The McIntyre Family

I Am Still Here!!!

2010-09-20T17:36:00.000-05:00

I know I have been MIA for a looong time now...but wanted to let you know I am still around. I have new projects in the works and hope to be back blogging shortly. I have LOTS to catch up on!!!

WW:Anna Flying her Kite for the 1st Time!!!

2010-05-19T19:01:00.004-05:00

Show Us Your LIfe - Your Kid's (or future kid's) names

2010-05-08T11:14:00.000-05:00

Over on Kelly's Korner each week she does a post titled Show Us Your Life-...! Well, this week's topic is Your Kid's (or future kid's) name.

As I have mentioned here before Bob and I are high school sweethearts, but I have never really mentioned how we actually started dating...that I remember at least. My dad died of cancer my 8th grade year (16 years ago this year). I liked Bob at one point in 8th grade, but never said anything and eventually started dating another guy. Jump ahead to our sophomore year and Bob's mom had been battling cancer and his dad had a woman that worked for him that was a friend of my mom's and she gave my mom's name to him and told him she knows what you are going through maybe she could be of help. So needless to say he called my mom and we all started hanging out, and my mom would go set with Bob's mom so that dad could go home for a little bit and unfortunately she lost her battle with cancer. Bob has a younger sister that I had become friends with and as a result of spending so much time together I started liking Bob...again. So long story short we started dating and here we are today.

We had talked a few times when we were dating and before we had Anna about names and pretty much had it decided well before we knew we were expecting.

Girls name: Anna Christine...Anna is Bob's mom's first name and Christine is my great-great grandma's name. My middle name is after her but my parents had changed it to Christina. Bob has always liked my middle name and will actually call me by it sometimes...so it was only fit to use my middle name, but we switched it back to its original.

Boys name: Grant Alan...Grant is my dad's first name and Alan is Bob's middle name. We decided that we were going to honor our parents with using their names some how and when we had decided on the girls name and going to use my middle name we decided why not use Bob's also.

So, there you have it...the meaning behind the name. We are set for a boys name if ever needed, but as far as another girl or even another boy I am not sure. I would like to make sure they are family names seeing how we started out that way, but we will have to see if that time comes.

Conversation with Anna!!!

2010-02-08T14:07:00.001-06:00

We smoked a turkey breast and some ribs Saturday afternoon/evening and invited my mom and sister out for lunch on Sunday. We had sat down to get ready to eat and I had fixed baked potatoes to go along with it and was fixing Anna's plate and had grabbed my knife to cut her potato...she jumped up from her chair and said "I am going to go get my knife." (She has a kitchen with pretend food and dishes) Before I could say anything I could hear her sorting through the basket looking for it and she came back with it and the conversation went like this:

A: I have my knife also...I can cut up yours for you!
M: Thank you but I can get it...
A: I can help!!!
M: No, that is really ok! I can get it...I don't know where your knife has been!
(with out missing a beat)
A: It has been in my kitchen!!!

and of course everyone started busting up and Anna just sat there and stared at us all like we were all crazy and were did I think her knife had been...lol!!!

After lunch we cleaned up the mess and sat around and talked for awhile, played catch with a big ball, and ponies while Bob went with a friend to see if they could pull out a friend that had got stuck. After awhile my mom left and my sister was sticking around to go to a friends Super Bowl Party that evening that actually only lives a couple of miles from us, so that she wouldn't have to drive the 30 min. or so back at here. We were invited to go also but decided with the yucky weather that they were calling for just to stay home because Bob may have to go work that night...which he did.

So while we were waiting we decided to go see how bad they were stuck and watch "all the excitement" and then came home and watched the game...mainly for the commercials and I worked on some projects. One being Anna's B-day invitations!

Hope everyone had a good weekend and has a good week! Are Monday hasn't started out to well...

Taco Soup

2010-01-25T13:29:00.001-06:00

Here is a family favorite of ours that I thought I would share:

Taco Soup

2 lbs. Ground Beef
1 med. Chopped Onion
1 can (16 oz.) Kidney Beans (undrained)
1 can (16 oz.) Chili Beans
1 1/2 C. Frozen or Canned Corn
1 can (10 oz.) Rotel Tomatoes
1 can (16 oz.) Diced Tomatoes
1 can (4 oz.) Mild Green Chilies
1 pkg. Ranch Dressing Mix ( I usually use 2 pkgs.for a little extra kick)
1 pkg. Taco Seasoning Mix
1 1/2 Cups Water

Brown ground beef and onions together until no longer pink and drain fat off. Add ranch and taco seasoning and just enough water to mix it all together and let simmer a couple of minutes. While browning ground beef in a soup pot combine the rest of your ingredients and then add beef when done. Simmer for 2 hours.

Top with shredded cheese and sour cream and serve with tortilla chips or corn chips. ( I usually serve with tortilla chips and you can also top with Green Onions if you want.) Good to do in crock pot also.

Enjoy and I hope everyone had a good weekend and has a good week!!! Things have been a little crazy around here lately, but hopefully we are on the down hill slope.

Another Year Older!!!

2010-01-14T12:27:00.000-06:00

I know I have been MIA again! I need to update about the holidays and get better about posting on a regular basis, but I have been trying to start the New Year off the right way and get everything organized and cleaned up. Also, been working on Tax stuff so we aren't last minute this year and getting things started for Anna's 3rd Birthday in February and speaking of Birthday's...mine and my twin sister's was yesterday!!!

As my husband comes into our bedroom yesterday morning and leaned down and gave me a kiss and told me Happy Birthday, yeah your thinking aww, it was followed with DO YOU FEEL OLD (giggle, giggle)??? My response was "I felt OLD before today, but THANKS for asking!" I think after you hit 18 and then 21 B-Day's just don't seem to really matter much or that is just kinda how I feel at least. Just another day and a year closer to 30!!! I really don't think I am old and don't really feel old (Usually), but for some reason this year with my younger brother turning 21 in December and my twin sister and I turning 29 yesterday it just feels like we are all getting old. Maybe it is just the whole 21 and almost 30 thing...I don't know.

Anyways, I had a good day!!! My lovely husband let me sleep in and I took advantage of it and slept until 10. I haven't slept in that late for I don't know how long and it felt nice! After getting up Anna and I hung out in our jammies most of the day and was just lazy, then around 5 we got around to go eat. I had my B-Day coupon from Red Robin so we went and ate supper and had a nice evening! We have a gift card for Red Lobster that I think that Bob and I are going to use this weekend. We talked about it last night, but decided Red Robin was more kid friendly, not that Anna doesn't like Red Lobster the few times that she has ate there, but that would give us a date night seeing how we haven't had one in a few months! So all in all I had a nice relaxing Birthday!

Making no promises but hopefully I will be back shortly with updates of our Holidays. Hope everyone is having a Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year!!!

2010-01-01T00:01:00.001-06:00

I hope everyone had a Fun and Safe time ringing in the New Year! Here's hoping that 2010 brings you and your families a Blessed year!!!

Happy New Year's Eve!!!

2009-12-31T13:15:00.000-06:00

We are suppose to go to some friends tonight, but Anna woke up with a little bit of a cough and runny nose yesterday morning so plans are still up in the air. I started immediately on the medicine...she has never ran a fever or anything and seems to be feeling fine this morning other than the occasional cough and "my nose is running out" comment. I think it is just allergies but I don't want to be the parent that my child got the other kids sick especially with it being close to school starting back up. Luckily, if we do end up going these friends live just a couple of miles from us so we won't have to worry about traveling far and dealing with everyone being out on the roads.
So...whatever your plans are I hope everyone has a Happy New Year and most importantly is SAFE!!!

WW: Making Cookies with Daddy!!!

2009-12-30T17:14:00.000-06:00

Merry Christmas

2009-12-25T18:48:00.000-06:00

from our family to yours!!!

Celtic Woman-O Holy Night!!!

2009-12-18T14:59:00.002-06:00

WW: Meeting Santa!!!

2009-12-16T11:40:00.000-06:00

Sneak Peek!!!

2009-12-15T21:51:00.000-06:00

I know I have neglected the blog for a few days, but have been busy trying to get things around for Christmas. We are having Bob's family her on Saturday night and mine on Christmas Day...so that means getting everything cleaned up and projects finished!

Here is a sneak peek at what I have been up to the last two days...

More to come!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

2009-12-05T11:53:00.001-06:00

We actually didn't have our family Thanksgiving until Saturday at our house! My mom works third shift so time she would get home and we would do Thanksgiving on Thursday and then she has to go to work again Thursday night it wouldn't leave much time for her to sleep so we usually just do it the Saturday after so that we aren't rushed and mom gets some sleep!

So, on Thanksgiving we went into some friends that we have had since High Schools house for lunch and had Thanksgiving with them and his family. They fried a turkey, which I had never had but was wanting to try and it was delicious and all the fixings! Everyone brought things so there was plenty of yummy food to go around.

Then on Saturday it was my mom, twin sister, brother, my grandparents, Bob's grandma, and us! My mom did the Turkey, Gravy made after she got to my house, and a frozen Cranberry Salad, my sister made Sweet Potatoes and a Green Bean Casserole, but not your typical GB Casserole, my grandma made desserts that consisted of a Pecan Pie, Cocunut Cream Pie, and a Strawberry Rhuburb and brought frozen home grown corn, Bob's grandma made homemade rolls and brought fruit cake, and I did the ham, Mashed Potatoes, Stuffing and a Pumpkin Cheesecake!!! For the most part this is what our traditional Thanksgiving is every year and it is sooo yummy!!! It is alot of food but we all divide the leftovers up and then we have meals for a few days or put it in the freezer. Then after lunch is over with the girls usually do the dishes, but this year we made little brother get in on the action and help dry dishes...lol! He thought he could get out of it by popping us with the towl...lol, but instead he just got in trouble...ha ha! Oh the good ole days!!! Then after everything is divided up and and the mess is cleaned up we sit around and chat and sample on the desserts as we want!

I always enjoy having family get togethers and I think a good time was had by all!

This is the only pictures that I got for Thanksgiving! I forgot to take my camera on Thanksgiving and I was to busy eating and enjoying time with family on Saturday and didn't really think to take any pictures! These pictures were taken Saturday night of Anna in her new outfit that Grandma got her! I thought it the colors and the little leaves on the outfit were just right for Thanksgiving! The barrette in her hair which is hard to see in the pictures is a pumpkin that I made.

Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving and now I am ready for Christmas!!!

Best Christmas Lights Display

2009-12-04T18:45:00.000-06:00

I have seen this one before! How I would LOOOVE to do something like this on our house...lol!!!

Amazing Grace Techno - Computer Controlled Christmas Lights from Richard Holdman on Vimeo.

Straight No Chaser

2009-12-04T10:09:00.000-06:00

I received this as an email today and thought I would share! I thought they were pretty good. Make sure and check out some of there other stuff...I thought it was good also!!! Enjoy!

New Blog!!!

2009-12-03T08:00:00.003-06:00

I started a new blog that is going to be for my crafting/hobbies! I decided to start a seperate blog so that I had a spot that was just for "journaling" family stuff and one strictly for "journaling" projects. I am just getting that blog up and going so bare with me while I go back through my pictures and projects to get past stuff posted and I have several new ideas in the works. You can find a link to my new blog The Country Girl Crafts on the right side bar. Hope you Enjoy!!!

WW: Tea Party!!!

2009-12-02T10:51:00.000-06:00

Sugar Doll Award

2009-12-01T19:57:00.000-06:00

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! I am now playing catch up on my blog reading and on my blog.

I received the Sugar Doll Award from a fellow mommy blogger Ginger. She is a loving, caring, and a very involved army wife and mommy to 1 beautiful daughter and has a son on the way in February! Her blog is one that I check on a regular basis and enjoy. Go check it out!!! Thank you very much Ginger for this sweet award and for thinking of me.

The rules are to write 10 things you are Thankful for.

I am Thankful For...

1.That I know the Lord. I have gotten away from him in the past, but since the birth of our beautiful daughter I have brought him back in my life. Even when I doubted him he was always there and he has shown that.

2. My loving husband. I married my best friend and even though we have some trying times I wouldn't change it for the world.

3. For my beautiful, but ornery daughter. We waited 4 LONG years for her and now I don't know what I would do without her.

4. For our health.

5. For my mom. Even though we have had our differences she is always there when I need her the most.

6. For my twin sister and my brother. I know that I can always turn to them also and they have always been there.

7. For our extended family that have always been supportive and there when needed.

8. My true friends that are there for the good, bad, and the fun.

9. For everything that I have...house, food, vehicles, etc. I am thankful because during this time I know that there are several that don't have much or anything.

10. Life. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

Now I am going to tag these 2 blog friends~They have alot to be Thankful For this year.

momments with love~http://momentswithlove.blogspot.com/
home...Hands full, HEARTS full, Quiver full!~http://www.kellerfamilyof9.com/

Congratulations!!!

Chance to Win A Gypsy!!!

2009-11-24T20:51:00.000-06:00

The Gypsy Spot is a newer blog and they host Gypsy Challenges and are trying to get the word out to get more people to come visit there blog and create! In doing this they are giving away a Gypsy (retail value $299.99)!!! So go visit their blog and Good Luck!

Fall Festival 2009

2009-11-19T00:27:00.015-06:00

Our home town, which is only like 10-15 min. from where we live now host a Fall Festival every year from Friday-Sunday! The Fall Fest usually consists of Friday: City Wide Garage Sales, Friday Night Football, Wrist bands for Ride-A- Rama, some kind of "teen dance", of course all the vendors, and other little events through out the day and evening. Saturday: Several events going on through out the day and evening, Parade, craft fair, carnival, vendors, and the "Street Dance", which this year was a Local that has made it pretty big Logan Mize!!! Sunday: A local church will have worship in the park, ice cream social, and rewards handed out for all the events throughout the weekend. It is usually the first weekend in September but this year they moved it to October 23-25. Some of the reasons I heard for this change was because here in KS it is usually still pretty warm if not hot the first part of Sept., that date also falls on the opening weekend of the State Fair, and they wanted to book a different carnival and they weren't available until the later date. Anyways, it ended up being a beautiful day!!! It had been freezing all week and garage selling to say the least was a little chilly!

The parade started @ 10 and by then the sun was shining and there was just a little breeze. We actually got by with wearing just our sweatshirts! My twin sister came for the parade also and Anna loved it! After the parade I had told a friend that I would help with registration and stats for the Soap Box Derby event again, so we headed off the get set up for that. After that was over we ended just heading home to get some lunch and Anna was in need of a nap!

Bob and I don't usually go anywhere to often that we don't take Anna with us, but this night my mom had offered to watch Anna so that we could go into the "Street Dance" for awhile and seeing how it didn't even start till 8 we wouldn't of been able to stay long if Anna would of went. So, we went in and grabbed supper at one of the pizza places there in town and then had a nice night with some friends. Fall Fest is always a nice time to catch up with old friends! It seems like that is a time when people that are around this area come home!

Here are a few pictures that I got at the parade! I wasn't able to get any pictures of the Soap Box Derby because I was to busy trying to get people signed in, keeping track of times and making sure I didn't mess up the bracket!!!

*Anna getting candy!*
*Friend from high school and her son, my twin sister, Anna and me-This picture was taken on my friends camera phone...not a very good picture of me or Anna (not sure what she was looking at)!*

WW: First Ice Cream Cone!!!

2009-11-18T08:00:00.000-06:00

Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader-Halloween 2009

2009-11-06T08:00:00.017-06:00

We started off the evening by going to one of my sister-in-laws to drop off my nephews candy buckets...I try to do something small for the little ones every year and then we went by grammy's to show her Anna's costume and then we headed into town. A neighboring town, actually the town I grew up in and the town were Bob and I went to school about 10-15 minutes from where we live do a Trick-or-Treat Street. Downtown they have a Hamburger and Hot dog feed complete with chips and a drink for donations starting @ 5:30 and a parade from the school down the street to downtown, which we missed because we were running a little behind. Lets just say when mommy says you might want to lay down and take a nap because we are going to have a busy evening you might want to take my word for it! When it came time to get dressed Anna was getting sleepy and was fighting to get dressed! But after we got dressed and she realized what we were going to do she was all better...good thing or it might have been and even longer night!!!

After dinner from 6-7:30 all the businesses downtown and even some from around the rest of town line the streets and you walk down each side of the street and get your goodies! One of the local banks was doing a "Hunted Cellar" in the basement of the bank and we walked through it. It was set up pretty good! It was really dark and had strobe lights going and it was almost like a maze and there were people jumping out at you and you had no clue they were even there! I ended up in front of Bob and Anna and Anna was walking with Bob so I couldn't see her reaction, but I never heard her yell or anything. When we got done I asked Bob if she got scared and he said no that she just looked at them weird and after the first one she kept looking all over trying to find more and watch for them. I asked her if she liked it and she said "yes and it was scary"...lol!!!

After leaving we went to one of the churches in town and did there Trunk-or-Treat, which there is like 3 churches that do them but Anna's bucket was so full we decided to skip the rest. We still needed to go by a couple of friends houses, so by the time we hit those her bucket was completely full.

We hung out at one of our friends house for a little bit and Anna helped pass out candy and it was so cute because every kid that came to the door she would chat with them and ask about there costume and then she would tell me when she was done that "that was her friend!!!" After we left there we went by another sister-in-laws house to drop off my nephews candy buckets that I made and then hit my brother-in-laws house on the way home!

All in all we had a good night and Anna had fun and that is all that matters!!! We usually go to the pumpkin patch, but with the weather here and just the way things worked out we never made it, but my brother-in-law had some pumpkins that he planted in his garden this year and sent a small one home with Anna, so she was thrilled and at this age she didn't really know different!

I took a few pictures...sorry my camera has been acting up lately and after it starts getting dark it really does some funky things! Really need a new camera! I know a friend of ours took some pictures so when I get those pictures I will do a little update! But for now you get the point...

*Halloween buckets I made*

*Anna and Grammy*

*Trick-or-Treat!!!*

*Daddy and Anna Trick-or-Treating*

*Downtown-This was @ the end of the night when the crowd was thinning out! This was a sea of people @ the beginning of the night, but didn't get a picture!*

L/O Family Reunion 2009

2009-11-05T13:13:00.001-06:00

October 9-11, 2009 was the family reunion for my Bob 's mom side of the family! It was the first reunion in about 17 years I am told. A little info: Bob's mom passed away in 1997 of breast cancer, which is who are daughter is named after! Well...her first name and her middle name is after me and my great-grandma! We had names decided from the very beginning whether it was a boy or a girl...sometime I will have to explain that and how Bob and I started dating, even though we went to school together!

OK back to the point of this post...sorry! Bob's grandma passed away in 2006 and Bob's aunt passed away just a few months ago. With the passing of Bob's mom and aunt it leaves 1 sister and 2 brothers and unfortunately it took a funeral for me to meet one of his uncles and some more extended family and for Bob's family to see each other after several several years. But that day brought about the decision to have a family reunion that got scheduled and held in a few short months by one of my sister-in-laws!!!

We rented a house in the town that we live...this house was a doctors house located outside of town in the country on several acres and a pond and when it sold the people that bought it turned it into a "Lodge" and rent it out for events! It worked out very well because it is huge and has a very open floor plan and we had several coming from out of town and this gave more time for visiting and hanging out together verses everyone having to rent hotel rooms and be split up! It has like 4 or 5 rooms but with all the open room we could very well put down air mattresses if needed...which they supply for a little extra fee! Talking about things they supply that are nice and we didn't have to worry about having to rent was table and chairs (had enough tables and chairs set up for like 75-100 people and there were still more in the storage room if that gives you a clue how much they supply) and pretty much anything we could think of...it is set up just like a house with all your appliances including washer and dryer and any kitchen utensil you could possibly need for a weekend! They also provide eggs, bacon, and milk for the weekend! They also had a ping pong table downstairs for the kids to play! I believe we ended up having like 70 some people show up. We had planned on about 100 some but with work, illness going around, and other last minute obligations I think we had a really great turn out!!!

Friday night we went down to the Lodge and we had pizza and visited with the family that had arrived from Texas...we had decided not to stay at the "Lodge" because we didn't live to far away and we had some other events that we were trying to fit in also...busy weekend!!! Saturday was the main get together at noon with a potluck dinner consisting of everyone bringing a main and a side and I think it worked out really well and there was more than enough food...I brought BBQ meatballs and a family favorite PePe Salad, or I have also heard it called frog eye salad! Saturday night we just had leftovers and I had brought loaves of bread for Sandwich stuff for anyone that was still there. Then on Sunday morning we got up went to church and then went back out and did some more visiting, had some more leftovers, said goodbye to everyone that was traveling back to Texas, cleaned everything up, and then came home caught the end of the KC Chiefs and Dallas Cowboys game and just relaxed after a long but enjoyable weekend...by the way the Cowboys won in overtime...Go Cowboys!!!

Here are a few pictures...didn't get very many I kinda forgot...to busy chatting!!!

WW: Family Picture!!!

2009-11-04T16:21:00.002-06:00

Two Year Old!!!

2009-10-17T13:42:00.010-05:00

This is what I found after I walked into the bathroom after Anna was in going potty...

Guess I should have none better than trust a two year old to go potty by herself!!! Usually she does just fine...lol!

*after I took the other pictures Anna decided she needed to get her camera and take a picture also!*

What Happened to Fall...

2009-10-13T20:15:00.009-05:00

This is what the weather in my area has looked like.

It has been drizzling and about 48 degrees the last couple of days! I don't like it...I want my Fall weather, I am not ready for winter yet!!!

WW: Daddy's Hand

2009-09-30T16:17:00.002-05:00

I Know, I Know...

2009-09-28T15:58:00.002-05:00

OK...I know I said before that I would be back soon...well life has just been happening! I have several posts in mind, but I just haven't had time to sit down and write them! I am working on getting some things done such as a lot of cleaning, organizing, and yard work since it has been absolutely gorgeous here! I hope to have it all finished up in the next couple of days and then I plan on getting caught up here too and not feeling guilty about it because I have other stuff that needs to be done! Also, I am making some changes to my blog so hopefully there will be no problems!!! Thanks for your patience and I promise I will be back soon!!!

WW: Playing in the Hay!!!

2009-08-26T18:04:00.001-05:00

WW: Walking in the Rain!!!

2009-07-29T12:14:00.000-05:00

MIA!!!

2009-07-28T08:59:00.003-05:00

I have been MIA!!! I have lots of updates that I need to get posted like...4th of July, Harvest, Summer Updates, and looking back I realized I never posted Easter...so we will see I may do a very belated post on our Easter just for my memory...lol!!! But, this will probably have to wait until after this weekend as I am trying to get things done for our 10 year Class reunion for Saturday!!! It is hard to believe we have been out of high school for 10 years...it doesn't seem like that long and some days it seems longer...lol! Then I will have to blog about that...the list just keeps getting longer and longer...

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Paulin...

2009-07-05T22:07:00.001-05:00

A is a friend that we went to high school with. He got married on Saturday, June 27, 2009 to S Lehman and DH was the Best man! So...we headed to Girard on Friday, June 26, 2009 for rehearsal. We were suppose to leave shortly after lunch, but that turned into 2:30 due to DH and his brother, M trying to plant.

So, we were off and made a hurried trip down! Girard is a small farm town so the closest place that has any hotels is in Pittsburg, which is a college town! We originally were planning on getting there a little early so that we could get checked in, change our clothes and have time for DD to run around for a little bit after riding 3 hours before going to the rehearsal and then rehearsal dinner afterwards. Plans changed seeing how we didn't end up leaving until later and we reached Pittsburg a little after 5:30 and it was about 15 min. or so back to Girard and DD and I still needed to change our clothes and rehearsal started at 6:00. A was still at the hotel with his parents so he waited for DH and DH rode back with him while DD and I got checked in and changed our clothes and then we headed to rehearsal a little bit later.

Rehearsal went good and then we went to dinner at Rockin K which was very good. The place was kinda in the middle of nowhere and it reminded me of a old saloon that you would see on those old country western movies. Very neat, unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the rehearsal or dinner. Dinner consisted of BBQ, salad, pickled beets, corn, and HUGE potatoes with the fixins...delicious!

After returning to Pittsburg after the rehearsal DH and I took DD swimming for a little bit. We didn't have much time because under 18 was only allowed in the pool until 10 and it was about 9:30 time we got back to the hotel, but oh well DD still had fun until it was time to get out. Then she pouted some because she didn't understand why she had to get out while other people were still in!!! After swimming we went back up to our room while DH went for a little bit to hang out with another friend from high school that came down for the wedding also and A while I got DD to bed. JR and his family happened to have a room at a Motel across the street from ours.

*Hi Mommy!!!*

*DD pouting*

The next morning we got up and got around and went down to eat breakfast. Shortly after JR took DH back to Girard because he had to be there at 10:30 for pictures and the wedding didn't start until 2:00 and we didn't have to check out until 12:30, so DD and I stayed at the hotel and DD took a nap while I got around. I knew if we went with DH at 10:30 that DD would be done for by the time 2:00 came around...she's two!!! So, dd and I checked out at 12:30 and slowly headed back to Girard for the wedding.

The wedding was very nice!!! DD did ok...she just didn't understand why she couldn't go see Daddy he was after all just standing up front...lol! She kept telling there's Daddy, I go see Daddy and then would try to crawl under the pew to go see him, but we made it threw without any major blow ups!!! The reception followed at a hall just around the corner.

*Pictures from the Reception*

*DD and S twirling*

*JR, A, and DH*

*DD and Daddy*

After the reception which ended at 6:00 we headed home! About halfway home we ran into a storm that consisted of heavy rain and wind and some hail. After we drove out of that it was smooth sailing and we made it home around 9:00.

*The aftermath of the storm*

*DD on the way home...plum tuckered out*

It was a busy but nice couple of days and DD and I spent Sunday recuperating while DH was back at planting again.

Congratulations A and S!!!

Weekend @ Lake

2009-06-21T20:44:00.002-05:00

A couple of weekends ago June 5-7 we decided we would go to Cheney Lake. Some friends of ours were going to take their boat out on Saturday any way so we said we could take our camper out and make a weekend of it! It would be close and this would be the only time to go for awhile before harvest.

We arrived at the lake Friday around 5. We wanted to be there earlier that afternoon but things just didn't work out that way! Our friends were already there and had picked out a camp site so we set up and decided to go take the boat out for a little spin around the lake. It was a little windy so the lake was a little choppy, but it was a nice sunset boat ride. It was DD's first time being on a boat and she seemed to enjoy it, but I think she would have liked it a little more if the wind was not blowing and the water was a little smoother!

After returning from the boat ride we came back and grilled some Teriyaki Chicken and ate supper. DD played around the campsite for a little bit and then I went in and put DD to sleep and then the adults sat outside and chatted on into the night.

The next morning when everyone decided to get up...and believe it or not DD was actually the last one to get up ALL weekend...we ate a late breakfast that consisted of Breakfast Burrito that we made and juice. After breakfast we decided to go for a drive to the south side of the lake to see how the water was on that end. We wanted to see if we would be able to launch the boat on that end and it be smoother. But no such luck, it was windier that day and we just didn't want to take a chance on tearing up the boat and didn't really want to pound ourselves to death just to go out on the boat. We decided to drive around the lake a little further to see if we could find the swimming hole that they usually pull into...to see if we could access it from land. This little drive turned into a hour or so drive clear around the lake...oh well, we didn't have anything better to do. That is one nice thing about camping you just go with the flow and you don't really have a schedule to follow!

After we got back to the campsite we decided to go back to one of the swimming holes that we found and go swim. We swam for about two hours or I should say floated and then came back to the camper and grilled hot dogs and then lounged around, played some football with DD, and watched some movies. Later on we grilled some steaks for supper and enjoyed a relaxing evening.

Then Sunday morning we got up ate breakfast and packed stuff up and headed home...Back to reality!!! It was a great weekend spent with good friends and delicious food!!!

Here are a few more pictures from the weekend!!!

WW: One of DD's Many Faces!!!

2009-06-17T12:25:00.003-05:00

WW: I Got It!!!

2009-06-10T21:59:00.002-05:00

WW: Enjoying the Warm Weather...Finally!!!

2009-06-03T15:53:00.002-05:00

Memorial Weekend and Day 2009

2009-06-03T15:05:00.010-05:00

I know I am a little late on posting this, but it has been a little hectic lately just trying to get some things done that have been put off for awhile and DD has been fighting allergies...ugh.

Anyways we had a really good weekend busy but good!!!

We started the weekend off Friday night with a BBQ and ridin 4-wheelers at a friends house. She is actually a friend that we went to high school with and her and her husband just put a house in a couple miles from us and they have a spot on the river to ride!!! After riding we came back to there house and roasted marshmallows and made smores...yum!!! It was a late night but fun!

Saturday we worked on some stuff around the house and then Saturday evening we went into another friend from high school's house where they were having a BBQ also. It was a great time chatting with some old friends and eating some yummy food! Another late night but good times!

Sunday we got up and was going to go to church but realized shortly that the air conditioner was not working right...and of course this weekend had been one of the warmer weekends that we have had. So...after some investigating we realized that the air conditioner had froze up and something about some line going into the air conditioner had something wrong...really didn't care what it was just wanted it fixed and fast!
After getting the air conditioner fixed...thanks babe and J...it was to late to go to church and it was time to go meet my mom, sister, and brother for lunch. It was great and spent the rest of the day relaxing and messing around the house!!!!

On Monday we went to the zoo!!! Our zoo has a new tiger exhibit and we were dying to see it and it was warm but not terrible so we packed up and went for about 3 hours!!! That evening my SIL had invited us down to eat supper with them. They had smoked some meat that afternoon and made some other yummy things to go with it!!! We discussed the family garden that we are doing together and shared several laughs!!! The rest of the evening was spent relaxing from the busy but GREAT weekend!!!

Oh and DH informed me that I wasn't going to know what to do come Tuesday when I actually had to cook again, but I am sitting here now and thinking how could we actually eat after all the eating that we did this weekend...we could definitely skip a few meals...lol, but unfortunately it doesn't work that way!!!

Hope everyone had a great Memorial Day!!!

7 Years ago...

2009-05-18T14:51:00.006-05:00

I married my best friend!!!

7 years later I am doing this...

DH is doing this...

and our baby girl is doing this...

Such is life...especially on a farm when you have had nothing but rain. They are calling for rain again this weekend, so we will probably celebrate then!!!

Happy Anniversary to Us!!! I Love You Babe!

WW:Cereal, Apple Juice, and Cartoons...What a morning!!!

2009-05-13T18:49:00.003-05:00

WW: Farm Girl!!!

2009-04-29T22:29:00.001-05:00

Newest Addition!!!

2009-04-29T21:37:00.010-05:00

Well...DH was a softy and let DD get a fish!!! Welcome Bubble Splash...which DD named herself! It is from the fish song that we sing at Story Time, Playgroup, and during PAT meetings. The last several times we have been to Wal-Mart when we pull into the parking lot she starts yelling from the back seat "I see fish!" It is funny that she knows the different stores because if we pull into Tractor Supply she says she wants to see the ducks and chickens, Orschlens is the ducks, chickens, and rabbits, and Atwoods is ducks, chickens, and turkeys! Which all of these are farm supply stores if you are not familiar with these stores. It just amazes me that a two year old would know what is at each store!

Anyways, I have told DH several times before we should get DD a Beta for our bubble gum fish tank that we have had since DH and I have been together and Dh always says "I don't think she needs a fish" but for some reason DH decided yesterday that she needed one!

DD was all excited, of course and she has gone over several times today and just watches him...It is so cute!!!

It is kind of hard to tell in the pictures but Bubble Splash is white at the front of his body and about half way back it fades into a pinkish purple and then fades into a dark purple on his fins. I have never seen one before with this color pattern. It works very well for a little Girl!!!

The fish tanks light is turned on by turning the handle like you would on a real bubble gum dispenser to get your bubble gum. DD has figured this out and every time she goes over and looks at Bubble Splash she turns it on and says "wake up Bubble Splash" and when she turns it off she tells him good night.

Oh, how little things in life can bring such joy to a little kid!

Just Playing Around!!!

2009-04-20T12:41:00.006-05:00

DD has been on this kick of she wants a bath everyday no matter what! She could of just taken a shower the night before but the next morning she tells you that she wants a bath...I guess we can't complain she is defiantly a CLEAN little girl! I think it is more about playing in the bath more than anything...lol!

Anyways, when she got out we were sitting on the couch watching Tigger and Pooh, one of her favorites and I started messing with her hair. She is starting to get more hair, it is just several different lengths were it is still growing out, and will sit still...I guess as still as you can get a 2 year old to sit. So...this is what we ended up with, which I thought was pretty good for a 2 year old!

Nothing Much!!!

2009-04-20T11:38:00.005-05:00

Well...we haven't done much lately just the normal hanging around the house and the occasional errand. This weekend was pretty nice...we actually spent a lot of family time together! DH is usually off working on something or I am trying to get things done around here or entertaining DD, which doesn't take much...lol! Don't get me wrong we spend family time together most evenings and DH is in and out through out the day, or we get a day here and there when it is yucky out...but it just don't seem like we get a whole weekend together and especially just to mess around and have nothing that we had to do!

Friday we ran to town to run some errands and pick up some supplies for a new project that I have been thinking about...more on that when I get the details worked out, and some of our friends came out that evening with the little boy that they have been watching for a play date, which the kids loved! Oh, and we had another baby calf today!

Saturday we decided to go garage selling since it wasn't raining like they called for. There was a city wide and a neighbor hood garage sales going on...we didn't find anything but it ended up being a gorgeous day and then we went to my mom's and had lunch with my mom, sister, and brother! After lunch we came home checked cows and DH decided he would go ahead and mow at least around the house because they were talking more rain again, so while DH mowed DD and I colored with sidewalk chalk and blew bubbles! By the time we finished and was heading in the storms were starting to roll in so we went in and got cleaned up and ate supper and then spent the rest of the evening listening to the thunder storm and watching TV and actually went to bed early!!! It was funny every time it thundered DD would say "I'm fine" and curl up on one of our laps.

Sunday we slept in a little, which was surprising seeing how we went to bed early and then got up and went to late church. We went by and picked up Grammy and she rode to church with us and then after church we went to Braum's for lunch. When we got home DD had fallen asleep in the car so DH carried her in and laid her in bed and DH decided he was going to take a nap also, so while they napped I cleaned some stuff up and messed around in the office. After they got up we went out to check on cows...I know we do that a lot, but that is a daily occurrence, especially when we have some that are expecting, which we had a new little heifer! DH tagged her and then we went in and got supper and then watched our Sunday night shows and then was off to bed!

Nothing to exciting but it was a good weekend and now it is Monday and this week is going to be a little busy but they are talking nice weather so here's wishing for a good week also! Ok, enough rambling...this post turned out to be a little longer than I had planned...lol!!!

WW:I Feed Cows...Grass!!!

2009-04-15T22:12:00.002-05:00

Getting ready for Easter!!!

2009-04-09T15:59:00.018-05:00

I remembered that Easter was this Sunday last Sunday...Which still gives me time to get everything done, but I just feel like I have a million things left to do and not enough time to do it in and to top it off I scheduled for our insurance agent to come out tomorrow to go over our policy...what was I thinking. I called my mom and asked her if she wanted to get together because she hadn't said anything and she laughed and said she kind of forgot about it also! So we planned our menu and dinner is set for 12:30 or 1:00, probably more like 1:00 the way things work around here.
I told DH that I wanted to color Easter Eggs with DD this year! She loved hunting for plastic ones last year so I figure she would have a blast coloring and hunting for real eggs this year. I boiled our eggs today and we are going to have some friends over Saturday and color them and depending on the weather hunt for some Easter Eggs. They are talking rain here for Easter and it is starting to cloud up and thunder as I type this so we will see. We may be hunting in the house, which I remember doing a few times as a kid and it was still fun!

*Easter 2008, I can't believe how BIG she has gotten and ALOT more hair!*
My mom called yesterday and asked if DD and I wanted to come to town and go shopping and she would buy DD her Easter outfit for Easter instead of doing candy or something. Of course, I was thrilled because that was still on my agenda to get done and I would prefer that over candy or some little toy that I have to find a place to put with all the other thousands of toys...ok maybe not thousands but you know what I mean! So after some searching we found this which we saw on a manikin as we were walking into the mall and loved. I told my mom that it would work for Easter and also anything else that came up this summer like a wedding, or graduation so that she could get more use out of it, which I am all about!!!

So, I finished boiling the eggs and they are already for coloring on Saturday and then church and dinner on Sunday with my family!

*I figure a dozen will plenty for DD to color...I could be wrong though!*

*I got the basic dye kit! I thought that would be just fine for her and less stress for me!*
I still need to get with the Easter bunny and see what we are doing for her Easter basket, which like I said before she doesn't really need anything, but it is always fun to watch there expressions! Maybe a movie,or some books, or a game and some new crayons because for some reason most of the crayons in this house are all broken...I guess that is the beauties of having a two year old!
So... I am off to finish my cleaning and start on some of my cooking...Hope everyone has a GREAT Easter!!!

WW:Excited about New Bike!!!

2009-04-01T12:55:00.003-05:00

Only in Kansas...

2009-03-28T10:26:00.017-05:00

Can you have 70 to 80 degrees one day and have this the next!

It started out yesterday as sleet and lasted most of the day and night and then sometime during the night it turned into snow and of course the wind is blowing so that means drifts!They were saying on the news that we are in a pocket right now and that it is suppose to hit again! Depending on what channel you watch they said we could have anywhere from 6 to 12 inches out of this. The weather man said on average we get about 15 inches in a winter and we were sitting at about 6 before all this and they said we could go well over the average with this storm.It is suppose to be Spring and in Kansas spring means worrying about tornadoes, which we had Severe thunderstorms last Monday and were in a tornado watch! Only in Kansas...I am so ready for spring though and warmer weather!!!

This is the view out my front door of my front yard and my side yard to the east.

This is a view of my back yard and the side yard. The little black speck on the the right of the first picture is a car over on the road to the west of us...we can usually see the cars on that road very clearly! This is the view from inside the house...the picture on the top is the windows on the front side (south) of the house and they are covered with snow and the picture on the bottom is the windows on the back side (north) of the house covered with ice. What a lovely view...NOT!!! I only have one window on the west side that I can see out of at the moment.

WW:Some new baby Calves!!!

2009-03-25T21:24:00.002-05:00

Who Knows???

2009-03-20T21:31:00.013-05:00

Yesterday, March 19, 2009 was a busy day! DH was gone most of the day so that meant that DD and I were on calf duty! We have new baby calves arriving and we have to go out and check cows just to make sure there is no problems and the vet doesn't need to be called. As of yesterday we have 4 little ones (3 bulls and 1 heifer) two born on Wednesday and two born yesterday! Only 18 more to go and hopefully with no problems!!! I need to get some pictures, but DD just loves going out and watching her "baby palfs!"

For lunch yesterday I fixed fish sticks and tatar tots, nothing out of the ordinary! DD used ranch to dip hers in which she refers to ranch as dip no matter what it is on! Just like her dad has to have ranch with everything...lol! I mention all of this because all of a sudden I noticed this:

Who knows what caused this but I immediately gave her Benadryl and of course this had to happen right before nap and because her lips were swelling a little and not knowing what caused this I kept her up past her normal nap time. About an 1 1/2 later her face was still red but she seemed to act fine and DD was DEFIANTLY ready for a nap so I went ahead a laid her down and with having the benadryl and a later nap she slept for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours and when she woke up she was fine!

Later that evening after supper DH was cutting up seed potatoes to put in our garden and DD helped by handing him the potatoes out of the bag and she kept telling DH "Daddy, I help" it was so cute and she thought she was such a big girl and was doing daddy a big favor, which she was!!!

Hopefully whatever caused this was just a flook and it won't happen again, because if it was the ranch all of a sudden and DD can't have her "dip" I can see there being major problems!!!

WW:Cooking!!!

2009-03-18T08:21:00.002-05:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

2009-03-17T22:27:00.004-05:00

Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick's Day and enjoyed their green beer, corned beef and cabbage!!!

WW:Helping Mommy Sweep

2009-03-11T15:31:00.002-05:00

2nd Birthday Party!!!

2009-03-04T19:39:00.023-06:00

We had DD's 2nd Birthday party on Febuary 21, 2009! It was a cow theme...if you know DD then you understand! She can name different breeds of cows, tell you what kinda of cows we have, which are Black Angus Cows, name heifers (heipers), steers, bull, bull with papers (can't say registered very good), and you get the point! She loves helping with the cows and anything to do with cows, so it was only appropriate to have a cow birthday party and let me say finding just cow stuff is harder than you think. I happened to find a couple of sights on the internet for the decorations and I made the invitations and the cakes! I also found a site for her shirt and had it designed! So, here are a few pictures from her party!

Her is pictures of DD's cakes-sheet cake is white and the cow cake is chocolate, invitations, and the decorations! The table that has the inflatable cow on it had a white table cloth with birthday confetti on it with the cow in the center, but I didn't get a picture of it while it was decorated.

These are pictures of her gifts! I think DD did very well and she loves playing with every one of them. Thank you everybody!!!

After her party we went out with a couple of friends that came to the party and ate supper...Mexican food! Mexican is one of DD's favorites especially dipping the chips in the salsa. After supper we went buy and picked up the picnic table that Aunt M got her and came home and of course when we got home DD insisted on having the picnic table set up and even tried it out!

It was a very good day and I think everyone had fun! I know we did and DD enjoyed playing with all her friends and new toys! Again, I would like to thank everyone and Happy 2nd Birthday DD!!!

WW:Things I find in Mommy's Purse!

2009-03-04T16:00:00.003-06:00

Our Little Girl turned 2!!!

2009-02-27T17:04:00.019-06:00

Yesterday, February 26, 2009 DD turned 2!!! It doesn't seem like she should be 2 already...how time flies! Before you know it she will be going to school...I don't even want to think about that right now. We have already been seeing some TERRIBLE TWO's for awhile now, but it just seems like there is a little more attitude with it now...lol!

We had her birthday party last Saturday, February 21, 2009!!! I will post more on it shortly! For her actual birthday yesterday we went over and had lunch at Grammy's with Uncle M and Aunt E and had Biscuits and Sausage Gravy and after lunch Uncle M, Daddy, and DD went out to feed Uncle M's "heipers". DD doesn't let Uncle M slack on feeding his heifers. I think every time we are over there DD will say "M, go feed heipers or cows"!

After they got done feeding the heifers Daddy and Uncle M went back out to work on fence down at the pasture and DD and I went to the zoo!!! It was a pretty nice day out. It was like 61 and slightly breezy, but not terrible especially for Ks!

We took DD's new wagon that we got her for her birthday and she loved it! The last few times we have went to the zoo DD would sit in her stroller, but there is some stuff she just can't see without getting out and then once she is out then she wants to walk and to hold her hand and push the stroller at the same time is just a pain. Also, I noticed when she is out of the stroller she seems to socialize and interact more.

She rode for awhile and then she decided she wanted to get out and pull the wagon herself. She told me "Sara, you stop" and would move my hand off of the handle and she would walk up to one of the exhibits look for a minute and then grab the wagon and say "Sara, come on"! For those of you who don't know DD started calling me S when she first started talking. She said "mommy" at first, but within a week or two I was "Sara". Don't know why for sure...I guess because everyone else calls me Sara!!! She goes back and forth, depends on her mood or if she wants something...lol!!!

When we were coming out of the Gorilla exhibit and getting ready to cross the bridge I asked her if she wanted to take a picture with the gorilla statues and she told me "No, I fine! Lets go" but later she pet the bear statue! See that's what I mean about the Attitude, but it was really quite cute!

Here are a few pictures of DD on the cow in the petting zoo. She was all about it until she realized the head moves and then she was afraid she would fall.

During supper last night when Daddy asked her about the zoo DD said "Fun", "See Monkeys, See Monkeys at the Zoo" and then proceeded to tell him all the animals that she saw! All in all I think she had a pretty good birthday. She kept going around and saying "Happy, Happy Birthday" and asked after supper last night "cake, Birthday cake"! I told her that we already had her cake! She got up this morning and said "Happy Birthday", so now she thinks everyday is her birthday!!!

Finally Finished!!!

2009-02-23T17:14:00.009-06:00

We finally got the rest of DD's room done! Well, except for one shelf. I need to get a decent picture to put in the frames to put on the shelf.

The It's A Girl! wagon on the shelf was from Daddy! He brought that to us with flowers in it the night DD was born, so I found a plant to put back in it!

This is the shelf that I need to get the pictures up on, but I need to take one to put in it and haven't had a chance yet. Hopefully that will be done soon!

The dolls that are on this shelf are mine from when I was little!

I have two of these flower hooks but haven't found a spot to hang the other one yet.

DD has been doing really good about sleeping in her room lately!!! If we give Rowdy a treat and turn the timer on the new night light, which stays on for 10 or 15 min. Rowdy will usually stay in her room long enough for her to fall asleep and she does fine. She is usually asleep by the time the light goes off! Knock on Wood that I didn't just set myself up by writing that things were going pretty good...lol!!!

WW:Taking Pictures!!!

2009-02-18T14:27:00.003-06:00

BEAUtiful Day...

2009-02-13T08:42:00.035-06:00

Saturday, February 7, 2009, was gorgeous out...especially for February! It was about 71 degrees! So, we literally spent all day outside!

DD started the morning out by going to ride with Daddy in the tractor or I should say by sleeping in the tractor. Something about riding in the tractor puts DD to sleep, so she will take her blanket and pillow and there is enough room on the floor beside the door and seat that she can curl up and sleep. It must not be to bad because she will sleep the majority of the time!

This picture is from a couple days before, but you get the idea! The little ball that you see through the glass on the right side is DD curled up sleeping and she was only riding for a little bit when she crashed!
After riding with Daddy on the tractor we went out and helped Daddy clean up and re-arrange the big shed.

After we finished with that it was about 12:30 and we had been talking about taking DD down to Donut Bay, which is a park and pond in town to feed the geese and ducks. So, we decided to go buy and pick something up for lunch and go eat at the park and then feed the ducks. I gathered up all the old bread that I had been saving...we had planned to do this a couple of times when it was nice and one thing or another kept us from going... and headed to town! We went by Taco Bell and grabbed lunch and went and sat at the park and watched the geese and ate our lunch! Then fed the geese and ducks when we were done!

After we got done at Donut Bay we headed home and stopped at Uncle M's and Aunt E's. Cousin C was outside riding his 4-wheeler and then he decided he was going to wash his because big brother T was washing his 4-wheeler. DD decided she was going to help and C was so sweet about showing her how to do it and letting her help! After they got done washing the 4-wheeler he was back to riding his 4-wheeler. DD wanted a ride so C took her on a short, very slooow ride. Then they went out back and played on the swing set and in C's clubhouse!
When we got home DH needed to feed and water the cows and heifers and of course DD wanted to help! She has started this deal with grabbing her little wagon and wanting DH to put the bucket of feed for the heifers in it. It doesn't fit very good but she tries it every time and then decides against it and then just helps Daddy carry the bucket.
When we finished feeding and watering it was almost dark so we went in and fixed supper because DD informed us that she needed supper "I eat, I eat supper" as she says. We had a very eventful day, but we sure enjoyed it and it was such a beautiful day for it!!!

WW: Helping Daddy Feed "Heipers"

2009-02-11T22:26:00.003-06:00

WW:Coloring with Daddy!!!

2009-02-04T11:46:00.002-06:00

New Haircut!!!

2009-01-31T16:37:00.004-06:00

I chopped it off!!! This is not a great picture, but it gets to the point! I don't remember when or if I have ever had my hair this short...probably back when I was a kid. I wanted something new and my hair was getting long and with it being thick it was giving me headaches. It is definitely a lot lighter and surprisingly a lot easier to fix!

WW: Bye Bye

2009-01-28T09:04:00.005-06:00

I have seen on several blogs WW: Wordless Wednesday. This is where you post a pic and just put a caption above it that explains the pic. I thought that this would be a neat idea and even if I don't get a chance to sit down and blog everyday there would be something at least every Wednesday. So here is my first one and I am going to try and stick with it!!!

Update on Sleep!!!

2009-01-28T08:59:00.004-06:00

Well...Last night went a little better! DD only got up a handful of times and when she did finally go to sleep she slept until 6:10 a.m., which is not bad. Would of liked to sleep in a little longer but there is always nap time...lol!!!
We are going to keep are fingers crossed and hope that it only gets better with time!!!

Sleepy!!!

2009-01-27T14:33:00.007-06:00

About the first part of December maybe the end of November DD decided she didn't want to sleep in her crib anymore...I mean absolutely refused! We would put her in her bed and before you could even get out of the room she had climbed out of her crib and was following behind you. If you did manage to get out and close the door then you would hear her pounding and screaming at her door a few seconds later. We tried the whole trying to put her back in bed or ignoring her but she is so stubborn and strong willed that she literally went on for most of the night! Usually, we were so tired that we would give in and let her come to bed with us. I know BAD mistake!!!
Anyways, we were planning on changing her crib into a bed and redoing her room after Christmas. I was trying to hold off as long a possible for one her crib makes into a full size bed instead of a toddler or twin which is good for when she gets older, but it is a lot of bed now and for two my mom was getting her her new bedding! Grandma said she would give it to us earlier if need be but I just hated to do that!
Sooo...the day after Christmas we put her bed together!!!

She was really excited about it when we were putting it together, but when it came to bedtime she wasn't to sure about it. There was a little bit of a fit and wanted Daddy to lay down with her and read her a book, which was fine! She got up twice to try and come to bed with us and then she fell asleep in her own bed! I thought that wasn't to bad especially for the first night! Well...the next night came and she wanted the same thing, but this time when DH tried getting out of bed she woke up and threw a fit. This went on for several nights and then I finally told DH that he needed to stop doing that and that she needed to learn to go to sleep by herself! She did really good at first only getting up once or maybe twice and we even got to the point that she was not even getting up and sleeping threw the whole night...yay!!! I guess I spoke to soon..
Now all the sudden in the last week she is refusing to stay in her bed again! When she goes to bed which keep in mind that she has to have her cow,baby,blankie,a book, and usually she will yell for Rowdy (dog) to come in and sleep with her, which sometimes he does and sometimes he doesn't and on the nights he don't that causes another problem! Oh , and she will usually say she has to go potty even if she just went and we still put a diaper on at night just in case!
Anyways, getting around to the whole point of this blog last night I don't think she slept for more than an hour!!! She kept getting out of bed and bringing everything out of her bed into our room and when we told her to go back to bed you would of thought the world was coming to an end! We both took her back into her room several times,tried ignoring her, tried taking her stuff away, and I 'm sure I am forgetting something! She just kept trying to come up with excuses and the thing is she lays down for her nap just fine!!!
I don't now...trying to blame it on the TERRIBLE TWO's!!! I hope tonight goes better and it was just some random night!!!
I will post more pics of her room later. I need to finish getting some stuff up on her walls!!!

First Post...

2009-01-26T16:34:00.007-06:00

Sooo...I have been going to start blogging for awhile now and just have not got around to creating a profile. So today with it being nasty outside, having the house completely clean for once, and DD taking a nap I decided to sit down and just do it!
I wanted to create this blog so that I can have a way to document some events because needless to say I don't get much time to scrapbook and thought this might be useful in keeping track of everything.
Don't guarantee how often it will get updated but I sure am going to try! Well, I guess that is it for now and I will start my real blogging soon!