Sleeping Pumpkin

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Well, it looks like shes waking up here. This is Kelly all dressed up in her pumpkin costume my mom got her watching the parade. She'll wear this again for Halloween tomorrow night!

Kelly in the pumpkin patch

Kelly in the pumpkin patch
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Like I mentioned earlier, we went to the Lane Farms pumpking patch!

Kelly in the bassinet

Kelly in the basso!
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Some great pictures have happened lately. Here's her just chilling in the bassinet where she sleeps!

Halloween Eve

I haven't posted for awhile. I feel a little weird about it being happy about Kelly in between funerals. But I life has to go on...

Anyway, we had a terrific weekend with Kelly. Went to the Lane Farms pumpkin patch, carved a pumpkin with Ben and Maryann's family. Sunday we saw the Pep parade and dressed Kelly as pumpkin. Then went to another Pumpkin Carving party. We had fun!

Tomorrow night we'll dress little miss muffet up as a pumpkin again. Stay tuned for pix!

Kelly's My Angel

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This weekend was tough but we got to be with a lot of family and that was wonderful. I won't go into the details here since it's pretty private but suffice it to say that Grammy's Graveside Service was beautiful.

Last night, I realized that God sent me Kelly because we were to lose Grandma Dorothy and Grammy. Kelly was special to me but now she's even more special. John and I thank God we have her more than ever.

John and I went to Goleta pier today after having breakfast at the Beachside restaurant with my mom and our cousin Anne. We spent some time outside with our little doll and walked the entire length of the pier. It was great to get outside. We both agreed we want to eat better and exercise more. Our time together was really nice.

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We finally got Kellykins in the bath without her hating it. This was on October 10, the day Grammy passed away. We put the little baby tub in the kitchen sink and filled it up with warm water. We also put the teddy bear sponge in there so her seat would be really cusioned. You can tell she liked it. I'll add the youtube video soon. Look at that smile!

Ian Holding Kelly

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The day Grammy passed away we all gathered at her house in Santa Maria so we could be together. Ian took these great pictures holding Kelly. It was very sweet.

Grammy Goes to Heaven Also
August 13, 1914 - October 10, 2007

The weirdest thing happened. My Grammy (my mom's mom) also passed away exactly one day after Grandma Dorothy. Grammy was 93. It happened Wednesaday at 6am. We are all in shock. We will miss her very much.

Luckily she got to meet baby Kelly three different times. My aunt says that one of her goals was to make to see Kelly. I'm so happy for that. Grammy was such an amazing influence in my life. She's now in heaven with Grandpa, Loretta, Elden and all our other family members.

Grandma Dorothy Goes to Heaven
May 28, 1917 - October 9, 2007

Grandma Dorothy passed away yesterday at 8:20 am in Yorba Linda. She was 90. She was a wonderful grandmother - totally full of life and energy and a very fun person to be around. She loved everyone and everone loved her. She will be missed.

A week ago, she got to meet baby Kelly and we took photos. Grandma knew the baby was there.

Shhh... John and Kelly asleep on the couch

I just found the cutest thing. The two of them asleep on the couch. Kelly is on John's chest and they are both socked out. I wish I could take a picture, but I don't dare wake them up. I wish you could see it ... so cute. Oh my gosh!

Pay It Forward

Have you read the book? Seen the movie? If not, basically the premise is that you should do good deeds for others. By doing good deeds, good things will come to you.

Well, I totally believe in this and on Monday I had 3 Pay It Forward moments. Let me explain...

Baby Bjorn Daddy

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We broke out the baby bjorn and guess what, it works. Both John and I tried it and it's pretty good.

I said to John, "How do you like being pregnant?" :)

To me, wearing it is how I felt preggers, you have this big weight on your front, pulling on your back. Perfect. But actually it's not bad b/c you have your hands free. We'll see if we use it. This was a great find at a garage sale. I think I paid $1 and they cost like $60 retail. Whatever. I washed it and it's like new. :)

Another Pink Cutie!

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Couldn't help it. Here's another irresistable photo of little miss muffet. :)

Yeah, I'm Cute

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So much is going on. Every day goes by fast. Kelly turned 5 weeks on Saturday. She is really becoming more and more alert. Last night she was smiling at me after I fed her. That was kind magical for me. Kind of like, wow, she seems to know who I am.

John says she can tell my voice and footsteps. :)

This is one of my favorite pictures of late. Kelly is just looking so cute. Her eyes are so wide open. Tons have been added to my flickr site. So check them out http://flickr.com/uidiziner

Tomorrow we are going to see my other grandma in Yorba Linda who is not doing too well. We want her to get to see Kelly. IT will be a long drive there and back. Hopefully it will go well. I'm a little nervous about it. Kelly "usually" falls asleep in the car but lately she has been screaming in the back of the car. I hate that b/c there is nothing I can do when I'm driving. I plan to feed and change her and the right times so that she doesn't get cranky back there.

I got all new tires for my car tonight and had the car seat checked. I'm feeling super conscience of having this precious life to take care. Yeah, so I went for the best tires I could get. What the heck!