Thursday, June 26, 2008
I Love Mommy Today (Not Daddy)
So this is Ryan writing. We had an funny Kaitlyn moment yesterday. We were driving to Prairie du Chien and both Christi and I were really tired. The girls kept yelling and being very loud. We kept telling them to stop but they wouldn't. So, Daddy slammed on the brakes and pulled over to the side of the road. Instead of saying, "Don't make me pull this car over", I just did it anyway. Of course as we were coming to a quick stop Kaitlyn said, Wooooow!. Anyway, when we stopped I turned around and gave them the Daddy Dalton look [anyone who knows me knows the Ryan Dalton mad look; Kaitlyn has allready perfected it] and stearnly told them enough was enough, it was time to be quiet, and they weren't to yell or scream anymore. Of course, Christi is trying desperatley not to laugh in the front seat, Kaitlyn gives me a dirty look, and Emily just gives me a space cadet look like she has no clue what is going on. But, they quiet down and we get going again. After about thirty seconds of driving, out of the blue Kaitlyn says, with her perfected Ryan Dalton mad look on her face, "I Love Mommy Today." Well, Christi and I couldn't help but laugh, and I said to her, "Kaitlyn, what about Daddy? Do you love Daddy too?" Her response was a simple, emphatic, and concise, "I love Mommy today!" So I laughed again and was proud of myself. You know your doing your parenting job well when your kids don't love you every once in a while. We were just glad she said it with some tact the way she did instead of outright saying, "I hate you Daddy" Luckily she hasn't learned the "hate" word yet. Don't worry though folks. Two hours later she loved her Daddy again. - Ryan
Monday, June 23, 2008
update
Poor Em has had it rough this month. This last weekend Emily feel face first onto the concrete for the 3rd time! The first time we were out with some friends and a little boy knocked her stroller over. She got two or three scrapes around her eye. Then that was almost completely gone and she dove out of her stroller head first and got a nasty scrape on her forehead. That was finally all cleared up and now she fell off the curb at Piggly Wiggly and scraped her nose and just below her eye. On top of that this month she has been sick a lot. She got a temp and was uncontrollably crying, so I took her to the Doctor. Ear infection, but just barely so we tried to fight it without antibiotics. That was a rough week. I thought she was finally getting better when it got WAY worse. Took her in again and she had a really red throat. She just finished her antibiotic and is ALMOST back to normal. Poor girl. I know I can’t wait tell she’s completely healthy. You know the saying if momma ain’t happy ain’t no one happy? Well we decided at our house it’s if Emmy ain’t happy, ain’t no one happy! This is Ryan cuddling with Em on one of those days.
So a few weekends ago we had stake conference (where a group of our local congregations meet together). This doesn’t normally make for a whole weekend trip, but our stake building is in Madison which is 1 ½-2 hours away. Ryan had a meeting late Saturday afternoon, and we all were supposed to be there Sunday morning. So we spent Saturday night at the Price’s. They come to our branch on assignment. They live very close to the church (yay!) So we got there and while Ryan went to his meeting, the girls and I went shopping! I love shopping! So do the girls, in fact Kaitlyn loves it to much already. I had quite a few tantrums when I wouldn’t let her keep something she picked up. That was a rough shopping trip and I was glad to have Ryan back when we got back. Sunday morning we went to the meeting. It was POORING rain and we didn’t have umbrellas. We were SOAKED!!! Luckily we dried off about half way through. When we got there Ryan saw our friends the Midtoven’s, so we got to sit with them. They are the ones that were in Nauvoo the same time as us. I think Kaitlyn and Jaden have a little thing for each other. It’s very cute. After the conference we had planned to have picnic at the zoo and go see the animals (it’s a FREE zoo! I love it!) Luckily it stopped raining and we were able to go. Here are the kids getting ready to go in (minus Jake who was in the other stroller)
Mya, Emily, Kaitlyn, Jaden
There was a cute turtle the kids got a picture on. We kept adding children, Jake wasn’t too happy about the turtle!
The “monkey’s” (Kaitlyn called them all monkey’s) were the first that we looked at.
Mya and Kaitlyn checking them out
Ryan (being silly of coarse) and Emily checking them out
While we were there some one came into feed some of the monkeys! It was so cool. This was the best picture I could get.
We had a great time checking out all the animals and hanging out with our friends. It was a great weekend. It took a couple of weeks to get back on the swing of things though!
I just discovered that Em’s hair is long enough to put into pigtails! Well, they go in, but it definitely doesn’t last all day. She looks so much older and even more like a Wilson (my maiden name) baby this way! She wasn’t in the mood for pictures when I took these though, lol. Here’s her first time in pig tails! And some of Miss Kaitlyn too.
Ryan and I decided to have a nice family date before our family grows again. Friday night we went out to dinner, Chinese (yum!) and then we walked to the movie theatre. All four of us only cost $10! At least we will until November when Kaitlyn turns 3. Our town has one theatre and it is really cute it used to be a play house and I’m not sure but they might still hold plays there occasionally. It’s so pretty inside! They only play one movie a week and this week’s movie was Kung Fu Panda. This was Kaitlyn’s (and Emily’s) first time to go to a theatre to watch a movie. Ryan and I have been very nervous to try this. Kaitlyn has a very short attention span. Well the girls actually did VERY well. We got seats to the side that had an aisle in front, so Em had plenty of walking room and we brought suckers as an incentive to stay quiet. They did really well and Kaitlyn didn’t need the suckers until the end of the movie. Emily fell asleep (with some help from Mom) at the end of the movie. Kaitlyn didn’t and was too tired on the way home. We had our double stroller but she still cried the whole way home! It was just too late for her. All in all it was a good evening. I just wish they had an earlier showing then 7pm.
Kaitlyn is talking SO much now it’s crazy. She just asked me
Momma, I go Jaden Mya’s house in my red van? She is so cute and I love that she has friends now. There was a long while were she didn’t really have anyone to play with. It makes me so happy to know she has some friends here. Plus it’s nice for me cause I get a friend too!
So a few weekends ago we had stake conference (where a group of our local congregations meet together). This doesn’t normally make for a whole weekend trip, but our stake building is in Madison which is 1 ½-2 hours away. Ryan had a meeting late Saturday afternoon, and we all were supposed to be there Sunday morning. So we spent Saturday night at the Price’s. They come to our branch on assignment. They live very close to the church (yay!) So we got there and while Ryan went to his meeting, the girls and I went shopping! I love shopping! So do the girls, in fact Kaitlyn loves it to much already. I had quite a few tantrums when I wouldn’t let her keep something she picked up. That was a rough shopping trip and I was glad to have Ryan back when we got back. Sunday morning we went to the meeting. It was POORING rain and we didn’t have umbrellas. We were SOAKED!!! Luckily we dried off about half way through. When we got there Ryan saw our friends the Midtoven’s, so we got to sit with them. They are the ones that were in Nauvoo the same time as us. I think Kaitlyn and Jaden have a little thing for each other. It’s very cute. After the conference we had planned to have picnic at the zoo and go see the animals (it’s a FREE zoo! I love it!) Luckily it stopped raining and we were able to go. Here are the kids getting ready to go in (minus Jake who was in the other stroller)
Mya, Emily, Kaitlyn, Jaden
There was a cute turtle the kids got a picture on. We kept adding children, Jake wasn’t too happy about the turtle!
The “monkey’s” (Kaitlyn called them all monkey’s) were the first that we looked at.
Mya and Kaitlyn checking them out
Ryan (being silly of coarse) and Emily checking them out
While we were there some one came into feed some of the monkeys! It was so cool. This was the best picture I could get.
We had a great time checking out all the animals and hanging out with our friends. It was a great weekend. It took a couple of weeks to get back on the swing of things though!
I just discovered that Em’s hair is long enough to put into pigtails! Well, they go in, but it definitely doesn’t last all day. She looks so much older and even more like a Wilson (my maiden name) baby this way! She wasn’t in the mood for pictures when I took these though, lol. Here’s her first time in pig tails! And some of Miss Kaitlyn too.
Ryan and I decided to have a nice family date before our family grows again. Friday night we went out to dinner, Chinese (yum!) and then we walked to the movie theatre. All four of us only cost $10! At least we will until November when Kaitlyn turns 3. Our town has one theatre and it is really cute it used to be a play house and I’m not sure but they might still hold plays there occasionally. It’s so pretty inside! They only play one movie a week and this week’s movie was Kung Fu Panda. This was Kaitlyn’s (and Emily’s) first time to go to a theatre to watch a movie. Ryan and I have been very nervous to try this. Kaitlyn has a very short attention span. Well the girls actually did VERY well. We got seats to the side that had an aisle in front, so Em had plenty of walking room and we brought suckers as an incentive to stay quiet. They did really well and Kaitlyn didn’t need the suckers until the end of the movie. Emily fell asleep (with some help from Mom) at the end of the movie. Kaitlyn didn’t and was too tired on the way home. We had our double stroller but she still cried the whole way home! It was just too late for her. All in all it was a good evening. I just wish they had an earlier showing then 7pm.
Kaitlyn is talking SO much now it’s crazy. She just asked me
Momma, I go Jaden Mya’s house in my red van? She is so cute and I love that she has friends now. There was a long while were she didn’t really have anyone to play with. It makes me so happy to know she has some friends here. Plus it’s nice for me cause I get a friend too!
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Memorial Weekend
We had a GREAT memorial weekend, I hope you did too! We took a family trip down to Nauvoo Illinois. Nauvoo is a city that has great historical meaning to me and my church. This was the last weekend that Andy had before he started work, so we wanted to go to the temple. We have 3 choices; Nauvoo, Chicago, and Minneapolis, all of which are 4 hours away. Chicago is our official temple, but we haven’t been there yet. I can’t wait until we go. I’ve never been to Chicago, and it’s always fun to go threw a temple for the first time. Anyway we decided Nauvoo was more in our budget, so we went there. We left Friday evening after I got off work. –Ryan came and picked up the girls and finished packing, so when I got home we left. It was REALLY nice. We got to our hotel late Friday night so we just checked in and got some sleep. Saturday morning Ryan and I took the girls to the park to play. We wanted them worn out so they’d take a good nap for Andy. While we were there we decided to walk to the temple grounds and show the girls the beautiful temple. Ryan and I were just having a conversation when he said (sorry about this, just spelling it doesn’t work when your typing) Hell no. Kaitlyn immediately says Hell no daddy, hell Ryan. Oh man! She sure is repeating EVERYTHING right now. I teased Ryan that it was a GREAT place to teach Kaitlyn that word-on the temple grounds. And yesterday I was really stressed out. I was late getting somewhere and had lost my keys so I said oh crap. Kaitlyn says oh crap, mommy Kaitlyn say oh crap. It was all I could do not to laugh. I guess she taught me my lesson. Ryan’s not the only one who has to watch their mouth. Oh crap, I mean dang it. Lol. Anyway Ryan and I went to the temple while the girls took naps for Andy. It was SO nice to be in the temple again and the Nauvoo temple is exceptionally beautiful. When we got back to the hotel this is what we found:
Kaitlyn asleep on the floor with her head on the mattress we brought for the girls. It was so cute. She was so tired but didn’t want to take a nap until finally she just collapsed. So cute. Andy said Em took a short nap and then spent the rest of the time trying to wake up Kaitlyn. Sounds like a typical nap time to me! After that we went to see some of the sights. First we went on a carriage ride around Nauvoo. Kaitlyn loved it because it was pulled by Princess Bell horses. Lol, she’s only seen part of that movie and she remembered that Bell has a horse. Too cute. I was just glad she liked it. After wards I wanted a picture of everyone by the horses. Poor Kaitlyn was scared to go near them, that’s why she’s making a funny face.
After that we went to the visitor center and watched the Missionaries do a play. It was great with lots of singing and dancing, my favorite kind! Well Ryan wasn’t to excited about it so as soon as Em started squirming he took her out. Lol, he always uses the girls as an excuse to leave! Well Kaitlyn saw that Daddy left so she spent the rest of the show going in and out to visit Mommy and Daddy. Oh well. She did like it, just ONLY when they were singing AND dancing. If they were talking or just singing she was out of there. I guess I can’t blame her she is only 2. After that we got some dinner and then went swimming! Don’t worry no pictures of that, you don’t want to see a 7 mo pregnant me in a swim suit! It was fun. The girls had a GREAT time, and it was cool because we saw some friends who were there too! Coreina lives in Lancaster too. She goes to the other branch though, so we don’t see her as much. She has 3 children; Jake who’s just younger than Em, Mya who’s just older than Kaitlyn, and Jaden who’s 5. Kaitlyn was so excited to see Mya and Jaden. She just loves them! It was fun to hang out with them while we swam. Ryan and Coreina’s husband even like each other, but they would never admit they’re friends. Boys are so funny! Sunday we went to the local ward. It was HUGE because of all the visitors, the gym was even full. It looked like a stake conference. It was a really nice meeting and I felt the spirit strongly there. After church we got our camp set up. We decided to camp Sunday night to Monday. We only have one tent, which is fine, except there was an extra boy with us! We were going to have the family sleep in the van (take the seats out and lay down a mattress we brought) but all the stuff from the van wouldn’t have fit in the tent plus Andy. So the 4 of us squished into a 2 man tent and Andy got the van. It made for some tight sleeping arrangements, but that’s half the fun of camping. Once every thing was set up we headed out to Carthage. This is a where our first prophet was killed by a mob. The missionaries there have a nice tour they do. You get to watch a beautiful movie with journal entries from people who knew Joseph Smith. This was Andy’s first time to see any of Nauvoo or Carthage. Emily and Kaitlyn didn’t do so well during the movie and the next step was tour. We started out with everyone, but it was too much for the girls. We really wanted Andy and the other people on the tour to feel the spirit so Ryan and I took the girls out while Andy finished the tour. This is the girls playing by the statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
I really wanted one of them together, but it just was impossible! These were the best shots of my attempt at a sister picture.
They played there for a little while and then decided to play with Kaitlyn’s ball. Kaitlyn thought it was so cool that Daddy could kick the ball REALLY high. She and daddy had fun playing ball and Emily just played in the grass.
Kaitlyn throwing the ball to daddy
And Kaitlyn in the grass
When the tour was finished we decided to go to a Frisbee golf coarse. There was a really cute playground next to it that the girls and I played on. It had a bunch of different things made of wood. There was a mini-train, a small airplane, a tractor and some other things. They were REALLY cute. Andy got a picture of the girls in the plane, so when I get a copy I’ll post it. After a while Kaitlyn decided that she wanted to play with Daddy, so we found Ryan and Andy and Kaitlyn got to play disk golf too. She was SO cute! She couldn’t throw very far but she didn’t care. She just had fun playing with Daddy. At the end of the coarse Ryan and Andy were just practicing throwing and Em decided she wanted to throw to. So cute! She pretty much just dropped it, but she dropped it with feeling. Ryan was so proud of his girls wanting to play with him. When we got back to camp we got to meet our neighbors. They were really nice and Ryan and Andy got to play ultimate Frisbee with them while I got the girls to bed. They did NOT want to sleep. Lol. It was about 10 before they finally were out. Crazy. We got to make smores and sit by the fire and chat with our neighbors. It was really nice. The dad had just recently retuned from Iraq so we got to hear some great stories. I thought that was especially nice because of the holiday. On Monday we went to see some more of the sights. There was a new memorial to the pioneers who died on the trek that I hadn’t seen before. Ryan and I found some of our ancestors on there. It was really cool. The memorial is right before you get to the Mississippi were the pioneers crossed. The girls loved looking at the water. Here’s our family were the pioneers crossed the FROZEN Mississippi (I can’t imagine how cold it must have been!)
Em thought the rocks were delicious! She even wanted to share with me, she’s so sweet.
Kaitlyn and then my handsome Ryan
Ryan and Andy were skipping rocks and Kaitlyn tried too.
We went to lunch and ran in to Coreina and her family again and then we headed home. It was a great weekend, but very exhausting. I needed a vacation to recover from my vacation. I think I’m finally starting to get back on top of things.
Kaitlyn asleep on the floor with her head on the mattress we brought for the girls. It was so cute. She was so tired but didn’t want to take a nap until finally she just collapsed. So cute. Andy said Em took a short nap and then spent the rest of the time trying to wake up Kaitlyn. Sounds like a typical nap time to me! After that we went to see some of the sights. First we went on a carriage ride around Nauvoo. Kaitlyn loved it because it was pulled by Princess Bell horses. Lol, she’s only seen part of that movie and she remembered that Bell has a horse. Too cute. I was just glad she liked it. After wards I wanted a picture of everyone by the horses. Poor Kaitlyn was scared to go near them, that’s why she’s making a funny face.
After that we went to the visitor center and watched the Missionaries do a play. It was great with lots of singing and dancing, my favorite kind! Well Ryan wasn’t to excited about it so as soon as Em started squirming he took her out. Lol, he always uses the girls as an excuse to leave! Well Kaitlyn saw that Daddy left so she spent the rest of the show going in and out to visit Mommy and Daddy. Oh well. She did like it, just ONLY when they were singing AND dancing. If they were talking or just singing she was out of there. I guess I can’t blame her she is only 2. After that we got some dinner and then went swimming! Don’t worry no pictures of that, you don’t want to see a 7 mo pregnant me in a swim suit! It was fun. The girls had a GREAT time, and it was cool because we saw some friends who were there too! Coreina lives in Lancaster too. She goes to the other branch though, so we don’t see her as much. She has 3 children; Jake who’s just younger than Em, Mya who’s just older than Kaitlyn, and Jaden who’s 5. Kaitlyn was so excited to see Mya and Jaden. She just loves them! It was fun to hang out with them while we swam. Ryan and Coreina’s husband even like each other, but they would never admit they’re friends. Boys are so funny! Sunday we went to the local ward. It was HUGE because of all the visitors, the gym was even full. It looked like a stake conference. It was a really nice meeting and I felt the spirit strongly there. After church we got our camp set up. We decided to camp Sunday night to Monday. We only have one tent, which is fine, except there was an extra boy with us! We were going to have the family sleep in the van (take the seats out and lay down a mattress we brought) but all the stuff from the van wouldn’t have fit in the tent plus Andy. So the 4 of us squished into a 2 man tent and Andy got the van. It made for some tight sleeping arrangements, but that’s half the fun of camping. Once every thing was set up we headed out to Carthage. This is a where our first prophet was killed by a mob. The missionaries there have a nice tour they do. You get to watch a beautiful movie with journal entries from people who knew Joseph Smith. This was Andy’s first time to see any of Nauvoo or Carthage. Emily and Kaitlyn didn’t do so well during the movie and the next step was tour. We started out with everyone, but it was too much for the girls. We really wanted Andy and the other people on the tour to feel the spirit so Ryan and I took the girls out while Andy finished the tour. This is the girls playing by the statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
I really wanted one of them together, but it just was impossible! These were the best shots of my attempt at a sister picture.
They played there for a little while and then decided to play with Kaitlyn’s ball. Kaitlyn thought it was so cool that Daddy could kick the ball REALLY high. She and daddy had fun playing ball and Emily just played in the grass.
Kaitlyn throwing the ball to daddy
And Kaitlyn in the grass
When the tour was finished we decided to go to a Frisbee golf coarse. There was a really cute playground next to it that the girls and I played on. It had a bunch of different things made of wood. There was a mini-train, a small airplane, a tractor and some other things. They were REALLY cute. Andy got a picture of the girls in the plane, so when I get a copy I’ll post it. After a while Kaitlyn decided that she wanted to play with Daddy, so we found Ryan and Andy and Kaitlyn got to play disk golf too. She was SO cute! She couldn’t throw very far but she didn’t care. She just had fun playing with Daddy. At the end of the coarse Ryan and Andy were just practicing throwing and Em decided she wanted to throw to. So cute! She pretty much just dropped it, but she dropped it with feeling. Ryan was so proud of his girls wanting to play with him. When we got back to camp we got to meet our neighbors. They were really nice and Ryan and Andy got to play ultimate Frisbee with them while I got the girls to bed. They did NOT want to sleep. Lol. It was about 10 before they finally were out. Crazy. We got to make smores and sit by the fire and chat with our neighbors. It was really nice. The dad had just recently retuned from Iraq so we got to hear some great stories. I thought that was especially nice because of the holiday. On Monday we went to see some more of the sights. There was a new memorial to the pioneers who died on the trek that I hadn’t seen before. Ryan and I found some of our ancestors on there. It was really cool. The memorial is right before you get to the Mississippi were the pioneers crossed. The girls loved looking at the water. Here’s our family were the pioneers crossed the FROZEN Mississippi (I can’t imagine how cold it must have been!)
Em thought the rocks were delicious! She even wanted to share with me, she’s so sweet.
Kaitlyn and then my handsome Ryan
Ryan and Andy were skipping rocks and Kaitlyn tried too.
We went to lunch and ran in to Coreina and her family again and then we headed home. It was a great weekend, but very exhausting. I needed a vacation to recover from my vacation. I think I’m finally starting to get back on top of things.
Monday, June 2, 2008
My cute girls
So sometime in May I took some cute pictures of the girls. It was a Sunday morning so they are all dressed up for church. They are so cute! (I'm only a little biased)
That day ended up being... interesting. After church Ryan took Kaitlyn to the ER while I stayed home with Em. Kaitlyn has been having troubles with her BM's. In other words she was pretty constipated. Poor girl. We had started potty training her and she got a diaper rash, so between the two she didn't want to go. So of coarse just before the doctors see her she fills her diaper. Go figure. I ended up taking her to our pediatrician a few days later. We got some new cream to put on her and the rash was gone almost instantly. It was great. So I tell you this because Kaitlyn came home so proud of herself. She got to be like Mommy at the doctor. (She see the ob measure my belly and listen to the heartbeat) So she was the perfect 2 yr old patient because she was happy to jump up on the table and show the doctor her tummy. Too cute. Anyway, she was also very proud of her Princess bracelet. One of the nurses put a sticker on her ID bracelet. This is her very proudly showing her new bracelet.
Em got to eat her first ice cream cone all by herself. She was VERY excited about it. There's just something about those cute chubby cheeks covered in food that makes us just laugh. So here's some ice cream covered Emmy pictures.
And a much cleaner Kaitlyn enjoying her ice cream cone
And next time I'll have some cute pictures from our adventure to Nauvoo!
That day ended up being... interesting. After church Ryan took Kaitlyn to the ER while I stayed home with Em. Kaitlyn has been having troubles with her BM's. In other words she was pretty constipated. Poor girl. We had started potty training her and she got a diaper rash, so between the two she didn't want to go. So of coarse just before the doctors see her she fills her diaper. Go figure. I ended up taking her to our pediatrician a few days later. We got some new cream to put on her and the rash was gone almost instantly. It was great. So I tell you this because Kaitlyn came home so proud of herself. She got to be like Mommy at the doctor. (She see the ob measure my belly and listen to the heartbeat) So she was the perfect 2 yr old patient because she was happy to jump up on the table and show the doctor her tummy. Too cute. Anyway, she was also very proud of her Princess bracelet. One of the nurses put a sticker on her ID bracelet. This is her very proudly showing her new bracelet.
Em got to eat her first ice cream cone all by herself. She was VERY excited about it. There's just something about those cute chubby cheeks covered in food that makes us just laugh. So here's some ice cream covered Emmy pictures.
And a much cleaner Kaitlyn enjoying her ice cream cone
And next time I'll have some cute pictures from our adventure to Nauvoo!
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