Dallee 2 Months

December 8, 2009

Dallee turns 2 months old 12.08.09

 Dallee 2 months

Weight: 9 lbs. 4 oz. (10th percentile)

Height: 24 inches (90th percentile)

She's just a peanut!

We can't get enough of her!

I think Charlee and Dallee look so much alike in this picture!

Our Megan girl...getting so big!

I can't get the camera out to take a picture of Dallee w/o Charlee getting in it. I told her to stay out so I could get one of Dallee and she just couldn't stand it! She thought she was hiding...but not really!

Good thing she's so darn cute..!

December Fun

Gotta love it when you have kids that are old enough and they want to put lights on the house!

Dallee hanging out with Daddy

Finished Christmas Tree..it was kind of a Charlie Brown tree...but it's the memories that are made while cutting it that makes it worth it right? (Otherwise I would so buy a pretty one every year!)

Charlee and Dallee

Christmas Tree Cutting Project

December 5, 2009

Our super good friends invited us to their cabin to spend the weekend and cut Christmas trees. We had a great time!  The weekend had all the right stuff...

a tree...

a couple of snow angels...

some super cute girls....

our awesome friends...

NFR 2009...Las Vegas

December 1-4, 2009
Steve had a good friend from graduate school call him and say he had made it to the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas and he had tickets for us! I was excited we had never been to the NFR.  So we called Grandma and Grandpa and asked for a huge favor...babysitting! They graciously accepted and so we took Dallee and headed to Vegas.  We had a great time. We stayed at the MGM Grande, got to see the LION KING...fabulous!!! and of course got to watch our friend Matt Reeves participate in the Steer Wrestling event at the rodeo.

Dallee 1st plane ride...8 weeks old

NFR Opening Ceremonies

I had never been to Vegas  up until a year ago, but the past 2 Decembers we've made a trip! Sounds like a pretty good tradition to me! We had a great time!

Trace 7 Birthday!

November 29, 2009

Trace turned 7 years old!

Dallee 7 wks

Grandma & Grandpa Mayo came the week after Trace's birthday so we went bowling to celebrate.

Bowling is a favorite birthday activity in our house. We went bowling in Jan for Megan's birthday w/ Grandma & Grandad Oliver and then with Grandma & Grandpa Mayo in Nov.

Sweet Dallee hung out in her carseat watching the action

The ball is as big as Charlee is!!

Fun Times!

Baby Dallee with Grandma Mayo

Happy Birthday Tracers! We love you tons!!

Thanksgiving 2009

My parents were supposed to come and spend Thanksgiving with us but my dad got really sick that week so they weren't able to make it. We missed them but had a great dinner just us!

Dressing a baby for her 1st Thanksgiving!

Charlee 4 yrs. Dallee 7 weeks

Our 3 girls...Megan 14, Charlee 4, Dallee 7 weeks

Dallee 6 weeks old 11.21.09

Random Tip of the Day

So I don't have time to sit here and write a post...but I am. Today I spent the day painting. Just covering up black marks and scuffs on the wall and trim. I really don't like white trim at this point. Actually its a love-hate kind a deal. I love the way it looks...hate having to paint it. I have spent hours painting the trim in this house. When we first moved here the goofy realtor we had told us our builder didn't offer 2 tone walls. What? That was what everyone was doing. So I bought 5 gallons of white paint and did it myself. PROJECT! with a 9 month old crawling everywhere, (Trace) to boot! Then I found out that of course this builder does 2 tone paint...for $300. I spent $200 on paint and HOURS of labor.  I have since spent as many hours trying to maintain it especially the past 2 years for those *occassional* showings! Just one of the random thoughts I had painting today.

Another random thought which is behind todays title...I finally painted over the tiny finger nail polish splotch on the hall wall that got spattered on, oh like 2 years ago. It was just a tiny speck that I had missed when I fixed the mess in the first place and I have just kept ignoring it. I wanted to write of something I found that I hope I never forget and who knows it may help someone else out there in a crunch. One time Trace was in the hall closet and knocked out the basket of finger nail polish. Purple, pink, red, green, blue...you name the color...splotches everywhere! On the wall, and the carpet...oh the carpet. I was sure we were going to have to replace the carpet. I was sick! How do you get finger nail polish out of light beige carpet? My sister in law happened to be here and she said let's google and see what comes up. So we googled how to get finger nail polish out of the carpet. All kinds of things came up...but the one we tried worked a miracle! Believe it or not BARBASOL SHAVING CREAM does the magic trick!  . It worked like a charm. We were all in disbelief watching the polish come off the carpet without harming the carpet. Yep to this day no carpet replaced and no polish splotches anywhere and the carpet is not even a little bit discolored! No kidding!

I think that's why I left that tiny splatter on the wall for so long...to remember there really once was finger nail polish on the floor right there. But now even the tiniest of splatters is gone from the wall...no one the wiser! So there you have it...my random tip of the day! If you ever try this...I'd love to hear whether it works as good for you as it did for me. Hopefully my carpet is the only that gets finger nail polish spilled on it!

Incredible!!!

Steve just called...he had just gotten a call from his Houston Dr's nurse...stomach lurch...usually they don't call with test results unless its bad news right? Not this time...nope....we have reached a Molecular Remission! What this means is there are different levels of remission...depending upon how many bad cells could be detected. Within 6 months we had reached a cytogenic remission. Which was good...really good! Tests always came back with a very low rate of bad cells being found. So a few stubborn cells stick around...which we were told was common. BUT this time a big fat 0...yep 0 bad cells were detected!!! 9 years ago this was the dream...we were told a very few number would ever reach this type of remission. But here we are!  I am so grateful!

Treasures

Had a great weekend! LOVED having my parents visit us.

Loved getting to spend Mother's Day w/ my mom.

The first one in a long time we were together.

Chase spoke in church yesterday.

Mom + 5 = Mothers Day 2010

Megan sang w/ the YW. Very special.  This morning when I turned on my computer...Chase had left his talk open. I couldn't resist copying and pasting it here. I cried yesterday, I cried this morning reading it again and I want the opportunity to read it over and over again, definately a treasure to hold onto, so here it is...Thank You Chase...I am so proud of the Young Man you are!
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Good morning,

My name is Chase Mayo, and I was asked to tell you about how wonderful mothers are.

My mother is the most beautiful, wonderful, amazing person I know. I should know this because she has always been in my life. She’s always taught me how to make the right decision. In the Saturday morning session of this latest General Conference in April, Elder M. Russell Ballard tells us (begin quote) “Love your mother…Respect her. Listen to her. Trust her. She has your best interests at heart. She cares about your eternal safety and happiness. So be kind to her. Be patient with her imperfections, for she has them. We all do.” (End quote). I know my mom isn’t perfect but who is. My mom tries her hardest to make sure I’m safe, sheltered, and comfortable. She makes sure I’m well fed and fully clothed. She makes sure that I am as happy as can be and when I’m not, I know she’s there for me to talk to. My dad has taught me to be a man. But my beautiful mother has taught me the ways of life. I am grateful for a mother who loves for me and cares for me as much as she does.

A few times in my life where my mom has helped me is with my homework. I ask quite often for her help in my homework and she always does and helps me understand it better. Another thing is she gets us to where we need to be. With school, sports, and other activities we are going in a lot of different directions and my mother helps us all get there when we want to be.
I know that my mother tries very hard to make us all happy and I love her very much and in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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Megan's YW group sang a couple songs. One of them was "I Often Go Walking" the other was their own rendition of "I'm So Glad When Mommy Is Home"  this is what I can remember:

I'm so glad when Mommy is home, glad as I can be
Clap my hands and shoult for joy and help with laundry.
Pat her cheeks and ask for what? 10 big bucks!

I think there was another line...I"ll have to ask Megan.

Steve and the kids went way overboard and gave my mom and I matching bracelets. They are charm bracelets and mine has a charm with each of my 5 kids birthstones! It's so beautiful! Thank You!

Dallee turned 7 months old! 7 months...can't even believe it!

She's still just a tiny birdie!

Also Friday evening we went to a banquet at Megan's HS. It was An Academic Banquet. Megan got an award for 4.0 GPA. Good Job Megan!!!

Guess you can't really see her getting her certificate. It was cute, Charlee took off and followed her up there. Everyone laughed. Poor Megan always has a sibling in tow! Thanks Megan for being such a great big sister!

Sweet Charlee

Grandad and Baby D

Grandma and Charlee

Megan and Grandma

Chase and Grandma

Trace and Grandma

Fun Weekend!