Kate's little milestones

So, this post is really for me to document some of Kate's little milestones. I'm doing it this way because if I just write it down on paper, I'm sure I'll lose it! Around October 25th she rolled over. 1st tooth popped through on November 29th, and she started clicking her tongue on December 10th!

Thanksgiving

So our Thanksgiving day was pretty crazy (as was many peoples I'm sure!) We started pretty early, I made the stuffing and an apple pie in the morning. Chad put the ribs in the crock pot, and prepped the turkey (yes, I have a salmonella phobia!) We had to borrow our neighbors oven for the day too, luckily he wasn't home 'till later. We had sort of a none traditional/traditional meal, we had ribs, beef steak, turkey, ham, potatoes, stuffing, veggies, etc. Oh yeah, Chad's dad brought an oyster casserole at Chads request, and his mom made potato salad (also Chads request :)), and a salad. I also made a pumpkin cheesecake the night before. Chad's mom, dad, brother Chris, and sister (came later) all came so we had way too much food for everyone! It was a fun, busy day, I'm so glad I have cool in-laws! Kate was a total grandpa's girl, and he loved it! She's becoming more interactive and happy it seems like. And Lucy was her silly self, running around keeping us all entertained!

3rd folder 3rd picture

So this is a tag of 3rd picture in the third folder. I have 2 picture folders so the first one is of Lucy when she was about 4 months old. The second is me when I was pregnant with Lucy, April 2006. I'm tagging whoever sees this, hahaha!

And we're back! I know it's been a while since I've posted, I have lot's to catch up on! Now will be a small one because I've gotta go start on lunch pretty soon. Not much going on today, just trying take advantage of the free photo book from snapfish, but it keeps freezing up when I'm uploading pics sooo.... I'll try again later! Kate's got her first tooth in, and Lucy can pretty much say any word or phrase, she's definitely not a baby anymore, :(. More to come, gotta go now!

Wonderful Rocky Point

I know it's been quite a while since I've posted anything, so I've included many pics of our trip! The girls and I went to Arizona, then Mexico for about a week and a half. We flew my brother Jared to Denver to then fly down with us because Chad wasn't able to go with us. The whole Pollard family was there except Chad, Dave, and Kaylene.

hubby tag

What is his name? Chad

Who eats more? Probably me...d'oh!

Who said "I love you first"? I think I did, I know I knew it after our first kiss though!

Who is taller? He is

Who is smarter? I'd say he is, but we're both in different ways

Who is more sensitive? Probably me, but he's a very sensitive guy

Who does the laundry? Mostly me

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? He does

Who pays the bills? Usually he does

Who cooks more? I do, but he does quite a bit too

Who is more stubborn? He is

Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Me, but I usually start it!

Who has more siblings? I do, I have 5, he has 3

Who wears the pants in the relationship? We are very equal, so both

What do you like to do together? Pretty much everything, he's my bestest friend!!!

Who eats more sweets? I don't know, we both have a sweet tooth

Guilty pleasures? Oh, probably steak, and we're both "treasure hunters"

How did you meet? Our ex's

Who asked whom out first? I think he did

Who kissed who first? I think I did, but I think it was mutual

Who proposed? He did

His best features, qualities? Oh, where do I begin, he's an awesome husband/father/Friend/son so loving, very loyal, honest, so hilarious, probably the funniest person I've ever met!

Ok, I'm gonna tag Susie, Gail, and Anne!

4th of July

Our 4th of July was pretty uneventful, but it was nice to spend time together. Chad had the day off, which he spent almost all day painting the bathroom. I kept the kiddies busy, Lucy ran through the sprinklers for a little bit, and I held Kate most of the day (she was a little unhappy about the heat!)

I really wanted to go see the fireworks in Arvada, but we drove down by there to get some lunch, and it looked like a zoo! Luckily we could still see them from our house, so Chad and Lu sat on top of his car, Kate and I on the side, and enjoyed the fireworks our own way...minus the hoards of people! Lucy's been asking about the "yights" and running to the door to see them every night this week.

Lu's two!!!

So, my baby's two, weird! She has changed so much just in the last couple of months. Time is going even faster than with one child, we've got to cherish every moment we have with our precious little children!

Adventures in motherhood

So, a couple of nights ago I gave Lucy some yogurt to eat. Chad looked at me like I was crazy, but I told him I would clean her up. Well, a couple minutes later, I find her dipping her hands in the yogurt cup and "painting" her arms with it. I had to take a picture, then off to the bath she went!

Last night Kate and I went to Target to pick up some stuff. As newborns do it, she started getting fussy, so I quickly got the things we needed, checked out, then went to the restroom to change her diaper. I look in the diaper bag and find one size 4 diaper and no size 1. I know, I know, I should know by now to always have like 10 diapers in there at least! Ha, Ha so Kate was wearing a diaper that was almost as big as she is! First thing I did when I got home was fill up the diaper bag with diapers!

My girls

Oh, how I love my little girls!

Kate's here!!!

Well I thought I should finally write about the birth of our new little girl Kate Emily. She was born at 3:10 in the morning on May 24th. I started having small, kinda back pain kind of contractions on Friday morning, and I thought for sure she would arrive bulls eye on her due date the 23rd! Well, I got up and started the day just like any old day, but I new something was up so I called Chad around 10 AM and told him I thought she would be coming today! So, he got home at about 1:30, and brought his cousin Wade, who was visiting from South Carolina. We hung out, ate, watched Anchorman, so it was nice to be at home. The contractions were getting worse, I went and laid in the bathtub for about an hour around 6:30, and my sister in law and niece arrived (they were staying with Lucy over night.) Anyways, by about 11 I was pretty much ready to go to the hospital, but our timing of the contractions didn't seem like we needed to (they were like 5-8 min apart,) but I made Chad call my doctor anyways! She said to come on in, so we got to the hospital a little after midnight. We got up to the room, I got checked, and to our surprise I was between 6-7 centimeters! I had an awesome nurse, and my mother in law, Wade, and of course Chad were there. Don't worry, I made Wade leave when I got checked and for the pushing part! Chad was such a good coach, he rubbed my back during each contraction, let me squeeze his hand, and screamed in his ear the whole time! (He was so tired, he worked over time all week, and hadn't had a day off in 2 weeks!) Oh, a tip for future moms, the big bouncy ball is great for getting through contractions, well it worked well for me any who! I decided to do this all with no pain medications, I had an epidural with Lucy, so this was a whole different ballgame! It was CRAZY painful, I screamed so loud, I didn't think I could do it, but it was definitely worth all the pain! She was so beautiful, and I was relieved everything was ok with her. She weighed 7 lbs 5 ozs, and was 20 in long. We were surprised, Lucy was 8 lbs 2 ozs, so we were expecting Kate to be bigger! A plus for me was her head was smaller than Lucys! So, There it is, Kate's birth story!

Easter

This was our fun Easter over at Chad's aunt Betsy's house. We visited, had lots of goodies, and as always, lots of laughs!

So I know it's been a while since I've blogged, it's been a busy month! Lucy ,me, my brother Jared and his friend Steve flew down to Arizona for 10 days. We had so much fun, yet as always, the time went by way too fast. We stayed with my mom and dad until Thursday, my mom was on spring break, then from Thursday to Saturday night we stayed at my sister Susie's house. My parents, brothers, and Steve went down to Mexico for the weekend, I wanted to go, but being 30 weeks prego was a little scared of something going wrong (that'd be just my luck!) Lucy and I had a great time @ Susie's playing with her kids, shopping, scrapbooking, and going to Bahama Bucks! (yummy) Susie and I made a Chinese stlye dinner on Sunday, and the travelers met @ Susie's for the feast. Then we kinda took it easy, went thrifting, and just hung out the last couple of days.

Well, I'll have to write about the rest of the month later, I've gotta go now!!

I've been tagged

Okay, so things have been a little crazy lately. We've been house hunting, put an offer on one, but didn't get it so...the search continues. Anyways, I was tagged to do this little survey (I love these things!) so here it is!

1.What was I doing 10 years ago? Well, probably hanging out with friends, doing homework, going to concerts, and hanging out @ Denny's.

2.5 things on my to-do list
FIND A HOUSE
make cookies
give Lucy a bath
put Lucy to bed
put myself to bed

3.3 bad habits I have
procrastinating
picking at my lips
not calling people back in a timely manner

4.Day of choice? whole weekend

5.Places I've lived?
Tucson, AZ
Arvada, CO
Westminster, CO
Wheat Ridge, CO

6.Marriage date? July 8, 2003

7.Favorite indulgence? Chocolate!!!

8.Phobias/fears? Loud popping, namely balloons, also scary/horror movies

9.Reson to smile? My silly husband and daughter

10.Season of choice? Fall

11.Favorite vegetable? spinich

12.Oranges or apples? apples

13.Number of brothers and sisters? 2 brothers, 3 sisters

Okay, I'm tagging Susie and Jennie!

Sunday fun, talk eeee

Yesterday, Chad needed to work on his car and his moms car, so we all went outside to "play". It was a little chilly, but the sun was shining and it was warmer in the backyard, so I tried to encourage Lu to play back there. She was having a blast playing in the dirt and mud! It was fun to actually go outside to play for a little while! She was happy Grandma was there to play too!

Oh, I have to talk in church next week. I got the call on Thursday and for some reason I thought I had another week to prepare, doh! I'm nervous, it has to be 10 minutes, yikes! Oh well, we all have to do it once in a while huh! I guess the last talk I did was about 3 years ago, so it's time. Wish me luck!

1st post, woo hoo!

Well, I've finally caved in and have started a blog. I've been nervous to start one, afraid I'd have nothing to say.

This will be short and sweet. Lucy is now 19 months old; she's saying more and more words every day and learning to count. We've shown her how to count her fingers, when she does it it's totally adorable...un, tioo, tee... She likes to put my shoes on and walk around too and helps me do all sorts of things around here. It's amazing to see this little person growing and changing right before our eyes. I still look her and am amazed that she's my little girl!