Friday, December 19, 2008
And a Merry Christmas to you....
After seeing my sister Sierra's blog post today, Abe and I realized that we forgot to take Adeline to see Santa in the midst of getting ready for our trip to Utah. So tonight we ventured out to the mall so she could see Santa. Let's just say it was a VERY similar experience to my sister's. Every time Adeline looked at Santa, she would start to whine a little bit. As soon as Abe tried to pass her off to Santa, she started freaking out and wouldn't let go of Abe's neck. Abe held her for another second, and then put her on Santa's lap. Santa gave her a little stuffed dog and she pushed it away. Now she is quite fond of it though :) When we went to the desk to get our pictures they said "best picture of the night!" Pretty funny. I feel like a mean mom!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Want a good deal on Shade Clothes?
So, as some of you know, I have been a "personal shopper" for Shade Clothing the past couple of years. They just announced that they are not longer going to have the Shade Clothing Personal Shopper program. So sorry to those of you who have been getting a discount! Well, that leaves me with a bunch of samples I bought awhile back. It's funny because I have honestly never even used these samples for showcases or anything. They are brand new and now I am stuck with them. Before I email all my clients, I figured I would do a blog post in case anybody wanted anything! To make it easy, I am just selling each item for $5. If you want to buy something, email me at nicolesbarker@gmail.com and we can discuss it further. If you live by me, I can just get it to you, if you are in Utah I can give it to you over Christmas, OR I can always mail it to you the cheapest way possible. (if you can't read what it says on the shirt, click on the picture and it will enlarge :)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
IKEA & some funny videos
The other day my friend and I decided to venture out to the Gap Clearance Center, which is in Kentucky, and also IKEA. Are we crazy....? Yes we are, but the girls actually did way better than I thought they would. We ate lunch at IKEA and sat in the little kid area so they could enjoy the tables and chairs. And then of course they loved playing in the kid showroom.
Last night, we were hanging out in the basement and Adeline was being so funny. We did some pushups to see if she would copy us, and of course she did. You can also check out her jumping and gymnastics skills :)
Last night, we were hanging out in the basement and Adeline was being so funny. We did some pushups to see if she would copy us, and of course she did. You can also check out her jumping and gymnastics skills :)
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Gross....but pretty funny
I think adeline thinks she is a dog like Chloe now. We caught her doing this....
I think that Adeline is growing or something. She is eating so much and sleeping all the time. I had to wake her up from her night sleep at 10:45am because I had to go somewhere. That is insane! Her naps have been at least three hours too. Good for me because these last two weeks I have been slammed with my card business.
Abe's last day of finals are tomorrow! Then he pretty much doesn't have to do anything until January. Woo-hoo!! We can't wait to come home to Utah for Christmas!!
I think that Adeline is growing or something. She is eating so much and sleeping all the time. I had to wake her up from her night sleep at 10:45am because I had to go somewhere. That is insane! Her naps have been at least three hours too. Good for me because these last two weeks I have been slammed with my card business.
Abe's last day of finals are tomorrow! Then he pretty much doesn't have to do anything until January. Woo-hoo!! We can't wait to come home to Utah for Christmas!!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Thanksgiving and more
Wow, it's been a long time since I last posted. Things have been a little bit crazy around here. We finally finished our basement last Wednesday and got the carpet in. We have to do a little touch up on the baseboards and still have to put the closet doors together, but other than that it is done! We threw all of Adeline's toys down there, so for now she has a very big playroom. I will post pictures once we are 100% completed and have it a little more organized down there. We will eventually be putting a couch and stuff down there to also make it a hangout area.
Here is Adeline going down to the basement to play
Two weeks ago I watched my friend Shelby's little boy Sol for a handful of days. I got a little taste of what it would be like to have twins. They are only 10 days apart. I brought them to the mall a couple of times to a little kid play area they have there to keep my sanity. A lot of people commented on my twins. One of the days, my friend Alexis needed me to watch her daughter Catherine last minute. So I had 3 one year olds and some how I got them all to take naps at the same time.
Thanksgiving was really fun. Thanksgiving is probably one of my top rated holidays. I love being with family and friends, eating a yummy meal and reflecting on all the things I am thankful for. I am Thankful for many things and feel so blessed. We had some of our friends over and we ate dinner and hung out. They all made really good food and were so nice to help me clean up after!
My extent of Thanksgiving decorations
Thanksgiving weekend we went and picked out our tree. I was so bummed that I forgot my camera. Maybe we are just cheap, but all the trees were so expensive. If we wanted a nicer one, it would have been over $100. Finally we found a charlie brown tree that was the cheapest one I had seen, and so we bought it. I actually thought it was really cute, however Abe would probably say differently. It was fun coming home, putting up the tree and decorating it. Adeline loves it and every day she walks up to it and says "tee". She also loves shaking the tree and ripping the ornaments off, but that is another story.
Adeline has just been as cute as ever. She says new words everyday and is a little jabber mouth. Most of the time it is just a lot of mumbo jumbo, but then she adds in some real words too. I need to be better at asking her to say things, because 75% of the time, she repeats what I say. I bought her a little chair to eat in. My mom has the same one and Adeline loves it. I swear that she eats better sitting in it too. Since Adeline has been such a HORRIBLE eater the past couple weeks, I decided to buy it. And let me tell you, she is a much better eater because of it.
Adeline doing her funny face in her chair
Here is Adeline going down to the basement to play
Two weeks ago I watched my friend Shelby's little boy Sol for a handful of days. I got a little taste of what it would be like to have twins. They are only 10 days apart. I brought them to the mall a couple of times to a little kid play area they have there to keep my sanity. A lot of people commented on my twins. One of the days, my friend Alexis needed me to watch her daughter Catherine last minute. So I had 3 one year olds and some how I got them all to take naps at the same time.
Thanksgiving was really fun. Thanksgiving is probably one of my top rated holidays. I love being with family and friends, eating a yummy meal and reflecting on all the things I am thankful for. I am Thankful for many things and feel so blessed. We had some of our friends over and we ate dinner and hung out. They all made really good food and were so nice to help me clean up after!
My extent of Thanksgiving decorations
Thanksgiving weekend we went and picked out our tree. I was so bummed that I forgot my camera. Maybe we are just cheap, but all the trees were so expensive. If we wanted a nicer one, it would have been over $100. Finally we found a charlie brown tree that was the cheapest one I had seen, and so we bought it. I actually thought it was really cute, however Abe would probably say differently. It was fun coming home, putting up the tree and decorating it. Adeline loves it and every day she walks up to it and says "tee". She also loves shaking the tree and ripping the ornaments off, but that is another story.
Adeline has just been as cute as ever. She says new words everyday and is a little jabber mouth. Most of the time it is just a lot of mumbo jumbo, but then she adds in some real words too. I need to be better at asking her to say things, because 75% of the time, she repeats what I say. I bought her a little chair to eat in. My mom has the same one and Adeline loves it. I swear that she eats better sitting in it too. Since Adeline has been such a HORRIBLE eater the past couple weeks, I decided to buy it. And let me tell you, she is a much better eater because of it.
Adeline doing her funny face in her chair
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Adeline and Tag
Once again, nothing too exciting for us. Abe didn't have to go to school today since it was Veteran's Day, so that was nice to have the day together. It's freezing cold here now, and I'm sure in the next week we will probably have snow! That will be a change for us after living in Cali for three years. One GREAT thing about here is that gas is only $1.89/gal right now. It's so nice!!
Adeline has been as cute as ever lately. She seems older to me every day. She is learning a new word every day, which is kind of fun. As I was taking a video of her in the bath tonight (you can see below), I asked her to say cheese and she said "cheese". I didn't even know she could say it. In the past several days her favorite word is "NO!" Unfortunately she says it all the time. To Chloe, to me & to Abe. I told Chloe to get off the couch tonight, pointed at her and sad no. Afterwards Adeline turned to Chloe, pointed her finger at her and said "NO!" What a little mimic. Here are some cute pictures of her:
Here are a couple cute videos in the last couple of days.....
Adeline in the bathtub
Adeline feeding Chloe dog food
Adeline trying to put her diaper on her doll
Karen tagged me forever ago, and it has taken me awhile to do it. Sorry Karen. The tag was 8 things….but I changed it to 5 things, because 5 will already be hard enough.
5 Favorite TV Shows:
Lost
Intervention
Extreme Makeover
Anything on HGTV
The Office
5 Things I Did Yesterday:
Went to the store
Played with Adeline
Designed baby announcements
Made Calzones for dinner
Had our friends over for our new ritual: Dinner & game night!
5 Things I Look Forward To:
Christmas
Going home for the holidays and seeing family
Our granite counter tops
Getting Adeline up in the morning
Getting our basement finished
5 Favorite Restaurants:
Panera Bread
PF Chang
Olive Garden
Cheesecake Factory
Claim Jumper
5 Things On My Wish List:
Decorations for our house—it’s still very plain
New clothes
New shoes
King size bed would be nice
????
Adeline has been as cute as ever lately. She seems older to me every day. She is learning a new word every day, which is kind of fun. As I was taking a video of her in the bath tonight (you can see below), I asked her to say cheese and she said "cheese". I didn't even know she could say it. In the past several days her favorite word is "NO!" Unfortunately she says it all the time. To Chloe, to me & to Abe. I told Chloe to get off the couch tonight, pointed at her and sad no. Afterwards Adeline turned to Chloe, pointed her finger at her and said "NO!" What a little mimic. Here are some cute pictures of her:
Here are a couple cute videos in the last couple of days.....
Adeline in the bathtub
Adeline feeding Chloe dog food
Adeline trying to put her diaper on her doll
Karen tagged me forever ago, and it has taken me awhile to do it. Sorry Karen. The tag was 8 things….but I changed it to 5 things, because 5 will already be hard enough.
5 Favorite TV Shows:
Lost
Intervention
Extreme Makeover
Anything on HGTV
The Office
5 Things I Did Yesterday:
Went to the store
Played with Adeline
Designed baby announcements
Made Calzones for dinner
Had our friends over for our new ritual: Dinner & game night!
5 Things I Look Forward To:
Christmas
Going home for the holidays and seeing family
Our granite counter tops
Getting Adeline up in the morning
Getting our basement finished
5 Favorite Restaurants:
Panera Bread
PF Chang
Olive Garden
Cheesecake Factory
Claim Jumper
5 Things On My Wish List:
Decorations for our house—it’s still very plain
New clothes
New shoes
King size bed would be nice
????
Friday, November 7, 2008
Cats and Dogs
Nothing has been too exciting with us the past week. Abe is just working hard at school everyday and Adeline and I are finding things to fill our days. Adeline's new thing is grabbing our finger and saying "go"! Then she directs us to where she wants to go. 99% of the time, that is to the door to go outside. That girl would live outside if she could. Since we have had 60-70 degree weather, we have spent a lot of time outside. The weather is starting to turn though :(
Everyday Adeline takes me to our neighbors house to see their cat and bird. Luckily our neighbors are wonderful and love the company. I can't believe how much Adeline loves cats. She is so gentle with them and would love one of her own.... but the problem is that we don't like cats as much as her!
Of course Adeline loves Chloe....they are best friends
Everyday Adeline takes me to our neighbors house to see their cat and bird. Luckily our neighbors are wonderful and love the company. I can't believe how much Adeline loves cats. She is so gentle with them and would love one of her own.... but the problem is that we don't like cats as much as her!
Of course Adeline loves Chloe....they are best friends
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)