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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

NKOTB #1 4-Ever!!!

NKOTB #1 4ever!!! I remember writing that in my friend's yearbook in 1989. Well, I'm happy to tell you that it's true! Those fab 5 still have "the right stuff" 19 years later! This past weekend, my cousin Brittney, my sister Andrea, and I all went to the New Kids On the Block reunion concert here in Denver, 18 years after we hit our first concert at the Marriott Center in Provo. We were 9, 10, and 11 then...now we're 28, (almost) 29, and 30! Wow, how time flies.
So...the concert was FABULOUS! When we got there, there was a problem with our seats, so we complained...and it paid off because they moved us to the 7th row on the floor! We were so close we could see their grey hairs! j/k...but they are all about 40 now, so who knows. Anyway, we had the best night of our lives. It was a great show, and we're so glad we got to experience it together again. NKOTB RULE!

We had a whole slew of people come to help us celebrate the occasion. My Aunt Barbara and Andrea came from SLC, my Aunt Peggy came from NYC, and Brittney, her husband, and kids all came from St. George. It was a fun weekend!
Brittney's daughter, Mea (6) helping Nicole (4) at the pool where she couldn't touch.



Brittney's son, Gavin (6) and Nolan (7) were inseparable the whole weekend. My favorite moment was watching them play spies with full spy gear on. They were hunting for dinosaur tracks all over the house.

Aunt Peggy snuggling with Sydney (5 weeks).

For some reason I have no pictures of Barbara or Dustin or Kiera! Barbara spent most of the weekend bonding with Sydney...let's call her the Baby Whisperer. I'm so sad I didn't think to get a picture of them together.

Thanks for the amazing weekend everyone! It was so fun having you all hang out at our house. Maybe The New Kids will reunite again sometime and we can do it all over again :)

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Thursday, November 6, 2008

Sydney's 2nd and 3rd weeks

Here are a few shots from today. Sydney is 3 1/2 weeks old. You can see she's becoming much more alert these days. I almost got her first smile out of her this morning...we're on the brink, I can feel it!


Sydney hasn't had a chance to meet Grandpa Chuck yet, but we know she WILL love him. Who doesn't love Grandpa Chuck?!





And finally that big brother shot I've been trying for:


Sydney has been diagnosed with reflux already, which means she is pretty fussy most nights and has a hard time staying asleep. Yes, this means I am VERY sleep-deprived most days, but I'm learning to cope with it. When she's not in pain with her reflux, she's a very sweet and content baby still! We love having her in our family.

Halloween 2008

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays. Here are the kids all ready for a party at our friend's house.

And here they are all ready for Trick or Treating!
We had a little fun with Nicole's Snow White wig...
This is Kate (cousin).


Nolan refused to try it on, so Dad had to intervene with a few wrestling moves in order to get a picture.



And even Sydney joined in on the fun.

Our two little Disney princess cousins: Nicole and Kate
You can see that Sydney wasn't too fond of her sunflower costume.

She was much more content as a sweet little witch.

We had a great Halloween!