my baby girls

We are still here!!

2010-08-24T13:04:00.005-04:00

Ok so it has been a long time since I last updated. I am sorry. But this is a little of what we have been doing when we have a vehicle to get around in this summer. Most of the time we just sit at home. But here ya go.

HI

2010-04-20T12:39:00.002-04:00

Well, it sure has been a long time since I updated huh!? Sorry bout that. Well the only big news is that we are expecting our third child in Dec.!!! Yeah, tell me about it! What a surprise this was. Anyways, things are going good with the rest of the family. Emily has pre school graduation on May 25 already! She is pretty excited to go to kindergarten tho. Ava is a LITTLE independent and lets us know what and when she wants things. Steve is still working for Schindler Elevators and I still am at home.

2010-01-25T13:31:00.005-05:00

Emily and Mr. Dykema(music teacher, no longer)

Em "holding" Ava

Emily and her friend Katie

Emily and Ms. Sayers (teacher, no longer)

Em and Grammy

I don't know why but Ava likes to wear her shoes with her jammies on. She has on shoes, a hat and mittens! Emily spelled her name in cheese balls. And the bottom pic is Emily's picture she drew! I think she might be an artist!! Flowers, sun and clouds in case you were wondering!

sad goodbye

2010-01-25T13:05:00.002-05:00

Well, last Tues was Emily's teacher(Ms. Sayers) last day. Her job was cut from the school so they gave her a part time position elsewhere. Emily was pretty sad all last week. I didn't think she'd take this hard tho. Today her new teacher(Mrs. Dykstra) started, they did meet before a couple times, but when Emily had to go into the room, she broke down and started sobbing! She said she didn't want to go to school again. "What if I start crying again, mommy?" So I held her and told her that all her friends where still there and the classroom is the same. All the same toys and games and books but she didn't want to go in. So of course it felt like her first day all over again. To top that, I had just gotten done reprimanding her in the bathroom because she is having one of those I am NOT listening to mommy days! All morning long, no matter what I said, three to five times, she would not listen!! So here I get done doing that and then she starts bawling before class. Let me tell you, I feel like mother of the year!! So needless to say, i started tearing up too because then I felt bad for getting after her. Of course ava was sad that sissy had to go to school so she started whining too! What a morning!
Last Monday was also her music teacher's last day. Mr Dykema's job also got cut. So she had a little musical program at school. It was so darn cute, her first program!! I will post pics in a moment. So now her school took away her teacher, music class and gym class! I think computer lab will be next!? Are they going to cut her class time in half too??!!!! I know this economy sucks but come on!! Music and gym class too!!! ok enough of my ranting. Things are going good over here.Ava is starting to put words together-only 2 words but hey its a start! "Come here, my baba, I LOVE YOU, watch me, that's mine" are just a few. Oh she also says "HEY" when Daddy steals some food off her plate, or if he takes mine while I am not looking. She watches out for me!!

2010-01-10T15:55:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!

hello!

2010-01-10T15:46:00.003-05:00

2009-12-19T10:56:00.000-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

ok

2009-11-06T22:23:00.002-05:00

So here's a lot of what we have been doing: Some of these pictures are older. We took the girls to Klackles and they rode ponies, we went to Chicago for the Tigers baseball game, Emily had her first field trip to Post Family Farm(pumpkin patch and farm) with school and her first time on a school bus. I was so excited I got to go with her!! She and I loved it(other than it being rainy and cold) and Emily and I were the only ones with winter jackets and gloves! DUH people. We went on a hayride and got to pick out pumpkins and then went back and had doughnuts and apple cider. She also had a halloween parade at school and there are some pictures of that. She was the cowardly lion and Ava was a puppy(love the hand me downs from E)Then some of the girls together. Ava can finally wear 2 pigtails!!! yay. Anyways, things are hectic around here. Steve has been sick for about 4 weeks and just yesterday BOTH girls are sick Ava has croup and not sure about E. Both had temps 103.4!! Well, we'll see how things go!

Finally more pics!

2009-11-06T21:59:00.008-05:00

Emily's First day at school

2009-09-14T21:53:00.004-04:00

Emily standing by her locker

Emily giving her teacher a high five when leaving

Now she needs to learn to cross her legs!!

Storytime

Emily and YaiYai baked cookies for her teacher

Getting ready to go

I was a little nervous bringing her but today was the only day that I got to stay with her. Tomorrow I will drop her off for only 1 hr and then Wed the normal time 12-2:30 pm. She was soooo excited to go this morning. She drove me crazy asking me every 10 minutes if it was time to go. She was the only one who actually answered the teachers' questions. She is soo smart. She was shy for about 5 min and that was it. She did really well for her first day, but like I said, I was there. Tomorrow might be different. Anyways, I am excited and nervous. It feels like she is only going like once a week but it is hard for me to fathom, pretty much for the next 12 years!!! Our next stage in our wonderful, busy now life!

Emily's 4th Birthday

2009-09-07T22:01:00.010-04:00

Emily and Collin swimming

Ava tried to swim in the bowl!

Collin, Lydia, Ava, Emily all in the tub

Papa and Ava in Holland

Look at those waves! She wasn't even scared.

Emily on Uncle Mikes' Harley!!

Em, Ava and Papa

Ava and Uncle Mike

Em showing off her sewing.

I made this cake all by myself!! Can you believe it.
Of course its a castle for our princess.

Em and Daddy are making meatballs, and she did it all herself!

Here is her birthday pics now

Kendelia, Marie, Emily and Dylan

Cousin Marie read all Em's cards to her.

Em and her scooter

Emily's easy bake oven.!!!!!!

Emily and her cake

Ava wearing Emily's life jacket in the house and trying to pick up her sippy cup

Daddy and Ava, Emily in the background at Millenium park

Ava in the cutest(and shortest) outfit. Thanks Linda!

Well Emily's Birthday was Tuesday Sept 1. Since last Christmas, she has been asking for an easy bake oven. Steve was all for it, but I thought maybe she needed to be a little older(the box says for kids age 8 and older). Well she has been sooo interested in cooking with Daddy I finally said yes. She absolutely loved it. When she opened it, she dropped it so fast and ran up to me and hugged me! It made me feel so awesome! I am glad she liked it. She has already made cake and cookies. Of course we all have to try it:) Anyways, she got a ton of cool gifts and she had a lot of fun(even tho aunt Stacey and uncle Jason weren't there) She did get to talk to them on the phone tho. (She really misses you both.)
Well I have been an at home mom officially now. I am unemployed and loving it, other than not having any money. I am spending good, quality time with the girls. Emily starts pre school on Sept 14. She goes Mon thru Thurs 12-2:30. I am so going to miss her. I can't believe it is here already. She is not quite sure about it tho even tho we did go to her school and meet her teacher. She asked me why I wanted her to go to school. It was actually pretty funny.
But everything is going well and hope it is for you.

more pics

2009-08-18T22:16:00.007-04:00

Em and Collin-look at her face!!

Em learning a scooter

Ava doesn't like milk-see it coming out of her mouth?!

Em showing off her sewing skills

Funky!!

Princess Ava

Nathan and Ava

"You better watch out or I am gonna......"

Ava as snow white

Em's getting married!!

WHOA!!

Collin and Em in their PJ's

"Get her off of me!"

Too stinkin cute!

news

2009-08-18T11:38:00.002-04:00

So I have three bulging discs and a tear. I went and got a cortisone shot last Thurs and it has helped tremendously! I can still feel a little pain but now at least I can walk and do stuff again. Yesterday was my first day alone with the girls. It went well and of course I was tired but no problems. I still have to set up my physical therapy tho yet. And of course I am now unemployed too!
Emily is starting to get scared for school. She starts Sept 14. I am going to be a mess that day! Ava is doing good, walking all over the place and LOVES her sissy. Most of the time they get along great but then there are those moments when Ava just gets ticked off at Emily and just screams at her. I will update more tonight, gotta go make lunch.

bad news

2009-07-25T22:23:00.003-04:00

Well I have been laid up since Tues with either a torn or bulging disc. Flat on my back, high on Vicodin and Flexeril. I got in to see an orthopedic dr on Fri and they did xrays and gave me this monitor thingy to wear. What it does is pretty much shocks my muscles and relaxes them. It is weird. Anyways, he also gave me a med dose pack and to take it for 6 days. Well today was the 2nd day and I had an allergic reaction to it. I got a rash on my face and was having hot flashes like crazy. So I discontinued it. I am doing ok for now but off work all next week. No bending, twisting or lifting!! This is really hard to do with 2 little girls My mom has been over taking care of them which has been a huge help. I go back next Fri to see what the next step is.
Emily on the other hand has been diagnosed with fifths disease. It is pretty much like the summer flu and is very common. It is contagious to children but not adults. She gets a high fever and is vomiting. She is complaining of a headache and body aches. There is nothing they can give her other than Motrin. So that is what we're doing.
Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

Cadillac Pix-long post-BEWARE

2009-07-15T21:45:00.010-04:00

Emily and Tristan

Look at the dirty mouth!

Kendal sneaking pepsi

Everyone playing volleyball-in pix: Don, Judie, Janeen, Joe, Larry, Marie,Mike,Pam,Heather

Pam in her dad's hat and Janeen(her mom)

Emily and Jake having a sandwich

Emily made a friend at the beach.

E blowing bubbles in a noodle!

Ava kept falling backwards with her life jacket on and it made her really mad!

That was her face all week-She was happy

Kendelia and E

E was upset about something so she went to pout

Dylan, Tristan, McKenna, Emily, Kendelia, Ava

All us kids eating mac and cheese

Mike, Dad, Donnie, Mark and Dylan setting up my awning-a pain in the butt! It takes 4 people to set it up and 3 beers each!!!

E and Ava dancing and singing the first morning!

BUSTED!

Emily and her friend in Lake City playing ring around the rosies

Ava napping!?

Emily and her new friends watching Toy Story in Lake City

E and Ava cooking me dinner

Ava helping me pack

Us girls in papa's big pool

Ava's WALKING!!

2009-07-13T22:58:00.002-04:00

She started walking in Cadillac(of course the last day) She even walked across the campsite. Then she started at home on Sunday. Today while we were all in the living room all doing our own thing. She started scootin across and then stopped, got up on her own and started walking across the living room!!!!!She gets so excited and starts laughing and falls. But she gets back up again. It only took 13 1/2 months!! Anyways, we had a good vacation and I will post a TON of pictures tomorrow. Steve was home all last week sick. He had gastroenteritis. He was dizzy, throwing up, headaches and high blood pressure. The Dr told him it was extremely contagious and even wrote him a letter for his work to be off. He did disinfect the house before we came home tho. Anyways, gotta go for now.

vacation!!

2009-07-03T13:26:00.001-04:00

Just to let everyone know, we are leaving today for Lake City this weekend and Cadillac on Sunday! So no posts for a little bit, but I can't wait to come back and blog all my pix! Happy 4th
everyone!!

Ava's 1st birthday

2009-06-16T21:48:00.005-04:00

This is an older pic but she got this car for her birthday

Em drew this turtle all by herself-No help at all

Ava looking like pocahontas(sp?)

E playing in mud

The rocking horse we bought her

This is a little garden that she adores!!

Ava eating her spaghettios all by herself

Then all smashed in her hair

Things are going well over in the shrontz world. Sorry for the lack of updating. Anyways, Ava's birthday went well and she had a blast. She received a ton of cool gifts. Thank you everyone. But the biggest surprise was that her papa and yai yai shrontz bought her and Emily a SWINGSET! Steve picked up the wood and parts on Sunday and papa came over to help. It took all day Sunday and Monday evening!! But it was well worth it! They both LOVE IT! Ava squeals while she is swining and has a hard time sharing her swing when laney comes over. She gets really mad. Emily loves to swing every chance she gets. She calls it her tree set?????Why???? good question!!! oh yeah, Ava is still not walking yet!!!!
Steve has been back to work for a couple of weeks. He had his exam last Thursday-his final. We wont know for about a month how he did. He is pretty nervous but I think he did good! He studied for 2 hrs every night for the last week. So now that is done for the summer and he will start back up in September. I have been doing alright. Hanging in there so to speak. Got back to working two days a week again. Things are a little crazy with finding a babysitter but then things will get crazier once school starts. I can't believe my little girl is going to be in pre school already!! Time flies. Before I know it they will be graduating high school and moving out!!! AAAHHHHH
Anyways, I guess that is it for now, I will try to be better at blogging now that the puter is working again!!! Cya

2009-05-28T08:49:00.001-04:00

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY AVA!
We love you very much.

My road trip

2009-04-19T21:36:00.002-04:00

Well, Steve was in Las Vegas with his mom over the weekend. Denny, my father-in-law, took me on a road trip of our own. My mom babysat my girls for the day on Saturday, while Denny and I went to Little River Casino. It only took us 2 hrs to get there. Way closer then Vegas and I actually came home with money. Sorry Steve!!! It was a blast! Both Denny and I came home with the money we went up there with and more. I won $200 at Roulette. It was my first time playing and I loved it!!! No more wasting time on Black Jack!
We first got started by playing Video Black jack to get warmed up. then we went to a Black Jack table. We were there a whole ten minutes and got our butts handed to us. No joke! Ten minutes and lost $40. So we said forget this and headed to a Roulette table. It was really fun playing it and I still don't know all the rules. Oh well. I will learn slowly. So when we go to Vegas in December, I will be ready. No, they need to be ready for me!!
Anyways, thank you Denny for everything!! I had a really good time and hope you did too!
Also thank you to Grammy and Papa for watching the girls!! So I will post more when Steve gets home and let you all know about his weekend.

Week #4

2009-04-06T22:38:00.003-04:00

So it has been almost 4 weeks and no call yet for Steve! We need Daddy to go back to work!!! I think he is kinda liking it tho because he gets really good quality time with the girls. He is really gonna miss them bad when he does return to the working world. I have been trying to pick up extra hours at work when they let me. 3 here or there, letting the girls at work know if they wanted a personal day to call me up. I will work for them. It sucks just because I don't get to spend a lot of time with MY girls, but someones gotta do it!!! I am proud to say that Emily has been staying dry at night now for a month and also does not sleep with the railing on her bed for 2 weeks! She is just growing up too fast. And next year she starts preschool in Grandville! Can you believe it. She is enrolled in M, W, F afternoons. I am gonna cry like a baby her first day.
Ava is a hyper little thing. When she wakes up, she has sooooooo much energy it cracks me up. I swear, sometimes I think Steve gives her something! She makes this noise, it sounds almost like she is puking, just to get our attention. Especially Emily's. She just makes these weird random noises to get Emily to come over and play with her. It is totally awesome to see them interact with each other tho! Ava is in awe of her big sister, but I also think she is gonna beat Emily up when she gets older. She does not take any crap from Emily. She even screams back or moves Emily away from her when Emily gets too close or does something Ava doesn't like. It is a hoot!
Well that is all for now, I will try to update some more pics soon!

Steve update

2009-03-24T22:11:00.003-04:00

OK, just to update everyone............. Steve has been laid off!! He is officially a stay at home mom:) And I think he can't stand it anymore. Not that he doesn't love his girls, I just think he needs to be at work to make him feel better.(and he's getting cabin fever!!) He also has had the best 4 days with them. They are perfect for HIM! They act the way they should, eat when they should, everything is perfect for the girls. But the minute mom gets home they start acting up! why is that? Then when I am home during the week, I get all the cranky, sick days! What is wrong with this picture!
Anyways, sorry about that. Was distracted for a moment. Anyways, we are hoping that he gets a call soon to come back. But we don't know how long this can go on. He's heard that Otis is starting to pick up, but what can we do but wait. In the meantime, all the house projects should be caught up(as long as they don't require any money) So if any one needs anything done around the house or has any side jobs, let Steve know and I am sure he would be thrilled to get out of the house and help. Take care and hope all is well with everyone!

Indoor Beach Day!

2009-03-13T22:19:00.005-04:00

Emily singing

Our picnic

Being a cheese ball!

We had a light house, music, picnic, wipes and of course a make shift sun!

And don't forget the pool and beach ball!!

Ava trying to get IN her doll house

Tell me that is not cute!!!

She likes to put the doll house on her feet.

We had a beach day on Thursday. We filled the pool with warm water, had a picnic lunch on the picnic table. We sandwiches, fruit, chocolate, cookies and we saw a seagull trying to eat Emily's sandwich!! What an imagination. We listened to Psalty, sang and played like we were at the beach. It was sooo much fun. I would highly recommend doing this with your little one if you can. She was so excited. We even made our own sun. We did forget to put on sunscreen tho. Poor little E got burned!! Hee Hee. Anyways, just a cute little update.
That is all for now.

Ava update

2009-03-13T21:59:00.002-04:00

Ava went to the dr. for her 9 month check up. Here are her stats:
19lbs 8 oz, 28 1/8 inches and her head circumference 18 3/8 in. At her 6 mo check up she weighed 19 lbs 1 oz, so she only gained 7 oz!! Can you believe that. Her length was 27 1/4 in. She just is a little slow in the growing area next to Emily!! That is ok tho. She has 5 teeth (top & bottom two and right eye tooth) and 1 just poked through on the bottom and 2 more just starting(bottom and top) I don't remember Emily having this many at 9 1/2 mo!! She is doing good tho. She is terrified of the dr.s office too. Thankfully no shots this time, only a little poke for her hemoglobin. She does have this temper tho.(wonder where she gets that from?!) She gets to ticked off and just screams bloody murder!! The Dr. said she needs more calories, more bottles. Thank goodness she is not on Nutramigen any more at $25 a can! She is now on $11 formula!!!!!
I am doing better also. My pink eye is gone finally. I had a huge mess trying to get glasses ordered from Lens Crafters, because I just ordered my contacts on Monday(they accept our ins) and Tues I found out I had pink eye. So needless to say we had to pay for my glasses. It was a good thing tho that I finally got glasses with the right rx!! my other ones were 7 yrs old and I couldn't hardly see out of them. I only used them at night before bed, but still!!
Anyways, Steve and Emily are doing good and are ready for spring. She needs to be outside playing and running off her energy. We all are sick of being inside.

Water park talk

2009-03-08T22:42:00.002-04:00

So this weekend, my mom took us all to Holiday Inn Express by M-6 and 131(Cutlerville) We got there Friday night and of course went to the Water Park. It was a 3 story slide, whirl pool, hot tub and a kiddie park all indoors. All the kids could not go on the big slide because they were not tall enough. They were kinda bummed. But after Emily walked into the little pool it took me about 10-15 minutes to talk her into going down the slide. She was a little scared just because the water was coming down on her. I finally pushed her into it and made her go down the slide. She LOVED it. She started to finally keep going on her own. She played so well in the water. Normally, for those who don't know, she is deathly afraid of Papa's BIG pool. Over the weekend, she went into the big pool at the park on Daddy's back. She was ASKING to go in by Sat. afternoon. She did awesome! She liked the whirl pool too! My mom also went into the pool with all the grandkids. I think she had as much fun as the kids did.
We also finally got my dad and both brothers to finally go down the slide and they all liked it. Steve and I went quite a few times too! But Calvin and Marie did the most. Emily stayed up both nights real late(Fri 10:30 and Sat 11 pm) She was whipped by Sunday afternoon when we got home. She took a 2 hr nap!!!! Anyways, Sat was Calvins birthday so we ordered pizza for supper and then had cake and ice cream. Then back into the pool.
My mom had given us girls bags at the beginning of the weekend with smut magazines, hand wipes, poppy seed bread, no bake cookies, snacks and magic towels. It was awesome. So I had at least gotten my smut mag read by Sunday. She knows me too well.
Anyways, all in all we had a great time and hope to make it annual. It was good to get away, mini vacation. My inlaws had Ava bean for the weekend. Boy did I miss her. She was happy to see me tho!! She started jumping right away!! Onto another subject real quick, please keep my grandpa in your prayers and thoughts. He had surgery last Wed and is still in the hospital. He had a terrible weekend but the pathology came back negative for cancer!!! But his lung keeps collapsing. Please, he needs a lot of prayers!! Anyways, hope all is well elsewhere! Bye.

Water Park Weekend!!

2009-03-08T22:20:00.008-04:00

This is after 2 late nights and 2 days of water park fun!

March 7 was Calvin's 12th Birthday

Mark, Jen, Kendelia, Tristan

Pool and whirl pool

3 story slide

The Kiddie Pool

Emily and Daddy in the big pool!!!! Finally, she is not scared.

That's right!! Papa coming down the slide!

Emily coming down the kiddie slide.

Emily sitting on the window sill eating string cheese in our hotel room.

Kendelia, Emily, Tristan, Marie, Dylan, Calvin

Ava wearing daddy's hat.

Too cute!!!

Aunt Stacey and Emily(wearing Stacey's glasses)

Disney on Ice

2009-02-28T16:45:00.003-05:00

Emily and Flounder

Yai Yai, Aunt Pam, Laney and Emily

Laney and cotton candy!!

Emily when she saw the princesses!! Awesome picture.

Emily and Ava

Emily got dressed up like a princess.

First, this bottom picture is of Debbie opening her birthday present from Denny. It is a trip to Las Vegas with Seve. She cried alot Friday night. Then on Saturday Aunt Pam, Laney, Yai Yai Emily and I went to Disney on Ice. She had a blast!! She loved all the princesses. Yai Yai bought her cotton candy and a coloring book. On the cotton candy was the fish hat, Flounder. We had a great time. Thank you Yai Yai and Aunt Pam!

FINALLY!!

2009-02-27T14:22:00.003-05:00

How stinkin cute is Ava!!??

She feel asleep in her jumper

How beautiful and innocent is Emily!!??

Remember when Emily wore this?

Yai yai and Emily getting gorgeous!!

Emily and Ava

Ava is so darn happy!!

Now for the update. Ava has 4 teeth coming in. One front tooth has come in and the others are close behind. She has been feeling good for the most part.
Emily is doing good and is looking forward to preschool this fall. She is too smart for her own good. She also can't wait for Ava to "grow bigger so I can play with her"
Steve sold his motorcycle FINALLY and now I am so excited because we will be able to get Emily her "park" swing set for the back yard. Steve bought a smoker today to he is already going to use it tonight. I am fabulous today because I just got the last ticket to Disney on Ice and will be able to go with YaiYai and little E tomorrow.!!:) That is all for now, I promise to keep this updated regularly now.

2009-02-17T10:43:00.001-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT STACEY!
We miss you and are thinking of you today.

2009-01-25T15:33:00.002-05:00

Ava has another tooth! It is her left eye tooth(I think)
Things are going the same here. Sorry no post in a while. My camera doesn't work so no pics again this time. Thank you Uncle Jason and Aunt Stacey for Emily's letter. She even sleeps with it at night. She loves it!! Everyone is finally over their sicknesses and feeling good. Can't wait for Steve to be back into town again. Life will be normal(somewhat) Anyways, hope all is well with everyone.

2009-01-10T10:26:00.002-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE!! I love you.

Also HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Katie. We love you too!!

We are still alive!!

2009-01-07T22:49:00.003-05:00

Holy cow! It has been a long time since I posted. Sorry bout that. Anyways, we made it through the holidays!!!!!! yay. Ava did really well and even got excited when she tried to open her presents. Of course big sis had to help her. Emily had a riot with all the parties (she is such a party gal) and all the presents. Emily was told santa wouldn't come to our house if she was still awake. Only kids that are asleep in their beds! On that note:
I have to tell this story: Christmas Eve when we got home, it was really late(11 pm) but little E wanted to snuggle with daddy on the couch. So I told them I was going downstairs to do laundry and actually went outside with my jingle bells. I went up to the front door/window and started ringing my bells. Then I made a thump on the house. (Emily and Daddy were on the couch) Daddy said her eyes got big as saucers, she threw back her blanket, ran down the hall to her bedroom, shut off the light, slammed the door shut and jumped into bed. When I came in I went to her bedroom and she had the covers up to her nose, eyes still wide as could be. I asked why she was in bed and not snuggling with daddy. She whispered I had to be quiet cuz santa was here on the roof and if she wasnt in bed, he would keep going to the next house. She said she heard the reindeer and bells outside. So I said good night and we never heard from her again all night. She even got up at 6 am to go to the bathroom and she told me then he was still up there but then she went straight back to bed.
Steve and I laughed so hard. What a great memory!!!!!
Anyways, both girls have been sick with the cold since Christmas. I even took Ava into the clinic on a Sunday night because she was trying to breathe and it was so hard for her. She did have a double ear infection and bronchialitis. He gave her Amoxicillin and sent us on our way. She is starting to feel better finally(I think) She also can wave her whole arm to say hi or by and loves to jump. Emily has been a fireball! I think terrible twos has been replaced by HORRENDOUS THREEs!!!! She tried to push Ava down a step while Ava was in her walker, she tried to climb her dresser(did get up there to get the lotions and creams-which she smeared all over her carpet) she colored the floor and the TV after I told her 2 times not to! Then to end the day(yes all this in one day) She threw a tantrum: She turned up her radio(Christmas present) as loud as it could go(Ava sleeping meanwhile) turned her light off, slammed the door shut and stomped to her bed!! I was in the process of telling her she needed to stay in her bed for a "rest" and that is what she did! Can you beloieve our little 3 yr old angel acts like a teenager!! Can I change my mind about having kids? If this is a preview of what is to come, I am going to be bald before I know it! Other than that, things have been really busy. Steve threw me a surprise 30th birthday party on Dec 19. Thank you all for a great time! Jason and Stacey even came down for it!
THANK YOU Stacey for being such an awesome, caring and wonderful FRIEND, sister in law and babysitter(gorcery shopper too:) Thank you also to my father in law and Jason for shoveling me out. I really appreciate it. Hope everyone had a safe and happy Christmas and New Year and that things are going good in 2009! I will try to keep this updated now. I also have pictures but having a problem loading them. So maybe next time!! Lots of love

Quick update

2008-12-11T15:44:00.003-05:00

Ava had her 6 mo check up today. Here's the stats: Weight 19# 1 oz (90th%) Length 27 1/4 inches (90th%) and head circum 17 3/4 (95th%) Dr was amazed that she can connect me and the word mama!! She is doing much better!! Not coughing hardly at all. Smiles all the time and now is starting to sound like Laney did-growling. She loves listening to her own voice and loves watching any little kid that is around. She squeals with delight now too! Hope all is well. Will update more when I have a few minutes to myself!! yeah right.

2008-12-07T10:38:00.000-05:00

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY SUZIE !!
We love and miss you.

2008-11-27T11:56:00.001-05:00

HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!!!

Hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday!!

Just an update

2008-11-21T22:05:00.002-05:00

So I guess no pictures right now. Can't get it to work. Next time. Well, Ava has outgrown her swing now. I put her in it the other day and it worked really hard to get her moving but she just wouldn't move. So I brought out the walker and she likes it so far. She moves it a little when she jerks around and when she gets happy but that is it so far. She also still won't say mama for me anymore, only dada. Why do men get all the recognition? I am with her all the time and you would think she would be happy and excited to say my name but nooooooooooo. Oh well. Such is life. Emily has a cold now. C' mon. I know, 'tis the season but seriously, can't I catch a break. It just gets passed back and forth between all of us. She is doing good though. Steve and her went out to actually rake the leaves today(not just play in them) and he got some cute pictures. Will try next time to get them up. Hope all is well with everyone and "YES" Jason we want to go to another KOL concert.(especially now that I know their music and am infatuated with them) So find out when and where and let us know!!!

pictures again

2008-11-17T22:23:00.006-05:00

Ava can now say mama (nana) and dada when she wants. Steve was holding her when he got home from hunting and when he put her down and walked away, she looked toward him and said DADA!!!! yeah. Also over the weekend we worked on saying mama. She knows that that is my name and associates it with me. She only tries to say nana tho for some reason. Oh well. It works for me!!! Nothing else is going on. Ava is feeling better and back up to eating 6-8 oz again. She also doesn't like to sleep anywhere but HER bed or swing. For some reason when my mom watches her, she won't sleep for her at all. hmmmmmm...

2008-11-09T21:15:00.003-05:00

First, thank you Jason and Stacey for bringing us to the concert. It was a blast. We went and saw Kings of Leon in Detroit on Saturday night. Second, thank you Mom and Dad Shrontz for watching the girls over night so we could go to the concert. And third, thank you Stacey for taking wonderful pictures of my beautiful girls and for driving.
Well we did absolutely NOTHING on Sunday. Well, actually me and the girls went to a Christmas gathering for the Shrontz's but nothing other than that. Steve has the flu and has been throwing up for 2 days now. I feel so bad for him. He has off Monday and Tuesday, thank goodness, then back to Hemloch for 2 days and Friday off. So he will leave on Friday for opening day(deer camp) I hope he starts feeling better. Emily had is last Sunday, Ava and Steve have it now. Looks like I am next in line. The funny thing is: We all had flu shots!! What a load of crap.
Anyway, it was great to see you Jason and Stacey this weekend, we had a lot of fun. Hope you did too!!!

2nd tooth today!!!

2008-11-04T21:50:00.002-05:00

Look. You can see her second tooth. It came in today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay. It was absolutely gorgeous today. 75, sunny and warm. So I took the girls outside. Emily gets mad at me if I try to take her picture, so I just did Ava.

oh yeah.

2008-11-03T16:10:00.002-05:00

She was a bear. Adorable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SOLD THE BIRD!!!!

2008-11-02T21:27:00.001-05:00

Finally. We woke up this morning to no screeching from the bird. Wow, that was nice. Of course Ava was babbling away in her bed, but we can live with that. Some guy from Holland came and looked at him last night and bought him. It feels so good to be pet free. Now only if someone wants the house?! Know anyone?? So anyways, it is 9:30 on Sunday night and Emily is sick. I went to bring both girls to spend the night at Grammy's and around 8 pm she started throwing up. I didn't think it would be that big of deal, but when she got listless and then started throwing up on me, I thought I better bring her back home with me. So hopefully she will sleep through the night and be better in the morning(cuz I have to work) and I can bring her back to Grammy. Ava is spending the night there.
Oh yeah, almost forgot. Ava can roll over now!! She does it every time she's on her back. She doesn't get too mad tho being on her stomach(like most do). She just drools a ton. Still waiting for her 2nd tooth to break through. It is right there, you can feel and see it, it just won't come through. I guess it will happen soon enough. Well, adios.

long post of pictures

2008-11-01T23:40:00.006-04:00

Emily playing video games

Ava

Us girls!

Emily finally raking the leaves.

Being silly.

Dylan(fireman) Emily, Kendelia(pig) and Tristan(fireman)

Suzie, me, Ava and Nathan

Nathan loves his Mummy!!

Emily and I made and then ate Halloween cookies

Mom and Dad Shrontz carving pumpkins

Emily didn't want to carve hers, just color

Daddy and Ava

Emily had some new toys from papa and yai yai

yeah batteries!!!

2008-10-26T13:25:00.005-04:00

Emily has been gone over the weekend so that is why there aren't very many of her. Enjoy!!

2008-10-25T21:25:00.001-04:00

Sorry a little blurry

A little leopard!!

First swing outside

Ava's Appt

2008-10-25T13:52:00.002-04:00

Ava had her appt on Thursday and things went well. We were there from 2:30 pm to 5 pm. Talk bout sucky with a 3 yr old and 5 mo old. Oh well. So she thinks that Ava has malacia-which is her cartilage in her throat is too soft. When she coughs, everything she is coughing up gets stuck in her throat because the cartilage is too soft and collapses. That is why she cant cough anything up. The airway is obstructed because the cartilage constricts. So she also thinks that she might out grow it along with her asthma and allergies. On Friday we had to do a sweat test(to rule out cystic fibrosis, just a screening) and blood work(for allergies-to the BIRD!!) And then Thurs we have to do a visual swallow test. She also gave me a different inhaler to use. So maybe we are starting to get somewhere now! Anyways, more pictures coming!!(found the cord now I need batteries, sheesh)

2008-10-19T21:42:00.002-04:00

Ava has been eating green beans and peas for the last week now and she LOVES it!! She eats a full container of them. And on Friday her first tooth came through!!!! Yeah!!!
The last picture is of Emily with safety glasses on. She is such a cutie. Anyways, not much else is going on. Ava has her appt on Thursday with the specialist for her cough.
Suzie is coming into town with Nathan on Friday. So hopefully over the weekend I will be able to post more pictures. Also, thank you Jason and Stacey for the early Christmas present! We are pretty excited and looking forward to getting away for a night and seeing a great concert. We really appreciate it. And thanks for making me open it when Steve was around. I was going to open it and then on the box it said not to cheat. How did you know I was going to do that? Anyways, THANK YOU.

I found the camera cord!!!

2008-10-09T14:58:00.005-04:00

Ava sitting up in her high chair finally!

She doesn't look too happy does she?

My favorite picture of Ava

I know, I know!! Just had to though. The headband is soo cute!!

Steve, I thought this couch was for little kids

Emily's getting too big:(

Deep in thought (maybe milk?)

Goodbye Summer!

2008-10-09T13:43:00.001-04:00

Well that pretty much sums it all up. Hope everyone had a GREAT summer!!!

2008-10-02T16:52:00.002-04:00

Steve has been gone all week (Saginaw) and it is starting to suck!! Emily is missing her daddy like you wouldn't believe! I think we all are starting to come down with something. Maybe it is just the change of weather, but all Emily and I feel like doing is laying around or sleeping. No real big playing, just cuddling and watching TV. Is that bad? I don't like fall, I miss summer all ready. Oh well. Not much else is going on over in our world. Can't wait to eat Panera Bread tonight tho'.

2008-09-28T21:03:00.002-04:00

Linda and I went down to surprise Suzie on Friday. We started cleaning her house when we got there and then when Chris left, about 15 min later he came walking back in and said that they were gonna let Suzie come home today. So we finished cleaning and went up to the hospital. Nathan is so very adorable, I can't even stand it. He makes these little noises(supposed to be cries)but sounds like a dinosaur!! Anyways, we spent about 5 hrs there with her. It was wonderful to see her and she looked GREAT for just having a baby and c-section. Then we left right at 5 pm on a Friday night near Chicago. We totally didn't plan that out right. We got stuck in a traffic jam for 45 minutes and only went 4 miles. Needless to say we got home at 9:30 pm. But it was a good time. Thanks Linda for the excellent conversation and motivation to get my life back on track. The rest of the weekend went by too fast and we did pretty much nothing. Went to mom-n-dad shrontz for dinner Sunday night. Steak for the women and fish for the men. So now the single life starts this week while Steve is in Saginaw. He has to drive there Monday morning, then come home Tues afternoon to go to school in Kazoo, sleep at home, then drive Wed a.m. back to Saginaw, spend the night there and then leave again Thurs afternoon to come to school in GR Thurs night. Hopefully he wont have to work Friday. Well that is all for now. Bye

Nathan Eric Larson

2008-09-25T11:53:00.002-04:00

IT'S A BOY!!!!!

2008-09-24T22:35:00.002-04:00

Nathan Eric Larson was born at 8:03 pm on Sept 24, 2008. He weighed in at 6 lb 10 oz and 20 1/2 inches with, of course, red hair. He was delivered by C-section and Suzie is still in recovery at 10:35 pm. Congratulations Chris and Suzie! We love you and are so very happy for you both!

2008-09-24T21:48:00.002-04:00

Well I can't find the camera cord so I guess my adorable pictures will have to wait.
Anyways, we have been busy over here. Last Friday night, we had a surprise dinner party for my mom's 60th birthday at Logans. My in-laws took the girls overnight and we just all hung out at Mark and Jenn's for cake and ice cream. Then we ended up playing euchre til 1 am. Then on Saturday, Steve and I took my nephew Tristan and Emily to the circus. They both had a BLAST! Emily was even dancing in front of her chair. Then we just had family time Sat night and all went to bed early. Then Sunday Steve helped Jacob with his roof and Linda took Emily and Laney for a walk. Not too busy that day. It felt good to just hang out and not have to be anywhere at any certain time. Monday I worked:( Then when I called Suzie that night she was going into the hospital with a migraine. They admitted her and started her induction at 1 am Tues morning. Then Tues at 5 pm they started pitossin and it still wasn't doing a whole lot. Her contractions were 3 min apart and she couldn't feel them(so chris says) So now here it is 10 pm Wed night and still no baby yet!! C'mon already Suz!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways, that is all going on here. I will post super cute and fab pictures when I find the cord. Make sure you check back on an update for photos and Suzie!

2008-09-19T15:53:00.002-04:00

HAPPY 60th BIRTHDAY MOM!!
We love you.

Ava

2008-09-16T20:43:00.002-04:00

We had our 2nd opinion today about Ava and her cough. The Dr. is a woman about my age(maybe a little older) with a 5 1/2 month old too. So she knows about little kids. Anyways, she is convinced that her cough and such is from asthma/allergies. Since there is history from both parents and some grandparents(allergies and asthma) So she gave me an inhaler to give to her 2 times a day for 2 weeks and then another check up. If this doesn't work then she will try another rx. She also took Ava off the Zantac but kept her on the Prevacid, since that is the stronger of the two. So I am impressed with her. then she also gave me 5 containers of formula!! SWEET!!!!! So that is all really from this end. Hope all is well and thank goodness the rain stopped!!

finger painting, more like body painting

2008-09-07T22:48:00.003-04:00

whatever

2008-09-07T22:37:00.002-04:00

My pediatrician referred me to a pulmanologist for Ava and they can't get her in until MARCH 24!! Can you believe that crap!! She will almost be a year old by then. Whatever. I have a second opinion appointment with another pediatrician on Sept 16. Hopefully she will be able to help me sooner. In other news, we had our open house Sunday afternoon and 2 couples and 1 lady came through. The lady said she was possibly interested but her husband was working(semi driver) until middle of the week. So maybe?? It would be nice since this neighborhood sucks. Gloria's (lives across the street) house got broken into sometime last week and they stole her credit cards. We have some real shady people around here. Grandpa Dyke came home from the hospital today. He is doing well.
So I thought Thursday was a good day to do finger paints with Emily since it was raining and she was whining all day because she had nothing to do. Well, from the pics you can just gather how it went. Straight into the shower!! It was fun, but I can't stand that stuff on my fingers and hands. Oh well. She enjoyed it, as you can see.

Birthday Fun.

2008-09-02T21:00:00.009-04:00

Steve and Emily made this man in the sandbox

Her beautiful princess cake

The princess herself!!

Quick side note-This is Ava's hand and footprint at 9 wks and Emily's at 3 yrs. Jenn made this for me. Isn't it awesome. What a great keepsake!

Emily closing her eyes for her final BIG present.
Sorry they are out of order.

Her own princess couch, which folds out to a little bed.

Lovin' her Care Bear Harmony!!

Papa Dyke, Emily and Kendelia

Look at that face! Her BIG bike now!!

Blowin out the candles

What a ham!!

Look at her GO!!!!!!!

She's really good at it already

Look at this smiley one. She loves her Daddy.

So Emily's 3rd Birthday was Monday. It went great. Everyone came over for cake and ice cream and Emily had a riot. She absolutely loved every minute of it. Well lets start from Sunday night. Heather Selby made the cake for little E out of fondant and dropped it off Sunday night. Then we had popcorn, M&Ms and watched Dumbo and snuggled on the couch. She wanted to stay up all night but she fell asleep in my lap around 10:30 pm. We put her into bed and then she started crying saying she didn't want to sleep yet, but within 1.5 minutes was totally out. When she woke up Monday, I was out getting her present(big bike) I called her on the phone and the whole time we were talking she thought I was Aunt Pam!! DUH. So every 5 minutes, she kept asking if everyone was here yet for her birthday until 2 pm. Talk about annoying.! Anyways, she had a blast opening her presents: Couch, care bear, Candy land, Books, foam stickers and then finally her princess bike. We had her close her eyes and when she opened them, she got really excited, big huge round eyes in disbelief, lifted herself off the chair with her arms and then jumped out of her seat. It was absolutely precious, priceless moment. Anyways, kids played in the water, rode bikes, threw sand at each other and then ate pizza for dinner with Tristan, Dylan and Kendelia. Then when she went to bed, I cuddled with her in her bed and we both fell asleep at 9:30. It was a great day for everyone.
In other news, we have an open house on Sunday from 1-3 or 4. So now it's power cleaning time and throwing things out or in the attic in the garage. I can't believe how much crap we gained over 8 yrs. WOW!!!
Oh, my grandpa was hospitalized today with the start of pneumonia at 83 yrs old. That is not good., So keep him in your thoughts please. That is all for now.

2008-09-02T10:56:00.001-04:00

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY MY SWEET BABY GIRL!!
I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART

cuties

2008-08-28T21:43:00.005-04:00

Emily petting a bunny

Birthdays!!!

2008-08-26T14:13:00.003-04:00

Happy belated birthday Mark(aug 22-33 yr) and Jen (aug 25-the BIG 30!!) Hope you had a great day!

why why why!?

2008-08-26T13:58:00.002-04:00

Do doctors really want to help people or are they more concerned with how many times they can get a copay and how many times they can get you in their office????? Do they even care that people (especially little babies) are dealing with a sickness and need help and guidance of what to do and where to go!! Holy cow!! Why do they keep saying see how this works for 1-2 weeks and if that don't help come back and I will check her out again. Come on. This has been going on for too long and too many dang copays. If you haven't noticed, I am talking about Ava and her Dr. again. Maybe it is because he is too old to be practicing and forgot everything he learned in school. Maybe he is getting to tired and needs to retire. "maybe she needs to see a specialist" Ya think!!!??? This has been going on for at least 2 months now. She needs some help and he just doesn't seem to
GET IT!! My poor baby is coughing, choking and throwing up mucus and all he can say is "let see how OATMEAL goes in her bottle at every feeding for 2 weeks goes" SERIOUSLY!! So I called him back and told him she needs to see a specialist now. 2 xrays, a swallow test and countless dr appts let alone copays, later he finally agrees. So lets see where this takes me.
Anyways, onto better things. Jason and Stacey came home last weekend. Emily is missing her auntie and uncle so much. She loves it when they come home. They totally spoil her and give her so much attention. Thanks guys!!! Well the shower for Suzie never came about. She called me on Friday and told me they put her on bed rest because they think she might have pre-eclampsia. She is totally swollen and her BP is high and only 34 weeks along. 6 more weeks Suzie. You can do it!!! So we didnt have the shower. We will have to bring it to her after the baby is born because I don't think she will be traveling any more for the rest of this pregnancy. Good luck Suzie!

nothing new

2008-08-19T21:43:00.003-04:00

She is so darn cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hello all!! Finally updating again. Well nothing is a whole lot new over here. All of us are passing this sickness back and forth. Today it was Steve's turn. He even came home from work. Oh well other than disinfecting the house, nothing more we can do! Jason and Stacey came home for the weekend. It was great to see them again. Any time they are away is too long. Stacey, Emily, Ava and I lounged around by the pool today. Absolutely wonderful. That is what summer is about. Linda and I are having Suzie's baby shower here on Sat morning. I can't wait to see her again either. It is Chris's birthday also that day. So they will be hanging out later that night too. Nothing else is going on so that is why I haven't been updating. Ava and Emily are spending the night at Grammy and Papa's. This is my first night away from Ava. Oh speaking of Ava, she had her swallow test last Thurs and they didn't find anything other than reflux. So I am doing the waiting game again until the Dr returns from his 2 week vacation. Well that is all for now.
Love everyone lots!!

just more pix

2008-08-10T21:34:00.006-04:00

How cute is my family!!!!!!!!!!!!

a few more prayers please

2008-08-04T22:43:00.002-04:00

I would like to ask for a few more prayers and thoughts today. My grandma is in the hospital and had an emergency stent put in. She was having chest pain so my mom brought her in and she had only 1/14 of an inch left open in one artery?. The dr said this has probably been going on slowly for 4 years. So when she just came out of surgery, she started to have a seizure and the nurses and dr.'s came in with the crash cart and had to revive her right away. Everything is alright now, but he thinks that a piece of the stent broke off already and thinks there might have been some internal bleeding going on! They are going to do a CT scan but have to wait until the dye is out of her system from the angioplasty before they can proceed. This is all I know for now and will keep you updated on her progress.
God definetly has a plan!!! Steve was supposed to be in Ann Arbor this week but for some reason or another he has been in Lansing. Thank God!! Today there was a Schindler elevator man in Ann Arbor that was killed on the job. He thought his elevator was on the same floor as him and I guess he didnt notice it was not there. He was on the 5th floor and the elevator was on the 6th floor. He fell 100 ft down. I am so thankful that it was not Steve, but I want to cry for this mans family. I think that I do not want Steve doing this anymore. Money is good but at what cost? I feel sick to my stomach knowing that could have been Steve or Jacob. Please be safe at work, everyone and always pay attention. Especially Steve and Jacob. I love you both and don't want anything bad to happen.
So please keep this man's family in your thoughts and prayers and also my grandma. Thank you.
P.S. I think Ava might be on the mend slowly. She is finally sleeping 3-4 hours during the day and not coughing or choking as much as before.

Ava Grace

2008-07-30T20:59:00.005-04:00

Well, this is an update on Ava Grace. She does NOT have pertussis. But the Dr couldn't diagnosis it yet. He gave her an antibiotic(finally) and said we should be able to tell by Sat if it is helping. If not then we need to do a scope on her throat. So keep her in your prayers and thoughts, along with Debbie and Pam. She is too little to be having such problems already. I feel so terrible, especially when she looks at me with those big BLUE eyes as if to say"why aren't you helping me mom!" This is week #4 that she has had this nasty stuff. Anyways, I will keep everyone posted on her condition.

If you didn't know, I brought her in yesterday to have a chest Xray and bloodwork done. Then the dr called me back to the office to swab her nose to check for pertussis(whooping cough) But thank the Lord she doesn't.

weekend

2008-07-29T22:43:00.005-04:00

So Jason and Stacey were down for the weekend, which meant not a lot of sleep!! But of course there was time made for a whole bunch of golf, right Jason?! But we had a blast and it was awesome to hang out. My girls missed their aunty and uncle somethin crazy! Saturday night was a little wild, we had a car come through our neighborhood who had a flat tire, then hit the curb. Jacob noticed the driver was very intoxicated and called the police while the driver proceeded to try and drive away. He then hit another car parked on the side of the road and finally pulled over and passed out at the wheel(while in park) By then the cops where there, handcuffed him and took him away and towed the car. Holy cow! It was exciting but yet scary. We did have a fire in our driveway so that was nice. Most everyone was up moving around tho. The party ended pretty early(3-4 a.m. :) It was good to meet Kevin, Yanni, Brandy and Sara, hope they had a good time. But next time, lets go to bed earlier unless someone is babysitting our girls at their house!!!!!!!!!!

I love summer

2008-07-23T23:01:00.004-04:00

Tristan and Emily jumping

Tristan, Kendalia, Dylan and Emily

How cute is Kendalia just waking up from her nap!

Dylan being silly

Emily loves the trampoline

Ok. We have had a busy week!! Monday we spent the day at Aunt Jenny's house. Emily adores Tristan and plays absolutely wonderful with him. They make cute little friends and she also tells me she loves him!! How cute. Then Steve came over and we grilled burgers and had some beers. The kids went into the big pool even though it was freezing! Tuesday I had to bring Ava to the Dr for her 2 mo check. She lost weight from Friday-12 lbs 5 oz to 11 lbs 14 oz and 22 1/2 inches. She has been sick and also had thrush and yeast infection with a rash. She has not been real fussy tho for being sick. She has these coughing spells and ends up spitting up and vomiting up most of her bottle so no wonder she has been losing weight. She would only eat about 1-2 oz every 3-4 hrs. She was normally eating 5 oz every 3 hrs. So he gave me some medicine for that but its not helping a ton yet. It is starting to drain her sinuses tho'.Other than that she is doing good. Then that afternoon Linda and Laney came over to hang out in the pool. It was nice to see them again. Then today we played outside in the pool, saw grammy and papa Dyke, then went to Blues on the Mall. Emily loved the music, Ava did pretty well. She was awake the whole time, wide eyed and bushy tailed until she puked up 3 oz of milk on herself. Then she got a little fussy so we left. But while I was there I ran into by best friend from high school, Angie. We sat for 30-45 min catching up. She did not recognize me at first, but then she remembered my beautiful, angelic face!! We exchanged numbers and left it at that. It was nice to catch up with her. So now tomorrow I think we are going to Lamar Park Splashpad and spend some quality family time together before I go back to work next week. Steve is off tomorrow and Friday then he leaves fo Ann Arbor for 5 weeks for work. The airport is not ready for the elevators yet so he has no work there. Then this weekend Jason and Stacey will be in town and I think they are staying here with some friends. So I will have some more photos after this weekend. Bye bye

2008-07-20T19:49:00.005-04:00

What a busy weekend! Steve has Fridays off again so that is a plus. He worked on installing the garage door all day Friday and finished around 10 pm. I ended bringing Ava to the Dr. and all he said was she has a summer cold. This poor baby is coughing, choking and throwing up(projectile sometimes) and all he told me was to give her Tylenol if a fever starts!! This sucks, I can't do a darn thing for her. He told me it should only last 3-4 more days. Yeah right. Oh well.
Then Saturday we had a Shrontz reunion in Newaygo and it was my father-in-laws 55th birthday. Then when we got home at 5:30 pm, my sister-in-law called and said she will watch the girls so we could go golfing with the in laws. Then after that (9:30 pm) we picked up the girls and went to their house for pizza and swimming. We finally got home at 11:30 pm. Sunday we went golfing with Heather and Donnie and their daughter Ann babysat Emily and Ava was at my inlaws. We had a blast. I actually shot a 59, the first time ever to be in the 50s.(sat was 66) Then went swimming again(so frickin hot outside) and then came home and made pizza rolls(my fav). So now I am going to go eat.
PS I love putting pictures on here!!!

more camping pics

2008-07-18T22:54:00.005-04:00

Emily being cute as ever!!

Emily playing with Ava and she's smiling

Moxi wearing Harley and Topper wearing Michigan

Emily, Dad and Grammy waiting for the dog parade

Emily is practicing her "pumping" to swing

Emily finally in the water

Isn't she sooooooo cute!!!

Riding her bike down the ramp from the trailer

Shep with his beads for the parade.

2008-07-14T14:16:00.002-04:00

Well we are back from vacation. It was really good to get away for a while. Even though the first two days it rained and was kinda chilly, it did get better. Ava did alright but did a lot of spitting up on aunt Jenny and was fussy with some gas, Emily had a ball with all her cousins. She was absolutely terrified of the water and the boat. She screamed bloody murder trying to get her in the boat. But when we got her in it, she started jumping with the bumps(waves) but then told Uncle Mike we were all going to die!!
Aunt Stacey showed up Wed night and surprised Emily. Emily went nuts. She loved it that Stacey pushed her on the swings. I loved it because it gave me a break and because she took some amazing pics of my girls. Stacey, you are so darn talented. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Then Steve showed up Fri morning and Emily never left his side all the rest of the weekend. You could tell she missed him something fierce. But now we are back home and getting back into the swing of things(which sucks). Everyone is doing well and glad to be back at home. Thank you all for the help during the week.(you know who your are)

vk pics

2008-07-14T13:08:00.004-04:00

Emily and Marie playing

Emily on the beach playing

Ava's first beach outing

Ava smiling!!

Emily's first fish

Kendalia and Emily

Mike's trailer

Emily and Dylan taking a bath

Aunt Jenny an Ava cuddling

vacation!!

2008-07-05T21:41:00.003-04:00

A few pics for the aunties out there. The top one is "mini me" of Steve don't ya think?
I am going on vacation for a week so there will be no posting-ok Stacey! I will tho when I come back, full of pictures. Lots of love ya'll.

2008-07-04T13:50:00.000-04:00

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-04T07:47:00.003-04:00

Laney wearing Mr. Potato Head's glasses

Emily's "Grumpy" face

I hope that everyone has a safe and happy 4th.

2008-07-03T14:29:00.002-04:00

Well today we met with our realtor and starting the week of July 14 our house will be for sale!
Finally, now we can find a better neighborhood. July 14 we are going to go look at some houses with him. He said we could do the signing today but since me and the girls are going on vacation next week, we thought we should wait until we return. In other news, Steve passed his final exam from school so that means a $4 raise in September. Yeah babe!!! You rock. So very proud of him. So now maybe we can afford a bigger house when we go looking. Hee hee. Anyways, both girls are doing great today. One is very hyper and the other just sleeps and poops. (what a life) Well that is all from this corner of the world!

Finally a blog!!

2008-07-02T15:43:00.002-04:00

Hello all. I am finally in the know now. Holy cow this is pretty easy. Why have I been waiting to do this? Well nothing new here so far, so I will post more later!