tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35826335665899750012024-03-05T02:44:20.977-08:00The AtkinsonsEstablished 2006Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-57586104968830352662011-01-25T15:46:00.000-08:002011-01-25T18:59:38.338-08:00Out Of The Mouth Of Our Babe<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Everywhere we go people always comment on how extensive Victoria's vocabulary is and what a "good talker" she is for only being two, and how well she interacts. To us she is more than just good at talking, she is incredibly smart and so eager to learn. She soaks up everything like a sponge, uses words and sentences in the right context-and has been for some time now. I read library books to her once and she can repeat exact sentences from the story and retell the story to me after hearing it for the first time. She has quite the imagination.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She amazes us all the time as parents. We have had several jaw dropping moments with her. Some of the things that come out of her little mouth are just too funny not to share and I don't want to keep forgetting them. So from now on I am going to record them here. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We were talking about 'The Little Mermaid' movie at dinner one night, specifically the scene when prince Eric falls off the ship into the water and Victoria says "uh huh, he got baptized."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On a Sunday afternoon Shawn and I were asking Victoria about nursery (her class at church) and her response was a deep sigh followed by "I'm just sick of it".</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">While listening to her 'Beauty and the Beast' audio book, when it got to the part about the beast giving Belle a library, Victoria says, "I wish I had a library!"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One evening Shawn was cleaning out all the cat hair from the vacuum and Victoria runs over and says, "Eww. What the hell?" Shawn and I were in tears laughing so hard...but trying not to laugh, ya know, trying to be good parents.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We were all playing one day and Shawn did something Victoria wasn't too happy about so she said "You're in timeout daddy, go to a TIMEOUT"! So Shawn goes up and lays in her bed. A couple minutes later she walks upstairs and:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Victoria: "Daddy? Dad?"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Shawn: "I'm in here, in a timeout. Can I be done?"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Victoria: "Will you listen?"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Shawn: "Yes."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Victoria: "Okay. Thank you."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And then she just walked back down stairs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Kids say the darndest things! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She is just hilarious and has so much personality. We love her and everything that comes out of that little mouth of hers...</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">well, almost everything :)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-40887372840119704072011-01-24T13:57:00.000-08:002011-01-24T14:10:47.954-08:00A Little Bit of Chocolate<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today started out a little rough and continued with non stop tantrums, screaming, crying, frustration, a few spanks (they were little ones with the diaper on...which don't even hurt anyway, and believe me it takes a lot of fed-up anger for me to spank and then of course I feel guilty the second after the spank is given. Plus we all know a spank to the bum solves absolutely nothing...only more screaming. So you end up coming a full circle.) I thought after nap time it would be better. Nope. I was in for round 2...or was it round 3, 4 and 5?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Turns out we both just needed some chocolate.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I should have fed her some for breakfast.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Anyway we dropped Victoria off at our friend's Eric and Hilary early that morning and told her we would be back for her after lunch...so I had a promise to keep. My eyes were on the clock during most of the labor ha ha. Shawn and I were checking in at the hospital and, "what? My name is not on the list to be induced today?" and not to mention the place was full of expectant mamas. I was on the verge of tears and ready to rip someone's head off at the same time (hormones+being a week overdue=not my best self.)but I kept my cool, they made some phone calls, and we were ready to go. No big deal. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">My RN, Brandy...I will never forget her! I wish I could have her for all my baby's births! She was hilarious, she felt like a best friend. Even though I had such an awesome nurse, she wouldn't have been able to replace Shawn. My one and only. I think I might have hurt his hand a few times, because he had to pass the hand squeezing off to the bed rail! He took good care of me though, as he always does.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I was started on the pitocin, the contractions hit and when they felt almost unbearable I asked for the narcotic. And just like last time I was at a ten before we knew it. I was feeling the urge to push so I started pushing. It felt better to push. The nurse saw that I was "baring down" on the monitor, came into the room and didn't quite believe me when I told her I was ready. She checked me, was a little shocked, told me not to push...she had to call my doctor...I told her to HURRY. It felt impossible not to push! I was afraid the Doc wasn't going to make it. I pushed for 10-15 minutes, out our baby came and onto my belly. For a second I had forgotten that I didn't know what I was holding in my arms...a boy or another girl. Then the doctor said something like "So what do we know about the sex?" I was about tell him it has been awhile, but then I realized what he meant and said "We don't know!", he told me to look and almost in unison everyone in the room said, it's a girl! Shawn saw it on the way out so he knew before I did.I was kind of shocked to hear "girl" I was pretty much expecting a boy. But nonetheless there we sat marveling at our second, beautiful, healthy baby girl, Nora, feeling overwhelmingly blessed and at the same time trying to process that we were parents now to TWO little girls.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Nora was born at 11:48am...I was able to keep my promise to Victoria...that we would be back for her after lunch.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">Another blessing: Besides my "jelly belly" I didn't even feel like I had just given birth...really. I didn't tear,I was up and walking around right after, and I was barely sore. Don't ask me how that happened, because I wouldn't know what to tell you.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">We were discharged from the hospital the next evening. I was so happy to be home.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">The next couple of weeks that followed were emotional for everyone in the house. Probably more for Victoria and myself. It's an adjustment going from one to two, not just for Shawn and I obviously, but for Victoria too. She threw fits like I've never seen before, she cried and screamed louder than ever(never thought that was possible) and she wouldn't allow Shawn to hold Nora. There were many times that all three of us girls were in tears at the same time. The hardest thing was feeling like I was taking time away from Victoria, that it wasn't just me and her at home anymore. Victoria would always tell Shawn and I to put Nora down. She was still getting attention, plenty of it, but not all of it like she was used to.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">That mess didn't last too long though. Nora fit right into our family and once Victoria realized her baby sister was here to stay she got used to the idea and even began to like it. Now she adores Nora and Nora adores her. It's sweeter than a cupcake with butter cream frosting watching my two baby girls together.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Nora brought with her so much love and happiness! Her fresh little spirit reminds me of a great purpose. She seems to keep me grounded. I love her very much.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I can't believe how fast time goes. No matter how tight I try to hold onto it, it still seems to slip away all too quickly. In the past four months Nora has gone from this...</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Nora is just 3 days old here. I caught Victoria during her one of her calm, sweet moments when she actually was okay with her baby sister. And believe me there were not too many of those moments the first 2 weeks!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sweet baby. They don't stay tiny for long</span>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Nora at one week...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And I LOVE the many faces of Victoria.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The countdown to her birthday begins...1 week.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Two years? Really?! It's only been two short years but Shawn and I can't remember what life was like before our little babycakes was born. Sometimes I wonder if that's a good thing or a bad thing ha ha!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The party animals: Victoria, Sierra, Eliana, Seth, Abrams, and the newborns; Nora, Jake, and the twins Maci and Dane</span>.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Victoria's birthday party table.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It meant a lot to have our good friends, Eric and Ryan Stephenson, Jon Blood and Bishop Brady stand in on the blessing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The girls got to meet their new cousin, Savannah (Melissa (Shawn's little sister) and Justin's baby). Nora was a week late. Savannah was a week early. They were born a day apart. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Shawn and I left the girls with my family for a couple of hours while we were at the Temple. Apparently Nora missed us and wasn't up for any new faces...until my brother, Newt, held her. She would only stop crying for him. Maybe because she was trying to figure out what was going on with his hair!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">It is impossible for Victoria to stay in one spot when we are in new places. There is just too much for her to explore. She was everywhere at Casey and Tracie's reception. I think she felt like a princess in a castle...</span><br />
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10.9.2010<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Our little family. They make me so happy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"> Four generations.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The girls with Great Grandma Thomas, Grandpa Atkinson, and Daddy.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I love getting these pictures with grandparents and great grandparents. They are priceless.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Once we were back in Maryland we got ready for the fall with a trip to the pumpkin patch.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We had found our pumpkins, yummy acorn squash, fresh jam, and the best apple cider. As we were leaving Brad's Produce the tracker pulled up, so thinking it would be a quick hay ride, Shawn and Victoria hopped on. I stayed back with Nora. The hay ride ended up taking them to the "pick your own pumpkin" part of the farm and I sat waiting for 30 minutes.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">check out the Ravens apparel in this picture. Thats how it is on game day or game weekend around here. Everyone wares purple or a Ravens jersey. Everyone. I felt like I should probably be a part of it all. I wanted to fit in around here a little better. So when I opened a bank account awhile ago I decided I better hop on the band wagon and went with the "Ravens fan" visa bank card. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Bath time! Nora gets SO excited for baths. She squeals and shrieks, laughs and smiles.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Victoria loves making tents!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Nora at 2.5 months.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Sierra and Victoria at the Kid's Table.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">There's that look from Victoria again!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fred the elf came to our house for the first time this year. Victoria named him. He made sure Victoria and Nora were doing stuff to make the "nice list". He reported to the Big Guy every night and was back in the morning for the girls to find him in the new spot he would take. Victoria wasn't too sure what to think about Fred at first and she would never get too close!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>After the house was holly and jolly we waited weeks for Santa. Almost every day Victoria would say, "I want today to be Christmas".<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">We attempted a visit to Santa but it ended with Nora pulling out a handful of his beard and Victoria screaming.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;">Christmas 2010</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Our little Christmas Eve dinner.</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Christmas Eve we opened our Christmas PJ's. My mom had them made...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Introducing...The Sweat Suit.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I had the hardest time sleeping Christmas Eve! I was just so excited for Christmas morning and to watch Victoria's face light up! And believe me, it did. We woke Victoria up and the first thing that came out of her mouth was her wanting to go see if Santa had eaten his cookies!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The girls had so many things to open. Victoria had to take a few breathers.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">This is what she ended up with...</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Our new laptops!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Shawn got the new ipod nano touch, but his favorite gift were his sweats.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Below is a picture of Shawn doing his C-steppin in his sweats. Hilarious to watch!</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The next week, Kathy (the same lady who gave us the blue crabs) brought Shawn some soft shell crabs for us to try (yes, they all love Shawn at work. He is for sure a favorite. They even threw him a little surprise party a couple of days ago for the new baby. A party complete with cake and gifts; a cute handmade baby blanket and $200 cash from everyone in the office. SO sweet of them!) Back to the soft shell crabs...everyone says they are "REALLY good"...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Definitely not the words we would use to describe them. I almost threw up! They tasted pretty fishy/dirty water like...a familiar taste...like our tap water. Great. So now I am wondering if our tap water is coming from the Chesapeake Bay..? (we buy our drinking water) But our tap water is the kind that you can smell a little bit (a little like the water in Texarkana...) so every time I went to wash the dishes, brush my teeth, take a shower...I was reminded of these little beasts...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Frying the crabs....they don't look that bad, right? maybe they were old, or we just did it wrong and that's why they didn't taste that great...I don't know. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Then you place the crab on a sandwich with mayo and tomatoes. Then eat it. I think that was part of the problem. Seeing a whole crab laying in the middle of my sandwich was just not that appetizing. You should have seen Shawn's face when he took his first bite! Pretty funny! He didn't know what to think.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe we'll go out somewhere and give them a second try. Or maybe not.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6nSBUcAlr7RjKYzilx2CI8RvbZ7xqnoWlyopX3-BVahhhKWaZO985pY7Nq-JjoHtvd_PqyFmd5M3Yp5gEqpITZ_xmaKeoq-VVpTS5R_kWndFlpV6zT_WYv2WNc-M09ewYvuL_404z7E7/s1600/IMG_9150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6nSBUcAlr7RjKYzilx2CI8RvbZ7xqnoWlyopX3-BVahhhKWaZO985pY7Nq-JjoHtvd_PqyFmd5M3Yp5gEqpITZ_xmaKeoq-VVpTS5R_kWndFlpV6zT_WYv2WNc-M09ewYvuL_404z7E7/s640/IMG_9150.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-9276233878430238842010-08-06T11:31:00.000-07:002010-08-06T11:31:20.870-07:00Tom Cruise on Home Teaching<div style="text-align: center;">Shawn sent me this video link today...I thought it was totally hilarious. Of course it's really only funny if you are LDS and you know what Home Teaching is. </div><div style="text-align: center;">To learn more about Latter Day Saints visit <a href="http://mormon.org/">http://mormon.org/</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, just wanted to give a little update and post a few random pictures of recently that will have to count as my "belly pics".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had a nice little visit from Shawn's brother Justin and his cute wife Jessica. We had to pose for a picture with our baby bumps and matching shirts. Jessica and Justin are having a girl in October!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1oPOLsQZjpgZlYDBbfPEWZhz1LDqLsq8SLUg6jhBww5xPxS7J9eWC-iYNelemAUHhGYgo-qpnSJj0PyxAs-0P5CbrRhUzf5tRjA9FsrY1rjYUIwylDYjTmjwn4jXlctMoNRwIi6CG8oV/s1600/summer+random+009.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1oPOLsQZjpgZlYDBbfPEWZhz1LDqLsq8SLUg6jhBww5xPxS7J9eWC-iYNelemAUHhGYgo-qpnSJj0PyxAs-0P5CbrRhUzf5tRjA9FsrY1rjYUIwylDYjTmjwn4jXlctMoNRwIi6CG8oV/s640/summer+random+009.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">A little play date at Chuck E Cheese with Seth and Sierra! {Thanks for the pictures Hil}</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">All three of them loved this ride!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And the two trouble causers. They make me smile when they team up and cause all sorts of ruckus...usually Trixie (our kitty) is involved too...more so the victim. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Enjoying a blue lollypop together.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We kicked off the Independence Day weekend with carnies, funnel cakes, and carousels. Victoria loved most of the rides. Her favorite was the big slide. Shawn loved it too...they went down it like 5 times! I tried to ride on more rides with Victoria but they put a stop to it when they saw my pregnant belly...I tried to tell them it was just because I had eaten too many funnel cakes!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is nothing quite like a carnival. It brings out some interesting people! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On July 2nd Victoria completed the summer reading program at our local library. We had to read and log 25 books :) </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That was easy for her. She got a completion certificate and picked out a new book, her reward from the library!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">{Random} This picture was supposed to go with our post about when my family came to visit but my mom just recently emailed it to me. We went out for some Maryland crabs while my parents and brother were here and they were delicious!! I've been craving them ever since! They are a lot of work, but so yummy! Even Victoria was getting in on the fun and hitting the crabs with the mallet. Shawn and I feel like true Marylanders now that we've eaten the crabs!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4r4IsLtjjhIKfA7kjOfhCOnVlgIF0ujSgSkVHFN5IKrbZhkmEDhMC-qYHkwHMtjnaFYD240WZKP8oaJZESLR-JKYtPFHtvfiw9BT3e0Y3C5dFJz7exc7KX_RHMBuSvqyhynV9NmV4Fn8A/s1600/IMAG0193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4r4IsLtjjhIKfA7kjOfhCOnVlgIF0ujSgSkVHFN5IKrbZhkmEDhMC-qYHkwHMtjnaFYD240WZKP8oaJZESLR-JKYtPFHtvfiw9BT3e0Y3C5dFJz7exc7KX_RHMBuSvqyhynV9NmV4Fn8A/s640/IMAG0193.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-87536554054488796972010-07-06T19:13:00.000-07:002010-07-06T19:13:14.696-07:00New York City<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">June 14-21 My parents and little brother came for a visit. We loved having them here! Our week was pretty full of little adventures. We spent Friday and Saturday in New York City. That city is crazy, and although it was a lot of fun and I loved what I saw, we will probably never do it again with a toddler!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a picture of the city taken from the car window while sitting in traffic.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6YUZ_8YqXw58pP3xOGIVp64-2mNOx6GljPEjcK_Nf8jIKfu-LsUo9Xaj9RkmvWUQx6GWTwu9jej9DuBM7ST8h1L8rt1eDBlKHP01B39LflUDFgXZYbMFD_3D-1QgmZNjix3G4sfB24bS/s1600/New+York+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6YUZ_8YqXw58pP3xOGIVp64-2mNOx6GljPEjcK_Nf8jIKfu-LsUo9Xaj9RkmvWUQx6GWTwu9jej9DuBM7ST8h1L8rt1eDBlKHP01B39LflUDFgXZYbMFD_3D-1QgmZNjix3G4sfB24bS/s400/New+York+001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Friday<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, after Shawn had been called an "ignorant cracker" by a NY local while trying to find Tylenol for his headache</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 20px;">, </span>we climbed on a tour bus and took a 6 hour tour of the city. I was pretty impressed with what we saw and heard...<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">My little brother Newt and Mom being tourists across the street from where John Lennon was shot and killed. Our tour guide held up this yellow sword so we could find him.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jMwShCVqI-Tnbc2tTLR-53GMZczGzGpUwyabHu4XSJR3pqoq8J5G_ID_XVY6b5qb7fCFZjXzvumis4c50kRLY_Wvi5YUqR9f_GdKe7E9GCVMdm6sTdDr1dKeMNrXVWmHt9Az9VZEmIuo/s1600/New+York+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_jMwShCVqI-Tnbc2tTLR-53GMZczGzGpUwyabHu4XSJR3pqoq8J5G_ID_XVY6b5qb7fCFZjXzvumis4c50kRLY_Wvi5YUqR9f_GdKe7E9GCVMdm6sTdDr1dKeMNrXVWmHt9Az9VZEmIuo/s400/New+York+008.JPG" width="267" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Z3jaRuC7nj0X3MHaUegxxM874f83Hmy9cop_C2riuAXZvDv85aHHAYfunlNCo00ZDST4-WCQvJYTaNsV856VX4MEI9nrnKJCvexsp9q5giamPJB8K4iqugbjl2ZER6g5VrtiPG4K3o_4/s1600/New+York+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7Z3jaRuC7nj0X3MHaUegxxM874f83Hmy9cop_C2riuAXZvDv85aHHAYfunlNCo00ZDST4-WCQvJYTaNsV856VX4MEI9nrnKJCvexsp9q5giamPJB8K4iqugbjl2ZER6g5VrtiPG4K3o_4/s400/New+York+010.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> John Lennon Memorial in Central Park. And this guy decorates it everyday with different things. He's used apples, flowers, roses, pine cones, pumpkins, even marijuana. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrbJv8LpKXmlJRl_ykNtrFxZPqGqzYA90gEVZl32XENuNjCal8hKsSed0Evl2Di4M0x224CDMm5U5Mpj8rALbA0OV-z0jk5wpBwvIoHf6M3eLBEqNBcW9Ni6xyePHW8PkWvMst1uAF8Ro/s1600/New+York+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrbJv8LpKXmlJRl_ykNtrFxZPqGqzYA90gEVZl32XENuNjCal8hKsSed0Evl2Di4M0x224CDMm5U5Mpj8rALbA0OV-z0jk5wpBwvIoHf6M3eLBEqNBcW9Ni6xyePHW8PkWvMst1uAF8Ro/s400/New+York+013.JPG" width="267" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRu_pTgb37WjYs58uNfyHs2wdgtxq1NUMwF2CN6XRo0F17oSpEHiCiAYSN0wR4QkbG58Vh3miBSaoQaRn7HFL41rXjYA9FlFQlQktvZCoAeZnAs42Av4EDP7GZGN-xKMpE1-4cjGwMbaN/s1600/New+York+015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRu_pTgb37WjYs58uNfyHs2wdgtxq1NUMwF2CN6XRo0F17oSpEHiCiAYSN0wR4QkbG58Vh3miBSaoQaRn7HFL41rXjYA9FlFQlQktvZCoAeZnAs42Av4EDP7GZGN-xKMpE1-4cjGwMbaN/s640/New+York+015.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
The buildings were really amazing<br />
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Alyssa (pregnant with twins, due sept. 1), Hilary (12 weeks prego, due Christmas Eve), and myself (due Aug. 18).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiyWgdBwTUC5YyMBa2mpzDdG_JZOhbkBHGgS1J3VhA6IHmhzJWdmYWe6FIi74XbFlyhhUcJ03UJIAEE2DOXPZCYTgSonFaEXmdrhBa0jwmD1BmH-8am9dezSSZTe4sXoMsE3m6k-TdzXg/s1600/the+girls.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWiyWgdBwTUC5YyMBa2mpzDdG_JZOhbkBHGgS1J3VhA6IHmhzJWdmYWe6FIi74XbFlyhhUcJ03UJIAEE2DOXPZCYTgSonFaEXmdrhBa0jwmD1BmH-8am9dezSSZTe4sXoMsE3m6k-TdzXg/s640/the+girls.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Victoria and Sierra were SO cute playing together and causing trouble. They would hide in this pantry together. Behind the closed door we heard a lot of cute giggles!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcMRCMh1-CtDIolIzc86MwZ_tblIGfA4wRaChvaEcQanZQK8Ba4x8TrUHwoOZUx5F2SVpKkf5mFXdlmGdNTnbHvcxEP3_q6GopZSgXmd5fAtGZP5l4_tKQoWnTsZdZKxl_mCaqRyTv7Zb/s1600/Ocean+City+074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmcMRCMh1-CtDIolIzc86MwZ_tblIGfA4wRaChvaEcQanZQK8Ba4x8TrUHwoOZUx5F2SVpKkf5mFXdlmGdNTnbHvcxEP3_q6GopZSgXmd5fAtGZP5l4_tKQoWnTsZdZKxl_mCaqRyTv7Zb/s400/Ocean+City+074.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Digging for sand crabs. When our whole group was out there in the water we dug for some sand crabs...or I dug for them. Even the husbands were a little nervous to touch them. Growing up close to a beach I would collect these little crabs all the time as a kid. A few times I would find them in my bathing suit when I got home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k_VhBSdUDaMjMxBPUUCzutHP4npiYvGeF80zlPPib6kUf8enVpUG3hmIHElK3BsmoiIO8KyeTlnV8kirbHO2WODE6Mc83BgkbBEKncVj9MphvWi3engekEQDXIKrPakQnwWmFN65owCy/s1600/Ocean+City+078.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k_VhBSdUDaMjMxBPUUCzutHP4npiYvGeF80zlPPib6kUf8enVpUG3hmIHElK3BsmoiIO8KyeTlnV8kirbHO2WODE6Mc83BgkbBEKncVj9MphvWi3engekEQDXIKrPakQnwWmFN65owCy/s640/Ocean+City+078.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Beach Bums. I could have stayed out on the beach all day. It felt so good to be out there with good friends and our little family. Brought back memories of spending long days on the beach at home eating sandy ding-dongs and homemade sandwiches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGhfBCtHOIG9zV5AvNG8xvW8jf0O7LdEDnxKbUPrUlOQ_GqO88YXlaVY100Qui2GZedZwNK6njgWjdZlXGycGuTcJdRKzOdVDJCSKd3BaJSE2ui_bh2co2g69alKeV3ddAV42z0dxfZeM/s1600/Ocean+City+092.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGhfBCtHOIG9zV5AvNG8xvW8jf0O7LdEDnxKbUPrUlOQ_GqO88YXlaVY100Qui2GZedZwNK6njgWjdZlXGycGuTcJdRKzOdVDJCSKd3BaJSE2ui_bh2co2g69alKeV3ddAV42z0dxfZeM/s640/Ocean+City+092.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We bought the girls "Best Friends" necklaces to remember their OC trip.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sierra's says "Best" and Victoria's says "Friends".<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The whole gang... from left to right: The Stephensons (Sierra, Hilary, Eric), Us (Victoria, Shawn, Krystal), and the other Stephensons (Ryan and Alyssa).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The "silly" group shot.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-5109632312306838482010-06-06T19:25:00.000-07:002010-06-06T19:27:41.034-07:00Girls Just Want To Have Fun...And That's Just What We'll Do!<div style="text-align: center;">Thank Heaven for little girls! I love having one, and Shawn loves to spoil us! A week or two ago Shawn had a business class down in DC again...of course I hate it when he leaves...but I love having a car around to go out and play during the day. We were a one car family...until Monday. Anyway, to make the week without Shawn bearable, Victoria and I did lots of shopping, had little lunch dates, shared ice cream sundays, danced, sang, laughed, painted our nails, and covered our lips (and face) with lip balm! Whenever we passed a jewelry counter or stand Victoria had to spend 15 minutes trying on every bracelet and necklace pointing out how "cute" or "pretty" they were. When she tried on new sandals she definitely voiced her opinion by either saying "no way" or "oh, cute!" and told me she wanted red or pink sandals to match her freshly painted pink toes! She's too cute! We had way too much fun, but missed Daddy terribly!</div><div style="text-align: center;">As of last Monday (Memorial Day) we don't have to wait for Shawn to go on trips to have the car around! YES! Finally, we bought a second car....and it's freedom! Victoria calls it "Mommy's white car"! We love our brand spankin new 2011 Hyundai Sonata! I kind of feel like a "Barbie Mom" in it...and I kind of like it. Shawn spoiled his girls once again! ...but we really needed another car that was safer for the kids...and safety, to me, doesn't have a price (but of course car dealer ships put a price on it anyway).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Girlie Girl!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The new car!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are our two cars together...The "White Pearl" and "Black Current" (complete with hail dents from Texarkana and Shawn's "quick fix" black duct tape on the back window that keeps it from falling down inside the door.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just out for a little stroll...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-52412401956594997632010-05-17T08:11:00.000-07:002010-05-17T08:15:36.120-07:00I Love Mother's Day<div style="text-align: center;">Shawn and Victoria made my Mother's Day so special...</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shawn woke up early and made me a delicious scrambled egg, sausage, and hash brown breakfast (just what I was craving), served me a light lunch after church, grilled an impressive steak dinner and baked some yummy lemon bars for dessert! And he didn't forget the chocolates! Not to mention, I got spoiled again with a new lens for my camera. I think I need another Mother's Day! Victoria made me a card in Nursery at church....it melted my heart, and I got to load the dishwasher in peace...without little hands grabbing for knives and dirty dishes, and tiny feet standing on the door of the dishwasher! I love being a mom, it's such a blessing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Iq7Js1EE0AxIU_HxEFWMuLPNf7ZJZjkgVwMb2MdVrcnI8Di5sCJii1nNt4eSkxw5uL7UKznpS4g6yaJjYJM_2-Ym4-I9asinUtNq1E3CGEe1XR2YwgIROLw07mTHmNoe5lHjNEjnD7-j/s1600/mother's+day+003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Iq7Js1EE0AxIU_HxEFWMuLPNf7ZJZjkgVwMb2MdVrcnI8Di5sCJii1nNt4eSkxw5uL7UKznpS4g6yaJjYJM_2-Ym4-I9asinUtNq1E3CGEe1XR2YwgIROLw07mTHmNoe5lHjNEjnD7-j/s400/mother's+day+003.JPG" width="266" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4_WhA-DNl_U4bcBz_4fs04MD81X1s1Zgyf3PZJHtyqAwfYmntVhH9Psp5azTN395U23zOmFVHaJxjVtbaJ-aDgBkU_kw09mD0QV_uyiC4pX2nKxN6BSSeQJYrO6wJ0nNuhv9WLvpDGwB/s1600/mother's+day+016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid4_WhA-DNl_U4bcBz_4fs04MD81X1s1Zgyf3PZJHtyqAwfYmntVhH9Psp5azTN395U23zOmFVHaJxjVtbaJ-aDgBkU_kw09mD0QV_uyiC4pX2nKxN6BSSeQJYrO6wJ0nNuhv9WLvpDGwB/s400/mother's+day+016.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are Shawn and Victoria making lemon bars.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjGqrIWyjYJBS6Gv5bCmp91svOAhKY4yqsBt_PBFxM6DcBCBnlozVy4wW6wtPlNpLBCn-tT80-A1Hpndmu9D9aOtKKCbCt5yctB8k8IrVPrttoN49J6sV2Ct21CJB8r9j1gyqisQX1EvV/s1600/mother's+day+006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbjGqrIWyjYJBS6Gv5bCmp91svOAhKY4yqsBt_PBFxM6DcBCBnlozVy4wW6wtPlNpLBCn-tT80-A1Hpndmu9D9aOtKKCbCt5yctB8k8IrVPrttoN49J6sV2Ct21CJB8r9j1gyqisQX1EvV/s640/mother's+day+006.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C4oEdEjYppsj9UE1NLMOnt2Y4KzvxcIk9esWJZsoEbhDy3Y6WJbe_p9Km4YItumkWqW05no7-n8ciz_yQKLk1NjHxll6LufAZoUzmpP2m2UxyvMOdfeg5584wgaTqGJ-jpEQG_LsSX66/s1600/mother's+day+008.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7C4oEdEjYppsj9UE1NLMOnt2Y4KzvxcIk9esWJZsoEbhDy3Y6WJbe_p9Km4YItumkWqW05no7-n8ciz_yQKLk1NjHxll6LufAZoUzmpP2m2UxyvMOdfeg5584wgaTqGJ-jpEQG_LsSX66/s640/mother's+day+008.JPG" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">And even though Mother's Day was a week ago, I'm sending love and a "Happy mother's day" to all the mothers and women in my life, because it's never too early or too late to honor motherhood and womanhood!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-3189737014636598282010-04-27T17:56:00.000-07:002010-04-27T17:58:01.579-07:0024 Weeks<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtA3kIZdeUcY5oCfI55II6Jd6hNyR1189eONFZzoaCIq4wbp-_oC4N2KMtzBcj7S1A4lMKX0esLMYyp2GJN8xTtzPohI-JegTVEODxzF_ZrIgXIOr2vf9DqHrS1G53KSPhTcUpm3-rLu5/s1600/scan0015.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtA3kIZdeUcY5oCfI55II6Jd6hNyR1189eONFZzoaCIq4wbp-_oC4N2KMtzBcj7S1A4lMKX0esLMYyp2GJN8xTtzPohI-JegTVEODxzF_ZrIgXIOr2vf9DqHrS1G53KSPhTcUpm3-rLu5/s400/scan0015.jpg" /></a><br />
Here's the latest ultrasound of lil' munchkin #2 at 24 weeks :)</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: CENTER;"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img align="middle" alt="Posted by Picasa" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" style="-moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; border: 0px none; padding: 0px;" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-66115166772376680842010-04-21T07:48:00.000-07:002010-04-21T07:57:07.777-07:00We Celebrate Tax Day...Because It's Our Anniversary!<div style="text-align: center;">We celebrated our 4 year anniversary on Thursday! 4 years...but it feels like we've been together forever. Maybe thats how it's <i>supposed</i> to feel with your eternal companion!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shawn took the day off work and we spent some time together as a family, trying to find maternity clothes and something nice to wear for our date...oh, and letting Victoria pick out a cookie from "The Great Cookie"...it's kind of a sick feeling when you pay $5 for only 3 cookies!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Later that evening we hired a Babysitter and headed to Baltimore's Inner Harbor for dinner at Fogo De Chao, a Brazilian steakhouse. The meat and salad bar were incredibly tasty! We ate until we were about to throw up...and then we ordered dessert. I just had to taste their 7 layer chocolate moose cake. It hurt to breath after we were done eating, and walking to the car took some effort for sure! It was a lot of fun though! And Shawn outdid himself by surprising me with beautiful roses, a sweet card, a gift certificate for a pregnancy massage and a manicure/pedicure gift card!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRPHLulG49UKygwnMBH9bnI-Q23-6s7eFC_ce6M_yOBskmsuIPvULFAvwgPCS0yPdfXP7OJeywS6gnD6-sDPxuOESennhFbEc3JiSfNC2ir4GnUPrH_DbhGOQcWpAjZwtz2pA5uRLhjJv/s1600/IMG_6793.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRPHLulG49UKygwnMBH9bnI-Q23-6s7eFC_ce6M_yOBskmsuIPvULFAvwgPCS0yPdfXP7OJeywS6gnD6-sDPxuOESennhFbEc3JiSfNC2ir4GnUPrH_DbhGOQcWpAjZwtz2pA5uRLhjJv/s640/IMG_6793.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here is the chocolate moose cake. They wrote 'Happy Anniversary" on the plate and lit a candle in it. Plus they didn't charge us for the $8 slice of cake.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-24542237932512989322010-04-14T06:43:00.000-07:002010-04-14T06:44:41.226-07:00A Beautiful Easter<div style="text-align: center;">We had such a beautiful Easter this year and to have had conference during Easter weekend was the cherry on top! We started off the morning with a mini easter egg hunt and eating easter candy, of course (we are still eating it actually). Then we started in on the strawberry filled crepes, went for a little walk at Gunpowder state park to enjoy the sun (and try to walk off some of our breakfast), then it was back home for conference, another egg hunt, bubbles outside, and a yummy steak dinner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfQ3DrpVjFax7B8dHhUiN7shz0F5rjLwVLVYuqwZoGit4I72Mv8SkA0SVg2PAxfpqHT11acX7woQRjYkA6izHs-XEqEkdJKJiFfJ8ryiQ5UDoG-g4upmTmlwFcWqUZlHp8qeeMfFSVo34/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+187.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfQ3DrpVjFax7B8dHhUiN7shz0F5rjLwVLVYuqwZoGit4I72Mv8SkA0SVg2PAxfpqHT11acX7woQRjYkA6izHs-XEqEkdJKJiFfJ8ryiQ5UDoG-g4upmTmlwFcWqUZlHp8qeeMfFSVo34/s400/easter+weekend+2010+187.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Coloring the easter eggs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpDNdlQ-u0gvKf0eit4rCvLcapkV4Zg3AWNGSYNiWOsIFEg8ie1GTSrriRq7yPbXP44JlR9DhTBpmp2Tj_jQOQpBZTvSOjxhq5YN7NNQC03V7uIJnMXaQDY0DfBbnpsewlEKFJfuXTbOn/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+195.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkpDNdlQ-u0gvKf0eit4rCvLcapkV4Zg3AWNGSYNiWOsIFEg8ie1GTSrriRq7yPbXP44JlR9DhTBpmp2Tj_jQOQpBZTvSOjxhq5YN7NNQC03V7uIJnMXaQDY0DfBbnpsewlEKFJfuXTbOn/s400/easter+weekend+2010+195.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Victoria would pop open every egg and take a little taste of whatever was in it. She's chomping a few white chocolate chips here. A few of the eggs she found hidden around the house, by the Easter Bunny, had a couple quarters in them and when she opened them she would say "MONEY!" With all the money she found in the hidden eggs she was able to buy a Popsicle from the Ice Cream Man the next day! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx9MwgEshwvX89YmTzocF2_Ct-2W6UvBkZ5OgdzR9r2i6Zfj_0RVnVANjRxGAqV1caV7ehvNSr9ee_bFrlZJAc5QW_3gYXC9PfZeLv0UNNKlANjv7jGkmVgEQR4oEVjQUqvYpacee_MVX/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx9MwgEshwvX89YmTzocF2_Ct-2W6UvBkZ5OgdzR9r2i6Zfj_0RVnVANjRxGAqV1caV7ehvNSr9ee_bFrlZJAc5QW_3gYXC9PfZeLv0UNNKlANjv7jGkmVgEQR4oEVjQUqvYpacee_MVX/s400/easter+weekend+2010+207.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglx9MwgEshwvX89YmTzocF2_Ct-2W6UvBkZ5OgdzR9r2i6Zfj_0RVnVANjRxGAqV1caV7ehvNSr9ee_bFrlZJAc5QW_3gYXC9PfZeLv0UNNKlANjv7jGkmVgEQR4oEVjQUqvYpacee_MVX/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a>You can bet Trixie had to be in on the easter basket...just like last year... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXJ01RFV52YpkmygoNgFqtyfhWWDACop5RHWO8N9zqWG17vgriUluhpcWCWxO7RQiZh5E1SyrPGsgmbWPNAj1dbr7kBSFh8t3dtMmAk2YkJSjsBnRvSiglCcvLewO6zZROBJAzubESTgV/s1600/Williamsburg+062.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXJ01RFV52YpkmygoNgFqtyfhWWDACop5RHWO8N9zqWG17vgriUluhpcWCWxO7RQiZh5E1SyrPGsgmbWPNAj1dbr7kBSFh8t3dtMmAk2YkJSjsBnRvSiglCcvLewO6zZROBJAzubESTgV/s400/Williamsburg+062.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(Easter 2009-Victoria getting mad at Trixie- almost like she's saying "MINE", which she says now!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQIWZ9xP_VPs3EX1U7fxkwWux6OQCq3Ss6p7_G4_dLEqlNe6E9Wc260x8S84mXKoXZFvM0cXkkcX0BAZoF2uBTgxMKkT3Q1Rgfx3qmmABL6nxzf-PPg7SEd7t1V8DxhtKtfAW55GVbWx4/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQIWZ9xP_VPs3EX1U7fxkwWux6OQCq3Ss6p7_G4_dLEqlNe6E9Wc260x8S84mXKoXZFvM0cXkkcX0BAZoF2uBTgxMKkT3Q1Rgfx3qmmABL6nxzf-PPg7SEd7t1V8DxhtKtfAW55GVbWx4/s400/easter+weekend+2010+212.JPG" width="267" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPcR3nT6mV0YYpW21EG0o5Nh2dGHjrOIEWcC63Q13Eoh5O_eQjw_wSjzzV02fWfioRgxYRRXz_fqk03PWnKs3VYrzkSFM0tmQf1tXIfpT-RSRThhTn9qDDJ6IBxADOfs6608GARZk2ExW/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPcR3nT6mV0YYpW21EG0o5Nh2dGHjrOIEWcC63Q13Eoh5O_eQjw_wSjzzV02fWfioRgxYRRXz_fqk03PWnKs3VYrzkSFM0tmQf1tXIfpT-RSRThhTn9qDDJ6IBxADOfs6608GARZk2ExW/s400/easter+weekend+2010+222.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hunting for eggs in the backyard.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k3dbO-KWfXpVoL3WJevFfNTKKJILbyjm715z3nr7hsoMJRCNAZ234hhnKxcq_0pFnS7DKaZiaMMp8Z4f_OcO5sZQAsv-k1lUXw7K4IgYj0BRX6eFi2sV_5ab_vUxNOX9ptfpSpZFC3CM/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+224.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5k3dbO-KWfXpVoL3WJevFfNTKKJILbyjm715z3nr7hsoMJRCNAZ234hhnKxcq_0pFnS7DKaZiaMMp8Z4f_OcO5sZQAsv-k1lUXw7K4IgYj0BRX6eFi2sV_5ab_vUxNOX9ptfpSpZFC3CM/s640/easter+weekend+2010+224.JPG" width="427" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Savoring a cookie she found in one of the eggs. She's our little cookie monster...always asking for a cookie!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9AfWINw8IPM7yWMqxInyWC5hRmoLxg9mhzW9NwvNU0JMuTZS36JvMrx_o-d16sIvgW1t0RVeWKylXjWOeqHkdLKZPQuRUxIzMH4pDzuSLPEMhojVVtTbJqWKV2BjfiXSVafnEnrjY7bV/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9AfWINw8IPM7yWMqxInyWC5hRmoLxg9mhzW9NwvNU0JMuTZS36JvMrx_o-d16sIvgW1t0RVeWKylXjWOeqHkdLKZPQuRUxIzMH4pDzuSLPEMhojVVtTbJqWKV2BjfiXSVafnEnrjY7bV/s640/easter+weekend+2010+227.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-87744954500579913462010-04-05T18:50:00.000-07:002010-04-05T18:50:02.952-07:00Cherry Blossoms<div style="text-align: center;">Shawn had a contract training all last week in Washington, DC. So we thought we would make a little vacation out of it. He came to pick us up Wednesday night and we spent Thursday and Friday in DC. Victoria loved being in the hotel and chasing the pigeons outside, Shawn loved the Spy Museum and now wants to be a spy ha ha and I loved the free continental breakfast's. Whats not to love about a free huge breakfast? Definitely a favorite meal for me when I'm prego (especially breakfast sausage dipped in syrup...I know, I sound like Buddy the Elf)! The most convenient part of the trip was being able to take the metro train. Traffic and parking are just insane in DC, so taking the metro everywhere eliminated the stress of driving. We had never been on the Metro before, so it felt like a ride at Disneyland...until Friday afternoon when we were packed in like sardines, having to stand holding Victoria and hanging on to Shawn, who was holding our Cadillac of a stroller, because I couldn't find a pole to hang on to for the ride, all while feeling everyone's hot breath on my neck...and then I felt something splashing on my leg...yup, Victoria was peeing and her diaper was too full to soak it up...so my leg, Shawn's toes (and I am sure stranger's legs and toes), and the floor of the train all soaked it up! Poor little girl! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The Cherry Blossoms were in full bloom while we were there and they were beautiful. We tried the National Zoo out, but it was so miserably crowded we left after 45 minutes then headed back home. It was SO nice to get away from our daily routine and spend a couple days together as a family!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bjNJRsiZqQUfFqQhrKZh01ewVjMIjOtCqkZLm-tlqcU9YqHMWYQ_gUy6xbG12Cdv9JpjdGvowbLSoNDMbSiwNeb8BNpfGon4M3yrKBKI34emvNnY_OzCYCn7OsjMfLK3gKi2PcCchf3C/s1600/easter+weekend+2010+012.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2bjNJRsiZqQUfFqQhrKZh01ewVjMIjOtCqkZLm-tlqcU9YqHMWYQ_gUy6xbG12Cdv9JpjdGvowbLSoNDMbSiwNeb8BNpfGon4M3yrKBKI34emvNnY_OzCYCn7OsjMfLK3gKi2PcCchf3C/s400/easter+weekend+2010+012.JPG" width="267" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">I wish I was better about keeping our blog updated...but because I'm a little behind (and nothing but the usual has been going on) I'll post a bunch of randomness all in one post.</div><div style="text-align: center;">At the beginning of this month Shawn started his "No Sweets" diet. He is trying to go all month with out devouring ANY yummy sweets. None. No candy, no cookies, no desserts...not even soda-except he recently gave into a Coke Zero and Pepsi 0 because "they don't have any sugar". He's been resisting those sweet cravings left and right (I wasn't sure if he could actually do it)...but I can't wait until March is over. It's just nice sometimes to share a dessert with your husband or go out for an ice cream cone every now and again. I've missed that.........okay, you got me, the real reason I can't wait for this "no sweets diet" to end is so that I can enjoy a nice gooey, sugar and calorie filled dessert without feeling like an oinker...and guilty about it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Although I'm not a huge fan of "no sweets for my sweetie" month, it has done a little inspiring to make our home a little healthier when it comes to snacks and such.</div><div style="text-align: center;">As for me this month I am busy taking my photoshop course 2 nights a weeks from 6:30 to 9:30. I'm the youngest in my class by at least 30 years. Which I actually thought surprising. Despite the often pausing so the...how should I say this..."older ones" can catch up and find their way, it's been a great class. The pregnancy has been going beautifully, which is a blessing! I am over the nausea, getting a bigger belly by the week, and feeling the little baby roll and poke... huge relief. We will finally get to have an ultrasound this Friday (I will be 19 weeks). They should be able to tell if the little peanut is a boy or a girl, but we've decided to wait and have the sex of the baby be a surprise!...although it is getting harder to stick with that decision when I know they can tell me what we are having in 5 days.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The belly comments have already started. And we all know how fast those get old! I mean who wants to hear "You look SO pregnant" when you're not even 20 weeks yet?...not me, thats for sure! I guess I just have to laugh about it because if they think I look "SO pregnant" now, well, they're going to be blown away in the next few months!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Victoria is 18 months now. She's hit the terrible two sassy attitude and tantrums...even in public. That little girl can scream...loud!! It's kind of funny sometimes, but other times not so much. (I know my sister is laughing though-she has 4 kids. Been there. Done that.) Victoria had her check up last week. She weighs 24lbs and is just over 31 inches tall. She is now average for both height and weight. She used to be tall and skinny on the charts, now she's right in the middle. We can't get enough of her sweetness and I am loving all this imaginary play she does with her dolls/stuffed animals, her fake cell phone conversations, and kitchen play. It's way too cute. And now that the weather is warmer she constantly has to be outside. She just recently started saying "Hey baby" to me and Shawn (because we always say it to her). She loves going to the library and the park. She went down a tube slide by herself for the first time, yesterday. We tried to lay her on her back so she wouldn't fall back and hit her head, but she went down the slide trying to hold her head up and arms stretched out with huge eyes! So funny!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't know what Shawn and I would do with out her. She makes our life so happy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5YJPaCZzC5Gg5Vb9uy8z0SbVNKLiBcAogBX3oFtRDmCPJRrS_t5ElwStT_Z7JHHu1VTlXlsJ9_I5tJtC54kVCg4RFARLn_xkCIXODdDjMk85dfD-bMOG1NOeIniJJM_zNfs7ER0INP0y/s1600-h/IMG_6357+c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt5YJPaCZzC5Gg5Vb9uy8z0SbVNKLiBcAogBX3oFtRDmCPJRrS_t5ElwStT_Z7JHHu1VTlXlsJ9_I5tJtC54kVCg4RFARLn_xkCIXODdDjMk85dfD-bMOG1NOeIniJJM_zNfs7ER0INP0y/s640/IMG_6357+c.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-15734767258289147602010-02-20T13:20:00.000-08:002010-02-20T13:20:40.764-08:00Here's Your Birthday Gift...<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-large;">Happy Birthday Mom!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">In honor of your birthday I made you a bag and of course I wouldn't have been able to make it with out the input and help from Shawn and Victoria...so the gift is from them as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's something to carry all your seminary goodies in, and when you're out and about you can turn the bag inside out for a new look...and pin the flower wherever you want...if you want it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXMn9J6tIr0e-8dafY1H7Js403n46u9EODYAO4cjfksSuKNfev8bNeigGTxMrvhPHRUtM1Y5FRfdjYxIkTNL6Jo_y6jrc1tM2O6BlvIl-R1YKXILawYclDf2Y9akWb-V2aeV423TDtncQ/s1600-h/IMG_6331.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgXMn9J6tIr0e-8dafY1H7Js403n46u9EODYAO4cjfksSuKNfev8bNeigGTxMrvhPHRUtM1Y5FRfdjYxIkTNL6Jo_y6jrc1tM2O6BlvIl-R1YKXILawYclDf2Y9akWb-V2aeV423TDtncQ/s640/IMG_6331.JPG" width="428" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">(My mom is an early morning seminary teacher)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">...so you can see the bottom of the bag.</div><div style="text-align: center;">...and the inside.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you have a perfect day today! We love you SO much!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(P.S. I'll send the bag on Monday...sorry it's not there today.)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-90687558538258269442010-02-17T13:16:00.000-08:002010-02-17T13:16:33.435-08:00Blizzards... And I Don't Mean The Dairy Queen Kind<div style="text-align: center;">Now I've got myself thinking about a Reese's Dairy Queen Blizzard...I feel a craving coming on....yup...now I've GOT to have one! Maybe this post about all our recent snow will make me forget about it (is it possible to forget a craving when you're pregnant?...I don't think so. I don't care what 'What to Expect When Expecting' says...grabbing a handful of grapes is not going to satisfy my blizzard craving).</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway we've had quite the snow fall here in Maryland this winter. The fist blizzard was just a few days before we left for our Christmas vacation. I think we got around a foot or a foot and half of snow overnight with that storm. Church was canceled and schools were out for a couple of days. Just last week we had "Blizzard '10" were we got over two feet of snow...and then a few days after that storm we had more snow, almost another foot. Church was canceled again, businesses shut down, people were not allowed on the roads during the storm, power was out in some areas, and the schools closed for the whole week...I think they just went back today. It was nice to have Shawn home for a couple of days though! At least we finished up more painting around the house! But I think we are all pretty sick of the snow and cold days around here. Please, Snow, melt away fast so spring can come already!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pictures from "Blizzard '09"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Shawn shoveling during the first storm. With his sauconys on...no boots. Are you sure you're from Utah, Shawn?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pictures from "Blizzard '10"</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I couldn't pass up this picture of Victoria standing on an upside down basket to check up on her snowman from our front window.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3582633566589975001.post-48171307605767353742010-02-03T11:06:00.000-08:002010-02-03T11:06:55.245-08:00Christmas Memories 2009<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know Christmas is old news by now, but I had to post about it for our family record. We spent a week at my house in California for Christmas. It was SO good to be home and as an extra treat my sister and her 4 kids were there as well. I finally got to meet the newest member of the family...Preston. My sister's youngest who was born the end of August. He looked like a 6 month old...way too cute, I couldn't get enough of him! We did a ton of stuff in one short week and had such a good time...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We headed down to the Americana for a night of lights, Santa, trolley rides, and The Cheesecake Factory.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The pictures below are us waiting in line to see Santa. Because my brother worked at the Americana he gave us special treatment and took us all to the front of the line to get our picture with Santa!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDQz1fYcC1xpb9x8JuyM98VBXGogOOJxMJsa8Tj1AoimAKnlOIS0OyLr__leDWjDV9PCyc09FFm8nF0QMpUGe1hxhZ3DT8p3KUaPIFDctwrI_UjHd7mdrlGJf4AcsvbudAff3f7shok5Z/s1600-h/2010-01-18+Jan+2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDQz1fYcC1xpb9x8JuyM98VBXGogOOJxMJsa8Tj1AoimAKnlOIS0OyLr__leDWjDV9PCyc09FFm8nF0QMpUGe1hxhZ3DT8p3KUaPIFDctwrI_UjHd7mdrlGJf4AcsvbudAff3f7shok5Z/s640/2010-01-18+Jan+2010.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Big Guy....This picture is priceless and puts a smile on my face every time I look at it! The only thing that would make it more perfect would be if Cody had his famous scowl on his face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Of course Christmas wouldn't be Christmas with out my mom's Christmas cookies...and all the other classic holiday cookies from the neighbors that we've gotten for the past 21 years! We all took part in decorating the cookies and eating them. We even found Cody hidden under a blanket eating a cookie that he had sneaked!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Christmas tree...it's huge, and every one of the ornaments has a story to tell.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Christmas Eve and Christmas morning are below.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Victoria loved the park ( Wendy Park...the same park that I would spend hours at growing up...even as a teenager) and leaving was the last thing she wanted to do! Did I mention how beautiful the weather was while we were there?...I miss it so much!</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">We also spent some time at the Aquarium of the Pacific...totally expensive to get in and after 2 1/2 hours everyone was ready to go home ha ha. Victoria's favorite part was the bird forest. The birds would land right on you, fly right at you almost knocking you over, poop on you, and if you were too pushy they would bite. </div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Our second week was spent in Logan Utah with Shawn's family, where Victoria opened a ton more gifts, Shawn went "bunny hunting" (gross, I know), I threw up a bunch, and we all welcomed in the new year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Victoria opened this special gift from her Aunt Melissa and Uncle Justin. Apparently she hated it ha ha.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We spent Thanksgiving day with the Palmer family this year (Shawn's cousins). We drove down to Alexandria, VA Thursday morning for a yummy feast and good company. Shawn's Aunt and Uncle were there from Idaho, Jeremy and Bridget came from New York, Stacey (Dave's fiance) came from Puerto Rico, and we all ate at Scott and Katie's house. Victoria had a blast playing with the five other kids there. The three youngest are all a month a part- Alex, 12 months, Magdalaina, 13 months, and Victoria, 14 months.<br />
After we ate, all the girls left the kids and cleaning up to the Dads while we went to see New Moon. A few parts of the movie were a bit ridiculous as far as acting and Bella is just way too awkward to watch sometimes, but it was definitely enjoyable and entertaining, and so good to spend a few hours out to a movie with other women. I cant even remember the last time I saw a movie in the theater before then!<br />
On Friday, we turned up some Christmas tunes, set up all the Christmas decorations, and hung the ornaments on our tree...then watched Victoria pull them all off!<br />
{here I am helping Victoria hang her ornament on the tree}<br />
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</div>{She decided she would rather hold on to it and play with it a while longer. Every morning she will go to the tree and pull off her ornament along with a few other bulbs...which she thinks are balls just for her to play with}<br />
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</div>{Shawn hanging the Christmas lights outside around the door...once he was finished, I of course changed my mind and decided I didn't want them hung there after all ha ha}<br />
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</div>Saturday evening we heard a couple fire trucks and police cars on our street so we peeked our heads out and saw SANTA riding on the back of the truck. So we bundled up and went outside to see him with all the other neighbors. Apparently Santa pays a little visit every year on the back of the fire truck. It was really sweet! Victoria just stared, she wasn't too sure what to think off all the loud sirens, honking, flashing lights, and Santa.<br />
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