My M&M's: March 2008

3/16/08

This was supposed to be Slide Show #3

Kaitlyn makes another appearance!

Kaitlyn Rose - 2 weeks old. I'll get to meet her in a few days!

Kaitlyn's family - Colten, Karen, Jason, Tyler & Taylor Rae Melania and Mishayla are sure lucky to have such great cousins, and I'm a lucky aunt.

Preview of coming attractions:

3/15/08

3/14/08

Do you remember when you learned to do this?

More pictures - a reward for being so patient while my computer was SLOW.

Melania reading to her very attentive kitty.

Close up of Mishayla. She's sitting on my lap, and I'm leaning back in my favorite brown chair as far as I can. Speaking of favorite brown chair, I think it's going to be retired from the living room in order to make it appear larger. That will be a sad day...

Girls in pink.

Ahhh...sisters.

It's hard to get them both to smile at the same time.

Finally, a housekeeper. She's very affordable.

Sunday eve. with Uncle Blaine & Aunt Wendy

Last Sunday evening, Wendy and Blaine came over for a walk. Melania was so excited to have them along with us. She had to hold Wendy's hand from the stroller and kept up a running commentary the whole time. Of course, we waited until afterward to take pictures.

Melania loves my Ipod shuffle. "Music in ears, mommy." I think I will get her one for our trip to MT next week. We have different taste in music... Wendy and Melania are listening to "Love More" by Benjamin Stockwell. http://benjaminstockwell.com/tracks/love_more.mp3

3/12/08

Guess where I'm going next week?

Jeff Foxworthy's Comments on Montana

If "vacation" to you means going shopping for the weekend in Great Falls, Billings or Bozeman (while the kids swim at the Comfort Inn), you might live in Montana.
If parking your car for the night involves an extension cord, you might live in Montana.
If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 8 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Montana.
If you're proud that your state makes the national news primarily because it houses the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Montana.
If you have ever refused to buy something because it's "too spendy", you might live in Montana.
If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Montana.
If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Montana.
If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Montana.
If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Montana.
If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Montana.
If you know how to correctly pronounce Butte, you might live in Montana.
If you measure distance in hours, you might live in Montana.
If your family vehicle is a crew cab pickup, you might live in Montana.
If you know several people who have hit deer more than once, you might live in Montana.
If you often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again, you might live in Montana.
If you can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching, you might live in Montana.
If you see people wearing hunting clothes at social events, you might live in Montana.
If you've installed security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked, you might live in Montana.
If the largest traffic jam in your town centers around a High school basketball game, you might live in Montana.
If you carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them, you might live in Montana.
If there are 7 empty cars running in the parking lot at Wal-Mart at any given time, you might live in Montana.
If there are more people at work on Christmas Eve Day than on Opening Deer Rifle Season, you might live in Montana.
If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you might live in Montana.
If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you might live in Montana.
If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you might live in Montana.
If you can identify a southern or eastern accent, you might live in Montana.
If you consider Red Lodge exotic, you might live in Montana.
If your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your cottonwood, you might live in Montana.
If the sunbelt to you means Miles City, you might live in Montana.
If a brat is something you eat, you might live in Montana.
If finding your misplaced car keys involves looking in the ignition, you might live in Montana.
If you find 0 degrees a little chilly, you might live in Montana.
If you actually understand these observations, and you forward them to all your Montana friends, you Must live in Montana! (or once lived there...)

3/10/08

Caroline has added a new comment to the 2/20/08 post. Check it out, especially if you left a message for her!

3/9/08

Caroline came for a visit this afternoon. A quick shot before lunch. Everyone except Mishayla was hungry! Caroline is keeping busy working on her science fair project about solar power cells. She's really enjoying her "bro." We miss her, but sure enjoy our visits! In true blogger fashion, this picture should follow the others...

Well, it's definitely been awhile since my last post. I can honestly blame a really slow server connection, which makes it difficult to upload photos. My IT guy has a final due tomorrow, so he's been unavailable. There are other reasons, of course, but that is the main one! Here's a happy picture of Mishayla I took one morning last week as I was going out the door to work. She's such a morning girl, which is unusual around here. Plus, it just wouldn't be a proper post without a bathing beauty featurette. (Is that even a word?)

Spencer is really growing. We can't wait to see all the kids when we return to MT Easter weekend. I hear that he looks like Trenton did as a baby. Apparently, he looks like quite the "bruiser" next to Kaitlyn. Hopefulley I'll have a Kaitlyn update soon.

3/1/08

Welcome, new baby cousin!

Kaitlyn Rose - Born on Feb. 29, 2008 at 7:10 a.m.

Kaitlyn and Tyler, who is 8 years old.

Kaitlyn with her big sister, Taylor Rae, who is 6 years old.

Kaitlyn and Colten Jack, who is 3, soon to be 4 years old.

Kaitlyn weighed 8 lb. 1.5 oz. She was 20.5 inches long - yesterday. We all know how fast they grow.

Congratulations, Karen and Jason. I am so happy that I will be able to share the hand-me-downs with you! It will be less difficult to pack them away this way.