Well we said our sad goodbyes to Binx. It has been much more of adjustment for Morgan than she would like to admit. Tim's goodbye was rushed as he had lots to do as we left him last Thursday morning. But we had the weekend with him and thought for a moment we would have to bring him back with us! Binx is now adjusting, at least we hope he is, to his new home with his cousin Maddox (sp?). Binx growled, barked, and snapped at him if he was with in 15 feet of him. By the time we left on Monday, he would at least tolerate him as long as he didn't jump on his back. But that was only after 5 minutes of barking when Maddox was let out of his kennel. We know Binx is in the best of company and we can't thank them enough for giving him a good home while we are gone. I cried when I had to kiss him bye, which caused Chelsie to start crying, which caused Adayla to tell Chelsie, "Don't cry Chelsie!" Adayla was very sweet about giving him a kiss. She stills remembers Binx in her prayers and when you ask her who she loves, he is near the top of her list. Little Tally is going to miss him too. She loved Maddox quite a bit, as he is closer to her size! Now everytime we see a dog, her little legs get a going! We will see Binx one more time as we drive to Utah, maybe we will just take him with us!
Now on to the rest of the family. Tally's front middle teeth are quickly coming in. It is funny how teeth just take away from being a tiny baby and on to the start of a toddler! She smiles a ton and people are always saying, what a happy baby she is! She loves new things and gets bored easily, so she is always looking for something new to play with. Many times that something new to play with is in one of Adayla's purses....and Adayla isn't so into sharing that part of her stuff. She occasionally spits out food or just won't eat somethings, but overall she puts it away! On the way to Chelsie and Bryan's, I would hand her back some food and then she would start to fuss when it was gone. I would ask her Tally what do you want and she would get her hands saying more please, more please. She understands so much more than we'll ever know. Yesterday she also went over to the bottom of the stairs and just started climbing up them like it was no big deal. It was cute and she was excited about learning something new.
Miss Adayla is more Miss Adayla than ever, she LOVES her purses! Grammy gave her one and we bought one at the store. She has one, if not both, at all times! It makes her mom a bit crazy, but it is cute to see her do everything like a little woman! Tonight Adayla asked Tim when he came home this evening, "how was work?" It is amazing to how much she really listens to. The other day when Morgan went to get a shot, as soon as we got to the place, she starts saying over and over, "I don't want a da zhen!" Once she finally realized Morgan was the only person getting them, she proceeded to tell her Dad about last time she got a da zhen. It hurt and then I burped (barfed) and then I got some new clothes! She also loves to dance with her Daddy. She comes in our room, turns on the music, and says, "Daddy come dance with me!" They hold hands and dance. Mommy tried to dance with her and it wasn't the same.....she let my hands go and insisted Daddy dance with her.
My little blurps on the happenings....
Tim's Falcons didn't make it to the big dance, but were a #1 seed in the NIT. After a few close games, they are going to the final four of the NIT in New York next week. Which would be perfect for Tim, except we have too much going on and Tim sadly won't be able to make it.
Morgan is done nursing and doesn't believe that Tally is nearly 1. (This quitting nursing thing isn't that much fun, especially when you get 4 shots on the same day!) Tally is adjusting well and is drinking from her sippy cup just fine.
Tim just passed his 5 Air Force test!! So only 1 left to go!
We leave for China in less than a week! We have our visas and everything is good to go.
Adayla is very excited to go on the fei ji!
The weather has been warm and so we have been able to spend lots of time at the park.
We sold the green car!! We got what we wanted out of it and sold it to the first lady that looked at it! A huge relief! Tim is looking forward to all the other things I plan on getting rid of (not really!)
And as we were driving home from Chelsie and Bryan's, we were in some small town in the middle of nowhere, Adayla's says very excited, "Mom Look!! There's my green car!" And up in a parking lot on a hill was Adayla's green Camry. As we drive in town, as she sees people's cars that she knows....she'll say there's whoever's car....usually the right model in various colors.
Adayla hasn't forgotten about Grandma Skinner's Lion....get your hand out of my cookie jar, she gets the giggles everytime she hears it!
That is it for now, Timmy is tired, so we must go to bed!
Friday, March 23, 2007
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Lots of Things going on.....
The days are going by faster than we like....but I wanted to take a minute to recount a few events. Tim is the forever student, studying both Chinese and his military Major's school (4 test on Monday....2 to go!) But don't worry his makes time for basketball! Sadly he would have more time, but Air Force can't pull it together and lost to that team Wyoming. Now he didn't have to make time to for a game, but he is keeping track of all the other games to see if somehow Air Force can still make it in to the Big Dance.
I haven't had time to tell a few stories about Grammy and Gramps. First, we will say how much we loved having them here. Tonight as we were reading Adayla's Book of Mormon stories, we were talking about Zormamites and the Rameupmtom....she kept saying the Grammeupmtom. It was cute. We asked Adayla what her favorite part of having G&G here and she said, "Dancing with them in the morning!" She would sneak upstairs and get her toy (the steering wheel with transportation noises that Kevin and Spencer used to play with) then push buttons and they would sing the song and do actions with her. Her favorite song is ....Dinah blow your horn....blow your horn and so every morning they would blow their horns together! Adayla also like to pick who was going to say the prayer....everytime it was Grammy!! (which they said was a good balance because Julie always picks Gramps)
We didn't go too many places because they had lived here for such a long time before, they had seen most of the sites. We had leisurely breakfasts and lunches. We drove to thier old houses and they were surprised to see how much had changed. Their were roads where there used to be houses and/or trees. We went to check out Springfield Mall which was The shopping place back then (not so much anymore...). We went to the old ward they left on their mission to. They (including Tim) were able to see many old faces and do a bit of catching up. They all have many fond memories about Lakeridge. We love Grammy and Gramps and added a few more fond memories of our time with them!
Today was Adayla's last day of dance class....: ( She loved every bit about it. She loved her teaches, her friends, the songs, and the dancing. She followed right along with everything her teacher did, some of the girls would get side tracked easily. Adayla would listen and do what Ms. Rachel said...now if we could just get her to do that at home. Her favorites new things she learned were Step-Kick and flex your toes-point your toes. It was good for her to be part of a group, we'll find something later for her to join!
We were late to dance class because Tally had to go to the doctor this morning. Her crooked head is back. It started about 3 days ago. (We noticed it when she was about 4 1/2 months old and took her to the doctor, we did some exercises and it healed very quickly.) So I was shocked to see it back again. The doctor called it Torticollis, essentially she has a bump on one of her muscles and so then she favors to hold her head to the right. So we will do some physical therapy and hopefully it will heal for good. She definitely does not like anyone messing with head, we are supposed to do it about 1 time every hour.
Tally is no longer complete fang woman, she is starting to get her middle teeth on top!! We are going to miss that smile! She continues to eat and eat. She only weighed just under 18 pounds today and the doctor, so she isn't as big as you'd expect! My friend, Crystal has a daughter a few months younger than Tally and gets the biggest kick out of watching that girl put the food away! She did spit something out this week for the first time, we gave her a bit of Tylenol to break a fever, and she wouldn't swallow it for anything. She only has 2 more weeks of the really good food ie. ME! She does her little milk sign, but when she decides it is time to nurse she comes up and starts beating on my chest. Hopefully Little Grandma and Grandpa enjoy her!
Just a few short blurps:
We went to the post office on Monday to apply for the girl's passports....7 people in front of us...we were only there 3 HOURS! (the girls were troopers!!)
Adayla got 2 more da zhen (shots) on Wednesday....not as fun this time, she barfed all over herself afterwards. We had many more errands to do and we were a ways from the house...so she got a new outfit.
We are getting sad as Binx Kuehne has less than a week before his two year vacation to the Waldmanns starts.
We applied for our Chinese visas on Wednesday, the realization that we are moving very soon is coming!
We are prepping for the move, getting rif of this and that, the big project for the week was getting the green car listed. Hopefully we sell it before we go to China in a few weeks.
The girls continue to delight and entertain us!!
I haven't had time to tell a few stories about Grammy and Gramps. First, we will say how much we loved having them here. Tonight as we were reading Adayla's Book of Mormon stories, we were talking about Zormamites and the Rameupmtom....she kept saying the Grammeupmtom. It was cute. We asked Adayla what her favorite part of having G&G here and she said, "Dancing with them in the morning!" She would sneak upstairs and get her toy (the steering wheel with transportation noises that Kevin and Spencer used to play with) then push buttons and they would sing the song and do actions with her. Her favorite song is ....Dinah blow your horn....blow your horn and so every morning they would blow their horns together! Adayla also like to pick who was going to say the prayer....everytime it was Grammy!! (which they said was a good balance because Julie always picks Gramps)
We didn't go too many places because they had lived here for such a long time before, they had seen most of the sites. We had leisurely breakfasts and lunches. We drove to thier old houses and they were surprised to see how much had changed. Their were roads where there used to be houses and/or trees. We went to check out Springfield Mall which was The shopping place back then (not so much anymore...). We went to the old ward they left on their mission to. They (including Tim) were able to see many old faces and do a bit of catching up. They all have many fond memories about Lakeridge. We love Grammy and Gramps and added a few more fond memories of our time with them!
Today was Adayla's last day of dance class....: ( She loved every bit about it. She loved her teaches, her friends, the songs, and the dancing. She followed right along with everything her teacher did, some of the girls would get side tracked easily. Adayla would listen and do what Ms. Rachel said...now if we could just get her to do that at home. Her favorites new things she learned were Step-Kick and flex your toes-point your toes. It was good for her to be part of a group, we'll find something later for her to join!
We were late to dance class because Tally had to go to the doctor this morning. Her crooked head is back. It started about 3 days ago. (We noticed it when she was about 4 1/2 months old and took her to the doctor, we did some exercises and it healed very quickly.) So I was shocked to see it back again. The doctor called it Torticollis, essentially she has a bump on one of her muscles and so then she favors to hold her head to the right. So we will do some physical therapy and hopefully it will heal for good. She definitely does not like anyone messing with head, we are supposed to do it about 1 time every hour.
Tally is no longer complete fang woman, she is starting to get her middle teeth on top!! We are going to miss that smile! She continues to eat and eat. She only weighed just under 18 pounds today and the doctor, so she isn't as big as you'd expect! My friend, Crystal has a daughter a few months younger than Tally and gets the biggest kick out of watching that girl put the food away! She did spit something out this week for the first time, we gave her a bit of Tylenol to break a fever, and she wouldn't swallow it for anything. She only has 2 more weeks of the really good food ie. ME! She does her little milk sign, but when she decides it is time to nurse she comes up and starts beating on my chest. Hopefully Little Grandma and Grandpa enjoy her!
Just a few short blurps:
We went to the post office on Monday to apply for the girl's passports....7 people in front of us...we were only there 3 HOURS! (the girls were troopers!!)
Adayla got 2 more da zhen (shots) on Wednesday....not as fun this time, she barfed all over herself afterwards. We had many more errands to do and we were a ways from the house...so she got a new outfit.
We are getting sad as Binx Kuehne has less than a week before his two year vacation to the Waldmanns starts.
We applied for our Chinese visas on Wednesday, the realization that we are moving very soon is coming!
We are prepping for the move, getting rif of this and that, the big project for the week was getting the green car listed. Hopefully we sell it before we go to China in a few weeks.
The girls continue to delight and entertain us!!
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Snapshots
Gramps, Grammy, and the girls at George Washington's home (Mt Vernon). We picked a beautiful day to go! 
Celebrating Grammy's Birthday, she looks great! We went to Medieval Times to watch the jousting and games along with dinner. We ate with our hands, no spoons or forks involved. 
Tally wearing a crown too!
Adayla's first snowman!
Daddy and Adayla with her snowman!
Gramps was lucky enough to read many many books to Adayla. She loved sitting on his chair and snuggling with him.
These are her glasses. You may recognize them from Mr. Potato Head. She wears them frequently.
Grammy and Tally, she was an excellent ham for them!
A busy moment in the life of Adayla, gathering her "Stuff". Her cart is full!
Bathtime buddies!
Tally loves to eat!! More please, more please. When ever we eat, she must eat too! (Even though she may have had a complete meal only moments before.
Bedtime.....
Adayla's first snowstorm, it was very very cold!
Adayla loves to feed Binx, this is a usual outfit for her....snow hat and her cowboy boots!I will update some more of the weeks events later, but had a moment to add a few shots! Enjoy!
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