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posted by Summer @ 9:37 PM
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Tuesday, June 28, 2005
TWO KIDS!!
I think its finally sinking in... I am the mother of two children. Most of their waking hours I am soley responsible for keeping them alive. Its a lot to swallow sometimes. Right after Grace was born I often thought to myself how EASY being a mommy to two little girls was. That is was so much easier than people had made it seem. And that was true. For a little while. My life now consists of running in a thousand directions, trying to prevent disaster at every second. Don't get me wrong, I am having a blast. I wouldn't want to do anything else in the entire world. Its just different than it used to be. Laney is now 3 1/2.. going on 16. She is full of sass and attitude, which I know she got from me, as much as I hate to admit it. Its like God's little joke on me..if I had only known THEN that someday I would be a mother to a little girl that at age 3 you can already see the fire in her eyes.. I may have been a bit easier on my own mother. (By the way, Sorry Mom!) Grace is almost 15 months, and the polar opposite of Delaney. She is super lovey, easy going and happy. Until I leave the room, or set her down. I guess she has become a bit spoiled. I carried her(and continue to) a lot, and cuddled her a lot, I guess becasue she is my baby.. but its backfiring on me a little now. For the most part the girls are nice to eachother, but there is a screaming and crying fit from one of them about every 10 minutes that they are alone together. I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. I think in about a year things will be MUCH easier, they will play together and I will finally be able to take a breather.(or atleast a shower by myself) I have recently found myself wondering how on God's great earth do people have 3 or more children..and WHY! With all the chaos put aside, the girls are amazing. Growing and learning more everyday. Laney goes to 2 different programs during the week for a few hours in the morning. One is a nature program, where they learn about bugs and plants and things, and the other is through the Parks & Rec and they get to do all kinds of fun stuff. Last week she got to ride the Gondola up the mountian, and tomorrow she gets to ride a horse! She is having a BLAST! It also happens to be at the same time that Gracie is napping, so I have to say that lately I have been able to get that private shower that I used to only dream about or was able to take at 10pm after the house calmed down and John was in bed. He's doing great, working and spending every free moment he has with us, which is awesome, and has been great for all of us. He's a good dad. Great dad. When I was younger I would always dream of this amazing husband who also turned out to be an amazing dad. And I found him. :) I promise to add more soon..
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posted by Summer @ 9:07 PM
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Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRACE!
Gracie turned 1 year old on 4/16! Can you believe it?! She was so cute, just poking at the cake at first, then once she got a taste of the sugar, started shoveling it in her mouth. It was great. On Friday night, 4/15, we had a SUSHI party ! It was to celebrate Grace's birthday, but their were no kiddos and Grace made a brief appearance around midnight. It was kind of a party for John and I, you know, surviving the first year as parents of 2. It was a blast!
On Monday, 4/18, Gracie had her 1-year check-up. She is such a little peanut! She is barely 18lbs, which is like the 8th percentile I think. Laney was 26 lbs at her 1-year check-up! Can you believe that! Regardless of how small she is, she is perfectly healthy..She did have to get 4 shots! So she was pretty grumpy, because of the shots, and later that evening Laney pushed her and Grace split open her forehead! Our pediatrician is so awesome, it was 7pm, but instead of having us go to the ER, he met us at his office. He was able to fix it with liquid stitches, because it was such a clean split. The poor baby looked like a boxer!
Fast forward.. Wednesday John and I took Grace with us to Denver, because we were going to see U2!! It was literally the longest 24 hours of my life I think. It started with us totally getting lost on the way to our hotel, and once we got there it wasn't worth the money at all. The picture on the website looked much better, but whatever. Denver was also experiencing an insane hail/ thunder storm, which made driving in a city that you don't know well all the better. Oh yeah, and Gracie was screaming, THE WHOLE TIME. As it turned out, Gracie wasn't up to par, so I went to the show with some friends and John stayed behind with the baby..How great is he?? The concert was awesome, I was with my friend Julia's brother John, and we had amazing seats ( or standing room) that were like 20 feet away from the stage catwalk. Bono is amazing, the whole experience was really cool. It is hard to believe that there were 60,000 people in the Pepsi center that night, plus another 60,000 to follow the next night. (U2 sold out both nights in Denver) We came home Thursday morning, but before we made it back to Steamboat, we stopped in a little town about an hour outside of Denver called Idaho Springs. We locked the keys in the car with the baby in the car! We were both freaking out! But luckily all it took to save us was a quick call to the State Trooper, and he came and unlocked the door with a Jimmy. Kind of scary to see how fast someone can do that. The whole ordeal from start to finish lasted about 8 minutes. When I went to pick up Laney from her sleepover with Ford, Grace climbed up the stairs, then fell down them all! There was blood again, plus a huge swollen FAT lip! Gracie looked like she has been in a fight, and had lost. BADLY. Perfect ending to a day of ridiculous events.
This is how crazy we were.. We decided to go back to Denver Friday for the weekend. John scored tickets to an exclusive Counting Crows show that was put on by The Gap, so we went back down there, I stayed with the girls at the hotel, he got to go enjoy his concert, then we spent the weekend doing kid stuff. The weather was perfect Saturday, so we took the girls to the zoo, and had so much fun! I forgot our camera, so we had to buy one of those disposable deals, so as soon as I get the pictures back, I will post a few. We came home late Sunday afternoon, and as it turned out, had an amazing time. We stayed at the Wyndham hotel that we usually do, which is great.
I will post a few pictures from the last month, and will update more often so my blogs don't go on FOREVER.
Take care everyone :)
On Monday, 4/18, Gracie had her 1-year check-up. She is such a little peanut! She is barely 18lbs, which is like the 8th percentile I think. Laney was 26 lbs at her 1-year check-up! Can you believe that! Regardless of how small she is, she is perfectly healthy..She did have to get 4 shots! So she was pretty grumpy, because of the shots, and later that evening Laney pushed her and Grace split open her forehead! Our pediatrician is so awesome, it was 7pm, but instead of having us go to the ER, he met us at his office. He was able to fix it with liquid stitches, because it was such a clean split. The poor baby looked like a boxer!
Fast forward.. Wednesday John and I took Grace with us to Denver, because we were going to see U2!! It was literally the longest 24 hours of my life I think. It started with us totally getting lost on the way to our hotel, and once we got there it wasn't worth the money at all. The picture on the website looked much better, but whatever. Denver was also experiencing an insane hail/ thunder storm, which made driving in a city that you don't know well all the better. Oh yeah, and Gracie was screaming, THE WHOLE TIME. As it turned out, Gracie wasn't up to par, so I went to the show with some friends and John stayed behind with the baby..How great is he?? The concert was awesome, I was with my friend Julia's brother John, and we had amazing seats ( or standing room) that were like 20 feet away from the stage catwalk. Bono is amazing, the whole experience was really cool. It is hard to believe that there were 60,000 people in the Pepsi center that night, plus another 60,000 to follow the next night. (U2 sold out both nights in Denver) We came home Thursday morning, but before we made it back to Steamboat, we stopped in a little town about an hour outside of Denver called Idaho Springs. We locked the keys in the car with the baby in the car! We were both freaking out! But luckily all it took to save us was a quick call to the State Trooper, and he came and unlocked the door with a Jimmy. Kind of scary to see how fast someone can do that. The whole ordeal from start to finish lasted about 8 minutes. When I went to pick up Laney from her sleepover with Ford, Grace climbed up the stairs, then fell down them all! There was blood again, plus a huge swollen FAT lip! Gracie looked like she has been in a fight, and had lost. BADLY. Perfect ending to a day of ridiculous events.
This is how crazy we were.. We decided to go back to Denver Friday for the weekend. John scored tickets to an exclusive Counting Crows show that was put on by The Gap, so we went back down there, I stayed with the girls at the hotel, he got to go enjoy his concert, then we spent the weekend doing kid stuff. The weather was perfect Saturday, so we took the girls to the zoo, and had so much fun! I forgot our camera, so we had to buy one of those disposable deals, so as soon as I get the pictures back, I will post a few. We came home late Sunday afternoon, and as it turned out, had an amazing time. We stayed at the Wyndham hotel that we usually do, which is great.
I will post a few pictures from the last month, and will update more often so my blogs don't go on FOREVER.
Take care everyone :)
posted by Summer @ 5:48 PM
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Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Is it Spring yet??
The weather here has been insane. We have had an incredibly MILD winter, and the past month has been full of beautiful warm, sunny days. So now that it is almost April, of course the snow starts to really fall. In 6 hours last night we got over a foot of snow! Its just crazy. Just when I start to think I can break out the flippies and start getting a tan, things take a turn for the worse. GO figure. Easter was great, Laney really got into it this year, decorating the eggs and everything. Grace had no idea what was going on, but was happy to be involved in Laney's chaotic search for goodies Sunday morning. She is really walking now, and has decided that she can also climb. She climbs onto chairs to got on top of tables. She is nuts. I have never seen a baby do this before. Laney was all about just walking, but Gracie knows there is more to it I think. Needless to say John and I have been having to keep an eye on our little monkey AT ALL TIMES.
Laney loves the color orange. I think we have been over this before. Today she got a new bed set, that included BRIGHT ORANGE SHEETS! She was so stoked! They are 400 thread count, which I can honestly say until our last wedding anniversary, we had never slept on sheets that great. (John got me 1000 thread count sheets for an anniversary gift last year, and trust me, THEY ARE AMAZING!) Her quilt has beautiful bugs all over, just like her room. Enjoy the pictures, and I will update again soon!
Laney loves the color orange. I think we have been over this before. Today she got a new bed set, that included BRIGHT ORANGE SHEETS! She was so stoked! They are 400 thread count, which I can honestly say until our last wedding anniversary, we had never slept on sheets that great. (John got me 1000 thread count sheets for an anniversary gift last year, and trust me, THEY ARE AMAZING!) Her quilt has beautiful bugs all over, just like her room. Enjoy the pictures, and I will update again soon!
posted by Summer @ 9:42 PM
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Thursday, March 24, 2005
CRAZY LIFE!
Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, things around here have just been CRAZY. Gracie is all over the place, getting into everything all the time. Laney is busy with her social schedule, and and down time I have had I have been SLEEPING! Lets see what is going on.. Gracie is walking, which is just a trip to see such a little thing tooling around. She is also, dare I say it, SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! I mean I put in her in HER CRIB at 7:30 or so, and don't hear or see her again until about 6am. Its AWESOME! She has been going strong with it for about 2 weeks now. John could possibly be happier than I am, because it means he gets his spot back in our bed. Laney is about to finish up this semester of preschool, with a graduation ceremony in about 2 weeks. She is going to try ballet the summer, I think she would be really great at it. John and I have been having fun, last weekend was The Rock Slope here in Steamboat. Its a 3-day concert series that is so much fun. This years line up was Sister Hazel, Better Than Ezra, Edwin McCain, Emerson Hart from Tonic and The Pat McGee Band. We had such a great time, and it was so fun to hear the music that I LOVED like 10 years ago. I will post a pic! The snow has started to fall again in Steamboat, just when we though Spring was on its way in. I am over the snow, I really am. This place reminds me of the North Pole sometimes.. until Summer arrives. Pray for sunshine.. :)
posted by Summer @ 7:59 AM
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