easy either. Kason has tried. Only one sucess so far and he used his teeth! so im still convinced these babies are amazing.Amazing.
You can get them at Walmart back by the baby stuff or i think you can get a bigger bottle for the same price up by the pharmacy (not 100% on that though) anywho they are all natural and they work instantly. I dont like orel jel and neither does our dentist. Now in the list of ingredients it says coffee. heads up people they are not putting a cup of coffee in your kids medican. its from the plant. its fine. nothing horriable about it. seriously. plus its for medisional porpuses anyways.
Crayon rolls.
You can google them and find out how to make them. SUPER EASY.
i have one for kason and we use it for church and LOVE it! it helps out so much! its awesome. And he loves to sit there and take the crayons in and out.
Kason loves Chalk.
It keeps him busy outside for a while.
He will sit and color for a few minutes then stand up run around with it in his hand like a stick then sit down again and color and then do it all over again.I have not always been a huge croc fan. They are not the best looking shoes BUT they are cheap (the knock offs) at walmart for 6.00 bucks! Kason is able to get them on and off by himself and they are water proof and keep his feet cool when its warm outside. Its all about easy on and off!
There are a few more things that i just love, but to be totally honest can't think of them! lol
anywho so there you have it!!
things we love.

Anniversary campout!

2009-05-20T10:39:00.004-07:00

So since out 2nd anniversary we have gone camping to celebrate it.
This year we went to Scenic Beach in Seabeck. It up by Silverdale on the Kitsap peninsula. It was so pretty and the camp ground was amazing!!!!
here are some pictures from our weekend.
On friday i picked Logan up at work and we went to Poulsbo and visited with my grandpa and grandma martinson. they were working in the family cabin that was donated to the city for tours etc.This is my Grandpa Martinson (my moms dad) He is amazing man that there are no words to describe. He is such a loving person for everyone and all things. He is super talented too at carving and many other things!They are sitting in a chair that Kason's Great Great Great Grandpa made. He built the cabin too. My Grandpa actually lived in the cabin until he was like 8 months old. They then used the cabin as the bath house :) Kason using the huge butter turner!!blurry picture but Kason kept doing this to their dog and then petting him!Kason loves to give tickles now. He will run up and tickle you and say "iggle iggle iggle"Dannon missed them!
this is what you see when you drive out the campground. Its amazing! this is as the sun is setting.
my camera died after this so i didnt get pictures of us camping, but it was so much fun
Kason loved playing in the dirt and running around. We brought his quad and he loved it! There was also a robin's nest with eggs in it in a bush at our campsite! it was so cool! :)
we had a great time and cant wait for next year!!

MOTHERS DAY!

2009-05-20T10:28:00.005-07:00

So this year for Mother's day the boys sent my sister, mom, sister in law, and myself on an overnight trip to SEASIDE! it was amazing!!!
They told us to be ready as a certain time not knowing what we were doing, then they called at the time we were to be ready and told us we had 15 minutes to pack for over night!
We then got picked up by my dad and then we got my mom. We were given a GPS and told to follow it. It took us to SEASIDE! it was amazing!! We shopped, ate, swam, and just relaxed with NO KIDS!
it was my first time away over night from Kason but it was nice! :) I was a bit nervous but once i started to enjoy the sun and fun of being with the girls it was amazing!!!
here are some pictures.. straight from the camera! i will make them look better later! lol

This is the view from our Balcony. We were right on the beach! it was awesome!!
We went to Cannon Beach and got pictures of Haystack rock! it was fun! When we got there it was sunny and then the clouds came and got all windy and cold! we cut the walk short and went shopping! lol i love this shot! it looks like the grass runs into the water.. it doesnt but its still cool looking
the wind was crazy... my poor hair!it was amazing weekend and i was so grateful to spend that time with the girls and thankful that boys were so thoughtful and awesome!!!

anniversary dinner

2009-05-20T10:25:00.002-07:00

May 7th was our 4th anniversary!
We didn't go out because we were planning a camping trip (post coming soon)
So i made home made pizza and we had a picnic on our living room floor! it was yummy and fun!

Instant mom of 5!

2009-05-20T10:18:00.002-07:00

So in the beginning of April Amy and Eric (my sister and brother in law) went to Hawaii for a week and a half.
We stayed at their house and watched their 4 kids. It was crazy but alot of fun! I loved watching her kids and they sure kept me busy! :)
We went to many parks, grandma's house, great grandma's house, the YMCA and did lots of things at home. Here are a few pics from that adventure!

Marine Science Center

2009-05-20T10:12:00.002-07:00

at the end of March we went and spent the night at my Grandma and Grandpa McGuire's house. It was alot of fun hanging out with them and Kason getting to know them alot better. On Friday we went to the Marine Science Center in Poulsbo. Its amazing. It has a cool touch tank, big octopus and other sea creatures.Kason loved this fish. It was just a normal ugly fish! lol i think a trout or something. Anywho it was in the corner of the science center and he kept going back to it and watching it and poking at the tank! it was cuteMy cousin Emily came too! it was nice to see her again and Kason loved hanging out with her. Here they are touching a sea cucumber!they have this huge Octopus named Sam. He is about 4 or 5 years old and soon they are going to release him back where they got him when he was a baby. He was so cool and HUGE!here is the touch tank!! it had so much to touch!!
We actually went back the next week when i had all Amy's kids. They all LOVED it! such a neat place!

Big boy..

2009-05-20T10:09:00.002-07:00

So back in march we went to Target and i got some popcorn for us to munch on.
On the way home i turned around and saw this:then i thought
WHEN DID KASON GET THIS BIG TO HOLD POPCORN LIKE A BIG BOY?
time fly's too fast!!!

First trip to the Dentist!!

2009-05-20T10:03:00.002-07:00

Back in March right before Kason's 18 month mark he got to go to the dentist.
They are all saying that once kids get teeth that they need to be seen by a dentist.
So we took him on in.
He loved the waiting room! it had lots of leggos and books.
Then we go back there and when they are that little they have the parent sit in the chair, sideways so my feet on are the ground and then i had to place Kason on my lap facing me, and then lay him down.
My knees where against the dentists knee's and kason's head as on the dentists legs. I guess this is the best way to get him to sit still and the dentist can see in his mouth.
He said everything was good and Kason didn't even bite him! i was scared he would clamp down! lol
We did find out he has a fused tooth. Which is when two teeth are really one. Its kinda like a tree trunk and then it splits into two branches.
Nothing to worry about it will fall out like normal, and sometimes when they get their new teeth it will only grow back one and he will be missing one. something to worry about later.He got a ducky for being a good boy and a sticker.
He wouldn't let me brush his teeth for a few days after this.. lol

whoops

2009-05-20T09:57:00.002-07:00

So i was making a 7 layer bean dip for dinner.
I layered my meat and beans and other things in my 8x8 glass pan and set it on the front burner that was OFF.
i then needed to heat something up on the BACK burner.
Well a few minutes later the contents in my 8x8 glass pan is bubbling!
i realized i had turned on the FRONT burner instead of the back one! i know my glass pan is not to be on a burner so i quickly grab it with hot pads and place it on some hot pads on the counter... then about 3 minutes later i was thinking "maybe i shouldn't have moved it..." then
BAM!
the glass cracks! and explodes the food EVERYWHERE!
yeah i had bean dip all over! and glass
Glass was everywhere too.
it was bad.
Good thing Kason was safe in his highchair far away from the mess.lesson learned: double check what burner im using!

4 YEARS!!!

2009-05-07T10:14:00.002-07:00

SERIOUSLY!!
it has been 4 YEARS since we got MARRIED!
These last 4 years have been amazing and wonderful and i can't wait for another 4 years times a million!!!!

We have gone through a lot in the last 4 years that has strengthen our relationship. I will admit that going through the tough times it was hard to see the outcome but having Logan by my side he has helped me realize that i can do it and that things will be okay and look up.
In the last 4 years we have:
lived with my parents
moved to utah
made it on our own
moved back to washington
moved in with my parents
got preggers with kason
adopted Dannon
moved out on our own
had Kason
been through jobs and school
and now we are MOVING AGAIN!!
yup! now that ive told my family (who i think its mostly who reads this anyways) we are moving.
out to Matlock! yeah its a tiny tiny farmer community outside another smaller town! lol its about 50 minutes from here. we are excited for this and feel that this is whats best for us right now and to help us in the future.
anywho HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LOGAN!!!!

do you ever feel like....

2009-04-29T10:02:00.002-07:00

doing this?
This is Kason back in March. Pretty funny. This is not a regular thing.. every once in a while he will fall asleep and stay asleep while i clean him up, pick him up, carry him up stairs, and lay him in his crib. and then he will sleep for hours and its fantastic..
Today i feel like this.
I feel like taking a nap, well i actually feel like i should have just stayed in bed lol. im THAT tired. I cant stay awake and all i want to do is lay down and sleep. I fell asleep at 8:45 lastnight on the couch missing the end of NCIS (good thing its on the net) i then slept until 10 and watch with out a trace and then went up to bed and crashed until my alarm woke me up. i still feel like half of me is still up in bed! lol.
Lets hope for a nice nap from Kason. Usually he will sleep from 1:30 until 4-5 so thats nice.. lets hope for the 5!! :)

18 months

2009-04-17T10:15:00.002-07:00

Hey everyone.. So Kason turned 18 months in March!!!
March 28th.
I was going to take his pictures but we were at my sister's during that week and i didn't bring my nice camera so i wanted to wait until we got home.. well the day before we were to leave my sisters Kason fell off of my sister's front step and hit his head against the cement.. poor kid.. got a NASTY bruise but other than that was totally fine. (freaked out and called the doctor and everything lol)
anywho...
So i wanted to wait to take his 18 month pictures until the bruise went away and it was decent outside... well the bruise finally left on Monday and yesterday the weather was great... and what does he do? falls while playing outside and not only gets a bruise on his forehead but also skinned his nose..
REALLY?
am i ever going to get pictures of him WITHOUT bruises and scrapes?
So Monday is to be super nice... 18 month pictures here we come bruises or no bruises... lets hope none..
lol
anywho i wanted to update on him and his stats from his checkup we had. This is mainly for me to remember him at this age.. so if you dont want to read it all don't feel like you have too lol

-Weight- 26.2 lbs (50%)
-Length- 30 and 5/8th inches(10%)
-His Asthma is doing great... he is down to just one puff of his medicine a day instead of 4 like he was a couple months ago.
-He is talking up a storm in gibber gabber but does say the following words:
momma
mommy
dada
daddy
wawa (water)
juice
hi or hiya
bye
eye
ba (ball)
oggy (doggy)
uggy (yucky)
yup
yeah
no
cracker
(i think there is more im just drawing a blank)
-can sign a few signs as well:
more
thank you
please
(working on cracker)
cheese
-He is a super good eater and defiantly has favorite foods:
-manderian oranges (will eat 2-3 at a time, more if id let him)
-Cheese
-breads (he's my carb baby)
-noodles
-almost any fruit...
-fruit smoothies
-He is wearing size 12-18 size clothes.. some are too big... but mostly they fit well
-He wears a size 5 or 5.5 shoe.
-loves going to the park. his favorite is the swing and slide... loves to go down on his tummy (feet first) and giggles the whole way down
-loves, LOVES dogs. Will give them hugs and follow them around.. pretty entertaining lol Dannon doesnt think so though...

anywho.. i think i've written a book and i will post pictures soon! promise!!!

easter

2009-04-13T10:30:00.004-07:00

So happy late Easter everyone!!
Hope you all had a great time.
we did.
Friday night we went out to Logans mom's house and spent the night and then on Saturday we helped around the kitchen then went quading.
It was wet, drizzling, and not too nice out, but we really wanted to go out. So we layered on the clothes, put kason in the wrap we have and off we went quading with Logan's brother Rodney.
We lasted only 45 minutes i think, Kason fell asleep after 10. It was just too cold and wet. Kason was so bundled up that he was hot. Good thing.
We did see two deer though, pretty close up too.
That night we dyed eggs. Kason plopped a few in, and drew on one with a white crayon, but mostly sat there fussing because he wanted to play in the dye.Kason actually ate a few hard boiled eggs ( we made 40 but only dyed 10)
On Sunday we went to Stake confrence for the Elma stake. Kason walked the halls and screamed for 2 hours. He hated it. He has a really bad cold, and teething so he just wanted to go home. I cant blame him.
Everyone came over and we had yummy food and talked and watched Marley and Me. Super cute movie. Sad.
We then had an easter egg hunt. There were ones that were super easy just on the floor and on a shelf then there were ones a bit harder for Gabby and Colby who are 3.5 and then there were ones super hard for Alec who is 10. (notice the water on kason's pants.. he found a cup of water and thought he needed a bath)
we only got a few pictures of him hunting for the eggs.. stupid lighting and flash.. it caught him after the cute moments.. oh well. But he would find the eggs and instead of putting them in his bucket/basket he would open them up and candy would go flying! lol... he loved it thoughHere is Alec falling as he jumped up to get an egg up high.After he got his loot (a ton of eggs) he sat down and began eating his candy. Kason has had candy before but not alot.. a peice here or there even on Halloween. So he was in high heaven sitting there having no one telling him no while he ate and ate and ate jelly beans, peeps, chocolate, etc. etc. etc. Here he found a peep and ate it while putting his foot up on his bucket.
Enjoying his 2nd peep... he loved itHe has such funny faces sometimes! lolI am in love with this picture and it will be printed and framed and put by his picture of his feet from his birthday.eating a jelly beansome eggs after opening them and taking out all the candy and putting it in his bucket.eggs and a half eaten peep.. i love easter
Our nephew Connor (not on my side on logan's) (yes we have 2 connors) is 11 months and will be 1 on the 21st of this month! time flys!! He loves crawling around and eating the eggs.I couldnt help my self from taking tons of pictures. the lighting was perfect and with the color of the hardwood floors.. i was in heaven!
i love his shaggy hair.. super cuteand last but not least.. his legs.. super cute baby legs...
as you can tell overall easter was wonderful and we had a great time!
now back to my house.. it needs some serious cleaning.. will post tomorrow with pictures from my stay up at my sister's house last week

homemade birthday presents

2009-04-09T15:22:00.003-07:00

So this year Logan and I decided to save money we would give all our nieces and nephews something homemade. we have 17 of them!! so presents can get pricey for us.
I didnt take pictures of the first three i made.. im lame i know
But for Matthew who turned 10 i made him a pillow case with sports fabric and bright orange trim
For Maegan, who turned 7, i made a crayon roll... have you seen those? they are pretty cool... google it...
For Hannah, who turned 2, i made a soft fabric quiet book from a premade kit pretty much.. it was simple and she loves it.
And today for Jehron who turned 7 on Tuesday!! i made a notebook holder/pencil holder... its for church so he can have everything together and he can draw, write, color etc.
AND i actually TOOK pictures!! check them out...It ties on the side with red ribbon.It holds 12 crayola colored pencils and two pens (or pencils) Next time i will make the pocket part for the pencils deeper... they stay in there, but i think it would look nicer with deeper pockets.
There is a pocket for the back of the notebook to slide into to keep it in place so it doesn't fall out or anything.
I came up with this out of my head and im really proud of how it turned out! i hope he likes it! :)

give away

2009-04-08T13:36:00.001-07:00

again make it and love it is having another wonderful giveaway!! check it out!! its a 3 part give away!!!
how cute are all three give aways!?!! im so excited i hope i win this time!!! i dont have any tiny ones right now but someday we will again :)

quick fix

2009-03-18T16:27:00.003-07:00

I bought a canvas tote last year to get books from the library with. Well today when i grabbed it before we ran out the door to go to toddler reading group.. i realized its boring.
plain boring tan canvas.
Well Kason went down for a nap and i fixed the problem. Before. You can pick this up at walmart for a few bucks. sturdy and ready to go..i used felt and some brown material.. i want to say polyester but not 100% on that one. Just some scraps i had lying around. Here i cut them out and placed them where i wanted them to go.. then i pinned them down. I then zig zag stitched all around the figures.. i did one tree at a time.. first the green part, then the trunk. all ready to go stuffed with books!!
its not perfect and i like it that way.. character.

Sew Easy!!

2009-03-17T22:23:00.002-07:00

NOT THE BEST PICTURES I KNOW This is my new potholder! and its SEW easy (forgive the pun) This would be perfect for someone that is new at sewing, a kid, or to use up scraps!!
I found it through www.howaboutorange.blogspot.com
here is the direct link to the instructions
i made mine a bit larger for a potholder since we dont use coasters. Also clearly i used red thread. Its one of the colors in our kitchen and it looks so cool with the white. I just used some of my scraps of white cotton fabric.
LOVE IT! took a few minutes and it was fun
this would look cool to do in different colored threads.. like three or four different colors..

Really? and a give away

2009-03-13T10:10:00.002-07:00

Really is this necessary?
Mental note: don't give Kason a baggie of cracker snacks...

ALSO-
makeitandloveit.blogspot.com has another give away! I know i have no little girl but i know who have plenty and maybe one day i will!! go check it out!! super cute stuff over there too!!

busy bee

2009-03-11T11:26:00.007-07:00

these last few weeks have been busy busy busy!
on my sisters blog she stated that march for her is march madness and not because of the basketball stuff going on.. its march madness because in just her family (hubby and kids) there are 4 birthdays in march. Maegan (the oldest girl), Matthew (the oldest), her's and Hannah's (the youngest) and barely missing the march madness is her hubby's birthday on April 1st. So we have attended 3 parties already, went out to dinner, and had a family dinner at my parents for our birthdays. That was all within a week of eachother.
That's busy busy.
PLUS (yes there is more) my birthday is this Friday and my moms is Monday!!! seriously BUSY! crazy busy!
So with making presents this year (I'm trying to save money and use my beloved sewing machine as much as possible) and going to all the parties and dinner's we have been on the go and so busy its insane... now that there is a break until Hannah's party i am really happy about it and getting some things done that i have wanted to work on for a while now.
First off here are some pictures of Kason and other things:Kason has totally gotten into "playing" video games. We had Andrew over a few weeks ago and we wanted to play the "yoshi" game on our super Nintendo and since then Kason likes to get out the remotes and play. Our new car! This is why we went to Canada. Its a 2005 Ford Taruas and its amazing. Its perfect condition and got it for a great deal from logan's step moms mom. lol i know that sounds crazy lol Kason loves to put things on his head. That day he thought this bag would be perfect. He would walk around like this for abit or he would cover his entire face with the bag and walk into somethingthe weather has been totally crazy.. as my neighbor put it we have been having "bi-polar" weather. This day it was sunny sunny sunny and i was outside with no jacket and flipflops and was just fine. we even played outside for a while and Kason didnt get cold!! But then the next day it froze... just yesterday we had snow and ice and everything else.. its insane!!
Saturday the 7th was a busy day. Friday i was up at my sisters house helping with Maegan's friend party and we spent the night, then Saturday Logan came up with my dad and we all helped with Matthew's friend party. Then logan and i drove home, i had stuff to do that the church for activity day girls, then we drove out to logan's moms house. which is an hour away. We needed to pick up our other car to sell it, but it wasnt driveable (battery dead and we had no time to charge it) so we played for a minute and left to go back home and up to tukwilla! lol we were everywhere that day.
These are two of Logan's mom and step dads dogs. This is Harley and Fergie. They love playing together.Kason sitting on Papa's tractor. They even started it up and it was LOUD andkason just sat there with a happy smile on his face.Kason loves to kick his boots off and wiggle his toes and laugh and giggle about it.
We then went home driving through the snow and got ready and dropped Kason off at Brooke's house so we could go out kidless! thanks Brooke!! We met at my parents and Amy and Eric, Adam and Carrie (with samantha) and Logan and I drove up to the Cheesecake Factory to celebrate Amy and mine's birhtday. We met our cousin Scott there. the crazy kid drove his motorcycle!! IT WAS FREEZING OUTSIDE! We had alot of fun even though it took forever and we got home super late.. it was YUMMY food and great company.Amy and I eating our desert we got cause we were the birthday girlies!Amy and Eric outside the Cheesecake Factory. Logan and I outside the cheesecake factory
Kason knows how to get up on everything now.. this is what i found when i came in from the kitchen He even knows how to get the mouse and move it around!!

Art is really important to me. Its something i have to do or else i would go insane. I have art journals that i have filled for a few years now with paint, textures, pictures, papers and quotes that mean something to me. I have filled 2 big books and now im 1/3 of the way done with my third book. Here are some pages in my latest journal that i love love love
I am totally inlove with my sewing machine and thought i would paint it. and sew on it of course. pretty much speaks for itselfLogan first holding Kason.the cover. Thats a mushroom stamp i made from clay and carving it then sealing it with some clear spray stuff.
This journal means alot to me, they all do. I wanted to leave something behind for my great great greate great grandchildren to read and know who i was besides just my normal journal.
I also painted my entertainment center. Our entertainment center is plain brown. It works to hold the tv but its boring. it was givin to us and we are super grateful for that. now it just needed something... yeah that looks good.. It matches the other stuff in our living room. I love it (yes thats american idol on the tv)
lds pictures i promise
this was kason this morning.. cranky cranky. He is teething and i dont blame him for being cranky! this poor kid is getting his top molars AND his I-teeth AND some on bottom! REALLY?! does he need to do it all at once!! poor kid is a mess half the time!this is a regular face Kason makes now.. with his lips like that its pretty funny!!
also another reason Kason has been so fussy (and eating like a 10year old) is because he grew over 1.5 inches since JANURARY 3rd!! yeah seriously!!! He didnt do grow that much in 6months! i guess he is catching up now.
well folks i think i drowned you in enough pictures for today!

mmm... rainbow goodness

2009-03-05T15:40:00.004-08:00

-do you like cupcakes?
-do you like bright colors?
-do you like straight up fun yumminess?
I was surfing the net one day and came across this-
isnt that pretty?? (click on the picture for full details) picture from omnomicon.com
Well i love cupcakes.. and i love St. Pattys day.. so why not make these for Pattys day in form of cupcakes??so cute huh?? yummy... but then you take off the wrapper and see...bright yummy colorscut open revealing all the layers and beauty!
i loved making these and eating them! just one... okay okay it was two!

The website linked above it a really cook tutorial about making these.. i just used a regular box of white cake and vanilla frosting. i also used my fingers and flattened the layers to make a more even stack of colors.
make it you will like it
promise..
oh also i used a different dye then showed.. i used the wilton gels in round containers.. they have no taste so these still take like yummy cake and not dye!

Catch up

2009-03-02T11:18:00.008-08:00

Wow its been a while and i need to catch up alot.
Lets see.. Oh so Last week we went shopping and came back to find Dannon all swollen. Her entire face. it was scary looking. The picture below does not do it justice. This was taken before it got worse. No worries i contacted Rae, she works at a vet, and she told me to get her benedryll and she got better right away. it was super crazy and scary though!See creepy!Kason loves to climb and he also loves to read books now. Here he is on our ottman. He was reading books but didnt get the picture in time before he threw them off and just sat there for the longest time watching me on the computer. his eyes look funny in this picture, oh well. This is one of the things we keep his toys in... he now dumps them all out and sits in them and plays..I found him reading the Oliver (the one i babysit). He sat there and 'read' to him for a good ammount of time. He jabbered in his own little language about everything in the book and flipped pages and everything. it was super cute.
Tuesday Brooke and I took the kids to Charlie's Safari. A kid place here in town. its awesome and not too pricey, at least for Kason's age. He loves all the bounce toys and all the climbing he can do and not get in trouble for it.This was funny. He would make it a few feet then would get bumped down from another kid walking around on it.. he would just get up and do it again, after awhile when he fell he would grunt in fusterastion and then get up again. lolHe was happy that he had full freedom to run anywhere he wanted to go.
its blurry but i wanted to show how far he got on this ladder. it was steep and hard for some kids, but Kason was so determined to make it up it. This is as far as he got. He kept trying over and over and over again.I just wanted a picture of us.. this is what i got.. oh well
It was also National Pancake Day!! so afterwards Brooke and I took the kids to IHOP to get free dinner! pancakes for everyone!
It was funny.
The lady asked what we wanted and i told her that we wanted the free pancakes
She said "okay 2 pancake orders"
I corrected her and said "no four, we need one for each kid too"
She must have not had hungry kids before because she replied:
"you know thats three pancakes each right?"
"yes" and off she went... believe me three pancakes is not too much for my kid, especially when they are smaller than normal because they were free.
Dont get me wrong they were super yummy and it was nice to get a free dinner.Kason before eating
Kason after. LOL this picture cracks me up! Because it looks like he stuffed himself until he was about to puke.. It was just taken at the wrong time.. and caught him looking funny lol. But he did eat all three pancakes and drank almost all his water. I guess Charlie's Safari made him hungry hungry!Here is Breanna. I tried getting her to smile but everytime i asked her too this is what i got.. oh well she is still a cutie!
Thursday was our wards Skate night. It was super fun and we loved it. My brother Adam and his family is in our ward along with Logan's dad and stepmom. So we had family there and friends and it was just a good time to get out and skate!We were able to have strollers out on the rink and skate with them. We did this half the time, the other half we had him skate too. This is his look most of the time in the stroller that night.that one too.. he was so somber for the longest time.His little skates.. actually they were big! they weighed alot too! i was impressed how well he did with them. They were 2 sizes too big.Adam pushing the kidletsHe wanted to skate on his own. He hated us holding his hands. So he would venture off about 3 feet and fall on his tush but get back up and come back and then do it again. He is one independent child.
Sitting on Papa McGee's lap. He loves this guy. Its taken a while to get to know him again since they were in California for some time during the summer/fall. But he likes to sit on their laps at church now :)
Here are two videos from skating. First one is of me and him skating then second one is him trying by himself for the first time.. he did get a bit better.
they have dollar night and im thinking we could try and go once a month or something, he really enjoyed it.

Ill post more tomorrow i think this is plently of pictures for now! lol
Friday Andrew came and spent the night and we had tons of fun.
Saturday we went up to Amy and Eric's house and had a family birthday party for Maegan and Matthew.. no pictures from me sorrry!!
Sunday got the flu.. YUCK!
Now its off to cleaning to house and disenfecting everything!

ITS UP!

2009-02-23T15:44:00.002-08:00

I got my own esty shop and put in my first product today!!

Like the booties?? There are 3-6 months (about 4inch foot) and are made of cotton flannel and a non-slip grip bottom.

If you know anyone or if you want a pair check them out.. leave me a comment here if you need a different size and i make it for you!

MY SHOP <---- click on that!

Project 365

2009-02-19T13:13:00.003-08:00

Hey everyone!!
So there is a challenge/project going around the scrapbooking world. Its called PROJECT 365. Whats this you ask?? its where you take a picture a day and jot down a few notes about it and save it on the comp. Then at the end of the one year mark you will have an entire year of memories. They dont have to be major things.. like take a picture of the dentist office when you, the park, grocery store, driving alone in the car with NO kids, etc. etc. etc.
Almost everyone started this in Jan. At the new year, but yeah i didn't i sarted last friday! go me! lol but its okay because i will just continue it until next year on Feb 13. Im excited about this and i have made a new blog.. check it out and leave comments if you want!! hint hint lol

CLICK HERE

there is also a link on the right -----> side of the screen :) its called "our life in 365"
I CHALLENGE YOU TO PLAY ALONG! its not hard, its the uploading that i forget but remember at midnight! lol

Our trip

2009-02-18T10:52:00.010-08:00

Hey everyone! So as i said before we went up to Canada for the three day weekend. We had a alot of fun.
So why did we go to Canada?? To get a car of course! duh! why else? lol
Totally random huh? See Logan's step-mom (Kit) is from Canada and her Mom lives there with her Husband and they just traded in their beautiful almost perfect condition car. Its a 2005 Ford Torus. Sage green with a few MINOR small small scratches. It has 6 disc changer, power seats, power mirrors the works really. We were able to purchase it for a ridiculous low price so we snatched it up since our other cars, (besides the explorer) are pretty much crap. lol
So ANYWHO long story short we bought a car.
We stayed up at my Uncle and Aunt's house (steve and marilynn). They live about 20 minutes from the border. It was awesome to hang out with them and see my cousins and their kidlets. Kason loved playing with Issac who is just 2 months older than he is. It was lots and lots of fun!

We got up early saturday morning and met his dad and step mom and followed them up to Canada. We stopped at a rest stop north of Seattle and got out and stretched and walked a bit and used the restroom. There was a giant redceder chunk of tree. Kason thought it was cool to touch it.This picture cracks me up i love it! he is getting so big its crazy!!Logan and Kason next to the large redcedar tree chunk thing! lol just a funny shot of Kason

We then went on up to Canada. The wait was VERY short and we got right on in! At the dealership they had a ballpit for the kids to play in while the parents bought a new car. So Kason and I headed in there and played. It was the first time Kason was in a ball pit and he was weary at first but them LOVED it and was all over the place playing (we were the only ones in it) so he was happy to have the whole thing to himself!He sat there for a bit wondering what to do.He did make his way in and played and threw the ballsIt looked tough to walk through. I was happy he was getting all his energy out though! lol He loves to stick out that tounge!!
Afterwards we went to Kit's moms and stepdads and visited for a little bit and then headed down to my Uncle and Aunts house. Kason had a blast playing with all the toys and running around and around their kitchen and dinning room (made a large loop) and having the dog chase him!He thought that a plastic dish would make a great hat! it was pretty funny!Sitting on Uncle steve with Indie near by!
The next day we headed up to Canada again, but this time it was just Logan and I and Kason and we went into Vancouver and spent the day there doing all the free toursisty things you could do!
This is a shot as we drove into Vancouver!
So it thought this was funny!! This is the sign you see right before you go into an intersection with cameras. I thought it was funny they used the oldest camera they could fine to represent the hightech cameras on the stoplights. lol
First we went to the Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge. There are two in Vancouver, the Capilano Bridge and the Lynn Canyon Bridge. We wanted to do the Capilano bridge because its HUGE but it cost WAY too much money for us to walk across and back.. so we found this bridge online and it was FREE. It was still huge and scarey to walk accross with Kason. This is a view from the otherside. Trying to get a picture of these two is tougher than it looks! this cracks me up!I love it. Its totally classic Kason. A fun artsy shot of the bridge
As we drove from the bridge to Stanley Park
Driving over a bridge.. see that skyline way out there.. thats Vancouver and we werent that far from it! I took so many pictures of us driving in the city lol no worries i wont bore you with them alllook they have a Costco right downtown Vancouver! right above it were apartments!A cool car logan made me take a picture ofAs we drove around stanley park they had sculpturesWe were parked and while i got the parking pass Kason was sitting on Logans lap "driving"Smiles!That tounge AGAIN!The view from Prospect point by the Lions Gate Bridge in Stanley Park. A nice shot of LoganWe got some icecream and ate inside, because it was WINDY and cold when the wind blew This was the picture of Kason i got right as i said ALL GONE.. poor kid wanted more lol
This is Third Beach at stanley Park. On the right side of the picture are rocks and when the tide is WAY out they are exposed and you can walk out on the them and see starfish.. sadly we timed it all wrong and was not able to go out and see them oh well.
I had fun in adobe with this pictureThe original. There were tons of Sailboats out.We tried to go here.. Its Granville Island. Its like Pikes place here in Seattle but larger and it has tons and tons of different markets.. some for kids, adults, shops, open air markets, produce etc. etc. etc. the traffic was SO bad that it was crazy and we decided that we should head back to make it for dinner with Steve and Marilynn. Passed out within minutes of getting into the car! lol He slept until the border.. so did i! Then we hit what was to be an hour wait... it ended up being an hour and a half! We knew he would not make it to the border in his seat the whole time so we let him sit on our laps.. NO WORRIES WE BARLEY WENT 2 MILES AN HOUR! really we were stopped then inched forward.Kason driving the car
The only shot of us all weekend long! lolTrying to push buttons
Showing off this tounge AGAINA shot of myself.. FINALLY the border!!
We went back to Steve and Marilynn's and had dinner with them and my cousins and their kids. It was fun to hangout and watch tv with them. After everyone left and my Dad and Adam FINALLY made it up there (they were going skiing the next day at Baker) we played mexican train and had tons of fun making jokes and being totally loopy!
The next day we woke up late and relaxed, packed and then headed down to my Uncle's store. He owns a true value in his town and so we went down there. He also has a TON of motorcycles in the back that he is fixing up. Logan loved to see them all and Kason found this in the back...A fun airplane. Steve was nice and gave it to us to play with. Thanks Steve! We then grabbed lunch and headed out back to home. We ran into traffic in a few places but other than that it was decent traffic for being a holiday.We were welcomed home with this sunset! :)
Kason was a great kid the whole time. we drove alot and he did excellent and only fussed a few short times. Also we found out friday that he is getting his TOP molars now and then when i was brushing his teeth on monday night when we got home i saw that he is now getting his I teeth as well! poor kid! he just got done getting in his bottom molars and now he is getting two top molars and two I teeth (which are the worse) so needless to say he is cranky.. oi!
Thanks for hanging in there with my tons and tons of pictures! :)

a video

2009-02-17T08:42:00.004-08:00

we are back from Canada and until i unpack and upload pictures i thought i would share a video from our trip... Kason was amazing with all the driving and hardly fussed the whole time.. He took good naps too! This is Logan and Kason while trying to find our next destination in Vancouver!

and we're off!

2009-02-14T01:20:00.003-08:00

So we are taking a out of the blue random trip up to Canada! We are staying up at my uncle and aunts house Saturday and Sunday night... they live state side up by Bellingham. Logan's never been so we are going to go up to Vancouver and hangout on Sunday.
We are actually getting a car Saturday from Kit (logan's step mom)'s mother. I will show pics later :)
ANYWHO i didnt want to leave you with lamo posts about dog food and playpen recalls! lol so here is a few layouts :)
These layouts were all made by Shawna Clingerman's new kit Waiting for the Rain!

Have a great THREE day weekend!!

recall...

2009-02-13T21:42:00.003-08:00

So about a week ago Logan was taking down our fisherprice rain forest play yard, which we LOVE.. and well he hasnt takened it down before.. i usually do.. and well he didnt know there was a button to press to put the side down and well he forced it and then the button stuck and its been broken since :( so sad because we LOVE it alot. So we were going to take it back to target and we are leaving down for the weekend so we were going to take it back to Target tonight.. i wanted to check online first to make sure they carried it still.. well we couldnt find it at target.com or anywhere else!! then i googled it and found a recall on it! They just recalled it in late Janurary and recalled all fisherprice rainforest play yards made from Jan 2007 until very recent.. well ours was made during that time and there was something about about 2,000 injuries complaints about the sides failing and hurting children! YIKES! so we did all the steps and getting our refund but its still scary to know that we have been putting Kason in this thing and other children never knowing it was unsafe!

So now im looking online for a new one for under 99$ because this is what this one cost and its what we are getting back to buy a new one. (yes Rae you bought our child a death trap but we still love you! lol) just kidding Auntie Rae Rae.

Anywho.. i am searching and searching and not finding one as cool as this one! this one had two levels to have the child at, changing table, diaper organizer, and battery powered mobile that plays music and spins!! (our fav part) i dont think there is one out there that has all that though! :( sad news people! so anywho if you have a playpen that you LOVE under 99$ let me know :) thanks!! and if you have this playpen GOOGLE it and you will find the link to get a refund!!

(yes two boring posts in one day so sorry!)

who knew?

2009-02-13T08:42:00.002-08:00

That which brand of dog food and what veggies and meat and grain that are in it could really effect your dog in a big way?
Well maybe you did, but i sure didn't. We have had Dannon for almost 2 years now and we have always given her Pedigree food for small breeds. My dad and mom have the same breed of dog and theirs loves it. so when we lived with them that's what Dannon ate and when we moved out, Thats what Dannon continued to eat. Then she started to get red on her tummy.. then it got worse.. then her skin got scaley and i wont go into details but ew.
We were stumped.
We washed her blankets thinking that maybe it was something on them.. that did nothing.
We gave her bathes regularly so we changed soaps thinking that was it.. nope
Then someone mentioned her food. That tons of dogs are alergic to corn in their food and almost ALL dog food have it. I didnt think too much of it until her skin got worse and then i googled skin problems with Rat Terriers and i got TONS of information.. Like did you know that my dog will live to be 18+ years? Kason will be in highschool if she lives this long! holy cow!
anywho it told us that Rat terriers have skin issues alot and that it can be caused by her food. it also mentioned that the dog can eat and eat and eat the food for months or years and then one day become alergic! seriously!? oi!
So I scouted out the stores and its really REALLY hard to find food without corn in it.. really hard!
Then i thought i got some and got it home, went to open it and saw that in the grain section of ingredients it said "CORN" SERIOUSLY! i just bought a SMALL bag for almost 15 bucks! yeah this stuff is PRICEY! so the poor pup is still on her regular food until we can find good stuff.. then this morning i looked up petsmart and found this:Its made for Terrier breeds. It has NO CORN and its all natural. Then i realized that this stuff maybe perfect but how much? its only 10 bucks! its not a big bag, but its better than anything i have found yet.. and the reviews said that its worked wonders and their dogs have been great since getting on the food.
lets hope!

okay so i think i just gave WAY more information about dog food then you prolly ever wanted to know.. sorry! lol

25 random things...

2009-02-11T15:09:00.004-08:00

I was tagged on Facebook to write 25 random things about myself.. i figured i would post it on here rather than facebook because well i am still new with facebook and this is familiar and easy! lol
bare with me here...

1. i LOVE carbs! If i could i would eat pasta, bread, potatos etc all day long! also if they were healthy for me i would! :) lol

2. I love doing anthing with my hands: painting, carving, drawing, etc. etc. I love to be creative

3. I am addicted to THE SIMS2 game

4. I hate housework. sweeping, laundry, cleaning anything ... HATE

5. I am the world's best procrastinator. Im really bad at putting things off

6. I love salt. Ask anyone that knows me, i love it. My brother claims that one year for Christmas he is going to get me a salt lick.. ew

7. I love the fact that my birthday falls in the same month as my mom, sister, nephew, and two nieces.

8. I love family gatherings, even though the crowded house, all the kids, and all the noise may drive me nuts i still love it.

9. I like to watch kid shows.. yeah lame i know but i really like Icarly! lol (i dont watch them unless kids are with me i swear lol)

10. I like to read. I have read the Harry Potter series, Twilight series, and many more. I hated reading when i was younger though.

11. I have kept a journal since i was 12 and write in it regularly.

12. im in love with my sewing machine.

13. I usually only will eat my spaghetti with out spaghetti sauce, just butter and garlic salt :)

14. I can curl my tounge into a W shape. When i was younger my brother Josh told me i wasnt cool and couldnt hang out with him unless i could do that.. so i spent HOURS and prolly DAYS trying to curl my toung over and over again until FINALLY i did it! lol he still thought i was lame though...

15. I think Peanut is hillarious and i cry everytime i watch him. seriously YOUTUBE jeff dunham and Peanut you will die laughing.

16. I would love to travel the world.

17. I love to wear logan's pj pants and one of his t-shirts.. so comfy! lol

18. I love being a mommy. Kason is such a wonderful child and when the time is right and we are in the right place we will have more kids so Kason is not an only child! :)

19. I am estatic that Logan's new job has benefits right away.. we despreatly need health insurence!

20. i LOVE shoes :)

21. I miss Utah. I never thought i would but i do. I dont want to live there again, but visit for sure. There were so many things Logan and I did there that we dont do here, or that here doesnt have like Dollar Theaters, Training Table etc. etc.

22. I hate calling people. I am always a nervous wreck when calling.. i know totally LAMO but still.. i hate it.. even calling family lol

23. Some of my favorite movies are disney or pixar movies.

24. I love sour candy. If it didnt give me sores in my mouth i would eat it all day long.

25. I love Ikea. I could stay there for 4+ hours just looking around.. oh hey I HAVE! lol Logan watched Kason one time and i went alone and i got a call 4 hours into shopping asking if i was close to home.. whoops! i lost track of time :)

there you have it! 25 random things about me.. very exciting huh? now im am to tag 25 people to do this about themselves, but i dont think i know 25 people! so if you wanna do it, then have fun! :)