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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

CEREAL TIME....

and Little Miss Taylen didn't exactly know what to think or do with the whole idea....

This was this afternoon and actually marked her SECOND try with cereal.

Being an excited Mom, I tried giving her cereal last night. But, she wanted ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with it!! Looking back, I never should have tried it considering she got shots yesterday afternoon and was such a cuddle bunny. Trying cereal late at night was the last thing on Earth she wanted to take part in. Just peek at the pic below and you'll see EXACTLY what I'm talking about....

Poor Girl!! What was Mommy thinking??

But, on an extremely positive note, Miss Tay-Tay woke up in a much better and rested mood this morning. Below is a pick of her showing off her new favorite pastime.....PLAYING WITH HER PIGGIES!!!! I LOVE watching her discover those cute little hands and feet of hers......

Isn't she the cutest?!?!

Little Miss Taylen rocked her 4 month well-baby check-up....she weighed 14 lbs, 9 oz and measured 25 1/2 inches long. What a big baby she's getting to be!!!

On a side note, our friends, Karrie & Vince, made the 5 hour haul from Chicago this past weekend to visit. I played college softball with Karrie and we've been friends ever since. We had a blast and totally enjoyed their visit. Trey was Vince's mini-me by the end of the weekend and the girls couldn't get enough of "Aunt" Karrie ;) It was so nice to get together with them and have a date night out on the town in downtown Des Moines. Thanks for making the trip you two and we can't wait to see you again!!!!

Happy Wednesday night, y'all and here's to a fantastic second half of the week!!!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Fun-Filled weekend in StL....

Last weekend we all hit the road for a little trip down to StL....the kids enjoyed the trip, but didn't sleep a wink on the way down (which always makes for an eventful ride ;)

Friday afternoon we drove down and headed straight to the Corner Bar, which is a little bar and grill place that one of my college friends is an investor in. She so kindly reserved the entire back room for our bunch, which included 10 of my former teammates, their hubbies, and all our kids....I think there were at least 16 kiddos in all! So, you can imagine how packed the place was and how much fun we all had.....

Group photo...SIU Girls....

Vince (Karrie's Boyfriend), Trey, and Jason showing off their guns....

After a late night there, we camped out at my mom's house, where we met my bro Aaron who came in from Chicago for the weekend. After a quick night's sleep, that felt more like a nap, we headed downtown for a little StL Cadinals action (who just happened to be playing the (boo) Cubs) and met up with about half of the girls from Friday night's action. Busch stadium is ALWAYS a great time....and it's an even better time when you're with fabulous friends and the Cardinals BEAT the Cubs! (Jason's a huge Cubs fan, so wins like those are always welcomed in this divided household!!)

At Paddy O's before the game and waiting on the others....

Back and Paddy O's after the game and celebrating the Cardinals extra inning win over the Cubs....Woo-Hoo!!!

Later that night at Molly's....ready to head home after a long day and LOTS of laughs!!! Good times!!!

While Jason and I were at the Cardinals game, my mom and Steve, took the kiddos (all three) down to Ballwin Days for a little carnival fun....Trey and Tylee had an absolute BLAST!!! Thanks for watching them for us, while Jason and I got in a little "us" time.....we appreciate it!!!

(pictures coming soon....)

On Sunday, we all headed over to my dad's house for a little BBQ action with the rest of the family....water balloon, park and laughing action is ALWAYS a great time and a fantastic way to wrap up a fabulous weekend!

Mimi and Grampy with the grands....

Taylen catching a few ZZZZZ's....

Calie and her boyfriend, Doug.....

Ugh...this is one teeny tiny part of a bush that had hundreds of cicada shells on it....they were EVERYWHERE while we were there!

I thought this one was funny...the cicadas emerge from the ground after 13 years and climb as high as they can before they molt and fly away to mate and start the whole process again...so interesting! I'm sure this particular cicada was excited this bird was a fake....

It's been a while since we've had a weekend that full and the kids definitely CRASHED the entire way home...along with Jason! It was a quiet drive home for Momma!!! Thanks for all the fun....friends and family are the best and we are truly BLESSED!!!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Friday Night Fun & Friendship....

What can I honestly say....true FRIENDSHIPS are so important in life!! Jason and I got the rare opportunity to go out on a "Date Night" last night with a group of amazing people. (Thanks, Lori, for watching the kiddos while we got a chance to dance and rock the night away...we TOTALLY appreciate it!)

A group called Hairball made an appearance last night in good old Ottumwa at Bridgview, our local convention center (which happens to be very new and an absolutely great place to host an event.) If you've never heard of Hairball, you'll have to do a little "Googling" to get the big picture, but I'll just sum them up as a Rock-N-Roll act that puts on a great show. They not only played great hits from Guns 'n Roses, Whitesnake, Bon-Jovi, Poison, Def Leopard, Motley Crue, Ozzy, AC/DC, Journey, Kiss and lots more, BUT they dressed and acted the part as well. (Stremy...you would have died and gone to heaven with the Van Halen part...I totally thought of you, girl!!) It was a total blast and I recommend seeing them if you ever have the opportunity. (They did announce that they were playing at the Iowa State Fair again this year...make some plans!!)

Anyway, it was a great 80's BLAST from the PAST and Jason couldn't enough of the music...he's a true fan of that type of music (amongst others) and SERIOUSLY knows EVERY WORD from Poison's song, "Nothing But A Good Time!!" It was soooo stinkin' fun and I absolutely LOVED watching him enjoy his solo moments. I didn't think it was possible to really know EVERY word to a song!! So fun!!

The point of this post isn't so much the actual Hairball event, but the fact that we got to spend our evening with some of the greatest friends a girl could have. Between the five us, we have 11, soon to be 12, kiddos and are all working moms. I've met all of these girls since moving to Ottumwa and, I can honestly say that, without them, Ottumwa would just NOT be the same. They have been there in good times & bad times and genuinely are WONDERFUL people. We try to make it a habit of getting together every other Wednesday night for a little "Girls' Night Out," which happens to be more "Mom Style" now that all but one of us have entered our 30's....life is busy, exciting, fast-paced, stressful at times, and the one and only way we could imagine it!! These girls laugh with me, cry with me, celebrate with me, vent with me, and much, much more.

I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to you, girls! I'm excited to see what the future holds for each one of us and am looking forward to continuing this BEAUTIFUL, CRAZY journey called LIFE with each one of you. Here's to 30+ years from now, sitting around with each other doing nothing but giggling, laughing, reminiscing, and enjoying all the good times we've had together!!! I couldn't do it without you all!!!

Here's a pic from last night (which did include our better halves, by the way! Thank you hubby's for joining us and tolerating our silly-ness! We couldn't be who we are without your support & unconditional love!!) I've also included a few flash back shots from some of our times together....

THANKS GIRLS!!!