Friday, 3/30/12: Park & Blueberries

Today was another beautiful day. Our choke-cherry tree in the backyard is blooming and looks just gorgeous. Too bad it's only really pretty like three days out of the whole year. These photos really don't do them justice. They are so pink!!

So of course we had to take advantage of this beautiful weather. After doing Elodie's school (all our Bible memory verses and then our Bible story on self control and matching coloring page), we headed out for a trip to the park.

Check out little man in his shades! Too cute!!

It's harder than it looks to take a self-portrait while holding a child and looking into the sun. :)

watching some men (teenagers?) play baseball

On the phone with Grammie

wearing mama's bluetooth so she doesn't get cancer :)

Callen ate a TON of frozen blueberries for lunch. Stained his hands really well. Even after washing them, they were still a purplish blue.

After naptime, we made a trip to the post office and then to T@rget.

How cute is this chair that matches her room? Too bad it's $90! Plus, I think she'd outgrow it sooner rather than later. :(

How cute is she?!!

And the boy one to match Callen's room!

And little ottomans that they totally don't need :)

After dinner, we spent some time outside together while Dave set up the sprinkler thing for the grass. We don't want to turn the sprinklers on yet but we've had absolutely NO moisture this entire month so our grass desperately needs some water. Callen accidentally got hit by the water and did not like it one bit. It was quite funny.

Wed., 7/22/09...Candy & allergy testing...

This morning I ran around like a mad lady trying to buy all the fresh fruit & veggies so that i could wash them all and cut little slivers of each to put in labeled zip lock baggies (while washing the knife in between as not to cross contaminate) for my food allergy puddle tests this afternoon. I got done just in time to rush out the door. My appt. was in Lowry in Denver so it was a bit of a drive. I got tested, I itched, etc. I now have a list of foods to NEVER eat, a list to eat w/ caution, a list to monitor my reaction to, and a list to cut out completely and then reintroduce individually over time & monitor my reaction. I start allergy shots in two weeks for my pluthera of environmental allergies. And I'm supposed to be taking my peak flows every day before & after I take my Advair.

While I was doing all that, D's aunt Candy was kind enough to come watch L. We LOVE Candy and L really LOVES her too. When Candy got here, L wouldn't let Candy put her down. Too cute! Anyhow, apparently L didn't nap and just stayed in her crib for an hour and 45 min saying things like, "candy come here," "candy up here," and "No nap!" When she finally got her up, L said, "where mommy?" Candy said watching her now that she talks in sentences is a whole new world. :) D's uncle Dale dropped by around dinner time b/c he was working at Rocky Mtn Airport (he works for the FAA out by DIA) & wanted to see L. We had a great time visiting w/them before they had to leave, but I think L felt a little left out as she sat in her highchair w/her fingers in her ears screaming.






sitting in her doll stroller, wearing sunglasses while watching tv, telling me she snapped herself in


watching tv w/sunglasses on, sitting in her doll stroller


Showing off her bandaid for a fake booboo so she can be like Auntie Candy. She LOVES rummaging through Auntie Candy's purse for forbidden objects :)

L's potty skills are going pretty well. She held her peed the whole morning while we were on errands (got up around 7:30am and peed at 11:20am). She peed on the floor a couple times today while sitting on the potty so I'm not exactly sure how that happened other than to guess she wasn't sitting back far enough on the potty when she peed...it's never happened before. She also told D twice during her bath "pee pee potty" and D took her out of the bath & she peed on the toliet and then continued w/her bath.

D's still got his cold after a week so I called his Dr. for him (he said he'd call next week!) and they think it's bacterial so they put him on an antibiotic...we're hoping that he gets well quick as all this congestion, headache, sore throat, sick thing kinda sucks.

Monday, 6/8/09...new sunglasses & truck

Today L was a bit of a handful, to put it mildly. She's been pretty cranky for the past week and we don't know if it's just settling back in after our trip, her teeth, or something else. After D got home, L was great. We ate dinner, ran errands, put away groceries, & played outside w/her new truck. I had a homework assignment for my photography class that I tried doing yesterday but didn't quite get right, so I tried to finish it tonight w/L while she played on the sidewalk in front of the house w/her new truck (so she doesn't steal the neighbor boy's) and sunglasses (they were too cute to pass up). Here's some of the pics:

for class: 105mm, f/5.6, 1/125, ISO200. (blurred background)


for class (since I'd never take a pic that far away): 18mm, f/22, 1/30, ISO1000. everything in focus.


posing for me


pushing her truck down the sidewalk

watching it go into the street

"go!"