Beaver Lake 2010

A video of good times on Friends' Vaca 2010 at Beaver Lake... though Kirstin informed me "this isn't really a movie because it's just pictures - it doesn't move!" We're going to call it a movie anyway. She enjoys watching it well enough so I'm going to politely ignore her critique. =o)

Birthday Circus

Pics from Kirstin's birthday circus - what a day!! The weather didn't cooperate but we had a good time anyway - who knew you could have a circus in the garage?! Kirstin had a ball and we appreciate everyone who helped make it a special day for her!

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Kirstin Graduation

A video of Kirstin's preschool graduation - too cute!!

Jan-March 2010 (40 photos), by Melissa Ryan

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Chocolate

Today at Miss Jennifer's bridal shower Kirstin enjoyed her first taste
of chocolate from Andres, a Swiss chocolatier on the plaza. A thin
wafer cookie piled with a 'mountain' of chocolate mousse covered in
milk chocolate and drizzled with white chocolate detail. Heaven on a
plate... And it didn't last long!

naptime?

Nap time/quiet time didn't quite go as planned... The big one slept and the little one snuck books into her crib and played. Silly girls!











Wake up sister!

Cookie Party

12-18-09:  Our friends Morgan and Payton (and mommy's friend Kara) invited us to a cookie decorating party - such fun and the frosting was so yummy!  The girls had a great time decorating and playing; after decorating (and more than a few taste-tests of the cookies and frosting) they built a big fort behind the couch and made flashlight shapes on the walls. 


Thanks for the fun time, Kara!


Pictures

Family Pics

Here's pics from our family photo session in December, including Kaydence's 1 month pics.  We had a photographer come to our house to take the pics - we didn't have to go anywhere and we got some fun shots in our home, including Kaydence in the bassinet and the girls in Kirstin's room.  Enjoy!

Photo Session Pics

From the mouth of Kirstin...

At dinner tonight: "daddy there are three girls at our house and only one boy" ( as if he needs reminding) "you could be friends with one of my boy friends".
Doug playing along:"you have boyfriends?!"
Kirstin: "yes but I don't kiss them."

Well I guess that's a good thing but where did that come from?!

The first down dog of the year...

...as my yoga instructor joked this morning. Yay! I made it to yoga. Left three sleepyheads in bed (best place for them to be if I want to make it to yoga!) and braved the cold. Thank you Angela for the great workout. And final relaxation was a little bit of heaven for a new mommy. =o)

And even better, Kaydence slept through the night last night - 10 to 5:30ish. While I'm not holding out hope that that's going to repeat itself anytime soon I enjoyed every minute of sleep, only having to get up once to pump. =o)

So between a good night's sleep and a great workout this morning, I feel like superwoman... though I have a feeling superwoman is going to need a nap this afternoon.

happy new year!

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Doug's Bday

A few pics of Doug's birthday with his girls...  not quite the crazy bday celebration from days of old, but a good one none-the-less.

Doug Bday pics

Just a quick note...

As you might imagine time is a bit short around here what with keeping up with two little girls, but I did want to post a few pics...

The girls & Kaydence's 1st week...

Halloween is here!

Kirstin had her Halloween party at school yesterday - games, songs, and monster cupcakes - a good time all around.  She decorated the windows in her room with the Halloween window clings from her teachers - so we are officially festive and ready to go.  (She was happy to have decorations - she loves all the blow-up pumpkins, etc. in everyone's yards and thinks we need more decorations!)  And she is loving her Silvermist costume.  I hope tomorrow night is halfway nice for trick-or-treating!

Party Pics

Pumpkin Patch - Fieldtrip

Just wanting to share pics of Kirstin's fieldtrip to the pumpkin patch last Monday - it was a perfect fall day and the kiddos had a great time!

Pumpkin Patch Fieldtrip

Soccer Update - Season's Over

Today was our last soccer game for the season - luckily the weather was beautiful and Kirstin was quite into the game today (as opposed to the last couple where she was kind of in la-la land for much of the game).  She even scored a couple of goals again today!  And the game ended with a congratulatory tunnel, snacks, and a 'trophy'.  (A medal, but I have yet to convince her that is the right word - we're currently compromising on 'trophy-medal'.)  A trip to Sonic afterwards completed our soccer season.

Soccer Pics 

Pumpkin Guts

Kirstin to Daddy: "I'm not touching the pumpkin guts, you touch the pumpkin guts."  (maybe not a bad thing since she was adamant she was not changing out of her princess dress to carve a pumpkin... I'm not sure how well pumpkin guts come out of princess dresses.)  In the end she did help design the face and was brave enough to put the candle inside (being careful not to touch the guts).  They were quite proud of their jack-o-lantern.

Pumpkin Pics

In the end, Kirstin and Daddy did end up with a good-looking jack-o-lantern, and Doug and I are enjoying the roasted pumpkin seeds (our recipe selection is below from allrecipes.com - I recommend it!).

INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 tablespoons margarine, melted 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt

2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 2 cups raw whole pumpkin seeds

DIRECTIONS:

1.	Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
2.	Combine the margarine, salt, garlic salt, Worcestershire sauce and pumpkin seeds. Mix thoroughly and place in shallow baking dish.
3.	Bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

October Happenings...

This month just seems to be flying by...  here's a few updates.

Halloween costume update - on our trip to Target to purchase cat ears and a tail, Kirstin fell for a Silvermist costume (one of Tinkerbell's friends).  Though I'm oddly a little bit disappointed that we won't be creating the world's first flying colorful kitten costume, I have to admit having the costume ready and waiting is certainly nice...

Mom, Dad, and Matt were up for the races... the boys had a good time as always and Kirstin, Mom, and I hit the pumpkin patch and did some shopping.  I actually got a good portion of my baby shopping list complete thanks to mom helping keep Kirstin occupied in the stores (thank you!).

We got to see Christopher and Amber too as they were in and out on their way to their Cancun honeymoon (can't wait to see the pics!).

Last weekend was a busy one... Friends Thanksgiving get-together on Saturday (a good time as always - just check out the pics at the link below) and a baby shower on Sunday afternoon, hosted by Jennifer (Kirstin's teacher) complete with yummy eats, adorable pink stuff for baby girl Ryan, and girl talk with my favorite KC moms.  =o)

Friends Thanksgiving 


I think that gets us through today - pretty normal workweek for Doug and I.  Though I guess we did go check out the Toy Story 3D movie Wednesday night.  That was fun, though a supper of popcorn and nachos probably shouldn't happen too many times...  =o)

Halloween preview

We've been talking Halloween at our house...  and Kirstin has a very specific outfit in mind (though not what you'd probably expect!):

Mommy:  What do you want to be for Halloween this year?
[pause for the expected answer of 'a princess', more specifically, likely to be Aurora  (Sleeping Beauty)]
Kirstin: a kitty!
[pause for surprise and recovery - I can handle a kitty costume, what do I need other than ears and tail and makeup for whiskers?]
Mommy:  a kitty - that will be fun!  what color kitty?  a black kitty, or an orange kitty maybe?
Kirstin:  no, a colorful kitty.
Mommy: [still not getting it] oh, like a striped kitty or an orange and white tabby cat kitty?
Kirstin: no, a rainbow kitty.
[pause for determination on whether to laugh, quickly trying to figure out where this came from... she is completely serious]
Kirstin:  with wings; I want to fly.
Mommy:  so you want to be a flying rainbow colored kitty? that should be fun!
[hoping next time I ask this question the answer has changed - where in the world do you get a flying rainbow-colored cat costume?]

Though it turns out, she's sticking to this plan... now it's up to mom to be creative on the costume this year.  Should be interesting - now you can just wait for the pictures!

welcome baby leah!

Today we met baby Leah!  Bec, Corbin, and Caleb welcomed her yesterday and we couldn't wait to go visit.  Kirstin was smitten at first sight and really did a good job holding her.  If this any sign of things to come, little baby girl Ryan is going to get a lot of loving from her big sister!

Mommy, baby, Daddy, and big brother are all doing great... and Leah is just adorable!  At 6 lbs 9 oz and 18-inches, she's a tiny little thing... and her hair really is as dark and thick as it looks in the pictures!