Busy, Busy, Busy

We have busy the last few weeks. Bella started her swimming lessons, which she LOVES! She is doing very well in the class. I think she will pass to go on to the next level. She is talking about being a lifeguard when she gets older, and thinks is is super cool that Aunt Andi & Uncle Chris were lifeguards.

Tobin & I are going to a Born to Read class on Wednesday mornings. He LOVES it. It is a very interactive class. We sing songs & dance and read stories. I think he has a crush on one of the little girls.

Bella & I made zucchini bread. My brain is till trying to comprehend that she DOESN'T like zucchini bread. She didn't like the smell, she didn't like the taste, she really didn't like it.

Tobin's cousin Lakelyn giggles at him like he is the funniest thing ever. Every time she sees him she laughs at him. We all visions of them blaming each other for what ever mischief occurs.

Forrest turns 17 today.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY FORREST.

I am totally addicted to facebook.....arrrgghhhhh....farm town, quizzes, commentd, pictures...I love it all

Need a "Wee" Bit of a Laugh

Read this about Sophie

New Neice, Music, Time Management and the list goes on

First off: welcome to the family Kye'ana Nye Lakelyn-Marie Stott (that's her big brother Forrest holding her)



Second: Happy Birthday to Kaidyn



Third: Much to my excitement I as able to take a vinyl of children's songs from when TBN and I were little and a cassette tape from when Dubby was little and have them transferred to CD's. I have spent the last couple days getting the lyrics together for when I make copies for the family. The best was the vinyl, Barry Louis Polisar has a website that has all his lyrics and I could just copy and paste then. The album is called I Eat Kids & Other Songs for Rebellious Children. The Cassette I had transferred is call Bellybutton, by Heather Bishop. Big boos to her for making you pay to get her lyrics. Okay so the cassette wasn't a total wash on the lyrics. The cassette came with a copy of them, but was to large for me to just scan. Yes I am lazy and tried to take the easy way out, but I ended up typing them all in. Now all I have to is make CD copies for the family.

Fourth: Okay new mom's explain me this...how did you ever get anything done during the day with a new baby? I have been trying and trying and trying and...well you get the point. Just when I get something started or am right in the middle on something Tobin starts crying. He has been doing better this last week about laying down for a nap during the day (which is how I am getting this typed right now), so hopefully that will help. Any other tricks you can share?

Fifth: Woo Hoo! I get to spend the next six weeks with my fabulous niece Bella. Her daycare provider is going on maternity leave and TBN entrusted me with her daughter. This is exciting for a couple reasons: 1) Bella cracks me up and I love spending time with her 2) It let's me stay home a little longer with Tobin

Sixth: Okay so at some point I am going to have to get a job. We did our budget I really don't have to make to awful much on a weekly basis, so I looking for some part-time work. After some thought, it was decided I would need part-time of an evening so we would not have to pay for daycare. I am thinking about applying at the video store withing walking distance from our house.

Seventh (I told you the list goes on): I have decided to paint my own picture for my living room. With the completion of our basement and the rearrangement of the entertainment centers (love not having a TV in the living room), I have a blank wall. It's not a huge wall, it's a decent space between two windows, but it was covered up by the entertainment center so there was no need for art. I thought about it and have looked all over, but nothing was good enough or called to me enough or was just plain old too expensive if it did. So, for less then $20 I am going to paint my own picture. I will post a picture of the picture when it's completed.

I believe the list has been completed.

A Little Piece of Happiness

Happiness: Chris started a new schedule today, 7a-4p. This couldn't be more perfect with summer coming.

Happiness: Spending last Saturday with my family, even with a trip to the emergency room.

Happiness: This picture of my little man


And this picture of my nieces & nephew


Happiness: Watching Tobin try to figure out how to eat & suck his thumb at the same time

Happiness: Watching Chris & Tobin play together

Thing 1 and Thing 2....Maybe Thing 3

Thing 1:
We had another doctor's appointment today. So far, once again, so good. Everything seems to be progressing at a nice (and sometimes unnaturally fast) rate. Chris got to see Glo-Worm do a serious MMA kick to my belly this morning. I wish you could have seen his face. It was definately a "priceless" moment. Glo-Worm tends to be very still whenever anyone wants to watch or touch my belly (even me sometimes), so for Chris to see this was awesome.

There have been a few request for my pictures of my belly. I had some time today, but no one to take pictures for me...so here is a little video clip pf my belly:



I forgot to get a picture of this from our baby shower. My nephew Stephen made this for us from the play-doh:



Thing 2
Do you remember way back when, I wrote about the Pregnancy Journal The Best Friend got us? Well, anyhoo, it has been a great source of information for us. On of the things I like best is all the quotes in the book about having kids and parenting. Here are a couple of my favorites:

Never try to make your son or daughter another you; one is enough! - Arnold Glasow
Children are natural mimics - they act like their parents inspite of every attempt to teach them good mannner. - Anonymous
Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanagable - Plato
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. - Fred Astaire
I have found that the best way to give advise to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it. - Harry S. Truman
Whatever you are, be a good one. - Abraham Lincoln
A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
The thing about having a baby is that thereafter you have it. - Jena Kerr

Thing 3
I have really enjoyed reading a new blog. It is from a guy that used to work with Chris and is a ref at Andi's Roller Derby matches. I added a link to my sidebar, but if you get a chance to read...Andy Z & family are quite an entertaining read.

Baby Shower

We had the best time at our baby shower yesterday. The Blog Nazi, Andi, and Paula did such a great job putting it all togeher. We had yumminess to much on: mini cheese cakes, mini cinnamon rolls, brownies, cookies, mints and nuts. We got to spend lots of time with our family and friends.

Edit: I got to wear a tiara...

Here are some pictures:

Dubby's Graduation

I want to reiterate again...just how proud I am of my brother. Out of a class of 100-ish there were only 12 honour graduates and Jacob graduated 4th academically while still receiving expert on the fire range. Boonville is very lucky to have such a smart young man on their force.

Here are some pictures from his graduation today:

Have I Mentioned How Proud I Am of My Brother?

Jacob has been away all summer long at the Police Academy. I have always been very proud of him and very excited for him to be doing something he really wanted to do. He will be a great police office. He very solid and practical and super smart.

My little Dubby will graduating with honours this Friday. I knew he did well and was graduating with the honours...but had no idea how well he had done until I read this:

"Jacob is graduating with an honors certificate, one of 12 out of a class of well over 100. To get this you had to have an average score of at least 95% on all written tests and score an expert level on all practicals. To top that... he is graduating fourth in his class, earning extra recognition for "outstanding academic achievement"."

It made me cry (not that hard lately) with happiness that he had done so well.

Congratulations Dubby!

Glo-Worm and Birthday Party

We got some new pictures of Glo-Worm. i think my kid is pretty darn cute considering there are no real features yet...got a great black & white grainy profile. We went to the specialist this week. He did a pretty intense ultrasound and determined that Glo-Worm's right foot is slightly club footed. He said that there was nothing that we could have done to make this happen, nor could we have prevented it...pretty much luck of the DNA. The doctor was sure that it was very slight and nothing to be concerned about. He seemed to think Glo-Worm may have to wear some special shoes. We have a follow up appointment in September.

This past weekend was Sophia's 2nd Birthday. She is growing up so fast. Her birthday party was at the Boonville Spray park...it is a great place...all the kids got to run around in the water and on the play ground. There were cupcakes with Elmo on them and presents. Sophia spent a lot of time with her shopping cart and stuffed Elmo she received. We took Kaidyn with us and he would have stayed there all day if he could have.

We kinda forgot that Chris' birthday is this coming Monday (yeah tomorrow)so we have a busy but relaxing day ahead of us. We are going to spend the afternoon swimming at his dad's and then we are going out The Blog Nazi's for dinner with the family. My Uncle David is town from Iowa and it is always wonderful to see him.

Next weekend, Dubby graduates with Honours from the Police Academy. I am very excited about being able to. We are all so ver proud of him. He reminded me several times yesterday not to lose my ticket.

LA DI DA...

So...if any of you clicked on the link below to hear Tori sing and got an article on the Hydro Powered Car(which is pretty cool by the way)...oops sorry. I have fixed the link and if you click on it now you will go to the correct site.

Some fun stuff...

5 Reasons I Love Summer:
*It is finally warm
*Birthday Parties (we have lots of summer birthdays)
*Swimming
*Being able to open the windows
*AC for when it gets too hot

5 Reasons I Don't Like Summer:
*It's finally too hot
*Bugs (Especially the ones that like to sting or bite you)
*AC - it's almost always to cold
*Humidity
*Having to go to work on a really beautiful day

So no current updates on Glo-Worm yet. Our next doctors appointment is July 2nd, I will have more to tell you then. I am learning all sorts of stuff about being pregnant. I think the best book I have read is The Guys Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the First Year. I know this is a book Chris should be reading, but the guy that wrote it is so funny. I totally get his perspective of things. I am also reading What to Expect When You Are Expecting and While Waiting which has the ugliest baby ever on the front.

There is not a lot else going on right now. I had a great lunch with my mom last week. The Blog Nazi and her family will be home for good this week (which we are all very excited about.) The Blog Nazi and MC had their first wedding anniversary this week. My nephew Forrest just turned 16 years old. Soon he will be driving...YIKES! Chris has been riding his bike to work and we have saved a tremendous amount of money on gas. We went to the Roller Derby and Andi got sent to the penalty box 5 times...it was awesome. While we were there I got some great Keegan snuggles.

This was way fun...

Okay, I think that should about catch you up on our doings.

It has been a few days

I know, I know it has been at least 12days since my last blog. I have been a busy bee these last twelve days.

I did get my cleaning done that I spoke of last time. That Friday we had Isabella with us for the day. We had such a good time. She went to Chiropractor with me, then we went to McDonald's. When we got home she help Uncle Chris dig dirt while I cleaned. She helped Uncle Chris with lots of dirt. She was very excited about seeing a worm, but no amount of pleading would convince her to touch it.

As many of you know occasionally I work at Impulse at the front desk, plus I have been helping out at my Chiropractors office (my previous place of employment) doing some Data Entry. Their computer cashed about a month ago and before they could get all the info back in, the office manager broke her arm. That is where I am at today.

Last weekend we went to Andi's Roller Derby We had such a good time. I wasn't sure at all how this would play out. The first quarter everyone was a little hesitant to cheer (we didn't have a clue as to what we were cheering for.) The second quarter, everyone had a little more "Umph" in their cheer (we all had a better idea what we were cheering for.) The third quarter, everyone knew what to look for and the crowd was quite vocal. The Blog Nazi, mom and I sat in the Suicide Pit. So we were right on the floor (we had people in front of us to break the impact if a skater came flying at us.) The next day at work I told everyone they needed to go to the next match.

Officer Dubby

We are all so proud of my brother Jacob. He was sworn into the Boonville Police Department this past Thursday. We all got to be there to show support for him.

I think he is going to be great at his job!!!!!! Here are some more pics...

P.S. For the next few blogs look before this one...they are showing for an earlier date

Random Bits

First off, please keep your thoughts positive for my brother Jacob & my s-i-l Andi. Seems we may be getting another nephew sooner then we thought; Keegan.


Let's see what else. I got through my first week of training. My brain was spinning by Friday afternoon. In some ways I feel very much ahead of the curve as far as knowledge of Call Centers and how to talk on the phone. Learning their billing program....YIKES! There is a lot the learn and they have so many clients that you have to learn all their different requirements. Mind boggling.


Mom had her Open House at AHA! They sent out over 1,000 invitations....and had nightmares they would all show up. The office looked gorgeous and they had a fabulous turn out. They have been busy doing all sorts of marketing and starting a web page. I think they are even going to keep a blog on the website.



I was looking at my fridge and realized I had some great kid art that could be shared




The first one is from Kaidyn....have no idea
The second one if from Bella....I do believe this was a banana factory
...I love kids

One other tidbit....my pool team is in first place. Well, at least we were as of last Wednesday. I am so very excited. This is the first time we have been in first in a long time. I will let you know how we do. Little background. I have been playing on a pool league with my friend Paula since 1999 or 2000 maybe (somewhere around in there). I started off in 8-ball...not my forte. Then we moved to a 9-ball team...much more my level. We have always played for the fun and companionship, every now & again we do really good and end up in the playoffs and such. It really is a good time, I love my teammates.