Sweet baby girl

This afternoon when I went in to get Kimber from her nap she was standing up holding onto the rail with her hood pulled over her head. I just had to take a picture.

Are you kidding me?!

With Brett's work schedule he comes home for lunch usually around 11:00PM. Tonight was just like any other he came home and ate his food watched his shows on ESPN. When it was time to leave I was sitting on the couch holding sleeping Kimber. I heard Brett shut the door and then heard the door to the garage shut and then... BAM!!! I was already on my feet because I was on the way to put Kimber in bed. At first I thought that Brett had somehow fallen down the stairs. It was really freaky for a minute and then I found out what made the loud bang. The garage door in this house has two large coils on either side (right now I can't remember how the new ones look but this one is old) and one of then broke loose and smashed down to the ground. Ahhh!! Brett has a huge HUGE guardian angel that kept the coil from hitting him. I'm really amazed that he didn't get hurt. Ahhh!! So scary! I just don't want to even think about all the what if's... Yikes yikes yikes! So after a moment of us both being stunned I went and put Kimber in bed put my boots on and a coat so that I could try to help get the heavy door open so Brett could go back to work. We thought that maybe we could just lift it since the one side was still connected.. Nope, wouldn't budge. So I pushed the button as Brett lifted the door and that worked for a foot or so and then I had to hit the button twice to make it reverse then start back up again. We did that a few times and then got the door open. What a serious pain in the butt. So now I'm thinking, "How are we going to close it now?" and I said that out loud to Brett and he said that we were just going to leave it open. I'm so glad that we don't own this house and that we are just renting it. Talk about problem after problem. Since we've been here we have moved the one, THE ONLY plug in the kitchen so that it wasn't hidden behind the counter top (Duh!) and we remodeled the bathroom (well partly) we installed new locks on the entry doors fixed some plumbing problems oh and we dealt with some back up from the sewer (thankfully no sewage just bathwater) and that happened twice and oh yeah the furnace stopped working when it was in the negatives outside. NICE!!! Oh well, at least our landlord had someone come fix the furnace and clean up after the sewer overflow. Such drama!
I'm still a little freaked about the garage door coil and how it missed hitting Brett. It also somehow missed hitting the car so that's good too but I would take it hitting the car over hitting Brett. The car can be fixed but I only have one of Brett. So scary! Ok now I'm going to go to bed and say a prayer to thank Heavenly Father was watching out for my Bretty.

Kimber 11 months old

Today Kimber is 11 months old. I haven't really given an update on Kimber for a while.. I'm such a slacker.. Oh well, it's time to try and catch up.

Kimber has been crawling for a few months. She is all over the place. She can stand up too. I've had her stand without help for a few seconds so she is getting really close to doing it all by herself. She has two teeth that popped up the same day (February 2, 2009). I was worried that with the new teeth I was going to have to stop nursing but she has only bitten me once. Ouchy! Sorry too much information.

She just loves to follow Madi anywhere she goes. Last night Kimber had been down for a nap and I put Madi to bed while she Kimber was still sleeping. Kimber woke up about 30 minutes after I had put Madi to bed. I fed her some dinner and then went about hanging up the laundry. While I was gathering some more hangers out of Kimber's closet she crawled down the hall to Madi's door. It was too cute she slapped the door a few times and cried out (not really crying but kind of calling out for Madi in her baby talk). She really wanted to be in there with her sister and she wasn't happy that the door was closed. After she banged on the door for a little bit I could hear Madi talking from inside. Kimber and I went in and I let Kimber give Madi a love. They are so sweet to each other.

I think Kimber just has a thing for banging on doors. Whenever she is on the floor crawling around and Brett is in the bathroom she crawls over to the door and bangs on it. Brett always knows who it is even before she makes any other noises. Yesterday Brett woke up a little too early and decided that he was going to go back to bed for a little while. Kimber crawled over to the door and started slapping it. It was so cute but I didn't want her to wake Brett up. He was up and at em shortly after that. She loves her Daddy!

She also does this really funny face. It's not really the bitter beer face.. How to describe it.. Umm.. She scrunches up her nose kind of lifts her head and perches her lips while she squints her eyes and sniffs. I'm trying to get a photo of it but she isn't very willing to do it on demand.

Since she is more mobile now she isn't really interested in sitting still for very long. She used to be my little cuddle buddy but now she just wants to go go go. I can sneak in a few cuddles if I'm willing to stand up. I don't know why it is but if you hold her while standing she is usually much happier. Maybe it's because she feels tall.

This year has just flown by and it's hard to believe that she is already going to be a year old next month. Whew! Where does the time go.

Bedtime drama

Some nights Madi will go to bed really easily and other nights we have a little drama. Either she isn't happy having her teeth brushed or she wants different pj's or I'm trying to get her to use the big girl potty it sometimes ends up with us all being flustered and Madi in tears. The other night she went to bed without a fight and everything was well with the world. Around 12:30am I went in to check on her. The last few days I have found her with her body parallel to her head board so I move her back to where she should be and she just keeps on sleeping. Well, this particular night she woke up and wasn't pleased about it. She started wailing and in a crying, hysterical voice kept on saying, "Mommy! I need some juice!" "Mommy, I need some water!" Over and I over. (I'm trying to get her to stop wetting her pants at night so I didn't want to give her any water.) Then all the sudden she changed her voice to normal and said, "Is Daddy here?" And then started crying again. She is as Brett would say a Daddy homer (I think the homer thing is sports jargon). It was just too funny that she went from completely hysterical to completely calm. It's no secret that she prefers her Daddy to me. Now I know how Brett felt when she was little and wanted me all the time. Now that she is older she has figured out that Daddy is fun and she can try to get away with stuff with him. She does come to me when she needs some loves because she is sad and sometimes she will come and snuggle with me. She is such a little sweetie and I wouldn't trade her for anything. I couldn't find a recent photo of Madi in her pj's but this one is too cute. She was just learning how to walk. March 11, 2007

Just for fun

My friend Stephanie is doing this on her blog and I thought I'd join in on the fun.

This sounds like fun, so I thought I would try it. Not that any of you will find it as fun, but who knows, right? The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!

2. What I create will be just for you.

3. It'll be done this year (hopefully sooner than later.)

4. You will have no clue what it is going to be.

5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. :)

The catch? Oh the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me you did will win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me (Well, hopefully fabulous)!

Ouchy!

Wednesday I had to run some errands around town. Since Brett sleeps during the day I can sometimes put Madi down for a nap and run to the store or whatever I need to with just Kimber. So Kimber and I ventured out to go run my errands. I needed to send a couple of packages off at the post office so that was our first stop. When we arrived at the post office I pulled Kimber's car seat out of the car and gathered up my things. I just parked on the side of the post office so I didn't have to cross the street so it wasn't that far to walk. We started making our way across the sidewalk and I tripped a little bit. I thought I could stop myself from falling and then all the sudden bam, I'm on the ground. My wallet and packages went flying. I didn't even think about them I was so worried that Kimber had been hurt. She was crying and not very happy but didn't seem hurt. I was totally in a daze and I picked her up by her body and not the seat so that I could see if she was alright and try to comfort her. Then I heard a lady running out of the building telling the person on the phone she had to go help someone so she would call them back. She stopped and asked if Kimber was ok and then ran after my money and receipts that were blowing away. I don't know how long I was on the ground but it felt like forever. I noticed pretty quick that my knee didn't feel very nice. I picked myself and Kimber up and the nice lady carried my packages into the post office for me. I'm sure she didn't want to see me fall again. I really felt like a dork and was shaking all over. I was really panicked that Kimber was hurt somehow so should I run her to the emergency room. She had stopped crying when I picked her up so I thought that was a pretty good sign that she was ok. I mailed my packages made a quick stop at the store then went home. I woke Brett up and told him what had happened and asked him if he thought we should take Kimber to the doctor. By then she was totally happy and acting like normal. I handed her to Brett and he looked her over then put her on the floor and she went off crawling. Thank goodness she wasn't hurt and that's because of the carseat. I just think about all the what if's and I'm glad she was safe and snugly in her seat.
So my knee. Well, it doesn't need to be cut off or have a cast or anything but ouchy! Do you remember when you were a kid and you skinned your knee really bad? It feels like like that. Every time I bend my knee it burns so I just try not to bend it. The last time I remember falling and skinning my knee was probably in junior high school. Anyway, I don't suggest falling ever it doesn't feel nice. All in all I'm just glad that Kimber didn't get hurt because my knee will heal but babies are delicate precious little creatures. Scary scary scary what could have happened.

The housing crisis

Our good friends Ryan and Tifany Wright moved to Le Mars from Arizona just after Thanksgiving. We've been so happy to have them here. Things haven't exactly gone according to plan. It's been one upset after another.
They decided to buy a house and not rent like we did. They found a really great house that Tifany fell in love with even before she saw it in person. The house was being rented out until it sold so once they put an offer on it they had to wait 60 days for the renters to vacate. Ahhh!!! So they rented a little two bedroom apartment without any real furniture. Their Realtor was awesome. He had some extra furniture that he loaned to them and we gave them an airbed to use. I tried to get them to come and stay with us but it probably would have been too cramped. Anyway, they moved into the apartment until they would be able to move into their house. Since they had so much time to get everything in order with their loan there didn't seem to be anything to worry about. Well.... They still own their house in Buckeye and decided to rent it out. That ended up being a nightmare. The people that moved in who according to their background check seemed to be perfect decided not to pay rent. Lovely people. After fighting with that for a couple of months they finally got them to move out. Now some friends from our ward in Buckeye have moved in. Yeah!! Now we know for sure that the house is going to be taken care of by trustworthy friends.
The date for closing on this house in Le Mars had been set for the 13th of February. I hadn't ever realized that it was a Friday. I guess that should have clued us all in. Well, their wonderful (sarcastic tone) lender that worked so hard (NOT) on their loan let the ball drop. They had such a nightmare trying to get in touch with the lender to make sure that she had all the information that she needed. Right at the last minute she (the lender) let them know that she needed a ton of stuff. Then Thursday night at 5:00PM the night before they are supposed to close the lender lets Tifany and Ryan know that they will not give them a loan and there is no way that they will. Ahhhhhh!!!! It turns out after all of these months they just now decided that their rental property in Arizona cannot be considered as income. So dumb! So now the new crisis is that the movers were already on their way to deliver their household goods and what to do with it all. Ryan and Tifany's awesome realtor worked it out so that they could go ahead and move in until they were able to get their loan worked out.
I waited until 10:00AM to call Tifany to find out what was happening. I could hardly make myself wait that long. When she told me that they were moving into the house and I could come over if I wanted I was almost in the car before she said I could even come. Poor Tifany was so stressed out. She was at the house with the girls while the movers unpacked their stuff. It was hard for her to feel happy since things have been so crazy. Ryan had been on the phone talking to Wells Fargo (a different bank from earlier) and they promised him that the loan could be made without any problems. Hallelujah! A ray of sunlight! Tifany perked up after hearing that news. It was hard to feel happy about moving into the house when it hung over their heads that it might not be theirs. So much drama!!
Yesterday I took the girls over so that we could get the house cleaned. It's an old Victorian with lots of stairs and hard wood floors throughout. The first thing that Tifany and I did was pull up the carpet runner on the stairs. There was so much dirt. Ewww! As we were pulling it up Tifany said that we probably should be wearing masks. I'm sure we should have. Oh well! Anyway, now that things are getting into their places and it's getting cleaner it's feeling more like home they are all in better spirits.
Wow! That was quite the story! As for the lender that was mentioned earlier, Countrywide... I just want to take a moment and tell all of you that if you are looking for a loan now, don't try Countrywide. They Didn't help Ryan and Tifany one bit. Instead of letting them know about the rental house being a problem two months ago they strung them along this whole time to tell them that it wasn't going to work the night before closing. Thanks for nothing you jerks (I'm talking about Countywide).
Anyway, hopefully now everything will go smoothly. Maybe if you all could remember them in your prayers. They really don't want to move again and they really don't want to be homeless. Not that they could ever be homeless we would force them to move in with us. Thanks for listening to this most recent drama.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Yesterday morning Brett brought us all roses. Each of the girls got their own rose. He also brought us sweet cards and a box of chocolates. What a sweetie he is. We went out for dinner, well we drove through at Hardees. We were all kind of tired and just wanted to get something quick. I'll have to tell you though that was a very yummy cheese burger. We went home and ate our cheese burgers around the table with the roses. It was a great Valentine's Day.

Brett and I were talking earlier this week as we were watching TV and a commercial for flowers came on. I said something like you better not send me any. I used to love to get flowers and I still do but not when you have to spend $80 or more to do it. He told me that he just about had ordered some the night before. What a sweetie!

Things that make you go Hmm...

Madilynn will get up in the middle of the night and change her pj's. It started with the footed pj's. She hates, can't stand footed pj's so anytime I would put them on her I could pretty much bet that she would be up changing into something else. It was pretty funny to me when she first started doing the middle of the night change. I would go in to check on her and find her wearing something completely different. Some nights I could hear her get up to make the sneaky change. When I would go in to find out what she was doing she would get very annoyed with me. Who knew that what pj's you wore to bed was so important.

Mommy I'm scared

Last night Madi got out of bed and came to me and this is the conversation that we had.
Madi "Mommy, I'm scared."
Heather "What are you scared of?"
Madi "Oh, probably monsters."

Little Miss Kimber Boo Boo

Well, our sweet little Kimber has two teeth. The poor thing has been working on the darn teeth for weeks. I'm such a slacker I haven't written about any of her milestones. She is crawling all over the place and has been for a couple of months. She can stand next to furniture and walks around furniture. She is a very busy little girl. The other day I noticed she was bouncing to the music on TV. She loves to sing along when anybody is singing. It's really cute at church because she sings along, "Ahhh, Ahhh!" So cute and last Sunday she even looked like she was trying to lead the music.

Don't talk backwards to me again!

Our little Madi is a feisty sweet little thing. She is our little Sass-a-frass. Brett and I keep saying that three is the new two. She has developed this bad habit of talking back. Of course she has heard us say on too many occasions, "Don't talk back to me." Today I don't know if she was saying it to me or to her imaginary friend but I heard her say, "Don't talk backwards to me again or I'm gonna spank your bottom!" Oh my! I couldn't help myself but to laugh. Don't talk backwards? Funny girl! I just love her!She is totally sassing me in this photo. Gotta love the bed head. Sheesh why didn't I try to brush her hair before I took this photo.

Happy Ten Years!

Wow! Ten years ago today! It's gone by in a flash. We've been through a lot together and I wouldn't change a thing about any of it. These are all the things that have made our life together what it is and I am so grateful to have you for time and all eternity. Thank you so much for putting up with me over the years. I love you infinity!

Ten years!

Ten Years! TEN YEARS! Ten YEARS! TEN Years! (I was trying to recreate the scene from Grose Pointe Blank. You know when he runs into his buddy and he keeps saying ten years over and over in a bunch of different ways. Anyway, Brett and I keep saying it to eachother.


It's so cute how after being married for ten years we picked up some of my sayings like tootsie (for toes) or lippy (for chapstick) or boinky (for hair stretchy.. What are they really called anyway?). I really just love to hang out with you. You are my bestest friend. Love you honey!