The Walker's go to Washington: January 2010

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Happy Birthday Dallin!

I can't believe my baby boy is 2 !!!!!!!
We just had a quiet little family party today.
We made the mistake of having the celebration right after he woke up from his nap so he has a scowl on his face for most of his pictures.

Chocolate frosting is AWESOME!

The Cake......

Present time!

Make a wish...

Dallin has been obsessed with Dinosaurs after becoming a fan of the movie "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs". So we got him a huge T-Rex that roars and walks. We were so excited to give it to him thinking he was going to love it! The funny thing was he was terrified of it for the first 3 hours after opening it. Every time it got with in 10 feet of Dallin he would scream and cry!
Luckily he got over it eventually and it has been is favorite toy ever since.
We love our little D-man soooo much!
Happy Birthday TANK!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Happy New Year!

We've been with out internet for a while now so I haven't been able to update about our Christmas vacation and new year.
We had a great time spending time together as a family these last few weeks. Joe has been crazy busy at work during the fourth quarter so we haven't seen much of him lately. But because Christmas fell on a Friday we actually got to spend the whole weekend with him!!! Yahoo!
Some highlights of our vacation were:
Playing in the snow
Going bowling
Taking the big girls to see "The Princess and the Frog"
New Year's Eve with Padilla's
And just relaxing!

Emily didn't quite make it to midnight........

Dallin barely made it to midnight...(I normally wouldn't have let him stay up but he had a late nap at 6pm :)
"Happy New Year!"

We were so blessed in 2009. A few highlights of the year were:
Building, finishing, and moving into our first home
Visits with family and friends
Celebrating our 10th Wedding Anniversary
Family weddings
Joe finishing his first year as a working attorney
and Julianne's Baptism

We are excited for an even better 2010!
We feel so blessed to have family and friends who bless our lives every day.
We are excited to set and achieve new goals and hopefully bless others as well.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Adventures in Parenting

10/11: Lunch time orders....
Me: "Dallin, would you like tuna fish or peanut butter and jelly for lunch?
Dallin: "Ummm...can I have a Jelly Fish sandwich?

2/11: Lately, when it's time to go somewhere and Dallin gets tired of waiting for me he says:
"Come on Mom, Wets wight dis candoe!"
Translation: "Let's light this candle!"

1/11: Quote of they day.....
Me: "Dallin don't open that umbrella inside the house, please!"
Dallin: "It's ok Mom, I'm pretending it's raining in here!"

12/10: We were driving in the car today and Dallin started singing:
"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way.........given this land if they live RIGHTOUSLY!"

6/10: Emily was putting on a wedding with her barbies today and I overheard her say:
"Do you take this woman to be your 'awful' wife?"
"I Do."
"Then you may kiss the bride!"

3/10: Dallin has made a habit of starting all his sentences with the phrase "I guess...". (Examples: "I guess I'm hungry, I guess I'm playin' football, I guess I'm tired.) Earlier today I heard him crying in the other room and so I went to investigate. "Dallin, what's wrong?" I said. He replied, "I guess I'm crying!"

10/09: Emily still has a habit of making up words when she doesn't quite know what to call something. Today she came up to me after dressing her self in a turtle neck and said, "Mom will you fold down my 'fuzzy cozy'? "
Translation: "Mom will fold down my 'collar'?"

8/09: Recently whenever I do something Emily doesn't like she yells, "Fine! You're not my best mom ever!"
(Darn, and I was really hoping for the "Mother of the year" award this year :)

7/09: Dallin loves to get into the pantry and empty any box or can he gets a hold of onto the floor.
Today he decided to dump a whole bottle of popcorn popping oil on my brand new carpet!!!!!!!!
(Any good ideas how to get oil out of carpet?)

4/09: We are nothing if not polite. (At least Emmy thinks so.)
Here is another story about Emily. She threw up a few nights ago and as Joe rushed to her aid she ended up throwing up all over his nice shoes. Joe reacted by sarcastically saying, "Oh! Thanks Emily." Between heaves she replied, "Your welcome."

2/09: I had an interesting conversation with Emmy this morning.

Emily: "Mom I want to watch a movie."
Me: "Not right now. Maybe later."
Emily: "But Mom! I really really want to watch a movie!"
Me: "Not right now honey."

Emily left sulking. Then she came back a few seconds later with a very determined look on her face.

Emily: "Mom I really need to watch this movie."
"Trust me on this."

Oh that girl makes me laugh.
I gotta admit her arguments get better every time.

1/09: If there is one thing Emily is good at it's being a little comedian. Last night she was being a little rough with her brother and when her dad tried to reprimand her for it, this is what happened:
Joe: "Emily, don't hit Dallin! That's not nice!"
Emily: (with out hesitation turned around, looked her dad square in the eye and replied,) "You wanna piece of me!"
Everyone just fell on the floor laughing after that one. =)

11/08: This morning after Joe left for work Emily asked me, "Mom...where did Daddy go?"
"He went to work." I said.
Then Emily said, "When I grow up and I'm a daddy, I will go to work too."

9/08: Emily came up to me this morning and said,"Mom you are my best friend."
What a sweetie!

9/08: Recently Emily has decided that anytime she gets an "owie" she has to have a bandaid. The other day I just had to laugh when she was complaining of a stomach ache and asked me to put a bandaid on her tummy. Then, today she got into my lotion and rubbed some in her eye. She came to me crying and said, "Mommy the lotion hurt my eye. I need a bandaid on my eye."

7/08: Earlier today Dallin was being a little fussy. Usually Emily is pretty indifferent to Dallin's crying but this time I guess it was getting on her nerves because she went over to him and said, "Dude! Quit screaming and crying!" (she is such a character:)

7/08: I overheard a conversation between Becky and Julianne during lunch today that made me laugh.
Julianne: "Becky, what kind of food do you like?"
Becky: "I like english food. Sometimes I like spanish and chinese food too."

7/08: Today we were at the mall, and as we were walking by the shoe store Julianne asked me, "Mom, will you buy me some rubber crotches?" I stopped dead in my tracks and asked, "What did you say!?" Realizing that she had said something wrong - but not sure what - Julianne timidly asked again- pointing to the crocks that were in the shoe store window- "Can I have a pair of rubber crotches?"
"Oh!" I said "You mean crocks?"
"Yeah." she said. (a little pink in the face:)
"Not today." I said "And by the way you probably shouldn't say the word crotch, it's not a very nice word."
"What does it mean?" Julianne asked
"Ask your dad." I said:)

5/08: I was cleaning Emily's room and she came in to see what I was doing. The conversation went something like:
Emily:"You cweening my yoom mommy?"
Me: "Yep."
Emily: "I'm so pwoud ouf you mommy!"

4/08: Emily has mixed up the phrases, "How come?" and "Why not?" So lately when I ask her to do certain things she replies, "Why come?"

4/08: The other night I was singing Emily a lullaby before bed and just as I finished she lifted her head off my shoulder and said, "Good job mommy."

4/08:Lately when I change Emily's Diaper she thinks it's really funny to get up and run away so I have to chase her. Well, the first time it was funny but the 50th time not so much. Well the other day we were having one of these battles and I said to Emily in a very stern voice, "Emily do you want to get in trouble!?" and without hesitation she replied, "Yep! I want a spankin'!" I couldn't help but burst out laughing. I know that probably wasn't the best way to deal with the situation but I ask all of you experienced parents out there - How would you react?

The Walker's go to Washington

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Happy Birthday Dallin!

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Happy New Year!

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