The BIG 25

Happy Birthday to Kreg!!! You have a whole quarter of a century under the belt!! CC and I miss and love you so much see you in a week! Thank you for moving us and all ofcourse everything else you do for us!

Here is to another 3/4 of a century

Love you
Anna

Potty Training

I know I should be posting about CA and all the fun things we have been doing or maybe even the awesome trip to Navoo that I have yet to tell about but, Im just not in the mood to load pics and all that so here is a short update of the last few weeks!

We have been having fun lounging in the sun teaching swim lessons, Kreg is mostly teaching but I do help out and teach a few each day. Cecily is being spoiled with LOTS of attention from grandma and grandpa and has the attitude to prove it! She is doing so well though and learning so many new things including how to GO POTTY!!! Yes its true the girl isnt even two yet but is being a pro at potty training! After doing lots of research I found a system that is working well for us and since she is sooo ready and has been for a few months the training really isnt bad and even better I dont have to bribe her with treats which you all know makes me happy! SHe even stays dry during naps and bed time so the next step will be to keep it going while we are in Utah next week and then when we go home to a new apartment. Did I mention we are moving? Because we are! I found a much cheaper and larger place for us that will saves us LOTS of money over the next two years of law school We have been taking fun weekend trips to the lake or the beach so I will have pics to show when I get in the full blogging mood! 

Together Again!

Grandpa Spoiled CC with lots of fun toys including a pool that is just her size!
CC made a new friend


After 8 LONG weeks we are back with our Kreg and couldn't be happier about it!!  CC is loving having her Daddy back even if he does play with other kids in the pool (teaching swim lessons) all day!

A new NIECE

Reagan Janin Jackman
Born @ 7:48 am on June 27th 2009
7 lbs 1 oz.
20.5 in long

Congrats to Sarah and Aaron


I Cant wait to get my hands on that HAIR!

oh How we LOVE summer

We have been super busy this summer with

~A trip with My parents to Navoo and various other Church History sites which of course will get its on post in the near future.

~ Lots and Lots of Swimming at the pool, lakes, and splash pad

~Tons of time with friends and time at the park

~ Enjoying our summer shows like So you think you can dance and the Bachelorette

~ Shopping: with the most recent trip I scored this (in perfect condition) for a measly $20!!! Once again it was at the Salvation Army target (which friends and I are now referring to as the fake Target)

~Packing for our move (we found a cheaper yet larger apartment) and packing for our trip to CA for family time and teaching swim lessons. After that we will be heading to UT to see my sister's new baby girl Coming to this world Tomorrow A.M. via C-section!! I cant wait to have a Niece!

~ and last but not least being Anxious to see our Kreg in a WEEK!!!!


I promise lots of pics next post on Navoo trip.

Funny story

My mom sent this to me via email, I thought it was so funny and just had to share!


HOW TO BE A GRACIOUS LADY
Jennifer's wedding day was fast approaching. Nothing could dampen her excitement -- not even her parent's nasty divorce.

Her mother had found the PERFECT dress to wear and would be the best-dressed mother- of-the-bride ever!

A week later, Jennifer was horrified to learn thather father's new Young wife had bought the exact same dress!

Jennifer asked her to exchange it, but she refused. 'Absolutely not, I look like a million bucks in this dress, and I'm Wearing it,' she replied.

Jennifer told her mother who graciously said, 'Never mind sweetheart. I'll get another dress. After all, it's your special day

A few days later, they went shopping and did find another gorgeous dress. When they stopped for lunch, Jennifer asked her mother, 'Aren't you going to return the other dress? You really don't have another occasion where you could wear it.

Her mother just smiled and replied, 'Of course I do, dear. I'm wearing it to the rehearsal dinner the night before the wedding.

Video from the lake

A day at the LAKE

Yesterday we spent the day at the lake, First CC and I took a run around the lake then our friends came and joined us for a walk around the lake. Then we put our suits on and swam in the lake! It was so nice to be in the sun and to really enjoy some good summer weather! Have we told you how much we LOVE summer!! CC refused to stop playing and eat her lunch and then when we left to go home she was asleep in less that five min! Needless to say she didnt have lunch until she woke up around 4:00 pm. We then went to park for an hour or so had dinner then finished the day off with a great bath and coloring while using the rug as a blakie? Ok CC whatever you say!

We Love

It is one way we are able to be with family without physically being with them! It has helped me so much from getting lonely without all the people I love! CC and I love just having the camera on while Kreg is gone so even though he is far it feels like he is right in the kitchen with us. Its funny to hear the conversations he has with people at the school too. Its nice that he does alot of his work on the computer so its easy for him to just have it on as well. Its so fun to have chats with our parents as well, thanks to modern technology My daughter can know her grandparents despite the distance between them!

pictures

CC loves being NAKED or rather just topless.
More swimming with Friends
Thanks Alli for Taking these pics of CC

CC and friends at the memorial day BBQ home made "Drive IN"

Is it time?

To potty train? this girl has shown interest in potty training since she was about 16 months but Im to nervous/LAZY? to do it! She tells me when she needs to go some times and when I put her on the potty she usually will. Her new favorite is to NEED to go right after she gets in the tub. I have to wash her right away because she will ask to go potty and then sit there forever. I think she likes being naked and having the towel on but she does usually go potty!

Remember the Bunnies...

I mentioned to my Mom that we had yet to see any baby bunnies, well we definitely found some! about 15, living right outside our front door in our planter box~ CC and I went out to go to the park and the momma bunny was there feeding her babies. She got startled by us and took off the babies all sat there quivering and nervous not knowing what to do. CC and I went back in the house and watched through the window. they lined up two by two then one by one they went back into their hole it was SO COOL to watch. I felt like it was national geographic on my front door!

They are really tiny just about 3 inches long. I love there ears! so cute!

Water time

We've had some really warm days and have taken advantage of them! CC loves playing on the deck with water. Its so easy to just fill up some different bowls and send her out there she will play until all the water is spilled and then I can just fill it back up! we have a splash pad/spray park up the street from our house(you will be seeing lots of pics from this place throughout the summer). Its fun and FREE! We went on memorial day and even though the water was freezing and the weather wasn't that warm Cecily had a BLAST!! This girl loves water of any kind! She does come from a family of swimmers so Im not surprised. We also went to a BBQ at a friends on memorial day it was really great especially for me, so nice to have company so Im not talking to an almost 2 yr old all the time! Last week we went to Como Zoo with friends, its a small zoo but really great it has rides and its FREE so its perfect for us. Plus CC didnt get bored. It was just the right size.
SHe looks so big sitting next her friends Abby and Landon!

Projects

Good morning CC! How are your eggs?

Cecily Loves the warm weather she can get naked and go outside to paint, play in the water, and get DIRTY!


I have been in major craft mode lately, I guess its due to having so much extra alone time. I really dont want this blog to turn into a craft blog but this is what we have been doing.....(note most if not all of these projects came from thrift store supplies)

My friend just had a baby and I told her I wanted to make something for her, she requested a Tag blanket, It was the first one I have ever made, Super easy but I think I will shorten the ribbons next time!

This Lamp shade came with a thrift store lamp I got last year I finally got around to redoing it. I dont love it but it will do for now until I find a new idea!
I made a crayon roll for CC and one for her cousin Colten for his b-day (his not pictured)
I am slowly putting things together for CC's big girl room for when she gets out of the crib, well I got a couple of these placemats from Target and thought they would be great as pillows so...
I found 3 of these beauties for .49 each I knew with a little paint and some distressing they would look fab! I made another one "ballet Slipper pink" still not sure what to do with the 3rd either to match the pink or ivory or maybe its own color!
Even CC gets in on the creativity! She was sick sunday so we stayed home from church, it was such a nice day so we sat on the deck, I was writing in her baby book and she wanted to "lolor" (color) too, so I told her to get shoes and I think her sandals look great with her Christmas P.J.'s!

Here is my made over bed! I am really happy with how the duvet turned out, I made the duvet out of two sheets and just stuck my comforter inside! The sheet shown was the one for pottery barn, its a really wrinkly fabric so I made these kissing pleats to give it a little something more and to help disguise the wrinkles. (its hard to tell in the pic but if you click the picture to make it larger you will see better)I was inspired by this:Its a fun change for spring and summer. I will show the other side when I get tired of this one.But for now the bed is girly and I love it! I still have to do a different bedskirt and figure out the pillow situation.
I bought a vintage looking pillow case and turned it into a pillow for CC's big girl room:
An apron for a friend who had a B-day:
And to livin' up the sewing machine cover I made:
These little friends live in our yard, CC loves the "Munny's" as she calls them! We live in the Metro just 10 min fom downtown but with these wild bunnys everywhere it makes me feel like we live in the forest! Its really fun!

Thrift store finds

CC and I have been scouring the thrift stores in the twin cities for any sweet deals we can find! and boy have I found some! I am working on re-decorating a few rooms in our house and I'm only getting things from thrift stores, I want to see how inexpensively I can do it. Most of the items take some cleaning and painting but somethings I have found brand new! I told you about the S.A. from target well it has things from other stores as well. I have found NEW sheets from Pottery Barn for $6, This New in the package for $7 This new in package for $1 I mostly bought it for a pattern to make some more, brand new sheets and curtains for $4-$6 from target, two duvet covers from Target for $6 (one pictured below).I was telling my sister today that I love minnesota for its shopping especially the thrifts stores! Its crazy but there are a lot of wealthy people here that take good care of their stuff then donate it so I can buy it! anyway stay tuned for some furniture re-dos and fun home decor that I've been making!