tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8662189963606068952024-02-19T07:35:43.385-08:00The Nielsen NestThe Nielsen NestMirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-88198840846817413442011-06-02T18:57:00.000-07:002011-06-02T20:26:27.910-07:00SPRING EXCITMENT!<div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div>I know like I've said many time before, I'm very bad at updating our blog. So here is a super late update! First of all we welcomed our little guy Luke James Nielsen to our family on April 29th, 2011. We sure love him to death! Everyone always asks about the birthing story and to tell you the truth mine is not anything special..except that everything went great and we have a beautiful new addition! I was supposed to go in on April 27th at 8pm to be induced..but of course I got a call from the hospital about 2 hrs before and they said there was no room! Let's just say that was not a good night for me...when you're ready you're ready! So I ended up going in on the 28th around 5pm. By the time they started me on the pitocin it was about 7pm, the heaven sent anesthesiologist came around 12 am for the epidural and I was fully dialated at 4am. I was so ready to push and have him out but I had to wait for my Dr. to arrive..it was pretty hard! Finally he arrived and I pushed for about 5 minutes...YES! 5 MINUTES (compared to Blake's 2hrs! )and little Luke was here at 4:22 am. He was a healthy 8.2 lbs and 21 inches long It was soooo great to have him out! </div><br /><br /><br /><div>Blake is finally warming up to him and he's about 5 weeks old. The first few weeks he didn't want anything to do with him and totally left him alone, which was great! Now he only gets close enough to put in Luke's binky...:) It's super fun having 2 little cute boys we sure are loving every second! (well, maybe not when Luke is in his fussy mode, but it's sure keeps us going! )</div><br /><br /><br /><div>Also, this past week Erik had a break from school so we've been playing and having fun. Yesterday we drove to Tulsa and went to the Oklahoma Aquarium. We had a great time.. a little overpriced if you ask me, but we enjoyed it!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AVSdc3h56YcFu7Z4p8MsTX2v6Ylr9F4TcumAIB7Z1tCI6oweYm0euecsuVjLLLIEOzrLlRmlfXL8O4STqtnQp_daP53NCXgBatPbgQo-Mv9qaA_EfkbPSmfTMwxqWfnNrJ5F4BZBdic/s1600/026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613819160572696162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3AVSdc3h56YcFu7Z4p8MsTX2v6Ylr9F4TcumAIB7Z1tCI6oweYm0euecsuVjLLLIEOzrLlRmlfXL8O4STqtnQp_daP53NCXgBatPbgQo-Mv9qaA_EfkbPSmfTMwxqWfnNrJ5F4BZBdic/s400/026.JPG" border="0" /></a> READY TO GO!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheghM56c6awJtYirNMM2kN3kCw0kc3ZYjk5ObltwLCKEf9GLbaKsKggPGin_570WpsaFed1ftNTcWJB0qtBaxIsnk2BFRxnx3I7cmle1BjrpG-saubgei05OF8zZbW8h-AdFuUvyXy4og/s1600/035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613819171268218850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 386px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheghM56c6awJtYirNMM2kN3kCw0kc3ZYjk5ObltwLCKEf9GLbaKsKggPGin_570WpsaFed1ftNTcWJB0qtBaxIsnk2BFRxnx3I7cmle1BjrpG-saubgei05OF8zZbW8h-AdFuUvyXy4og/s400/035.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake had to be in the NICU so I wasn't able to hold him right away...this was pretty special for me :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JfxvazfYopn-UvmEN5NfCj0Czirk4bEP1dtz-odU4RMSLuMsLz1r-Is89HpCRideOFMd0OZpbHPQyuaN2xUx6Y4vNEYrxasN2PvcGFgSFCcreBrTwQA6pEIZu-1KjAknXRFi3V8FKgM/s1600/049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613819202713783906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3JfxvazfYopn-UvmEN5NfCj0Czirk4bEP1dtz-odU4RMSLuMsLz1r-Is89HpCRideOFMd0OZpbHPQyuaN2xUx6Y4vNEYrxasN2PvcGFgSFCcreBrTwQA6pEIZu-1KjAknXRFi3V8FKgM/s400/049.JPG" border="0" /></a> Cute little guy...such a happy sleeper<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrtFbXdLsfxC-ziHUDNGWr6dbTjNAJwMSsnCp55_NGqO98uX5Vbc83xW60-vmOCx7xu2uJAO6DH1Lsbg3AhnoJ3fFxQ77fvnLyA8Q65Gv_RfOWsGdrOtYkPh69d3nMwbybu6poRwwhjo/s1600/043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613819189113155282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrtFbXdLsfxC-ziHUDNGWr6dbTjNAJwMSsnCp55_NGqO98uX5Vbc83xW60-vmOCx7xu2uJAO6DH1Lsbg3AhnoJ3fFxQ77fvnLyA8Q65Gv_RfOWsGdrOtYkPh69d3nMwbybu6poRwwhjo/s400/043.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hYVZB97lIzfD2yUSJJInym1W3akEVEmDFeOPmE_hp6CEF24JGWqCQa7qa7HUFnA3-D3naD8IcmD6CbuD0MAVS5DtX7uTgjyU6VbOtGQ8rOOC1piswLpO5eWWMIWxsNziHO-OFc0JO6I/s1600/040.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613819183440449266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2hYVZB97lIzfD2yUSJJInym1W3akEVEmDFeOPmE_hp6CEF24JGWqCQa7qa7HUFnA3-D3naD8IcmD6CbuD0MAVS5DtX7uTgjyU6VbOtGQ8rOOC1piswLpO5eWWMIWxsNziHO-OFc0JO6I/s400/040.JPG" border="0" /></a> 8.2 lbs! This was a week early I might add! YIKES! We didn't want another 9 lb baby! :)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-lziMy_gDCleGq_CW9r4_BYWWczxN0UTt79oAG7H_U_qFTuhhN4EEA6BRMtUvjgfjWtrdnYP5WoSA1hktd576GNVTpBpkT1EKSJvSVyKeHSTDjbAxd4_Wzpjf68MNhdq72N6Pgu8_gw/s1600/033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613820537186620706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW-lziMy_gDCleGq_CW9r4_BYWWczxN0UTt79oAG7H_U_qFTuhhN4EEA6BRMtUvjgfjWtrdnYP5WoSA1hktd576GNVTpBpkT1EKSJvSVyKeHSTDjbAxd4_Wzpjf68MNhdq72N6Pgu8_gw/s400/033.JPG" border="0" /></a> Oklahoma Aquarium..of course we don't leave home without the bus!</div></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEr9uB3ZjewBsdfXN0i8sJBWuwj_7LDeOYOMLY59ZoSglw8pyrAkxTp1W6zEURYR20lNKyCHpEFmvIyqt2EItQbfyiq0aW46WdRnHTmJziMGFCkROE1ahdwDs-eaGEXYP9Mm3Jn7O7Hs/s1600/059.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613821143066056466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKEr9uB3ZjewBsdfXN0i8sJBWuwj_7LDeOYOMLY59ZoSglw8pyrAkxTp1W6zEURYR20lNKyCHpEFmvIyqt2EItQbfyiq0aW46WdRnHTmJziMGFCkROE1ahdwDs-eaGEXYP9Mm3Jn7O7Hs/s400/059.JPG" border="0" /></a> Lounging with the sharks while Luke was eating<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizXNaQS0chFj_WfEsALZ6HzmQHxtHBcSDczABPko4wfqORhq780fNeun782iZGVvm-CNDcdhbjg47cyZQjWqV15MGUkY44I3NgLFJS3xr8aYHbiskcomegInh6nO8QHBxlcbp1hGdItA/s1600/057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613821139060710482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizXNaQS0chFj_WfEsALZ6HzmQHxtHBcSDczABPko4wfqORhq780fNeun782iZGVvm-CNDcdhbjg47cyZQjWqV15MGUkY44I3NgLFJS3xr8aYHbiskcomegInh6nO8QHBxlcbp1hGdItA/s400/057.JPG" border="0" /></a> The shark cage <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybBY7GQBLhSxobM4pnrD1Ev0xIj4GVbbGln04O-bSt66T-VCJFDZv5BfOaR1l8DYeYN28q7LxmrPYf49yoKT89_V5ixH1H8AJLtYyxSyNoeEU8aiUP1wsUZT3g2IBof6GgSDCqPCzyok/s1600/056.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613820571223045378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjybBY7GQBLhSxobM4pnrD1Ev0xIj4GVbbGln04O-bSt66T-VCJFDZv5BfOaR1l8DYeYN28q7LxmrPYf49yoKT89_V5ixH1H8AJLtYyxSyNoeEU8aiUP1wsUZT3g2IBof6GgSDCqPCzyok/s400/056.JPG" border="0" /></a> He was sure loving the "BIIIIIG FISH"!!!! (as Blake would say)<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoBtQ1M3ANMKUmAfoHa_XosMYKJjt8T45JLw9qUm7h_Ytu0ABiMSaOIGQD6V39rJV9_iotSMbP8Q2VbFavLDKd8xHMQxGiSWUk83KUXbUZWNemylvmvFmnxrgk4cD5swIz-9y4zvL1ug/s1600/050.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613820558781205570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOoBtQ1M3ANMKUmAfoHa_XosMYKJjt8T45JLw9qUm7h_Ytu0ABiMSaOIGQD6V39rJV9_iotSMbP8Q2VbFavLDKd8xHMQxGiSWUk83KUXbUZWNemylvmvFmnxrgk4cD5swIz-9y4zvL1ug/s400/050.JPG" border="0" /></a> He loves his daddy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKs6qZ1j_-H9Z9Re4WhQwWPj8kr9gVTDDEIDhzIAk8V1HEko-DUwtsU25RNX82euNjin-CeFEXb7fGkWvNoLqJIpRGZHEU-E9VVgVjTg4En4h0p4s1f4ejeJSpkMq3EbQvqhlnTME_0Yk/s1600/035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613820557855272002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKs6qZ1j_-H9Z9Re4WhQwWPj8kr9gVTDDEIDhzIAk8V1HEko-DUwtsU25RNX82euNjin-CeFEXb7fGkWvNoLqJIpRGZHEU-E9VVgVjTg4En4h0p4s1f4ejeJSpkMq3EbQvqhlnTME_0Yk/s400/035.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />How could we not visit Nemo and Dori?!?!</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhm2KQ2WHOOBvxY4z55r3XgpF3L6n8lpwISIzoGL9JsFtiN2TqbzKWFpZDw1U8uytpgfdWGMYDdbA8XHR8XO7XzjeMXuvCCTcqeCBN7PmK1o52HwINu7ziRYgvP3m2xyU-n8cIilIa_k/s1600/034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613820547388465938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVhm2KQ2WHOOBvxY4z55r3XgpF3L6n8lpwISIzoGL9JsFtiN2TqbzKWFpZDw1U8uytpgfdWGMYDdbA8XHR8XO7XzjeMXuvCCTcqeCBN7PmK1o52HwINu7ziRYgvP3m2xyU-n8cIilIa_k/s400/034.JPG" border="0" /></a> Riding the alligator!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-22646098171332206602011-03-22T18:36:00.000-07:002011-03-22T19:39:34.112-07:00GREAT TIMES!!!!This past February Blake and I had the oppurtunity to head to Pensacola Florida to visit my sister and her family because my cute niece Ellie got baptized! Since my parent's were driving down there, we just tagged along for the 14 hour drive! :) It was so worth it, we had a blast! Leaving Erik behind wasn't so fun, but there was no way he was going to be able to leave school...plus he got to go to San Diego during sprink break for school, so we all were happy :)<br />Blake loved playing with his cousins and of course couldn't get enough of the endless sanbox..a.k.a. the beach. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LWoLjOa35wA8UBLBm_wPcZjKRUsHnmr8x0HhM4hl-XQK-vvVcFq6poka5-_N6RQ8Of6KuSUtzMDZwvH8KsfAnCJOEnlnfEU40Jx7lhLwDwnBvehL1q6sCkLIwYLZt7JAzE2ynm1Xdi8/s1600/527.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587085736895916658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7LWoLjOa35wA8UBLBm_wPcZjKRUsHnmr8x0HhM4hl-XQK-vvVcFq6poka5-_N6RQ8Of6KuSUtzMDZwvH8KsfAnCJOEnlnfEU40Jx7lhLwDwnBvehL1q6sCkLIwYLZt7JAzE2ynm1Xdi8/s400/527.JPG" border="0" /></a> Being on the beach sure made me miss it! ...can't believe I used to live 3 miles away!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFx9obVuPLoAt3Elk-Eo7hlegZtx2tIJv2WQPv-tWI7nZUlI-isxeb4bzrrCtDucitvg833hxJQs1pmsc9NKuu3Rik7nxf7L1Rw94istUE4JR_bVRLb2wjBGegUUE521qoo8GfB8ABYs/s1600/516.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587085735135379938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFx9obVuPLoAt3Elk-Eo7hlegZtx2tIJv2WQPv-tWI7nZUlI-isxeb4bzrrCtDucitvg833hxJQs1pmsc9NKuu3Rik7nxf7L1Rw94istUE4JR_bVRLb2wjBGegUUE521qoo8GfB8ABYs/s400/516.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Blake and Ava decided to lay out at the end of the pier...They just love to follow and copy eachother!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BfAZmOkt52Zw9pqPOHKzVMzEXDdeXe07WTZupnTD-W4oQKrWBarnxa8KAd7F28cj47U0KYqElNXDe5VrxKrBqIjihTDVoD6mSYiGsz0shIxZ1bwdxVO7_U0xfIRftnVBSsXY0S02Qn4/s1600/520.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587085721497287826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BfAZmOkt52Zw9pqPOHKzVMzEXDdeXe07WTZupnTD-W4oQKrWBarnxa8KAd7F28cj47U0KYqElNXDe5VrxKrBqIjihTDVoD6mSYiGsz0shIxZ1bwdxVO7_U0xfIRftnVBSsXY0S02Qn4/s400/520.JPG" border="0" /></a> He couldn't get enough of the sand!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazhcL0hcfuP8z9_5jt6sw5kT9w109Zj9x2j2vOkMZ7Gfhh5KBunlQCcBSlJltyBPMZblBxhlMEb2brEIwrsqotQlkrCZszhhXxFfGQNqmOpJX0on9JAvAF1uJRJ4ySgf0XvPtcBmbVjQ/s1600/511.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587085716663645202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazhcL0hcfuP8z9_5jt6sw5kT9w109Zj9x2j2vOkMZ7Gfhh5KBunlQCcBSlJltyBPMZblBxhlMEb2brEIwrsqotQlkrCZszhhXxFfGQNqmOpJX0on9JAvAF1uJRJ4ySgf0XvPtcBmbVjQ/s400/511.JPG" border="0" /></a> Don't mind the belly:)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZsv1E3bzbJCK1Ial_tTvNtwqmS82GklSpiRaQRK8fHWaZA4ev_qZi-DoHDs9BlKLv0UhTK8gNfNf_smdthhPOZC5HwCdQjqzUYOugtED0gDPKE-nCsJiWdRvii9OCZjaitjbKNbRUng/s1600/495.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587085711981771634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhZsv1E3bzbJCK1Ial_tTvNtwqmS82GklSpiRaQRK8fHWaZA4ev_qZi-DoHDs9BlKLv0UhTK8gNfNf_smdthhPOZC5HwCdQjqzUYOugtED0gDPKE-nCsJiWdRvii9OCZjaitjbKNbRUng/s400/495.JPG" border="0" /></a> They are so good about their oral hygiene<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nW2IbDjAoBTLi1zjiYopkM9YNicPnW5dYaBV_b8WyBa4bSEBqhwhJrR-kyQVOELhsxpFz9kigWaT1jcIrF1zcbRKecnP1jn6bkfUhI_6Z7G1-1r8hkNeK8xwnSQkkxz7USRpO5wIH1k/s1600/491.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587084593008597794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nW2IbDjAoBTLi1zjiYopkM9YNicPnW5dYaBV_b8WyBa4bSEBqhwhJrR-kyQVOELhsxpFz9kigWaT1jcIrF1zcbRKecnP1jn6bkfUhI_6Z7G1-1r8hkNeK8xwnSQkkxz7USRpO5wIH1k/s400/491.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> He loved playing in the airplanes at the museum<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnSCQNVRzqrPxHblnZ4LR1EE2ve3ZfZVfrJPRkhspeVNY3rxzx73BaVPWn3TJjPFxovbTb1bJizCIoOi2S4rUc8YDbi4VwAWwpZzeRbun4JNiDLfOY3HdlOk7enwWgz45se1dDdB6-h0/s1600/484.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587084583191113026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJnSCQNVRzqrPxHblnZ4LR1EE2ve3ZfZVfrJPRkhspeVNY3rxzx73BaVPWn3TJjPFxovbTb1bJizCIoOi2S4rUc8YDbi4VwAWwpZzeRbun4JNiDLfOY3HdlOk7enwWgz45se1dDdB6-h0/s400/484.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP14P9lNHzmIiFghN7Lbriv3wJYvIZcrZJyt2pEfVPw5eGJ1vZvvPSiNmboMZpyGJZsvFh_Mck94YpuHR5GesrHxzS-AyVKbAE_E-obtQH7rAc_buAn3sq9VdYrUq991nrIpKb3XjumBM/s1600/480.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587084580189031682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP14P9lNHzmIiFghN7Lbriv3wJYvIZcrZJyt2pEfVPw5eGJ1vZvvPSiNmboMZpyGJZsvFh_Mck94YpuHR5GesrHxzS-AyVKbAE_E-obtQH7rAc_buAn3sq9VdYrUq991nrIpKb3XjumBM/s400/480.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxseGTrVrs031xQEa5tSY4-wgEYzYhxHRydTiu_Nv5mVVl56xXFJL_9wXGl4kwy6XviTs_pPusjQABBPaJfWriYFsz-WpLOmDYQzwSJqofqLvVrfw_-kkWv7j1-0KCnIXGh1v6PGAfsQ/s1600/474.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587084571131613298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxseGTrVrs031xQEa5tSY4-wgEYzYhxHRydTiu_Nv5mVVl56xXFJL_9wXGl4kwy6XviTs_pPusjQABBPaJfWriYFsz-WpLOmDYQzwSJqofqLvVrfw_-kkWv7j1-0KCnIXGh1v6PGAfsQ/s400/474.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ava and Blake taking a break.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglq9vEsQj2jiFtnfnUzdnuEb9Yma2pSENGWbNWqsfwJMePQrOuAGD9n30LXit58eAFho0Jle3I2mFZjFwOy8CdzVm489Oa78M3yYY5lmjxr_jQ2CWWTEGefS6yRHCRKdzkpI9CUCrVSJk/s1600/471.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587084566272849602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglq9vEsQj2jiFtnfnUzdnuEb9Yma2pSENGWbNWqsfwJMePQrOuAGD9n30LXit58eAFho0Jle3I2mFZjFwOy8CdzVm489Oa78M3yYY5lmjxr_jQ2CWWTEGefS6yRHCRKdzkpI9CUCrVSJk/s400/471.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hanging out at one of the forts<br /><br /><br />We also had a great time celebrating Blakes 2nd birthday this past March 3rd! We can't believe our little guy is 2!!! He's growing up so fast. I decided to make a cake a friend of mine showed me and it definitely was appropriate since Blake is such a BOY! He loved his Tonka dump truck cake!<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghN8OsJvGIOm3r1meC7HBtlaB8QPED3lLae-8jIqZVK75QwrYBgD9adDc6Lwe776UPj__xaeEvyfWwhTnXbl2u3D2IPG1OI8Kf-iP4k2EBN2OLBSk0lBC3aw3Ha9EPJR4VIHbT2-DPHHg/s1600/532.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587087146578900018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghN8OsJvGIOm3r1meC7HBtlaB8QPED3lLae-8jIqZVK75QwrYBgD9adDc6Lwe776UPj__xaeEvyfWwhTnXbl2u3D2IPG1OI8Kf-iP4k2EBN2OLBSk0lBC3aw3Ha9EPJR4VIHbT2-DPHHg/s400/532.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCkmrmYS4Z1bS-Z_d9wSo7Soy6bvYO6rwfw89e2-6wMZT8RkeiTegsryRdg_Ir6mELghg8tys-2NKbMf3b59auTnqKpzBBUGFdcX-u7smEaWBpAUMHG5Tzr7U2wEgCsuIdE2GCYefOjkw/s1600/530.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587087139290021026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCkmrmYS4Z1bS-Z_d9wSo7Soy6bvYO6rwfw89e2-6wMZT8RkeiTegsryRdg_Ir6mELghg8tys-2NKbMf3b59auTnqKpzBBUGFdcX-u7smEaWBpAUMHG5Tzr7U2wEgCsuIdE2GCYefOjkw/s400/530.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoz8n0ZBxEQFHmTCbCuCXS4L_UmgUx6vqP-VQCEqWsi1vNxpc79m2cfFtUVUz1F2d6XJMkbCyoGHF31Xp1Y0WpcgrRyx_8vAmWC68FgHG2b_ii-JAYfoTI6ZPwBbjtFchXc0Cm6_xHyY/s1600/535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587087134189367394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 396px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqoz8n0ZBxEQFHmTCbCuCXS4L_UmgUx6vqP-VQCEqWsi1vNxpc79m2cfFtUVUz1F2d6XJMkbCyoGHF31Xp1Y0WpcgrRyx_8vAmWC68FgHG2b_ii-JAYfoTI6ZPwBbjtFchXc0Cm6_xHyY/s400/535.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Baby Nielsen #2 update: Our little one is sure growing and is very active! We are ready for him to be here! (yes, we're having another boy) My due date has been moved up to April 28th which is so exciting..5 more weeks to go!Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-63009539923506083932010-11-01T17:48:00.000-07:002010-11-01T20:05:43.829-07:00CATCHING UP!!! (Finally)<div>WARNING: PICTURE OVERLOAD! </div><div>Alright, I know it's been WAY too long since I've updated our blog. So here it goes! </div><div>This past summer Erik had 2 weeks off from school so we drove to Pine Valley Utah to spend time with family and enjoy a great family reunion. We had such a great time and Blake especially loved playing outside all day long and seeing his cousins!</div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAaH-Y_MWT5Y_31iALCYsj90hZnStlnOaSxsbvLdT-GLxFG_Zwq1LL3OkoDzuS8gANsV68VFlj6mDRJr12lfobr7N0APWhqBZ1b8N02EXDglc2e3bLpD7Z2pHHkVrTlDuH5pn877BAqg/s1600/178.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534750756350509538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAaH-Y_MWT5Y_31iALCYsj90hZnStlnOaSxsbvLdT-GLxFG_Zwq1LL3OkoDzuS8gANsV68VFlj6mDRJr12lfobr7N0APWhqBZ1b8N02EXDglc2e3bLpD7Z2pHHkVrTlDuH5pn877BAqg/s400/178.JPG" border="0" /></a> Mimi's flowers were SO tempting! He finally gave in one of the last days we were there :)<br /></div><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuQPwbfPIroDwBCNKVvXOypZBSQLZkwd6ewL2g75UR6dQ9qlwz8zTUBSu-bjdtg_taUpty6pkCwT7TKzU09b3KxQCwjBl5yRS1Sxf6S_WpKZShYbbaOWvjt9ZB3BE4D7XDCLnrWlY7JA/s1600/214.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534750752901480098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipuQPwbfPIroDwBCNKVvXOypZBSQLZkwd6ewL2g75UR6dQ9qlwz8zTUBSu-bjdtg_taUpty6pkCwT7TKzU09b3KxQCwjBl5yRS1Sxf6S_WpKZShYbbaOWvjt9ZB3BE4D7XDCLnrWlY7JA/s400/214.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake had a great time with Nani and Papa...his great-grand parents<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtL8nF-GptsfCVkxwnloIvVCLaKhEUT0-jXSCQXFbiOJPl0MXMES82Cz7u9pd2FpefKNnXtzv198LVhfT0MdHQwQSjm8GG6WvAEXvhtJLBRpEaetdkcVb8eAoyN3Aax2pRG6gLoShH9qE/s1600/077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534750744324878514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 361px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtL8nF-GptsfCVkxwnloIvVCLaKhEUT0-jXSCQXFbiOJPl0MXMES82Cz7u9pd2FpefKNnXtzv198LVhfT0MdHQwQSjm8GG6WvAEXvhtJLBRpEaetdkcVb8eAoyN3Aax2pRG6gLoShH9qE/s400/077.JPG" border="0" /></a> On our drive out, one of the many stops we made was to Lees Ferry in Arizona. We love seeing all the beautiful parts of this country!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ql3ALCyiVYTLEZ1NzwipxkUSIhmUAByr3R2q-2uBLiMQP7i4lvYsodKciWftf0qgniFYCi7bfMxlgQl3vjE0r2lLdS0kN-ibiQVuQD7LNojcsJM89gLdC30mQ-YJV-salvaswCG2YIQ/s1600/192.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534749451079937426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Ql3ALCyiVYTLEZ1NzwipxkUSIhmUAByr3R2q-2uBLiMQP7i4lvYsodKciWftf0qgniFYCi7bfMxlgQl3vjE0r2lLdS0kN-ibiQVuQD7LNojcsJM89gLdC30mQ-YJV-salvaswCG2YIQ/s400/192.JPG" border="0" /></a> It's never to early to learn how to fly fish!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFeA3OfrUKzZog_TQltnPchtpBpsIkEXWAwESpdlUBqfcD3s9Z-HC_g9EHcTf_TVl8-mOHu2ROfVv0YOySFNEpdp6nDoijL6nB1Jc1OyZNnOwXv-LkrVZxcbHTvRqQHfaT0Wdez1JE1U/s1600/160.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534749442635993074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFeA3OfrUKzZog_TQltnPchtpBpsIkEXWAwESpdlUBqfcD3s9Z-HC_g9EHcTf_TVl8-mOHu2ROfVv0YOySFNEpdp6nDoijL6nB1Jc1OyZNnOwXv-LkrVZxcbHTvRqQHfaT0Wdez1JE1U/s400/160.JPG" border="0" /></a> Zion National Park with the gang :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SDoEaNgUViH-KsyxrfsQZF-DEhg4pEAuKOV-DJX9QQ4qtRJmYzOkH2F4_Wy8mxjBM8X_Brc_0EkxB1bUAMfYZ-j7eHs7Bm-YNHSz6H6ahEQbejfE6NUEIR_K_UbE9b-RwsI_qKh-XKc/s1600/154.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534749437842859426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8SDoEaNgUViH-KsyxrfsQZF-DEhg4pEAuKOV-DJX9QQ4qtRJmYzOkH2F4_Wy8mxjBM8X_Brc_0EkxB1bUAMfYZ-j7eHs7Bm-YNHSz6H6ahEQbejfE6NUEIR_K_UbE9b-RwsI_qKh-XKc/s400/154.JPG" border="0" /></a> Mimi with the grand kids<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEGSsj2KO74EMXj9u0BWM2Hei-R4Cl9JLVvyoY1vS1FLOU0XMzfJKOhYiK1QwAD23Ln2QnJLA3I-X7Ls-SQAr46rIlYu94-cA5LzghVsS-DlqLw4G1wqveIVk1RAIv4FXw7_TKid5IC8/s1600/112.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534749436445248546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcEGSsj2KO74EMXj9u0BWM2Hei-R4Cl9JLVvyoY1vS1FLOU0XMzfJKOhYiK1QwAD23Ln2QnJLA3I-X7Ls-SQAr46rIlYu94-cA5LzghVsS-DlqLw4G1wqveIVk1RAIv4FXw7_TKid5IC8/s400/112.JPG" border="0" /></a> Lounging on the deck of the cabin in Pine Valley<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFAN9u2GjvK4tFl2dzuq-EfEdWXjbx3ca9mXFCCrsR8MEqf9IH3eMRylvB4LPjKrzVtJRDZc3N4v5UFcflclZnBZP501hASbTVCzAA3JjPz963DGXNjny_NLqVv_FpqOLFTXpOvP25c0/s1600/068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534749432350107794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFFAN9u2GjvK4tFl2dzuq-EfEdWXjbx3ca9mXFCCrsR8MEqf9IH3eMRylvB4LPjKrzVtJRDZc3N4v5UFcflclZnBZP501hASbTVCzAA3JjPz963DGXNjny_NLqVv_FpqOLFTXpOvP25c0/s400/068.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our El <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Paso</span> cousins came to visit us in Oklahoma...the zoo was a must :)</div><br /><br /><div><div>A good friend of mine took some fun pictures of Blake and was able to get some GREAT 18 month shots! Oh, if you're interested go ahead and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">check</span> out "cheapchickphotography.blogspot.com"</div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCr4EDn30uRzVvBvkK-DZSuE1bKckqDRr8NprZS5yVeTC7iVJMSHfLQfF8qfn6fZXibEOlWKKVG5WV6iwk7MqSD8rxdQXZlhmAAkcqJSY-p-kp23WKefiMnAtqCDcN9yHxl51D2_e9KQ/s1600/b.+neilson+16.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534756913199687282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitCr4EDn30uRzVvBvkK-DZSuE1bKckqDRr8NprZS5yVeTC7iVJMSHfLQfF8qfn6fZXibEOlWKKVG5WV6iwk7MqSD8rxdQXZlhmAAkcqJSY-p-kp23WKefiMnAtqCDcN9yHxl51D2_e9KQ/s400/b.+neilson+16.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhkokuHLq9P_zFeVYLgrhC2SnXW6L9XspzPELiTznSK64dKb2PCBCHe_xoqTufIVD9rcbXpsRXTx55kJBERflDWlMadcdF46WUqBbn4Up6B9k5xvG-Pgkx-xZ3GY41_ihskVYPHRUiWXw/s1600/b.+neilson+9.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534756906450304034" style="DISPLAY: block; 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We are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Halloween"ed"</span> out! Blake was a cute little Fireman, thanks to my sister for the hand-me-down costume which fit perfectly and of course he wanted to take after our favorite Firefighter Uncle Arman. </div><div>First our town had a fun week of "story book forest" we went around to each story book character to collect candy. Blake had a blast! Later in the week we went to "Haunt the Zoo" this was a one time deal..(as in, we'll never do that again!). It was SO crowded! I knew Blake would want to walk around so the "leash" was a must! Finally for Halloween day our downtown store owners were handing out candy so we thought we'd check that out too...bad idea. We definitely weren't the only ones with that idea!<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaH7y79wGop1SfxoWwElrvtPab1vJalr2XStZyYOqfluAms6R479o4ML2Rk9Pw4YtQey9Hogvcpe197eK8GHnRVXVxEKt_SafWc6Hkhs6WN_x4qhdc_kzjc4r4ium-kKaEK8Yc8Kbu3Y/s1600/197.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534763836854011186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaH7y79wGop1SfxoWwElrvtPab1vJalr2XStZyYOqfluAms6R479o4ML2Rk9Pw4YtQey9Hogvcpe197eK8GHnRVXVxEKt_SafWc6Hkhs6WN_x4qhdc_kzjc4r4ium-kKaEK8Yc8Kbu3Y/s400/197.JPG" border="0" /></a></div> Holding hands with one of the 3 little pigs :)<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2LvGM2u4wBlQrioCSAuHV0nF6Yh6Iq04tqfi2k-0X728d9wIXPpq6w1yrZHd6qOa4MrG_xdfJ7pkmhGNfOQKAAzBbvO1G8Xe22JitmLLthztK9FTAN4QvB0Um6uy5ISswsl_40GxY1Q/s1600/199.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534772955171568370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH2LvGM2u4wBlQrioCSAuHV0nF6Yh6Iq04tqfi2k-0X728d9wIXPpq6w1yrZHd6qOa4MrG_xdfJ7pkmhGNfOQKAAzBbvO1G8Xe22JitmLLthztK9FTAN4QvB0Um6uy5ISswsl_40GxY1Q/s400/199.JPG" border="0" /></a> The minute he saw Raggedy Anne he chased her down. It was pretty cute. He followed her every move for a while until we finally pulled him away to leave.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUjOfhPF4ETF2Sk-CxNYez5-ASoOXTbJc2MOILHRDz64wI-GZdKBMFh8YPDuimKP1kUAddi4Yh_5hAEt6eqkJjNeVChRMaSN05TumuDDlhkstsPAFs1NZYE_dKXSefvawWKbD-n9asvw/s1600/198.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534763832428374274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUjOfhPF4ETF2Sk-CxNYez5-ASoOXTbJc2MOILHRDz64wI-GZdKBMFh8YPDuimKP1kUAddi4Yh_5hAEt6eqkJjNeVChRMaSN05TumuDDlhkstsPAFs1NZYE_dKXSefvawWKbD-n9asvw/s400/198.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5AoVVX0aMPlogVk8jvd3a-IAYvzG4Kn2DEhTrPwYZLfjif59C6h7mGjL6xsnzlzDhWmRzyvNoWebQyxE5Mq92uSlkZLton2mz8xmT1Az-VHn3rw8fN-syNXh8B323T0c8CONXJP-OMbI/s1600/191.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534763829455953346" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPTSGIMClGzhEY-gWKPPxdDExolT7MHRY7vFpPiF2q7v_2QBwNHOBRW9fI0smpAXo3L0QhWLQjI-zoJMqYp-XVhFgjBXqNM8BNiO2jsN5pvfQw9E_Tzwa91lB4A7cnk0z0VX1OAOzPgpg/s400/210.JPG" border="0" /></a> What's a Firefighter without his truck?<br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZXriTgclDq9P3J0q1Y6akW9ice09AThFkffJlISbTwbp0_eipAkvLz5B0x1qIWRoX_Q1JCQUb1glvVCdsYwv1M1-ziVxQ6KUCUKmih1dIa8qiE_J0doA16szF7lPI2rqKPE9u15ErmU/s1600/209.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534767811056038210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZXriTgclDq9P3J0q1Y6akW9ice09AThFkffJlISbTwbp0_eipAkvLz5B0x1qIWRoX_Q1JCQUb1glvVCdsYwv1M1-ziVxQ6KUCUKmih1dIa8qiE_J0doA16szF7lPI2rqKPE9u15ErmU/s400/209.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfvU86gDgd72zDm4J2xeNHe9tzyQGCqbwXqoev3tIw3zzilFU9lwmSXaUFVH5phnk31pGTJeCnVgPkc5LvCnjtoVYU7kWqj5Ee_miq9YTnKpqvKltASvpLqLQLX3MSJdBVCjpde4Pffo/s1600/206.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534767804006456706" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uHvVbAWriVXjEfZ4SEj4qn_HxV3KxeENvTDPkExGDBreO-ILc1DJQV7o00Vs44101G0-gTE7d1igRDFhxeo5WKfD9dWRDhfEHe5pLDLSI3mtO01rLrKw2Oh5DKiJNP4Nj4iaRRJcavE/s400/212.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Checkin</span>' out the goodies!</div><div> </div><div>Just for a little update: Erik is doing great in his 2nd year of dental school and still enjoying it! :) This year has been very busy with all of the patients he sees in his clinic and studying for his first round of national board exams while keeping up with his classes. In about 3 weeks we might get to see him a little more since the boards will be over!!! YAY!! We know he'll do great and we are so proud of him! :)<br /> <br />And finally, our big news! Baby # 2 will be joining us May 5<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">th</span>, 2011! We are very excited and can't wait for Blake to have a sibling. We'll probably find out the sex in December so we'll keep you posted! <br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxfmBvGNyLljFR00DohRoKap0RWjl4VRYmsYD4MV2h71SfpXtEg8gPMxQiJjLcwkOKreVPa3_2vMZ4RHXHcSVW62SwHeXcubB8Pgu_ljYmg_E2ROma-Oi-zX64rkLakDXi41vcsi4kOc/s1600/scan0002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534769314872994658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxfmBvGNyLljFR00DohRoKap0RWjl4VRYmsYD4MV2h71SfpXtEg8gPMxQiJjLcwkOKreVPa3_2vMZ4RHXHcSVW62SwHeXcubB8Pgu_ljYmg_E2ROma-Oi-zX64rkLakDXi41vcsi4kOc/s400/scan0002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22gJPcU-Of_LzLgPmPehz_7hODN65Yb26TYUFoIUm9sOS1ZXXmPR25BfUSWXcBfnraQZNXPA198T_gAFfyD2D6PjVR91rmU9UMC5PP4Vg7jEvVu4GymmPEXunZrPXNE4A3QSXZdgV9rw/s1600/scan0001.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534769310437251378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22gJPcU-Of_LzLgPmPehz_7hODN65Yb26TYUFoIUm9sOS1ZXXmPR25BfUSWXcBfnraQZNXPA198T_gAFfyD2D6PjVR91rmU9UMC5PP4Vg7jEvVu4GymmPEXunZrPXNE4A3QSXZdgV9rw/s400/scan0001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-79409964443073410392010-07-06T12:02:00.001-07:002010-07-06T13:35:54.105-07:00Summer Fun/ 4th of July!!It has been a while! I guess that just shows how busy we've been :) We had a great 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> of July which was definitely more of a weekend celebration than just one day. We started the weekend by going to a friend's neighborhood party with music, food and fireworks. We thought it would be a good introduction for Blake to see smaller fireworks and work our way up to the huge show at the local university. He did great! We went to the Edmond parade downtown which wasn't a huge hit with Blake. A 2 hour parade is not one of his favorite things to do, however, playing in the puddles with the sticks/dirt behind the parade is! That's what we did for about 45 minutes..he loved every minute of that! Since the 4<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> was on Sunday we went to a friend's house and had a little <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">bbq</span> and then were off to the big fireworks. It was pretty late for Blake but he loved it.<br />We've also had tons of fun playing in our little backyard pool and going to the zoo. We are always doing something!<br />It was been a while, but Erik finished his first year of dental school with flying colors! We are so proud of him and his hard work! He's done so well being able to study hard while helping me in any way he can. He's still at school all day this summer while he's working on a research project with a professor as well as trying to keep up on his material for the board exam he will take in November. I don't know how he does it, but he does!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkkgxdBZ3LXGl3Hti1eESQmZZlssbHGtRNT6b-uZeqfQmFwnTnt8sDK_fcLjld9HLavCgKwQQ3tpN8pwcYBmTHyCWHGhSR_R_bSDiieuz4q4Wv98DhSFHCHQoUk7MusAexEx4BEKyGH0/s1600/057.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490874139056218946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkkgxdBZ3LXGl3Hti1eESQmZZlssbHGtRNT6b-uZeqfQmFwnTnt8sDK_fcLjld9HLavCgKwQQ3tpN8pwcYBmTHyCWHGhSR_R_bSDiieuz4q4Wv98DhSFHCHQoUk7MusAexEx4BEKyGH0/s400/057.JPG" border="0" /></a> Watching the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">fireworks</span> at the university<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbqwF4HxdfINcxt0c_zoBlbV9FvXJxU2z0C9fRc34PKFmY6qDe8bEo2CY2YtXz2ittydcph4RQXH1Du1BZO2Sa2ut-x75LJ_Xe10GZfFMf2hGVm0KRoCVQs9N7su4sJxi4e6nOVTubTk/s1600/054.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490874128726214242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQbqwF4HxdfINcxt0c_zoBlbV9FvXJxU2z0C9fRc34PKFmY6qDe8bEo2CY2YtXz2ittydcph4RQXH1Du1BZO2Sa2ut-x75LJ_Xe10GZfFMf2hGVm0KRoCVQs9N7su4sJxi4e6nOVTubTk/s400/054.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake's face says everything on how he felt about the parade!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK1FDeM7vQmOPCcbAku4U5vhkXspVIciTmRIHNw5MM726BmqBgAEBbqWFRUmbF6XrZF8Od1CzczOWOpM5wOKHRHkGelZKHcmba_WpEnZk1ACr4TRncbKLagaoDz7f18N2DSSES_XfgMs/s1600/052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490874121405337298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIK1FDeM7vQmOPCcbAku4U5vhkXspVIciTmRIHNw5MM726BmqBgAEBbqWFRUmbF6XrZF8Od1CzczOWOpM5wOKHRHkGelZKHcmba_WpEnZk1ACr4TRncbKLagaoDz7f18N2DSSES_XfgMs/s400/052.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake and his friend <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Nayvi</span> loved the beginning of the parade!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud7lNkaSxOI0oqj_u_ikcggSAWLWbpu99CFn9LJyzw-mXolhieuN2VkWZQO2n1lr5Zul7A_6Uld6WWyZc4QkPaatXBG0N0Pf4ZMYE2QyBZbIaFp5i469lL-W9w_532v4Hv6pbuTxt5mk/s1600/046.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490874108970558146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiud7lNkaSxOI0oqj_u_ikcggSAWLWbpu99CFn9LJyzw-mXolhieuN2VkWZQO2n1lr5Zul7A_6Uld6WWyZc4QkPaatXBG0N0Pf4ZMYE2QyBZbIaFp5i469lL-W9w_532v4Hv6pbuTxt5mk/s400/046.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> ready to start!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphw5Z4qoBcs7n2IBtd8f8QJ4yplc6NRINvonvnBgTtvldb_meKfxZTZPLqkqpv06Q-rhqIb_fuRc0z-2gBBwqWx7HzsmISQgVEilttShS6beRxSClVcQjHLSelZrvoay3GPShVXcWOHI/s1600/044.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490874103843297570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphw5Z4qoBcs7n2IBtd8f8QJ4yplc6NRINvonvnBgTtvldb_meKfxZTZPLqkqpv06Q-rhqIb_fuRc0z-2gBBwqWx7HzsmISQgVEilttShS6beRxSClVcQjHLSelZrvoay3GPShVXcWOHI/s400/044.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilqyeEqJgMIF-k5-kdbHZxqN12s4U1nG3BdtfABDjtHRPmrH65uaPVgP_Olt9KifrCEmMzMM99p2ZLhmAheksDBKAcBs_Umi0k0jCz7an0BChPa0OAe2wKwLfFP3uVWSFWeZeBb9zZ-Nk/s1600/043.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490872696372140466" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeOz2n0o37ENsH6naaXYIrecPswnQ6uQ2TpCMhbtBsYek8EnLvj-hPDr6Xy_A0guULYrwLejbJ8NjIu_fc9P5GvoBqX83stBQALwn5u2QtG2Md8x_tWsfbS3BOm6nNbrlMhBtejgPwqc/s400/GetAttachment.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Nayvi</span> couldn't get enough of feeding Blake!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFYkL2auKZ8JyJOTSqXjYL8c7pQLxPwnLxSUI5zXlRSpWXVukLXiGPnnF0ZZYsp2CKpGIoa1o0l1JK1CPR9imskYnTDjpgVptwnakJm6b7i4j-wxFt_XFHpE95xlWzlAR0-UKz6qjcbo/s1600/062.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490872684477448514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFYkL2auKZ8JyJOTSqXjYL8c7pQLxPwnLxSUI5zXlRSpWXVukLXiGPnnF0ZZYsp2CKpGIoa1o0l1JK1CPR9imskYnTDjpgVptwnakJm6b7i4j-wxFt_XFHpE95xlWzlAR0-UKz6qjcbo/s400/062.JPG" border="0" /></a> He loves his new chair from his cousins!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOB1H7g8vF2jQMd0tonuVtQj2V4nyWEq0TZneWSCcDyiuTYpuZQcVNgYR4FzwAZPJjSHeU1aSmdokNkyW-l9dOu2QW77LUfGbTUdh5TjDRjwpEHS8Dm1K6nQ0j_F1E6fh8DcdZdqhQhs/s1600/032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490872672934515682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfOB1H7g8vF2jQMd0tonuVtQj2V4nyWEq0TZneWSCcDyiuTYpuZQcVNgYR4FzwAZPJjSHeU1aSmdokNkyW-l9dOu2QW77LUfGbTUdh5TjDRjwpEHS8Dm1K6nQ0j_F1E6fh8DcdZdqhQhs/s400/032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> Petting the goats at the zoo<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDub9-U9O_vz1HiNfHLzqbfeMKw3Wf6fhpK9E-SAw4D3ZcxP6Q1RWpuUioHP3huNf2__lFwmf32zCSoqpy55W6YP2X5Nni_lKIAktLK5JV-czUK7_7V_guwXX7LKEULpQU6r8JRHrfJ0/s1600/031.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490871605393485314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijDub9-U9O_vz1HiNfHLzqbfeMKw3Wf6fhpK9E-SAw4D3ZcxP6Q1RWpuUioHP3huNf2__lFwmf32zCSoqpy55W6YP2X5Nni_lKIAktLK5JV-czUK7_7V_guwXX7LKEULpQU6r8JRHrfJ0/s400/031.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqWkOsLf5nzGG84C3K0cN6qpgqrxox5XMQ3OF8SAwNZJCroOp9mz_CZIX4pVm7-d5j54Pi0BmSaSt9wQhfQMiYRyjQ1wGkBWiHm5x6-ftmfLEw2_FFqw2oHhyphenhypheniJD-dE_xHz8lmjcokYg/s1600/030.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490871594513848306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAqWkOsLf5nzGG84C3K0cN6qpgqrxox5XMQ3OF8SAwNZJCroOp9mz_CZIX4pVm7-d5j54Pi0BmSaSt9wQhfQMiYRyjQ1wGkBWiHm5x6-ftmfLEw2_FFqw2oHhyphenhypheniJD-dE_xHz8lmjcokYg/s400/030.JPG" border="0" /></a> He wasn't quite sure what to think about that bird<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uKK3KZe3BKF0GYVmgYhKm_xQCpLADOzzm92LFIlERfxWM8OdwaXC2aaBYOothhOzuCyJtk6iSKaT6jOEmaxnD5FQSFjwMP13fs6ERc58cBjlVyRxxl8wR6UpNTi0IEUThdgCAc5mdL4/s1600/028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490871590799791970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2uKK3KZe3BKF0GYVmgYhKm_xQCpLADOzzm92LFIlERfxWM8OdwaXC2aaBYOothhOzuCyJtk6iSKaT6jOEmaxnD5FQSFjwMP13fs6ERc58cBjlVyRxxl8wR6UpNTi0IEUThdgCAc5mdL4/s400/028.JPG" border="0" /></a> I was going to empty the pool and I turn around to find him in his clothes! Of course his diaper was about 10 lbs and the water was VERY WARM! (it was left over from earlier that day) what can I say...he loves the water!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpNSEZ_B4xZRbC8I4lH4olectoLUtScn2i01CmV2S_Wdnj9s4KXfsJaK4ZAN75yJY7Y1335GgrfQE-XN-ryIi_EVEcsi6y3MU0LIAdaxMvc2YUQrfAR3B7hUoJXpwW1Kf_KWj0f_bTjA/s1600/026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490871586667035650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJpNSEZ_B4xZRbC8I4lH4olectoLUtScn2i01CmV2S_Wdnj9s4KXfsJaK4ZAN75yJY7Y1335GgrfQE-XN-ryIi_EVEcsi6y3MU0LIAdaxMvc2YUQrfAR3B7hUoJXpwW1Kf_KWj0f_bTjA/s400/026.JPG" border="0" /></a> He loves to sweep! Too bad he tries to play in the piles I sweep up<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvh89m0aLPSReH4QuCU4vfxqMnnXRxKUiN28l4Hlmf3aseo0xWUK9kdHg_18M4yD51K7KJ-DnWmotlxCrjKfi-G5CJYlDR8gy38PhnPn9CdmYXKVdUzuTQ3T8sqqcAu99kbs8C4yzIUM/s1600/024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490871574424085426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHvh89m0aLPSReH4QuCU4vfxqMnnXRxKUiN28l4Hlmf3aseo0xWUK9kdHg_18M4yD51K7KJ-DnWmotlxCrjKfi-G5CJYlDR8gy38PhnPn9CdmYXKVdUzuTQ3T8sqqcAu99kbs8C4yzIUM/s400/024.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-47664076160532274422010-05-24T18:11:00.001-07:002010-05-24T18:47:00.220-07:00CAMPING AT LAKE ARCADIA!This past weekend we took Blake on his first camping excursion. We were kind of hesitant so we went to a campground only about 10 minutes from our house just <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">in case</span> his first experience didn't go over well. We had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">great</span> time! We camped with a few of our friends from Erik's class and definitely can't wait to go again (minus the ticks and other creepy <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">crawlies</span>). Blake just can't get enough of being outside as you can see by the pictures...he's definitely a boy who LOVES to get down and dirty! <br />I haven't posted recently so I should mention that he has finally started walking. 14 months was when he really started flirting with steps and now there's no turning back. So many people have told me that it's so hard when kids begin walking...I think I'm going to have to disagree! No more pants with holes in them no more tops of dirty shoes and no more cleaning his hands every minute (okay, I still do that)! It's so fun to just see him walk. He can't get enough of it. We love seeing him grow everyday but wish he would slow down a little. :)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFWRqV09onge1DTLAGx_PckUoE6QDJkjnk33Siv2GIqJKvpEQSFgXHAICYtq_0Wm9AEOtr0U-HLEEG4A1lGWTgc-eN5NKC1BFMTSZJXpml17yxckVX8wprxXieVGDKamIQccuoh0Z6jQ/s1600/112.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475011500278614914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbFWRqV09onge1DTLAGx_PckUoE6QDJkjnk33Siv2GIqJKvpEQSFgXHAICYtq_0Wm9AEOtr0U-HLEEG4A1lGWTgc-eN5NKC1BFMTSZJXpml17yxckVX8wprxXieVGDKamIQccuoh0Z6jQ/s400/112.JPG" border="0" /></a> He can't get enough of sticks! <br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8hBHzgiADmVuN7GB5Y2uhewaADNzpc9DUvEPHpk-YpAhtz_3A-Xf62EysBLmaESKL5siZgPGvco_U_BpYuEYmcXtNhyyhBtLUMil4wPfxBEkOcV-bNs11JCi3Sp2FGcR5bFVI5C3UM4/s1600/103.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475012570944217474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr8hBHzgiADmVuN7GB5Y2uhewaADNzpc9DUvEPHpk-YpAhtz_3A-Xf62EysBLmaESKL5siZgPGvco_U_BpYuEYmcXtNhyyhBtLUMil4wPfxBEkOcV-bNs11JCi3Sp2FGcR5bFVI5C3UM4/s400/103.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ready to PRACTICE their fly fishing<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WMfvleLofGW84hUj8jMz4Ixjf5K91KTs6YIf36R_SCbyVsr3qDFq3UG98TuAEdrQHQpYB_LDuB58VuIXR3IKVxgehnOO5ymlKgGdfK99uL71BDwEgKyXWn3ZB3wOW4R1MyqfcMc0of8/s1600/110.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475011496944086626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WMfvleLofGW84hUj8jMz4Ixjf5K91KTs6YIf36R_SCbyVsr3qDFq3UG98TuAEdrQHQpYB_LDuB58VuIXR3IKVxgehnOO5ymlKgGdfK99uL71BDwEgKyXWn3ZB3wOW4R1MyqfcMc0of8/s400/110.JPG" border="0" /></a> I can definitely eat those yummy cheeks!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXa-qiqycqK6nWwpmUlgzl1tnStW2lV55w3HfCKgJesH62AcKGO2YVyiXmEGHQGDnjRZkIVun-bn9Ah0pzAX4_hew0a00mToWISTpLUP_hTBCemHZ9U3oUmLqq4DgaNcJBZNPSRCVfZ8/s1600/104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475011488098533346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXa-qiqycqK6nWwpmUlgzl1tnStW2lV55w3HfCKgJesH62AcKGO2YVyiXmEGHQGDnjRZkIVun-bn9Ah0pzAX4_hew0a00mToWISTpLUP_hTBCemHZ9U3oUmLqq4DgaNcJBZNPSRCVfZ8/s400/104.JPG" border="0" /></a> Daddy has his pole, Blake has his stick!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbD9k8WgsoKreCHWFr0SgD0eALevUhm3-xe2ZpGUBS2a2edZky7w0FIWNfupYydT8VGPIR6_MXasiGKUzOlm3KPs7klw66pS-Kv2EibrthSZheCKPeM2eLdrAuiSwkOypqYSiq1l0vkw/s1600/101.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475011475519557890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQbD9k8WgsoKreCHWFr0SgD0eALevUhm3-xe2ZpGUBS2a2edZky7w0FIWNfupYydT8VGPIR6_MXasiGKUzOlm3KPs7klw66pS-Kv2EibrthSZheCKPeM2eLdrAuiSwkOypqYSiq1l0vkw/s400/101.JPG" border="0" /></a> FILTHY!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgD9Wyt4IpnVsezu1Lxw6S-n1WFc8qELiZFWSbClYpbzJCYJCRvULA0Pf14iSwL9B024VL1n1tFEfNLO_QYmJvsVujeJymTKsF9LwhsEvQC-2OQVPOdE2PPglLHEX-Nfre3cBdTejrcQo/s1600/097.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475011465672013730" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-bbGtacrEq-gBbul8Z-MvIkBc7DHhhqX5fm4Ifo9_F4d7d0PIaAqiEQxIgsxUwrrY-ic88CeUcm6YWxb7eFXGcjAWTZslIzRXPVOjaHghec9dL4SMHB_YzdrfhpTrZMtdwov_4kYF8U/s400/078.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFEm3cSPAQPdOPypnQj5aRyLYDTkmvx3T2rgyQpo2zCP7i6nNDOKMCKSUtIN2A8NSt7Zmn5BJMAlldCJZRaE7QBYDKX27f_1xOq_nkURI-_mdPI1zQZvVY_rlxfZhQLIuYtLCftpG2Is/s1600/063.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475012587721605938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFEm3cSPAQPdOPypnQj5aRyLYDTkmvx3T2rgyQpo2zCP7i6nNDOKMCKSUtIN2A8NSt7Zmn5BJMAlldCJZRaE7QBYDKX27f_1xOq_nkURI-_mdPI1zQZvVY_rlxfZhQLIuYtLCftpG2Is/s400/063.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNpx7z_FmGRQ-ivcc5EXPJ53EXPR4wblVxJ8KXvK0vjdrnWJRU2VumrvnAM2KRdPCaRDSMXO885GM9-oeWkgR49HFYInMnAkDd1wrZDCn-PEKgHJgNSKYpIuCguuHtYgdoTu_7LnfmTs/s1600/117.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475012576194532898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNNpx7z_FmGRQ-ivcc5EXPJ53EXPR4wblVxJ8KXvK0vjdrnWJRU2VumrvnAM2KRdPCaRDSMXO885GM9-oeWkgR49HFYInMnAkDd1wrZDCn-PEKgHJgNSKYpIuCguuHtYgdoTu_7LnfmTs/s400/117.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /> He always wants to wear these and sunglasses!Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-87123624986196837672010-04-13T20:00:00.001-07:002010-04-13T20:20:56.425-07:00EASTEREaster came so fast and left so quickly, I'm still trying to catch up! We had a great time spending Easter with family and friends and the perfect weather wasn't too shabby either. Blake had a great time with his empty eggs in the yard. :)<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KE_VsT0oi6rbFW7gIq-IRgU504K4zkATLdXGEw_Cp-0Hq3ondGgvaFMjfdEpJTnkGkfOuLt_gIJiZFk_GuB2v5F9CSvlcE5xreiN8vl7Py60JdI8h7gBMDw2E0Ks-DpWpmlCiXPHJs8/s1600/DSC_0153.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459824056632273362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KE_VsT0oi6rbFW7gIq-IRgU504K4zkATLdXGEw_Cp-0Hq3ondGgvaFMjfdEpJTnkGkfOuLt_gIJiZFk_GuB2v5F9CSvlcE5xreiN8vl7Py60JdI8h7gBMDw2E0Ks-DpWpmlCiXPHJs8/s400/DSC_0153.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81o0knD_hlIm8yEU2g-wTnxNUk22yVBmDi6fy8HqJNgaVHFCgAYHLd61J5Jt2641TPcU_1ngvt93ysIxQLUQIEdzfYY6QZgcuf8OC6bmtttUQ_SbAXZ3DTsrEdH0Zzi4_2nOa6OVV6y0/s1600/DSC_0137.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459824050109671970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81o0knD_hlIm8yEU2g-wTnxNUk22yVBmDi6fy8HqJNgaVHFCgAYHLd61J5Jt2641TPcU_1ngvt93ysIxQLUQIEdzfYY6QZgcuf8OC6bmtttUQ_SbAXZ3DTsrEdH0Zzi4_2nOa6OVV6y0/s400/DSC_0137.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNviNlpkDKiWCy8TLkW7V9o-k82exFlaO9jTuolG_9LzHb5eg3bsDYGBzSgh3S1QCS8CnMu9cfSBak1oX6H38CT7BF9zMuTRGU_RxWGRqBX6gj1RLVF57UcdRAOoApeboOnYcCZVP0ZZs/s1600/DSC_0138.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459824038172275778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNviNlpkDKiWCy8TLkW7V9o-k82exFlaO9jTuolG_9LzHb5eg3bsDYGBzSgh3S1QCS8CnMu9cfSBak1oX6H38CT7BF9zMuTRGU_RxWGRqBX6gj1RLVF57UcdRAOoApeboOnYcCZVP0ZZs/s400/DSC_0138.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoL1ZMGWk7VcNryoVePiQCFKawbBj4ULY1T6VAlUo_gm9w9UvibcEB4MB5i-3fw33LbyyNZdzQC8tp4dZRXpCll2yJDTZOGCuc5WyLJOFpC9_GJ3UlaoYbswC-OmlYDZBR1IKkwVSr7U/s1600/DSC_0160.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459823471564703810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoL1ZMGWk7VcNryoVePiQCFKawbBj4ULY1T6VAlUo_gm9w9UvibcEB4MB5i-3fw33LbyyNZdzQC8tp4dZRXpCll2yJDTZOGCuc5WyLJOFpC9_GJ3UlaoYbswC-OmlYDZBR1IKkwVSr7U/s400/DSC_0160.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2ghORWa8BybgdKMrFaoMi7HsegZ6WBR3-q_tu0G6PNbZyeznp2YouNySr-qzu_YToYein4zG00-O4ILOH15OsQRO-e5dxyjzOZrOVlGDozlNqud3dzcjJC2wX89Qi53psdWTt8pnVzM/s1600/DSC_0147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459823470007573442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2ghORWa8BybgdKMrFaoMi7HsegZ6WBR3-q_tu0G6PNbZyeznp2YouNySr-qzu_YToYein4zG00-O4ILOH15OsQRO-e5dxyjzOZrOVlGDozlNqud3dzcjJC2wX89Qi53psdWTt8pnVzM/s400/DSC_0147.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0rLCRuBy-aIMaJW1FEMYXWozDFRH3o3KrupP630ZVjIGzruJun4Zh6QZ8HcS2I9yyV-hycvrakbzwmpR8ZnMh-s5vdmL_pUO1QTJXXTFwGQR66kE_U-J6ZHNAhCRx6dj1GmyShR0gmk/s1600/DSC_0140.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459823459943133330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN0rLCRuBy-aIMaJW1FEMYXWozDFRH3o3KrupP630ZVjIGzruJun4Zh6QZ8HcS2I9yyV-hycvrakbzwmpR8ZnMh-s5vdmL_pUO1QTJXXTFwGQR66kE_U-J6ZHNAhCRx6dj1GmyShR0gmk/s400/DSC_0140.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFwxpOECmTSY4tYGLsCvaj85eLf7JieSOAOz58juWTG_nuVwWINn6FocKk0y57OrirezHKVVgUOFIDWICNp0UCbHKvrKky4eLNU3jGBhAM1tMkGiirwojNpBx2-ycXzUcHL29jamDwjw/s1600/DSC_0135.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459823458094992914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 328px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFwxpOECmTSY4tYGLsCvaj85eLf7JieSOAOz58juWTG_nuVwWINn6FocKk0y57OrirezHKVVgUOFIDWICNp0UCbHKvrKky4eLNU3jGBhAM1tMkGiirwojNpBx2-ycXzUcHL29jamDwjw/s400/DSC_0135.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNHMwkJxwK164p1yikWO5MOZmmz_oPLGM35qpc0mUo9mMHDafVKEQU6UXV3bP7xSYl9kmHEqWHul7Wcryeh_3xk9xQ2zim8ag612PgnClV8PKUlq0GQ6AOCQLYovUTp7KbT1-kix7epA/s1600/DSC_0120.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459823447254512898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhNHMwkJxwK164p1yikWO5MOZmmz_oPLGM35qpc0mUo9mMHDafVKEQU6UXV3bP7xSYl9kmHEqWHul7Wcryeh_3xk9xQ2zim8ag612PgnClV8PKUlq0GQ6AOCQLYovUTp7KbT1-kix7epA/s400/DSC_0120.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-73210471146262555022010-03-07T18:54:00.000-08:002010-03-08T13:17:56.297-08:00HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BLAKE!We just can't believe our little Blake is 1!! Where did the time go? He's been such a huge blessing in our lives and everyday brings something new! We just had a little party to celebrate his first birthday. He sure loved his little cupcake. The whipped cream topping was the first to go, he was in heaven! As you can imagine he loved all the wrapping paper and eventually made his way to the actual gift. We continued to celebrate his special day into the weekend by going to the zoo since the weather was just right. He really enjoyed it. We even made an effort to go AFTER his nice long nap so he would be nice and pleasant. He got a little crazy with seeing some of the animals, he would have loved to just jump right in the cage with them! Here are some pictures from our little celebration :)<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9Hw7qh3k1OaBSom0lvVePQQiwreocQhvKluCWxd7AKuz9lu8ewEGCTSTDXMhwtKgUnmGNjGQVfdN3J9R7DgTB7ECloXODWTSkxnkMex7BXVnc8XleVmt8hydww_zjStarNVFvnqTtPY/s1600-h/026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446093200867863394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9Hw7qh3k1OaBSom0lvVePQQiwreocQhvKluCWxd7AKuz9lu8ewEGCTSTDXMhwtKgUnmGNjGQVfdN3J9R7DgTB7ECloXODWTSkxnkMex7BXVnc8XleVmt8hydww_zjStarNVFvnqTtPY/s400/026.JPG" border="0" /></a> Yummy!!<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNAkbcRk5jkk68ixHiU2BMDEu2dCC-F_XnZD_2NOlt_5NV4QsQbRbt_xxXnawXRqxJHtQX3R5Xvqq3T9OuiKLNBeadWyznObgHcAsbvqvDydcTv4nIFA_WwQe1VlWPNdokpp97pAv60lo/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446093192290240642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNAkbcRk5jkk68ixHiU2BMDEu2dCC-F_XnZD_2NOlt_5NV4QsQbRbt_xxXnawXRqxJHtQX3R5Xvqq3T9OuiKLNBeadWyznObgHcAsbvqvDydcTv4nIFA_WwQe1VlWPNdokpp97pAv60lo/s400/025.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDdba-hn-2cab6ndNjcEIBpDBSmn0Ugf0qssDGGE6oitqnlfiDM6upfb7-TSfqDWXCaJAsCQWc_gnoVi9PELdnvn-LHXVsNZC9t8ETGiBDtv6mx7GhycNsfhPef4ravXUCGMohtW7Ego/s1600-h/018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446093950922147938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDdba-hn-2cab6ndNjcEIBpDBSmn0Ugf0qssDGGE6oitqnlfiDM6upfb7-TSfqDWXCaJAsCQWc_gnoVi9PELdnvn-LHXVsNZC9t8ETGiBDtv6mx7GhycNsfhPef4ravXUCGMohtW7Ego/s400/018.JPG" border="0" /></a> He loves his train from Mimi and Grandpa-T<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4k5y-cPRZmzjxjC5XP3NHtVCVzExeC3-jeSnMcxINnqAuf1OM7OVnff5OEmxq50gFZafmUkcptUD6kqUUWRo2uNEPbIFlZMadPk50KKfxQYW6lS41MlJYIlJPl_CmIu7ggpHDMlK9_Dk/s1600-h/033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446093938178470818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4k5y-cPRZmzjxjC5XP3NHtVCVzExeC3-jeSnMcxINnqAuf1OM7OVnff5OEmxq50gFZafmUkcptUD6kqUUWRo2uNEPbIFlZMadPk50KKfxQYW6lS41MlJYIlJPl_CmIu7ggpHDMlK9_Dk/s400/033.JPG" border="0" /></a> It only took about 3o minutes to get the toys out of the packaging!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT11ql0m23Je2fr5_ystX7zeuAkqzv7QQQi4zPq42_i00NTM9JreeWfPA8OW5u2YrZIo-zuW37Co2gGJWSk6diKOcHCwk_z5hQ9GCJo9pjoNFmL0l8H1pWI70TF7QawaH-gmHkDNIqeoQ/s1600-h/032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446093933681440082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT11ql0m23Je2fr5_ystX7zeuAkqzv7QQQi4zPq42_i00NTM9JreeWfPA8OW5u2YrZIo-zuW37Co2gGJWSk6diKOcHCwk_z5hQ9GCJo9pjoNFmL0l8H1pWI70TF7QawaH-gmHkDNIqeoQ/s400/032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8fMy0J9UURyFpLibMXY2u6YZf-ztVlFzBtOmHiv7PlOHOcIQoa4wyVYY0B9gyug2mOUVIseYc1wLhF-xWc0VR8lBK6bYb4gkfBsFW-CqNsbQr583BFPEai9jdC6jE7mz7unEUA_58YY/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446093184287857490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8fMy0J9UURyFpLibMXY2u6YZf-ztVlFzBtOmHiv7PlOHOcIQoa4wyVYY0B9gyug2mOUVIseYc1wLhF-xWc0VR8lBK6bYb4gkfBsFW-CqNsbQr583BFPEai9jdC6jE7mz7unEUA_58YY/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO2lXek2fixSIuDNIB7RGNdswDmGlmixVJoHBP1JdcwhEBNQZgyKYkRsSpgPpkwxDb-zCr7jiKnzg-hFhgZKosQyVZSYqB0msEFgrAGp4kSN8sTO6X3m3rUyp74Dkmj86Pd_GwWaHkvg/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446093180515231490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjO2lXek2fixSIuDNIB7RGNdswDmGlmixVJoHBP1JdcwhEBNQZgyKYkRsSpgPpkwxDb-zCr7jiKnzg-hFhgZKosQyVZSYqB0msEFgrAGp4kSN8sTO6X3m3rUyp74Dkmj86Pd_GwWaHkvg/s400/022.JPG" border="0" /></a>Erik tucked the balloon into Blake's pants...he gave up trying to get it and just watched it float!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAwicMk4hjZZi7IoZVyGr25gKB3xnpbUMpDDjzv1qGSUnG1OGCCOuzRKXr6q1WCCw479PjTN65CMlC_P8Dg2XiJSlIVVFCfnQXlnYcflrDZpeFM_TlpxqVpNdrAxbPup6btn469WhwKE/s1600-h/021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446093170414069394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaAwicMk4hjZZi7IoZVyGr25gKB3xnpbUMpDDjzv1qGSUnG1OGCCOuzRKXr6q1WCCw479PjTN65CMlC_P8Dg2XiJSlIVVFCfnQXlnYcflrDZpeFM_TlpxqVpNdrAxbPup6btn469WhwKE/s400/021.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-rN_12Un4NFNWreoCSWSN-jCvcK4b2DRmMPNPxlrQaJeCfKioekN4avI3uxp9VB9VX4dcEqpKqXVtETp-0oyEhK2qVlU4bc079BbFDTypR-X8YkP_w0HkBEg00h-RN8QfdLZPQi2Jrk/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446092171201479666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF-rN_12Un4NFNWreoCSWSN-jCvcK4b2DRmMPNPxlrQaJeCfKioekN4avI3uxp9VB9VX4dcEqpKqXVtETp-0oyEhK2qVlU4bc079BbFDTypR-X8YkP_w0HkBEg00h-RN8QfdLZPQi2Jrk/s400/019.JPG" border="0" /></a>Blake loved the ostrich!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkE9FsXrmBTGDWIrRkcJDegXATU50126typpTGQW3arVSbjcGD0qfSWYJlMpVpuzObYq_fGECIyRoJOaHO_kYqWgpaUIx36yuAAyqf9pmZ2JCOZ9IZUBIGUjivjmwPn20pvnpdu2bcP0/s1600-h/020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446092163243542114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXkE9FsXrmBTGDWIrRkcJDegXATU50126typpTGQW3arVSbjcGD0qfSWYJlMpVpuzObYq_fGECIyRoJOaHO_kYqWgpaUIx36yuAAyqf9pmZ2JCOZ9IZUBIGUjivjmwPn20pvnpdu2bcP0/s400/020.JPG" border="0" /></a>Sometimes it took a little while for Blake to find the animals behind the fences, but when he did...his face just lit up!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-UULBmobGBb0LLOgvk2NlaQJTsYNwgO7EIBBa5zK85eVXlIozws9sXAqNBa2Umf1UKtQNHarVbYSxrpBFGNSu9609O-1X1jNdpuILYXU5y-hogerEK8nTkYGXSpEEYeeq5sBob4CiF0/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446092155577096610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC-UULBmobGBb0LLOgvk2NlaQJTsYNwgO7EIBBa5zK85eVXlIozws9sXAqNBa2Umf1UKtQNHarVbYSxrpBFGNSu9609O-1X1jNdpuILYXU5y-hogerEK8nTkYGXSpEEYeeq5sBob4CiF0/s400/022.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our little family<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJQSm9g5n-WqJZoo1MnL9Om7HgUc5L0GKU2OBpKRnCH02OQchEp_4Z-UFoRV2Qs4X4LsVJ9xEtEWp6PYhshOEzmKs6TIMGIl1Qhgb-0ZyIKVYVP-fSFJsRa6F4aHarswO9tKMymG6Lsc/s1600-h/024.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446092146519454546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioJQSm9g5n-WqJZoo1MnL9Om7HgUc5L0GKU2OBpKRnCH02OQchEp_4Z-UFoRV2Qs4X4LsVJ9xEtEWp6PYhshOEzmKs6TIMGIl1Qhgb-0ZyIKVYVP-fSFJsRa6F4aHarswO9tKMymG6Lsc/s400/024.JPG" border="0" /></a> Don't mind my face...the bird was inching his way over and jumped right behind us after Erik took the picture. A little too close for me.</div><div></div><div align="left">What Blake is up to these days...</div><div align="left">*he is a crawling maniac!</div><div align="left">*he's a pro at cruising around furniture</div><div align="left">*walking is in his near future, but standing in place is getting better each day!</div><div align="left">*he loves to clap</div><div align="left">*waving "hi"and "bye" is too cute!</div><div align="left">*he even throws his <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Binky</span> in his crib after he wakes up...all I have to say is "bye bye <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Binky</span>" :)</div><div align="left">*he loves to mimic noises</div><div align="left">*he loves throwing his arms up in the air after saying "how big is Blake?"...</div><div align="left">*STATS- he's<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong> </strong><span style="font-size:180%;">31</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> inches tall</span>, his head circumference is <span style="font-size:180%;">18 inches</span> and his weight is <span style="font-size:180%;">22.7 lbs!</span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">WE JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF HIM!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-10850151902658557952010-01-20T19:09:00.000-08:002010-01-21T06:42:32.170-08:00MEERS RESTAURANT!This past weekend Erik had a nice day off from school. So, we took advantage of it (and the gorgeous weather) and headed down to South West Oklahoma to go on a little hike in the Wichita Mountains. Okay, they aren't quite like the Rockies or anything, we're talking about the highest peak being about 2,500 feet. Hey, we'll take it! Anyway, we heard about this restaurant that is down there called the <a href="http://www.meersstore.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Meers</span></span></a> Restaurant and is supposedly home of the world famous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Meersburger</span></span>. The history of the restaurant is interesting. It's actually a fun place to go if you're ever driving through...hey we saw people there from Holland (no,not my mom) who had obviously heard of it. Apparently it should be on your bucket list, so you better get on it!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwk0lucU-S8h7tB0-sJEfuGkRct_eWWpHjAhZI88YmQqWvZl2W7ZTRoObCD8jcqncuEMRZ5uMtCEpY9aTP6vCSL8Z_V2bXxwwM5t4iqmREvPWEtvVh0OqxgyhMSbCJA5WlNxjkMxXBGs/s1600-h/MeersBurger.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429026715478871970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwk0lucU-S8h7tB0-sJEfuGkRct_eWWpHjAhZI88YmQqWvZl2W7ZTRoObCD8jcqncuEMRZ5uMtCEpY9aTP6vCSL8Z_V2bXxwwM5t4iqmREvPWEtvVh0OqxgyhMSbCJA5WlNxjkMxXBGs/s400/MeersBurger.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here is the world famous <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Meersburger</span></span>! only about 1/2 lb. of beef! We actually had the Seismic burger which is 1 lb of beef! But, split b/w my parent's, Erik and I it was manageable.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbD1wsK57QhLaZ_F9aWcoN4JH_Ti1zof_3C-C7silQia2W0n1IZmHUZ8xTBW1CoyQILslaYFV27ZyKNdQDGq0a6bQ3JU4-WZ6C12oxQ4m8-kfCKG2BC4PcJUw_01Dc8_bF2KQMHYHCs4k/s1600-h/DSCN0285.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429026694463809426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbD1wsK57QhLaZ_F9aWcoN4JH_Ti1zof_3C-C7silQia2W0n1IZmHUZ8xTBW1CoyQILslaYFV27ZyKNdQDGq0a6bQ3JU4-WZ6C12oxQ4m8-kfCKG2BC4PcJUw_01Dc8_bF2KQMHYHCs4k/s400/DSCN0285.JPG" border="0" /></a> You drive literally in the middle of no-where without passing a soul on the road, but when you pull in the parking lot...it's packed!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQl26KI6SPb_m8YO9JH9zNmYRX5foWVnkq3nnr_CFmJ86C6u5Chof5853LQg3oEYTrIDuEL4sN-t6BcWgXhJ60YvRhUgxBSrIZTv2kH3fiiDvYmIljlFKf8MlZ_-g2GIBVFm0eItLy83Q/s1600-h/DSCN0288.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429026711643673122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQl26KI6SPb_m8YO9JH9zNmYRX5foWVnkq3nnr_CFmJ86C6u5Chof5853LQg3oEYTrIDuEL4sN-t6BcWgXhJ60YvRhUgxBSrIZTv2kH3fiiDvYmIljlFKf8MlZ_-g2GIBVFm0eItLy83Q/s400/DSCN0288.JPG" border="0" /></a> Wichita Mountains. It was a perfect day to get out!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5gxploTtFs6_7nNV6V_bBQ2x5oEJv_jsSUzKuyPrtZlmF3kwsGwZRZo212B1-xpRKq5D89sB8QHTdm9HrO1RUXf95jWvib1cYqv4JfcNxpR2qEv9TBov175pK_C_EUcXzNfhr1_3uD4/s1600-h/DSCN0287.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429026707035187554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR5gxploTtFs6_7nNV6V_bBQ2x5oEJv_jsSUzKuyPrtZlmF3kwsGwZRZo212B1-xpRKq5D89sB8QHTdm9HrO1RUXf95jWvib1cYqv4JfcNxpR2qEv9TBov175pK_C_EUcXzNfhr1_3uD4/s400/DSCN0287.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake sure is ready to go...what a life<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JmQJx8psYDvkZm_Bcl_ZP33k13FbXz-_4UWid-wAkP492S7aEgN9ZqLfXhQebl4WRYwVfP1PNdntOiS5siw3xDGrP60xuD7XSN64LAXA0f9pUXpzyx5RDtlCeUXFyOQN58esGttIbZA/s1600-h/DSCN0292.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429026685298929314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7JmQJx8psYDvkZm_Bcl_ZP33k13FbXz-_4UWid-wAkP492S7aEgN9ZqLfXhQebl4WRYwVfP1PNdntOiS5siw3xDGrP60xuD7XSN64LAXA0f9pUXpzyx5RDtlCeUXFyOQN58esGttIbZA/s400/DSCN0292.JPG" border="0" /></a> I guess he was done with his little video...chewing on the foot was more fun.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-40532398403978491032010-01-11T19:12:00.000-08:002010-01-12T20:18:40.950-08:00Christmas in San Diego! (Warning: Picture Overload)<div>We had such an AMAZING time spending the holidays with Erik's parent's (Mimi and Grandpa-T) along with his Sister's family who drove all the way from Utah...okay, it's not that far but the weather is always questionable this time of year! Erik got a three week break from the books (which by the way is going great,he loves every minute of dental school) so we took advantage of his time off and flew to Southern California. Time sure went by fast while we were there but we enjoyed every minute we had.<br />Blake is growing like a weed, even in the three weeks we were there we all saw tons of changes. He was such a trooper being lugged around everywhere. Even the plane rides were fine (except the 10 minutes he screamed bloody murder on the way home b/c his exhaustion finally caught up to him...hey, 10 minutes of a screaming baby never hurt anyone on a flight!)<br />So, here is a peek of our trip...<br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVyrEp-0xYyhscCYrOT88u1v8iKTzs4FDjRNxyoMSIVEX8osm_PNAkVmy9fABJxq2CygWZBk1c7p54hdfQdIfh7SN8NBTk4rmcylylDMRljXDXVarLoJFhu3Uri1sFRKk7qCvKlSbhxo/s1600-h/DSCN0239.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425700063698137698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVyrEp-0xYyhscCYrOT88u1v8iKTzs4FDjRNxyoMSIVEX8osm_PNAkVmy9fABJxq2CygWZBk1c7p54hdfQdIfh7SN8NBTk4rmcylylDMRljXDXVarLoJFhu3Uri1sFRKk7qCvKlSbhxo/s400/DSCN0239.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake had his first experience with sand. He wasn't quite sure at first, but it didn't take long for it to go in the mouth!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jOABVKV3gDTzK63Lh3X1poHZmBA917koyK9mbJH_Vg-2tm1UubU3vUprRQ2Zqx5mDMYmuR-d8Lafm_3ZLOV2w3ar7d2Q6KgZz3eDm8G1uUJsN0EMXoi6kMzTe0WhM1Xfarb7rdqJX_w/s1600-h/DSCN0240.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425700071860752098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jOABVKV3gDTzK63Lh3X1poHZmBA917koyK9mbJH_Vg-2tm1UubU3vUprRQ2Zqx5mDMYmuR-d8Lafm_3ZLOV2w3ar7d2Q6KgZz3eDm8G1uUJsN0EMXoi6kMzTe0WhM1Xfarb7rdqJX_w/s400/DSCN0240.JPG" border="0" /></a> I even caught him in the act!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2zD_AYe3X2iRo-lzNc98kYP7ea5BAp_f7YO_do3HAAJpFZ58xi1FARew2kKHLf24ogZrmoED6g3b1r4GEoZwgBAXjHWEAmy0ymrWBgCnYXCXW_0KcSoS8e7JHupb6ZZGpcf1nBDs0mE/s1600-h/DSCN0230.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425700060634934594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp2zD_AYe3X2iRo-lzNc98kYP7ea5BAp_f7YO_do3HAAJpFZ58xi1FARew2kKHLf24ogZrmoED6g3b1r4GEoZwgBAXjHWEAmy0ymrWBgCnYXCXW_0KcSoS8e7JHupb6ZZGpcf1nBDs0mE/s400/DSCN0230.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />As you can imagine the weather was beautiful! We were not missing the record snowfall that Oklahoma received while we were relaxing on the beach!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvrb7CAJ8aVjP6dis19RP1YIaRmVVtlgalDR2bVi6B-DCTN4m7Oq0MEfa0MwJKk2HGssf_Epp83wPKm3_E7oc3rEvSciGEtGc3c1x4gAwNwVnrs4UQj5jxcxHNVG99EAhdyOOWJKbeIU/s1600-h/DSCN0229.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425700051087295074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOvrb7CAJ8aVjP6dis19RP1YIaRmVVtlgalDR2bVi6B-DCTN4m7Oq0MEfa0MwJKk2HGssf_Epp83wPKm3_E7oc3rEvSciGEtGc3c1x4gAwNwVnrs4UQj5jxcxHNVG99EAhdyOOWJKbeIU/s400/DSCN0229.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfmqRa6HAPwevw71sB2fwmAb9eVvU_HIv8prPH_9VfCKGG7qzt20kXnFuF1MyUkyFEOfnREfCqjfjzOtQVbqM-iM88B1igFReavYYNw8ZKkSDGa34hHHIkRD09EPMc4dSIdIVutxnBtQ/s1600-h/DSCN0228.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425698360566215778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWfmqRa6HAPwevw71sB2fwmAb9eVvU_HIv8prPH_9VfCKGG7qzt20kXnFuF1MyUkyFEOfnREfCqjfjzOtQVbqM-iM88B1igFReavYYNw8ZKkSDGa34hHHIkRD09EPMc4dSIdIVutxnBtQ/s400/DSCN0228.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The water was a little too freezing to swim. Blake was dying to go in, he loves water and he sure made a B-line for it whenever he had a chance.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyos2y-roifaw2OIUDTZD0803AHYalh-h4iRBt8UNPH-lyBduxFMKxxkJJpMhqAJCaQrRb4J4w1RgaSyXFp3kSYn_l8G1MaKNElxLYc42zgAQeksmF30Grp341YSwv2z-4W4FLmds4WEQ/s1600-h/DSCN0226.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425698350398528482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyos2y-roifaw2OIUDTZD0803AHYalh-h4iRBt8UNPH-lyBduxFMKxxkJJpMhqAJCaQrRb4J4w1RgaSyXFp3kSYn_l8G1MaKNElxLYc42zgAQeksmF30Grp341YSwv2z-4W4FLmds4WEQ/s400/DSCN0226.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIOuA3Zu8_HA-vKIppJaop3bWVOS3aA3vaGrhokbRYMMf3Iy-avPxBwa1coJ3H1qxwyIn8AABxDCfFFPfRfNd_B-osVtR2xdSSXKNAY0tB0g9tUUnHNjm36KpFEv0x6DhdOk7UkLJzoU/s1600-h/DSCN0221.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425698348151638338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIOuA3Zu8_HA-vKIppJaop3bWVOS3aA3vaGrhokbRYMMf3Iy-avPxBwa1coJ3H1qxwyIn8AABxDCfFFPfRfNd_B-osVtR2xdSSXKNAY0tB0g9tUUnHNjm36KpFEv0x6DhdOk7UkLJzoU/s400/DSCN0221.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdi307NN_ZAFiFt6HCo8YcYLzUdZVaYmnxGT1Y5TRvZ4U8o0k0GEOrMP50aROxjbIvirBNhLrfs8d_jt4j3Kyvfusms3Rf8JvnTDiJNDSI49mM06RGR14bNOQcmMpXwoN-gwIydoncWY/s1600-h/DSCN0219.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425698340349631346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdi307NN_ZAFiFt6HCo8YcYLzUdZVaYmnxGT1Y5TRvZ4U8o0k0GEOrMP50aROxjbIvirBNhLrfs8d_jt4j3Kyvfusms3Rf8JvnTDiJNDSI49mM06RGR14bNOQcmMpXwoN-gwIydoncWY/s400/DSCN0219.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />All the cousins<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmip4KraSXOeEQ9W1hKiUkoYw9j50VHyn11-sAyeutFGVjZe2j9Mur4t_r1O_AWvwZ6GpD-R7Ybm5Vo4RphPsNgBdc0DOSg4_ObAXcF1l_Dnrb_lrmnQnF4VjJPNJ_atWzoLyBw-NoIoE/s1600-h/DSCN0210.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425698334552318146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmip4KraSXOeEQ9W1hKiUkoYw9j50VHyn11-sAyeutFGVjZe2j9Mur4t_r1O_AWvwZ6GpD-R7Ybm5Vo4RphPsNgBdc0DOSg4_ObAXcF1l_Dnrb_lrmnQnF4VjJPNJ_atWzoLyBw-NoIoE/s400/DSCN0210.JPG" border="0" /></a> We had to make a stop at the La Jolla Cove and see the seals...yes,those are seals in the upper left below the wall.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGwnVyhjQx9rpy8ISMow8HPnWIveF4NTOMfazrRHwIeFssMVuTkG5TwNyuPRhYNG5mORn0rVD38SNhbvW8P1ePDqxnlXUVbgIO_vuZwl-R34Y-4g3RWeNEBiRZ4le-tmif0iExyyVPFQ/s1600-h/DSCN0194.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425696178129964322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGwnVyhjQx9rpy8ISMow8HPnWIveF4NTOMfazrRHwIeFssMVuTkG5TwNyuPRhYNG5mORn0rVD38SNhbvW8P1ePDqxnlXUVbgIO_vuZwl-R34Y-4g3RWeNEBiRZ4le-tmif0iExyyVPFQ/s400/DSCN0194.JPG" border="0" /></a>Beautiful San Diego<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LYk4w0ntlvckc3Cy5KTVXzxK9emlo7KN1jXrqslumwUpYP9rbwwZSEZzCipufqBs6g08gHmlJULIaOP8UFdejJb0EwkbNkX0jlVyKUzD8XZqtx8BuRc4nVfag1pZvqWYqOI86XQF6YA/s1600-h/DSCN0192.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425696170472935426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3LYk4w0ntlvckc3Cy5KTVXzxK9emlo7KN1jXrqslumwUpYP9rbwwZSEZzCipufqBs6g08gHmlJULIaOP8UFdejJb0EwkbNkX0jlVyKUzD8XZqtx8BuRc4nVfag1pZvqWYqOI86XQF6YA/s400/DSCN0192.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5fdciBnNCjkwNkZfTbqi3_XxEBHHYNdrAUqzlOxQN5nfDWMJui_oiuj26Y_ecBBxKtth6xsWgJl-tH70wT23x_qaYaRBsm_G2EV5XdZVvESX-pKxI3LCyuoA9C4xxHz32BL9z-us0L4/s1600-h/DSCN0167.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425696167254867586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ5fdciBnNCjkwNkZfTbqi3_XxEBHHYNdrAUqzlOxQN5nfDWMJui_oiuj26Y_ecBBxKtth6xsWgJl-tH70wT23x_qaYaRBsm_G2EV5XdZVvESX-pKxI3LCyuoA9C4xxHz32BL9z-us0L4/s400/DSCN0167.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>Erik just barely missed being stuck on that rock...high tide was coming in faster than he thought.</div><br /><br /><div></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJI3Kt6ghM8sM49Rx99ATWaMdNAhqxKeYDtqsLqzlyK80aYJPLp8-OkCohEomCPCSQY0rmDH1PI0I3vKpHetmhg4_sThnwWdz1aXjLXfFgLig0ZM_iUUj44zOJ-khFp7u-xalsAXeAlAQ/s1600-h/DSCN0145.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426071487755664546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJI3Kt6ghM8sM49Rx99ATWaMdNAhqxKeYDtqsLqzlyK80aYJPLp8-OkCohEomCPCSQY0rmDH1PI0I3vKpHetmhg4_sThnwWdz1aXjLXfFgLig0ZM_iUUj44zOJ-khFp7u-xalsAXeAlAQ/s400/DSCN0145.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We had to get a picture of the boys in the cute vests Mimi made<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGwiwv6NM-XUKFPHFWgtEpKgL-AG5I5kV01M3qmpS8ToZa3l7umbeX2arerHhij6IDGTFmwPNxGwlInWBiidBvO19d5lVeETu2HoNuC0lhqxzU2FKMSnxgnV5MFDbAAKjPXXKtlsfFHc/s1600-h/DSCN0143.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425696146595898194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGwiwv6NM-XUKFPHFWgtEpKgL-AG5I5kV01M3qmpS8ToZa3l7umbeX2arerHhij6IDGTFmwPNxGwlInWBiidBvO19d5lVeETu2HoNuC0lhqxzU2FKMSnxgnV5MFDbAAKjPXXKtlsfFHc/s400/DSCN0143.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Vivi and Blake couldn't get enough of each other<br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHXgAZ8v1M9uq0OmuMAGQXgcq_oZgjeuQW5je6fF2HOTJQ8t6UvJULQkIocxcRD5_-CmOWJ5Bbg3JiJlWXJdiPmExNb8DveNOf28haOzlVJ0eg6DIbZG40R2XEJZuv4lRROoYkjqIj0Q/s1600-h/DSCN0134.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425694100847211586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwHXgAZ8v1M9uq0OmuMAGQXgcq_oZgjeuQW5je6fF2HOTJQ8t6UvJULQkIocxcRD5_-CmOWJ5Bbg3JiJlWXJdiPmExNb8DveNOf28haOzlVJ0eg6DIbZG40R2XEJZuv4lRROoYkjqIj0Q/s400/DSCN0134.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oE3yGCf9xRfnNxjWzFbcHDl39e69S4bXQCjeONB1mcsf_qiLFCToQDCyPQvkIob-Kmd_pKYWgjb6uNODoeFHRKgNAK4uxjJSwrAFMBIQ7Sdg95ZxjP_dcc1nxTNtbkv_lzD0VYVEARE/s1600-h/DSCN0124.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425694092825159730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5oE3yGCf9xRfnNxjWzFbcHDl39e69S4bXQCjeONB1mcsf_qiLFCToQDCyPQvkIob-Kmd_pKYWgjb6uNODoeFHRKgNAK4uxjJSwrAFMBIQ7Sdg95ZxjP_dcc1nxTNtbkv_lzD0VYVEARE/s400/DSCN0124.JPG" border="0" /></a> We went to Balboa Park one day to walk around and go to some museums.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3VZMxX6PJpyv-szob_V7Etp8dFoMTH_cp9ohnhHZiX0rynR4gZAi5uSOZmr0ffnNAAVPIqOKdNtD2QENe8Lr8m9z-hjoEaAtsYgqtE_RM8KdF-Ufgw8CtamqCsEiFEL8DAjOOuE8eWc/s1600-h/DSCN0113.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425694087690894306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3VZMxX6PJpyv-szob_V7Etp8dFoMTH_cp9ohnhHZiX0rynR4gZAi5uSOZmr0ffnNAAVPIqOKdNtD2QENe8Lr8m9z-hjoEaAtsYgqtE_RM8KdF-Ufgw8CtamqCsEiFEL8DAjOOuE8eWc/s400/DSCN0113.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div>We had so much fun riding our bikes around Mission Bay. Erik and his dad zip tied milk crates to the front of two of the bikes so Vivi and Dillon enjoyed an easy ride. Blake of course had a great ride too on the back of Erik in his very own backpack.</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOybAqfgbeSXSkE77fwTNovaWVmgDBNzCGp5FOieNC2BPI-rKty6_aIYPZKYDkl0m3Ds2AVvoZcNiooNGpyxOaXXN94NC3fS-aFt_2RQTyrfCLfkHxEu7iDVL-OOffscFxDv2gllFyR1s/s1600-h/DSCN0105.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425694069889202450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOybAqfgbeSXSkE77fwTNovaWVmgDBNzCGp5FOieNC2BPI-rKty6_aIYPZKYDkl0m3Ds2AVvoZcNiooNGpyxOaXXN94NC3fS-aFt_2RQTyrfCLfkHxEu7iDVL-OOffscFxDv2gllFyR1s/s400/DSCN0105.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFm-DNDnnKdWKw7CiL6oEeuN8de9XXaADLj5cdo5qEIbeGwu8pKWysrKSCEd1KV_EDuEEvOHE3sAJQx-04XOgxzXRC8aLJrhYL4umvuyrQyQ3tNZu1EFg7pn2pyEpiHAzK03GSoagOxQ/s1600-h/DSCN0101.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425692073658807698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLFm-DNDnnKdWKw7CiL6oEeuN8de9XXaADLj5cdo5qEIbeGwu8pKWysrKSCEd1KV_EDuEEvOHE3sAJQx-04XOgxzXRC8aLJrhYL4umvuyrQyQ3tNZu1EFg7pn2pyEpiHAzK03GSoagOxQ/s400/DSCN0101.jpg" border="0" /></a> He had a blast in the backpack..(especially tugging at Erik's ear and hat the whole time)</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX7drGPsj2MsBz4kEgij1-66XLPrW02kh9cg8Aj-qVOX_8_bF5QZvcgvIEtZyHz3oi54nv6zepV-Kfkv0FadOES6NnyDZvNK-8GFKzuAaLGxp3x6wggJECVFJPWYBjt5UuGs67_-JVtI/s1600-h/DSCN0092.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425692062419350050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPX7drGPsj2MsBz4kEgij1-66XLPrW02kh9cg8Aj-qVOX_8_bF5QZvcgvIEtZyHz3oi54nv6zepV-Kfkv0FadOES6NnyDZvNK-8GFKzuAaLGxp3x6wggJECVFJPWYBjt5UuGs67_-JVtI/s400/DSCN0092.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our DVD player full of Baby Einstein videos was a life saver since we were in the car a lot<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9IZPXb1HClt3F7iIwkFh3PaW-VX33nwxKrX8HnzgiBsODMzMJCdVRjrrZw6Swdmxcx2VMYk7tQW6YX5nXF5jsa5Q0ga3Cod3wPZnSyCRHudO-NuTJFfsYa60HdXqmpfFP2tacWdis20/s1600-h/DSCN0074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425692053219069538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy9IZPXb1HClt3F7iIwkFh3PaW-VX33nwxKrX8HnzgiBsODMzMJCdVRjrrZw6Swdmxcx2VMYk7tQW6YX5nXF5jsa5Q0ga3Cod3wPZnSyCRHudO-NuTJFfsYa60HdXqmpfFP2tacWdis20/s400/DSCN0074.JPG" border="0" /></a> Christmas morning<br /><br /><br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBwxUDVno29Civq8l7c5GkrBYQSg5OaXuxXYFzpoKRuMIiL1_PhPI_0jGJlDLlNkb8qwu3Sy4PEnSxTwc9ihLONLsAT5lpg6MzkrDdoOjtyyfDuVAXYL-7gRrd1ok-uYj5l3y9dDTYfU/s1600-h/DSCN0083.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425692042259742802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGBwxUDVno29Civq8l7c5GkrBYQSg5OaXuxXYFzpoKRuMIiL1_PhPI_0jGJlDLlNkb8qwu3Sy4PEnSxTwc9ihLONLsAT5lpg6MzkrDdoOjtyyfDuVAXYL-7gRrd1ok-uYj5l3y9dDTYfU/s400/DSCN0083.JPG" border="0" /></a> He was sure inching toward the presents...who are we kidding?he could care less about the presents, he wanted the paper and boxes!<br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425692051147049442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfSWRoiLY0ItHF2SL-FIPnBWWmA7l3VrRUwPhW1M_P2sllKWotUVLdMZGm22hwztwDpc1ZljSwnFGqkbsNtRlkPmiiz5hxwf4_Kt1_drqZJ4DLgQwMTGEkWuD9Uq-kY0RsHxzR87wChA/s400/DSCN0088.jpg" border="0" /> One of my favorite pictures! Blake is officially ready to go shooting with dad</div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425701090819863554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 383px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 446px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvtM7ctnVl9LxdIe_VoUtw2r58Os2ffosM9oJgzhju-cUJs7Kc9cMd0gMBbI_1kXyKxeWQIKJ055uSJcNv84sb6gIKsXkdcNXRlZjxpmB8eRFXOJbgah0TswIchWUDnKRska0OhMxzFs/s400/DSCN0273.JPG" border="0" />We had to stop by the San Diego temple so Blake could see this beautiful place! Okay, he didn't have a clue, but we wanted to stop...after all we were married here<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLGb3v3Ery0QqwB-eauW80Un7kYSB-B58WEAwdLSRsms5avcvXfsOsPvy-awmb4x4U7EdAr4DSy_stSC5MLgy4FJz7_sYp6Kk5SygJUHy9RDwcKL6f-TjY7O9yxGf0N5pTmoRMeeZiE0/s1600-h/DSCN0253.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425700077013239538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJLGb3v3Ery0QqwB-eauW80Un7kYSB-B58WEAwdLSRsms5avcvXfsOsPvy-awmb4x4U7EdAr4DSy_stSC5MLgy4FJz7_sYp6Kk5SygJUHy9RDwcKL6f-TjY7O9yxGf0N5pTmoRMeeZiE0/s400/DSCN0253.JPG" border="0" /></a> Christmas in San Diego isn't complete without a Christmas tree on the beach</div><div align="center"><br /><br /><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425694077007383074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 409px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 341px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8sWEqTnKmm9DPwGM02jI5PhuaFgWi9XOF8ccLc-uouta6fL_cDSoOLREgohzA6BqcANV8HLzB29GfdcmYZFS8GMD1AritcppHNMGk3k51SB0d36X8bX8TG1bo1WFvYV1XtiCosGRe0hQ/s400/DSCN0093.JPG" border="0" /> We also were able to see my brother and his family since they live just outside of L.A.<br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHTquGUPkd8TSSV7JRs01MOMb9GDd_vLH46qgIQSjnWazMJeEcEfXf6F47bJ2yPzZgAfg_BsQWUYUtNQGLaZptfgYcshejdPU0UfiZ3r_XyYh9MiGg4hjUtbpb1y55-OBxXrLpJJInQw/s1600-h/DSCN0269.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425713450992701058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKHTquGUPkd8TSSV7JRs01MOMb9GDd_vLH46qgIQSjnWazMJeEcEfXf6F47bJ2yPzZgAfg_BsQWUYUtNQGLaZptfgYcshejdPU0UfiZ3r_XyYh9MiGg4hjUtbpb1y55-OBxXrLpJJInQw/s400/DSCN0269.JPG" border="0" /></a> We met them in Irvine for one last visit.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425701102224880018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 436px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKaIddr2lPPXw-r2P_r6FyPqqkY43er_1gwrx9NdBWeRpf6v8MaTHPzbVcFg3Mc0cmjxqTYLUUth6xlnWl_t396kfq53yAoF2rAmAZhYTNRIeqvTakfBZCr0KTItbyJn6qa06EV6L2DWo/s400/DSCN0278.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><br /><div><br />The plane ride home...(this was before the screaming) </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>THE END<br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-85971366820359497532009-11-17T09:06:00.000-08:002009-11-17T09:15:17.607-08:00Never a Dull Moment!<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwUREzaYKIgDtxVOs26DW36V_NSU5NITUXDt7NO0wyvMkcEVkVcBprDWkZfbWsV1JAq8kT1Sq_9P-sfAMY6tQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Blake is the funniest kid! He gets such a kick out of people sneezing and coughing..(for real and fake). Don't come to our house and have a coughing or sneezing attack, you'll only get laughed at. There is no sympathy from Blake. Enjoy the video!</p>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-37458705453191693182009-11-07T15:07:00.000-08:002009-11-08T14:25:59.760-08:00Good Times...It's been a while since I've updated this blog of ours, so I thought it was time. Of course Blake is growing and growing. A little fast if you ask me:) He turned 8 months this past week and just out of curiosity I put him on the scale. He hasn't been weighed since his 6 month check up where he weighed in at 16 lbs. Now he weighs in at...<span style="font-size:180%;">20.2!!! </span>Speaking of him, here are the latest pictures...<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp14S2bN3HKbfi0buvBbZO7McHk0FbG6L0CBXXBROo8OVkdaVktmDQl0ex6VpngnHer_ycsVTqo805BhFje3VCZ5ikCl4fcMoQTYUxV8Wt6GyKMfcJseUddrvddakQLC-PHolLZI9ZYoU/s1600-h/086.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401507071063525362" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp14S2bN3HKbfi0buvBbZO7McHk0FbG6L0CBXXBROo8OVkdaVktmDQl0ex6VpngnHer_ycsVTqo805BhFje3VCZ5ikCl4fcMoQTYUxV8Wt6GyKMfcJseUddrvddakQLC-PHolLZI9ZYoU/s400/086.JPG" border="0" /></a>Oh how he loves being fed! </div><div align="center">He can't get enough of the yummy plethora of baby foods out there!</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwnUYJq4w_teij7-haSLMhpcGWIerIYcakVEYwDl7v5OSrv0rBEsqGe7PkVcAmxfXS8zZBlMsIQ-szLEgO0f8hYegzxQijS6nbYyzMffrUT_tJRR585ga_60S7EagkuWAciyI2hzyjIg/s1600-h/082.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401507069549035778" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwnUYJq4w_teij7-haSLMhpcGWIerIYcakVEYwDl7v5OSrv0rBEsqGe7PkVcAmxfXS8zZBlMsIQ-szLEgO0f8hYegzxQijS6nbYyzMffrUT_tJRR585ga_60S7EagkuWAciyI2hzyjIg/s400/082.JPG" border="0" /></a> It was such a nice day outside and has been all week! We thought we'd take advantage of it and go out on the lawn. Blake loved it! Most of his time was spent moving around trying to grab the grass and leaves. surprisingly none made it to his mouth...He sure can get on his knees and rock back and forth, but hasn't quite mastered moving forward. He sticks with the army crawl!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkxUHaYBbSujKzsrMja9GNYes67vYYJ__vonvra9v4CceCmrgSg3VXk2_XSiZyfBCNmxEvHXbp16i9sWWIFGLfhMuTQVuACEgAmM6J-5xIa1D97Hqy93Tojd2UYdLXTdimKQc_67OaZ4/s1600-h/079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401507061833788658" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkxUHaYBbSujKzsrMja9GNYes67vYYJ__vonvra9v4CceCmrgSg3VXk2_XSiZyfBCNmxEvHXbp16i9sWWIFGLfhMuTQVuACEgAmM6J-5xIa1D97Hqy93Tojd2UYdLXTdimKQc_67OaZ4/s400/079.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Erik and Blake. He sure loves his daddy!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig3yDDIGng7681UTO3Fagy9G5ID0ef6yCTEFXYblpxaBt-FUiAWczOOJvTQcl4UOi-a8zWFX7ZpDQ-EcwBvsLvu_rrwLj4Xgngr6lGVyrFWflsDajswgDGBeFUvFPbqio2Yl7Iga8dkE/s1600-h/078.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401506528564563282" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig3yDDIGng7681UTO3Fagy9G5ID0ef6yCTEFXYblpxaBt-FUiAWczOOJvTQcl4UOi-a8zWFX7ZpDQ-EcwBvsLvu_rrwLj4Xgngr6lGVyrFWflsDajswgDGBeFUvFPbqio2Yl7Iga8dkE/s400/078.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The question in the picture is who's hair is worse? Mine, because of the major roots that need help...or his because it's all over the place?!? (Don't worry, I have an appointment for ME) :)<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0lpZOfdkShbvkLRyCJeRKY5cwkpjDF2wCZzotC_EX2DkMBWao_ETH3ZyPSyOreXDD9fJqiY8uFWnGWemhUvkxKzmN8eyjlrkfnkJxXZFieBPfJuvyvVXdkhroDNFl3OugzgbBySzDe8/s1600-h/074.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401506520071247874" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 300px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0lpZOfdkShbvkLRyCJeRKY5cwkpjDF2wCZzotC_EX2DkMBWao_ETH3ZyPSyOreXDD9fJqiY8uFWnGWemhUvkxKzmN8eyjlrkfnkJxXZFieBPfJuvyvVXdkhroDNFl3OugzgbBySzDe8/s400/074.JPG" border="0" /></a>It was extremely windy, and the gel I put in earlier disappeared. This is why his hair is so crazy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNg2Gf9UOzs83N2wnpU67ufdaPq1UgrEbA0DZV2szHCiKgpfLfNPOStOiImb49bFb42KT2Ap8cuI81Sth9Piaq8D9tAIF_EsOU_1cei8b2hZdmgNei8onZFIqJnvq7TxkiH625SKvfWk/s1600-h/067.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401506513981417346" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZNg2Gf9UOzs83N2wnpU67ufdaPq1UgrEbA0DZV2szHCiKgpfLfNPOStOiImb49bFb42KT2Ap8cuI81Sth9Piaq8D9tAIF_EsOU_1cei8b2hZdmgNei8onZFIqJnvq7TxkiH625SKvfWk/s400/067.JPG" border="0" /></a>Halloween day. Happy little guy!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2RnDiGuNCiCMKVhOGI7y7tYkjCv27J5R0LLAYhXgEBVyjhCrx4NgmS2TzpgA3uhYAkePnBXNmJwShbwz_lNcdyFrswX05CEir_JzOZ8iupNHRqlCL5FVduNewvDks-PZkC-mn2RMiqo/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401506507529938498" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy2RnDiGuNCiCMKVhOGI7y7tYkjCv27J5R0LLAYhXgEBVyjhCrx4NgmS2TzpgA3uhYAkePnBXNmJwShbwz_lNcdyFrswX05CEir_JzOZ8iupNHRqlCL5FVduNewvDks-PZkC-mn2RMiqo/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a>We borrowed my mom's high chair while I was looking for one. This is what always happened when I left the room just for a minute.<br /><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCkvwH-K4aqnuzosuBN3oYxnIiTArw5d3JcS2M9z30WFlAe521vhJDmPb4eZfV7ok6QIFUUgk-vQpsrjw_WGO4w-GFKu7RzBxm77RSHE85Hu_HWL-hi9SV-_0GjqiNdGzKYHYiWFbmxI/s1600-h/004+%282%29.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401506501083133282" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 300px; height: 400px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOCkvwH-K4aqnuzosuBN3oYxnIiTArw5d3JcS2M9z30WFlAe521vhJDmPb4eZfV7ok6QIFUUgk-vQpsrjw_WGO4w-GFKu7RzBxm77RSHE85Hu_HWL-hi9SV-_0GjqiNdGzKYHYiWFbmxI/s400/004+%282%29.JPG" border="0" /></a> Don't worry, this is not what he wears to bed. This was the only thing we had available when he had the worst blow out ever! I've never changed a worse diaper than this. Actually it was barely in the diaper! luckily the pajamas were saved, but a second bath was definitely called for!</div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">I</span>'ve been trying to teach him how to drink out of a straw (not like there is much teaching involved except putting it in front of him) He wasn't getting the idea since most of the sippy cups with straws have valves which make it harder to suck. So, I tried a cup with out the valve knowing he was going to make a mess and possibly choke a few times sucking up so much water...NOPE, he didn't get it. Finally when I was out to lunch with a few friends I thought I'd give it a try with the restaurant cup and straw. Sure enough, HE DID IT! it's the cutest thing in the world. Seeing those little lips sucking the life out of the little straw. How in the world does a little baby figure so much out? you got me! It's sure amazing all the little new things he does. What's more amazing is how excited I get from straw sucking! </div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-15271470127966386422009-10-19T18:38:00.001-07:002009-10-19T18:54:36.483-07:00King Of The Jungle!I just couldn't resist this little costume when I saw it at the store. Since halloween is approaching I had to get a costume for him. The only use we'll prbably get out of it are these pictures and maybe the "trunk or treat" we're going to, but it was worth it! It was sure fun taking these pictures since most of his attention was on the grass and definitely not on us trying to get him to smile. <br />He's growing so fast. It's now a whole new world for him since he can sit on his own. He can't quite crawl, but he sure does the army crawl. He's pretty fast on the carpet and if he's on the wood floor forget it...he's gone! He changes everyday and it's just more fun! We couldn't ask for a better little guy :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEZka0ckKuVZx-9rfeAUNaKfXKyN2ejUlKo_NA_fdpWg3A3cparpkxF0W7czxW2w5ELoleHSTbO5hCXzOGAoPy4q_pRv1in52c4TNOwaF7swjCLhK4DEHx-8V9o-FDmL4QFJrui7ZRQQ/s1600-h/DSC_0061_edited-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394491687216683426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 337px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEZka0ckKuVZx-9rfeAUNaKfXKyN2ejUlKo_NA_fdpWg3A3cparpkxF0W7czxW2w5ELoleHSTbO5hCXzOGAoPy4q_pRv1in52c4TNOwaF7swjCLhK4DEHx-8V9o-FDmL4QFJrui7ZRQQ/s400/DSC_0061_edited-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> He's all smiles! <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1VHQTZIXDTfvzfG9czEJsY-iOr8_yFI_ZJzjhUH9c0ZU7sFwe8BST66BeVlLvIRhLzHJK0fvDODIblpvgb8ZF319s6B0v9pEvAzMEi7SL9oXAk7rbvYS2_688MznhvFiNiDFmLYah-Q/s1600-h/DSC_0058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394491676983566450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1VHQTZIXDTfvzfG9czEJsY-iOr8_yFI_ZJzjhUH9c0ZU7sFwe8BST66BeVlLvIRhLzHJK0fvDODIblpvgb8ZF319s6B0v9pEvAzMEi7SL9oXAk7rbvYS2_688MznhvFiNiDFmLYah-Q/s400/DSC_0058.JPG" border="0" /></a> He couldn't get enough of the grass<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLehnzIz-U5oMu-7B1BMTt16_twByDvjj9mngUnFHx_tiprStM5FJ-wCDPnOfy5geJ3TR8IY8seKEdAe36K6NcY-aGZ-ab312Ht9LjJxpCFTLGqJAqfAbG7kqp_e4-Zh8r1LwWLKCFDvM/s1600-h/DSC_0048_edited-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394491249559614994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLehnzIz-U5oMu-7B1BMTt16_twByDvjj9mngUnFHx_tiprStM5FJ-wCDPnOfy5geJ3TR8IY8seKEdAe36K6NcY-aGZ-ab312Ht9LjJxpCFTLGqJAqfAbG7kqp_e4-Zh8r1LwWLKCFDvM/s400/DSC_0048_edited-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6ZzOCQ4Rb0tm2hFPGR0nT2QmyBYSr1JC4X5YjLnP_5iTihNfVXi_431iDNpKDEoX8X4MGVrjzLKhdosHHueI3AtJXAxNovPdtmHWhure7aHGiib2bQgyfyzWsH-2QMsYE5TmnHLRd3g/s1600-h/DSC_0040_edited-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394491240901561378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit6ZzOCQ4Rb0tm2hFPGR0nT2QmyBYSr1JC4X5YjLnP_5iTihNfVXi_431iDNpKDEoX8X4MGVrjzLKhdosHHueI3AtJXAxNovPdtmHWhure7aHGiib2bQgyfyzWsH-2QMsYE5TmnHLRd3g/s400/DSC_0040_edited-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBNmq90ZJAjEmFwe6ckZdqF4mj07vZh4r3frryYLqBaw4LuGz9RCkv48pjBJ0o4JdLji3tkX3jLHPIc8z7839Y0Ut_bD-I-JkaZtgoye3TWuQ9zEgcj4g8MaBM1WTdl31VGSL9bJKyrU/s1600-h/DSC_0037_edited-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394491231872304450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBNmq90ZJAjEmFwe6ckZdqF4mj07vZh4r3frryYLqBaw4LuGz9RCkv48pjBJ0o4JdLji3tkX3jLHPIc8z7839Y0Ut_bD-I-JkaZtgoye3TWuQ9zEgcj4g8MaBM1WTdl31VGSL9bJKyrU/s400/DSC_0037_edited-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhz0XX7MxA9vaACPidFcAoyeryrU7aQ5r7DbXmhEBh0JFBxqAXyrNlC4WLd7Ufde6YThMZPa5K3vdPhm8c2_L3QvRrvk3PRbk9QjljACa4mZgDB1e5Nn8e30aR14YRnaCKc43WnvI56Yk/s1600-h/DSC_0035_edited-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394491218659857938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhz0XX7MxA9vaACPidFcAoyeryrU7aQ5r7DbXmhEBh0JFBxqAXyrNlC4WLd7Ufde6YThMZPa5K3vdPhm8c2_L3QvRrvk3PRbk9QjljACa4mZgDB1e5Nn8e30aR14YRnaCKc43WnvI56Yk/s400/DSC_0035_edited-1.JPG" border="0" /></a> He's looking at us like we were crazy the way we were trying to get him to smile!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBm-M1rdzoWXHzzGRa33SdG_piwxNkYV1y4T540XM7al51JWqHg2JLN0m_PvBlnfwhXzkEdRdexjxUnJPB-6PvXOw8KMVouhHx4D51DJPUmPhNDvMuVjLEfzezF9OclWZuugeFfnj6eU/s1600-h/DSC_0032_edited-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394491211297499474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 364px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSBm-M1rdzoWXHzzGRa33SdG_piwxNkYV1y4T540XM7al51JWqHg2JLN0m_PvBlnfwhXzkEdRdexjxUnJPB-6PvXOw8KMVouhHx4D51DJPUmPhNDvMuVjLEfzezF9OclWZuugeFfnj6eU/s400/DSC_0032_edited-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-68192555810320238442009-10-19T18:09:00.001-07:002009-10-19T19:03:23.515-07:00Turner Falls!This past weekend was Erik's "fall break" (meaning we got Friday off) so we took advantage of the day off and went camping with some classmates of Erik's and some spouses. We had such a great time! We couldn't have asked for a better campground or a better spot! We were right by the running water and not far from the huge falls and caves. The weather was pretty good also. It was <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">kind</span> of nippy, but thanks to those great boy scouts we were able to have a warm fire (and thanks to my little portable propane heater). It was so nice to be able to relax and get away. No we didn't bring the little guy... it would have been way to cold for him. So, we left him with my parent's. He didn't miss us one bit. I got that hint from when we picked him up. He didn't even look or respond to us! :)<br />We'll definitely be doing a little trip like this again sometime!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHnV76HUYwshv2RyAZVwgQgNZ-QPzlH3mq3YYzQu-16hxRTf8IrzYQ9IdXnp2gsMV7HO1KL-MeX3nyhLfmX64gXmjBCmcbR2RQM2BPYeWBkJb8jUoWlR1SzREsHmL291Pxx6AWTnVTCM/s1600-h/037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486928799671858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHnV76HUYwshv2RyAZVwgQgNZ-QPzlH3mq3YYzQu-16hxRTf8IrzYQ9IdXnp2gsMV7HO1KL-MeX3nyhLfmX64gXmjBCmcbR2RQM2BPYeWBkJb8jUoWlR1SzREsHmL291Pxx6AWTnVTCM/s400/037.JPG" border="0" /></a> Erik in a little empty cove he found. How we got there is another story, climbing all over the rocks with many steep areas..it was kind of scary to watch!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rRVqbLaa4TA8sL5noE59e78tTTsZkvOaQLanMGQ0OFl4DXJ3fLPapwevd_ogh4viS-2mOToM5SNnyfkoJs__zAdYUXbhiPcUlYTHgROF2LtS5EtW0ivBTTRwJkiCNv_kOMfuUWoFHHk/s1600-h/035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486912733662898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0rRVqbLaa4TA8sL5noE59e78tTTsZkvOaQLanMGQ0OFl4DXJ3fLPapwevd_ogh4viS-2mOToM5SNnyfkoJs__zAdYUXbhiPcUlYTHgROF2LtS5EtW0ivBTTRwJkiCNv_kOMfuUWoFHHk/s400/035.JPG" border="0" /></a> A beautiful pool of water at the end of a hike we took. Erik and his buddies were determined to go beyond the dead end and explore more...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvL8400XaOoGUtry6uefQ-2iO9H4omzk2gHl5LcjyxOYRW9AuHb05UGjoRWnRHFr7_w9KvtoabENSJOhdG7EhaCoK7pj-0PV5LXvAzfDkD3s1TmYHwpgXOqs-tHqWwalCNG47asTU3LY/s1600-h/032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486907115756434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvvL8400XaOoGUtry6uefQ-2iO9H4omzk2gHl5LcjyxOYRW9AuHb05UGjoRWnRHFr7_w9KvtoabENSJOhdG7EhaCoK7pj-0PV5LXvAzfDkD3s1TmYHwpgXOqs-tHqWwalCNG47asTU3LY/s400/032.JPG" border="0" /></a> We had some little critters invade our camp while we were sleeping. They raided the M&M's and the beef jerky that were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">accidentally</span> left out. We heard them trying to get into everything, but since they are such nasty little animals, we let them have at it!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9SZ8612cJzuQkXbO6Ly42VueSkdQwD-jaM-JrBUXgGku9RBskG_Nopwq-roMLUUP-jRKWsPdQHwWnUggb9lIsnYpZn943TSUQtUJBVPM7VW7WXYrsN2BEfeCzq7mOyOMuwdKXbmLWjo/s1600-h/025.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486895534831106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv9SZ8612cJzuQkXbO6Ly42VueSkdQwD-jaM-JrBUXgGku9RBskG_Nopwq-roMLUUP-jRKWsPdQHwWnUggb9lIsnYpZn943TSUQtUJBVPM7VW7WXYrsN2BEfeCzq7mOyOMuwdKXbmLWjo/s400/025.JPG" border="0" /></a> I love this picture Erik took! This is the biggest waterfall at the park.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iVDZHXKkamgJjKILSR85moirXWl6cFOuQ4dLLQa87NHornE4TVLdtHevJsq-s4kg0zkzL71y0YS5VVqfdD6JCyLcorhv2mNb9BqYegWJWChJc5uHohY7OQhTwyqOKm4mtFXKUUioXVg/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486224343221122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7iVDZHXKkamgJjKILSR85moirXWl6cFOuQ4dLLQa87NHornE4TVLdtHevJsq-s4kg0zkzL71y0YS5VVqfdD6JCyLcorhv2mNb9BqYegWJWChJc5uHohY7OQhTwyqOKm4mtFXKUUioXVg/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /></a> Another shot of the big waterfall. In the summer you can swim in the huge pool below it. Well, I guess you could swim now if you want to feel the super freezing <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">temperature</span>!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqpby9vntfUmBHmoC_VrV2NGG8h2KWQlzQayD3EQGX_-26_xuBvf7z3yGmwH0VltOlpOE8OlDieIgVGnCd6QqwUAUoM66-l9NjYhUxexr0JWkB6sCxXxw-BRu4B7pjATKK8uqJXH1rD4/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486211067265042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRqpby9vntfUmBHmoC_VrV2NGG8h2KWQlzQayD3EQGX_-26_xuBvf7z3yGmwH0VltOlpOE8OlDieIgVGnCd6QqwUAUoM66-l9NjYhUxexr0JWkB6sCxXxw-BRu4B7pjATKK8uqJXH1rD4/s400/013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7X8DU18l9bMNmyUckVwewgj_wp-2Isw-Kk2iYn1WLfAI9pexhY7Oqe5SEBWNpW1WM0asABVv6Trzzd5-cDB_jqHSAxtUcxQHBdVPBfn8NfXLEzesqZKmjmx6NKllD7jF2RJ8Ub1QLQM/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486200664195010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7X8DU18l9bMNmyUckVwewgj_wp-2Isw-Kk2iYn1WLfAI9pexhY7Oqe5SEBWNpW1WM0asABVv6Trzzd5-cDB_jqHSAxtUcxQHBdVPBfn8NfXLEzesqZKmjmx6NKllD7jF2RJ8Ub1QLQM/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /></a> In one of the caves with some of the crew<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNid3aR-xqdH7tHMw_QMB3l4NXsxvecIj-tUhyphenhyphennbdCIuYLyKNzlctC7T-kK4aim5qjcqtzKTNJugtwn_RzRL4EFvN5cAsgmKE9jx9T9WkbettXma6tmHouzzLRd7wYlKXqosPTInfTCA/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486187300343682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNid3aR-xqdH7tHMw_QMB3l4NXsxvecIj-tUhyphenhyphennbdCIuYLyKNzlctC7T-kK4aim5qjcqtzKTNJugtwn_RzRL4EFvN5cAsgmKE9jx9T9WkbettXma6tmHouzzLRd7wYlKXqosPTInfTCA/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHaZvojcwjb6ExrgC-ZEVHOz8RO1yLHsX68Pbv9d0E8hE7K23LgS3r_-TzGCC6-AB3z7NYOeP6MtamwI7u79-8zB2m5glJrs7bRTcZBGjJzhJdLGev2JqSRE6CPyO8EjD7dQ1XG3NAIM/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394486180058951538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHHaZvojcwjb6ExrgC-ZEVHOz8RO1yLHsX68Pbv9d0E8hE7K23LgS3r_-TzGCC6-AB3z7NYOeP6MtamwI7u79-8zB2m5glJrs7bRTcZBGjJzhJdLGev2JqSRE6CPyO8EjD7dQ1XG3NAIM/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-77582109708326614942009-09-25T08:50:00.000-07:002009-09-25T09:23:47.748-07:00RANDOM...It's rare to take a picture of him without his little tongue poking out!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NpjvIFmRbB3xFWIt6lqAprxpPkDr26qZhCIcQY-Xt3INNtLDUMrDHzZX5Ropfm6bXXmpcMTXMVKIhCD2szgU03rqYXTCHEJYl8TJt6xZWMqNcOASDTP38qmha1WYNdrqd9iddn18Qk0/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385439354132470594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9NpjvIFmRbB3xFWIt6lqAprxpPkDr26qZhCIcQY-Xt3INNtLDUMrDHzZX5Ropfm6bXXmpcMTXMVKIhCD2szgU03rqYXTCHEJYl8TJt6xZWMqNcOASDTP38qmha1WYNdrqd9iddn18Qk0/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /></a> He's such a little man!! :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HwwFs84cNTRCbkg6vqWo4X-Lx09sj2RTIQBr_joXR726UmMlroG9wXq6uDZjZXNOdMLBF1XJ_m-S341nN9Tdi9h_eptHumblpjlL5rpeUUf-aqg_kA9F_ou3zOA1RdAZZGhD3n6-nWU/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385439343277100290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1HwwFs84cNTRCbkg6vqWo4X-Lx09sj2RTIQBr_joXR726UmMlroG9wXq6uDZjZXNOdMLBF1XJ_m-S341nN9Tdi9h_eptHumblpjlL5rpeUUf-aqg_kA9F_ou3zOA1RdAZZGhD3n6-nWU/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /></a> Never fails...more little tongue!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_JfleJaaUQrXByOuhjmh4uBz3l9t36pGWibEplJD28I2T9_mL-BP3ssAsmNx22myuMhRrL2FxfAbLRTMl3H8zcDTTpLJR1QDx6bJOZkP9Vdhl4rxl48vrXL_FhTEaepxJw0BGh6P6TU/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385439337425815058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_JfleJaaUQrXByOuhjmh4uBz3l9t36pGWibEplJD28I2T9_mL-BP3ssAsmNx22myuMhRrL2FxfAbLRTMl3H8zcDTTpLJR1QDx6bJOZkP9Vdhl4rxl48vrXL_FhTEaepxJw0BGh6P6TU/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /> If you look closely you can see his little teeth coming in.<br /> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIwuNXqgHVb8znjrXziXjFGkPpMDFch8Nn-w3zIDfv6HYDUup6OYhXrz3bcE1WDOGZrZHlq2it_komNsG9yBWrvRgYWycn1JW3KLR7Ka6uSTU_-RUyWv6uR6Msi7tuuU7srUvV_zHKK8/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385438781016858850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlIwuNXqgHVb8znjrXziXjFGkPpMDFch8Nn-w3zIDfv6HYDUup6OYhXrz3bcE1WDOGZrZHlq2it_komNsG9yBWrvRgYWycn1JW3KLR7Ka6uSTU_-RUyWv6uR6Msi7tuuU7srUvV_zHKK8/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> This is how I usually find him after his nap, playing with his giraffe that I don't know how he reaches b/c it sits on the corner of the crib, and kicking back and relaxing.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8IgPoE-KSoEoTGBXr3S495e8Ed03fzWA07jEZ8O2bpifjBDstD0R4d5-308TBdWaWKYxXZvm3BUIInzl3Izin0FdEqdrjgUmuHipgOWNUc7CRPHG5W5bMd5ZlyVSbOBZ2y1ujVnPapU/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385438769955542738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK8IgPoE-KSoEoTGBXr3S495e8Ed03fzWA07jEZ8O2bpifjBDstD0R4d5-308TBdWaWKYxXZvm3BUIInzl3Izin0FdEqdrjgUmuHipgOWNUc7CRPHG5W5bMd5ZlyVSbOBZ2y1ujVnPapU/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /> Don't be fooled...he can't quite sit up on his own. This was right before he fell over. We're working on it though.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF-hQZsyDpWH5PvBP7IYhq89dA3t_Kul61POUajheOwFVzRUWJulsd8JM-CRXkSZCQSXRvcU96r-vPmv9usbh3mT2tnwsgn6m2pLXgBe9ic40DfLS7y0jd2aLJglOY2C2ILLJ4QEckO4/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385438763242542754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmF-hQZsyDpWH5PvBP7IYhq89dA3t_Kul61POUajheOwFVzRUWJulsd8JM-CRXkSZCQSXRvcU96r-vPmv9usbh3mT2tnwsgn6m2pLXgBe9ic40DfLS7y0jd2aLJglOY2C2ILLJ4QEckO4/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-LIL8CjMLgEhfSkMCllMaJlJEChfHRE27Sc0THm2268BbjUopnKffeyV-Tv4rejRKLYig5sKgovbln-1kNRTh0bFNm07yxlYZZLQ-mwthE5NFr-JmElAgQuG-bInq5pNOfvli1FuiXo/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385438744881443442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-LIL8CjMLgEhfSkMCllMaJlJEChfHRE27Sc0THm2268BbjUopnKffeyV-Tv4rejRKLYig5sKgovbln-1kNRTh0bFNm07yxlYZZLQ-mwthE5NFr-JmElAgQuG-bInq5pNOfvli1FuiXo/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /> And of course...one of OUR PHONES!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsueg_lqBE1uNvGpVEzhocHvDXK_Io8o8s5YNLtfSpcxdvOMwkznj237OQ0ZPqigC1aWEYK0CqEd-hVFLGeUZjd-vTem65YU1dh2qsG7QYOGtF_v-es54oiBO2lOMlSZZfir2IHlDYgY/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385438733645253330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsueg_lqBE1uNvGpVEzhocHvDXK_Io8o8s5YNLtfSpcxdvOMwkznj237OQ0ZPqigC1aWEYK0CqEd-hVFLGeUZjd-vTem65YU1dh2qsG7QYOGtF_v-es54oiBO2lOMlSZZfir2IHlDYgY/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a>So, Blake is going to be 7 months next week...crazy how time passes so fast! He's growing so fast, it seems like each week I'm putting away more and more close because he doesn't fit in them anymore. It's kind of sad. :( But, that just means I get to take out bigger clothes that are OH SO CUTE! </div><div> </div><div>The weather has been really nice lately and we've taken advantage of that by going on walks. There is a park within walking distance from our house that we go to often. Obviously he can't do much on the playground, but he loves the swing! It's all fun until he tries to grab the handles for sucking! YUCK! But, anything in reach is going in the mouth! </div><div><div><div> </div><div>Also...this is big! Erik and I finally have a house phone! We've been married over 3 years and have never had a house phone since our cell phones were just fine. Now that we live in this ancient house the cell phone service is terrible so we did it...we hooked up a house phone! It's crazy how this little thing is so exciting. Sad, but true. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-3832069072578623942009-09-10T19:24:00.000-07:002009-09-10T19:55:32.722-07:006 Months!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iCCqtPLFd9RWzS2m_48LkQDc409Q9fMDGa84LgasMm2Nv7uSSLMVni1UIrQ8WGvQvbi3AXKUZ0Zle4XdaUruaAGC-MWacky1WBvJgL-CmSusbIJvZmJ3oNgxa9hrJUtqSPQu89CNUJw/s1600-h/058.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380030359464947906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8iCCqtPLFd9RWzS2m_48LkQDc409Q9fMDGa84LgasMm2Nv7uSSLMVni1UIrQ8WGvQvbi3AXKUZ0Zle4XdaUruaAGC-MWacky1WBvJgL-CmSusbIJvZmJ3oNgxa9hrJUtqSPQu89CNUJw/s400/058.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWE42VkW0DS-QvreIPHk1phyC0IpbdlGl3QRzXYRqS_AIKSkLJnUXUlUQwsh-wMDRRADgqpqOmdwRJ5GCM_l5GVSlaDy4fkcpquPuvbuYULRzHwr2smjZa5lxlhk7YmpWzjIk8o8BVpI/s1600-h/037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380030347404071922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 346px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWE42VkW0DS-QvreIPHk1phyC0IpbdlGl3QRzXYRqS_AIKSkLJnUXUlUQwsh-wMDRRADgqpqOmdwRJ5GCM_l5GVSlaDy4fkcpquPuvbuYULRzHwr2smjZa5lxlhk7YmpWzjIk8o8BVpI/s400/037.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake had his 6 month check up this past week. He sure is growing like a weed! Everyday is something new with him...he's such an entertainer and easily entertained!</div><div>He weighs <span style="font-size:180%;">18</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> lbs! It's in the 5oth percentile, I actually thought it would be in a higher percentile...guess not.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;">He's <span style="font-size:180%;">24</span><span style="font-size:100%;"> inches long. That is actually in the 90th percentile. I guess he's going to have some height on him. Doesn't surprise me, Erik and I aren't the shortest!</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:100%;">I'm not totally sure what his head circumference is, but it's in the 50th percentile. I was shocked about that percentile too...I thought his head was WAAAAAAY on the larger side...guess not.</span></div><div>He's such a happy and fun baby, the video I posted just shows how happy he is! Of course he has his moments...but not very often. :) We love you Blake!<span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></div></span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='299' height='309' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxYNVW_e75EIcGAYwdmjP1tn--LzT1m_7AoH1QWVK0ABFQWFj2wnLoJnyJOaO9ebkURROPyK5DJpUW3uOdk' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-9803206295785461782009-09-07T14:59:00.000-07:002009-09-07T15:37:53.173-07:00BYU-14 OU-13!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhufsyzSGti_f_-clJgr2rVmhYjGGwiSzIsOIx1UJMZIW-KYrkM4bkq9obpkFUhHmyIBGRBHP3IOXHKEkiF3107eOzg5HBoO8GI33WOmhZooqN4ri-d2Pgo0E8zggyDfBkHF3nsrNGsSQ/s1600-h/023.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378855281730898162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhufsyzSGti_f_-clJgr2rVmhYjGGwiSzIsOIx1UJMZIW-KYrkM4bkq9obpkFUhHmyIBGRBHP3IOXHKEkiF3107eOzg5HBoO8GI33WOmhZooqN4ri-d2Pgo0E8zggyDfBkHF3nsrNGsSQ/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /></a> How could we forget Blake? He's our future Cougar!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Mmi_YVMcAjnONzFXrmpATtOa-Rq5c4mHE86n4VLYOqkfzruCBIVqSvcur23LYqTs3mOXhluj_5LG8VdZASquOdBCWYTd-OHnIyVwqmS6Oi_mrcXydJKrB20cDRoQwFROPXU5Xr6p4So/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378855273614607602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 299px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Mmi_YVMcAjnONzFXrmpATtOa-Rq5c4mHE86n4VLYOqkfzruCBIVqSvcur23LYqTs3mOXhluj_5LG8VdZASquOdBCWYTd-OHnIyVwqmS6Oi_mrcXydJKrB20cDRoQwFROPXU5Xr6p4So/s400/022.JPG" border="0" /></a> My best friend from middle school...we haven't seen each other in about 14 years!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-PP652SVHUqLZDMjM-VOVbC1gAOfio9L8hSneLR8KLbGbvPuYBYMHfMmEqZRe3Zjgr-KLe5sujN0LQJjPXBUUldcZqetYHZdNy-ABfnFDpOeikOzOoI-abxlj3dZVomwoKHHcpIFQWQ/s1600-h/020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378855269208603010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-PP652SVHUqLZDMjM-VOVbC1gAOfio9L8hSneLR8KLbGbvPuYBYMHfMmEqZRe3Zjgr-KLe5sujN0LQJjPXBUUldcZqetYHZdNy-ABfnFDpOeikOzOoI-abxlj3dZVomwoKHHcpIFQWQ/s400/020.JPG" border="0" /></a>This was after the game. It sure cleared out fast, but we were in no hurry to rush to the car and sit in traffic!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSRPg8cYMbXpkMoZJEXBYgPs_6uFgycjhZ7-QVVfu9n_-wGo0wShEX8xrrbK3cSOjChujQ3DCQjfDBClkfAgMMQbQQeHkyUK4f7oNeNxz1WkV0jrOKQCRDAJq0myg-jufTfj1MrEg5-w/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378855262884005458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSRPg8cYMbXpkMoZJEXBYgPs_6uFgycjhZ7-QVVfu9n_-wGo0wShEX8xrrbK3cSOjChujQ3DCQjfDBClkfAgMMQbQQeHkyUK4f7oNeNxz1WkV0jrOKQCRDAJq0myg-jufTfj1MrEg5-w/s400/019.JPG" border="0" /></a> The huge screens! There are actually 4! 2 HUGE and 2 smaller ones<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RxzMfvTdiHDsMZKWEjLaSUa6ATiz8pxEQY5q1WzeOZSGmeIXHt3kgnLyfgC_9Jc5PYglggGXOpDMmQcllBR1YBisw13lrByjthuW1ZtnPR_cItU5SyX_jC_g-KNzAlTE2h_ZLPso-5U/s1600-h/016.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378854777651907666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RxzMfvTdiHDsMZKWEjLaSUa6ATiz8pxEQY5q1WzeOZSGmeIXHt3kgnLyfgC_9Jc5PYglggGXOpDMmQcllBR1YBisw13lrByjthuW1ZtnPR_cItU5SyX_jC_g-KNzAlTE2h_ZLPso-5U/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY6I6stK0a_L7cQ1qF9AFbl64QVgOpkIyCwRROGYbDDlafvKo32kA_SDoP-56V7EQYdMaal6rUVWF1cgyhDs8wmboCvjJGFKabtBmMXpfLLanYzMA3yOK_aac-b6ssjh6uwYrhIklgPg/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378854776592988322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpY6I6stK0a_L7cQ1qF9AFbl64QVgOpkIyCwRROGYbDDlafvKo32kA_SDoP-56V7EQYdMaal6rUVWF1cgyhDs8wmboCvjJGFKabtBmMXpfLLanYzMA3yOK_aac-b6ssjh6uwYrhIklgPg/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /></a> The OU band opened the game. This was pretty neat how they stood in the OU letters.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwEFCUTWWDBjnLS8DxQ7XiHxSd7M57EyJZCSn30eVHwJpaKQdcHcqsfP4RcOG9pGS6IPQUSGa8JpII-z4EZ4hyuMCtDzMdegYQy4jVVA2tXafN98QphWow3Bs01Q_YlP5TrBPJSB4QUE/s1600-h/012.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378854762394039970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPwEFCUTWWDBjnLS8DxQ7XiHxSd7M57EyJZCSn30eVHwJpaKQdcHcqsfP4RcOG9pGS6IPQUSGa8JpII-z4EZ4hyuMCtDzMdegYQy4jVVA2tXafN98QphWow3Bs01Q_YlP5TrBPJSB4QUE/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /></a> Both headed coaches having a chat before the game<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DT29ffs2ufm2UhRopqTWj-EwQ0B21wirCQDu36Tf5AXfGMfuMK1ZPJTsXW120kc6m4lRaICXDhuEib-LvCjup9hqc4vjaNOBlI-C143KyTXq_WK0srN8BwaOpPE8hPJzFDZbzcqkwqU/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378854757710589298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7DT29ffs2ufm2UhRopqTWj-EwQ0B21wirCQDu36Tf5AXfGMfuMK1ZPJTsXW120kc6m4lRaICXDhuEib-LvCjup9hqc4vjaNOBlI-C143KyTXq_WK0srN8BwaOpPE8hPJzFDZbzcqkwqU/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></a> A view from our seats<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mUGEtc__UZlmauhT-moKyKDHKLqFQ1u7L0ZV7haSCcPpW2qC6GxermLknF5zBho_mQcOjjuu43nUxlc10cvdZ5vZcolA2fUxEPxADLPdANxACxgrHvLfzZZHtmlyFi2zNS3ApHrXkXQ/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378854748152679522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mUGEtc__UZlmauhT-moKyKDHKLqFQ1u7L0ZV7haSCcPpW2qC6GxermLknF5zBho_mQcOjjuu43nUxlc10cvdZ5vZcolA2fUxEPxADLPdANxACxgrHvLfzZZHtmlyFi2zNS3ApHrXkXQ/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /></a> The stadium from where we parked<br /><br /><div>What an exciting weekend we had. We drove down with my parent's to Dallas to be a part of the BYU/OU game. My brother lives just outside of Dallas, so we left Blake with my sis-in-law (thanks Loren!) and we all headed to Arlington! Erik and I were torn between who to cheer for since he just graduated from BYU and now attends OU. It was tough. We did end up wearing OU gear, but most of the screaming happened when BYU had the action! We were in the OU section and I know people were looking at us like we were crazy and not to happy with us....wearing Oklahoma but cheering BYU?? We didn't care..we really wanted BYU to win!! It was close, but a good result! </div><div>The new stadium is another story. That place is HUGE! It holds about 80,000 people and has huge TV screens that stretch from one 20 yard line to the other 20 yard line. Talk about ULTIMATE HD! </div><div>The attendance at the game was close to 75,000.....and it definitely looked like it!</div><div>Our seats were pretty high, but there really isn't a bad seat in the house since you have the gigantic TV above you! </div><div>We knew a ton of people that were going to the game and one family in particular was fun to see! I've been keeping in touch on Facebook with a best friend of mine from middle school when I lived in Florida. She told me she was going to the game with her whole family and so we thought it would be so fun to meet up and have our families catch up! It was so fun to see them after all these years...Facebook really brings people together!! :)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-81181912909946412102009-08-31T14:52:00.001-07:002009-08-31T18:19:12.014-07:00VACATION!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgSa3nYMlrMwMiXeUBywG7nSO4pYEJ5m_Af82cGOHPgNuFPElmWK3kgQhK8jqZtBOn2_VHIt5bH_b7aSgzD87aWkGB8KZnRoBtW05naNqLDIw2bG190zLqaof9LIboQjjACzcOVeAe7Y/s1600-h/060.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376254425135068978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlgSa3nYMlrMwMiXeUBywG7nSO4pYEJ5m_Af82cGOHPgNuFPElmWK3kgQhK8jqZtBOn2_VHIt5bH_b7aSgzD87aWkGB8KZnRoBtW05naNqLDIw2bG190zLqaof9LIboQjjACzcOVeAe7Y/s400/060.JPG" border="0" /></a> We spent as much time as we could with Aunt Vanessa and the kids. (Uncle Elton was usually at work). Blake loved the swing in the back yard. I guess we'll have to get a swing set one of these days!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7i2l9UwBFIgP7h8xnSkADtqobwcPQH5bFVNfLCDf4RknHTMTrHQZUx_5lKeYy9j6gYQ5NCu3RFZ2Ar6BI5N9SUKzcPUsZXrKanQwj-GV495JdkTXfWHoMgxri3wK3x_7ZTga6cPtYuaU/s1600-h/055.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376254418895768466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7i2l9UwBFIgP7h8xnSkADtqobwcPQH5bFVNfLCDf4RknHTMTrHQZUx_5lKeYy9j6gYQ5NCu3RFZ2Ar6BI5N9SUKzcPUsZXrKanQwj-GV495JdkTXfWHoMgxri3wK3x_7ZTga6cPtYuaU/s400/055.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaj-k41Lx8lSObMbn5gjhZaZAzyaQla8auUH6QcVnoTQKAjRGtOZwQ2vG3LyVKgyqfQtqgqdVkIZQpZ0TSWj06VQ48fb4zpC_rSCw3vVaKP3VvTIwOYmGXkJidv7AMsHDYVk08tgWff0/s1600-h/049.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376254414779059746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPaj-k41Lx8lSObMbn5gjhZaZAzyaQla8auUH6QcVnoTQKAjRGtOZwQ2vG3LyVKgyqfQtqgqdVkIZQpZ0TSWj06VQ48fb4zpC_rSCw3vVaKP3VvTIwOYmGXkJidv7AMsHDYVk08tgWff0/s400/049.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake is here just hanging out with his great-grandparent's right before we walked around the lake up at Payson Lakes!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYoVHfpr7bAytdvfYPVDA417haaEDvyUnH7nIOOSxTIsqFj8WtGkmh87mI5L1T7d4ICRi1z2s_iMbDtk9oEwQ4qtApmsZdf73sXsukWr0necJ2BS5JHFeb4cOP_NWuMx3RwHzZJ_xASco/s1600-h/047.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376254406036420946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYoVHfpr7bAytdvfYPVDA417haaEDvyUnH7nIOOSxTIsqFj8WtGkmh87mI5L1T7d4ICRi1z2s_iMbDtk9oEwQ4qtApmsZdf73sXsukWr0necJ2BS5JHFeb4cOP_NWuMx3RwHzZJ_xASco/s400/047.JPG" border="0" /></a> My mom (oma to Blake..which is grandma in dutch) and I with Blake walking at Payson Lakes. It's rare to have my dad (papa to Blake) in the picture since he's always the photographer!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBdBgQOYhn9l07w8DeYqlFp6jVs_mqkbjrvV5TYrlWw9KSmDh-bd1yRLKOLkAOlTFJEHpZZuqF51vEQ2-4i9qBMbAadUoTMaOLlY51diHtMCTgHzq9VssYlHuaOkGdvLJLM6c9JP9Zo4/s1600-h/045.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376254394072814322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBdBgQOYhn9l07w8DeYqlFp6jVs_mqkbjrvV5TYrlWw9KSmDh-bd1yRLKOLkAOlTFJEHpZZuqF51vEQ2-4i9qBMbAadUoTMaOLlY51diHtMCTgHzq9VssYlHuaOkGdvLJLM6c9JP9Zo4/s400/045.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic-QDwkFF9NbKwRmw1noRWMUneVhyphenhyphen965lNMu19PVQvxLnXnMOHn3eEGYl5t07EsTNuhkvxNa1Zp8NQqhL82vmr4SJvclHxJo7nKs_wwWIlE6MSBPBqpxyKOveOpba_0udd1w3efKoUV4/s1600-h/041.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376253555828256226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic-QDwkFF9NbKwRmw1noRWMUneVhyphenhyphen965lNMu19PVQvxLnXnMOHn3eEGYl5t07EsTNuhkvxNa1Zp8NQqhL82vmr4SJvclHxJo7nKs_wwWIlE6MSBPBqpxyKOveOpba_0udd1w3efKoUV4/s400/041.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here is Blake with his 3 cousins on Erik's side. Vivi, Aubrey and Dillon. It was so fun to have all the cousins together. Last time they were together he was not quite 2 months old and needless to say...not very social! It's only been 4 months, but he's a whole new baby! We only were missing Erik, Mimi and Grandpa-T (Erik's parent's)!!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wO_U0bYZXT3EMdmGebWmbFB5Ut7s-Dg5y5OY0_BIERaWCScpFmb41YzscQcDBcvEkhjFl1EG4ahv5k34EMSBQ6SHiBQwOQWLEYDuCrjlpOoiusBdXrIqsC_tMHEpT-Yu91TdH6AxWqM/s1600-h/035.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376253545217455682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wO_U0bYZXT3EMdmGebWmbFB5Ut7s-Dg5y5OY0_BIERaWCScpFmb41YzscQcDBcvEkhjFl1EG4ahv5k34EMSBQ6SHiBQwOQWLEYDuCrjlpOoiusBdXrIqsC_tMHEpT-Yu91TdH6AxWqM/s400/035.JPG" border="0" /></a> Blake and Dillon<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgD2qC2jA08CoCRWi6_GHgeqmMklQ-tneoGuy8EkwJ6tebHxS3WXYx5oR6W2juLO-Q2cOSdENNN6_7Ilt2TOJXXxCOaBGY4eliU1d7rPnIBZR8bD5whnT1WoFDZyjfH5PSZHkZrXy9T4/s1600-h/032.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376253536251307938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgD2qC2jA08CoCRWi6_GHgeqmMklQ-tneoGuy8EkwJ6tebHxS3WXYx5oR6W2juLO-Q2cOSdENNN6_7Ilt2TOJXXxCOaBGY4eliU1d7rPnIBZR8bD5whnT1WoFDZyjfH5PSZHkZrXy9T4/s400/032.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAFVHolhGkyyNDy_M3k8Ua078U17O0h_7locjOMJxQWlr9VR0RldWwtwgPBqr1ap0gQMWl6t81tq9G_BbbvGcHah7UXFqBj_erfQ39QfrpinK09iyYYyACqHG6hQevZn7Tfj7gpEGlOI/s1600-h/026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376253527198621394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijAFVHolhGkyyNDy_M3k8Ua078U17O0h_7locjOMJxQWlr9VR0RldWwtwgPBqr1ap0gQMWl6t81tq9G_BbbvGcHah7UXFqBj_erfQ39QfrpinK09iyYYyACqHG6hQevZn7Tfj7gpEGlOI/s400/026.JPG" border="0" /></a> He's always up for a walk!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1a8XpWR_HrYmiQS7y301xSMVLOpaNn8LWph_jvYpSz5c2H-zglgowRo5sjtVxgECw-p-BirBCOhxYgSFaus-8IZzDl79N5nc6U615u7JFTlFnyaooaHw9KQ1WDKLOO0-zBBTwO0836w/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376253519365122882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR1a8XpWR_HrYmiQS7y301xSMVLOpaNn8LWph_jvYpSz5c2H-zglgowRo5sjtVxgECw-p-BirBCOhxYgSFaus-8IZzDl79N5nc6U615u7JFTlFnyaooaHw9KQ1WDKLOO0-zBBTwO0836w/s400/019.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here he is with his other Great-grandpa!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Blake and I just got back from Utah yesterday. It was quite a trip! We left Erik here since he started his fall semester and we drove with my parents and little sister who we dropped off at Dixie in St. George. We went to St. George first and moved my sister into her apartment. We spent about 4 days there with my dad's parent's and then headed up north to Spanish Fork to spend about a week with my mom's parent's. </div><div>The drive out there and back was just fine. Blake did extremely well for being couped up in his car seat. He didn't really cry at all! Let's just say thank goodness for portable DVD players and Baby Einstein videos! Also, stopping every 3 hours or so was perfect for him to be able to get out. We had such a great time seeing tons of family and being able to spend time with them. It was sure fun, but we are so glad to be back home with Erik!</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-2644596045486089382009-08-10T19:04:00.000-07:002009-08-10T19:30:52.556-07:00FAMILY!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8flv_qNoZeA8EqsOwUAqbZWnADGl9tMRvZ38t7YRMOtU_yG2lTtsjl5p1V-2P1mKoTJ9xcoazpOJAE_wsE90OeSKMHJJfx-2mWN7wEnWc-aglowGkY80GIgAG0pCIrVgNTUgNGXGQ7Y/s1600-h/DSC_0135.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368525846644011506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8flv_qNoZeA8EqsOwUAqbZWnADGl9tMRvZ38t7YRMOtU_yG2lTtsjl5p1V-2P1mKoTJ9xcoazpOJAE_wsE90OeSKMHJJfx-2mWN7wEnWc-aglowGkY80GIgAG0pCIrVgNTUgNGXGQ7Y/s400/DSC_0135.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Winston girls<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6Gn99kk7gevjN17w6e3SoOomnrL60WAZDBP-jjhgP5CKTHPOPgvhyphenhyphenoB2abmVxqbeNuzV1WZtO9xeUpo7pYT_v2FQWURv7TiUg5fWjgU4QOfBgpUFP_OBiwWrzIvdL1lLZnYfXcAMrio/s1600-h/DSC_0108.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368525841158057794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ6Gn99kk7gevjN17w6e3SoOomnrL60WAZDBP-jjhgP5CKTHPOPgvhyphenhyphenoB2abmVxqbeNuzV1WZtO9xeUpo7pYT_v2FQWURv7TiUg5fWjgU4QOfBgpUFP_OBiwWrzIvdL1lLZnYfXcAMrio/s400/DSC_0108.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIPU5Ii8lTo044465xBpl9UHmbJaGB3l_0s_4oCPpe3hRMaOUKk0k4a8KCvpE2xQkBzj6tJuEhyphenhyphenZmk4TtPteUB9Wzj50SmmuxKEggvQ6uRFKBdOhVrUN7Mn90DGac8mFew7k3RrmBP2A/s1600-h/DSC_0171.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368522738785140402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIPU5Ii8lTo044465xBpl9UHmbJaGB3l_0s_4oCPpe3hRMaOUKk0k4a8KCvpE2xQkBzj6tJuEhyphenhyphenZmk4TtPteUB9Wzj50SmmuxKEggvQ6uRFKBdOhVrUN7Mn90DGac8mFew7k3RrmBP2A/s400/DSC_0171.JPG" border="0" /></a> still not quite able to sit on his own. We're getting there though.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0movBot9SalP4pc8nCr2NyEauwEz2nTUXrctmU9Bo6r4GYPCPPEJr8Mu7vGRAPUJxeQjwizQ3N9xeZK-2ynxSl6JPBrPUuilsl7_SAcfA8qzuwp6zaAgp1Uh2RN6_Nqmk7S6rbuzhVdw/s1600-h/DSC_0168.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368522730515240530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0movBot9SalP4pc8nCr2NyEauwEz2nTUXrctmU9Bo6r4GYPCPPEJr8Mu7vGRAPUJxeQjwizQ3N9xeZK-2ynxSl6JPBrPUuilsl7_SAcfA8qzuwp6zaAgp1Uh2RN6_Nqmk7S6rbuzhVdw/s400/DSC_0168.JPG" border="0" /></a> That little tongue is always poking out<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN-NsMvRChTAgbb13U4tI2PtRrppqwE8si4PAyUct_0effirQIZXsFFbp1o4XXOfna-mJvFxtRD365rkDF2U5rmPLsQo2GI3q3_YT9eaiixuYu3HhwPQdm79Edyfv3E0eoAUBUYtZwWo/s1600-h/DSC_0152.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368522719785169906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN-NsMvRChTAgbb13U4tI2PtRrppqwE8si4PAyUct_0effirQIZXsFFbp1o4XXOfna-mJvFxtRD365rkDF2U5rmPLsQo2GI3q3_YT9eaiixuYu3HhwPQdm79Edyfv3E0eoAUBUYtZwWo/s400/DSC_0152.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Nielsen boys!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhbREsDu-VE51TdQkOR_ZrKft1a16MVHp7lLLMdnSkEZqalgc_YS_mtcsAyKgKgOl5diJfOMvtxkAGkCw8diHvktgXBUiUG7EekO39rO5bES4SbqW_7PfISXJL0Sdmhc36vpwB1DuJ8s/s1600-h/DSC_0145.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368522718092446994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhbREsDu-VE51TdQkOR_ZrKft1a16MVHp7lLLMdnSkEZqalgc_YS_mtcsAyKgKgOl5diJfOMvtxkAGkCw8diHvktgXBUiUG7EekO39rO5bES4SbqW_7PfISXJL0Sdmhc36vpwB1DuJ8s/s400/DSC_0145.JPG" border="0" /></a> It's hard to get him to smile on cue. We had about 3 people trying to get him to smile. The look on his face looks like "what the heck are those people doing?!"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvn-dhq7n-8KT5XaD-UWVMCqilh4PSndTbSzmpW33602yGtELlhhcAoqArsfgxooUToM_BnmzziHs9TLmYbtD8BjanmqEvldnyTM4w4yJyXPIpZ8spRKPyB0JYPS3oRahxgmghDN9i_ZM/s1600-h/DSC_0141.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368522702127656082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvn-dhq7n-8KT5XaD-UWVMCqilh4PSndTbSzmpW33602yGtELlhhcAoqArsfgxooUToM_BnmzziHs9TLmYbtD8BjanmqEvldnyTM4w4yJyXPIpZ8spRKPyB0JYPS3oRahxgmghDN9i_ZM/s400/DSC_0141.JPG" border="0" /></a> Wrong direction....but it's a smile<br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Things are still busy around here. My older sister Maryke is still visiting with her 3 kids. Yesterday my dad took pictures of the 3 girls since we are all here, and some of Erik, Blake and I. It's fun having some of the cousins together, except we have to keep a tight watch on Ava (Maryke's 14 month old) She always makes a b-line for Blake to touch his eyes. She loves the eyes! </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-73290793420155837752009-08-06T20:48:00.000-07:002009-08-10T19:42:14.811-07:00Just an UPDATE!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEBkUdtWG_sCv-K5u3sfuVanRTsaW2dMW-rhZCeTfH1VmVZ8AtDkk8T4uAuXWY9joLzy0ZspS6lerXHkzaaugkD6pLcZFjq5M8kDRbFGWO76uOs1FkUm1nHpm_MMMFbjSsftgtWRkUH8/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367064445959468290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaEBkUdtWG_sCv-K5u3sfuVanRTsaW2dMW-rhZCeTfH1VmVZ8AtDkk8T4uAuXWY9joLzy0ZspS6lerXHkzaaugkD6pLcZFjq5M8kDRbFGWO76uOs1FkUm1nHpm_MMMFbjSsftgtWRkUH8/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a> Don't let those chubby cheeks fool you! There is nothing in his mouth...only outside his mouth!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHoqRI3N-c_AkKaZUiO2RHPRKT-dpnCfuuuJe3C8AF9fE6e4hCxEZx_NJ5WYoZu1mr3eAr3IceDL82DUqJTGOMafatbJsQ9PgNaqtDDuU8d5Eexv4rs2wAuFb5tsywviw2pmxcqBEdqo/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367064439503536242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQHoqRI3N-c_AkKaZUiO2RHPRKT-dpnCfuuuJe3C8AF9fE6e4hCxEZx_NJ5WYoZu1mr3eAr3IceDL82DUqJTGOMafatbJsQ9PgNaqtDDuU8d5Eexv4rs2wAuFb5tsywviw2pmxcqBEdqo/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /></a> Going in! (don't mind the pink and purple bumbo seat...my sister gave it to me after she was done using it with her little girl!) It was free...what can I say?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SiKVLCilMZ_rR-IxktYcy1FMn3j5feuSN7oYH1BxUvgZuFaUYqvkgtVIPvxB7ulCLOG7HgCNZjIQ-s7hhhZERoMCOcM1nDWepWGD9U41RUea5zMvc38LzQTlNc0qFELSJ-5VfbKxyrs/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367064430216304450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SiKVLCilMZ_rR-IxktYcy1FMn3j5feuSN7oYH1BxUvgZuFaUYqvkgtVIPvxB7ulCLOG7HgCNZjIQ-s7hhhZERoMCOcM1nDWepWGD9U41RUea5zMvc38LzQTlNc0qFELSJ-5VfbKxyrs/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></a> I had to take a picture of him on his tummy. From behind there is just this little body kicking away...he looks like a little turtle.<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSV-kZwd8Yq89vbMqLIopfzdvV9iB3gyGldSMXHwOjFiUYE7WnaTp9u4CcXT0aeuW3qD2i_y-BNckur6QwJb5B-5l4gGCgPSDaHTjNRsELz7IeY0D65la9M1hcSzSRfN5LfeRbiK9XmkI/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367064420865235250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 386px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSV-kZwd8Yq89vbMqLIopfzdvV9iB3gyGldSMXHwOjFiUYE7WnaTp9u4CcXT0aeuW3qD2i_y-BNckur6QwJb5B-5l4gGCgPSDaHTjNRsELz7IeY0D65la9M1hcSzSRfN5LfeRbiK9XmkI/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Just a cute picture!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRBDoKPwAYWsbbAPlcdP1NZ_wP2AkqtKLf9GNnSINE-zGYR-nMW_2xwHnev0-W3X9NLb3cw5GaQGXq_hd14YUmVCA1xE8QtJQkLXcyIyKgG7aNCJuQmILUOXNO5UieQ1GPhqL4X0OSiU/s1600-h/001+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367064409764072882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRBDoKPwAYWsbbAPlcdP1NZ_wP2AkqtKLf9GNnSINE-zGYR-nMW_2xwHnev0-W3X9NLb3cw5GaQGXq_hd14YUmVCA1xE8QtJQkLXcyIyKgG7aNCJuQmILUOXNO5UieQ1GPhqL4X0OSiU/s400/001+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a> He fell asleep like this the other night. He is always messing around with his bumper, so much that he falls asleep doing it!<br /><br />It's been pretty busy around here lately. My sister is visiting with her kids for a couple of weeks and my brother just left with his family after spending the weekend with us too! It's been non stop kids! </div><div>Blake turned 5 months old this past week and is growing like a weed. We had our first experience with rice cereal which was "just messy" (as I was expecting it to be). Of course more came back out of his mouth then actually went in. But, we have to start somewhere. It's only been few days....I know it'll take time!! </div><div>He's been rolling around like crazy on the floor everyday! I think his stomach is his favorite position because every time I put him down, within 2 seconds he's on his stomach. The other day I set him down and in no time he had moved across the room! </div><div>Erik is almost done with his summer semester. He's been doing great in his anatomy class, it has definitely been keeping him VERY busy. But, he enjoys it. He's ready to have a little break before the fall semester starts. His break is about 4 days...hey, it's better than nothing! </div><div>I just wanted to give a small update since I haven't posted anything for a while. So...there it is!<br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-73003456129041078632009-07-27T10:04:00.000-07:002009-07-27T10:29:52.026-07:00NO MORE DIAPERS!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D9ZRph5oRkYiRPM0fL4v7WIvMpMAMttktk6d6jJ9R7A6dTRrC8jTZCCp5Ail5mFJvp476LV5qelSgRGtaTG2XSie1KTy9iRC6NlqVk6GSzAeXITNSyJNXOSqxkEtkIYpqa9wGTOiD18/s1600-h/034.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363192543254269106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D9ZRph5oRkYiRPM0fL4v7WIvMpMAMttktk6d6jJ9R7A6dTRrC8jTZCCp5Ail5mFJvp476LV5qelSgRGtaTG2XSie1KTy9iRC6NlqVk6GSzAeXITNSyJNXOSqxkEtkIYpqa9wGTOiD18/s400/034.JPG" border="0" /></a> These were most of our diapers!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JIdNBZSFOv3rAavTS_K_36eK4R-dRWfW9Wfj7p9_wJyZk9OIehbfBpwbdl05oXCB3NWxFRLY3uF0JvQASM29TyH0iMFy77ZKoihrNs5wv8IdHkxPqvShwjRsbTsQaao9rBAcXqcG2xc/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363192535946281410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JIdNBZSFOv3rAavTS_K_36eK4R-dRWfW9Wfj7p9_wJyZk9OIehbfBpwbdl05oXCB3NWxFRLY3uF0JvQASM29TyH0iMFy77ZKoihrNs5wv8IdHkxPqvShwjRsbTsQaao9rBAcXqcG2xc/s400/019.JPG" border="0" /></a> The fabulous diaper cake!<br /><br /><div>It's official....we have just used our last box of diapers from my baby shower back in February. Blake is 5 months old this week and we just finished all the diapers!! Can you believe it? I didn't think they would last that long. Thanks to everyone who pitched in with diapers!! Now it's up to Erik and I to be the providers. Not so fun. I think with all the diapers we received totaled around 700!!! Not only from boxes people gave, but from our fabulous diaper cake at the shower made by my wonderful mother-in-law and sister-in-law. Thanks again!! :)</div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-88621596965978792862009-07-26T13:49:00.000-07:002009-07-26T13:59:29.403-07:00STUDY BREAK!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Cw8XFHFf6f2DwJFXgxrMUM5spGYJ0gVRT9mpy9BFMDKgsFJkCALxBQU1yBir-BSWGbMRq5YfdaJMH5R4aFDKUgMdbJs3IqsKS858KgGghyphenhyphenjqXfuGGzUKd-rPLvb0Ewe1XrEqr6nl5Ys/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362875836915128802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Cw8XFHFf6f2DwJFXgxrMUM5spGYJ0gVRT9mpy9BFMDKgsFJkCALxBQU1yBir-BSWGbMRq5YfdaJMH5R4aFDKUgMdbJs3IqsKS858KgGghyphenhyphenjqXfuGGzUKd-rPLvb0Ewe1XrEqr6nl5Ys/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>So what do you get when you put a room full of 7 dental students together for a study break? AN X-BOX PARTY! Erik and his buddies thought it would be fun to celebrate his birthday again by having some of them over and have a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">BBQ</span> and watch a movie. So, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">last night</span> we had a bunch of them over at my parent's house and did just that...but with a little change in plans. I should have known right away that having the x-box out was not a good idea. The crazy thing was that there were only 4 controllers for 7 people...but I guess it's just as fun to watch then to play. So my new found friend Rachelle (also a dental wife) and I kept <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">each other</span> sane while the boys did their thing. It looked to me like they had a good time. I'm just glad they were able to enjoy themselves and be away from their books. Hopefully we can do this again sometime..maybe with a little less x-box!</div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-29610433792964947512009-07-26T13:33:00.000-07:002009-07-26T13:49:44.948-07:00SWIMMING!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QBXpQZFmxVxkqhpqKkHa0F_C2tQxI98cojazFy6fYLJMlED2avict5qDoSGidbnUKhPT8y4imrxldtDmRk2JqWiRVsikbEGGtsWkj4vCQtjoqKRvzzRi6_ILOCYcV_o-xgwumeoWXTc/s1600-h/P1010036.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362871506494250658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6QBXpQZFmxVxkqhpqKkHa0F_C2tQxI98cojazFy6fYLJMlED2avict5qDoSGidbnUKhPT8y4imrxldtDmRk2JqWiRVsikbEGGtsWkj4vCQtjoqKRvzzRi6_ILOCYcV_o-xgwumeoWXTc/s400/P1010036.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj618-cXk3QAlJyAWNQVqqdU4jl8CvAvvzNAk0mVjceQl3qec1o6iDYLwz3LZRoUMZqm9uF9xWbe5yxTSsCr3vydP3zmFikItFX2kUdFZsL2j2Awr8Vs1fEfKGq5-_1dFJfm7L00DebtRE/s1600-h/P1010037.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362871498890289970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj618-cXk3QAlJyAWNQVqqdU4jl8CvAvvzNAk0mVjceQl3qec1o6iDYLwz3LZRoUMZqm9uF9xWbe5yxTSsCr3vydP3zmFikItFX2kUdFZsL2j2Awr8Vs1fEfKGq5-_1dFJfm7L00DebtRE/s400/P1010037.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT13TPmxPZoFnOYU76pcjdP-PiIxijUsWWqEX-scGY3WHktSXGJMZ_T5yqEiLNmuRdyshiA-wJq8zBaOE0B_EInCr6w0HXgg6_-T2xrtMifKCj43YSxvuUfmD5Xkkn_OMnpsmS8G1j9Q4/s1600-h/P1010026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362871492598981186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT13TPmxPZoFnOYU76pcjdP-PiIxijUsWWqEX-scGY3WHktSXGJMZ_T5yqEiLNmuRdyshiA-wJq8zBaOE0B_EInCr6w0HXgg6_-T2xrtMifKCj43YSxvuUfmD5Xkkn_OMnpsmS8G1j9Q4/s400/P1010026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptMjECl_vVtree_nt7GcLidZwSug3TZ5ucD_p5JX5uGYRJtyVN1e25Y5OAdaKjrrsvkdD0gU5b8M9zHGF2FxrVycMT5CNj_5LOxEsU1TCbsNQ1hOZafqiWa2XUwWvvNP1lyUWidytvCI/s1600-h/007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362871482137890818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptMjECl_vVtree_nt7GcLidZwSug3TZ5ucD_p5JX5uGYRJtyVN1e25Y5OAdaKjrrsvkdD0gU5b8M9zHGF2FxrVycMT5CNj_5LOxEsU1TCbsNQ1hOZafqiWa2XUwWvvNP1lyUWidytvCI/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></a> You gotta love those cheeks and that little round belly!<br /></div><div> </div><div>I started doing a little swimming with Blake. I think he likes it so far. He hasn't screamed his head off so that was good sign. He hasn't quite mastered his float yet. I think when he can sit up on his own (hopefully soon) he'll be able to enjoy it better. As for right now he just lounges back and puts up with me. Since day 1 he's never been fond of hats, so getting him to keep this one on is a challenge. Distraction is the key! Erik was able to join us for a swim yesterday during his study break which was fun for all of us. The weather was perfect and water was nice. Usually Blake lasts about 30 minutes, then he starts rubbing his eyes and that's my cue....NAP TIME! Hopefully he'll start to enjoy swimming better and become our little fish!<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-73485839107062140082009-07-22T08:59:00.000-07:002009-07-22T09:13:30.715-07:00Happy 25th Birthday Erik!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHJWrsjcQ1cWa2UIMW6ppL4ZpEJQIKMhAzcboCP1HayM39v-eg0Atvg2JeJdIrYgUMOASdn8-9ZvhAh0THpJywk3fUyO3e5TCfGOGX9X8KJrFY7-QhY8l8jE0_ck_mdLTAUVo7T2z3Ls/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361317090031331362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 323px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlHJWrsjcQ1cWa2UIMW6ppL4ZpEJQIKMhAzcboCP1HayM39v-eg0Atvg2JeJdIrYgUMOASdn8-9ZvhAh0THpJywk3fUyO3e5TCfGOGX9X8KJrFY7-QhY8l8jE0_ck_mdLTAUVo7T2z3Ls/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></a> Just before the opening of presents!<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTUN5QWedrOPp2hLLcKGvDaSrGVqs-oRf87DZKI9jM9Em4966lUf2hfIpTCjPYMcbE7yw-N7XvNvf2BO-ewm1aTvr5qwzn0XFtPnbjK_OICUOT5M2oNBoVS230EzncvRpvHfm37i05Us/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361317079975643410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHTUN5QWedrOPp2hLLcKGvDaSrGVqs-oRf87DZKI9jM9Em4966lUf2hfIpTCjPYMcbE7yw-N7XvNvf2BO-ewm1aTvr5qwzn0XFtPnbjK_OICUOT5M2oNBoVS230EzncvRpvHfm37i05Us/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /></a> So much for watching what we eat! We HAD to have a cheat day...how can you have a birthday with no cake and ice cream?!?! (and a steak dinner I might add). <br /><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Well today is Erik's birthday! How are we celebrating you ask? By doing nothing!! Erik's spending a fun-filled day at school followed by coming home and studying! Doesn't that just sound like the funnest birthday! Actually we did the presents and cake thing 2 days ago. He actually had a big test on Monday and after that he was FREE!! (until Tuesday). So Monday was the big celebration and this weekend maybe we'll go to dinner if he can sneak away from the books for a little bit! </div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-5753192525945867662009-07-17T08:02:00.000-07:002009-07-17T08:18:36.196-07:00My 5K run!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdLUu5uOJFsPZDMgQpYYNNVYZyvqkj_NylJhea6jw-KzSz0Qdx2xxy2IFbI4Q1sWTDPd0MEEiEt0m3WsgZhytFcaq_2E0qPaqRMzbBag_x_N3VUjk6KbHa9nnHQTtCBrCFLOi5KI7-II/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359447377227306978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdLUu5uOJFsPZDMgQpYYNNVYZyvqkj_NylJhea6jw-KzSz0Qdx2xxy2IFbI4Q1sWTDPd0MEEiEt0m3WsgZhytFcaq_2E0qPaqRMzbBag_x_N3VUjk6KbHa9nnHQTtCBrCFLOi5KI7-II/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /></a> <strong>Here's my fantastic running partner!!<br /></strong><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>So before I had Blake I would run a lot. Now, not so much. I have to build up my endurance again. Since it's been nice in the mornings I've been going with him to a local park to run. It's a lot harder running with a stroller then on my own, but I'm working on it. Yesterday I actually ran my own 5k with him (For those wondering, a 5k is only 3.1 miles). It's not much , but I did it! I won't tell you my time b/c it's pretty shameful, but I did have hills and wind as my obstacles, so I can blame the time on that. :) Eventually I'd like to run a 10k with him (6.2 miles), but I'll just add one mile at a time (if that). </div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-866218996360606895.post-91085339312848290922009-07-13T09:05:00.000-07:002009-07-13T09:47:45.257-07:00Blake's room is officially done!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQKTvX1TU_fZBC3jsK9_2O5-z30DSaEeUB-_FZOyn3ETZBxoHBVGQ317zv2P1jPFls_IS9Z2g2MMpfbpHMmCmLMZz3M8qVyYfgpzj2ST7E89b_3bkPZxFI7JWGisqOaBxIdYStBMmLq8/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357983932953231266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBQKTvX1TU_fZBC3jsK9_2O5-z30DSaEeUB-_FZOyn3ETZBxoHBVGQ317zv2P1jPFls_IS9Z2g2MMpfbpHMmCmLMZz3M8qVyYfgpzj2ST7E89b_3bkPZxFI7JWGisqOaBxIdYStBMmLq8/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></a> Of course...the little super star himself!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCnagKSe_MoW97H_ufYiDmeaVdFGXcWse80YGLn4ASz03FcYbvjYtkdaChPQq-Is0Pph6i8PD2GJ1hyphenhyphenZKoQEoAdRprzFhJj3qL83o37kM6VwzrlfKdhsBng8RhQH5NLE_adHI9-KIVMA/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357983922132183010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXCnagKSe_MoW97H_ufYiDmeaVdFGXcWse80YGLn4ASz03FcYbvjYtkdaChPQq-Is0Pph6i8PD2GJ1hyphenhyphenZKoQEoAdRprzFhJj3qL83o37kM6VwzrlfKdhsBng8RhQH5NLE_adHI9-KIVMA/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /></a> The room wouldn't be complete without the perfect giraffe nightlight<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_178NCmTPvp0r0RlZZ3GPcorsEwEvAxrwA98PxGqmW8ISYwtytYPVbgGBlcsEGC-3x4jKXsbNFSjO27XqJTXwvql68vCAMec04fslkTHftngoNLyxzn0FT6f-qub0AvEWEkABxNn6fyI/s1600-h/004.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357983916641708370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_178NCmTPvp0r0RlZZ3GPcorsEwEvAxrwA98PxGqmW8ISYwtytYPVbgGBlcsEGC-3x4jKXsbNFSjO27XqJTXwvql68vCAMec04fslkTHftngoNLyxzn0FT6f-qub0AvEWEkABxNn6fyI/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /></a> Not the greatest picture of the giraffe wall hanging but it will do.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UXDb4PyXtwQXAbLaO4V00lWB5aVeQtWMl2ytbzNjGmnwIa2Qa7CX7l2t7p_LZZFgukg9I_PDiNjTh835eGot3eALNQb_NcRSqwJJNJe7cCwDcPnmb6FeMPDtFewwyh3T6Q7nkxxo4do/s1600-h/P1010197.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357983912289007650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1UXDb4PyXtwQXAbLaO4V00lWB5aVeQtWMl2ytbzNjGmnwIa2Qa7CX7l2t7p_LZZFgukg9I_PDiNjTh835eGot3eALNQb_NcRSqwJJNJe7cCwDcPnmb6FeMPDtFewwyh3T6Q7nkxxo4do/s400/P1010197.JPG" border="0" /></a> The chest of drawers Erik painted with the pedestal. It's so nice to have it a perfect height!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VL43r_xRZo94-WritxYtLpOHxozzrnC5p7jMf8bu0ahGUX5j8jAnOpd7CV-AcYljFlevRwChOubaCnsb88_18mRBhGovVHvZzRe4VghsZA7J92_kCTosIp2jqyRdWZ3o396bYseigtM/s1600-h/P1010158.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357983907492172978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VL43r_xRZo94-WritxYtLpOHxozzrnC5p7jMf8bu0ahGUX5j8jAnOpd7CV-AcYljFlevRwChOubaCnsb88_18mRBhGovVHvZzRe4VghsZA7J92_kCTosIp2jqyRdWZ3o396bYseigtM/s400/P1010158.JPG" border="0" /></a> Last but not least...the best part!!! It's not shown in the picture but I found these perfect fitted sheets for the mattress that are a light lime green. Couldn't match any better!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Okay, ever since we moved to Oklahoma Blake's room has been a work in progress. I wanted to do neutral colors so if I need to I can use it for a girl as well with just a few changes. So I chose green and brown and the giraffe for Blake's theme. My mom did a FANTASTIC job making the bedding and making the cover for the chair. We found that chair at a garage sale for $30! It was light oak with baby blue cushions...we saw the potential it had! Nothing a little paint couldn't handle. So Erik spray painted it and my mom recovered it! The chest of drawers were given to us by Erik's parents and Erik just painted it to match the green in the room. He also made the little pedestal for it so it could be taller for us. I did help too, I made the curtains on both windows and made the quilt hanging on the wall. My first wall hanging. I think it all came together perfectly. </div></div></div></div></div>Mirjam and Erikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731732723457961399noreply@blogger.com3