01/17/10
What better thing to do with a brand new big blanket than make a fort. Our living room gets destroyed more often than not. At least the couch cushions stayed on this time.
01/16/10

More hanging out at Bridges Bay, watching TV, and who can forget PRESENTS!!! Morgan kept calling it "Secret Christmas". I think because she found me wrapping presents and I told her she couldn't tell her cousins what was in them.
01/15/10

Hanging out with family at our annual Christmas at Bridges Bay in Arnolds Park.

Next Set of Pictures
01/14/10
Our friends the Millers called at 5:30 tonight to see if we started supper. Nope. We eagerly accepted their invitation to go to Pizza Ranch. One of my favorite places. The Petersons and Pettys joined us also. Pictured Left to right: Julie Petty, Cheri Peterson, and Andrea Miller
01/13/10

It has been REALLY cold lately. Like put a negative in front of that number in the picture. So it was a pleasant surprise to see this number in my car when I went to lunch. The sun was shining, the snow was melting, it was beautiful!!!!
01/12/10

It has started---tax season. Tonight I worked late, the first late night of the year. This is my desk in the front office, I will soon get kicked to the back office.
01/11/10
A picture of my messy scrapbooking area. I did a little reorganizing and cleaning before I brought back in the stuff that was in my car from the crop this weekend.

First Week Continued

01/06/10:
After Owen's birthday party last night I left his cake in my car. It has been cold enough that it was fine there and I was bringing it to work to share there. When I got in my car I realized there was a fork from Pizza Ranch still stuck in the middle. OOPS. I found it funny and it became the picture of the day.

01/07/10:
Morgan had also taken something from Pizza Ranch: a pack of club crackers. This morning when we woke up I set Owen on her bed and she shared her club crackers with her brother.

01/08/10:


01/09/10:

01/10/10:

January 8, 9 & 10: This weekend I hosted a scrapbooking event at Village West. Complete with 7 scrapbooking vendors, massages, food, door prizes and lots of laughs. We had a lot of fun and received a lot of great compliments so more than likely we will be doing it again!!!! Jan 8: My Creative Memories table with items for sale, Jan 9: Ladies busy scrapping with my friend Cathy in the Middle, Jan 10: Finally a chance for me to scrapbook.

2010 and P 365

I have decided for 2010 to do a project called Project 365. Simply put, it is taking a picture a day for a year!!!! it has been pretty fun so far. At first I was unsure of how I would do but so far I have been successful in taking pictures everyday!!!! I wasn't going to add this to my blog but what better way than to track the pictures and my Journaling for easy retrieval when I finally get my supplies, which are on their way.
So here we go. Here is the first week in pictures of 2010.

01/01/10:
A Picture of Owen, my baby just turned 1 a few days ago and boy did that year go fast. What better way to chronicle his life than to take a photo of him on the first day of 2010. Can't wait to see how much he will change in a year.

01/02/10:What a great way to start the new year and scrapbook with friends. We stayed the weekend out at Village West along with the Brands family and Lokhorst Family and a friend of theirs. Michelle Dodds came out for the day and scrapped with us too.

01/03/10: How cliche is a picture of a scale at the beginning of the year. but it all started with the Mission Possible challenge at the YMCA back in September in which I lost 16 lbs in 12 weeks. Not to bad. I took a little "break" over the holidays but intend to continue with the YMCA's next challenge, Fitness Kickoff starting Jan 14.

01/04/10: Morgan decided she would like to be in Girl Scouts this year. Today she got her Girl Scout Vest. This also means mom has to figure out how to attach the patches to her vest.


01/05/10: Today we are celebrating Owen's birthday with our great friends. Here is his "smash" cake before he smashed into it.

Really, I haven't been on here since August?? Where did that time go??
We haven't been up to much. Just the same old same old everyday stuff.
Anyone who is reading this is probably a "friend" on facebook anyway. Maybe I just need to transfer all info over there!!!!

Well, nothing great to say so I won't waste your time.

Owen Update

Owen is quiet the little eater. He will eat about 5-6oz of food in a sitting and can do this at least twice a day and probably more if we would let him. Last night I weighed him at home and he is tipping the scales at 19.6 lbs. He is a lot better with his colic but this boy has some lungs and will let you know if he wants something

Morganisms

Morgan has had a busy week. It was the first day of school yesterday as well as her 5Th birthday. Where has time gone. Monday night we went to Wal-Mart to get a birthday snack for school on Tuesday. Morgan decided she would like to get her ears pierced. So mom took her to the jewelry counter and Morgan first picked out some pink ones but they were out of stock. The she picked some "sparkly" ones... "cause the sparkly ones will make my eyes sparkle" . She made it thru without any tears and just one little "ouch". She is a tough cookie. But the best part of the night was when we got home and she tells her dad that she picked out the sparkly ones because "girls like sparkly things"!!!!!

Tuesday after her first day at school, Morgan tells me that I forgot her lunch box. I told her that I didn't and she needed to eat lunch at school.
Morgan: But I need to bring a lunch on days they make bad stuff
Mom: Like what kind of bad stuff don't you like
Morgan: Tomato salads
Mom: Did you eat lunch today?
Morgan: Yes
Mom: What did you have?
Morgan: Hot Dogs, Oranges, Beans, and Milk
Mom: You like that stuff. Did you eat it
Morgan: Yes, but of course they are going to make something good on the first day!!!!

Videos

So I am still trying to figure out how all this technology works together. After several tries I was able to upload video onto youtube. So here are a few videos of Owen. I would need to look up the dates for you but the last one is of him on Memorial Day.
Enjoy:

Too Long

It has been way too long since I posted on here. So what have we been up to? I would like to think lots but here is a few highlights off the top of my head!!! Owen is still a difficult baby but getting better. Knock on wood-no thrush this month!!!! He will be 5 months old on Friday, boy how time flies. Still not rolling over, he has rolled from his tummy to his back twice. That is fine--we are in no hurry of him being mobile. I think he will walk before he rolls. He loves to stand. He weighed 14lbs 5oz at his "4" month appt on May 12th. He has started laughing (I have a great video, if I can get it posted)and he is still coming to work with me. I think he is starting to grow on my boss (who was playing with him yesterday). Morgan: She is busy and a smart little cookie. Tonight is her preschool graduation. That is right my baby will be in Kindergarten in the fall. There may be some tears tonight. We went to Pella and Ottumwa this weekend and got to spend some time with Auntie Sara and her boyfriend Chris. Morgan really to a liking to Chris and Chris really took a beating from Morgan. She get to go more places than her parents. She will be going to Apple Tree Daycare this summer and will get to go on field trips every Thursday. She also has a season pass to Arnolds Park this summer. Josh still isn't working 40 hours and actually has had this whole week off. So Morgan and Josh will probably be spending lots of time together. Good thing she likes to fish!!! Now for some pictures
Owen playing at work:



He found a new favorite place to sit and watch life go by, the front window at the office:


And a couple pictures from this weekend, Lots of time in the car:

playing with a great toy provided by Grandpa Pete and Grandma Nancy, a ketchup Packet:

Pictures

So I figured out how to post a slide show!!!! So excited about this. now maybe if I can get organized and some time I can post pics more often!!!

Pics

Morgan vs Owen

Here is a pic of Morgan and Owen both at 2 months old. Can you see the resemblance?

Fresh out of the oven

So before this just becomes a place to put pictures let me tell you about how things have been going. Let me just say that Morgan is 1ucky she was born first, because if we would have had Owen first he would have been an only child. A couple weeks ago Owen had thrush, basically a yeast infection in his mouth. This can be difficult to clear up for people breastfeeding because you just pass it back and forth. I was positive about the whole thing. So we got the thrush taken care of which I thought was relatively easy. Then we had a REALLY bad weekend where Owen just screamed and screamed basically from Saturday till Monday. I brought him to the dr to see what was going on. The dr said there was nothing physically wrong with him and was just colicy and we would have to wait for it to pass. Then today I noticed the thrush has come back. Now back to trying to get rid of that. Right now I have him straped to me with my new sling which I am loving. Now for some pics

More pics

now I just need to upload new -pictures off of my camera!!!
Next we will work on video, any suggestions??

Whoohoo Since it worked here is some funny ones.

Pictures

Lets see if this works. I have been having a difficult time getting pictures on my blog and facebook.