Dillicious Little Pickles

Christmas....finally a new post! ;)

2012-01-26T15:38:00.000-06:00

Sorry it has taken me so long to get this post up. It has been very crazy at our house, especially since there is only 1 month before little miss Payton arrives. Christmas was amazing this year (technically last year, LOL). My parents, sister, and all but one brother were here in Oklahoma to celebrate Christmas with us. We had a full/fun house. We went to a place called The Orre Family Farm to go see Santa. It was both Matthew and Kylie's first time to sit on Santa's lap. And, Matthew knew exactly what to do. It was pretty cute. As soon as Santa asked him what he would like for Christmas he told him right away that he wanted a bike! Kylie was a little more shy but she didn't cry (which took me by suprise). We had so much fun at the farm! We rode a carosel, a train, went down slides, drank some yummy hot chocolate, pet some farm animals, and the kids rode horses for the first time. Kylie was especially thrilled to ride the pony. Matthew chose the smallest horse, and of course, Kylie chose the biggest one. Kylie kept petting her pony and laughing. It was really sad when she had to get off though. I think we are going to have to put her in horse back riding lessons. She is IN LOVE with horses!!!! Anyways, we had a great time with my parents and siblings. It was sad to see them go but hopefully we will get to visit them again before next Christmas.

Matthew with Santa, loving every moment of the Orre Family Farm.

Kylie was mostly interested in Santa's beard. LOL

Matthew on his little pony. :)

Kylie having the time of her life on her big horsie. She has never smiled so big...ever. Although, she is not smiling in this picture, it was because she was talking to her horse.

Here is Christmas morning, unwrapping their presents from Santa (that is their new Kitchen in the backround).

Matthew got the bike asked Santa for, I guess he was a pretty good boy last year!

That was Christmas....not sure when the next post will be. It might be pictures of a new baby girl. I will try to get in some posts before then, but I'm not making any promises, hahaha. Matthew and Kylie are ready for their sister to come out and greet us (I know I am DEFINITELY ready for her to be here). They ask me at least once a day if "she is coming today". I love my little toddlers, they are growing up so fast. And, they are going to be very good with their new sibling. They both take turns taking care of Kylie's baby dolls. It is pretty amazing to watch. Matthew even tries to change the "baby's" diaper, and Kylie feeds them and puts them to bed, and takes them on walks to "the park (our kitchen)". They are such good kids. I thank Heavenly Father every day for the angels he has sent me. They give me such joy and happiness. I can't wait to add another sweet angel to our family.

Well November just flew by!!!!!

2011-11-28T18:34:00.000-06:00

Sorry I don't have any pictures.... :( But we had a lovely thanksgiving with friends and later, family. I also stayed in line for hours for black friday (or I should say black Thursday). It was a long, cold wait, but totally worth it. I saved us over $100.00 on Christmas presents for the kids.
And for those of you who do not know, we had our reveal party for our baby and my husband's twin sister's baby (she is five weeks behind me so we decided to have a double reveal party). So I am happy to say,

Precious is she and Oh So Sweet!
Tiny hands and adorable feet!

Christine and I are both having girls!!!!! We are super excited! Soooo sorry I don't have any pictures, I was too excited to take any. But, let me just say, I AM SUPER SHOCKED! I thought for SURE we were having a boy. So much so, that I already had a boy named all picked out. So now I am stuck. Girl names are SO hard for me to pick. I am sure we will find the perfect one for this little princess though. Until then, I am going to enjoy the constant kicks and playful nudges this little girl gives me for another three months or so. :-D

Happy really belated Halloween. LOL

2011-11-16T16:06:00.000-06:00

We had sooo much fun on Halloween! This was the kids first real trick or treating experience. We went family, and had a nice little group going. Kylie was Repunzel of course. I made her dress (if you remember my last post) and she wore it at our branch Halloween trunk or treat. She also got barbeque sauce all down the dress so I had to wash it. Unfortunately, the dress kinda fell apart. With no time to fix it, I ran to Target and actually found a Repunzel dress, AND IT WAS ON SALE!!! I was elated! Matthew decided he wanted to be Buzz Lightyear again, which saved me more money, so therefor, made me happy. :) We also carved a pumpkin for the first time. I let the kids pick out a stencil from disney characters. They chose goofy..... I carved goofy out and let the kids decorate the rest of the pumpkin with some disney stickers. We had tons of fun. And, the kids were so polite when we went from door to door. And, yes, I made them say, "Trick or Treat!" I realized nowadays, parents don't tell their kids to say it anymore. They just knock and shove their bags in your face (and often forget to say, "Thank You," as well). Well that is my shpeal for now. Hopefully I can get some good pics of my reveal party this weekend and blog about it next week. Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention that. My sister-in-law Christine, and I, are having a reveal party to reveal the gender of our babies. It is this weekend and we are SUPER excited!!! I will try to remember to blog about it, but......not making any promises. ;) LOL!!!

Fun in October!

2011-10-24T12:05:00.000-05:00

I am finally getting around to posting about Kylie's birthday party. It was a great success! There were probably over 25 people here. We did a craft, ate pizza, and lady bug cupcaks. And, of course, we opened presents (unfortunately I ran out of room on my camera so no present pics...sorry). Here she is just before the party in her party dress (thanks Shanilee for lending this to her, she looked beautiful). She was a little under the weather but a piece of candy cheered her up right away. :)

They didn't have any lady bug birthday banners at the store so I made one especially for Kylie. It was fun! The whole thing said, "Happy Birthday Kylie."

A nice cheesy smile with candy in her mouth...hahahaha, she cracks me up!

This was the lady bug craft we did that I found online. It was sooo much fun, and a perfect thing to do considering the weather (it was raining cats and dogs outside during the entire party).

Kylie twirling with a balloon and waiting for guests to show up. ;)

Finally digging into her cupcake...yum!

These were the cupcakes I made with my friend Shanilee. The lady bugs are actually Snackwell cookies dipped in frosting. With Mini M&Ms for the dots. The leaves they are sitting on are actually rolled out green gum drops. We had soo much fun making them!

CLOSE UP! That is about all the pictures I had for her party. The rest of the pictures are the Halloween costumes I made for Kylie and I.

I made this dress for Kylie since ALL of the Repunzel dresses were either sold out or too expensive. Since Kylie has the perfect hair for Repunzel, I was determined that she was going to be her for halloween. I made the dress in one day (without a pattern). It turned out WAY better than I thought it would. I also got a little creative and made her sleeves from an old pair of Kylie's pantyhose.

This shirt I made for myself. Since I am 21 weeks pregnant, and definitely showing I decided not to really dress up and just wear a cute t-shirt. My sister-in-law Christine emailed me a really cut t-shirt for Halloween but it would have cost me $30.00 to have. I thought, "I am not going to spend that much on a shirt I only plan on wearing once" Soooo, once again I had to get creative. I was going to paint the design on a black t-shirt I had, but realized I had no paint...nor money to buy paint. And, thanks to an AMAZING website called, "Pinterest," I was able to find another way to put the design on my shirt. I first got a white colored pencil and drew the design, and then, just got a paint brush, some bleach water, and painted the design on the shirt. And this is how it turned out!......

I have to say, it came out better than I expected and it came out cuter than I expected. Oh how I love crafts!

Sorry it's been sooooo long!!

2011-10-06T10:57:00.000-05:00

So much has happened with our family, so sorry to have kept you all in the dark. First off, we bought a new house!!! This is the front (I might post more pix of the house some other time). It is three bedrooms and two bathrooms. So much more roomier then the duplex. That place was just getting smaller by the minute. ;) That white Ford Expedition in the driveway is also a new edition to our family. We LOVE it!!!

And if you are wondering what this is.... It's the first meal I cooked in our new house. A made-from-scratch pepperoni and cheese pizza. YUM!!!!!

We also got some brand new leather furniture to match our brand new home. And, yes our house is literally brand new! We are the first people to occupy it, in fact they finished building it and doing last minute touches the day before we closed on the house. It's been a major blessing!!!!

And, Nathan finished school at Metro tech last month and is now working at Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Oklahoma. I am soooo proud of him! He has sacrificed so much for our family. And it's all paying off! Unfortunately he still isn't getting any sleep because he is working full time at both Tinker and Kimray (his old job), so that we can get rid of as much debt as possible before...............

DILL BABY NUMBER 3 ARRIVES!!!!! That's right, that just happened! I am about 19 weeks along today and the baby will be here around March 3rd, 2012. We still don't know the gender but will find out soon enough. :) This pregnancy has been the worst pregnancy so far. All through the first trimester and partially through the second, I was super sick with morning sickness (more like all day sickness). I couldn't even keep water down. I eventually had to get some prescribed antinausia medication. Now I am feeling great though. I am not on the medication any more and don't really feel sick (unless I eat too fast or eat too much). And, that my friends, is why I have been away so many months. All is well now and hopefully I will be better at blogging in the future. Oh, and my little Kylie just turned 2 last Sunday and we are throwing a ladybug themed birthday party for her. Hopefully I can remember to take some video and pics so I can blog about it.....Until then, I hope you enjoyed the blog. :)

Bragging Rights!!!:)

2011-06-21T22:57:00.000-05:00

I have been extremely cranky the past two days (I blame it ALL on PMSing). I hate how yucky I feel inside when it's almost "that time of the month." But, I finaly have some time to myself. And, while all day today and yesterday I have been barking at my sweet children and exhausted husband, I find myself filling up with pride because of my family. I feel the need to brag about this amazing blessing of mine that I have been givin of which I call my beloved family.
  I first need to brag about my AMAZING husband. Unfortunately, I complain a lot about how unromantic he is. But, there is more a merriage and to a best friend then romance. He is the best friend I have ever had. He sacrifices all his time to make our lives better. And even though he only gets on average, about, 30 hours of sleep a week. And, he works and goes to school, he still finds time to spend with his children (and me). He is extremely tender hearted and LOVES us very much. He always makes me feel beautiful by telling me so every day. And last but not least...He has the strongest testimony of Christ and His church I have ever seen. And his love for his Savior is undescribable! I love my husband so, so much.
  Now on to my first born.... First off, while he (Matthew Bruce Dill) is not perfect. I must brag that he is the BEST and Most well bahaved toddler I have ever seen! Yes he does have toddler moments. But, they are few and far between. He is also potty trained and I am so proud of him. It only took about a week. I have also to brag about how smart he is for a 3 year old. He knows allof ABC's, Mmost of his 123's , all of his basic colors, shapes, most of his lower case letters, can dress and undress himself. He also knows many, many songs. He was also the only one in the Nursery who knew who Jesus is (when he first went to Nursery). He also knows all his basic animals and knows lots of tropical animals (like his favorite, the Scarlet Macaw). On top of being really smart, he has an AMAZING imagination and he also has the best sense of humor and keeps us all rolling from laughter. I love my little bubba sooo much.
  Now to my youngest...my little princess. Although she is amost the complete opposite of her brother, they are best friends and she could not live without her big bro. She is shy but in a beautifuly misterious way. I love how serious she can get and yet if you look at her in a certain way, she falls over laughing. She aso has such big heart. Every time I cough, sneeze, or make some unknown noise to her, she never fails to ask right away, "You okay Mommy?" And she is genuinly concerned (most of the time). She is also my shaddow all day (until Daddy comes home, then it's hard to seperate them). I have, on many occasions, had to scold both Ky-Ky and Nathan bacause they were spending to much time together and Daddy has to sleep (LOL, it's heart breaking to see both their faces). I so love my gentle little bundle of joy!
So, I think that's enough bragging. Just had to do it. It was a LONG post and hopefully you got through it without being too bored. TTYL.......NDD is out, Goodnight.

To a deserving father....

2011-06-16T14:42:00.000-05:00

I know it's not Fathers Day yet but before I forget, I wanted to blog about my husband (who is an Amazing Dad).

On May 1st, 2008 you became a Father!

You brought home a beautiful baby son.

And, seventeen months later, came your gorgous daughter.

Wasn't easy, but I said, "We aren't done..."

Money's stretched really thin, and you NEVER sleep!

I know right now it's not easy,

But to make things better is to keep

On making us laugh, by being cheezy.

To your son, you are his loving hero.

And to your daughter, her best friend.

One thing is for curtain, you're no zero.

Your children have your love, which won't bend!

Yet you are not only an amazing father

to our children young Matthew and Kylie.

You are a super hero and what other?

A most perfect, outstanding, handsome, strong, prayerful DADDY!

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Matthew......His Dad was so proud of him!!!.

2011-06-16T13:58:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure if this video will work because I sent it from my phone. But Matthew is having soooo much fun on this this and he laughed so hard the entire time!!!!

I know I'm a slacker! :)

2011-06-13T10:34:00.000-05:00

It's been a couple of months so I have some catching up to do. I had a picture of Kylie at her first gymnasics class but I accidently deleted it (since I'm blogging from my phone, I can't add the pic. back in unless I publish a different post :( ). Anyways, My little Kylie is growing up quite fast, and loves to do thing by herself....

Here she decided to get into to he tub by herself LOL. Another event I failed to blog about is Easter!!! Itwas basically the kids first Easter (where they kind of knew what was going on). Here are some pics....

It was also Matthews 3rd Birthday!!!!. My big handsome boy.:) We had a fun little party with just family (we even Skyped my parents so the could "be" there too). I also made a Thomas the Tank Engine out of cupcakes for his Birthday cake. Oh, and we also figured out te "potty training" thing. A LOT more has happened these past two months but I simply do not have time. I hope this is enough for now. :>\ Until next time readers.... Have a good month of June!

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Potty training woes and What to do with that hair?

2011-04-08T12:52:00.000-05:00

Sooo, Matthew has been showing ALL the signs that he is ready to potty train. He stays dry through the night and through nap times, he occasionally asks to go on the potty, and he tells me to change his diaper EVERY time he poops and sometimes when right after he pees. So, Yesterday I decided it was time to switch from diapers to pull ups. But, to him, it's just a cool diaper that has buzz lightyear on them. And, when I just gave up and made him go naked all day, he went to the potty EVERY time without fail (that includes pooping), and I didn't have to ask him once! I figured, he pee on the floor once and then I explain to him what to do...no explanation necessary, he figured it out on his own and we were "accident" free all day. So, I thought well maybe he just thinks pull ups are diapers and I should try putting underpants on him....Well that DIDN'T work!!!! I can't just let him run around naked all time can I? How do I get him to go when he has clothes on? Any advise?????.......

Now on to my little princess. Growing up most of you know I was a tomboy and as a result, I never did my hair in any sort of way, except wild and tangled. Well now I have this beautiful girly girl who loves everything, well...girly. She likes me to do her hair "pretty" but All I know how to do is pig tails, pony tails, and I can do a little bit of braiding. What do I do with all that gorgous hair? Does anyone know of any creative way do girls hair? I would LOVE some advise!!!

Meet our soon to be new house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-04-04T23:00:00.000-05:00

Here is the link....I will try and take pix and blog it later. :) SOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!http://denver.okcmetrohomefinder.com/homes/12358461/OK/Moore/805-N-Morgan-Dr-73160/.

Hoping for a better weekend....

2011-03-30T13:25:00.000-05:00

With all that's been going on, I forgot to blog about last weekend. Most of you know that Nathan's twin sister and two children were in a bad car accident while they were visiting in Oklahoma from Nebraska. For those of you who don't know, she and the kids miraculously walked away from a TERRIBLE crash. Her car lost control on a dirt road, flipped over, and as she tried to free herself and her children, the car was on fire (something you only hear/see on movies). Luckily the worst injury out of all of them was her son having a jammed thumb. But, after that (which was on a friday), our weekend kind of got worse. You see, a few weeks ago I purchased some tickets to go to the circus (none of us have ever been). We were going to go last Saturday afternoon. But we were in Stillwater visiting Nathans family after that aweful event friday evening. So we didn't leave Stillwater until 10 min. before 1:00. Which meant we didn't get into the City until 2:00 (which is when one of the three shows on Sat. started). I didn't care about being a few minutes late. But, Nathan is all about punctuallity so he wanted to go at the 7:30 pm show. The only problem with that is it's 30 min. before the kids bedtime. Soooo, we went. Here are some pix of the elephants.......

About 10 minutes after arriving, both children were SUPER cranky and as a result so were Nathan and I. After being there 30 minutes he wanted to leave. But I wasn't about waste $20.00 for 30 minutes of whining children (that includes Nathan LOL). So we stayed the ENTIRE 2 1/2 hours!!!! And I enjoyed almost the entire thing. The kids finally stopped whining towards the end it was a fantastic show. Maybe next time someone will listen to me and we will go in the afternoon, regardless if we are late. Ha ha ha. I do love my husband immensly, it was just one of those weekends when nothing was working. And on top of it this is how behind I am with the house chores......

......that's a TRUCK load of laundry that needs to be folded and put away....better get to it I guess, cause it's not going to fold itself. And, hey, at least I FINALLY finished the 4 loads of dishes! One big accomplishment down, a few more to go. So I am going to tackle that laundry with full blast music and dancing hips. ;)

A little bit o F.Y.I.

2011-03-28T16:31:00.001-05:00

Just a little blog on what is going on in the Dill house hold...

as you know Nathan and I have been married four wonderful years. The last year has been hard but so worth the sacrifice. For those of you who do not know, Nathan has been going to school for almost 13 months to be an Aronautic Maintainance Technician (AMT or Air plane mechanic). He has a little over 5 months to go. What has been so hard, is he works nights; Sunday night to Saturday morning (8pm-7am), then he goes to school; Monday through Friday (8am-2pm). Which, gives him roughly 5 hours of sleep a day. Regardless ...we don't see him much (20 min. a day at the most except Sunday at church, which I only see him during Sacrament meeting because they just put me in the Nursery). So, yes it's been hard. But, like I said, so worth it!!! With his new career, most starting positions start at $25hr. Which is more than he makes now.........
So, there might be some changes in housing in the near future! Nathan has been a real trooper through this aweful schedule. And regardless of how exhausted he is, he still finds time to be with his children and have conversations with me. He loves his family and is very patient with us (especially on days when the house is a wreck and the kids are unusually loud). I love my Nathan bacon (he hates when I call him that he says it doesn't rhyme lol) with all my heart. He is my best friend and the best father our kids could ask for. He makes me laugh constantly and loves me even when we annoy eachother......
Now on to Matthew. He is a really good toddler who does what I ask 90% of the time. He does not test me much, of which I am extremely thankful for. He is definitely a joy in our household. He LOVES trains, plains, and Toy Story. He also LOVES to sing and sometimes wakes up singing. :) He is turning 3, May 1st. My how time flies. He loves his Daddy and Mommy and Sister. He constantly looks out for her and loves to share with her (unless she tries to play with his trains, that's when the fights break out, LOL)....

Speaking of his sister, Kylie is growing up sooo fast. She is talking a lot for her age. She LOVES shoes and pretty much anything girly. But she doesn't mind getting dirty either. :) She LOVES LOVE LOVES her Daddy and has him wrapped around her little finger. She is also very stubborn and is the one who likes to test me, but overall she is very sweet and loves to cuddle. She absolutely loves her big brother and loves her "Mimi" (that's what she calls me). She also LOVES slides and running and CLIMBING. She climbs on everything. She is also a big joy in our family. I just love both my kids little personalities.

As for me, I am taking a little break on having children and concentration on the munchkins I have now. I am also focusing on my artistic talents and learning more about sewing. I am still working on illustrations for the childrens book my aunt and uncle wrote. And, that's about all I can think about. Hope you enjoyed my little schpeal. :)

Lots to blog about

2011-03-20T22:09:00.001-05:00

To start off, I had an AMAZING weekend!! Nathan and I have never had such a fun time in our lives. We also have never laughed so hard before. :) We started the weekend by dropping the kids off at Granny's in Stillwater (where they had a blast by the way). That was Thursday. Then on Friday morning Nathan got home from work and went to sleep, and I went to get my hair cut. It turned out super CUTE! Then we went shopping for Nathan so he could look good for dinner. LOL We then got all dressed up and went to Mickey Mantel's in bricktown. It was amazing!!! Although we did spend over $100 on dinner, it was worth it to spoil ourselves for once (in my case it was the first time I allowed myself to spoil us). Then I reserved a night at a cute B&B where I suprised Nathan with a special order of sparkling grape juice and chocolate cover strawberries. It was crazy romantic and we loved it. On Saturday the B&B brought us breakfast in bed which was delicious. Then we checked out and went to Celebration Station for a few hours. And that was an adventure in itself. LOL The Lord was definitely looking out for us that day. We decided to ride go karts most of the day. And, the first ride of the karts, we were in line with a bunch of 12 year old girls. One happened to be the birthday girl. This girl was TERRIBLE at go karting and my guess is this was her first time. Because she couldn't even get up the hill until the workers told her to push down on the green peddle (the gas hahahaha). Well after this incident, things weren't so funny. Oh and I should tell you that we were going to ride with this group in a double passenger go kart because all of the singles were taken. Well, at the get go, our go kart kept dying, and then the worker tried one last time to start it up and the starter cord broke. Which meant we couldn't ride and had to wait in line for the next go around.

Well, the birthday girl kept running into other go karts and into the side railings...so the workers had to stop the race early and asked all of the girls to park their karts. Well the "birthday girl" still wasn't understanding the workers and thought she could go another lap while the others parked. She was the last one to come into the lane and was going pretty fast, and the workers were screaming for her to slow down but she panicked and hit the gas instead of the break and she hit a curb going FULL speed. So to make this long story shorter, the workers had to call the ambulance because she had really bad whip lash and couldn't move her toes. :( So Nathan and I had to wait a half hour before they opened up the go karts again. Besides that fiasco, we had the time of our lives this past weekend!!!

Now on to the rest of this blog....and that's weight loss!!! So, to start I will confess that the first picture of this blog is of me at my heaviest. Right after having my daughter Kylie, I weighed a whopping 198 lbs!!! Two weeks later I lost a lot of water weight 20+ pounds or so. So, that put me at about 175 lbs. Well, I weighed that much for about a year because I can't lose weight when I breastfeed (trust me I tried). As soon as I cut down on breastfeeding and Kylie started eating solids (around nine months), I started to workout, didn't lose anyweight though because as I said before, I was breastfeeding. In the pix of my sister and I, it was last June and I still weighed 175. I also started working out right after this trip. As soon as Kylie turned 1 year old, I quit breastfeeding, and worked out like a mad women (average of 4 hours a day). In three months I lost 30 pounds. Then, life got crazy and I stopped. But, my motabalism is back to normal and I lost an additional 15 lbs on my own without working out. So, I can now say that I went from a size 16/17 to a size...................................................

....................................................................SIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tada!!!! Who is that hott mama? Oh that's me! YAY!!!! It's about time, it only took me 2 1/2 years!!!! LOL Sorry if I sound arogant or egotistical, but I have never acheived such an awesome goal. I just about never stay focused enough to acheive something like this. So, yeah I am a little bit proud of myself. And, for the first time EVER I actually feel attractive and pretty. That has never happened. Well, I am finished being totally honest and personal. And, sorry it was so long but I couldn't leave out all those details. :)

Happy St. Patty's!!!!

2011-03-17T09:45:00.001-05:00

I LOVE St. Patricks Day! And not because it's a catholic made up holiday, but because this is the day (four years ago) that My husband and I were sealed/married for time and eternity. And, it has been the BEST four years of my life!!! It was not an easy road getting to the temple but my incredible husband got me there. If it wasn't for him, and Heavenly Father of course :), I would be in a dark place I'm sure. And after we were married I received some bitter comments from people I thought were my friends. One in particular called me "stupid" and that within a year of being married I would be miserable and know I had made a huge mistake (she said this behind my back of course). Well all I can say is, four years later and I am the happiest I have ever been. With an extremely loving husband and the most beautiful two children. So who is the ignoramious now? Definitely not me! I made the best dicision EVER!!! And not choosing Nathan would have been stupid and a mistake. It's been awesome and I wouldn't change a thing.
Anyways, on to the fun part. For the past three wedding anniversaries, Nathan has planned (and they all were super awesome and romantic). I was also pregnant for the first two anniversaries and breast feeding the last one. So, this time since I am neither prego or have a baby latched on to me Nathan asked me if I wanted to plan it this year. I totally excepted the "challenge" LOL and have the most awesome weekend planned. Hopefully I will remember to blog about it. So, I will hopefully be writing on Monday and will HOPEFULLY give you a report of the fun we had. Until then, Happy St. Patrick's Day, wear lots and lots of green, and have a LUCKY Day Laddies and Larses. :)!!!!

What a week!!

2011-02-23T22:07:00.000-06:00

It was such a crazy week!!!!! It all started with my son tugging on both ears February 13 and took him to the doctors on Valentines Day and the whole week he kept spiking a fever (coencidentally it spiked every time I gave him his medication). But he finally stopped spiking a fever this past Sunday. During all this, my sister in-law was staying at my house with her 4 month old while my brother was out of town for military stuff. I also babysat my 3 year old brother in-law over night because my fathr in-law had to get a colonoscopy.... well the next night I babysat my four month old nephew the next night. By this time it was Saturday morning (my brother got home finally and picked up his son). Along with not sleeping all week, I had a baptism of a family member to go to and had to make refreshments and write a talk for said baptism. On top of which I had to clean my wrecked house! Plus I received a new calling in my ward. So my week was exhausting, but there was some good things that came out of it. :) Oh and the picture is of Kylie and I at the grocery store havong a good time. Isn't she cute? :)

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Living the warm weather in Oklahoma

2011-02-17T15:24:00.000-06:00

With the weather being so amazing my kids finally got to play outside almost all day! Look how happy thay are. I am so ready for this warm sunshine to stick around. I also noticed how much happier my kids and myself are with this warmth. Can you tell that I despise cold weather? LOL I don't mind the snow, but it doesn't have to bring -4 degree weather. I also have a picture of what I did for Nathan for Valentines Day. This was waiting for him when he got home for school. He didn't expect this at all. :) I made him a plate of his favorite cookies (peanut butter). And the pictures of the kids and the baby is Matthew and Kylie playing with their cousin Isaac (Seth's son) and his toy. They love their little cousin! :)

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I finally figured out how to blog from my new smart phone! YAY!!!

2011-02-11T11:44:00.000-06:00

Well this might be a little bit crazy post. I finally figured out how to blog from my phone but it posts my pictures all out of order and i don't know how to move them around. So I will have to just tell you whatv each picture is and you can figure out what I'm talking about. LOL! First, the pics of the kids is us playing in the freezing cold weather/snow after that crazy OK blizzard. It was also Kylie's first snow. And the picture of Kylie's feet is to show that she has learned how to put her shoes on all by herself. She may have put them on backwards but it's progress. :) I think putting boot on is hard and she was smart enough to figure it out, I am constantly amazed by my little ones. :) And I am sure you've noticed my illustrations by now.... well this is the first page out of 17 or more pages to come, of a childrens book I am illustrating which my Aunt Michelle and Uncle Joel wrote. They wrote this book about 9 years ago and asked me then if I wanted to illustrate. I said "yesL but never got around to it because...well...I was in high school and was too "busy." And now that I have children I read the book again and realized I WOULD LOVE this book for my kids, so I decided to rfinally finish this project I said I would do. I would write what the words of the book but It's not published yet and I don't think my uncle and aunt would appreciate me doing so. Anyways, that's what's been going on so far in the Dill household. :) Well I just realized it didn't post the pic of Kylie's shoe...sorry. It must have been too big to post oh well. hahaT

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Lots o pix!

2010-11-27T16:59:00.006-06:00

Some cute black and white photos

Waiting in the hospital after Kylie's arm was hurt. But it's good as new now. :)
Thanksgiving Day!!!
Kylie's 1st birthday and other pictures of the kids. See how much they've grown!!!!!
Pix in some new clothes. FUN I love new clothes!

And here is a fun video of the kids....just a random video.

Before and After

2010-09-30T17:36:00.013-05:00

Well after a summer of killing myself, I finally have results. I started working out in June, every night for 3 hours after the kids went to sleep. And I have AWESOME results. So...... here are BEFORE pictures!!! From the back.....PROFILE........

ANOTHER PROFILE........

FRONTAL :)..........

ANDDDDD.........AFTER!!!!!!! Over the summer I lost a total of 20 lbs!!! And Over the year I have lost a total of 40 lbs!!!!! Thanks to my Wii, The Wii Fit game, and The Wii Biggest Loser game, and of course the most AWESOME husband ever who said all the right things while I was losing the weight and he was very modivational (the right way not the insulting way...lol), I lost the weight fairly quickly and it was enjoyable the whole time. Also, I am wearing clothes I haven't worn since before I was pregnant with Matthew! Now I only have 20 more lbs to go to get to my weight from when Nathan and I got married... I am super excited that I am almost there, and I already feel great at where I am today! So if I don't lose the last 20 it won't be the end of the world I will still be happy.

"Oh fair New Mexico"

2010-05-19T20:00:00.005-05:00

Well it is sunny, hot, and beautiful here in New Mexico...no pix of it yet but thats ok I have a week and a half to get some. From what I hear, I am missing some crazy storms in Oklahoma. Phewy, I love thunderstorms, although it's a love/hate relationship. I love them but am scared of them at the same time. I want to see a tornado but from FAR away! Anyways, life is pretty good right now. Eventhough I am still doing the same chores and things I do at home, I am still having a good time. I think the only difference is I won't let myself feel guilty for watching tv and being online all day. It's super nice! I found also that me being more relaxed makes Matthew a much better toddler to be around (something I need to remember when I get home). That's all I have for now.... so here are some pictures of us enjoying the trip.

Update from April til Now!!!

2010-05-17T14:37:00.011-05:00

I am in New Mexico on vacation right now and since my parents have internet, I can actually BLOG!!!! Yay!!! So here is a SUPER LONG update. I have pix from my Utah trip for General Conferenc, pix for Kylie, Matthew's Birthday, and a new hobby of mine. I am in New Mexico because my baby sister Kathleen is graduating this Saturday and I suprised her with visit. I will be here for two weeks, and hopefuly, I will have more updates while I am here. :) Soooo, shall we?

This is the view of Salt Lake City, Utah..... lots of Mountains and snow. It was breathtakeingly beautiful!!!

More beauty

Even more beauty.... Oh I was in heaven. We had so much fun

This is the view from the doorstep of where we were staying (Kylie, Matthew, and I).

We went to "The Aquarium," while we were there also and they had some neat things I've never seen up close before... like this sting ray (we were allowed to pet it... I didn't, got a little grossed out).

We also saw some penguins, these were Matthews favorite, he loved watching them dive in and out of the water.

We also saw "Nemo," the clown fish, "Finding Nemo" isn't one of Matthew's favorite movies so he didn't know who I was talking about, but....

He still enjoyed them1 :) He just kept saying, "pish pish pish" (that's how he says fish, hehe)

And, the highlight of the trip...... General Conference!!! I sat super close, and I almost didn't get to go at all, it was trully a miracle! I'll tell you why. My father in-law (Gary), sister in-law (Karri), her husband (Jared) and I , were going to go to the Saturday morning session. The night before, we learned that Gary forgot to get tickets for us from his bishop, so no tickets, but he said we'll just wait in the stand-by line for ticket. So, the next morning, we went to stand in line, but to astonishment there was no line. We asked the person in charge of the stand by line and he told us, "For the first time ever we have decided to cancel the stand by line because some people did not have the right spirit and were being irreverent." "Great!" We thought, "now what?" I was still suprisingly optimistic. I mean I was in Utah for the first time and Temple Square for the first time, so I was going to enjoy it dang it! Well, Karri and Jared took of sprinting down Temple Square asking everyone in sight for tickets. Meanwhile, I went to the visitor center to look around and soak in everything, I mean, I was still SUPER excited to be where I was (General Conference or not). Suddenly, I felt my phone vibrate. It was Karri, she told me that Jared and her said a little prayer and instantly found some women that gave them a ticket. Well, it doesn't end there. I felt sad that I was the only one going in but at the same time I was the only one out of our group that has never been. So, I dashed in and took my seat on the second floor balcony, right in the middle. I started talking to a really nice lady next to me and she wanted to hear my story (why I was by myself, etc.). After I told her, she said, "Well, my husband has a seat for the floor seating and wants to sit with us, so do you want his ticket? WHAT?!?!!! So, I said, "YES" immediately and dashed downstairs and, now I had an EXTREMELY close seat. And, to top it off, this session I went to seamed to be all about motherhood! I could not ask for a more awesome experience!!!!

And, here was my view....

M.O.T.A.B.! Another Awesome experience, they also sang my favorite childrens hymn, "He Sent His Son!!!!!!" IT COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT!!!

Motab, part of the 70, and the twelve appostles...

And, of course, I couldn't leave out the ridiculous and crazy protestors. This guy was pretty funny (and when I say funny, I mean CCRRAZY).

SLC Temple, it was absolutely beautiful. It's a lot smaller in person, I didn't expect that. I also didn't know there were constallations engraved on the temple, pretty neat.

Angel Moroni....

Proof I was there, lol! Here is the sign.

Here are some pix of Kyli....my beautiful baby girl :)

WHOA, close up!

Ah, that's better. Oh, she's so cute.

This is her first bite of solid food at six months old (She is eight months old now if you were wondering.... I knew you were, hehe).

Yay, bathtime. She loves, loves bathtime;)

And, now on to Matthew's 2nd birthday which was May 1st. We threw him a "Toy Story" theme party. Because, he just looovvvvves "uzz-ight-ear" (Buzz Lightyear). Not one bakery in town had a Toy Story cake, so I improvised. I did the best I could (my little brother Seth helped with the face). Here is a made from scratch, Buzz, cake.

"Pin the badge on the character," game. The kids had so much fun with this game, they didn't want to stop!

Now time for PRESENTS!!! He loved everything he got!

He was so excited he wouldn't sit still, so sorry about the blurry pictures. LOL!

This is what mommy and daddy got him (it will be great for Halloween also).

And, now for my new hobby..... Fruit Bouques! I tried it for the first time at a Sentsy Party I threw a few months ago. A friend of mine asked me to do this for a party she was throwing for her sisters graduation. So, I did 3 different arrangements, and I think they came out great (even better then the first time I attempted it). Those are black grapes by the way, not olives:)

It looks delicious.

Yummy, I am getting hungry now. Oh, and those are melon balls in the vase.

Top views....

And that's that.

Well I hope you enjoyed that extremely long post, and hopefully I will be able to blog again soon. Take care everyone, I am going to relax now, CAUSE I'M ON VACATION!!! LOL!

Zoo trip

2010-03-13T17:23:00.004-06:00

Well we went to the zoo today and had so much fun. We stayed for a full three hours. The only bad part was Nathan losing his hoody :( But besides that it was super fun. And Nathan was in a really funny mood. He drove all the way to the zoo with four wheeler goggles on. I had a video to posy with it but it wouldn't upload sorry. Here are some pics though.

Here are the goggles I was talking about.

This was in the new Children's Zoo they just opened yesterday.

They had this tiny teepee that was the perfect size for Matthew.

And, here is Nathan showin off on the Red Rider wagon. Some random kids watching got a kick out this.

That's all of the pictures I have. But we really had some good family quality time. Which I am trying to take advantage of until Nathan starts school.

Super long post coming up........

2010-03-09T09:50:00.008-06:00

So so sorry, I am really bad at this. I made a New Years resolution that I would blog every other week. I guess that one has gone out the window. I also made other resolutions though that are going really well. Like read my scriptures every night, pray every night, start my geneology, lose four to eight pounds, learn to sew, start and finish an art project, and love myself. I know it's a lot but I have already accomplished tons and it's only March! I have read my scriptures and prayed every night diligently. I have started the ball rolling on geneology. I have lost about ten pounds and I think as a result of all these things combined I have learned to love myself. I also have finished my first sewing project, which wasn't as disasterious as I thought it would be. the only thing left for me is the art project...we'll see how that goes.

As for other news, for those that do not know.... Nathan is starting his Aviation mechanics courses on the 22 of March. The course is 18 months long, and he will be doing that full time, long with working 40+ hours a week. So I will only be seeing him at church on Sunday's. Hopefully the time will fly by like I hope it will, and I will be trying my hardest to keep as busy as possible. Well now on with the show, here are some pictures of what has been going on since December.... Here we are on the way to a date! It was fun!

...Matthew shootin some hoops! Slam dunk!

cheezy milk mustache grin

Kylie.... anyone want to guess on who she looks like... cause I'd like to know.

mister cool found his pockets...haha

Uncle Nick came for a visit... and yes he was on the computer almost the whole time. Kylie seemed to like the computer though.

This is an edible craft I found online. It's Kyro corn syrup and food coloring. Matthew loved it!

Delicious.

Here is Mattew trying to catch a snowflake:)

It was kind of his first snow... he had a blast!

This is my nephew look (my brother Micheals' son.... if you know Mike this is a spittin image of him).

His daughter Emily and my neice... don't you just love that bedhead?

Matthew and Emily together, they are only a month apart.

Well that's all folks... hope you enjoyed!

It's been way, way too long!

2009-12-31T13:54:00.015-06:00

Well....Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year!!!!!! I know it's been FOREVER, but I have been extremely busy. Now that the holidays are pretty much over, I finally have time to sit down and blog. So...here it goes. I have tons of pics a tons to talk about. First off this first pic. is my homemade apple cinnamon pie, from scratch that I made for our first Thanksgiving feast (we went to to dinners by the way).

This is Nathan for some yummy turkey....not sure what he's doing here....

Granny's oh so delicious homemade rolls these always go first.
....mmmmmmm....turkey..........
.........and all the fixins :)
So that was November, and now comes December and all its glory. Ev

en though Nathan and I are going on three years of marriage, this is actually the first time we really got to celebrate together with our kids. So I am trying to start some of our own family traditions. First we made some sugar cookies (trains of course...that is Matthew's favorite).

Matthew had lots of fun and definately enjoyed these cookies. We made a huge mess and had great laughs.

Kylie sittin up and watching. She has grown so much. She laughs and is super ticklish (gets that from her mama).

Well after making sugar cookies, I had to put the traditions aside and focus on our ward Christmas activity. My calling in the ward is assistant ward activities director. I felt we needed to bring the spirit of Christmas to our ward (especially since our wards were combined)....so I decided to bring Bethlehem to Midwest City. And our Activities director decided to give the whole activity plan and conducting to me. Well, with an 18 month old and a 2 month old, that is a rather hard task to perform...but I succeeded (with LOTS of help from my visiting teachers and friends from our playgroup, Nathan and his Dad). Still, I was way stressed out, I wanted to pull my hair out (all 14 inches or so). Yes, it had been almost TWO whole years since cutting sheers had touched my long long hair. So, having the most awesome husband ever, he told me to go cut it off. And so, FOUR hours and EIGHT inches later.... this is what happened.

Don't you just LOVE LOVE LOVE it? Cause I do!!!!!!!!!!! And just a quick cute story about my hair cute adventure......I decided to donate my thick mop to "Locks of Love." Well it took my hairdresser three rubber bands to bind my long thick, rope of hair. After she did so, she set it on the counter to donate later...well another hairdresser walked by and just screamed and then started laughing histerically and asked her what happened. She pointed at my ponytale on the counter and said through laughs and giggles, "I thought it was a dead squirrel on your counter." I was a little embarrassed but at the situation but at the same time thrilled that, that dead squirrel was off my head. Moving on.... so the activity I planned for our ward was "A Night in Bethlehem." Basically we made the gym into a market place and had everyone buy there food with fake money and sit on the floor to eat (because there was no room in the inn). After everyone ate, we had a live nativity (so that it felt like you were present at Christ's birth). 15 years or so ago my ward in New Mexico did this activity and it was so spiritual and awesome, I had to do it again the first chance I got. I didn't get enough pictures (I was too busy), but Nathan snapped these of us setting up the gym and stage for everything. Oh, and to make it more realistic, everyone dressed up in biblical attire, and we ate some "Jewish" and biblical type food.... Here are a couple booths for the market and a palm tree....

setting up the stage and manger...........

I was very glad when the activities were over so I could consentrate on my family.

Here is our first Christmas tree with our many gifts to give eachother.

And, the best gift ever...... A WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!! I think it was my first white Christmas but I could be wrong. This is the only one I remember though.

Midwest City got a good 14 inches or so....

It got much higher than this

This is a Christmas tradition my mother did every Christmas morning....Cinnamon Toast and homemade hot chocolate...YUMMMMMM OOOO!!!!! (We were too excited as kids to eat more than this, smart thinkin mom :)

Here is Matthew opening his presents...he got trains, planes, and......a motorcyle.

Kylie chillin out and watching us make a mess of the living room.

Some of my gifts, a movie, Ross gift card, mixing bowls, a cutting board....and the most important...a SEWING MACHINE (of course I did not get a picture of it...sorry).

And the rest are of Matthew being cute and happy! Hope you enjoy.

The Blog You've All Been Waiting for....

2009-11-09T15:37:00.007-06:00

Here she is folks!!!! Kylie Eloysa Dill was born on October 2, 2009 at 3:30 in the afternoon. She weighed a huge 6 pounds and 8 ounces...I know, I have tiny babies (definately not complaining since I got her out in two pushes)! We are very excited to have her here finally. Sorry It has taken me so long to announce her home coming but I have been busy and tired.

Well, I downloaded these next pictures out of order but whatever, I don't have time to fix it....This is the most recent picture of Kylie holding her head up already...kind of. She is about five weeks in this picture......

.....here is my lady in red...this skirt is soooo cute (thanks Christine)....

Here is November 1st when Kylie was blessed, Granny Fisher made the dress for her, it's so beautiful (doesn't she look great in purple).....

And here is her first halloween, she was a kitten but I think the costume kind of looked like a skunk after I put it on her. LOL!!! Oh well......

.....and last but not least, I couldn't leave Matthew out, here is his Halloween costume. If you can't tell, he is a dalmation puppy. He was super cute. We had a blast and Matthew couldn't get enough candy. Well that's all I have time for folks. I will try to post again soon but I'm not making any promises...enjoy.

Short and sweet

2009-09-25T19:25:00.002-05:00

Just to let everyone know.... I am going to be induced in one week!!!!!! Yay, little Kylie will be joining us soon. I am about 38 weeks along and feel miserable as usual, but only a few more days.

BELATED post

2009-08-17T15:54:00.002-05:00

This post is a week late but at least I am getting it done. Last week was Nathan's 31st Birthday, and since we are pressed for money I had to get creative. First, I sent him on a scavenger hunt in the house. I had 31 clues for him and inside every clue was a heart, and on that heart was a reason I loved him. While he was doing this, Matthew and I went to Little Ceasars and picked up some pizza and a Mountain Dew (both his favorite).... and met Nathan at the park across the street from our house (which is where the last clue led him). I had a picnic table set up with wine glasses (for the Mountain Dew), table cloth, place mats, and napkins. And waiting for him there besides us and the pizza was this picture of Matthew and I we took at Boomer Lake while visiting Stillwater for the weekend (thanks James for distracting Nathan while we took this, and thank you Shawnee for taking the picture and printing it out, and thank you Dina for helping me touch up the photo). We had an awesome time and Nathan loved every part of it. Happy very Belated Birthday Nathan and Christine. :)

July Post!

2009-07-20T11:05:00.006-05:00

I know it has been WAY to long since my last post but there has been a LOT going on....so I am going to post from July 4th to this past weekend!

Here is Matthew LOVING his new ($5.00) pool. Such a sweet smile he had a "blast splashin around."

Here we are celebratin Independence day in our RED, WHITE, AND BLUE. I Love dressing up for the fourth, and I even got Nathan to play along (isn't he cute).

We also invited our good friends the Choates to have a traditional 4th of July barbeque. Thanks Calista, Jason and Kaylena for making the day sooo fun (even with the crazy storm that came out of nowhere).

Matthew and Kaylena posing for us, they kind of had a hard time cooperating but they were really cute.

After the storm passed, we risked walking to Regional Park to catch the fireworks show....it was awesome and Matthew actually loved it....this was the best picture I could get.

The weekend after the fourth, Nathan had free tickets to three Redhawk baseball games. It was also Matthews first baseball game (and mine I think). It was HOT!!!!!!!!! But really fun at the same time.

Matthew and I posing with the Redhawk mascot. (Thank goodness Matthew didn't get scared).

While at the Friday night baseball game, we received free tickets to go see the National Wakeboarding Competition. It was sooo HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I only lasted about twenty minutes and begged Nathan for us to leave.....

....and of course as we are leaving the competitors finally started to do some wicked awesome tricks, unfortunately this is the best picture I could get... the boat. Later that afternoon Nathan and his dad went to the noon baseball game, then we had dinner, and Nathan and I went to the last game that night (just the two of us). It was exhausting but a lot of fun.

The weekend following the baseball games (which was this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday), we had a little family reunion and the first thing we did was go to the Oklahoma City Zoo on Friday (the admission was FREE, how sweet is that?). I couldn't help but take this picture of the deer (he is squating and taking a leak hahahahaha, well I thought it was funny)...............the bison ....

....the bear.....

..... last but not least, Emmy trying to get into the fish tank, she is so cute. They had some crazy looking fish in that tank.

That is all the pictures I had but a lot more happened last weekend (being pregnant I kept forgetting to take pictures). After the zoo, we went to Teds Escondido in Edmond (it was delicious as usual). The day after the zoo we went to WhiteWater Bay and had a wonderfu time getting wet....and sunburned (it did not matter how much sunscreen we slathered on, most of us got burned somehow). After WhiteWater, we went to Pizza Shuttle in Norman and had some awesome pizza. We also celebrated my 25th birthday, Nathans family TOTALLY suprised me which is hard to do I can usually catch on when something sneaky is going on. I think this is the first time I have ever been genuinly and completely suprised. We had cake and a lot of fun. Sunday we relaxed, had a good dinner/lunch, and said our goodbyes. So far it has been a FANTASTIC month of July!

2009-06-21T16:17:00.006-05:00

Well Happy Fathers Day to all you dads out there! Especially to my Dad and my husband Nathan. Today was a super fun and great Fathers Day . It started out with letting Nathan sleep in while I made him a scrumptious breakfast which included: eggs, peppered bacon, orange juice and yogurt with fresh blueberries and strawberries. I also gave him and awesome home-made card that had our children's signatures.... which meant that I picked a name for a little girl, and I decided to go with his preferred name. So, her name will be: Kylie Eloysa Dill, he likes that name and Eloysa is my Grandmothers name. And, the gift he received from us was a briefcase for church, which was much needed! Now, he just had an early dinner and is taking a well deserved nap. A great way to end an awesome day for an awesome dad.

Memorial weekend at Michigan...best Vacation ever

2009-05-27T13:08:00.010-05:00

Well we had the funnest vacation ever at Michigan....we left Oklahoma early on Friday morning and stayed until early Tuesday morning. We jam packed a weks worth of fun in only a few days. At the end we were exhausted, but it was worth it. I would definately love to go back to that beautiful state again. Here are tons of pictures and a video of our awesome vacation (The people that we shared this vacation with was Bruce Dill (Granpa Dill), Gary B. Dill (the Dad), Nola, Nathan, Matthew, Chrisine, Emmi, and Sterling Wallace, James and Shawnee Scifres, Josh and Dina Wray, Brayden Dill, and myself ).

I know this is kind of a silly picture of Matthew but I just wanted to capture how green and pretty the grass is in MichiganThese are "lillies of the valley" they are beautiful, smell devine, and grow like weeds there...

Sterling, Matthew, and Nathan wrestling at Granpa Dills in Holt, Michigan....

Emmi and Matthew having the time of their lives

This is a cute little village near Traverse City that we shopped and walked around at...it was sooo much fun! Here is Granpa Dill with Nathan, Josh, Emmi, and Matthew....Look at those redheads.

The guys giving us girls a break and carrying the kiddos...this was nice.

This is a picture of the lake we hung out at near the village....the next few pics are of us at this same lake.
Christine and Emmi lovin the sand.....

Cute picture of Brayden.....playing in the sand

Emmi being cute as usual....I love her hair in this picture.

Sterling playing in the sand....

Matthew loving the rocks....

Nathan and Matthew bonding, Nathan was trying to teach him how to skip rocks.

Josh and Dina......they are so cute, I had other cute pictures of them, but no time to post.

Shawnee and James....awe they make a cute couple

After visiting the village we went to another part of Lake Michigan and this picture doesn't give it justice, but there was a very steep hill that decended all the way to the lake....James, Josh, and Christine went all the way to the bottom...so Shawnee and I decided to join them when they got to the bottom. 3/4ths of the way down Christine talked Shawnee and I out of going down the whole way and we were super glad we didn't go all the way, because the climb up was INSANE...but a great work out at the same time. I still feel the burn in my calves today.

This is the video where James, Josh, Dina, Nathan, and Christine jumped into the FREEZING, Lake Michigan! I also happened to get Christine losing her class ring in the lake (what I didn't capture is all of them staying in the lake for an additional ten minutes, looking for the ring).

First birthday and MORE!!!!

2009-05-13T15:24:00.007-05:00

Well, sorry this post took so long, I've been a little busy. Oh and Happy belated Mothers Day to all you awesome moms! The only pictures I have of Matthews first birthday is his haircut and first push toy (I forgot to bring the camera to Stillwater where Matthew had his first cake and LOTS more presents...sorry). ....so here it goes, hope you enjoy.

Here are the before shots of his long locks, front.....

.............and back.....................

After shots

Front...........................

..................and Back! ( I guess he looks like a little boy now, because since we cut his hair there has not been one mistake of someone thinking he is a girl)

Matthews push toy birthday present from Grandpa Dill and Nola.

And now the moment everyone has been waiting for (at least those I haven't told yet)! DRUMROLL ................................. The Dill's would proudly like to introduce to the world...their new baby GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here is the proof.

profile pic.

This photo shot was pretty neat...I think we are going to have a future Olympic diver in the family. It's hard to make out but she is positioned in a somersault with her hands behind her knees, legs against the face, and toes pointed. We couldn't stop laughing at this talented pose. Well there you have it...I would write more but Nathan is anxious to get on the computer so until next time, enjoy this blog.

Matthew is FINALLY WALKING!!!!!!!!!

2009-04-30T19:46:00.003-05:00

Matthew has finally taken his first steps on his own and here is a little clip to prove (he did it just in time for his first birthday...which is tomorrow). We plan on cutting his hair for the first time, and having the traditional chocolate cake eating. Oh this video is a little late, he has been walking (without our motivation) since Sunday!!!Yay!!!!

Long time, no write

2009-04-06T21:22:00.002-05:00

Sorry for the months of no blogging....Tiredness and fatigue has been my constant companion lately. Much has happened, for starters, Nathan and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary! It was very very nice. And, hopefully next year I won't be pregnant for once. Secondly, Matthew has almost started walking and on May first he will be ONE! He also finally broke teeth (two bottom teeth to be exact). We are excited for Easter to come and we thoroughly enjoyed General Conference yesterday. Well that is all for now, I know it's short, but it's late and I don't have any pictures... and I don't like posting long blogs without pics. So, until next time.....Laterz

2009-02-09T14:00:00.002-06:00

Well, things have been a little hectic around here, which is why it has been so long since I blogged....Sorry. First off, we finally moved into our duplex...its really cute, I would have taken pictures of it but our little Matthew got a hold of our camera and broke the shutter. Luckily, I did get some important pictures taken before the camera was ruined (we are going to take it in to get fixed by the way). This first picture is the pic I sent in to Regis and Kelly Live Most Beautiful Baby Contest! There are a LOT of entries, hopefully he will win.

And on to another adventure....Getting Matthew on a sleep pattern so he will sleep through the night. The only way to accomplish that is to have him cry himself to sleep....Lately, however, this is how we find him when he finally stops crying. LOL Bless his heart...Oh and that is his upper lip hanging over the crib bumber. Hehehehehe

And this last picture I am not going to explain....hopefully you can figure out for yourself what this "stick" means.

Well that's all the craziness I can come up with for now, we'll see what next week brings the Dill family.

2009-01-28T13:04:00.004-06:00

"Walkin' in a Winter Wonder Land...."

Oklahoma finally saw a glimpse of winter this month.

And Matthew got to see "snow" for the first time (it was really ice but he doesn't know the difference, it's white and different and that is all that matters).

(This is a tree right outside our apartment, I thought it looked pretty cool)

My mountain Man :)

I had to let him feel that coldness (don't worry he wasn't touching it for that long)...this kid definately loves the outdoors, he loved every minute outside in the bitter cold.

Proof that he was extatic

Let's climb a tree......

And this is Matthew saying, "Man, I LOVE this. Let's stay out here forever!"

Well, he didn't say that out loud but he was definately thinking it. He really did enjoy this beautiful day. I am so blessed to have such an awesome baby who loves everything and is so full of life...I am also very thankful for this touch of WINTER we had, it was a lot of fun. Looking at the beauty of the ice and snow makes you WONDER, how can there not be a GOD? I thank him so much for all he has given us especially for the beauty of the Earth/LAND!

What a Weekend

2009-01-20T09:23:00.008-06:00

Lots happened this past weekend...I took a ton of pictures and it was hard to choose only a select few (if my internet was running better/faster I would add all of them). It started with my twin brother Nick coming home from Iraq for a couple of weeks (then he returns for four more months), as a result my brothers and I all got together to hang out like we used to (wich is somewhat rare). It was extremely fun, I forget how funny my brothers are when they all get together. Another event that happened is my sister in-law Shawnee, her husband James, Nathan and I all got together on Sunday to celebrate their mothers birthday. Shawnee made a delicious spaghetti pie (it was awesome), and I made a 3D Hershey Kiss Cake (pics below). We had a lot of fun this weekend and made many new AWESOME memories...NOW ON TO THE PICTURES!!!!......

My three military brothers all standing at attention....neat.

Mikes WHOLE family....they don't have a picture of the whole family since their new addition, Emily so I gathered them up and snapped this nice family photo for them.

Seth and Bethany, and their "family".......(smoochie, smoochie)

.....and the little one on the way, for those wondering, they are having a girl in March and I think they are naming her Atison (I might be way off though).

A nice picture of three of my brothers (my two other brothers are in New Mexico and Nevada).

I LOVE THESE PICTURES OF OUR LITTLE DILL FAMILY!!!!!!!!!!!!

The infamous Dill family pose....KISS KISS (Dill sandwich).

Aren't we SOOOOOOOOO cute! (Thank you Seth for taking these for us)

NOW ON TO THE CAKE....AREN'T YOU EXCITED?!

Matthew got to lick the batter, And boy did he love it!

This is an arial view of my cake, I used four different cake pans with different sizes.....

.....then I stacked them up, shaped them with a serraded knife and frosted.....

.....Tada, Hershey Kiss CAke...and that's not all, what's a Hershey Kiss without the paper and foil?...........

And ThE FinIshEd ProDuCt!!!!!!!!!!!!

It was a lot of fun making this and even more fun eating it....hope you enjoyed this little treat of a post :)

My poor sick child

2009-01-15T09:11:00.005-06:00

I don't know how mothers with more than one child can handle sick children. Matthew has been really sick this past week (videos and pictures below to prove it) and with that has come no sleep for either of us. He kept me up many nights so far crying non stop and all I could do is rock him back and forth, it is exhausting. Now that I have taken him to the doctor and found out that he has a really bad ear infection (of which he showed no signs of whatsoever....tough little guy) and bad congestion and drainage, it got me thinking. What on earth am I going to do when I have more than one. There is no way I will have the energy to not only take care of a sick baby, but run after a toddler too. This scares me....if there are any mothers with more than one child, and has been through the sick child and toddler deal please...I could use some advise or reassurance that it is possible. I am not complaining, I think Matthew has been a REALLY good baby considering how much pain he has been in. I am just saying, I am the type of person that can't function AT ALL without enough sleep. This I might have to say was harder than labor and delivery. LOL (All I can do is laugh at this point right)!!! But, if you are concerned, Matthew is doing great (the antibiotic is kicking his illnesses booty), he is actually sleeping, eating, and drinking fluids now that his throat and ear doesn't hurt as much. Of course now I have the crappy bug, but I think my defenses are a little better than his so I will be ok (thanks for reading this incredibly LONG entry as a reward here are some pics and a couple of videos).

He has ooze coming out of every hole on his face.....EWE, But he can still pull it off (even with the lazy eye). Oh how he makes me laugh.

This is what a baby with an ear infection and sickness looks and sounds like.....and who does he call for when he is sick (not mama like you would think, right, dada is the winner...really I am. Once he got tired of playing with daddy, he came straight to me)

(And I know I have Buggs Bunny teeth at the end of this video...who cares it is supposed to be about Matthew anyways :)

Cuddling with my baby.....I love him soooo much! I wish I could take the sickness away and give it to me (Oh wait that did happen LOL). And, I know he is shirtless but he had a high fever, better safe than sorry, right.

My Little sister is not a baby anymore!

2009-01-12T12:44:00.007-06:00

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY KATHLEEN!

Well My sister Kathleen was born on this day eighteen years ago and is now legally an adult. And this blog entry is dedicated to her eighteen beautiful years of her life on this earth. Welcome to adulthood little sis!

(I accidentally put these pictures in backwards....they are supposed to be youngest to oldest)

Isn't she cute? And here are eighteen reasons I love my sister....

1. The way she never judges anyone and will befriend anyone.

2. Her laughter (she loves life and will laugh at any situation).

3. The way she is the glue to our big family

4. Her smile.

5. How she is shy and outgoing at the same time (I had no idea that could happen)

6. Her many talents she possesses...drawing, guitar, singing, etc.

7. Her sense of style.

8. Her love for her family.

9. Her undying faith.

10. Her determination.

11. How she loves her nieces and nephews.

12. Her beauty (outside and in).

13. The awesome example she is.

14. Her clumsiness.

15. The bubbly personality that always puts me in a better mood (The bubblines is contagious).

16. Her dedication to friends, family, and church.

17. Her view on the world (she sees things in a different way).

and last but not least...

18. Her positivity, she sees the good in any or every situation.

I love you Kathleen, Captain Nini, and Pooders. You make me want to be a better person.

FOUR.....

2009-01-06T13:38:00.004-06:00

This is kind of fun, I hope you enjoy....

4 random things I like about my huband:

1.His ears.
2.The way he tries to make me laugh.
3.When he puts my name in every song.
4.How organized and neat he is, I never have to pick up after him.

4 Jobs I have had:

1.Accurate Environmental
2.Big Lots
3.Grace Living Center
4.The Market (OSU)

4 Movies I have watched more than once:

1.Pride and Prejudice (with Keira Knightly)
2.Every Harry Potter movie
3.The Little Mermaid (favorite Disney movie)
4.Batman: The Dark Night (AWESOME!)

4 TV shows I watch:

1.The Biggest Loser
2.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
3.NCIS
4.The Office and Scrubs are a tie.

4 People who email me regularly:

1.My mom
2.My Sister (do facebook pokes count?)
3.My twin brother
4.My sister-in-law

4 of my favorite foods:

1.Pizza
2.Oatmeal Cream Pies
3.Fruit
4.Cheese

4 Places I would like to visit:

1. Ireland
2. Italy and Greece are a tie.
3. Many tropical Islands
4. Australia

4 Things I am looking forward to this year:

1. My second wedding anniversary/St. Patricks Day.
2. My sons first birthday
3. Turning 25
4. Maybe getting pregnant again.

4 People to tag

1. My sister Kathleen
2. Coty
3. Aubrey
4. My Dad (so he can finally post something new)

Merry Christmas

2008-12-25T12:05:00.008-06:00

Here are some pictures of Matthew's first Christmas. Some pics are from my Uncle Josh's Christmas Eve party and some are of Christmas morning. And, I took all the pictures with my new camera (thanks to my twin brother Nick and my Dad for picking out my camera). So...here it goes.

He pulled up on this toy all on his own...my little guy is getting so big!

Matthew and Papa on Christmas morning...he loves the paper....

..with his cousin enjoying his first football...my little athlete...

All of his gifts from Nana, Papa, Uncle Jake, and Aunt Maho...

Matthew's first Christmas...He is soooo CUTE!!!!!

Matthew with his Great-Grandparents...Grandma and Grandpa Elicio

Matthew with Nanna Welliver.....

Some of my family...My sister Kathleen, my brother Eric and my Mom and Dad...,

And Matthew with one of his cousins, this is Keona, his oldest cousin who is six years old.

I made it!

2008-12-20T20:31:00.002-06:00

Well Matthew and I finally made it to New Mexico on Thursday afternoon. So far we have had a blast! Today we went shopping for Christmas with my mom and my sister...it was so fun coming back to where I grew up and running into old friends. I am so excited for the rest of the two weeks I'm going to be here. I will try to keep up to date on the blogs of this vacation. The only thing I have to complain about is not having my husband here to share this awesome experience (and it is or first Christmas with Matthew :( and he can't be here). I already miss him terribly (pathetic huh). Well I will see him soon enough, hopefully the next blog will have some pictures.

Never ending snot and fevers:(

2008-12-08T11:46:00.002-06:00

Well last week us three Dills were sick and Matthew had his first emergency visit when his temp. hit 103.8 . Poor little guy, he got the worst of it I think. He was up all night last night with a temp again, but I had better control this time and we started him on an antibiotic today. So, naturally, I am exhausted right now. But, the good news is next week Matthew and I are heading to New Mexico for two weeks and my twin said he was sending us a camera for Christmas (so I won't have to take crappy pictures with my phone). So that's all folks (for now).

UPDATE

2008-12-01T12:03:00.003-06:00

Well, a lot has been going on in our little Dill family. Pictures will have to come later....for starters I hope everyone had a very happy Thankgiving! And as for Halloween, Matthew was a huge, overstuffed pumpkin. Nathan and I were farmers of course:) For Thanksgiving we had an awesome feast at Granny Fishers. During all this commotionMatthew has started to kind of crawl, yay! He doesn't get very far but it's a start, and before I know it I'm going to be baby proofing the place. Oh, and soon our lease is up and we can move (we tried to move earlier but were unsuccessful). That's it for now I will try to update more in the future, no promises though.

Crappiest week ever...just glad I'm alive

2008-10-21T11:34:00.003-05:00

Well some of you have heard...Nathan and I were robbed last Friday. What makes the week worse is the same day our apartment was robbed, our electricity was turned off due to miscommunication. So the blog I wanted to post will never happen because our computer was stolen along with all of our pictures. But on the bright side, we are alive and unharmed. So what is the next Dill adventure....? Moving again, yay (I say that wiyh all the sarcasm in the world)! I will try to post a more positive blog next week maybe i can capture Matthew saying "Dadda" (He learned that word yesterday).

My little Dill-weed is growing....!

2008-10-08T19:48:00.005-05:00

I know this picture is a "nude" picture but who doesn't have a picture of there child in the bath.....He was so cute and having so much fun that I couldn't resist. That, and it proves that I keep my tub clean ;)

Matthew's first attempt at feeding himself and his first solids, yay, another milestone!!!!!!!!

I took this picture when I was visiting Stillwater for my brother Seth's wedding! It could not be a more perfect day (for Oklahoma that is), the temperature was cool and there was NO wind...it was such a perfect fall day.

Ta dah!!! I made banana bread for the first time and it came out AWESOME if I do say so myself :) I even put my own twist on it and put a cinnamon/brown sugar strussel on top...it was so scrumptious.

Cuteness in its finest

2008-09-17T17:03:00.008-05:00

Hey everyone, sorry it's been a while but, to update....Nathan got the job, yay!!!! He is working at a place called Kimray, it is an oil company and he works in machining. Anyways, I have some cute pictures of Matthew and a couple of videos...sorry if the videos suck, I filmed him with my phone and people have been asking to see videos of him (Dina and Mom) and this is the best I could do, hope you enjoy.

Quircks

2008-09-10T15:00:00.003-05:00

just got tagged in my first tag ever! This makes me so happy... so here goes:
THE RULES:
1. link the person who tagged you
2. post the rules
3. tell 6 unspectacular quirks of yours

4. tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them. . .

1. I CAN'T stand it if my someone pushes down on the tips of my fingernails, my mother used to do this to me and Matthew will do it occasionally.

2. I hate when people interupt songs that I like, I'm very passionate about my music and I don't like it being interupted, so if someone is talking to me while a good song is on I WILL ignore that person until the song is over.

3. If someone is erasing something off the board they MUST erase EVERYTHING, it drives me crazy if someone leaves a speck on the board.

4. I have been told that I have a strange obsession with cheese. I guess I do LOVE the stuff.

5. Nathan figured out a quirk of mine...he figured out that by stroking my hair I instantly stop talking...he has used this technique at night when I won't shut-up.

6. The last quirk I can think of is....I really, really, cannot handle when someone sings Christmas carols in the summer or out of season... so please don't do it around me it's irritating.

well those are some of my quirks...and I choose to tag...Nola, Kathleen, Shawnee, Cheri, Annie, and Even (I doubt he will though he doesn't have a blog post yet but I couldn't think of anyone else).

Interview

2008-09-02T17:39:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone not a lot has happened with Matthew and I, but Nathan had a job interview. So, hopefully he will have a job soon. Next time we will have pictures. So till next time.....

yay I got pics!!!!!!!!!

2008-08-17T20:43:00.010-05:00

I have tons of photos for you readers so enjoy! I love when he is concentrating...he tried so hard to take those buttons off the remote...bless his little heart....he failed.

Matthew sitting with Dad...and having a good ol time.

He was staring at the phone/camera with his mouth watering...I think he wanted to eat the cell phone.

Grabbing at his toys for the first time :)

Look at those big eyes (they are blue but you can't tell in this pic).

Yummy.....Fingers.....mmmmm!

He was having the time of his life with Mommy and Daddy. Just a normal Sunday afternoon playing with us before nap time.
There is a really cool cool park in Midwest City, OKlahoma with these characters (You Dill kids might remember this park as the "space ship" park)....Matthew is the ballarena and I was the knight (if you couldn't tell).

My sleeping little angel.....I love this little rascal so so much.

No Pixs

2008-08-08T13:37:00.003-05:00

Sorry no pics for a while, I'm using a community computer so no pics for now. Anyways, Matthew has succesfully rolled over from his belly to his back, Yay! Nothing new has really happened. I started reading the Twilight series. My sister in-law lend me the first book, but the library has a waiting list of EIGHT weeks for the second book. So, if anyone has the second book and can lend it to me, I would so appreciate it;) That's all I could think of for now, I will try to post some new pics of the "chunk" in the mean time.

Sorry

2008-07-28T10:40:00.002-05:00

It has been a while since I blogged...so sorry. I haven't had any internet since the move (still no internet, I'm using the comunity computer at our apartment complex). Well, a lot has happened since I moved. For starters I am now 24 years old (birthday was on the 18th), Matthew has got a lot bigger! I think he is almost ready to roll over any day now. I started a new weight loss goal/program. I set a goal to lose 30 pounds and 17 inches by Halloween. I have to lose at least 2 pounds and half an inch every week to reach my goal. At my goal date I should weigh at least 125 and be a size 5....WISH ME LUCK!!! Anyways, Nathan hasn't had any luck finding a job (he still works for his friend mowing right now), hopefully after this week he will have succeeded.
More exciting news, Shawnee (my sister-inlaw) is getting married this week for time and eternity at the Oklahoma City temple!!!! Yay!!! We are super excited for her and her soon to be husband James. Now all I have to do is find some friends to hang out with here and I'll be happy as a clam. Hopefully we will have the internet soon and I will be able to keep you readers up to speed.

What's Your Favorite Memory about Me?

2008-07-19T11:00:00.002-05:00

Alright Coty I love this idea....Okay okay already...i posted it, so have at it... ;)The

instructions are as follows:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you

Last Day of Work

2008-07-12T20:51:00.005-05:00

Well,

I finally got pictures from my last day of work, it was the best last day ever. I also played my first prank on one of my co-workers, I didn't get along him with so much. For all you "Office" fans, I put my co-workers "Initec" mug in green jello :0 It was so fun. Anyways, about these pictures...The first picture is of me and my good friends from work, Michelle and Stacy. We became great friends in work and share a common obsession....Harry Potter. The other picture is me STANDING next to the TALLEST guys at my work, I look like I work in a land of giants. And instead of ordering pizza for lunch, we had sandwichs' oh how I love the sandwich!

Shots:(

2008-07-09T12:24:00.002-05:00

Well yesterday was not the best for Matthew, and if my Matthew has a bad day....so do I. It started off with him being fussy, it was like he knew what was coming to him. And, it was immunization day for little Matthew. His first shots and he was already grumpy so I knew I was in for a really bad day. But, I tried to be optimistic and hope he would cheer up before we got ot the doctors. But Matthew insisted on be crabby, like he is now on my lap. Well, I was there in the little room holding Matthew and the doctor had me hold him down. If I thought he was crying then, this was nothing. The moment the needle went in his little leg, he was suddenly quiet. It was becuase he was crying so hard that he wasn't breathing. I absolutely hate those desperate cries. I was ok until the third shot. I couldn't take it after that and before I knew it we were crying together. The funny thing is he stopped crying before me. Needless to say he was miserable all day. but slept pretty good all night. The little tyke had such a long day that he slept really good last night. The good thing was he didn't get a fever from the shots:) I just held him ALL day and that made him happy (he wouldn't even let Daddy hold him).

Happy 4th

2008-07-07T22:18:00.004-05:00

Here are some pictures of mi familia. We had the best time ever, and we all rarely get together like this....Oh how we love to laugh even when we are all sweating to death! Notice my almost naked baby? It was super hot...and that adorable little girl standing next to me is my niece Daisy Lynn, that is pretty much what I looked like when I was her age. And, the other baby girl posing next to Matthew and their grandparents is Emily Ruth and the most recent addition to the Welliver family.

Well it's official

2008-07-07T11:07:00.000-05:00

So... I am officially a "stay at home" mom!!!!!!!!! I am so thrilled to be home, I did love my part-time job but I love Matthew so, so ,so much more and this line of work is so much more rewarding. So far for the first day I LOVE IT!!!! I just put Matthew down for a nap, and now I get to blog without wondering where my boss is. I will get fourth of July pictures up shortly and we can see awesome pics of the family;)

OUCH!

2008-07-02T12:31:00.000-05:00

Ok, are you ready for a memorable embarrasing moment! Well I have a great one to tell all of you readers.
It all happened at the movie theater. Nathan, Kathleen (my sister), and I decided to go see Kungfu Panda (great and hilarious movie by the way). We got to the theater 30 minutes early, so Kathleen and I went into another theater to watch the Hulk, which no one was in but they were playing it anyway (did I mention we went to an afternoon showing). Anyways, I looked down at my phone and realized our movie was about to start. So, I started running to the other movie....BIG MISTAKE! Mainly because I was wearing a skirt and flip-flops which is a bad combination for running. I running down the ramp to get to my seat, when all of a sudden my shoe bent in mid stride and got caught on the carpet. And, with a skirt on I couldn't stretch my leg out far enough to catch myself so I flew in the air for a second and then skid of my knee, then my elbow, then my wrist...I almost face-planted but luckly I wasn't running fast enough to do that. Needless to say I have a really, really bad carpet burn. Also, I got lucky because the only person in the theater besides me was Nathan and he didn't see or hear anything and the people walking behind me didn't come into the theater until right after I stood up and straightened my skirt. So I guess it could have been a lot more embarrasing. When I told Nathan he couldn't stop laughing....Oh I can't believe I tripped over my own feet :( Well I hope you had a good laugh at my expence...and I am doing fine I think my pride got the most damage.

Little giggles

2008-06-30T12:49:00.000-05:00

So we finally got Matthew to giggle!!! It wasn't a full blown laugh but I don't think he is old enough for that yet. It was the cutest thing ever. And of course the one who got him to giggle was Nathan. He definately loves his daddy, he is the goofy, funny one right now. Hopefully that will change because I love to make kids laugh especially my own.

Name Tag

2008-06-25T12:39:00.001-05:00

So I stole this from Mac Holyoak's blog...but I thought it was super fun:)
-My rock star name (first pet and current car):
Tank Taurus
-My gangsta name (favorite candy bar and favorite cookie):
Snickers "Oat Meal" Cream Pie
-My detective name (favorite color and favorite animal):
Bluegreen Monkey
-My Star Wars name (first three letters of last name and first two letters of first name then the word "of" then a medication you are on):
Dilni of Ibprofen
-My superhero name (2nd favorite color and favorite drink with "The" in front):
Pink the Simply Orange Juice
- My Nascar name (first names of your grandmothers):
Susan Eloisa
- My "lover" name (name of your favorite perfume/cologne and your favorite candy):
Victorias Secret Pink Starburst
- Witness-protection name (mother's and father's middle names):
Ann Henry
That is SUPER FUN!!!!

Sad news.

2008-06-25T08:27:00.000-05:00

Well it is official, our family is MOVING out of Stillwater. Nathan accepted a voluntary lay off
and his last day at Mercruiser is Friday. After living in Stillwater for eleven years, it is a bittersweet feeling. The bitter feeling is the fact that I have been wanting to leave Stillwater these past two years and of course I finally made some close friends and I have to leave. But, the SWEET feeling, is after two years, my wish is finally coming true. And, I am moving to a place where no one knows my "business." I am not afraid of change so this move is pretty exciting to me. I love to meet new people and as a bonus we are moving to Midwest City which is where Nathan grew up. I am going to miss all my friends and family here in Stilly so for those of you who READ THIS, I love you and miss you and I have had an awesome eleven years thanks to you. So all I have left to say in this blog is....XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX (sorry if I left anyone out of my hugs and kisses ;)

Alright....Progress!

2008-06-21T17:43:00.000-05:00

So...I LOST 5 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!! How exciting, I never knew I would be so excited over losing five pounds before. But, after having a baby and still feeling like a whale, losing that little bit of weight is a huge acomplishment. Those of you who have just had babies, you know what I'm talking about. Anyways, after seeing the scale this morning I had to celebrate. And, how do you celebrate losing weight? Going shopping and eating something totally unhealthy. Well, this day has definately made my month way better. This is one of the only good things that happened this month. (1st) I had to go back to work part time this month, which means six hours a day away from Matthew :( (2nd) Nathan might be laid off from Mercruiser since they are downsizing. They are getting rid of at least 100 employees. Which might mean we have to move where Nathan can get work with decent pay (Oh the sadness).
But, there have been good things that happened...like Fathers Day, and my sister Kathleen is staying with us for all of June (she is a huge help around here). And the coolest thing that happened this month is Matthew learned how to smile. He is adorable!

Facebook | Photos of You

2008-06-18T10:34:00.000-05:00

Facebook Photos of You

Children

2008-06-17T16:03:00.000-05:00

Children are the greatest blessing anyone can ask for. Nathan and I have never been happier and we thank our Heavenly Father every day for this beautiful child we have been given. We have had the best time watching him grow everyday. I never thought I would ever get so excited over something so simple as a smile. I added these "babies laughing" videos because I love hearing a child laugh. Baby laughter is more contagious than the flu. Even if I am having a horrible day, if I just here one little laugh, I can't help but smile ear to ear....and I can't wait to put up videos of little Matthew laughing up a storm. So if you are ever in need of a smile or a laugh, just hear those babies laugh (I promise it will make your day).