Tuesday, February 8, 2011
I Heart Faces | Hearts Photo Challenge
A fun challenge this week at I heart faces. I love hearts and so does Aubriana. She didn't take her new sun glasses off all day!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
7 Months
Our little guy is changing so fast, I figure its time for an update.
Now if we can only get him to sleep through the night and out of our bed. The kid loves to spoon.
The lastest and greatest... He can sit up on his own and he's CRAWLING! He started the army crawl about 2 weeks ago, but now, he's up on all fours and into EVERYTHING! :) Yesterday, Tim and I were talking and the next thing we know, Aubri's yelling at us to look at what Tigers doing and he had pulled himself up into standing position at the stairs. Apparently once he figures out one trick, its time to move onto another.
Anyway, here is a video of him crawling. He's so cute. :)
Our little Timmy is full of personality. He sings songs of all sorts of jibber jabber and squeals like a monkey when he gets stuck. The kid makes me smile all day long. Especially with all the different faces he makes.
Now if we can only get him to sleep through the night and out of our bed. The kid loves to spoon.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Our Minnie Bean
Sept 11, 2002 - Dec 13, 2010
I know this may seem strange to those of you that have never had a pet before. But I need to say something about our sweet sweet dog that was a very important part of our family. I can't seem to get over that she is gone.
About 2 weeks ago, she was acting very sick. I took her to the vet and discovered she had a virus and her lungs were inflamed. They also took blood samples and sent them off to a pathologist for testing because her lymph nodes were swollen. After bringing her home she was still not doing well. We couldn't get her to keep her food down. Later in the week I received a phone call from the same vet saying she tested positive for Lymphoma. I was shocked! I thought for sure her Lymph nodes were swollen due to her being sick. They can do chemo on dogs, however, the side affects are the same for a dog as they are for a human and they say about 50% of the dogs die from infection after chemo then they do from the cancer itself. The fact that Minnie hadn't kept food down for a whole week was really starting to worry us. We took her to the vet again and he gave us a paste to give to her 4 times a day hoping she would at least keep that down over the weekend and we could work from there. If she couldn't keep it down, he said we would need to have another kind of conversation. We knew what he meant. Minnie couldn't keep it down. By Sunday she wasn't even keeping water down. She had lost so much weight. She started hiding behind our big chair in our living room and would make wimper noises when we pet her. Tim and I made the decision to put an end to her pain. We had her put down on Monday. We both bawled in the vets office saying our last goodbyes to her, and for about a straight hour afterwards. It was the hardest, worst day of my life. It will take some real getting use to her not being here. She was our first baby, our shadow, our greeter, our protector, our companion, and most of all our best friend.
A few great memories we had with our Minnie Bean:
Minnie would claw her way up the slide to be with us. Tim helped her back down.
She's singing me a song. We could even get her to sound like she was saying I love you.
Probably one of my most favorite pictures of Minnie. She was so stressed about protecting Aubri from the splashes after Aubs would throw a rock in the water. I thought it was so sweet.
She's in her protective element here too. She had a thing about the water.
I know this may seem strange to those of you that have never had a pet before. But I need to say something about our sweet sweet dog that was a very important part of our family. I can't seem to get over that she is gone.
About 2 weeks ago, she was acting very sick. I took her to the vet and discovered she had a virus and her lungs were inflamed. They also took blood samples and sent them off to a pathologist for testing because her lymph nodes were swollen. After bringing her home she was still not doing well. We couldn't get her to keep her food down. Later in the week I received a phone call from the same vet saying she tested positive for Lymphoma. I was shocked! I thought for sure her Lymph nodes were swollen due to her being sick. They can do chemo on dogs, however, the side affects are the same for a dog as they are for a human and they say about 50% of the dogs die from infection after chemo then they do from the cancer itself. The fact that Minnie hadn't kept food down for a whole week was really starting to worry us. We took her to the vet again and he gave us a paste to give to her 4 times a day hoping she would at least keep that down over the weekend and we could work from there. If she couldn't keep it down, he said we would need to have another kind of conversation. We knew what he meant. Minnie couldn't keep it down. By Sunday she wasn't even keeping water down. She had lost so much weight. She started hiding behind our big chair in our living room and would make wimper noises when we pet her. Tim and I made the decision to put an end to her pain. We had her put down on Monday. We both bawled in the vets office saying our last goodbyes to her, and for about a straight hour afterwards. It was the hardest, worst day of my life. It will take some real getting use to her not being here. She was our first baby, our shadow, our greeter, our protector, our companion, and most of all our best friend.
A few great memories we had with our Minnie Bean:
Minnie would claw her way up the slide to be with us. Tim helped her back down.
She's singing me a song. We could even get her to sound like she was saying I love you.
Probably one of my most favorite pictures of Minnie. She was so stressed about protecting Aubri from the splashes after Aubs would throw a rock in the water. I thought it was so sweet.
She's in her protective element here too. She had a thing about the water.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Birthday Girl!
Our Aubriana turned 3 on "movember 27!" Thats what she tells everyone when they ask how old she is with her 3 fingers out. She was so excited for her birthday this year!!! We asked her what she wanted for her birthday and she told us a pink cake! Lets just say I haven't been too great in the kitchen lately... so don't judge me on this cake. It was a disaster in my eyes, but Aubri LOVED it! It was pink and what kid doesn't like cupcakes?!
Tim bought her a ginormous Jesse doll, cause thats what she wanted and bullseye and woody too. I opted for the lip gloss. The first thing she did when she opened it was put it on her eyelashes. Tim and I screamed, "no! It goes on your lips!" Like she'll ever be in need of mascara, the lucky girl. Anyway, we think the lip gloss will last her another week and be gone. She loves to apply it that much.
For her birthday we invited her friend Adam, aka "Madam" as she calls him, to go with us to McDonalds for a happy meal and some fun on the play place. Its too flippin cold here to do anything else! They both had a blast and a bonus, they both got party favors out of the deal. :)
A little bit later in the afternoon we met our friends, the Mickelson family, to go sledding at a park. The picture above is about as much fun as Aubri had sledding. We just had knitted gloves for her, so her hands got cold real fast.
I don't know why the above picture cracks me up everytime I look at it. It's like my daughter weighs 200 lbs and the hill was super steep or something??! I look ridiculously weak! Thanks Hubs for taking that picture.
Here's me and Aubs "trying" to sled down the hill. Our sled was a piece of crap (pardon my french)! We ended up just going sideways, but I was determined to act like it was fun for Aubri's sake. :)
Here's a few tid bits about our sweet girl:
-Her favorite color is pink
-She loves watching Toy Story 1, 2, & 3 (no particular order)
-She loves to play with her baby brother
-She likes to sneak up on us first thing in the morning. If we wake her up, she's in a foul mood.
-Mickey mouse playhouse has to be on during breakfast
-Her favorite song is twinkle twinkle little star (she sings it to Timmy when he cries)
-She thinks story time at the Library is the bomb diggity
-She loves to play dress up and build castles out of anything she can find
-She can spot a slide a mile away and play on it for hours if I'd let her
-She has a strong personality but a really big heart
-She can make friends with any kid
-She's beautiful inside and out
Thank you to all our family who called and sang to her on her birthday. It made her day all the more special!
Tim bought her a ginormous Jesse doll, cause thats what she wanted and bullseye and woody too. I opted for the lip gloss. The first thing she did when she opened it was put it on her eyelashes. Tim and I screamed, "no! It goes on your lips!" Like she'll ever be in need of mascara, the lucky girl. Anyway, we think the lip gloss will last her another week and be gone. She loves to apply it that much.
For her birthday we invited her friend Adam, aka "Madam" as she calls him, to go with us to McDonalds for a happy meal and some fun on the play place. Its too flippin cold here to do anything else! They both had a blast and a bonus, they both got party favors out of the deal. :)
A little bit later in the afternoon we met our friends, the Mickelson family, to go sledding at a park. The picture above is about as much fun as Aubri had sledding. We just had knitted gloves for her, so her hands got cold real fast.
I don't know why the above picture cracks me up everytime I look at it. It's like my daughter weighs 200 lbs and the hill was super steep or something??! I look ridiculously weak! Thanks Hubs for taking that picture.
Here's me and Aubs "trying" to sled down the hill. Our sled was a piece of crap (pardon my french)! We ended up just going sideways, but I was determined to act like it was fun for Aubri's sake. :)
Here's a few tid bits about our sweet girl:
-Her favorite color is pink
-She loves watching Toy Story 1, 2, & 3 (no particular order)
-She loves to play with her baby brother
-She likes to sneak up on us first thing in the morning. If we wake her up, she's in a foul mood.
-Mickey mouse playhouse has to be on during breakfast
-Her favorite song is twinkle twinkle little star (she sings it to Timmy when he cries)
-She thinks story time at the Library is the bomb diggity
-She loves to play dress up and build castles out of anything she can find
-She can spot a slide a mile away and play on it for hours if I'd let her
-She has a strong personality but a really big heart
-She can make friends with any kid
-She's beautiful inside and out
Thank you to all our family who called and sang to her on her birthday. It made her day all the more special!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
First taste of solids...
First taste of baby cereal...
Originally uploaded by NJ Photography
* See my previous post of a cute video of our kids. I tried to post the videos together on one post but the videos weren't uploading on blogger. So I gave up. :)
Siblings...
Siblings...
Originally uploaded by NJ Photography
Thursday, October 21, 2010
4 Months!
Our little man is 4 months! I can't believe how much faster it seems to be going with our 2nd baby. Time seems to be flying, but I just love every minute with our little guy. I figure I should do a quick update on him since he is changing very quickly. I just took a few pictures of him the other day...
His stats:
He weighs 13.5 lbs, which puts him at 15% for weight. I honestly think the baby scale was way off. The Dr wasn't concerned at all by this. He says he looks very healthy and is very strong.
He is 25 inches long. Puts him at 42% for height. He is a long boy. He wears 6-9 month clothes right now... which are starting to get snug on his shoulders.
Timothy is very easy going. The only reason he ever fusses is to let me know he's hungry. Thats it. He loves it if you play with him. I touch his toes to his nose and he thinks its soooo funny! He's also very very ticklish... everywhere! I adore his laugh.
He's a roller now!
After he rolls he still needs to make sure we're in his sight.
After trying 5 different brands of pacifiers, he's decided to go with the free ones... his fingers. Go figure. He sure is cute while he sucks away on them. However, what am I going to do when he's too old to suck on them? I can't take them away!
Still full of smiles all the time!
Very expressive with his eyes. LOL!
He LOVES his sister! Sister loves him too (always wants to hold him). Aubri will tell you, if you ask what his name is, that its her baby brother Tiger. I try to tell her his name is Timothy but she tells me no, its Tiger. Oh well.
He is such a joy to our family. He adores being snuggled and played with and he has such a sweet disposition. I especially love that he's a mamas boy. I feel so blessed. :)
And we can't leave out Aubri. She loves when she sees her picture on my blog. When I was taking pictures of Timothy, she was begging me to take her picture with one of her dress up clip on earrings in. I thought it was so funny but such a pretty picture of her at the same time.
His stats:
He weighs 13.5 lbs, which puts him at 15% for weight. I honestly think the baby scale was way off. The Dr wasn't concerned at all by this. He says he looks very healthy and is very strong.
He is 25 inches long. Puts him at 42% for height. He is a long boy. He wears 6-9 month clothes right now... which are starting to get snug on his shoulders.
Timothy is very easy going. The only reason he ever fusses is to let me know he's hungry. Thats it. He loves it if you play with him. I touch his toes to his nose and he thinks its soooo funny! He's also very very ticklish... everywhere! I adore his laugh.
He's a roller now!
After he rolls he still needs to make sure we're in his sight.
After trying 5 different brands of pacifiers, he's decided to go with the free ones... his fingers. Go figure. He sure is cute while he sucks away on them. However, what am I going to do when he's too old to suck on them? I can't take them away!
Still full of smiles all the time!
Very expressive with his eyes. LOL!
He LOVES his sister! Sister loves him too (always wants to hold him). Aubri will tell you, if you ask what his name is, that its her baby brother Tiger. I try to tell her his name is Timothy but she tells me no, its Tiger. Oh well.
He is such a joy to our family. He adores being snuggled and played with and he has such a sweet disposition. I especially love that he's a mamas boy. I feel so blessed. :)
And we can't leave out Aubri. She loves when she sees her picture on my blog. When I was taking pictures of Timothy, she was begging me to take her picture with one of her dress up clip on earrings in. I thought it was so funny but such a pretty picture of her at the same time.
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