Family Pictures

This summer while we were at the Oregon Coast our friend Annette took some family pictures and they turned out pretty great .... here's my favorite!



If you get a chance check out her other stuff at http://olivieriportraitdesign.blogspot.com/. That girl's got talent- believe me- I don't look that good in real life! Thank Annette!

Priest Lake

We just got back from Laney's first trip to Priest Lake- so I thought I'd share some pictures... My family used to go to the Lake for a week every summer but somehow got away from it. This was our first time back in 5 years and I LOVED IT!! We didn't get to go for the whole week but did have a great time. I ate huckleberry everything, and we wakeboarded , tubed and generally enjoyed the weather. I'm hoping we keep the tradition going!

Falling asleep at the camp fire- too much fun for a little girl!

Laney playing with her Uncle Drew

On the boat with Grammie

More playing in the sand

Helping Grampa put the Kayak away

With Grandpa in the kayak

Look Who's 2 !!!!

That's right, today my baby girl is offically 2 ! Hard to believe! We had her birthday party Saturday and she got so many toys she doesn't know which one to play with first- and my house pretty much looks like Toys R' Us after an explosion. For the first time, she really got into opening her presents and was taking them around to different people so they could help her open them faster. It was pretty funny!

A few quick facts about my cute two year old- She is definately a girlie- girl. She loves dolls, doll houses. She can play with her dolls for hours- putting them nigh-night, feeding them, making them dance- you get the idea. She also loves leading the dogs around on a leash and generally harassing them. She talks a lot at home but is really shy in front of other people and rarely says a word. She loves fruit snacks, cucumbers, and anything sweet! She is well into her terrible two's and hates to shop or be told no (who doesn't) and she currently thinks everything is "mine". Lately, she has started running around the house singing to herself "do-do do-do do-do" . Pretty cute!

And now... Look how time flies! She was so little....

25 cents

Last Thursday Laney and I were downstairs, she was playing and then came to me choking on something. I flipped her upside down and in the process she swallowed whatever it was. I thought the ordeal was over but called my mom just to make sure- she suggested I call Laney's pediatrician to just be safe. So, I called and the nurse said I had to take her to the emergency room IMMEDIATELY to make sure it wasn't stuck or in her lungs.

So, still not completely panicked (which is saying something for me) I called Ryan and off we went to the Hermiston ER. Once we go there they took x rays and Ryan noticed that there was something pretty big in her stomach. The Dr took a second look and then told us we were going to have to take her somewhere to see a specialist to see if it had to be removed (now, I'm starting to panic). So, we drove to Kadlec and went through the x ray emergency room thing again and the specialist decided that he was going to have to remove it.

So, they had to take my baby and put her under general anesthesia and go in (with a scope down her throat) to remove, what turned out to be a quarter. (yes, at this point I completely panicked- lots of crying and renting of clothing). The actual procedure took less than 20 minutes and we got to take her home that night- so in the big picture it was a pretty simple thing. And she's completely recovered. I will say that I think that the moment they carried her off crying to put her under was probably one of the worst moment of my life- broke my little mommy heart! Hope I never had to do that again!

All in all, we got to the Hermiston ER at 4:15 and left Kadlec after midnight- long day! Needless to say I have gone through the house picking up and hiding all our spare change- that is going to be one expensive quarter!!!

(This is some pictures of the quarter in her stomach and the actual quarter they removed- The Dr said it was a good thing we had it removed because it was already blocking her stomach- scary!)

Time with The Grandparents

We've been lucky lately to get to see our parents a lot- especially considering that its harvest time- Laney loves being spoiled and takes advatage of all the extra attention. Last weekend Mike and Trina came down and Trina made her homemade pizza for us- It is REALLY good. Delaney felt strongly that she needed to help her Nina bake so here she is giving them a hand.


After dinner we had a circus show- Mike would lift her up in the chair and then she'd jump to her daddy, nothing scares this girl, it's unbelievable!



Then- yesterday Laney and I went out to the farm to check on harvest. Laney got to ride in the combine with her grandpa and was mesmorized by the reel and the wheat- it was pretty cute!
And then she talked her Uncle Drew into some story time before we had to leave- lots of fun!

4th of July and more House Pictures

Here are some updated pictures of the kitchen- the backsplash is now up and waiting for grout and we're still waiting on the counter piece for the island, but it's finally looking like the end is in sight. I'm hoping that by Monday I have running water in the sink and an oven again. We moved in last Friday so it's been a lot of McDonalds while we wait to have a working kitchen.

Here's a closer picture of the back splash...

The 4th we spent at the Perkins house and it was a nice break from all the construction at our house. Laney made it till the fireworks but she was pretty tired and didn't seem too interested.

Auntie Franny let her have her first sparkler- and she was fascinated!

And, Joy of joys- there was a bouncy house that Jenny brought for the kids to play with- Laney and Em thought it was pretty fun.

This is from moving day- she found a pair of "eyes" (glasses) ann was wearing them around all morning.