What we have been up to..

Well it has been a very long time since I wrote a post so I thought I would do one about what we have been up to. Since I have been too busy to blog it seems. 

--We have been planting and watering our flowers...Kaylie is a very big help as you can see. We have lots of bunnies under our shed so my rose bushes took a big hit. Zach and I are trying to save them. 

--We have been to the library more, Grandma Boe should be so proud. Kaylie is really starting to like to sit and read books. We now all crawl up into our bed at night and read one or two books. She usually sits pretty still, but some times she likes to run around on the bed. (Which of course gets her into trouble) I am sure we will continue to visit the library more frequently; we have to at least go once more since we owe fines. (I know Mom, I am not use to due dates!)

--We took a trip down to Williamsburg and went shopping at the Outlet Mall. We found some great clothes for Kaylie, but who wouldn't at my favorite store Carter's. Mommy and Daddy didn't find anything for themselves so we made another stop at the Coral Ridge Mall. This was where Kaylie got her first experience with Build-a-Bear. 

-- We had a party for my seniors at work. Kaylie was a hit and of course loved all the extra attention. She was a little helper when it was time to get ready and she was great entertainment for the night. 

--Daddy had the day off one day so we ran some errands and Kaylie got to have her own smoothie. She of course didn't eat it all, but at least she didn't take all of ours either. :)

--We went to Wisconsin for my Aunt's 60th Surprise Birthday party. It was fun to have Kaylie play with all my cousin's kids. She also got to ride in this little John Deere Gator with her cousin. I am sure we will be getting one soon enough. She is quite the daredevil. 

--We have been going on lots of bike rides lately. She sits great in her bike trailer, but we are pretty sure she would rather be on her own bike. Too bad her legs aren't long enough (Daddy says she will be biking before she is 2, we will see!). We took our puppy swimming at Prairie Lakes one day, Kaylie of course wanted to go swimming too. 

--We have a new found love for balls, she loves to play ball whenever she sees one. She now can even say ball even though it sounds more like "baa".

--We got a water table from Walmart for Kaylie and we have gotten it out a much as we can. She is quite the fish and she will play in the water for hours if we let her. It was a great buy and it works nicely on hot days.

--We helped our cousin Luke celebrate his 1st birthday. We went to a park and played; we even went down the slide head first. Of course we thought that was lots of fun! We then enjoyed the great food and cake!

--We have been working very hard to get ready for our first Relay for Life. We have baked and made crafts. We have 15 days left and we are ready to experience our 1st Relay for Life. More about that after the 15th. 

--We have started to help mommy clean...she is a lot of help. :) Kaylie now has her own vacuum so she can help me more and more. 

--We got our new room cleaned out and we have the toys setup. She now will sit and play all by herself. She still loves her Little People, and she has a lot of them!

--We took our first camping trip last weekend and Kaylie did pretty good. We got a little cranky on Sunday, but it was because she was over tired. We decided to leave a day early, but mommy liked that better because I got caught up on some things like dishes and laundry.

We have had a very busy last few months and can't wait for what the summer will bring...should be a good one!

50 Things...

I came across a cute blog that was 101 things in 1001 days, but Zach and I talked and I don't think I can come up with that many items yet. I am going to try to do 50 things in 500 days, let's see how good I do.

Start Date: Saturday April 21, 2012

End Date: Tuesday September 3rd, 2013

1. Experiment with sidewalk chalk paint

2. Lose 20 more pounds (0/20)

3. End every night in prayer (0/500)

4. Buy a cute new swimsuit

5. Go camping with Kaylie and Zach

6. Finish Kaylie's 1st Scrapbook

7. Complete Kaylie's New Room

8. Organize all the photos on my computer

9. Go on a spontaneous, unplanned weekend with Zach and Kaylie

10. Go to Chicago with Zach & Kaylie

11. Build a sand castle with Kaylie

12. Make a new mom friend

13. Bake cookies with Kaylie

14. Play in the rain with Zach and Kaylie

15. Get a pedicure

16. Have regular movie nights

17. Do a girls day

18. Read a book fully

19. Pick a pumpkin with Kaylie

20. Take Kaylie to a BIG zoo

21. Go Tubing with friends

22. Buy veggies from the farmer's market and make dinner with them

23. Take Kaylie to the Aquarium

24. Get a tattoo in honor of Kaylie

25. Make homemade Ice Cream

26. Go on a romantic weekend gateway with Zach

27. Plan a family reunion

28. Take a photography workshop

29. Work on more graphics projects

30 Do another 5K walk

31. Complete our first Relay for Life

32. Take a Quickbooks/Accounting Class

33. Take Kaylie to her first waterpark

34. Read with Kaylie more

35. Make a wishlist on Amazon

36.Get $1,000 in our savings

37. Payoff the Durango

38. Clean out my cookbooks

39. Have another child

40. Be a home-owner

41. Pay off our debt to my parents

42. Go to an apple orchard

43.Go look at Fall leaves

44. Finish the Irish Fest Program

45. Make our own Christmas Traditions

46. Make 3 things from Pinterest (0/3)

47. Do a craft with Kaylie once a week for three months (0/12)

48. Host a dinner party 

49. Stop biting my nails 

50. See a New Movie starting with each letter of the alphapet

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Kaylie's 1st Birthday Party

I know I said I would put up pictures from her birthday the week after, but things have gotten crazy around her. We now have a toddler who is walking around every where. No more putting her down by toys and her staying. 

Birthday Girl & her buddy Luke

Kaylie had her birthday party the Sunday after her birthday March 25th because we had a wedding on Saturday. It started at 11 a.m. and we had it at my parents' house...thank goodness for great parents! Love ya Mom and Dad. Zach grilled pork loins, and we had fruit, potato salad, veggie pizza, baked beans, veggies & dip and of course cake & ice cream.

Our guests included:  Grandpa & Grandma Boe, Aunt Melissa, Uncle Dennis, Katelyn, Elizabeth & Luke, 

Thank you Susie Woodley for the great cake.

Yummy Cake

Uncle Pat, Mahoganii & Kaelan, Uncle Tom, Aunt Joedy, Cassidy, Kyle, & Cydney, Great-Grandma & Great-Grandpa Everman, Grandma & Grandpa Everman, Aunt Ashley & Ben, Uncle Chris, Aunt Jo & Uncle Andrew

Our Own Birthday Cake!

My New Big Pink Ball

We got lots of great gifts from everyone. We are definitely set for camping in May with a new lawn chair, new plate, cups & silverware, a new swimsuit & towel. We also got lots of new toys for the house, such as the Princess Little People, SUV Little People, Violet & new bath toys. We will also be very fashionable this summer with all the cute new clothes we got.  One gift that we have used a lot the last few weeks in the new bike trailer. We have taken about 3 bike rides a week in the last two weeks. It is great and Kaylie loves it. We even went to a near by park the other day and had a picnic; it was so nice to be able to store the picnic stuff in the trailer and go. 

Thank you for everyone that helped us celebrate Kaylie's birthday at her party or not! We love you all and our little girl is so blessed to have so many great people love her. 

Always Climbing

P.S. Here is a video of Kaylie walking, she has been walking pretty good for the last two weeks and we finally got it on video. Enjoy!

 

Happy 1st Birthday Kaylie!

Helping Daddy!

Our little girl is no longer a baby (although she will always be our baby) and is now a toddler...scary huh? I will do the quick updates today and then next week I will get her birthday party photos up. We are very excited for this party, to celebrate our wonderful daughter and to celebrate that we made it. It has been a wonderful, but as many other parents know that first year can be rough. It was an adjustment for both Zach and I, but Kaylie is a wonderful little girl and we couldn't ask for a better daughter!



Movement: Oh my god, this child can move! She is all over the place and she is getting more mobile day after day. She can officially stand on her own, but she only seems to do it when she has something in her hands. Not sure why, but we go with it. She has also officially taken her first steps, again she must have something in her hands. I guess she needs the security?!? I'm sure by next month she will be running around everywhere and making this mommy very tired :)

Eating: She is still a wonderful eater, only eating table food at our house and today she got to try table food at Daycare. She usually has breakfast of 4 oz. of formula and a breakfast bar, then has lunch with 4 oz. of formula, then a snack around 2 or 3 with 4 oz. of formula and then dinner with 4 oz of formula. At night we are still giving her a bottle, but she usually only eats about 2 oz and is out. I know I will start working on taking that away!


Teeth:We are happy to day that Kaylie is finally getting her first tooth!! We noticed two weeks ago when I was about to take her in to check her ears that she was cranky. We thought she got her ear infection back, but we have come to find out that she was getting a tooth. Pretty exciting!

Painting with Mommy

Sleep: She is sleeping great! Don't want to Jinx myself though. She usually goes to bed at about 8:30 p.m. but we are trying to push that up to 8:00 p.m. so she gets more sleep. She is a growing little girl that needs that sleep. If Kaylie hasn't napped really well on a day she will be put to sleep early at 7:30 p.m. We try not to do that too much because Daddy likes to have his time with his little girl. 

Voice: You can't understand much that she is saying but she is either talking, screaming (happy though), or singing. Her favorite times to sing are in the car or in church. She does get mad when they stop singing at church which is very funny. She loves to scream but it usually isn't a mad scream, right now it is her way of telling you she is happy or excited, and sometimes it is to tell you she is upset or needs help. She is starting to communicate with me at least. 

Climbing

Favorites: Her dog and my parents dog Rocky. If you ask her where they are she will sometimes point to them. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, I promise I don't let her watch much TV but when I need to get a shower in, it is my best bet. We have a few on our DVR and we have some DVDs now. She also will point at something if it has Mickey or Minnie. Climbing is another of her favorite things, you have to watch her very carefully.

Diapers/Clothes Size: Clothes she is wearing 12 mo. or 18 mo. shirts and 12 mo. pants. Diapers we are still in size 3 all the time. 

Nicknames: Pebbles (we can wear a pony tail now, but we look like Pebbles from the Flintstones), Bug-a-Boo, Miss Kaylie






This year has been a blessing with our little one in our lives. She keeps us moving and laughing all the time. I will posted photos from the party next week.