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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Savannah's baby blessing
Addison may never have a little sister, but she has two cousin's close to her age which could be even better. Eden is a year older and Savannah is about two months younger. We got to go to Savannah's blessing on Sunday. Their Uncle Jacob was very cute and played with my boys at the luncheon after. They had a telescope that their Uncle Chris let them use and Jacob helped figure it out. Below is a photo of Addie with her cousin and Grandma. Eden wasn't there or we would have her in the photo as well:
and more photos:
and more photos:
Monday, September 28, 2009
More photos
I'm trying to get caught up with the major summer events, the most important being Addie being born. I love this photo of her. It was taken right after she had a bath, shortly after being born. Jeff was there during her bath and when he came in before they brought Addison back, he told me she looked gorgeous. She had him wrapped around her finger shortly after she was born:
And here's more:
And here's more:
Friday, September 25, 2009
Monkey boy
Zach is a total monkey. I think I showed on a prior post how he likes to hang upside down, feet straight in the air, from our tree. It's his "trick". My son, who just turned 3, can do a front flip on the trampoline. Granted, he lands on his back instead of his feet, but it's a true front flip. He loves doing somersaults, climbing, and he'll do these half handstands all the time where he'll be on his hands and kick his legs in the air. Its a constant thing with him. Last night, at the neighbor's swingset, he was hanging onto the monkey bars and then then pulled his feet up to the bars as well. He was probably 6-7 feet off the ground doing this. Each time I told him to get down he would, but he did it at least 3 times. His recent thing is that he'll be next to a wall in the house, be on all fours, and then use his legs to climb up the wall so he's kind of doing a handstand. These are things he'll do all on his own. These are the other two things he came up with yesterday.
For this one, Zach told me, "look Mom, I'm a monkey!". I told him that's great, took a picture, and then told him don't do it again.
Because he's such a monkey, I put him in gymnastics in the community center. He's been twice and loves it, though he's been a bit shy in the beginning. He's hillarous with it and loves it. He usually has a big grin on his face. If this is his thing, then we'll stick with it.
For this one, Zach told me, "look Mom, I'm a monkey!". I told him that's great, took a picture, and then told him don't do it again.
Because he's such a monkey, I put him in gymnastics in the community center. He's been twice and loves it, though he's been a bit shy in the beginning. He's hillarous with it and loves it. He usually has a big grin on his face. If this is his thing, then we'll stick with it.
Photos
My sweet hubby surprised me this week. I've been bugging him about getting photos of the kids. I went to work on Wednesday. When I work, I usually have Jeff pick up the kids by 3:00 p.m.. When he got the kids, he decided he'd do a photo shoot with them. He took them up to a spot by the Great Salt Lake and took photos. It was supposed to be a surprise, but the boys told me about it. Jeff told me that I owe him and he's not planning on doing it again anytime soon. There aren't any of Addison below, though he did take some of all the kids. This was just a difficult location for someone Addie's age. We did some recent photos of her I'll have to post. However, he still has to do another photo shoot with her. Anyhow, I liked these and thought I'd share:
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Jasmine
We moved into our house in 2002. Its crazy it's been that long! Jeff was really excited to get a dog after we bought a house. Within a month of moving in, Jeff's brother told us about some puppies. If I remember right, Jasmine was born June 15, 2002. She's a complete mutt. She's part golden lab, black lab, Dalmatian, Huskie, and I don't know what else since she's not as big as any of those breeds. She has very unusual coloring that I've had a lot of people comment on. When she was a puppy, she was completely white and adorable. We named her Jasmine after the white flower.
We brought her home when she was about six weeks old and recently weened. She was a pain at night in the beginning where she would cry for a most of the night. She got better fast and and was a pretty sweet dog. She would give us these cute puppy grins. As she got bigger, she started to develop spots like a Dalmatian, but they were tan. She was also a VERY active little puppy and got excited when she was around people. She loved people. She used to jump up on people, but we quickly tried to curb that and she hasn't for a long time.
As mentioned, we got her shortly after we moved into the ward. We hadn't had her for that long when the bishop of the ward at that time and his sweet wife stopped buy to say hi and bring us a treat. Jasmine, being the excited puppy she was, ran over to say hi. The sweet bishop's wife picked her up and held for a minute at our door while they said hi. However, when Jasmine was a puppy and got really excited she would sometimes pee because she was just couldn't hold it in. Unfortunately, she peed all over the poor bishop's wife. This sweet lady, who I won't name names, was really sweet and good natured about it. I, however, was completely embarrassed.
Our first Halloween here, Jeff decided he wanted to dye Jasmine's fur because it was Halloween. He used red koolaid since we've heard of people doing that. It worked really well on her light colored fur. However, it worked a little too well and, though I gave her lots and lots of baths, she stayed pink for about a month.
The Owns lived next to us when we first moved in. Shelby Owens, who a just loved, would come into our yard to play with Jasmine quite a bit that first and second summer. I remember Shelby would come to our door and ask if she could play with Jasmine. I miss Shelby.
I think Jasmine was still a puppy when I first had an idea she was deaf. She was asleep on the floor and I put the vacuum right up to her without her budging. We've later realized that she can here very loud noises, but can't here most anything else. She can't here me whistle, but can hear Jeff. We came up with some very basic signs for things like come, sit down, and lay down and have managed fairly well.
We had Jasmine for about 2 1/2 years before Nathan was born. We took her camping and hiking with us. She wasn't great at that kind of stuff. She barked, likely due to her hearing. After Nate was born, she didn't want that much to do with him, but was always really good with him. As the boys have gotten older, she'll have a little more to do with them and has been really good natured, but usually just ignores them.
We bought a laser pen at one point and Jasmine would love to chase it around. Jeff's mom would usually use the laser pen with Jasmine anytime she came over. It got to the point were Jasmine got really excited any time she saw Jeff's mom since that meant play time.
Jasmine isn't a big fan of the neighbor dogs that are in our yard quite often. The neighbor boy down the street said Jasmine saved him this summer. The other dogs were in our yard when Ethan came to our house to play while we were gone. The dogs did something to make Ethan scared. He climbed into our apple tree and said that Jasmine barked at the other dogs to get them to go away. I don't know what really happened, but yeah for Jasmine!
Jasmine is still a sweet, good dog, though she barks at people she doesn't know. She's getting old and we think she's developed arthritis in her hips. Within the last month or two, we think she's lost most of her sight as well. She may have cataracts or something since I think she has some peripheral vision and can still see light. However, I think most of her vision is gone because she's been running into things, including our legs and furniture.
I feel so bad for her. Though she's been a pain at times, she really has been a good dog. I've never had to worry about her with my kids or any of the neighbors with the exception of barking. I have locked her away if there are kids that come over that don't like dogs, but I've never been concerned about her hurting anyone. She's been a good dog. I just don't know how much longer she's going to last. My poor deaf, blind dog.
We brought her home when she was about six weeks old and recently weened. She was a pain at night in the beginning where she would cry for a most of the night. She got better fast and and was a pretty sweet dog. She would give us these cute puppy grins. As she got bigger, she started to develop spots like a Dalmatian, but they were tan. She was also a VERY active little puppy and got excited when she was around people. She loved people. She used to jump up on people, but we quickly tried to curb that and she hasn't for a long time.
As mentioned, we got her shortly after we moved into the ward. We hadn't had her for that long when the bishop of the ward at that time and his sweet wife stopped buy to say hi and bring us a treat. Jasmine, being the excited puppy she was, ran over to say hi. The sweet bishop's wife picked her up and held for a minute at our door while they said hi. However, when Jasmine was a puppy and got really excited she would sometimes pee because she was just couldn't hold it in. Unfortunately, she peed all over the poor bishop's wife. This sweet lady, who I won't name names, was really sweet and good natured about it. I, however, was completely embarrassed.
Our first Halloween here, Jeff decided he wanted to dye Jasmine's fur because it was Halloween. He used red koolaid since we've heard of people doing that. It worked really well on her light colored fur. However, it worked a little too well and, though I gave her lots and lots of baths, she stayed pink for about a month.
The Owns lived next to us when we first moved in. Shelby Owens, who a just loved, would come into our yard to play with Jasmine quite a bit that first and second summer. I remember Shelby would come to our door and ask if she could play with Jasmine. I miss Shelby.
I think Jasmine was still a puppy when I first had an idea she was deaf. She was asleep on the floor and I put the vacuum right up to her without her budging. We've later realized that she can here very loud noises, but can't here most anything else. She can't here me whistle, but can hear Jeff. We came up with some very basic signs for things like come, sit down, and lay down and have managed fairly well.
We had Jasmine for about 2 1/2 years before Nathan was born. We took her camping and hiking with us. She wasn't great at that kind of stuff. She barked, likely due to her hearing. After Nate was born, she didn't want that much to do with him, but was always really good with him. As the boys have gotten older, she'll have a little more to do with them and has been really good natured, but usually just ignores them.
We bought a laser pen at one point and Jasmine would love to chase it around. Jeff's mom would usually use the laser pen with Jasmine anytime she came over. It got to the point were Jasmine got really excited any time she saw Jeff's mom since that meant play time.
Jasmine isn't a big fan of the neighbor dogs that are in our yard quite often. The neighbor boy down the street said Jasmine saved him this summer. The other dogs were in our yard when Ethan came to our house to play while we were gone. The dogs did something to make Ethan scared. He climbed into our apple tree and said that Jasmine barked at the other dogs to get them to go away. I don't know what really happened, but yeah for Jasmine!
Jasmine is still a sweet, good dog, though she barks at people she doesn't know. She's getting old and we think she's developed arthritis in her hips. Within the last month or two, we think she's lost most of her sight as well. She may have cataracts or something since I think she has some peripheral vision and can still see light. However, I think most of her vision is gone because she's been running into things, including our legs and furniture.
I feel so bad for her. Though she's been a pain at times, she really has been a good dog. I've never had to worry about her with my kids or any of the neighbors with the exception of barking. I have locked her away if there are kids that come over that don't like dogs, but I've never been concerned about her hurting anyone. She's been a good dog. I just don't know how much longer she's going to last. My poor deaf, blind dog.
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