MattnKari's Familyhood

Dresden cuteness

2011-10-07T15:14:00.001-07:00

So as I have been looking around I realized that we have been really bad about taking and posting pictures of our newest little man.

Here's a little tummy time while he's at the daycare.

I like this one because it's almost like he's deep in thought.

A sleeping baby is worth their weight I gold in my opinion especially when he's this cute.

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Fell a little behind

2011-10-06T11:21:00.001-07:00

Wow it's amazing how fast time flies and leaves us behind. If you're not running at full speed you never seem to get caught up. So the biggest of all the changes is this most handsome of handsome little man Dresden Alexander Nelson who came to us on June 25 2011.

Now after an eventful summer with an ER trip and emergency surgery our happy little family is humming along this fall.

Kari is taking advantage of an awesome opportunity that arose where she can get a bunch of credits towards a masters degree on the cheap from UNLV.

Speaking of UNLV...

That's right I have also joined the ranks of graduate students with my acceptance into the UNLV MFT program. For those of you not keen on acronyms that is the marriage and family therapy program.

Look for more posts to come now that we are hitting a rhythm.

- Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

Words

2010-12-02T17:18:00.000-08:00

So Kari got a Christmas gift early, so I was playing around with it after dinner one night. We have been working with Dooda to say more than just Please or More when he wants something. So this is a result of that effort.

Been a while . . . .

2010-11-23T19:17:00.000-08:00

OK ok I know that it has been awhile so here is a shot at redemtion. I am only 3 weeks away from that coveted piece of paper, that's right folks we'll have another college grad here soon!

But in the mean time whilst we are all waiting for Matt to have more free time thought you might like a video and some pictures!

So having both kids in the tub can be interesting, this time though they were working together on an awesome toy!

These are some pictures from a couple of nights ago when Dooda (dressed as the super hero) was playing with Kari's hair. It was interesting there for a minute.

Battle

2010-08-31T19:02:00.000-07:00

This is Dooda's battle scars from daycare. This is the second time he has been bitten with in the first week of daycare. And this is the third time he's come home with an incident report. Oi vey!

Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage

2010-08-13T13:41:00.000-07:00

REVISION.....I hope the pictures work now :O)

Yesterday we went the the dolphin habitat at the Mirage. It was a teacher's appreciation day and we got in for a dollar! What a fun way to spend our afternoon!!

It was really hot, so we bought a slushie...his first one ever!!

I think he liked it!!

He loved looking at the dolphins, although at times I think he liked the drains on the side of the pool better since they had water running through them.

He and our friend James had a blast. James was quite the little helper! He's trying really hard to be "responsible" so he can get a pocket knife.

Kaleb was so fascinated with the baby tigers. They had a nice little nursery there and the babies were all stocked up on their toys.

Then he got bored and started playing with his reflection. Almost looks like he was kissing himself. :O)

We were watching the leopard stare at us. It was so hot. The kids all wanted the lions to roar, but we told them it was too hot so they did it for them :O) Too cute!

All in all it was a fun day with lots of adventures! We went down to the underwater observation room. Kaleb ran all through it, then would run to the glass and say ohhhh. Then start running all over again. We picked up the car from valet (the best thing ever here in Vegas) and he crashed within 5 minutes of being in the car seat. I think he liked it!

Petting Zoo

2010-08-04T22:31:00.000-07:00

Ok one more for the night :O)

A few weeks ago I took Kaleb to Bonnie Springs for their petting zoo. We had a picnic in our car (there wasn't a place to do that there....LAME!!). Then we adventured through the park.

He was watching a peacock cross the road....well trail.

We finally purchased one of those monkey leashes...I know it sounds bad, but it is helpful to allow him some independence and he loves it! The other day he wouldn't eat breakfast until he had his monkey on.

There were chickens and roosters EVERYWHERE! And thanks to the fold out book from Grandma, he LOVES farm animals. Every time the roosters would crow, he'd stop what he was doing turn and say "OHHHH"

He'd go up to this deer and either hit it or pull it's ear. When it would turn away, Kaleb would start giggling and trying to do it again!

So the deer followed him and tried to eat his monkey!

Pigs are his favorite animal right now. This one didn't do much, but when it oinked Kaleb got so excited. Kaleb has developed his own oink lately. He scrunches up his nose and makes a faint oink sound! TOO cute!!

Children's Museum

2010-08-04T21:46:00.001-07:00

I think I am bad at this blogging thing because I don't get comments and I need responses in order to stay persuaded to do it. That's why I was never big into journaling....my journal never answered back :O)

Well yesterday we bought a year pass to the children's museum here in Vegas. We took all my nieces and nephews there last year. Hyrum was Kaleb's age then, so I figured Kaleb would love it. Boy was I right. Just the freedom to RUN around was plenty for Kaleb. We stayed mostly in two of the "work" rooms. One was a machine that moved blocks across the room and the other had a HUGE US Air plane for him to go into, plus a hamster cage thing. He didn't try climbing inside...YET...and it took some persuading, but he decided crawling through the ground level tube was OK...then it was awesome cause he could stop in the middle and neither mommy nor daddy could quite reach him...or so he thought!!

There was an exhibit with bubbles. We could stand in the middle of one! Which was a rather difficult task getting the bubble to actually last all the way to both of our 5'11" and 6' heights. Matt and Kaleb also were in a Hurricane simulation. The wind speeds got up to 78 mph. Kaleb's excessive drools were all flung back onto his cheeks...it was too funny! Here are some photos to highlight the experience!! ENJOY!!

HARD HAT STUDS

Where to Daddy? Minnesota...OK!
How does this work???

Soooo Thirsty!!

Making a bubble

This way was much easier!

So I think I'm becoming like my mom....lost of pictures of everyone BUT me!! LOL!

Summer House Projects

2010-08-03T21:09:00.001-07:00

Well it has been a BUSY BUSY summer!! I can't believe it's almost over! There is still so much I want to get done before I have school on my plate again! But here are our little projects from the summer....

Closets....I am just an organization freak...and I think I need to prove to myself that this summer wasn't a waste.

Here is my new downstairs!!

The small wall is finally covered! We had a hard time figuring out what to do with this wall!

I love my new couch!! Matt and I decided that this would be a good anniversary present. He he he he we've become so practical! Last year we bought a bed set!

Here is my pantry and spice cabinet....believe me it was a MESS!!!

Here is that awkward closet under the stairs. My wonderful husband built the shelves in the back and the side.

There are still so many projects going on. We've redone parts of Kaleb's room, our office is under construction, and our room will be soon too!

A day of firsts....

2010-08-03T20:54:00.000-07:00

This morning we were all in the office and Kaleb decided to play with the drawers...as usual. Well this time he let out a pain scream. I turned to see his little finger stuck in the drawer.

Then while daddy made breakfast Kaleb and I were playing. He was going for my laptop and I pulled him away towards the fish tank on the opposite side of the couch. He threw a tantrum, and was then fine. After about a minute he turned to me with blood running down his face. I immediately thought he hurt himself, but there was no cries at all. I then came to the conclusion that his nose bled due to either him picking it (which has been a new trend) or dry weather. Anyway I had no idea how to get a toddler to hold still long enough to stop the bleeding...so here are some photos of our way to stop the bleeding :O).

What happens when you come home from vacation

2010-03-31T21:50:00.000-07:00

From project

So this is what our living room looks like right now. We moved a lot of the stuff from our tiny garage into the living room so the project work could be accomplished.

From project

So these are some of the before shots of what our garage looked like.

From project

Thanks to my Dad for all the help with everything today he was a huge part of making sure that we got this taken care of.

From project

And there are the painted finished product. We now just have to load up these wonderful shelves that we put up.

So the big story behind the shelves is that after our wonderful trip to Disneyland we had parked our truck on the street in front of our house. Tuesday morning we went outside to be off on our way to work and babysitter and our truck was missing! We had heard that the HOA was taking some intense methods for our parking rules, and our truck had been towed!! So after an exciting trip downtown to a rather uninviting area we got our truck back and gained a new resolve to get our garage ready to park in. So that is why we finally got on it and worked on it.

Dooda went to Disneyland!!

2010-03-24T21:44:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had one of those days where you can't think about what is really going on and everything is confused? Saturday became one of those days, and I have to say that it was one of the worst days at work that I have had in a long time. I ended up having to leave early and take a mental health day. I went and talked to my boss who thankfully was very understanding of the pressures that I am undergoing.

So after working on the house and trying to get our lives in order, Kari and I decided that we needed to get away. I think we could have been poster children for Southwest airlines.

Thankfully we have friends that are as spontaneous as we are and dropped everything and drove with us to Disneyland!!

From 1st Disneyland Trip

As you can see they are just as perfectly goofy like we are. This fabulous picture was taken in one of the stores on MAIN Street USA. We were there because Kaleb was not a happy camper in the clothes that we had planned for him. So we needed to pick up a bigger outfit because the boy is growing like a weed.

From 1st Disneyland Trip

As you can see here he is one studly little man in his new Disney attire.

While we were in the store buying the clothes we found these fantastic beanies for the babies that have the Mickey ears! They are way too cute and we may just have to check back and see if these awesome things go on clearance.

From 1st Disneyland Trip

How about this pair of cuties in Toon Town??

Not to worry we are still going this weekend as well to the fabulous kingdom of Disney so we should have some more awesome pictures for your viewing pleasure next week.

Tug of War

2010-02-14T21:53:00.000-08:00

So while I am here home alone on Valentines day I decided that I would upload and share this uber cuteness that is Dooda.

So now that Dooda is up and crawling around he likes paying with his puppy Rocky. What Kaleb will do is he will grab a hold of Rocky's oldest toy the squeker ball and then will play keep a way from Rocky. The best part is that Rocky knows that he has to play nice with the kiddo so Rocky will fight back by licking Kaleb's face and trying to get him to drop the ball. I must say that I am glad the Rocky knows how to play with him and not hurt him.

HE CRAWLS!!!

2010-01-21T21:17:00.001-08:00

Thats right people he did it. Kaleb has mastered the art of crawling. Ok so maybe not mastered but hes got a pretty good idea of how it goes.

Here is another video of Kaleb playing around before bed.

SICKOS

2010-01-07T13:44:00.000-08:00

Today marks the third day of sickness in my family. Tuesday, I got this stomach thingy and made working unbearable and yes people I actually caved in and took Wednesday off. It's a miracle I know. I HATE HATE HATE making sub plans! But luckily the sub seems to have done well...

Well then Kaleb got sent home from daycare early on Wednesday sending Matt home early since I was so sick and couldn't even really hold Kaleb the day prior. So here we were two sickos with daddy taking care of us. I felt better and had to call in sick again for today since Kaleb couldn't go back to daycare today.

So today I am well and have sick baby. He seems to be doing better and surprisingly ISN'T grumpy at all! He couldn't be happier! WEIRD!!! But I think our preventative measures on the diaper rash (since we apply butt paste at every other changing) is helping him!

Now I'm off thinking of good baby shower games. My beautiful sister (SAHA) is having another BABY!!! The first KIRCHMANN boy!!! YEA!!!!! Any fun suggestions will be appreciated!

Carousel

2009-12-15T17:08:00.000-08:00

So this is a carousel that is here in Las Vegas that Kari fell in love with. Our friends', the Howells, little girl had her first birthday and I had the day off as a holiday so we took the kiddos to ride on the carousel. It was really cold that day and as you can see Kaleb was not too sure what he was supposed to be doing. I think that this will be a fun place for us to go back to as Kaleb gets older.

BathTime

2009-11-29T08:51:00.001-08:00

Last Sunday we noticed that Kaleb had something that looked like a blister on his bum. We were concerned about how rosy his cheeks get and also the runny nose that he has been having. So we set up an appointment for the doctor. Well, by Monday the blister had started to bleed and was really making us nervous. Come to find out that it was a staph infection.

Pretty scary stuff it turns out. However, the doctor said that it was in the very early stages and that we caught it early enough that it is not going to be a major problem. We got some antibiotics for Kaleb, both oral and topical so that we can help him heal faster. He really hasn’t been bothered by it that we can see. And it turns out that he has sensitive skin and that is why he has really rosy cheeks. The doctor recommended aquaphor for his skin and it really has helped a lot with the irritation.

So Tuesday Kari and I decided to take the day off and to be at home with Kaleb as he was a little fussy and could use some tender lovin care from his mommy and daddy. As we were both home we decided to give Kaleb a bath in the big bathtub. He loves it!!! I don’t think that we will be going back to any other way to bathe him. You’ll see what I mean.

Also as I had the day off I had some time to play with the video software that came with our video camera so please excuse the cheesy tiles.

DADA

2009-11-29T08:38:00.001-08:00

Kaleb has continued to be a blessing in our lives each and everyday. We recently took him to the doctor and found out that he is 29 ½ inches long and 21 ½ lbs! He is huge!!! But a very healthy baby boy who doesn’t like to miss a meal. He is in the 97th percentile for both height and weight. It doesn’t really surprise me that his is as long as is his because both Kari and I are pretty tall. Guess he inherited the tall gene!

Lately he has been so active it has really been fun to get up and play with him more and
more as he is becoming aware of his surroundings and is able to make noises and “talk” with us. The other morning Kari laid Kaleb in bed with me and he just started jabbering away. And I know this may just be an anxious parent saying it but I think that you’ll agree that he is saying “dada” in this video.

Catch up!

2009-11-29T08:29:00.001-08:00

Once again we welcome you to join in our celebration of life!!

So I know that we have been kind of lax on our blog work, but life is what it is and I am not going to make excuses any longer so just deal with it!! =)

However I do want to share some of the goings on that have been happening in our lives lately.

So I am not sure how many people we told about a change that I had in my job back around the time Kaleb was born, but I did receive a promotion at work and am now what is called an account manager, so when you get really mad at your credit card you ask to speak to me…..That has been really fun lately as Citi has been taking some steps to make changes that are not really popular with many consumers right now. Especially if you watch CNN or Fox News you probably have seen that Citi is “the spawn of the devil” as one elderly lady told me the other day. All in all though I am thankful that I still have a job and its in a department that is thriving and growing. Lately they have had more overtime than we have been able to fulfill, a good sign I am sure.

School is wrapping up soon for me this semester and as Kari puts it “here comes stressed out Matt” as finals approach. Although I think it shouldn’t be that bad this semester. That also means that I am one semester closer to the end. As I met with my advisor earlier this semester she told me that I am on course to graduate this time next winter so heres hoping that I don’t screw that up between now and then. That also means that I should be looking more closely at grad schools and programs for the next stage of my career. I am looking at going into Marriage and Family Therapy, so if anyone knows of any good grad programs I am all ears at this point.

Kari has been super busy this last week as report cards were due last Monday and signifies the end of her first trimester at school. She has been taking a really active role in school as she is the math specialist for her school and they have been working on implementing some new ideas and skills into the teaching of math. Also to add to her plate she is tutoring 2 times a week, which has been a huge blessing as those funds help to off set the cost of daycare for kiddo.

I do have to say that I am constantly amazed by Kari and how she is able to do so many things. With Thanksgiving this week she did an awesome job of cooking and even tried some new things, such as a really good sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie. Additionally she found recipes online for homemade baby food and Kaleb is loving it. I personally am not a big fan of the squash but that’s for other reasons. This year we wanted to try deep frying our turkey and I do have to say that everyone is right that the turkey was juicy and really good and didn’t take that long to cook. I think it may become a tradition.

More on Kaleb will follow!!

I am getting bigger everyday!!

2009-11-12T21:52:00.000-08:00

Sp each and every day Kaleb seems to get just that much bigger. Today we experimented with him sitting on his own. This is the result. I think that as long as we spread his legs out enough to balance out the weight of his head we are going good.

Music of my soul

2009-11-12T13:01:00.000-08:00

I am so humbled by those people that are able to produce amazing music and express the awesome sounds that we have inside of us.

The Lord has said that the song of the righteous is a prayer unto ME. That is the ultimate approval for the use of music in our lives. I have really been trying to focus my listening and what influence I am putting upon my life as well as those around me. I dont get how some people can subject their children to un-wholesome music before they have a choice.

with that I just wanted to share with everyone this amazing video. Without a fail it will lift my soul each time I hear it.

I hope it helps you on your way today.

Tag....

2009-11-11T21:36:00.000-08:00

Ok Matt your turn!! All day long we have been playing tag with eachother by poking on facebook....I believe I am winning....plus with this I am a shoe in to be the winner!

Veteran's Day

2009-11-11T21:29:00.000-08:00

Busy busy busy!!! I can't believe how much was needing to get done today! I had a "Piggies and Paws" party today. Let me tell you too cute! I think I could do it myself if I had more time and energy....not to mention more creativity. I think that only comes during the summer when I have nothing else on my plate. he he he Every June Matt wonders who I am and what I did with his uncreative wife. But I have an idea for Christmas....we are already doing family photos, but I am thinking of layering our hand prints on top of each other starting with matt, and finishing with dooda....and doing some kind of layout with both picture and hand prints....wish me luck!

This is our FHE!!

2009-11-02T21:18:00.001-08:00

This is a picture from when the temperature dropped in Vegas and we dressed Kaleb up. We have gotten mixed reviews, Kari's class said he looked like a cholo. Shows the level of education that there is in her class.

Promise of a new day!

2009-11-01T21:25:00.000-08:00

Ok we are horrible....we are going to be better....Tomorrow for FHE we are going to do pictures for the BRAHK calendar, and update our blog! I've got tons of pictures to show everyone. So look forward to a new day tomorrow...well to be honest for most of you it won't be up there til Tuesday your time...:) Love ya!!!!!

Kaleb eats solid food

2009-10-04T13:17:00.000-07:00

Ok so I just realized that is has been over a month since we posted on here and I was feeling guilty especially when my sister in law is such a faithful blogger. Sets a high standard for the rest of us!

But Kaleb has been knocking back the food in ever increasing amounts so we started giving him some solid foods in the attempt that it will keep him satisfied for longer periods of time. Because we were in the doctors office like every week for a while there we got to see how quickly he has been putting on weight and is now tipping the scales at a very healthy 17 pounds. Pretty amazing for a four month old. He is in the 95% of both height and weight so its not like it is all condensed around his middle like his daddy.

But here is a video for you all to enjoy!

IS TODAY OVER YET?!?!?!

2009-08-19T21:59:00.001-07:00

So today was my first day back to work. And let me tell ya...it was full! First dooda had to go to daycare, but did he sleep through the night?!?! NOPE Momma had to get up with him a couple of times. Finally got daddy and mommy lunches, baby fed, and diaper bag filled and we got out the door on time! Good thing we had breakfast at work today or else I'd have starved.

Work was full of meetings and I ended up having to rearrange my room about three times! Still up in the air if this one will stick and work! I am getting some fun new toys though!!! One is an ELMO (a really cool thing that can project books and papers onto the wall), two an new LCD Projector, and three a Smart board (this is a white board that is connected to my computer and I can write on it and save it to my computer!!! TOO COOL!!) Shoot any technology I can get I will use! :O)

Finally I left my room...a little messy, but still was out of there by 3:30! For those of you that don't know this...that is a HUGE accomplishment for me!! I went scrambling on errands...got some new black pants, nylons, and school stuff.

Then headed over to Kathy's to help her with some stuff and to pick up my little dooda. We didn't get home until 9...poor little guy only slept 75 min at daycare...he was too pooped to pop!

Now I am up with Rocky the spastic dog waiting on Matt to finally get home. He stayed with his mom figuring out some stuff while I took dooda home.

WAITING...WAITING....WAITING...

TWINS

2009-08-13T17:53:00.000-07:00

So anyone that doubts that Matt is the daddy...not that anyone does. This is further proof that Kaleb is totally his daddy's boy!

BABY MATT

BABY KALEB

Play time

2009-08-04T11:15:00.001-07:00

So Kari took this video of Kaleb on the floor playing by himself as he watches his Baby Einstein movies. Its pretty fun to hear him coo and make fun baby noises and not the screams of "I have to go to sleep!"

Hope you enjoy!

He really is a good baby and the screaming is not all that often!

Screaming....screaming and more screaming

2009-08-03T17:18:00.000-07:00

Ok so I hate days that we have to get back on schedule! Sundays he gets all happy cause mommy rocks him to sleep at church cause there isn't anywhere to put him. Then we go to grandma's and are all out of whack there too. So normally Matt is home on Monday and we are out and about running errands. Kaleb sleeps great in the car...but when Mommy puts him back into his bed to sleep on the day after routine is messed up...all there is is screaming....

We are meeting his teacher at the daycare tomorrow. I am a little nervous and really need to sit down and make a list of things I want to go over with her. I can't believe I have to leave my baby!!! We are going to try there and see how things work out...if it doesn't work we'll go to someone else...

Ok well I guess I'll try to give him his binky and comfort the screamer!

Squeaker

2009-07-28T20:25:00.000-07:00

Ok so this is our little squeaker. Sorry that the video is so long I didnt realize that I could edit it for length until after I posted it to you tube so what can you do? I think we are just lucky that we got it posted at all!!

Lil Superstar

2009-07-27T11:44:00.000-07:00

This is the superstar avoiding the paparatzi. "No more pictures please!"

Video Chat with Daddy

2009-07-12T16:43:00.000-07:00

So Kari and Kaleb have been in Minnesnowta all week with out me so we finally got connected for a video chat and the images of Kaleb were too cute to not post.

Kindred Spirits

2009-06-01T21:53:00.000-07:00

Ok so this picture was too cute not to post. This is Rocky the big brother looking out for the new addition to the family.

Rocky just wants to be near Kaleb as much as possible.

For Gramma

2009-06-01T17:25:00.000-07:00

Ok so Gramma Carol wanted a picture sans binkie so it just so happens that Kaleb spit it out right after she said that and so we snapped a picture for her.

Hope you all enjoy!

Mohawk X 2

2009-06-01T17:19:00.000-07:00

OK so this is for Gramma Carol. This is the picture we took while on the phone with you.

This is a better mohawk than the first one. Kaleb has more hair now. He is getting so big.

Kaleb

2009-05-30T12:51:00.000-07:00

So I was told that we needed to do an announcement about Kaleb with the vital stats. So Kaleb Don Nelson was born 5-21-09 at 4:55 PM he was 8 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches at birth.

This is a favorite picture of mine. The little plumber butt was too much.

Baby Mohawk

2009-05-29T10:02:00.001-07:00

Too cute not to post. After Kaleb's bath we gave him a little mohawk.

Kaleb meets Jacob

2009-05-29T09:59:00.000-07:00

So here is some video from when Jacob met Kaleb for the first time. Jacob and Ben were confused about baby Kaleb. They didnt understand that he came out of Kari's belly.

Hearing Test

2009-05-27T21:57:00.000-07:00

Ok so here is a video from Kaleb's first day. This is part of the hearing test that they gave him at the hospital. I like it cause he looks like a little snowboarder listening to music.

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T19:38:00.000-07:00

We wish the best for all!

Love

Matt and Kari

Baby Update....

2009-03-24T16:23:00.000-07:00

So went to the doctor this morning....Kaleb is good and strong. HIs little heart was going all fast and steady. He actually stayed in one place this time and didn't move to get away from the doctor. Usually the doctor has a hard time keeping the heartbeat going for very long because Kaleb is on the move. I think he is running out of places to go though...getting too big. His head has dropped...and boy do I feel it! It's the worst when you run to the bathroom and go only a little bit...I always want to say ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?! All that running for this little bit!!!

So somehow on Saturday I woke up with a throbbing heel. I think I bruised it somehow. Anyway now when I have to go to the bathroom I look like an injured duck...because I waddle and limp. I guess it is a funny sight. My kids tend to get a kick out of it.

Life is good thus far. We are in the house and slowly unpacking everything. We actually have pictures on the wall now. I didn't realize how many pictures we have accumulated over the past two years..ok year and a half....But now we have more wall space!!! We can now space things out and not cram everything on one or two walls...We had a ton of pictures in a box from our previous move too. Lots to choose from.

The baby room is still full of stuff that isn't baby related...like old clothes, and bags of blankets...etc. We have a few of the big things...We now have a pack n play (aka play pen), three car seat anchors, a high chair...we have a carseat to take him home in, but no stroller. Still need lots of stuff...and we are just realizing how much we still need to prepare for Kaleb. The hardest part is that I have so much to prepare for school before he comes too. I guess it is a blessing that we can't go to Cancun with my family. I'll have a week to work on preparing school stuff and work on Kaleb's room. I'd like to get a set of drawers or something for his room....lots to do.

Road

2009-03-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

Watch Dog

2009-03-14T09:18:00.000-07:00

So we have the DISH guy here this morning to set up our satelite. Rocky won't let the guy out of his sight. It's funny that such a little dog thinks he's big and bad and that he can protect me. The guy will head upstairs and Rocky is at his heals, then back down...Rocky will race down to beat him so he can make sure to claim his territory before the guy gets downstairs. Once the guy goes outside to work, Rocky sits on the floor inbetween every door in the house. He is there perched with his fox like ears pointing straight up in the air. We still don't have much out of boxes, or else I'd put a picture up here of it. It's hilarious!

BIG DAY!!

2009-03-10T13:21:00.000-07:00

Here it is the first day of our house!!

Houses...

2009-02-27T14:56:00.000-08:00

We went on our final walk through of the house...Everything is done and ready for us to move in. The underwriter now has our fate in his hands. THis is a fun time trying to figure out what is going to happen.

Lisa, Josh, Sarah, and all the kids are out here now. I love it! I took today off so that I could spend more time with them. They are throwing me a baby shower tonight. I can't wait. FInally we will have something for this little munchin growing inside me. He will soon have a room too. Everything is falling into place...now its just up to us to keep up with normal life expectations...like right now I really shouldn't be blogging I should be doing homework for this class I have to take to renew my teaching license. blah blah blah....It is so boring. School laws are really long and boring. But if you think about it really needed. I could also be actually be doing report card comments too...arg...being a teacher is a lot of work. LONG LONG hours.

Way too much

2009-02-24T09:55:00.001-08:00

Ok so I know that I am kind of asking for it being a communication major taking a class about close relationships that one day we would talk about sex and communication. Well that day was today. I feel that I know way too much about my fellow classmates and am glad that at the very least that I am married this time around.

I am amazed at the lack of value that people have on that aspect of relationships and how they treat it.

Still no news

2009-02-22T08:59:00.000-08:00

We still have no news on the house we put an offer on. But I should be more patient....after all this is all happeneing really really fast.

Lisa and Saha are coming this week! I cannot wait! I am so excited that I get to spend the entire day with them on Friday!

Life is going well...we are having fun feeling Kaleb jump, kick, push, shove....or whatever it is that he is doing every 5 minutes!! I was looking at that belly cam...and can't believe how big he is getting. I have to go get that wonderful glucose test this week...last time I took it I was miserable...I hope that it isn't that bad this time. The nice thing is that pregos only have to take an hour long test...the one before took three hours and I got blood drawn 7 times. My doctor said that if I fail this one I have to take the three hour one....I hope that my sugar is ok. I never want to go through that torture again! Odds are that I am ok since I have the hypoglyciemia tendencies which is the complete opposite to diabetic tendencies.

School is getting full of stress like always around this time of the year. We have our huge CRT tests in a week. Which is rediculous if you ask me...since I apparently am supposed to teach the entire 4th grade curriculum by March...when the school year continues on through June. WHere is the logic in this? The nice thing is that the kids get to have life long learning after the tests. Where they can enjoy themselves and I can enjoy the teaching. HOpefully they do well and learn from all the cramming I put them through. Report cards are of course due in the middle of this testing....so I have lots and lots to catch up on...plus the whole uncertainty of houses (yes plural...)

Well i'm off to eat breakfast....

Random Fun

2009-02-12T09:49:00.000-08:00

Ok so as I was leaving my close relationship communication class this morning I stopped to talk to the professor because I was late for a number of reasons (not important here) So I was asking him about the assignments that we had due next week and he made and interesting comment about class he thanked me for standing up for marriage. Our class had been about the turning points in a realtionship and the class discussion had drifted to the question about "starter marriages" I had to say something and basically said that we should value marrige more because it should be a bigger commitment that it is today.
So as I was trying to explain to the professor why I felt that way after class I told him that I am LDS and started to explain that a little and he goes, yeah me too. I knew I liked this guy for a reason. Anyways just a little random fact this morning.

My Turn

2009-02-10T19:45:00.000-08:00

I guess it is my turn to actually contribute to this....

Lately Rocky has been preparing us for Kaleb to come. Each and every night at around 1:30ish he decides it is time to play and bark. We will let him out to go to the bathroom, and he runs circles and jumps and licks everything. The one and only thing that keeps him ok is if one of us goes and sleeps on the couch. Sunday morning I woke up to this sight...

Apparently the blanket on the back of the couch is a great tent!

Mess up....

2009-02-10T19:35:00.000-08:00

Ok so I am still trying to figure this out...

tests

2009-01-18T08:51:00.000-08:00

Testing out something

Comments

2009-01-08T14:53:00.000-08:00

Ok so here I am testing a couple of things I am bound and determined to figure all the Blogness out and put it to good use especially with our little one on the way

Thanks to those of you that have posted comments sorry that we have not responded to them as I just discovered them yesterday. If anyone knows how to respond to them please feel free to let us know!
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

2009-01-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

So I think I did this right we are just going to test this out. Ultrasound video number 2

Its time to find out if we need to buy pink or blue

2009-01-07T07:35:00.001-08:00

Ok so I know that we have been bad about posting this little tidbit of news. Last Tuesday we went to the doctor for the all important ultrasound to find out if it is a little McKenna or a little Kaleb that we have been waiting for.

So with that being said here is the video of the ultra sound and you can decide for yourselves.
Sorry its a bit long still havent figured out the whole editing thing yet with the new camera.

Happy New Year!

2008-12-28T21:25:00.000-08:00

Ok so we added one video from our trip this is Topher's gag gift

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn-XpET_68Q

just click the link it should take you to our youtube page as I dont have time to figure out how to put it on here yet.

2008-12-28T20:46:00.000-08:00

From MattnKari's Familyhood

Ok so I am having some difficulty with pictures so we will see how this goes.

This is Rocky all ready for Christmas!

From MattnKari's Familyhood

This is the awesome blanket that Kari made for me. Aint she the best?

From MattnKari's Familyhood

Sorry its sideways but this is Kari and the quilt that my mom made for her.

Catch Up

2008-12-28T20:16:00.000-08:00

Hello all you avid bloggers! Sorry that we take so long to get you updated but life has been plenty busy for us lately. Firstly I finished up the fall semester at UNLV with a 3.25 gpa for the semester so I am pretty pleased considering that was while working full time and taking a full load. Kudos to me. Also, Kari is currently enjoying her "Holiday" Break from her little monsters and was aided by a suprise snow day last Thursday when we had record snows in Las Vegas. A whopping 4 inches fell and closed us down for a night. Of course it is Vegas and the next day was sunny and beautiful. But Kari still got to stay home although she woke up in a panic thinking she had to go to work when she didnt have to.

As the Christmas season fell upon us I have come to learn or relearn some principles behind Christmas and have really enjoyed this Christmas season more than usual. Although I started the season with a theme song of "Skipping Christmas" I have really come to embrace the season. We we fortunate enough to get time off work and things worked out so we could head back east to Minnesnowta. More commonly known as Minnesota which is where Kari's family is. Due to the impending birth of McKenna or Kaleb we are not able to go on the Kirchmann family vacation to Cancun so we turned those savings towards our Christmas flight. With this early departure from Las Vegas we got to extend Christmas by celebrating with my family before we left and then having Christmas with the in-laws.

It was really fun to celebrate my first white Christmas that I can remember. Being Santa's helper was also a first for me and one that I will remember for a long time. I think the best part of it being so cold was that we spent a lot of time inside together just enjoying each others company. I had the privilage of learning more about my new family, which is something that I really enjoyed.

I can now say that I have officially sat through a swim meet and boy did I pick a doosy. It was an invintational ( not a misspelling I promise =) ) for Topher with 10 teams competeing so instead of just 2 hours it was closer to 5. I think even I lost a couple of pounds in the sweat box of a pool viewing area.

Right now we are sitting in the Denver airport waiting for our delayed flight to Las Vegas. All I can do is sit and laugh because too many times I was on the other side of the podium telling people that the flight is delayed because the plane hasnt gotten here yet. It just means that I am going to have little sleep and a long day at work tomorrow.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!!

2008-12-07T21:17:00.000-08:00

As the Christmas season decends upon us it means many different things to many different people. Right now it means that Finals week is upon me once again and I realize how much I was supposed to learn this semester that I have not yet done or feel confused more. Another thing that it means is family. I am pleased to say that I am dreaming indeed of a white Christmas as this year we will be traveling to the snow filled (hopefully) Minnesota to be with Kari's family there. I am really looking forward to this trip for a number of reasons.

I love Christmas time as we pull out the lights and tree and all the many decorations that remind us of our Savior. We had the pleasure of watching the First Presidency devotional tonight and it is a great way to start December. Also, we were released from our calling as Primary teachers this week and Kari was called as the Mia Maid adviser. I have yet to be called and will be enjoying my time as class member. It is good to have adult conversation again in sunday school. We have a new teacher for Gospel doctrine that is really good I like his personality.

My work has been interesting as I was asked to be a contigent supervisor which means that when it gets busy or they are short handed I am asked to fill in. It has made me learn and make sure that I know exactly what it is that I am doing at work and does not allow me to just float along which is good as I need a challange to keep motivated. I know that there has been a lot of talk lately in the media about Citi but I think that it is not going to affect us here because it is a lot of the other bussiness that citigroup owns that are getting cut and sold off. Credit cards is still very profitable so I think I am safe.

Kari is having a good time with her class although they are making it rough with all the budget cuts that are happening here in Nevada it looks bleak for those that depend on the state budget. There has even been talk of increasing college tuition 25% for the spring semester which will be rough for a lot of students.

Well not to be too negative it is Christmas time which is always a cause of Joy.

I promise that we will get some pictures up it is just a little late this week.

Have a good week!

November 16

2008-11-16T20:02:00.000-08:00

Hello! Well maybe we'll be better about this than the email. We just had a great weekend with dad and Lisa. Hyrum and Rylee are getting so big! It was funny to see how Rocky reacted to having a baby around. Hyrum would just be sitting there and Rocky would clean his ears and lick his face. We took Rylee to the Shark Reef at Mandlay Bay on the strip. She was so cute looking at all the fish and sharks. She got to see a huge sea turtle, and loved the part where you were walking on glass and could see the water underneath you. We also went to the water show at the Bellagio. She loved the big booms of the water.

Hmmm...what else...we had our first ultrasound this week. We got to see our little munchkin doing somersaults (sp?). There was so much movement that the technician had to keep adjusting to get her heartbeat. OK so I hate calling our baby an it...so we'll go back and forth from he and she. So don't worry we aren't setting our hearts on one or the other. We have names for both and want a healthy baby. Our names are Kaleb and McKenna. So I guess we will see. Hopefully we'll find out by Christmas what we are having.

By the way I'm going home for Christmas! How exciting is that!?!?! We will hopefully have a white Christmas....Matt's never had one before, so we're hopeful. We're excited to have a Minnesotan Christmas. It'll be good to be home. I haven't been back to MN since last Thanksgiving.

Ok so this week should be good. It's my first full week back to work in a while. We have had like three weeks that we are only in school for three or four days. We have a normal week and then another short week. This time of year is great because there is so much time off. But once we hit January it gets a little rough with how long we have to stay at school without any time off. Matt is finishing up his semester soon. HOpefully he will be able to get next semester's schedule set up so that he won't have to be gone for 14 hours. It's been rough for him to have to leave at 5:30 and not get back until 7:30. We are hoping to have him just go to school on his days off instead of having to work and then go to school. Its a complicated schedule.

Alright that's all for now. I hope all is well. Love you all....please send this link to anyone we may have forgotten to send it to.

First Time Around

2008-11-12T13:18:00.000-08:00

Ok ok so I know that I should be paying attention to my nurtition teacher but as Kari can attest there in not a whole lot of learning going on here anyways so I thought that I would take a minute or two to set up a blog for the two of us to see if we can be a little bit better about it today than our emails that we started. I think that especially as we welcome our new addition to the familyhood that we will want to share photos and videos and stories with all our loved ones. Dont worry I think we will still email yall when there is an update!

MattnKari's Familyhood

Dresden cuteness

Fell a little behind

Words

Been a while . . . .

Battle

Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage

Petting Zoo

Children's Museum

Summer House Projects

A day of firsts....

What happens when you come home from vacation

Dooda went to Disneyland!!

Tug of War

More Videos

HE CRAWLS!!!

SICKOS

Carousel

BathTime

DADA

Catch up!

I am getting bigger everyday!!

Music of my soul

Tag....

Veteran's Day

This is our FHE!!

Promise of a new day!

Kaleb eats solid food

IS TODAY OVER YET?!?!?!

TWINS

Play time

Screaming....screaming and more screaming

Squeaker

Lil Superstar

Video Chat with Daddy

Kindred Spirits

For Gramma

Mohawk X 2

Kaleb

Baby Mohawk

Kaleb meets Jacob

Hearing Test

Happy Easter!

Baby Update....

Road

Watch Dog

BIG DAY!!

Houses...

Way too much

Still no news

Random Fun

My Turn

Mess up....

tests

Comments

Its time to find out if we need to buy pink or blue

Catch Up

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas!!

November 16

First Time Around