Thursday, January 29, 2009

This is Mike blogging:

I got a gift card for my birthday a while back from my mom. (Thank you Mom!)

I got several books with it and I finished by "birthday shopping".

These are the books I got -








Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Baby Updates

I am now 15 weeks pregnant and feeling great! Everyone has asked me if I've been sick, but luckily I made it though the first trimester with just a bit of nausea. I was EXTREMELY tired for the first 3 months. Poor Mike was bored out of his mind when I fell asleep at 8 o'clock every night (he claims it was more like 7 o'clock). But now I'm getting my energy back and I feel great.

This will be the first grandchild on both sides of the family so both of our parents can't wait! My mom was an ultrasound tech for many years and now sells ultrasound machines for Toshiba. She was going crazy not knowing the baby's gender soshe arranged to take me to one of the accounts where she sold a machine and scan me on Feb 12th! (My normal ultrasound won't be until 20 weeks). We're can't wait to know if it's a boy or a girl.

What do you think it is? Make sure to vote on the gadget to the right before Feb 12th.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Ode to Kiara

The furry namesake for our blog had not gotten any attention on it for a long time despite being the cutest dog ever. Once the baby comes she probably never will so I thought I'd post some cute pictures now and tell you about Kiara's quirks.


* If we let her, Kiara would sleep under the covers with us at night. She loves to cuddle.











* Kiara is a super dog - from pulling sleds up hills to climbing trees, she does it all.












* She LOVES water!!!!















* Her nickname is 'Yaya' because my good friend Becca's youngest brother could not say her name and would always call her Yaya. When we came to visit he would say, "Where Yaya?" and get really upset if she wasn't with us.







* When Kiara drinks her water she always makes a huge mess partly because she just sticks her whole face in (see above).











* She loves sticks even when they're twice her size.













* If I tell Kiara "Go to Daddy" she will run to Mike and vice versa if he says "Go to Mommy."











* Mike started dressing Kiara in bandanas when she was a puppy and now you almost never see her without one on. She loves wearing "clothes."










* Kiara has this look that will melt your heart!

Saturday, January 3, 2009

California Christmas


Mike and I went to California for C
hristmas to visit his family and we had a blast! The weather was not quite as warm as we hoped, but it was still a nice change from the Colorado snow. Here are a few fun pictures of us at the beach and Knott's Berry Farm.