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I did 2 different ones for Sam and neither one worked! :(


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My Nash Man

Alright, here are some fun things about Nash!

Nash Stats:
*Even though his hair is totally white - he doesn't sunburn all that easily!
*He loves trucks, guns, legos, and anything boyish!
*He LOVES to dig in the dirt...or mud...or well, anything!
*He asks me several times a day "Mom? Can I hug on your leg for a minute?"
*He has 2 Webkinz and is pretty good at playing with them online with a little bit of help.
*He got a Spiderman bike for his birthday that he LOVES and I think he'll have the training wheels off before his sister takes hers off!
*He likes watching Hannah Montana with his sister.
*He is a good sport & plays Barbies & Polly Pockets with his sister.
*He likes to help me water the lawn & my flowers.
*His favorite thing to do in Grandma Terri's swimming pool is jump off the ladder yelling "Cannon Ball!" and splashing right into the middle of the pool.
*He loves any kind of berry - just like his brother and his sister.
*He LOVES cheese!
*His favorite kind of ice cream is "white" (aka vanilla).
*He LOVES his preschool teacher, Teacher Barbara, and can't wait to go back to school.
*He has a stuffed animal, named Tedd, that I got at Build a Bear when I was pregnant with Sam that he takes most anywhere.
*His favorite color is black & green (just like mom!).
*He loves making his little brother laugh.
*He wants to be just like his dad - sometimes a little too much!
*His favorite movies are Transformers & Star Wars.
*He likes watching SpongeBob.
*He climbs on EVERYTHING!
*He likes looking for worms in the mud with his sister.
*He likes doing puzzles with his Grandma Terri.
*He LOVES going on the tube behind Grandpa Scott's boat - even after Grandpa thows him off during a wild ride!
*He enjoys taunting his sister a little too much.
*He has recently started telling us "Call me Buba!".
*We've nicknamed him Smash - betcha can't guess why!
*He likes decorating for the holidays as much as his mom & sister.
*He likes being crazy with his Uncle Zack.
*After we go camping he has a habit of peeing on trees (no matter where we are) for about a week!!
*He loves to tease other people.
*He can't wait to start loosing his own teeth (it about kills him to watch his sister wiggle hers & not be able to do it too).
*He has beautiful blue eyes, just like his brother & his sister.

And last but not least: He's a BIG tender heart. I can't believe how sensitive he is & how easily his feelings can be hurt. He's a lover not a fighter, that's for sure!

Samantha Stats

Since I told myself I'd post some fun stuff about the other 2 kids, I decided I'd better do one now while I have a minute!

Samantha Stats:
*She is 6 1/2 years old now! Holy cow where did that time go??
*She hast lost 4 teeth (3 on bottom & 2 on top).
*She has 2 loose teeth (1 on top & 1 on bottom) so I'm pretty sure that corn on the cob is out this year!
*When we went to the dentist a month or so ago, they did x-rays & we learned that one of her teeth doesn't have a permanent tooth!
*She loves playing Barbies, Polly Pockets, anything to do with her dolls (like house) and bossing Nash around.
*She is a good little mom to Caleb (she can even pick him up & carry him around!)
*She likes to pretend to hurt herself so Caleb will laugh uncontrollably at her.
*She does NOT like chocolate or cheese (how is this kid mine??)
*She has been in dance class since she was 3 years old. She takes from LaShars & gets lessons in tap, ballet & tumbling.
*Her favorite movie (this is a new one) is Jumunji.
*Her best friend in Jolie who shares a backyard with us. In fact, they'd be connected at the hip & move in together if the parents would let them.
*She still has training wheels on her bike (we tried taking them off, but she wouldn't get on and ride unless Travis was holding onto her bike!).
*She LOVES going to swim - doesn't matter where or when.
*She likes Grandma Kris' big Jetski but not the little one & is terrified of the tube (but we put her on it like good parents anyway! ;) )
*She wears a size 7 now! Except in pants - she's still a 6x.
*She likes to wear dresses but isn't too thrilled about shorts. She will wear capri's. She will not wear turtleneck shirts or tank tops.
*Her favorite colors are blue, pink, and purple.
*She will be in 1st grade this year. Proud mother moment - she reads 50 cwpm (correct words per minute) and 2nd grade level reading is 60 cwpm.
*She likes playing Webkinz on the computer & does pretty good all by herself.
*She LOVES Hannah Montana & iCarly.
*She has a huge vocabulary & uses words like beautiful instead of pretty and fabulous instead of great (I know where she gets that from!).
*She has had 3 sets of tubes. Thanks to this little endevour she hates getting water in her ears & refuses to let anyone other than herself clean out her ears.
*She had her adenoids taken out when she was 2 but still has her tonsils.
*She snored when she was a baby! It was SO cute!
*She is a big time Daddy's girl...and hence, the Princess by default.
*She's really tall - a lot of people ask if she's in second grade simply because of her height. Her Grandma Kris is 5 ft 11 in so I think she got that gene!
*She likes fishing & has asked her dad repeatedly to take her ice fishing (he isn't thrilled about that idea).
*She LOVES any kind of berry & will eat them until she gives herself a bellyache.
*She only likes roasted marshmallows & not the rest of the S'more (seriously!!)
*She asks me almost daily when she can have a sister. (No, I haven't told her when!)
*She just got a new Hannah Montana watch so we are learning to tell time (this way mom doesn't have to go find her at Jolie's to tell her to come home!).
*She talks about my Grandma Lea that passed away 3 months before she was even born.


And last but not least:
She has got these killer beautiful blue eyes that will pierce through your soul & can read your deepest thoughts! She is so caring of others and hates to see anyone sad.

1 year well check

I can't believe my baby is already a year old! (How many times have I said that in the last week??)
I took Caleb in to see Dr. Clarke today. When I say Caleb is "My Little Man," I'm not joking - he's only in the 25% for height, weight & head size! If you had asked me a year ago if I thought that was going to happen I'd have told you NO WAY! I was positive he was going to be my biggest baby yet! Goes to show why you shouldn't count your eggs before they hatch doesn't it!

Some stats:
*Caleb is 19 lbs 5 oz - the other 2 were over 20 @ 9 months!
*He has 5 teeth now (3 on top & 2 on bottom & he got the top 3 all in 1 week!!)
*He still doesn't walk, although, he is taking one or two steps without holding onto *anything in the last few days.
*He is 28 inches long.
*He can still fit into a size 6 months in clothes (depending on what it is).
*A size 3 shoe (they're tiny - go look at them!) is too BIG.
*I just turned his carseat forward today & he loved it! He waved bye bye to the house when we backed out of the garage!
*He LOVES chocolate, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, apples, ice cream, Cheerios, bananas, & peas (especially if he gets to throw the pod at you).
*He has decided to boycott baby food in the last week & will spit it back at you with a vengence.
*He's starting to get the hang of his sippy cup although, he does enjoy throwing that back at you too!
*He's drinking regular "moo juice" (milk) but likes it a little bit warm.
*He LOVES Grandma Terri's pool & the bathtub & throws a raging fit when he's taken out & made to wears clothing again.
*He thinks it's HILARIOUS when his brother &/or sister pretend to get hurt (fake fall, hit themselves, etc.).
*He likes to chase Charlotte & the poor kitten, Alice (SO cute), at daycare.
*He LOVES monkeys.
*He has this tiny, soft, yellow lamb he got when he was born that he must have to go to sleep & likes to drag just about everywhere that he loves to chew on because he completely weened himself off his binki about a month ago. (We call it "Mimi.")
*He likes to stick his tongue out & wiggle it back and forth at you.
*He says "Dada" but refuses to say "Mama!"
And last but not least:
He has got the most contagious laugh & smile that will absolutely melt your heart in an instant!

I keep telling myself I need to post some fun stuff about the other two kids but this post has gotten long enough so I will do that another time!

New Pix From Kiddie Kandids

So I realized yesterday that today was my EIGHTH time taking one of my kids to get tubes in his/her ears. Yes, EIGHT! I only have THREE kids! How the heck did that happen? When you throw in the surgery where Sam had her adenoids out, we've had surgery NINE times at the Cache Valley Specialty Hospital. Do you think they like us there? I think I give them all job security!!
Caleb did really well getting his new tubes in today. Both ears were in fact infected just as the pediatrician had said. My ENT said that the right one was worse than the left one though. So now my baby has silver oxide coated titanium tubes in his ears. Cross your fingers these ones work!!!!!!
I signed up for this at Kiddie Kandids. Go check it out & let me know what you think! http://www.ourfamilylife.com/BOWNfamily

What have we been doing?

Well, here are a few (like 60) pix to show you what we've been doing the last week!

Caleb has managed to cut 3 teeth in 1 week - yeah, that was buckets of fun!

Went to the dr. with both boys today & Caleb has a double ear infection & Nash has a tube clogged. How much fun is that?! SO, SO, SO glad we're getting new tubes for Caleb on Thursday the 16th of July.

We did celebrate Caleb's 1st bday early. Trav went back to WY today so he'll be gone on Caleb's actualy bday. Besides, since he's getting tubes Thursday I didn't know how great he'd feel on his actual bday (Sat.). He got lots of fun, cute presents. It was fun to see everyone. I can't believe it's already been a year! WOW. Where did the time go?? Oh yeah, I know, commuting!!

Sam lost her loose snaggle tooth. Her other front tooth is loose too so I'm sure it's going to be gone in less than a month as well. I did get Sam back in to the dentist for a check up. Come to find out one of her teeth doesn't have a permanent one above it (the tooth between the one that's gone & the i-tooth). Sounds like we're going to cross our fingers that it doesn't get pushed out when the front & i-tooth permanents come in & just expand it when she gets bigger. Nothing too tramatizing (I hope!).

We took the kids to Bear Lake on Sunday. We hadn't been since Sam was about 3 years old & I just got a hankering to go, so we did! We went with Trav's parents & his brother's family. The kids had a blast. They were however once again reminded what a cruel mother I am b/c I put all 3 of them on the tube at one point! We actually ended up having some beautiful weather while we were there -- the nicest I've ever had over there actually. But, as we were clamping everything down to head out we got a downpour dumped on us! Guess we had perfect timing in getting off the water!

It may be another week or two before I can update again. We have Caleb's second set of tubes on Thur., Nash is running a fever of 104, Caleb gets his 1 yr. shots on Tuesday (he was up to 19.5 lbs today -- what a runt!) and I have a dr.'s appointment on Wednesday. Beginning July 29th I get to start going to school functions (prof. dev. and such). I'm bummed but excited at the same time. I can't believe my summer is almost over already! I guess my one last hoo-rah will have to be my 10 year wedding anniversary on the 30th!! Wow, I feel old!

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The Meanest Mom Giveaway!

So I found this blog through a friend of mine. Apparently, she does giveaways all the time...check out the latest one!
http://themeanestmom.blogspot.com/2009/07/body-shop-giveaway.html

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