Looks like I'll just have to start doing bulky posts now that I am such a blog slacker. So... I have a LOT of pics from December... very eventful month! We went to Montana for the Ally Jackson/ Kyle DeVerna wedding and spent Christmas up there with family... it was indescribably wonderful to get to be around so many loved ones!
Lets get started with 12/10/11... McKel turns one!!
Mommy bought McKel a couple new outfits for her birthday, this is one of them! I especially lover her shoes.
To celebrate McKel's birthday, the family all went to Chuck-O-Rama and ate and ate and ate... this was kind of a co-celebration, for McKel's bday and Mommy's up and coming bday! Mommy turned old... not gonna say how old, but I still feel young and that's what matters! Proof that I'm still young... I got this cool PJ's for my bday... old people don't wear these do they?
OK I know I look silly, but I'm comfy and warm! And all by my lonesome watching TV before bed so nobody can judge me!
Next up in the picture fest, comes our fabulous Montana trip! Lucky for me, Shelby rode up with us and volunteered to drive most of the way. About an hour in to the drive, I was sitting in the back seat between the girls, trying to keep them happy, when McKel turns to me, and up comes a TON of throw up, spewing from her mouth, and I was the perfect target! My sweatshirt, pants, even underwear were soaked with vomit. So... we had to find the nearest bathroom and change and get unstinkified. I could tell it was going to be a loooong drive! But that's ok, it was worth it!
Peace, Chubbs!
Chubbs keeps his eyes on the road... and the scampering rodent... or was it a napkin? ;)
love it when this happens in the car!
Avril happily drinking her orange juice!
Here is Avril combing Kyle's hair. Take note of how well-combed Avril's own hair is :) Uncle Shelby bathed her and did her hair, since she'd gotten honey all through it while eating her chicken McNuggets from Old MacDonald's in the car...
I was thinking my birthday would slip under the radar this year, since I officially am starting to feel super old, I was away in Montana, and at a wedding. I thought for sure it'd be forgotten. Well, Aunt Suze didn't let that happen. She held a surprise luncheon in honor of me, and bought everyone food. It was so sweet it brought me to tears. Such Christlike, loving people... pure goodness! And they even arranged for Shelby to sit while we were out. Here is what I came back to:
Anything more precious you've ever seen in your whole life?
Some more pics from the trip:
KYLE AND ALLY'S WEDDING:
Uncle Shelby sports McKel's flower hat :) Papa Bryan was a great help to have there for the kids!
Avril with her dad.
Mommy and McKel. I don't take credit for McKel's hair...
LOVE YOU, Shelby!! Thank you for all your help on the trip. You're the best-est-est!!
Cousin Chad with his little girl, baby Elly :)
Though you can't tell... a pregnant Emily, with baby Elly and Chad
baby Elly and her grandma
Carm and Jim :)
Grandma Char and Uncle Dick
This is how we kept baby McKel content during the wedding... the magic bottle!
So some random people took my camera at the wedding and took a picture... anybody know them?
The newlyweds!!
Truly the perfect couple, and the perfect wedding! God bless and may they have a long life of happiness and love...
The first dance as a married couple :) I was so honored to see how gorgeous Ally looked in my dress...
Jim, Avril, and Shelby at the reception. Poor kiddos got so tired they both crashed at the reception.
McKel loves her mama... and mama loves her McKel!
CHRISTMAS IN LOGAN:
Lucky us! Another Christmas?!? After we got back from Montana we celebrated Christmas again with our Logan family... So many presents! But the best part is getting to spend time with all our loved ones. It was an amazing Christmas season.
Look at that grinning ear to ear Papa Spencer. I can see why, he has the cutest granddaughters in the whole world!
Nana holding cute lil McKel
Avril never got tired of opening gifts.
We make a good team.
LOVE YOU AV!!
Papa sports a macaroni necklace from Avril and McKel
Santa's little helper :)
the girls can't get enough books
She's just so stinkin cute!!
What a mess!
Avril is obsessed with monsters, so Santa brought her a Monster Toss, and Monster Bowling :)
Took a photo of myself wearing my macaroni necklace and new scarf
Congrats to the Mitals!! Jim and Carm tied the knot officially on New Years Eve up in Moscow, Idaho in Jim's home there.
So we are all still sickos in our house. I don't recall ever being sick so much in my entire life. I am not sure if its because I started working at a hospital and I'm around patients, or if its because my kid is in daycare now and she picks everything up at the preschool there... who knows, but I'm hoping we reached our sick quota for the next few years and we won't have to suffer anymore.
November just whizzed by so I'll post some pics from the past month for your viewing enjoyment :) I can't believe McKel is almost 1 whole year old now! Avril loves the snow, and the holidays. She hasn't stopped talking about Halloween and Thanksgiving, so Christmas is going to be a big hit, I'm sure!
Avril grins proudly at her snowman creation with Papa Spencer
Avril cried when her snowman melted. It was devastating for her.
My brown-eyed girl, and my blue-eyed beauty, just snuggling on the couch :)
Time for a little sledding!!
Nana pulled the girls in the snow, what fun!
Trish and all her babes on Thanksgiving up at the Parkinson Great Grandparents' house
Olivia helped us make little treat baskets for everyone
And Papa Spencer carved the turkey!
Grandma Joyce busy in the kitchen
Jared with one of the triplet boys... sorry, not gonna try to guess which one!
Olivia cuddles up to her bearded dad
Seems like everyone is holding a baby in these pics
Cousin Brittney and Avril :)
Nana and Papa with Baby McKel
Great Grandpa Parkinson and Gayle
cute couple- Kelly and Trish
Not sure he's a fan of the piano playing... looks like it knocked Kelly out though
More Thanksgiving visitors, the Robert and Tracine Parkinson clan
Great Grandpa Parkinson again
another baby holding pic
...and another... Adrian with one of the triplets
Papa helps McKel enjoy some chocolate pie
Avril is a huge fan of the pumpkin pie!
Arleen and a triplet
Every single person in this pic was born on April 16th. Crazy, huh?
... and the August 11th birthdays... Olivia and Brittney
Tried to get them to sit still and pose on the stairs but this is the best we could do... Happy Thanksgiving!
Once again, been too long since I've hit up bloggerville. I don't think single parents should be allowed to get sick. Then again, being sick has forced me to slow down a little and take a sick day from work which is why I'm sitting here updating the blog in the first place. So I guess I'm glad I got sick? First Avril had this cold/flu thing... then McKel... and I'm the lucky last one to get it. I did get a flu shot this year... not that it did me any good.
So here are the updates: MOM: I recently was hired for a full time position at the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. I have been training for my new job the past week, and there are still a world of things to learn, as I have never had a job quite like this before. I do enjoy it, because its new, I love to learn, I get to work with awesome people, and I am working with money, which I'm good at :) I will be in charge of doing the billing for the hospital... which is a VERY busy job, and I'm finding that there are lots of improvements that need to be made in that department. I have my work cut out for me. This position will be nice because I can now get benefits, a little bigger paycheck, and more job security. The downside is that my dream of being at home with my kiddos cannot happen at this point in my life. I miss my girls terribly every single day. But, I do have lots of help from friends and family members and we found an excellent daycare/preschool so this is our new life and we are becoming accustomed to it. I think prayers are being answered... sometimes I have my doubts, I must be honest. But I keep praying anyway... AVRIL: Avril is becoming such a silly little thing. She is so entertaining. I cannot imagine how her little brain works. She says the most random, hilarious things all the time! She is now in a preschool class at her daycare, which has actually worked out quite well. Avril is so smart, and she really needs something like that to keep her mind working all the time. I started hearing her say, "Oh my world!" This is because Nana says, "Oh my word!" Its pretty funny to hear :) Avril had the time of her life at Halloween. It was just about the happiest I've seen her. She was squealing with delight as we went trick-or-treating, and she wasn't even shy! She would say Trick-or-Treat! And Thank you, and shout out, Happy Halloween!! MCKEL: McKel is at the stage where she is learning and growing so quickly it is hard to keep up with all the changes. I feel bad for not being more on top of all the exciting new things happening in her life, the way I was with Avril... but its just so much more difficult with all the working I've been doing lately. McKel now has 4 teeth...2 up top and 2 on the bottom. The top two came in within the past month. The majorly exciting news with McKel is that she is 100% walking now!! By her 10 month birthday she was already taking several steps. I need to get a good video of this but I haven't been around with a camera much to catch it. But she loves to practice walking all over the house, and doesn't mind taking some stumbles along the way. She just walks around with a big grin on her face. She is generally such a happy baby girl, as she always has been. Unfortunately, she did not get to join in on the Trick or Treating this year but we did dress her up for a Halloween party at the daycare. McKel was sick on Halloween but it gave mommy some alone quality time with Avril so I guess it turned out ok. McKel's favorite thing to say is "Uh Oh!" She repeats this over and over. Usually she will sit at her high chair and drop things over the edge then say, "uh oh!" (not really an uh oh if you ask me).
So... that's whats new with me and the girls! Here are some pics:
Avril got in to the cereal cabinet and found some vanilla flavored soy protein powder. For some reason she thought it would be a good idea to dump it on McKel's head. McKel didn't seem to mind.
Powdered McKel
My lil punkin Avril... I have to show a pic from a previous year when we made her a real punkin' :)
Avril Halloween of 2009 as a real punkin! Love her chunky lil legs :)
We also had a lil watermelon for Halloween this year. We had many compliments on our cute harvest this year!
Mommy helped Avril make a spider web at her Halloween daycare party.
Love those big baby blues
Nana as Dolly Pardon and our lil punkin girl on Halloween, getting ready for trick-or-treating!
Dolly giving McKel a bath in the sink
McKel loves to stick her tongue out and rub it back and forth across her teeth :)
Mommy and her lil melon going to the party
Could they be any cuter?!!
Happy Halloween! From the Punkin, the Watermelon, and the sick Mama!
