The Pool-Side Polywogs

Where did the first year go?

2011-08-22T20:38:00.000-07:00

Can you believe that this little cutie has turned one? It has all happened so fast. She is a mover and a shaker for sure! I have loved every stage more then the last, currently she mimicks everything we do and say. Her words are not clear but the inflection is the same. She loves to dance and steal toys from her brother and every so often she will even snuggle. She will not however let Mommy out of sight which is ok because Mommy does not like having Tuzie out of her sight either.

Where to start?

2011-08-22T20:17:00.001-07:00

So it has been a while since our last post.... like a long 8 months while. There is no excuse for it and then it gets you thinking where do you even begin? Beans and K-Man playing tug a war seemed appropriate. K-Man loves pretending to be different animals and creatures at any given moment but he does favor being a dog a little more then others. I think its because he has unlimited time to observe the worlds worst dog. His favorite dog behaviors are playing fetch, tug od war and growling if you to close to his dish while he is eating. Another dog feature that has reared its ugly happened head during potty training.... marking territory. Thankfully this had a quick fix!

In our long abcence we have been busy. We finally got the kids room painted and put together Cookie has turned into quite the handy man! He has painted and put in all the wood details on the walls.

Tuzies room is kind of my favorite. Wainscoting, yellow and Butterflies! Pretty much everything I love. I do think I could have done less butterflies but it is what it is and Tuzie loves looking at them.

What is cute about K-Man

2011-01-22T22:54:00.000-08:00

5 Months Old!!!

2011-01-22T22:47:00.000-08:00

And we are SMILES!

One of these things is not like the other...

2011-01-22T22:44:00.000-08:00

A Fix for all of you Tuzie Fiends

2011-01-12T19:32:00.000-08:00

I was talking to Glama tonight whe she reminded me that once a upon a time I had a blog that I updated fairly regularly and that she needed photographic proof that her name sake was meeting her potential as the worlds most darling girl. So to you my 2-3 readers I submit a beauty shot of Tuzie. I will post more this weekend I promise, There is a ton from December and January to choose from and their are EVEN some of K-Man. Stay tunned...

Tuzie Stats

2010-12-08T11:47:00.000-08:00

Today I loaded up the babies and headed to the doctor four the big 4 month check for our girl Tuzie. She does all of the fabulous tricks like rolling from tummy to back, tracking me as a move around the room, coo, jabber, giggle, smile and reach and grasp toys. She is just the best baby ever. Her official weight is 16.2 lbs (80%) and 24 in. (50%).

Tuzie is 4 months old!

2010-12-03T13:06:00.000-08:00

Tuzie Cat Tuesday

2010-11-23T03:01:00.000-08:00

Our little yummy baby girl is just growing up super fast. Tuzie loves to watch the Beans and K-Man run laps around the house and play. in fact she actually keeps a very close eye on K-Man because he has recently caught on to how easily she startles. K-Man's new favorite game is to sneak up as quietly as a lion stalking it prey on poor unsuspecting Tuzie and let out a ferocious growl with a pounce. I nearly have to peal her off the ceiling every time. Where he learned this I do not know, maybe it is a natural big brother instinct to that is meant to keep baby sisters on their toes.

Tuzie Tuesday Harvest edition

2010-11-15T20:24:00.000-08:00

For K-Man first Halloween he wore this same costume and I could not help but have two sweet little pumpkin's

How to train you Toddler...

2010-11-10T06:32:00.000-08:00

To be fair I have no idea. It is kind of a blind leading the blind kind of situation around here. K-Man seems to be ready for some potty training, but what do I know? I could be wrong but when a kid says I pooped and brings you a diaper It's time right? We will see how this goes. Day 1. Introduction to Potty, Wish me Luck!

Tu Tu Tuzie Tuesday!

2010-11-09T21:15:00.000-08:00

Growing like a Weed

2010-11-08T06:36:00.000-08:00

Well our Little Tuzie is growing fast. At three months she has several amazing tricks like sleeping through the night! She also giggles and coo's but perhaps her finest trick is that the rolls from tummy to back and according to Cookie from back to tummy though I have never witnessed this amazing feat. It is so fun to watch her grow we are gratefuyl for her every single day!

Flamingoflauge

2010-11-08T06:06:00.000-08:00

Tuzie Tuesday!

2010-10-19T20:29:00.000-07:00

Well it has been a busy couple of weeks for us Polywogs but that does not mean we did not have our camera's ready. K-Man enjoying some couch time with Tuzie, its funny because she is growing so fast. Every morning when she wakes up she looks bigger but when I see her next to K-Man it puts everything into perspective.
A quick family photo opt at the pumpkin patch, there will be another post on this so stay tuned..

And finally our feature

Miss Tuzie!

Cutest pumpkin in the patch!

Blessed

2010-10-10T19:29:00.000-07:00

Today we blessed our Baby Girl Tuzie We could not be any luckier to have her in our family. She brings such a joyful light and presence to our family. We have been blessed in so many ways the moment she came into our lives. For this special day we had so much to be thankful for. Cookie gave a beautiful blessing and we were so fortunate to have good men to stand in the circle with him on this important day. My Dad Bampa flew in from SLC to be here with us, Uncle Ryan, Jeff (Cookies Best friend), Brian (Cookies work best friend) and the bishop lent their Priesthood to help perform the ordinance. We missed our brothers who are spread out all over the US and our Grandpa BK in Afghanistan but we know they were there in spirit. Tuzie's beautiful Blessing gown was designed and made by my talented sister in law Becky, I teared up when I first saw her in it. Such a darling little girl in such a beautiful dress sown by a wonderful Auntie. It was a beautiful gift.
Our gorgeous red heads graciously posing for a photo, Grandma Jo Momma and Tuzie

The Radiant Grandma Tuzie and Little Tuzie
Seriously every photo of these two has that heavenly light. All of my film of Grandma Tuzie is like this!

A close up of our girl

Daddy's Girl

2010-10-05T13:29:00.001-07:00

It was love at first sight

(BTW this phot was taken BEFORE I got to hold her, I'm just say'n)

I know I have said this before but dagnabbit I was really hoping that my daughter would look like me, not the cute girl version of Cookie.

She even got Cookies amazingly fast growing and super thick facial hair

Well there seems to be a new top dog around here and I will let you know that it is not me. It seems that carrying a baby in your tummy and nursing them does not necessarily make you their favorite. But you cannot blame our sweet Tuzie for this Cookie is pretty sweet. These two are inseparable. They have long chats about politics and watch college football together, they also bond over a tall bottle of breast milk in the wee hours of the morning while mommy is asleep. Almost as soon as we found out that Tuzie was a girl Cookie was wrapped around her little finger. Throughout my pregnancy he would come home from work with little pink outfits and accessories. Cookie has always been somewhat of a baby whisperer and can seem to calm and soothe her when nothing else will work. He is also fearless when it comes to baby care things like changing diapers, giving baths and trimming finger nails (which I dread). I am so grateful for my beautiful girl but feel even luckier that I have such a wonderful husband and that Tuzie has such a great Dad.

Tuzie Tuesday Delux Edition

2010-10-05T13:12:00.000-07:00

2 months old!

Currently weighing in at 12lbs and 10 oz and 22 1/2 in long

(Officially making her heavier then the Beans)

Well for a weekly feature I have failed. It is not for a lack of great pictures (because this little cutie can strike a pose) but more so an exhausted Mommy. Being a Mother of two is suprizingly much more hectic then that of a Mother of one. I think it is the lack of sleep. Two major things that effect sleep around here is K-Man has now decided he does not need naps when infact he most certainly still does and the other major thing is Tuzie now sleeps through the night about 7-8 hours. The bummer with this is almost the exact same night K-Man started to wake up for 2 to 3 hours during the middle of the night. I think these two little rascals are conspiring against me. Any who back to why you have logged on without further delay I give you Tuzie Tuesday!

Tuzie Tuesday!

2010-09-14T07:55:00.000-07:00

This week at our pad has been a very uneventful one. Cookie, Jo Momma and I ALL had the stomach flue so between running to the bathroom, lysoling everything our poor babies were left to fend for themselves. OK not really but there was a A LOT of movie watching and K-Man finally likes to hold his sister. Now whenever I pull Tuzie up into my lap K-Man says "My turn hold Harper" He seems most interested in holding her when she is screaming so either he wants to comfort her or he really likes loud squirmy creatures, both could very much be true.

Tuzie Tuesday!

2010-09-07T06:02:00.001-07:00

First day at Church

Our Little Tuzie is now 5 weeks old and time is flying by much to quickly. In fairness to Glama and other family and friends who do not get a chance to snuggle up to our sweet girl we have started our first feature on Poolside called "Tuzie Tuesday". The intent is to post the current happenings and best pictures of the week. Hope you enjoy!

Snuggling with Mommy and Big Bro, to be fair this is about as close as K-Man gets to Tuzie. He is interested in her but since she does not share his enthusiasm for trains and Toy Story he generally keeps his distance. He does pop in throughout the day to give her a kiss on the forehead and occasionally he will rat out her naughty deeds to me.

And last but not least Tuzie at her first afternoon at the pool! It was a proud day at the Polywog pad. She did not actually touch the water but she definitely was the cutest in her swim suit.

before and after

2010-09-02T12:33:00.000-07:00

goldie locks
Marine cut

Auntie Jo Jo!

2010-09-02T06:11:00.000-07:00

Snuggling up with our favorite Auntie Jo Jo

Feeding the ducks from a "safe perch"K-Man and his BFF

We were so lucky to have our Auntie Jo jo in town for two weeks and we had her almost practically to ourselves! She recently returned home from her LDS mission to Cordoba Argentina and had some gap time before she headed up to school. K- Man was in love with Auntie Jo Jo, in fact she maybe the coolest thing since toy story and if you know K-Man you know what a big deal that is. Every morning he would run out of his room calling her name and then the two of them would play and giggle way the rest of the morning. We love you AJ Jo and cannot wait till Christmas when we see you again!

The Tale of Two Tuzies

2010-09-01T14:51:00.000-07:00

How angelic are these two? they are radiating light!

remembering the Alamo
Glama meeting her name sake

I am a toad I have been meaning to post this for four week now and I am just barely getting around to it. One of the perks to living out of state is when you have a baby you get Glama all to yourself for a week. This is a rariety for any Phrogbottom when you consider how many there are of us, especially when you are a twin. It was amazing to have here, every morning she would shove me in the shower and help do the laundry. We feasted on yummy no fuss dinners like grilled cheese and ice cream and ate way more hamburgers in a week then I will ever own up to. At night we would curl up on the couch and watch a movie. The best part was however was watching Glama with little Tuzie they just melted into one another. K-man is also a huge fan he loved racing around the house with her and feeding the ducks. We love Glama and cannot wait to see you again whe you come out for Tuzies blessing day.

Happy 2nd Birthday to the coolest Pollywog we know!

2010-08-13T20:34:00.000-07:00

Proving that the sun never sets on cool

First Hair cut

First Bike Ride

K-Man's big 2nd birthday cake

Ya so I know its late, but to be fair we Polywogs have been very busy. This being said we are going to stand by what my dear Grandmothe Smith used to say about birthdays..." If your card gets there 6 months before your birthday its on time, if it there 6 months after it, its early for your next birthday". She was a wise women who was a wealth of knowledge and deserves her own post but for now we will celebrate the birth of our first Wog, K-Man. 2 years ago on July 30 this sweet little soul came into our life and has kept us laughing ever since. He runs, jumps, climbs and loves to chase and tease our dog Beans. He is a master of the English language and repeats everything you say, especially the stuff your really did not mean for him to hear.

Some of his best tricks are sining "Old Mc. Donald", "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and any song off of Yo Gabba Gabba.

He can name all the basic colors and shapes

He understands time out a little too well

He can name major body parts and tell what hurts
He still loves to give hugs and kisses and tells us when he is happy
He is still a champion eater and will eat anything you put infront of him.

We love our little Tiger and are so grateful to be his parents, Happy Birthday K-Man!

Little Tuzie!

2010-08-09T18:05:00.000-07:00

Introducing our newest Pollywog We are happy to announce the birth of our beautiful little girl Harper Susan Miller! She was born August 2, 2010~

at 4:44am

7lbs 10oz

19 in.

Names are kind of a big deal in our family. We decided to name her after one of my favorite author's Harper Lee who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. Her middle name is after my all time favorite woman my mom Susan.

For a blog name we are going to keep it true to her name sake and we dub her Little Tuzie after Grandma Tuzie

"Have you seen this doggy".

2010-07-19T15:39:00.000-07:00

K-man is growing like a very smart little weed and is comprehending at an amazing rate. Last night I was watching 2012 and K kept coming in and out of our room and occasionally stopping to watch parts of the movie. Daddy, being brain dead from speaking in Church and teaching Nersey's Sunday school lesson for her; didn't realize that letting a two year old watch a movie like this was not the best idea.

But there is a part in the movie where a little doggy is gently tossed over a wall into the arms of the girl in the picture, well K was so uncertain about the fate of the little doggy that most of last night, despite repeated viewings of the ending of the movie, showing that the doggy was in fact okay, K, was still concerned. He kept asking "What happened", "doggy okay", "doggy oh-no" and we would try to console him telling him that the dog was okay and happy. Well his concern has carried over into today he is still worried. So if you see this dog, please make sure that it is okay so K-man can get some sleep tonight..

To Cute!

2010-05-31T10:48:00.000-07:00

Hoogle Zoo

2010-05-29T03:44:00.000-07:00

What good is a trip to Utah without a stop to Hoogle Zoo? Well if you are as big of an animal enthusiast as K-Man it is unimaginable. Our original Zoo date had backed out on us last minute but fortunately my good friend Elizabeth and her adorable 9 month old son Thomas were up for the adventure. Which was awesome, our only regret is that we are not able to catch up with them more often. They are always up to last minute fun!

This was by far the most exciting trip we have yet had. Which also explains the lack of pictures there was no way he would hold still for a minute. K-Man was so excited he could not be contained in a stroller and spent the entire trip running from animal to animal using his finely tuned animal calls. His favorites by the way were the free roaming birds and the gorgeous leopard above, both of which he tried his best to chase. It was so funny to watch the giant cat pace back and forth next to the class and have little K-Man next to him growling and pawing at him through the glass.

Good times with Auntie Itsy

2010-05-22T14:30:00.000-07:00

One of the best parts of visiting family is not only catching up with loved ones but watching how your kids interact with with their Aunties and Uncles. Auntie Itsy officially became a member of our family about one month after K-Man was born and boy does he think she's great! It helps that she is always ready to transform into Bumble Bee or color pictures by candle light. She is super fun it is a shame we live so far away!

Look What We Found!

2010-05-17T11:21:00.000-07:00

A birds nest complete with a little blue egg!
and a butterfly!
Both of these remarkable creatures were hiding out in my hanging baskets on the same day while I was watering and grooming them. Both K-Man were ex tactic and called the other Phrogbottom women who share our enthusiasm for all things nature. However when we called Glama and asked her to guess what we found she out guessed us. She was hoping we had found alligator or snake eggs. Yikes, we will take a pretty blue egg and butterfly anytime. But what other answer would you expect from a women who freezes interesting bugs in her garage freezer.

What's not to love?

2010-05-15T14:12:00.000-07:00

Can you believe this beautiful boy belongs to me? I love him more every second of every day. There are times he is a turkey or grumpy but he is always my little man. Every day his little brain grows and sucks up the world around him like a computer. I love seeing how different the world is in his eyes. Every day is a new adventure. K-Man is now putting together simple puzzles, learning shapes and repeating every thing we say. He has even learned how time out works, which we have had to start implementing since we returned from our recent trip to Utah. Even at his worst K-Man is the best. My mother always said that she never understood how much her mother loved her until she had a baby and it is so true. I hated to see K-Man leaving his infant hood but I love watching him turn into a little boy.
With the recent child abuse case in Utah I have been made hyper sensitive to how much I love my son and how grateful I am for him. I have been reminded that Cookie and I are not only responsibility but a sacred obligation to love, guide and protect him, we are so lucky to have him

and K-Man makes us better people.

Mother's I love: Part Two

2010-05-09T05:35:00.000-07:00

I think this picture says it all. My Mom Glama is pretty much the best.She is a champion chocolate chip cookie maker and has legions of fans, namely her children and cute grand babies. She is always up for fun and adventure.

As a child I always loved the time she spent with us reading stories and playing games, even though there were 7 children she made us all feel like we were her favorite. Although I am sure that I am in deed her favorite because she calls me "pussy cat" and trained me to rub her feet at a very early age.

Glama is also very funny, she has a very abstract way of looking at things and when you ask her a direct question she always gives you a indirect and random answer for example: me "Mom have you seen where my shoes are?" Mom:"It drives your Dad crazy having all those shoes kicking around by the door".

She is also a party animal, every Sunday or any other notable occasions like ground hogs day she gathers her family and makes a huge yummy meal. She is also smart and trained her children to be a well oiled machine when in the kitchen. You have never seen anything until you have seen the Davis sisters at work in Glama's kitchen after a huge family meal. I have also heard on good authority that she is also a master at throwing tea parties (the fun kind with fancy hats and boas, not the crazy ones on capital hill).

I also consider Glama to be my best Utah friend. I talk to her several times a week with questions about how to cook, advice on parenting or just to laugh. She has a mermaid soul that I discovered when we picked up my twin brother from NC. She fearlessly ran into the ocean despite the fact that she is not a swimmer. For any of you are lucky enough to experience the ocean with Glama you are in for treat, she jumps and bobs as the ocean surrounds her. So much fun! I love and miss you Mom!

Mothers I love Part One

2010-05-08T14:10:00.000-07:00

We are so fortunate in our Polywog family to have two wonderful Mom's that we turn to for love, guidance and emotional support. Today I write about my AMAZING Mother in Law Jo Mama and tomorrow I will post on Glama.

I met Jo Mama 6 years ago this June when I was just "casually" dating Cookie. Immediately she made me feel apart of her loud and crazy family. You might say it was love at first sight. Every Sunday that I went over to Cookies house she was covered in a swarm of Grand babies who adore her (which is still true today). She throws a mean Christmas that was full of tradition and celebration in fact pretty much every get together or party she hosts is full of tradition.

Jo mama also has one of the biggest hearts I have ever met. When we moved to Texas she took me under her wing. She worried and fussed over me, constantly checking and making sure I was adjusting to our new home state. We often linger together after dinner chatting about our day or in deep conversation about a good book. When we got the news that Grandpa BK was being called to serve for our country abroad we were sorry to see him leave but were thrilled to have Jo Mama move in with us. No one can believe that living with their Mother in Law is prime situation but in our life it has been a huge blessing. I refer to Jo Mama as my Texas best friend, she helps with house work, recommends excellent books and when she comes home from work K-Man and the Beans race to the door to greet her and she plays with them until I finish up dinner. When it is time for bed K-Man loves to snuggle up with her in the rocking chair drinking milk while she sweetly sings him lullaby's. Live in Grandmas are the best, Cookie and I are able to sneak off to a late night movie when K-Man is asleep and know that he is in excellent care. One of the most rewarding things about living with Jo Mama has been to see how much she loves our son and in return how much he adores her. We love you Jo Mama and we are so grateful to call you Mom!

Tickled Pink

2010-05-07T18:40:00.000-07:00

We are very excited to announce that our newest Polywog is a GIRL!!! She still did her best to maintain her modesty and would keep her legs tightly stretched out and together and took a whole lot of trickery on behalf our OB to get the money shot. This is our second attempt to find out who this little baby was so if this is any indicator for personality we are in for ride, she is a stubborn little turkey!

The things that can happen when the family is in Utah.

2010-04-30T20:27:00.000-07:00

Well hi everyone. Since nersey and k-man decided to ditch me this last week for cooler climates up in Utah I decided to do a little remodeling. First I started out by building this fabulous flower box.

Then I quickly got to work putting in the makings of "K-Man Cove", more to come later! The picture above is the after and the picture below is k-man standing in the back yard for the before picture.

Ah, who am I kidding all I really had time for was growing this, as they say in Boston, "wicked" beard as I sat pining and crying for nersey and k-man to come home. The house and yard are just about finished and we will post more pictures very soon! I am very glad to have nersey and k-man back home, and so is buckley!

Getting ready for our big vacation!

2010-04-20T06:08:00.000-07:00

To say that K-Man and I are excited for our visit to the Behive State would be an understatement! When I told K that he would be sharing a seat with me he decided he would figure out a more spacious way to travel! Just kidding the kid just loves to play in boxes.

but we are excited to see al of our fun cousins, especial Cayden who get baptized this weekend. We are ready, Utah here we come!!!

Happy Happy Birthday Cookie Dear!

2010-04-12T19:33:00.000-07:00

Now if you mind was blown by me celebrating my 27th Birthday just wait till you hear that Cookie is now 28. Just 2 more years till he is 30 and he has been prepping himself for his final 2 years of his twenties. So to commemorate this monumental occasion I give you 28 reasons why I love Cookie!

28. he is a fashionista, he has way more clothes and shoes then me.

27. Cookie is the premiere cookie baker in the house

26. he is a maniac in the yard, in fact he is so obsessed with our yard and his projects I have started calling him Hank Hill.

25. He is super funny

24. Cookie is the baby whisperer, when I was pregnant with K-Man we used to joke that he would need to be the one to take maternity leave because newborns freak me out!

23. He is a handsome devil

22. Cookie is the only person K-Man will let brush his teeth

21. He works super hard at work and loves what he does at the University of Phoenix

20. He can quote almost anything he he has every seen or heard

19. Cookie loves me 100% faults and all

18. He irons all of our laundry

17. He knows when I am not into cooking dinner and picks up the duty when necessary

16. He is a wonderful Daddy

15. Cookie is a great student and he has only missed one night of class since we moved to Texas

14. He is a fabulous teacher and public speaker

13. He tells K-Man and I that he loves us no less then 10 times a day

12. He does great impersonations

11. He gives the best hugs

10. Cookie is silly

9. He is a fabulous dancer

8. He also has a beautiful singing voice

7. He has the biggest heart of anyone I have ever known

6. He is always willing to change diapers and get up with our kids in the middle of the night

5. Cookie keeps a very tidy car and cleans mine when it starts to get messy

4. It was his idea to watch both Twilight and New Moon without any prompting from me.

3. He gives the most thoughtful gifts

2. Cookie is super creative

1. Whats not to love?

Babysitter Training

2010-04-08T05:51:00.000-07:00

(in the above photo I had just climbed out of the pool, but both K and Kenna were cute so I being the adult took the hit)

The Pool Side Pollywogs recently have come into a little pickle when it comes to scheduling on Saturday. I teach swim lessons and Cookie has the occasional Saturday morning where he needs to work to meet with a student. What a pollywog to do with her littlest pollywog toad? That's when it hit me

probably the BEST idea I have ever come me up with. My super cute niece Kenna just turned 9 and is such a mature young lady now and we have always teased her that she will be our stand by nanny when she comes of age. Her qualification include being the oldest and ring leader of 5 siblings, a master puppeteer and she is also a member in good standing of the K-Man fan club. So since Kenna is now entering her preteen years we decided to pounce BEFORE anyone else snatched her up. You may be wondering how does one train a babysitter, well it is easy when you have a very flexible Grandma Jo living with you to help when ever your babysitter trainee has any questions. Either Grandma Jo or Cookie (if he is not at work but is out working out in the yard being manly) while Kenna is inside playing with K-Man. She is still a little young to be alone and comfortable babysitting by herself but she did a wonderful job and only asked for Grandma Jo's help once! We have high hopes for our future nanny! Thank you for your help Kenna!

The Big 27

2010-04-04T20:09:00.000-07:00

Can you BELIEVE that I am 27? I can't. For some reason my brain stopped maturing at 22 and I am currently stuck in the year 2005. Last year to commemorate my turning 26 I came up with 26 interesting Nersey facts this year I thought it might be a good idea to list my accomplishments (before the number gets to much higher and I will really need to tush in gear). So without further delay I bring you the 27 BIGGEST accomplishments of my short life!
1. I am funnier then all of my sisters, I have heard this from several sources ladies and I think deep down you know this is true... oh and I am Moms favorite.
2. I have made Thanksgiving in two foreign countries, Russia and Texas
3. I was the First Girl in Utah's Girls State to be impeached (probably because I am a Democrat)
4. I can name all of the counties in Utah
5. I have NEVER voted Republican
6. I married the love of life
7. I graduated from Seminary (with the help of A LOT of make up packets)
8. My high school swim coach used to affectionately call me Rudy because I tried so hard but would never make it to State
9. I have seen Lennon on display
10. I graduated from the University of Utah in Health Promotion and Education
11. I gave birth to the sweetest and funniest person I have ever met
12. I can recreate Cafe Rio pork Salad complete with tomatillo dressing
13. I can swim for over an hour without stopping
14. I am the only person in my home that knows where every single object is at any given moment
15. My dog is devoted to me
16. I can not only count to ten in Spanish I can also order an assortment of juices, thank you Sesame Street
17. I can go up to 6 months and sometimes longer without a speeding ticket
18. I have a higher credit score then my husband
19. The longest I have ever ran without stopping was 13 miles
20. I made through child birth without swearing or blaming my husband (OK so that is probably more of an accomplishment for the guy who gave me my epidural)
21. I have read the book of Mormon....twice
22. I have grown my own vegetables for 2 Summers and plan on doing so again this year
23. I keep a tidy house despite my toddler tornado
24. I can navigate around my new city without the help of my GPS
25. I can spell words in a variety of interesting ways
26. I read about 12 or more books a year
27. I have a wonderful family
Also I want to extend a very happy Birthday to my favorite brother and twin, Happy Birthday B!

In our Eastery Best!

2010-04-02T06:04:00.000-07:00

We hope you have a wonderful and safe Easter Weekend!

Grandpa BK Visit!

2010-03-31T11:08:00.000-07:00

(sorry this picture is out of order and I don't know how to fix it, but since it was a great picture I could not resist)
In all honesty Grandpa BK usually has a very well maintained goatee but was so grateful to back in the great state of Texas he thought he should celebrate with one of the lone star states finest and oldest traditions. A handle bar mustache, unfortunately Grandjo did not seem to agree.

There is nothing the Pollywogs love more then visitors. Especially Grandpa visitors.
Normally Grandpa BK could not exactly count as a visitor (due to the fact we live in the same city) but he is on a special assignment in the Middle East and we have been waiting 3 months to see him. K-Man peeked out the window all morning waiting to greet Grandpa

Unfortunately, Grandpa trip home took FIVE days (it was supposed to be 3) so eventually we all gave up until GrandJo got a text saying he was finally on American soil and rushed to meet him at the Airport!

Now we could not hog such a special guest all to our selves so we saw lots of our fun cousins the Easton's!

But of course that did not get in the way of K- Man getting as much snuggle time as he possibly could with Grandpa BK. We loved having you home and look forward to seeing you again!

Role Reversal

2010-03-28T17:24:00.001-07:00

Cool Tricks!!!! COOL TRICKS!!!!

2010-01-20T05:25:00.001-08:00

For the record at any moment during the day this is the grin that is ALWAYS on K-Man's faceK-Man is transitioning from being mostly baby with some big boy to big boy with a very small amount of baby. Every time I put him down for a nap he wakes up a different man. Every time I talk to Glama she reminds me that all of the cute and funny things he does will be lost forever if I don't write them down so for this post I am going to share some of our big boy moments of the week.

1. He is a master climber! Not only is he part goat but the stuff he uses to get what he wants is priceless. His favorite go to climbing tools are over turned hampers, unsteady toys and any chair that is not currently occupied. I have not seen him try to climb/ ride the dog but I figure it is a matter of time.

2. We recently found out that he might have an allergy to milk so had to switch back to Soy milk. I have NEVER seen him be more excited in my life when last night I filled his cup with soy as we walked to his room (with me holding his bottle) he ran to his room. We usually make a lengthy stop at Grandma Jo's room for a good night kiss and snuggle but last night was a no dice. He waved at Grandma as he walked by her. It is a good thing Grandma is a good sport and understands K-Man's of soy milk.

3. Last week we were driving to our cousin Parker's Birthday party when K-Man Mooed after Matt called another driver a stupid cow.

4. K-Man is the BEST Gym partner. Our morning routine has now forever changed because he loves to play with the other kids and toys. When I say we are going to the gym he gets his shoes and sits by the door.

5. Speaking of doors he has figured ours out! If I don't keep the front and back door locked he can be found racing down the driveway/ making dirt angels giggling wildly with or without his cloths on

Thanksgiving and some Christmas....Belated

2010-01-07T05:46:00.000-08:00

Our Thanksgiving spread and boy was it a lot of food for 3 adults and one toddler. we were nursing these treats for about 3 weeks. about twice a week I cleverly disguise our left over mashed potatoes and turkey. Considering that this was my first Thanksgiving out from under Glama's wing I would say it was a success. Glama was one speed dial the whole morning while I prepared our meal and she was kind enough to give me her secret ingredient....BUTTER. We missed our loud crazy Utah family but it is nice to know we can manage in a pinch!

Cookie Carving our yummy bird

Grandma Jo an Kenneth cheesing it up for the camera. The general consensus was that K-Man was the best dressed at our table. His cute little sweater came from Auntie Mistletoe before he was born! We love these kinds of finds.

I can't believe I am posting this but this shot was taken a couple of days after K-Man took a nose dive off of an end table he had been climbing on and still climbs on. Our man is fearless, it won't be long before he starts scaling the walls like Spider Man. Did I mention he is fearless?

This year we were invited up to our friend's Andy and Hedvigs annual Christmas kick off party, complete with cookie decorating, crafts and a tractor ride around the farms.(unfortunately I only took pictures on the hey ride) We can't wait till next year!

I am okay, but the Audi...

2009-12-09T23:33:00.000-08:00

...wasn't so lucky. These pictures are ones I took at the body shop. I didn't want to look at the car at the scene so I waited till I had a skilled professional to walk me through everything and hold my hand. It's kinda like seeing a loved one in the ICU (minus a classless joke about taps playing, sorry B). The accident was no big deal, c'mon I was in an Audi for heavens sake; but the other guy spun 180 degrees; but he is okay too. If you can belive it he is a mormon from the Holladay area, circa 30 years ago by way of New Jersey. It was just too bad we met like this. Believe me I am fine, even for something as small as this I am glad I have gap insurance. I will let ya'll know the final verdict about the 'ol girl once I hear from the body shop.

Just a few of my favorites!

2009-12-07T14:14:00.000-08:00

This is perhaps our all time favorite Christmas photo

Our first night with him home

We our having some issues down loading our Thanksgiving photos and our Glama is not patient about the lapse in in new K-Man photos. So I decided that perhaps we should reach into our archives and pull out our favorites from the last year. I hope you enjoy!

Ssssssssssnake Farm!

2009-11-10T09:06:00.000-08:00

When Uncle B came down South to help Cookie bring our stuff down we knew that we had to do something AMAZING, and what could possibly be more amazing then a trip to Snake Farm?!?! I first lay ed eyes on this fine farm a couple of years ago when Cookie and I came for a visit and we drove past it. I thought to myself now there is a destination! So it seems fitting that on our maiden voyage to Snake Farm we bring my favorite twin brother.
4 GIGANTIC Snakes, snuggling up close. K-Man and I were brave enough to be this close (courtesy of 4 in glass cages)

K-Man made friends with this little Chickie who spent the rest of our trip following K around the farm

Uncle B and K-Man at the petting portion of the farm

Uncle B chasing Roosters

Checking out more big snakes

Looking in on the Alligators

K-Man, Cookie and Uncle B

Feeding the goats and sheep

The Polywogs New Pad

2009-11-09T19:16:00.000-08:00

Pack your bags ya'll you've got a place to stay in Texas. Looks great doesn't it.

Home Sweet HomeOur little sitting area.

Looking from the entry-way into the family room. Our Fabulous Kitchen (appliances to come soon)

The Breakfast NookOur Family Room(y) Bedroom 1Master Bedroom with a glimpse at the backyard.

The Master-Bathroom, check out the double vanity.

Halloweenies!

2009-11-07T13:13:00.000-08:00

For those who don't know this yeay K-Man was Max King of All the Wild Things. Fits right?
Making or Rice Crispie Creatures

Princess Abby and SpiDax grubb'n on doughnut sting

Mummy SpiDax and Transfomer Christian

K-Man enjoying the Wild Rumpus from his throne

Spidy Daxon was kind enough to show K-Man the ropes when it came to Trick or Treating in Texas. Apparently its done on a golf cart.

Tamming some wild beasts

Grand Jo Gypsy pinning the tail on the cat

Toilet paper Mummies

It should come as no surprise that Halloween is one of our favorite Holiday. With 2 sisters born on the same week we always had a huge party to celebrate(o.k. they had a huge party and I lurked behind the couch watching). There was always so much excitement with picking out your costume and decorating the house (which we always did Conference weekend). Naturally my favorite part of Halloween like with most things in my life is the food. Glama would whip up batches of Halloween cup cakes and drop them off at the neighbors houses. It was great because she would let us do all the doorbell ditching. As we got older we adapted instead of trick or treating Glama, Mindurs, The Martin Girls, Auntie Nelda and I would hit up Witches Night Out in our best witches hat to cackle amongst our own kind. Then head back to Mindurs for soup salad and gossip!

This year we Pollywogs find ourselves find ourselves out of reach of Glama's yummy Halloween cup cakes and on our own for festivities, talk about scary! So we do what we do best....improvise. With the always fun GrandJo we hosted a Halloween party fit for any witch or ghoul.

Pumpkin Patch

2009-11-06T06:34:00.000-08:00

Our Cute Cousin's the Eastons

This October we headed to a very fine pumpkin patch to pick up our much needed pumpkins. Thanks GrandJo and Papa B!

We Moved To Texas!!!

2009-10-20T15:16:00.000-07:00

Arriving via Air Plane to San Antonio

I am the type of girl who has no problem telling people what I think from the bad parents at Walmart to the people texting in movie theaters. I have no issue speaking up to strangers and tell them what I think but when it comes to goodbyes, at my core I am wimp. I know I can hear your sarcastic gasps through the screen. I owe apologies to several close buddies, who blowes out of town and doesn't leave a forwarding address? Creeps like me, that's who. For those of you who don't know Cookie accepted a job at the University of Phoenix in San Antonio Tx. The perks include a free Masters degree for him and a free second Bachelors degree for me and the bonus is an adventure for our little family. We love Salt Lake but we are looking forward to what fun new things we will discover in the Lone Star state!

A Day at the Zoo and Good Bye's

2009-10-17T15:03:00.000-07:00

K-Man going down the slide with hands down one of his favorite people EVER!
Proving that the egg indeed came first

K-Man trying his hand at some Alligator wrastle'n

Rachel, Lara and K-Man

A stray turkey trying to move in on K's snacks

Taking a Turn on Our Favorite Carousel

The Amazing Ms. Lynda

Our Favorite Cub

Measuring up to the Gorilla

The Spencer Girls

Every so often Life throws you a break. One of the greatest blessings The pollywogs have ever had was the Spencer girls. I met this fun family 10 years ago when I started teaching Rachel and Lara how to swim. I have also had my hand in coaching these unbelievably talented girls on to state championships and have watched them turn out into wonderful young ladies. Over time Lynda and I became close friends and when it came time for me to go back to work after K-Man was born I had no babysitter lined up for my sweet little 3 month old. I was chatting with Lynda on the phone about my predicament when she said "Are you crazy, he is going to come to my house!" I could not have been more grateful. She opened up her home to K-Man and he received all the love and adoration he could ever possibly want. When I told Lynda we were leaving for Texas we both cried. I knew that we had received the BEST care imaginable between Lynda and my Mothers help. To thank Lynda we went to the Zoo to enjoy our last Friday in Utah. We Love You Lynda, we will never be able to thank you enough for everything!

Pictures of the Parties

2009-08-14T12:58:00.000-07:00

Mommy is that an Alligator?

Yep!

Wait Mommy, it's not time for a bath yet my legs and diaper are still white!

Don't tell me how much cup cake I can and cannot eat! Don't you know who my mommy is?!

Yeah I like Spaghetti, so what, big whoop, you wanna fight about it?

Happy Birthday Little Man!

2009-08-02T04:43:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful year, we are so grateful for our baby boy! He is always full of smiles and adventure. For your viewing pleasure I give you a very brief sample of our favorite pictures from K-Man's first year!

Sharing Glama with cousin Baby Bella

(bella 4 mo., K-Man 10 mo.)

Measuring up to a great ape.
10 mo. old

Visiting great Grandpa Nielsen (who he was named after) with Grand Jo Mama
9mo. old

Early crawling picture

Snuggling up to Grand Jo Mama

Sweat'n out tummy time with his best friend The Beans

4 mo old

Early Christmas pictures (for the card we never sent out)

Cutest pumpkin in the patch! Halloween

3 mo. old

Cheering on the Sox

3 mo. old

Chubby thigh contest with cute cousin Davis

(2 1/2 mo. old, Davis 7 mo. old)

Passed out with Daddy

6 weeks old

One of my personal favorites

A sailor suit always speaks for it self

4 weeks old

Our First night home together
4 days old

Poor little bat boy was under the Billi lights 20 hours a day for a week. Stupid Jaundice!

1 Week old

A much preferred way to fight Jaundice

5 days old

Bringing K-Man home from the hospital

4 days old

First Bath

4 days old

3 days old

Not even a minute old.

Thank you buddy we love being your parents!

Audacious Audi is back! :(

2009-06-24T10:35:00.000-07:00

Stow Aways

2009-06-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

The Beans thought he could sneek his way into Grand Jo Mamas bag is he hid in some yoga pants.
K-Man thought he could slip right into the front pocket of her checked luggage

K-Man Climbing into the bag

Then figured out that there was more stuff to play with inside the bag.

To say that we enjoyed having JoMama in town would be an understatement. Her week long trip to Utah turned into 3 weeks and we could not have been happier. As you can see our two boys were not willing to let her go without a fight. We found out all sorts of interesting information about our beloved Jo for example

1. She can put on make up in the dark with no mirror and with one hand behind her back.

2.Heavy Narcotic pain medication could also be used as a truth serum on her

3. When she was a member of 4h as a girl she got a blue ribbon for her Banana Bread at the state fair.

4. I know every celebrity crush she currently and she has some excellent picks!

We had so much fun we cannot wait to see you again in 6 weeks!

K & K Kleen up Krew to the Rescue!!!

2009-06-04T10:50:00.000-07:00

A very special thanks to our wonderful Heber cousins that helped us clean up a very nasty and dirty duplex after our renters were evicted. There were all sorts of treasures to be cleaned up like ferret poop, mildew bathrooms and booger walls (just to name the high lights). Did I mention this renter was only there for 3 MONTHS! We called Kris and Kat to ask if they were interested in some bio hazard cleanup last minute and amazingly enough they agreed! They drove the 45 min down Parley's Canyon to help us all evening. You really saved us ladies we would have NEVER had the duplex ready for our next renters with out you!!! I don't think they will ever answer the phone again when we call but if they do they will be treated to a Bee's game and some hot dogs!

"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" - Oh and bring Grandma Jo and Grandpa Burton along.

2009-06-01T22:39:00.001-07:00

The key to getting inside your opponents head is intimidation with a face only a mother could love.

That or you could make them feel bad by playing around, and pretending not to care when they are up to bat. Seriously what would you rather be doing playing with grandma or watch a team called the Ace's beat up on our Bee's?

Next you've got to call in your back up and really mean it with the intimidation faces. K-man is giving them the constipated don't mess with me look and I am giving them the crazy or happy smile.

All in all we had a great time even though the Bees lost -Oh well, the night was a lot of fun. It was military appreciation night so we got in on Grandpa Burton's and Grandma Jo's military ID's for half price. The Bees player dressed in a camouflage uniforms - I guess that's why it felt like they weren't on the field you really couldn't see if they were playing or not. We even lost K-man in the grass a few times because of his camo overalls purchased by grandma jo. Thanks for a wonderful night.

Memorial Day in Brigham City

2009-06-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

What is a memorial day without a trip to Brigham City to visit family?!? We first ate lunch at Craig and Kris' - we had stir fry, fortune cookies and an ice cream dessert too good to describe.

Grandma Jo, Nersey, K-man and I couldn't make the trip without a stop to our favorite candy store in the world - Idle Isle!

Then off to the cemetery we went, where K-man visited the grave of his namesake.

The graves looked beautiful - Uncle Craig did a great job decorating grandma and grandpa's grave.

K-Man and Grandma Jo before we headed home to Salt Lake.

It was a great day, blue sky, warm weather what more could you ask for on Memorial Day?

Super Duper Easter Egg Hunt!

2009-05-17T09:49:00.000-07:00

Kenneth playing with his favorite Miller Cousins
Big Boy Snuggles with Cayden

Garret and Kenneth enjoying whatever spoils they can find on the floor.

This was Kenneth's first Easter egg hunt and boy did it not disappoint. Auntie Heather invited us up to the Mother of all Easter egg hunts put on by the FABULOUS Marla! There was egg coloring, cookie decorating, yummy food and Tons of treats to hunt! Thank you Marla and Auntie Heather you have set a very high standard when it comes to the art of throwing an Easter Hunt. You are the BEST!

What Have we been up to?

2009-05-17T09:38:00.000-07:00

Perfecting our splash technique

Catching up on our reading

Found Just the right book

Discovering the great out doors and basking in the Sunshine

And Spring Training

Glama's Birthday.....Finally!

2009-05-17T09:02:00.000-07:00

Glama turns 60!!!

Or if you prefer is celebrating her 21st anniversary of her
39th Birthday
The beans were so good the pan was passed around the picnic!

Our January picnic

This post might require a little explanation. We have had some technical difficulties finding our photos on our computer so this birthday post is shall we say a bit late. I am going by my Grandmother Smiths adage that a birthday greetings still counts 6 months after the day and if it any later then consider it an early greetings for your next birthday.

Since Glama is such a special lady it was important that we have a blow out be fitting of this wonderful lady. Picnics are a time honored tradition in the Davis house hold, in the summer time nearly every Sunday is spent out on the back porch enjoying yummy BBQ, juicy conversation and Glama's beautiful hill. One picnic in particular tends to stand out in Davis kid memory (not mine because I was not born yet but heard the story enough that it feels like I was there) was the picnic in the family living room on a cold winters night where Glama and my siblings took turns running into the bathroom to flush the toilet so they could all enjoy the sounds from a near by water fall. Glama is always full of great ideas and kept all eight of eight of us thoroughly entertained and made us all feel like we were her favorite child. We spent this winter's picnic gathered as a family telling our favorite memories of Glama. We love you Glama!!!

Pictures for Everyone. What a Looker!

2009-04-04T08:41:00.001-07:00

Well, finally after eight months of relying on our own photog skills we decided that we had better get this little guy some professional pictures done. Don't worry family, you should be getting your very own copy of the cutest kid, but we thought you would like to enjoy them now and later. (click on image to enlarge)

Interesting Very Interesting...

2009-03-31T19:58:00.000-07:00

OK maybe not, but I thought I would treat all of you with some interesting Nersey facts in honor of my 26th birthday on April 5th. These are in no particular order of importance. I am only doing this because I am having a hard time down loading ALL of our fun pictures going back to January.

1. I have a twin brother who told EVERYONE we grew up with that I got held back and the twin thing was a cover. I would be mad about it but I was angrier that I didn't think of it first.

2. I am obsessed with David Bowie in Labyrinth. You might say that his rock mullet, open chest shirts and Lycra pants changed my life. I almost named K-Man Jereth, fortunately Cookie has our babies best interest at heart.

3. When I was 10 we moved to the East Side and I had a hard time making friends so my Mom had the school counselor form something called the "friendship group" where little girls were bribed with candy to play with me at recess. Surprisingly the friendships have not lasted.

4. I was the only girl in the history of Girl 's State(political nerd camp for teenage girls) to be impeached. Haters!

5. I wish Dragons were real.

6. My nick name nersey evolved like this.. Jennifanerz, Nerseyfers, then finally to Nersey.

7. I still have entire conversations with myself

8. I can quote 30 Rock like its my Job.

9. I once gave a boy ulcers after I after I informed him that WE were Not dating, WE NEVER were dating and WE NEVER will date. To be fair we did go hiking together but never hugged, touched or held hands and I only found out his intentions after he tricked me into a family BBQ and his Grand Mother was sooo happy that he had found a nice girl to date. That why that douche got ulcers.

10. I was once a vegatarian for a total of 6 months... then my Mom made pot roast. Sorry animals it would be easier not to eat you if you were not so tasty!

11. I eat vegetables for breakfast.

12. I am convinced that I was a mermaid in a past life, or maybe a beached mermaid in my present life. Ether way my soul belongs to the ocean!

13. My 3 favorite books are 1. Rebbecca 2. Refuge by Terry Tempest Williams 3.East of Edan by John Steinbeck

14. I would say that my role models would by 1. My Mom and 2. Miss Piggy both incredibly strong women who have their men in CHECK!

15. When I was 15 I joined my high school swim team THEN learned how to swim.

16. I was captain of my high school swim team and then had a very illustrious career as a swim coach.

17. I have the cutest little boy in the world and love him to pieces!!!

18. I broke up with Cookie every month for the first 6 months we dated.

19. I am OBSESSED with Americas Next Top Model, any season.

20. When my father was running for Lt. Governor of UT. we were cruising around SLC in our family van that was covered in campaign signs I was in the back and decided to moon the car behind us. I was 4 but I still get blamed for throwing my dads election.

21. When I was in the 7th grade I started a rumor that a girl had hairy boobs and I know for a fact that it followed her through college. I am still waiting for Karma to kick me in the bum for that!

22. The main reason why I went to Russia was not because I wanted to teach children English but that I wanted to see Lennon embalmed....totally worth it!

23. I LOVE ZIONS!!! that being said I once took a nap on the Subway trail.

24. I am a creature of the Sun but unfortunately have only been tan once in my life and that only happened when my freckles connected. I have had at least one really serious sun burn every Summer.

25. I want to run a marathon BEFORE I am 30 yrs old. Which means I will need to start running like last week.

26. I have the absolute best family ever!

Ready for Spring!!

2009-03-04T09:41:00.000-08:00

We knew once he could do this...

He would have no problem with this!!

Valentines belated....

2009-02-26T09:02:00.000-08:00

As with all of my posts they usually don't happen until a couple of weeks after the big event. These are just some of the best moments from valentines day.

My flowers. a dozen white roses and a dozen red gerber daiseys

Cold Stone cupcakes... Seriously have you tried these little guys?! They are amazing!!

Red and Stripey

Beans enjoying Cookies ballons

Like Father, Like Son

2009-02-22T20:56:00.000-08:00

Not only has K-Man picked up Cookies impresive table manners...

Winning Smile..

They both enjoy a good sunday nap! (above was before I left for work at 2ish)

Sweet dreams boys! (and this was one night after work about 9:30ish)

6 Month Stats!

2009-02-08T09:34:00.000-08:00

So I had these really cute pictures of K-Man sitting in his Sunday best next to a cute 6 month sighn but unfortunitly there seems to be a computer clich...bummer! So I setteled for the most recent photo available.

Hieght: 26 1/2 in.

(60%)

Head Circ: 45 cm

(75%)

Wieght: 20.2 lbs

(90%)

Cuteness: Off the Charts!!!

The Debate is Settled, Much To Dad's Dismay.

2009-02-05T20:39:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Beans the Amazing Circus Dog!!!!

2009-02-04T09:49:00.000-08:00

He is can fit in any hole

Takes on vegatables of all sizes, even if they are 3/4 his body wieght!

and for his last grand trick he has mastered the exercize ball!

OK, OK, he had a little help getting it stabalized

I know another dog post, I found these funny pictures while I was looking for K-Man's 6 month photo's for the big update. They have not been down loaded yet so stay tunned and enjoy the baby pic's of our first born :).

Seriously!?!?!?!

2009-02-03T11:52:00.000-08:00

Warning the following blog contains TMI (TO MUCH INFORMATION) especially if you have a Y chromosome you really should stop reading here, just skip down to the cute post about Big Boy time and leave this on for the ladies. You have been warned don't come crying to me when you read something you never wanted to think about!

The funny thing about a blog warning is the people its intended for are still reading seriously...Last chance.

So this subject has been kicking around in my head for the last few months as I see this happening on more and more frequently when I go to the grocery store. The bagger usually makes some small talk about your purchase. About a year ago I went to get some Monastate for a ..ummm.. infection (remember you were warned)and the girl who was checking me through her line saw the medication and then went on to convey her sympathy for my then current condition, the girl was like 17 years old so I just nodded and smiled. The next time happened last spring I was standing behind a girl who had ice cream, diet coke and condoms, the checker was asking about her day and the girl said she had just finished finals and the checker said something to the effect of "ohh you must want to blow off some steam" the pay off came when the girl shot him a crusty and ripped the bag out of his hand and he muttered something about how he ment in general not about the purchase...Classic! One time at Costco right after we found out I was pregnant Cookie went to buy some prenatal vitamins and some condoms and the checker looked at his purchase and said to Cookie "don't you think its a little late for these" as he scanned the condoms, Seriously funny. Last night there I was at Dan's again buying some essentails for my little monthly friend and I had that 17 year old girl again talking about how THAT is just the worst! Thanks for sympathy honey but next time keep your yap shut! Why is there so much commentary on what your buying, why not just talked about something current happening in the world or about the Utes, something other then the embarrasing thing in my grocery basket? You would think that would be apart of their training. Am I the only one who notices this?

Big Boy Time and New Tricks!

2009-02-03T11:28:00.000-08:00

Coach is the one drawing and Ashie is playing with the rooster

K-Man is one lucky boy, his two favorite cousins come up to play every Monday and Wednesday. These are a big day for him because on these days he sees big boys in action and he does his best to keep up with Ashie and Coach. On the day this picture was taken K-Man got a break the "BIG" boys decided it might be fun to slow thing down a bit. Every time I lay a blanket down for K-Man's tummy time both Ashie and Coach come over to keep him company while K-Man sweats it out. Recently K-Man has learned to roll so I was trying to get him to do it for Glama (she only believes what she see's). So there we were laying in our tummies trying to get K-Man to roll when Ashie walks in and say's "watch me I can roll!" then followed it by a fabulous steam roller across the floor. Not to be out done Hayden gets on the floor next to Ashie and then steam rolls right over his big brother! So funny, I wish I had my video camera going!

Busy, Busy!

2009-01-20T21:14:00.000-08:00

These are some completely random shots of K-MAN but as some of you can see he has changed alot over this last month so as a courtesy to my fan base (all 3 of you) I give you just a brief highlight of our chubby little monster!These STUNNING flowers arrived as a suprise one day after visiting Daddy at work. Cookie is very sweet and has been known to show up with flowers for no reason and sometimes for VERY good reason. He is the Best. Thank you cookie I love them!

We spent one toasty January day out for a walk (before all of this NASTY inversion set in). K-Man was wide awake for the first half but on the way home he pooped out. Long walks with big hills can poop anyone out.

K-Man is hanging out with his best friend Clifford the not so bog dog. This toy is about the only bate he goes for when we try to get him to roll over. Thanks JoMomma for the flannel shirt and overalls. I think it is my new favorite outfit on him. You should see all the ladies swoon over him in it!

These last 2 shots are of him enjoying everyones favorite Christmas gift. K-man LOVES his toy. not only is there LOTS to keep him busy but now all of his big boy cousins come over and play/talk with him. It is sooo fun!

See! Nothing but smiles!!!

Go Utes!

2009-01-20T07:57:00.000-08:00

Yes, even the Beans has his Ute sweater on...

I know this is late in coming but these pics were taken the day of the most triumphant Sugar Bowl ever! It is a new tradition in our little family that for the Utes to win K-Man has to put on his finest Ute attire and then throw up all over it for the Utes to win. So your welcome Ute fans, 13-0 it was a FANTASTIC season! GOOOO UTES!!!!

Ghost of Thanksgiving Pasts

2009-01-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

These our the brave young women that bared the long cold siberian days with me teaching children english. This was not at all an alturistic trip I wanted to see Russia the teaching kids part was just an interesting perk...cough. Not to be suprized we dressed up for Thanksgiving as Pilgrams and Indians. From Left to right Indians: Me, Mel, Queerst, Erika America. Pioneers: Lizzy... the head teacher COUGH, COUGH, sweet Becca, the old JennM and Edda

Finger licken good! Meat mainly came in 2 variety's spam and gray. Here we found a chicken at at the local open market that had been recently plucked (not very well though we still found feathers!) Interesting note here behind us is the kitchen window Queerst and I would throw handfuls of rice at each other when the other was walking below.

Queersten, Lizzy and my bad self found some Babushka froc's in a closet and put them on as quickly as our greedy little mits would let us! Unfortunetly we also found some old man Gangsta cloths that would have made Tony Soprano jealous unfortunitly a noticed as I was pulling them up I saw poop streaks EWWWWW! That ended our fun.

Me posing by the Amazingly clean toilet in the Czheck Republic. I could have eaten off of the disenfected toilet, Ericka America and I were in tears when we saw the very clean bathroom

Ericka America standing BAREFOOT in a Russian bathroom that probably has't been cleaned since Stalin was in rule. I would be more likely to were the poo stained shorts EWWWW!

Thanks for the memories girlies I had a lot of fun, we definitly need to get together some time! By the way who has the pictures of Liz tapped to the floor with Ericka and I stealing all of the ILP loot? I think my posterity could benefit from that little dandy.

December Run Down

2009-01-08T19:30:00.000-08:00

Will have to wait. Bah ha ha....

I am writing this post in an attempt to satiate our ever hungry audiance (Krissy). We have had a very fun and exciting Holiday season and even some fun Christmas pictures to share that we have yet to download, so those goodies will have to wait. Both Cookie and I have been neglecting our blog becuase we found Facebook and have been competing for who has the most friends and I am proud to say I still am cooler then my husband (by 8 people)! In other news I have also been wrapped up in reading the Twillight series. My good pal Celeste who is also a lit snob insisted I try the second book it was much better then the first and to my suprise the series got better with each book. I know I know I might be disowned by all my phrogbottom blood line but I was really into this book. To vamp up my lit cred I am making up for it by reading Omnivoure's Dilemma. So far so good, it has till this point discussed the American paradox "a notably unhealthy people obsessed by the idea of eating healthy". I think I am very close to joining some sort of chub club like wieght watchers. I think this book was written for me. Sadly I did not have nearly as strong pull to the Ultraman book that talked about the life story of the man who runs over a hundred miles at a time every year. Other books on my long book list include the goodies that K-Man find at the library. We also scored big at Jomamma Christmas with a complete collection of Dr. Sues and Where the Wild Things Are. So to my audiance hold tight pictures are coming till then you are stuck with my random thoughts:)

Amy Jo's Mission Call

2008-12-26T23:44:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago Mom flew to Utah and her, K-man and I went to Provo to await the arrival of AJ's Mission Call.
She was so excited that she could hardly stand it.

But because of the Thanksgiving holiday there was nothing there.

Poor Jo Jo.

That is until her call finally showed up. Hope you enjoy.

How I love my Cookie Bear

2008-12-26T19:50:00.000-08:00

Digging for gold that Lays up Lady Liberty 's Nose

I am not sure What Cookie was looking for but he sure got a good look!

Blog warning the following message contains a sappy public thank you to my husband. If you have a weak stomach consider yourself warned!
I don't do this enough mostly because I think its cheesy but I do owe my sweet husband a public shout out for all that he does. These pictures were from our trip to New York City when Cookie and I were freshly engaged. We went to see his big brother Doug bless his first son. We had a great time sight seeing with the family but I must admit my favorite parts where we were on our own. The first night we flew in Cookie got us killer seats to Wicked and it was AMAZING! Later in the week we ditched the family and spent the afternoon bumming around the Met taking pictures of famous paintings and statues and getting in trouble with the Met's hall monitors. He patiently smiled next to every famous painting and artifact and did his bessed to blend in with the art work. It is one of many memories that make me giggle when I think about them. Cookie has worked hard to support our little family. When I was on maternity leave I did not recieve a single paycheck and Cookie kept bringing home the bacon and made ends meet without complaint. He is also responsible for ALL of our finances. I shiver to think what type of situation we would be in if I was the brains who worked the books. He is funny and smart and is the best daddy a baby could hope for. I love you cookie bear and count myself as the luckiest girl in the world!

Ahh what the heck one more post!!!

2008-12-13T17:10:00.000-08:00

This pic is too cute not to post. Happy Holidays!

Play Date with Auntie Liz

2008-12-13T17:00:00.000-08:00

Cookie and I scored some tickets to the Play Into The Woods at Hale Center Theater. So we called up my dear pal Lizzy for a play date with K-Man. Her answer was a very excited Yes. I knew my guy was in very capable hands not only does Lizzy love babies she will watch them for the very attractive price of a plate of brownies. For those readers who don't know Lizzy is the one with red hair and her sister Sarah is the one in the hoodie. Thanks ladies K-Man had a blast!

December 1st loot, HOOT!!! HOOT!!!

2008-12-13T16:48:00.000-08:00

JoMamma is fun she is WAY into Christmas. Every year as a tradition she has a Christmas Family home evening the first Sunday in Deceber. As you can see it did not take long to jump into our goodie box!!! Thanks JoMamma, you are the best we can't wait to see you when you come in for Christmas!!!

A Not So Fun Night in the E.R.

2008-12-04T11:08:00.001-08:00

Well, for as good as our little boy has been he is not feeling so well today. This morning at about 2:45 a.m. he began to whimper as he slept, waking up his parents. We took several temperature readings and called our doctor( or the doctor who was on call - he actually supervises our NP who is Kenneths primary care provider). Our little guy was burning up at a tempurature of 103.4 degrees - so away we went to the hospital. Being that it was 3:30 in the morning by this point we were one of two other people that were being treated and we were admitted right away. Our little guy endured test after test. Our great nurse Fritz took urine, blood and snot samples to see what was going on. Happy to say for the time being everything is clear - primary test came back negative for anything, he has a shot of anti-biotic that they gave him before discharging us and he and mom are now home sleeping the day away - they both need their rest! We are awaiting the result of blood and urine cultures and should have the results by Friday morning-afternoon. Prayers for our little guy would be greatly appreciated, but we aren't expecting anything horribly shocking to come back from the tests. Love all of you and hope you are doing well.

A Bit Late for Halloween Eh?

2008-11-11T20:17:00.000-08:00

I like to think of myself as being fashionably late. We had lots of fun this fall, K-Man makes Cookie and I more fun. For his first Halloween we decorated sugar cookies, carved pumpkins, and visited lots of family. My sister Cyncha came in from Seattle and Cookies brother Nate from Seattle. Both of them brought their fun families into town. Unfortunitly we forgot our camera, BOO! The Seattle Millers were dressed in the spookiest and most incredibly dazzling costumes. Cayden was a storm trooper, Marlee was Cinderella and Garrett was a very sweet little skunk. We had lots of fun sitting out the front porch at Marla's house (Heather's Mom) watching trick or treaters come to the door and watch Marlee give handfulls of candy to lucky trick or treaters. Cyncha's big guy was a very fierce lion. It was fun to compare our two guys Davis is amazing he is all over the place crawling like a pro. He is six months older then K-Man but they are about the same size. It is truely a tragedy that we didn't have our camera. Glama was is right the only picture you regret is the one you don't take (or the one you didn't suck in your tummy for) .

For All Those Baby Hungry Grandma's and Aunties

2008-11-11T20:02:00.000-08:00

Hizzah for babies!!! We love being parents, K-man keeps us busy. He giggles all the time (except for manditory tummy time). He is working on doing push ups, sitting up and standing up on our laps with assistance of course! Everyday this guy changes, He is constently learning new tricks and is also a great chamilian. It is all in his facial features, I maintain that when he is smiling/ giggling he looks pure Davis and when he cries/grumpy he is pure Miller. Cookie however disagrees.

An Apology to Erika America

2008-11-10T12:30:00.000-08:00

My good friend Erika and I met on a train heading into Siberia. We forgded a friendship on those long cold nights deep in Russia's outer darkness. Long story short Erika is great. She had recently posted a blog about Obama's wonderful win not being wonderful win for America. Obviously my first gut reaction is how she couldn't be more wrong. I then proceded to write a novel of a comment on her blog listing my reasons as to why we as Americans have nver been so lucky. I am always up for a spirited debate about politics. I still believe that Obama is the best man for the job and will do alot of good things to improve our country but maybe next time I will not shoot my mouth off so quickly on someone elses blog. I just can't seem to help myself. Long story short I love you Erika and I will do my best. Please don't forget your old pal Jendy when you privatize your blog.

Me and my Moma Voted For Obama!!

2008-11-04T20:12:00.000-08:00

From my earliest memories I knew I was first and foremost a Democrat. In fact I like to joke that my Dad had eight children in an attempt to out breed Republicans in Utah. When we were young children we would chant before dinner (even before we blessed the meal) U of U YEAH!!!! BYU BOO!!!... DEMOCRATS YEAH!!!! REPUBLICANS BOO!!! This was perhaps my dad's favorite sunday night ritual especially when Grandmother Smith would dine with us. This is my favorite day in November and look forward to slummin it to the polls and hoping against hope that maybe this year my guy might win. In fact I have voted in every election that Ihave been eligable to vote. I barely missed that crucial 2000 Bush/Gore vote and it has been a long eight years my friends. I am gratefull for our democracy and that we as Americans have the right, oppurtunity, and the responsiblity to vote. God Bless America!!!

VOTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-11-04T07:57:00.000-08:00

WHO EVER YOU VOTE FOR, WHEREVER YOU ARE. JUST GET OUT THERE AND VOTE!

What's cha got there?

2008-10-25T22:50:00.000-07:00

Well folks today was my first day back to work and let me tell you eight hours has never felt so long! It was fun to get back and chit chat with my co-workers and show them cute baby pic's. Cookie even brought K-Man to work so I could get a mid day snuggle in. Even with all of these highs I still managed to hit a new low. I was coming out of the walk in freezer when I felt my milk come in, naturally I grabbed my breasts as a reflex, as I was doing this my boss Carissa turns the corner with her adorable two year old daughter to catch me in my unconcious grope. Always the diplomat she asked me "what cha got there?". I got to admit my quick wit failed me and I had NOTHING, I just muttered something about not being in public for awhile. She just laughed and welcomed me back.

By Popular Demand...

2008-10-22T20:13:00.000-07:00

Glama and I went to Gardner Village to capture K-Man playing in Halloween camoflauge. As you can see he seemed to tolerate it at best, although there was no open war cry like screams we had a very difficult time capture his sweet gummy smile. I had posted some pic's on phrogbottom phorum and was asked by Jomama to post some more on polywogs. The cute pumpkin costume was purchased by the fantastic Jomama last year when she got a sneaky feeling that she would have a grandbaby to wear it for next year's Halloween. She also admitted that when she purchased it for 29 cents that she hoped it would be Cookie and I that would be needing to dress a baby for this most festive of all holidays. I tell this story because it showcases 2 of Jomama's super powers, 1. She is able to find THE MOST AMAZING DEALS on anything and 2. she has a spidy sense for grandbabies. It is really is amazing she knew we were pregnant before we even concieved!!! Another side note on her second super power the week before Christmas we were celebrating together with Cookies family and she mentioned that her Christmas wish was that we were pregnant, again we did not yet know we were. It is truely dumbfounding!

The Day Bean Town Cried

2008-10-19T20:50:00.000-07:00

Tonight was a night of absolute tragedy The Red Sox lost all chance of going to the world series. To make matters worse Poor little K-Man does not see how truely sad this is. Brave little soul that he is, he is just grinning and baring the loss like a trooper, Cookie on the other hand is curled up in fetal position muttering four letter words.

Three Miller Men and a Lady

2008-10-19T19:26:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago we got the sad news that Cookies Grandma was dying, so that evening we drove to the hospital to pay our respect but unfortunitly we missed her by 20 minutes. We had the oppurtunity to take Aunt Maryanne to dinner and learn more about Grandma Miller as a mom. Its sad that generally speaking we learn the most about people at their funerals. Grandma Miller was an amazing quilter, baker and chef. She taught English at her kids high school and would spend her lunch with uncle Jim. She was also an avid reader and we actually share a favorite book Withering Hights. The service was lovely lots of funny stories and beautiful music. There was also an unintentional imprompto gathering at Idle Isle chocolate store after the grave side service (another tribute to Grandma she LOVED their chocolates). It was great to meet Cookie's miller family for the first time. We also had the chance to introduce K-Man for the first time to Cookies dad Rob and very special lady friend Roxanne (The tall drink of water in the two bottom pictures)

Davis and Me

2008-10-19T19:16:00.000-07:00

September was perhaps the busiest month of K-Man's life. We had uncle b's wedding so all kinds of the Davis family came into town. The we had K-man's blessing and met the Easton cousins. But I am going to say that the best part of September was having Aunt Cindy, Uncle Shane and cousin Davis around for the entire month!! We are looking forward to Halloween when they come back for Uncle Shane's Mom's wedding. These are just some fun shots of Davis and K-Man.

Rock and Roll, Baby!!!

2008-10-17T18:38:00.000-07:00

I know, I know, These pictures are not current but I could not resist posting them. We have plenty of current photo's that are not downloaded onto the computer yet so I am posting some more of the oldies. Words cannot express how lucky I feel to be intrusted with this sweet little soul, I spend most of my day staring at him in awe.

Take That You Nasty Gall Blatter!

2008-10-16T17:14:00.000-07:00

To all my innards, I would like them to know that they are on notice. If they start causing me grief they will be packing their bags, you got that pancrease and kidney? Just ask your friend the gall blatter... oh wait. Aparently women who just give birth are at a higher risk for gall stones and let me tell you they are NASTY! NASTY!NASTY! I went into surgery this morning at 7:30am and was released from the hospital at 12pm. The surgery went well and I am feeling great I have the worlds best nurse maid, Cookie has waited on me hand and foot and is doing all of the care giving to K-Man (I am not supposed to lift anything over 10lbs and K-Man is now a hefty 15.3). Cookie may have a new calling in life he makes a very attentive nurse, I am very lucky to have such a great husband. My family is pretty awesome, Bampa took me to the hospital and waited for me despite his extreme dislike for hospitals and Glama watched my sweet little baby boy. I really do feel blessed to have such a wonderful support group, thanks again for all of your help!

Cute Baby Pic's and 2 month stat's

2008-10-07T10:43:00.000-07:00

I am the worst blogger, which is unfortunate because I have fantastic source material. Last week I took our little man cub for his 2 month check up and here are the stats, Length 22 1/2 inches long (50%) and wieght 13.2 oz (75%) and for mistletoes he happened to be off the charts in cuteness. Our little baby sure does like to grow! He also does some new tricks like smile and swat at the toys above his head. P.S. These photo's were from early August they were just to cute not to post. My favorite is the 3am milk coma in the boppy followed by the gun show

Beans the Amazing Guard Dog

2008-10-07T10:30:00.000-07:00

Say what you want about our hyper active puppy but he LOVES his baby brother! He shows his affection by snuggling him during naps and most importantly by checking all of K-Man's things to make sure they are safe. The first picture is Beans in the storage basket of the bassenett. He is a funny little fiend. Now if only we could him to stop "checking" K-Man's dirty diapers...YUCK!

Our big week

2008-09-25T10:51:00.000-07:00

Boy did we have a big week to kick off September and forgot our camera for most of it. We had alot of visitors and family come into town for K-Man's blessing. We had JoMama, Grampa Burton and the Easton Clan flew in from Texas to join the festivities. Needless to say there was a lot to getting ready to do the Bean's needed a bath to play with his Easton cousins and to play host to all of our many guests. Our little 400sq. apartment held a pizza social to welcom everyone into town not to mention a sneak peak/ cuddle time with K-man. We also had Cookie's best friend Jeff and his super fun wife Tracy cam up to join the festivities. It was great having Cookies family in town I don't think a changed a single diaper when JoMama or Becky were in the room. I also put my cute nieces and nephew to work in the garden. We had such a good time with all of you come back soon.

ohh so thats how a computer works!

2008-09-25T09:03:00.000-07:00

I would like to start with an apology for not posting more often. I thought that when I was on maternity leave I would be blogging daily. Unfortunitly I have been more up for a nap then typing. The first photo K-man is wearing my new obsession for baby wear FOOTIE PJ'S. So cute Auntie Heather provided this very stylish crayola inspired number. The next picture is a head shot that proves his fine features. I was hoping I could get his long eyelashes to show but apparently that can only be seen in person and on close inspection. The third shot is of kenneth tap dancinng in his sailor suit. Cookie was not as impressed as the Davis women who were nothing but compliments. It did cost me sleeping in on saturday mornings.

Due to Technical Difficulties...

2008-08-28T13:47:00.000-07:00

...more pics are coming soon! Sisters, cool your shorts! - Love Ya.

Getting To Know You!

2008-08-07T12:40:00.000-07:00

This might come as a shock to most of you but I am what you might call a crazy dog person. The Beans and I have been inseprable since he joined our little family. When people would ask how many children we were going to have my favorite answer was 2 dogs. This being said when I found out I was pregnant Cookie and I were beyond excited... and the Beans seemed to know something was up. When we would take naps Beans would sleep as close to my tummy as possible and would usually be rewarded with a couple of swift kicks from K-Man. I was really worried with what the Beans reaction would be when he met our little bundle of joy. Well I was worried for nothing he has been a most excellent guard dog and DOESN'T let me or K-Mna out of his site. When I am nursing and K-Man is on my right Beans is on my left, when we take naps the Beans watches K-man in his bassinet. Above are the first pictures of K-Man meeting his big canine brother, enjoy!