tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26769691341957478622024-03-05T00:02:56.735-08:00Life in LessonsβIn three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.β
β Robert FrostShariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-70687594503306996232011-02-17T11:23:00.000-08:002011-02-21T15:42:00.403-08:00Words of a 2 Year OldSloan has been saying the most hilarious things lately. I thought I would try and document a few of them.<br /><br />This comment came on Saturday morning as the garbage truck came down the street.<br /><br /><strong>Sloan: (Hearing the garbage truck coming) What's that?<br />Me: It's the garbage truck.<br />Sloan: Yes, he's coming to take my poopy diapers.</strong><br /><br />This comment came as I was getting dressed to go to work one morning.<br /><br /><strong>Sloan: "Mom, you are wearing brown shoes. They are so pretty!"</strong><br /><br />This comment came as Sloan was sleeping in our bed at 3am because she woke up and wouldn't go back to sleep. Lee was rolling around trying to get comfortable. Ever time he moved Sloan would say:<br /><br /><strong><strong>Sloan: "Honey, stop it"</strong></strong><br /><br />We took Sloan to Build a Bear for Valentines Day. As we sat and ate ice cream at the mall food court afterwords, Sloan turned to me, gave me a high five and said:<br /><br /><strong>Sloan: "Mom, you're the best"</strong><br /><br />This comment came again as we were laying in bed in the middle of the night sleeping and an airplane flew overhead:<br /><br /><strong>Sloan: "Mom, do you hear the airplane? I better go get it."</strong><br /><br />Sloan had a sleepover at Grandma's house and woke up in the middle of the night. Grandma went in her room and asked her why she couldn't sleep to which she responded:<br /><br /><strong>Sloan: "Well, Grandpa is snoring too loud so I can't sleep"</strong><br /><br />And now my personal favorite...<br />This is a conversation that happened between Sloan and Grandma as they weeded the yard together:<br /><br /><strong>Grandma: "Oh no Sloan, I can't get this weed out. It's stuck." <br />Sloan: "It's okay Grandma, all we have to do is say 'Oh Toodles'"</strong>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-49370112254935199082010-12-20T11:10:00.001-08:002012-01-18T16:12:34.751-08:00Merry Christmas!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWceuXlBlaLsIJqQNIyRW5ETmG7PH6iK6hpFUs7Orlg1C7ROjpEreL8CDKqA-pxceeqLc3FKEPcSunQxHd7uJE5epy3cGekZMLGqcDmtVq_2v8Q1W9Ky3RVX0ssaxnKTdW1xjjebx4RdT4/s1600/Christmas+Card+Front-2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 228px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWceuXlBlaLsIJqQNIyRW5ETmG7PH6iK6hpFUs7Orlg1C7ROjpEreL8CDKqA-pxceeqLc3FKEPcSunQxHd7uJE5epy3cGekZMLGqcDmtVq_2v8Q1W9Ky3RVX0ssaxnKTdW1xjjebx4RdT4/s320/Christmas+Card+Front-2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552844047236547394" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6VSqe0CZzOCPqFT3UQlklyDmEvK17fwjT36HweNi1XbfFb_TNO2lu0zFpywtTtq5i-5lOPuT8VPMGAzqETKcmQoNOaL5jjWoRoxywOHOGw8sECPqg8A4WMz8P0ZW15hk36RYsK22_4-g/s1600/Sloan+%2526+Santa-Dec+2010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn6VSqe0CZzOCPqFT3UQlklyDmEvK17fwjT36HweNi1XbfFb_TNO2lu0zFpywtTtq5i-5lOPuT8VPMGAzqETKcmQoNOaL5jjWoRoxywOHOGw8sECPqg8A4WMz8P0ZW15hk36RYsK22_4-g/s320/Sloan+%2526+Santa-Dec+2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552871745948832978" /></a>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-53510209886662628012010-11-07T18:32:00.000-08:002010-11-07T19:02:11.589-08:00I want You-To Turn 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_08sMA25N38uX0yPmKXccViHv-KeeyL-d-ktuYf89-Cq5ysYdOfgdEDei0eVruLsbDmF2QdRlsl_x2i6GcLsTD1lvx2WIhyphenhyphenYgy-x2LuE1L8dEaSeo6Ay9UKq5sK08EfiZv0J4-EjCd7i/s1600/P9141002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH_08sMA25N38uX0yPmKXccViHv-KeeyL-d-ktuYf89-Cq5ysYdOfgdEDei0eVruLsbDmF2QdRlsl_x2i6GcLsTD1lvx2WIhyphenhyphenYgy-x2LuE1L8dEaSeo6Ay9UKq5sK08EfiZv0J4-EjCd7i/s320/P9141002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537002225454195634" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3oMEV3wc-4K0wGlPgXuGwmG0JhHNwwV27JsdqZlf41TGBEzIClgwNwoKShK8WkUZ17B1MhW9M1EgdU4Npwe9eBoV5pRtrNnbK5Kgilq_mD5EAGjczQ_g4cIR98R94KJjWvUiHkBGJnXI/s1600/P9151009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3oMEV3wc-4K0wGlPgXuGwmG0JhHNwwV27JsdqZlf41TGBEzIClgwNwoKShK8WkUZ17B1MhW9M1EgdU4Npwe9eBoV5pRtrNnbK5Kgilq_mD5EAGjczQ_g4cIR98R94KJjWvUiHkBGJnXI/s320/P9151009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537006566211399282" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9Ndi2eFDgBor1HM4-thS1HUyCY23Br9jKJmD9uQnAYajBeEEaLUV5ULjIGbNZDBfAuh_nn4KdU-vr3TUi1Cf-uNEqtUoDebpy5sRknD9c12yWS0etHuXApJKLOEZbW7DmoxuDg9ehDc0/s1600/P9151015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9Ndi2eFDgBor1HM4-thS1HUyCY23Br9jKJmD9uQnAYajBeEEaLUV5ULjIGbNZDBfAuh_nn4KdU-vr3TUi1Cf-uNEqtUoDebpy5sRknD9c12yWS0etHuXApJKLOEZbW7DmoxuDg9ehDc0/s320/P9151015.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537006812530955298" /></a><br /><br />Sloan turned 2 September 15th. I have to say first and foremost, Saying good-bye to flying for free was especially hard since we travel to Utah to see family often. But also, I can't even believe she is already two! I know I will blink and she will be an independent teenager taking on the phone and wanting to hang out with her friends more than her family. But right now she is an independent two year old who wants to do everything by herself. She is incredibly funny and says the cutest things like "hey, what's the big idea" when something happens she isn't quite sure of. Or "no, I don't think so" when I ask her to do anything she doesn't want to do. She has been able to say and recognize her letters since she was about 18 months old. But now she also knows and can say the sounds they each make. She can count to 20 by herself and 30 with some help. She also knows tons and tons of signs. She caries on a conversation like she is 4 and is very, very clear with exactly what she wants. She is very determined and if she wants it she won't give up until she gets it. But she is also very rational, listens well, and is very obedient (most of the time). All in all she is an amazing little girl and I am so glad she is mine!! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONbdyKTry373XAwtLGp7WaLiOMgjrqavb4vE6tTBhNkO8ULp6tVbEevHfMsBiiJlOvMM6oB8M-yTL66FePz25xxDtQNoyLp_WMZO37YvVXzWIuCPwjK24jF3J550dy0UHmQUhNHv-5iqW/s1600/P9151042.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiONbdyKTry373XAwtLGp7WaLiOMgjrqavb4vE6tTBhNkO8ULp6tVbEevHfMsBiiJlOvMM6oB8M-yTL66FePz25xxDtQNoyLp_WMZO37YvVXzWIuCPwjK24jF3J550dy0UHmQUhNHv-5iqW/s320/P9151042.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537007310132817938" /></a><br /><br />Playing with her new kitchen!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLScqv38x83BYgNDJzug3cXd0WU8AfxEQJZD8MdYPQlYat5J1HjYUqf1-CJWxeOf8sKBCG-wI4S4BWZUOh3fuH_ZgqHUzqDDSd4KMGo11KbVXa6xbqKuFn0RLPdeqDYE4KKMUZfvEIut_-/s1600/P9151041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLScqv38x83BYgNDJzug3cXd0WU8AfxEQJZD8MdYPQlYat5J1HjYUqf1-CJWxeOf8sKBCG-wI4S4BWZUOh3fuH_ZgqHUzqDDSd4KMGo11KbVXa6xbqKuFn0RLPdeqDYE4KKMUZfvEIut_-/s320/P9151041.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537008479940129650" /></a><br /><em><strong>HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY SLOAN!!</strong></em>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-64764103928394645742010-10-02T19:30:00.000-07:002010-10-02T19:40:11.381-07:00Just Some PicsJust wanted to post some cute pics of Sloan and what she's been up to lately.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pGze0RZ-_PMNEPJsEDSJUYcskqPBH_2CEXJ6tGZTs-ejdrW2Rp4iUNALOkvx6GtZwX0Wy4tYjOmXFgZEmu8L0fvCbT8r5HB-KCk2WwjpEHEO2HixEYl7cDJ0wVU7t88wZ-Kzpe2bvi0I/s1600/P9030894.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqFoPoMmOuFNaO4Iyb5J8XnswWFT3l1Jst867ETdLJkN40QrDm0t14Rthytfx8iY2n7RMj2wVnbBgt8EC2fHAEBTyYdtXnlhtAzVhKMNmimGpIsLQ3x2EcvBq0foRDm8cyMD1udgXoVI7G/s320/P9181054.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523642915748136450" /></a><br /><br />For some reason Sloan decided to stuff her shirt full of all the fruit and veggies from her grocery basket. Not sure where this idea spawned from, but I thought it was totally funny.Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-54782560303648950552010-08-27T19:21:00.000-07:002010-08-30T17:07:47.847-07:00Utah Part 2We had so much fun in Utah! We are sad to be back home and back to work. I forgot how beautiful Utah really is because I always manage to travel there when it is 20 degrees and covered with snow. I am glad I finally took a summer trip and got a break from the 116 degree Arizona heat. Here are pics of the great things we did while in Utah.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6R6J6yhyPTYybVPQSSYwr3zRARKOletOYGsZFCv5A-PdcN-RKDtZycXgGugOclzfX5jlpgrHz_V264mb4clSFOlrwoAooWuzsszie13i5q8ylUGNBYCxLqTzX8BoSoz632ISuPuMoEwTU/s1600/45837_1360828020301_1219579616_30854149_7015631_n%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6R6J6yhyPTYybVPQSSYwr3zRARKOletOYGsZFCv5A-PdcN-RKDtZycXgGugOclzfX5jlpgrHz_V264mb4clSFOlrwoAooWuzsszie13i5q8ylUGNBYCxLqTzX8BoSoz632ISuPuMoEwTU/s320/45837_1360828020301_1219579616_30854149_7015631_n%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510280716305817842" /></a><br /><br />I was able to have a fun girls night catching up with old friends from high school.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDZ_MpiWfsgKuEFyHQSYe5x0gIo9gqnCm4EtbiHJ1RKu7P4Sz6uX8QFocNvRQFUtxiu9CxBbCtZ9eR5GPj3eySRZJejbGsTUihEgT4JvELrrlyzbZtkk9741m2wAXC9bYsRU7sUwSEAaP/s1600/P8140713.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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And I got to hang out with my sisters (although not pictured together, we really did hang out. Guess we were too busy taking the pics to be in them)!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9vMuVFlW8oO1ibPBhETNOp-dngxALgsIfwvBco6ekwzhOStag0ZGQQv_dJmpgcePYGByhvMv3LRkdZDEQoZ4_Blib6QmS-sApp7YvEtRFvSsWWhvyzdzP-nzvJsAaqSSS7U4p1gtqn4h/s1600/44292_1623920516600_1194096742_1751331_1015327_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD9vMuVFlW8oO1ibPBhETNOp-dngxALgsIfwvBco6ekwzhOStag0ZGQQv_dJmpgcePYGByhvMv3LRkdZDEQoZ4_Blib6QmS-sApp7YvEtRFvSsWWhvyzdzP-nzvJsAaqSSS7U4p1gtqn4h/s320/44292_1623920516600_1194096742_1751331_1015327_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511355714895179058" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV9yGYpLhF-tfJMXtPcy0yiRlV9W9Asq9G6r6z5C2SpXqLkXqXtHO9mrN3EplFg3EMo4a65W8rEwR14XepZ2W1HnyvxIOiQmTqqgUtxpLlTbRBcmURL9rRCNcfv-pa9P3uOAr7dNdrTHk/s1600/44292_1623920756606_1194096742_1751337_7522981_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLV9yGYpLhF-tfJMXtPcy0yiRlV9W9Asq9G6r6z5C2SpXqLkXqXtHO9mrN3EplFg3EMo4a65W8rEwR14XepZ2W1HnyvxIOiQmTqqgUtxpLlTbRBcmURL9rRCNcfv-pa9P3uOAr7dNdrTHk/s320/44292_1623920756606_1194096742_1751337_7522981_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511355970933815010" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRoI-GsJq_zKDoEAeQ1F7Jpf9N_zqq4DryogHEs0OA_D07ejmcJUlhlS2d9Pe9dpPNSO9a96mWi6PFJoiHunIOrPpSgBab4MMNj0kASKNAP-QcKbBzG9uVS_XjQXUeIn0nlIEk3rl81EV/s1600/45203_1623920996612_1194096742_1751339_225885_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRoI-GsJq_zKDoEAeQ1F7Jpf9N_zqq4DryogHEs0OA_D07ejmcJUlhlS2d9Pe9dpPNSO9a96mWi6PFJoiHunIOrPpSgBab4MMNj0kASKNAP-QcKbBzG9uVS_XjQXUeIn0nlIEk3rl81EV/s320/45203_1623920996612_1194096742_1751339_225885_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511356118264403874" /></a><br /><br />We got to play on the beaches of Bear Lake<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDDypW4bjnZTzTt-RW2S3zRBTYWMJ8vDcJnGHI_sW4x70MSQ-X61AFTW8Euef6iCr0SFNesZv_Ir3RILfA0uplT_sWjNfV5rDamlgDNCv3nLkOEP6MDVvRhBb53GQwM1YCfoYjEomIUg9/s1600/47455_1623919836583_1194096742_1751324_3745859_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDDypW4bjnZTzTt-RW2S3zRBTYWMJ8vDcJnGHI_sW4x70MSQ-X61AFTW8Euef6iCr0SFNesZv_Ir3RILfA0uplT_sWjNfV5rDamlgDNCv3nLkOEP6MDVvRhBb53GQwM1YCfoYjEomIUg9/s320/47455_1623919836583_1194096742_1751324_3745859_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511356513815232690" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0xxsv935NBSizZW1K09Ev0x27g1HO4dJyXDYEJltgzNCYf40u5DOXdIcfuC0H-H50VHg6ticX3RNrYCqAGSrfzWMdiYd4dFsAZ6uRBjGdb8OlUYAx0NXnoU0IxvdTAlfF5fO5qpxsIE-/s1600/44292_1623920396597_1194096742_1751329_7539318_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0xxsv935NBSizZW1K09Ev0x27g1HO4dJyXDYEJltgzNCYf40u5DOXdIcfuC0H-H50VHg6ticX3RNrYCqAGSrfzWMdiYd4dFsAZ6uRBjGdb8OlUYAx0NXnoU0IxvdTAlfF5fO5qpxsIE-/s320/44292_1623920396597_1194096742_1751329_7539318_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511356710657143650" /></a><br /><br />We swung on the giant tree swing (and by we I mean Sloan and her cousins)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIz4SnjDSMtdRGmU_MO7GgSnqap3-Ba0toceOUqGpLx5YOANFgtlbezMln1CpVSQ40LAVw34ActKxRsh0R365AOXm0yzo9YTrOonsLWw5vyRwu18o6LPyBAYmLrEo8n0KQ9KT5vH1Yd0NF/s1600/46027_1623919516575_1194096742_1751321_4766072_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIz4SnjDSMtdRGmU_MO7GgSnqap3-Ba0toceOUqGpLx5YOANFgtlbezMln1CpVSQ40LAVw34ActKxRsh0R365AOXm0yzo9YTrOonsLWw5vyRwu18o6LPyBAYmLrEo8n0KQ9KT5vH1Yd0NF/s320/46027_1623919516575_1194096742_1751321_4766072_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511356847444647282" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpLzQzMEzpDWIsequ5Aan82sbTPqxmI7IqnuuKCJLIosr4Kr6FPDwlU0JzZgsa8w8Xd7wPMQPKinRu9WHqZ_PJGV1tfEo6neERQJFPD1v9A9gBGfbDJ_zUWA8-CDKjyKlt-JJcoRZap1r/s1600/44292_1623920556601_1194096742_1751332_6629130_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpLzQzMEzpDWIsequ5Aan82sbTPqxmI7IqnuuKCJLIosr4Kr6FPDwlU0JzZgsa8w8Xd7wPMQPKinRu9WHqZ_PJGV1tfEo6neERQJFPD1v9A9gBGfbDJ_zUWA8-CDKjyKlt-JJcoRZap1r/s320/44292_1623920556601_1194096742_1751332_6629130_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5511357025856880114" /></a><br /><br />And most importantly Sloan and I got to spend a whole week of fun together!!<br /><br />Thanks Grandma Nae and Papa Jer for letting us come visit. And thanks Shalice and Brandon for letting us stay with you at your cabin in Bear Lake. It was so much fun, we can't wait to do it again!!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-43835916320830837132010-08-19T11:16:00.000-07:002012-01-18T16:13:05.479-08:00Having Fun in Utah!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oKwnRTVQ_shdcf8mFvg9a-TxrxYaR8IQ-H6yon1HUqG_iA2S1gW92iH7cJKab7a8bfJYFpYOpN3q-dRTm55hYPEwHrHJ74-b_w_Euqmpv7YvTEnnLyiQUwwiEy-gL4-vWDJUwXhnFY8G/s1600/P8140721.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oKwnRTVQ_shdcf8mFvg9a-TxrxYaR8IQ-H6yon1HUqG_iA2S1gW92iH7cJKab7a8bfJYFpYOpN3q-dRTm55hYPEwHrHJ74-b_w_Euqmpv7YvTEnnLyiQUwwiEy-gL4-vWDJUwXhnFY8G/s320/P8140721.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507187002300621746" /></a><br /><br />Sloan and I are having lots of fun hanging out in Utah with our family. My mom took this really cute pic of us so I wanted to post it. More pics to come!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-345749329464157872010-07-11T20:02:00.000-07:002010-07-11T20:13:29.345-07:00Oh The Difference A Year Makes!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2ZsWTrdpG5rLmmLzL_aQDDQ0frpjYLu4fwDxqzjQb-jt_zA33YT8zAsKztEbs-ewS-fN0-EigB9rQaAo4VXYaCa6boz4Js-itqjWkzdrpYN_r4GZ9zy41PDN2CkDboM-JUP1wn3iWM-s/s1600/100_0733.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk2ZsWTrdpG5rLmmLzL_aQDDQ0frpjYLu4fwDxqzjQb-jt_zA33YT8zAsKztEbs-ewS-fN0-EigB9rQaAo4VXYaCa6boz4Js-itqjWkzdrpYN_r4GZ9zy41PDN2CkDboM-JUP1wn3iWM-s/s320/100_0733.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492850406083398706" /></a><br /><strong>4th of July 2009</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4TG6FWdmNkhEoDX6v_VMGNphRJP2Mjf4iQvvbuL6QH2Tso9BbWDPSWYnO4Da3Ouji9-oP_lnuTbxn_zd3wLM97KVKFqCh8wU8Ddj_GPl2czwGKOKGjTodpVth1crIMvKPMiy-r6ZWK5p/s1600/P7040543.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj4TG6FWdmNkhEoDX6v_VMGNphRJP2Mjf4iQvvbuL6QH2Tso9BbWDPSWYnO4Da3Ouji9-oP_lnuTbxn_zd3wLM97KVKFqCh8wU8Ddj_GPl2czwGKOKGjTodpVth1crIMvKPMiy-r6ZWK5p/s320/P7040543.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5492850723523353666" /></a><br /><strong>4th of July 2010</strong><br /><br />It isn't until you put a picture side by side that you realize how much difference a year makes! It has definitely been an interesting year with lots of changes, but none of the changes are quite as apparent as the ones Sloan has made!! So crazy how fast they grow and how quickly they change!<br /><br />Hope you all had a great 4th!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-19965322041404011732010-06-06T16:08:00.000-07:002010-06-06T16:26:25.089-07:00Pool, Pool and More PoolThe summer has already been filled with good times at the swimming pool. I am convinced Sloan is part fish because she would rather be in the pool (or water of any sort) than anything else. We have spent every Saturday for the past three weeks in the pool. The water is much warmer now, but even that first week, when the water was icicle cold, Sloan didn't care. Her teeth were chattering and her lips were blue but she didn't want to get out and had a blast anyway. Here are some pics from our summer so far.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-UxOP8bTNHcLHkX76gotlxnsOm5NYzZojt9yN0F4yUgve2BiuLNWtXqmBWkYc4UFLcourFBCuEpb6W3ex1FikYoXlqjsiJj0RrmJrQ5gK1t_wMu4xPOz_UYTV69ag3O4wVKo4d3Jn52Z/s1600/P5300394.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl-UxOP8bTNHcLHkX76gotlxnsOm5NYzZojt9yN0F4yUgve2BiuLNWtXqmBWkYc4UFLcourFBCuEpb6W3ex1FikYoXlqjsiJj0RrmJrQ5gK1t_wMu4xPOz_UYTV69ag3O4wVKo4d3Jn52Z/s320/P5300394.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479802437875276626" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IaNywBwqevOYMg1ZuCVPRqD6DUtFolGOAOA550StPGGYqHd0bbJtX7nDK6lyQ57SUo959sYWhlZpNpNyne-WUJF50e7rxVZ4fpEc05FpQA_zItv0Z_Y1dtBFe37dlBFcBOBfyJIMjqZc/s1600/P6040405.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6IaNywBwqevOYMg1ZuCVPRqD6DUtFolGOAOA550StPGGYqHd0bbJtX7nDK6lyQ57SUo959sYWhlZpNpNyne-WUJF50e7rxVZ4fpEc05FpQA_zItv0Z_Y1dtBFe37dlBFcBOBfyJIMjqZc/s320/P6040405.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479803322412598850" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZun-D0gWvBb6_sK3_3GbTi9Ar5XDoa5SUveKezU4P6WmPkfJ-QQi48kyxwqdKBKf9a2M27Zn5rc53UCA6k7L5NA-KUN-3V6PVnaRHpUwW6fPm0_Tek5MMV8YWRAv6iwx76CuGgCl44s17/s1600/P6040413.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZun-D0gWvBb6_sK3_3GbTi9Ar5XDoa5SUveKezU4P6WmPkfJ-QQi48kyxwqdKBKf9a2M27Zn5rc53UCA6k7L5NA-KUN-3V6PVnaRHpUwW6fPm0_Tek5MMV8YWRAv6iwx76CuGgCl44s17/s320/P6040413.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479803853702377538" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNDGon4uVh9dPuIf6IZLWmIPfy0KSUnyGNK_d4Y3P_Pc0nSxRx0H0QtO2eXJzcgF4XhxUExBFkMQABERixQnX7ov1CCUHJF4AYya3brJmIH0vrOgMFLULcu7JRHaeIP_pTZs51ilUlmfP/s1600/P6040423.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrNDGon4uVh9dPuIf6IZLWmIPfy0KSUnyGNK_d4Y3P_Pc0nSxRx0H0QtO2eXJzcgF4XhxUExBFkMQABERixQnX7ov1CCUHJF4AYya3brJmIH0vrOgMFLULcu7JRHaeIP_pTZs51ilUlmfP/s320/P6040423.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479804211094805778" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFdj1q_ay-E6_VPdu0AZbdvTWwNAjdmDTHz4U0hnejsXUiPnWZtuRazso1OGA3ZRmw6MO0i668pR41w9fTwWukTKTPaIi7JoYT90xvf9tiO9ZjinTr00XbhazxRlBWEkIQMK-UfJ57ffK/s1600/P6040425.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFdj1q_ay-E6_VPdu0AZbdvTWwNAjdmDTHz4U0hnejsXUiPnWZtuRazso1OGA3ZRmw6MO0i668pR41w9fTwWukTKTPaIi7JoYT90xvf9tiO9ZjinTr00XbhazxRlBWEkIQMK-UfJ57ffK/s320/P6040425.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479804502096625618" /></a><br /><br />And here is just a random pic of Sloan watching TV in her sunglasses. She would probably sleep in them if I would let her.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fuwcSvNWOqfBabh8i5aa6xrGtpLaJksYFqw_ImTYAvHmD1X7O9UgyuCi1wIN514js4NzfoQnTdAEb1O_w8XF4oEL80WXtKDlcQRq7Y38zVe4neMkAZFlZF4_g8jbEP-kc-fA0aLE9w_Q/s1600/P6020399.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fuwcSvNWOqfBabh8i5aa6xrGtpLaJksYFqw_ImTYAvHmD1X7O9UgyuCi1wIN514js4NzfoQnTdAEb1O_w8XF4oEL80WXtKDlcQRq7Y38zVe4neMkAZFlZF4_g8jbEP-kc-fA0aLE9w_Q/s320/P6020399.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479805126672141074" /></a>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-49680486155104826672010-04-11T19:41:00.000-07:002010-04-11T20:08:42.540-07:00Spring Has SprungI love spring, minus the horrific allergies I am plagued with for 3 straight months, it is my favorite season. Here in Arizona the weather is perfect. It is the calm before the 115 degree storm. Here are a couple of fun pictures from our spring so far.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyh2cHzO-JR7fQEZWofHXwKO-mHENJTsKUBwF28MD8CdbEYPmHM08psFsp1ePTaM-3tNTOnqGvjRTyzE3ZrvkK8XEi4-HWfOSUKQSj_brwyg73xvWdxxBDNjbXean-80WALyF0nuHrwdP9/s1600/P3200059.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyh2cHzO-JR7fQEZWofHXwKO-mHENJTsKUBwF28MD8CdbEYPmHM08psFsp1ePTaM-3tNTOnqGvjRTyzE3ZrvkK8XEi4-HWfOSUKQSj_brwyg73xvWdxxBDNjbXean-80WALyF0nuHrwdP9/s320/P3200059.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459076790291059122" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNK7yF8HEKqFlLGx57ssX2YFefxoPXuLp2k9ZTsa3A125spW7xWXxw839nZi6ll59ZmretlcMLU0X3gSkD6WzHL8OuPmllJMsZ5gSmRobFaCZZNhSHjlvaIp5_Y-aCK5s50SQB6Sirm-0/s1600/P3200077.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiNK7yF8HEKqFlLGx57ssX2YFefxoPXuLp2k9ZTsa3A125spW7xWXxw839nZi6ll59ZmretlcMLU0X3gSkD6WzHL8OuPmllJMsZ5gSmRobFaCZZNhSHjlvaIp5_Y-aCK5s50SQB6Sirm-0/s320/P3200077.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459077219596983890" /></a><br /><br />Sloan had her first Chuckie Cheese experience. We went with some good friends that have a daughter that is a week younger than Sloan. Despite my constant desire to sanitize everything in sight, Sloan had a really great time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhXaOjOHntx3pdZbKGTGlrMqXAZByhve0Khsi65GNHKLvgIvFPePS9fenMi8yw-MuLrNX7RnbvXcMe4MyguNdBpOdZ5SIPMKS24Lw-oBwf4x8qJyktxb85bqWNUSbjNBmsk30DQcqgw7g/s1600/P3260161.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhXaOjOHntx3pdZbKGTGlrMqXAZByhve0Khsi65GNHKLvgIvFPePS9fenMi8yw-MuLrNX7RnbvXcMe4MyguNdBpOdZ5SIPMKS24Lw-oBwf4x8qJyktxb85bqWNUSbjNBmsk30DQcqgw7g/s320/P3260161.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459077501128628882" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXlwDr5hKDPZ9zPt5U3T10GWAqfX7ZPIisP28GbnKh3Rhh22SfvbZeUv0fThX7p528W8S-IRyQOGg7-kvZaPn2CTvwW8ARHa7QGeD28h2k2cQxqagyU8l0hrnREV4S479m7jxMnPqXrh3/s1600/P3260165.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXlwDr5hKDPZ9zPt5U3T10GWAqfX7ZPIisP28GbnKh3Rhh22SfvbZeUv0fThX7p528W8S-IRyQOGg7-kvZaPn2CTvwW8ARHa7QGeD28h2k2cQxqagyU8l0hrnREV4S479m7jxMnPqXrh3/s320/P3260165.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459078797111895570" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjic4Fjs29xZgZXUhIW533B964V2P_HX_lbPR7dMIq3Kgtmxkk4tj4U0q5gacNiGw_BsQTLhviB64eilDjZlUHOiCamrRrCDDDc8_idvQWeuzo-SfpMEBwg3DK76vunh9Z84SK-32uQHLSE/s1600/P3260168.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjic4Fjs29xZgZXUhIW533B964V2P_HX_lbPR7dMIq3Kgtmxkk4tj4U0q5gacNiGw_BsQTLhviB64eilDjZlUHOiCamrRrCDDDc8_idvQWeuzo-SfpMEBwg3DK76vunh9Z84SK-32uQHLSE/s320/P3260168.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459079148894608306" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4FVoQieZMrv_AuU4JdwBrojUjOLRy5JnzydhAdb3pzD7D1Q_6DxSTD9yIoI59Q2cC68hfvhqomO_xNHxtPi6oJspGFWUHPcTTG-dL1h2_OwfRw33ZdBs2-VXizpyegL9B79LPRg9ZHip/s1600/P3260183.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG4FVoQieZMrv_AuU4JdwBrojUjOLRy5JnzydhAdb3pzD7D1Q_6DxSTD9yIoI59Q2cC68hfvhqomO_xNHxtPi6oJspGFWUHPcTTG-dL1h2_OwfRw33ZdBs2-VXizpyegL9B79LPRg9ZHip/s320/P3260183.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459079619274076802" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3-stCzsuxsigQsFvY8R-Ai9cj8X7Fn7b8yvwwIOGISccK6zd_8tyccirQop11KjWe869w5jSy7-MTFpV0-iPVqt9iXhDDFFMlcES4u5UhwUMDIfZcwSGelg7M6LVVu0-recREdyqZMye/s1600/P3260193.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX3-stCzsuxsigQsFvY8R-Ai9cj8X7Fn7b8yvwwIOGISccK6zd_8tyccirQop11KjWe869w5jSy7-MTFpV0-iPVqt9iXhDDFFMlcES4u5UhwUMDIfZcwSGelg7M6LVVu0-recREdyqZMye/s320/P3260193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459080321183226562" /></a><br /><br />When I get ready for work in the morning, Sloan likes to help me. Often times she empties out my drawers and puts every single headband I own on as a necklace. It is very funny. Here is a cute picture of the result.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4yoh2OSL8QyDtz_64jz0wIhYo0Zd8Myxlk-4O8cbrMGWbobC6myidt4PjKKu8TnwDZfJrWhJb5ESCuoJD9-ZOZ7Yvp6rV5Jj4ldmuS_ZLVHlTdNbx-IKFJZo9byimlZYl2L8lT4Dd2xk/s1600/P3270208.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk4yoh2OSL8QyDtz_64jz0wIhYo0Zd8Myxlk-4O8cbrMGWbobC6myidt4PjKKu8TnwDZfJrWhJb5ESCuoJD9-ZOZ7Yvp6rV5Jj4ldmuS_ZLVHlTdNbx-IKFJZo9byimlZYl2L8lT4Dd2xk/s320/P3270208.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459081117956434066" /></a>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-13641111496070853312010-03-07T19:39:00.001-08:002010-03-07T20:13:46.455-08:00Random Pics and Subtle HintsI was having a moment of feeling like everyone must be really sick of seeing pictures of Sloan. Then I realized there are really probably only three people that read my blog (my mom and two sisters) and they like my picture updates of Sloan. So for my three readers, I love you and miss you. Here are some cute pics of Sloan and a subtle hint to update your blogs because I miss all my cute kiddos :)!!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwi_ncr53D1bjOQKZKZMFjs-XzLR1_aZAMn96pBrrXLAp0vO-R2YGYBJkjeCGvLECZVJrwmEQjRSsr-gcFZ6fxzrQKyJAUROaQ9uCLztp4_IrkDgmRPvbxr8rqwzjBIbKfCWhqtxZACYc/s1600-h/P1010744.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446102955211177042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwi_ncr53D1bjOQKZKZMFjs-XzLR1_aZAMn96pBrrXLAp0vO-R2YGYBJkjeCGvLECZVJrwmEQjRSsr-gcFZ6fxzrQKyJAUROaQ9uCLztp4_IrkDgmRPvbxr8rqwzjBIbKfCWhqtxZACYc/s320/P1010744.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><br />Getting a life size Minnie from Grandma.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-awEd1cDzbHOhcqe9tokyZqrl4blDyFi8qCfRy_LdpxIUONmrh9HLgQD4TPWWnsbmzuyWwGVswfaPSf1xCBfC_z9rvAJToNPH4uRiYY76_QVFj0B7-GoLH12ahUjI_RNXQ6yhKz93HHtm/s1600-h/P1010747.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-awEd1cDzbHOhcqe9tokyZqrl4blDyFi8qCfRy_LdpxIUONmrh9HLgQD4TPWWnsbmzuyWwGVswfaPSf1xCBfC_z9rvAJToNPH4uRiYY76_QVFj0B7-GoLH12ahUjI_RNXQ6yhKz93HHtm/s320/P1010747.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446103945407631986" /></a><br /><br />Doing what she does with everything stuffed...giving it a big bite on the nose.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjXepwW9zECIMvzJ1jbLkeEA5UnNpdMXgCEHk4-6pnEMX-2QBJkY9sRMNN-ZoWdSnpV2CMWZjlRX01oBob-BkDkI26QMZ5LENVE_3fdHvd9fGNmtF7xSPa7bZep-Mh1v9C_ZVtivj_7-B/s1600-h/P1010755.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSjXepwW9zECIMvzJ1jbLkeEA5UnNpdMXgCEHk4-6pnEMX-2QBJkY9sRMNN-ZoWdSnpV2CMWZjlRX01oBob-BkDkI26QMZ5LENVE_3fdHvd9fGNmtF7xSPa7bZep-Mh1v9C_ZVtivj_7-B/s320/P1010755.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446104422316642274" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqQPufuahJ0JsvikaoMEkQdhPwZm9qptu90cX0C-qlXjYuAXAoombBmYbssGYP-SSZwhsaR2fm87S7-nTTaBBFiQE5kWD7Vfb04uHarn8auxAuSQ6fBwVlRAFVpYjWxGgOmCbBK4aPWVP/s1600-h/P1010768.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqQPufuahJ0JsvikaoMEkQdhPwZm9qptu90cX0C-qlXjYuAXAoombBmYbssGYP-SSZwhsaR2fm87S7-nTTaBBFiQE5kWD7Vfb04uHarn8auxAuSQ6fBwVlRAFVpYjWxGgOmCbBK4aPWVP/s320/P1010768.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446105951374483810" /></a><br /><br />All tuckered out.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWAIHw2gTERQOZf8rC2o1G6ThEj0tGkaoXVdFMkCnqgSnPLjIaY6ZaAehiITo4HQwBcW-ht1KioL3vdGRDDxtLuSZdHlqgG7_WnZAaO6LBUa8L-avgywjKA_SY-o12g66-xhGf8eMKuHw/s1600-h/P2280794.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWAIHw2gTERQOZf8rC2o1G6ThEj0tGkaoXVdFMkCnqgSnPLjIaY6ZaAehiITo4HQwBcW-ht1KioL3vdGRDDxtLuSZdHlqgG7_WnZAaO6LBUa8L-avgywjKA_SY-o12g66-xhGf8eMKuHw/s320/P2280794.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446106257605897106" /></a><br /><br />Yes, this is how she sleeps. Notice "White Bear" is not so white from the neck up? That is because Sloan is obsessed with biting his nose and ears. She actually bites and shakes her head, much like a dog with a chew toy. I can't tell if it is out of love or if she is getting her pent up anger out. Either way, as you can see, poor White Bear takes the brunt of it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwWDmGEUt2skxy3HC-lZQnAqjD5LfmU72xaWWSGG34JC7N-JuDPayGMsN3CWeQRjki5J2ESyoc9R85bg7VdVMW4npHIsQDhIfzPh0OZsXHsjtANXf-FKoAjI5LZ48Y-FdR0ATRrtArlnd/s1600-h/P3050800.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmwWDmGEUt2skxy3HC-lZQnAqjD5LfmU72xaWWSGG34JC7N-JuDPayGMsN3CWeQRjki5J2ESyoc9R85bg7VdVMW4npHIsQDhIfzPh0OZsXHsjtANXf-FKoAjI5LZ48Y-FdR0ATRrtArlnd/s320/P3050800.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446109571748641650" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0Ext8XjmMI4UiVGFxJWihatiYLwHsK1c6Asf5DZ8peiwlgwPdrZYP9vRWbLRKRC9MzmeaVc5s-VACCdxcbbBrn2a3MToVYMYrcOBIZoRGOhuuSKOiFwF4npNf06WmUMlY6I-ZBT_Hw3w/s1600-h/P3050804.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0Ext8XjmMI4UiVGFxJWihatiYLwHsK1c6Asf5DZ8peiwlgwPdrZYP9vRWbLRKRC9MzmeaVc5s-VACCdxcbbBrn2a3MToVYMYrcOBIZoRGOhuuSKOiFwF4npNf06WmUMlY6I-ZBT_Hw3w/s320/P3050804.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446106944231260466" /></a><br /><br />Helping Grandma get ready.Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-46886927496527337282010-02-16T19:33:00.001-08:002010-02-16T19:36:38.118-08:00She Didn't Learn This From Me...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1uBvUuxfDgPC6Yt1uj1S7AtUgMmFDjt03k57s54xdYV9YviHSiY_4ZWcyByZ_S-UrPgHNdusr05uELrhkiF7XMyoIRKocYBI33zDGSefht7P3gJXJHpxjxp48vXThSyNJow8zAG-T5-R/s1600-h/P1010736.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439050817718445730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1uBvUuxfDgPC6Yt1uj1S7AtUgMmFDjt03k57s54xdYV9YviHSiY_4ZWcyByZ_S-UrPgHNdusr05uELrhkiF7XMyoIRKocYBI33zDGSefht7P3gJXJHpxjxp48vXThSyNJow8zAG-T5-R/s320/P1010736.JPG" /></a> I won't name names, I'm just saying Sloan didn't learn this from me!<br /><div></div>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-55982932647776121752010-02-16T19:04:00.000-08:002010-02-16T19:32:10.378-08:00Zoo TrainAs I have said many times, Sloan is obsessed with Signing Time. One signing time, called Zoo Train, is a particular favorite. A couple of Saturdays ago we decided to take Sloan to the zoo. We weren't sure if she would really get it or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">appreciate</span> it, but she totally did. We told her she was going for a few days prior and all day Saturday she kept saying "zoo, zoo." When we got to the zoo Sloan signed all the animals she knew and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">imitate</span> the sounds of all the rest. We had a lot of fun. Not to mention how great it is to be able to go to the zoo in the middle of January (don't be jealous all my Utah and Charlotte friends). Here are some pics from our outing.<br /><div><div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439045040397571346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgo68wTx5txlTm2oO5iUPisRB7WgDwUmmm91sVvp0yndMBJnTgm2bjQM_iO1X5_KlCixMo5zecsPCAYgwGX7stTpJFnE9yMqCNJBzCDWXZo9Sdlr6SF36bT2EgNoFpEZqgPOety5xQLRqS/s320/P1010690.JPG" /> <img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439045712175912738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYukEwwRC6F2YoxQMOURBxO-Fi9LpuHPQGhSdt2hm4shgVHNdzH2XazYZ6QPBpangAO3fxHWJIqr8a_Jx96ysnpEamq_gUcPviRE__KKAsXlV6IvVCCEl92kI2VigBoL4lBA7jRhAkg6jm/s320/P1010696.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439049376588792418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UKpKUsdrnDktwt5th1tngG9Gva1mURUYulYmpfMh0hl9m0SN-_8duxcmOkHqfC4ygN8TdAgSoli3-08HY3JplaYanBbcJQJZ-gxleNnKu9UH3igyk4EPS_38xIaFWGiSIeK1ss8gC0IJ/s320/P1010726.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439048048713924802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9H_h4tcKmTl7r2nLqhCFxZ6nsEJppq7gwvtEcWN4r5VjX-br62Sf6_RzENjPhbPAXD0wD1HRd02MIoL_MdfKRmltDKHa1lo4k5oIWgWchR5EO8TBXNgU47U3FR3pmpvcDSXagKu5Xbfla/s320/P1010735.JPG" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439046275613900434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwYIc0M1_h-fbDV-SOk7QiriiZ7s_ezajWvJsGIdR6Vb6q6oAMGP93aHQBXsKWr0QmbSiMYxIJF1-l_Vs7XUc-K5W74fUcLkqNXwGxH9OZWmA7wXxSosVOWXpmAscTeRQvpb4RZttSTOB/s320/P1010715.JPG" /></div></div>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-31298170979123828302010-01-30T13:28:00.000-08:002010-01-30T13:47:06.203-08:00She's a SmartieIt seems like overnight Sloan has started to pick up on all the things we have been trying to teach her. I guess the endless hours of reciting our ABC's, 123 and our constant signing are finally paying off. Here is some really cute video of Sloan showing off a few of her new "tricks."<br /><br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-14a4fb279c9410f8 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="14a4fb279c9410f8"></OBJECT>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-84120337799920427452009-12-23T10:29:00.001-08:002009-12-23T10:30:29.689-08:00Merry Christmas!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauoBkt3PMlQ3RF3fRBEe6w6Hp3tbSIDL_QmmDHQikVpS1JocdNme5LBEqtIf1HrkFpta95y6edY0one_g3NXMRDCDNJYZfzazsnWCkCztpyzHFvqgS-DcJ7o0mp5KEO-_mVz0vqx-PdZh/s1600-h/Sloan+%26+Santa.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiauoBkt3PMlQ3RF3fRBEe6w6Hp3tbSIDL_QmmDHQikVpS1JocdNme5LBEqtIf1HrkFpta95y6edY0one_g3NXMRDCDNJYZfzazsnWCkCztpyzHFvqgS-DcJ7o0mp5KEO-_mVz0vqx-PdZh/s320/Sloan+%26+Santa.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418500642193591122" /></a><br /><br />Yep...that pretty much sums it up! Hope you are all having a lovely holiday season!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-86622602107555198592009-11-28T18:38:00.000-08:002009-11-28T20:00:05.325-08:00Halloween, Thanksgiving & ChristmasBecause I am a slow blogger, I decided I would combine all three holidays into one post. Well I take that back, I am sure there will be multiple Christmas posts, but we can consider this part 1.<br /><strong><em><br />HALLOWEEN</em></strong><br /><br />For Halloween Sloan was a cute little bumble bee and Lee was the bee keeper (what was I you ask? I was a party pooper...I hate Halloween). We only visited one house and mostly it was for "effect" to say we did it. But since Sloan doesn't eat candy we decided one house was more than enough.<br /><br />Despite the fact that I am the Halloween Grinch, we did do some fun things.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIrfpKcUf3ICVLZpvgbQrdbeuQvtNiP72RukBwBeIUa3aCmtXIWbRQb07IcR80AwpYJIGrjdo1-8sULtBuEhk6b2HttEyWvPK6RBgYMRgb-_frBeMs4WS6LnsKfcojyGedGWmRxZ_6yNs/s1600/PA230195.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIrfpKcUf3ICVLZpvgbQrdbeuQvtNiP72RukBwBeIUa3aCmtXIWbRQb07IcR80AwpYJIGrjdo1-8sULtBuEhk6b2HttEyWvPK6RBgYMRgb-_frBeMs4WS6LnsKfcojyGedGWmRxZ_6yNs/s320/PA230195.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409351433787221890" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn0BGp1qtBex_XUsX6jsPtpQXOmbfeJbgYHrbpTfzaESPy7Hd69wFl8TMQZD04FxdsfXuE6_aY0mmznVVdKCjM3McjDRPnqCUiDIqe9rYAO6OV6Mv7wknUoMROqNMR6AFiGtjZCit83WN/s1600/PA230201.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyn0BGp1qtBex_XUsX6jsPtpQXOmbfeJbgYHrbpTfzaESPy7Hd69wFl8TMQZD04FxdsfXuE6_aY0mmznVVdKCjM3McjDRPnqCUiDIqe9rYAO6OV6Mv7wknUoMROqNMR6AFiGtjZCit83WN/s320/PA230201.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409351872528272914" /></a><br /><br />We went to the Pumpkin Patch and picked out pumpkins.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGp3l88Q1kBEJSiBFZLitdXT9DfKwsqU-IN1pjJwjiWrFgk4cYomW_nsGGp9E-Ojmt8Tl6lCIyT3NNGVYQBPCumImNWxsr558K3FbeJ0jdHH2KiR0A3ahVlyw7zkd0YlOaQ1WB9zApe9K/s1600/PA240260.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGp3l88Q1kBEJSiBFZLitdXT9DfKwsqU-IN1pjJwjiWrFgk4cYomW_nsGGp9E-Ojmt8Tl6lCIyT3NNGVYQBPCumImNWxsr558K3FbeJ0jdHH2KiR0A3ahVlyw7zkd0YlOaQ1WB9zApe9K/s320/PA240260.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409350696921405314" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOAuRYfm-ofrtENTD_-1_BThdicQpvkf5U1epRt7hZPF18AUr4pzU-DJxQjroHtcjqDot2EFBcJuoje7kjZrXtDT5AcuEHWGlYEJGwpe_uEM7jxWa-lKS6taNlNBl7YiP0OwHDhIgpXBe/s1600/PA240264.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOAuRYfm-ofrtENTD_-1_BThdicQpvkf5U1epRt7hZPF18AUr4pzU-DJxQjroHtcjqDot2EFBcJuoje7kjZrXtDT5AcuEHWGlYEJGwpe_uEM7jxWa-lKS6taNlNBl7YiP0OwHDhIgpXBe/s320/PA240264.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409352370697719906" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8icPgsv7VFQIupyuRsjtr80CjHQGbBPUYUIBvaWIh2SfyzCloAsk5aVtSKxQQrnnNL-61PaqnSm9FwmLqeDRwZrPQHDELtGYvThuuqmUBErjOU41Jfjw0Mu2OV87urZhWJ2vqInq60ES/s1600/PA240279.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8icPgsv7VFQIupyuRsjtr80CjHQGbBPUYUIBvaWIh2SfyzCloAsk5aVtSKxQQrnnNL-61PaqnSm9FwmLqeDRwZrPQHDELtGYvThuuqmUBErjOU41Jfjw0Mu2OV87urZhWJ2vqInq60ES/s320/PA240279.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409352850896290786" /></a><br /><br />We carved the pumpkin.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYXD1W3W-NhThr7u5J0JaNP7NKLO3zBWKq27HdpBI0CyNtyYjq2BA4b-2WRc3u9EFvzKD4tvzrmIHM2YxLs3ggZsh2A-kprKcMkJKvdiuG_rLYRS_DePd7-rJ-cHGASGRIQS_mVXrwyND/s1600/PA290297.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYXD1W3W-NhThr7u5J0JaNP7NKLO3zBWKq27HdpBI0CyNtyYjq2BA4b-2WRc3u9EFvzKD4tvzrmIHM2YxLs3ggZsh2A-kprKcMkJKvdiuG_rLYRS_DePd7-rJ-cHGASGRIQS_mVXrwyND/s320/PA290297.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409353353186137586" /></a><br /><br />We went to a Halloween party.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiR5oWSH4sb7rV3pZXO5b5-QvUSepFbayyItXkTj1MKtX5f98nMyHrAsPT6ugeeAaW9Bb8pjN8XMAEAGRIma-F4R26novzAHHIoaFfHARwj15zfRJI14RodT_A9FEHykh4lZRecPHYh5b/s1600/PA300315.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiR5oWSH4sb7rV3pZXO5b5-QvUSepFbayyItXkTj1MKtX5f98nMyHrAsPT6ugeeAaW9Bb8pjN8XMAEAGRIma-F4R26novzAHHIoaFfHARwj15zfRJI14RodT_A9FEHykh4lZRecPHYh5b/s320/PA300315.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409353853594939186" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdenEX2YRWch5vCpB-hm-FNhXtJSUDt22T43UOIlKEbbcaECUhZSYlDT350L_Zm4cfqPUUqNn1LawXcF395mAFOCrB8dNc-9rRXfbLi0ZqIK6Z3sjKDekrxB90BdhefNK-CReZeJrcuYd/s1600/PA300307.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLdenEX2YRWch5vCpB-hm-FNhXtJSUDt22T43UOIlKEbbcaECUhZSYlDT350L_Zm4cfqPUUqNn1LawXcF395mAFOCrB8dNc-9rRXfbLi0ZqIK6Z3sjKDekrxB90BdhefNK-CReZeJrcuYd/s320/PA300307.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409354993778469026" /></a><br /><br />And we went trick or treating.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHJqmVg2DefI2Jx7lGtdKIuuidQCtvFgFcfMqSbWAJvGZsx5vbY0vrLbbH0Gva_Y3Z7cT93FFt_kD6CS1llm2DeDMP9KK3UbUJatHEHYXxFlqF7oG-9kS-ZrHk2WRJWlTUm8KZGhOriAy/s1600/PA300302.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJHJqmVg2DefI2Jx7lGtdKIuuidQCtvFgFcfMqSbWAJvGZsx5vbY0vrLbbH0Gva_Y3Z7cT93FFt_kD6CS1llm2DeDMP9KK3UbUJatHEHYXxFlqF7oG-9kS-ZrHk2WRJWlTUm8KZGhOriAy/s320/PA300302.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409354987733344082" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKLP5AwmanfpZ-KKMv8jsn9hzseaDLR62FDNpJlpasBYrD3G1K1MmT1FzMkX6420NFgczRhIhZLHHRpoFhxsgCaZ0VJvIBp_gtStP6QIGP3rnQzWZyK66RDHzh9l1GLWmPyrFoxQF4Cxy/s1600/PA300303.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfKLP5AwmanfpZ-KKMv8jsn9hzseaDLR62FDNpJlpasBYrD3G1K1MmT1FzMkX6420NFgczRhIhZLHHRpoFhxsgCaZ0VJvIBp_gtStP6QIGP3rnQzWZyK66RDHzh9l1GLWmPyrFoxQF4Cxy/s320/PA300303.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409354978387796914" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeUuoe4Tov7SL27wOqzV163VmDbwd47d27UOGknosZE-CeYdephk0hJfZTV0HC9t4zN-9AroDdNdDEmkiLPyAIXezLzzw55Yi6QGRDCPYqHtsMiXz_eBT_bFFRcM9DLUdo4P5VW9E2xN9/s1600/PA300300.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeUuoe4Tov7SL27wOqzV163VmDbwd47d27UOGknosZE-CeYdephk0hJfZTV0HC9t4zN-9AroDdNdDEmkiLPyAIXezLzzw55Yi6QGRDCPYqHtsMiXz_eBT_bFFRcM9DLUdo4P5VW9E2xN9/s320/PA300300.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409354975537587778" /></a><br /><br />My cute little Bumble Bee.<br /><br /><em><strong>THANKSGIVING</strong></em><br /><br />It is really hard for me to be away from my family for Thaknsgiving. But we did have a really great time with Lee's family. We ate lots of yummy food and I even did a little bit of the cooking (shocking I know!).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR44Geu_zJJWlIWg4x5tU55HHoCyMgTc4xeguCZFiTXEzRIC7FN1YXCPX8W1M_SP3tTpaT_WvhUn5z71IB_ESwpB26qFyiIGht9DU1tfckrCHZpkWgUry_4_YC0c0qVB2Kp5NPxbcb_rWS/s1600/PB250403.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR44Geu_zJJWlIWg4x5tU55HHoCyMgTc4xeguCZFiTXEzRIC7FN1YXCPX8W1M_SP3tTpaT_WvhUn5z71IB_ESwpB26qFyiIGht9DU1tfckrCHZpkWgUry_4_YC0c0qVB2Kp5NPxbcb_rWS/s320/PB250403.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409364220646202674" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLJzluEKxm_4K25SZFojAVu1z34Pxr-2mFXsjAiIyKieBbjcCsh7OG5i9yrtDNJlS7mUP0K7GBiMsiiI8aqperN07-5umgxmkcEslQp8yFseNOWuHqWCD6UM-yf0TtGz4LzP01K3dWydP/s1600/PB250401.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLJzluEKxm_4K25SZFojAVu1z34Pxr-2mFXsjAiIyKieBbjcCsh7OG5i9yrtDNJlS7mUP0K7GBiMsiiI8aqperN07-5umgxmkcEslQp8yFseNOWuHqWCD6UM-yf0TtGz4LzP01K3dWydP/s320/PB250401.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409364217315684274" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrVT9l4AFn1cXn-bTZM9VeAEj1M1dgoV4Wo0Oam0eAuGsndCApGIGnqkLYITBJ_P4XDvLxvKP-3tocHJzl6hqsT8a1MnsazTYcF_lKLMmSufWNZuSieR6RrwF0i98O4xXkFQwscJxAAxV/s1600/Fam+Resized.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyrVT9l4AFn1cXn-bTZM9VeAEj1M1dgoV4Wo0Oam0eAuGsndCApGIGnqkLYITBJ_P4XDvLxvKP-3tocHJzl6hqsT8a1MnsazTYcF_lKLMmSufWNZuSieR6RrwF0i98O4xXkFQwscJxAAxV/s320/Fam+Resized.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409364208083665650" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CXaqMBs0IBsSajWTgAv3bR4-L4Q2jHYTh6MZwX9VAAW52HU8pVtnXb2DRhlDhi0xKj_p9dZrEKFL4-tZuHtEfh211-HoVAfKYrbjhqu0pmV7awUzwS-xyo0qbMmlXKUb71o_7ThOn5OX/s1600/PB250386.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2CXaqMBs0IBsSajWTgAv3bR4-L4Q2jHYTh6MZwX9VAAW52HU8pVtnXb2DRhlDhi0xKj_p9dZrEKFL4-tZuHtEfh211-HoVAfKYrbjhqu0pmV7awUzwS-xyo0qbMmlXKUb71o_7ThOn5OX/s320/PB250386.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409364199245885842" /></a><br /><br /><em><strong>Christmas-Part 1</strong></em><br /><br />After Thanksgiving we helped Grandma Sally decorate her Christmas tree. Since Lee and I have always lived away from family, we always spend the holidays somewhere else. Because of this, in our 71/2 years of marriage, we have never had our own Christmas tree (sad I know!). But this year, we wanted to start the special tradition of decorating our Christmas tree. Since we are living with Lee's parents right now, we had to make do with decorating their tree. We bought Sloan her own ornament and let her put it anywhere on the tree she wanted (well with my help, she is still a little young to totally grasp the concept). We had a really great time decorating the tree and Sloan thinks all the sparkly lights are pretty awesome. It was great kick off to my favorite season of the year! Now the fun of trying to keep a one year old from touching the shiny, sparkly, tempting tree begins :). <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZXu93pdIXL6SW7_WlG14aNDyCKQIM41VcIinOHoj52JAiR6xv-ag-Mt9pRD4XZOqOyUmUMctjQp-AyCa3DVN98eW9cGEQYQ0P5Dc5lyr5DTRXTbO1f-dtbqKxGajcWMLHoegsyj0Id2I/s1600/PB270407.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpZXu93pdIXL6SW7_WlG14aNDyCKQIM41VcIinOHoj52JAiR6xv-ag-Mt9pRD4XZOqOyUmUMctjQp-AyCa3DVN98eW9cGEQYQ0P5Dc5lyr5DTRXTbO1f-dtbqKxGajcWMLHoegsyj0Id2I/s320/PB270407.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409367410089306018" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK62pCVwWCH5cenP6ipdLZESOIX-dZy-jS2ph6NIvlfQTvlnPzksSiMVJo82ShibmW4lYo4QGRF845EUTAb5YfiwwxHq9q_DLi6xdTiI4FsIZdUmOBulzq6Ewi6FksC05f8pqTgVcsbMuT/s1600/PB270409.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK62pCVwWCH5cenP6ipdLZESOIX-dZy-jS2ph6NIvlfQTvlnPzksSiMVJo82ShibmW4lYo4QGRF845EUTAb5YfiwwxHq9q_DLi6xdTiI4FsIZdUmOBulzq6Ewi6FksC05f8pqTgVcsbMuT/s320/PB270409.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409367413641136322" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCxpHwUU7qvb884q6JbQIiQWUmjd1YpQ1NByi5QmAbpzCcJaZj-i-eMGGQtwbYPerf6TRZIMwPLmup6WeRw0bgcDO0TtFSpUkJOq1tgc92_YS7tq2fv2IBWnDDXaB1BJmvjt0nyzSmfu8/s1600/PB270404.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCxpHwUU7qvb884q6JbQIiQWUmjd1YpQ1NByi5QmAbpzCcJaZj-i-eMGGQtwbYPerf6TRZIMwPLmup6WeRw0bgcDO0TtFSpUkJOq1tgc92_YS7tq2fv2IBWnDDXaB1BJmvjt0nyzSmfu8/s320/PB270404.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409367405037221394" /></a>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-10073519063022585962009-11-16T20:35:00.001-08:002009-11-21T20:03:04.471-08:00Walking<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzwSFPmP7nzxcu8fwrWyEgiIHnZlHzOFTTx1-CfTnXDP4ORv44JNW9Ow5YBZS9AoRt5JYjIqk0WYH2-gQY2xZlAMMauNYtL2PPgrKb0QtWWzaWJtq0HFr16gj3t4wZtRxDCLwIBoF7OC5/s1600/PB200363.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCzwSFPmP7nzxcu8fwrWyEgiIHnZlHzOFTTx1-CfTnXDP4ORv44JNW9Ow5YBZS9AoRt5JYjIqk0WYH2-gQY2xZlAMMauNYtL2PPgrKb0QtWWzaWJtq0HFr16gj3t4wZtRxDCLwIBoF7OC5/s320/PB200363.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406772461484030914" /></a><br /><br />Sloan has been walking for a couple of weeks now, but as usual I slack. I am pretty convinced that much like me, Sloan needs to be the best at whatever she does. I think she waited so long to walk because she wanted to be really good at it first. She really had the ability to do it over a month ago, but just didn't want to. One day she just decided out of the blue that she was going to do it and she has been really good at it ever since. <br /><br />Sloan is also signing a ton and talking a lot too. She says mom, dad, dog, dee (odie), frog, socks, shoes, choo choo, plane, bird and her new word of the night is ho ho ho (we thought we would teach her that one for Christmas but she caught on much quicker than I anticipated). She is really good at listening and repeating. Guess it's time to start watching what we say. <br /><br />Sidenote:<br />I have tried to upload some really cute video of Sloan walking for like a week (which has made this post even later than it originally started out being). So one day, when I become slightly less technically stunted, hopefully I will figure it out and be able to post it.Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-41413284926727941662009-10-17T19:45:00.000-07:002009-10-17T20:43:01.050-07:00A Year In The Life<OBJECT id=BLOG_video-43c0e10b33c521d5 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="43c0e10b33c521d5"></OBJECT><br /><br />This is the little video I did for Sloan to celebrate her first year of life. I played it during her birthday party, but wanted to post it here for everyone else's viewing pleasure. It is 15 min long, so I anticipate no one will watch it. But I wanted to throw it on here because it is really cute and a lot of work went into it. If you have an extra 15 minutes...enjoy :)!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-79854280568230123832009-09-23T20:27:00.000-07:002009-09-29T09:42:13.492-07:00She's One!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6THcu5VZiP10u0MwXJjO5TRbYRDvBxWvurFMxobEKU_ZsqP7ne4c6fokbMbNlqjEXrKdDi5kUQRQ5APuJaCNkWxFH0VFjT63EhPjCC3aERM1JthqdkoQvpvDUlOuJemmNIizuPYYlFKP/s1600-h/Sepia+Invite+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6THcu5VZiP10u0MwXJjO5TRbYRDvBxWvurFMxobEKU_ZsqP7ne4c6fokbMbNlqjEXrKdDi5kUQRQ5APuJaCNkWxFH0VFjT63EhPjCC3aERM1JthqdkoQvpvDUlOuJemmNIizuPYYlFKP/s320/Sepia+Invite+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386727162041389330" /></a><br /><br />My baby turned one! Well actually it has been about two weeks now, what can I say, I am slow. I can't believe it has been a year. I feel like Sloan was just born a day ago. Every day Sloan becomes more and more of a little person and less and less of a baby. She has such a personality all her own. I love every moment I get to spend with her. <br /><br />Sloan's birthday was September 15th. We had a small family party with Lee and I on the 15th. We opened presents and enjoyed birthday time with just the three of us. Here are pics from our family party.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qABpC4O0aGgZxnR25GaKLanz7waprWX8cK9FnM0f8ke5ZtfGOcSFQ1ME8_1XKHh5DSt7GPc1FvEKZS20dLtPMh8fP5szYcCwkkLM-Uh_NupEZDLcCLSiHUT1cN_LGLaFePiru2Tavyq7/s1600-h/9935_1255730752086_1194096742_771505_2927026_n%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_qABpC4O0aGgZxnR25GaKLanz7waprWX8cK9FnM0f8ke5ZtfGOcSFQ1ME8_1XKHh5DSt7GPc1FvEKZS20dLtPMh8fP5szYcCwkkLM-Uh_NupEZDLcCLSiHUT1cN_LGLaFePiru2Tavyq7/s320/9935_1255730752086_1194096742_771505_2927026_n%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386930582550591858" /></a><br /><br />Sloan and mom on Sloan's big day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEick-AM5kM22vtX4sJO5YdQEnGMq1T3S99mMkq3Wv5wplj97wgSNmYdyoKD9oVFdtA8CWfIG_k4sOlW3tL3HE_PMt8ISRlK3qRxNU-_eq7volQBaWoFgWeAqzIitSEPRLgkwtgYPqtLxw4J/s1600-h/P9140390.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEick-AM5kM22vtX4sJO5YdQEnGMq1T3S99mMkq3Wv5wplj97wgSNmYdyoKD9oVFdtA8CWfIG_k4sOlW3tL3HE_PMt8ISRlK3qRxNU-_eq7volQBaWoFgWeAqzIitSEPRLgkwtgYPqtLxw4J/s320/P9140390.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386728076169097602" /></a><br /><br />Sloan got a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse train. She loves it and rides it and pushes it all day. When she turns a nob the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse song comes on and Sloan dances to it. It is so cute.<br /><br />Then on Saturday we had a party for family and friends. Most of our family and all of our friends came to celebrate. It was a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone who made the journey to celebrate our exciting day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUhKKAeMKrS70nUsyOxjjzae5tHnNOlBUbmhsUJtCiTjVbxGYpuAo0DtFWNblcmTZNWGEFIOfsrmrb3y-DJngw8s0Va8GIk9x15uSScgeQTF2ZEdjFzdrh1xok6kS-kizzF6vjf7ZCvYI/s1600-h/P9180010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUhKKAeMKrS70nUsyOxjjzae5tHnNOlBUbmhsUJtCiTjVbxGYpuAo0DtFWNblcmTZNWGEFIOfsrmrb3y-DJngw8s0Va8GIk9x15uSScgeQTF2ZEdjFzdrh1xok6kS-kizzF6vjf7ZCvYI/s320/P9180010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386729696228721506" /></a><br /><br />Sloan getting ready for the big party.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahkstF3b0jkdqkkR1Cgmz8jUFdv_Jr8Va4Qqivh3axddl_uNtMhbi5bwrdct3r7_bNaR66MF5uTRUl8FfeaWtPIma0ycARQ-Ed1WB4YBQNgZZrjnCukNJgR9wOWGYThgNNp8NKZ73LoCr/s1600-h/P9180019.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahkstF3b0jkdqkkR1Cgmz8jUFdv_Jr8Va4Qqivh3axddl_uNtMhbi5bwrdct3r7_bNaR66MF5uTRUl8FfeaWtPIma0ycARQ-Ed1WB4YBQNgZZrjnCukNJgR9wOWGYThgNNp8NKZ73LoCr/s320/P9180019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386730382025875026" /></a><br /><br />Opening her presents and loving all things cuddly.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMusblZzQnZgb4C3ROqRrNKL10-AR4HeOVjx3v0COG0aiVmTWIyuaOfnOykFktyhM6dceq8gR9snokVwvQ4ydQwfet-7X2rtof3i7a-zNekwYZEBuPNhy3VsggLy_1Ar-AFDSbQFl4jVC/s1600-h/P9180004.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMusblZzQnZgb4C3ROqRrNKL10-AR4HeOVjx3v0COG0aiVmTWIyuaOfnOykFktyhM6dceq8gR9snokVwvQ4ydQwfet-7X2rtof3i7a-zNekwYZEBuPNhy3VsggLy_1Ar-AFDSbQFl4jVC/s320/P9180004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386731142953573090" /></a><br /><br />So anyone that knows Sloan knows she is obsessed with two things. 1. Signing Time and 2. Her stuffed Brown Bear. Anyone that knows me knows I DON'T cook in an way shape or form. I decided to do what good mother do and bake a cake for Sloan's birthday. I made this Brown Bear cake because Sloan loves her Brown Bear. Personally I think it turned out pretty good!<br /><br />So here is the cake story. It is customary to strip your child down to her diaper and let her dive into her birthday cake. I personally don't like messes, so I wasn't keen on this idea, However as a good mom I decided I needed to do as all "good moms" do and let Sloan go to town on her cake. I stripped her down and placed her in her highchair. Sloan stared at the cake, slowly put her hand in her cake, immediately removed it, looked at the mess on her hand, started to cry and threw her hand out to me to wipe it off. She didn't want anything to do with getting messy. While everyone at the party was thinking how sad it was that I wouldn't have messy cake face pictures for posterity, I was secretly proud of my little girl. Why you ask? I know that Sloan couldn't possibly get this trait from anyone but me. What can I say, my child hates to be dirty. A girl after my own heart! So while most people were disappointed, I was secretly beaming with pride at my clean child!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QW6DkCFGHFpIaeNZYTFNYWroNTjXmjrSFfxBrJS6fxyCO9O_QSLrATBVt3eLxWzO_2cnQjQzw6cSGWSOwewr4OLVOTWhV4Ykq_yozwsfQdoax-LoCWmOjgYVVyW-5f3_5nPgLEOCYWfx/s1600-h/P9180024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-QW6DkCFGHFpIaeNZYTFNYWroNTjXmjrSFfxBrJS6fxyCO9O_QSLrATBVt3eLxWzO_2cnQjQzw6cSGWSOwewr4OLVOTWhV4Ykq_yozwsfQdoax-LoCWmOjgYVVyW-5f3_5nPgLEOCYWfx/s320/P9180024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386734142913055346" /></a><br /><br />This is Sloan crying about her mess (notice the one tiny hand print on the bear's nose).<br /><br />Happy Birthday Sweet Girl. In one short year you have shown us the meaning of true and unconditional love, you have made us laugh harder than we have ever laughed, and shown us that life is truly about so much more than we could have ever imagined before we were blessed with your life! Happy Birthday!!<br /><br /><strong>Here are some fun stats for Sloan at age one.</strong><br /><br />Weight: 22lbs 7 oz-75th Percentile<br />Height: 30.25 inches-80th Percentile<br />Head: 18 inches-50th Percentile (looks like she may have inherited my freakishly small head...sorry baby)<br /><br />Sloan has really left baby phase and turned into a little toddler. She has a total personality and at times even a little "tude." She is very aware of what is going on and is suddenly a sponge when it comes to learning. She lifts up her feet one at a time for me when I am putting on her socks and imitates things we do. She knows that she can cry and get what she wants (although I am trying to not give in to that one). She is a great eater. She transitioned seamlessly to cow's milk. The world still stops when Signing Time is on, and she has officially and consistently started to sign her first two signs (video to come). She also really likes Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Little Einsteins. She still doesn't sleep in very much (dang you three hour time change), but does sleep until about 6:15am now instead of 5am. She does the funniest things and makes me belly laugh at least twice a day. Overall Sloan is full of life, love and happiness. When I think back over the year I can't believe how blessed we are to have this little girl in our lives. Sloan, thank you for making me a mom and allowing me to experience what love really is. We love you more than you will ever know. Happy birthday baby girl!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-80183225119015886152009-08-05T20:02:00.001-07:002009-08-05T20:06:57.567-07:00What Happens While Moms at Work?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT4r4yvYzZEUQIcq6CEuHWvabwZuFLm_l5QaSsmQP0aP4R1LBKwt7kO5xdBVEnqAePL-fcljriMLJYhg2Fr4Env_LsNNL4-SWdUsEB1xL4JT2NVYpBSnTtgxjn6wAl4oscln2cKcvr20A/s1600-h/Cowgirl+Cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTT4r4yvYzZEUQIcq6CEuHWvabwZuFLm_l5QaSsmQP0aP4R1LBKwt7kO5xdBVEnqAePL-fcljriMLJYhg2Fr4Env_LsNNL4-SWdUsEB1xL4JT2NVYpBSnTtgxjn6wAl4oscln2cKcvr20A/s320/Cowgirl+Cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366681737665264514" /></a><br /><br />I found this picture when I was downloading everything off the camera. So this is what dad and Sloan do all day while I am gone.Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-35914625910305515202009-08-05T19:42:00.000-07:002009-08-05T20:01:18.695-07:00The Many Sleeping Positions of SloanSloan is pretty funny when she sleeps. Here are some pics of the various ways my daughter sleeps.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqnGBVHyovql7hWIrQU_5wgkm4F5vyzYlnK1sd6QD1AU_rbxTKNPp_AjOEvJ7GE3h2VENFRsHxsIcTrZN-IPR-rHiMUEUZUMH8k750CeBjVLQwJ0rPEDd8YOeXwQTWHoi9x5HaOBKuNqR/s1600-h/100_0768.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQqnGBVHyovql7hWIrQU_5wgkm4F5vyzYlnK1sd6QD1AU_rbxTKNPp_AjOEvJ7GE3h2VENFRsHxsIcTrZN-IPR-rHiMUEUZUMH8k750CeBjVLQwJ0rPEDd8YOeXwQTWHoi9x5HaOBKuNqR/s320/100_0768.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366676670498467522" /></a><br /><br />"The Boy I'm Really Tired"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSSV5Vm_TTy4eoBaCi99NzJqgxcqOtxI6EFBLAwcLHfC0t3IFAA6khQZUIJQO5H4OL-GUmc00eKQh7ouTszG5p4UP6sLizgEiQRP0qOKPEDjY_z3iHSwYoTAg03DYHc-zlYolytOQvOqm/s1600-h/100_0773.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSSV5Vm_TTy4eoBaCi99NzJqgxcqOtxI6EFBLAwcLHfC0t3IFAA6khQZUIJQO5H4OL-GUmc00eKQh7ouTszG5p4UP6sLizgEiQRP0qOKPEDjY_z3iHSwYoTAg03DYHc-zlYolytOQvOqm/s320/100_0773.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366677211600349378" /></a><br /><br />"The Bum in the Air" (This is her position of choice most often)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRs484Nqy3n19tLAaCAHvDwd1Mm5xv-Q_wzHjslQU0lqCK8rgNDr3KWvKgjLLle3jXJI8zjvK8-A3T0AVHSGXtWXnpZuGyXmqDbooa5k3ZJzrQ0y8Wf5_ucyV2LbDZCuO6C2whtJTmOkWx/s1600-h/100_0808.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRs484Nqy3n19tLAaCAHvDwd1Mm5xv-Q_wzHjslQU0lqCK8rgNDr3KWvKgjLLle3jXJI8zjvK8-A3T0AVHSGXtWXnpZuGyXmqDbooa5k3ZJzrQ0y8Wf5_ucyV2LbDZCuO6C2whtJTmOkWx/s320/100_0808.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366677826958858930" /></a><br /><br />"The Bear Cuddle"<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBo7nkJHI94-9xr5msyYdB7zIr1V8-Ii7cxIVts4qvmARE8xkeeJinZSWaMdKqJbWyuVrJwPUrXODs4rcQ7kJcyXMGB1tGRHK_gWSSpgLyuMZHcY3vZ0vwYigcG1o7uRj1XLp0mImcCSu/s1600-h/100_0809.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxBo7nkJHI94-9xr5msyYdB7zIr1V8-Ii7cxIVts4qvmARE8xkeeJinZSWaMdKqJbWyuVrJwPUrXODs4rcQ7kJcyXMGB1tGRHK_gWSSpgLyuMZHcY3vZ0vwYigcG1o7uRj1XLp0mImcCSu/s320/100_0809.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366678250202048594" /></a><br /><br />"The Blanket Snuggle"<br /><br />and finally<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkmH93hM5y3tdwlgO3uzrBlvCNeAHFqjOm6EnT2ozEgkB6IXTS0uPCQ7MrWuxJ0wlayd5-eJ_c6R5Yezh40n9ZlKU53QbPkgtn2x9f1NBxpqcGh6bGcYr7R5GRfIE11rdIi1NbNp7C5Sz/s1600-h/100_0810.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkmH93hM5y3tdwlgO3uzrBlvCNeAHFqjOm6EnT2ozEgkB6IXTS0uPCQ7MrWuxJ0wlayd5-eJ_c6R5Yezh40n9ZlKU53QbPkgtn2x9f1NBxpqcGh6bGcYr7R5GRfIE11rdIi1NbNp7C5Sz/s320/100_0810.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366678889542110866" /></a><br /><br />"The Get Me Outta Here"<br /><br />The other day Grandma went to get Sloan from her nap and this is what she found...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhakZBI2JKqmzGU6sL8yk7Ybe44IUzHIr8qn8Wj6Kj5ERyxfZGC1dq1FFiV9cX2qU01iagvXijl8i7mpkeiI4OBzV831YUatE84RDSUo_Z8vAvcb46zSor2sQ6CtrvdxkeY1lUfdg_kQK/s1600-h/100_0792.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKhakZBI2JKqmzGU6sL8yk7Ybe44IUzHIr8qn8Wj6Kj5ERyxfZGC1dq1FFiV9cX2qU01iagvXijl8i7mpkeiI4OBzV831YUatE84RDSUo_Z8vAvcb46zSor2sQ6CtrvdxkeY1lUfdg_kQK/s320/100_0792.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366679410054698482" /></a><br /><br />If you can't tell that is ring of crib paint on her lips from her gnawing away at her crib. Apparently her crib is yummy!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-36356363285783804452009-07-15T16:14:00.000-07:002009-07-15T16:42:03.051-07:00Summer FunWe have had a lot of fun this summer. It has been really nice to be in the land of the swimming pool (and let's face it, when it is 114 degrees outside really your only option is to be in a swimming pool!). Here are some pictures of the summer thus far.<br /><br /><strong>4th of July</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI-ez63CeOwtumqFoYn8Tf4Am0Y0xNz8mkAITcUmJsAZ8ijs5UpHKzFUlXxihBhDU-ZcfLLtwmgq2CyLJg5YuDbh79gghM-ZT1rc5_RB-c6UpZ6AXKCW3TD3smvqkifPsmq1L6Fua8k-R/s1600-h/P7030162.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLI-ez63CeOwtumqFoYn8Tf4Am0Y0xNz8mkAITcUmJsAZ8ijs5UpHKzFUlXxihBhDU-ZcfLLtwmgq2CyLJg5YuDbh79gghM-ZT1rc5_RB-c6UpZ6AXKCW3TD3smvqkifPsmq1L6Fua8k-R/s320/P7030162.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358833249933583730" /></a><br /><br />Lee's brothers amazing and fun pool. There is a little shallow area with spontaneous fountains perfect for Sloan to crawl and play in. There is a huge twisty tube water slide that goes through a waterfall hill. There are multi level diving rocks and a diving board. Seriously it's like resort quality! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictPApe0LaSBf8lOQU1soaDnif4pC6LmoMRZopymSeAoWRgpoXbRQqUX0M80QCObWFfdvPCX55XSfh5_tvLKrPtlXklUJY3bjdjSKSNGdbf5wxwOmvDpFFSbWjEh2_ysqq65cJtKUYiTyE/s1600-h/Family+Cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictPApe0LaSBf8lOQU1soaDnif4pC6LmoMRZopymSeAoWRgpoXbRQqUX0M80QCObWFfdvPCX55XSfh5_tvLKrPtlXklUJY3bjdjSKSNGdbf5wxwOmvDpFFSbWjEh2_ysqq65cJtKUYiTyE/s320/Family+Cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358830170538673298" /></a><br /><br />The Fam<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXhhcjqE2SHPgufVIG_fOnYd8MSMGe1qaRDgONZaz9Bw9nXtnXypDetc_Q9JxBFUI4LFliVtb1gg-Pl9Js89kyf0zAPLWq7VtzAVunKkAOU03gUiNRT7MtO_T0pJP1HNGfCzA_F2R32Sl/s1600-h/Pool+Cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXhhcjqE2SHPgufVIG_fOnYd8MSMGe1qaRDgONZaz9Bw9nXtnXypDetc_Q9JxBFUI4LFliVtb1gg-Pl9Js89kyf0zAPLWq7VtzAVunKkAOU03gUiNRT7MtO_T0pJP1HNGfCzA_F2R32Sl/s320/Pool+Cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358830388873938018" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmSizDIK6GGoB40lwwmHorVnAs9_zGAoesc4B_zRnCD1l5tmn3hAlBVTUhXPwUWYLQ5fCQEZqUGUd5Xif21k_554OPndiWNz89yIQxChlLYIzTRusWtOqs4zM1kz40KrfdhWC5Yh9B1pL/s1600-h/P7030116.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitmSizDIK6GGoB40lwwmHorVnAs9_zGAoesc4B_zRnCD1l5tmn3hAlBVTUhXPwUWYLQ5fCQEZqUGUd5Xif21k_554OPndiWNz89yIQxChlLYIzTRusWtOqs4zM1kz40KrfdhWC5Yh9B1pL/s320/P7030116.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358830545476277618" /></a><br /><br />I love Sloan's rolly, squeezy, chubby thighs and the way that she is looking at me.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_wvSrrpYJkse8oQinEN2sRzR2wMvtYb6qnN2C5yCsd4VkzCSEOswfbENLNnzEr009zW4yaYw8NRtI28gFJ6_EB1mwf3JkwaEw27EucJr-G3ecofkvitJv_0KdBGScGN_hIiy5Pek23O6/s1600-h/Splashing+Cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_wvSrrpYJkse8oQinEN2sRzR2wMvtYb6qnN2C5yCsd4VkzCSEOswfbENLNnzEr009zW4yaYw8NRtI28gFJ6_EB1mwf3JkwaEw27EucJr-G3ecofkvitJv_0KdBGScGN_hIiy5Pek23O6/s320/Splashing+Cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358830767232896290" /></a><br /><br />Seriously the girl LOVES the water!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_tog50932NHE3H3cexx6TtC73T7wFr5edQvAilveSiUe19ObixxKgQAc1V8tdC5yJexnSRClSqjuO9kWkD69SBJ15cPOo79nAnNTivG-c90G0-OiHgRptE4Q-IsNosW88x6muTVFMkl6/s1600-h/P7030124.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge_tog50932NHE3H3cexx6TtC73T7wFr5edQvAilveSiUe19ObixxKgQAc1V8tdC5yJexnSRClSqjuO9kWkD69SBJ15cPOo79nAnNTivG-c90G0-OiHgRptE4Q-IsNosW88x6muTVFMkl6/s320/P7030124.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358830943636016514" /></a><br /><br /><strong>More Pool Fun</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeIfOeS7ASBVz7X1d07JnECa1MdnYfezlXSPjVsLGxaeIFBppipxbCYThmMC4Wy0JVatedkrF4YkmpeE-UqufIa7HjIPA_9-wXaU2trfuBF2uC4in0cf8jBhDssLv8J6xxk3x1iA4PD_Q/s1600-h/Sloan+Pool+Cropped+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQeIfOeS7ASBVz7X1d07JnECa1MdnYfezlXSPjVsLGxaeIFBppipxbCYThmMC4Wy0JVatedkrF4YkmpeE-UqufIa7HjIPA_9-wXaU2trfuBF2uC4in0cf8jBhDssLv8J6xxk3x1iA4PD_Q/s320/Sloan+Pool+Cropped+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358831515293370226" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEick50Ntny5uuFzy0qMqAERNYqLbeLtFsAuS84l43zGFhKGSKHPjtXLo6hGxOWnoErIfxWkU7jJxFSSNj_dEop3KsOJvkuOTNFsBv0bMd6GLTsYcvs0IToJAHQvuLNt8KL-Z9PYibtWZ9bh/s1600-h/Sloan+%26+Shar+Cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 196px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEick50Ntny5uuFzy0qMqAERNYqLbeLtFsAuS84l43zGFhKGSKHPjtXLo6hGxOWnoErIfxWkU7jJxFSSNj_dEop3KsOJvkuOTNFsBv0bMd6GLTsYcvs0IToJAHQvuLNt8KL-Z9PYibtWZ9bh/s320/Sloan+%26+Shar+Cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358832132559013954" /></a><br /><br />I know this picture is blurry, but I love Sloan's expression...so sweet.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-jHNOdxzoHybcozS8_3ICwkGPG60pg_fTd3VwBQpCJ1Uut33Jl3SOoHQtc7e4bq_Ul4IquUSf6bctPx7PsL1HrKElBQpJYpOa_rDFIDm-rWDz_oaCFEgNpAK9Ym-fnWxham-pJdGGzE1/s1600-h/P7100249.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ-jHNOdxzoHybcozS8_3ICwkGPG60pg_fTd3VwBQpCJ1Uut33Jl3SOoHQtc7e4bq_Ul4IquUSf6bctPx7PsL1HrKElBQpJYpOa_rDFIDm-rWDz_oaCFEgNpAK9Ym-fnWxham-pJdGGzE1/s320/P7100249.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358835402839082290" /></a><br /><br />Suddenly so somber, she must be getting tired!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSFBqEkhyfU8eebP3cuh1P7F_myNjV5YkxIdf4t6vI6oDxoOduaDaJcaiOyEMkWfCs1sBfbm5CNOO8iI1NVu58DGd0jwzrrP2loaTnWta1vmVySB1V7tH3-H8rgxKnzY7BMNGRZiqh1b1/s1600-h/Pig+Tail+Cropped+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 173px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNSFBqEkhyfU8eebP3cuh1P7F_myNjV5YkxIdf4t6vI6oDxoOduaDaJcaiOyEMkWfCs1sBfbm5CNOO8iI1NVu58DGd0jwzrrP2loaTnWta1vmVySB1V7tH3-H8rgxKnzY7BMNGRZiqh1b1/s320/Pig+Tail+Cropped+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358832395333486818" /></a><br /><br />I can finally put Sloan's hair in a little piggy tail. I have seriously been waiting for this day for so long. Although she was born with a thick head of black hair, it all fell out (tear). It is finally long enough to do something with it...I mean barely, but still so cute!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYm3HSLVI1Ib602VyG9Q4M8nvlDTWLIyfZfIvtTn6PkkwoN1AJRN_deHCqdXSaGBkkeepmbGqNd9PVfkSMV_gMkTUs3QJf0uqwEBHF9hHrQIu32hxOEBpJXL2Szww2ksRBamjzR82-nCD/s1600-h/Pig+Tail+Cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 182px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvYm3HSLVI1Ib602VyG9Q4M8nvlDTWLIyfZfIvtTn6PkkwoN1AJRN_deHCqdXSaGBkkeepmbGqNd9PVfkSMV_gMkTUs3QJf0uqwEBHF9hHrQIu32hxOEBpJXL2Szww2ksRBamjzR82-nCD/s320/Pig+Tail+Cropped.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358832910790767506" /></a>Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-82296490271141496602009-06-15T11:36:00.000-07:002009-06-28T20:17:44.546-07:009 Months Old<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IevKCvEiMdYc6AT5682fD_tSwir8cGJR_1VTi6mzO9DbWzGTRtF0eREcK0KOKNolocCAXDzKLgSoElmd_q3mRAGrV2x8xzY5IbQ1Jrk4wsqztfw1-orDfkyVkHrqP1j8o-ne5hohFPeY/s1600-h/Swimming.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1IevKCvEiMdYc6AT5682fD_tSwir8cGJR_1VTi6mzO9DbWzGTRtF0eREcK0KOKNolocCAXDzKLgSoElmd_q3mRAGrV2x8xzY5IbQ1Jrk4wsqztfw1-orDfkyVkHrqP1j8o-ne5hohFPeY/s320/Swimming.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352580322206125378" /></a><br /><br />Sloan is 9 months old (well two weeks ago...what can I say, it has been a little crazy around here). I can't believe she is nine months. The ironic thing is the nine months I was pregnant crept by at snail pace, but the first nine months of Sloan's life flew! I sure wish pregnancy would go that way, maybe then I would be more excited to be pregnant again. Below are some cute pics and stats for Sloan at nine months.<br /><br />20.2 pounds - 75% percentile<br />29 inches - 90% percentile<br />Head 18 inches - 75% percentile<br /><br /><strong>Favorite Things:</strong><br /><br />Sloan's most favorite thing in the world is watching signing time. I mean it doesn't matter what is going on or how happy or sad she is, the second she hears "It's signing time with Alex and Leah" the world literally stops. Sloan is really busy all the time, but she will watch 30 min of signing time cuddled in your arms without making a movement. I don't use Signing Time as a babysitting tool, I use it as a cuddling tool. I try not to watch them with her too much, but man I just love the snuggle time!<br /><br />Sloan is has become an expert crawler and she can get from one side of the room to another in not time. We have definitely waved good bye to the easy days of one room entertainment.<br /><br />Although she will pull herself up in her crib, she doesn't try to pull herself up on anything else. She is REALLY cautious with everything and doesn't want to do anything unless she knows it is safe. Hopefully that will continue throughout her teenage years!<br /><br />Sloan loves to drink cold water. Not sure what it is, but she is obsessed with it.<br /><br />She is a good eater, but doesn't love baby food. She loves table food though, and I think she may turn into a piece of watermelon. She can't get enough of it.<br /><br />Sloan is such a girl. She loves anything girly! She will watch me get ready in the morning like she wants to retain every detail so she can do it herself one day. Grandma Sally gave her a big necklace the other day and she put it right around her neck like she has always known just what to do with one.<br /><br />She waves me good by every morning when I leave and loves to give high fives.<br /><br />She is still the biggest ham I have ever met and loves to get her picture taken. The second she sees the camera come out she totally poses and turns on her smiles.<br /><br />In the last few weeks Sloan has really started to show her personality. She is very strong willed and won't give up until she gets whatever she is after. She is a little dramatic but so sweet all the time. She isn't afraid to voice when she wants something. She jabbers all day long and loves to sing and hear her own voice. She laughs at herself in the mirror and loves to give herself mirror kisses. Mostly Sloan is so sweet and loving and she makes never fails to make me belly laugh at least two times a day. I love you so much Sloan and I can't wait to see what you're doing in 9 more months.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVJa3gqztKFKpHLEDlliE-uEh2Vagw6KjdJQkQWkpxjTgNIIHYh3tuLiTbIhASgWtTknL_YwkXlcacl6zNoLNcPVJ7iqVhikietR8bYTIRIFrJm-slSVayc4fQYYbAYTgrQH9E8Q5lNHG/s1600-h/100_0616.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZVJa3gqztKFKpHLEDlliE-uEh2Vagw6KjdJQkQWkpxjTgNIIHYh3tuLiTbIhASgWtTknL_YwkXlcacl6zNoLNcPVJ7iqVhikietR8bYTIRIFrJm-slSVayc4fQYYbAYTgrQH9E8Q5lNHG/s320/100_0616.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352581102691517890" /></a><br /><br />Putting on Grandma's necklace.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0L_5Q8EmlkktXIG053nEnPOCjhVSOORbzl8hPwCIP2m1NSXKd4tvcnrXOtajumu309eEqejwl8q1DLf5LRe9RgNI9xK-HIbTxH48VG5XnKq3GXWCktxJ_6jht1iDXue7HO45CCYpzsFR/s1600-h/100_0690.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0L_5Q8EmlkktXIG053nEnPOCjhVSOORbzl8hPwCIP2m1NSXKd4tvcnrXOtajumu309eEqejwl8q1DLf5LRe9RgNI9xK-HIbTxH48VG5XnKq3GXWCktxJ_6jht1iDXue7HO45CCYpzsFR/s320/100_0690.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352581428824974258" /></a><br /><br />This is how we watch Signing Time.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84zJAqV4E3V0hTSMwRMZLgbQTP_q6ZUqXsQRef-ss3hMwhyuQG3BESBPM-AEY6eEEy-aUJ8pHjMcZ22S3wwUU3VuAQVfIHVnAYckf5FU159RUcNDFCYwiaTVHV_MN89Jb6Bl1wEczXZ9c/s1600-h/100_0669.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj84zJAqV4E3V0hTSMwRMZLgbQTP_q6ZUqXsQRef-ss3hMwhyuQG3BESBPM-AEY6eEEy-aUJ8pHjMcZ22S3wwUU3VuAQVfIHVnAYckf5FU159RUcNDFCYwiaTVHV_MN89Jb6Bl1wEczXZ9c/s320/100_0669.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352581900102764002" /></a><br /><br />This is what Sloan does the second a camera comes out.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrc2U94-Fl781_1BT-MogngjGVDO_lNscs48_zkeDpLarHFUDRnBRit0XvBMvP8BQGHkG70aRDDxjMQAlJh5Q1HoA0l5SHsG2YBeAG4aYlbTqo0vLWvAKlaiIo6lU1ha6b6Q3d8E_n_b7n/s1600-h/100_0578.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrc2U94-Fl781_1BT-MogngjGVDO_lNscs48_zkeDpLarHFUDRnBRit0XvBMvP8BQGHkG70aRDDxjMQAlJh5Q1HoA0l5SHsG2YBeAG4aYlbTqo0vLWvAKlaiIo6lU1ha6b6Q3d8E_n_b7n/s320/100_0578.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352583216074247826" /></a><br /><br />I love you so much sweet girl!!!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-49763889285875262422009-06-09T19:05:00.000-07:002009-06-09T19:30:10.442-07:00Sneaking a SnuggleEvery night at Sloan's bed time, I nurse her and she usually falls asleep in my arms. This time has become my most favorite time of the day. I look forward to stealing a moment of time with her. I lay back and hold her on my chest and just stare at her. I try to study everything about her, her smell, her little dimpled chin, her perfect button nose, the way the light makes her hair look different colors, her little baby breaths...everything. I think about how much I love her and how happy she makes me. I let my mind wander to what I think she will be like as she grows up and I think about all the hopes and dreams I have for her. These moments give me a glimpse into what I think Heaven will be like. I picture all my children gathered round with their heads on my lap as I play with their hair and tickle their backs. We talk about our life's adventures and how silly were were in thinking that everything else was so important when really the important things were right in front of us all along. I lay on the bed and soak in the moment because I know that tomorrow it will be a little different. She will be a little older, a little less cuddly, a little more independent. Every night I hold her longer and longer because I want it to last forever. I try and file these moments in my memory because I know I will need to remember them when Sloan is 3 and throwing a tantrum in the grocery store, or when she is 10 and wants to hang out with her friends instead of her family, or when she is 19 and dating a guy I am not exactly thrilled about. So each night I sneak my snuggle and take it all in because I know it is a fleeting moment that I won't be able to get back. It is the little things in life you need to hold on to. It isn't about money or fame or career success, it is about moments like this. These are the things you can hold on to and the moments you will look back on with fondness. So I plan to sneak my snuggles for as long as I can because I realize how blessed and lucky I am to be able to have them!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-5102120875668232412009-06-07T12:24:00.000-07:002009-06-07T12:25:09.790-07:00Baby IroniesAs I sit here enjoying my much too short weekend of no work with Sloan, I thought to myself, someone should write a book about baby ironies (maybe someone has and I just don't know it?). Life with a baby is just so funny and entertaining to me. So I thought I would post a few of the baby ironies in my life and I am sure the life of many other mothers.<br /><br /><strong>Baby Irony #1:</strong> Why is it that you can go to the store and spend $50 on new toys and when you get back home your baby loves the packaging far more than any of the actual toys?<br /><br /><strong>Baby Irony #2:</strong> Why is it that your child can do something so cute 10 times in a row, but the second you turn on your video camera to document it, it is like the cute trick never even existed?<br /><br /><strong>Baby Irony #3:</strong> Why is it that it can take a mother a good 7 minutes to mesh, mold and squeeze a shoe on her babies foot but it only takes your baby about 7 seconds to kick it off?<br /><br /><strong>Baby Irony #4:</strong> Why is it that your baby can completely ruin your TV settings on your TV with one push of a random button in the 2 seconds they sneak over and grab it and it takes a parent 20 minutes to figure out which button they pushed and how to get the TV back to normal?<br /><br />I am sure I will think of more to post. Feel free to add your own. Who knows, between us all maybe we can come up with a pretty funny book to publish!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2676969134195747862.post-23371365231138530502009-05-30T19:32:00.001-07:002009-05-30T19:45:40.400-07:00Got Teeth?Sloan officially has 4 teeth and two more that are about to cut through. Now everyone knows that teeth totally change the look of your baby, but Sloan's teeth are special. Why you ask? Well see for yourself...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYx_l9nB7gXAZ9Vs71ryMD2ZgHUwuPSZIG-vxMP-VeBSXAZp0_7nIziulU4Yepz_onSuVt5Oiq_CyfNNz90CqjJoY6ScfmQlMPFC42VvtLuS_4id0QtXhGrhOdC7klO52UMWjjolpCJgHT/s1600-h/100_0549.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYx_l9nB7gXAZ9Vs71ryMD2ZgHUwuPSZIG-vxMP-VeBSXAZp0_7nIziulU4Yepz_onSuVt5Oiq_CyfNNz90CqjJoY6ScfmQlMPFC42VvtLuS_4id0QtXhGrhOdC7klO52UMWjjolpCJgHT/s320/100_0549.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341810809432178370" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LRMMYW27W_YgOGB5-u8BZtfAwHHyLHbgLl0qW8AS2SafPpxzb_rpYQFiBt5-wKWHVjXDh14Ke7n67-4k8gieSLZnRSedmN7bpASp8UGlo2dbOB__KE4XGVU5AHvSTqqR6qv0xT34CFoI/s1600-h/100_0552.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8LRMMYW27W_YgOGB5-u8BZtfAwHHyLHbgLl0qW8AS2SafPpxzb_rpYQFiBt5-wKWHVjXDh14Ke7n67-4k8gieSLZnRSedmN7bpASp8UGlo2dbOB__KE4XGVU5AHvSTqqR6qv0xT34CFoI/s320/100_0552.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341812049028654370" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTN2O7jaOii5786l5KsNNvU4hnVf65mkw3daUyCNqvT_e4j2GFIZ_bPm_ix76jDVvN7ZluESNWs4KamwXPYJqWm-lHmHHb_4s0nJqjXUGM65ZXCALK2Dts72Bt3hJRe6t387xiOS4LKZZh/s1600-h/100_0525.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTN2O7jaOii5786l5KsNNvU4hnVf65mkw3daUyCNqvT_e4j2GFIZ_bPm_ix76jDVvN7ZluESNWs4KamwXPYJqWm-lHmHHb_4s0nJqjXUGM65ZXCALK2Dts72Bt3hJRe6t387xiOS4LKZZh/s320/100_0525.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5341812297637749874" /></a><br /><br />Zoom in real close and you can catch it. I mean could the gap between her two top teeth be any bigger? I mean you can fit a whole other tooth in there! It is so funny. I guess she takes after her mama. For now it is just about the cutest thing ever. But I guess we better start the orthodontics fund. Cute when you're 8 months old, maybe not so cute when you're 18!Shariellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10904251558445423547noreply@blogger.com4