Saturday, June 27, 2009

Our Family is Growing...


I want to first say that I really thought I would be the only married one/with kids on my side of the family for awhile. MAddy and Andre are quite a bit younger, and Chet once told me he would probably not get married until he was about 30. Well, Chet can now eat his words :D Actually, I am happy to not be the lone married one at the age of 24, and am looking forward to having more in common with my older brother. For those of you who don't know, he is getting married to Dana (girlfriend of more than a year) in September, and they are expecting a baby. The baby part was, well, quite unexpected, but I am really excited. A new baby is always something to celebrate, and I can't wait to meet my new niece or nephew in February (I think that's when it is).

If you don't know who Dana is, she and Chet met out in California, then she moved to Colorado where her family is and Chet soon moved out there too. We have met her a couple times, once when Adam and I went up to Colorado for a ski trip and they came to hang out with us for a couple days. They skiied with Adam one day (I was pregnant with Ally) then the next afternoon attempted to go home. I say attempted, because there was a huge blizzard and I have no idea when they got back to Denver. Anyway, here is a picture of them!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Father's Day and a Cute Bow
















This father's day, I decided to get Adam one of those recordable cards. Well, I was in the father's day section, and there were only two you could record on, and both were kinda lame. So i grabbed the less-lame one, and had Odin say "Love you Daddy" into the card. He did fine (although it sounded more like "Love Daddy!") but when Adam opened it...I realized it said Happy Birthday! Oh, well :) Odin helped me make breakfast for dinner, and then we stayed home and watched a movie. It was actually Saturday, since we don't have as much time to do these things on Sunday. Sunday we went swimming and had dinner at Adam's parents' house.










I also bought two adorable headbands on etsy. I NEVER thought I would be a headband person, but they are so cute and I can't resist. I included a pic of Ally sporting one.

Friday, June 19, 2009

She naps! :D

...Not that Ally didn't nap before, but it was usually in her swing and in short spurts. I tried letting her cry in the crib, and she would only nap for 30-45 mins at a time! Yikes! I always told myself I was blessed (and I am) because she sleeps great at night. But, a few days ago, she went to sleep right away at naptime, in her crib, and slept for a couple hours! She took a 3 hour nap yesterday and a 2 hour nap today while Odin was sleeping...she also takes two other one hour naps. It's great, and really helps my sanity on days like this when Adam is working late.

Speaking of days like this, I really need to find more things to do. I am not the type that enjoys hanging around at home all day, but we don't have money to spend and unfortunately, it costs money to do a lot of things. It's too hot to go to the park and I don't have many friends to do playdates with, so I'm not really sure WHAT to do.

Today while I was feeding Allison her bottle, Odin hit his head and came over to me crying. Well, Ally pulls away from her bottle, looks me in the eyes, sticks her bottom lip out, and begins crying as well. It was SO cute, like she felt bad for Odin and wanted to cry with him. I love it!

Saturday, June 13, 2009

More pictures...

Another post in the same day, because I have more pictures to share...


Allison cashed out while we were swimming :D

Me and Odin in the pool- he didn't want to get out, and his lips were getting purple!
Cute faces and I love this hat!
hehe

Our version of a water slide...

He hated this last year...I have pics from a blog post about his birthday.



So sweet!






Cute smile!


I love this boy and he is looking so grown up!



And, 2 months later...











Wow, I really am terrible at this blogging thing. You would think, since I love to write, that this would be easy, but it's not. See, I love writing fiction- creating stories about people that I create and, consequently, almost believe are real. I can make up people, places, and there are no rules to it (except for doing my best to be grammatically correct.) On a blog, I have to write about my real life, and since it's not very interesting (enjoyable, but not so interesting), I struggle to think of what to say. I'm not even positive anyone's reading it- except for the one follower I have (thanks, Amber, if you're still reading!).

I suppose I should update you on our lives since the addition of our wonderful baby girl. (Although I'm sure what everyone really wants are pictures!). Have I ever mentioned how I had horrible baby blues with my son? For his first two months, I was kind of depressed, felt weird, and cried a lot. I wasn't used to having a baby and didn't feel bonded to him. But then, when he was 2 months old, I fell in love and life was better than I ever could have imagined...as cliche as that sounds. When I had Allison, I expected the same...I was already imagining her life at 2 months plus. Thankfully, I only had baby blues for about a week, and it wasn't that bad. For anyone who wonders, transitioning two kids is actually a lot easier than one. I've done it before and it's not as much an interruption as before.

So here we are at the anticipated 2 months old. And...it's anticlimactic. I love my baby girl and she is such a good baby, but since I never had those sad feelings with her, life just feels the same. Normal, good, and better than before :) Also, I LOVE having a girl. All the dresses and headbands and bows....and the PINK clothing. Love it. Can't wait until her feet are big enough for shoes. Ally sleeps 8-9 hours straight at night, eats, goes back to sleeps for 3-4 more hours. It's amazing and I don't need to nap which is nice since her naps are completely irregular. Oh well, we have time to work on that. She is now almost 11 lbs and 24 inches long...95% for height! Another tall baby :) We have been enjoying summer, taking Odin swimming and playing in his sprinkler pool (now just a wading pool since there's a hole causing the sprinklers to barely work). Recently we even traveled to Illinois for Adam's aunt's funeral. The kids were amazing the whole drive (yes, I said drive...we love road trips!). Allison can hold her head up with minimal bobbling, and she is soon to be outgrowing her 0-3 month clothing! Can't wait to put her in that dress I made for her!

Adam still has enough work to get us by, even though it's slowing down and money is tight...but we are okay. As for me, I haven't gotten an agent for my book yet, so I will send out some more queries as well as work on another novel (very different from the first, which I will eventually write a sequel to). I am also hoping to do some scrapbooking soon and add new cards to my shop. A lot to do, but I don't worry if I get it done. As long as I am doing the important things- spending time with Adam, taking care of the kids....and I do promise to blog more often!