The Norman's

Me and Aisea

2011-08-05T12:44:00.001-07:00

Guess I should post the one pic of me and the sweetie too...

Introducing 'Aisea Robert Norman

2011-08-04T18:21:00.000-07:00

We love him!!

"Aisea Robert Norman

2011-07-12T16:46:00.001-07:00

'Aisea Robert Norman was born June 30th 2011 at 10:05pm he weighed 6lbs 11oz 18 1/2 inches long. He is so sweet we are all doing well thanks to all that have sent their congrats and love.

Enormous Pressure...

2011-06-24T14:24:00.000-07:00

Dear unborn, after 37 weeks and 5 days of pregnancy I am DONE! I don't ever remember feeling this way with Kainoa and you my dear baby have taken up residency on my tailbone. I can't sleep, I can't stand for very long, and I can't sit for very long or my legs start tingling and go numb. With that being said can you please get here so I don't have to look or feel like this anymore!

Could it be...a real post?!!

2011-05-10T17:58:00.000-07:00

Blogger here I am don't get too excited I may disappoint but I feel now more than I have for awhile that I should update if only for my sis Brookie so here we go....It has been a year so even though Brooke knows this I must fill in any on-lookers.
We bought a house, moved in July 3, 2010 and are so happy to finally be in our own place, (and I am sure my mom is too). Does anyone else have a problem with decorating?
I have all these ideas no money and to be quite frank no balls to make a decision so after almost one year here I am still, with only 5 things hung on my walls.
My yard is more than half in and we are getting cement this month. We will have a patio and more parking now.
Still need a fence, plants and some sort of landscape idea but we have grass and a sprinkler system!
Again need to decorate don't know if it will ever happen.
I am Pregnant! how about that! I have 7 weeks left and only 5 more doctors appointments. Which means the longest part of the pregnancy is just starting!!!
It's a BOY and he is healthy, so am I. The only way things could be better is if I could speed up time.
I still work at the pool I manage, am in charge of the swim lesson program, and teach private lessons. My plan is to keep this job even after I have the baby. Kai thinks I am the coolest mom cause I work at pool and it's great benefit to him he can swim whenever I feel like taking him.
JR is still at UPS and work is good. He just got a wisdom tooth pulled and now has a golf ball sized cheek and he says people stare at him while he is at work. I just told him tell them he was born with it.
Kai has 3 more days of preschool left this year, bittersweet how much he is growing up but I love his personality as he gets older he becomes more of a ham. I am afraid we have a class clown on our hands!!
I have learned to read too this year!!!! Go me. No kidding I knew how to read just didn't love it. So alot of people wouldn't know this about me it isn't something I just brag about but I would have my sister Erin read a book and tell me about it and I would write my book reports that way. Seriously never read a book in full in Highschool.
Thanks to my sisters and mom I have been reading books more than I ever have and actually really like it.
*** they are shallow, easy reads, but I am reading. The goal is deeper books as I progress but I am good now with the genre we are in.
We are happy, healthy and I feel like I can start blogging again even if it's boring to some I can keep a better journal than I have been....til next blog :)

Hello Blogger...

2010-04-29T10:07:00.000-07:00

Well, it has been a long time but I thought I might reconnect a little. So much good has happened since I last blogged, but most important is JR and I went through the Temple. I am just so lucky and blessed and happy to have my family sealed. My little one will be 3 in August and that is just weird to me, time really goes by too fast and sometimes I wish I could stop it. I want another baby so bad and think I will be able to start trying within the next couple months. My sisters Brooke and Erin both had new babies since I last posted, Brooke had a sweet boy named Abe and Erin just had a sweet baby girl named Lily. I don't have a pic of Abe since I have not met him yet but Brooke has picture's posted on her blog. I will post a couple of Lily though. It is funny she has a scowl "like JR" my mom said, so when I took the picture I told him to scowl too pretty funny, but she is much sweeter than JR sorry babe. She will be spoiled since she is the first grandaughter. Ok then, I hope it isnt almost a year again before I post but if it is I do look at facebook more so maybe I will see some of you there. :)

2 year pictures

2009-08-01T17:13:00.000-07:00

So Kai will be two this month and I am such a bad mom and have not has his pictures taken since he was 4 weeks old. I have a lot of pictures of him though just none of them are professional so I decided it was time with the help and push of my good friend Corianne who took them. She was awesome and has the coolest props, gave him candy, and was really fun with him the whole time not to mention the awesome photos she got she is very good thanks Corianne I love them and can't wait to get the prints! Here are a few I stole from her photography blog www.corihenderson.blogspot.com cause I don't have the disc yet. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Swimming in Saratoga and CUPCAKES!

2009-06-20T09:13:00.000-07:00

So the last two weeks I have been teaching swimming at a pool in Saratoga and yesterday was the last day of this session. For the kids I had cupcakes made at dippidee's they were so cute (and no I didn't get a picture of them) my camera battery was dead but one of the moms took a picture of Kai eating his and from the picture you can tell they were really good!! They were bright blue and had fondet orange and pink fish on the top of them. Anyways I had a lot of fun teaching for this neighborhood and can't wait to do the next session in July. Hope everyone is having a great summer so far.

EXTINGUISHED!

2009-06-05T07:02:00.000-07:00

So most of you know that I work at the pool teaching swim lessons I love my job and this is one of the reasons why...Yesterday morning I was teaching two sisters who are also in my ward and the older sister was driving me nuts to make it shorter than it was she was just not listening like a good girl should ;) so..I said to her "oh Autumn what would we do without all you children in this world" and she said "the whole human race would be extinguished!!" I just started laughing and couldn't be irritated with her anymore. So all I have to say to that is what would we do without kids really!?? So thank you to all the children that keep the human race from being EXTINGUISHED!!

Memorial Day and Grandma Jackie's grave.

2009-05-28T09:32:00.001-07:00

Grandma Jackie's grave is in the Mt. Pleasant cemetary so on Memorial Day we drove down and it was beautiful they place flags all over the cemetary and there are flowers everywhere. Kai was so cute too and it was good for JR to see that. Kai leaned over and talked to her and kissed her without being told to I thought that was amazing but it just reminded me that children are so much closer to the spirit world than we realize it was a touching experience and for JR it was exactly what he needed.

4 Wheel'n at five mile...

2009-05-28T08:48:00.001-07:00

Ok so I kind of did the pictures in the wrong order cause this is Kai so tired after a long day 4 wheeling and playing in the dirt. JR's cousins invited us to go 4 wheeling on Saturday and we had alot of fun even if there were a million other people there that day too. P.S. we are big nerds in the pics ;)

JR's Birthday

2009-05-28T08:36:00.000-07:00

It was JR's birthday last Thursday and his cousins and their wife's/girlfriend and JR's friend Wes came to dinner with us at Tucanos. The next day we had cake at the house with my mom and Jess since they weren't able to come to dinner. Happy Birthday JR I love you hope you had a great day!

A day at the Park.

2009-05-20T08:20:00.000-07:00

So the weather has slowly been getting nicer and nicer the last couple weeks and Kai is thrilled. I too am happy about it because no more tv he loves movies and asks for them all day long but as soon as I suggest to go outside his mind is off the movie and out the door. We went to provo last Monday to visit Linley and Kylie Mills, Linley had back surgery and can't even pick Kylie up to put her in the car to go anywhere. That would be so hard... and it was a great excuse to go kidnap them and play at the park. So we did and the two little stinks loved it Kylie would slide and slide all day if you let her and she was too cute running around jibber jabbering to me and Kai he could slide all day too but he doesn't like the "normal" way he goes on his tummy every time. They had fun on the swings but I know would have been happier running around I just got tired of lifting them onto the slides and lifting them onto the slides and lifting them (you get it). It is always good to catch up with Linley she is such an easy person to be around love ya girl! I think this week we will go finger paint with pudding at their house (outside of course) but I think Kai would love that.

Moab, Montana and Easter!

2009-04-17T15:13:00.000-07:00

So it's never too late to post some cute pictures and give a long update. As you all know I was not able to run the half marathon but Brooke did so we still got to go to Moab for the weekend and we had so much fun. Kai and Eli are really fun to watch Kai doesn't have a ton of child interaction so he was showing off and I think might have been a little much for Eli at times but Eli was a good sport. We had a lot of fun with Brooke and Brady in town and the weather in Moab could not have been better I am with Brooke when she said she misses it, I love it there. Montana trip was just two weeks later, we started our drive in between Saturday conference session and managed to listen to the full afternoon session before we totally lost radio signal. My moms brother lives in Philipsburg, MT. It is a beautiful place to visit and live. Honestly if I could convince JR to become a rancher I would move there. The scenery is beautiful, life seems simple, although I know that is not the case all the time, it is hard work but man the surroundings are well worth it I think. We went snowmobiling on their property so not a sole in sight, we hung out at the house with all the animals Kai took particular interest in their indoor cat and now all he can say when he sees an animal is "kitty". I think he really missed that cat cause the first morning home I went to get him out of bed and he looked past me and kept say "kitty, kitty". My uncle Clark and his wife Nancy have two kids that we LOVE and were so good with Kai. Brian is almost 6 and Rachel turned 4 while we were there so we got to celebrate with her. We also went to a hot springs pool with all of them the last night we were there even my uncle made time to come and that I know was a sacrifice for him and Nancy's sister that helps out at the ranch so thank you for that it was nice to have Clark there. I miss P-town more than Moab it was one of the best vacations I have had in a long time. Now to Easter I don't have much to say about it Kai had fun eating candy and opening eggs, we went to JR's Aunts house for dinner and had the best bbq chicken I have had in a long time, then after some of the family had a foam gun war that I stayed away from (his family is sooooo competitive) I would just rather cheer them on, although I know some of them probably think I am lame for not wanting to take part. Anyways sorry such a long post just wanted to get everything I remember down, which reminds me when we try to get Kai to say I love you he says bokey whatever that is but he says it every night when we tell him to tell Grandma he loves her and goodnight he just says bokey it really is cute I just don't want to forget it. Hope everyone's lifes are going well love ya all.

Moab Half Happy!

2009-03-19T16:02:00.001-07:00

Ok so the half marathon is this weekend and I know that all of you would be expecting pictures and times and blah blah but there will be no news to tell except sad news. I will be ok but I am just a little sad right now I have been training since December and have had pain in my right knee when I ran but not bad enough that I had to stop running for longer than a few minutes then I could push through a few more miles and walk five minutes again....so long story short I was running on Monday and something happened and couldn't even walk it out it hurt so bad. So we scheduled me to have an MRI and Tuesday and Wednesday and today my knee has felt fine but we still did the MRI and I just got the results... I have a stress fracture and "severe edema" (tissue swelling) inside the knee. I can't run for four months and have to start a physical therapy program next week but the good news is I haven't damaged it enough to never run again so my plan is to run this same half marathon next March. Hope everyone is doing better than I am, I am sure the hardest day will be the day of the race then I will get over it, but for now I will wallow in my own self pitty!

Just a quick update

2009-03-05T09:16:00.001-08:00

So we have been busy but I feel like I have nothing to say so I decided to think of at least ten things so here they are...

10. Because of the great weather we have been walking to the park alot lately and Kai is no longer deathly afraid of the slide in fact it is quite opposite he goes down on his stomache and it scares me to death.
9. I am the newest young women "athletic director" (coach) in my ward yipee! (one problem softball starts next and I can't play)
8. JR's basketball games started so we have been busy with those (I just wish the games started earlier so Kai could go to them) oh well it still has been fun especially for JR.
7. I quit my job I started in December and yes this is a good thing.
6. We have been lucky to hang out with JR during the week because they keep calling him off so good we get to see him bad we don't have any money when he doesn't work.
5. I learned how to make the best pizza in the world and it is easy.
4. Training is still coming along for the marathon and it is only two weekends away (thanks Tiff for running with me :))
3. I am applying for hair school this month still haven't decided between Paul Mitchell and Evans but I have wanted to do this for a long time so why not now. (any advice on the schools please tell me).
2. We got passes to Seven Peaks for $41.00 each, so now we have something to do that is already paid for, by they way passes are $49.95 until the end of March if anyone wants to come play with me all summer!!
1. JR, Jess, Kai and I went to the Draper Temple open house and then had lunch at the pink shop with my mom after (she wasn't able to come with us cause of work). The Temple was beautiful I love where they built it.

Well as usual I have no updated photos to post, Kai is growing up and learning alot he is 18 months old now and loving nursery. I will try to get some good photos of him for my next post.

Valentine Weekend

2009-02-16T21:26:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentines Day to all hope that everyone had a fun and got lots of love this last weekend. JR and I celebrated on Friday since we did not want to fight the dinner crowds on Saturday. It was very nice we went to Ruby River while auntie Erin and Mamaa (grandma dot) babysat. It was fun to just sit and talk we don't do that enough. I think it is so easy for us to just get involved in the everyday grind and we forget how important it is to have one another there. Then on Saturday I made bbq chicken pizza it was soo good. Erin came over again since her Valentine had to work that evening. I love my family, and to JR I feel so lucky to be your wife for anyone who does not know JR or hasn't had the opportunity to get to know him (since he is shy) you should know he is seriously one of the kindest most patient people I have ever known I am so serious I love him so much and am glad to have him so close. He is a great dad too and has all kinds of plans for Kai's future, hopefully the NBA lets boys go on missions lol. Love you all...oh and since I am bad and didn't take any pictures on Valentines Day I just found some I already had of JR and I they are pretty rockin huh!?

My sweet son!

2009-02-11T10:38:00.001-08:00

Ok I know it has been awhile I have a hard time keeping up lately I just get busy but here is a quick update...JR and I are offically Valiant 11 teachers together, I have been teaching the class since last Feb and this week they called JR to team teach with me so now I don't have to always plan the lesson we can do it together. JR started playing basketball in a league in salt lake and they had their first game last night. He loves to play so I am glad he does even if we miss him when he is gone. We sarted planning our vacations for the year this week because UPS makes them have the weeks they want off already picked so now I am just excited for April when we go on our first vacation the plan at the moment is to go to Yellowstone, Jackson Hole and Philipsburg Montanta to visit my Uncle and ride horses. I am excited to see Kai's reaction to the horses and cows. So that is about it in a nut shell I am still training away for the marathon and ran six miles last saturday in just under an hour I thought that was pretty good. Now to explain the pictures Ashley has been nice enough to watch Kai for me a few times when I was training in the office and the other day Kai and Ava were playing and Ashley told Ava to kiss him and well the pictures tell it all. Not the proudest moment for me as a parent do any of you have any advice for a "hitting child" cause it is getting out of control!?

New and Old...

2009-01-16T09:14:00.000-08:00

Well so far 2009 has been eventful I started a new job which has been great but busy to say the least, soon I will be at home and set up and things will be back to "normal". I also had my gall bladder out on Tuesday all is well recovery has been up and down but I am doing good. I have had stomache problems for a few years now and the Doctor thought it was my ulcers but when I had some unexpected stress right before Christmas and got really sick the doctor decided to check the gall bladder again and sure enough it was pretty bad, so I am excited to see how I feel now that it is gone. JR and I are planning on going to the new Draper Temple dedication and open house I think that will be a cool thing to do before we get sealed this fall. Also as soon as I am recovered I am going to start running again to train for the half marathon I am running in Moab with Brooke in March so anyone want to run with me let me know I would love the motivation. I am so excited for new things to happen this year and excited to leave behind old things there is so much to life, don't let anything that drags you down stay around its not worth it! Love you all and happy new begininnings in 2009! P.S. I know that is not the cutest picture of me but man Kai is soo cute!

Just some holiday bragging

2008-12-29T17:34:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was wonderful Kai is at a really fun age he wasn't into un-wrapping presents but he loved all the cool new things around and just ran around the room looking at everything. JR and I made out good this year too. We started off the season saying we wouldn't spend much money and then ended up spending more than we said we would. We were able to as a whole family my mom and all do a really nice secret santa for a family we love so much. My dads wife made Kai the coolest "busy book" that I will post pictures of because you just have to see it. My mom gave him this busy train toy that he can push around and it reads letters to him. He loves reading books right now and is busy, busy running around exploring. It is so fun to watch him experience new things that I just take for advantage, I fed him pineapple last night, and you could see it in his eyes when he took the first bite that he thought that was pretty special stuff and he kept wanting more. It is just so fun right now with him but then sometimes he has a "terrible two" moment that scares me of what is to come I just pray he stays sweet cause I don't know if I am the best parent and I am scared to teach in the wrong way. Which leads me to a thought I just had does anyone think it is too young to start teaching him potty training? I have heard boys are harder to teach and I am wondering if I start now that it will be more easy? Well hope all of you had a good Christmas and here is a picture of our matchy matchy pajama's from Christmas eve (missed you Brooke and Brady).

Disco Elf's...

2008-12-23T21:34:00.000-08:00

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/fI1BY5QLdaVYsapJcV36

Temple Square, and my wonderful family!

2008-12-23T07:47:00.000-08:00

Thank goodness for family! And all I am going to say is that I have the best sisters in the world and don't know what I would do without them! Jessica is so talented and was asked to play the violin at the assembly hall on Temple Square Sunday so it was a good excuse to go see the lights and they were GLORIOUS (that was for you JR and Nick). We didn't stay for Jessica's concert cause it started at 8:30 not 7:30 like my mom had told us but we were there to support anyways and she knows that :) I just love my Erin too she is one of my best friends and I love that she is so rational and that she listens to me even when I say the same things over and over (which I do a lot:)) I can't wait to spend Christmas with them all and am so sad Brooke, Brady and Eli won't be here too we love you guys! Happy Holidays!

Tis The Season

2008-12-10T11:53:00.000-08:00

Christmas is right around the corner and this year more than ever I have the desire to give...I know that sounds selfish since I am 26 years old (it isn't like I have never wanted to give before I just always had a list of things I wanted to recieve as well). But, considering all the service my family has recieved this year from others and the blessings we have been given from all the service I guess it just wouldn't feel right to not do something for someone else. I want to be more like Christ and this is what our Savior did his whole life, he served. In our ward letter this month there was a poem from President Monson....

There's Christmas in the home and church,

There's Christmas in the mart;

But you'll not know what Christmas is

Unless it's in your heart.

The bells may call across the snow,

And carols search the air;

But, oh, the heart will miss the thrill

Unless it's Christmas there.

Merry Christmas and thanks to all of you who have served me, JR and Kai so much this year I really don't think you know how much you mean to me it is because of some peoples selfless prayers, and service, and endless hours of teaching that we will be an eternal family soon...love you all.

Little bit of and update and TWILIGHT!

2008-11-22T11:15:00.000-08:00

Ok so life has been busy lately but finally calming down. Thursday swimming lessons ended until December first so I have a full week off and I am very excited I have a million things I would like to get done first one being cleaning and getting Christmas decor up I love this time of year and living with my mom is so fun cause she has the best house at Christmas we go all out. Kai is good he is still not walking but the doctor is not worried he just said he will do it on his own time (maybe he is a bit like his mom). JR is good work is not as busy as it was last year but that is nice cause we still see him so much, I am almost scared to see what December brings. Life really is good...Now to Twilight. I was bummed all week cause I didn't think I was going to be able to see it for a few weeks cause the movie theaters were all sold out. Then Lindsay called and said she had bought four tickets online for all of us... what a good friend. I liked it and loved Jacob wow he was cute I know he is young but I don't care I love him. I was a little disappointed that they did it "low budget" because really they could have done so much more. I do have to say I was laughing at a part and a girl behind me was crying oops...That is all I am going to say cause I want to know what other people thought that saw it as well...and here is a picture of us after. There were too many girls taking their pictures in front of the poster so we just took one next to it and called it good. Thanks Lindsay for the tickets and thanks Lindsay B. for the picture steal.

This is all for you Brady...

2008-11-13T21:35:00.000-08:00

So JR was worried you might feel left out so he asked me to dedicate a whole post to you, here it is...

SLUSH...?!

How could I not counter this one..

2008-11-12T21:15:00.001-08:00

So alot of you who look at my blog look at my sister Brooke's blog as well and for those of you who don't... you should :). So I log in today and as always check Brooke's blog first and to my surprise there are four sweet picture's of my son and a small "miss you" paragraph above them (that made me cry thanks Brooke). I guess all you parents out there will know what I am talking about when I say that, I as a mom, love it when someone else seems to love and adore my child as much as I do. My sister Brooke does this she has LOVED Kai since the day she met him and would have taken him with her to NY if I would have let her. I have never told her this but I always admired how she could love Kai so much and still love her son just as much times ten... I think it takes a special kind of person. You said so many nice things about Kai and I wish I could say those traits are because of me but they aren't. JR gets to take full credit for those but they are all true and I love that about him too. I remember the day of their blessings when we were taking pictures of them in the vibe chair and Kai just held Eli like he was protecting him and then all the picture's later of them where Kai just kinda looks like the "protector"...oh our little chancho. So thanks for the sweet "ode to Kai" I feel like an inadequate sister and auntie because I didn't think of it first. You know I love Eli and want to steal him and eat candy all day and snuggle (oh what a snuggle would feel like right now)....SO COME HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS PLEEAASE we will help pay! P.S. Tell Brady I will be thinking of good "ode" to him for later so to keep posted :)

Halloween

2008-11-04T14:27:00.000-08:00

Halloween was pretty fun this year we had the trunk or treat which I am not sure if I like or not then we went to Auntie Shelley's house aka The Jensen's and hung out way longer than we should have, because we had Shaun and Mauren's halloween party to get to and then by the time we got there Kai was spent so we didn't stay long. After we got home and got Kai in bed we asked maama aka Grandma D to listen for Kai and went bowling with Nick, Shantel, Brady, Jessica, Justin and their friends and family. It was pretty rockin and I will for sure have to post photos from that when I get them from Shantel but for now I just have this one that Mauren took at her Halloween party and the picture speaks for itself...(it's pretty sad when your dads costume out-shines your cute clown costume don't you think?)

People at work and their "policies"

2008-10-26T16:55:00.000-07:00

Since I can't go into any details in case some blog stalker checks my blog and it gets back to work all I am going to say is green booger policy's don't make sense if you are judging it on kids under two cause guess what they all have green booger, snotty noses, and this doesn't mean they are sick or contagious! After what happened at work this week I felt alot like Andy...here it comes from left field you have no time to react..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHfbmjTAJbo

I'm just saying

2008-10-06T13:00:00.001-07:00

So for some reason I have this thing in my head that I have to have some awesome photo, video, or vacation (as shown in a few posts down) to talk about in order to post. It is more fun to look at pics than read a full paragraph of someones views on politics, sports, reality tv, (my fav) or what happened to them at the park the other day, I mean seriously is life really that AWESOME!! Not mine! Now don't get me wrong I am very happy with life and my husband and little Kai but does anyone else out there struggle too? It sure doesn't seem like it, so this is the thought I had. All of you know I am a member of the LDS church and this past weekend we listened to general conference, I found it very inspiring, President Monson's talk on finding "joy in the journey" was specially inspiring for me. I just recently read a post on a blog I stalk that brought up the story of that cute couple in AZ that got in a plane crash and have severe burns all over their bodies. She linked the blog to her post and I was able to read all the compassionate things people were doing for their family while they are fighting for there lifes in the burn unit at a hospital in AZ. Her purpose for the post was to say life is hard but there are always others in more need and then simply said something like this, "and to all my friends who know me well, no I am not depressed I am just trying to find joy in the journey." How profound that statement is to me and ironic that just a few months later our Prophet said that same thing in his closing talk Sunday session. I figure I must need to hear this. So now I will try to not care as much and really the biggest thing I think I learned is to just be happy with your life where it is and everything else will work out. So to all of you who are already there I am happy for you and to all of you who are in the same grind as me lets find joy together... I need help! Love you all and hope nobody thinks I am crazy now I think this is as personal as I have got on my blog and of course I had to end with a rockin awesome picture...aren't they "special"

Somebody turned 1!!

2008-08-21T08:12:00.000-07:00

WARNING LONG POST: Wow my little man is 1 how exciting! We had such a busy weekend Thursday the 21 was Kai's birthday, the 22 was mine and that same day our daddy got baptized!! It was the best birthday present ever, JR was very happy to finally get baptized and confirmed the missionaries did a great job and the meeting was very special. Then Saturday the 23 we celebrated Kai's big 1, we had a slip n slide, food, and snow cones it was fun to have everyone come and was a good "relaxer" for the crazy weekend. Kai is still crawling around and the therapist is teaching us how to help him stand up on his own. He loves books, and music and bobs his head like Stevie Wonder when he hears a song he likes, it is way funny. He has four teeth now, two of them are his upper fangs.. I have got to get a picture for everyone to see cause soon the two in the middle are going to be poppin through, I wish it were Halloween and he could be "Edward":)... Enjoy the pics I do have and the videos are mostly for Auntie Brooke who has not seen Kai crawl yet and didn't get to slip n slide, it might bore everyone else though so don't feel bad skipping it, and thanks for still checking me out even though I suck at updating this.

More San Diego Pics...

2008-08-11T16:12:00.000-07:00

Ok so I should have put these with the post below but forgot so here you go hope the swim suit doesn't offend anyone just ignore the "rolls", and I have to tell you, the picture where Kai is laughing at me in, well right before the laugh he was pulling at my face and then pushing me away, the little stink didn't want to be held to take his picture.. p.s. be sure to look at the post right before this it has more pictures ;)

It's never too late...

2008-08-11T15:37:00.000-07:00

Ok so I realize I really need help keeping up on my blog, but it is better late than never to update so here you go... We went to San Diego for vacation and loved it I want to live there. We went to the Zoo, Seaworld, and the Wild Animal Park, oh and the BEACH (my favorite). I could bore you with all the details, but I won't... just take a look at some of the pictures, I wish we had more but Kai broke our camera while we were there so we got what we could. Kai is finally crawling and he will turn 1 this month. Brooke and Brady moved this weekend and it was very sad I guess I didn't really think it was going to come that fast. Today when I got home from work Kai was so excited to walk in the house he was just smiling as we were walking in and when the house was empty he looked confused, you see Brooke would always have a big hug and smile for him and he didn't have his loving audience today. I am really going to miss my Eli too he is the only one that will give me loves whenever I needed them and I love that about him. The only perk is we have an excuse to go to New York now. Alrighty then, I hope everyone is doing well and I will try and keep up on my posts!

What a week!

2008-07-03T15:37:00.000-07:00

Kai kissing himself in the mirror soo cute!

Well I was debating on posting about this because I don't want to make anyone worry but I guess since this will probably be the best journal that I will keep for my family I will post it. Tuesday morning around 5am little Kai had a seizure caused by a fever, he woke up screaming and the way he sounded I knew instantly something was wrong, when I got to his room his body jerked in his crib and I thought I had startled him but then he kept jerking... I knew it was a seizure so I grabbed him and held him as he continued jerking (it was awful). We are so lucky we live with my mom who is a nurse, I was able to run to her room and ask her what to do. She told us to go to the ER, as we were driving there the seizure stopped, it had lasted almost 6 minutes. In the ER they took his vitals said everything looks good and told us to keep his fever as low as we could and to follow up with our pediatrician (apparently this kind of seizure is very common). At the pediatrician office he said about the same but because of JR's family history of seizure disorder, if Kai had another seizure he would order a full work up. Now for those of you who don't know JR's mom died from a seizure she had in her sleep, December 06. She had seizure disorder pretty bad her whole life, so we have always had the fear of seizure's in the back of our minds. Now even though Kai's seizure was caused by a fever you can imagine what we were both hoping wouldn't happen. All day Tuesday we could not get his fever to break and he was not feeling good at all. We kept giving him motrin and bathed him, hardly dressed him, and the air conditioning was on full. He had a blessing that night and we all were just hoping he would sleep good. Well Wednesday morning comes and this time we are waken by the same scream around 6am. JR ran and got him this one lasted only 2 minutes but afterward he was vomiting violently and that lasted another three minutes. I was a mess, we took him to the ER again but this time they did the full work up, blood tests, CT scan, urine samples and everything came back normal, what a relief. So this morning came and no seizure just a happy boy he still isn't 100% and got another fever this afternoon but nothing like the past few days. Like I said earlier it is very common the stats say 1 in every 7 children before the age 6 will have a febrial seizure ("fever seizure") and that unless he has one agian in say the next few months they won't treat him any different even with the family history. So thank you to my family, neighbors, and my great friends it is so comforting to know that so many people care. The prayers that were said in Kai's behalf were much appreciated. We love this kid!

CRAZY, BUSY...

2008-06-10T14:27:00.000-07:00

Wow May hit for me and I have been so busy since.. I think I need to pay someone to keep my blog running haha. Since JR's birthday I have started teaching swimming lessons and I feel like I live at the pool even though I am usually home by 2:30. Kai is in daycare two of the hours and then my boss and the lifeguards play with him the rest of the time and it is all free for me so it's worth being there. I think Kai is going to have a long summer though it's rough without mom all morning. JR and I had our 2 year anniversary yesterday and we celebrated on Saturday at The Roof. It was delicious and we had a good time. Yesterday during the day I had my primary kids over to help weed this patch of dirt on the side of my mom's house there were so many weeds I kinda felt bad after we started working but they had a lot of fun and when we got done I fed them pizza so at least I made up for the hard labor. Well, I hope you enjoy the pictures from our date to the roof and the weeding "service project" I am such a slacker!

Happy Birthday JR!

2008-05-21T09:36:00.001-07:00

Today is a special day for our daddy for two reasons it is his big 26th birthday and it has been 9 months today since Kai was born. JR was so excited when he found out that Kai would share the 21st with him. We love J you are a great dad and husband and we are super lucky to have you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Wedding, Mothers Day, and Kai and his BOOK...

2008-05-13T09:30:00.001-07:00

Ok this weekend was a pretty busy one, so this will be one of the longest posts I have done in awhile. Saturday JR's cousin got married the wedding was beautiful and JR looked HOT (so did the bride)! It is not that often you get to see your husband in a tux so that was fun for me. They got married at a place in Salt Lake called Millenial Falls, we had sushi, chicken, chocolate covered strawberries and danced the night away (ok JR and I really didn't dance the night away but all the funny drunk people did)! Then Sunday was Mothers Day, I bought myself a dress the one I wore to the wedding and a new cute hat in the picture with me and Kai. Kai bought me a Willow Tree statue and JR gave me some perfume and a cute card. It was weird to have my first mothers day but it was a good one thanks J. Then just as entertainment I have to tell you about "the book". Friday morning I left Kai on the bed like I always do to play toys while I got ready, well I hear him talking to himself but he sounds ticked off he wasn't crying but he was "cursin". I walk into the room and he has a book his Auntie Erin had bought him torn up and the barn window around his leg! It was pretty cute...so Enjoy (and sorry it's so long)

Just an Update

2008-05-07T09:16:00.000-07:00

So it has been awhile since my last post but nothing cool has really happened. Kai had his first ear infection 2 Sundays ago and then this Monday he had his first fall...lovely huh?! He was sitting on the couch (I know what you are all thinking) and Brooke brought Eli in the room and sat him on the floor and as soon as she sat him down I thought Kai is going to reach for him. So I looked over my shoulder and right as I did he was head over feet and getting ready to fall right off. I yelled and as I yelled he went right off and Brooke and I both jumped for him but we weren't fast enough. Man talk about being worried all day I didn't want him to go to sleep I felt so bad. I learned my lesson though he won't be sitting on the couch anymore, poor guy! Other than those two things he is growing well and he is healthy. I have just started teaching swimming lessons at The Legacy Center in Lehi. I teach from 4-6 pm right now and then in the summer it is a 10-1 pm schedule, and the best part about it, is that I get FREE daycare because I am an employee. I like teaching and I am glad I have this skill to fall back on especially since it doesn't require me to be away from Kai for very long but I can still help out a little. Well that is about it I am pretty boring otherwise JR is just working hard and has been busy this last week with his cousins helping get ready for one of them to get married so maybe I will post pics this weekend from the wedding. Sorry no pics this post just don't have any to share right now.

RECIPES

2008-04-23T16:12:00.000-07:00

So I saw this same idea on another friends blog (thanks Liz) and thought it would be fun to see what kind of response I get. I love to cook but just like so many people I find that I make the same thing over and over cause it is easy. So any of you that have any good recipes, that are easy but not common I would love to get them and try them. I decided as well since I am the one begging for "non common" recipes that I could share one myself hope you all enjoy!

Chicken Rotell:

4 chicken breasts
1 can rotell tomatos (mild)
1 can cream of chicken soup
1-2 cups shredded cheese
Doritos

Cook chicken and shred it. Mix rotell tomatos and cream chicken soup together in bowl then add shredded chicken. In a 13X9 baking pan start to layer, Doritos first then chicken mixture then cheese and repeat until pan is full. Cook in oven at 350 degrees for about 20-25 minutes just until cheese is melted and chicken mixture is bubbling a bit. Serve with a little sour cream and maybe a salad on the side mmm it is really good.

For all of you that try it let me know if you like it and thanks for sharing if you do ;)

COUSINS

2008-04-16T14:23:00.001-07:00

Auntie Jess took pictures of Kai and Eli the other day and I just couldn't pick one they were all cute. Can you believe Kai is only a month older than Eli!? In some of these pics he looks way older. What if Kai has Giantism?

Kai was TaGGed by Brooklyn...

2008-04-16T13:51:00.000-07:00

Kai was tagged by his cute little friend Brooklyn so now I get to write 10 cute things about him this will be a fun tag for me sorry if it is not so fun to read..

1. Kai has always been a great sleeper he slept through the night at 8 weeks and has ever since, this is number one to me and I know all you mama's will understand why.

2. I love how Kai always has a smile for anyone that wants one, you smile at him and he will smile right back.

3. Latley one of his favorite things to do is play with his toys. Every morning I put his toys on the bed with him and he will serioulsy play alone for almost 30 minutes.

4. Kai has a really fun giggle I wish you could all hear it, he doesn't giggle on command so it is one of my favorite things when he does.

5. I love that he talks himself to sleep and wake's up talking to himself (gotta love baby monitors).

6. As you all know he has a helmet and I was really nervous about him having it but he has been so good with it and doesn't act like it bothers him at all.

7. Latley Kai loves the bath as you have seen from other posts and being a swimming teacher this makes me so happy.

8. Kai loves going for walks and because of this I have been able to take advantage of the good weather when it comes and get a workout. I can tell already most of our summer will be spent outside.

9. I love when Kai and cousin Eli play together it is so cute how interested they are in eachother.

10. I love his chubby legs and how he has never said no to food. A lady in church said "well he hasn't missed a meal huh"..I don't know how I feel about that because I am not a skinny mom but it was funny anyways.

Dad's day off...

2008-04-11T22:08:00.000-07:00

JR had a day off this week, so we decided to make the best of it. Kai's day started off in the toy box, then we decided to visit Grandma and Grandpa Great! (JR's grandparents) they were thrilled to see Kai, and Kai got to hold a 2 day old chihuahua while we were there it was soo little and cute but I forgot to take a picture :(. After we left G and G great's house we went with Erin and Tom for lunch at Ruth's diner (very good food), and then we went back to their house for a good ole game of canasta and of course Erin and I won! Then we can't forget the sore loser's (Tom and JR) crying on the couch. Then Skyler (Erin and Tom's dog) almost knocking Kai off his back cause JR decided to call for him right as Kai had sat down..uh hello! All in all it was a nice day it's fun to have daddy home with us during the week.

BEWARE naked baby!

2008-04-07T10:56:00.001-07:00

I just love this kid! Kai's new favorite thing is to play with his superman ball in the tub. We threw it in one night and these were the results, he even figured out how to splash the water so the ball would come back to him. He is so smart. Hope you enjoy the pics, I always love a cute naked baby don't you guys?!! P.S. if you look close in the second to last picture you can see Kai's two bottom teeth.

TaG a RooNie!

2008-04-03T16:36:00.000-07:00

Jorg this is for you......
1. What is your most embarrassing moment? I pooped my pants ( I was 20 years old) all I am going to say is everytime I pass Yuba Lake I can't help but think of that tragic night!
2. What is something that you think about and laugh at every time? Well I wasn't even home when this happened but here's the story Jessica my little sis and her friend Kaylee were having a sleepover and my mom decided to shower, after her shower she laid down on the couch while Jessica and Kaylee made Mac and Cheese. Well anybody that knows Jess knows she can't cook and I guess niether could Kaylee they ended up getting so much crap on the kitchen stove that the fire alarm went off and by this time my mom had fallen fast asleep wet hair and all and as soon as the alarm went off my mom rolled off the couch with an expression I am sure (by the way Kaylee and Jess tell the story) will live in their minds forever. Anyways mom is rolling off the couch and freakin out half awake hair matted to the side of her head and all! Needless to say if it were a real fire they probably all would have burned. (can't you just picture dorth wet matted hair to one side and her genuine concern for her life!! hahhaha I seriously do laugh everytime I hear that story and even though I wasn't there I have a pretty good picture of what it looked like)
3. What is you favorite season and why? Summer Summer Summer do I really have to say why?
4. Who is your hero? Well for those of you who know JR he thinks he is everyone's hero but, I would have to say as of right now in my life Joseph Smith is he could have so easily just said ok I am lying and just avoided all the persecution but he didn't so he is my hero today.
5. What have you learned throughout your life that you would share as advice for others? Don't ask for other people's advice unless you really want it.
6. What is your favorite goofy thing that your spouse does which makes you fall in love all over again? When he sings songs to me and adds my name to song somehow I love it cause it is so out of his character, but he aint no Josh Groban!
7. What is your favorite book(s)? I love Twilight but have been pretty disappointed in the second one New Moon I just can't seem to get through it.
8. What is your favorite quote? I don't have a favorite quote per say but I love quoting movies so here ya go "you can get a good look at a T-bone by sticking your head up a bulls ars but wouldn't you rather take the butchers word for it"
9. Where in Utah is your favorite place to hike? I love hiking in Southern Utah I have been to many cool places there but one I have very fond memories of and would love to go back to is goblin valley and little wild horse (but I love most of the hikes I have been on in Utah)
10.What is your favorite hobby? I love a good game of badmitton! LOL I am joking although that game can be fun! But I really love sewing.

aPriL fOOls dAy pranks!

2008-04-02T14:50:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Zvby0Z_zY

Ok so I know I am a day late but this is pretty random I love the guy pranking dancing around like a big dork (you just have to watch the video link above). I have not participated in april fools day jokes since Aunt Neta and Ralda and even then I was the one being pranked, and now I can't get away with anything cause I have teased JR so many times that he never believes me, I mean he didn't even believe me when I told him I was pregnant with Kai he made me take a pregnancy test in front of him hahahaha I am totally the "girl who cried wolf". Well happy late april fools day and if any of you have some funny prank stories, do tell...

aVa and kAi again....

2008-03-26T10:03:00.000-07:00

I had to share these photos because they are so cute. kAi always looks on guard around aVa because she crawl's circles around him. He is probably jealous she can move all around and he can't. The best one is where aVa is crying looking at kAi cause she wants his bink!! Hopefully when kAi learns to crawl he won't feel so "vulnerable" because right now he pretty much just lets her do whatever she wants to him, (she sat on his stomach the other day it was so funny). They are the cutest buddies we love hanging out with aVa KiM she is such a sweetie!

It's about time for a new post...

2008-03-20T10:34:00.001-07:00

So just a few things have happened since I last posted and here are some pics to prove it. Kai had to get a helmet he has a "slight slant" if you will on the back of his head and the last thing I want is for him to grow-up being called flathead or something so the doctor prescribed this really cool helmet it makes the cutest kids look like the coolest kids don't you think? Well maybe not so much but I still love him and I think it's cute, he on the other hand hates it!!! Please pray that we will get through this one. It has not even been one day and it's already driven me nuts! Kai is also TEETHING and with the helmet to boot he has not been himself. But good news he does have two teeth they just popped out of nowhere Sunday night, poor little guy (I'm sure glad we don't remember teething). But the thing I love about all kids is that they are so adaptable despite the negative things they go through. Kai makes me smile all the time, and he is learning so much right now! He sits alone now (still learning the balance thing or maybe he just gets lazy and falls down), he is finally rolling over but only to one side since he has this head and neck thing his motor skills are a little behind and are stronger on one side because of the neck muscle growth so I am sure this helmet will help him with that. I just love him though he is great it is so fun to see his face when JR gets home from work they just love eachother and he is old enough now he really knows who the people in his life are. In fact he gets nervous when strangers talk to him now which I think is kinda wussy, but it's good too. Well hope I didn't bore anyone I think this is the most I have written on a blog, wow...ENJOY!!

Kai wearing the helmet and he is not in love with it...yet

Kai loving the camera after the casting session for his new helmet

The real story behind the camera is that is auntie Erin whom he adore's was talking to him and telling him how cute he was the whole time. Love ya Auntie Erin you saved the day by coming to help out.

During the casting we only had to put his binky in once he was so good the whole time.

Just being casted still what a sweetie! Again lets not forget that Erin was just a playin' with him the whole time it was great.

Right before casting my helmet..

Kai was supposed to be napping..this was so funny I went check on Kai and he was peeking out from under his crib bumper he figured out how to move it up and thought that was the coolest trick.

Kai has the funniest new cheeser smile he lifts his head up and does a straight face smile so funny...

A little water to wash it down...

Oh yeah my tummy is full!!

Give me some more squash please

"He's ThE mAn!"

2008-03-07T18:48:00.000-08:00

Ok so before I get into anymore trouble with my husband I better clear the air about the "pants wearing" thing. So I just like to think I wear the pants cause it makes me feel like I am in control :) I know I am pathetic but anyone that knows JR knows he is really easy going....and at the same time can softly put me in my place when I need it so we both wear the pants (I can't totally give up control) :) I dedicate this song to you babe...Love Ya J!!

My Husband Trivia!!

2008-03-06T13:28:00.000-08:00

Thanks for the tag Tiffini and Jorg....

1. What is his name? JR short for Jonathon Robert
2. How long have you been married? 1 year and 10 months

3. How long did you date? Almost two years this February was our 4 year anniversary of knowing eachother.
4. How old is he? 25 and counting

5. Who eats more sweets? I do

6. Who said I love you first? I did and he looked at me like what did you just say it was totally the wrong timing so I played it off and said oh I say that to all my friends I tell everyone I love them hahaha

7. Who is taller? JR by 7 inches
8. Who can sing better? Hahaha this question is awesome we both rock at singing hahah anyone that knows me knows I can't sing I think even Ashley has video of me singing when we were in like third grade I tried really hard but man I cannot sing!!! And JR sorry babe but you can't either love ya!

9. Who is smarter? OK so it depends we are both smart just in different ways.

10. Who does the laundry? I do all the laundry except for JR's work clothes he does that and nobody seems to like to fold around here lately!!

11. Who pays the bills? I pay the bills, JR works its been lovely

12. Who sleeps on the right side? JR does but he wished he had the left side
13. Who mows the lawn? We don't have a yard but JR mowed my moms lawn in the summer when Erin didn't get to it before him

14. Who cooks dinner? I do (he would help if I asked him though)
15. Who drives? It's about fiftey fiftey

16. Who kissed who first? He kissed me

17. Who asked who out first? He asked me to be his girlfriend before we went on a "real date"

18. Who proposed? JR did he was really nervous

19. Who has more siblings? JR does he has 4 half brothers and 5 half sisters

20. Who wears the pants? ME I guess I could work on that I just like things my way

I tag Linley, Merm, and Kara this time have fun!

Lovin' LIFE!!

2008-03-05T11:43:00.000-08:00

So auntie Chick came to visit the other day... we just love her she has always been so full of life and so fun to be around look at those glasses!! Kai loved her he just laughed at her and played with her glasses it was so cute. We love you aunt Chick.

AvA and kAi

2008-03-01T07:56:00.000-08:00

Ava (Ashley's little girl) wanted to play with Kai and he just sat there like what's going on. Funny cause you can really see who "wear's the pants" in this relationship. They are so cute can you believe Ava is 3 months older than Kai!!

My first TaG...All ABout ME!

2008-02-29T12:17:00.000-08:00

Where was I 10 years ago:
I was 15, so in 10th grade. Jorg you were in 11th :) I was probably babysitting every weekend I was kinda a loser. haha

5 things on my to do list today:
1. Take care of Kai
2. Shower and try to get ready
3. Watch LOST with JR I can't wait I almost want to watch it and lie to him and just pretend like I am surprised when we watch it when he gets home.
4. Make something spectacular for dinner (yeah right) there is only so much you can do with hamburger.
5. Do pilates

5 Snacks I enjoy:
1. Sour candy
2. Ice Cream
3. Apples with peanut butter
4. Yogurt Peach only
5. Fries..( is that a snack?)

5 Places I have lived:
1. American Fork, Utah
2. Ephraim, Utah
3. Provo, Utah
4. Orem, Utah
5. Laie, Hawaii

5 places you have been.
1. Hawaii
2. South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
3. Florida (Disneyworld, Universal Studios, and SeaWorld)
4. Heritage Tours... too many places to list.
5. California

What would I do if I were suddenly made a Billionaire:
I could do so much mainly take care of our families and then save the rest. Maybe a few vacations every month :)

5 jobs I have had:
1. Hospital CP tech and Center Core Tech
2. Swim Instructor/Lifeguard
3. Home Depot
4. House Cleaner
5. First American Title, Executive Title

5 Things you didn't know about me:
1. I am afraid of the dark.
2. I hate cats and most animals actually
3. I do permanent make-up
4. I have a loud "toot" for a girl haha gross JR will be so proud
5. I would love to live in a climate where it never snows ever.

I don't really get how this works but I tag Linley and Jobi this time :) have fun!!

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can...

2008-02-25T16:10:00.000-08:00

Ok so Kai is learning how to sit, he does really well if you put him in the position but if he has to get in the position himself well...as you can see below it's quite the "workout"...you would think he was poopin his pants! LOL anybody know some good "exercises" to do with babies to help them figure it out themselves?

No more MoNkEy business..

2008-02-22T16:02:00.000-08:00

The video tells it all....

My Trivia from Jorg..thanks Jorg :)

2008-02-19T13:06:00.000-08:00

Here you go the best I could answer I did...

1. If you have a girl, what will you name her? We LOVE the name Marley but I bet we would end up naming her Karina Luanne

2. How many scrapbooks have you made already for your little one? Not even one full book but I am working on it. (you made him one though :) and I love it!)

3. Where is your dream home? Probably Hawaii I would love to retire somewhere like that but I would only do it if I had the funds to come to the mainland and visit all the time if I wanted.

4. If you had all of the money in the world, what would you want? To pay off all my debts go back to school or hire professors to come and teach me so I didn't have to leave my child and I would build a couple houses with the cash, pay off my mom's mortgage, build houses for my sisters, I mean all the money in the world heck I would build everyone I love a house and I would donate to medical research and childrens hospitals and to the church and I would TRAVEL everywhere with all the people I love I would do a lot of things but I would want to do the best with it as possible and not ever become sefish or greedy cause of it :) it would be nice wouldn't it.

5. If your son could have a scholarship (full ride) for anything, what would you want it to be? Well I can tell you what JR would want it to be Basketball he has this dream Kai will be an NBA star haha not me I don't want him to live that kind of lifestyle. I would want it to be what made him happy and what he wanted it to be.

6. What is one thing that surprised you about being a mom? How natural it came I thought I was going to be like running around like a crazy person but I was calm for the most and that has a lot to do I am sure with how good of a baby Kai was and still is.

7. What is one thing that you LOVE about living with Dorth? Free rent and always having a babysitter it's awesome who wouldn't love that. haha that sounds way bad it's nice we are all here for eachother when we need eachother I do help out too just so ya'll know!!

a BIG Blessing Day!

2008-02-16T17:42:00.000-08:00

Ok so I don't know how to turn these photos the right way sorry but I wanted them on this post cause this was on the actual blessing day and my mom looks so cute with the two boys she is the best grandma ever love you mom sorry your sideways (if anyone knows how to help a computer "blonde" tell me so I can fix it.)

Ok so Kai and Eli were blessed together and the day before the blessing we attempted to have a photo shoot with the two of them in their white clothes, as you can see they were not happy. Colette had Brooke and I hide behind a black sheet while she took pictures of them hoping that would calm them down but it was awkward and didn't work...but right before our sheet attemp look at how calm they were with their dads!!! Gosh Sorry Brooke I had to add that family photo of you guys I love it Brady looks so proud.

Kai Dancing a JIG

Norman Family "Photo Shoot"

2008-02-16T17:29:00.000-08:00

Ok so I may be a little obsessed with my family but I have had these pictures for awhile now and haven't even used them until last night when I scrapped some of them so it's probably about time to share with others. I think the first two photos are the best cause I am sure all children think that about their parents at times. And the second photo well if you are in my family you have probably seen that face before but for those who don't know that face it is Kai's poop face I know gross but look at it...you have to admit it's funny. Poor guy can never seem to get it out. LOL well enjoy!

New Cool "Do's"!!

2008-02-14T08:35:00.000-08:00

BEFORE and AFTER..... JR and Kai got haircuts together on Tuesday this was Kai's second haircut and he is not even 6 months old, how lucky is he! And this is a very dramatic haircut for JR cause he has always loved his long hair if you know him, you know he was really mad when UPS first made him cut his hair short and now he keeps going shorter I was nervous about it but I love it so here they are my clean cut cuties!! Happy Valentines Day as well I love everyone that ends up reading all this :) have a great day!!

No more PICTURES mom gosh!!!

2008-02-12T09:25:00.000-08:00

Ok so I thought this was so cute this morning I was hanging out with Kai in my room and he started making funny faces and as usual as soon as I brought the camera out he was on his best behavior so I didn't get any of his funny faces but as I was taking pictures he reached up to touch the camera and it turned out looking like he was hiding his face not wanting anymore pictures taken it was funny so I thought I would share it.

From little to BIGger..

2008-02-04T09:19:00.001-08:00

So Sleepy..

2008-02-04T08:27:00.000-08:00

Daddy and Kai were supposed to be Hangin out this night but I went downstairs and... Well you can see for yourself they decided to kick me out of my spot in bed. It was cute cause at one point they were both sleeping exactly the same way and Kai never falls asleep in our bed so he must have been really tired.

HeY tHerE!

2008-02-04T08:20:00.000-08:00

Kai the Slobberer... So the other night his shirt got stuck on his head and it was so funny I had to share it. He is so chubby and likes being naked (he didn't get that from me).

" Kai the Incredible" as Jessica J. put it..

2008-02-01T19:50:00.000-08:00

Jessica Jewkes took this picture of Kai at our Christmas Party she takes the best photos I think she should start a photography business.

First ever blog (for me)

2008-02-01T17:13:00.000-08:00

So I finally gave in and decided to try "the blog" I feel a little retarded but I think I will get it eventually. Kai is five months now and I will post some recent photos of him soon but for now I will post the pictures my friend Jessica and Colette have taken of him theirs are the best photos. He has been such a joy but being a mom is hard and I have had to learn fast how to be less selfish. I am currently not working but I think I am just putting it off I will have to return to work it's just scary to think about daycare... but lots of families do it so when the time comes I will have to suck it up. JR is still working for UPS as a driver and he works hard for us I wish they treated him a little better but thats just me and today is a bad day for me to talk about UPS so I won't. Other than that I feel like my life is boring cause it is. We have no vacations planned and no money to go on vacation and its snowy outside so Kai and I rarely get out... maybe I need some fresh air!!!? I do go to the gym though and anyone that wants to meet me there on Tuesday and Thursday night AF Golds Power Pump class rocks I lost four pounds last week but its not even all about that it makes you feel good so you all should come if you can. Well that's it for my first blog I figure this thing out soon and have a better one next time.