Saturday, July 12, 2008
Happy Father's Day!
So, I have to admit Father's Day did not go as planned this year... I had a whole plan that the girls and I would bring breakfast in bed to Daddy-O, he would have a nice peaceful day etc... Well... Little One woke up at 5am MAD! I could not get her to calm down... by 6am the other 2 girls were up and CRANKY due to be woken up... We were trying to get everyone to calm down when Daddy-O walked downstairs to utter cranky chaos! Needless to say, breakfast was not even started and it just started the day off on the wrong foot... He did get some great homemade gifts from the girls and he is getting a new leather chair for his office once the built in office unit we ordered is installed next week... After naps (for all of us) I got up and took all 3 girls outside to play in the playpool... everyone was in much better spirits and Daddy-O was able to nap for over 3 hours!!!!!!! So, Father's day ended up on the right foot!
Yet another celebration....
The beginning of an update in pictures...
Miss A had yet ANOTHER party... (this was the never-ending birthday) when we returned home from California with all of our friends here. It was fun! Thanks everyone for helping us celebrate!
The Birthday Girl
Jumping away... can do it when it is 110 with a sprinkler underneath!
Keeping with the theme of the month... Disney!
Little One... almost 17 months old
Time for cake!
The boys... more into the Diamondbacks then the birthday party! :-)
Little Pet Shop art set.. the best of both worlds!
A Barbie phone... yea!
Thanks to all for all the wonderful gifts... Miss A has been having a blast with them!!!!!!!!!
Catchup...
Ok, ok.... here I go again not "blogging" about the kids for weeks and weeks... Many of you and you know who you are make fun of my lack of blogging and then my catchups! But, it is what it is... and this summer is flying by!!!!!!!!
Since being home from California, we have kept busy with all the usuals (swimming lessons, summer camp, art class etc etc) and added many playdates, trips to the pool and yes adopting out adorable puppy to the schedule. It has been a whirwind.
We FINALLY got our first monsoon which honestly I slept through. After many days of watching threatening clouds and telling the kids that we had to stay home from the pool because I did not want to get stuck out there it finally hit.. at like 1am! Daddy-O being the night owl that he is saw it and even went outside for some of it.. I missed it completely, although waking up to 77 degrees yesterday was awesome! But, by the end of the day it was 91 (not bad) but so HUMID! Reminded me why we all say Arizona is not that bad because it is a "dry heat"... it is seriously true... give me 110 and dry heat any day over 91 and humid!!!!!!! We ended up doing many indoor activities yesterday because of the flooded yard (yes, that is how much rain we got the night before) and the humidity...
So, updating our pics for you guys.... Little One is almost 18 months old... can you believe it! She is growing so fast... trying to keep up with her sisters, but VERY active. Her new favorite thing is to climb on the kitchen table and "dance". She is all signed up for swimming lessons with her Daddy starting next Saturday for a couple of months. She also is starting up with a gymnastics class and hopefully a music class in August when the kiddos are back in school. Between those things, MOPS and going to the gym childcare for a couple of mornings she will be booked every day! Better social life than Mommy!
Miss A is still talking about her "awesome" birthday. She had a blast at Mum and Pa's and talks about Disneyland, feeding the horses, and playing with all the animals at Mum's. She keeps asking me to make an alligator cake too... Thanks Mom! :-) She is getting more and more excited about kindergarten and will be going to school all day. That should be a pretty big adjustment for her. She is just excited to go pick out a lunch box and backpack, but weren't we all? We sign up today for RE in the fall and she is all set and registered for her music class.. hard to believe that a few months from now she will be playing the piano. She will continue with swimming for a while, moving into the stroke clinics. And we are in the process of trying to put together a Daisy troop (the stage before Brownies) that she will take part in... Again, better social life than Mommy!
Miss M is getting into the "I am way too cool for this" phase! :-) It is usually amusing. She has spent the summer hanging with her friends, swimming, reading, going to art class etc... She has kept very busy! She is also starting to be the last one up. This is amazing considering that as a baby she was up all the time and usually up for the day by 5:30! Well, my friends with non-sleeping and early-rising babies... my 7 year old went to bed at 800pm last night and slept until 8:45am this morning. It can happen.. it just takes 7 years! :-) We are gearing up for 2nd grade to start in a few short weeks (thank goodness)... that entails shopping!!!! The change is amazing.. she really cares what she is wearing this year... it was interesting to say the least. Miss M will also get back into RE and will continue on with Brownies and swim team all year round.
So, basically Daddy-O and I are going to be very very tired this fall when all of these things start happenning and we have a new baby in the house. October 11th is the day that Little Boomer comes home. Why Boomer you ask? Well... we decided to get him right around the 4th of July... you know fireworks go BOOM! And it is "Boom" time in the valley of the sun with all those thunderstorms and monsoons... so Boomer it was!
Hope everyone is having a fun summer!
Since being home from California, we have kept busy with all the usuals (swimming lessons, summer camp, art class etc etc) and added many playdates, trips to the pool and yes adopting out adorable puppy to the schedule. It has been a whirwind.
We FINALLY got our first monsoon which honestly I slept through. After many days of watching threatening clouds and telling the kids that we had to stay home from the pool because I did not want to get stuck out there it finally hit.. at like 1am! Daddy-O being the night owl that he is saw it and even went outside for some of it.. I missed it completely, although waking up to 77 degrees yesterday was awesome! But, by the end of the day it was 91 (not bad) but so HUMID! Reminded me why we all say Arizona is not that bad because it is a "dry heat"... it is seriously true... give me 110 and dry heat any day over 91 and humid!!!!!!! We ended up doing many indoor activities yesterday because of the flooded yard (yes, that is how much rain we got the night before) and the humidity...
So, updating our pics for you guys.... Little One is almost 18 months old... can you believe it! She is growing so fast... trying to keep up with her sisters, but VERY active. Her new favorite thing is to climb on the kitchen table and "dance". She is all signed up for swimming lessons with her Daddy starting next Saturday for a couple of months. She also is starting up with a gymnastics class and hopefully a music class in August when the kiddos are back in school. Between those things, MOPS and going to the gym childcare for a couple of mornings she will be booked every day! Better social life than Mommy!
Miss A is still talking about her "awesome" birthday. She had a blast at Mum and Pa's and talks about Disneyland, feeding the horses, and playing with all the animals at Mum's. She keeps asking me to make an alligator cake too... Thanks Mom! :-) She is getting more and more excited about kindergarten and will be going to school all day. That should be a pretty big adjustment for her. She is just excited to go pick out a lunch box and backpack, but weren't we all? We sign up today for RE in the fall and she is all set and registered for her music class.. hard to believe that a few months from now she will be playing the piano. She will continue with swimming for a while, moving into the stroke clinics. And we are in the process of trying to put together a Daisy troop (the stage before Brownies) that she will take part in... Again, better social life than Mommy!
Miss M is getting into the "I am way too cool for this" phase! :-) It is usually amusing. She has spent the summer hanging with her friends, swimming, reading, going to art class etc... She has kept very busy! She is also starting to be the last one up. This is amazing considering that as a baby she was up all the time and usually up for the day by 5:30! Well, my friends with non-sleeping and early-rising babies... my 7 year old went to bed at 800pm last night and slept until 8:45am this morning. It can happen.. it just takes 7 years! :-) We are gearing up for 2nd grade to start in a few short weeks (thank goodness)... that entails shopping!!!! The change is amazing.. she really cares what she is wearing this year... it was interesting to say the least. Miss M will also get back into RE and will continue on with Brownies and swim team all year round.
So, basically Daddy-O and I are going to be very very tired this fall when all of these things start happenning and we have a new baby in the house. October 11th is the day that Little Boomer comes home. Why Boomer you ask? Well... we decided to get him right around the 4th of July... you know fireworks go BOOM! And it is "Boom" time in the valley of the sun with all those thunderstorms and monsoons... so Boomer it was!
Hope everyone is having a fun summer!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
I am going to be a mom again!
Yep! You heard me right. Come October 11th I will be a new mommy!
This time to a baby of a furry nature... We committed last night to purchasing a Goldendoodle puppy. The mom is pregnant now and due in mid August. We will travel to California (yes, California) at the end of September to select our newest addition and he or she will be ready to come home in mid October when we will travel again to pick him or her up. We are very excited... The kids have bene wanting a puppy forever and we have been keeping our eyes open and doing our research for months now and this just all came together in the last few days. It is pretty scary what you can find out about the puppy "underworld". We are so thrilled with the breeder we found and that care she gives to each dog and puppy.
If you want to see what our puppy will look like you can always check them out:
http://www.gailslabradoodles.com
Our parents are Mischa and Bentley. And our puppy will be more of an apricot/light color...
We are so nervous... We are already thinking about everything we need to do and get... but, we are so happy and excited to meet our newest addition!
This time to a baby of a furry nature... We committed last night to purchasing a Goldendoodle puppy. The mom is pregnant now and due in mid August. We will travel to California (yes, California) at the end of September to select our newest addition and he or she will be ready to come home in mid October when we will travel again to pick him or her up. We are very excited... The kids have bene wanting a puppy forever and we have been keeping our eyes open and doing our research for months now and this just all came together in the last few days. It is pretty scary what you can find out about the puppy "underworld". We are so thrilled with the breeder we found and that care she gives to each dog and puppy.
If you want to see what our puppy will look like you can always check them out:
http://www.gailslabradoodles.com
Our parents are Mischa and Bentley. And our puppy will be more of an apricot/light color...
We are so nervous... We are already thinking about everything we need to do and get... but, we are so happy and excited to meet our newest addition!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
California Lovin!
So, we made it back to Southern California for the first time in almost a year. It was so much easier to go home when the kids were young but now that we are in school and all the many activities it seems that my parents end up coming here the majority of the time. We went for 5 days and it flew by... we did not want to overstay our welcome especially with my Dad.
To all who have sent emails, cards, made donations to his "star"... THANK YOU! It is amazing what all of that has done for my dad's spirits and I believe it is all helping! A quick update on Dad: he is doing GREAT! His tumor is hardly able to be felt anymore and the doctor says it has shrunk by over 75%. He just finished his 4th round of chemo. He has handled it pretty well but as you can imagine is pretty worn out. I keep telling him this is the perfect reason to take naps anytime he wants without guilt! :-) He has 2 more rounds and the last one will be at the end of July. He then goes straight into radiation. That will be every day for about 15 minutes a day for about a month... Then we pray we can say he is officially in remission! 5 years later we hope to say he is cured! But, with all of your prayers and thoughts we are hopefully on our way to saying cancer survivor instead of cancer patient.
As I was saying the trip was great and went by very quickly... The kids were SPOILED! Mom was baking up a storm before they arrived and they loved the alligator cake she made! Miss A had a great birthday complete with donuts for breakfast, a pedicure and manicure, dinner out with her family, 2 cakes!, and lots of presents! What a day! We also made the trip to Disney and the kids did great.. even Little One had a blast and went on a few rides. We did the usuals... swimming in the pool, feeding the horses carrots and apples at the stables and playing with all the animals... It was great. THANKS MOM AND DAD FOR A WONDERFUL TRIP!
Attached are some highlights:
Happy 5th Birthday Miss A!
Hannah Montana! :-)
Getting pampered!
DISNEYLAND!
All tuckered out from a big day at Disney!
Little One on her first ride on Peter Pan
End of the day.. waiting for the electrical parade... it was late, we were tired but the parade was GREAT!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Adding to the favorite blogs
Ok... so I have added a few favorites to the favorite blog area... Kind of funny because a couple blogs are of people that technically I have never met... I know them through our non-blood-related family the Tilghman's and Woffinden's. Seriously, I feel like they are family so why not check out the blogs of people that are related to them but that I have never met... Tanner and Avery: our thoughts and prayers are with you and we will be checking in on your little one often. Dave and Doreen: do not know you personally, but sort of feel like we do... check your blog often! So, just had to clear this up as I know the Tilghman, Woffinden and Parrish clans check our blog and I did not want you guys to think I had turned into a cyber stalker! :-)
Happy Friday!
Happy Friday!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Finally... summer is here!
Happy June.... Our family can finally say summer has arrived. Yes, we have been out of school for 2 weeks now and the nasty bug called the stomach flu has finally left the building. Miss A came down with the bug the night before Miss M's last day of school and it just continued to travel through the house... On top of it all Daddy-O has been in Europe for the last 10 days... I know tough life for him huh! It has been an adventure.
Despite everything, last week was fun... it was the first time in a very long time that I can remember where we had nothing to do and nowhere to go. Kind of nice. Before everyone got sick I was planning all day trips and field trips to keep everyone busy. When health got in the way :-) we had to hang out here... do art projects, watch videos, make Little People villages and I realized that just being at home doing whatever was just as good.
Now, don't get me wrong... we were all ready to be able to leave the house and get back to some activities but it was a nice week. And now we are back in the thick of it.... art class, swimming lessons, science camp, pre-kindergarten camp and movie day keep our mornings busy. The afternoons are spent with some playtime and reading time and then off to the pool. We are excited for Daddy-O to return home on Friday. It will have been just under 2 weeks since the kiddos have seen him. They are very excited...
Hope you are all having an adventure filled summer!
Despite everything, last week was fun... it was the first time in a very long time that I can remember where we had nothing to do and nowhere to go. Kind of nice. Before everyone got sick I was planning all day trips and field trips to keep everyone busy. When health got in the way :-) we had to hang out here... do art projects, watch videos, make Little People villages and I realized that just being at home doing whatever was just as good.
Now, don't get me wrong... we were all ready to be able to leave the house and get back to some activities but it was a nice week. And now we are back in the thick of it.... art class, swimming lessons, science camp, pre-kindergarten camp and movie day keep our mornings busy. The afternoons are spent with some playtime and reading time and then off to the pool. We are excited for Daddy-O to return home on Friday. It will have been just under 2 weeks since the kiddos have seen him. They are very excited...
Hope you are all having an adventure filled summer!
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