Fun Times with Family...

So while we were in HSB... we let loose and were like college kids again!! Its been a while, Since kiersten has been in our life, I can't remember a night where we have went out drinking with friends.
Anyhow we went to Jeni and Cody's house and had a wonderful time playing beer pong.

The pictures unfortunately have disappeared.

I have to also tell the story of  the ghost in Jeni and Cody's house.  So there have been many stories of a ghost that lives in their house, he's known as Daddy Monster.  I'm not sure I believe but I also can't say I don't believe.  While we were up playing this night and once we went to bed something strange did occur.  George and I were laying in bed falling asleep when we heard Cody and Jeni's dog Nickle come running down the stairs.  She stopped at the end of the bed room door and refused to come into the room we were sleeping in.  She looked at us with a very strange look as if she was looking clear through us.  Then she proceeded to make a vomiting sound, continued to stair at us and then turned around and ran right back up stairs.  Both George and I thought this was VERY strange.  Kiersten was sleeping in the pack and play at our feet.  I asked George if he thought we should grab her and he said yes but would not go get her.  I got up and grabbed Kiersten and placed her in the bed with us.  Next thing we hear is the stomping of foot steps on the ceiling.  Thinking everyone is asleep this got us even more freaked out.  I love George to death but he was not getting out of the bed.  When I asked him if he wanted me to go check out the noise he said yes.  At the time I did it, and it was just Jeni putting wood on the fire.  Moral of the story my husband is afraid of ghosts!! haha

Christmas....In boise 12/29/08

Wow the Christmas holiday went by so fast. We went to Boise for 5 days and then were suppose to go to Orofino for 5 days. Our vacations was cut a little short due to all the snow back at home. We did however have a great time visiting family and friends. There was a big group of us that went skiing/snowboarding on one of our days down in HSB. It was a great time but all of my pictures are mssing! :(

Here is a picture from when we were wrapping gifts!

Kiersten's first Christmas. 12/25/08

She had a blast and got spoiled by both families.  She did open gifts but I think her favorite part...was sitting on top of the wrapped boxes.  Unfortunately, the pictures are missing!! 

Nightmare in North Idaho....

So yesterday I worked a 12 hour shift. So I went to work at 630 am and got home at 8pm. By the time I got home from work we had 13 inches. As of now we have about 28 inches total since yesterday morning and it is still snowing. We got news from George's work this morning that they were not opening. So he is home. He was out shoveling but has decided that he doesn't want to keep up...and he is going to buy a snow blower!! He is at Lowe's as we speak!! Well I'm going to upload some snowing pics and then I'm off!!  *Over the years the blog pictures disappeared so I'm getting them back up but I can't find these pictures in my collection.  The following are pictures that my neighbor took during this crazy snowy time.
Once George got home with the snow blower we literally blew out paths through the yard for the dogs, poor Digger who is a brand new puppy couldn't even get to the deck because of all the snow.   This first picture is looking at George and I's vehicles in our front driveway from the neighbors house.

Kiersten's first "SHINER"

So Kiersten got her first black eye a couple days ago. She was playing, looking out the window and went to fall straight back. But instead, she decided to turn to her right to catch herself, and she turned right into the coffee table. Her eye swelled instantly, and became bright red around her eye. She had a big gash beside her eye and it was bleeding. I gave her some Motrin (I'm sure she had a headache after this fall and hopefully it helped with the swelling) and put her to bed shortly after. She woke up the next morning with a big shiner, I knew she would. So here is a picture of our little "Rocky" herself!

Welcome to our family, Digger!!

Well we officially got another dog. His name is Digger, we aren't sure what his papered name is going to be yet. We haven't figured that out. So his name may change haha. Anyhow he is 8 week old chocolate puppy. So now we have 2 chocolate labs. Hershey absolutely loves him. She has someone to play with all the time. Kiersten on the other hand, isn't so sure about Digger, He pounces on her head every chance he gets. She is getting better at pushing him away though.... (she will learn with time.) So here are some picture of Digger, Hershey, and Kiersten, our children.

Santa...

We went and got our picture taken on Santa's lap for the first time... Kiersten didn't cry....just starred, like she always dose. She watched Santa for a bit and then sat on his lap and starred at the camera for a while!! Here is her first Santa photo!!

Hot Tubbing at Grandma and Grandpa's - Horseshoe Bend

The first time Kiersten had been in a hot tub.  She loved every minute of it!

New lenses...and possably new frames!

So if you weren't aware Kiersten wasn't on our vision insurance for the first year of her life because we didn't think we would use it, obviously we were wrong. So the first glasses were not covered by insurance, we payed for them. Insurance goes into affect as of January so technically we could get a new pair and they would pay for them.
So.... today we went into get the new lens that was ordered for Kiersten's glasses and I asked when we could move Kiersten into wire framed glasses, and i explained how insurance would cover a pair once January hits. She said she would check with the doctor and get back to us. the gal called just a couple hours after we got home and said the doctor would be happy to put Kiersten in a more stylish pair with temple cables (goes behind the ears). So they were going to order some demo frames to keep in the office and when they get in we will go and check them out and see if we like them. then when January hits...WE GET TO ORDER A NEW PAIR!!! I can't wait to get her in some cuter ones!!
When we go into the appointment to try them on I'm going to take pictures of her in each pair so George and I can decide together what pair to get her. So i will post all the pictures on here!! the doctors office just ordered the demo frames so it will probably be a month before they get them in!!

Glasses Checkup...

We had Kiersten's eye appointment on Tuesday of this week... the eye doctor said her eye is 99% better. She said she was very pleased with how much better it was, than the first time we saw her. She decided that she wanted to change the prescription in the left eye. So we have a new lens for the left eye on order. She said now that she can assess Kiersten with her glasses on, she can see that she was off one prescription strength on her left eye lens but her right eye she believes is perfect. Anyhow...she did say that we are going to keep Kiersten in the glasses. She doesn't need to see her for a year but she wants to keep her in them to make the left eye stronger. She said in the back office that she would grow out of the glasses by her next appointment. At first I took this as growing out of the glasses totally in a year and not have to wear them... but reflecting back on the conversation... I think she meant she would grow out of these glasses by next appointment. Because then when we came out to the front office she said "and remember as she gets older, fisher-price makes way cuter styles." So anyhow I'm thinking that we will just have to order a new pair of frames and lenses at her next appointment in a year!!

Either way...the news I care about is that her eye is getting better. that means its responding to the glasses and that we won't have to have surgery!!! that made my day!!!

9 month Dr's Appt with Pediatrician.

So the last 2 weeks we had Dr. appointments...
She had her 9 month appointment with the pediatrician. She informed me that Kiersten had a ear infection. the week before she wasn't feeling good when we were in Orofino... 2 nights in a row she was up all night. I figured it as her teeth because she seemed to be better after a couple days. Anyhow the doctor thought maybe she was on the getting better side of the ear infection and so she let me decide if we wanted to treat her with antibiotics. So I decided not to. She was acting normal and happy so I didn't figure I needed to give her drugs for it. We had pain drops for her ears at home that I could use. Anyhow so besides the ear infection she was doing great.
She was 27.5 inches long (50 percentile), 20.05lb (70 percentile), and 44.5 inch head circumference (70 percentile).
She also got her Flu shot. Well half of it. When they are babies they only give them a half dose then a month later they come back for the other half dose. So we go back in October for the other half of the medication. (another shot). I was bummed cause I forgot about the flu shot and I knew 9 month appointment they didn't have to get any vaccinations. Anyhow she got a shot anyway!!
Then we got home and by Friday she was having fevers again and crabby...so needless to say I called and got the antibiotic prescription anyways. She is feeling better now....but still on antibiotics for 5 more days!!

Halloween Pics

So we only made it to a couple places on Halloween since we got to Boise so late in the evening...but Kiersten still got to dress up. I didn't get any pictures that turned out on Halloween night but here are some from the other day when I put her in her costume just to take pics!! I ended up making her outfit after all!

Pulling herself up..

So lately Kiersten has been a little mover. She doesn't officially crawl...She army crawls and I don't think she is ever going to get up on all fours and crawl. She gets where she wants to go, and you would be amazed at how fast she has gotten with the army crawl. She also is pulling herself up on to everything. She thinks its great that she can pull herself up on the side of the crib and scream when she wants out, and we come to her aid a lot faster now haha.
Anyhow...we are excited for Halloween... I bought Kiersten a leopard suit...its pink and warm. George wants me to make an outfit like his mom did for them but I don't know we will see. If we don't the leopard suit will work. I really wanted her to be a ladybug but we will see.
We are going to Horseshoe Bend for Halloween and our whole family is so excited. I really can't wait to show my baby off to Aunt Jeni and Uncle Cody. I really think they are going to be shocked at how big she is.
So we have our nine month appointment coming up. I was excited for this one cause Kiersten wasn't going to have to get her shots... the nine month appointment is one of the few that you don't have to get shots at....But i just realized that's its now flu season as of Oct 1st...so I'm sure they will want to give her the flu vaccine. Lame...poor girl!!
Anyhow that's about all the updating I have. Here are some current pictures!!

Kiersten peaking around the corner when She knows she is doing something wrong... she likes to play with the broom that is stuffed by the frig... Which mom considers a NO, NO. :)

New Pumpkin Pictures!

wow, so much to update...

Well I haven't posted in a long while so I was going through pictures and realized that I have many to post. First...our baby is growing up so big. I wish that George's side of the family could all see her soon. She is HUGE, compared to the last time they saw her. I finally had to break down and buy her 12 month PJ's today, when i got her ready for bed i was bummed that they actually fit, my baby girl is growing up. So last weekend George had Kiersten and they went out in the woods on a hike to go check George's tree stand. the night before the hike we put her in the backpack to see if she liked it...Here she is....

 

And then the official day that they went out...definitely a daddy's girl here... I have to say that the camo does bring out her eyes hehe!! 

 

and here she is playing with the cheapest toys in the house...

Playing with her Hershey...

Her...deciding she needs to eat some dirt!

Which leads us to Bath time...She LOVES bath time. Cries every time we take her out!!!

     

First weekend away..and the new glasses

Kiersten had her first weekend away from her parents this last weekend. My mom came up on Thursday and left with her Friday morning to go to Orofino. George went to hunting camp for the weekend and I worked all weekend. So we were without daycare so my family stepped in. Love family. Anyhow it was probably harder on me than it was on her. I think she had a great time...she was spoiled for sure and I don't think she was set down on the floor but once the whole weekend. I went down on Sunday night and Kiersten and I came home on Tuesday.

We also got Kiersten's glasses Friday but i took them down on Sunday... the first couple days were okay...she did okay in them... but daycare yesterday said they were a nightmare and I have experienced the nightmare this morning. Every 2 min she is pulling them off and chewing on them. It truly is a nightmare. Her eye doctor is out of town this week but i have a message out to her about it and hopefully she will get back to me the beginning of next week to see if there is anything else we can do. they definitely are not effective if they aren't on her head!!
Here are a couple of horrid pictures of her in her glasses!! I love her all the same though!

My big Girl!!

So she is growing up...

First clue she is growing up...she is getting teeth. two to be exact. I noticed one poking through on the 24th of this month and then the other front bottom tooth i noticed this morning. Doesn't seem like they have affected her much except I'm wondering now if the cold symptoms were all teething symptoms. I guess we will see with the next teething time.
Second clue she is growing up... she can pull herself up in her crib. She has tried many times but today was the first day I saw her actually succeed.

Getting  breathing treatment.

And then crashed out on Daddy

Kiersten standing up.

Bath Time Fun.