Jacobsen Family

25 weeks

2012-01-29T16:43:00.000-08:00

Thought it was about time for a belly update since it's been a while. I am 25 weeks 1 day today. Total weight gain = about 7.5 lbs. Still feeling really good, lots of energy. (Which I'm thankful for since I still have 2 other kids to chase around). It's so strange to feel her move around so much with how low she is. Kaylee and Emma were always up in my ribs, Maddie likes to kick my pelvis it feels like (or maybe she's just trying to kick her way out!) Just a few weeks left till we make it to the third and FINAL trimester! Whoop!

Snow/Icy storm 2012

2012-01-21T22:39:00.000-08:00

We were starting to wonder if we were going to see any snow this winter. Well we saw some snow alright! At the begining of the week the news started predicting snow, and a lot of it! Boy were they right. Sunday it snowed about 1-2 inches and church was cancelled. We Western Washington folk are not used to very much snow, and certainly were not prepared for a full on ice storm! Wednesday morning around 1am the snow began falling and at 7am when we woke up, found our neighborhood covered in about 6inches of snow! Lindsey and her family had about 12inches at their home in Lacey! Later that day and into the next we got freezing rain that turned anything and everything it touched into a popsicle! Although beautiful, we had a huge power outage due to trees and their branches falling EVERYWHERE! Tree limbs were falling all day long along the green belt in our neighborhood...kinda scary to watch. We lost power for about 30 hours and many others went without power for about 3 days! Lance finally got to use his generator he bought a few years ago for just such an occasion. So we were able to stay relatively warm. This certainly was one storm we won't forget!

New Room

2012-01-15T13:19:00.000-08:00

Emma's first night in the big girl bed was awesome! There was no getting up in the middle of the night, and the girls slept in until almost 8am this morining. Emma's nap this morning went pretty well also, she got out twice. After putting her back the second time and again explaining that she needs to nap in her big girl bed, she cried for a maybe two or three minutes after shutting the door, but then quickly fell alseep for a nice 2 hour nap. Whoo hoo! Now I can focus on getting Maddie's room ready!

Emma 20 Months!

2012-01-14T22:36:00.000-08:00

I can't believe we are just 4 short months (well 3 months and 29days, since she was officially 20 mo. yesterday) away from this girl's second birthday! Not sure I did an 18month update, so here's her 20 month. Tonight is Emma's first night in her big girl bed, also sharing a room with her big sis! So far, so good! She started crying a few minutes after shutting the door, Kaylee got up to tell me she was crying, I explained that that was ok and to just go to sleep. So far it's been 1 hour and all I hear is silence!!! Whoo hoo! Today we put the new bedding I got on, painted, and moved Emma's clothes into Kaylee's dresser (which she now is sharing). So other than making the transition from crib to bed, Emma has finally started talking more and put small sentences together! She can say, Hi Dad/Mom, Bye Dad/Mom, I did it, All done, Good job. She has about 20-25 words, which I will not list, but it's nice she is finally communicating better with us! She is still a tiny little thing, weighs about 19-20 lbs. and is still in the 10th percentile across the board. I am having a hard time finding pants that will fit her. 9-12 months pants fit her great, except they are too short! She has also started running (probably trying to keep up with big sis), although she's still a little wobbly when trying to run. I can't wait for her to meet her new little sister. She has learned that when I ask her where baby Maddie is she points to my tummy, weather she understands that there is a baby in there, I'm not sure. She has also started cuddling more! Yay! Since she was always such a busy bee from about 4 months on, I never got the cuddling newborn stage with her. Since she is getting older though, she likes to just walk over and sit down on my lap (if I'm on the floor), or crawl up on the couch to sit with me, I love it! Love you Em!

(Picture courtesy of Kaylee!)

Kaylee's Ballet Class

2012-01-11T09:37:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Kaylee's first Ballet class, and she absolutley loved it! She had been talking about it and dancing around the livingroom all morning/afternoon. We signed her up for the class and bought her a couple leotards, tights, skirts, and slippers as part of one of her Christmas presents. Two of her friends, Rachel and Lia, also signed up for the class.

Ready to go!

Meeting her teacher, Miss Jenny Call, and the rest of her class.

Leg kicks

Tippy toes

Kaylee, Rachel, and Lia

Meg's 26th

2012-01-10T13:47:00.000-08:00

What a fun birthday weekend this was! It all started Saturday morning with my in-laws taking us out to breakfast at our favorite breakfast spot, The Sunbreak Cafe...they seriously have the best food. Then, came home and took a little nap before Mom, Lindsey, and I went to get our nails done. That evening a bunch of my girlfriends and I went out to dinner at Mama Stortini's, yum! Finally, we ended the night back at my place (Wendy made the most amazing chocolate cake!) with some games and girl talk galore! The next day, Sunday (my actual birthday), we went to Mom's house for a family birthday dinner. Since lately I've been craving limes, and cilantro...Mom made the most amazing chicken tacos complete with a delicious cilantro lime dressing! So so good!!!

Kaylee, Mom (& Maddie), Emma, and Daddy!

Linds made a beautiful red velvet cake with yummy cream cheese frosting! Thanks everyone for it such a fun birthday weekend, love you all!

Maddie Mae Jacobsen

2012-01-05T20:58:00.000-08:00

Looks like Emma will no longer be the little sister, we found out on Dec. 13th that we are having another girl! I was shocked becuase I could have sworn we were going to have a boy. We couldn't be happier though, especially since we have decided on a name! Madison Mae Jacobsen, although she'll go by Maddie. (Or Maddie Mae, cause I think it's stinkin' adorable!)

8 weeks

12 weeks

19 weeks. Just a fun fact...On the day of my ultrasound I was 19 weeks and Emma turned 19 months!

Yep, definitely a girl!

19 weeks. Can't wait to meet our new baby girl! Love you Maddie!

Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam

2012-01-02T11:15:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was Kaylee's first Sunday in primary, she is now a Sunbeam! She did extremely well. It's kinda fun getting to be in primary with her, and since I'm the secretary, I'm in and out of the primary room both hours....so I even got to peek in on her in her classroom when it was class time. Next week I assigned her the scripture and prayer (another perk of my calling, you can volunteer your own kids when you need/want to!) Kaylee is super excited about it, and since Kaylee is definitely not a shy little girl, I thought she would do great, and love getting to participate in opening exercises.

New Year's 2012

2012-01-01T00:08:00.000-08:00

Happy New Years! We had a fun night of playing games with some of our best friends! Goodbye 2011, and bring on 2012. Looking forward to a great year!

Christmas 2011

2011-12-25T21:46:00.000-08:00

Santa sure was good to us this year! From new clothes to perfume, to hats, gloves and scarfs, chocolate covered sweets, and savory treats! And who could miss the plethora of princess paraphenalia? Everyone seemed to get a few things off their wish list!

Kaylee's 'Coconut' family is now complete, with her addition of "Daddy Coconut"

After a morning filled with opening presents, a wonderful sacrament program at church, and our tradional Christmas breakfast at Grammy and Papa's house, we headed home to begin making dinner. This year was my first year hosting a Christmas dinner! Everything turned out great, and with no major kitchen catastrophes, dinner went off without a hitch! We also invited our neighbor Andrew and his four kids over for dinner since they didn't have anywhere to go for Christmas dinner. It was lots of fun, and a Christmas dinner we will always remember. (Sadly since I was so busy bustling around the kitchen, I forgot to take pictures!)

Christmas Eve 2011

2011-12-25T21:06:00.000-08:00

The traditional Jacobsen Christmas Eve dinner & program was a blast this year! With a grand total of 30 family members...Lynda, Kay, Denise, Chris, Collett, Lindsay, Kimberly, Ryan, Landon, Travis, Ashley, Christina, Kyle, Mike, Julie, Katie, Chris, Lilly, Joseph, Tiana, Stephanie, Aaron, Lori, Scott, Dougie, Preston, and our little family of four. It was a fun night filled with food, presents, games, singing Christmas songs. I love our tradtional "Program" that we do every year, this year we did 'Minute to win it' games, Christmas style!

Christmas eve morning I was busy in the kitchen preparing for hosting my first ever Christmas dinner (all by myself!) And Kaylee was busy making Santa a present! It was the cutest thing, all on her own, she went and got all her craft supplies, made Santa a card, and wrapped it! (Bow and all!) I'm sure Santa LOVED it!

Playin' on Grandpa's Lazyboy!

Finishing up the program, about to start the mad unwrapping of presents! In a matter of 5 minutes this room will be covered in multi-colored paper, ribbon, and bows!

Kaylee opening her Christmas Jammies! Her face is priceless!

Minute to win it games! Julie won! (Get the "Rudolph nose" onto your nose)

Girls Vs. Boys, making Reindeer antlers out of a pair of nylons and balloons...boys won.

Lance and Tiana in all their Reindeer glory!

Kaylee wanted to try the antlers on too!

Stephanie arranging the water-filled glasses in order so that they play jingle bells! (Way harder than it looks!)

O Christmas Tree

2011-12-13T07:35:00.001-08:00

Last night for FHE we went to pick out our Christmas tree, we are a little late getting it up this year due to the remodel, but we still had fun nonetheless. I have never seen Kaylee get so excited! She had tons of fun helping pick out, put up, and decorate our tree!

Sisterly Love

2011-12-05T19:25:00.000-08:00

I told the girls to run to Kaylee's room to get ready for story time while I was finishing picking up toys....when I walked into Kaylee's room this is what I found. Just about melted my heart, ok not just about, it did! Emma was reading a story to Kaylee. It was the cutest thing! Emma was so content, she looked like she wanted to sleep there with her big sis the rest of the night.

It was adorable because Kaylee was all cuddled up next to Emma with her head on her shoulder the whole time she was "reading" to her.Good night hugsGood night kisses....more like good night face mash!

Future Photographer

2011-12-03T16:21:00.000-08:00

I think we need to get Kaylee a toy camera for Christmas because she LOVES getting a hold of my camera and taking the most random pictures! Mostly of herself making funny faces, but she will walk around the house pointing and shooting anything and everything!
This one's scary!

Two peas in a pod

2011-12-01T12:23:00.000-08:00

I love that Emma is finally old enough to follow Kaylee around and play with her. She just wants to do everything that Kaylee does, it's so cute. Kaylee is pretty good about it too, she likes to show her how to do things....here she's showing her how to play one of her reading games on the computer. (excuse the messy desk)

My two favorite girls!

Baby!

2011-11-29T12:36:00.000-08:00

We are finally up and running again! I thought I'd start with the belly/baby update.
6 weeks (and a few days)

16 weeks (and a few days) Total weight gain= 0 so far....we'll see though at me next apt. Started feeling baby move around 14 weeks. Movements are getting stronger and more frequent! Just two weeks till we know if we need to change the paint from pink to blue!!! I am carrying WAY lower than I ever did with the girls, so we'll see if that old wives tale is true or not.

We're still alive!

2011-11-17T20:57:00.000-08:00

I think this has been the longest stretch I've gone without blogging! Mostly due to the fact that I STILL don't have a card reader! My other one went missing mysteriously, I think a little red head took off with it and "put it away" somewhere. So someday when we get another one (Lance just needs to order one online) I will have to do a mass picture update!
Here's a quick Jacobsen update though....
1. Our house remodel is underway and hope to have it completed by Christmas/end of the year!
2. Emma is now 18 months. She's 19lbs 32 inches. Finally starting to talk, she has about 10-15 words. She's using a couple two-phrases, Thank you & All done. She's loving nursery, and follows Kaylee everywhere!
3. Last but certainly not least, we are expecting baby #3! I'm due May 12th, we seem to be pretty good at making 'May babies!' I'll be 15 weeks in a couple days. Very glad first trimester is over. With this pregnancy the morning sickness was the worst compared to the other two, so I'm glad that is over and I have my energy back again! We find out Dec. 13th if it's a boy or girl.....common, BOY!

Car Wash

2011-08-26T09:56:00.001-07:00

Thinking it would be fun, I took the girls through the car wash the other day. Kaylee loved it! This is what Emma thought of it....
She was TERRIFIED!!! Poor girl. Being the comforting loving Mom I am, my first thought was.... where's my CAMERA! LOL. Luckily it was in my purse, I had to get a picture of that face! Oh yeah, and they I comforted her. No matter how hard I tried to convince her it would "be ok" she wouldn't have any of it! She just screamed until we were done. Note to self- No more car washes unless I'm willing to deal with one terrified little girl.

Mamma & Emma

2011-08-26T09:48:00.001-07:00

Poor Emma, I feel like I never take any pictures of her (and definitely not very many of us together), and she is growing up sooo fast! She is a little over 15 months now! So the other day I decided to do a little mini photo shoot, just the two of us. Here are some of our silly pics. Man, this girl look a lot like me! It's so weird! I really need to put up some baby pics of me next to Emma's.

Pioneer Park

2011-08-26T09:38:00.000-07:00

This week we have FINALLY had some decent summer weather. So we took the girls down to Pioneer park to play in the little wadding pool. They both loved it! Growing up I remember going down all the time and playing in this same pool, but didn't know that they even still filled this pool up. We were at the library one day and I saw it going and all the kids running around in it, so we made a play date with some friends and joined in on the fun!

First Steps

2011-08-22T18:45:00.000-07:00

FINALLY! Emma is 15 months and has finally taken her first steps! (I can't find my card reader so I don't have any pics I can put up at the moment) For being such a mobile baby, she sure took forever to try and walk. Tonight I thought I would try and see if she would walk with me to Kaylee (we were by the fireplace, Kaylee was on the loveseat) so I had her hold on to one of my fingers and walk with me side-by-side and then when we were a few feet from Kaylee, I let go and she walked the rest of the way there on her own! We repeated this 5 or 6 times!!! By the last few times however, she had had enough. I'll take what I can get though I guess. We will try again tomorrow...

Day 25-A Favorite Recipe

2011-07-19T14:55:00.000-07:00

Trying to play catch up since I've been slackin' again.

Here is one of my favorite recipes! It's so easy and SOOO good! It's what I make when I need a last minute dessert or something. Everyone always loves it and it really is super easy, I got this from my good friend Wendy.

Cherry Chocolate Cake
1 box chocolate cake mix (my favorite is Devil's Food, Chocolate Fudge)
1 Large can Cherry pie filling
2 Eggs
2 TBS Almond extract
Mix cake mix, eggs, almond extract. Fold in cherry pie filling. Pour into 9x13 pan. (Or 2 rounds, or cup cakes...however you want to bake it)
Bake 350 for 30 min.

Day 24- A movie no one would expect you to love

2011-07-19T14:50:00.001-07:00

Love this movie!!!

Day 23- A way in which you want to be remembered

2011-07-19T14:36:00.000-07:00

I want to be remembered as someone who always tried to look at the positive side of things, especially in times of trial. I have met many people in my life and the ones that have really taught me a lot were the ones that even though things may have not been going the way they thought they should be, they trusted in the Lord, remained optimistic, and never lost faith.

The Plunge

2011-07-11T15:20:00.000-07:00

I finally did it! And I LOVE it! Of course I loved being blonde, but I really just needed a change. So since I already had 2 inches of grown out, I figured why wait till fall? Let's just go for it! Here are the before and afters.

4th of July 2011

2011-07-09T19:34:00.000-07:00

Day 22- A website

2011-06-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

Hmmm, not sure what to put for this one. I suppose I would have to go with craigslist! We have bought and sold lots of great things on this site before, including a treadmill we got for free, and a year later sold it for $150! On craigslist you come across a lot of junk, but every once in a while you find and amazing deal! What would we do without Craig and his list?!

Camping- Ocean Shores 2011

2011-06-27T11:36:00.000-07:00

This past weekend we went camping with some great friends at Ocean City State Park, in Ocean Shores! This was our first time camping with TWO kids, and we survived!!! It was so much fun to see Kaylee running around with all of her little friends. Emma on the other hand was a bit of a handful since she is STILL not walking, but she seemed to enjoy herself. We got super lucky this weekend and not only had GORGEOUS weather, but it also happened to be the Sand and Sawdust Festival! So we had tons of fun walking around watching the men carve their masterpieces with nothing but a chainsaw, and later walked down to the beach and watched the building of some pretty amazing sand castles! Such a fun weekend!!!

My baby girls!

Kaylee dancing on the beach, this girl is just too cute!

Although Kaylee has seen salt water ( the Puget Sound) this was her first time really getting to see the Ocean! She was terrified. And like any good Mother, I made her walk out into the water a little ways to experience the great Pacific! ;)
Kaylee and her walking stick
On our way to the beach!
Kaylee had tons of fun riding her new bike around the camp ground with all the other kids!
Grandma got the girls these adorable kid sized camp chairs for their birthdays
Helping Daddy set up the tent
Chillin' in the back pack
Our little family, minus Emma (she was in bed)

We definitely are going to have to make this an annual event! Families who attended the 2011 Ocean Shores campout- Nelson, Hartley, Bailey, and Jacobsen!

Emma was quite content being packed around on Daddy's back!

I have no idea what kind of face that is. LOL! But we stopped at this handmade ice cream shop to get Kaylee a little treat.

On the Jetty

There was a little family fun center place where Kaylee and I had fun riding the go carts!
This was so cute! For about 30 minutes Kaylee and Emma had fun in the tent climbing all over their Daddy (who was trying to nap), it was really sweet. Obviously Lance didn't get much of a nap in.

First Day of Summer!

2011-06-22T15:22:00.000-07:00

Surprisingly, for the first day of Summer (yesterday), we actually had Summer weather!!! With temps in the high seventies! So some friends invited us to go down to the river to hang out, throw rocks (Kaylee's favorite), play in the sand, and eat lunch. So on our bathing suits went, and we were off! We had lots of fun and got to soak up LOTS of vitamin D!

Kaylee looks so old to me in this picture!
I think my sunglasses are one of Emma's favorite toys! She is so stinkin' cute!!!

Day 21- Something you know you do differently than most people

2011-06-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

First off, I have no idea why this is all underlined...I can't figure out how to get it to stop! Oh well, here it goes. So I am usually in heels or flip flops, but on the occasion that I wear shoes and socks, my socks are usually always miss matched. I just grab a pair and put 'em on. I'm sure there are others out there that do this, but I have only met one other person that there socks are always miss matched. My brother's girlfriend, Megan also does this. So I guess we have more in common than just our names! ;)

Look at those pasty white legs, let's hope the sun decides to do what it's supposed to this time of year, so I can get some color on this albino skin!

Day 20- A Hobby of Yours

2011-06-20T22:52:00.001-07:00

I love, love, love Zumba! I really miss dancing and I am so glad I found this, because it gives me my dancing fix...not to mention a really good workout! I've found an instructor that I LOVE, and go every morning at 9:30! I love it so much I will sometimes do the night class too! Can you say Shake it!?.....Cuz that's what this class does!!!

Day 19- A Talent of Yours

2011-06-19T21:01:00.001-07:00

I have always loved doing hair, so I guess you could say that is a talent. I went to beauty school at Gene Juarez Academy and have been doing hair professionally for about 5 years.

Day 18

2011-06-16T22:57:00.000-07:00

Day 18. A time when you felt passionate and alive. So Blogger is not letting me upload my video of this so I'll just have to tell you. I always feel 'passionate and alive' when I'm doing something adventurous. I love the outdoors! In Oct. 2009 when Lance and I went to Kauai, HI we found a hidden gem! Only a few people knew of this place, most of them were locals. Off the highway, across a sugar cane field, and down one big slippery slope, we found this water hole with 2 beautiful waterfalls! There were cliffs for jumping off, and the locals had made a rope swing 25-30 feet above the water! I posted videos of us cliff jumping, and rope swinging at our beloved Kipu Falls after we got home from out Hawaii trip. (If you would like you can go back and find it) It was sooo much fun though! Lance and I spent most of our time there. I just couldn't get enough of the adrenaline rush you get from running and jumping off a 25 foot cliff! Or holding onto this huge rope, swinging out to the middle of the water, and free falling! We think this is why Emma is so active, since I was 6 weeks prego at the time.

Day 17- An Art Piece

2011-06-16T12:44:00.001-07:00

So I totally fell off the 30 Day Challenge wagon, but am going to try jumping back on. I love this picture. My sister has a big picture of this in her bedroom and I just love it. There is something about elephants that fascinates me. I love how peacful this photograph is!
Ashes and Snow, by Gregory Colbert

On Top of Spaghetti

2011-06-10T11:44:00.000-07:00

Although there was no cheese, no sneezing, and no rolling of the meatballs......there was plenty of spaghetti on top of this little cheese ball!

Rapunzel

2011-05-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

Here's Kaylee in all her 'Tangled' glory!

Kaylee's 'Tangled' Birthday Party!

2011-05-29T12:51:00.000-07:00

Last night we celebrated Kaylee's birthday with a Tangled themed party! She is in love with that movie right now, so much so that she cut off her hair....just like Rapunzel does in the end of the movie! Don't worry, I found her a Rapunzel wig to wear at her party, and she LOVED it! My sister made this super awesome banner, just like in the movie! Our main dish of the evening was Rapunzel's favorite, Hazelnut soup!

No Tangled birthday party would be complete without a Rapunzel tower cake!

Kaylee and Braden enjoying their hazelnut soup

So there's a funny story that goes with this pic. When Grammy was talking on the phone to Kaylee and asked her what she wanted for her birthday, Kaylee replied very seriously, "I want a princess motorcycle!" Looks like a princess bike was the closest they could get to a "princess motorcycle!" Thanks Grammy & Papa!

Aunt Lori got Kaylee this super cute Rapunzel doll! Kaylee absolutley LOVES it! Also, Grandma and Grandpa got Kaylee the Rapunzel dress up dress, which she also loves! I will have to dress her back up in it and get a pic....wig and all.

Thanks everyone for such a fun evening!

Kaylee 3 year update:

So much has happened in the last year, it's hard to even remember. At her 3 year check up on Friday she was 36in. tall and weighed 28lbs. Which puts her average for height and 25%tile for weight. Doc says she is a good weight for her height and is pretty much the proportions she's going to be. Kaylee is a really healthy girl, no major sicknesses other than a cold. It's nice to have a least one child that's not sick all the time!

1. With having a new baby sister, Kaylee has really had to learn how to share toys! She is way better now especially since Emma is mobile and able to get toys out for herself and get into Kaylee's things. Kaylee has adjusted really well, although she still needs reminders every once in a while that everything is not just hers anymore.

2. POTTY TRAINING! Kaylee has been fully potty trained since mid to end of Jan. I still put a pull up on her at night, though most of the mornings she wakes up dry.

3. Kaylee has become way more independant in the last year. She has always been pretty outgoing and willing to try new things on her own, but recently she just wants to do anything and everything on her own.

4. Kaylee took swimming lessons this year and LOVED it. I'm going to be one of those obnoxious moms and brag about how amazing their kid is for a min. Kaylee took to the water great, I am not exagerating when I say she was the best in her swimming class. Most of the kids freaked out especially when learning to float on their backs, Kaylee did everything so well, and several times was asked to demonstrate for the class. She could also swim by herself from one edge of the pool to the other, with the help of a little floaty ring. She also loved jumping off the side of the pool, going all the way under the water and coming back up all on her own!

Emma's Bday Photo Shoot

2011-05-16T22:48:00.000-07:00

Emma Rose 1 year pics! Thanks Aunt Lindsey!

Seriously?

2011-05-16T20:17:00.000-07:00

So I know Emma had a birthday and everything, but it hasn't really hit me that I actually have a 1year old (and 3yr. old) yet until I took Emma to her Dr. appt. today! She still seems like a little baby to me, but in the next few months I know she is going to start looking and acting more and more like a toddler, at least that is what the doc says! Here are her Stats: Height-29.75inches, Weight-18lbs. 2oz. She got 4 shots today, I don't think I've ever seen her so mad! Well, let's fasten our seat belts...a new job, 2 toddlers, and who knows what else this next year will bring!!!

Like father like daughter

2011-05-15T20:53:00.000-07:00

Kaylee and Lance watching America's funniest home videos together.

Emma's Party

2011-05-14T07:59:00.000-07:00

Emma's party was a success! There was lots of great food, family, and fun! Here's Emma in her birthday outfit, Uncle Dave got her this adorable little Tutu for her birthday!

The food was DELICIOUS! Thank you Mom, Linds, and Lynda for helping bring stuff, everything was perfect!This was the cake I made for the party, everyone loved it!!! I used my friend Stephanie's delicious chocolate cake recipe (I'm usually not a big chocolate cake fan, but this recipe is sooo good!), and Lisa's amazing buttercream frosting recipe!
This was Emma's 'Smashing' cake. Free from Albertson's!

Present time!

Emma got lots of super cute new clothes, a toy phone from Grandma (I think Kaylee was a little jealous), and a cute pink baby-size camping chair (Also from Grandma). Thanks everyone for the great gifts!

Emma dove right in! It was HILARIOUS! She couldn't seem to get enough cake into her mouth fast enough. We literally had to hose her down afterwards!

Reminiscing

2011-05-13T13:19:00.000-07:00

A year ago today we welcomed little Emma Rose Jacobsen to our family. As I've been preparing for her party today, I've been reminiscing about the day of her birth last year. It's all gone by way too fast! She brings so much love and joy to our family, Kaylee fell in love with her instantly, and they have been inseparable ever since. This is my favorite picture of Emma and I at the hospital, nothing can describe the emotions you feel just seconds after giving birth, it truly is a miracle! Happy Birthday Emma, I love you more than you will ever know!!!

Almost There!

2011-05-10T19:00:00.000-07:00

As mobile Emma is and has been since the age of 2 months, I for sure thought she would be walking before her 1st birthday. However, we are almost there! She now will walk holding on to this little walker thing (I don't know what to call it) So I guess we still have 3 days to get her little toosh in gear. I much prefer the walking stage to the crawling stage! We'll see what happens though...

Mother's Day!

2011-05-08T18:20:00.000-07:00

I had a wonderful Mother's Day, thanks to an amazing husband and two adorable little girls! Lance woke up at 6am to make me breakfast in bed, Kaylee was up at 6:30 to help him, Emma was up at 6:45 to carry in the fork and knife.lol. Yes, this is what I look like in the mornings. I literally had only been awake for 60 seconds or so. It was so sweet though, I didn't care what I looked like I wanted a picture with my baby girls!After church we went to my Mom's house along with my sis and her family. All the husbands made us dinner, it was super tasty!
Happy Mother's Day Mom! Thanks for being such a wonderful example to me. I love you so so much, and hope I can be as good of Mom as you are!!!

Growing on me

2011-05-03T12:28:00.000-07:00

So a few days after all the drama went down, Kaylee's new do is actually starting to grow on me. It looks a lot cuter now that I've styled it. As with any short haircut...it needs to be styled to look good. If only it weren't for the hole that is still on top of her head, oh and if she had some bangs that might help too. At least she doesn't look so much like a boy anymore.

Inevitable

2011-05-01T20:49:00.000-07:00

Today Kaylee woke me up from a much needed Sunday afternoon nap saying, "Mommy I cut my hair!" Before I went to sleep I turned on Tangled for Kaylee to watch with Lance out in the living room. Lance fell asleep and Kaylee decided she wanted a new hair style! After my initial shock, the whole situation was actually quite hilarious! I guess since she sees me cut hair all the time, she thought it was perfectly ok for her to do it! Here's the pics....I guess most kids at one point or another do something like thisThe pile of hair I found on the couch where Kaylee cut her hairThere was no fixing it....it all just had to come off! :( I ended up having to cut 6.5 inches off Oh well, it's only hair....it will grow back. I am kinda sad though, I loved her long curly red hair!The whole time I was cutting her hair I was trying to explain to her the gavity of the situation, and her reply was, "We go get more (meaning more hair) at the store!" Of course I then had to explain that we could not go buy more hair at the store.After her new do, she then said, "My hair all gone. My hair like Braden's now!" Yes, she does look a little bit like a boy.

Here's Kaylee with her new Duth boy haircut!

Daddy's little helper

2011-04-30T13:55:00.000-07:00

One sunny afternoon a few weeks ago, I looked out our front window to see Lance mowing the lawn and Kaylee with her toy lawn mower mowing right behind him. It was so cute, I grabbed my camera and ran out to capture this kodak moment!
Now whenever one of us goes out to mow, Kaylee throws her boots on and says, "Wait! I help you!" Too cute!!!

Blessings!

2011-04-27T11:52:00.000-07:00

So some of you already know the exciting news...on May 16th, Lance will have a new job! We are super excited. This is a blessing we have been praying for for about 3 years now. In 2008 Lance was working for a catering company out of Highline Community College. We found out in the spring of that year, that this company would no longer have a contract with the college, and thus Lance would be out of a job! We job searched and job search, but it was right when the big housing market crash happened and NOBODY and I mean NOBODY was hiring! Being pregnant with our first child at the time, Lance was feeling desperate to find something, anything! Our neighbor friend was able to get him a job where he worked filling vending machines. Though we felt this wound be a bit of a demotion for Lance, we took it, feeling this may be a blessing in disguise. About a year ago Lance and I both felt it was time to move on and start looking again for a new job, something that would challenge Lance, and be something that he was good at/enjoyed. All the while, praying that we would be lead in the right direction, and that we would find something that would fit! After a couple hopefull interviews that didn't end up working out, Lance was starting to feel pretty down an out, if ya know what I mean. Finally, this year at the spring fair my Dad ran into a guy he knows who works for Devcon, a brand new security company. (This company broke away from Brinks/ADT to create their own co.) So anyway, to make a long story short (well, shorter) Knowing one of Lance's huge strengths is in sales, my Dad mentioned him. The guy told my Dad to have Lance give them a call. So Lance did, he applied, had an interview a few days later, and was hired ON THE SPOT! We are soooo excited and I just know Lance will do a GREAT job. I love the fact that this company is so new and Lance is one of the first few to be hired for the Auburn office! First ones hired, first ones to be promoted, is the way I see it! There is huge potential for growth with this company! Congrats to you honey, thanks for always workin' your tail off to support our family (no matter what job you have!) Love you!

Easter 2011

2011-04-26T15:59:00.001-07:00

We had a wonderful Easter weekend this year! Saturday we celebrated Kay's 76th birthday with lots of family, fun, food, and of course an Easter egg hunt! Sadly, I couldn't find my camera to take pics of Saturday's festivities, but on Sunday Lindsey was kind enough to take some pictures for me as we celebrated with a delicious dinner and another egg hunt at my paren's house!

Emma

2011-04-14T08:14:00.000-07:00

Still can't believe she'll be 1 in a month!!! (well 3 weeks and 6 days)

11 Months!!!!

2011-04-12T20:37:00.002-07:00

The countdown in officially on. Just 4 weeks, till Emma's 1st Birthday!!! Aahh, how did this go by so stinkin' fast?! Her little personality is coming out more and more everyday, I love this stage! Here's what our little Rosebud has been up to... Also, I'll post a current pic soon.... *Says Mom, Mama, Dad, Dadda *Crawls like a champ *Wants to explore EVERYTHING! *Stands alone occasionally, but only for about a second *Pulls up on EVERYTHING *Walks along furniture *Eats table food *Looks just like her Mama's baby pictures! *Smiles all the time, she seriously is one of the happiest babies I've ever seen! *Melts my heart with that adorable smile

Day16- A song that makes you cry

2011-03-31T08:21:00.000-07:00

This song has such a great message! It gets me every time!!! Take a listen.

Belle Lightyear!

2011-03-30T12:35:00.001-07:00

Two of Kaylee's favorite movies are Beauty and the Beast, and Toy Story 3. Ever since she got the two movies for Christmas she has been in love with both Belle and Buzz! Her favorite past time as of late is to stand up on the couch with her "wings" out and declare, "To infinity and beyond!" And then dive head first onto the couch. It's pretty entertaining to watch.

2 Peas in a Pod

2011-03-30T09:38:00.000-07:00

On this gloomy/rainy morning, these two little girls are my little ray of sunshine!!! I just love the mornings at our house. Every morning Kaylee is always so excited to see Emma, and Emma gets so excited when Kaylee walks into her room. They really are two peas in a pod! They just adore eachother! There is nothing better than a sister!

Day 15- Someone You Admire

2011-03-26T00:17:00.000-07:00

My Momma! There are so many things I admire about this woman! She loves cooking, sewing, entertaining, reading, baking, and of course her FAMILY! She always taught by example and loves the Gospel! Grammy, Kaylee, & Braden

Proud Grammy with Emma (Gradbaby #3)

Emma's blessing. My mom helped me make Emma's blessing dress.

FINALLY!!!

2011-03-17T10:23:00.000-07:00

Emma finally is saying Mama! She has been saying Dada for a couple weeks now, but today she has been saying Mama lots!!!! The only slightly annoying part is, that she says Mama when she is upset, or needs something, and says Dada when she is happy crawling around playing. Nonetheless, I am still happy she is saying it!

Day 14- A vacation you would like to take

2011-03-17T08:43:00.001-07:00

I would love to go on an African Safari someday, and plan to. It's on my bucket list! Growing up Kevin and I were always really into the National Geographic shows, and I have loved wild animals ever since! It would be amazing to see them up close and personal!!!

Day 13- A Guilty Pleasure

2011-03-16T21:31:00.001-07:00

HEELS! I love getting a new pair of high heels! I'm not one of those girls that has a bazillion pairs of shoes, but I have maybe 9 different pairs of heels that I wear out to dinner or to church. (Other than that I'm usually in flip flops) I don't know what it is about high heels, but they make me feel pretty, so every once in a while I'll spluge and buy a new pair! (I also love the fact that I'm short enough to wear my 3.5 inch heels and still be shorter than Lance...by just a little bit)

Day12- A song played at your wedding

2011-03-15T09:29:00.001-07:00

Phantom of the Opera's- All I Ask of You. This was the song that Lance and I had our first dance to.

Day11- A pic of you taken recently

2011-03-14T10:07:00.001-07:00

Ok, so this isn't that recent and I realize this pic is a re-run from a past post, but it's one of my favorite pictures of me and the girls. Taken on my birthday.

10 Months

2011-03-13T18:57:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that in just 8weeks from today, we will be celebrating Emma's 1st Birthday!!! This little girl brings so much joy into our lives, and having two, is a greater blessing than I could have asked for! Emma continues to move NON-STOP! We joke that that is becuase while I was pregnant with her (at about 6weeks) I went cliff jumping/rope swinging (don't worry they weren't that high of cliffs) in Hawaii. She sure is one adventurous little girl, like here Mama! She is pulling up all the time, and walking along furniture. She crawls normally now most of the time, and babbles constantly. Every time I look at her, I can't help but smile! Love you Em!

Kaylee loves to go in and say good morning to Emma!

Table Food

2011-03-02T13:18:00.001-08:00

Being that Emma is now 9 months (still in shock), I have started introducing her to table food...and she LOVES it! She will still eat her baby food, but loves feeding herself. This is one VERY active, very independant baby!Today she had some grilled cheese and tomato soup with us!

Day 10- A photo of you take over 10yrs. ago

2011-02-25T09:05:00.000-08:00

GIRLS CAMP! Gotta love it! I'm pretty sure this was my 3rd year at girls camp which would have made me 14 in this pic.

Day 9- A Photo You Took

2011-02-24T10:42:00.000-08:00

I took this picture while we were on our honeymoon in Maui! It was the first time I had ever been snokeling. We saw tons of sea turtles, and lots of other pretty neat sea life! The last time we went to Hawaii (Kauai) in Oct. '09, we weren't so lucky in our snokeling adventures.

Snow in February!?

2011-02-23T12:17:00.001-08:00

Something I have learned from living in WA my whole life is that the weather is crazy! It can snow, hail, sleet, rain, and be blue sky and sunny all in one day! I've seen it happen! Today was one of those days. Usually by Feb. around these parts, its cold, raniy, sometimes sunny, but rarely does it snow. However, remember this is WA we're talking about, so really anything can happen. It started snowing really hard this morning. Kaylee got so excited! She ran to her room and came out looking like this.... She said, "I wanna build a Frosty a Snowman, Mom"

So....Since I knew this snow wouldn't last long, I decided we should take advantage. So we bundled up and went for it! As I had predicted the snow lasted about 35 min. (You can see the snow already starting to melt and the sun coming out in the background) Here is Kaylee's Frosty!

Valentine's Day

2011-02-23T12:10:00.000-08:00

This year for Valentine's Day I thought it would be fun to make some cookies for some of our friends and family. Kaylee LOVES to help cook anything!

While our cookies were baking I helped Kaylee make a Valentine for Daddy! Our cookies! Sugar cookies dipped in chocolate, YUM!

Day 8-Letter to someone you admire

2011-02-22T18:22:00.000-08:00

This letter is to my Father in-law. He is one of the most optimistic, easy going, positive people I know. Just for a little background for those who may not know. This week Kay had some severe chest pains and after many tests, it was determined that he needed a triple bypass. Though this was scary for all of us, Kay's attitude remained positive and light-hearted. "Let's get this show on the road!", was what he said to his nurses as we were saying our 'see-ya-in-a-few-hours.'

Kay,
First of all, thank you for being such a wonderful person, and for being such a great Grandpa! The girls love you sooo much! I admire your strength, optimism, and just fun personality. I love that in hard times you do what needs to be done and put your faith in Heavenly Father. I hope and pray that this is a lesson that my girls will learn from you! I love your sense of humor and light-heartedness, you always put a smile on our faces even in times of trial. I feel you are 75 going on 50! With you still out boating in the summer and skiing in the winter! I hope that I will be as active, funny, and as full of life as you are when I'm your age! Love you lots!
Love, Meg

Day 7- 5 Thing you couldn't live w/o

2011-02-21T08:21:00.000-08:00

Ok, let me just say I'm horrible at trying to do this everyday! I'll try to do better this week, we'll see. So here are my 5 things I couldn't possibly live without!

1- My family, this also includes extended family!

2- SLEEP! I am not a person that can run on just a couple hours of sleep, I love my sleep!

3- The sun! I realize I live in WA where we don't always see the sun, but I love spring/summer time! I love doing things outside, gardening, camping, boating, hiking, if it's outside I usually love doing whatever it is. 4-Costco. I love this place!

5- Food! I love food!!!!!

Emma 9 Months!

2011-02-17T08:01:00.000-08:00

Emma turned 9 months on the 13th, she had her well-baby appt. yesterday, so here are the stats. Weight: 16lbs 6oz. (10th %tile) Height: 28in. (10-25%tile). Here's what she loves...

*Eating! Starting to introduce some table food

*Pulling up, she's doing this all the time now. She can walk along furniture a couple steps, but is still pretty wobbly

*Starting to play games like peek-a-boo, patty cake, etc.

*Does not like to be held for too long, this girl never stops moving!!! She loves being down on the floor where she can explore the house!

*Says, yay, gaga, and occasionally dada (I've only heard her do this once or twice)

I can't believe in less than 90 days this little girl is going to be 1 year old!!! What the heck?!?! Didn't I just have her? Here are some recent pics.

Emma loves sitting and playing with her big sister. Yes, Emma is smiling, kinda hard to tell if she is laughing or crying...she loves bath time with Kaylee!

Helping decorate some cupcakes (An FHE activity we did a couple weeks ago)

Day 6- A moment you wish you could relive

2011-02-16T18:00:00.000-08:00

The day I found out I was pregnant with Kaylee (Sept. 18th, '07)! She was our first, and I think there is something extra exciting about the first one! I remember shaking, laughing, crying, pacing around the house wondering, what do I do now...and, how am I gonna tell Lance! Don't get me wrong, we were totally excited when we found out Emma was on the way, but the first one everything is so new, you don't really know what to expect, and that makes it extra fun!

Day 5- A Favorite Quote

2011-02-15T10:58:00.000-08:00

Just heard this one again on Sunday, and I love it!

"Love is spelled.....T-I-M-E"

Day 4- A Favorite TV Show

2011-02-14T13:15:00.000-08:00

This one is hard, there are several that make the list.

Day 3- A Favorite book

2011-02-12T16:39:00.000-08:00

Love, love, love this book! The second one was pretty good, I didn't care too much for the third one, it was good, but I think it could have been a lot better.

Day 2

2011-02-10T15:28:00.000-08:00

Favorite Movie- The Sound of Music
This is my most favorite movie of all time! I know every word to every song, seriously is the best movie ever!

Day 1

2011-02-09T20:46:00.000-08:00

A Favorite Song

My favorite song is, This Kind of Love by Sister Hazel! It describes exactly how I feel about Lance and our little family. It's the only song I have on my playlist so far, you can listen to it there if you want, it's a good one!

30 Day Blog Challenge

2011-02-08T20:05:00.000-08:00

So I saw this on our friend's Dane and Laurel's blog and thought it would be fun to try. I'll try to do it everyday, but no guarentees. I will start tomorrow, enjoy!

Day1-A favorite song

Day 2-A favorite movie

Day3-A favorite book

Days 4-A favorite TV show

Day5-A favorite quote

Day 6- A moment you wish you could relive

Day 7-Five things you couldn't possibly live without

Day 8- A thank you letter to someone who changed your life

Day 9- A photo you took

Day 10- A photo of you taken over 10 yrs. ago

Day 11-A photo of you taken recently

Day12- A song that was played at your wedding

Day 13- A guilty pleasure

Day 14- A vacation you would like to take

Day 15- A person you admire

Day 16- A song that makes you cry

Day 17- An art piece

Day 18- A time when you felt passionate and alive

Day 19- A talent of yours

Day 20- A hobby of yours

Day 21-Something you know you do differently than most people

Day 22- A website

Day 23- A way in which you want to be remembered

Day 24- A movie no one would expect you to love

Day 25- A favorite recipe

Day 26- A childhood memory

Day 27- A physicl feature you love

Day 28- A scare you have and it's story

Day 29- Hopes, dreams, and plans you have for the next 365 days

Day 30- A motto or philosophy

Tells of a Two Year Old

2011-02-07T22:54:00.000-08:00

In the last 4 months or so, Kaylee's sentence structuring has improved sooo much! She talks more like a little kid now rather than toddler talk (sentences that only consist of a couple words). Although she will still sometimes refers to herself in the 3rd person, which I find pretty funny. Some of the things she says I have no idea where she heard and/or learned! So here are just a couple pretty funny things she's said in the last couple months or so. Sorry if I've already told you all these, but I though I should blog 'em, just for the record.

In no specific order:

As we were driving in the car on our way to Costco, "Mom, I'm a girl...not an angry lady!"

Watching American Idol together pointing up at Steven Tyler, "That's a crazy dude!"

Will randomly say, "I was just joking"

Just finished getting Kaylee ready for church, I go to my room to change, I come out and Kaylee says to me, "Oh Mommy you look like a princess. Kaylee look like Bell, you like Cinderella!"

I'm back

2011-02-07T13:54:00.000-08:00

Hello again fellow bloggers/follower! I've been really bad about blogging latley, mainly because I lost my camera! Ahhh....but today Kaylee found it for me, it had fallen down in the couch! (Why didn't I think to look there??) So here is a quick, although very random, update on our lives. First, I will start by rewinding to Christmas...I can't believe I didn't blog Christmas! It was great, lots of great food, lots of time spent with our families. I was lame and didn't really take a ton of pics. This was Emma's first Christmas, it was so fun to have two little ones this year to open presents, play with cousins, and be loved on by the gandparents! Secondly, since the beginning of Nov. well before Halloween actually...our family was slammed with the sickies! For about 3 months either one or all of us were sick, it sucked! Emma got the worst of it, multiple ear infections, and countless trips to the dr. I have to say that this truly was a trial that our family went through this winter (at least it felt that way to me, dealing with sick babies and a sick hubby for 3 months was not fun). It has given me a new appreciation for our usually always good health. Finally today Emma was sent in to see the ENT, she will be getting tubes put in on Wed. So that should clear things up! Lastly, we are looking forward to spring!!! We have a couple big house projects planned for this spring/summer. I won't go into the details of everything, but basically we will be building a 2 car detached garage, and remodeling the inside of our house!!! I can't wait! Since last year during our big relandscaping project I was pregnant, and couldn't really get in there and help, I am looking forward to being able to help out on this one. So that's it for the update, here are some random pictures I've been wanting to put up but couldn't due to my lost camera.

Kaylee got this cute little kit to make a dirt flower pots (pudding, cookie crumbs, and gummie worms) from Grandma Jacobsen for Christmas. She had fun 'cooking' and then eating her flower pots!Kaylee's obsession with any and all Disney Princesses continues....I'll have to remember to save this pic and put it in a frame next to her first Prom picture! Kaylee loves her baby sister more than ever before now. She can't get enough of her, and vise versa. Here is a rare moment where both girls are smiling AND looking at the camera! It's pretty much a miracle to get 'em to do that at the SAME time!

Birthday Fun!

2011-01-09T13:51:00.000-08:00

Yes, I had a birthday this past weekend...It was a great day! I had my hair done and got a super relaxing massage in the morning, then watched the Hawks spank some New Orleans' booty! Finally, went to Mom's house for a Fiesta! Mom and Linds made the most scrumptious mexican food with Brazilian limeades! Thanks for such a wonderful birthday everyone!

The food was soooo good!!!!Linds made this super cute birthday cake for me.My girls Papa with his gandbabies!

Classic sibling picture (miss ya Kev!)

My brothers and sister are truly some of my best friends!!!!

Birthday kiss from my lil brother! LOL!

Wiggle Worm

2010-12-23T14:31:00.001-08:00

So Emma turned 7 months on the 13th and I totallly spaced, I didn't even realize it until a few days later. Em is our little wiggle worm!!! She loves exploring our house, I can put her down in one room and 5 min. later, find her in another. (Yes, I've even 'lost' her a few times.) Here are just a few pics I took one day of her while she was showing off some of her moves! The only picture I didn't get is the one of her doin' the "teepee" where she's in a crawling position, but will then lift her bum up in the air so just her hands and toes are on the ground, it's pretty hilarious!
Doin' the Frogger....I just love that lil face!!!!Starting to pull up! Noooo!!!
Bridge baby bridge....think she'll be a wrestler? (let's hope not!)

This month she finally learned how to hold still for half a second to learn how to sit up on her own. This happens rarely though, 10 seconds later she's on the move again!

Look out here I come! Emma can regular crawl a little bit, but still prefers to army crawl!

It's That Time of Year Again!

2010-12-20T08:38:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was the Christmas program at church. This is probably one of my favorite sundays! Everyone is dressed up in their new Christmas clothes, and as tradition goes, the girls got new Christmas dresses! I also made the girls (including myself) matching red roses made out of silk fabric. I know it's kinda cheesey to be all matchy matchy, but I just couldn't help myself, the girls just looked so darn cute!!!

Contest

2010-12-19T20:35:00.001-08:00

Last night we had a gingerbread house making/decorating contest with my family. I spent a day and a half making the gingerbread for this bad boy! It took Lance and I (well mostly Lance) 4 hours to assemble it, and about 3 hours for us to decorate it! And that's just the beginning, we had real Christmas lights on it, the house lit up from the inside, played music, and blew snow out the chimney!!! Lance was the mastermind behind all that, as I'm sure you could have guessed. It was tons of fun. Let's hope we win ;)

Blood Spill

2010-12-11T18:21:00.000-08:00

Tonight Kaylee decided it would be a good idea to try and shave like Daddy. Usually Lance's razor is always kept in a cabinet, but this time had been left out for some reason. Kaylee went into the bathroom and found it, I'm sure you can guess what happened next. I hear her screaming in the bathroom and run in to find her standing on the toilet, blood down her shirt and all over the toilet seat! Thankfully I found her and not Lance, who starts to feel faint around the sight of blood. I on the other hand am quite the opposite. Stay calm, see what the damage is, grab what I need to fix it and do it. So here is Kaylee all patched up. She had about 4 cuts on her bottom lip/chin. Luckily she didn't need stitches or anything.

SIX MONTHS!

2010-11-13T12:35:00.000-08:00

That's right, Emma Rose is 6 months old today! Seriously, how did that go by so fast. I can't beieve its been 1/2 a year since she was born. Kinda sad, but so fun at the same time! So at 6 months she is still a tiny little thing weighing in at only 13 1/2lbs, but don't let that fool you, she sure is a strong baby! She can roll, scooch, and army crawl wherever she wants to go! I have a feeling she will be an early walker. She has two bottom teeth and it looks like the top ones will be in in a few weeks or so. She is tons of fun, I love having two girls!!!

Halloween 2010

2010-11-04T20:25:00.000-07:00

I know this is a little late getting up, but hope everyone had a great Halloween! We sure did!

Cooking 101

2010-10-23T07:50:00.000-07:00

I practically grew up sitting on our kitchen counter either helping make cookies, watching my mom cook, or just to sit. I swear the kitchen counter is the best seat in the house! Still to this day when I'm at my Mom's house, I'll sometimes hop up on the counter. So it's no suprise that many times you can find Kaylee sitting up on the counter with me while I'm in the kitchen cooking or doing dishes. Last night Lance was at a boy scout pow wow, so Kaylee and I decided to make some cookies. We've done this many times together, but I thought it would be fun to blog it this time!Gettin' readyPouring in the sugarSneaking a lil tasteKaylee insisted on doing ALL the mixing, hence the flour everywhere! More tasting...this is a very important step in the baking of cookies!

Time to bake! I didn't take a picture of our finished product, I think we were too excited about eating them, but they turned out great!

Teeth

2010-10-22T21:20:00.000-07:00

Poor Emma cut her two front teeth this week, and she is NOT happy about it! I didn't take a picture cause there is hardly anything there to see, but you can feel 'em. Little Em has been extra whiney, clingy, and just plain MAD! At Emma's 4 month dr. appointment I told her Dr. I thought her teeth would be coming in soon, and the Dr. pretty much laughed at me, and was like "Well I don't feel anything, a lot of parents think their kids' teeth are coming in cuz at this age they are drooling and chewing on everything. It's still pretty early to be getting teeth." Well let's just say in this case Mom knew best! Kaylee got her first two teeth at 5 months, and I could tell just by lookin' Emma's would be in sometime in her 5th month as well. All I have to say is thank goodness for Tylenol!!!

Spooners

2010-10-22T21:00:00.000-07:00

This post is a lil behind. A few weeks ago we made our annual trip down to Spooners Farm to pick out our Halloween pumpkins. It was fun going this year with Kaylee and Emma's two little cousins, Braden and Emmitt. Here's Kaylee and Braden posing with the "Happy Spider"

Kaylee on the search for the perfect pumpkinLooks like she found it!Kaylee and Emma in the wheelbarrow!

Crafty time!

2010-10-15T08:06:00.000-07:00

Oh crafts how I've missed you! Yes, it's that time of year again. I saw the idea to make these 'glass pumpkins' on my sis' blog which looked super easy to make, so Lisa and I decided to make 'em! So this was supposed to be the easiest craft we have ever done, and it turned out to be this 3 day project! Don't ask me why it's a long story, I'll just say we had some issues.....peeling paint, learning how to use the stupid spray paint can, finding new jars, etc! Then, I was looking at Lisa's cute 'Harvest Blocks' and decided I wanted some. I had some extra wood blocks laying around but was one short, so I made 'Autumn Blocks.' After these two projects I feel I've gotten my craft making fix! (For now...)

Emma 5 Months!

2010-10-13T08:43:00.000-07:00

Once again another month goes flying by! Emma is 5 months today! Here's what the little bugger has been up to....

*Learned how to get from place to place by scooching and rolling over. She will roll from one side of the living room to the other, it's pretty funny to watch.

*Trying really hard to crawl, but hasn't figured out she has to move her arms too (Let's hope she dosen't figure that out for another few months, they are a lot more work when they start crawling around)

*She make those fun baby cooing noises all the time!

*She is mesmerized by Kaylee! She is always watching her and smiling at her, it's so cute!

*She's been eating a ton too.....cereal, pea, green beans, applesauce, peaches, bananas, pears, squash, she loves all of it!

*And the best one of all....(insert drum roll)....She goes to bed at 7:30pm and wakes up around 8am!!!

Emma is such a cheerful baby, always smiling. She loves when Kaylee plays with her. She's a good eater and a GREAT sleeper, she makes this having-two-kids thing seem pretty easy!

Family Photos

2010-09-28T10:31:00.001-07:00

Cousins

2010-09-24T09:28:00.000-07:00

Last week my sister Lindsey and her family were up visiting, while they were here Brian had a 2nd interview for a job in Lacey! We are so excited because Brian got the job which means they will be moving here at the end of November!!! I'm thrilled that not only I get to have my sis back living in WA, but Kaylee and Emma will get to grow up with cousins their own age! Here ya go, it's your present day Bonnie and Clyde.

Ok, I just have to explain real quick why Braden is wear PINK Pjs haha. Everyone was over at our house for dinner and Kaylee decided she wanted to take a bath. A few minutes later, Braden decided he wanted to take one too. So we threw them in together and afterwards, since it was about bed time, we had to put Braden in a pair of Kaylee's pj's. It's ok, only a real man can pull off wearing pink! ;)

Emma and Emmitt on the ferry. I'm sure in a couple years they will be best buds just like Kaylee and Braden!

Kissing Game

2010-09-22T22:24:00.000-07:00

One thing I love about having a toddler is that she comes up with the funniest, and sometimes most random games! Tonight she invented the kissing game! Poor Emma was being mauled, and sad for Lance when asked if he could play, Kaylee very adamantly said, "NOOO!" Here's how the game went.

The Fair

2010-09-15T10:14:00.001-07:00

On Monday we all went down to the fair. Kaylee had lots of fun running around with Braden and going on a few rides together (she was still a little short for some of them). Here are some pics from our day 'Doin' the Puyallup'

Braden and Kaylee on the canoes. They loved it, I even remember going on the canoes, it was my favorite!

Lance with Emma and Emmitt

Kaylee and Daddy on the train

Going down the giant slide with Kaylee In the petting zoo. Kaylee loved all of the animals!

4 Months

2010-09-14T17:50:00.000-07:00

Here's little Em at the fair!

Yesterday Emma turned 4 months old! What happened to my little baby, she is growing up so fast!? Here's some things she's been up to....

*She weighs 12 lbs. 6oz. and is 25inches tall

*She rolls over all the time now

*Grabs her feet and trys to put them in her mouth

*Hold herself up at 90 degree angle when on her tummy

*Loves eating rice cereal, bananas, and applesauce

*Sleeps through the night 100% of the time

*Has two little white bumps on her bottom gums where, I'm sure in a couple weeks, 2 little teeth will pop through

*Is getting good at 'talking', she's got her Aaahhh's and oooohhhh's down

Food.....well sorta

2010-09-06T11:39:00.001-07:00

It's hard to believe Emma is old enough for rice cereal already! She got her first taste of the white mush Sunday morning. I'm not sure how, but she seemed to actually like it. Although, I bet it tastes better than formula! It kept her pretty happy most of church, which she slept through almost all of, so that's a plus! She's growing so fast, she certainly dosen't look like a newborn baby anymore!

Happy Anniversary!

2010-08-27T12:00:00.001-07:00

Today we are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary! As with every other year, I am amazed at how fast the time has gone. It's always fun to reminisce about how we met, our dating (our whole 3 months of it...that's ok, I knew after 1 mo. that this was the boy I was going to marry!), our engagement, and newly wed days. But today, 5 years, a house, a dog, a mini van, and 2 kids later....I am still so very much in love with this boy! Happy Anniversary Love!

Happy Birthday Lance!

2010-08-23T12:28:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday was Lance's 28th birthday. We had a great time celebrating up at the cabin with the Nelsons. We went up Friday night and came home Sunday morning. It was so much fun! We went tubing, skiing, wakeboarding, jet skiing and swimming. Hope you had a great birthday Lance, we sure had a blast! Thanks for all your hard work and being such a great husband/daddy! We love you!
Don't think Kaylee's quite ready to take the jet ski out by herself yet

So Daddy took her out, he even let her drive for a bit!

Kaylee and Brian had fun playing on the beach!

Kaylee with her two new BFF's! These three had so much fun running around together!

And of course we had to go tubing! Here's Scott with Brian (left) and Andrew (right).

Ha! Ok, so we attempted to go on a bike ride...I could have sworn there was a little road to ride your bikes on around the lake. Turns out there was just the main road, and with Andrew riding his own bike, we decided that wasn't a very good idea. So our bike ride lasted about 5 minutes!

However, we did see a Mama deer out with her little fawn, so that made our failed bike trip worth it!

After the special 'Surf 'N Turf' dinner Scott, Wendy, and I made for Lance (steak, coconut prawns, with a orange marmalade and mango/peach peppered jelly for dipping , corn on the cob, and salad. It was soooo good!!!), we had cake and ice cream!

Brian doing their families tradition of Heavy Heavy Hangover!

Nelsons gave Lance a gift card to his favorite resturant (HG Bistro) and movie tickets!!! Thanks guys! ;)

Boating

2010-08-18T16:31:00.000-07:00

This summer has royally sucked in terms of the weather. We have had maybe a week of boating worthy weather. We usually look forward to spending at least a couple weekends at the cabin, but due to the weather being bad on the weekends, and Lance having to work during the week, we haven't been able to go! :( So we were way excited when the stars finally aligned and Saturday brought us beautiful weather and an invitation from our good friends the Nelsons to go out boating! Here are just a couple of pics I took....my camera battery died right after I took them, so I wasn't able to get any of us tubing or swimming. This was also Kaylee's first time out on the inner tube! She did great, and seemed to really enjoy it! We had such a great time that we went out again on Tuesday. Thanks Nelsons!It's finally starting to feel like summer and it is almost OVER! Yes, there's a baby under there. Emma did great and slept most of the time.

Emma Rose 3 Months!

2010-08-13T08:40:00.000-07:00

Is little Em really 3 months old already!? She is growing sooo fast! I just cleaned out all of her newborn/0-3 months clothes yesterday. It was bitter-sweet, since most of her clothes used to be Kaylee's I just couldn't help feeling a little sad, but excited at the same time that both our girls are growing up....it is so much fun! Since Emma doesn't have a dr. appt. till next month, I'm guessing she's about 12 lbs. or so. She is cooing and smiling all the time! Kaylee was never a super smiley baby. It took a lot to get a smile out of her (until age 1), but Emma smiles ALL the time, I love it! She has even laughed a couple of times. She also has rolled over several times (from stomach to back), either by accident or on purpose, I'm not sure. She's a really good baby and is sleeping through the night probably 80% of the time, and on the nights she dosen't, she wakes up usually around 4 am to eat and then goes back to sleep.

Here's our little Rosebud, that smile sure melts my heart!