My New Nephew

As I mentioned in a previous post, I am finally an Aunt! Tim's sister Nikki and her husband Nick had their baby boy, Braxton Lee Knaack, on January 22nd and I just got to see him for the first time two weekends ago. He is sooooo cute! He seems so tiny, although I know that a lot of babies are smaller (he weighed 8 lbs at birth but lost quite a bit for a couple of weeks). He seems to look a lot like his dad, but it's hard to tell when they are that little. Whoever he looks like, he's adorable!

Here are a couple of pictures, I didn't get a really good one that shows all of him because he was sleeping and I did not want to wake him up. Doesn't Nikki look amazing?! The baby is only 7 weeks old and she looks like she was never pregnant.

You're Invited!

I started addressing the envelopes for Paityn's birthday party invitations last night, and I realized that I do not have enough to invite everyone that I would like to. I ordered them online and do not have enough time to order more and have them sent out in time, so I would like to extend an invitation to friends and family that are close enough to us that you could come. I'm not sure how I miscalculated, but I did and I'm sorry if you do not receive one in the mail! If you do happen to plan on coming, please let me know so I can prepare! I cropped the invitation so as to not give our personal information to strangers, but the party is on April 11 and starts at 1:00 p.m.. It is at our house, please let me know if you need directions or have any questions. By the way, Mandi will be here so come and see her!

Getting Ready To Go To Grandma's

This weekend we are driving up to Priest River to visit Tim's family and see our new nephew for the first time. Tim's sister Nikki had her baby last month and we haven't been able to get up to see him yet. We are finally an Aunt and an Uncle! His name is Braxton and I will post some pictures of us with him when we get back.

Anyway, the kids are terribly excited to leave. I have been packing their bags this morning trying to get everything ready and apparently they found their own way of getting ready ....




I guess Paityn wanted to make sure that she gets to go this time! I can't believe she fits in there, she is very flexible. She thought it was great being pulled around. Maybe after she turns 2 I'll still be able to fly with her for free afterall!

Showgirls - A Trip Down Memory Lane

I was recently cleaning out my nightstand and came across this picture of Amber (Armstrong at the time, and sorry if this embarasses you Amber) and I on our girls' trip to Vegas the summer after high school graduation. Don't worry, these are NOT our real bodies, although I would like to think that they could have been, ha ha. She and I, along with Jody (Gillman) and Celeste (Wheatley) took a trip to Vegas in August of '98. My grandpa had a condo in Mesquite at the time and he let us stay there for a few days. We had a GREAT time, we even got kicked out of a casino for trying to collect one of our numerous coin cups after curfew. Wow, we were troublemakers! Thanks for the memories girls.

Hallelujah!!!!!

I have officially QUIT the daycare business! I still have 2 weeks left until the end of the month and everyone pays me what they owe me, but the end is in sight. I have been wanting to quit for quite a while but kept talking myself out of it because it was such a good way to make money without having to pay much out. But after looking at the condition of my house and taking in to consideration my own sanity and patience with my own children, I decided that it would be best for myself and my family to do something else. SO..... If anyone has any great ideas about a good way to make money from home (that is kind of what I am going for so I don't have to pay for 2 kids in daycare), PLEASE let me know. Right now I am looking in to teaching online, but I don't know if that will pan out. Whatever the case, I know that I will be happier and much less stressed out by making this decision.