tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18550062641013688842024-03-12T18:24:48.406-07:00Food for the RoadKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.comBlogger492125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-68777732178939311172014-07-23T17:16:00.000-07:002014-07-23T17:16:47.182-07:00Adventures in June.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I turned 32! Getting older doesn’t bother me but
I’m starting to get annoyed by all of the gray hairs I have now. I haven’t dyed my hair in over ten years so I’m
thinking it’s about time. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;">The girls had a fun week in the middle of
June.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;">Their bio dad came into town.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;">It had been a couple years since his last
visit.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;">He spoiled them like crazy and
took them all over town. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;">I was afraid
the visit would be uncomfortable since he and I don’t really get along but we
were surprisingly mature and didn’t fight with each other! Woo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt;">We took trips to several nearby nurseries to
look for trees and get an idea of what we wanted for the new landscaping. The nursery that we ended up buying our trees
from has goats that you can feed. It
turns out that Ryan really doesn’t like animals up close but he’ll wave hi like
crazy from a distance. He did like to
feed the fish in the pond. I think they
were far enough away.</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-82931869389028398992014-07-23T16:11:00.003-07:002014-07-23T16:11:33.282-07:00Kaeleigh.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can't forget about Kaeleigh! She is
getting ready to head into middle school.
Just before school let out for the summer all of the incoming 6<sup>th</sup>
graders got to take a field trip to their new school for a tour. When she got home we asked her how it went.
Her response was, “terrifying.” Ha ha! There’s a sneak peek night just before school
starts where she’ll find out her schedule and we can find the rooms and her
locker and all of that fun stuff but she is afraid we’ll miss it! She’s made it clear several times that we
have to be in town for that. She gets
stressed out so easily. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaeleigh has developed her own sense of style
lately. She’s taking less of mom’s
suggestions and picking out what she wants to wear and how she wants to
accessorize. There have been some hits
and misses. Misses in my opinion are
always her favorite outfits. Her teenage
years are going to be fun. I feel for my
mom now that karma has come full circle. </span></span></div>
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<br />Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-41082645398074748042014-07-22T12:24:00.000-07:002014-07-22T12:24:42.273-07:00Bugs...I hate them.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">See that tiny speck?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Now imagine that multiplied by like a thousand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">We had heard some rustling and chirping in our
upstairs bathroom</span> and when we went outside we saw a bird fly right into
the vent leading out from that bathroom.
Since we also had a mama bird make a nest on our front porch we knew
that it was baby bird season so we just decided to leave the nests until the
birds were big enough and then we’d put up bird spikes to deter the birds from
making nests. Well…it was a nice idea in
theory. One day Maylyn yelled for me and
when I got upstairs our entire toilet (which is under the ceiling vent) was
covered in tiny bugs. So small that they
looked more like dirt until you got up close and saw that they were
moving. I called our pest control guy
and he came over and said they were bird mites from the birds that had set up
shop in our duct work. He sprayed as
best he could but said that we had to get the birds out to get rid of the
problem. So Bill and my brother-in-law
Jeff rented a really tall ladder and evicted the birds. Then they had to remove all of the duct work because
it was packed full of years of nest building and dead bird and now these
thousands of bird mites. It was
horrifying and disgusting. Bill had to
strip off the clothes he was wearing outside because they were covered in mites
and I threw them directing in the trash barrel.
There was no way in hell I was putting those in my washing machine.
After new duct work and lots more bug spray we are free of bird mites but I’m
still traumatized by the whole thing.
Bill put up a bird guard on the outside of the house so they can’t get
back in and I disinfected the entire bathroom.
Picture me mopping the ceiling. I’m so glad that Jeff was here to help
Bill because otherwise it would have been me helping and I’m pretty sure I
would have freaked! Moral of the story:
Birds are cute but don’t let them set up shop in or around your
house. You may not even see the bird
mites until they are everywhere!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a mosquito and in typical Maylyn fashion, her whole arm swelled up. She was bit on Saturday night and on Sunday
night I drew a dotted line in marker around the swelling so I could keep an eye
on it. When she woke up Monday morning
the swelling had passed my marker line so we went to the doctor. The pediatrician recommended that Maylyn see
an allergist. We had to wait about a
month and a half to be seen but the doctor we saw was so great. </span></span></div>
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Maylyn and it turns out she’s allergic to more than we realized, like cats and
dogs. But not horses, thank goodness! :) It looks like we won’t be getting any pets.
The one thing we learned from her visit is that her reaction to bug bites is
not life threatening. Huge relief! But with the type of cells that Maylyn has,
she’ll always have this type of reaction and swelling. Huge bummer. </span></span></div>
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month for another pulmonary test to see if what we thought was asthma is really
asthma or if it’s just these allergies we didn’t know she had. The doctor put her on a new inhaler and now
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Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-23171678168477600012014-07-19T17:18:00.000-07:002014-07-19T17:18:25.068-07:00May.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan had his first trip to the dentist! The dental office I found near us is very family friendly. They had a little play area in the waiting room that Ryan loved and then when we got back to the exam chairs they gave him a pair of sunglasses to wear and turned on Netflix to Mickey Mouse! He sat still the whole time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We explored Spokane a little bit. There are so many parks tucked into the city.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the park we had lunch at a place called Anthony's. It's right off the Spokane River so it has an amazing view of the falls. Ryan kept looking out the window and gasping, it was hilarious!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We started to work on potty training a little bit. He'll sit still and watch movies on the iPad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">May also meant our double birthdays. Maylyn invited a couple friends over to decorate cupcakes for her birthday party. She LOVES horses so we made horse cupcakes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaeleigh had initially thought she was "too cool" for little sister's cupcake party but then decided that it might be fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan's birthday was the 18th. I can't believe this little boy is two years old. Trying to get a two year old to cooperate and take pictures was fun. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He fell and hit his eye two days before his birthday so it looked like he had been in a fight and got a black eye. At his well visit he weighed 27 pounds. His height, weight, and head circumference all fell in the 50th percentile. He's not the best eater but he does have some favorites. Pizza is definitely number one with peanut butter close behind. I'm doing like his doctor said and continuing to offer him everything we're eating but he's a turkey and picks at his food. He's not much of a talker. While his pediatrician isn't concerned about it, it worries and frustrates me. He'll sign things like, "more." "Please." "All done." His doctor says that he has his sisters and me to answer for him so of course he's not talking. The one thing he says consistently is Dad. This little mama's boy refuses to say Mama. Oh well, what can you do?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We celebrated both birthdays together with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law and we Skyped during present time with my parents so it was almost like they were there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maylyn turned 9 this year. She has started to outgrow the Barbies and is now all about Lego Friends. And she still asks for a horse every year. Who am I kidding? She asks nearly every day for a horse. Can you guess what she picked as the theme of her room? :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I need to get a better picture of the two of them for this year but I just love seeing how much they grow and change each year.</span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-20803348940775449462014-07-19T16:10:00.000-07:002014-07-19T16:10:06.393-07:00April and Easter.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In April my parents came to visit. They stayed with us for a week right around Easter. It was so nice to be able to visit with them after not seeing them since we went to Arizona back in November. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The girls decorated Easter eggs with my mom. My dad helped hide the eggs in the backyard. (Pre-landscaping work.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I didn't plan my picture taking very well. It fell right at Ryan's nap time and basically every picture looks like this:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We loved having a big backyard to hide eggs in and Ryan was finally old enough to understand what was going on. Next year should be even more fun!</span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-78319163519531380492014-07-13T16:36:00.000-07:002014-07-13T16:36:18.126-07:00WA Anniversary.<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">March marked our one year anniversary in Washington! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We miss our friends and family but we are loving it up here! The weather (snow excluded) is so nice. We love that we get to experience four seasons.</span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-11287664105840871202014-07-13T16:21:00.000-07:002014-07-13T16:21:21.449-07:00First Winter.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We made it through our first winter. Whew! The kids loved the snow. I didn't like it so much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm a winter rookie. I stepped off the curb into what I thought was a pile of snow but turned out to be ice covered snow and I sprained my MCL. Not the best injury to have in a house full of stairs. It took forever to heal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Shoveling snow is quite the cardio workout! I've asked the Husband for a snow blower before next winter. Trying to clear our new driveway sucks so much. Our neighbors took pity on me one day and did the shoveling for me! And then it snowed again. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 115%;">I think the only thing worse than shoveling snow
is driving on the icy, snowy roads. I had to drive the day we tried to
move and it was snowing all day. It was the most terrifying experience,
and I've been robbed at gunpoint! I plan on staying off the roads next winter. Maybe just hunkering down and hibernating. :)</span></div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-5163014595756776442014-07-13T15:50:00.000-07:002014-07-13T15:50:32.541-07:00The new house.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The story of our new house is several months in
the making. The Husband had been looking at houses online and came acr</span>oss
a foreclosure. It looked like it was in
a nice neighborhood and had an awesome backyard. Before we even saw the inside of the house
we were sold on the backyard. So we took
several trips over to check out the neighborhood. Our realtor was able to get us inside the
house right before it went on the market and we loved it immediately! It checked off so many of the things we had
on our list.</span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-master bedroom and office on the main level<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">- 3 car garage<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-fenced backyard (you’d be surprised at the amount of houses with fenceless yards.)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-enough bedrooms so every kid had their own room<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The list goes on but those were the biggest things. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We were the first offer received on the house and we closed and got the keys the day after Christmas. Our lease at the house we had been renting wasn’t up until February so we took that time to clean and paint and slowly start getting settled in. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The day we moved was ridiculous. It started to snow when the movers we hired arrived at the house and continued to snow ALL.DAY.LONG. It snowed so much that the moving truck couldn’t get up the end of the street we lived on so we had to wait several days for the snow to melt before we finished our move. Luckily we had packed a lot of the everyday stuff into my van so we had clothes and kitchen items to get us through until the rest of our belongings made it.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first day at the new house.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">The biggest project we’ve had to tackle since moving in has been the landscaping.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">The previous owners of the house had planted the wrong grass and according to our neighbors had also stopped watering it. We had all of the grass and several trees removed and then had hydro seeding done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> You can see just how crappy and patchy the grass was.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">I didn’t realize what a long and expensive process it is!</span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">Yesterday was the first day that the Husband got to mow his new lawn.</span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;">No one had been able to walk on it after they laid the seed down so after Bill mowed we let the kids run around in the sprinklers.</span><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px;"> </span></span><br />
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Year! Yesterday was the last day of
school for the kids before their Winter Break started and it snowed
all.day.long. This was the most snow we’ve
seen since we got to Washington. Today
we bundled up the kids and let them go outside and play. Kaeleigh and Maylyn joined the rest of the
kids on our block and did some sledding down the hill behind our mailbox. Ryan just wanted to walk up and down the
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street but that was okay with me because I’m afraid to drive in the snow. What can I say? I’m an Arizona girl. The worst things we drive through are haboobs
and the occasional pouring rain. I have
no idea what to do on a snowy road. I
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The girls had mentioned to us that there was a moose up by
their bus stop one morning. One of the
parents shooed it off and I didn’t really think about it again; until one
morning about two weeks ago. I woke the girls up for school and went back
upstairs to wait for Ryan to wake up.
All of a sudden I hear Maylyn say, “There’s a moose in our yard!” So I ran down stairs and sure enough we had a
visitor. He was a young moose and hung
out there for about two and a half hours (who knows how long he had been there
before we woke up.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Finally he got up and limped away. One of his back legs was messed up. According to our neighbor, he and mama moose
had been hit by a car. Mama moose died
and he ended up with a broken leg. That
was over a year ago. I called animal control
and they said that because he can get up and move around they don’t do anything
about it. Then after awhile the moose
came back and started snacking on all of the trees and plants in our yard and
the neighbors’ yards. There were a few
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Maylyn has seen him a few more times since then and Bill saw him down the hill by the grocery store a few days ago.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Apparently this is his hood and he likes it here.</span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-50615457154903506482013-12-21T15:55:00.000-07:002013-12-21T15:55:00.872-07:00Family Pictures.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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to our Arizona trip I had contacted my friend Julie about getting some family
pictures taken while we were in town. We
met up at The Grove in Chandler. Julie
got some really great shots. You’d never
guess that Ryan was being a turkey and didn’t want to sit for pictures. Here are a few of my favorites.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's a decade's worth of birthdays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can't believe my baby is ten! I don't know where the time goes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At ten years old Kaeleigh: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*thinks she's older than she is and gives me quite the 'tude these days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*LOVES to read. It's getting her to stop reading that's the trick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*plays violin</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*is about two inches shy of being five feet tall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*has graduated to women's size shoes and wears a size 6</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">*can't wait til she's twelve because that's when I told her she could start wearing make up. :)</span></div>
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November marked our first snow fall. It
wasn’t too much and melted and was gone the next day. The girls had to walk uphill to the bus stop…in
the snow. Ha ha! Now they have a story for their grandkids
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We flew to
Arizona to visit family.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The Husband
found out last minute that he had to work and wasn’t going to be able to make
the trip with us so I flew by myself with the three kids.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Flying out of Spokane wasn’t too bad.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bill helped us get inside and to the security
line.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I had Ryan in a carrier on my
chest and was carrying his car seat.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">And
because he was on my chest they sent us through a family line where I had to
have my hands swabbed by a TSA agent.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It
didn’t take too long and we were on the plane in no time at all.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">When we got on the plane a flight attendant
helped carry Ryan’s seat to an empty row for us where I buckled it in and got
everyone settled.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ryan was by the
window, then me, Maylyn was next to me, and Kaeleigh was across the aisle.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Well, as the plane begins taxiing down the
runway another flight attendant (a different one than who helped me) comes over
and tells me that Ryan can’t be over the wing of the plane and we’ll have to
move seats.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">So she asks these gentlemen
a few rows back if they’ll trade seats with us and the first flight attendant
who put me in that row came and apologized and offered to hold Ryan so I could
carry all of our crap to the now vacated row.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Talk about embarrassing.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The
pilot had to stop taxiing so we could do the seat swaps and </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">everyone on the plane</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> was staring at me
as I unbuckled Ryan’s seat moved rows and buckled it back up. To top it off,
Ryan was just starting to fall asleep before the move and then refused to sleep
for the whole flight after the switch.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It was great.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I don’t know how
many cookies that kid ate but I was doing anything and everything to keep him
from crying.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We celebrated
Kaeleigh’s 10</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> birthday while we were in Arizona.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Everyone came to Peter Piper Pizza to
celebrate with us.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It was so great to
see my family and friends.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">A few of
Kaeleigh’s old school friends came to her party also.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It was a short
trip but lots of fun…until the flight home.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sky Harbor airport is a nightmare.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It makes the airport in Spokane look like a library in comparison.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We got to the front of the security line very
quickly, surprisingly. Ryan was on my chest again in his carrier but had fallen
asleep this time around.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">So again they
pull me aside to swab my hands but this time I set off an alarm.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I have no idea why but the TSA agent grabbed
all of my stuff and took me to this separate table where they proceeded to swab
all of my belongings and wouldn’t let me touch any of it.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I had to be taken into this little room so
that I could get a pat down from a female agent while another female agent and
Kaeleigh and Maylyn looked on.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Keep in
mind that Ryan is still asleep on my chest this entire time.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It was ridiculous.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Obviously I looked like a dangerous
individual with two kids and a sleeping baby.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Let me tell you something, those agents have to pat you down </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">everywhere</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I had to loosen Ryan’s carrier so she could
feel under my boobs and everything.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Luckily we arrived early for our flight because that whole fiasco took
forever and stressed all of us out except for Ryan who slept through the entire
thing. Until we got on the plane and then he was all rested and didn’t want to
sit in his car seat so I spent another flight with a wide awake one year old
trying to entertain him with snacks and all of the pamphlets in the seat
pockets in front of us.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I even took
advantage of the free Wi-Fi on the plane and the free TV they offered to
distract him.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It didn’t really work.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He spend the last half an hour or so
fussing.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Getting home was a lot harder
than getting to the airport.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bill had
flown out a few hours before we flew in so he left my car in the parking garage
and I got a luggage cart to transport all of our things to the car.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It was exhausting.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I told Bill that I am never flying by myself
with all of the kids ever again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Kaeleigh’s
actual birthday was November 15</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> so we took her out to dinner.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">She chose Olive Garden.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">And when we got home we had some cake and
the kids got to Skype with family.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I
don’t know if I’ve mentioned how much of a Harry Potter fan Kaeleigh is but the
girl just loves HP.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Bill found the
perfect gift for her.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It’s Hermione’s
wand and time turner necklace.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sadly,
about five minutes after Kaeleigh opened her gift she and Maylyn started
arguing and Maylyn sat on Kaeleigh and broke the wand.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We haven’t found a glue yet that will keep it
together.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Maybe it really is magic…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I also buzzed
off all of Ryan’s hair this month.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It
had gotten to the point where he would twist his hair around his fingers and
pull handfuls of it out.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He actually sat
pretty still while I cut it; I was very surprised.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">And now he looks like a little man!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It makes me sad to think about how quickly he’s
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In October we went trick-or-treating!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan was a cow.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maylyn was a colorful skeleton.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kaeleigh was an 80's pop star.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We only made it about a block or so. It was just too cold and Ryan wasn't really feeling it. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">He had no idea what people were handing him.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> I'm sure next year will be a different story once he realizes that people are giving him candy. </span></div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-79183236526439363012013-12-12T20:02:00.001-07:002013-12-12T20:02:42.718-07:00September.<div class="MsoNormal">
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to visit us in September! The weekend
she was here coincided with the Spokane Pig Out so we went into the city and
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Sara was also on
hand to help document Ryan’s first big boy haircut!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I wasn’t ready to cut it but it had gotten to
the point that people were saying that he was a cute little girl.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">In fact, while he was sitting on my lap
getting his hair cut a lady standing nearby said, “oh, look at how good she’s
being.”</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Killing me lady!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He was wearing blue too.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">September also
meant that the girls went back to school!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Kaeleigh is now in 5</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> grade and Maylyn is in 3</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
grade.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Kaeleigh has way more homework
this year and usually needs help with math.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Turns out that I don’t remember fractions nearly as well as I thought I
did.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">She’ll be smarter than her parents
soon!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Summer school really helped Maylyn
prepare for 3</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">rd</sup><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> grade.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">She
still struggles but I can see a change in her reading and writing.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Trying to get her to do her 20 minutes of
reading a night was like pulling teeth but she’s discovered a love for Daisy
Meadows’ Fairy Books and has been reading a ton lately.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I didn’t take
too many pictures this month but I was able to get a few of the kids
together.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">It’s getting harder to take
pictures of Ryan that aren’t blurry from movement.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">That little boy is all over the place!</span><br />
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surprisingly good time. The Husband was
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but he really liked jumping in from the side of the pool. His lessons were first so Kaeleigh and Maylyn
sat and read until we were done and then it was their turn. I spent the 35 minutes of the girls’ class
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">At the end of
August Bill surprised us with a trip to Silver Mountain Resort in Kellogg,
Idaho. It’s this beautiful resort about
an hour away from us that is a ski resort during the winter time but also has
an indoor water park that runs year round. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We took a 3.1 mile gondola ride to dinner the first night that we were there.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ryan was a little nervous and held on tight to his daddy and sister.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We spent the next two days swimming, enjoying some treats, and having some fun family time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";">We had so much
fun that Maylyn passed out as soon as we got home!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-68873920461109367822013-12-11T20:53:00.000-07:002013-12-11T20:53:47.217-07:00July.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan started walking in June so in July we got him a pair of
sandals. He really liked them. Ha ha! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The only way we could get him to wear them was to put them on right before taking him outside. So he associated the shoes with something fun. And now he’s a shoeaholic. I took the kids shoe shopping and Ryan would get happy with every pair I put on him and cry every time I took a pair off.</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">The Husband and I celebrated our 4<sup>th</sup> anniversary
on July 8<sup>th</sup>. We got to have a
date night and go out to dinner while my parents were in town later in the
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The day after my parents arrived we took a road trip into
Oregon to visit one of my mom’s brothers.
He was having a family reunion so we got to see a bunch of family that
we hadn’t seen in years. Or in the case
of my kids, hadn’t met yet. Ryan loved
the hotel we stayed at. He had a blast
in the pool and his favorite part of our room was standing in front of the AC
while it was on.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Husband ordered butterflies for the kids and they
emerged during my parent’s visit. My mom
teaches about butterflies with her students at school so she helped take care
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We took a lot of walks while they were here. Ryan loves to be pushed around in his
stroller. My dad and I spent a couple
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> We took my parents to a few places during the week that they
were here. We made a stop at Lake Coeur d’Alene
in Idaho and spent some time walking around Riverfront Park here in Spokane. It’s such a beautiful park for being in the
center of the city. We celebrated both
of my parent’s birthdays while they were here.
It was a slightly belated celebration for my mom and an early one for my
dad. We loved having them in town!</span><br />
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<br />Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-50482324335659981342013-12-11T20:11:00.001-07:002013-12-11T20:11:28.748-07:00June.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I’m annoyed with myself.
It’s nearly the end of the year and I’m way behind in posting. Often times I will sit at my laptop and
debate whether I should do one big recap post with a crap ton of pictures or
several smaller catch up posts. And then
I get tired of sitting in my uncomfortable chair and don’t blog at all! It’s pathetic. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was ready to say forget it but my memory is horrible and
if I don’t blog about it then it’s like it didn’t even happen. I was looking through my pictures and I kept
saying, “oh yeah, I forgot we did that!”
Since my last post in August was a catch up from May I’ll start my recap
in June. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The school year goes clear into the middle of June up here
in Washington. Right before school was
out there was a family BBQ at the girls’ school and Ryan and I went and had
lunch with Kaeleigh and Maylyn. They
served the worst hamburger I’ve ever tasted.
I finally understood why the girls never wanted to eat in the cafeteria
on hamburger day. Bad food aside it was
a nice picnic lunch with my girlies and Ryan.
He loved seeing his sisters in the middle of the day and to see all of
the other kids running around. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our neighborhood hosted an End of the School Year party at
the splash pad complete with bounce houses, a deejay, and free ice cream. It was awesome but a little too cool for the
splash pad. Imagine it being too cool for a splash pad in
June. That would never happen in
Arizona.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan started walking in June at 13 months old. His favorite thing to do is walk to the
mailbox. I just love these pictures of
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We celebrated my 31<sup>st</sup> birthday in June. I don’t know what happened to my 30<sup>th</sup>
year. It flew by. The husband had been out of town on my actual
birthday and three days later was Father’s Day so we did a joint celebration at
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Ryan swung in a swing for the first time and loved it. He had
his first race with our neighbor’s three year old. Ryan also got to meet the biggest dog he’d
ever seen up close. He looks scared but
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<br />Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-36501948319465636092013-08-03T11:44:00.000-07:002013-08-03T11:44:02.013-07:00One year.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Left side: May 19, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Right side: May 19, 2013</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What a difference a year makes.</span></div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-8396248411538510532013-08-03T11:40:00.000-07:002013-08-03T11:40:39.416-07:00Eight is Great.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maylyn is eight!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Seriously, where does the time go??</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She didn't seem to mind that she had to share a birthday party with her little brother but I think next year I'll have to do things a little differently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The birthday girl requested a zebra cake so I scoured my Pinterest boards for a pin I knew I had posted a long time ago. It turned out great!</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wanted to make sure that there was a special aspect to her birthday and that she didn't get overshadowed by the excitement of Ryan's first birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When it came time for presents Maylyn was cracking me up. She's quite expressive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Doesn't look like she liked her gifts, right?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At her 8 year well visit Maylyn weighed 68 pounds (90%) and is 51 1/2 inches tall. (75%)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She's very excited to no longer be sitting in a booster seat in the car.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maylyn loves Barbies, Monster High, riding her bike, coloring and painting, and being outside with her friends. She and Ryan are kindred spirits. If she does something silly he cracks up. They're my little troublemakers. All this time I thought Maylyn got that from her biological dad and now Ryan acts just like her. They must get it from me! Ha ha! She doesn't like to read and has a harder time with school than I'd like but we're working on it. She starts summer school next week to get a jump on 3rd grade.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She's going to be a third grader! I'm constantly baffled at how quickly kids grow. Maylyn is going to be fun to watch. And when I say fun I mean likely to cause me more gray hairs. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This baby is one year old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can't believe how quickly this year went by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We had a small family party for both Ryan's and Maylyn's birthdays. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">(Maylyn will get her own post.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My parents flew up to Washington to surprise the kids. They arrived late Friday while the kids were asleep so the kids woke up to Grandma and Papa on Saturday!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I would have loved to have gotten all Pinterest crazy while planning his party but let's be honest, ain't nobody got time for that! Instead I made a small six inch round for his smash cake with some sprinkles and I took one of the Mickey Mouse paper plates, cut Mickey out, and stuck him in the cake! Ryan loved it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">...so I pushed his hand in the cake.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And then the fun began.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan loved all of his birthday gifts. Our living room looks like Mickey Mouse exploded and then a tornado blew through. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At his 12 month well visit he weighed 22 pounds 12 ounces (75%) he measured at 31 inches long (90%) and despite the fact that he looks like he has a big head it was only in the 45th percentile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I waited for the go ahead from his doctor to start him on whole milk. He was still nursing a lot so I started to cut back but the whole milk seemed to cause a lot of acid reflux so we switched to lactose free milk and he is doing a lot better with it. I'm not sure what it was about the whole milk because he eats yogurt with no problem...something to ask his doctor I guess. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan finally started walking at 13 months. And now nothing and nowhere is safe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">He had his first trip to the emergency room too. He woke up shaking, throwing up, and running a fever. It was some kind of stomach virus that passed after a couple of days thankfully but he was looking pretty miserable. It was sad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's been nearly two weeks now since Ryan stopped nursing. I was SO ready to be done and very proud of myself for nursing him for 14 months. Of course as soon as I stopped he caught a cold from his sister. (Thanks Maylyn!) He's become quite the big boy these days. It was like as soon as he hit the 14 month mark he really grew up. I'm almost afraid to blog about it because every time I do he suddenly reverts back <i>but</i> he's finally sleeping consistently. We're talking 9-10 hours at night and two naps during the day that are usually around two hours. Yay!! This mama is finally getting some sleep. I'm pretty excited to introduce orange juice, caffeine, and all of those other things that I had to cut out while I was nursing. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Ryan has quite the personality. He loves to "talk" on the phone. He'll put his play phone up to his ear and just jabber away. I think he may be a little OCD. He has this thing about doors. They have to be closed. If we leave the downstairs bathroom door open he will let us know to close it or try to close it himself. You should have seen him at the grocery store last week. We walked past an open door and he tried really hard to get out of my arms to go close it.</span></div>
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<br />Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-29922549315855402652013-06-22T21:01:00.004-07:002013-06-22T21:01:57.068-07:00First Snow.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The first time it started snowing I may have squealed. What can I say? I grew up in the desert.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The snow didn't stick to the ground but it was fun to watch it fall.</span>Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-30803849438663255102013-06-22T20:48:00.003-07:002013-06-22T20:48:55.096-07:00The Move.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So much to catch up on! Let’s backtrack to February. The Husband was offered a promotion with his
company and the position would take us to Spokane, Washington. He had to start the job almost immediately so
that left the kids and I to get things finalized so we could follow him. I really didn’t want to be in separate states
for any longer than we needed to be. Initially we had planned on renting out our
house in Arizona but I just happened to run into my good friend’s mother, a
realtor, who was confident she could sell our house quickly. And she wasn’t kidding. We had three offers in the first 48
hours! Other than a few minor repairs
and some cleaning on the house; it was one less thing for us to worry
about. Bill’s company covered the
packing and the moving for us, including moving my car. Talk about a load off. I don’t even want to think about how long it
would have taken me to pack with a then nine month old demanding all of my
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days for all of our belongings to get to WA so rather than fly up and spent
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> The kids and I flew out of AZ on March 9<sup>th</sup>. I was really nervous to fly by myself with the
kids but they all did great. The lines
at the airport that day were so long and Ryan fell asleep on my chest in his
carrier. He did great on the plane, only
fussing when he was ready to nurse which put him back to sleep for most of the
flight! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Husband picked us up at the airport and took us to our
new home. Since we moved so quickly we
decided to rent for a little while so that we could learn the area and decide
where we want to eventually buy. We
found a really beautiful neighborhood about five miles outside of the city. It’s gorgeous. There are so many trees. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The street we live on is really quiet and all
of our neighbors are so friendly. It’s such
a change from AZ where I never talked to the neighbors and didn’t know any of
their names. An added bonus is the
number of kids here. Kaeleigh and Maylyn
immediately made friends and are always outside playing. Weather permitting anyway. It was pretty cold here in March. (As I type this the temperature is 49 degrees
and has been raining nonstop since yesterday.
Quite the difference from AZ, let me tell you!) We only had to spend a day and a half without
furniture and Bill’s sister and niece came to help me unpack and get
organized. I couldn’t have done it without
them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I got the kids registered for school a few days after we got
to Spokane and they got to ride a bus to school for the first time. So exciting for them! I can’t wait to see if they’re still excited
about riding the bus in high school.
Maylyn made her mark on her first day by falling off a piece of
playground equipment and bruising her collar bone. I always dread my phone ringing while they’re
in school and to see a phone call from the nurse on the first day? Man, she’s trying to give me more gray hairs! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We’ve been here three months now and we love it. I’m learning the area little by little and on
Bill’s weekends off we take Sunday drives and sight see. We’re really close to the Idaho border so we’ve
driven over a few times now. This whole
area is gorgeous and we’re excited to spend our first summer in a cooler
climate.</span></div>
Karenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01608526518459373606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1855006264101368884.post-56400432081408931192013-05-14T18:24:00.001-07:002013-05-14T18:24:56.460-07:009, 10, 11.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This baby has grown so much in the last few months and with his first birthday quickly approaching (Saturday!) I thought I'd better get caught up on my blog.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ten months.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ryan now has 11 teeth. Three
of his molars started cutting through last month and boy, has that been fun!
He started crawling right before he hit nine months and on the day of his
nine month birthday he crawled over to a chair and pulled himself up to stand.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He's
slimmed down some now that he's mobile. I miss all of those rolls!
He is still wearing a size four diaper and is in 18 month clothing.
Some 12 month tops still fit him but pants are too short. I put him
in a pair of 12 month pants and they looked like capris!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">This
little boy loves music. I noticed him bouncing along one day at the
grocery store and since then he dances and sings when there's music on. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He
now shakes his head 'no' and nods his head 'yes'. It's hilarious.
I'll ask him, "Do you want a cookie?" (Cookie = Gerber puffs)
and he just smiles and nods.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Ryan
has developed an intense love for Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is
his favorite show. As soon as he hears the theme song he starts smiling
and dancing. Most days he'll point to the remote control and then to the TV.
I'll ask him, "Do you want to watch Mickey?" and he'll nod his
head yes. As soon as it's time to "do the hot dog dance" he
starts dancing and saying "ha" for hot dog. It's adorable.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">He
is very loving. Ryan will give hugs to Daddy and hugs and kisses to me
and to Maylyn. Sometimes he'll hug Kaeleigh but he mostly pushes her
away. He loves her, but from a distance. :) His favorite
thing to do with Kaeleigh is to dog pile. She'll lie on the ground and he
crawls over and climbs on top of her; usually trying to steal her glasses. No one’s glasses are safe in this house.
He also shows love by doing what we call The Bonks. He will knock
heads with us and we say, "Bonk!" I'll tell him, "give
daddy the bonks” and he'll knock heads with The Husband. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">We’ve finally gotten to the point
where he doesn’t need me to nurse him to sleep.
Previously, I would nurse him into a stupor and then lay him down in his
crib and sneak out of his room like a ninja so I didn’t wake him up because if
he did then I’d have to nurse him back to sleep again. I created a little boob dependant
monster. When we moved (that’s another
blog post) I took advantage of The Husband’s business trips and let Ryan cry it
out. It didn’t take long for him to catch
on. Every now and then he’ll cry for a
few seconds but usually falls right to sleep on his own. Yay!
We seem to be getting into a regular sleep schedule now that his molars
have cut through. He was getting up at
least two times and night but lately seems to be sleeping anywhere from 8-9
hours at night. One night last week he
slept nearly 10 hours. It was amazing! I, of course, had to go check to make sure he
was still breathing even though we have a baby monitor with the movement alarm
that goes off if he stops. I’m paranoid
what can I say?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">The one thing he hasn’t started
doing yet is walking. Both Kaeleigh and
Maylyn were walking by ten months old so I thought for sure he’d be the same
but it turns out he’s on his own timetable and he’s pretty stubborn at
that. Don’t try to stand him up and get
him to walk to you because he’ll go limp and throw himself backward. But give him his walker and he’ll push that
thing and walk all over! He gets really
mad when he reaches a wall and can’t walk any farther. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">Our new house has A LOT of stairs
which he loves to climb. We’ve been
teaching him to slide on his belly when he wants to go down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">I know there have been other things
I’ve meant to post about Ryan but if they don’t get written down and blogged
about then I forget. I’ve got lots to
catch up on around here. We’ve got a
big, double birthday celebration this weekend!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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