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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Trip to Lake Como, Italy

We decided to make the 3 hour drive to Lake Como on the last day my parents were in town. We absolutely love southern Switzerland and northern Italy and we wanted to let them see why.

If you have to wake up early for a road trip it's nice to wake up to a beautiful sunrise

Walking through the streets of Bellagio

Tal holding Kels during one of the few moments she was actually awake. She must have liked the movement of the car and boats because she slept alomost the entire day.

Thanks to Aunt Tiffany, Brooklyn, Ellie & Sadie, I have this cute little dress (and other very cute items)!

Few pics of from our boat ride from Como to Bellagio

Talk about a great place to wake board!

Here are a few pics of the house used in the closing scene of 007 Casino Royale

Here's another of the hundreds of beautiful villas on the shore of Lake Como.

Pic from the boat with the Swiss Alps in the background

All three girls were tuckered out by the end of our Lake Como adventure

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Kelsey in the Zurich Newspaper

This picture was taken in the hospital not long after she was born and put in the Tages Anzeiger (at our approval) the following week. She is at the bottom left with both hands in her mouth, as usual. She's already making headlines!

Sunday, September 30, 2007

Kelsey's Second Week

Okay, I'm back in the game. Tal has been keeping up on the blog posts up to this point. I know it's a little past her two week mark, but we have lots of pictures of her & it's hard to keep up!

Here's one of our favorite pics of the week. If you look at her feet, you'll see Tally putting lotion on her. We found out she is tickelish! She kept smiling and squirming. It was so cute.

You have to love her expression and the way her arms are crossed in this one. She's just chillin!

She loves her hands and tries to eat them whenever she can. In this picture, we were putting milk on her finger so it dripped into her mouth and she would suck her finger. Yes, I am thouroughly confusing my baby but it was pretty funny.

Oh, she's also wearing an outfit with little piggies on it which is so fitting for her. Thanks Aunt Tiffany, Brooklyn, Ellie & Sadie for the cute clothes! I wear your sleepers every night!

Kelsey at dinnertime. She seems to always be awake when we try to eat dinner so we put her in her vibrating bouncer. She likes it, but gets bored about 15 minutes into it. That's when we turn on the secret weapon...and she totally zones. These things are great!

Bathtime
I love bath pictures! Here's her first full bath at home. Daddy cleaned her up while mom took pics.

Mommy loves a clean baby!

Grandpa Lang says I look like a boxer in this bathrobe!

This is the bathrobe Grandma Lang got for Kels. I love the little ties. Her little face says, "yeah, it's rough being a baby."

Sleeping with Grandpa
My dad said I used to sleep on his chest like this about every night when I was a baby. Almost every pic we have of my dad and Kelsey, they're both sleeping just like this.

This is the little shirt my Aunt Lisa got for Kelsey. It says, "I'm so stinkin cute." Thanks Aunt Lisa! I am pretty stinkin cute!

And thanks Aunt Teri for the bows so my little girl doesn't get mistaken for a little boy!

Being so cute can wear a baby out!

Look what grandma found in the laundry basket! Kels did not like this one bit!

Here's the quilt my mom had made for little K. Isn't it adorable!? One of the pieces of fabric used was my Aunt Jean's who just passed away. What a special heirloom! Thanks mom/grandma!

Doesn't it look cute in her room?

This little girl has a lot of stuffed animals!

Saturday stroll along Lake Zurich
While Grandma & Grandpa Lang went segwaying through Paris, Tal & I took Kelsey for a walk by the lake. Tal is absolutely in love with his little princess. He's so cute with her, even at 4am.

Here she is all dolled up in her little bassinet

The walk was a bit strenuous (for me) but good for all three of us to get some fresh air. I still look like I'm 3 months pregnant but doesn't that shirt do a good job of hiding it? Don't blame me if you see me in that outfit in every picture from now on.

She's all worn out after that long walk (even though she slept the whole time)

COUGAR BOARD
On Saturday, BYU played the New Mexico Lobos. We DVRed the game and watched it with some friends after church on Sunday. Here we are getting excited to watch the game. Kelsey had to rest up before kickoff because she didn't want to miss a minute of the action.

TOUCHDOWN!! Here she is cheering Brian Kehl's "pick six" early in the first quarter.

She cheered herself to sleep, satisfied her Cougs had won the game.

The blue blanket she has in these pics was a special treat from my friend Anna's dad. When Lee visited us in Zurich, he crocheted this in his spare time! I had no idea he was doing it for Kelsey! Thanks Lee, she loves it - especially for game days.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Engelberg and Swiss Countryside with Gma & Gpa Lang

On Saturday we decided to take Steve and Marci to checkout the alps from the top of Titlis (Engelberg). The pictures just don't do the views justice.

You never know what crazy things you'll see driving through Switzerland.

View of Engelberg from the first gondola

Kels and Jess on their first gondola ride in the alps

Kelsey, Jess and Tal hanging out at the top of the first gondola.

Steve, Marci and Tally posing by the sign at the top

Looking towards the snow capped Alps (Steve and Marci)
Looking towards Engelberg side (Tal)

Steve and Marci sking the Alps...Marci vetoed the picture I wanted to post :-)

Steve and Marci playing around at the the top

Views from the top

Rotating tram up to the top of Titlis (Engelberg)

Pics inside the Glacier Caves

We tried to visit a little village called Rapperswil on Sunday but the roads were shut down so we decided to take a drive through the Swiss countryside instead

Shot from a bridge during our Sunday drive

Kelsey Speaks

April 14: Advertising works, even for kids. Kels just came up to me with my iPhone and the app "Team Umizoomi" ready to purchase. I asked her how she knew about it and she said, "this mom put team umizoomi on for her kids and it teached her kids and he did it all by himself!" I've seen that commercial too, but never realized how much she soaked in! I'm a sucker, I downloaded it.

March 14:

We were having a new babysitter come and Kelsey wanted her to play a game but wasn't sure she'd know how. "What language does she speak?" I said, "English." Kels said, "Oh no!" I said, "Kelsey, did you know that YOU speak English?" She looked surprised, "I do!?"

October 17:

We had our carpet pad replaced today and the carpet guy was using a heavy duty iron that smelled like burning. Kelsey came in and said, "Mom, is that dinner I smell?" Thanks Kels, thanks. Says a lot about my cooking!

October 11:

So I'm on the phone and the Kelsey does soemthing that makes Aiden cry. I tell Kelsey, PLEASE make it better, say your sorry and make him stop crying. She starts singing, "Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine, make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine..." I started cracking up. I think she's a little too obsessed with Tangled.

February 19:
Family prayer
"Thank you that Aiden is incredible and that he could watch Incredibles with me. And thank you that mommy can change things."

February 9:
Family prayer tonight by Kelsey: "Thank you that mommy could be a good listener (?), thank you that mommy can be so stretchable...in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." I laughed and asked her what stretchable meant. She said it meant that I can read Aiden books and change his diaper, put us to bed, play with us, and wiggle us and throw us, stuff like that. Does that mean she's grateful I can do mommy stuff?

January 5:
While at my mom's house in California, she said, "I want to stay at Mimi's forever!" I asked, what about your toys and our home in Utah?" She replied, "I like Mimi's toys downstairs." "But what about your friends back in Utah?" She replied, "they can get in the car and drive really, really far and come see me!" She has it all figured out.

January 4, 2011:
Tally read aloud a sign as we passed a church, "Jesus is making a list." She said, "No, Santa is making a list, and checking it twice."

December 20:
She was sad after I scolded her for taking her brother's food. I asked her why she was sad and she said, "My life hurts right now."
"With Christmas just a few days away?" I said. She perked right up.

December 13:
Tal was going to bed early and we all jumped in bed to give him hugs and say goodnight. Kelsey said, "I like it when our whole family is in bed together. Dad, you're hot. But I like it hot. You're the hottest."

December 9:
I had made a big effort to go to the gym and literally had 30 minutes to work out and then be back before everyone came over for play group. I get Kelsey out of the car and walk around to get Aiden. Kelsey says, "Mom, you can't wear THOSE shoes to the gym!" I looked down and sure enough, I was wearing my Crocs. I'm so glad she saw it before I'd gotten Aiden out of his car seat, gotten the kids checked into day care, and stepped on the treadmill. 10 points for trying, right?

October 22:
"Mom, I don't wanna have a baby in my tummy. I don't want to have a baby doggy come out."

October 3:
"Mom, you shut up and I'll shut down." (playing around with the word shut up to get a reaction from me).

September 30:
"Aiden, you have pretty eyebrows."
August 15
While sitting in our master bathroom, Kelsey said, "You guys have two sinks."
Us: "Yes, we have two sinks, isn't that nice?"
K: "No, I don't like it, you need to take one out. I need more room to sit."
Tal: "When you get married, you can have one sink in your bathroom."
K: "When I marry Aiden?" (who she said she wanted to marry when we were talking about weddings the day before).
Tal: "You can't marry Aiden, he's your brother."
K: "I want to marry DADDY!"
Jess: "He's mine, darlin. Daddy is already married to mommy."
K: "My cousins?"
Us: (Laugh, gave up...we'll have this talk one day when she's ready) She is constantly playing with my bouquet of silk flowers in my room and saying, "I'm getting married mom." I guess she picked that up on her own...I don't think I've ever talked about the flowers with her!

August 11:
As I'm putting her to bed I said, "Kelsey, your little body is so tired because you didn't take a nap today and little bodies need naps."
"And sometimes big bodies do too?" she said.
After the gym today, we caught her doing her hand clasp thing. Tally said, "Don't do that, you're doing it so hard you're getting sweaty."
She replied, firmly, "Well I just back from the gym." (which is true, but she was at the play place at the gym)
May
(While shutting herself inside the kitchen pantry)
K: Alright Aiden, I'm going bye-bye to Lily's house, 2 seconds, and when I come back, I'm going to Zoe's house. Okay? Okay, see ya later.
(about 2 seconds later, she opens the door)
K: Oh, hi Zoe's house!
She has been cracking me up (mixed with a little worry) with her imagination. If you ask her what she did today, she'll say she played with her cousins. We don't play with cousins everyday, but she does, in her imaginary play. She'll tell Libby and Zoe to come downstairs to the playroom or come outside with her. Then I'll hear her telling one of them to go hide or that this doll is for them or that they are nice. She will also throw in Lily and Edie, and an occasional Colton, Carter or Spencer. But that's more rare. Maybe because she sees them the most? Or because they are boys.
She also loves to pretend she's mommy and I'm Kelsey. She'll ask me, "is your pee-pees coming, mommy?" (No, is yours?) She'll also say, "you want a treat Kelsey? Okay. " Or my favorite, "You go in time out mommy, no-no." When I ask what I did wrong she'll say it's because I hit Aiden. Shocking.
She is also such a good sister. When I was reading my friend Mary's blog today who just lost her baby girl and bawling, she came over and gave me a big hug and said, "it's okay mommy." Then, because I wasn't paying attention to the fact that Aiden had run out of Cheerios and was "asking" for more, she fed him her Cheerios. Then she came up to me and said, "mommy, Aiden wants more Cheerios." She's a great little mommy.
5/?- (while Tal is at work)
K: Mom, I want to tell dad I had fun at the doctor today - daddy, I had fun at the doctor today - oh you did - yeah, dr. M was really nice. Yeah? Yeah.
She has little conversations with herself as she imagines the conversation she had or will have. These crack me up. She does it all the time, I just need to remember to write them down.
5/29 -
K: Mom, don't let Swiper come swipe our new house, okay?
M: Okay, I will. I'll tell him, Swiper no swiping, okay?
K: Yeah!
She's on this kick where she says "everytime" or "everday" with almost every sentence. I guess she's learning how to tell time/days?
She also sings all the time, usually "I am a Child of God." How can I ever get mad at that sweet little thing?
February 1, 2010
J: "Kelsey, get up on the stool so we can wash your hands."
K: "Mommy, you need to pull my pants up first."
J: "Okay, sorry"
K: "You don't need to say sorry mami."
She's been saying sorry to EVERYTHING and so I think she's heard that a lot lately from me. It's funny to hear your own words come from the mouths of your little ones.
January 28, 2010
K: "I want to be baptized."
J: "You do? How old are you?"
K: "TWO! Aiden wants to be baptized too."
J: "You have to be 8 to be baptized."
K: "Oh, I EIGHT!"
A little boy was baptized last Sunday and she started noticing it more in her books about Jesus and we talked about it a few times this week. But the subject hadn't come up this day - she said it out of the blue.