Happy Baby

Cheyenne has been such a happy baby since she was born. Lately hasn't been any different. She is laughing and smiling so much more now. We were playing peak-a-boo with her the other day and she just kept laughing.

Here is a picture of her laughing.

I hid beside the bed and popped up to say "boo!" She thought it was pretty funny!

I have been so blessed to have a happy little girl. I hope this personality continues for the rest of her life. The last 6 months have been very enjoyable with her. I look forward to all the things to come.

Anniversary

Yesterday was mine and Scott's 2 year wedding anniversary. We went to Hutch in the morning and got groceries and ate at Hog Wild Pit Bar-B-Q. We came back and I went to work and Scott kept Cheyenne. I had volleyball upstairs and about 4:30 I came down to the office to a dozen yellow roses on my desk. Yellow roses are my favorite. They were the flowers at our wedding.

Scott and I have been married for 2 years but have been together for almost 9. We were high school sweethearts! We have both changed since our high school days. And now we have a beautiful daughter. I thank God that I have a wonderful husband to share my life with. And now that we have started a family I am blessed to have a husband that is willing to take care of our daughter on his own so often. He is a great father! I look forward to our future and raising children together. The last 2 years of marriage have been great but I'm sure the future only holds years that will be even greater.

Big Ed's

Saturday Cheyenne, Sammi and I went to Goodland to meet Scott and his grandpa at the Flatlanders Festival (a car and motorcycle show). It was so cold when we got there (50 degrees with a 30 mph wind) that we didn't get to see any cars except the ones driving around. So we decided to go to Big Ed's to eat. Big Ed's is a bar and grill in Bird City. It is about a 35 minute drive from Goodland. This was Cheyenne's first time at Big Ed's. I haven't eaten there in awhile either. Scott has gone the last few times he's been up there and always rubs it in my face. They have the best and biggest steak around.

Unfortunately Cheyenne had to eat pears while we were there. She got the steak from me later!

Here is Scott's Big Ed's Steak. I only had the regular one. This one was very thick. It was so good! Mmmm! I don't have to hear it from Scott this time about eating there. I got my fill too!

Concert

There was a lot going on this weekend. I had gotten Scott tickets to Nickelback in Kansas City for our anniversary because he was supposed to be off this weekend. When he went to days the beginning of this month that changed. He had to take Saturday off and had to be back at work at 5:00 Sunday morning. So my mom came and picked Cheyenne up at our house around 10 am and Scott and I headed to KC. We met my brother for lunch around 2:00, went to the mall for a little while and then headed to Kemper arena for the concert. Hinder, Chevelle and Hoobastank were the opening acts. Nickelback finally came on at 10:00 (the concert started at 7). It was a great concert. I forgot how loud rock concerts were. (we couldn't take cameras in so here is a picture from their website)

The drum solo was pretty awesome!

Scott and I left at 11:30 to head home. I think they probably played one more song after we left. We wanted to beat the traffic out and get headed home so Scott could get some sleep before he had to go to work.

We made it home at 3:15 am. Scott got a couple hours of sleep and then headed to work.

Sunday was my sister, Staci's 15th birthday. When Scott got off work at 5 we headed out there for some cake and ice cream.

We came home about 7:30 and Scott went straight to bed. I gave Cheyenne a bath and fed her and we were in bed by 9:30. It was a fun, eventful but sleepless weekend.

Bounce, Bounce

Cheyenne is old enough to play in her jumparoo now. She is just starting to know what to do in it. She was really pushing off and bouncing today. Here are a couple of pictures of her in the jumparoo.

She gets excited when it lights up and plays music.

She has bigger toys to play with now and they take up more room in the living room. I guess you will be able to tell we have a baby in the house for several years now!

Grandpa's Birthday

Today is my grandpa's 89th birthday. I hope that I can live a long healthy life like he has. Him and grandma still live at home and are doing pretty good health wise. They have slowed down a lot but what do you expect at that age. Scott, Cheyenne and I went out to their house and took lunch to them today. We had a nice visit over lunch.

It is fun to see how excited my grandparents are to see Cheyenne. I wish that they could do the things with her that they did with us growing up. I hope that she knows how much they love her. Hopefully they will be around long enough for her to know them and remember them. I remember all the good times with grandma and grandpa out on the farm. It doesn't seem like that long ago when we would gather the eggs and ride with grandpa on the combine or in the tractor. Or grandpa giving us our first beer! I have been very blessed to have such wonderful grandparents that live so close. (My parents built a house next to grandma and grandpa's in 1989.) I pray that God continues to bless our family with these loving parents, grandparents and great grandparents.

Cousins

Not much to write about today just a cute picture of cousin Jace giving Cheyenne a kiss.

Melissa and Jace were home for the weekend and I stopped by right before they were leaving on Sunday. Jace was so sweet. I think this was one of about 4 kisses! We wish we could see each other more. This was the first time they had seen Cheyenne.

State Fair

Yesterday we went to the State Fair. Last year I went with my mom and sisters and was pregnant and remember thinking that next year we would have a little one to take. It was fun to take her this year. Although she doesn't quite understand what things are yet. We saw some of the animals but she didn't really react to them. Next year should be better. We had a good time. It's a lot of the same things every year though. Scott hasn't been for a couple years because of that.
Of course we had to look at all the motorcycles and 4 wheelers. You can see Scott in the background and Cheyenne looking too.

Volleyball

Quivira Heights played in the Ellsworth volleyball tournament yesterday. Brittany got to play a little bit. Staci didn't get to suit up but that's ok cause she is only a freshman.


There is Brittany (#25 on the blue team, you can only see the 2). She is the back up setter.

Quivira Heights won the tournament. The went undefeated. They beat Ellsworth in the championship game. It went 3 games but they finally pulled it out! It was pretty exciting. I'm sure the QH coach loved it because she lives in Ellsworth but coaches/teaches at Quivira Heights.

Allergies or Cold?

I think I know why Cheyenne was so fussy yesterday. She didn't feel well. About 2:30 this morning I woke up to her tossing and turning and a raspy nose. She wasn't really awake but I thought that I'd get her up and clean out her nose so she could breathe better. She didn't open her eyes while I used the aspirator but I got lots of runny mucus out of her nose. She didn't like me doing it but she could breathe better and finally went back to sleep sound.

I'm not sure if it is allergies or a cold. Scott was really bothered by his allergies this week with itchy, watery eyes and stuffy nose. Cheyenne was rubbing her eyes a lot yesterday so I'm thinking that it's probably allergies. I was hoping she wouldn't get that from Scott but I guess she did.

Long Day

Today has been a long day and I'm not quite sure why I am sitting here typing this post and not in bed. I got up and around this morning and took Cheyenne to work with me to get some things done that I knew would be easier in the morning so I could run the errands I needed to before I came back to work at 1:00. I was at work from 9:45 to 11:00 am. I went back to work at 1:00 and worked on getting some things ready for the youth football game Saturday. One of the things being finding officials. I lost sleep last night trying to think about who I could call to officiate. Finally about 4:00 I received a phone call from a guy in Assaria. Yeah, now I have 2 officials only need to find one more.

A friend of mine was going to watch Cheyenne for me tonight so she didn't have to stay at work with me all day so I took her over there a little before 5. My friend called later because Cheyenne was just screaming and crying. She wouldn't take a bottle or anything. I went over there and she was crying like I have never heard her cry before. I couldn't get her calmed down any other way besides nursing her so after that she seemed fine and was smiling and playful and I went back to work. It wasn't too long after I got back that my friend called again and Cheyenne was crying hysterically again. I went over there and this time she calmed down with just me holding her. I decided I would just take her back to work with me and hope she would let me get some things done. She was a little fussy but eventually took a nap. By this time it is about 7:30. I still don't have another official. My boss had suggested trying one of our board members so I called him and thank goodness he said he'd do it. I didn't have to do too much arm twisting. I still had to get some things ready for the football game and close the gym. I left work at 9:45 pm. I don't know why Cheyenne was so fussy but she is finally in bed and now I am ready to hit the sack also.

Here is a picture of Cheyenne sleeping at work the other day. She did take several naps at work today but was fussy in between. She is just a child that when not sleeping craves attention. So when she is at work I like it when she sleeps!

First Playgroup

I took Cheyenne to her first Parents As Teachers playgroup on Tuesday. She was the only baby there. We got to see her react to different toys. She held a ball in her hands too. She hasn't done that before. It is usually something she can put her fingers around.

She liked looking at herself in the mirror. She does at home too. It's funny because sometimes she just sits there and laughs at herself!

Fun on the Lake

Sunday we finally got to go out on the water. We took Scott's cousins' boat because it fits more people. Some of them went tubing but Lana and I said it was still too cold for us. Scott got burned pretty good too. Lana, Cheyenne and I were under the canopy on the boat so we didn't get burned. The canopy was nice so we didn't worry as much about Cheyenne being in the sun. They were going slower with Sammi on there so Scott decided to try "surfing" on the tube. He didn't last very long. He didn't fall in the water but he couldn't stand up very long. They got thrown out a couple of times. I tried, but I couldn't catch a picture of anyone flying out of the tube. Cheyenne looked like a marshmallow in the life jacket. It didn't bother her though. She must have been comfortable because she fell asleep.
About 3:00 it was time for us to head back home because Scott had to get up and go to work at 5:00 Monday morning. We wish we could have stayed longer and spent more time with family and friends but it was an enjoyable weekend nonetheless. Hopefully next year it will be warmer so Cheyenne can play in the water!

Saturday at the Lake

This weekend we went to the lake at Trenton, Nebraska. Scott's grandpa has a lake house up there. We left at 9:00 pm Friday night when I got off work. I fed Cheyenne when we left hoping she would sleep the entire way there. And she did. We folded up the seat and put our luggage inside since it was raining.

We stopped in Wilson and picked up Scott's sister, Sammi, and then made the 4 hour drive to Trenton. We met some of my friends there from college. Lana came from Colorado Saturday morning and Mandy came from Sutherland, NE Saturday afternoon. It was too cool on Saturday to go out on the water so we hung out at the house and caught up on what was going on in everyone's lives and then played some horseshoes. Lana and Scott were partners and Mandy and I were partners. Mandy and I won the first one and then our beginners luck ran out and Scott and Lana won the last 2 to win 2 out of 3. I had to take a class on playing horseshoes in college but I guess I didn't get enough practice!

We attempted to go into Trenton to Kareokee but they ended up not doing it so we went back to the house nd got ready for bed and called Martina and Raf and told them we wished they were here and talked about all the good times we've had at the lake house. It is been a meeting ground since our sophomore year in college, 2001. Sunday we finally got out on the lake but I will post more about that tomorrow.

New

I have decided to start a new blog because myspace won't allow anyone who isn't a member to make a comment. I like to see people's comments and since I have several friends who don't have myspace I will now post on blogger. I will do some on myspace for my friends on there but most will be on here.