Mobile . . .

Baby Anna is crawling all over the place. It is so adorable to watch her little bottom wiggle when she crawls. She roams around the house to her little hearts content. I have put a little point of interest for her in every room, so that way she has something to go to when she get there. Anna has never felt the need to follow me around the house. As soon as she started to crawl she was off doing her own thing. She does come and look for me after awhile and I have to tell you, one of the first places she looks is in the bathroom. I think she is finally used to the sound of me being sick. Poor thing. Poor me! :) I am so thankful that she plays so well by herself. I love to be doing something and then hear her get so excited about some new thing she does. It is adorable to watch her when she gets proud of herself. She is such good company. Well, she does have her days, but then again so do I. I have loved every stage so far with her. She has taken her sweet time to do stuff so I don't really feel like any of it has flown by. I feel like I really have gotten to cherish every day with her. Don't get me wrong though. . . I CAN NOT believe she has been with us for almost a year. Of course I can not believe Neil and I have been married for 7 and a half years. CRAZY!!!

I donated my hair to "locks of love" this week. That was kind of fun. It was kind of funny because Neil called me in the middle of getting my hair cut and he says "Well, don't go to short" and I said "Too late. You have to give them at least 10 inches and my hair is only like 11 inches long" He didn't sound to happy. But it is only that short in the back, the front is just about to my ears. And it is kind of fun for me that Neil can kiss the back of my neck now. I didn't know how much I would enjoy that.

OH!!!!! There is this HUGE exciting thing happening at our house. We are having a ground breaking ceremony for Paul and Emily. Our friends bought the lot next to ours and they owned it yesterday. I told them for my birthday I wanted to dig a hole in their dirt. So we are going to sit on their dirt and imagine what their house is going to look like. It's going to be GREAT!

Um . . . 8 weeks.

Well, it has been much to long since I have updated. But I got to tell you it is mostly because I feel like CRAP!!! And why you may ask that is worth blogging about? Well, the biggest news in our house is that Anna is going to be a sister! She is VERY excited. When Neil and I sat her down and told her the wonderful news she was elated. I mean really she could barely sit still so was so happy! I think she is hoping for a sister. But Neil is pretty sure she is hoping for a brother. It is weird to me that she probably won't remember the time she was an only child. She has been so much fun to watch grow. And she is so amazingly brilliant. She is not really a driven baby. But she is so quick to figure stuff out, it is almost like I can see her little brain working.

Any way, I still haven't been to the doctor yet. Mostly because I can't decide on one and our insurance is a little non existent right now. So we are praying and waiting for that to work out. I am alot sicker this time too. I always felt weird with Anna, but it never added up to much. This time I have made quite a little friendship with our toilet. My first trimester should be over at the end of the month. So I am hoping and praying I will feel better then.

I got Anna's hair into her first pigtail last week. It is amazing how much cuter she keeps getting. I mean really how is that possible?

Facebook

Okay I just spent like two hours on Facebook. It was really fun looking at everyone's pictures and seeing their families and what they have been up to. But I must say i am a bloger. You wouldn't know it for my lack of updates lately. But it is true. It was really nice to chat with some friends i haven't seen in like 6 years though!

So Neil, Anna and I went over to a friend's House last week and had our pictures taken. They have a beautiful back yard. And they even made us dinner! It was awesome! Here are a couple of the pics! Arn't we just the cutest little family!?!
Anna has been growing by leaps and bounds lately. Everyday she adds something new to her "I can do that!" list. We even had to lower her bed because she is now pulling herself up! It is just crazy! I left her in her room the other day and went to get ready and I could hear her working really hard and getting closer. And all of the sudden her cute little head popped around the corner into my bathroom. She is just SOOOO much fun. And get this she even let me sleep in until 10:30 today! Isn't that just AMAZING!

Wedding Photos

Brenda and I took pics at a wedding a few weekends back. I have never taken pictures at a wedding were the groomsmen were so fun and interactive. They were so fun to work with. Although most of the wedding pictures are in color, some of my favorites look so good black and white. I have spent about 30 hours working on these. This was my first wedding were I went all digital and did all my own processing. So I just wanted to share some of the fruits of my labor.

The bride's grandma actually picked out her shoes. Arn't they just adorable!





There is an elderly gentleman in their church who has this old car. And he brought it just so I could use it in pictures. They turned out soooo cute. We even took some out the back window!
I think I am definitely getting better each time around! And I am learning to be more relaxed and have fun with it. I am still having a hard time not just putting everyone in a nice pretty row. But when you have 14 people what else I you supposed to do with them?

Nope! Which is a good thing!

Well, just to let you know. . . So far . . . no more calls! Mr. Tellemarketer has not called back! I did leave the house kind of early the next day, but they have left messages on my machine before, and so far nothing. If they call again I am turning them in though!
So hope you all enjoyed your 4th! Neil and I had a great time. I will post pictures!

Something Dull, Something New and Something Unbelievable!

Well let's see, Toy Story came out in 1995 and this is 2008. So that is like what 13 years. Well, I think Pixar had a great run, but they have hit their stride. Neil and I went to see Wall.e a few nights ago, and let me tell you it is a misser. It is not even a renter. I say miss it all together. The only animated people in the film were like 400 pound people who can't even get out of there chairs. And because they have been sitting so long (like 3,500 years) they have lost bone mass. So their bodies can't even support them Which is really funny because there were little fat babies laying around. You've got to wonder how they got made if these fat people never got out of their chairs. In fact in the end it was a HUGE achievement for the captain to be able to stand on his own! It was STUPID! Wall.e was cute but that is the only good thing I can say about this movie. And I thought I wouldn't be a true friend if I didn't try and warn you in some way. So there you go.
On a brighter side I can do something that I have never been able to do before. I can touch my toes! WaHoo for me!

Okay, now here is something that I am just FUMING about! This telemarketer has been calling since we moved in here and I have always just hung up. Well, this morning was the second time their call has woken Anna up because they call at like 8:00 in the morning. So I decided to ask for the operator. So this is how the conversation went.
"How can I help you?" Well, actually I am really frustrated because your calls keep waking my kid up and I would really appreciate it if you did not call anymore!" I was kind of harsh.
"Well, if you have a bill with us, we are just going to keep calling you!" He was harsh.
"I've never signed up for anything with your company before." I was mad!
"You don't have to sign up for anything! We will just call you tomorrow!" He was rude!
"I don't have an account with you!" I was flabbergasted!
"Have a nice day and we will call you tomorrow!" And then he hung up on me.
I can not even tell you how angry I am! And our number is even on the Do Not Call list! If he calls tomorrow someones head will roll!

So how is your morning?

Two Brand New Boys!

James and Erica, and Dave and Nicole had their babies!
They were less than 12 hours apart, but they were born on different days.

Gabriel was born at 7:49 pm on June 16th. 6lbs 13 oz and 19.5 inches long. Gabriel Ryan Burnett

Landon was born at 5:11 am on June 17th. 7 lbs 8 oz and 20 inches long.

Landon Everett Stark

Bubbles

We had a BIG day on Friday! Anna has now added bubble blowing to her "things I can do list". She was so excited and proud of herself. About half way through the day she even figured out how to include her tongue into the scenario. She is Brilliant!  I had so much fun just listening to her. And it is just to cute not to share!  

You will notice at one point in this clip she scoots herself backwards a few inches. She is starting to pull her knees in under her a little and she is kicking her little feet a lot too. So maybe soon we will be crawling. But I must say I am just loving this little kid. She is so much fun to be around! I adore that she still lets me cuddle her and kiss on her. And she is still content to just sit in my lap!

In fact she and I sat in the front yard with Daddy yesterday and watched him get really wet. Neil and I worked on the front yard all day yesterday (although I must admit that Neil's day started a little sooner than my day!) We got the whole yard done! (Much thanks goes out to Jed, who in his own curiousity had to stop by and see how it was going) (really Jed, you should learn not to wear such nice clothes when you come over!)

We got all of the border bricks in and the sprinklers done and the seed on and the peat moss on (that's the part Jed helped with).  And we even got our stepping stones down. Of course we broke two so you can't get anywhere! Now we do the waiting game! Anxiously we wait for little green specs in our yard to fight there way through and become OUR FRONT LAWN! We do still have to put in some planter boxes, but it is super nice to have the grass down. We are hoping we got it in before the heat burns it too bad. And just think we still GET to do the back yard! 

While Jed was graciously helping us last night, Jennifer got to give Anna a bath. I had to run out for Neil and pick up some stuff. Since we were playing in dirt all day Anna was DIRTY! So Jennifer offered to give baths while I was gone! Sounds good to me. Anna HATES her bath (I need to film it one of these days so you can all enjoy it like I do) I was hoping that maybe if she took baths with kids who love their bath maybe she would get a clue. Apparently no such luck. Jennifer said she hates it still! Well, thanks anyway Jennifer. 

Well, I think that is all for now. Have a great day!

Hat Night!

Well, since G.G. is getting ready to move to Arkansas, Dixie and Aunt Martha have been going through that house like crazy people! I am pretty sure they feel like crazy people too. G.G. and Gramps have lived in this home since the mid 70's, so there is a lot of history in there. Aunt Martha found G.G.'s hat box the other night and got it out to show Tessa. Tessa just Loved it! She really loves to play dress up. While we were over for dinner last night Tessa got the hat box out again and brought it into the living room where we were all chatting. She proceeded to pass the hats out to everyone and then switch them around on our heads.
G.G. said that some of the hats she wore to Washington D.C. one year. I wish I would have thought to ask when that was. G.G has some seriously adorable hats! Very stylish! She even had ones that were covered in feathers. So Cute!

Afternoon with G.G.

Anna and I got to go see Neil's Grandmother this afternoon and just sit with her for awhile. It is not often that I get to just visit with her (yes, I know this is my fault) She is actually getting ready to move to Arkansas on the 1st of June, so there is not a lot of picture opportunities left. So I thought I would snatch this one up! It was really fun to watch her and Anna playing together! So here are a couple of the pics I took today. Enjoy!

Finally More Pictures!

Seriously how cute is she? This is Anna with Timothy mouse (who is sitting on top of Dumbo's hat). This is one of the statues around the "Partners" Statue (the one of Walt Disney and Mickey) at the end of Main Street. I wonder what was there before they put that statue in? I don't remember.

Brenda found out that if you go to City Hall on Main Street they will give you a button if it is your 1st visit. So we got one for both of the girls.

Mickey Mouse is leading the Marching Band out of the castle. We stood and watched them ply for a while and a bunch of characters came out and danced around.

Anna on the Carousel

Anna trying to pull out the Sword in the Stone. Or maybe she thougth she could chew it out!

In front of City Hall in Mikey's Toontown

Family picture with the Mouse Himself. I love how Anna was so willing to reach out for the characters and try to chew on them. I wonder when or if you will get to the stage where she is afraid of them. I wonder what causes kids to become afraid.

Waiting in line to meet Pooh in Critter Country

Finally getting to meet him! Anna just reached right out for him.
She just thought it looked so fun and adorable.

On Main Street with Grandpa!

Meeting Donald Duck!

Main Street at Night!

This is the last picture I took just before we got to the car. Anna picked out some Disney Princesses for a soviner. I held out a T-Shirt to her and this Cinderella and she reached right out for the doll. I love how happy she looks in this picture! Like she just had the best day! It was a super fun day, but it was VERY hard to fit everything in that we wanted to do. We missed doing a whole bunch of stuff that we thought we would have plenty of time for. May next trip!?!

We are home!

Well, I have discovered that I am a 3 star person. Brenda found some great deals on line for hotels on our trip and we got to stay at a Hilton for real cheap. So we thought sweet! Well, the first two nights of our trip we stayed at a Best Western. We got free breakfast, free internet, and it was a very comfy room. At the Hilton all we got was a comfy room. And actually my bed sucked! Breakfast was $15.99 and internet was $9.95 a night! That is just craziness! So needless to say while the Hilton was beautiful, I would not recommend it. I just don't think it was set up to be a family hotel for disneylanders, just stuffy suits! So needless to say I did not get to update the last two nights.

Today these are my two favorite pictures from our trip. Every time I look through them, I fall in love with a new one though. I took this one while we were watching a marching band.
Anna got to taste her first churro while we were watching the band. She loved it! She did not want to give it back to mommy!


I was very surprised how well she did meeting the characters. I thought she would look at them, and watch them a little, but not really care that much. The first character we met was Pooh. As soon as it was our turn she reached her hand out for him and touched his nose. Then she tried to eat his nose. She was so adorable! When we met Tigger I set her done on the ground and he layed down behind her. It was the cutest thing ever! She just loved it.
Well, I have got to get some stuff unpacked but I just wanted to share these two for now. I will put some more pictures up later so check back.

Day One! this one is for you Aunt Nancy!

First let me start by saying . . .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FAITH!
I LOVE YOU!!!
Hope you are having fun!

For those of you how don't know, my parents have taken Brenda, Emily, Anna and I down to LA to visit my grandparents. It will be the first time the girls will meet a lot of my dad's family. And the first road trip for Anna. I haven't seen this side of the family in about a year and a half. So we are really looking forward to it. My grandparents also got a new place, so it will be nice to see that too. And sense we will be so close to Anaheim we are going to squeeze in a day trip to Disneyland! I mean if you have an extra day you might as well!

Saying Goodbye to Daddy!

It is always so hard to say goodbye to Neil, but it was even harder for me on Friday because of Anna. She just loves her Daddy! ( in fact she said "Da Da" for the first time on Thursday. Neil swears she did! I didn't hear her, but Neil assures me that she did! ) :) She is doing so many fun things now and everyday it seems like she is learning new stuff. She is so smart!

Let the Road Trip begin!

Well, some how we fit a boy, five girls and all our stuff in one vehicle! And let me tell you Klockes don't know the meaning of "pack light!" It is actually pretty impressive! We stopped I think a total of four times on the way down to let the girls out to wiggle and what have you. All in all they did really awesome. Em watched Cinderella and Anna played with her toys and talked to Grandma. Their sleeping and eating schedule was way off by the time we got here, but they actually slept great last night. It is Anna's first time in a hotel room. It is Anna's first time away from home over-night actually!

Anna and Emily with Grandma K

Anna with Grandpa K

Today is my grandparents 65th wedding anniversary. So they got a bunch of the family together for lunch this afternoon at Olive Garden. It was nice to sit around and chat with everyone and we passed the girls around. They did so well being held by new people. I think they knew it was family. Anna just snuggled right up to Uncle Mark and Aunt Nancy. (Who I just found out today is a regular reader. So I thought I would but a picture of you! Love You. It was so nice to see you today! )

Cousin Michelle, Aunt Jan and Grandma K looking on.

Aunt Nancy! with Grandpa K, cousin Candice and Uncle Mark in the back ground.

After lunch my dad drove us around to different stores and we got to shop a little. We went to a Babies R' Us. That was so much fun! I love that they let you sample everything. You can get the strollers down and push them around or put the car seats on a car seat they have on display. Hey Erica they had your bedding on display in one of the cribs! It was real cute and really soft! I didn't get to see the quilt though, just the bumper pads.
This has been such a relaxing trip so far. We don't really have a schedule to keep, just a few things here and there. So we are just kind of poking around. It is so fun! Hey here is a funny story. I about died on my orange juice this moring when my dad's hard boiled egg literally rolled out the door. The funniest part was seeing him jump up to chase it!
Well, I guess that is all for today. Hopefully we get internet access at our next hotel so I can blog again. We leave for Anahiem tomorrow. It is going to be fun packing all this stuff back in the suburban again!
I love you Neil and miss you a ton. I worked on Anna saying Da Da today. She had the cutest laugh today. Right from her belly and just keep going and going! So Sweet! You are my favorite! I love you!

Anna Played Hard Today!

Here is a clip I thought you all might enjoy!

Anna just LOVES to play in her room! We actually hang out in there a lot. Today I was working on my computer and she was just cracking Neil and I up while she was playing on the floor. I thought it would be a great time to film her. She was making Neil and I laugh so much! She usually HATES to be on her tummy, but she was in such a good mood this afternoon, I thought we should try it. She doesn't get that much tummy time any more. While she was laying there eating her hands, she was rocking back and forth from one side to the other. She was trying to get her Little People in front of her. She loves her Little People. I guess they just fit in her little hands perfectly. She will chew on them for a long time and when she sees one she will reach out for it. So I put one out in front of her to see what she would do. She was wiggling around so much, I thought she might just find a way to get to it! And she did! She rolled! She does get sidetracked pretty easy, but eventually she did grab hold of it and chew on it.
It was so adorable to see how proud she got of herself. Although this is not the first time Anna has rolled over (I think the 7th of this month was) this is the first time she seemed to understand what she did. Well, she sure rolled this afternoon. She rolled all the way around her room until she ran into her giraffe. So I moved her and she rolled some more! SO CUTE!
I guess this means my tiny little baby is now mobile! Although I do wonder if she will remember how tomorrow. We will see! I can hardly wait to see what she will do!

How do you think?

So I had this conversation with Neil and his parents a few weeks back and I have been thinking about it ever since. And I was wondering what other people thought. Or to be more specific, how other people thought.

So here is the story. . .

We were sitting at the table and Anna was just "talking" up a storm and we were all watching her and laughing and enjoying her antics, when Pops (Neil's dad) said, "Do you think she (Anna) thinks she is saying all those words right?" So we asked what he meant and this is the jest from my own point of view. It is like when you hear someone speaking Chinese and you start to make the sounds and you think to yourself, "Wow I actually sound pretty close, I wonder if I said anything?" When you know in real life you sound like an idiot and no real words can out of your mouth in any language. Pops was wondering if babies were kind of like that. In that they hear us talking all the time and they don't "understand" the word, they just hear the sound. So when they start "talking" maybe they think they are pretty close to the real thing (of talking).
So that got us going on how babies think. And Neil said to his dad, "Do you think in words?" And his dad said well yeah.
So the next day we got in to the "How do you think?" conversation with James and Erica. We were talking about how to get to a restaurant and we were telling what we "saw" in our head when we hear the restaurants name (which was El Mariachi's on Churn Creek)(because I know you are going to want to know!)
So I think I have discovered that I don't see my thoughts, I actually just hear them, like someone (myself, I suppose) is talking in my head. (No need for jokes on that last comment thank you!) But Neil said he can see is thoughts.
So really I was wondering "HOW" do you think. Do you see pictures of the item or place? Is it in color or black and white? Do you see words or hear words? You know, whatever it is. I was just curious, because I am weird like that, my family will tell you. But really since I have been thinking about it for so long, I thought maybe other people would think it is interesting too.
So let me know not what you think of this, but how you think. Thanks!

Kissing Grandma!

Anna loves to kiss her grandma. It is the funniest thing because Dixie is the only one that Anna kisses on. They will just be sitting there or Dixie will be holding her and Anna will grab hold of Grandma's face with both hands and just plant one (or five) on her. She wiggles her little head around like she is making sure the kiss really sticks! It is so cute and just cracks us up! I was excited to finally get some pictures of it. They will even go back and forth. Anna will kiss Grandma and then Dixie will kiss Anna, then it is Anna's turn again. I think part of the funny part is that is actually tickles Dixie a little bit, so Anna can really get her laughing.

And because I had a few people tell me
they would like to see this picture bigger,
I am putting it on here again. Enjoy!

Not 30, Nope Not Yet!

But oh so close! Neil had his 29th birthday this last weekend. We had a ton of fun. There were so many people we wanted to invite, we had to spread it out over more than one night. And we still didn't get to fit everyone. I guess our new home isn't as big as we hoped! :) It was nice to have a nice kitchen to cook in and I love the bar, because people can sit and talk to you while I am getting stuff ready. We really need some taller bar stools though. The ones we have are a might bit short. But better than nothing.

I made Neil a camo cake for his birthday and put a turkey feather on a arrow going through his candles. It turned out really cute. 
I am really looking forward to doing bar-be-ques this summer.(On a side note I think I figured out how I want to theme Anna's first birthday party, but it is still under construction in my head. Is it too early to be thinking about that?)            

Anna got to meet her Aunt Martha for the first time this weekend too. She is Neil's dad's sister and she lives in Arkansas. It was so nice to finally get together with her. She loves to love on the babies in the family and it is so cute to see her loving on Anna. Apparently Anna even has her feet.

We also got to take a cousin picture. Almost all of Anna's cousins were here. We were just missing Curtiss and Craig, they live in Arkansas too. We had them all pile on our new bed and I just snapped away. I love little Anna's face in this picture. And lets admit it she is the one I am most interested in. I mean isn't everyone? 

So I know that you want to see pictures of the house so here you go. Here is one of the kitchen and the dining room. A view of the living room from the front door and of course the cutest room in our house, Anna's room. It is not done yet,  I still want to do some painting in there, but the bedding is all done (thanks to Dixie!) And then there is a cute picture of Anna just to finish things off nicely. Enjoy!

I mean look at how cute she is! She is loving her new room! 

It is so much fun to watch her play in there. She is sitting pretty good now.

Still a little wobbly!