The last week...

So, this week has been interesting to say the least. Kendall got very sick with an ear infection which caused a fever and lots of puking. Yuck! She stayed home 2 1/2 days from school. Thank you, Mama Gail! She went to the doctor and got some medicine. She seems to be doing A LOT better, Thank God! It was a pretty difficult week because of how bad she felt. She would just sit in our laps and put her head on our chests. Poor miserable baby. She was also waking up several times a night, I think this may have been harder than when she was first born. ugh... She's upstairs playing with her house right now. "Light on, Light off" So, I'm thinking she's feeling better for sure. ;-)

Oscar has an ear infection too, I guess this is ear infection season or something. Eeww... He seems to be doing better too, Tony took him back to the vet this week to get his ear re-packed with medicine. He has to go back next week too to make sure it is all gone.

Yesterday we went to the mall, I got a few shirts. Thank goodness 'cause I tend to wear the same 5 shirts everyday! Boring!!! Then I made lasagna for our friends Ken, Kristen and Austen. If I may say so myself, this was probably the best batch I've ever made and I've been making it for a long time.

Today we were going to go to the movies, but we decided we just needed to rest at home, this last week was very long and tiring.

Next Saturday is a girls day with my sister and other mom. We are going to facials, massages and lunch. Tony and I may go to that Luminaria thing downtown in the evening. It's supposed to be really cool. Let us know if you're interested also.

Well, that's probably enough for now. I don't really have much else to say, this was just a post with a run down of our ear infection week. ha ha...

Have a wonderful week!

Original post from www.tlwhitefamily.blogspot.com

The Rodeo take two

So, we went back to the rodeo grounds yesterday. I once again forgot the camera! ugh... I think being pregnant with Kendall sure took all of my brain cells away. Does anyone know if I ever get them back? I have a feeling I won't. Oh well, I'll just have to keep playing Scrabble on Facebook to exercise my brain as much as I can. :-) Tony even wrote a note and put it in my purse to remind us to bring it with us. Well, I moved the note in order to get a few things out of the purse to put in a smaller purse that I use at the rodeo. So... that's why I forgot the camera. BUT, we used my camera on my cell phone to take some pics of K at the petting zoo there at the rodeo. She was nervous at first, but after I showed her that the animals wouldn't hurt her she was good to go and enjoyed pointing, laughing and even touching the goats, sheep and llama. See the pic below of Kendall at the petting zoo.

Yes Patricia, this is a G-O-A-T. hee hee...

I hope everyone enjoys their Sunday!

Hitting, Pushing and Yelling OH MY!!!

Well, it seems as though Kendall's development is right on track. On two separate occassions this week at daycare, I SAW Kendall push a little girl down AND hit another little girl. I, of course, reprimanded her... well, as much as you can reprimand a one year old.

The pushing incident involved a little girl name Miyu who was using my legs as something to hold on to as she was standing up near where I was squatting to talk to all of the little kids. Well, Kendall decided that she was ready to go home and she wanted to be near me instead of Miyu so she just took her arm and pushed little Miyu down. I was mortified. So, I spoke sternly to Kendall and told her NO! Seriously how much can you reprimand a 1 year old? Then she started to cry. ugh... What a mixed message! She just wanted to be near me and got yelled at. At least that is what is in her mind at that moment. When you think about it that way don't you feel a little sorry for her? :-(

The hitting incident was a little later in the week. I had just dropped K off at school and she pulled a toy out of the toy cabinet. She put it on the table and turned around to get another toy out of the cabinet. Well, another little girl name Ryan saw a toy that wasn't being used and decided that she wanted to play with it. Well, apparently K wasn't done playing with the first toy which Ryan was now playing with and she hit Ryan. Ugh... mortified again. The daycare teacher informed me that all of the little girls hit each other now. I was like, seriously? Oh no!

Well, I got home and saw an email in my inbox about my 4th week 13 month old. It was so fitting and appropriate. Here is a small excerpt from that email: If your toddler indulges in fits of screaming, hitting and biting, you can take some solace in knowing that his development is right on track. Well, thank goodness she's on track... I think.

She has really developed a lot this month. She is completely eating table food and using a sippy cup at daycare now and has moved up to the next classroom. They sleep on a little cot in there, it's really cute.

So, if you guys could say a little prayer for me that I don't go crazy and that I stay patient with her, that would be great... yeah...

Retired after 38 1/2 years... Mama Gail!!!

Well, she finally did it! My mom retired after working at the same place for 38 1/2 years. That's amazing to me! I've now been there for 8 years now and that by itself seems like forever. I'm not sure I can imagine 30 more years at the same place. I think I'll just focus on the present for now.

Thursday was her party, it was a lot of fun! Thank you Grandma Carolyn and Aunt Patricia for watching K-dub for us. We really appreciate being able to stay out passed 6:30 or 7.

Below are a few of the pics from the party. I hope you enjoy them!

The Rodeo

Well, Saturday was Kendall's first trip to the rodeo. And, boy was I disappointed when I realized I had forgotten my camera. I think she really enjoyed it. She loved looking at all of the people on the grounds and watching the animals at the actual rodeo. She had such a cute outfit on, it was a little onesie with an attached skirt. The bodice of the onesie had a pair of boots on it. So cute. My mom bought the outfit for her last year right after K was born in anticipation of this year's rodeo. This year my mom thought it would be fun to get her a little purse with her name on it. She loves it and likes to put different things in it.

We can't wait until she's old enough to really enjoy everything there. AND... we'll definitely be entering her in Mutton bustin' as soon as she's old enough. So cute!!!

We saw Alan Jackson that day and Reba on Monday. Reba is soooo awesome. Thank you to my mom for babysitting Monday night. T and I had a great time!

Kendall's 1st Birthday! part two

Last Sunday we had Kendall's first birthday party. It was a roaring success. We are so thankful to have such wonderful family and friends! Your generosity and love is astounding!!!

Kendall had such an awesome time and we really hope you guys did too. She got so many awesome presents, we finally got them all put away yesterday. Woohoo! We love all of the clothes that she will grow into and she loves all of the new toys that she gets to play with.

We had a ton of food at the party and the venue worked out great! We used an upstairs loft area which had a TV and DVD player. I played the movie I made of Kendall's first year, then we watched the basketball game. I think it turned out great for kids and adults. I wonder what is in store for next year. I'm looking forward to it.

Here are a few pics of the day, I hope you like them!
Happy Birthday Kendall!
Kendall's Cake and Cupcakes - cute right?

Happy Birthday to you!

Mmm... Mmm... Good!Mimi, Trudy, Jeff, Mackenzie, and NickMost of the group, some were on playground at this point. We had like 60 people there. I couldn't believe it!Todd and Denise Reus with Aaden and Addison. Denise is an awesome realtor if you need one. :-)

Annie and Kenzie take Kendall to the playground, isn't this cute?

Mackenzie took Kendall down the slide. She loved it!

Dada and his sweet baby K.

Our friends Ken and Kristen, cute couple!

Mimi and Kendall, isn't this sweet?Patricia and Kendall - beautiful pic!Carson, son of Bonnie and Ryan. He's so cute and getting so big.

Look at Aiden go! He's the son of our friends Jennifer and Rick who are also in the pic with him.Mama and baby! Go, K, Go!

Cousin Nick! Such a sportsman!

Austen playing soccer - he's the son of our friend Kristen. So cute and definitely looking older than he is. Time sure flies.

Poppy with his grandkids. Connor, Mackenzie, Layton and Kendall. Kendall was so tired by this point. But, she was a very good sport about it all. Good girl!

All in all it was a great day! I can't believe my little pooty is so big already. Time flies when you're having fun, and boy are we having fun with her. We cherish the time we have and look forward to experiencing what God has in store for us with her in the future.

Poor Baby Girl

Last Sunday afternoon, after her nap, Kendall's eyes were pretty much glued shut from eye boogers, poor baby. We thought this would be a quick passing thing and that she would be fine the next day. Well, when she woke up on Monday morning, we had to really work hard to get the crusties off so she could open her eyes. Poor baby girl! We took her to daycare thinking that surely this would pass. Ummm... No! By the time Tony picked her up from school that afternoon you could tell that Kendall just really wasn't feeling well. To add to all of this, she has had a runny nose and congestion for about 4 months now. We've been to the doctor several times where they have told us that it is just because she is in daycare and she just has a cold that needs to run its course. Well, obviously it had not run its course and the humidifier that we run in her room on high every night was not working. On Tuesday morning when we all woke up, Kendall's eyes were crusted over again and really red and puffy. I had looked this up the night before on the internet and found that it was most likely the result of allergies. But, I called the nurse at the hospital, which is where the doctor's office routes its medical questions when they aren't open yet, to ask them if I should take her in. They told me that she is probably fine, but that the doctor would want to check her to make sure it is not pink eye. So, Kendall and I got ready and she ate some breakfast and I took her in to the doctor. I could tell she wasn't feeling well because while we were waiting for the doctor to see us she just sat in my lap with her head laying on me. The doctor listened to her lungs, checked her oxygen intake and looked in her ears. After hearing how long she has had the congestion, the doctor finally gave her an antihistamine/decongestant. She also said that she has pink eye, but it's not like she ran any tests, I really still think it is allergies that caused the eye crusties, but I'm giving her the eye drops just in case. Because Kendall has been coughing for so long, the doctor ordered a chest x-ray even though she reassured me that her lungs sounded clear. She just wanted to check her. So, I bundled K up and took her straight to the imaging center after the doctor's appointment. It only took about 5 minutes to take the x-rays and Kendall cried the whole time. Awww... But, good news, the doctor's office called later and said that she doesn't have RSV (forgot to tell you that they checked her for that AGAIN) and her lungs are clear. So, I'm supposed to give her the eye drops for a week and I'm giving her the sample medicine for her cough, if it works I'm supposed to get the prescription filled. It's been 4 days of using the cough medicine and the only thing that I'm noticing is that it makes her sleepy. If she still has the cough in another week and a half, I'm supposed to take her back to the doctor so they can try something else I guess. I'm glad they are finally giving me something for her, I was getting really fed up with the "Oh, she's in daycare" line. I can totally understand that logic, but it seems like she would have had periods of time when she was well also. Oh well, maybe now we can figure out what is going on. I have a feeling that she has allergies (they are supposedly genetic) and that she will need to be put on some allergy medicine if she wants to have any type of time without congestion and runny nose.

Anyway, I guess that's enough for now. Tonight we are going out to dinner with our friends Ken and Kristen for our first annual Double Holi-date. We decided that instead of buying gifts for each other we would go out to a nice dinner. I'm excited! K is staying with my mom and spending the night with her tonight. I'm hoping I'll be able to sleep past 6:20 tomorrow morning, that's the time that i woke up this morning. Yuck!

I hope everyone has a great weekend, maybe I'll write more tomorrow.

Lots of Love,
Lisa

Kendall has a good time

Kendall had such a fun time in the bathtub tonight. I just had to post these pictures up here. She was splashing all over the place. I know, I know for now it's cute, but when she is big enough to splash everywhere it won't be so cute. I'm sure we won't do it for much longer. ha ha...

Bathtime is such a special time for us. We love to watch her laugh and play and just explore the water. She loves it! We also will read her a couple of stories at the same time. She is so into pointing at everything in the pictures of the book and at everything around her now. She is really doing pretty good at starting the regular (non-baby) food. And, she is doing GREAT at using a sippy cup. She really caught on to that one quick.

The second picture is of her watching me make silly faces at her and splash her with water while making funny noises. We had a great time tonight!

Enjoy your week!

Saturday turns into Saturnight

Here's how our Saturday went...

- Addressed Kendall's b-day party invites
- Went to order b-day cake/cupcakes
- Went to post office to mail invites
- Drove to parents to pick up Annie for lunch
- Parents drove up and offered to keep Kendall while we ran our errands (Yeah!)
- Went to Alamo Cafe for lunch
- Went to Party city
- Went to Costco
- Went to Barnes & Noble
- Went to pick up Kendall and then planned to go home and watch movies - Annie was going to come along
- Kathy came over to go out with my mom for dinner
- Annie and I change plans and go out to dinner for Kathy's birthday
- Driving downtown to Aldaco for dinner, traffic was too bad so passed our exit
- Drove to Little Red Barn and ate there instead. Annie and I split a small filet, neither of us very hungry
- Decided we should go do something after dinner (maybe LaserQuest Annie suggested), received laughs from Kathy and Mom. Don't understand why... ;-)
- Stopped at Phantom Stop Signs and Green Lights in the middle of the intersection, tried to treat a stop light like a stop sign and make a left on red, laughed the whole rest of the way home... (I wasn't driving)
- Well, we were going to go home, but then saw Bob and Bev's truck at Charlie Brown's and decided to go visit
- Mom and Kathy had one drink, Annie and I just chilled and talked with everyone
- Kathy took Mom, Lisa and Annie to Mom's
- Annie took Lisa home since hubby had taken baby home a few hours before

Well, that's your Saturday wrap up. Phew!!! That was kind of fun and that's how SaturDay turns into SaturNight!

Love,
Lisa

Kendall goes to the playground... a collage

This evening we took Kendall to the elementary school playground that is up the street from us. She went on the swing, and slid down the slides. We all had a great time. It was fun and sort of scary watching her go down the slide BY HERSELF... ;-)

I found this cool collage feature that picasa does for you and decided to try it out. This is a collage of our time at the playground. I hope you enjoy it!!! (you can click on the collage to get a larger view of the pictures)

Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year to all of our friends and family! This was the first year in a very long time that I have actually been in town for New Years. It was funny how loud it suddenly got outside when it turned midnight. Usually we are at the coast or the ranch and since there is no one around there for miles, it is super quiet. We had a quiet night in and watched a movie. It was really relaxing. Tony bbq'd some chicken and grilled some corn and I made up a new potato dish that turned out soooo good if I may say so myself.

We wish all of you many blessings on the start of your new year! May this be the best year you've had.

Love,

The Dub Family

Kendall's 1st Birthday! part one

Today was Kendall's first birthday. What a day! I can't believe it's been a year... Time sure flies when you're having fun. Today when Kendall woke up I got the first picture of the birthday girl. She was in a good mood. She had her 12 month check up today and is the picture of health, but on the small side. She is 18 1/2 pounds and 28 inches long. She is in the 10th to 25th percentile for her height and weight. Her doctor says she is doing great and can now eat whatever she can get down and can switch to whole milk from formula. Woohoo! Poor baby had to get 3 vaccines today, yuck. But, baby girl was very brave and by the time we were at daycare she was all smiles again. I dropped her at daycare for lunch and a nap and I went to get some vanilla mini-cupcakes for her little classmates to have during snack time. I went back to the daycare during snack time and watched all of them eating their cupcakes. It was a fun time. They all made a huge mess with their cupcakes. Kendall ate an entire cupcake and loved every second of it. She would pick off a little piece at a time and put it in her mouth. She was the cleanest cupcake eater in her class. I took her home after cupcake time and we played and played and played and played and... well, you get the idea. She was on a huge sugar high from that cupcake. It was really funny to watch her run around like a crazy kid. She finally crashed and took a little nap. Then her grandma Carolyn came over and we all sang happy birthday to her with a cupcake that had a flower on it. She was still sleepy, so she wasn't as excited as she was when she was at daycare, but she had fun eating her chocolate cupcake anyway.

The title of this post has "part one" on it because we will be having her birthday at a later date. Plan for January 25th from 1 to 4, invitations to follow. We ordered the invitations today, we made them on Shutterfly. I think they turned out soooo cute and we can't wait for you to see them. See you all soon!!! We'll have a part two to this blog later and add some party pictures.

Kendall's first pic on her birthday!!

Mmm... Cupcakes at daycare. Sorry if this one isn't as clear, it was taken with the camera on my phone.
Fresh on the sugar high and eating some cherry puffs and yogurt nibbles. What fun!!! This is before the crash. ha ha...
Poor baby, she was so tired, but we still sang and had a flower cupcake with a candle.

Christmas Weekend

The day after Christmas we went to Horseshoe Bay to visit Kendall's Mimi and Poppy. We stayed for the whole weekend and had an awesome time! Here's just a few of those pics.

Poppy with Kendall, he's probably teaching her about Longhorn football... just kidding.
This is Mimi with Kendall and me. This one turned out pretty good.
Kendall being silly here putting on a Santa jester hat that she borrowed from her cousin.
Kendall didn't really understand the whole opening up the presents thing, but in this picture it sort looks like she understands.Kendall with her Dada.
Poppy and Kendall. Isn't this picture awesome?
Kendall and her Uncle Terry. They get along great!
Kendall with Aunt Susan, looks like they were having fun. ;-)

Christmas Day 2008

Christmas Day we went to Mama Gail's and Greg's house. It was a lot of fun! We opened a lot of cool presents and then went to Bill's and Barbara's for our traditional Christmas Dinner of Enchiladas. Yummy!!!
Below are just a few pictures that we took.

Bitsy decided to sneak a sip of egg nog out of Greg's glass. Shhh... it's a secret! Ha ha...