tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31971432304088026392024-03-18T20:09:41.961-07:00"The INCREDIBLE Adventures of the Waite Family"Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.comBlogger314125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-3102511210834642142012-07-01T16:33:00.000-07:002012-07-01T16:33:34.442-07:00Color Me Rad 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
9 weeks ago a good friend of mine mentioned to me a 5K that she was interested in running called <a href="http://www.colormerad.com/">Color Me Rad</a>. If you've never heard of it, it's a 3.12 mile run where everyone starts out wearing perfectly white shirts and throughout the race you pass through color stations where the "bomb squad" throws/shoots you with colored corn starch and water. By the end you're covered in color! </div>
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Or as the website puts it "You'll start off with a shirt as pure and white as your grandpa's dentures and you'll soak up enough color while running to change your skin tone forever. You'll wind up looking like a pack of skittles - just make sure not to "taste the rainbow."</div>
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So I decided to take on my very first 5K ever! It's not timed so no pressure there, the benefits were to go to the Cal State Bakersfield Foundation and it sounded like a blast! But of course it wouldn't be all that fun alone so seeing as my mom climbed Mt. Whitney with me a few years back she was my first obvious accomplice followed closely by my older sister, Nichole. Together we'd make it a fun Mother/Daughter run! </div>
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We signed up with the team name of "GOING THE DISTANCE" and set out to do just that. I immediately started the couch to 5K running program. I even ran over my time and did 3 full 5K's a week in order to get ready. By the end of my training I had run over 70 miles and could run it in less than 30 minutes! It took lots of hard work, determination, encouragement and babysitting. I couldn't have done any of it without the help of my very good friend, Bre who watched the kids every time I ran. From the bottom of my heart I thank her.</div>
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Then came the day of the run.</div>
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Here's our Color Me Rad BEFORE picture. Notice how perfectly white we are! </div>
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Me, Nichole & Tammy (my mom)</div>
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Nichole and Mom at the starting line. Also notice the tutu behind them. There were lots of those.</div>
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Mom showing off her backwards running abilities. Have I mentioned she's awesome! :) </div>
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Meanwhile my dad and brother-in-law watched the kids at a park that was just along the route so they could watch, cheer us on, and even run with us a bit. A major highlight of my day was getting to run alongside my kids.</div>
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And we all made it across the finish line! </div>
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Here's our Color Me Rad AFTER picture to prove it.</div>
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Afterwards we took the color back to the park and color bombed all the kids.</div>
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Preston, my #2 child, looking as cute as ever. This boy is super photogenic! </div>
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Me with my 2 oldest, Evelyn & Preston. Evelyn's showing off our color packets. </div>
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My Dad, Mike, with 5 of his 7 grand kids. He was looking too clean afterwards so I did him a favor a gave him a nice big hug afterwards. He got me back pretty good with some water and gave my mom a big hug too. It was fun and sweet.</div>
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It was awesome and I LOVED every minute of it! <span class="commentBody" data-jsid="text">I would definitely do it again and might even consider letting the kids do it too. Thank you to everyone who supported and encouraged me during my training. Thanks for the numerous facebook "likes" and comments. Thank you so much Bre, my dad, and James for helping with the kids and most importantly thank you to my mom and sister for sharing this fun experience with me. I'm looking forward to next years adventure... Half dome!</span></div>
<br />Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-65331795197353128352011-06-15T16:26:00.000-07:002012-02-05T16:57:45.286-08:00Evelyn's First Lost ToothJune 2nd, 2011~<br />
After weeks of tooth wiggling and a lot of apprehension on Evelyn's part we finally decided it was time to pull Evelyn's first tooth. For fun we experimented with the classic doorknob technique but after a couple of unsuccessful attempts Andy had to just pull it out. There were a few tears shed but for the most part she was all smiles :D <br />
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<i>Evelyn after daddy pulled her very first tooth</i></div>
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<i>There it is, here first lost tooth! The bottom right incisor.</i></div>
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<i>Such a beautiful smile :D</i></div>Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-67875034761072324582011-06-14T17:00:00.001-07:002012-02-05T16:17:57.793-08:00Our Little SharkMay 23rd, 2011~<br />
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It's one of those well known facts that sharks' teeth grow in rows, well as it turns out Evelyn has that same ability! I had no idea that was even possible until one night I was brushing her teeth and noticed something particularly odd... she had two EXTRA teeth growing behind her regular teeth. Terrified I immediately scoured the internet to figure out what in the world was going on. What I discovered is that it actually occurs in 1 out of every 10 kids and it's called <b>lingually erupting mandibular incisors </b>(<i>say that 10 times fast)</i>, but it's <i></i>more commonly known as "shark teeth". <br />
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<i>So proud of her new teeth</i></div>
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<i>A close up of her "shark teeth"</i></div>
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</div>Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-32557609077148927042011-06-14T16:42:00.001-07:002011-06-14T16:46:34.068-07:00Santa Monica Day Trip<div style="text-align: center;">
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<i>May 10th, 2011~ SANTA MONICA PIER </i></div>
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<i> During a recent trip down to the Los Angeles area the kids and I took a little detour to see the sights surrounding the Santa Monica Pier. I had never been before so it was a great excuse to get out with the kids and just go exploring!</i></div>
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<i>First up on our visit was a ride on the 1922 vintage Carousel. </i><br />
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<i>Just outside the Playland Arcade I found an actual Zoltar fortune-telling machine just like the one in the movie "Big".</i><br />
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<i>The kids took a good 10 minutes sitting on every moving toy outside the arcade.</i></div>
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<i>Then we walked to the very end of the pier to enjoy the view.</i></div>
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<i>And met this fisherman who had just caught a string full of fish as we got there.</i> </div>
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<i>He threw one on the dock to entertain the kids but the poor thing just flopped around for a while. When the kids started to question how long he could live without water I decided it was probably best not to stick around to find out.</i></div>
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<i>Before heading back we took a few minutes looking back down the pier at Pacific Park and the kids took turns looking in the telescope. </i><br />
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<i>When we got back to the car to get our beach toys Preston entertained us with his interesting "robot" impression. He got a good kick out of himself which was by far the funniest part.</i></div>Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-54461965293102676982011-06-14T16:42:00.000-07:002011-06-14T16:48:17.745-07:00Santa Monica Beach and Aquarium<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<i>May 10th, 2011~ SANTA MONICA BEACH</i></div>
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<i> After exploring the pier a while we headed down to the beach... </i></div>
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<i>Preston went straight for the water</i></div>
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<i>while Evelyn surveyed the beach and picked up every shell in sight.</i></div>
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<i>At one point Preston got a little too comfortable with the water. An unexpected wave knocked him off his feet and a second tried to pull him out to sea. He was so brave though. Almost immediately he was ready to go back out.</i></div>
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<i>Collecting lots and lots of rocks and shells. We went home with a good size bucket full and the next day the kids helped me clean them up and added them to their collections.</i></div>
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<i> Evelyn asked me to bury her in the sand.</i></div>
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<i>Preston wanted to be buried also but he wasn't nearly as patient. </i></div>
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<i>Evelyn and I worked on building a sandcastle.</i></div>
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<i>Finally, a picture of the 3 of us! </i></div>
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Lastly, directly under the pier is the HEAL THE BAY'S MARINE SCIENCE CENTER. It's more or less a large one room aquarium but admission is FREE for kids and only a couple bucks for adults. The kids made little octopus hand puppets which were cute and afterwards enjoyed watching all the fish.<br />
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<i>At the touch tank they got to experience a good amount of things from a squishy sea cucumber to the baby brittle star Preston's holding in the above picture. </i></div>
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Later, the same day as our egg hunt with Kim and Ricky, my family came over for a visit! We went to the movies, cooked lunch on my brand new George Foreman grill, played Rock Band (I actually got everyone to sing!) and decorated Easter eggs...</div>
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<i>My mom and dad decorating eggs with the kids.</i> </div>
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<i> Preston looks like he drank the food coloring but I swear it's just from the candy.</i></div>
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<i>My little brother Scott and his wife Tiffany. Scott just cut his hair for the first time in almost 8 years. I REALLY like it! He's a handsome guy.</i></div>
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Our very good friends Kim and Ricky, who by the way have officially been nicknamed Aunt and Uncle by our kids, came over Easter Saturday to have an egg hunt with the kids. It was super sweet of them! </div>
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Here are some of my favorite pictures from the event.</div>
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<i>Uncle Ricky and Aunt Kim hiding eggs.</i></div>
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<i>Evelyn's funny smile :)</i></div>
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<i>Ricky giving them clues in order to find the last few eggs.</i></div>
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<i> Kim and Ricky even gave the kids their very own chocolate bunnies, which they thoroughly enjoyed :) Thanks Kim & Ricky. You guys are the best and we are</i><i> lucky to have you as friends!</i></div>
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Now that we have our own backyard the kids have been out there a lot. One of their new favorite things to do is play in the sprinklers!</div>
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Just prior to spring break this year Evelyn's preschool class met at the park for an Easter party! </div>
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After our temple day with my parents we picked up Andy and headed over to Anaheim. We stayed overnight at a hotel to be ready for Disneyland the next day. You may remember <a href="http://andyandamberwaite.blogspot.com/2010/10/we-went-to-disn-dennys.html">THIS</a> post from way back when, well this was us finally following through. As expected we wanted to surprise the kids so we told them that they
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<i> I love how they try to pull off being sad about getting shots. They clearly had some idea it was all a trick but how cute were their faces when they found out we were really going to DISNEYLAND! Totally priceless.</i></div>
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<i>Our first ride of the day was the carousel!</i></div>
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<i>Next was everyone's favorite elephant, Dumbo! </i></div>
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<i>In honor of Preston's very FIRST trip to Disneyland he got a special pin that said "First Visit".</i></div>
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<i>Our happy little family at the "Happiest Place on Earth". </i><br />
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Andrew and his team had to go to L.A. for the day and my parents just so happened to have a temple trip planned the same day so I decided to tag along. My dad volunteered to watch the kids while my mom and I went through a session. It had been a while since I'd attended the temple so it was a major blessing and an even bigger blessing to do the work for someone near and dear to my heart, my Granny Great, Claire Dansby. </div>
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Afterwards we took the opportunity to visit and take some family pictures on the temple grounds.</div>
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<i> Mother, daughter & granddaughter</i></div>
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<i>Preston loves his Grandpa.</i> </div>
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<i>Beautiful blue eyes.</i> </div>
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<i>Evelyn and Preston in front of the beautiful Los Angeles temple. </i></div>
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<i>Family picture with my mom and dad. </i></div>
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Speaking of the temple, my parents recently accepted the calling to be temple workers! I'm so proud of them. They work the 3rd week of every month, the same as Andrew Grandparents.</div>
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A few weeks later I started to have terrible pains in my lower abdomen. The pain was so UNBEARABLE that it started to feel like full blown contractions so I knew something was wrong. Andrew and I spent the night of November 4th, 2010 at Mercy Southwest while they ran tests to determine what was wrong. They did an ultrasound first thing in the morning and discovered two things. First, the baby was almost 7 weeks and perfectly healthy and second that I had several GIANT ovarian cysts. The cysts were what was causing me so much pain as a result of them slowly getting too big and bursting. Sadly they recommended Tylenol to control the pain and explained that it would take another couple WEEKS for the cysts to fully go away which it did. Luckily by then the worst of it was over. <br />
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I remember the first time I felt the baby was December 24th, the day before Christmas. The kids and I were in the middle of baking cookies for Santa. It made me so happy to feel her and know that she was really there. Along with the cookies I had the kids write letters to Santa and Evelyn included an entire separate page for things the baby would want. <br />
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The day after Valentines Day on
Feb.15th, 2011 as my Valentines/Anniversary gift Andy made an appointment for us at Baby Sightings, the local 3D/4D ultrasound studio. We brought the kids with us to get a sneak peak at their new baby brother
or sister. Evelyn of course was rooting for a girl and Preston for a boy. And we could only assume that one of them was going to be right. Having already had a boy and a girl it was pretty safe to say that I was going to be happy with either one. If anything, I was
somewhat leaning towards a boy only because of Preston and Evelyn's
personalities and the age difference but deep down I think I always knew
she was a girl. During the ultrasound my suspicions were confirmed
as the tech announced we would be having our second baby GIRL! We got to see
some incredible footage of her and they even recorded the entire session
for us. About half way through we got to witness our baby girl yawning! It made
everything feel so real watching her do something so human. As
expected, Preston was in denial and kept insisting the baby was a boy.
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Afterwards Andy had to get back to work so I took the kids out to Dewar's for a little celebratory ice cream. I also figured Preston
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gladly accepted his fate and the kids were both super excited about their little sister.<br />
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in a position where they were able to accompany me during my appointment. It was nice to have
them there. During the ultrasound the doctor mentioned that she was in a good position with her head resting
comfortably (very near my bladder) on the lower right side of my stomach with her bottom on the left side and her feet nestled under my right
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As for her name we had listed off several names but none of them really stuck. I was really fond of the name Olivia until I found out it was the #3 name right now. And after that I started hearing that name <i>everywhere</i>! Andy and I both agreed we wanted a unique name, something that would set her apart, something perhaps you might hear in an old folks home (as strange as that sounds). So the next name that came to mind was PENELOPE. It's ranked #200 so there's little chance there's going to be a plethora of girls her age with that name. We considered the name for quite some time and finally made it official during a date on April 24th to Que Pasa. I had been the one going back and forth on the name and it wasn't until Andy called her his "Lucky Penny" that my heart melted and I knew that was her name. The middle name was a little easier. We've always gone with a family name for our kids' middle names so this one was no exception. When we started thinking names my Grandma Nelson's name, Edith, stuck out to me. My grandmas have always been wonderful influences to me and I love them so much! So we decided on EDITH<i>.</i> I called my Grandmother just a day or so after we decided and told her the good news. I'll never forget her reaction as she said she was "tickled pink!" that her great- granddaughter would be named after her. So baby #3 is Penelope Edith!<br />
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Things are moving right along now with only 3 weeks to go until my due date! I'm registered at San Joaquin Community Hospital and thanks to my recent nesting phase I've got everything ready for her. Now it's just a matter of waiting patiently and staying at home alone attempting to entertain two kids and NOT going crazy. I cannot wait to see her beautiful face and hold her little body in my arms! That's when I'll know that all the pain and heartache of pregnancy will all be worth the Waite.Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-26377364919475752292011-05-31T16:56:00.000-07:002012-02-05T16:24:25.942-08:00Summer SchoolMay 31st, 2011~<br />
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Over the summer I tried to do some sort of learning activity every day with the kids. This particular day they glued colored beans in the shape of their names.</div>
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<a href="http://andyandamberwaite.blogspot.com/2011/01/big-kids-only-weekend.html">1/23/11- Big Kid Only Weekend</a></div>
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<a href="http://andyandamberwaite.blogspot.com/2011/05/evelyns-5th-birthday.html">1/27/11- Evelyn's 5th Birthday</a></div>
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<a href="http://andyandamberwaite.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-perfect-day.html">2/26/11- M</a><a href="http://andyandamberwaite.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-perfect-day.html">y Special Day</a></div>
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Today I took the kids on their very first trip to Smith's Bakery which is pretty much a rite of passage for anyone who lives here in Bakersfield. Smith's has been around since 1945 and I'd be willing to bet anyone who grew up here could easily recognize a Smith's cookie when they see one. I know I can!</div>
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Evelyn and Preston were pretty excited. Their eyes of course went straight for the smiley face cookies, a Smith's classic. I went ahead and bought 6 so if he's lucky there <span style="font-size: small;">might</span> be one or two extra for Andrew when he gets home.</div>
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The kids couldn't wait until we got home to eat them so we busted open the box and enjoyed them on the grass under a nice shady tree in the parking lot. Totally worth it!</div>
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Preston smiling about his very first smiley face cookie!</div>Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-78599521668051493162011-05-04T23:09:00.000-07:002011-05-04T23:15:57.286-07:00The End of an Era<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I was looking back through old posts and noticed a certain similarity between a lot of photos. You probably all remember Evelyn's well loved baby. She <i>has</i> been in the family for a number of years now, longer even than Preston! Well, out of curiosity I did a search of my blog for the word "baby" and here where the results...<br />
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<i> Evelyn and Baby at 3 years </i></div>
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Now I'm sure you've all been in suspense wondering what ever became of Baby so I'll explain ;) Sometime last year Evelyn slowly started to need her baby less and less until one day the baby "disappeared". I thought that was going to be the end of her but when we moved I couldn't stand to get rid of her so I packed her up in a box. Some time later when we unpacked Evelyn rediscovered her baby. Strangely even after being away from it for several months she still had an overwhelming urge to grab her and give her a huge hug followed by a kiss. Immediately after their embrace Evelyn gave the baby a long stare and said "What happened to her hair?!". It was so cute like she had never even noticed her nappy hair until that very moment. For several hours she played with her and put every single hair band she could find in her baby's hair until finally I was able to convince her that she didn't need her doll anymore and she agreed to give it away to another little girl. So now, the baby saga is officially over. That part of Evelyn's life is now over and she's finally moving on to bigger and better things! </div>
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<i>Lastly, Evelyn and Baby at 4 years</i><br />
<i>Dec. 10th, 2010 The day Evelyn finally let go </i></div>
</div>Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-1050829619138818142011-04-29T17:03:00.000-07:002011-05-04T18:38:15.880-07:00All about PrestonThe kids continue to grow at an alarmingly fast pace so in my attempt to capture and preserve the memories of their ever changing childhood here's the latest news on our little ones...<br />
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<i>Aug. 21st, 2010- Preston's 3rd Birthday</i> </div>
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Starting with Preston. He's 3 1/2 now and continues to be the most adorable boy ever. Size-wise his doctor says he's in the top 90th% for height and 75th% for weight. If he had his choice he'd eat corn dogs or PB&J sandwiches every meal of the day. He likes his hair to be "spiky" as he says. He continues to be a very affectionate kid, always wanting to sit on someone's lap and voluntarily giving away hugs and kisses, especially to me, which I love! In the morning when Andy leaves for work he climbs in bed and snuggles with me. He know calls me Momma instead of Mom or Mommy. He's a typical boy in the fact that he has WAY more energy than necessary. For the most part he gets along with his sister although their fights have increased significantly in the past couple months. When he talks about his sister he either refers to her as "sister" or "Evewyn". He still can't quite get his L's right. Whenever we correct him he sticks his tongue out too far to make the L sound. Part of me secretly hopes he never outgrows it but I know he will eventually.<br />
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<i> Jan. 29th, 2011</i></div>
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He's obsessed with anything video game related from XBOX to Iphone. Anytime my phone is out of place he's the one I go to to find it. Speaking of games one of his favorite past times is playing either Candyland, Shoots and Ladders or Hungry Hungry Hippos. His favorite color is black "just like his daddy's" he says. From the time he was little he's always had THE most adorable speech and he constantly surprises me by how complete and accurate his sentences are and the crazy big words he knows. His latest accomplishment since we moved into our new house is that he is now night potty trained! I wish I could say I had something to do with it but to be completely honest it was all him and he had so few accidents it was almost too easy. I can now very happily say that I haven't changed a single diaper this year! <br />
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<i>Mar. 26th, 2011</i></div>
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Preston is a new Sunbeam this year and I'm so proud to be one of his
teachers! I love seeing him every Sunday interact with the other kids
in his class and with the other two teachers. He's such a great
listener and proves to be a good example to the other kids every week. I
know I'm a little biased but I personally think he's the best in his
class ;) He's always so polite, listens to the lessons and correctly
answers questions. He's happily learning the songs in primary and he's
made a lot of progress since his <i><u><a href="http://andyandamberwaite.blogspot.com/2011/01/our-new-little-sunbeam.html">first attempt at singing "Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam"</a>.</u></i> <br />
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<i>Jan. 16th, 2011</i> </div>
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Preston was so excited to go to his second week of Sunbeams that he got
up and dressed himself! He put his favorite church vest on inside out
with no shirt underneath paired with sweats. He walked into my bedroom
and says "Momma, I'm ready for church!" Obviously I couldn't help but
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<i> Sept. 15th, 2010</i></div>
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One recent funny story about Preston happened the other day at the grocery store. You see, one thing he learned a while ago from his dad is that it's funny to slap mom in the bum and he does it <b>all the time.</b> And embarrassing as it may be I have to admit it is kind of cute and funny. However the other day at the grocery store he was his usual crazy self and thought it would be funny to try it on someone other than me... He slapped the butt of an older gentleman getting milk out of the refrigerator section and started laughing hysterically. The guy didn't even acknowledge Preston but I got some pretty interesting looks from everyone else. Luckily that was the first and last time he's done that!<br />
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<i>Jan. 25th 2011</i></div>
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One of my favorite things right now is getting to spend so much one on one time with Preston. Since Evelyn is in school two days a week for a couple hours we've kind of made that our special time. Among other things we've played at the park, enjoyed turning our mouths red and blue eating slurpees at Walmart, visited the dollar store, the pet store and as shown in the picture above we picked out and ate fresh doughnuts from the bakery! Preston of course picked the chocolate covered one. One day we went to the grocery store and his only request was that I hold his hand the entire time. How could I say no to such a request :) Whatever we do it's always fun!<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;">I'm so blessed to be his Momma! </span></i></div>Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-29913860281346894142011-04-28T16:24:00.000-07:002011-06-10T16:48:15.474-07:00Preschool Trip to C.A.L.M.<div style="text-align: center;">
Evelyn's preschool class went on a field trip to the California Animal Living Museum.</div>
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On Easter morning the Easter bunny came! Evelyn and Preston got some pretty good loot including bouncy balls, bubbles, chalk and lots and lots of candy.</div>
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Evelyn quickly ransacked her basket then went straight to playing with her new pink ball. </div>
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And Preston, as usual, systematically lined everything up in a row before chowing down on some breakfast chocolate. You gotta love Easter!</div>Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-26952866623302365412011-04-02T11:04:00.000-07:002011-05-16T20:15:05.242-07:00Our Very First PB&J SandwichesYesterday I was brave and despite the inevitable mess I let the kids make their very own peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I gave them each 2 slices of bread as a blank canvas along
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Step 1: Spread the peanut butter.</div>
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Step 2: Apply grape jelly.</div>
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Step 3: Decorate with the good stuff.</div>
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Step 4: Enjoy!</div>Amber Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00412746717868726149noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3197143230408802639.post-32621632653633776702011-04-01T16:37:00.000-07:002011-05-14T23:48:06.994-07:00Park Pictures<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<i> The kids getting out of their very first limo.</i></div>
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<i>My niece Blythe who played childhood Lizzy in the film.</i><br />
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<i>Elizabeth and Grandma Bailey</i></div>
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<i>The El Camino featured in the film parked out front.</i></div>
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<i> The Measure of a Man cast.</i><br />
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<i>The Fox Theater lobby.</i> <i>The vintage looking pictures were done by Uncle Sam.</i></div>
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<i>Uncle Dan with Danny (Cole Sand) and Uncle Sam with Sammy (Jadon Sand)</i></div>
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<i>The cast on stage </i><i> during the Q&A. They later brought up Andrew's grandmother, the real Emogene Bailey, who received a well deserved standing ovation. It was a very touching moment.</i></div>
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<i>The 3 generations of Emogene's in the film alongside the REAL Emogene. </i></div>
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The kids in front of the notorious Dewar's sign. </div>
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Nothing beats a Dewar's peanut butter chew except a peppermint ice milk! Mmmm... Being a staple in Bakersfield living Evelyn's
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Evelyn's preschool class minus one. Preston (unofficial member), Meghan, Zane, Evelyn & Mia.</div>
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We got to watch a machine stretch and pull the white
part and then they added a massive log of the peanut butter part to
assemble a GIANT peanut butter chew... If I remember right I believe he
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Then it was moved over to another machine that pulled the giant chew into a very
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Then our guide showed the kids where they make and store the ice-cream.
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"Who wants ice-cream!" asked the tour guide. "Me, me, ME!" shouted the class.</div>
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Afterwards, the kids got to choose their own flavor ice cream (chocolate,
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Preston picked chocolate and Evelyn picked strawberry.</div>
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In case you're interested the tour is only $4 per person and includes a scoop of ice cream and a $1 off coupon for your next visit. Check out their <a href="http://www.dewarscandy.com/">website</a> for more information. </div>
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This past week on our way home from dropping off Andrew at the airport I happened to see several signs for a park just outside of Valencia. Thinking it might be fun I pulled off and followed the signs. </div>
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The park turned out to be a museum dedicated to American silent film
actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_S._Hart">William S. Hart</a> (pictured above). Granted I had never heard of the guy it still turned into a nice little trip. </div>
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<i> </i>The first thing we did was take advantage of the beautiful grassy area.</div>
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The museums big claim to fame was that they owned this herd of bison that were supposedly given to William by Walt Disney himself. In the picture you can see one way way in the background.</div>
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We then took a guided tour of Hart's ranch home.</div>
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Newhall, California<i> </i></div>
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And checked out the small collection of animals they had just down the hill.</div>
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