tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757890272712868612024-02-19T02:13:46.878-08:00Fowl PlayThis is a collection of stories and photographs to chronical the Fowler family's adventures as we grow.Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-68747987929660435182010-02-21T15:07:00.000-08:002010-02-21T15:29:31.849-08:00random catchupWe often leave the house and forget our camera but Drake has an iphone that takes some good pics. I finally downloaded them and got quite a random sampling. Anyway, thought I would post a few. I also put together a few other posts so there will be one a week for the next couple of weeks! As for us right now, we are just getting through the depths of winter. Its snowing right now for the 3rd or fourth straight day. It makes for a relatively uninteresting time as there isn't a whole lot to do. We spend a lot of time at home and having playdates and dinners with friends. Which is pretty fun itself. Looking forward to some warmer days ahead (though probably not for another month or two) Olivia is growing up so fast now. Quite a little girl. She talks a lot and loves to sing. She is learning her colors-she now has yellow(lellow), pink, orange and sometimes red and green. She is counting and can usually count to 6 or 7, without too much trouble. She sings A LOT. She is even learning her ABC song. She loves to color, paint or do anything crafty. She definitely gets that from Drake and not me! 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Hopwever, I refuse to give up trying :) Our Christmas Season brought more change. We moved from our cramped, run down house we were renting to an apartment that is almost twice the size and in very nice shape! It was a busy time as we set up our tree in our old house only to find a great apartment we had to jump on. SO we packed it all up took down the tree 5 days before Christmas we moved, set up our tree again and worked on getting settled in our new digs. We spent Christmas alone but really enjoyed our day. Christmas Eve we went to our friends Jayme and Corey's house. They have a daughter Olivia's age and it was a lovely evening! Christmas morning was so exciting! Olivia loved opening gifts and we had just as much fun watching her. We spent a quiet Christmas Day and had a wonderful time together. Leading up to Christmas was busy but full of cookie decorating, a trip to Breckenridge with my parents who came for Thanksgiving and Holiday parties. 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Olivia really got into it and she loved the trick or treating. We carved some pumpkins a few days before which I think we enjoyed more than Liv did. She wasn't into touching the slimy seeds and was too young to carve so she mostly watched but she did love the outcome! A bee seemed a fitting choice for a little one that stays so bzzzzy! She actually picked out her costume. We pulled out a few choices and she chose the bee. Probably because she really likes insects. We went to Drake's office the day before Halloween so the kids could dress up and get treats. She loved seeing Daddy's desk at work. She also had a party at her school and they dressed all the kids up decorated mini pumpkins and had pizza and cupcakes. Before we went out trick or treating, we "skyped" with Grandma and Grandpa so they could see her in her costume. She loved seeing them on the computer and was jabbering away with them. 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She is still somewhat tentative about it. She used to never want to play dress up but she is starting to explore it a little more. Her Aunt Angela sent her cousin Tatum's old clothes and in there was one of her old dress up outfits. Liv also got a few things for her birthday from her friend Scout. So the other night I started dressing Elmo up in some of her things and she immediately wanted in on the action. She wore her princess clothes and carried Elmo around for quite awhile. She is not much of a ham for the camera (more so for people) so the pics are so-so, but she and Elmo did look good!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCriUT4wD9uDA2P8-oSrBX5ynWM1H2r2Oak8cDOIMXtVwiQn1M0YBNBrVXfxaxeoHp5Q-G8Lfzzhq7FH9qG7yx2Z_GAzVjcziBY6j-CehTp2hs6jIgtlx0MDXbAzwPo88xi2K5kNRxTE5O/s1600-h/DSC05129.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCriUT4wD9uDA2P8-oSrBX5ynWM1H2r2Oak8cDOIMXtVwiQn1M0YBNBrVXfxaxeoHp5Q-G8Lfzzhq7FH9qG7yx2Z_GAzVjcziBY6j-CehTp2hs6jIgtlx0MDXbAzwPo88xi2K5kNRxTE5O/s320/DSC05129.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396638255058708738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKOeuiE6v3ai7IYy3OktnTp7wX5mmBg0rtPNdENqEiAOOO57fxqvFonmR7KR8FFm7vBDGjH8iYTkGq1FXLhsEbfxNuWTBE0hhqKQozJx87vb8hldeYfKHCsPYFQs05QDTdW6UzOagaRJON/s1600-h/DSC05132.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; 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On Saturday Olivia and I made Halloween cookies, while Drake went to a bike expo for the morning. Things are just getting even more fun with Olivia. She really gets into projects now that she can pay attention for longer than a few minutes. She also can do a lot more now. She helped make the dough(mixing in flour, eggs, etc.) and roll it out. She was best at doing the cutouts and putting them on the cookie sheets. Then she would carry a little tray and I would carry a big one to the oven. I would put them in, while she would say "its HOT!" She especially loved the flour, sprinkling it on the table and the cookies. At one point I took a batch to the oven and mistakenly left the lid off the flour, I came back to a huge mess on the table, but thats part of the fun for her. So after they were cooked and she was stripped down to a diaper because her other clothes were covered in flour, we decorated them. I would put on the icing and she did the sprinkles. Again, a huge mess but nothing the vaccum couldn't handle. We brought cookies to nieghbors and friends and ate a few ourselves. Olivia actually ate 3 cookies while we were baking and never had lunch,I flet like a bad mom but I guess once in a while won't hurt.<br /> On Sunday, since we usually go to church in the evening now, we went to the farmers market down the street from our house. We dressed up Hayla in her costume since they were having a dog costume contest. We picked out a couple of pumpkins to bring home and stopped for a coffee at the coffee shop. It was lightly snowing the whole time, it was a lovely morning! Olivia also found some time to unwind before nap and spent some time coloring, which she has really been enjoying lately. Coloring and play-doh are so fun with her. She will sit for an hour or more with someone doing play-doh and coloring. Its always good quality time. 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I went back to work 6 weeks ago! An amazing job opportunity came my way at the hospice I was doing on call work for and it all worked out. I am the volunteer coordinator. I love what I do and its great to be working in an area I am so passionate about but not on the front lines like I have been in the past. I work 32 hours a week so I pick up Olivia around 3 every day. We found an amazing school called Martin School for Early Education. A husband and wife who are both teachers started a school in a Victorian house (they don't live there) it is just for the school. They are so amazing with he kids and have a wonderful structure of learning and play time. before I committed to work we had to see if there was a place we trusted to care for Olivia. Olivia loves going there! She is excited to go every morning and has improved her language and behavior so much there. They have about 15 kids, 3 teachers at all times and they take ages 2-5 and they are all together in class so the younger ones learn from the older ones and the older kids nurture and lead the younger. It is a really special place that I feel so good about. We feel it is best for Olivia to have this in her life at this time. She needs a lot of challenge, independence and socialization. SO that means life has been busy for us. Its all good changes though. I love going to work each day, it really has helped me find a little more contentment in Denver. I am sure in another 6-12 months more things will change, we are finding that it never seems to stay the same for long...<br /><br />This past weekend we celebrated Olivia's 2nd birthday. We spent Friday evening with her opening the presents from us and her grandparents (and boy were there a lot!) We took her to McDonalds for dinner because a Mcnugget Happy Meal is one of her favorite things to eat. On Sunday we had a party at the park with the friends we have made in Denver so far. Its a really nice group of people and we all have little girls which is fun. Olivia also made today even more memorable, not only because of her party but she used the potty for the first time today!!!<br /><br />We love you so much Olivia Jewel. You are our light, love, laughter and joy. You are so full of life and you are so adventurous. You also have a fierce independence but not so much so that you don't want us around. We are amazed at how strong minded you are, yet obedient. This will be one of your greatest strengths in life. You will always be able to think for yourself and be a leader, not a follower. You love animals, baby dolls and play-doh!I love that you call me Mama and that every night you say nigh-nigh Dah-ee and nigh-nigh Mama. They are my favorite words. You still like to sleep in, much of the time and you always wake up so happy. You can be dramatic but only at times. You are lovable and funny and I love that you still like to cuddle. We love you more than we could ever possibly describe and we would do anything for you. There is nothing you could EVER do that would change our love for you. Happy 2nd birthday our sweet angel...<br />Love, Mom and Dad<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHpTHxXSLQ5PiFcuWuKPjyUgNL3yX_-aKP5KHn1Z9Eg7xTAodhhccnvVsIXEa_j8Kh4DQnvDSxwUWflmlH3JNQPZohurQdjqDIrMCAFkjeJFuYdCxAZPkRz4s8OdEBm4hRqvK2UlX7noB/s1600-h/DSC05108.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhHpTHxXSLQ5PiFcuWuKPjyUgNL3yX_-aKP5KHn1Z9Eg7xTAodhhccnvVsIXEa_j8Kh4DQnvDSxwUWflmlH3JNQPZohurQdjqDIrMCAFkjeJFuYdCxAZPkRz4s8OdEBm4hRqvK2UlX7noB/s320/DSC05108.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394177561474377058" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1DvbcFCvw6VjetHHMcMI4qkBVQJpVGlilG39tN-vB-7Y5GmGQoJOYlcN3WO4piH_qfryFUKtAwByfUznwXA3OYBSRR8WVJNrp3rSvUI6AOgIQoURCdYJM3xvlllEwTW9hMjV8DtmpdNM/s1600-h/DSC05097.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs1DvbcFCvw6VjetHHMcMI4qkBVQJpVGlilG39tN-vB-7Y5GmGQoJOYlcN3WO4piH_qfryFUKtAwByfUznwXA3OYBSRR8WVJNrp3rSvUI6AOgIQoURCdYJM3xvlllEwTW9hMjV8DtmpdNM/s320/DSC05097.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394177553459081570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNTCdqB1BFYJxZCWXEqiLVDMkkqImxhBQM0i8RdfsqyIE6KcwgeBJ02UiOXL3OB4krAx_KFuN27tIJ-Oq3QHPzpSn92DJfdtYFBoQIQllh28_bvtO0Mn3DKBYKhyPjq3MNfHfrUzTGwbo/s1600-h/DSC05086.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8tCv19NHEzfx7x9m01uLX-G7n1dBR12zPzg2KeJH7uCsIngfh-DJOJfSB2RRx7akAyW3l8_RYpCUt0QDdqt6lTPgBPhlAU1D8f4BDS7VnJOkUG28OzxyDEDC5WQpiRmsfMr9T3bgDN9L-/s320/DSC05044.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394178273120096386" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-47079726028893712552009-08-28T22:01:00.000-07:002009-08-28T22:29:20.496-07:00Summer is winding down...There haven't been many posts this summer and for good reason, our family computer is kept up in our loft area that overlooks our living room. In the summer the loft heats up to sauna like temperatures. We have our laptop on the main floor but we don't keep any pictures on it. So when I want to do a post I have to sit in temperatures that are easily 90-100 degrees. Whew! But it starting to cool (slightly). Our summer went pretty fast, due in part to our 17 day vacation! We met up with my side of the family in Myrtle Beach for a week long visit. We then met drove up to MI and spent the week with the Fowler side of the family and at the end of the week celebrated as Drake's brother Field married the beautiful Jenni. <br /><br />Our beach trip was so much fun and Olivia loved the ocean and the kiddie pool. I didn't get many pics from that week because I was usually soaking wet and sandy and was too afraid to pull out the camera. I got a few though...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7S4eaoRzAlLCawalUoYNdLR3HmdH1KWHZXPiy7PB4t9ZmOdPohZ6S_3Q_B9KMBuQqH35ZIkZ2TqRjpH7-biZ8VSHEkakv0xBPXLjlWOLYKKSob6pkxawn8cXe3Mq9jCBOi8gcLWhU4Bi/s1600-h/DSC04803.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik7S4eaoRzAlLCawalUoYNdLR3HmdH1KWHZXPiy7PB4t9ZmOdPohZ6S_3Q_B9KMBuQqH35ZIkZ2TqRjpH7-biZ8VSHEkakv0xBPXLjlWOLYKKSob6pkxawn8cXe3Mq9jCBOi8gcLWhU4Bi/s320/DSC04803.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375249566955600034" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1eElrYia-KBiQMZ_lfR6xx_OCHCIlLV_2cI0V4F8o4mXnwYCMiRAPHZWdNc1pfSEN_qn7rCngu7vdVa8aWZMAZhlqF0cM1zTLJt6tTHqgnNEOuNqcKM15UOxmWEh7Qrj8AhiKolZjoJI/s1600-h/DSC04800.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1eElrYia-KBiQMZ_lfR6xx_OCHCIlLV_2cI0V4F8o4mXnwYCMiRAPHZWdNc1pfSEN_qn7rCngu7vdVa8aWZMAZhlqF0cM1zTLJt6tTHqgnNEOuNqcKM15UOxmWEh7Qrj8AhiKolZjoJI/s320/DSC04800.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375249561134157554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fnMJar3ja-mDJjL2xhC0yshL4AJ0aLw9jQpgtqGLEKkzD8eolUbHigBhUkj01sFdgiYgNacaWG6CM5-d2Vk2V0X17WfE0k7yXJ-9uu5LinHCX3Y8eDDobWdp9KrvEaFxdRaIY-Pd6soC/s1600-h/DSC04796.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3fnMJar3ja-mDJjL2xhC0yshL4AJ0aLw9jQpgtqGLEKkzD8eolUbHigBhUkj01sFdgiYgNacaWG6CM5-d2Vk2V0X17WfE0k7yXJ-9uu5LinHCX3Y8eDDobWdp9KrvEaFxdRaIY-Pd6soC/s320/DSC04796.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375249554251943618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaW1yc34D1GYYACgx9R-pWnws7lol56m4Nlt0pLzwSMMctWxqZF7pO5l9vyYuwGmH_UsS5cve9PBYqkEVTWMjJqJvOZzhOxCJ62q9hCCl91UYlwT-bI6xkCg94DLX9fcVQyuzkaOgBmTjF/s1600-h/DSC04795.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaW1yc34D1GYYACgx9R-pWnws7lol56m4Nlt0pLzwSMMctWxqZF7pO5l9vyYuwGmH_UsS5cve9PBYqkEVTWMjJqJvOZzhOxCJ62q9hCCl91UYlwT-bI6xkCg94DLX9fcVQyuzkaOgBmTjF/s320/DSC04795.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375249548696801650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_WfKO4-hc5L3kgOkMvtJNt42KxcSNGDHLYpidKy5kjmmz9wm8bmuplZV8aFU003p0A-30AcMRTGu3h72ou5f5jMsxb3bqgn7mZS1Tw3VC8mAfuTvbdvx9IFt4Z6BZDso-ZhCwONwOXgB/s1600-h/DSC04775.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ_WfKO4-hc5L3kgOkMvtJNt42KxcSNGDHLYpidKy5kjmmz9wm8bmuplZV8aFU003p0A-30AcMRTGu3h72ou5f5jMsxb3bqgn7mZS1Tw3VC8mAfuTvbdvx9IFt4Z6BZDso-ZhCwONwOXgB/s320/DSC04775.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375249542356909202" /></a><br /><br />Our trip to MI was so much fun and it was great to spend time with so much family. Olivia had the spotlight on her the whole week and loved it. She was a flower girl in Field and Jenni's Black and White wedding and did about as well as a 21 month old could do. Luckily they had 2 flower girls and Hannah (the other flower girl) was 5 and more able to handle the responsibilities of being a flower girl. Olivia did great at the dress rehearsal. The wedding started an hour before bedtime, was outside at a park-the place she is normally allowed to run free in, and was at the end of a long 2 weeks. The ingredients weren't there for a stellar performanse, but she had everyone smiling and laughing as she threw her flowers down before walking down the aisle and ate M&M's the whole way. She ran around the park for the ceremony but I corraled her to walk back down at the end which she did. She fell every 3 steps the whole way back because there was now a cloth runner down, meanwhile carrying two large sticks that people were afraid she would poke her eyes out with. It was all completely adorable and so Olivia and we were very proud of her. I have almost no pics from that day or the rehearsal because I was darn busy managing my busy little bee. Its sad too because we were all dressed up so nicely. Although Olivia is still not too interseted in smiling for the camera. But I am hoping for family to send some half decent pics. It was a great time away and we really enjoyed being together as a family and having time with all of the people we love so much. 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Drakes' Dad spent 5 days with us and we had so much fun. We wish that her Nana and Aunt Isabella could have come to but it just wasn't possible this time...hopefully next time Papa can sneak them into his suitcase:) Olivia loved having him here, he was always available to read to her, carry her, and get her treats like ice cream! She can actually say Papa, which is pretty cool. She doesn't know how to say anyone else's name other than Daddy, Mum, and Hayla (alla), so that was great that she could say Papa. We had to take a trip to the zoo because Olivia is so much fun when she is looking at animals. She laughs, giggles, babbles and points at everything. We also went to some parks, the petting farm, Mt Evans and took a trip on the light rail to downtown for dinner one night. The trip to mt Evans left Papa and me a little queasy-the air is really thin at 14,000 ft in elevation. Drake was fine though, he actually rode his bike up Mt. Evans the weekend before! Thank you for making the effort to come all the way out here and visit us Papa and thanks for parting with him for a few days Nana and Aunt Isabella- We love you!<br /><br />Our trip to the Zoo!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2C2IRUOxRFkJFHnKFF2GGuxCh9zv5f7CZk1izv1BbRfLkCnXbZz3BedGlkZjaZ3N-VPhpHDOtGnbnIYQwVsbH4HjariE1aGJdutEHjT1PoPsgLJjryori_gYAodZUYJh8JPTRQjnf7dE/s1600-h/DSC04702.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2C2IRUOxRFkJFHnKFF2GGuxCh9zv5f7CZk1izv1BbRfLkCnXbZz3BedGlkZjaZ3N-VPhpHDOtGnbnIYQwVsbH4HjariE1aGJdutEHjT1PoPsgLJjryori_gYAodZUYJh8JPTRQjnf7dE/s320/DSC04702.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356192920083169426" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95sHf7AVwN_jg42T0-_pLURnMnPMHY6_9WxCWa80_7D_EUbWTabe9RTYZAsorjNAo6Yom61hiObBUpSV8sq-cbhsFaCjAX0dkSm9htZL8-B9iph2-Ibqn_SsWhsX5t_6_DQ8WXzP4aS2O/s1600-h/DSC04699.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95sHf7AVwN_jg42T0-_pLURnMnPMHY6_9WxCWa80_7D_EUbWTabe9RTYZAsorjNAo6Yom61hiObBUpSV8sq-cbhsFaCjAX0dkSm9htZL8-B9iph2-Ibqn_SsWhsX5t_6_DQ8WXzP4aS2O/s320/DSC04699.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356192918441018418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXFRKOleDm3wn5TCVXTbkBRw27koWzQfLNCJAXuwn1XxHiX1JYi2Emy07DPfnBFkbl_hmZrTBARnvwneYw5KP0GQCWw4sp5p2RstQeA-qu8y8EjjO95v3qhN-GsNABKsrMxJo_oUlzTSu/s1600-h/DSC04697.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXFRKOleDm3wn5TCVXTbkBRw27koWzQfLNCJAXuwn1XxHiX1JYi2Emy07DPfnBFkbl_hmZrTBARnvwneYw5KP0GQCWw4sp5p2RstQeA-qu8y8EjjO95v3qhN-GsNABKsrMxJo_oUlzTSu/s320/DSC04697.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356192913206025602" /></a><br /><br />Olivia is smiling and saying cheese but she couldn't bring herself to stop looking at the bears<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo6A07hx-VT9h96edTSyYlww6wZvch_EvYiJNX5jKg5wgLsUtWrnASjDkONFvl07tTpW-aZiTIk3vStQPHhztfOeBzoKVQ6brRJ_Nw35m3hK7vPsh3EVPaIWmn-AE-F8NABVGvKTrQNrC/s1600-h/DSC04692.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGo6A07hx-VT9h96edTSyYlww6wZvch_EvYiJNX5jKg5wgLsUtWrnASjDkONFvl07tTpW-aZiTIk3vStQPHhztfOeBzoKVQ6brRJ_Nw35m3hK7vPsh3EVPaIWmn-AE-F8NABVGvKTrQNrC/s320/DSC04692.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356192907934741346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjI5A53TY9Dv-qsRi6HWqBKJGDHo4MQekVGB8DNcP6cgvLRMx0zzPmNpkpxfu2x_H3hh2JGvpiz5aPHFTYV5iIo7X9BxgpljCkN3fopSduiz9jSZBPJjduoMY1ILkRE1bKodW7QMFdUx2i/s1600-h/DSC04691.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjI5A53TY9Dv-qsRi6HWqBKJGDHo4MQekVGB8DNcP6cgvLRMx0zzPmNpkpxfu2x_H3hh2JGvpiz5aPHFTYV5iIo7X9BxgpljCkN3fopSduiz9jSZBPJjduoMY1ILkRE1bKodW7QMFdUx2i/s320/DSC04691.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356192902510242514" /></a><br /><br />The petting farm<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipU7N7LlIZADlLn3K76rd1Q4hMlflvUXKp0Qd6Q0LQG-lYiO-32TtcOOo-ko023D_uBUfXQo3_3_O4hPAWxW2BSTnxJw9dfGzhQzsWdCePofVv3oPOxeqpjJrmv_jYTaUNbVvj9_WD0xcY/s1600-h/DSC04708.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipU7N7LlIZADlLn3K76rd1Q4hMlflvUXKp0Qd6Q0LQG-lYiO-32TtcOOo-ko023D_uBUfXQo3_3_O4hPAWxW2BSTnxJw9dfGzhQzsWdCePofVv3oPOxeqpjJrmv_jYTaUNbVvj9_WD0xcY/s320/DSC04708.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356193398283889346" /></a><br /><br />Up on Mt. Evans- Over 14,000 ft in elevation!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHh8if-1DPIrSww7SPjx1Wt5rW65ZSNb8A-Kk4gexExktUe63IFCtrDM5AgrEi9BOQ9VmUcxrOUi69DMKm6SNk8Oq5WnqaCPOtes5vzW8Ufdchq1TNWA5gihUxTmnotuJAKLXY2uiwNOFH/s1600-h/DSC04735.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHh8if-1DPIrSww7SPjx1Wt5rW65ZSNb8A-Kk4gexExktUe63IFCtrDM5AgrEi9BOQ9VmUcxrOUi69DMKm6SNk8Oq5WnqaCPOtes5vzW8Ufdchq1TNWA5gihUxTmnotuJAKLXY2uiwNOFH/s320/DSC04735.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356193640960699394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuNnqYAdwLq0gJE4wdVBTRUKw9YXpBupkCRjepyBibvcxlpYHVC23Jd7swxmdxpjLL7VG4F0WnluM05nDbaaJlqyUiRj2EEz2OYzktHpY-DiI8W-55qdQ1bTWQu5-62kabb88g8xwhWON/s1600-h/DSC04731.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFuNnqYAdwLq0gJE4wdVBTRUKw9YXpBupkCRjepyBibvcxlpYHVC23Jd7swxmdxpjLL7VG4F0WnluM05nDbaaJlqyUiRj2EEz2OYzktHpY-DiI8W-55qdQ1bTWQu5-62kabb88g8xwhWON/s320/DSC04731.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356193639768049090" /></a><br /><br />Our trip downtown...yes Olivia's sunglasses are on upside down- for some reason she prefers them that way.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5p18KhyphenhyphenNWI4BnjhrKicJvf5GN4GYnL2KDIr0TnUx7o4Iqz2eOeyzG_uanOTRiyTjrkDOUGeR7XR781HpGvGxxkox6pZvbKc4oGDZxclXjCQQ4e_ERQYjjB4pBIUIHTPeNiLEQeg0JQ2Q9/s1600-h/DSC04725.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5p18KhyphenhyphenNWI4BnjhrKicJvf5GN4GYnL2KDIr0TnUx7o4Iqz2eOeyzG_uanOTRiyTjrkDOUGeR7XR781HpGvGxxkox6pZvbKc4oGDZxclXjCQQ4e_ERQYjjB4pBIUIHTPeNiLEQeg0JQ2Q9/s320/DSC04725.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356194316620816674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpo7yb4dZDczbED3ol3AwAWGOECpVwml-4pBajROvMNrRj5CKLb3fE7dNTq4I296b8ZIBna2GzN_i2h1U6zk3HXWuTHLfL-JLpfB9yjkLlUnl7g4LToiTYwlYJBQlelzKV9PgIBfLAH8Tf/s1600-h/DSC04720.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpo7yb4dZDczbED3ol3AwAWGOECpVwml-4pBajROvMNrRj5CKLb3fE7dNTq4I296b8ZIBna2GzN_i2h1U6zk3HXWuTHLfL-JLpfB9yjkLlUnl7g4LToiTYwlYJBQlelzKV9PgIBfLAH8Tf/s320/DSC04720.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356194314328487154" /></a><br /><br />Sharing some corn on the cob with Papa-wearing the bathing suit he brought for her<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6QE0LhT28ff3ZKTvgedOr0llgww2aOvYfSW10DI4e4E6HMFZuTVx5dZ8Smx2OoMn4qxabm1nQZUU7uwbghKsBSW0-v2Ia5IFHlkBHrCrYHe-TracwoQ8nrNGtRvsaVk2PunfCkS0Tc2K/s1600-h/DSC04689.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6QE0LhT28ff3ZKTvgedOr0llgww2aOvYfSW10DI4e4E6HMFZuTVx5dZ8Smx2OoMn4qxabm1nQZUU7uwbghKsBSW0-v2Ia5IFHlkBHrCrYHe-TracwoQ8nrNGtRvsaVk2PunfCkS0Tc2K/s320/DSC04689.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356194845014080482" /></a><br /><br />This is often what Olivia looks like when she "smiles" and says "cheese" for the camera<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO532NoIMRqKK7TpjGjXURApZJL3cqR43I26MjsKWNQFU7oaoQ3QhNnw5c91qXHFvjQnR3wZVWPJ007OD1ab5rBUtoxKi2CgxjiF-nXbG7opyeWcaBY01FgURaPnSNVG4piN8J6XQcwBl8/s1600-h/DSC04687.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO532NoIMRqKK7TpjGjXURApZJL3cqR43I26MjsKWNQFU7oaoQ3QhNnw5c91qXHFvjQnR3wZVWPJ007OD1ab5rBUtoxKi2CgxjiF-nXbG7opyeWcaBY01FgURaPnSNVG4piN8J6XQcwBl8/s320/DSC04687.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356194839804952530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xKimdg1My_JECrctYmpLXanmuy7RuQFCSchsfdrEteSBA3DxlDBmHojS578Zcx6Qz-rDc2vH_ABuP0GLpOzWTNhsLqlWyAkC4nyfc4Cg_H-UM8AxLeCaWwYsYpJfnsDA_urFR2G8_hSx/s1600-h/DSC04686.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xKimdg1My_JECrctYmpLXanmuy7RuQFCSchsfdrEteSBA3DxlDBmHojS578Zcx6Qz-rDc2vH_ABuP0GLpOzWTNhsLqlWyAkC4nyfc4Cg_H-UM8AxLeCaWwYsYpJfnsDA_urFR2G8_hSx/s320/DSC04686.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356194835173887090" /></a><br /><br />Reading!... I think this was Papa and Olivia's favorite thing to do!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVe2KheGyIfTgDhqbsuqAcSixzuw_YWKKC0zNAdoHHntuJxDMxXB61q1-P3LCTA4ttzWfUwQEp4U1RLteZFJGYcNsoD0EaRRb2hoSESbmDBVkO22dBy0nNq5wlfAMxoV1xzyyCV2xLxXQ3/s1600-h/DSC04706.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVe2KheGyIfTgDhqbsuqAcSixzuw_YWKKC0zNAdoHHntuJxDMxXB61q1-P3LCTA4ttzWfUwQEp4U1RLteZFJGYcNsoD0EaRRb2hoSESbmDBVkO22dBy0nNq5wlfAMxoV1xzyyCV2xLxXQ3/s320/DSC04706.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356195211672094450" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-4268641769609945672009-06-29T19:31:00.000-07:002009-06-29T19:53:56.386-07:00Lots of Fun Things!This will be another big post. We couldn't find our camera for a week so I couldn't upload any pictures until I found it. We had pictures of a lot of fun things that we have been doing. We took another trip to the Zoo with Olivia. It just never gets old. She loves the animals so much it is like a new experience every time.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAuzyozLR0L9M6lqYOCRoFBQNdoGy8MvseCX2iuFuEEgWPzE65usD74L1I-zC5bi0g5Q-27U69JYG6wAF5Vivb3HhWxxd5CayiyxcFgFSmcMmjDfK7wupFD7tn9-ufLkZrQUqogQ30MPW/s1600-h/DSC04595.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYAuzyozLR0L9M6lqYOCRoFBQNdoGy8MvseCX2iuFuEEgWPzE65usD74L1I-zC5bi0g5Q-27U69JYG6wAF5Vivb3HhWxxd5CayiyxcFgFSmcMmjDfK7wupFD7tn9-ufLkZrQUqogQ30MPW/s320/DSC04595.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352943487417869698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOYkJ1zQvkypY4XlTfCC6uHitcjayNfS3RynleY-kXB34w4YiJHt-pm1pWkJEsy5CAMixbSQBFuubetkNBlTbtAEgBbZLeQiA16UxjUaT3zqxes8Ch6E2BY3Lm8iKcjESSHVyygXlx1wV/s1600-h/DSC04570.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZOYkJ1zQvkypY4XlTfCC6uHitcjayNfS3RynleY-kXB34w4YiJHt-pm1pWkJEsy5CAMixbSQBFuubetkNBlTbtAEgBbZLeQiA16UxjUaT3zqxes8Ch6E2BY3Lm8iKcjESSHVyygXlx1wV/s320/DSC04570.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352943486362791810" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVNV_OKhXqLrLHbJycWHK3nsWZgQXU3iQ4xflBRu2ac0Ne1T74xCEGROoVWv1wguPaLNTZHNCJinJmbmPvbgPFsbQpxvwuAkWQbM4G45YG-vLfaeSZp9kd2krUvHc9k-D6AHlRch1buC9/s1600-h/DSC04563.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVNV_OKhXqLrLHbJycWHK3nsWZgQXU3iQ4xflBRu2ac0Ne1T74xCEGROoVWv1wguPaLNTZHNCJinJmbmPvbgPFsbQpxvwuAkWQbM4G45YG-vLfaeSZp9kd2krUvHc9k-D6AHlRch1buC9/s320/DSC04563.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352943482491220578" /></a><br /><br />Another fun thing is that I gave been trying to take Liv to some new parks. We go to our local park nearly every day, it is only a few blocks away. However, it does get a little boring (more for me than Liv) so I have been taking her to some new places. This park was great because it had a few playground areas and then it had a petting farm and a train raide around the whole park. It was only $1 for the train and $1 for the petting farm-what a deal! So we had a good time and Liv loved being up close and personal to the animals. I have to say I always felt a little bad for the animals at the zoo (not being in the wild) but these petting farm animals have it much worse. They get followe around by masses of little kids and cornered against the fences but they are very gentle. They do get unlimited amounts of hay so they seem to be kept happy with that. Olivia just kept laughing an dgiggling the whole time. She was in heaven! We will definately have ot take her back.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjdA05L3C1c84LeSE_j1T2hG7qYpUJUXkA4jXHe3re_4C2DyRHsUmcmpdBddHrXcJsL1khvc2WaX9c0I1ereOSreWLJqXthjrQtB2UdNPlbmVt378hO8OAw2iyVnlySC9XmYu05iCBUWb/s1600-h/DSC04620.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjdA05L3C1c84LeSE_j1T2hG7qYpUJUXkA4jXHe3re_4C2DyRHsUmcmpdBddHrXcJsL1khvc2WaX9c0I1ereOSreWLJqXthjrQtB2UdNPlbmVt378hO8OAw2iyVnlySC9XmYu05iCBUWb/s320/DSC04620.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352945347049296690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyelc2k_tD0uC68zFqYO8EPOAy9qjeTbUoVYLAdKyElzal75xAQumowA516lJsApESJnNfMmr-YieKwcCFq_Ta7hA3PaeA1Z1I4cFapdNEWw5Q8V5D94w15eqRGdkQdFp10UOWKL-IIBC/s1600-h/DSC04617.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwyelc2k_tD0uC68zFqYO8EPOAy9qjeTbUoVYLAdKyElzal75xAQumowA516lJsApESJnNfMmr-YieKwcCFq_Ta7hA3PaeA1Z1I4cFapdNEWw5Q8V5D94w15eqRGdkQdFp10UOWKL-IIBC/s320/DSC04617.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352945341247399906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_5PwOTaLFM1Zr1CXCUc5TQVTxLpau2CqpbgJeaYW2QHdnJVU3V1lqeg9c_j7ldcp00zkh1-U0MVfztJlihk_N893apbsp2KfWv1AwG_2V_wY7IeZvar38eHEcnAOvRHlYBv8XdVV7Cez/s1600-h/DSC04613.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_5PwOTaLFM1Zr1CXCUc5TQVTxLpau2CqpbgJeaYW2QHdnJVU3V1lqeg9c_j7ldcp00zkh1-U0MVfztJlihk_N893apbsp2KfWv1AwG_2V_wY7IeZvar38eHEcnAOvRHlYBv8XdVV7Cez/s320/DSC04613.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352945337458043554" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nZB75nX6YBxE-mKUn65EvSGRLfI9j94m_5VNp5N_EdtEYwzOVA6vTayXJDGyR0gUDAeshccdgaRZjcxjHEoRtkJGyb3LF5PS7eInjFnk7ryL7ri-vLh4Z21SfP5AMHGWUR99mClfOD2i/s1600-h/DSC04612.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9nZB75nX6YBxE-mKUn65EvSGRLfI9j94m_5VNp5N_EdtEYwzOVA6vTayXJDGyR0gUDAeshccdgaRZjcxjHEoRtkJGyb3LF5PS7eInjFnk7ryL7ri-vLh4Z21SfP5AMHGWUR99mClfOD2i/s320/DSC04612.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352945334427722738" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIHQuk8gzqudI9wGW-RZOsvletYXyJGZNDeLk1IUXY3f22vheQdDwE7XGhWnF3lcooJ_FQ7h3UqPqxD6VCAh7oi4X76rNryi_SIC3ypKEL_iOIRrU7WFYpeVp2nos-VoCxbhfi5n9BtKL/s1600-h/DSC04610.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNIHQuk8gzqudI9wGW-RZOsvletYXyJGZNDeLk1IUXY3f22vheQdDwE7XGhWnF3lcooJ_FQ7h3UqPqxD6VCAh7oi4X76rNryi_SIC3ypKEL_iOIRrU7WFYpeVp2nos-VoCxbhfi5n9BtKL/s320/DSC04610.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352945335026410082" /></a><br /><br />Our other big adventure was when we went to Breckenridge for the day. We went to pick up my birthday present from Drake- A new Bike!!! He found a great deal on ebay so we drove there to get it and to see the town. It was really cold because of the higher elevation but it was fun. We just walked around the town and grabbed some lunch. It is a really cool town and we would like to go back and explore some more.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_A16_BYgqKvXG_eFjPZLMdygm_pOQ2n6nyihV7icpqEd_nBc7WJMoxcxeNFDa6PPS353buLzE-myDw0SxILI3PH1gtOlcpz7iwa9clY_FNFXJ9HBDxIAngk4y-VZYm_BSlj0HZ7naKayT/s1600-h/DSC04634.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_A16_BYgqKvXG_eFjPZLMdygm_pOQ2n6nyihV7icpqEd_nBc7WJMoxcxeNFDa6PPS353buLzE-myDw0SxILI3PH1gtOlcpz7iwa9clY_FNFXJ9HBDxIAngk4y-VZYm_BSlj0HZ7naKayT/s320/DSC04634.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352946640064793810" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmIRQ_5xPcU3RJb9rQLmaMzWl8b9LWLbOHLLSxfrLNGTciPF8hyphenhyphenxZsRmaWivNecy8dI8FPGx_BD6x7DkjYCyj4WIavcf9IFYiNBSSjl7cBmles49uC7SNQhn87yS74Ta01TzGeVu44PXa/s1600-h/DSC04633.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmIRQ_5xPcU3RJb9rQLmaMzWl8b9LWLbOHLLSxfrLNGTciPF8hyphenhyphenxZsRmaWivNecy8dI8FPGx_BD6x7DkjYCyj4WIavcf9IFYiNBSSjl7cBmles49uC7SNQhn87yS74Ta01TzGeVu44PXa/s320/DSC04633.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352946635115160722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqkgQSrvdTsLYqOAXWWfZmNOIe-2Dx8l-1YeUmMgitlUpHmpZbf8orzK_JJHOYxMqQokpo02bFY_H1UegpC6YAV42GyQy8yOvhCts0bsMvT5hMsxRU-_kJtlR9RO-BhKFYzBhpevR1AcP/s1600-h/DSC04630.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqkgQSrvdTsLYqOAXWWfZmNOIe-2Dx8l-1YeUmMgitlUpHmpZbf8orzK_JJHOYxMqQokpo02bFY_H1UegpC6YAV42GyQy8yOvhCts0bsMvT5hMsxRU-_kJtlR9RO-BhKFYzBhpevR1AcP/s320/DSC04630.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352946633130407010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7RxPvVxD3Y1QxhSy4CeMqx1Qpw-AAlONErN0iErGVM0rzBxkOF6y7SeG2q9BLkfXYa28Wk86vxEXh7A5TDO-6f1bH29Pz69xHqAH7gWqvrSdoBmgzZZTzdIXaKNTE2k17KJJUWgj3UXE/s1600-h/DSC04629.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy7RxPvVxD3Y1QxhSy4CeMqx1Qpw-AAlONErN0iErGVM0rzBxkOF6y7SeG2q9BLkfXYa28Wk86vxEXh7A5TDO-6f1bH29Pz69xHqAH7gWqvrSdoBmgzZZTzdIXaKNTE2k17KJJUWgj3UXE/s320/DSC04629.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352946629927722018" /></a><br /><br />This is how Olivia says "cheese" for the camera now she always closes her eyes...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5sD7MsZSzsjRt_PvnstZtiC9Aff3PPsHBIW_CQnRUGRrYbcN4ZIizFgvfHFYliLxHE23BXBDg3_dAqhjdBUxK0swIZyboJVqq-wPNcpbA59MTotMTjb9mVvsAAPyDpmkBXgOzIA99lit/s1600-h/DSC04628.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5sD7MsZSzsjRt_PvnstZtiC9Aff3PPsHBIW_CQnRUGRrYbcN4ZIizFgvfHFYliLxHE23BXBDg3_dAqhjdBUxK0swIZyboJVqq-wPNcpbA59MTotMTjb9mVvsAAPyDpmkBXgOzIA99lit/s320/DSC04628.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352946627977273986" /></a><br /><br />Isn't my bike great? I wonder when Olivia will let me ride it...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTgACPTD3_okzGZ6eA-jBy1Ub2lFChRans5Q1jFIvj9VFr4upU00MgCLwq3qSGXkGBfq02oX9zo5bBUSWRkWwcngLQFHnxNqrsXmQRgmYUuJyMEU59KmY3VMDC5foGqQW83MwhLbK6__I/s1600-h/DSC04655.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTgACPTD3_okzGZ6eA-jBy1Ub2lFChRans5Q1jFIvj9VFr4upU00MgCLwq3qSGXkGBfq02oX9zo5bBUSWRkWwcngLQFHnxNqrsXmQRgmYUuJyMEU59KmY3VMDC5foGqQW83MwhLbK6__I/s320/DSC04655.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352947242058947442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_S_-J_oPEG-tKv33a3PCSgFNNhjwCJQDQOH8ULFzfT2XIDBVzwwOEeTb8rVoQbJC0uT1lMe4XQPkCPxegiUudIK8u3tGB9rt0Wt7Hw1_oIjMzohSPdM3CHTa-_wEU0kTDlBkp_vDkGyR6/s1600-h/DSC04654.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_S_-J_oPEG-tKv33a3PCSgFNNhjwCJQDQOH8ULFzfT2XIDBVzwwOEeTb8rVoQbJC0uT1lMe4XQPkCPxegiUudIK8u3tGB9rt0Wt7Hw1_oIjMzohSPdM3CHTa-_wEU0kTDlBkp_vDkGyR6/s320/DSC04654.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352947239455134946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnENAbc8SvQcz1QUcOlPlhX6VkFIavq24MXN-2OngEtRz_E2nAcl2tDMI5cufmdXeb39MU22vri-ewqBlzIIdk2lruPCK3QMw4lt1B_xP3WBfc_5-rRnePFm7CSduqJAQAU4uyp5w9XKCY/s1600-h/DSC04653.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnENAbc8SvQcz1QUcOlPlhX6VkFIavq24MXN-2OngEtRz_E2nAcl2tDMI5cufmdXeb39MU22vri-ewqBlzIIdk2lruPCK3QMw4lt1B_xP3WBfc_5-rRnePFm7CSduqJAQAU4uyp5w9XKCY/s320/DSC04653.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352947236361149618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5GnLQFQ6idb5imCXVRzayy4LLIEuI8yGnviG2QOpFHNJ9c2yaOTe-b3uYy9O-UO6AzN-pcLz9AyWrcWjwpcgAUyCzK9Mme33ogFQfOH0XTUyQZeJ8cspRvak1JpAMZOcfk0FoloAA7M0/s1600-h/DSC04648.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL5GnLQFQ6idb5imCXVRzayy4LLIEuI8yGnviG2QOpFHNJ9c2yaOTe-b3uYy9O-UO6AzN-pcLz9AyWrcWjwpcgAUyCzK9Mme33ogFQfOH0XTUyQZeJ8cspRvak1JpAMZOcfk0FoloAA7M0/s320/DSC04648.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352947233903581602" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-71276951508032402722009-06-16T12:52:00.000-07:002009-06-17T21:40:20.936-07:00Grandma and Grandpa Visit!!!We were so happy to have my Mom and Dad come and spend some time with us. It gets a little lonely out here and it felt so good to have people here who love us and who we love. Olivia loved having her grandparents here, there was lots of attention and always someone to play with! We did lots of sightseeing and went on some great hikes. Olivia has been loving our hikes, she sits in the pack behind Drake and has so much fun she will stay in there for up to a couple of hours quite happily.. Sometimes she will even take a nap in there. On one of our hikes with Mom and Dad we actually saw a wild coyote. We also went to the childrens museum which is such a great place. It was Oliva's first time there and she had a lot of fun. We ended up buying a membership so we can go anytime we want. Thanks for coming out here Mom and Dad we love you!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk_hdP-DdqgxrWhSkC16QuCEdFH-vpyAP0-B4CAVbSdp9M32oJ13S_WtmT1YmDR5ewQz4xDjIdXBb3Q7Q-xZ-uD7evXJO8TaA2Ne2HnmMyO0IY7FxNx6Ewk0ZQ4hOBKGnwTw8mZzYV5wB/s1600-h/DSC04502.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxk_hdP-DdqgxrWhSkC16QuCEdFH-vpyAP0-B4CAVbSdp9M32oJ13S_WtmT1YmDR5ewQz4xDjIdXBb3Q7Q-xZ-uD7evXJO8TaA2Ne2HnmMyO0IY7FxNx6Ewk0ZQ4hOBKGnwTw8mZzYV5wB/s320/DSC04502.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348521964311493170" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCPou0K0-2UlLK8c_GeXzyDm-BFCBWSqhpECaZfFdNIHHgxC4kDywwZskaiAbg43KwIrFQrMOJMnT2LoFEfK7i9itVhvCIb7QId4cNJPTgZpjocr04ELxoalwT4fvoBgRK5zFa8GvlRND/s1600-h/DSC04500.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCPou0K0-2UlLK8c_GeXzyDm-BFCBWSqhpECaZfFdNIHHgxC4kDywwZskaiAbg43KwIrFQrMOJMnT2LoFEfK7i9itVhvCIb7QId4cNJPTgZpjocr04ELxoalwT4fvoBgRK5zFa8GvlRND/s320/DSC04500.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348521961385396386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3ycvHInMFCNakfZAHB_EVY0I1M5DQQxI8CISvVxGbG110xKDn_Uwk3gECETFzSqw2KIrdCnRYRHuyCSfXdGh8LAtuxa5vXcq6ngCAtCl89bQrM1Xov6drEi7J3PI49FJL3dN9ZbcB7Tw/s1600-h/DSC04498.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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I am going to keep stying home with Liv. We feel it is the best thing for our family right now. I had interviewed for a full time job at my hospice where I do on call work and then a week later I told them I wanted to withdraw my name. Drake has long hard hours at work and for me to try to work full time would put such a strain on our family. It is a huge sacrifice financially but it is the right thing for us right now. I am going to start working toward my pre-requisites for nursing school. I am looking at an accelerated program that would allow me to transfer my bachelors degree to get a nursing degree in a year. But I have to get some science classes done first. It is hard for us to make plans right now as we don't know how long we will be in Denver. We have decided we just need to start making plans and be prepared they could change. We have to walk with faith and not sight because life is so topsy turvy right now, that is all we can do. We are so thankful we are healthy, happy and making ends meet. Olivia is amazing and in the next year or two we hope to add another little fowler, but not right now, unless we were pleasantly surprised :)<br /><br />On to Olivia- she is changing so quickly now. She is adding words every day, she talks CONSTANTLY which I love. Not all of it makes sense yet but more and more every day does. She loves being outside. We spend much of our day outside and she loves looking at dogs, birds, squirrels, ducks and geese at the park. On our walks she stops at nearly every flower and stares and then sniffs in and out to "smell" the flower. <br /><br />We did have a difficut adjustment to sandals for the summer believe it or not. She had this one pair of shoes we bought her in January and she has worn them all winter. One day I realized that they were way too small, her toes were curling at the end. I bought her a pair of sandals, thinking "no big deal we'll just move on to sandals and put these away." Well Olivia was having none of that. She wanted her shoes that she wears every day. I ended up buying multiple pairs of shoes trying to find some she liked. Every time we put on her shoes she would cry scream and try to get them off. It took weeks and a trip to Asheville before she got over it and started wearing them. Toddlers are SO particular it is just astounding! <br /><br />THE Shoes<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHjaBXS7FSjo7l1d_Uq7Pt2BtmAPv4tVeVJYLsQ9T2l8Uz-6wjvC34eFytEJ5BqXE-VFN2WuiNnPIVDrAq7tDk5KnJQs_gGOWxgf_gnIe7r8VgAvgJkLiM-bcB7wRfeUrRo6Wx-I98Dq3/s1600-h/DSC04433.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHjaBXS7FSjo7l1d_Uq7Pt2BtmAPv4tVeVJYLsQ9T2l8Uz-6wjvC34eFytEJ5BqXE-VFN2WuiNnPIVDrAq7tDk5KnJQs_gGOWxgf_gnIe7r8VgAvgJkLiM-bcB7wRfeUrRo6Wx-I98Dq3/s320/DSC04433.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345445517048497106" /></a><br /><br />Playing with the new ones in her crib... A.K.A her "happy place" hoping it will cast them in a more positive light....<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoL3SsekYP8czFC5bP5JjQ-WhDqE0Xb5u02_MsjFOEXQfRx59TJrS1JD509Fcmj5PucZG4ZiQLJmVBJEriQkHACySo1UqQPFPkJQsdA3olHQmYQH1rh7XpIn3B4nOBKPWMziQo7685R4d/s1600-h/DSC04429.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoL3SsekYP8czFC5bP5JjQ-WhDqE0Xb5u02_MsjFOEXQfRx59TJrS1JD509Fcmj5PucZG4ZiQLJmVBJEriQkHACySo1UqQPFPkJQsdA3olHQmYQH1rh7XpIn3B4nOBKPWMziQo7685R4d/s320/DSC04429.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345445513386605602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheX7esl_btLJVcSCUZzpIiI8FB4Pp4IoGBU7UaLRH5Nt_EOegqKojS4jqrA0GubKxomlBpeCFXWeciadehvJRPlBPzSD9JdgdaQlFekC7mpzMR8ZDw8c3JyD36Dzdxy_tzMkmolJeF2W1m/s1600-h/DSC04428.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheX7esl_btLJVcSCUZzpIiI8FB4Pp4IoGBU7UaLRH5Nt_EOegqKojS4jqrA0GubKxomlBpeCFXWeciadehvJRPlBPzSD9JdgdaQlFekC7mpzMR8ZDw8c3JyD36Dzdxy_tzMkmolJeF2W1m/s320/DSC04428.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345445508222242818" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKNxmxfcvEp9G1FxEMPGv9KKEk-h2b1zYbGeB-UiI2_ni-IhmdGEYdmi3SUjSK9QGM8d1QVymOybGRN4inNNzrhPm3mXV5yAy6OjdWKdiP2nwvscwKs96hyphenhyphen7B_s8zLTxSBZnWsGoTgYc/s1600-h/DSC04427.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqKNxmxfcvEp9G1FxEMPGv9KKEk-h2b1zYbGeB-UiI2_ni-IhmdGEYdmi3SUjSK9QGM8d1QVymOybGRN4inNNzrhPm3mXV5yAy6OjdWKdiP2nwvscwKs96hyphenhyphen7B_s8zLTxSBZnWsGoTgYc/s320/DSC04427.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345445507048021442" /></a><br /><br />Shoe options...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStkdMRdL8BeXGRojtO_d7iqov1tdWDcBn_FjZQ59PJtcuRrE7_VZiVJp9_ruG9zxyqr4Qx56bnWNfE1DGiagxCz8kLu_fF0HmwwdssUgvtPzg3GQrkK9i0cYo516Jiq_aizhTi3qGj4Y9/s1600-h/DSC04439.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStkdMRdL8BeXGRojtO_d7iqov1tdWDcBn_FjZQ59PJtcuRrE7_VZiVJp9_ruG9zxyqr4Qx56bnWNfE1DGiagxCz8kLu_fF0HmwwdssUgvtPzg3GQrkK9i0cYo516Jiq_aizhTi3qGj4Y9/s320/DSC04439.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345445945870185442" /></a><br /><br />I also had to post a few pics of Olivia's lunch time one day. She had a week where she was not feeling well (I think she was teething her molars)and she would not eat much. One day after 3 days of almost no eating I offered her every snack I had. She eventually ate a few raisins and a little yogurt before crying until I gave her warm milk and layed her down for her nap. Luckily she is back to normal again...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQnjyzl9_Hq1difvSpc1R6eTfxh-zALGAy3w6kVxYcY6rrh3qEcUtbbcl0YlAr9AIegw7Zjcswm8ebHgSG9MIyU9ANe8A-HMdccO6wOer2MWLUXADCE_FRZEBgklr99L-7ri23fpqsZL3/s1600-h/DSC04455.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQnjyzl9_Hq1difvSpc1R6eTfxh-zALGAy3w6kVxYcY6rrh3qEcUtbbcl0YlAr9AIegw7Zjcswm8ebHgSG9MIyU9ANe8A-HMdccO6wOer2MWLUXADCE_FRZEBgklr99L-7ri23fpqsZL3/s320/DSC04455.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345446253604913746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0zMg2zHW8tgI5IVrbtwzqkj0vflxFUnVK1F6zYwWoXTpflnld95ueX7nUt3l9Qg21zVOpg8fMKWtezMQVR8UcIG19rLYoAwpXRV3TI72N_4vN8ZP6_Yg-a6t013NZk1VZd0JLwe3zv3O/s1600-h/DSC04454.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_0zMg2zHW8tgI5IVrbtwzqkj0vflxFUnVK1F6zYwWoXTpflnld95ueX7nUt3l9Qg21zVOpg8fMKWtezMQVR8UcIG19rLYoAwpXRV3TI72N_4vN8ZP6_Yg-a6t013NZk1VZd0JLwe3zv3O/s320/DSC04454.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345446251971674898" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS59mkRaCph0w4Uaz8gEY5yR-y98a0Xuc3Pol_cvfh1tcCd6rVmDLcztKRNHC8ol1zxt8o44YFQB54y_tH6teYbnVbmodt5Wp8vEm8LWQZ4OhkhfrpfkSB2sKaG1ViEsNyjzEN-Epbq8Gu/s1600-h/DSC04450.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS59mkRaCph0w4Uaz8gEY5yR-y98a0Xuc3Pol_cvfh1tcCd6rVmDLcztKRNHC8ol1zxt8o44YFQB54y_tH6teYbnVbmodt5Wp8vEm8LWQZ4OhkhfrpfkSB2sKaG1ViEsNyjzEN-Epbq8Gu/s320/DSC04450.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345446246853983858" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-60490770697885958462009-05-17T12:25:00.000-07:002009-05-17T12:56:35.733-07:00STILL busy.....Ok, so I thought that after my last post life would calm down but there are still lots of happenings it seems like. First of which, Drake and Olivia went back to Asheville for the week! He had the opportunity to go back and work on a project there for work. I had some nights I was on call so I couldn't necessarily do that with Olivia because if I got called in in the night (which I did) I would have no one to stay with her. kevin and angela were kind enough to watch Liv during the day while Drake worked and she got to spend time with her cousins, which it sounds like she loved! When my parents found out Olivia was going to be a mere 12 hours away from them rather than 24 hours, they had to come see her. So my Mom switched around her work schedule so they could come for 3 days. It was quite the reunion and I was sad I missed it but I did enjoy my time alone. I got some tasks done that I often find difficult with Liv around. I also just enjoyed the ability to sleep in a little and do things in my own time. I took a lot of long 2 hour walks around the lakes at Wash Park, watched "chick flicks" and ate popcorn for dinner once or twice :)Anyway, it was nice but it wasn't as great as I thought it might be- I love Drake and Olivia so much that life is so empty without them around. don't get me wrong I definately enjoyed my "vacation" but I am also glad its over.<br /><br />The other happening is that I have been considering going to work full time again. I have a possible opportunity at my hospice and I have been thinking about it. I know Olivia is ready for more social interaction and I think she would really enjoy some of the really nice child care places I found. We just aren't sure if full time is the way to go... BUT we feel like we need to get into a better position financially. I have been considering nursing school which would be a huge investment of time and money. So I spent a lot of time this past week looking at child care centers and really contemplating the right thing for our family. I always felt the best thing was to be with Liv all the time. When she was younger that was definately the right thing. Now, though, I think she also seems to want/need another environment to learn and grow, inaddition to home. Only time will tell what will happen. It is just so hard right now to make decisions. we feel as though wew don't know whats around the corner... will Drake get laid off? will they want us to relocate somewhere else?if I take the prerequisites for nursing school, will I get in? When will we try for another child? all these things are in our thoughts and we are ever the planners trying to figure out life. <br />Well that was a lot, but that is where we are at. On a lighter note, we got Olivia a little T-Ball set for outside and I have some pics of her trying it out. She is pretty funny with it because she likes to hold the bat from the end and push the ball off. Pretty cute!!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcNrT9cOfzNKCvU5lkBUpC3zGIRapXgGnh7DO1V8F4qg7Gj4aJb6LCIZrGay1NoGTeFtbC0SVOZQqeJLT7JGM6VKDapyg8_cqFEKdIsYjW9GxJuO5KjS20pv36c1JMZQp53-VsftayFQ/s1600-h/DSC04422.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzcNrT9cOfzNKCvU5lkBUpC3zGIRapXgGnh7DO1V8F4qg7Gj4aJb6LCIZrGay1NoGTeFtbC0SVOZQqeJLT7JGM6VKDapyg8_cqFEKdIsYjW9GxJuO5KjS20pv36c1JMZQp53-VsftayFQ/s320/DSC04422.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336876546097962978" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-6jYRF2sDZ6U3xuSCEwOmND9C0YeIpQ6f-RYk3kmGMA1GIZQbcmXNnWVECZ2O3r-38gDn13_-mFo29zdFEUDM7qG_z0A3xEZ5Ali7vIKAIdp8yjK5xBjy5eA0TsSQ90s_mMNsZlZn0M/s1600-h/DSC04413.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-6jYRF2sDZ6U3xuSCEwOmND9C0YeIpQ6f-RYk3kmGMA1GIZQbcmXNnWVECZ2O3r-38gDn13_-mFo29zdFEUDM7qG_z0A3xEZ5Ali7vIKAIdp8yjK5xBjy5eA0TsSQ90s_mMNsZlZn0M/s320/DSC04413.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336876544699886626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRJfkLH-UtyQ-dcmZKlXdfhD4950iEELZWl0dXzh5c5zBJpxsICslQNSPwIppmiLh5kKnPNbF7yEiubKeW-GhTNGRSgpQzKCUGdMIUJ4PEnMRnMDKQWPqCt7LC5yktiXdOVkXZELnLac/s1600-h/DSC04412.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMRJfkLH-UtyQ-dcmZKlXdfhD4950iEELZWl0dXzh5c5zBJpxsICslQNSPwIppmiLh5kKnPNbF7yEiubKeW-GhTNGRSgpQzKCUGdMIUJ4PEnMRnMDKQWPqCt7LC5yktiXdOVkXZELnLac/s320/DSC04412.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336876546174032594" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITB7i6Rn-tAzdRZgOq6Mz7I1zXVKctK0No8W6n2jlgXPOgWsVNZCcSRbOsLeN_UF0xwdrTa6Jggt1RgcKVqoV3uYWDwCkpq49SBfznv7v2aV2-qjpTlNNKCRDSgFOZcD4PsF2fGMEpDE/s1600-h/DSC04408.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITB7i6Rn-tAzdRZgOq6Mz7I1zXVKctK0No8W6n2jlgXPOgWsVNZCcSRbOsLeN_UF0xwdrTa6Jggt1RgcKVqoV3uYWDwCkpq49SBfznv7v2aV2-qjpTlNNKCRDSgFOZcD4PsF2fGMEpDE/s320/DSC04408.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336876544264484466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-OgkKvdD-on_gy0zKIAdT-yrTkdH0xk98zx7u7YSSL3ncgNKTMV3Mjj1j_Jm4UerHn1RmFQRmtDspX8dUdOtltiRJI71ZOGhDuDod_kAlubRmUxMeBm_o351pJTvpRDdECH8szDtukc/s1600-h/DSC04405.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-OgkKvdD-on_gy0zKIAdT-yrTkdH0xk98zx7u7YSSL3ncgNKTMV3Mjj1j_Jm4UerHn1RmFQRmtDspX8dUdOtltiRJI71ZOGhDuDod_kAlubRmUxMeBm_o351pJTvpRDdECH8szDtukc/s320/DSC04405.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336876543551613634" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-71964942831804881712009-04-26T13:48:00.001-07:002009-04-26T14:16:43.404-07:00Just catching up with LifeWell life certainly seems to ebb and flow. Itseems it was only a few weeks ago that I wrote about how slow and quiet life is.... then it got very crazy for a little while (hence-no blogging). First we had my Dad visit us at the end of March which was so awesome. It let me get a few things done, Drake and I get out alone and most of all brought some much needed company for me.It really boosted my mood to have you here Dad. Unfortunately I don't have very many pics of Olivia and my Dad together. WE had so much fun, I often just didn't think to pull out the camera. These are a few shots that I got though, as this was how Dad spent most of his time here: reading to Olivia!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4eaipbdKe6oyMMrsmRWOQOJ-X1z1quVlPMFhEAMpLVQ4IeVeBpJVPDHfoaPzKm1fvmRUzzmELZVficYp3AZDLOLiqGL3v_idiVxGBKVA8dseGo8yYSDa8I0bagUJvcjIq2TQYQGqj_Y/s1600-h/DSC04268.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz4eaipbdKe6oyMMrsmRWOQOJ-X1z1quVlPMFhEAMpLVQ4IeVeBpJVPDHfoaPzKm1fvmRUzzmELZVficYp3AZDLOLiqGL3v_idiVxGBKVA8dseGo8yYSDa8I0bagUJvcjIq2TQYQGqj_Y/s320/DSC04268.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329106506932998946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhJASqdK0SChb-bxY7gqPWEwlFBwriKDkH53T_u_oEBmaAm8cvwa6RIzrO_WH0_04mDAvHPK7726IExKHDZV7dWz9veWmpdtrmLYmzFOEe7MlvWRyTxadvORqAMlxe83nqF-JulpTzTc/s1600-h/DSC04267.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuhJASqdK0SChb-bxY7gqPWEwlFBwriKDkH53T_u_oEBmaAm8cvwa6RIzrO_WH0_04mDAvHPK7726IExKHDZV7dWz9veWmpdtrmLYmzFOEe7MlvWRyTxadvORqAMlxe83nqF-JulpTzTc/s320/DSC04267.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329106508222871778" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF10-7dQJ4HHQnfM58P7t6sj1Pue3LCFuoqxKuYR1-wgJ-9UsNnufQ_42VWfRlVetTgKqrmVOsJ_n5u-qad-ga-Ap8ZD6WEkyKymQVZp-uG9pqw-9SDLSkprvOXdm5_pGzuumx1BbxIU/s1600-h/DSC04262.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWF10-7dQJ4HHQnfM58P7t6sj1Pue3LCFuoqxKuYR1-wgJ-9UsNnufQ_42VWfRlVetTgKqrmVOsJ_n5u-qad-ga-Ap8ZD6WEkyKymQVZp-uG9pqw-9SDLSkprvOXdm5_pGzuumx1BbxIU/s320/DSC04262.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329106505084743266" /></a><br /><br />While my Dad was here I interviewed for a job with Namaste Hospice here in Denver. It was for a night time on call Social work position. Perfect for me to continue to stay at home with Liv but also to make some much needed income (its a tough economy right now-covering some of the mortgage in Asheville and paying high rent in Denver). Anyway- I GOT THE JOB!!! So exciting. Only it meant that I had to attend 2 weeks of orientation and training during the day. I got a taste of working full time and being a Mom in the last few weeks and it was HECTIC! I like working outside the home a little bit but with botyh of us working full time it lef just flew past us. I am so grateful we make the necessary sacrifices so one of us can always stay home most of the time with Olivia. We were fortunate to find some awesome ladies who do nannying to come to the house to watch Olivia in the mornings and Drake came home in the afternoons to watch Liv. We did have a big snow storm last week and Liv and I went out in the winter weather. She was not too sure of being outside with the snow falling so hard. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMM82_iDcWv4JmsJfE9TgJ3A96kzQKUnzoAQ2kUAyO_lthRTP5ncz2dtmqiT7Dgb4_JEa73c1ykWB_aXSpPj8NEuMMLJ2ubsAdfdWHA3dJOylYh33IBh-u0t3VYocphuDt0HJWZZevo8/s1600-h/DSC04390.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMM82_iDcWv4JmsJfE9TgJ3A96kzQKUnzoAQ2kUAyO_lthRTP5ncz2dtmqiT7Dgb4_JEa73c1ykWB_aXSpPj8NEuMMLJ2ubsAdfdWHA3dJOylYh33IBh-u0t3VYocphuDt0HJWZZevo8/s320/DSC04390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329109431288801074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQTlSTRkqHyshTPaJg9LV1pZ-i7OoKClSv4MdRdH-IHyagpHrFuPGF2OWpNlQicRmBXwWqDowkgGCcOF_0W2iG4ru97E7IeQL6sVSqK0y0XEbHuCg3RleIhXxRdY310vOqfXrz8JuCpY/s1600-h/DSC04388.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcQTlSTRkqHyshTPaJg9LV1pZ-i7OoKClSv4MdRdH-IHyagpHrFuPGF2OWpNlQicRmBXwWqDowkgGCcOF_0W2iG4ru97E7IeQL6sVSqK0y0XEbHuCg3RleIhXxRdY310vOqfXrz8JuCpY/s320/DSC04388.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329109425631642658" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEWuTSskYXqqjIGQ7Eg_2iw13zPQ8E2h5DdrQTyl3aM32MjemC7_0aOJbTM0S8Djjoim6nSTTA7sl2MirEehGrKnhOf3Y4otf8X03ipLxLpN590D9iuSjcM8BPKck-j0WdJpYKbFjt1s/s1600-h/DSC04387.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieEWuTSskYXqqjIGQ7Eg_2iw13zPQ8E2h5DdrQTyl3aM32MjemC7_0aOJbTM0S8Djjoim6nSTTA7sl2MirEehGrKnhOf3Y4otf8X03ipLxLpN590D9iuSjcM8BPKck-j0WdJpYKbFjt1s/s320/DSC04387.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329109426454028114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sia5M3iMa0tA1_Sy8dbvBzffIXG4lqJ83tLAIA11UjMgKGXkbiCYOJdKmy5LiDs4pSDQ5TdU7Ine_O2xQIlwVp8PORrVqFcH7vjPpw7NmPKkK-OUk5WgB050fHCV7Y19whtQwb2uyaY/s1600-h/DSC04385.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3sia5M3iMa0tA1_Sy8dbvBzffIXG4lqJ83tLAIA11UjMgKGXkbiCYOJdKmy5LiDs4pSDQ5TdU7Ine_O2xQIlwVp8PORrVqFcH7vjPpw7NmPKkK-OUk5WgB050fHCV7Y19whtQwb2uyaY/s320/DSC04385.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329109425279849010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRXFu3nqXbh9Eabvy6LTkcGvf0TPUjLeQUzp-aKh8rjfnZZmQAtIZ2pJj2GH3V8WnM5AIe-qjPzbuKjRfGofqdNUrA5M8FS-WecEFCA6fZyC39VArX_A45VyOwh4xZVkM6wgAHGCx88c/s1600-h/DSC04384.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRXFu3nqXbh9Eabvy6LTkcGvf0TPUjLeQUzp-aKh8rjfnZZmQAtIZ2pJj2GH3V8WnM5AIe-qjPzbuKjRfGofqdNUrA5M8FS-WecEFCA6fZyC39VArX_A45VyOwh4xZVkM6wgAHGCx88c/s320/DSC04384.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329109419036259682" /></a><br /><br />To top off the crazy time Olivia got pretty sick over Easter weekend and we ended up in the urgent care on easter sunday finding out she had pneumonia-poor little sweetie. Needless to say Easter was not so great. We did have an easter basket for her with some bath toys, a bubble maker and Grandma and Grandpa Hayes got her some easter gifts too. She also had an easter egg hunt in the house- each egg had a raisinette or an M&M in it. She had fun collecting the eggs in her basket and eating the candy. Most of the day was pretty crummy though. It ended with Drake and I trying to eat our roast dinner with some quiet- so we did what any bad parent would do- we put her in front of the TV with a few pieces of the chocolate bunny Grandma and Grandpa Hayes got her for easter. For 10 minutes we all enjoyed our easter...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRU-QCse7rA2xGNVOmptz4rs2uEyvQzZYa41G7MS-OF0mgZkj3BiGFGwDAj2f061ZBOscT5H8HUMedE9zwOV141N_jAAZ6luYLui9k8X3VpEsuB8INXc00A4XwSZk9wc8eD3SKsTzUpUw/s1600-h/DSC04378.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRU-QCse7rA2xGNVOmptz4rs2uEyvQzZYa41G7MS-OF0mgZkj3BiGFGwDAj2f061ZBOscT5H8HUMedE9zwOV141N_jAAZ6luYLui9k8X3VpEsuB8INXc00A4XwSZk9wc8eD3SKsTzUpUw/s320/DSC04378.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329111404652836626" /></a><br />Not feeling so good on easter morning<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aD3ZmloXT1KZn6SsYiyNUXDs6GpQFGwhHLecyZ_98yk576BeCXm794SlAj9OeyDDinGdUtLLH2Pa5bH_72z-_nyo-K3Wp1NBDxe7R0EgiIobN6BmXseiirga6kH8WrqW7kMxP-T6AEI/s1600-h/DSC04379.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aD3ZmloXT1KZn6SsYiyNUXDs6GpQFGwhHLecyZ_98yk576BeCXm794SlAj9OeyDDinGdUtLLH2Pa5bH_72z-_nyo-K3Wp1NBDxe7R0EgiIobN6BmXseiirga6kH8WrqW7kMxP-T6AEI/s320/DSC04379.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329111408202398642" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-57944191826186062882009-04-01T00:00:00.000-07:002009-04-01T00:00:02.043-07:00MmmmmmmOn Saturday night Drake and I got to go out for a night on the town while my Dad watched Livie. We made the most of it! We left at 5 and didn't come home until 1 in the morning. We went downtown to get some enjoyment out of living in a big city. With a child we don;t get to do that too much. Anyway, we spent a couple of hours wandering around in stores and along Denver's 16th street mall, which is an awesome place. We went to dinner at this amazing italian resaurant. We spent more than we should have but it was worth it. We seldom eat out (i think twice since we have lived here)but when we have dinner is quick and sometimes a little stressful with a toddler. So we took our time (2.5 hours to be exact). After we went to a movie downtown and then headed home. It was such a great time. The next day we brought out our leftovers for lunch and gave Olivia some of the leftover shrimp linguiine(minus the shrimp because we already ate those) in white whine and butter sauce with tomatoes. This was probably the most expensive meal she has ever had and she enjoyed it, spending most of her time going "mmmmmmm".She had a lot of fun eating it as you can see....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8BWoYkAHPhQGV8Ga8IQwpVMjdgolgGeZydOFSuPf93nCSOnHZLPwb3DhVx5FqbycvVUQvQlGUdJ4Uaj9ACm1OrvLYpAW6xUOvrUHLhPj2zg1AxXn62Egmg4J3DBkkS5IqYDgxEmS-FQ/s1600-h/DSC04326.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm8BWoYkAHPhQGV8Ga8IQwpVMjdgolgGeZydOFSuPf93nCSOnHZLPwb3DhVx5FqbycvVUQvQlGUdJ4Uaj9ACm1OrvLYpAW6xUOvrUHLhPj2zg1AxXn62Egmg4J3DBkkS5IqYDgxEmS-FQ/s320/DSC04326.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318711132764198114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hkSl8cYZ7dL1Sx8s1Wq8tnZh533pItZAdoIZbWmbFPVBJdHsMaFx-G_QfKnvdfSdbQ3k5xS2uHmGlEH5fyGE8er6OEfPHSbbRZQeAhuq5aduA88t8DRBMykHp26x-dhXoCgybMJ2bIo/s1600-h/DSC04325.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hkSl8cYZ7dL1Sx8s1Wq8tnZh533pItZAdoIZbWmbFPVBJdHsMaFx-G_QfKnvdfSdbQ3k5xS2uHmGlEH5fyGE8er6OEfPHSbbRZQeAhuq5aduA88t8DRBMykHp26x-dhXoCgybMJ2bIo/s320/DSC04325.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318711129651872898" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a9EA6WR-mfQOl6oGJY5GeV2CzQkkCSAXNUF1odc-RCVrkjCf0MX-XBJ5FOO_QHSTrYPt8_TJH7qVjjc3E12euf4hMFul7yJEd6jaIyLGL-_Y9ABy_LOCbaoE-DWZUq-w99fedgLT5No/s1600-h/DSC04317.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_a9EA6WR-mfQOl6oGJY5GeV2CzQkkCSAXNUF1odc-RCVrkjCf0MX-XBJ5FOO_QHSTrYPt8_TJH7qVjjc3E12euf4hMFul7yJEd6jaIyLGL-_Y9ABy_LOCbaoE-DWZUq-w99fedgLT5No/s320/DSC04317.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318711126969236706" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZODDEDxc8cVtCflYYpx4hKBJWN_nWqHkD5HZ0nxsvKyKv54vmgkFOaxl2VcsVuHlYWZGdAwje7drdrCdEGIA37U2y9Jasmqz7hutGTvSXVeX-yrI5VFDXzGgUaDumXF4yMKfQKrlFqE/s1600-h/DSC04314.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZODDEDxc8cVtCflYYpx4hKBJWN_nWqHkD5HZ0nxsvKyKv54vmgkFOaxl2VcsVuHlYWZGdAwje7drdrCdEGIA37U2y9Jasmqz7hutGTvSXVeX-yrI5VFDXzGgUaDumXF4yMKfQKrlFqE/s320/DSC04314.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318711125185212018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3X5VXLmNEbHQWF0FzIY9ICPXWqUUy-ec_C_Tq5Zp9B0AMZdg20a0qZtXToJeWzSLD0y0aIchCx_zKxVmsv0p1sL1xT8eV5cpxVDskjKWFEpkdusn6Bl20kF7y7ZTWjtrFYCMuAn266Nc/s1600-h/DSC04311.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3X5VXLmNEbHQWF0FzIY9ICPXWqUUy-ec_C_Tq5Zp9B0AMZdg20a0qZtXToJeWzSLD0y0aIchCx_zKxVmsv0p1sL1xT8eV5cpxVDskjKWFEpkdusn6Bl20kF7y7ZTWjtrFYCMuAn266Nc/s320/DSC04311.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318711118298913746" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-91417571584077618902009-03-30T16:00:00.000-07:002009-03-30T16:00:00.837-07:00fffisshhhhh!We have yet another "word." Actually we have several more "words" that Olivia is mastering. But the other day we went to the Denver Aquarium and Olivia started saying ffisshhh, when she saw tank after tank of fish! She was in Heaven. We thought she might enjoy it as she really liked the aquarium portion of the zoo. We were right! My Dad is visiting right now and so we thought it would be a fun day to visit. Unlike the zoo, Olivia was out of her stroller the entire time going from one tank to the next, ooohhhhing and aaahhhing at everything. They even had a little section where you could touch little starfish and some other creatures. Olivia was a little young for that as she was interested in splashing the water and she wasn't interested in merely petting the creatures, she wanted to pick them up, which is a little frowned upon. <br /><br />It didn't take as much time to get through as we thought it might but that ended up being a good thing because she was exhausted by the end. She fell asleep before we even got home and we only live about 5 minutes from the aquarium! It was a fun time. Olivia really makes life so much more full and beautiful. It is priceless to see her learning, growing and exploring. You see things in a completely different way and it is so rewarding as a parent to give her new experiences and opportunites. Life is so much more fun with Olivia in it. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwomJzqjldTM2Darb0T0oB_LcWPgKzIiCUfDCk6KV7CBb8x8IM0cHh-rA1trrbrIgkoBmdCMyQP1-9xmBuyjSL9ELoT22V0PDvnVOqjQPWVYAopPLirMikpXbxeO5Pm5c3cS5Y8oEfdw/s1600-h/DSC04293.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwomJzqjldTM2Darb0T0oB_LcWPgKzIiCUfDCk6KV7CBb8x8IM0cHh-rA1trrbrIgkoBmdCMyQP1-9xmBuyjSL9ELoT22V0PDvnVOqjQPWVYAopPLirMikpXbxeO5Pm5c3cS5Y8oEfdw/s320/DSC04293.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318703089667855570" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gu1ApBzaX58qwFgxTR7m87Wm6XtGBCdThNsUZbzu2LhYPYKlgv4wVjLBOymZoLHrvL7DNPlACFog71YH7Ttnjg9VpHlCFf12bzIVOFV63Q3p9V_aOrWK3y-_8anPHx2Y57hUdUjanHY/s1600-h/DSC04291.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1gu1ApBzaX58qwFgxTR7m87Wm6XtGBCdThNsUZbzu2LhYPYKlgv4wVjLBOymZoLHrvL7DNPlACFog71YH7Ttnjg9VpHlCFf12bzIVOFV63Q3p9V_aOrWK3y-_8anPHx2Y57hUdUjanHY/s320/DSC04291.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318703088390523282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAkkNQ4tcWedfMPxT9zyvGJC1eqpAky7sPosZAql-qmOq9CXWsqD7LJZ-zFyZgZ3eo8J1Jlu2Sh4KtHDOr1N0sPtos_w6JtF2YTzPtmilFW0n-G0JDCx9ujz2Ry1DQEbq8kD8hyphenhyphentPyGM/s1600-h/DSC04288.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAkkNQ4tcWedfMPxT9zyvGJC1eqpAky7sPosZAql-qmOq9CXWsqD7LJZ-zFyZgZ3eo8J1Jlu2Sh4KtHDOr1N0sPtos_w6JtF2YTzPtmilFW0n-G0JDCx9ujz2Ry1DQEbq8kD8hyphenhyphentPyGM/s320/DSC04288.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318703090064635266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGZcNHQj3Xr3YXfK_sQZghEIX0Gg-UI9vOtfptPxs9l4R63zf4-kBS_DWCjd5TqM0t_BMFfy4m2qDtRlTNkqRUuEyXoJv_bQnyT5In8xfuwgEu674fB7timmbrV-Q0igwP5ezeHh-pAk/s1600-h/DSC04287.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKGZcNHQj3Xr3YXfK_sQZghEIX0Gg-UI9vOtfptPxs9l4R63zf4-kBS_DWCjd5TqM0t_BMFfy4m2qDtRlTNkqRUuEyXoJv_bQnyT5In8xfuwgEu674fB7timmbrV-Q0igwP5ezeHh-pAk/s320/DSC04287.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318703080844576370" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoEzgXOOij0r6w3E-XdTC4cjpbBYGasL09jGRCVLhLhZ_BVe40XsBuqL1GS8ku5yl5s4jhVQ_QIqkIlO-PzJBp_JgTXDPrQfGkmn1qjKdARyoPyuSGnljpqHaYHCshd4dGCmALV0h5as/s1600-h/DSC04300.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoEzgXOOij0r6w3E-XdTC4cjpbBYGasL09jGRCVLhLhZ_BVe40XsBuqL1GS8ku5yl5s4jhVQ_QIqkIlO-PzJBp_JgTXDPrQfGkmn1qjKdARyoPyuSGnljpqHaYHCshd4dGCmALV0h5as/s320/DSC04300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318704502889026402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUSTcHCnMxCdlNrmAPfhAl0Cxmy7kZRGySAJTWARNFhakKWs40DZG3vE1TkCw2wbrrVzlkwhIbGWu8Et610WghBJp-iXn2vehmddteaQrlCtRzgu9opqowt3xq3l_CK6hc57HhZeOULk/s1600-h/DSC04298.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKUSTcHCnMxCdlNrmAPfhAl0Cxmy7kZRGySAJTWARNFhakKWs40DZG3vE1TkCw2wbrrVzlkwhIbGWu8Et610WghBJp-iXn2vehmddteaQrlCtRzgu9opqowt3xq3l_CK6hc57HhZeOULk/s320/DSC04298.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318704499024074114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor76W1yTvztMmeahOTZBNlJXtzvHaXO3UTFgdJmiiAxJ9oj6QFSQSQpOthco3dzEpPFmOLJL5O_I0eBPcFZXtpCL00ccMIv4RTpWRRcHng63QMP3UOgxGtSX5G_CR-7iU_bytZtEzoFE/s1600-h/DSC04296.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor76W1yTvztMmeahOTZBNlJXtzvHaXO3UTFgdJmiiAxJ9oj6QFSQSQpOthco3dzEpPFmOLJL5O_I0eBPcFZXtpCL00ccMIv4RTpWRRcHng63QMP3UOgxGtSX5G_CR-7iU_bytZtEzoFE/s320/DSC04296.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318704497824167570" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-26495614764111803942009-03-30T12:00:00.000-07:002009-03-30T12:00:00.369-07:00After the SnowThe interesting thing about the weather around here is that you can get several feet of snow but in days it is nearly gone. The sun is so bright and the weather warms so quickly that for days afterward you have mini streams running down the street, off the top of your house and through your yard. We got so much snow that by Sunday we had all sorts of fun puddles and water dripping off the house. On our way back from the park, Olivia stopped at every puddle and pile of snow. It was warm enough that we didn't even need coats but here she was picking up snow! It is a pretty neat way to enjoy the snow. When we got back to the house she was playing with this puddle below a gutter and there was water pouring in a stream from the house. She loved it. I put aside my anxiety about her getting dirty and wet. She splashed in puddles, stood under the stream (briefly) and generally got soaking wet and dirty. She was one happy girl. In the house we stripped her clothes gave her a bath, lunch and dry clothing and she was asleep before we layed her in her crib for her nap.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_30hyj8GLFLY4at-MrBjnGAo1o-_YzJNp4iujFC2UiV_RtlY_V1JfPhkS0LNEN4dyh4IXbrecRF-JPr2iKhPdJgTGgZj6PCCLWOmkK_0k8M-ZN7mFN6wT_3n1RJGMEUsZVWEUPqeQIc/s1600-h/DSC04307.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_30hyj8GLFLY4at-MrBjnGAo1o-_YzJNp4iujFC2UiV_RtlY_V1JfPhkS0LNEN4dyh4IXbrecRF-JPr2iKhPdJgTGgZj6PCCLWOmkK_0k8M-ZN7mFN6wT_3n1RJGMEUsZVWEUPqeQIc/s320/DSC04307.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318708191274028914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-fQmppVH9HvIUvgitAp4-aeaM1YjXjJM6HZmKWTJfTaVKKDecnQtCd08ZvUvLObDmDHxUoY1hIoetvOf6RqsvBGUG3ZhqvPpLN9y2T9X8v0pP5So6qrbkzOvXgp8_7_NFkwOs2kbHg4/s1600-h/DSC04306.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU-fQmppVH9HvIUvgitAp4-aeaM1YjXjJM6HZmKWTJfTaVKKDecnQtCd08ZvUvLObDmDHxUoY1hIoetvOf6RqsvBGUG3ZhqvPpLN9y2T9X8v0pP5So6qrbkzOvXgp8_7_NFkwOs2kbHg4/s320/DSC04306.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318708181812873634" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWryTDD84Va5N4rzeoV85nHbQ6jNyAYrsuo4U92MBJ6MGttRpdSZjQPm_pBuWBouJpN-apg2NcbeV2c8sN7CO-Lzs5wLBhAcHwiczfWrA9xhW2aUIi554NV-UkfGM365p_1IbRpuow4A/s1600-h/DSC04303.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUWryTDD84Va5N4rzeoV85nHbQ6jNyAYrsuo4U92MBJ6MGttRpdSZjQPm_pBuWBouJpN-apg2NcbeV2c8sN7CO-Lzs5wLBhAcHwiczfWrA9xhW2aUIi554NV-UkfGM365p_1IbRpuow4A/s320/DSC04303.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318708181015343826" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_hBgxNVxsdHhvp8CevHHAMkC9o3SzmSj9Yq-hjW5pCy5oZ29Wyq-yfnI7GUCO_vm7Q9ACsMqkra3zmA3W-oTm0pDvtylr2_bRH-ts3TOo5l17KTV8a14hcQAAVYCVLfRFjpsBnIzz34/s1600-h/DSC04302.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_hBgxNVxsdHhvp8CevHHAMkC9o3SzmSj9Yq-hjW5pCy5oZ29Wyq-yfnI7GUCO_vm7Q9ACsMqkra3zmA3W-oTm0pDvtylr2_bRH-ts3TOo5l17KTV8a14hcQAAVYCVLfRFjpsBnIzz34/s320/DSC04302.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318708177951988386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKoPnY3xlfPQN3rFliLm6DFXWxrJNcu3YUCBk8k1TFvk_VqzalqCZSCGqnvZHFEXBh4whfUjU3BLdoF6ifMVA2coS1uZ3yoOZBjJVfcLv9IXt-P35XyF8dOzlaUylaNL5ri8yvqrIYdU/s1600-h/DSC04301.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjKoPnY3xlfPQN3rFliLm6DFXWxrJNcu3YUCBk8k1TFvk_VqzalqCZSCGqnvZHFEXBh4whfUjU3BLdoF6ifMVA2coS1uZ3yoOZBjJVfcLv9IXt-P35XyF8dOzlaUylaNL5ri8yvqrIYdU/s320/DSC04301.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318708172913762882" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-36382433663752783172009-03-29T12:38:00.000-07:002009-03-29T12:55:41.435-07:00SNOW!!!!Well after being in Denver for almost 3 full months (can you believe it?)we haven't really had too much snow. In fact it is one of their least snowiest winters on record. The past two weeks it has been in the 60's and 70's with the beautiful Denver sun. While we have had some snow here and there, we haven't had any blizzards... until Thursday. It started in the morning and it wasn't even sticking to the road. You know how North Carolinians are.... the slightest mention of snow and everyone runs to the store and stocks up on Milk and bread. Well that must have come out in me because at 11:30 in the morning I had to make a run to the store. The snow was coming down but still the roads were just wet. 20 minutes later I leave and you can barely see in front of you it is falling so hard and the snow and ice is piling up on the road. I make it home and then an hour later Drake comes home on the train and it is an all out BLIZZARD. Drake went out to get the first bit shoveled and so we could let Olivia experience it. We put her in her warm stuff and in her boots that her Nana and Papa Fowler got her. She really liked it. She kept saying Ooooh and Wow and babbled non stop. She only lasted about 5-10 minutes, but that is pretty good for how cold it was. She did better than me- Most of the pictures were taken from the front door because I didn't want to venture out in the cold. I did end up going out briefly, mostly because she was so unbelievably cute with this first blizzard. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX0arBnLOCfDhuAEantICXzxo4Z9MmFrDbxEuXEB8DFBOOLQpqFinZTLQowDw9C4vUNy_9iZXOhgu4ehSZGizsQY4HNVsWLm2bIniePDNxqf6-WZ5untlMdZLumaXX7EZW_1wAamhVEE/s1600-h/DSC04284.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizX0arBnLOCfDhuAEantICXzxo4Z9MmFrDbxEuXEB8DFBOOLQpqFinZTLQowDw9C4vUNy_9iZXOhgu4ehSZGizsQY4HNVsWLm2bIniePDNxqf6-WZ5untlMdZLumaXX7EZW_1wAamhVEE/s320/DSC04284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318699681670668386" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrvJnBMaE8zQ3dUIZpcKI53oogbGT5SgRPJBQgpcuBKZLaizRhjibaDsycCSrslSPR3KsRWCcHuuD7_BccpYtiNr0DqgM9OG5Dmsi12rLeAWjw0moe-CJRZEl5bncXHr4RIOkZsN_QqQ/s1600-h/DSC04279.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrvJnBMaE8zQ3dUIZpcKI53oogbGT5SgRPJBQgpcuBKZLaizRhjibaDsycCSrslSPR3KsRWCcHuuD7_BccpYtiNr0DqgM9OG5Dmsi12rLeAWjw0moe-CJRZEl5bncXHr4RIOkZsN_QqQ/s320/DSC04279.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318699678016480722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ggGluZt8Yz6WB8YeD9sVLfp_dC6MrhiaEfd1Ub4nv7ALpVqrpJzKUkc-8QMoQO_hwjeXB9fGfgntdF2cOlx3jCo7VbEvShDRqmaeYRRAo2cRgVOS9B-wOgrsbfgZQC0yBzvF3vZm7p4/s1600-h/DSC04278.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ggGluZt8Yz6WB8YeD9sVLfp_dC6MrhiaEfd1Ub4nv7ALpVqrpJzKUkc-8QMoQO_hwjeXB9fGfgntdF2cOlx3jCo7VbEvShDRqmaeYRRAo2cRgVOS9B-wOgrsbfgZQC0yBzvF3vZm7p4/s320/DSC04278.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318699677988284274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0jaFbkbEAfY_qvxKT_cQtLAPreIVNmW-13HYitjdRrzweThz6tOolubU9wIM5FyvUOKsL8TyUbcX7AB57d4Z2rIdTUixGYBneSddPiHbh5p-ciLZzMgyXkSbQzBbiy6VOPWuUsrRkkM/s1600-h/DSC04275.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt0jaFbkbEAfY_qvxKT_cQtLAPreIVNmW-13HYitjdRrzweThz6tOolubU9wIM5FyvUOKsL8TyUbcX7AB57d4Z2rIdTUixGYBneSddPiHbh5p-ciLZzMgyXkSbQzBbiy6VOPWuUsrRkkM/s320/DSC04275.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318699666191764674" /></a><br /><br /><br />After we came in, Drake had some work to do from home, so he was on his phone and on the computer. Olivia climbed on her stool and used my phone to copy her Daddy. It was so cute. She kept babbling on the phone and imitating Drake. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2g3ZVKTnI_lRqHPpj5DPtEe5w3YKyjGA9TMpCQJeNiH2ox-hTZkc0sg35zEG13C4LPwtHKr34jfclIPBEyE-qSWPCECbqSX3kXrNCfQe1LtWydB1W_FMP1H6l5lHzFgqBk62WSKTdE98/s1600-h/DSC04273.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2g3ZVKTnI_lRqHPpj5DPtEe5w3YKyjGA9TMpCQJeNiH2ox-hTZkc0sg35zEG13C4LPwtHKr34jfclIPBEyE-qSWPCECbqSX3kXrNCfQe1LtWydB1W_FMP1H6l5lHzFgqBk62WSKTdE98/s320/DSC04273.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318700528921059810" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIlFVIJm5yIcajCj8Gv_cFoQFCasrKYichGdySaW6_cgeauMGwYQtEsEDBpMoZ-bm6VK2M67_yVQ94-FbMKTOUcRam4HBLxUkFeWBwNTMVv_Mz8vegYk-mPju3mTv_iJhWCSs_HSuE-I/s1600-h/DSC04272.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguIlFVIJm5yIcajCj8Gv_cFoQFCasrKYichGdySaW6_cgeauMGwYQtEsEDBpMoZ-bm6VK2M67_yVQ94-FbMKTOUcRam4HBLxUkFeWBwNTMVv_Mz8vegYk-mPju3mTv_iJhWCSs_HSuE-I/s320/DSC04272.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318700525053139586" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lZ0gS3oF389z9Ft84OWn3Ct4UTpXB7oyqYOyhXr6nzmZmLnc02jrq7DK_NiyRJP18KGH0Ogxix_r751_GgFnJ10vHGGdGnf61XTEG3jDcv82B7gWNjMIGhm5pXfDtKg0IpyX2F8i_hM/s1600-h/DSC04271.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2lZ0gS3oF389z9Ft84OWn3Ct4UTpXB7oyqYOyhXr6nzmZmLnc02jrq7DK_NiyRJP18KGH0Ogxix_r751_GgFnJ10vHGGdGnf61XTEG3jDcv82B7gWNjMIGhm5pXfDtKg0IpyX2F8i_hM/s320/DSC04271.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318700525306479330" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8x3r5IwPZahmCTMWQfG8vH890Kl52_GNLAmwKyIthyphenhyphen0E2Bqb2tPT9i00fYRSO1HtObyWyF3juYrLKv8LFkOMMHa3Ii3sqB0BQTwhB3iMGFG5cwSah6BOLzjOm1qCC8fg7Bh4UZJgLs8/s1600-h/DSC04270.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih8x3r5IwPZahmCTMWQfG8vH890Kl52_GNLAmwKyIthyphenhyphen0E2Bqb2tPT9i00fYRSO1HtObyWyF3juYrLKv8LFkOMMHa3Ii3sqB0BQTwhB3iMGFG5cwSah6BOLzjOm1qCC8fg7Bh4UZJgLs8/s320/DSC04270.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318700516962703826" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-59919590416541680462009-03-22T12:39:00.000-07:002009-03-22T13:01:12.707-07:00The Zoo!Yesterday we took Olivia to the Denver Zoo again. We went when we first moved here and we had been wanting to go again. We decided to go because it was a beautiful sunny, 75 degrees. I guess the rest of Denver decided to go to because it was crowded. We got annual passes so we can go anytime and so we could just do parts of it each time.It is such a huge place it is too much in one day for a 17 month old to handle. Olivia is really into animals right now. She can make the sound of a Lion, a Monkey and a Duck. She loves looking at any animal and really enjoys the nature shows on TV.<br /><br />Anyway, she enjoyed the zoo just as much as last time, if not more. One of the highlights was the gorilla exhibit. We found this little niche separate from the bigger viewing areas that had hardly anybody in it and it happened to be right where the gorillas were. We got there in time for their feeding time which was right in front of our viewing window. Olivia was right in front for the whole thing and she loved it! She was babbling like crazy, although we had no idea what she was saying. She was pointing and staring. It was quite a thrill for her. She also really liked the underwater polar bear viewing. She was pretty enthralled not only with the Polar Bears but also with just looking at the water. The sun was shining causing all this cool rippling light and she kept saying "ooohhhh" and "wow." Even where there were no polar bears swimming. She spent most of the time on Drakes shoulders or in her stroller and at the end we let her loose to walk a bit, which she loved and then became much more interested in trying to climb into other peoples wagons that they were towing their kids in. She then preceded to stop and stare at a family, like they were an animal exhibit, as they ate their lunch on a bench. I assured them that she had actually eaten lunch herself just a few minutes earlier :) As much as she loves animals, she is a people person and is always so interested in observing other people. All in all it was a fun day and I am already planning to take Olivia there during the week sometime. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-mhz8Q3ihUC1FVqOva5N3ieXguPup4bsE5jikuR7Nv3LfcTfWrZeHn5DXLlf01mqktrGoaXfBarjG807UijL8ScDFaa6nzM8y05clf3r361xUtupd87ambcS2WCljin9E6i8dHO-kC0/s1600-h/DSC04260.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-mhz8Q3ihUC1FVqOva5N3ieXguPup4bsE5jikuR7Nv3LfcTfWrZeHn5DXLlf01mqktrGoaXfBarjG807UijL8ScDFaa6nzM8y05clf3r361xUtupd87ambcS2WCljin9E6i8dHO-kC0/s320/DSC04260.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316104084968010418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceH3XZEQnoMhowgc56MdcDXNktfHJ8-jR55o9vx01oEF6sZ6tkxyCuUQLzGh2OjRC0kFcyUHmYwwP24V8We1n1Zd1pjHzF_Q9pFo4gcOfwHdQmCG_SlWQ8SMA5qnZxCX5tlyRXPczKm0/s1600-h/DSC04258.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceH3XZEQnoMhowgc56MdcDXNktfHJ8-jR55o9vx01oEF6sZ6tkxyCuUQLzGh2OjRC0kFcyUHmYwwP24V8We1n1Zd1pjHzF_Q9pFo4gcOfwHdQmCG_SlWQ8SMA5qnZxCX5tlyRXPczKm0/s320/DSC04258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316104075319668594" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisPZ_e1LfKhJv_o98DYkaBs1p6F3K6qB4v3XSSMB-R_IKY5V07_R5fAhgcPPMgdY1xuoSEahJRLU20LfCvIvQmZLFOm3xyghIzIZeMZ__QtLLP9qhBI3LD7KeAasJIg5Vc9Mo-QK7_6eE/s1600-h/DSC04247.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2mD9z_TCe4sg7qGIukD5OISZu6XAlM-w_iUo2M811uAI3TPdaWtLWQGM67aDh62nVeDjREbchvq9twpfqraxT6-On-7SGIWbhC0Ogt4gZkV5RkNO8cBM30eHc1AqCvWAHHUTQ15tRfvI/s320/DSC04222.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316104449443391842" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-18296157185485793672009-03-14T10:25:00.000-07:002009-03-14T10:52:30.956-07:00Life in DenverWell there hasn't been much to blog about lately because there really isn't a whole lot going on- which is actually a good and a bad thing. We are enjoying the slow pace of life. Denver still does not feel like home. It is hard to mentally accept the fact that this is home right now. Drake and I (I think Olivia too) have been mourning our losses. We are starting to pull out of it though. Trying to establish a life here but it will take a while. I am going to continue to stay home with Olivia, the job situation here is not so great. Not only with these economic times but also- in a big city my bachelors degree doesn't get me much in terms of job choices or pay. Oddly enough daycare is much more expensive here. I had hoped to find a part time job like I had in Asheville but that hasn't happened. Either way it is probably better for me to stay home a while longer as Drake has very stressful days at work. <br /><br />I do love being with Olivia all day every day. She is really starting to change. The first 2 months here, she was not herself. I was actually researching illnesses on the Internet because she wasn't laughing or smiling much, more ornery and sullen, and extremely difficult. Well after about 5 weeks I finally took her to a doctor. She had no fever but had some runny nose episodes. I was worried but there were no symptoms. Well the doctor looks in her ears and says she has a double ear infection. UNBELIEVABLE. No ear pulling/fever/sleep problems you usually have with ear infections. A few days on the antibiotic and she was a new girl. Since then she has been really changing. She is starting to become a real ham- she loves to make us laugh and she is really getting good at playing on her own too. Although not for too long because she loves an audience. She is really good at puzzles and she is back into her books in a big way. She had sot of gotten out of books for a while but now, she brings books to me all day long. If she had someone to read to her non stop all day she would be in heaven! She is trying to talk a lot. She talks constantly although we can't understand much of it.Her words consist of "ayla" for our dog Hayla, Daddy, Mommy, wow, uh-oh. She can also make a variety of animal sounds. She understands a lot more now too. We can say "eat" "milk" "water" "outside" "shoes" "puzzles" and she knows exactly what we mean. She is amazing and so much fun. She and I have our daily routine. We have a nice breakfast together, we go to the YMCA every morning, then come home have lunch and story/puzzle time. Then it is time for milk then nap. After that we usually go outside, either to the park or just for a walk. She has a scooter she likes to zoom around on. Then we come home and she watches Sesame Street while I get dinner ready. Then Drake comes home. She loves her daddy! Well that's about it. We miss everyone so much!<br /><br />What would a fowlplay post be without some pics of Olivia- I haven't taken much in the last month but I am getting better. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw82Q7jy7PttAJtDNylMUqTt5J1THQCa4KF4hbApvSAhzen_06_8j_zmKoxPROaGyHIBPpn0PXHvZ_D9EP3PT8hF_dN3QGzdVPy4gMXUpUkNwtdAVyeQVA7Gf5dJPPAC5R7zwjbU_tbqk/s1600-h/DSC04171.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw82Q7jy7PttAJtDNylMUqTt5J1THQCa4KF4hbApvSAhzen_06_8j_zmKoxPROaGyHIBPpn0PXHvZ_D9EP3PT8hF_dN3QGzdVPy4gMXUpUkNwtdAVyeQVA7Gf5dJPPAC5R7zwjbU_tbqk/s320/DSC04171.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313101351089593618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjELEhcL_VKo8TtvSlAlhWpaiozhYW3gmNa0eAXvF1zeMRHlq1-S3x7pgObqJKt3x8yBivQhzrc_TldSJTVkPTw5VlE0MW7TFmfIiYKNqZF9mzUzxxsNCj8EY8AQbGNZBhcy5dgaRbtTgM/s1600-h/DSC04169.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPImmpKm3ryXOR10BHski3qtXpo65ga14UoXqtLU-gTXa_3tlanFsduaEi34XTByvhknpZktQD7zcCDZVmyXP8sTOriCnIS6iP3eelx2fy7e6PAm8Mia4FGhN9qMocYhjs1UnD87X3SQw/s320/DSC04190.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313101686590265650" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-24295203391271076312009-02-15T20:43:00.000-08:002009-02-15T21:06:37.608-08:00Domestic Bliss!Olivia has taken quite an interest in domestic tasks lately. I guess when I worked so much she never saw much cleaning get done! Now that I am not working, I am able to really keep up the house. So Olivia likes to join in on whatever task I am doing. I say, its never too early to start!<br /><br /><br />She gets out the rolling pin for baking and she does laundry! (actually this part is a little frustrating becuase she pulls clean clothes out of drawers after I put them away, and she puts them on her head then throws them on the floor. I ususally have to wait for her nap to get it all put away again because she will continue to pull them out again.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeRIaFKrRYR4-L6vBo8BbkXBVSsY9wPrDnlGRKsXs8jfHH76Ng2phkkGLKnyvDw_u6O_gtG6vT8wjJNKr3P0-d7Rw0bOzhGFhW5vpf8XBA4D8Z9P2XrzD4dYbNT2Ci5ya-ZclqYa-I6U/s1600-h/DSC04118.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeRIaFKrRYR4-L6vBo8BbkXBVSsY9wPrDnlGRKsXs8jfHH76Ng2phkkGLKnyvDw_u6O_gtG6vT8wjJNKr3P0-d7Rw0bOzhGFhW5vpf8XBA4D8Z9P2XrzD4dYbNT2Ci5ya-ZclqYa-I6U/s320/DSC04118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303254638615598946" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFrFSFNXky9vB1lIEmXb44zAb19Uwm586py63D6HZVg3sgeqGgrXD9akehiJZJM8XzR7nI-ykIiYSOg1EhWZMORmhQ9zaXlqZx6XcGpjniMi4-l-n4gJX6RRDuoDnMLYMjOxaNHAd_3c/s1600-h/DSC04116.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieFrFSFNXky9vB1lIEmXb44zAb19Uwm586py63D6HZVg3sgeqGgrXD9akehiJZJM8XzR7nI-ykIiYSOg1EhWZMORmhQ9zaXlqZx6XcGpjniMi4-l-n4gJX6RRDuoDnMLYMjOxaNHAd_3c/s320/DSC04116.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303254634398051986" /></a><br /><br />She Vacuum's<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJTQ5EjcL-EwOB8SBVMsToAiRrhrvvR8h1_H38SmVCIs-_AfNXLw9oa831-4PKOOoBsKmqAvXF0d-2AfBtIsloIwJ31rGNUvd-_lqidzqTsopolxs9e8DWL12yf6q1NH8qHyn4Lz367M/s1600-h/DSC04053.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJTQ5EjcL-EwOB8SBVMsToAiRrhrvvR8h1_H38SmVCIs-_AfNXLw9oa831-4PKOOoBsKmqAvXF0d-2AfBtIsloIwJ31rGNUvd-_lqidzqTsopolxs9e8DWL12yf6q1NH8qHyn4Lz367M/s320/DSC04053.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303253920792088082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKtjCQnc8GFBigCDDF1PjZUzFOe5zOUNEQNs5vmjiBGTBjF_iEUCi0az-p8GuvP8u8ZVESDxVn4UvVo77sv245-RAW8-u_liphUDqg9yjUGb6dlZBtxOwdGTPYtdpgdOTelQry5SoCSo/s1600-h/DSC04052.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVKtjCQnc8GFBigCDDF1PjZUzFOe5zOUNEQNs5vmjiBGTBjF_iEUCi0az-p8GuvP8u8ZVESDxVn4UvVo77sv245-RAW8-u_liphUDqg9yjUGb6dlZBtxOwdGTPYtdpgdOTelQry5SoCSo/s320/DSC04052.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303253917764751474" /></a><br /><br />She sweeps and cleans floors!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGPjZwDF_l2rH0JtxWBQ3tp5VeYNthU90h0ZcEo2ZzaIXi1UoAxJChjgusiOX7-LBp_2jIvMeoyuVVM89fpcpcqZe-i9ZyXox9fwomrPmusUZM13gSrs-9Ybfp3qitgjWgva772b0VSM/s1600-h/DSC04113.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUGPjZwDF_l2rH0JtxWBQ3tp5VeYNthU90h0ZcEo2ZzaIXi1UoAxJChjgusiOX7-LBp_2jIvMeoyuVVM89fpcpcqZe-i9ZyXox9fwomrPmusUZM13gSrs-9Ybfp3qitgjWgva772b0VSM/s320/DSC04113.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303253635420322610" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeNN7YuKCq3I5qK4qH58aZXWBHbXuMRoGegshjFa99zHj_VTMpx9xUOy4y7s3aq479JRos5ncZTsyK3PF2CMafjMes9WM6Un5ElOGJ37XglIp2GDNkQcG0iZy-I8-3gzQcGX61Vky24A/s1600-h/DSC04093.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdPbx5ZZXo40IW8DsLZ84BZ2WDUqzK9N6VXcXwelY3bKhAC2KI7WqIU4lM5iRIxwyWy-Ec0xRs6EJcSjLoSmR7oH8Y3KxfPvAPNQkfRuHpAs-nfPiliQ0AZEzVfi01mr6wbwPXBM2iVc/s320/DSC04120.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303255682984596370" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-45891437465209787892009-02-09T22:52:00.000-08:002009-02-09T23:11:47.999-08:00Fort Fun!Well this past Sunday was a much needed "lazy day" for the Fowlers. Other than trying out another church (which usually just reminds us how much we miss our old one!) we didn't do a whole lot, and I have to say it was nice. Its funny, life here at times seems so empty and alone. I often say it feels like you are on a deserted island that is set in the middle of a city with 3 million people. We so desperately miss all of the fullness that our life in Asheville had. There was no part of our lives that was lacking, it was rich and complete. What comes with that fullness though is busyness, and hectic schedules/commitments. Although, I would never trade any of that, we are feeling an immense amount of peace, simpleness and quietness. Our lives are not filled with so much (not yet) but the gift of that is a different pace of life. We are trying to enjoy that about this time. With me staying home and not working part(full) time, I have the time to take care of all of the things around the house, so when Drake comes home all we have to do is enjoy each other and Olivia. Who knows how long we can afford to do that but for now it is lovely. And since we aren't living in our house, we don't have the run of home improvement projects. We can't remember a time when life was so simple and quiet. I have learned to be thankful each day for each moment for what it is. I don't know that I fully appreciated all we had in Asheville. I never want to make that mistake again. Each day is a gift and each moment in our lives has blessings and things we aren't so happy about. But I don't want to ever not fully appreciate what each moment has to bring....<br /><br />WELL, that was heavy, considering I was just planning a little post about the fort we made with Olivia on our lazy Sunday day. We used our dining chairs and our comforter and Olivia had a blast. She eventually dragged her stuffed animals up into it and loved playing "peek a boo" with us. Hayla even joined in the fun. Although I think we may have started something because today she wanted to pull the chairs out again- I may have a permanent fort in my living room for a while!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlCrVW0YQghFUN1pgWS2KssRjAPu12PVRcKWbuTaCCjpGYiIXHW60LmIzAJwjYGh8ls6n_vMIumY55Y3AlsQaPpHM54ulZAsFBGl3wZkffGu3qfzomaESQziaoWPOG5eVFyXq-RRZLa8/s1600-h/DSC04109.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlCrVW0YQghFUN1pgWS2KssRjAPu12PVRcKWbuTaCCjpGYiIXHW60LmIzAJwjYGh8ls6n_vMIumY55Y3AlsQaPpHM54ulZAsFBGl3wZkffGu3qfzomaESQziaoWPOG5eVFyXq-RRZLa8/s320/DSC04109.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301058419655009762" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwQkLkWyRQ_S4ceE5taClKEKlqtEKPeYUzGDJmo8cN7Sx9BPgV1yKw5SanV9QpTRtnTvClifm7KGNjIslw86k0z42HnYbn5g2M4_y0WMKtoRKfBnY5zg5Nz7azxqs0aoUKe979PG4FY4/s1600-h/DSC04101.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIwQkLkWyRQ_S4ceE5taClKEKlqtEKPeYUzGDJmo8cN7Sx9BPgV1yKw5SanV9QpTRtnTvClifm7KGNjIslw86k0z42HnYbn5g2M4_y0WMKtoRKfBnY5zg5Nz7azxqs0aoUKe979PG4FY4/s320/DSC04101.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301058417691178962" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAutuQo98wSmGVWK8pysx525PKwW_6VqB4TZ_qN_FVtmrOGkL0xP9bHJj6BWZGwOlCkDEDUet3XHiFj9xPWOXcvpFa6VEJM3_T_Fy6AdKO_c-fD0QsssPVd13wcTQ5eifVeRg_grQQdw0/s1600-h/DSC04099.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAutuQo98wSmGVWK8pysx525PKwW_6VqB4TZ_qN_FVtmrOGkL0xP9bHJj6BWZGwOlCkDEDUet3XHiFj9xPWOXcvpFa6VEJM3_T_Fy6AdKO_c-fD0QsssPVd13wcTQ5eifVeRg_grQQdw0/s320/DSC04099.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301058413681335506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YyVsJNjO-iRZjzw3p9pVpAdtyxFf8WtvpAGpJ_dFs_JzLyku2EKs3x-zRoOLsfp62TsrsRcpievC2MIXoH-elUaPN1k3aBjnNEDacR-3u6bj4m1GKcAU_fws__Mh6HWWFsltWXDSuzc/s1600-h/DSC04098.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YyVsJNjO-iRZjzw3p9pVpAdtyxFf8WtvpAGpJ_dFs_JzLyku2EKs3x-zRoOLsfp62TsrsRcpievC2MIXoH-elUaPN1k3aBjnNEDacR-3u6bj4m1GKcAU_fws__Mh6HWWFsltWXDSuzc/s320/DSC04098.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301058408471886482" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-89317536351453523482009-02-03T21:29:00.000-08:002009-02-03T22:23:59.745-08:00Hiiiiiii!The other day it was too cold to spend much time outside and Olivia and I had already been to the gym for the day so we were going a little stir crazy. Anyway, I was cleaning and I noticed she was trying to look out the window, so I grabbed our painting stool and pushed it up to the window for her. She loved looking outside and talking to people who walked by (even though they couldn't hear her!) Among the words she can say "Hi" is a common one along with her babble that usually doesn't make too much sense to us, although she seems to know exactly what she is saying. When we go anywhere she says hi to anybody that pays her any attention.<br /><br />I remembered that in our Asheville house she always loved standing on our couch and looking out the window and she hadn't been able to do that here in Denver. The stool now permanently sits below the window and Olivia often climbs up and looks around. I think she likes it even more now since we live in a busy city and there are lots of people walking by. She is so inquisitive!<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CxefQPjpCYU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CxefQPjpCYU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-23110344361376871142009-01-24T11:00:00.000-08:002009-01-24T11:00:01.256-08:00The Princess and PeasSo, last year in March sometime I did a little post about Olivia trying peas for the first time and how she did not like them. She would just stick her tongue out and stare at us. They were about the only baby food she didn't like. Here is a quick trip down memory lane:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCORIHsIJYG3hlp9yYCm9VpPjM_QHDS4p4kf4ECqx2gDaC-FC6G__EBoET-fZwZExgFkYGpAdAJcB02XrdbJQKV5enCeTZhzJVV1hU4Fo7S_Yq1Ts_kTyTabbKzc7KoHS5OD_OlSurl5o/s1600-h/DSC02041.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCORIHsIJYG3hlp9yYCm9VpPjM_QHDS4p4kf4ECqx2gDaC-FC6G__EBoET-fZwZExgFkYGpAdAJcB02XrdbJQKV5enCeTZhzJVV1hU4Fo7S_Yq1Ts_kTyTabbKzc7KoHS5OD_OlSurl5o/s400/DSC02041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294337142952375410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFR8TJQqy7PNKtaIrXlsXCZ1UVth-l78QLfQdANufmSlKV2Y8qvYOL6CXkXIlRRbiQk0nDceWJqsYkL-YndY9BodUiRLU_mOrFRy09cl9KsuY8YXcF7O9ipveOO_McBCsn4MBpdMB8Y68/s1600-h/DSC02040.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFR8TJQqy7PNKtaIrXlsXCZ1UVth-l78QLfQdANufmSlKV2Y8qvYOL6CXkXIlRRbiQk0nDceWJqsYkL-YndY9BodUiRLU_mOrFRy09cl9KsuY8YXcF7O9ipveOO_McBCsn4MBpdMB8Y68/s400/DSC02040.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294337138894487362" /></a><br /><br /><br />Flash forward to today: Olivia LOVES peas- Go figure that! They are her new favorite thing- and thank God too becuase I nearly pull my hair out finding foods that she likes. Lately we have been reduced to the following: Mac and cheese (I mix in lots of broccoli, so I don't feel too bad about it), Pita pizza with cheese, broccoli, ham and tomato, yogurt, cheese, bananas,the organic version of nutrigrain bars, scrambled eggs, corn, grilled cheese sandwich (again with broccoli) and cheerios with milk. That is it. There are almost no other foods she will eat (or even try). However, I can now add peas to the list. Anyway, it may not seem like a huge feat but any mother of a toddler knows that finding nutritious foods that your child will actually eat can sometimes be like mission:impossible. It is good to know that if you keep trying to get good food in them, you eventually break through. I just never would have figured this Princess would love Peas!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRraaMtP3zDMOELsMzpDJG6vzBDdzd2VbkJ9uszprRGxcsKTp6Ufsxw-t4cBHdkbqG6sRKcjpT1s59csJkO5U6hYv0D_HqNO7tfpGT9FnlkzPbiGjfqXdTF-Q6ktm4WXg5nGMeHF_t_UU/s1600-h/DSC04031.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRraaMtP3zDMOELsMzpDJG6vzBDdzd2VbkJ9uszprRGxcsKTp6Ufsxw-t4cBHdkbqG6sRKcjpT1s59csJkO5U6hYv0D_HqNO7tfpGT9FnlkzPbiGjfqXdTF-Q6ktm4WXg5nGMeHF_t_UU/s400/DSC04031.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294339301014424194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHtVJgv03zHHYN-_0VYg4aPXF_5tEK_-y9gr4-adwVboQXE0O5Zk21qmk0sLXZzdFnuNAcvGkxSwP_jp3GuCqpaUvXTr-c9IKMBa0lS0Ml4qY7vj5-FyON3vH2AYhWLkYwYu0PsTv3Wg/s1600-h/DSC04025.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHtVJgv03zHHYN-_0VYg4aPXF_5tEK_-y9gr4-adwVboQXE0O5Zk21qmk0sLXZzdFnuNAcvGkxSwP_jp3GuCqpaUvXTr-c9IKMBa0lS0Ml4qY7vj5-FyON3vH2AYhWLkYwYu0PsTv3Wg/s400/DSC04025.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294339298006012546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2IzEsyPQnfYWYBRdHybmcyoldxf8r7yboqYUQb-uG0bnkbvAdvpeVgFTdRXBm8amtfdcLBZ0VhR5yAe8vLGsPTy42fdKpGhNk7Gjg1ELOuZQzaNU9RKfoNVA9j2nZtXfLgjE-OE4bis/s1600-h/DSC04024.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2IzEsyPQnfYWYBRdHybmcyoldxf8r7yboqYUQb-uG0bnkbvAdvpeVgFTdRXBm8amtfdcLBZ0VhR5yAe8vLGsPTy42fdKpGhNk7Gjg1ELOuZQzaNU9RKfoNVA9j2nZtXfLgjE-OE4bis/s400/DSC04024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294339298076665666" /></a><br /><br /><br />(If you are wondering what the huge purple spot on her forehead is; it is another goose egg from falling- she is so adventurous she falls nearly every other day she always seems to land on her forehead. As a result she perpetually has some sort of purple goose egg on her forehead.)Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-21089890364077277202009-01-22T19:54:00.000-08:002009-01-22T20:02:54.678-08:00A Mom can never rest... even in the showerThis morning before my morning shower, I got Olivia set up as usual- Close the door to the kitchen, back porch and our bedroom. Next turn on Sesame Street and then get in the shower leaving the door to the bathroom open, as Olivia likes to wander in and out of the bathroom during my shower- peeking into the shower and giggling (thanks Livie) and playing with her bath toys on the floor. So I am in the shower, Olivia has peeked in and out and presumably went back to the living room to watch Sesame Street, right? WRONG. This is why you can't turn your back on a toddler for even a second!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbzJC9BHKY5hY2QAsr-CHyMAIupH7mpZ9tZ-bVVB9h_6pmlEszq6D_PPGB9nDtliQNTbBVWOCWP-4zbUsmwpX6Dpz70CYbbC8Q85xE0WeKmS5y4ltZjxjlQESZgKYU4WLl0YksGtDVBs/s1600-h/DSC04038.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbzJC9BHKY5hY2QAsr-CHyMAIupH7mpZ9tZ-bVVB9h_6pmlEszq6D_PPGB9nDtliQNTbBVWOCWP-4zbUsmwpX6Dpz70CYbbC8Q85xE0WeKmS5y4ltZjxjlQESZgKYU4WLl0YksGtDVBs/s400/DSC04038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294334161238428402" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-575789027271286861.post-13563947854280226162009-01-15T13:59:00.000-08:002009-01-15T14:46:09.566-08:00Where Do I Begin?It is hard to know where to start to sum up the last month. It has been one of the craziest times of our lives. First we shared a wonderful, bittersweet Christmas with Kevin, Angela, the kids and my parents. We had no tree or decorations at our house due to the packing. But we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at kev and Angs and it was wonderful. It was sad knowing we were leaving but we made the most of it. We saved most of the packing for after Christmas. I couldn't bring myself to start taking down picture and curtains. But with the help of our family we were able to pack up the house by the 30th of December (yes we didn't really get started until the 26th!) Our friends and family loaded our truck on the 30th and Drake and my Dad( and our dog Hayla) started driving on the 31st. I had a long tearful goodbye to Asheville and our closest friends in the world: Kevin and Angela and Tatum and Kaelin. I honestly thought my heart would break. On the 1st of January my Mom and Olivia and I flew to Denver. That night my Dad and Drake(and Hayla) and arrived with the truck. The next few days were a flurry of unpacking and getting our rental house cleaned and set up.<br /><br />My parents stayed until the 12th. They were such a blessing to us and I have no earthly idea how we would have made it without them.Drake had to be back to work on the 5th and I think I would have been lost without them here for those daytime hours. Not only did they help with the unpacking and with Olivia, but they forced me to get the house completely set up and to get out around Denver and start learning my new city. If left to my own devices, I may still be sitting in a sea of boxes. <br /><br />Since then we have been settling in fairly well. We even managed a trip to the Denver Zoo last weekend with my parents. I have to say this is a pretty great city and the weather is a lot better than I expected. I still miss Asheville and our friends, family, church and house so much it hurts. However, I have a sense of peace, deep in my heart that we are where we are supposed to be. It doesn't all make sense to me but I do have peace. I have to reach beyond my sadness to the deep part of my heart that knows this is the right thing for us, for right now.<br /><br />Since things were so hectic I never posted any Christmas pictures. So I figure Better late than never. I also included some of Olivia during our trip to the Denver Zoo. I tried to get some of Olivia and the animals but that didn't happen. Olivia did love the zoo and I think her favorite area was the fish and the ostrich.<br /><br />Olivia opening her first Christmas present on Christmas morning.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitDU-3JELm4kAvbNTiRmgUJejrWqHzcpB7oAzHuAriPxZWWzvSqIHKjnvzrid5vUGH4UFJ3x3xm86QFX5hrqTwVnTaZtFHrGCQqOsHwYKu7cL-Om9m-uBjFk42Z4N0v4mdwmu-PNJRv0/s1600-h/DSC03900.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitDU-3JELm4kAvbNTiRmgUJejrWqHzcpB7oAzHuAriPxZWWzvSqIHKjnvzrid5vUGH4UFJ3x3xm86QFX5hrqTwVnTaZtFHrGCQqOsHwYKu7cL-Om9m-uBjFk42Z4N0v4mdwmu-PNJRv0/s320/DSC03900.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291650962365199890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28z-U2Y-xFah7e3j2MYWJEJrQpQM36CFPIcJB_UcCB0ZLX1YVFRaYW6eQkFBTEZDaRyeAsHrBj5R_8QKPSFFvUzjmGfSSNozl-cLfa12xyET3l-_K3IkH82xqL93RcoQTdELt0p2Od3E/s1600-h/DSC03897.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj28z-U2Y-xFah7e3j2MYWJEJrQpQM36CFPIcJB_UcCB0ZLX1YVFRaYW6eQkFBTEZDaRyeAsHrBj5R_8QKPSFFvUzjmGfSSNozl-cLfa12xyET3l-_K3IkH82xqL93RcoQTdELt0p2Od3E/s320/DSC03897.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291650960461526418" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKRhsSboPINhEMFtMzxJT0IfWEb0FGGcz5ZUKI1JxnfUdazd7RQD1Jxq1IoXjgBX1MtydR2KMLTEPW1nNxBxsauQLl0kZmjUZwPU38TsQ2-1ymIUmRq1IzzZ4hLGbf7sOEOsjpQiyIb8/s1600-h/DSC03893.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKRhsSboPINhEMFtMzxJT0IfWEb0FGGcz5ZUKI1JxnfUdazd7RQD1Jxq1IoXjgBX1MtydR2KMLTEPW1nNxBxsauQLl0kZmjUZwPU38TsQ2-1ymIUmRq1IzzZ4hLGbf7sOEOsjpQiyIb8/s320/DSC03893.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291650959479371906" /></a><br /><br />Kev and Ang decorating cookies on Christmas Eve, which I think is now a tradition in our family because we seem to have done that the past few years.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ieALdbMEHg8MJoVCvuWWdTVwcfQUNyDqzRXOX6aSqgjaUEy7j706q7kLCzKRw4AT_T6XcI6ubsgQSQxysVL5-ALZuyM26yeHPTqcrkkp55Q-YiXUq6WZvah36y1ZsUAzOUQTwdh6n2M/s1600-h/DSC03880.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ieALdbMEHg8MJoVCvuWWdTVwcfQUNyDqzRXOX6aSqgjaUEy7j706q7kLCzKRw4AT_T6XcI6ubsgQSQxysVL5-ALZuyM26yeHPTqcrkkp55Q-YiXUq6WZvah36y1ZsUAzOUQTwdh6n2M/s320/DSC03880.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291650955939792066" /></a><br /><br />Our futile attempt to get a delightful picture of the kids in their Christmas Eve pj's, the one gift they get to open on Christmas Eve.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnczpBdiO1IkoioEfwKT3xGlV7tkI20D9AzWGDe0N5BwMeH4PZQhaO4AJ_nZlJAKchjguVn0_7-o6r-Lhv86hJjuoybWyUzImATX7wFjoYaZK7FDwFmaujJDLcifQZpsMfkj-b3gZL6s/s1600-h/DSC03871.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnczpBdiO1IkoioEfwKT3xGlV7tkI20D9AzWGDe0N5BwMeH4PZQhaO4AJ_nZlJAKchjguVn0_7-o6r-Lhv86hJjuoybWyUzImATX7wFjoYaZK7FDwFmaujJDLcifQZpsMfkj-b3gZL6s/s320/DSC03871.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291650951131846930" /></a><br /><br />Olivia is checking out the fish<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcGkvq4KpyMrcdYl-Ix8Umub3-8qCafBU2yCn2tjRfBQVG6lVf3wSaT1NmM6HkrFKDs9eFlziWrqyYgA5NC4jGD3YmF3GodCl7nLIptopzaHK2zvgCHao2gGWJnA6tcSesYyVfhlEMPo/s1600-h/DSC03978.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcGkvq4KpyMrcdYl-Ix8Umub3-8qCafBU2yCn2tjRfBQVG6lVf3wSaT1NmM6HkrFKDs9eFlziWrqyYgA5NC4jGD3YmF3GodCl7nLIptopzaHK2zvgCHao2gGWJnA6tcSesYyVfhlEMPo/s320/DSC03978.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291652168670005746" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0y9tCNzaHlqhV09wW6h2Jk9AU8lHkAPmkZxOa7QTYNxKd1F9DlO2ClggfnJ35FffEy-QCM5o0OFPlUFqwmNvWgLRVt9bKJjTa79uBNW8iKNB5oPK6G966xmTsJ7ovn69Hp-310Pzl1hk/s1600-h/DSC03973.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0y9tCNzaHlqhV09wW6h2Jk9AU8lHkAPmkZxOa7QTYNxKd1F9DlO2ClggfnJ35FffEy-QCM5o0OFPlUFqwmNvWgLRVt9bKJjTa79uBNW8iKNB5oPK6G966xmTsJ7ovn69Hp-310Pzl1hk/s320/DSC03973.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291652166772163234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh7waKFnCM8IWXskzKYauc2QZMULe4rJr_RF8t4Wql6PJTXEcYDhyhcAiKnhAqEdHISSAC8mQi1lXeclgSS1_0P9R69r1RZIQjbYQCTND82VAM7Lv2Kclved_ZKX1TFPRXNO4R0pKRas/s1600-h/DSC03972.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnh7waKFnCM8IWXskzKYauc2QZMULe4rJr_RF8t4Wql6PJTXEcYDhyhcAiKnhAqEdHISSAC8mQi1lXeclgSS1_0P9R69r1RZIQjbYQCTND82VAM7Lv2Kclved_ZKX1TFPRXNO4R0pKRas/s320/DSC03972.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291652159126547282" /></a><br />Captivated by a Polar Bear<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-HTlqOAefeIyjBM-_x5mgzBXrNA_BBQGMwCPtLGlVWTydMrd-FfDylI34tA7aYZ4RZ2MdE5y3D4Faoo5jrJ4QqrruS4d0hnYrqjZmZkkI5k2Qs4TDxCMFZ7LYDbe4YZo9-A3scEC0pk/s1600-h/DSC03968.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-HTlqOAefeIyjBM-_x5mgzBXrNA_BBQGMwCPtLGlVWTydMrd-FfDylI34tA7aYZ4RZ2MdE5y3D4Faoo5jrJ4QqrruS4d0hnYrqjZmZkkI5k2Qs4TDxCMFZ7LYDbe4YZo9-A3scEC0pk/s320/DSC03968.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291652155821006754" /></a><br />Olivia spent most of the day on Daddy's shoulders- She LOVED it<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHcorVlbTw5hJ1BXGHdUVl7Avb3X6MOshFlCfmr34waa8WFQIRQIYiJtdO49r9UaYS4EbqtnT3eNMejmtYIpG2XAo_SGsCbJnp71N95A4LNSBoOOn5Fn78L-fIV6NaFimTzQzsKSsnS0/s1600-h/DSC03963.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFHcorVlbTw5hJ1BXGHdUVl7Avb3X6MOshFlCfmr34waa8WFQIRQIYiJtdO49r9UaYS4EbqtnT3eNMejmtYIpG2XAo_SGsCbJnp71N95A4LNSBoOOn5Fn78L-fIV6NaFimTzQzsKSsnS0/s320/DSC03963.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291652152156651634" /></a>Drake, Rachel and Oliviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11829905964329895173noreply@blogger.com1