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Another Happy Birthday! Hope you are having a good one even though you had to go to work! I agree with Marnie with the vette!

Kim and Treven

Well Anne I would come visit except you are in a little place called Idaho...and it is winter...those things do not mix with Marnie.

Thanks for the ad on baby oil. Maybe I will try it out! I really like the inshower lotion things. My last semester of school we did an ad campaign for lotions. We had to come up with our own original line with something that isn't offered much (we did men's lotion), but anyway, I had to do a lot of research on lotion. The in-shower lotions were really big at the time. they were just coming out. They are sorta like a body wash but you just put them on in the shower and rinse them off and when you get out dry normally but you don't have to reapply lotion! Very nice. I really like the Bath and Body Works kind but I am sure there are other good ones. Anyway, now that we have two lotion ads in a row...enjoy!

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Marnie

Ok I know this may be a weird blog. A couple weeks ago I saw a commercial for Johnson's baby oil saying that it locks in 10x more moisture if you put it on when still wet after a shower. So I thought since I still have not found the best way to keep me from scratching b/c of my eczema that I would try it out. Well it is great! I shave less often and normally I have really gross heels, all scratchy and everything from volleyball and such (I know some of you all have them too). Well with the baby oil my heels are not scratchy anymore and they are so nice to have soft. I know this sounds like a commercial but I know some of you have complained of the heel problem before and I thought I would put my discovery on th blog.

Happy Birthday Dad! Hope you have a good one. So when you all gonna come visit??? We have a bed and a blow up bed so we can fit lots of people.

Love,
Anne

Hope you have a great day!!! Take the Vette for an extra spin! You deserve it!!! Got the new whatever-you-got-for-it yet?? Have fun!!

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Marnie

Hey everyone,

Our address is

13542 W. Meadowdale Dr.
Boise, ID 83713

Anne cell (208) 921 8571
Peter cell (208) 921 8570

-Anne

Last night we went to the Cavs game and had tons of fun with Hayden. He sat through the whole game! I can barely do that! We took Danica to the Debaltzo’s and I was pretty nervous about it just because she is so little, but I didn’t want to take her to the game because she is so little, and anyway it of course worked out fine. Today Hayden had a friend over and then I had some friends over for lunch so it was a lot of fun. This afternoon we went for a walk and we planned to have Hayden use his new Fisher Price roller skates at the park but it started to rain so we had to come home. It’s been a fun and social day and as a result the house is still a mess but I have decided I don’t really mind because I could spend all day, every day cleaning and it wouldn’t make much difference.

The buzz around our ward is what everyone is going to do for preschool next fall because it’s registration time and such. I couldn’t decide whether to have Hayden do “real” preschool or just a simple coop like I did this year. So I looked into several programs and decided I would wait and have him do "real" preschool when he is 4. But then I just found out about a girl moving here for her husband to attend Law School. Her husband is in the Air Force and just going back to school now so she already has elementary school age children. Anyway, she is going to teach preschool at her home, just two days a week which is perfect. I talked to her on the phone for about an hour and she has an awesome program that she is currently teaching and just plans to do that again when they move here. So after much thought and prayer we have decided to sign Hayden up for her preschool. I think he will love it and Danica will enjoy a little bit of time to be in the spotlight and the focus of my attention. As you can imagine Hayden does a fairly good job of keeping my attention.

Okay, so here is a thought. My friends from high school do a blogg and they are really big into making comments. I am sure you have all noticed the option to comment (Tom and Kim just used it) and it’s been done a few times but not very often. Anyway, I found on the high school blogg that the frequent use of comments is really nice. Here are the benefits:
1. When you write a post you can simply give an update of your life without trying to remember everything you just read that you wanted to comment on.
2. You don’t have to worry about accidentally leaving someone out when posting comments and questions for everyone.
3. It makes it easier to just simply write a comment without needing to write a whole blogg. You can make comments, ask follow up questions, etc. even when you don’t want to write an update on your own life.

Now, I know I don’t need some sort of special permission to start making comments but it will do me no good if people don’t know to look for them, plus I will feel silly if I am the only one that does it. So give it a thought and see how it goes.

Well that is all, except that I keep forgetting to tell Marnie thank you for getting me addicted to Sudoku! It is so much fun! If Hayden didn’t monopolize the computer I would be playing it all the time! And Adina, I doubt this will help because Morgan is older but when Hayden was afraid to sleep in his room it was because he thought monsters would get him. We could not convince him that monsters were fake so we finally we convinced him that monsters were not allowed in our house so he didn’t need to worry about them. Miraculously it worked! He doesn’t get up in the middle of the night anymore. Do you let her CD player run all night on repeat? We’ve done that to so that when he does wake up he feels comfortable. Good luck with it! We loved the ultrasound picture; Hayden kept laughing his head off and sitting on the ground trying to act like the baby in the ultrasound! Hmmm…all of those items would have been good to put in as comments instead of in my post, next time I’ll do it… Okay now here is my question- how do I deal with the fact that Hayden can almost make it through the day with out a nap but not quite…Should we cut it out or insist he take one? I’d love any input!
Take care!

Tracey

Hey,

Our Address is 697 Trejo Street #121 Rexburg, ID 83440. Also if you don't have our phone numbers. My cingular one is 360-901-7270 and my verizon one is 360-635-2864. Treven's verizon is 360 904-4247. Oh and one more thing. for those who don't know Treven's birthday, it is May 27th.

Thanks hope that helps!

Kim

OK, highly transient family...

I need some addresses - I apologize if you have posted them already, but I can't find them and I'm too lazy to look further. So - could I get addresses for Kim & Treven and Anne & Peter? Buffy - I need somewhere to send your B-Day card, so let me know what that address will be. By the way - the place you will be staying sounds awesome: pool, tennis courts...can I come stay there, too?

Anyway - thank you. And thanks to those who gave me some advice on Morgan's night-time wanderings. I put a CD player in her room and she falls asleep in her bed without a hitch - but she is still waking in the night. Ah well - if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.

Love you all...
Adina

We are really enjoying this - every time we check the blog, there is something new to read!

T 'n T: Parker was thrilled to get his card...he ran around the house with those bills in his little clutches shouting, "I got dollars! I got dollars!" Quite happy. Thanks.

Mike & Brooke: I imagine your schedule is filling up with people who want to see you and do things with you when you get here. Just leave a night open for us - we really do want to go to dinner. Adults only, of course. :) My Mom is visiting from the 9th to the 16th - then we (kids & I) take off for the Bay Area til the 22nd or so. When do you go back? Let's find a good night and pencil it in...

For anyone out there with advice: Morgan has recently become afraid of sleeping in her room. Even with the light on. She always ends up in our bed at some point during the night. We love her dearly, but I've never seen a kid sleep so spread out like she does. We always end up with a foot or elbow in the back, or awake to a slap in the face as she moves around. Not to mention, I don't want her to be afraid of her room. Any advice?!

Now to begin our day...more rain in the forcast, of course. Still love it here. That says a lot, I think. Hope everyone has a great day!

Adina

I know it shouldn't have scared the heck out of me, but I checked the blog just before bed, in the dark, late at night. The volume was on max because we had been on video conferencing with Mike earlier in the day. The title says it all.

Tom and Tracey, Danica looks so perfect she doesn't even look real. She looks like one of those porcelain dolls that Jane begs for all the time. She is beautiful.

Ellyn said "nanana" last night,... several times. She said it again for Mike this morning. She saw the bunches of bananas as I put them in the basket and started freaking out. Pretty exciting for all of us around here. Her little OT session went very well this morning. She freaked out at first, I think because the room looked way too much like the nursery at church. Yes, we did have to go to this appt. but it looks like they are going to change it to a home visit. So two out of her three appts. will be at home.

Jane knocked a girl over at Tae Kwon Do tonight. The girl was holding the kick pad (it's called something I can't remember) and she kept telling Jane to kick harder. So she did. Kind of funny.

Well it's AI and it has taken me way too long to write this little blog so I will sign out. So good to hear from so many. Treven, fabulous to see you on the blog.

All baby, all power!

Thanks for the conversation Marnster! Liking the nickname!

Everything is going well for us. It snowed this whole weekend then on Monday it rained and now it is freezing over! Kim took some pictures of the apartment so she will post those soon. My classes are going well. I am liking going to school. Kim starts her training for her job next Monday. Her ear is hurting a little now and then. Her tougue is still partly numb, right on the tip. We don't understand still why they numbed her tougue. They said it was to put the breathing tube down easier. We will see I guess. We are hoping to go snowboarding soon. Don't know when we can, but we definitely going to! Our home teachers came over last night and one of them got married like 2 weeks after us. Well they just found out that they are having twins AND she was on birth control. Oh man!

That's all for now! Just going to school and working.

Treven

I love the goofy grin! I just wish I had been there to see it in person. She is truly one of the prettiest babies that I have ever seen (the other prettiest babies include Jane, Morgan, Sadie and Ellyn!)----I just love all of my grandchildren! Danica, however, is probably one of the best babies I have ever seen. For those of you with whom I have not shared this, Lexi made the best comment about this great baby so far. She said that she could guess that in the pre-existence that Danica begged Hayden to be able to come to this family. She promised Hayden, in order to come, that she would be a very quiet baby and not disturb his own personal heaven!!! She is really a great second child!

Not much new here. I'm trying to sort out the drawers in my desk and get rid of all my excess junk. I really am quite a packrat and as such am loosing things all the time. By the way, Adina, the 5 x 7 picture of Taylor is hanging on our wall in the kitchen. I think Kenn replaced an old one in there when we received it and had forgotten that he did it!!! We really are going downhill sometimes. We just need a bit more order in our lives!

I started back with Weight Watchers today. Exercise alone just isn't doing the trick--even though I spend about 2 hours each morning at it!!! I made the 0 point soup for lunch..very good! I also am really enjoying "The March"...I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys the Civil War period.

Anyhow, I'd better get back to my drawers!!!

Love you all,

Mom

Mom

Danica 7 week's old!

Danica's goofy grin!

My friend took this when Danica was a day old, she just sent it to me so I thought I would post it.