Merry Christmas!

Jaina started taking a few steps on Christmas Eve day. Only 6 or so at a time, but it's a start. She's almost mobile!

My little "elf" - those are PJ pants on her head!


Love the wrapping paper the best! Sledding w/ Kira and Korben Davis

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

Or not! :) We got sacked with 28 inches of snow in our front yard! That was from the snow on 12/20/06. There were cars stuck all over the place and the town was basically shut down for nearly 3 days.

Then, today - 12/28/06 - More snow! It started about 2pm and they're talking more, upwards of a foot. Depending on where you're at.

What a difference a year makes

This time last year, almost to the minute, I was getting ready to deliver Jaina. Being the girly with the mind of her own that she is, she didn't want to come out normally, so she was delivered via C-section. :) Looking back - here are her "then" and "now" picts!
What a big girl she is!

Photo shoot!

Here are some pictures from a photo shoot we did. The photographer was one of my mom friends and the photos were taken in a local park.

Nikki & Jaina on the sled


Oh, cold snowball!


Family shot


Just a really cute one of Jaina


Kevin & Jaina

Happy Birthday Jaina!

MMM - BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES!


We celebrated Jaina's first birthday on Saturday 12/9/06. We had family and good friends to join in the fun. Special guests were our good friends, the Davis clan; Ianna, Peter and Addy, Kathy, Daniel & Mikki (and Kilo - their 8-week old puppy), Cara, and Val. Family: mommy, daddy & Jaina (of course!), Grandma & Grandpa Pech, Uncle Gary Berlin, and cousins Chris & Eric. We hadn't seen Eric since August, so that was a special surprise!

We stripped Jaina to just her diaper and gave her 2 cupcakes - one chocolate and one white because the white one didn't make enough of a mess! So - we gave her the chocolate one. We had a very gooey, chocolat-ey messy girl!

Turkey Day and Black Friday

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! Jaina really enjoyed herself. We got up early and watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. Then, we spent the morning with our good friends and went to Gramma & Grampa Pech's house for dinner. With such a busy day, Jaina was worn out by 5:30. So she was in bed early!

I'm going to brave a few stores on "Black Friday" - need to get some fabric and go to Border's to meet up w/ my writing group. So...Jaina will go with me, of course! :) I've never been out on Black Friday to even remotely think about shopping so it should be intereseting.

Happy Thanksgiving

Last week at Texas Roadhouse

Jaina with Beckie, Kira, and Korben Davis

Jaina and Grampa Bruce

Jaina and Daddy

Insanity is fun!

I've decided to do NaNoWriMo. (www.nanowrimo.org). What is that, you ask? It's National Novel Writing Month. For the whole month of November (1st through 30th), you are to write a 50,000 word novel. It doesn't have to be polished, it's simply a first draft. So yes, you'll write a lot of crap...but at least you'll be writing. Average daily word count is 1,667 words per day. About 4 pages in Times New Roman, 12 pt font.

So far, with 13 days to go, I'm at 20,000 words. 30-ish pages. About 10 pages is nothing but crap...because I'm actually thinking about what I'm writing, where the story is going next. I need to STOP THINKING and just start pounding out words! I haven't written anything in about 2 years and anything for fun/pleasure in, gods, YEARS! It's fun...kinda stressful...but still fun!

First Halloween

Jaina had her first Halloween and she couldn't decide between her costumes, so she got to wear both!
She had a ladybug costume, which was heavy but perfect for the cold Colorado weather as is the norm at this time of year, and we had a hand-me-down pumpkin costume that was uncle Ian's when he was a baby (almost 18 years old!). We didn't go trick-or-treating, but we went to our friend Daniel's wedding reception instead. There will be plenty of time for trick-or-treating next year!

New blog

To stay in touch with everyone across the country - friends & family - we've created this blog.

Keep up with us and our lives. Sometimes boring, sometimes exciting, but it's fun!