The Children's Museum

So these pictures aren't going to be in order, which is a little aggravating to my personality but I'm going to call out to my inner Kapha for some peace about it. That said, Megan and I went to the Children's Museum today for some play time. I'm really trying to do new things with her so that she isn't so bored a.k.a. yelling at me all of the time. We've gone to the Play Boutique, park (not so new), the museum and we're meeting one of her little friends and my big friend at a play place on Friday. Busy week but I think that's what she needs. The minute I can get her into Taekwondo, she will be working out some pent up aggression. Megan had a great time. I let her lead the way and do whatever she wanted to do on her own little 2 year old schedule. When I saw the Waterworks exhibit my immediate thought was, she's going to get drenched and I have no clothes to change her into. I just let it go. She ended up not getting all that wet and she absolutely loved it. She surprised me and didn't absolutely love things that I thought she would but it was her day and she was making the decisions. I can definitely see buying an annual family pass for this place...and the zoo.....and OMSI. Oh geez.

Notice what's in her cart; bread, pizza and ice cream.
Being the check out lady

Bob the Builder Exhibit

The talking tractors freaked her out at first but I finally got her to get in one and smile. She then said, "All done."

Brushing alligator's teeth. She's a big fan of preventative dental health.

The little construction area that I thought she would want to play in for hours but did about 2 digs and said, "All done."

Driving the bus, "Round and round!"

The clay studio

Face painting

Water Works!

Playing on the computer in the doctor's office. She still didn't want the play stethescope anywhere near her. But liked playing receptionist. What is funny is her reaction to the "look" of the phone. It's not a cell phone and it's not a little cordless phone. She did the same thing with the play pay phone in the grocery store. She knew it was a phone but also knew it was different.

Just Imagine

Just imagine a little 2 year old girl going bowling for her first time.

Just imagine her smiling face and clapping hands as she watched her ball knock over the pins.

Just imagine her cute little bottom with diaper peeking out as she pushed the ball down the lane.

Just imagine her cute dad bending over her helping her.

Just imagine Kristie's SD card didn't break somehow coming out of the camera wiping away all digital evidence of the event.

Just imagine Kristie's reaction.

Lesly Updates

I've put a link on my page that will take you to Lesly's page. Lesly's Dad Glen posts updates on her and her status. So if anyone is interested you can look.

Sweetest Voice Ever

Lesly

I'm not sure when or what my last post said about Lesly. I think I've updated everyone to the fact that Lesly had a scan in November that showed that a tumor was growing again. They went through an insurance nightmare to have an experimental drug be used to treat her. Waiting, waiting and waiting, they got scans back to see whether or not the drug was working. They found out 2 days ago that no, it has not and the the tumor has doubled in size since the treatment started. Right now they have very few options. They can choose to operate but given the vicinity to her spine and one remaining kidney, it adds even more risk to her already compromised and weak body. She had an extremely difficult time recovering from her last surgery in February.

So this weekend that are having a talk with Lesly that no parent should ever have to have. They must talk about what Lesly would like to do and how she would like to continue, with or without treatment. She is eight. Eight.

Three Years and Counting

On January 7, we celebrated our 3rd year of marriage. In that time, we have bought a house, had a baby girl, gone through a job change, me starting school and lots in between. I was looking at my wedding ring the other day and felt so proud. It is the most beautiful ring ever, because it is mine and because it signifies that I belong to Josh. I love seeing his wedding ring on his hand, I like to feel it on his finger, knowing that he will be mine forever. Before we got married, we talked a lot about how we were making a choice to love each other and be together FOREVER. We knew then and we know now with absolute certainty that we will be together for life. Driving in the car the other day, Josh and I held hands as we do quite often. I thought about the fact that Megan was seeing that and Megan SHOULD see that. She should see how much in love her mom and dad are and be witness to the love that we feel for eachother and that which brought her here to us. I also want more than anything for Megan to never settle for anything less than what Josh and I feel for each other. I want her to be strong to say no to boys/men that do not treat her with the utmost respect because she knows that her dad would never treat her or her mom that way. She will know that she will one day find a husband that loves her as much as her dad loves her mom. And she will learn from me how to support, praise and love her husband from the example that I strive to teach her.



I love Josh with everything in me, for everything that he is and everything that he has given me. I will love him forever. I choose to love him forever.

Rock On Megan!

Our family's recent introduction to the Rock Band has brought out Megan's inner rock star!

Forget Drowning!

THIS is what you should be afraid of when turning your back on the bathtub. She had so much of my conditioner in her hair, Josh recognized that she smelled different when he got home.

Precious

I tried to get a picture of Megan feeding her baby with her toy baby bottle. She was so proud of herself taking care of her little baby. She's so sweet. She loves babies, real or not! And the answer to everyone's NEXT question is....when it happens it happens!!

Crisis Averted

1. Against my better judgement, I didn't bring the dogs inside on New Year's Eve. When we got home around 1:00a.m. we found Sampson and no Gracie. We called for her, got in the car and didn't find her. I immediately put a Lost Dog ad on Craigslist and waited hopeful that she would scratch at the front door. I slept on the couch (sort of) just so that I would be sure to hear her. She never showed up. I made flyers the next day that I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with and then Josh convinced me to take another drive around the neighborhood. Low and behold......NINE blocks away.....there was Gracie laying in the grass in the pouring down rain next to the railroad tracks. One of my fears what that she would find the railroad tracks and just keep going. I guess she got tired though. We should have known she wouldn't find shelter (which was more of where I was looking, like on porches and such), she will wait in the rain for us to let her into the house rather than stand under the roof. Anyway, we found her, I could not believe that we did. When she got home, she got a much needed bath and a brushing. She is probably wondering what she did to "deserve" those things - not necessarily her favorite.
   
   

Who is This Kid?

I have no idea where she got this from. All of the sudden she was bowing for a job well done drumming. We had to have her do it again to get it on video.

ROCK BAND

We had a family Rock Band evening tonight. It was quite entertaining to watch as you will see by the videos! Megan even got into it with her drum and then Daddy was sweet enough to let her play with him. She really loved that.

Megan LOVES Jon!

Josh concentrating!

Sweet Dada let Megan play the drums with him.

Ugly Christmas Sweater Party

A few people from high school coordinated an "alumni gathering" of sorts in Sherwood the day after Christmas. It was an Ugly Sweater Christmas Party that I tried to refuse to spend money on. But Kmart called out to us and we snatched us some snazzy sweaters. We had a good time, seeing people from long ago and catching up.

Christmas Dinner at Aunt Terri's

We had Christmas dinner with the whole Guffey side of the family for the first time in a very long time. It's been awhile since we'd all seen eachother in general. Megan had a lot of fun playing with the little kids that were there and of course she was the center of attention. There was a lot of stuff going on and Megan was a really good girl the whole night. Of course, all she wanted to eat were treats and she was starving on the way home but other than that, it all went really well. She had a very late peanut butter and jelly sandwich last night before she went to bed.

The kids exchanged presents and Sophie got Megan a cute little shirt and a puppy on a leash that she can walk. She really loves it.

Trisha and Caleb

Megan wouldn't leave Harley alone. He is my cousin Christopher's dog. He is so sweet and was so patient with her. She loved playing "with" him. And she had to cuddle with him while he tried to sleep on the floor.