Girls and Giggles

working...

2011-08-05T13:39:00.000-04:00

   I am working again after not working for about 2.5 years! I am working for Kodak and I will be taking pictures at the Grand Ole Opry! I am very excited to be doing this and I can't wait to start working... My first day (outside of training) is tomorrow. So if your in the area come and see me!
   We are going to be having visitors here in a couple weeks. My sister Kim and Jenn K. The last time we had visitors was a few weeks ago my cousin Sara K. and Hannah I. were here, I didn't get any pictures from then. Hopefully I will remember to take some while Kim and Jenn are here. Brooke keeps asking me when auntie Kimmy is coming... I probably should have waited a little while longer to tell her that she was coming.
   Next weekend Trevor and the girls are going to Chicago for his half marathon. He will be meeting his mom and dad, his older sister Stephanie and his two cousins Jaimie and Jeff. Trevor, Steph, Jaimie and Jeff will all be running the half marathon. I will be staying here cause I have to work. I really wish I could be going because this is Trevor's first half marathon. We are hoping that his knee will hold up. Since he has been running after his surgery his knee has hurt when hes done. Hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Happy Birthday!

2011-07-22T01:02:00.000-04:00

Karina.
Wow, I can't believe you are 1! This past year has been amazing. You get along with your big sister so well, and when she bugs you, you just give it right back! Your starting to take a few steps now, I think you get scared and just sit down because when you hold daddies, Brooke's or my hand you don't even hardly use us to balance only for moral support. You now have two teeth in completely, one about half way and two more that just popped through! You love to sing and "dance" around with your big sister. Your favorite words to say are, da-e, tickle-tickle(although is more of just a high pitch squeal but you do know what your saying because you tickle when ever you do it), i i i iiiii(hi) and byyyyyee-byyyyyee. You make all of us smile all day long. I love sitting and listening to you and Brooke talk. You also like to listen while your big sister reads you stories. You love to swim no matter if its in the pool or just the bath tub. You really don't like to get out.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures of you from the last year.

We love you lots,
Mom and Dad!
Happy Birthday Kawina,
Love you! -Brooke

All Pictures

2011-07-08T21:44:00.000-04:00

Brooke and Karina (she is starting to take steps on her own)

This little lady gave me a kiss, then proceeded to tell me to be good

that she was going shopping and she would be home in a little bit.

She loves to push her sister around

At the Zoo playing with the bamboo

Brooke, daddy and Karina ran the bases after the ball game

and had a blast.

rounding third base...

Home plate!!!

She didn't want to be done, she wanted to keep running

Posing for a picture afterwards.

Sorry I am just going to put up pictures today and I am going to try and get on here this weekend and write.

Have a great day!! Enjoy weekend

Weather, Bugs, fish and more...

2011-05-26T01:01:00.000-04:00

I am going to try and be more loyal to this blog and update more often.

Brooke
I can not believe how big she is getting.

She is always telling us she loves us (and I love it)
She is learning to ride her bike, she is getting better and better every day
She loves to help me bake or cook.
She is such a good big sister to Karina and always looking out for her.
She got moved into a big girl booster seat
I have to figure out how to get her to eat more... It seems like she never eats anything anymore.
The potty training isn't going so well anymore, she kind of gave up on it (except when we are in Target) whenever we are in a public place it seems like she always has to go potty.

When ever we are in the van the girls hold hands and sing along to the radio

Karina

She has learned to climb the stairs
She has two teeth and has about three more coming in
She LOVES to bug her big sister
She is now in a forward facing seat and she loves it
She is such a happy baby, the only time she cries is when she is tired.
She is sleeping through the night and
she eats, and eats and eats (At least one of our girls do)

Weather
I'm sure as you all know there has been bad weather down here. We have been lucky so far and have not gotten really bad weather here. There was strong winds that knocked out power on the east side of town and there have been a few trees down around here but... I can't complain. Hopefully I am not jinxing myself.

Bugs
Yes, we have Cicadas really bad here and they are soooo gross. They don't really do anything but fly around and mate. They will ruin fruit trees but we don't have any to worry about here. They only appear every thirteen years and of course the first summer here they come out. I will have to get a picture of them... they are gross, big with red beady eyes. There mating calls are really loud and obnoxious.

Fish
Brooke has been bugging to go fishing. We went exploring yesterday and we found a really cool fishing lake that they stock. Its up in the foothills. It is a 60acre lake and you can rent row boats so I am hoping we can do that soon. I think the girls would love it. The lake is surrounded by rock and trees. Its absolutely beautiful, I will post pictures of that later too. We got a few pictures of the girls. We are still trying to find a good lake to swim in... we got spoiled with the great lakes.

The weekend after Memorial day we will be heading to Indianapolis for the weekend. We will be meeting Stephanie and hopefully Grandma and Grandpa as well. We haven't seen Stephanie in a while so it will be fun to see her. We are excited. Brooke can't wait to go swimming with Steph. :)

We are currently sitting behind the couch waiting for these storms to pass. Karina had gone to bed around eight and I had to wake her up to bring her down here. She is now wide awake and it doesn't look like she is going to fall asleep any time soon. Brooke is now wide awake, I was hoping they would lay down and fall asleep and then when this storm passes I could just bring them up to bed. But they are sitting here making each other giggle. This could end up being a very long night. We don't have a basement so we are sitting behind our couch against our kitchen wall. Needless to say its a very small, tight, cramped space and its HOT! Its still around eighty degrees outside and we are trying not to use our air yet. We did end up using it last night because at two in the morning it was still 80 degrees outside and Brooke wasn't sleeping well. Yes, I was up at two a.m. Its about 11:45 and we are still sitting here, I am hoping its not much longer... I can still hear the wind though... The news just said its 65mph winds... it has slowed down a lot. :) They are reporting trees and power lines down down all over but hopefully there isn't any from here to Trevor's work, I would really like him to be able to make it home tonight. We have been lucky there are 10,000 people with out power but we still have it, the power has flickered a few times but it is still on and hopefully it will stay on.

Sorry for all the rambling, I ramble when I'm nervous, and I don't like storms as it is and I really don't like them when its just the girls and I home.

Wow, Its been a while...

2011-04-12T00:35:00.000-04:00

   I didn't realize I haven't posted on here in like a month. We have been busy around here. We have had a few visitors around here lately. We had my a couple of my aunts and uncles and there youngest stop by here on there way to FL. It was fun to visit with them, its been a while since I had seen them before.

   We also had our good friends Matthew & Lori here the other weekend and it was such a blast. While they were here we had a very busy but fun weekend. We went to the Zoo, Brooke absolutely loves the zoo. She loves seeing the monkeys and zebras and giraffes. We also went to the Red Wings vs. Predators hockey game. It was so much fun although all southern hospitality goes out the window when people find out your a red wings fan. At the hockey game there was no remorse but the Wings pulled off the win and it was lots of fun. We also were able to go to the Grand Ole Opry. It was so much fun and its an amazing experience, if you ever make it to Nashville you HAVE to go the the Opry. The following day were were able to take a tour of the Opry. During the tour we walked back stage and got to look at the dressing rooms, the celebrity mailboxes. We were also able to go on stage and stand on the circle that came from the original Opry. The feeling is indescribable, knowing that your standing where so many music legends have stood. We also got to sing on stage and received a standing ovation! After touring the Grand Ole Opry we went and walked around the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. Wow, Its amazing it feels like your walking outside... there are shops and restaurant and a river that flows through it. It is hard to describe so I will post a few pictures, although they don't really do justice. Its one of those things that you have to see.

   Brooke and Karina are growing like crazy. Karina has gotten her first tooth and is crawling all round the house. She loves her baths and swimming. The other day Brooke was swimming and I wasn't going to have Karina swim until she threw a fit. I got her ready to swim and she sat in the pool for an hour and a half until it was time to eat lunch but she was not happy at all to be taken out of the water. She is definitely going to be a little swimmer.

   Brooke is very active and LOVES to be outdoors. I love that our backyard is fenced in so she can be outside as much as possible. She loves running in the rain and splashing in the mud puddles. She also loves to copy what ever mom and dad say. The other day we were on Skye with my S.I.L. Stephanie and we were getting off and say bye and all of a sudden Brooke says "bye honey".

   Here are a few pictures from the weekend with Matthew and Lori.

Brooke sitting outside of the Grand Ole Opry

Brooke and I singing and playing onstage. Sorry this is a

picture of a picture.

Trevor and Brooke singing onstage. Sorry another

picture of a picture.

Karina wanted to be the lead singer here

she is just grabbing onto the mic.

The front of the Grand Ole Opry

View from stage.

on stage

One of the dressing rooms

The mailboxes. Not everyone on is occupied but its for all the

celebrity members. They are all in order except for Jimmy Dickens

because if his was it would be on the top shelf and he wouldn't be able to reach it.

This is a view from inside the Gaylord Opryland Hotel

another view

I really recommend you go here if you come to Nashville

one last one of the hotel.

and one picture from the Red Wings game (pregame)

Like getting things for FREE?

2011-02-23T15:55:00.001-05:00

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3 Years ago...

2011-02-23T00:20:00.000-05:00

This all started about 6 1/2 years ago... We fell in love, got engaged and then just 6 days before we were to be married I rolled his car and totaled it... and on the 23rd of February 2008 I married my best friend, and the love of my life. ;) So We started off broke and with 1 car. I can remember our wedding day like it was yesterday, it was one of the best days of my life (even though I was sick)! From there we have had a bit of a journey. We have moved around and around since then. We have lived in Michigan, Florida, Ohio and now Tennessee. We have two amazing children who mean the world to us. We have been through so much together and he has been by my side through all my troubles and I couldn't imagine it any other way. I look forward to many, many wonderful years together! I love you Trevor and Happy Anniversary! XOXO

Life here in TN

2011-01-19T00:42:00.000-05:00

    Wow, It's been a while since I blogged. We are moved into our condo and finally settled in. It's funny how different things are down here compared to MI. In the rain (and I mean sprinkles) people drive WAY below the speed limit and drive with their hazards on, and even worse... when we got our snow storm (1" at most) everything was closed down. And by everything I mean even the malls, and school was closed for FOUR days afterward. This is going to need some getting used to. Other than the weather it has been fun so far. We were able to walk around down town and listen to live music. That will be much nicer once the weather is nice and we don't have to be bundled up. We will hopefully make it to the Grand Ole Opry one of these days soon.We are only about ten minuets from there, and about a half hour from down town. It will be nice this summer with so much to do.

    In other news... Karina is going to pop her first tooth any day here, she has been pretty good. I need to get her back into the routine of sleeping through the night. She is sitting up on her own, I guess she need a little help starting off but once she is sitting up she will stay that way. Karina hates being on her stomach... she will lay on her stomach for a while and then start screaming about 5 minuets after. We are working on trying to get her to stay on her stomach longer and get her to try and scoot. She started eating cereal and loves it. I need to get a video of her eating, I can't get her food to her mouth fast enough... she defiantly has her mommies love for food, but hopefully she doesn't get my sweet tooth. She is starting to stretch and thin out a little. I can't believe she is almost six months old. it's crazy it seems like just yesterday I was bringing her home from the hospital.

   Brooke is also growing up fast. I can not believe I have a two year old. She is my big helper... just ask her :) When I ask her to pick up her toys and when she finally does she tells me... thank you big helper. I love it, it always makes me smile. She has been talking in complete sentences for a while now and it is getting easier and easier to understand her. She loves to pick on her little sister, but also loves to "help" her. The other day I found her with Karina on the floor in front of her with Karina's pants and diaper off with the wipes next to her, when I asked her what she was doing she said "I change Kawia's diaper". It's hard not to laugh. She was giving Karina "coffee" and I hear her say.... "Kawia don't dump it, Brookie hold it for you". I need to record her one of these times. Wish I had something where I could record a day of these girls playing. It would be fun to watch and listen to them have "conversations" together. She loves to copy everything she hears. She has been potty training for a while now and has been able to keep her diaper dry a couple times all day. She loves to wear her big girl undies over her diaper. She gets to wear them whenever she goes on the potty. She loves to go and asks to sit on it every five minuets... and that is no joke. Well not every day but most days and on some days she doesn't like to go at all. Brooke's hair is finally long enough to put all of it into a pony. I love it... no more mullet!! :)

    Trevor got switched to night shift... well I guess its not really night shift because he works from 4:00pm until
2:30am Tuesday through Friday. We are still getting used to this schedule. Trevor likes this schedule better so I am guessing he will want to stay on it. Trevor's parents are coming down here this weekend and it will be nice to have some company and we can't wait for them to get here.

    We are living in a condo with a nice big fenced in back yard. I can't wait until the weather gets a little warmer so we can spend our days outside. I love the fact that it is fenced in... I can let Brooke play outside and not have to worry about her going out into the road. I can finally have my little garden also.
   I will add a few pictures because I have blogged a few times with out pictures and it makes a post more interesting when there are pictures.

Enjoying a warm day.

She loves to "drive".

Brooke thought she needed a clip her hair like her big sister.

My baby girl getting so big.

This is just moments before Brooke dumped her out.

update...

2010-11-12T15:29:00.000-05:00

I haven't posted on here in a while so here are a few updates on our life. As most of you probably know by now we are moving to Nashville, TN. Trevor got a job there doing the same thing as he is currently doing here in Columbus. We have two weeks to pack up our house and be down there. It is going to be a little bit of a challenge packing everything up because I am restricted to what I can lift for a few weeks due to my surgery.

If you haven't heard I had my gall bladder removed yesterday and everything went well. I am just REALLY sore. Trevor's parents are here to help out with the girls. I guess I never thought about how much we use our stomach muscles... until yesterday. Wow, we sure do use them a lot more than I thought.

Karina is doing good. She gets up only about once or twice a night, she is growing like crazy and is more and more alert every day. She does not like being on her stomach at all, but we are working on that. She is VERY nosy, it is getting harder to feed her because she is always trying to look around at eat at the same time and that doesn't really work to well. She will be four months on the 22nd and she is 17lbs. I love her little chubby cheeks! I am not used to having a baby with chubby cheeks, Brooke was a skinny baby with hardly any fat it seems like.

Brooke is also doing very well. She is talking more and more. Although there are a few things I still can't understand what she says, I am able to understand most. Her words keep getting clearer. It is nice being able to kind of carry on a conversation with her. She loves reading and singing. It seems like every time we go some where she has to take a book with her. She loves her monkey (5 little monkeys jumping on the bed) book and is always asking me to read it to her or she wants to read it to me. She loves to sing the wheels on the bus song and also the itsy bitsy spider while doing the hand motions for them. Brooke went trick or treating for the first time and loved it. She was a cute little bunny.

I will post pictures later. That's all for now enjoy your weekend!

Karina's baptism and Michigan

2010-09-06T21:21:00.000-04:00

We made a trip to Michigan to get Karina baptized. The girls and I were up there for about a week and a half and Trevor joined us for the last half of the week :) Here are a few pictures from when we were up there.

Karina and her big sister

Brooke being her usual self... always cheesing :)

We got to spend a day with this girl, her mom...

and her brothers...

Sometimes I wish I had their energy level.

We also got to spend some time with these kids

and their parents

and of course Grandpa.

I didn't get a picture of my brothers or sisters or Trevor's parents but we were able to see all of them, which was nice since it has been a while since we saw any of them. It was a quick weekend for Trevor so hopefully we will make it up there again soon and he will be able to have more than a couple days to see everyone.

My beautiful girls

2010-08-01T14:39:00.000-04:00

My Dad, Kim and Derek came down this weekend, it was fun to see them again. I was able to get some good pictures of my girls with his camera. Which I am glad I was able to do and I am glad Brooke likes having her picture taken or this wouldn't have been possible. Brooke has been so good with Karina, she is always wanting to hold her, hug and kiss her. She is starting to imitate me though, the other day I was nursing Karina and Brooke came up to me and lifted her shirt up and said baby. It was so cute, I never realized she paid that much attention. Here are a few of the pictures I was able to get. :)

Our newest addition...

2010-07-23T21:59:00.000-04:00

Karina Sue
7lbs 13oz
20inches
born 7/22/10
Here are a few pictures of our wonderful bundle. We are all doing well, so far Brooke has been good with her giving her hugs and kisses and saying "Nigh, Nigh baby".

My big girl...

2010-07-15T19:05:00.000-04:00

Brooke slept in her new bed all night long on the first try and also through her nap! She is also asking to sit on the potty all the time too, she has yet to go while she is on there but at least she is trying. :) My baby girl is growing into a big girl real fast, just in time for this new baby to arrive.

United States of America

2010-07-08T17:09:00.002-04:00

We were able to see Airforce One. It was very interesting to see. It was a few weeks ago but i am just getting around to uploading my pictures on to here. We took this picture for the parking lot of Trevor's work. It was a hot day so we didn't stay long. We then found out later that a few minuets after we left President Obama boarded the plane, that would have been fun to be able to see. As soon as the president was aboard the plane it took off down the runway with his security detail driving right along the runway until the aircraft took off.

Onto other news...

We are all anxiously awaiting the arrival of this little girl. I have gone into labor twice now and hopefully the third time is the charm and we get to enjoy this little one.

We are moving into a bigger townhouse on the 15th. This one is in our same complex but we are upgrading from a two bedroom to a three bedroom which will be nice for storage space as it seems like we have been collecting A LOT of stuff since we moved here a year ago.

2010-07-04T10:38:00.000-04:00

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!

Happy Birthday!!

2010-06-23T13:58:00.002-04:00

Happy Birthday today to my mother in law and
also Happy Birthday to my Grandma P!!
Hope you both enjoy your days!!!

2010-06-22T14:37:00.000-04:00

"I wish Heaven had a phone so I could hear your voice again. I thought of you today, but that is nothing new. I thought about you yesterday, and days before that too. I think of you in silence, I often speak your name. All I have are memories and a picture in a frame. Your memory is a keepsake, from which I'll never part.... God has you in his arms, I have you in my heart." ~Anonymous

Update...

2010-06-16T17:45:00.000-04:00

This past weekend while we were in Michigan, I went into labor at 33 weeks. I was kinda nervous going in thinking we were going to have this baby. My contractions were three min apart and were strong. They admitted me and were having me drink lots of fluids. After about being there for three hours and nothing was changing the doctor decided to try and stop my contractions. They gave me three shots (can't remember what it was exactly) within an hour and a half and were able to stop my contractions. I'm glad they were able to stop my labor. Although it would be wonderful to meet her, and relieve my discomfort I would rather have her be born healthy and not have to be in the hospital for her first couple weeks of life. I had a regular check up once we were back here in Ohio and everything looks good and normal! I am told not to lift Brooke or anything heavy anymore. Although lifting Brooke is a necessity when putting her to bed and taking her out since I am the only one here during the day I have been trying to limit myself on that.

Everything is going well here now. Hopefully we are able to still make a few trips to Michigan before this little bundle arrives. We unfortunately wont be able to make it up to the Keweenaw for St. Johns (our church gathering). Trevor will be working overtime this week. Brooke has become more and more active. I have been trying to teach her how to say I love you. She will say all the words individually but wont say them all at once. She loves to play with phones. She is constantly holding up the phone and telling us to say "cheese" or to smile. Its so funny the things kids pick up. She has been walking around all day with the phone up to her ear with her shoulder and pushing her baby in her stroller. I still haven't figured out where she got the phone thing from because I'm not much of a phone talker, must be from her cousins. Lately she has also been into putting on her own shoes, and not necessarily matching ones or even on the right feet. Its cute to watch her though. :)

Well that is all for now! Hope everyone enjoys there weekend. Have fun and be Safe!!

2010-06-01T15:58:00.000-04:00

Happy June everyone!!
Now that it is June, We now have only 7 weeks left until we meet this little one. Grandma and Grandpa and Great Grandma B. came into town this weekend. We had a lot of fun with them. We were able to go to the zoo, (although I did forget our camera). Brooke loved the monkeys. I forgot how much she liked them I think we spent most of our day looking at them.
Well I'm not in the mood to blog right now so this is it for now! But I know I have to update for you Grandma K. :) Have a great week!

Chicago...

2010-05-20T17:24:00.000-04:00

My sisters Becky and Kim, my aunt Liz and Mary E. and I went to Chicago a while back... thought I would post a few pictures from our trip. It was fun to get away for the weekend.

Becky's Tyler

my sister Kim

dandelions they can be pretty sometimes....

Tyler all tuckered out

These are for you Mary (sorry it took so long to get these up)

This is the view from the 16th floor of our hotel.... yup, that much taller

another view from our hotel room.

Random...

2010-05-20T17:12:00.000-04:00

Brooke playing with Lizzy and Darla

This is for you Steph... This is our new van.

and... here is Brooke's car ;)

Brooke's play date with daddy...

finally long enough to put a pony in it :)

my baby is getting so big.

being a little mommy... see we would do just fine with twins... haha maybe...

yup, just cheesing away :)

Hope everyone enjoys there day! Those are a few pictures I have had on the camera and hadn't been able to upload until now.

Happy Mothers Day!

2010-05-09T16:41:00.002-04:00

Happy Mothers day to all you mom's out there! :) Relax and enjoy your day!

Peace and Quiet....

2010-04-22T17:33:00.002-04:00

So maybe it is a little to quiet for me. I am not used to not having someone else home with me. I am used to Brooke running around here, me trying to keep her from taking everything (and I do mean everything) out of the cupboards (that doesn't look right but it's not correcting me so it must be right) and having her singing to the radio and keeping me entertained. She seems like she never stops moving.
Ok, so I said I was going to try and post more often... and as it seems I haven't been doing so well with this. I have been trying to "clean up" our computer it has been running slow lately and I have a few pictures I want to share, but wont be able to right now. Hopefully soon though.
This weekend Trevor and Brooke are up in Michigan (mom got left here in Ohio). A big thanks to those of you that are watching Brooke while Trevor is working, I really do appreciate it. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow so I was not able to go up. I am however going to be up the following two weekends. Well if everything works out I will be in Michigan on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and then be heading to Chicago for Saturday and Sunday. I am hoping everything will work out because I haven't been to Chicago since... (help me out here girls, when did we go down there?) Was it eighth grade? I'm not sure but it has been a while and would love to be able to spend the weekend with my auntie Liz!
Hopefully while I am up there I will be able to go "junk" picking... O the things you can find. I know I have to be careful what I get cause hopefully we will be moving to another place around here soon and its just more "junk" I would have to pack up.
Also while I am up there I will be helping out in my dad's store for his customer appreciation day. I am excited to be able to help out. I miss not working there everyday, coming home smelling all clean (from the chlorine)... actually I got used to that smell, can't really smell it anymore. Hard to believe I worked there for 6 years. It would be so fun to be able to go back to work there... although it would be quite the commute, 3.5 hours isn't that bad is it? O.k. so maybe one day I will be able to work there again.
Wow, sorry I just kinda blabbed on and on here.

Family and Friends...

2010-04-07T22:10:00.000-04:00

It has been nice having visitors here this week. My sister Kim, Jennifer Kantola and Kyle Pietila are here keeping us company on their spring break. It was nice having them here the other day when the anniversary of my mom's death, they were able to keep me busy and keep my mind from wandering to far. It's hard to believe that she has been gone for three years. I think about her very often and miss her every day. Kim and Jen have been very entertaining and keep us laughing. Brooke has been enjoying having them all around also. The two girls have been keeping us girls busy and Kyle has been keeping Trevor company... not sure how Trevor would be able to handle a house full of girls, so it's probably a good thing Kyle was able to come down. The weather has been very nice, I'm glad it hasn't been rainy all week. It has been Sunny and in the 80's all week so we were able to take Brooke to the park and be outside everyday. We were also able to go shopping which these two girls enjoyed but I think Kyle may be getting sick of all the giggling.
We bought a minivan this past weekend while we were in Michigan. Brooke and I are going to be coming back up to Michigan this weekend bringing Kyle, Kim and Jen back up and will be there for Derek's conformation on Sunday. I am kind of nervous to be driving back down with just Brooke and I because Brooke doesn't always enjoy car rides without getting some attention. Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week and this warm weather.

3/29/2010

2010-03-29T17:35:00.000-04:00

I have not been very good at blogging. I am going to try and update more often.

We had some of my in-laws here this weekend. They really wore out Brooke which was nice for me, she took a nice long nap which allowed me to take a nap also. It seems like I have been needing my naps more often than I used to, I'm not sure if it's Brooke making me tired or this little girl growing inside me. Probably a little of both. We are getting excited and trying to teach Brooke that she is going to have a little baby sister. She isn't quite understanding yet. We still have 4 months to try and teach her.

We have been looking for a new house to rent and found one we really like... we are waiting on the current renters to find a new place. It will be nice to have a back yard for Brooke to be able to run around and I wont have to worry about her running into the parking lot. I can't wait to move and be able to paint and do whatever we want to the house, I have such an urge to buy a house but its not worth it right now for us as we hopefully wont be here forever.

We are going to make it home Easter weekend. Trevor has to work on Easter Sunday so we are going to head home on Saturday and we will be bringing my sister Kim back down here with us. Kim will stay here with us for her Spring Break and then we will head back up to Michigan the following weekend for Derek's conformation. Speaking of Derek I can not believe my youngest brother is going through conformation. I guess we all grow up way to fast.
Everyone enjoy your week and hopefully warm weather.

Brooke...

2010-02-21T15:00:00.000-05:00

Ok so Brooke has been hitting the key board so I figured since I haven't been on here in a while I would let her give you all an update and let you know whats going on...

mmmmmmm. ,kul.

Ok, so I guess she didn't have that much to say. Brooke has been very busy and getting into everything... she is becoming a daddies girl... whenever he is at home she wants nothing to do with me. :( Trevor has been working a lot of overtime which has been wonderful but we are missing him here at home!
Our anniversary is on Tuesday. Its crazy it doesn't seem like we have been married for two years already, and I know in five years I will probably be saying the same thing!! For our anniversary we decided to take a trip to Hawaii. We leave on Thursday for eight days! I am kinda nervous, I'm not sure how Brooke is going to be on a long flight because she doesn't even like being in her car seat for five minuets. So I will apologize in advance to anyone on that flight if she is acting like... well like herself. Happy Sunday everyone! Hope you enjoy your week!!

Forgot some things....

2010-01-04T13:32:00.005-05:00

I have some exciting news about our family.... We will have an addition to our family come July!! We are very excited... not sure yet as to how Brooke is going to handle this... While we were with the families over the holiday she seemed o.k. with mommy holding a baby, but when daddy did... well lets just say she didn't like that very much!!

In these past week it seems as though Brooke went from baby to toddler real fast. She has been having temper tantrums, she learned how to say "no". I'm not sure I like either of these... but on a good note she is becoming her own little person... it's so fun seeing her playing with her aunties... she has been into tickling a lot... so if you see her look out!! She has been experimenting with her voice... screaming, or making different sounds.

That is all for now! Enjoy your Monday everyone!!

We are back...

2010-01-04T12:46:00.005-05:00

O.k. so I know its been a while since I have posted on here... Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays!! We were able to go home for Christmas which was very enjoyable and busy... Seems as though we jumped from party to party. It was great to be able to see our families. Sorry to those I didn't get to see... I got an opportunity to go down south... so Brooke and I went with my mother in law and both my sisters in law. I will post pictures from that later.
We found out Brooke doesn't really care for Santa all that much...

Although... she did like her gift (thanks Ali)....

She does like cake... We celebrated Brooke's birthday at my dad's... She really enjoyed her cake... of course then after we had to give her a Sauna... I didn't complain though... I really miss it... especially this time of year.
We then traveled to Albion for Christmas and again celebrated Brooke's birthday again...
She loves her doll... she has been walking around with it since we have been home!!

Weekend...

2009-11-07T22:41:00.006-05:00

Daddy and Brooke looking out at the city.

Daddy and Brooke with the city behind them.

Watching the water.

Our visitors (missing Paul)

Touring Trevor's work.

Kim sitting in an engine.

Kyle sitting in a engine.

Our family.

Daddy and Brooke in the engine

Kyle and Kim sitting in the cockpit.

Picture...

2009-10-27T11:08:00.003-04:00

I just had to do this. We toured the stadium so
I figured I would put some pictures up on here.

While at the stadium.

Playing with grandpa

playing with the dogs.

At a beautiful park down the road.

Had to have a walking stick.

One happy baby(sometimes)

Finally!

2009-10-25T00:13:00.004-04:00

O.k. so we finally got a computer and the Internet at home. No more going to the library!! O.k. so for some reason it is taking forever to upload pictures so it will be a little bit... so until then just my words!

Since the last time I have updated now Brooke is getting two more teeth (it seems as they are just popping in now). She has also learned to say "HI" and "buh bye". She has learned to take a few more steps. Any day now it seems as though she will be walking. I am excited for her to start walking but at the same time I worry cause she already cruises around and gets in EVERYTHING.

Brooke had an check up on her heart the other day, they say everything is still good. She will have another check up in three months and they may have to do an echo cardiogram or an ultrasound with the next visit. We are not sure on that as of yet.

Well that's all for now hope everyone enjoys the weekend!

I'm Back!!

2009-10-10T11:07:00.003-04:00

Sorry it has been a while since I have updated this. Not having a computer or the Internet at home it's a little hard. So every now and again I go to the library down the street. Well an update on my baby...
She has just gotten her third tooth.
She walks if you hold on to one of her hands.
She says "mama and dada" all the time.
She stands up and takes a couple steps on her own(until she realizes what she is doing).
She is now 9 1/2 months old.

Well that's all for now. Hope you enjoy your weekend!

CONTEST!!!

2009-09-10T23:12:00.003-04:00

Enter here at thrifty and chic: http://www.thriftyandchicmom.com/2009/09/riding-in-style-giveaway/
and get a chance to win a double stroller... with you color choice!!
Good Luck!

Brooke!

2009-08-16T21:19:00.006-04:00

I can not believe my baby is (almost) already

8 Months old. Grandma and Grandpa B came

and visited us the other weekend. We all had a

blast. It was nice to have some visitors.

Here is Grandma and Brooke looking out at the
neighbor kids riding by one their bikes.

Brooke just giggling away at her

toys.

Bringing her book for Mommy to read for her.

Grandpa to Brooke (surfing) in the pool.

Brooke and Grandpa swimming. (Brooke was
mad at me for taking so long to take the pic.)

Brooke trying to climb out of the pool.

Just relaxing after a long play in the pool.

Well Brooke and I are in Lower Michigan and

then we will be making a trip to the U.P. and

spending some time there.

Update...

2009-08-01T13:46:00.005-04:00

OK so it has been a while since I have been on here. We are all settled in here now and we have managed to make a few trips home already. Trevor is finally done with training and will begin working if Sunday! Once we get a computer and Internet at our house I will update with some pictures. Brooke has been digging in everything... I guess its time we start child proofing our house! The little stinker learned how to climb up our steps and she has been climbing on everything and walking along the furniture as well. Man, they grow up way to fast!

Ohio

2009-07-05T22:13:00.002-04:00

We arrived in Ohio safely. We will be getting up in the morning and unloading the truck... I am not sure as to the next time I will be able to post as we do not has a computer right now. Will update more later!

Here are some pictures finally!!

2009-06-25T17:10:00.008-04:00

Hey there! Here are a few Pictures of Brooke, I have finally
been able to put pictures on here!!

We were waiting for a graduation party to start
so we decided to take Brooke to a park and she
really loved it.

Looking out of the castle window at
the park.

Brooke and Daddy on the tire swing.

PEEK-A-BOO!!

Relaxing on the swing.

Daddy let Brook drive the train!!

We decided to make a little pool

for Brooke to play in and she

LOVED IT!!

Here is Brooke in her new pretty Dress!

JOBS!!

2009-06-15T22:49:00.003-04:00

So yes, the rumor is true.... TREVOR FINALLY GOT A JOB IN HIS FIELD!!! I never realized but WOW what a relief that is! Sorry it has taken me a while to post this GREAT news but my computer access lately has been a little slim. So I guess my venting worked!! Ok so we are all smiles in this household. :D Well that's all for now, everyone enjoy your week and if your going visit God's country this weekend have a safe trip.

Whats a guy gotta do...

2009-06-10T20:52:00.004-04:00

Whats a guy gotta do to get a job in this town (or anywhere)? I am really beginning to wonder this. It seems as every time he applies for a job and has an interview he doesn't have any experience... well tell me this... how is a guys supposed to get any experience if know one will hire him??? AAAGGGHHH... I am getting very frustrated with everything. Thanks Everyone for letting me vent. ;)

Life as we know it!

2009-06-04T15:10:00.002-04:00

Live as we know it has been getting a little better every day! Brooke is talking my ear off every day! I really can't complain. Trevor is still looking for a job in his field, but he has a job now so no complains here. We are all enjoying the weather although I would really enjoy a beach...(if there were any around here). We are still unable to upload pictures, so I apologize. Oh and one more thing... LETS GO RED WINGS!!!

Birthday Season...

2009-05-22T20:10:00.001-04:00

Yet another Birthday today! Happy Birthday Kirsten! Hope your day goes great!! We miss you alot! You gotta come home again and visit!! Miss You and Love you!

Love...

2009-05-20T15:29:00.002-04:00

I am just loving this warm weather. It's about time and I am really hoping that this will stay. Sorry there will not be any pictures coming on here anytime soon. Our computer is down again. I guess you gotta love technology and dislike it at the same time!! Update on Trevor's job... We are still waiting to hear when he will start training, but we are really hoping it will be soon. Well Everyone enjoy your day!!! Oh yeah and I forgot! GO RED WINGS!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

2009-05-19T14:31:00.001-04:00

Happy Birthday Stephanie! Wish we could be there with you to celebrate your Birthday!!
Miss you and Love you!

Birthday!!

2009-05-14T14:02:00.000-04:00

Happy 17th Birthday KIM!!!
Love You!

MOTHERS DAY...

2009-05-09T22:17:00.002-04:00

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY EVERYONE!
I am just posting to wish every mother out there a Happy Mothers Day!

Home!!

2009-05-04T13:05:00.005-04:00

We are now back in Michigan! It was a long trip back, but I was very impressed that Brooke was very good so that made the trip go a little faster. Trevor has a job now we are just waiting to find out when and where he will be training and when and where we will be moving to. Hopefully somewhere close to home.

Bath time!

2009-04-24T10:25:00.004-04:00

Bathtime and afterwards!

Thinkin she's a big girl feeding herself.

I was having a little fun with the camera

and... she got the giggles!

Brooke in her Ducky Bath

little O' Brooke...

2009-04-23T13:06:00.001-04:00

Here are a few Pictures of Brooke...

BIG HUGS FOR EVERYONE!! MISS YOU ALL!!

OuR LiFe...

2009-04-23T12:58:00.002-04:00

We went to a flee market the other day and decided

we would dress Brooke up a little so we wouldn't

have people asking us if she is a boy or a girl. We have

had her in all pink and I think because she doesn't have

hair they assume she is a boy. We always have people

saying "awww... he's so cute" and yes, I do correct them

and say "yeah SHE is cute isn't SHE."

We watched the sunset from the pier right down

the road from our house. This is the pier overlooking

the Gulf of Mexico.

Brooke was tired of sitting in the front pack and

looking at me. We figured she could enjoy the sunset

as well.

Pier overlooking the Gulf of Mexico.

No Pictures

2009-04-20T11:19:00.002-04:00

Sorry I can't add pictures, for some reason our computer is not recognizing our camera. So as soon as I can get this problem fixed I will be adding more pictures!

Love Coffee?

2009-04-15T13:45:00.001-04:00

I found this online for any of you that like coffee (even free)! Enjoy!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-09T23:29:00.002-04:00

Well, since I have people telling me that I have not posted since March, I decided I would just do a quick not to wish everyone a Happy Easter! We have had some visiters this week. It has been nice having people around that we know! We really appreciate what you girls did for us (although i'm sure you would rather do other things on your spring break) Thanks again. There is not much new here just still enjoying the weather, Trevor is still looking for a job, hopefully something comes up quick cause we really need it! Well again, Happy Easter to everyone... Enjoy your families and friends! Wish I could be home with my family! Miss everyone!

The Gulf...

2009-03-30T20:06:00.007-04:00

Brooke and Daddy

Brooke and Mommy in the water

Brooke and mommy in the water again.

The little lizard.

We took Brooke down to the beach today. She was kicking around and tying to go deeper into the water. She really seemed to enjoy it. Things are going good here so far. We have a couple little lizards hanging around our house they are cute little things. There is not much going on here. Brooke is rolling over more and more still has a little trouble bringing her hand out from under her. She is getting a two teeth on the bottom row and she is starting to scoot a little bit. She is growing up wayy to fast.

Update...

2009-03-26T19:57:00.004-04:00

<--- Looking at the Gulf.
Here is an update about how we are doing here in Fl. The weather has been great so far its been bouncing from 79 to 84. We can not really complain. Although we are really hoping for rain here pretty soon, we are in the middle of a drought so we have been cutting back on water. Brooke is doing great, she is still sleeping well. I think she is growing more and more because she seems to be sleeping a lot during the day and eating more and more each day. I can't complain though cause she is healthy and getting more and more active every day. Trevor is still job searching and has not yet found anything, we are hoping something will come up quick. Well everyone enjoy the rest of the week and weekend and remember to smile you never know who is looking :)

2009-03-23T16:43:00.004-04:00

Rolling...

2009-03-23T16:43:00.001-04:00

Today she rolled over for the first time! She would only do it when we were not looking it seems like. We would start her out on her back and then she would roll onto her stomach...Can't wait till she can start moving around a little. Today we finally got a little bit of rain... it is very dry down here and there has been a lot of brush fires everyday. Hope all is well with everyone.

Florida Pictures...

2009-03-21T18:57:00.003-04:00

Pier right down the road from our house.

Smiley Brooke!

Bushong family at the Pier.

Brooke enjoying the sunshine.

Brooke still enjoying the sunshine.

Florida...

2009-03-19T15:51:00.004-04:00

Brooke and I got to Florida last night. Brooke is having a little bit of a hard time adjusting to the warm weather... me?... I'm not having a problem at all!! :D The weather is great here. Brooke was great on the flights. We had a layover in Detroit. From Flint to Detroit she did great, and didn't cry at all. She was great at the airport in Detroit as we were there for about 2 1/2 hours. Once we got on the plane in Detroit she was so tired and just ready to go to bed, so as we started down the runway she started crying and I could hear people saying "oh boy", just as I was thinking it to myself. But once we got off the ground she was fine and then slept the rest of the flight. I think that made everyone on board the plane a little happier. Hope you enjoy your weekend. I'll write more later.

Pictures...

2009-03-17T22:50:00.002-04:00

I found a couple pictures of Brooke and decided to put them on here...

FINALLY DONE...

2009-03-14T16:30:00.003-04:00

Yes, The Bushong's are happy today! Trevor took his tests to get his licenses and he passed!!! I'm so proud of you Trevor!! Trevor now has his licenses and is making his way to Fl. today! I didn't even realize I was stressing about that... but now that it is over I feel as if a big weight was lifted off my shoulders!!

Packed N' Ready to go...

2009-03-12T11:15:00.003-04:00

Well the packed part yes! But the ready to go I'm still not sure about. I am excited to get out of this rain one day and snow the next kind of weather but I'm not ready to leave everyone here! I had my walk through on our apartment and everything went smoothly. Now its time for me to just wait to board the pane to some warmer weather and see my husband. I never realized how hard it would be having him gone for this long. I will be leaving in less than one week and as the time gets closer and closer I just get more and more nervous! Well thats all for now my baby is screamin at me.

PACKED!!

2009-03-07T19:36:00.002-05:00

So, we finally have our apartment packed up(mostly)... Well we got everything packed that we are taking to Fl. Trevor will be leaving tomorrow after church. Its going to be crazy, we have not been apart from each other for longer than a weekend since we have been married. Monday I will hopefully be able to move the rest of our things out from our apartment and scrub it clean. We have our walk through on Tuesday so hopefully I can have the apartment cleaned by then. It's crazy how much JUNK you accumulate after just a year. I think we have more than doubled what we started with. Well that's all for now! Hope everyone enjoys the weekend!

Moving...

2009-03-04T14:34:00.002-05:00

So I booked my ticket to Fl. today, I leave on the 18th. We are trying to get our apartment packed up and everything out of there by Saturday night. Trevor is leaving for Nashville on Sunday to go take his test to get his licenses. He will be in Nashville for a week and then he will make his way down to Fl., where I will eventually meet him. It's crazy how fast this came up. I am finding that packing this time is a little harder now that we have Brooke who wants to be held all the time. I'm now learning how to multitask. That's all for now. Hope everyone enjoys this warm weather today!!

2009-02-09T22:24:00.003-05:00

We have an addition to our family...
Brooke Pamela
Born: 12/27
6lbs. 14 oz.
20.5 inches
We are really enjoying her company as she is growing and starting to coo and smile all the time now.

New to this...

2009-02-09T21:42:00.000-05:00

So I am new to this and I will try and keep everyone updated as we are moving to FL. in 5 weeks.