The Larsons

Snowin' in the NC!!

2010-01-31T11:39:00.000-08:00

Friday night the white stuff began to fall...and it kept falling through yesterday midday. We have about 6 inches of snow here, which is very, very unusual for Raleigh. So yesterday, this being Katy's first snow, we went outside to play for a little bit. Katy didn't last long because it was in the 20's, but Blake, Andrew, and I took turns going down the snow hill we build on our boogie board!! Also, church was cancelled today because of the snow, ha, this is hilarious!! These North Carolinians need to move to Rexburg Idaho to see what real snow is like. Anyway, here are some of the pics we took:

Andrew and Katy getting ready to try out the small hill

Blake and Andrew playing on the bigger hill made after Katy went in

Here are some pics of Katy before we went on our walk last week. As you can tell, she does not like to wear hats or anything on her head for that matter. Watch what happens after I put the hat on her head...

Just barely put it on

Going for it with her hand

Couldn't quite get it off, so now going for it with the other hand

And it's off!!

Cute things Katy has started to do:

* Wave her arms up and down like a bird when really excited

* Dance when music comes on by rocking forward and back while sitting and nodding her head

* Clap her hands and bang toys together

*Say num num num while eating her solid food

*Rock back and forth on her hands and knees (nope, no crawling yet!)

*Give open mouth kisses to mommy and turns her head away when daddy goes in for a kiss

*Put both hands up to her face and squish her face a little (whenever she does this we say "Oh my" to her.)

First Christmas

2010-01-08T16:40:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was the first year that we decided to stay home and celebrate with just our little family. We had a wonderful time, just the 4 of us (we were glad Blake could be with us). Christmas eve I cooked my first turkey and surprisingly it turned out great!! We had a nice candlelit dinner and carried on my family's tradition by going caroling to some neighbors and friends in the ward.

On Christmas day, Katy was in heaven. She loved ripping all of the wrapping paper and loved the crinkling sound. Of course, she loved the paper even more than the toys and books she recieved!!! We took a few pictures of her opening presents and because the adults stayed in our pj's all day, we are not in any of the pics. Now, I wish I would have taken some family pictures anyway...bummer, oh well, Katy is of course the cutest one in our family so here she is!!!

I'm not quite sure what this face is about but I love it!!

Trying to open a very tricky present from Grandma Jojo

Lovin' her presents!

Lovin' her puppy

Lovin' the frosty book - she likes books a lot more than toys!

Katy is sooo much fun lately, she is getting to be such a big girl with a BIG personality. She will definitely tell you if she doesn't like something ie. birping her halfway through the bottle, not feeding her fast enough... she is a demanding little girl but we think it's because she's smart. After all, she does like books more than toys!! She recently got her first tooth (we'll it started to poke through on the 27th of December). Now both bottom teeth have broken through the gums so of course everything Katy touches goes in her mouth. She is sitting up pretty well now but no crawling yet, she's a little behind but oh well, she'll do it eventually. By the way at her six month check up here were her stats:

Height: 27 inches 90th percentile

Weight: 18 lbs. 90th percentile

Head: 48 c.m 90th percentile

The doctor told me, "We'll she's poportional, not too fat or thin, she's just right."

She is such a cute, sweet little girl and we love her more every day! Here are some more recent pics:

Trick or Treat!!!

2009-11-05T14:25:00.000-08:00

Here are some pics from Katy's first Halloween. We hung out at the house and passed out candy, but we did take Katy trick or treating to our friends' house a few doors down. Unfortunately, her kitty costume was soooo thick and warm and it was 80 degrees that day. So instead of putting her in furry pants with large kitty paws on them we just put her in white tights...it still worked out. I was a ballerina (it was the only costume I already had!! haha) and Andrew and Blake didn't dress up (those bums) but Andrew did say that he was "wolverine" (notice the hair). Anyway, we had a good time just hanging out with fam and passing out candy to the kids in the neighborhood.

The girls with uncle Blake

Daddy Andrew and Katy Kitty

The classic open mouth smile

Solids!!!

Also, last week we started Katy on rice cereal, because she had been acting soo hungry and actually was adding a full feeding for a couple of days. She's been doing ok with it so far but I think she realizes the rice cereal is pretty gross tasting. We're going to try some oatmeal or barley and veggies as soon as I can get to the store to get some. Here is a pic of her after her first solid meal..

One other recent development is that Katy is babbling mamama all day long. I know she doesn't know what she is saying but I still like it...Andrew keeps trying to get her to say dada but it is just not happening.

Family!!

2009-10-20T18:46:00.000-07:00

So I was going to first post a few pics of my fam and then Katy pics, however, my computer is having a hard time dragging photos, so I guess we'll start with Katy updates. A little over 2 weeks ago, Katy went in for her 4 month check up and shots. Here are her stats:

Height: 25 1/2 in = 75th-90th percentile
Weight: 15 lbs. = 75th-90th percentile
Head: 43 cm. = 90th-95th percentile

Katy is the love of our lives and every day is so much fun with her in our home. She is truly a joy and we lover her sooo much.

Katy:

- Sleeps 10 straight hours at night and takes two 2 hr. naps during the day, she is such a good girl
- Loves to roll over onto her stomach and then complain because she hates tummy time
- Likes to do anything outside and is fascinated by the trees, sun, flowers, etc.
- Refuses to take her morning nap during church which makes for a long Sunday
-Loves to dance around the room to loud music with mommy or daddy and thinks mommy dancing for her is funny
- Sings lots of songs with mommy including "Peas Porridge Hot" and "Wheels on the Bus"
- Will read for literally an hour at a time, she loves to look at books (which the teacher in me is excited about)
- Enjoys being thrown up in the air
- Splashes violently in the tub during her baths
- Is not ticklish at all, and actually is quite serious, at least for mommy. Of course daddy can get her to laugh easily.
- Has started to be interested in our food that we're eating and attempts to drink water from a cup. Once she realizes that it's cold, she makes a sour face and spits out the water.

We love our baby girl!!!

This is what her large smiles look like most of the time - she closes her eyes, arches her back, sticks her tongue out, and puts her hands up to her ears

Happy girl!!

I love this face

Andrew and Blake recently planted grass in our backyard and so we went outside to hang out and enjoy the new yard and wonderful fall weather.

Katy did this on her own. I put the book by her feet and she grabbed both ends of it and pulled it closer to her face so she could see it better...my little genius haha.

Last weekend my family, the Rosa's came for a 5 day visit. We had a wonderful time together, and our activities included going to Hillridge Farms, carving pumpkins, painting Katy's room, hanging out in downtown Wake Forest, and just spending a lot of good time talking and playing Farkle (or should I say Fadoogle)!!

Me, Christina, Katy, and Grammie G. on the hayride at Hillridge Farms

The pumpkin patch

Aunt Christina

Grampie M, Grammie G. and Katy girl.

We love you guys and we're so glad you came for a visit!!!

Catch up time!!

2009-09-04T19:06:00.000-07:00

So I realize it has been 2 MONTHS since I last blogged and I apoligize to my family for that. They keep telling me to post more pics of Katy girl. In my defense, I didn't have a camera for a few weeks because mine broke. Anyway, in this entry, I'll play a little catch up and fill everyone in on what's been going on with us in the last month. Soo..

4 weeks ago...

A month ago, we went in for Katy's 2 month immunizations, however, while we were there the doctor let us know that Katy had an ear infection, so we decided to hold off on having her immunizations until the next week. We started giving her the wonderful pink medicine... At our doctor's visit, we learned that Katy's stats were:

Weight: 10 lbs. 14 oz 50th percentile

Height: 23 1/2 inches 90th percentile

I guess she WAS tall and thin like her dad.

3 weeks ago...

3 weeks ago we went in for Katy's immunizations and she had to have 3 shots. She was sleeping when they gave them to her, woke up screaming while they quickly stuck her, and then went right back to sleep. She handled them like a champ. Also, the doc said her ear was looking better. Here are some pics of her 3 weeks ago.

2 weeks ago...

About 2 1/2 weeks ago, Katy starting screaming while eating again like she did during her first ear infection. So we took her into the doctor, and she said her ears looked clear. It continued for a few more days, so we took her in again this time to a different doctor, and she said her ears had a little fluid but that she had some weird sore throat. She gave us medicine for the sore throat. The screaming continued for the next week. Here are some pics from 2 weeks ago.

1 week ago...

At this point Katy had been screaming bloody murder while eating for about 20ish days, and I was going insane, so I took her in again to the doctor, and this time, she had a full ear infection. We started her on the augmented amoxicilin. Apparently it tastes terrible, because Katy's face cringes up so bad when we give it to her. Poor girl!! Also, when they weighed her at this visit, she weighed a whopping 13 lbs. She gained basically 2 lbs. in about 2 1/2 weeks, crazy huh?

Now...

She's been on the meds for a week and is eating a lot better, but not 100%. We'll see what happens. I think tubes are in her future. Katy also rolled over from tummy to back for the first time two days ago, on accident of course!!! Here are some pictures that I took today. (Ignore the dates on the pics, I got a new camera and didn't change the date before I was shooting away!)

We sure love our little (or should I say not-so-little) girl!! Haha!!

Blessing the babe...

2009-07-07T18:45:00.000-07:00

This past Sunday we blessed Katy B. We were very lucky to have both the Larsons and the Rosas together again for a little family reunion. Katy's blessing went really well, though she lost her little white shoes right before the blessing and lost her best friend paci during the blessing. I'd also like to thank Rebecca for writing down her blessing, something that I failed to think about until the blessing had already begun!!

It was so much fun to have some of our family here for the special occasion. We miss our family so much already!! Anyway, here are a few (or maybe a little more than a few) pics from this past weekend: (sorry about the red eyes, forgot to put camera on red eye reduction)

I love this curious little face!

Crackin' a little smile

Mommy Lisa, Katy, and daddy Andrew

Not quite sure what the babe is doing here...

Mommy and Katy-you can tell Katy is getting hungry in this picture

Daddy with a very hungry girl

Grandpa Stevie, Katy, and grandma Jojo

Grandpa Marty, Katy, and grandma Gina

Aunt Christina and Emily

And here are a few other random photos from the past couple of weeks:

One Month!!

2009-06-28T17:28:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Katy's Monthday!! It's hard to believe that she is already one month old, and she is growing so fast. She's not exactly the skinny little bird she was when we brought her home anymore, it's so sad how big she's grown already. When we got home from the hospital she was 7 lbs. 2 oz. and now she's a whopping 8 lbs. 13 oz.!! Ever since she figured the eating thing out, she's been all about it. She has developed a lovely double chin, and chubby cheeks and thighs. We love our little Katy B!!!

Some of her favorite things to do are:

EAT every 3-4 hours
Take a warm bath and have her hair washed with shampoo - she also loves to have her head put under the faucet to rinse off the shampoo!
Scream bloody murder when she's tired and ready to be put down for her nap
Read stories and stare at the pictures
Burp as loud as an adult and spit up on her clothes, our clothes, the couch, bed, etc.
Dance around the living room with her daddy while listening to Jack Johnson radio
Suck vigorously on her best friend... paci
Give big kisses to mommy and daddy
Stare at the blue birdie on her mobile in her swing (she really goes out of her way to do this, she tilts her head so far back to see it, it looks painful)

And here are some of the most recent pictures we've taken: (The fuzzy ones are from Andrew's iphone, but we still think they're cute : )

The above pics were both Monthday pics

Our little family

She'll grow into the hat...

Nakee picture after bathtime

She la, la, loves her paci

Katy trying to eat the sheet after I stole her best friend paci

All wet!!

Andrew took both of these on his Iphone trying to make her look as gross and huge as possible by emphasizing her double chin and large cheks. He was pretty successful, she looks about like a blimp!!

"I'm going to eat you!!"

We love our Katy B. and are so excited for all of her grandparents and aunt Emily and Christina to come out next weekend for her blessing!!

Labor Story

2009-06-12T13:08:00.000-07:00

Katy Briet Larson was born on Wednesday, May 27 at 4:27 p.m. Here is how she made it here... On Tuesday, May 26, Andrew and I arrived at the hospital to start the induction (I was 4 days overdue, and my insurance was changing at the end of May, so I needed to be induced so that my wonderful COBRA health insurance from being a teacher covered the labor and hospital stay.) Around 10:00 p.m. I got a folley catheter to get me a little more dilated so that they would be able to start the pitocin first thing in the morning. That night we slept pretty well (about as well as you can sleep with nurses poking and prodding you all night.)

Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. they started pumping that wonderful pitocin through me. By 9 I was having contractions about 2 to 2 1/2 minutes apart that were lasting from 1 to 1 1/2 minutes... I was not getting much of a break, but at this point, the contractions were no big deal. Well that didn't last long...by about 11 the contractions were pretty stinkin' intense and I was checked at 11:30 and was at a 7. I immediately asked for my epidural, which unfortunately took an hour and fifteen minutes to get to me. By 12:45 I was at an 8 and was sooo glad when the epidural arrived. After the epidural was given, I felt pretty good for about 10 minutes, and then it started to wear off and I was feeling some intense contractions again. So the nurse upped my dose of the epidural.

At about 1:30 the epidural was finally working and the doctor came in. I was at a 9, so he broke my water. Two hours later it was time to push, I pushed for exactly one hour, and Katy was here. She came out with not a peep, I kept asking the doctor, "Is she ok?" and he assured me that she was. Katy was 7 lbs. 13 oz. and 20 inches long. All in all, Andrew and I were very pleased with how well the labor went, and we are so grateful that Katy is happy (well, some of the time, haha) and healthy. Here are a few of our fav pics from the last 2 1/2 weeks:

The Waiting Game

2009-05-25T11:41:00.000-07:00

So at this point I'm 40 weeks and 4 days along and no baby girl Larson!! I'm showing absolutely nnnooooo signs of labor and having nnnooo contractions. As you can see, my pregnancy ticker is a little confused as it was at 0 days left, and now it's starting to count up again, but it is one day off. The latest news is that my mommy is here from Chicago (yay) and that this little girl is posterior, head down, but facing the total wrong way unfortunately, which in my opinion is why she hasn't dropped and partly why I'm overdue. I hope and pray they will be able to turn her around or that by some miracle she will turn during labor as posterior babies can potentially cause some problems.

She's just chillin in there, loving up her life. Anyway, I have a doctors appointment first thing tomorrow morning and depending on how dilated I am, they will start a folley catheter on me tomorrow night, I'll stay in the hospital that night, and then first thing Wednesday morning they'll start pumping me full of pitocin to get my uterus to work!! If I'm already pretty dilated tomorrow morning, they'll forgoe the folley catheter Tuesday night and just start inducing Wednesday morning. Anyway, I'm glad to know that there is an end in sight and that end is just two days away! We are sooo excited for this day to finally come and to meet baby girl Larson!!! Here are my last prego pics at 40 weeks, 3 days...

Any Week Now...

2009-04-26T18:06:00.000-07:00

3 1/2 weeks left to go until the due date of baby girl Larson!! This means starting on Thursday, I could have her at 37 weeks and she would be totally good to go. Unfortunately, I don't think she's coming any time soon, she seems to be content where she is and I'm just going to count on her coming close to on time. A few weeks ago at my doctor's appt. he said she was pretty small and he thinks if I go full term then she'll be about 7 lbs. which I am good with!!! However, I have grown A LOT in the past few weeks so we'll see about his guesstimation. Luckily if I go over my due date 4 days I will be induced because my COBRA health insurance ends May 31st (perfect timing, right?) so I need to be in and out of the hospital for sure by that date so it is covered by that amazing teacher insurance that I've had. So... the point is I will not be prego for more than 4 more weeks max!!!

We are getting so excited for her to come. She is moving like a crazy lady in there, is getting REALLY strong, and definitely thinks she can kick and poke and knee her way out of me! She still gets hiccups AT LEAST once a day, her max per day so far has been 4 times. I'm pretty sure she is still head down which means at this point (thank goodness) she's probably not about to turn. As far as names go, we seriously won't know until we meet her. We have a few in mind, but can't/won't decide until she's here. Andrew and I are both pretty stinkin' undecisive so the name thing should be pretty interesting... hopefully we'll figure it out not too long after she's here.

It's interesting how when you're prego everyone you see has the same first question for you: how are you feeling? Well, to answer that question I've felt totally normal/perfect/wonderful until about 1 week ago. Lately it is definitely hard to sleep, only because I have a constant back pain that never goes away. I guess I'm just getting prepared for her to come and keep me up all night!! But it's all good, I have seriously had THE EASIEST pregnancy, so I really have no complaints. Also, funny quick fact: Andrew has thrown on some sympathy pounds for me, I've gained 23 so far and he's gained 15!! I thought all that symphathy pound junk was just a myth, but I guess it really happens. Anyway, I'll stop blabbering and post a pic from today at 36 1/2 weeks...

Baby Shower & Andrew's B-day

2009-04-09T17:55:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago, we had my baby shower. It was truly perfect!! Thank you everyone for your thoughtful gifts and support. I'd especially like to thank Kristy, Meg, and Mel for putting so much time and effort into making it a wonderful day... I love you girls!! I'm so lucky to have such wonderful friends. Here are a few (or maybe more than a few!!) pics from the shower:

The beautiful decorations (notice the diaper cake that Kristy made), the presents, and the food!!

We played a crazy game where different candies were smooshed into diapers to look like poop...We had to guess which candy was in each diaper!

I love Erin's face in this one!!

Opening presents...

My mom flew in from Chicago and stayed for a couple of days

Melanie talks to baby Larson all the time...

Hannah's "prego belly"

Last week Andrew turned 28. We celbrated with ice cream cake, presents, and a movie. He doesn't look even close to 28...We both get 18 all the time, when people come to our door they ask "Is your mom or dad home?" Haha!

7 Weeks & Counting...

2009-04-01T18:10:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more shots from a few days ago at 32 1/2 weeks. Only 7 weeks to go now. Woohoo!!! I'm sure it will go fast though I've heard this last little while is the slowest part of pregnancy. I had my 32 week doctors appointment today, and everything looks good. Our little Larson girl is head down right now, so hopefully she'll stay that way....

Miscellaneous

2009-03-03T13:09:00.000-08:00

So this past weekend we went to Utah. Unfortunately, and even though I brought my camera on the trip, I didn't take ANY pictures and now I'm really bummed. Anyway, we got to stay with Andrew's brother CJ and his family and on Saturday we went to our neice Ashlyn's dance competition. And let me just say one thing about Ashlyn's dancing....AMAZING!!! She has only been dancing for about three months, and I can't believe how talented she is...she is a natural! Thanks Larsons for letting us stay with you and eat all your food. We had a lot of laughs over the weekend to say the least. While we were there we also got to spend some time with my three brothers as well, which was good (we only see them at most, once a year). It was a wonderful trip...I just didn't expect it to be colder here in NC than it was in Utah!!!

Also, Michelle gave me this blankie for our little girl OVER A MONTH AGO (she is so on the ball!), and I just wanted to post a picture of it and say thank you to Michelle again. The colors on the blanket are similar to the bedding we're using for the crib and Andrew asked me when he saw it, "Did you tell her what our colors were?" He couldn't believe that she didn't know our colors while making this blanket. Anyway, thank you Michelle, it is perfect!!!

The blanket Michelle made:

The crib quilt:

Another belly shot a couple of weeks ago at 26 1/2 weeks:

Prego Belly!!

2009-01-22T18:03:00.000-08:00

I finally took some prego side pics a couple of weeks ago at almost 21 weeks. As soon as we got home from Christmas vacation I just popped out. It's as if it came out of nowhere! Anyway, things are going good, I'm wearing maternity clothes now, which is way more comfortable!! Also, I'm having heartburn EVERY NIGHT now, which stinks, but hey, I'll take it since I wasn't sick one single day in my first trimester. Also, this little girl is moving a ton now and Andrew and Meg have felt her kick now!! We are soo excited for her to come already, only exactly 4 months to go...wow, that's a long time! Here's some side pics:

Christmas Fun!!

2009-01-22T17:25:00.000-08:00

I know this is a few weeks late, but I wanted to post some the pics taken while visting my fam in Chicago. One of our two computers broke right when we got back from vacation, and the one that broke had all our pictures on it, so it's been hard to get to the computer when Andrew's been using it most of the day! Anyway, we had a great time with my family watching old Rosa family videos, caroling, shopping, eating good food and a lot of it, talking, and going to the musical "Wicked." Also, we have a family tradition that we have done forever: acting out the Nativity scene on Christmas eve. Anyway, here are a few pictures from Christmas eve and from the trip. By the way, it snowed about half the time we were there and the temps got down to - 15 with the wind chill. It was a great change from Raleigh winters and best of all we were able to enjoy a white Christmas!!

My fam after acting out the Nativity scene.

Yep, we're crazy!!

Andrew and I

Chrissy and I

Mom, dad, Mike, and Emmy playing fooseball

Second Ultrasound!!!

2008-12-17T18:44:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I had my second ultrasound, and we were able to find out that we're having a girl!!! We are so thrilled, now I just have to stop myself from going shopping for her, it's so tempting. The ultrasound technician said that everything looks great and during the ultrasound our little girl was moving around so much. I could not believe that I could not feel all of that movement...soon, hopefully. I am 18 weeks now and apparently I was off on the due date by one day... so the new (real) due date is May 22nd, which is also my sis-in-law Jessi's bday! Anyway, we are soooo excited. Here are a few pictures that we were given during the visit:

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star...

2008-11-17T13:11:00.000-08:00

I know almost everyone already knows that I'm pregnant, plus Kristy Simpson posted it on her blog a month ago, haha, so I don't know why I'm writing this new post about the pregnancy thus far, but oh well. I'm still going to post it. For those of you who may not know yet, I am pregnant! Now I'm 14 weeks along and into my second trimester. This pregnancy has been amazing. I have not been sick one day (besides having a cold and sore throat) and the worst symptom I've had is major food aversions, which isn't necessarily a bad thing when you usually will eat anything in sight!
Our first doctors appointment was on October 15th and at that time I was 8 1/2 weeks along. We were able to do an ultra-sound and hear the baby's heart beat beating at 168 beats per minute! It was the most amazing thing ever. Most people tell me that they cry every time they first hear their baby's heartbeat, but I didn't exactly have that same response. I just started laughing! I let out a little chuckle, I guess because I was just so surprised and amazed at the same time that I didn't know what else to do.
Then our last doctor's appointment was this past Wednesday, November 12th. The entire appointment took about 10 minutes tops. I gave them my urine sample, the doctor did a very quick ultrasound to find the heartbeat again, and said "Yep, there's a baby in there, do you have any questions?" and we were on our way. (I've been reading every pregnancy book in sight for the past year so I definitely don't have any questions when I go to the doctor. Haha, I know, I'm crazy.) For some reason I was under the impression that I was going to get another ultrasound picture at my last appointment, but I didn't, so hopefully soon I will post the first picture we received at our 8 week visit. For that to happen, I have to first learn how to scan a picture into our computer, I know I'm old school, so it may be a couple of days before I post the 8 week picture of the little one where it looks more like a tadpole than a human.
We find out the sex of the baby in about a month on December 16th, and we are very excited for that! I know it will come so soon. The past few months have been really flying by. I definitely would prefer to have a girl first to set a calm, peaceful tone in the home for the rest of the siblings, which is why I'm sure we're having a boy! I will be delighted either way, I just want to know what we're having and get prepared. Anyway, I just thought I should write SOMETHING about the pregnancy and I will keep updating the blog as things progress.

I've Been Tagged!

2008-10-28T14:17:00.000-07:00

Rebecca tagged me so here goes:

10 years ago I
- was a sophomore at Naperville Central High School
- thought that 30 was way old and 40 was ancient!
- was "together" with Eric Massey
- woke up every morning at 5 a.m. to get ready to go to seminary

5 things on tomorrow's to do list:
- I don't have a to do list tomorrow except for to work during the day, figure out what to make for dinner, and go the the Haunted Hayride for activity night

5 things I would do if I were a millionare:
- Go on a huge shopping spree
- Travel to all sorts of amazing places
- Never clip coupons again or look at the price of anything
- Buy a new car that doesn't need repairs every 3 months
- Put my kids in some good private schools

5 places I have lived:
- Naperville, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago)
- Rexburg, Idaho (love it!)
- Cleveland, Ohio (we call it the mistake by the lake...never move there)
- Des Moine, Iowa
- Wake Forest, North Carolina

5 jobs I have had:
- Waitress
- Retail at Express
- 3rd grade teacher
- Secretary for Alchemy
- Dance instructor

NC State Fair!

2008-10-23T07:39:00.000-07:00

This past Monday we went to the NC State Fair with the Simpson family. I now realize that the state fair is much more fun when you go with little kids who are excited about the rides and the petting zoo, etc. If Andrew and I had gone by ourselves it would not have been as fun as going with this Simpsons and their little girls that we love so much! The only thing I really look forward to at the fair is the FOOD! Andrew and I had a huge turkey leg (I've always wanted one but never got one in the past) and of course, a funnel cake. I was so excited for that funnel cake all day, and it definitely met my expectations. Anyway, we basically saw all the animals, went to the petting zoo, ate food, and watched the girls go on the rides. We didn't stay that long but it was worth going and we had a great time. Here are just a few pictures from the fair:

Andrew and Mia with a HUGE camel!

Mia, Andrew, and I at the petting zoo

Kalea trying to pet a goat through the gate

The Simpsons and Larsons

Labor Day Weekend!

2008-09-18T13:56:00.000-07:00

I realize this is a couple of weeks late, but here are some pictures from Labor Day weekend. We went down to the beach and stayed at a beach house on Oak Island with our good friends Ryan and Melissa. We had a great time!

Ryan, Meliss, me and Andrew at the Provision co.

We went crabbing and actually caught 3 crabs! It was so much fun. The boys wanted to take the crabs back to the house and cook them up and eat them, but Meliss and I made them throw them back.

At the beach... it was so beautiful!

Welcome to Our Blog!

2008-09-03T18:49:00.000-07:00

I know what you are all thinking: It's about time! For those of you who know us well, you know that both Andrew and I are techniphobes, so this is a very big step for us. I mean, we don't even own an ipod yet, and I finally learned how to use one just last week. Anyway, I'm excited to get this blog going and hopefully I will quickly learn how to maneuver through this blog and make it more exiting!