Kevin was invited for his first Pharmacy School interview!
We're excited at the idea of someone giving us a chance! :o) We'll be a lot more excited when we get an admission letter, but we're working on enjoying the ride. Challenge is, how do you go to interviews for less than a thousand dollars? Sheesh. We're trying to make plans and I don't know how people afford to go to a ton of interviews. Speaking of cutting costs, does anyone have family or friends in Laramie, Wyoming? or even tips on cheap rental cars in Denver or anything at all, maybe someone owns a personal jet? Anyone? Well, we'll figure this out...let us know if you have any tips.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Enough Suspense Already!
It's a BOY! We're so excited!
(But let's be honest, we would have been either way.)
That's our news. Here are a few pictures...nothing more to say today.
(3D Ultrasounds are kind of freaky to some, amazing to others. If you are one that hates them, reserve your comments for another day.)
This ultrasound was amazing and we saw so much more of this baby than we did with Madi's ultrasound. Unfortunately, the regular shots were not very good because this baby was snuggled into my sides and would not move for more than a second at a time. Poor kid, we were literally poking and prodding to get him to move just enough for one picture. He was moving and kicking almost the whole time, but his face was in it's place and he did NOT want to move it.
I love this next one...enough pictures already, I was taking a nap!
(But let's be honest, we would have been either way.)
That's our news. Here are a few pictures...nothing more to say today.
(3D Ultrasounds are kind of freaky to some, amazing to others. If you are one that hates them, reserve your comments for another day.)
This ultrasound was amazing and we saw so much more of this baby than we did with Madi's ultrasound. Unfortunately, the regular shots were not very good because this baby was snuggled into my sides and would not move for more than a second at a time. Poor kid, we were literally poking and prodding to get him to move just enough for one picture. He was moving and kicking almost the whole time, but his face was in it's place and he did NOT want to move it.
I love this next one...enough pictures already, I was taking a nap!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
My New Years Resolutions
In this season of New Year's resolutions, personal improvement and self-mastery I would like to personally admit that I love elastic waist band pants. Yes, only at certain season, but this is one of them. I also love chocolate and naps during the day (I bet I could nap more than Madi if it weren't for the guilt). Many of you are thinking, "how dare Kristen remind me how great naps are, I need to be on my elliptical" and to that I say... I have no remorse. I just love naps. I too should be on an elliptical, but my goals are different than yours. You are probably making some goal about losing weight, or eating better, right? Well, I should too. But I'm not. My goal is to gain weight. And eventually lose it. So that you don't think I am anti-ambition or anti-new years resolutions, I too will publicly make one:
In 2010 I will gain weight. I will gain weight until May. In mid-May I will lose approximately 8 pounds (hopefully a lot more, but let's be conservative). By October I intend to weigh what I weighed in October of 2009. I think that is fair, ambitious for me, but I need goals.
So why would anybody be dumb enough to admit liking elastic waist band pants and planning to gain weight...well, you probably know by now. I'm pregnant. Yep, number 2 is in the oven. Half baked in fact. When I am at the other computer and not delirious because I am so tired I will post a picture and tell you the gender, but I think you deserve a little suspense.
Congratulations to all of you who have real resolutions, I do have some more serious ones too, I just needed to let you all know about the impending bundle of joy. I've been trying to think of a cleaver or cute way to announce, but as you see, I've given up. I'll just blog-ramble until the truth is out. Check back later for an ultrasound picture update...until then I will be sleeping.
In 2010 I will gain weight. I will gain weight until May. In mid-May I will lose approximately 8 pounds (hopefully a lot more, but let's be conservative). By October I intend to weigh what I weighed in October of 2009. I think that is fair, ambitious for me, but I need goals.
So why would anybody be dumb enough to admit liking elastic waist band pants and planning to gain weight...well, you probably know by now. I'm pregnant. Yep, number 2 is in the oven. Half baked in fact. When I am at the other computer and not delirious because I am so tired I will post a picture and tell you the gender, but I think you deserve a little suspense.
Congratulations to all of you who have real resolutions, I do have some more serious ones too, I just needed to let you all know about the impending bundle of joy. I've been trying to think of a cleaver or cute way to announce, but as you see, I've given up. I'll just blog-ramble until the truth is out. Check back later for an ultrasound picture update...until then I will be sleeping.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
What do your kids do first thing in the morning?
Well, ours started a new routine today. Madi started her day off by putting on her princess life jacket and playing Mario Kart. I noticed it was really quiet and wondered what kind of mess she must be making but when I found her in the living room happily driving the Mario Kart demo I was relieved. I'm not a video game type of person, but boy was her dad proud!
And yes, I still know I never wrote update part two...sorry. Maybe I'll get to it some time, maybe not. I hate writing updates, so maybe I'm better off just writing random posts without thought for accurate history.
And yes, I still know I never wrote update part two...sorry. Maybe I'll get to it some time, maybe not. I hate writing updates, so maybe I'm better off just writing random posts without thought for accurate history.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
We're ALIVE!!!
What a blog slacker (me)!!! Sorry I have been so terrible, I used to use the move-job hunt-settle excuse, but I'm tired of excuses. So, this will be the first of an update series:
We made it!! We are in Washington now and having a fabulous time.
We enjoyed many days of beautiful weather when we first arrived and spent a lot of time outside. It's been a great combo of work and play. Some of our fair weather highlights include an evening walk on Alki beach. I LOVE it there. Unfortunately we can't get there during low tide, but we enjoyed sunset and beauty anyway. (Don't mind the sloppy collage, I just didn't want to put a million individual pictures on here.)
We've also enjoyed some outside work. First we took on the flower bed... just trim and split some plants, weed and add some nutrient rich soil. Then we thought we get some old dead roots out of the grass from a tree we cut down years ago. What a feat! Next (and remember I haven't posted for over a month, we're not ambitious or strong enough to do these every day) we dethached the lawn, followed by aerating, adding in some compost, and then reseeding. We're still working on the reseeding, but hopefully we'll see some new life in the next week.
But, back to the fun. I don't want you to think we're productive all the time. We've also enjoyed an afternoon drive to Bremerton which is always a favorite because we can ride the ferry home. It was all planned thinking Madi would really enjoy the ferry boat, but of course that's precisely when she fell asleep, right before we boarded the ferry. Oh well, I'm a kid and I don't think I'll ever get sick of ferries. It was a beautiful afternoon and there were TONS of sailboats on the water. I also love seeing Seattle from the water as you pull in on the boat.
We've also begun preparing for the rainy season which now seems to be upon us and I bought Madi a tunnel and fort system. She loves her playhouse, especially when she has company.
We're having a great time and keeping very busy here with the padres. Madi loves having more playmates (especially my parents dog, Joey) and taking more trips to the park (for her and Joey).
Sorry, but I'm all blogged out for the day. I refuse to proofread...so excuse my language :o) But, stay tuned for another update including my job, Kevin's school and standardized test status, and a few more fun things. Thanks to all those who diligently check our blog and sorry it has been so out of date for so long.
(And special thanks to the Neals who finally motivated a new post :o) Miss you guys!)
I'll try to post again soon, and I'll work on taking more pictures. (The truth is that I take plenty of pictures, I just take bad pictures that aren't worth posting...And when we play at home Madi looks like a neglected child you'd see on a commercial asking for money. It isn't that she never wears real clothes, it's just that she usually doesn't get dressed until after noon :o) Ooops. Anyway, happy October...I miss you all and can't wait for your updates!
We made it!! We are in Washington now and having a fabulous time.
We enjoyed many days of beautiful weather when we first arrived and spent a lot of time outside. It's been a great combo of work and play. Some of our fair weather highlights include an evening walk on Alki beach. I LOVE it there. Unfortunately we can't get there during low tide, but we enjoyed sunset and beauty anyway. (Don't mind the sloppy collage, I just didn't want to put a million individual pictures on here.)
We've also enjoyed some outside work. First we took on the flower bed... just trim and split some plants, weed and add some nutrient rich soil. Then we thought we get some old dead roots out of the grass from a tree we cut down years ago. What a feat! Next (and remember I haven't posted for over a month, we're not ambitious or strong enough to do these every day) we dethached the lawn, followed by aerating, adding in some compost, and then reseeding. We're still working on the reseeding, but hopefully we'll see some new life in the next week.But, back to the fun. I don't want you to think we're productive all the time. We've also enjoyed an afternoon drive to Bremerton which is always a favorite because we can ride the ferry home. It was all planned thinking Madi would really enjoy the ferry boat, but of course that's precisely when she fell asleep, right before we boarded the ferry. Oh well, I'm a kid and I don't think I'll ever get sick of ferries. It was a beautiful afternoon and there were TONS of sailboats on the water. I also love seeing Seattle from the water as you pull in on the boat.
We've also begun preparing for the rainy season which now seems to be upon us and I bought Madi a tunnel and fort system. She loves her playhouse, especially when she has company.
Sorry, but I'm all blogged out for the day. I refuse to proofread...so excuse my language :o) But, stay tuned for another update including my job, Kevin's school and standardized test status, and a few more fun things. Thanks to all those who diligently check our blog and sorry it has been so out of date for so long.
(And special thanks to the Neals who finally motivated a new post :o) Miss you guys!)
I'll try to post again soon, and I'll work on taking more pictures. (The truth is that I take plenty of pictures, I just take bad pictures that aren't worth posting...And when we play at home Madi looks like a neglected child you'd see on a commercial asking for money. It isn't that she never wears real clothes, it's just that she usually doesn't get dressed until after noon :o) Ooops. Anyway, happy October...I miss you all and can't wait for your updates!
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