tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62331812053519559812011-07-08T04:02:34.928-07:00I created this blog with hopes that it will give more of you an opportunity to see what's going on with our family on a regular basis. I'm particularly bad at keeping in touch with people I care about, so hopefully this will help keep us updated!Amynoreply@blogger.comBlogger821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-39302538803138036972010-09-26T21:33:00.001-07:002010-09-26T22:35:58.775-07:00

Well if anyone is still checking this blog after many months without updates...here is a quick rundown of the summer (in reverse chronological order since that's how the photos come in):AUGUST 2010Miss Emily started first grade! She really likes her teacher and her best friend Savannah is even in her class (when we found out I think I was more excited that she was!!). This is her and her friend

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We took a trip to Monterey the last week of April so we could use our Aquarium passes one last time before they expired. It was neat to see the new flamingo and sea turtle exhibit - I don't think I've ever seen live sea turtles before. They were so cool! After the aquarium we went through the 17-mile drive. It was a gorgeous day and the ocean was so beautiful and blue! The Lone Cypress...

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Lukas is now 8 months old! Wow how time flies. He still is completely toothless, moves around on the floor by stretching his arms out and wiggling his body, and giggles at his sisters. Also his white hair is really starting to fill in! He is such a fun little guy. Emily - Easter 2010. I let her wear my pearls...she felt like a pretty pretty princess! Can't you tell by the uneasy smile on her

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Our sweet little Allison turned two on the 27th. We have inadvertently been calling her our "two-year-old" for the past several months, so it's nice that it's finally official. We got to celebrate her birthday with the entire Nelson family, which was a lot of fun. We were also celebrating my mom's 60th birthday (Dec. 24th) so it was even more special! Some highlights of two-year-old Allison:She

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Sunday before Christmas the we got the kids all dressed up for church...Lukas looked so cute in his little pants and vest, and Emily and Allison were adorable in their fancy dresses.We had a fun Christmas this year. The kids got lots of toys and clothes, and we enjoyed a delicious homemade lasagne dinner with the missionaries. Marianne was here, too. Lukas got this cute "first Christmas" hat from

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Lukas met Santa for the first time at our credit union's annual "Breakfast with Santa". I think he said he wants to learn how to sleep through the night for Christmas!! Allison was a little too nervous to sit on Santa's lap, so I was able to hold her next to him, at least.Besides the breakfast, Emily also got to see Santa at the Zoo's ZooLights event. I believe she asked for an art set this year.

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Lukas is a large 3-month-old now. He's outgrown everything but the 9 mos size clothing already, and is two feet (24 in) tall! Allison and Emily look the same...so here are some photos of Lukas.

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I think Lukas is already getting some chubs! Mostly in his face. We like fat babies over here. I remember when Emily was a few months old (5 or 6) we were visiting family in Utah and my uncle asked me if I was feeding her pure cream. She was a chunk. Allison is a chunk right now. And we hope Lukas will follow in his sisters' footsteps. Just for fun - I caught this beautiful butterfly on a flower

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Emily had her first day of Kindergarten August 24. She was excited but very nervous when the day actually arrived. Kevin and I took her to the school in the morning and took pictures by the school sign (Kevin attended the same school when he was a little kid!). She was anxious to see her best friend, Savannah, who we met up with in the playground area before they lined up to go inside. They

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Lukas is one week old today. It's hard to believe that just a week ago at this time I was passed out in a hospital bed hardly able to open my eyes for more than two minutes...now we are home and functioning as well as can be expected. I feel surprisingly well and don't have nearly as much pain as I expected from having a c-section; so far so good.One-day-old Lukas.Proud big sister Emily. She is

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Great Grandma Boam looking for the dimple chin.First off I don't blog or post anything on our family blog, lets add to that I'm not very good at writing things, but I wanted to give everyone an update to how we welcomed the newest member of our family: Lukas Ryan Boam. Yesterday we went to the Hospital at 6AM for a scheduled induction. After sitting in the waiting room for a couple hours (they

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Baby update: My doctor scheduled me to be induced on Wednesday, August 12. It happens to also be my older brother Ryan's birthday. Yay! Look for photos coming soon of baby boy Boam. And you gotta love that farmer tan I have, huh? I know, very sexy. Allison made her official princess debut last week. Up to this point all the princess clothes just seemed too big, but Emily decided she needed to

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I guess the summer updates are kinda backwards now, since this one has older stuff. Oh, well. This is some of what we did in May and June:MAYEmily finished preschool. On one of the last days they had a pie throwing party for reaching their fundraising goal with recycling. Each child got to throw a plate of whipped cream at one of their teachers. Emily is on the right side in the orange shirt.

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JULYHarvesting the backyard garden - we have been growing a bazillion cherry tomatoes, some artichokes, bell peppers, banana peppers, blueberries, two varieties of grapes, peaches and nectarines! 4th of July - our friends invited us over for a BBQ and swimming. Lots of fun. Allison was scared of the fireworks noises and would start crying every time one went off. I took her home early and put her

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SCREAM!!! But instead, as I was thinking about another venting blog post and how incredibly dull that would be, I decided instead to list some things that I am thankful for. I'm sure it will be a much more enjoyable read.Quick and easy meals. Like hotdogs. Or macaroni and cheese. Quesadillas are also a good quick fix. I know they are not the most nutritionally sound, but it gets some food into

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We have had a super busy month...from a heliport visit, several Easter activities, a trip to Vegas to visit sisters and cousins (the twin babies!), a wedding, a trip to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and everything else in our daily lives. I have tons of photos to post eventually, but for now just know that we're still here, just too busy for blogging!

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I just want to say that it's 98 degrees right now at our house...HOOTTT!! Thank goodness for air conditioning, and for cooler weather to come at the end of the week!

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We have been working on our backyard for the past few days (years, really). With the weather being nice, I've wanted to get the kids outside to play, but it hasn't been too kid-friendly back there. We spent most of Saturday cleaning things up and getting some plants in, and it's starting to look nicer back there. I've been wanting to get some patio furniture for a long time, so today when I was

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Yesterday it was over 80 degrees here, se we let the girls get their swimsuits on and play outside with the water a little bit. We lathered on the sunscreen, put the hose (just a small drip, really) on the trampoline, and they had a great time getting wet and jumping a little bit. Allison was pretty funny because although she is not walking yet, she will stand up on the trampoline and try to jump

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I put Allison in her high chair for some lunch today and gave her some blueberries, a roll and her sippy cup with apple juice, while I sat at the table next to her with a corn dog (don't tell my doctor!). She was eating the blueberries but kept pointing at the table...I finally realized she wanted my corn dog! I gave her Emily's leftover corndog a couple weeks ago when we were at the zoo and she

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I went in for my 20-week ultrasound this morning, and we confirmed that we are having a boy! (I had one at 12 weeks and the boy parts were pretty obvious, but they said we can't know for sure until now.) He is due August 12 according to his measurements and August 18 according to my doctor's calculations. I vote for the 12th! Which also happens to be my older brother's birthday. Emily has already

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It's already been a month now, but my twin nephews arrived on February 19, 2009. My little sister Lisa had to go in for an emergency C-section and the babies were in the hospital for about 8 days, but now they are home and all are doing well. It took a few days, but they finally got the names Jackson and Brandon. Big brother Ian (4) and sister Hailey (2) are apparently being very loving. Check

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February 2009Towards the end of February the Tour of California, a cycling stage race, came through Clovis. For anyone wondering where Clovis is, it's on the east side of Fresno, and we live three houses down from the city lines. Anyway...it was extra exciting because it was Lance Armstrong's first race in his return to professional cycling, so we being cycling fans had to go see it. Kevin used

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February 2009Kevin works in the Bay Area now so he commutes up every week and stays a night or two with my parents while he goes to meetings and visits clients and etc. The rest of us usually stay home because I have to work and Emily has preschool, but the week of Valentine's we went up for a short visit. It was exciting because I had new portraits of the girls for my parents, and snuck in the

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February 2009After waiting a few months for us to collect some snow "gear" and for a good snow to come in the mountains nearby, we got to take our much-anticipated snow trip. Living in Fresno we don't encounter snow, well, ever at our house, so it was kind of a big excursion to go visit for a few hours. I found some good deals on snow pants and boots on ebay for the kids and Kevin and I had our

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January 2009Emily is our moody four-year-old. I think sometimes she is bipolar because she goes from being super happy lovey sweet to tantrum angry pouty in a matter of seconds. I think it's just her age, though! I choose to remember the times she says "You are the best mom ever and I love you more than anyone else in the whole world loves their mom" over "You're always mean to me and you are the

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January 2009Allison has earned herself the nickname "Cyclone". Everywhere she goes, she leaves a trail of debris behind her. She is a very curious, exploring one-year-old...we didn't get much of that from Emily so it is a big change! She found her puffs in the diaper bag and figured out how to get the lid off. "What, mom? I'm hungry." "So I like to shake my bottle and get milk all over my face -

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Today we got to go to a snowman party. Our friends from playgroup (did I mention we have been in this playgroup since Emily was about 2 months old, minus some time while I was working full-time?) hosted this week and had a fun snowman theme for everything. Thanks CAT! There was hot cocoa with marshmallows, homemade snowman shirts for all the kids, snowman yarn-ball guys that made for a fun

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I saw this on my friend's blog and thought it was kind of fun, so here goes...Have you ever... (things I've done are in bold)1. Started your own blog2. Slept under the stars3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii5. Watched a meteor shower6. Given more than you can afford to charity7. Been to Disneyland8. Climbed a mountain9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sung a solo11. Bungee jumped12. Visited Paris13.

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Our sweet little Allison turned one year old on December 27. We celebrated by inviting the family over for a little "party" with presents and cake. Allison enjoyed the attention, and especially her lemon cake with cream cheese frosting (a little on top, and strawberry yogurt all around). Some fun facts about Allison from her first year: She loves her big sister and watches whatever she does. She

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I like to think of Christmas 2008 as a near week-long event. Not including Breakfast with Santa, I think our Christmas festivities really started on the Friday before and went all the way through Christmas afternoon. CHRISTMAS DAY:All the presents were arranged under the tree with care...it was Allison's first Christmas, and she was so excited that she woke up nearly three hours before Emily!

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Emily made up the words to this song all by herself! It is about her trip to Disneyland (a mere year and a half ago). Enjoy!

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As you can see from my lack of posting, things have been busy around here. Also I have some sort of stigma about needing enough time to blog rather than just doing it. That is why it never gets done. So here's a quick visual review...The first week of Dec. we took the girls to Breakfast with Santa at our credit union. They do it every year and it is the best and easiest way to get photos with

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First of all, thanks to everyone who responded to my last post with such positive and encouraging comments. It definitely helps to hear what other moms out there are doing to stay sane! I think the night I wrote it was just a really hard day, but I'm feeling much better about things since. And I think I'm going to try to take a photography class or something...to pursue something I enjoy and have

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Earlier today after I got home from picking Em up from preschool and making a quick stop at the grocery store to pick up some ingredients for a dinner to take to a family who just had their 10th child, I was being quite irritable and Kevin asked me what was wrong. Well, of course I told him a bunch of random things that probably contribute to what's wrong but aren't the real problem, like how I

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Okay, I can't really claim it as my own discovery, since some friends told me about it. Kraftfoods.com. It ROCKS! Not only can you sign up for a free magazine full of easy and family-friendly recipes, you can find same recipes (all past issues included) on the website and put them into your own recipe box. Why is this so great, you ask? Because it substantially helps my recent (uh, past few years

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The top is Emily. The bottom is Allison. Both 8 months old! I think Emily was a little chubbier! Even though Allison is pretty chubby. And I have no idea what happened to that blue bathtub. We went to look for it after Allison was born and it had disappeared! So Allison has the girlie pink one.I found some new jackets at Target (yes, I buy nearly all their clothes there...they have so many cute

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Okay, this is kind of long, but I thought it was so funny (love the end - you'll see!). Thanks to my friend Krissy for sending it through the email. Mothers and wives do so much and lots of times don't get the appreciation they deserve. I feel blessed that my husband does do and know lots of the below items, but there are still some things left up to mom! Hats off to all mothers and wives out

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I just want to say that I love blogging! Not so much writing my own, but reading everyone else's thoughts, happenings, etc. Every time I get on to write I end up looking at all the other blogs for a few hours (yes, when I should be going to bed so I'm not a zombie the next day) and I laugh, cry, think, ponder, and feel more connected to those I love. Thanks for sharing everyone!As for the Boams..

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I feel like so much has happened in the last few weeks...I have a ton of photos I could post but by the time I download them to my computer and upload them to the blog, well, it could be a few hours. Mostly Kevin and I both feel like we've been inundated every weekend with extra church-related activities and have been inundated every week with the rest of our lives! It's just crazy. We need a

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Have you all been watching the Olympics? Ever since the amazing opening ceremonies, we have been glued to it almost nonstop! The highlight so far was the men's 4x100 relay last night...It didn't come on until almost midnight at our house, but I really wanted to see it so we stayed up and it was SO worth it! I was thrilled to see the US team come from behind to win by a split second. It was

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My sister Lisa gave us all a huge surprise yesterday: she's having twins!! We are all shocked but so excited for her. She has pretty rough pregnancies so it's like a two-for-one deal for her. The twins will be her 3rd and 4th, so she will officially have the most kids in the family. And no, twins do not run in our family, or her husband's, whatsoever. It is a total random occurrence and big happy

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I've wanted to put this up for a long time now...a little over a month ago we decided to try out this new deli near us. For those of you in town, it's Yosemite something-or-other next to Broilers in the Target shopping center on Willow and Herndon. So we go in and they have this great menu full of sandwiches and salads and your normal deli-type items. I ordered a cobb salad, which was also

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It's been a really long time since I have done this...not for lack of gratitude but more for lack of time! Here we go:Sleeping babies. Allison is so good at taking naps and sleeping all night. It makes my life so much easier.Family visits. I had two of my sisters visit with their kids in the past month. It was so fun for all the kids to play and to get to talk face to face with my sisters.Working

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Allison kind of looks roly poly with her huge thigh chubs, but now she has the "roly" part down. Yesterday she rolled over from her tummy to her back for the first time. Now this might not seem like a big accomplishment for a near 7-month-old, but considering her big sister never rolled over until after she was crawling, it's a big deal for us. Yesterday I just thought I'd put her on her tummy

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We've been so busy over the last month I have not gotten around to posting on the blog, but here is a short synopsis of a few of our recent activities:Most notably, Emily turned FOUR YEARS OLD on June 10. Our little baby is no longer a baby, nor a toddler, but a full-blown little girl with ideas of her own and some attitude to go with it. Okay, I admit she still acts like a baby sometimes with

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Look what I can do! Allison started sitting up by herself sometime last week. She can sit for about five minutes before tumbling over. She is growing so fast!

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-54510119258627663402008-05-27T18:04:00.000-07:002008-05-27T18:08:42.148-07:00

Allison is five months old today! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. She is such a cute little chubby baby and a good one, too. She sleeps all night and is happy all the time - it's great. We couldn't ask for a better baby. We love you, Allison! And just for fun, below is a photo of Emily when she was five months and two days (three and a half years ago!). We love you too, Emily!

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-19297156567368371052008-05-25T20:33:00.000-07:002008-05-25T21:58:27.638-07:00

The last two weeks have been a little crazy with the weather here. In early May it was beautiful perfect weather, then all of a sudden it jumped up to 102 degrees for a few days, and now this weekend it's back to cold and rainy. What?? But thanks to the extra hot weather, we got to take the girls swimming - Allison's first time. We just went in the evening so it was still very warm but not hot

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-6975030041002424532008-05-25T20:23:00.001-07:002008-05-25T20:33:31.294-07:00

On Mother's Day when we went to Kevin's Dad's house Emily wanted to play outside for a bit and she decided to put rocks on the stepping stones out front. She diligently looked for all the "pretty" rocks (the more rounded ones) and carefully placed one rock on each section of every stepping stone. Beautiful darling!Since Allison was born Emily misses being the baby of the family. Every chance she

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-15676261075483663242008-05-12T21:27:00.000-07:002008-05-12T21:34:31.956-07:00

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers out there...a day late but hey, we're all trying here! So my talk in church went fine. We had one youth speaker (with a rather long talk for a youth speaker) and three adult speakers so it was a pretty long meeting. But good. My talk was fine, I told kind of a sad story and everybody was crying. But it was a good example to my point. Then Emily got to give her

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-24555752944323668842008-05-01T22:02:00.000-07:002008-05-01T22:35:27.280-07:00

I was asked to speak in church next week (Mother's Day) so I have been thinking a lot about motherhood lately and many of my dear friends who have been going through some big trials with their families. A husband killed in a car accident. A young son diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening and rare disease. A baby daughter lost just days after birth. An unwanted divorce. A lost chance of

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-2750871550577979212008-04-30T14:30:00.000-07:002008-04-30T14:38:10.815-07:00

I was Tagged by my friend Annaleesa with the instructions to describe myself with words starting with the letters from my middle name. And then Tag 3 friends.I suppose I could leave it blank like she did since I wasn't actually given a middle name at birth, but now I have taken on my maiden name as my middle name so I'll use those letters, not necessarily in order, and probably using the first

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-52488342382209408052008-04-30T13:57:00.000-07:002008-04-30T14:59:04.869-07:00

We took a quick weekend trip down to San Diego to surprise Kevin's mom for her birthday April 4. It was my first time to go to San Diego, so I was really excited, even though it was just for the weekend. Kevin arranged everything with Grandpa Dave before we went so he knew we were coming, and when we finally got there around 10:30 pm she was REALLY surprised! We got to see the hummingbird's nest

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-57067827798419625492008-04-30T13:38:00.001-07:002008-04-30T13:41:45.712-07:00

Notice anything different? No, it's not Allison's chubbed-out face...I darkened my hair! Kinda crazy, but I was ready for a change. It's actually not too far off the natural color of the undersides of my hair. That and it looks like I am balding - I always knew I had a big forehead but it's getting extreme! Hopefully it's just post-baby loss and will grow in more soon.

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-32323566545059483472008-04-23T21:37:00.000-07:002008-04-23T21:59:18.222-07:00

Okay, again it's not actually Thursday, but almost...I am thankful for:1. Chocolate. It's just so good...2. Boppy pillow. Whoever invented those is a lifesaver for nursing moms everywhere!3. Down blanket. It's so light, yet so warm. More than anything I hate being cold, and the down blanket is so wonderful for even just barely cool weather.4. Washer and dryer. I feel like I am constantly doing

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-30598026745934282842008-04-13T21:49:00.000-07:002008-04-14T11:06:26.040-07:00

My sister Lisa had a post on her blog called "Thankful Thursday" that I thought was a good idea. Think of all the things you are thankful for and post them on Thursdays. Well it's not Thursday, but I'm still thankful so I wanted to post some things. I'm going to try ten. (Lisa-are there rules to this Thankful Thursday thing?)Family. Yeah, it's always on the top of most people's lists, but I was

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-29774886239928954942008-04-13T21:28:00.001-07:002008-04-13T22:27:26.178-07:00

Since most of the family left Saturday afternoon, we had our Easter fun on Saturday morning. This is also kind of a Nelson tradition - "Easter Bunny Day" on Saturday and real Easter on Sunday focusing on Christ and the resurrection. Jill had brought the kids' baskets and a bunch of plastic eggs, so she and mom hid them in the backyard for in impromptu egg hunt. For whatever reason Devin was out

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-88254692800815636522008-04-13T20:58:00.000-07:002008-04-13T21:28:04.547-07:00

The week before Easter my sister, Jill came to town with her three kids for their spring break. On Thursday night Mom, Dad, Marianne and Devin came and on Friday we all went to Yosemite for the day. For some unknown reason I thought I had gone to Yosemite when I was a child, but apparently I had actually never been there (I was thinking of a trip to Yellowstone or something...). So this was my

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-72074515628841475442008-03-29T19:09:00.000-07:002008-03-29T19:32:22.011-07:00

Allison has found her thumb. It's really kind of funny because she can't keep it in very long and while she's sucking she makes all kinds of slurping noises and pokes herself in the eye with her other fingers. And she has a hard time getting it in her mouth and has to turn her head way to the side to try to get it. But at least half the time when I go in to get her up from her nap now she has

Amynoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-61882610809541603092008-02-16T18:29:00.000-08:002008-02-16T18:38:07.069-08:00

I dressed Allison up in her little Valentine's outfit (on the day...we are on schedule with some things) and took some photos. She's grown a lot and is already getting a little chubby. I tried to get Emily in on the photo, too, but she took too long getting dressed and by then Allison was tired of the whole thing.How could you not love this girl?And here's Dad with his girls.

Amynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-64290245468925527592008-02-16T17:56:00.000-08:002008-02-16T18:28:34.254-08:00

Last Valentine's Day (not a few days ago, a year ago) my mom sent Emily this giant heart-shaped mylar balloon to have blown up. Well, we never did blow it up. It hung out in Emily's closet for awhile, then we took it out and hung it on her wall with blue painter's tape, then we took it down and it hung out in the closet again. So when it started getting close to Valentine's Day again, I took it

Amynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-16867161166865535902008-02-08T11:39:00.001-08:002008-02-08T11:48:06.148-08:00

Well...Allison just went down for a nap and Emily is in the bathtub (and miraculously not yelling for me to come in and play with her), so I have a few minutes of quiet time to finally update this blog. Unfortunately I don't have any new photos uploaded from the camera, so sorry for the lack of images. Allison hit her six week mark yesterday and is becoming quite flirtatious. When she is happy (

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-21206655482768693182008-01-15T18:52:00.000-08:002008-01-15T19:05:28.775-08:00

Allison got her bellybutton today. Yeah, it's a major breakthrough for a baby of 18 days. No more icky umbilical cord remains on her adorable little abdomen. Other than that, she has already learned how to control her parents by crying when we put her down, making cute faces when we hold her, and pooping in her diaper right after we change her. Unfortunately it has been rather foggy and dreary

Amynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-44402791857252227142007-12-29T18:06:00.000-08:002007-12-29T18:43:05.034-08:00

Allison Kate Boam was born December 27, 2007 at 4:27 pm. She weighed 6 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 inches long. We are so happy to have her in our family and Emily is being very sweet with her, rubbing her head and saying "she is so precious." When Emily first came to the hospital to see us we told her that we had a little girl and she exclaimed "Now we can name her Allison for sure!" So that helped us

Amynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-67084692260353241772007-12-26T21:43:00.000-08:002007-12-26T22:05:53.388-08:00

Emily got all dressed up in her "pretty" Christmas dress to go see Santa at the Credit Union's annual Breakfast with Santa.Once we got there, she wasn't so sure about talking to him....I don't think she said a word.But then she cheered up for the breakfast part, especially when she opened her bag from Santa and found it filled with candy and toys.Here we are in our Christmas attire after Church

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-24022517158267655182007-12-04T14:42:00.000-08:002007-12-04T15:12:29.150-08:00

I see it's been a month since I last posted....mostly I have quite a few photos, so I'll just put photos and captions to get us up to date:Emily ate with chopsticks for the first time in early November. We went to PF Changs and she was able to use the chopsticks all by herself with the little chopstick holder thingy. She also used her fingers a lot, but we were very proud. She also found a statue

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-27799153373476753392007-11-05T12:48:00.000-08:002007-11-05T13:13:37.082-08:00

Emily got to dress up in her princess costume and go trick-or-treating twice again this year. First we took her to the Zoo with Grandma and Grandpa Nelson for the annual ZooBoo event. I was working but got to follow them around for most of the time and take photos. Each time Emily got some candy she would get so excited and come back and show us. She had fund twirling around on the grass with the

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-16574644651153688462007-10-18T16:50:00.000-07:002007-10-18T16:52:56.424-07:00

I just wanted to post this photo from last night...I try to get Emily to have something in her hair while she eats so she doesn't get her hair all in her food. This is Emily's own job of putting in one of her headbands! If you're wondering what she's eating, that's mac n' cheese with ketchup - something I learned as a little girl from my dad.

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-57313783257000484132007-10-18T16:29:00.000-07:002007-10-18T16:49:07.470-07:00

Last weekend we took a day trip to San Luis Obispo to visit Marianne and let Kevin go surfing (he didn't end up getting in the water, but that was one of the reasons to go...). Emily was the most excited little girl to go see her favorite aunt, and we had a blast hanging out at the beach and the little beach "downtown" areas. We started off with lunch compliments of Marianne at her sandwich shop.

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-84232109979554032492007-10-12T13:00:00.000-07:002007-10-12T13:41:30.109-07:00

We went to the Big Fresno Fair last week. We parked in the infield of the racetrack to we got to see one of the horse races right as we came in. Unfortunately it was the one race where a horse fell down at the very end and had to be euthanized afterwards, but the race was still fun to see. Emily gets so excited to see the animals so it was a thrill for her sitting atop Kevin's shoulders and

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-32870910414679271752007-10-10T16:09:00.000-07:002007-10-10T16:21:40.846-07:00

Emily is soooo in love with all things princess, especially any recognizable Disney princess character. We gave in and bought another princess costume for Halloween and have been hiding it from her because the first words out of her mouth when she wakes up in the morning or when she comes home are "can I wear my princess dress?" We've been letting her wear her pink dress from last year whenever

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-68174948469318828932007-10-10T15:37:00.000-07:002007-10-10T15:58:22.212-07:00

I haven't posted for a few months, but I wanted to put up some fun pictures from our trip to Wild Waters with the Green cousins in August. Emily had such a fun time playing with her cousins and (I think to his annoyance) fell in love with Chad and followed him around constantly. Chad was very nice and read her bedtime stories and played with her at the water park. Notice Emily wearing her

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-58372153782697209632007-07-19T16:42:00.000-07:002007-07-19T16:54:48.697-07:00

Emily is always coming up with new ways to keep us smiling, laughing, wondering where in the world she gets these ideas... she decided she had to get ready to be in the parade at Disneyland, so here you can see her putting on all her hair accessories, necklaces, etc. so she will "look so pretty for the parade!" She is absolutely in love with the Disney princesses and the color pink. Whenever she

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-73341468678689279452007-07-13T12:14:00.000-07:002007-07-13T12:24:58.708-07:00

Emily is enjoying her second year of swim lessons. She swims well just kicking her legs and loves jumping in the water. They are teaching her to roll over to her back to breathe, but for some reason she just can't get the hang of rolling over. I told her teacher that she never rolled over as a baby, either. So instead of rolling over when she's supposed to, she swims faster and faster towards her

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-47899837648718005272007-07-12T13:33:00.000-07:002007-07-12T13:38:31.952-07:00

I am fully blaming this on the fact that I am pregnant and have too many hormones coursing through my veins ... we are trading in our Acura TSX today for a Honda Pilot (used, mind you!) and I was brought to tears last night because I was going to miss my car! I cleaned it out and then started thinking that I would never drive it again, and it was just too much. Who cries over a car!? Well I did.

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-19117111634774835532007-07-09T12:32:00.000-07:002007-07-09T12:43:26.881-07:00

I've been letting the word out about the pregnancy. It's been kind of fun because then I start hearing back from friends who are also pregnant and due right around the same time as me. One of my best friends from high school said she has the same due date (her first), a friend with one Emily's age is due a few days before, and one of my BYU roommates is expecting her second and due in February.

Amynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-61600341402292343212007-07-05T14:18:00.001-07:002007-07-05T14:24:50.897-07:00

It was nice to have a holiday in the middle of the week, except for having to go back to work the next day! We tried to go to our local water park in the morning, but they weren't taking season passes so we went swimming at Don's community pool instead. Emily still had a fabulous time. She is getting really good at swimming about 7-10 feet by herself (propelled mostly by kicking) and swam back

Amynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-31895969035584164032007-07-02T11:15:00.001-07:002007-07-02T11:31:54.491-07:00

Our little miss independent. Emily loves shopping only if she can do it by herself. She will follow me around the store and load up her cart with whatever looks good to her. We try to sneak a lot of it back on the shelves when she's not looking. This was one of the best watermelons we have ever had. This was Emily's second time with the cake (on her actual birthday). Yes, she insisted on

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-6014085409578111082007-07-02T10:29:00.000-07:002007-07-02T10:42:48.174-07:00

Here's the update for anyone we may not have talked to in awhile...Emily just turned 3. Her favorite part of her birthday party was the cake - she got so excited to blow out the candles (which she did in one puff) then just licked all the frosting off the top. She is full of life and keeps us laughing with her random comments on things. We are expecting our second at the end of the year. When we

Amynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6233181205351955981.post-40452342452052372092007-07-02T10:11:00.000-07:002007-07-02T10:13:30.412-07:00

I keep getting emails from friends who have set up their own blogs...so I thought I would give it a try. It's a pretty easy way to let people in on what's going on in your life and since I'm particularly bad in that area right now, maybe this will help. Enjoy!

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