Saturday, February 7, 2009

More of that cute little Josslyn

The night she was born. Chase is being silly, of course!
Sweet Jossy @ 1 wk old

Blakeley and Josslyn Reunited!


Blakeley and I got to go up and spend time with sweet little Josslyn on Thursday. It was so fun to visit with Mindy and snuggle a little newborn again. Jossy is such a sweetie and she just gets cuter everyday. I think she is looking a lot like her daddy. Blakeley did pretty good with her, she was soft with her and said "baby" to her. She did get a little annoyed with me after I had snuggled Jossy for like a half hour she let me know she was done sharing her mommy. We are just so excited to have a Costley cousin it is time for Blakeley to see that it isn't all about her :)

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Grannie makes the cut!

Grannie Sheryl gave Blake her first haircut and Blakeley was in heaven. She has always watched her Grannie do other peoples hair and it was finally her turn. (I think the sucker helped too.) She sat so good and just turned around to smile and laugh at Grannie every so often. Blake's hair was turning into a pretty nasty mullet/rat tail look so we decided at this point a small trim could only help.Ducking from the squirt bottle



Look at that happy girl!

The Finished Product!
It looks so much better and has been so much easier to do. When it isn't done it just lays better on her head, so we are very happy we went through with it! Thanks Grannie for being Blakes personal stylist! She is so lucky to have you.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Josslyn Peggy Costley

Here is Blakeley's first Costley cousin! Colby and Mindy had their baby and she is darling, as you can see!
Josslyn Peggy Costley
Jan 25th 5:12pm
8.2lbs 20.5 inches

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Still No Camera

Im sorry that my posts have been lacking and void of pics of Blake! I still havent got a new camera. Here are a few cute pics of her I have to fill the void!



In 2009...

We wont have a DIME!
I made the mistake of saying this was going to be our theme for the year "In 2009, We wont have a dime!" I said it only half joking. My mom and I had been talking about all of the things we had spent money on in 2008, we finished our basement and my poor parents had to replace every appliance in their house except their fridge and the trusty old Intrepid died. (So they win!) So my mom said "We had everything break in 2008" and i said so "we wont have a dime in 2009." Well there is some truth and I'm sure some of you can relate with a kick "A" economy :( and so many jobs being lost, I feel like it might just come true. But I have already decided I need to take it back cause its bringing bad luck. Let me explain...
My poor little boo had a bad cough that just wouldn't go away we got a nebulizer and that helped her for a bit but as soon as we stopped it that nasty little cough returned. So my Doc thought she might have asthma, I fought him on it a little bit but eventually realized I wasn't the one with MD after my name. So he prescribed an inhaler and an "aerochamber" for my girl."

The aerochamber looks just like this. So I go to the pharmacy to pick up these two items and the sweet lady behind the counter informs me that my total is $123. I said huh? She says the inhaler has a $60 copay and your insurance doesn't cover the aerochamber. Awesome I say. How did they expect me to get the medicine into my kid without it! When is the last time you saw a 15mo old put and inhaler in her mouth and breath in the medication. The lady laughed a agreed with me. My next response was how do you say no to something the doc says will help your babe. So i pay the lady and as I'm leaving the pharmacy I hear my theme echo in my mind
"In 2009, we wont have a dime!"
Needless to say the inhaler did help my sweet Blakeley very much and her cough was better in no time so it was worth the $$. Now we have it if we need it in the future. (as a side note if this happens to you, please just call me and borrow mine instead of buying one yourself :))
Moving to last Monday I am headed to work for my weekly day of fun. Im wishing on the way that I worked at a bank or school so that Martin Luther King Jr day meant something. Anyhow I get to the parking lot and Im collecting my purse, coat, phone, etc. to head into work. And i do something stupid-surprise. I lock my car using the keyless entry. Place my keys inside my purse. Get out of my car placing my purse on my seat. Put on my coat and close the door to my car! Oh Karah you are something special. I have now locked everything buy myself and my coat in my car! My stomach drops because here is the kicker-we don't own a spare. Before you judge me for not having a spare let me explain (if your still reading that is.) I have tried to have a spare made 2 times and have been talked out of it or told to go to the Nissan dealer to do it. Well I was 2 cheap to go to the dealer and pay $100 bucks for one and the guy at Lowes told me a spare wouldn't work in my car because the key had a microchip in it or some crap.. and whatever I have just never done it okay so give me a break i feel bad enough. Also the only way you can lock my keys in my car is this way. If they are in the ignition it wont let you lock it-so I'm really awesome! Anyway so I try hospital security and south ogden police no one can help me so I call around for the cheapest locksmith I can find. Vic's it was called and Rich is the man they sent to help me. I was slightly scared for my life cause this guy was spooky he had googly eyes and a rapist van so thank heavens I wasn't alone when he came. Despite all of this he was a nice guy and got me into my car which is what matters. But of course my Theme came into my mind as I handed him the $$.
So the moral of my story is that I am officially declaring that this is no longer my theme. I think it is bringing bad luck! So I'm putting out the good vibe maybe I will just go with "Everything will be fine in 2009!" Honestly though I just feel like the economy is so unstable anyway why would I want to add any negativity to it. My cute mom said the other day "it is sad that I have been counting appliances I have replaced this year instead of blessings!" She is right, I don't want to doom myself with my theme so we are gonna be positive and look at the positive too. So if your feeling like you don't have a dime try to focus on the positive. Your family, friends, and health. Thanks for letting me rant!

Saturday, December 27, 2008

A Holly Jolly Christmas!

Blakeley in front of our Charlie Brown tree!
Christmas Eve 2008

Blakeley made Christmas so fun this year. She was so excited to see what Santa had brought her Christmas morning! She went right over and started playing with her Clipo Table. She loved pulling all the prizes out of her stocking. We went to the Costley's house first and Blakeley got so spoiled by her grannie. She gave Blake a cute little TV chair and Colby and Mindy gave her a Ginormous teddy bear. The stinkin thing is bigger that her and she loves to tackle him. Watching her open it was hillarious the box was huge! Christmas afternoon we had lots of fun with the Brian cousins. Blakeley got a darling 25th anniversary Cabbage Patch. She is so cute and Blake just loves her. We had such a fun time watching Blakeley enjoy her Christmas she is always such a ham! Hope everyone had a great Christmas too. I can't believe it is already over, time flies.


Sunday, December 14, 2008

Lights at the Bay!

Heard of the lights at Willard Bay? We checked it out this year and it was so much fun. You can drive around and see the lights in your car or you can do a wagon ride. We opted for the warm car! My sweet parents treated us to all the fun. There are a ton of different lights to see and Christmas music playing. Blakeley LOVED it she was just so excited about all the lights, we all loved watching her, and I really loved that we could enjoy from the nice warm car. We had so much fun-Blakeley makes everything fun!
Blake with Grannie and
Blake with Kader
Don't mind her hat hair :)
Seeing the lights with Daddy!
Santa and I are trying to get Blake to say Ho, Ho, Ho!
She wouldn't perform though!
Willard Bay Santa!!
Blakeley did pretty good, when we walked toward Santa I felt her start to grip the back of my arm, she was a bit scared. She wasn't about to "go to" Santa so he said I could just sit on his lap with her! She wouldn't say Ho, Ho, Ho for him, but when he said it, it was funny to watch her face! She has heard us say it so many times and she will usually say it back, but when she heard him say it her eyes just got really big! Santa gave Blake a Candy Cane and as you can see she liked it!

Blake's latest photo shoot!

Here are a few of Blakes latest photos!







As usual Cathy did a great job on Blakes Pictures! She also had the darling idea for her leotard, leg warmers, and cute red tutu outfit!!

I think this picture is so cute, I love when Blake
pulls that face!

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Kickin' off Christmas!!

We started off the season right by hosting my friend Christmas party last week. It was super crazy but a TON of fun. It was so fun to have all the babes here even though they probably were the reason it was crazy. It is always nice to get together with the hubbies and eat delicious food, laugh and play games. We always say we should do it more often than once a year! We had a great time here is a cute picture of all the kiddies, what a cute group huh!
Krew, Tripp, Stone, Grady, Lily, Blakeley.
Wow how we have grown!!!
This year we got to shower Jenna and Casey with some
fun things for their new little guy on the way!
Jenna had plenty of help from all the kids!



Sortly after I took these pictures Blakeley was begging to play with my camera, she does it all the time so I let her. After a minute I tried to take it back from her, she threw a fit so I gave up and let her play with it. Well hours later I found it on the playroom floor bRoKEn! Surprise I know , what did I expect. Im just pissed cuz I just barely bought it last December. I really wasn't wanting to buy a new one right now. Does anyone want to sell me their old one?????

I thought this was funny though, Blakeley took this picture with the camera...
right before she murdered it!!!



Extreme Makeover: Basement Edition

We started finishing our basement back in August and as much as I wish this really was Extreme Makeover the TV show it for sure wasn't. It took us twice as long as we thought, we ran into over a dozen problems, called on everyone for more favors than we deserve, and worked ourselves silly, but in the end it was definitely worth it!!! Here are some pics, I thought I had done much better at taking pictures than I did, so sorry there will also be no big reveal like Extreme Makeover or Oprah either!

The Demo and Framing.
The picture in the middle is a pile full of the old Basement we Demoed out!!!




These two pictures are of Rob and Blakeley's art work on the sheet rock.



Robs was so cute he wrote a time line of our kids. Starting with Blakeley and on down the line what he wants all our kids to be named
(I agreed with most of them :))



So then we let Blakeley Scribble too! She thought it was the best!!




Sheet Rocked, Tiled, and Blakeley in a box!






Move in day or is it Move down day?


Blakeley "helping" and enjoying her new playroom.
Although she seems to play on the stairs the most!
We are so grateful to everyone who helped us turn our basement into such a fun place to be. We love it and are so happy to have the space!! Thanks to everyone and to Rob for spending countless hours and late nights to make our home better, Love You All!!!
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