51 weeks (Nov 19th -Nov 25th)

This is Addie's 51 week picture. I have one with the sign but you can't tell what it says because she always crumples it up.

 

Getting ready for holiday cheer!

 

Izzy's turkey legs hat she made at school.

 

 Addie and her Great Aunt Cindy.

 

 My mom's vegitable turkey. Not much left of him at the end of the day.

 

Keeping it clean!

 

 Izzy and Great Grandma Ruby putting together puzzles.

 

PopPop and Addie.

 

Cousin Kya, me and Addie

 

In memory of my Grandma and Grandpa K. We sure miss you these holiday seasons.

 

Aunt Cindy, Addie, and Icy.

 

 The McHargue Family.

 

The best way to take a bath at Gamma and PopPop's. In the kitchen sink.

 

Izzy is almost getting too big for the kitchen sink!
 

This was a nice short week for work because of Thanksgiving. I am truly thankful for my family, our fairly good health, and having the ability to provide for my girls. We are very blessed in many ways.

We are still struggling with Addie and eating table food. It's different everyday. One day she does great and another she pushes it away and will have nothing to do with it. It was a big day on Wednesday because she TOOK STEPS! She is two weeks ahead of Izzy for taking steps. It is only 3 or 4 steps, but it's steps.

We went home on Thursday morning for Thanksgiving and then on to Kearney to my aunt and uncle's. It was great to see and spend time with my family. That night (or next morning) I was suppose to go to WalMart and get a 60 inch TV for my husband, but I got sick. So my loving dad went in my place to find the TV was in event 2 which was at 10pm on Thanksgiving. So he and Mark both got up at 3:30 am to get the TV to only be disappointed. Black Friday is no longer an event in the Kalkowski/Brown households!

We came home Saturday and started to put up Christmas decorations. Tis the season. Hope everyone has a good one.

Ariann

50 weeks (Nov 12-Nov 18)

Trying finger food with not much success!

 

 

My snuggle bug, Izzy!

 

Loving the freedom of movement!

 

 

Sisters playing!

 

 

Daddy's iPad is the best entertainment.

 

 

 Caught red handed. Addie in Izzy's toys!

 

 

And again....
 



Well we are still having difficulty with Addie and her table food. She will eat one day and deny the next. I think it is a texture thing with her. She doesn't have too much of a gag reflex though so that is good. The situation could be worse.

Addie is definitly moving around a lot and getting into her sisters stuff. They are also playing so well together. I can't wait until they can entertain one another.

Otherwise it was a normal week with dance and swim lessons and no time to rest. Izzy has come down with a cold. It's that time of year and I'm dreading it. I hope I can keep Addie a little healthier this year, but we will see.

Mark is busy with work and just being Mark.

Hope all is well and we will talk soon.

Ariann

49 weeks (Nov 5th- Nov 11th)

 This sign is actually suppose to read 49 weeks. I'm a little ahead of myself

 

 Cruising the furniture.

 

 



Just another typical week in the Brown house hold. Work, eat, bedtime, repeat. I feel like my days just blow by and I'm so tired. I can't remeber the last time I hung out with my close friends for fun, let alone my husband. It's just a whirlwind. Now with daylight savings over it seems like it is always dark. I'm already anticipating Spring. With these cold days and kids not getting outside the sickness is going to begin. Not looking forwad to that!"

Addie has been doing pretty well. After the daycare sickness she things have been pretty smooth. I am a little concerned because she is not eating regular food very well. She puts it in her mouth and instantly spits it back out. Daycare has also mentioned it to me that she isn't eating it well. So, I made it my mission for the weekend to try new things. She did really well with peaches and ok with green beans. Peas were definitely a no go.  Just another hurdle to get this second child of mine over. If it's not one thing it's another.

Mark went to the game on Saturday so I had a couple of girlfriends over that have kids Izzy's age. The girls had a great time and I got to have a few drinks. Relaxing, not sure, but definitely a change. We also took advantage of the beautiful day that day and took Addie's one year pictures.

Izzy is her usual self with being as sweet as can be one minute and my challenge the next. Love her to pieces. She keeps me on my toes and allows me to practice self control. :).

Hope all is well.

Ariann

48 weeks (Oct 29th- Nov 4th)

48 weeks! She's almost there!

 

 Izzy sporting her spider hat she made at school.

 

 

 

 Trying to do a photo shoot in their coordinating outfits. As you can see, it's not going so well.

 

 

Still not!

 

 Maybe a smile!

 

 Guess not!

 

Daddy showing his carving skills.

 

 

 

 

 

Here are a few of our decorations on the house.

 

 

 

 

Photo shoot number two went a little better.

 

 

 Sebatian the lobster.

 

 

 Ariel and Sebastian

 

Ariel, Sebatian, and Izzy the Pirate. 

 

 

You can see that this porch is a little foggy. They had a fog machine in the front yard and the girls were scared to run through it. They finally worked up the courage to run through the smoke and get their treat.

 

 My hand numbing design. Izzy wanted Ariel to match her.

 

Mark's design.

 



Ugh! It has hit again. Not only has Addie vomited on Saturday, school is now calling that she has diarrhea and can't stay at school. There is a big bad bug going around school and they sent 30 kids home on Monday and another 10 on Tuesday. What are we going to do for work? Well, at least Mark's schedule happened to be flexible and then Grandma D. came to help on Wednesday. Boy oh boy. It just stinks it's during the fun Halloween time. At least she is in good spirits and so far so good on the diaper rash.

Wednesday was Halloween and our friends the Mulligans came and brought minestrone. It was delicious, but of course my picky Izzy wouldn't eat it. How do you get kids to broaden their eating horizons? After we ate we took Ella and Izzy around the neighborhood. Addie only lasted a couple of houses. The girls were really cute and took turns ringing the door bell. They would leave the house going, "Ok, the next one is all you. How adorable!

This week while Barb was staying with us Addie was imitating like crazy. Any noise you made she would make it too. I was getting her to say Hi. It was so cute. She is just doing so much. It's crazy.

This weekend, Mark and I started feeling under the weather. We were achy, tired, the sweats, and nauseous. Barb also felt that way too. I don't know if it was the same bug Addie had or not, but I do know if I felt that lousy she must of felt ten times worse. We just laid around and watched the outrageous Husker game. We won again by the hair of our chiny chin chins. AGAIN!

Have a good one,
Ari