The Unknown Journey

meh

2010-08-10T07:01:00.000-07:00

things have been going fairly well lately. I dunno how much I'll keep up on this blog- maybe I will though just so people know what's going on w/us, we don't really hae a lot going on these days...Kaylee's turning 2 on the 23rd, and her party will be on the 21st. It's going to be such a fun day I think! I'm looking forward to it. My hope was to lose, just FIVE pounds before her birthday. I can

6 :-)

2010-07-14T17:23:00.000-07:00

So I'm trying to upload a little video of Kaylee counting to 6. She walks around counting things, blocks, food lol- whatever.. so I've been trying to get it on camera, and I finally did! :) YAY!

updates updates updates

2010-07-03T09:56:00.000-07:00

So later today, I'll update this fully. We're heading to Gresham for my cousins' birthday party.. Devin is turning 21 which in itself has a ton of mixed feelings (most feelings of OLD ha ha!) and Sarah is turning 8 (I think lol). Anyway, so we'll be back. We've had a lot of people wondering what's goin' on with us, so i'll try to be better about updating this. Well I'd better get re ady to go. I

Oh Boy!

2010-02-15T09:08:00.001-08:00

I need to update my blog, don't I!!! well, I think I may just might lol have to do that.in the meantime.. I'm doing a cute giveaway of a bag.. You should enter too, it's really cute :)I've been doing the samples, and coupon game again for some trips to the store. It's been a lot of fun, and this is just another one of the giveaways. Here's a copy of the cute bag she's giving away, and a link to

"EXIE!"

2009-11-03T13:47:00.000-08:00

So this blog has become more a place for me to upload my videos.. LOL.. updates soon maybe, eh????our camera is broken, so it really only does decent things in video. So we'll see :)

"Yummy"

2009-10-08T11:07:00.000-07:00

Kaylee's new word :) She has been trying new words a lot lately. Currently she has dada, mama, mommy, hi, hey, ouch, hot, and now yummy :)

Vaccination day.. boo!

2009-10-02T09:42:00.000-07:00

Well today Kaylee had a WIC appointment this morning, and she will go in for her dr. appt well check and vaccinations this afternoon at 4. So we of course had to get her dressed into a cutie outfit! :)

the last of the pound cake

2009-09-27T21:06:00.000-07:00

Here are two cute videos :-) So I will think twice I think about giving kaylee a tiny slice of pound cake. I gave the cake to her around 6pm, after dinner.. and all of a sudden I was tired, she was really quieted down and getting tired, and we were getting ready to go to bed, when all of a sudden lol,, the pound cake kicked in :) She finally wound down around 10 LOL.. and she only had 1 nap ! Oh

Butter Bean! :-)

2009-09-24T10:46:00.003-07:00

These are from the day of the church picnic. Kaylee and I have been going to a little church not very far from us for the past few weeks. :-) she was all dressed up and looking cute as usual! These are butter bean photos ;) Kaylee but has been getting her molars in, and it caused about three days of dirrhea. NO FUN!!! She was in a fine mood though, no fever- but we had a couple of days of

Photos, Videos and updates (part 2) K's birthday :-)

2009-09-24T10:33:00.000-07:00

These are just a few of the photos from her birthday :-) a short video. I was playing hostess, so we didn't get a lot of great ones- but maybe everyone else did :)

Pictures, videos and updates (part 1)

2009-09-24T10:12:00.000-07:00

Just some updated photos from the past couple of months :-) I'll do another post here soon of her first birthday! Yay Kaylee!!! :-) The zoo Kaylee's favorite cupboard LOL First popsicle ;) A video of the "icecream truck"

Happy Birthday Kaylee Jo

2009-08-23T04:10:00.000-07:00

Dear Kaylee,Today is your first of many birthdays. I know that in the grand scheme of things, this is just the beginning but I cannot believe a year has a gone by. This time last year I had no idea how much in love I would truly be. I had no idea how much you would capture my heart, make me just have moments where I can't stop kissing you, holding you, and taking you in- and how just so enamored

An old/new friend :)

2009-07-24T07:56:00.000-07:00

Oh, and 1 more thing I'm very excited about. I tell you... I've been more blessed this past 2 months than I feel I've ever been before, or least that I've paid attention to. Some mentioned, some unmentioned. Anyway, I've been just .. blow away and not sure how to process a lot of them lately. This is one of them that blew me out of the water- I had a sad day a while back where I was yearning for

Holy cow- I wrote a novel. Too many things I'm excited about to not share...

2009-07-24T06:37:00.001-07:00

Yep, it’s early but my dad is coming this afternoon, and I have a lot to do to get ready for tomorrow and for him tonight… so I thought I’d just share with you virtually lol… I got up super early this morning 3:30 so I can clean some before work.. And then my plan is instead of taking normal breaks like I do.. I'm going to make 10 calls, and then do 1 task from my to-do list. Each task maybe will

BLAHHHHHHHHHHH

2009-07-21T12:39:00.000-07:00

So man.. so much time has passed. I really haven't been taking a lot of photos, or writing many blogs lately. Things are just super busy right now. Mostly working on keeping my house clean, raising my baby girl who's 11 months in TWO DAYS! Can you imagine? Geez- and WORKING a lot! And during the months of July/Aug we always have stuff planned on many of the weekends w/family. It's a nice change

three little videos :)

2009-06-30T11:23:00.000-07:00

Just some pics :)

2009-06-17T13:32:00.001-07:00

My almost 9 month old sniff

2009-05-16T11:06:00.000-07:00

She's growing up so darn fast, I tell ya. I know all parents say that but I didn't grasp it really until I had my own.. And she's a gem!So I don't remember if I mentioend this but Kaylee has 6 teeth now lol, yep 6- and two more wanting to come up on the bottom. I can't believe it! She eats just about anything, though I still try to gt her to eat baby cereal for dinner or breakfast. I did discover

Not much to update ;-)

2009-05-14T12:50:00.001-07:00

I don't really have all that much to update. Nothing really is happening lately lol, that's particularly blog worthy. Although I did have a FANTASTIC first Mother's Day :-) Friday Brian and I took Kaylee to the park since it was going to be beautiful! I'll post some photos below. Saturday I met up at my aunt's house that morning, and I hung out their all day. We did a few errands and then Gram

8 months some photos and a video

2009-04-23T14:07:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my angel is 8 months old today. I can say this much, Time flies sooo fast. I'm glad I'm able to be home with her, enjoy her little life, and be here for all of her milestones. She's truly precious and reminds me so much of myself, with her own little quirks of course :-)Yesterday she gave us quite the surprise. Brian watches her while I work, especially with my schedule, and then

Happy Easter! :-)

2009-04-12T14:01:00.001-07:00

Just a few pics from our Easter morning...

Jam and a couple of pics :-)

2009-04-09T19:11:00.001-07:00

So I had a really great birthday this year. I was hesitant, but at the same time it's truly my favorite day of the year. I feel special, and thought of.. And this year was no different. Brian was going to make me dinner but then said, well lets just say you could have any kind of food you wanted.. do you really want me to cook, or would you want like pizza, or chinese.. or what? I said ohhhhhhhhh

Feel goods

2009-04-06T11:21:00.000-07:00

so my self esteem lately has been pttthhhhh (raspberry kj style) and I used some of my birthday gift cards from my mom to Ross. I found some super cute jeans (2 pairs) a cute pair of shoes, and 3 cute shirts for 57.00. I feel good in them. they fit just right, i feel i look good. I don't feel self conscious. It's amazing how different your body is after having a baby. None of my clothes fit, and

oh wow!

2009-04-04T09:32:00.001-07:00

yay for gorgeous weather this next few days!!! I need some sunshine.k- that's all I have to say :-)

So much to do!!!!

2009-04-03T19:40:00.001-07:00

There is always so much to do I tell ya! My to-do's seem never ending. So while Kaylee's digesting and playing wiht her spoon and fork and cup lol.. I thought I'd blog *our dining room is pretty much my office too lol* Then it's bath time. Which now means mommy wrestle time LOL.. She started rolling over in the tub and I couldn't get her to stop. She insists on putting her little face into the

I've just been in the mood

2009-04-01T13:36:00.000-07:00

so I have lots of thoughts going through my head all times. I'm not very "good" at writing as much as a few of my blog friends are anyway- but I do my best lol..Today is Kaylee's appointment to get her pretty little face photographed at JC Penney's. I'm kind of excited she's such a sweet little thing. Today I was telling her words and sounds, and she just looked at me with innocent eyes, tried

blah

2009-03-31T13:07:00.000-07:00

I'm very much looking forward to a busy April. With easter, and church, and appointments, and birthdays, and travelling to Eugene later, and a scrap book date with a friend. This month is looking up as far as getting out and around is concerned. I'm very much looking forward to it all. There were some other thins I wish were happening this month, but I have to expect baby steps. Brian and I are

Should have worded differently...

2009-03-31T12:40:00.000-07:00

It was pointed out that my wording of my last blog wasn't quite as specific as I meant... Brian does have a close nit family. a very large one! I love all of them and would love to spend more time with them. The truth really should have been stated that Brian doesn't have a close relationship with them personally. He's not the greatest about returning voice mails or even emails to peopel who are

Sheesh

2009-03-29T04:26:00.000-07:00

Wow- life just passes you by I tell you! I need to blog more often, and make time for that. It seems people like keeping up with us, so I should update more! Right now I can't sleep lol.. It's 4:30 on a Sunday, blah! I do have a long day ahead of me too. Today's Malia's 1st birthday, has a year passed already? Yesterday i went to Gresham to get out of the house and Kaylee and I spent the day

Yep ;)

2009-03-11T08:43:00.000-07:00

So I think we're all on the road to health, yay!!!! :-) Just have been SUPER busy with working. Things are crazy from January through about May, then it's dead from May-about September. Busy from September-November, dead from the end of November through January lol.. This week since Saturday Brian's been working two jobs. He got a temp contract job working for Washington Mutual. They are

O' Happy Day

2009-03-08T01:20:00.001-08:00

So what a week I've had!!!! It's been crazy insane. Kaylee got sick starting last Thursday morning and she had a very bad cold that was kinda passed around a bit. She's doing better, still coughing up gunk, but I have the humidifier going and it seems to keep it at bay for the most part. Needless to say I was really afraid that I'd get sick too, so I started taking this stuff called Sambucol and

My Super shopping deals! :-)

2009-02-27T22:47:00.001-08:00

So this big new hobby of mine, was a lot of fun. I took Kaylee along and she didn't fuss once, and we were gone for a total of about 3 1/2 hrs. I stopped and fed her mid way, changed her diaper and she just trudged on- and silly as it may sound I really enjoyed her company! :-) Anyway, I took a pic of the "stuff" i aquired w/my coupons. I still need to do very light shopping at WINCO, and go to

My New Hobby

2009-02-24T23:54:00.000-08:00

So, I've been humiliated lately at the grocery store. I don't want to go into too many details, other than to say I meal planned and made a list and I physically did not have enough money to cover the groceries. I was emabressed, humbled and humilated all at once. So, my grandma (not really knowing the previous experience) made a comment about safeway ads and how great their meat sales are, and

Oh Kaylee your mama thanks you!

2009-02-15T16:45:00.000-08:00

I've had A fairly busy weekend. Not because we've been doing "stuff" but because of the massive amount of cleaning I've been doing to make up for the past three weeks of not lol.. I speed clean while kaylee is sleeping, I play with her when she's awake, and I really haven't even had time to stop and shower. So, I put Kaylee in her exersaucer and I pull it into the bathroom, and she lets me take a

a sigh of relief

2009-02-12T12:41:00.001-08:00

I think the light at the end of the tunnel is almost here- it's actually two weeks away and I'm looking forward to it immensely. I have had a rough few months and I have to look back on them and just be thankful for the change they've made in me. Strangely I've been more positive lately than I was a couple of months ago. Christmas was kind of hard this year, but I feel stronger come February. I

spoke too soon lol

2009-02-09T18:48:00.000-08:00

Well Kaylee and I are both pretty sick. Stuffed up, coughing and congested with runny noses. She's just in the same mood as always but gets tired out easily. She slept two three hour naps today and we're heading into an earlier bed time it looks like. (well like maybe 7:30 instead of 8). Solid foods are going interesting- I learned something new about this smarty baby I have.Well she's been

food, noses, and prunes

2009-02-07T15:09:00.001-08:00

Well my baby is 5 1/2 months. It seems eons ago since she was born, but she just gets sweeter and sweeter. We started her on baby cereal about a month ago, but she just gagged and threw up what she ate lol.. ohhhhh she's been doing that since she was born- and she definitely has shown me some new things. She hates the taste of certain cereals and will not eat them by themselves.

A Few New Pics (5 months)

2009-02-05T06:26:00.000-08:00

I don't have a lot to update ;) but I wanted to make sure I did post some pics! Here's Andy, Lexie and Kaylee :-)We have started solids! :-) lol.. not sure what to think about it just yet.

Is it Feb already?

2009-02-03T11:45:00.001-08:00

I can't believe how fast time is FLYING past me. In just 20 days Kaylee will be 6 months old, yikes! LOL! She's almost sitting up and rolling over front to back, and back to front. She's so strong and just as happy go lucky as the day she was born. :-) I'm blessed.Nothing new really happening around here- except we should have the car back to almost as good as new VERY soon. I'm SO looking

I'm baaaaaackkkk!

2009-01-25T00:32:00.000-08:00

Whew! Has this been a hectic/crazy/insane last few weeks. I miss blogging though, but I miss sleep even more lol... I won't say too much about my schedule, but recently it's been realllllly insane and I've had just enough time to sigh, so sorry I've been not so great at keeping my blog up to date. And VERY VERY VERY Soon, I'm going to get more pictures up on flickr and a few on here. We have a

Looking forward to a New Year

2008-12-28T04:14:00.000-08:00

It seems like the more time I have on my hands the busier I've been! I can't sleep tonight so thought I'd do a short update. We were snowed in completely for a week in the Portland area. It was the worst weather this area has seen since the 1960's and the most reported snow in the month of December since 1893- no joking! I think many people not living in the area thought we were all exaggerating,

tooth!

2008-12-20T13:40:00.000-08:00

Sooo the last couple of days I've noticed Kaylee being a little more cranky and she felt a little warm to me. She's such a great baby though, unless you're with her every day you'd think she was just a normal baby, even when she's her crankiest. KAylee is such a happy baby though, if she's grupy for more than just a few minutes, something's up. So I checked her temp and it was 99-99.5 I'm

The Magic of Christmas

2008-12-16T04:05:00.000-08:00

I know I've talked a lot about financial "stuff"- well, I was worried about being able to have a great Christmas this year, I really was. The other day though Brian said, you have to have faith. You have to trust that God will provide and he asked me if God has let us down yet when we have needed him to be there for us. I said, okay- no but I prepare myself for the worst. I tell myself, okay yes

A fun day planned

2008-12-12T12:13:00.000-08:00

So I thought I'd post 1 picture until we see how the others turn out. A friend of ours is coming over to do some holiday photos and a 3 month shoot for Kaylee. I'd totally have my friend Becky do it if she lived closer! I KNOW her pictures will turn out fantastic, I'm not sure how these pictures of Kaylee will turn out. Anyway, this is one I took today. I was trying out different props and

Surgery

2008-12-11T11:41:00.000-08:00

I just got word that the surgery went really well for my Gram. She just got out and is talking up a storm lol.. Her biggest fear for surgery is that she has to be put under, and she's always relieved when she wakes up. My family can go see her in about an hour. I guess it took longer than usual because her clog was quite the clump, and we're just glad she got the surgery and didn't put it off.

Not a lot

2008-12-09T13:42:00.000-08:00

Well today is another ramble post. I'm finishing up work and am going to go get a few things done around here before Kaylee gets up from her nap. I have been thinking though how big my girl is getting!!!! I can't believe it. She was laying on the floor yesterday and tried to sit up from laying down and I felt how tight her stomach muscles are. It seriously feels like JUST YESTERDAY LOL... she was

Heh

2008-12-05T07:54:00.001-08:00

So this picture cracks me up and I had to share. It reads "mmmm, what's this tasty morsel".So besides that I've decided I'm going to get super serious about my dumb weight. I'm tired of having NO energy to get done things around here and using other things as an excuse to not go. I have a work out partner and everything, I have to make it work! I need to push past the tiredness and get to it,

yep

2008-12-03T11:35:00.001-08:00

So I haven't written in a while. I've been on the grumpy side lately. I think it's hormones LOL.. I'm sure though my husband would say otherwise, and have another suggestion for it's demise. Whatever.So the holiday was good. It wasn't really anything fancy or special, and I don't have any big news to say. Shopping was fun. It was a LONG long day- We didn't get home until 1am though, we had to

tis' the season

2008-11-21T18:16:00.000-08:00

I can't believe the holiday season begins NEXT week. I have traditions so far that we do. Thanksgiving then black friday shopping because even though it seems to be a lot of money to come up with all at once, it really is a saver in the long run. Especially for the kids, and our exchange gifts. We already have gifts for all the parents , and we're doing very nice unexpected family gifts. I'm

Head, mouth, and eyes

2008-11-19T09:33:00.000-08:00

Ugh. Yesterday I noticed Kaylee had some goop coming from her eyes so I call her pediatrician. So they said bring her in just in case. I got her in and it was pink eye- basically a bacterial eye infection. He said they actually are pretty common in babies because their tear ducts open and close and get basically clogged with bacteria and it caauses them to get infection. She was exposed to new

It's just poo- get over it

2008-11-14T13:04:00.001-08:00

so as I was sitting my desk and Brian was caring for little baby Pickering- I got to thinking as I heard him gagging while changing her diaper- it's just poo, get over it. if there's one thing my husband doesn't do, it's poo. He can handle her ralphing all over him, spitting up what looks like cottage cheese but cannot handle anything colored coming from her diaper. Is it all in his head or is it

whew

2008-11-13T12:21:00.000-08:00

I'm so glad that today is going better than the rest of my week lol. Yesterday I woke up to a completely fried computer. I couldn't access ANY of my files, I couldn't make calls, I didn't have any of my e-mails. it was awful. Brian finally got it fixed and now I'm having motivation and concentration issues. The way the market is right now makes it harder to stay totally enthusiastic about work.

Bath Time!!!

2008-11-07T07:48:00.000-08:00

So yesterday Kaylee was kicking in the water and smiling up a storm, so I tried to capture it hehe---- I SOO need to get her a rubby ducky.My baby has outgrown her little infant tub. Her feet hang over the edge and the only part of her that gets wet in it is her butt lol- so I decided to try the infant bathtub seat to see how that worked. I was getting more water on the counter and floor than on

Yay Friday!

2008-11-07T06:47:00.001-08:00

So this weekend we don't have much planned. I was hoping though to go visit Brian's sister and her new baby and for her to meet Kaylee. Our babies are only just under two months apart, so when I had Kaylee she was already about to pop and having a hard time. Life is slower this weekend so hopefully it works out. Also Brians dad wants to come and see Kaylee- but he won't tell me which day. It

Halloween pictures :-)

2008-11-05T11:07:00.000-08:00

Here's our Halloween pictures!!! I'm posting more later today on my flickr site...Daddy's Pumpkin- Brian got homeearlier than expected so he got tosit with Kaylee.Kaylee and I after thetrick-or-treaters started to come.Pumpkins!I decided not carve the white one after all-Leave it out for fall.This is Kaylee's pumpkin. I liked the hearts lol..I can't believe I got these carved before the trick or

Wow the second of November already?!

2008-11-02T09:29:00.000-08:00

Geez, I just can't imagine how fast this weekend went by. I DID get to carve pumpkins and was trying to get pictures up, but my entire computer crashed. It's all better. So today is my aunt and grandma's birthday, or at least we are celebrating it. I have two cheesecakes in the oven at the moment, as soon as those are done, I'm getting in the shower and getty ready to go. Brian has to work (if I

Pumpkins

2008-10-31T09:27:00.000-07:00

Well we were going to do pumpkins earlier in the week, but we didn't have pumpkin carving kits and Brian really wanted it to be perfect. Sooo, we held out and each day after work he went around to different stores trying to find them, and to no avail! They are all sold out EVERYWHERE!! So here we are Friday, the day of halloween, and no kits- so I said, well heck we have knives!! Okay, so it's

nothing profound

2008-10-29T06:45:00.000-07:00

Although I've been super sappy lately, i don't have anything profound to write about. Although I have been slowly cleaning out the entire house. yesterday I did my office- I recycled a mile high stack of papers lol. and our car has been cleaned out except I need to do the upholstery. I'd also like to shampoo the carpets in my office again although better than they were, I hate that the garage

Is it Sunday already :-(

2008-10-26T14:11:00.000-07:00

I wish the weekends wouldn't go by so darn fast. I enjoy my weekends so much as I'm sure everyone else who works in America does lol... Yesterday I went to Gresham to visit my aunt, so Kaylee and I took the day and just had at it. I had cabin fever. Brian has had our one and only car working (no complaints!) and so my only outing was her dr. appointment the other day. So I was going stir crazy

2 month checkup

2008-10-24T07:37:00.001-07:00

First another cutie video Well, yesterday little miss turned 2 months old. We all know what that means! her two month check up. Well it was for 2:20 in the afternoon, and because I always have question and this one included vaccinations, we got home around 4. So here's the run down lol.. She is in the 95th percentile for height, weight and head circumference. She weighs 13 lbs 6 oz and he asked

I have the cutest baby on the planet lol.. ya ya I know...

2008-10-21T14:23:00.000-07:00

Yep it's definitely fall

2008-10-20T13:07:00.001-07:00

The rain has set in, the sweaters are on their way out of the closet, the blankets are washed and ready to be snuggled.. yep it’s definitely fall. Today is so rainy and yucky and dark, but in a strange way I really love this time of year. It’s my favorite. I also love winter with the fire place going, and the lights and smells and all of the time you spend with your family. It’s hard to believe

Okay then... breastmilk it is.

2008-10-16T11:53:00.000-07:00

Well, Kaylee has thrown up several times since she’s born. Sometimes it was a LOT and it would projectile. At the beginning we would supplement formula a smidge if she didn’t get full enough because my milk supply was a little low and she wasn’t latching to help increase it- we thought man, she’s just super sensitive or something, not really thinking too much of it. So the other day the

woohoo!!! great weekend

2008-10-13T06:39:00.000-07:00