tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19459063436231007312024-02-19T00:42:05.326-08:00the palmer familynatalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-86368259265064139382013-06-23T22:35:00.000-07:002013-06-23T22:39:24.881-07:00Time Flies When You're Living in Arizona!it's been brought to my attention that I haven't updated this blog for over 8 months and I could hardly believe that it was true. the time has flown by so fast and i'm ashamed to say that I never even blogged about our little molly girl being born! So here's a glimpse at the past 8 months with photos of molly spliced in as she's been getting older. Sadly, our computer broke shortly after she was born and we lost a lot of her newborn pictures but there's still a lot of Molly photos to ogle over. <br />
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We left off last October when the weather was finally beginning to not be boiling here in the valley of the sun. <br />
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I was concerned that I would be sad to not feel a chill in the air during the fall festivities but I have to say that pumpkin hunting and trick or treating in the warm sun was Amazing!</div>
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Here we are on a hike in Papago Park with our friends Ethan and Isaac. Their mom Carrie and I have become really good friends since we both moved in last summer. <br />
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And of course my cute little duo...<br />
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They fight like cats and dogs but I'm not sure either one of them would know how to breathe without the other one around.<br />
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Here they are in front of our Mesa temple. We have 2pm church so we head over here a lot when James is on call on Sunday mornings to pass the time. <br />
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And here is our sweet little Molly Christine, born December 10, 2012 at 12:34pm. We couldn't ask for a sweeter baby girl. She loves being kissed and hugged and loved by her older brother and sister.<br />
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We were so lucky to have so much family come to town for Molly's blessing day. My mom and my sisters Kim and Steph came with the rest of Steph's family. It was a party of a weekend. Here's Scott and Sara with their cousins Katie and Josh.</div>
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My mom and Molly. She was perfect for her blessing day.<br />
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Everyone who was at the blessing (L-R Back): Kelly, Kim, Mom, Sara, James, Me, Molly, Cristy, Joel, Dane, Bishop Archibald, Susan, Bruce, Beth and Brian. (L-R Front): Steph, Courtney, Katie, Scott, Kenzie, Tyce, Leyla, Josh (Carrie Caviness was taking the picture)<br />
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All three of our kids playing under Molly's play yard. <br />
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Our first winter in Arizona was wonderful. Last summer when everyone told me how great the winters in phoenix are I didn't buy it. I didn't think anything could make such a hot summer worth it... but I was so very wrong. The winters here are amazing! And the kids lived outside in our back yard. One day it rained and I was nervous that they'd have to stay in all day... but I was so very wrong again.<br />
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I love that my girls have such an awesome big brother.<br />
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This picture speaks for itself.<br />
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I took this picture of Molly in February so she's about three months old and even when she was this small she was so pleasant to be around. This is the soft loving face that we get to look at all day long.<br />
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Though Sara tends to prefer a closer view...<br />
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We celebrated Sara's second birthday on February 22nd with a little party with Ethan and Isaac. Isaac is Sara's most favorite friend and she talks about him all the time. Though, ironically enough, whenever he's around she just torments him to no end. I wonder where she got that form?? </div>
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Sara age 2, Molly almost 3 months</div>
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In March we got to go on our long awaited trip to Disney Land with Grandy! I was a little nervous when my mom told me she got a three days park pass... I just couldn't imagine three days straight of Disney Land with three small kids. But we actually had the best time and I was so sad to have to leave Disney Land in the end.</div>
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Scott's favorite thing (besides the Buzz Lightyear ride) was meeting all the Disney Characters. He made sure he met every single one. But his favorite, of course, was Mickey.<br />
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The Winnie the Pooh ride was the only ride that all six of us got to ride on. <br />
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Here we all are with Pluto...<br />
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And the kids' other favorite ride was "Its a Small World". I think they rode on it four times!<br />
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The last day of our trip my mom bought sara these awesome socks and the kids just happily ran around and played. I couldn't believe how well behaved they were and how much fun we all had. It makes me want to go back soon! Thanks mom for the great trip!<br />
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Soon after we got home from Disney Land, James took Scott on a special boys weekend to Utah for Uncle Phil and Aunt Kacie's sealing in the temple. Scott felt so grown-up and important with his very own rolling backpack for the trip. I still find him walking around our house with that bag telling whoever is listening that he's going on a trip to Utah.<br />
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Back at home the five of us like to spend time at the Riperian Preserve that's by our house. There's a bunch of lakes and trails to walk around and in the winter months we spend a lot of time there.<br />
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March was a busy time because we also had James' cousin, Heather Danner and her kids Damian and Shiloh come to visit. Scott and Sara LOVED finding out that they had more family here in Arizona.<br />
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That same weekend some of our med school friends Jessica and Carl Johnson were in the area and came over for dinner. Their older girls, Millie and Shalie played with Scott back in Iowa. It was so fun to see them again.<br />
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And still in March... me and Molly flew up to Utah for Kim's wedding reception. She married Brett Yadin and so far they're living happily ever after. (Brett is on the left)<br />
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After the reception we had a family party to celebrate my birthday. <br />
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My cute sister Kim with Molly, Ellie and one of her step kids (I feel so bad that I can't remember his name.)<br />
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And ALSO in March (seriously) I participated in a sprint triathlon (seriously again). I did it with a bunch of girls I my ward and it was actually a lot of fun. Maybe next time I won't be three months post partum. That would be nice.<br />
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Finally to April! And Easter Eggs! The kids had a blast coloring eggs for the Easter bunny to hide.</div>
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And here's our little Sara girl squeezing the guts out of our little Molly girl who would be right around 4 months in this picture. (I can't tell you how many times every day I say the words, "Sara, please stop squeezing Molly." and "Sara, please get off Molly." She just loves her so much she can't contain it. <br />
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Another favorite place for us to visit around here is the McCormick Train Park. This day we went with our friend Julie Tripp and her kids Grant, Christopher and Emiline. <br />
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I love this photo of them all sitting on the bench in front of the train. <br />
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In April we opened up our pool and the kids became fish again. Now that I'm not pregnant I'm really enjoying having a pool of our own. <br />
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In April a very sad thing happened... Sara refused to sleep in her crib. She started crawling out of it every night and during her naps so we were forced to put her in a big kid bed. Thankfully, our neighbors gave us a bunk bed they weren't using so we put it up.<br />
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I was skeptical about Scott and Sara sharing a room and actually staying in bed. But they've actually done a really good job.</div>
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Also in April James' sister Amanda, her husband Ryan and their kids Allie, Ilene and Cameron came to visit.<br />
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And of course we took them to the train park too!</div>
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Amanda with all the kiddos.<br />
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Amanda and I have been fortunate enough to have our kids all at roughly the same time so each of our kids has a friend their age. Its so nice that Scott and Allie are old enough to just sit and do "big kid" things together.<br />
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And here are Sara and Ilene chilling on the couch together.<br />
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And here are Molly and Cameron just getting to know each other for the first time. <br />
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I love this picture of Scott and Allie running through the park.<br />
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And here they are in front of the soon-to-open Gilbert temple.<br />
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Love these kids...<br />
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Such good posers. :)<br />
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Molly doesn't look to happy in this picture but as you can see she is putting on the pounds here as she approaches her five month birthday. <br />
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In May Scott graduated from preschool. So in preparation for kindergarten we've been doing a lot of school work at home. Our first exercise on our first day was for him to write out the whole alphabet. I was so proud of my little man!<br />
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He was pretty pleased himself.<br />
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Scott and Sara having a movie night with their friends Gracie, Bridger and Chase. <br />
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Family Home Evening night at Chuck E Cheese to reward the kids for filling up their warm fuzzy jar.<br />
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Another walk around the Mesa temple grounds with friends Ethan and Isaac. <br />
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We found this street sign on a Sunday morning drive... we couldn't help but take a picture. <br />
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And this is pretty much what I look like every morning (thanks, james, for the straight out of bed shot). Even though I look a little scary I couldn't help but post this picture because I love these three rascals so much!<br />
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Molly at almost six months. She's our little marshmallow baby and we can't stop squeezing all her edible little rolls!<br />
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Peach picking with the Tripp family at Schnepf Farms. <br />
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On May 26th Scotty turned the big 5 years old! He had a pirate birthday at Chuck E Cheese and it was a huge success!<br />
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Because if you can't decide between a pirate birthday party and a chuck e cheese party... why not do both!<br />
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Our handsome little guy is growing up so fast.<br />
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He got a ton of awesome gifts.<br />
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L-R Isaac, Ethan, Garrett, Tian, Federico, Scott, Brayden and Sebastian<br />
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Can't get enough of this girl's cheeks. <br />
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Scott's birthday at home. Waffle breakfast and more presents! Can't ask for more than that!<br />
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And okay, yes, I went to the Taylor Swift concert and had a blast! I went with some friends in the ward, Kimber, Sara, Sandee and Debbie.<br />
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I'm totally dorky but I loved every second of it. I'm a huge TS fan! :) (Thanks James for giving me a girls night out!)<br />
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In late May James' mom came to visit. The kids introduced her to our sand pile.<br />
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And we took her to a little water park.<br />
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And she bought scott some very awesome binoculars (that are still a big hit I our house)<br />
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But sadly her trip was cut short when her father passed away. Here she is with the kids before flying back to Utah. Thanks for coming Grandma Palmer! <br />
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And here's a nice little post-church pic of our party of five. <br />
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I really did catch the kids reading to Molly one day.<br />
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And who can get enough of Sara in her ballerina outfit? She and scott have been taking summer classes through the city of Gilbert and Sara's is a baby ballerina class. I can't get enough of her.<br />
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Molly at 6 months and fresh out of the bath.<br />
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In mid-June my cousin Cristy left her kids Leyla and Tyce with us for a couple days while she went to her Dad's wedding. We LOVED having these kids around our house for a while.<br />
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We went to the Science center one day where the kids had a blast learning and running and playing a million games.<br />
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Here's another glimpse of Molly just cute and smiley as ever. :)<br />
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Here is James reading a book to the kiddies.<br />
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The last night they were here we had a semi-sleepover in the front room.</div>
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That is until the movie ended and they were all sent to their own beds to sleep. :)<br />
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And I just had to throw in this stellar picture of Scott. Because of his ear tubes he has to wear ear plugs when he swims then when you add the huge goggles and his barrel chest you have one awesome kid.<br />
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To wrap things up here is the most recent photo shoot of Mollerina. I can't believe she's almost 7 months old!!!<br />
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Not sure if this video will upload but if it does you're in for a real treat. I love this video because it shows just how much Scott and Sara love each other.</div>
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Well, I think that about cover it... the past 8 months of our lives! I'll do my best to not let so much time pass before I write again!<br />
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natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-87987889344590767812012-10-09T23:06:00.000-07:002012-10-09T23:06:23.881-07:00Big Kids and our New Home!It's hard to believe that its already the middle of October! I just look at my kids and our house and our life and i can't believe how the time is flying.<br />
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Scott started his second year of preschool this year (i get emotional when i think of him being in kindergarten next year!) and he is growing so big and tall. And our little sara girl is growing like a weed! she's already coming up to scott's shoulders. its amazing to think that a year ago she was still a little baby.<br />
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here's our scott man all ready for preschool. he carpools with his buddy luke and i'm pretty sure that makes his life. <br />
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another huge developement in scott's life is getting a Big Boy Bike. scott and i got up early a couple saturdays ago to go garage sale searching for a "new" bike. we ended up with this bad boy for $15. he struggled a bit at first (scott inherited his mom's patience with difficult tasks) but he has conquered it and LoVeS to ride it whenever he can.<br />
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sara gets really jealous when scott gets to ride a bike and she's stuck in the stroller so we give her a turn now and again...<br />
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and look at these kids having oreo cookies with friends (luke and dane) on our back porch after swimming. they're such social kiddos. and it has to be said that scott (who's official name, by the way, is Batman Scott James Palmer... and he tells this to anyone who will listen) anyway, scott taught himself how to swim this summer. When we first moved to AZ he wouldn't leave the steps in the shallow end of the pool and now he swims all over the place and does cannon balls and dives and all sorts of tricks into the deep end of the pool. we still watch him like a hawk (of course) but the kid has seriously impressed me and made life so much easier!<br />
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sara has been undergoing a lot of changes lately that have been a bit hard to handle. not only does she have to say goodbye to scotty for six hours a week while he's in preschool but her body is going through all sorts of changes. she has gotten the last of her teeth and she's constantly fighting allergies. she's learning to talk and wanting to fit in with the big kids. she's still a sweet little girl but sometimes her evil twin surfaces when she has really bad days. at times i wonder if she's experiencing early pms. and while i know that's not really possible, it makes me dread the day that she experiences it for real.<br />
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something that has been instigated in full force with our new home is Chores. scott is responsible for emptying the clean silverware out of the dishwasher, cleaning his room and picking up toys around the house. sara is responsible for putting away all the shoes that are strewn about and taking out all the toys, books and (pretty much anything) that scott and i have put away and placing it back on the floor. in order to make clean up time more fun we have started taking "before" and "after" pictures so scott can see his progress. here is one example of a "before" picture of his messy room.<br />
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and here is the "after" picture. i have been really impressed by this kid. he really did clean it up all by himself. it takes a while for him to get into motion but once he gets there he is very serious about his cleaning. he'll shut his door so noone can see and he makes sure everything is put away really nice. i still help him make his bed but he does everything else (including making sure his chairs are folded and set against the table... which i find hilarious.)<br />
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and finally... here are pictures of our new home. (though i realized as i was doing this blog that i forgot to take a pictures of the front of the home. duh. but we're still working on the landscaping anyway, so i'll post that when we're done.)<br />
This is our main living room. our house is pretty small and only has one living area. but its a really open concept with vaulted ceilings so we like it.<br />
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the kitchen... i love the high ceilings and the breakfast bar but the cabinets HAVE to be redone. someday it will happen i hope...<br />
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our lovely new piano that i got off craigslist. and with this piano i've started teaching piano lessons! something i've always wanted to do and i'm really enjoying it. <br />
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our library.... okay, its just a wall of books but it was my moms idea to make it look like this and i really like it. speaking of which, i have to thank my mom who came out for our move and seriously got to work in helping us move in and make our house a home. she was such a blessing. thanks mom!<br />
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here's our back yard and our pool... our pool... i still can't believe we have a pool. but its so nice to just hop in whenever we want to and hop out and go right inside our house. we've really loved this thing.<br />
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and of course we have a teather ball pole. we had to buy the ball but i had no idea how much fun this would be for the kids... until they get wacked in the ball with the head... which is pretty much inevitable.<br />
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and here is one of our garden plots. we have three different areas that we have planted vegetables and fruit to see where it grows the best. so far... okay.<br />
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i do have a picture of the front door of our home. but that's mostly because i got this fabulous wreath off craigslist and i love it. <br />
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our master bedroom... the one room in the house that's not quite done yet. i'm still searching craigslist for a dresser so i can organize everything better. but i posted this just so you'd have an idea of what it looks like.<br />
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our master bathroom... so light and open. i love it! <br />
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sara's room. i love this room. its all princess's and fairies and i love that she finally has her own girly room. though, it won't be her own for long!<br />
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i already posted a pic of scott's room ealier in this blog so i won't repeat but this is the little corner nook in the hallway outside the kids' rooms. i'm proud of this area because it was a serious eye sore when we bought the house and now i think it looks so warm and nice (again, thanks to the help of my mom).<br />
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here are a couple random photos to tag on at the end. my cute family eating a yummy chocolate dessert that daddy made. (this photo was taken today actually.)<br />
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and a kind of sad but kind of funny photo of scott after he (very secretly) got into the face paint. this would have been funnier had he not "cleaned" his hands off on our very light colored carpet after. i was a little more than unhappy when i finally found him.<br />
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and here's the cute kid with his lincoln logs. i love that he's old enough to build and play with the cowboys and indians. though ironically enough, sara is now at the age where she tries as hard as she can to demolish anything he builds. poor kid. but he's nice about it... sometimes.<br />
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and last but now least our funny little sara girl. she is seriously hilarious. i could just sit and watch her all day. i can't help but wonder what these kids are going to be like when they get older but mostly i just hope the time moves as slowly as possible!<br />
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natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-2764583583747970112012-08-27T21:39:00.000-07:002012-08-27T21:39:27.976-07:00highlights from the past four monthsSo much has happened over the past four months that it is impossible to post about it all (especially since i've sort of been a blog slacker lately) but hopefully this post will incapsulate how much fun we've been having and everything that has been going on.<br />
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May was our month of saying good bye. It was so sad to leave Ohio and all of our good friends. Here I am with my best buddies: Joslyn, Erica and Kaitlyn.<br />
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And here's Mr. Scott with his buddy Michael. We were lucky to have such amazing friends.</div>
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A last minute surprise before we moved was one of my oldest friend, Lindsay Howie, coming to visit me from Boston. We hadn't seen each other for 10 years so she had never met James or the kids. Scott absolutely adored her and i loved catching up with her and letting her help me pack!</div>
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Next stop was driving to Iowa for James' graduation. It was so fun to see old friends. James' mom met us there and was so nice to stay with the kids at night so we could join in on all the graduation festivities. Thanks Patricia! This is James with his school buddies Ryan, Andy and Devin. I love that we have med school friends that i truly feel we'll have for the rest of our lives. <br />
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And the big graduation day was a lot of fun. It was great to see James in his get-up and see him accomplish such a huge event in life.<br />
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After graduation me and the kids flew to Utah while James and his mom drove (thanks again patricia!). And of course Utah was a constant adventure as we reunited with family. Scott is finally getting old enough to be able to gel with his older cousins and he loved every minute of it. This is scott with some cousins on my side of the family, katie, josh and kenzie.<br />
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And finally a good photo of my mom and sara. i swear i could never get them both smiling at the camera at the same time. i felt so accomplished with this picture!<br />
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Down in Salem with James' family we all went to see the Lorax. Scott was in seventh heaven with his drink, popcorn and his best cousins.<br />
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And scott LOVEd watching his cousin allie in her dance recital. i'm pretty sure he wanted to get up on the stage and jam it out himself.<br />
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And of course when we go to Utah the grandma's spoil us with new clothes and toys. this is sara in her new outfit consisting of gifts from both grandma palmer and grandy keyser. thanks everyone for making us feel so special when we were in town!<br />
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this photo is out of order but it needs to be said that while daddy was graduating from med school scott was graduating from PRE SCHOOL! yes, scott completed his first year of preschool and we had the wall to prove it. his bedroom wall was covered with all his work. we're so proud of our scotty man!<br />
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After a couple weeks in Utah we made the 10 hour drive to Arizona. Besides scott having to stop every few hours for potty breaks (he had a sick stomach) the kids were seriously amazing. Sara slept most of the time and scott was such a great kid in the back (he didn't even have a dvd player or video games) he just looked out the window and was mezmerized by all the cacti!<br />
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We're so excited that we have family in arizona! my good cousin, cristy, and her family live in tucson (about two hours south of us) and we were able to spend the fourth of july with them. here is scott with cristy's kids, leila and tyce. scott asks all the time if we can go back to "tyce and lola's house." it cracks me up every time. <br />
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and now we just spend our days with the four of us again. but our little family is getting used to starting new in a strange town. we're loving phoenix, though, even if it is reeeally hot. we go swimming a lot and love cloudy days like this one in the photo below when we went to the train park. scott and sara got SO muddy but they loved every minute of it.</div>
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and james is loving his residency here (thank goodness!) and spends every spare minute he has with me and the kids. we feel so lucky to have such a great dad.</div>
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another picture that is months out of date but my camera broke back in february and i never posted about the james' sister amanda and her family coming to visit us in ohio. we had so much fun with them and it breaks my heart that i don't have more pictures to remember it by (i stole this pic from amanda's blog). we are so appreciative when family comes to visit us because we know its not easy to travel. thank you so much for coming out and please know that we always want visitors in sunny arizona!<br />
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natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-772195153095648692012-04-29T18:00:00.002-07:002012-04-29T18:04:51.821-07:00Winds of change...March came and left faster than I could believe. Along with all those March winds came a whirlwind of change and excitement for the Palmer family. <br />
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First of all our little sara girl decided to start walking and she has become our little road runner ever since.<br />
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we had some beautiful "summer-ish" days in March that got us excited to pull out the summer shorts and tee shirts. We even gave sara her first pair of crocs (though sadly, sara also learned this month how fun it is to throw random items into the garbage can and before we realized what was happneing one of these crocs along with a couple other shoes got lost forever.) <br />
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Scott man has really grown over the winter and he is becoming such a good helper. James taught him how to prune our garden and he was immediately put to work.<br />
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These two have so much fun playing together. Its amazing to think that scott lived almost three years without his best playmate. <br />
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One sunny afternoon we met up with some friends at Crocker Park (a nearby outdoor mall in Westlake)<br />
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Scott and sara loved running around the chess board with their friends paige and natalie.<br />
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and these kids were so cute acting all grown-up with their game of chess.</div>
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my birthday is in march and a big goal i had for myself was to run a 5k. so on march 17th i ran in the Lakewood St. Patrick's Day 5k. For anyone who truly knows me you know that running in any kind of race is a huge deal for me. But I really wanted to do it and i really wanted to finish it in 30 minutes. The day of the race I wasn't feeling as in shape as i was hoping to so i began hoping to finish it in 35 minutes or just finish it at all. But in the end I felt great and finished it in less than 30 minutes! I was very stoked and very grateful for james and the kids who were there to support me.<br />
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And the biggest change that March brought in was that we found out that James matched to Phoenix, Arizona for his pschiatry residency. He will be doing the bulk of his training in Mesa and some in Phoenix itself. We can't wait for our new adventure and scott's new favorite thing is to say, "Tell me more about Arizona." </div>
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Congratulations James! And thank you for working so hard for your family. We love you!!!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-17118460923374278292012-04-22T20:04:00.002-07:002012-04-22T20:04:37.708-07:00Sara's 1st Birthdayi can't believe our little sara girl is already one. it feels like just yesterday that she and i were hanging out together in the hospital.<br />
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sara's bday was low key but sweet. a couple days before her actual birthday we got a free birthday cupcake from barnes and noble. i love both james and sara's wide eyes in this picture.<br />
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scott got in on the birthday cupcake, too.<br />
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and this was on her actual birthday. we made "healthy" cupcakes that sara loved. the rest of us hated them because they didn't have enough sugar but sara thought they were the cat's meow.<br />
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she really is such a precious girl. she loves to smile and laugh. she loves to get chased and now that she's walking she loves to run as fast as her little legs will move her all the while squeeling with delight. she loves to get hugs and kisses from scott and she even loves it when he wrestles her to the ground (despite my concenr). She loves it when scott climbs into her crib every morning to play with her but she hates it when he takes toys from her. she gets really impatient when someone close to her is eating and not sharing with her and she loves that scott shares just about everything he's eating with her. they are the best of friends and i love watching them together. its a bit of heaven on earth.<br />
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oh and one more thing... sara's most favorite thing to do is to climb! she climb's everything from stairs to chairs to stools to ladders and anything else she can get her hands and feet on. she gets really angry when i carry her up (or down) the stairs because she wants to do it herself. this girl is the sweetest thing but she definitely has an opinion and she's not afraid to squawk at us to let it be known.<br />
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happy birthday sara p! we love you!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-21663766628702015202012-03-25T17:21:00.000-07:002012-03-25T17:21:22.355-07:00Jumping into 2012This year started out on a great foot with my good friend Erica Zulnay's baptism. The elders knocked on her door back in November and I have loved watching her grow in the gospel. She has become such a good friend and I'm so proud of her! (Erica with Elders Dransfield and Parkinson)<br />
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Here are sara and macie. Sara's finally old enough to start playing with Macie. I love it!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtSyWumw-DHcR54bLnZmumYhMreWjG081cTFnQRbNBilpPT0ttT8WyEhCkUQmYVSdhWzfrqv37imGpKO7vb5MT0uKa-DqbSkAGFUA0aVYuDi3clCz0n29z8FwXu89UKVDR-BGs3Ob_vw/s1600/DSCF2250.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQtSyWumw-DHcR54bLnZmumYhMreWjG081cTFnQRbNBilpPT0ttT8WyEhCkUQmYVSdhWzfrqv37imGpKO7vb5MT0uKa-DqbSkAGFUA0aVYuDi3clCz0n29z8FwXu89UKVDR-BGs3Ob_vw/s320/DSCF2250.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For a few weeks in January and February we signed scott up for a basketball team and James was the coach. Here is some live footage:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object width="320" height="266" class="BLOGGER-picasa-video" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data-thumbnail-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4K7r8tzpv7VIfMKENIrf6c8k26Gx-E7C_gHmBhTQbcVj35mLwjhv-Pz8ji2RiIDGN3GeUxz0K68J1jNzKJhPrOGluKjSGaxZTp5wQSIdj3fUy2BJ9_TNgwFGqfzx4wZaBlzJquL2uKmA/s1600/DSCF2291.AVI"><param name="movie" value="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv9.nonxt4.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3De6cfbb93aba6993c%26itag%3D18%26source%3Dpicasa%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332735789%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Csource%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3D5B8AC5988D3CEF6B10412024FD0CA63AF0DB3C6C.26CD6B3D73946F6EF1B31991FF398FE8BC632FCF%26key%3Dlh1" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><embed width="320" height="266" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fv9.nonxt4.googlevideo.com%2Fvideoplayback%3Fid%3De6cfbb93aba6993c%26itag%3D18%26source%3Dpicasa%26ip%3D0.0.0.0%26ipbits%3D0%26expire%3D1332735789%26sparams%3Did%2Citag%2Csource%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Cexpire%26signature%3D5B8AC5988D3CEF6B10412024FD0CA63AF0DB3C6C.26CD6B3D73946F6EF1B31991FF398FE8BC632FCF%26key%3Dlh1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object></div>. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPXplxQSy6qMBE31DmTXqf9MeSGOsR4oFD2lJ-QQTCA6CrKYFeko6Pic94wDJTPMAsLR6Y3zzRUTm2yXbRyKydO4x9pq2Blt4uEpe9gAYgJ2gLGdoil6goQpshs37QW1J7g3FHw-yQgw/s1600/DSCF2305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEPXplxQSy6qMBE31DmTXqf9MeSGOsR4oFD2lJ-QQTCA6CrKYFeko6Pic94wDJTPMAsLR6Y3zzRUTm2yXbRyKydO4x9pq2Blt4uEpe9gAYgJ2gLGdoil6goQpshs37QW1J7g3FHw-yQgw/s320/DSCF2305.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>one special night in february we watched some kids in the ward. here are the four o'neil boys, scott and mitchell jones all making valentine necklaces for their moms. it was a blast. :)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lGVQrERYDPkrYNeKbRqhxsxpHsNCix-jCVBG8_tNINkekg6KMjS2UAHyOKYAWRGP965k7aunX4b9A3pqdUrw_YgVDYFiQGNZqRBPWOzOF9WFmWaaWfQ1nNBledlcSthyadYJ9OLKA8g/s1600/DSCF2309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3lGVQrERYDPkrYNeKbRqhxsxpHsNCix-jCVBG8_tNINkekg6KMjS2UAHyOKYAWRGP965k7aunX4b9A3pqdUrw_YgVDYFiQGNZqRBPWOzOF9WFmWaaWfQ1nNBledlcSthyadYJ9OLKA8g/s320/DSCF2309.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>scott showing off his "new" cars pajamas. His friend tyler weston (who sadly moved to alaska) gave scott a bunch of his old clothes before he left. this one was much too small but (of course) scott's most prized possession. it's a one piece cars pajama outfit and scott wore it so much that he wripped holes in the toes. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7QYyta6eAQf9VYE7a9Gya0KfLd6qEYRPqmw3XyDpoIuBD0l2YN32h8JhN8GnKP8J956DV5YI4wAuXs5Gqjs_mqtRszs6nlb-I6MCHMj_8ATFDKILZ1WC_YYhyphenhyphenByze9zYGNkdVbeIyps/s1600/DSCF2315.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN7QYyta6eAQf9VYE7a9Gya0KfLd6qEYRPqmw3XyDpoIuBD0l2YN32h8JhN8GnKP8J956DV5YI4wAuXs5Gqjs_mqtRszs6nlb-I6MCHMj_8ATFDKILZ1WC_YYhyphenhyphenByze9zYGNkdVbeIyps/s320/DSCF2315.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>and here's sara sporting the jean skirt and leggings. i wish i could pull them off as well as her.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQtCNfYQ85Ea-BpzlK-QoDmQlV3AGJefv4Sx8vRX0aqo4HV1YJQQW8cuN-qwGZV-uo919KEcNAXRKJzzyQxg8cIh5Yl2ac0jYn8gB7jUF48bICo79EEGfb4Joit8mmiE9uigX2oAf5CM/s1600/DSCF2338.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQtCNfYQ85Ea-BpzlK-QoDmQlV3AGJefv4Sx8vRX0aqo4HV1YJQQW8cuN-qwGZV-uo919KEcNAXRKJzzyQxg8cIh5Yl2ac0jYn8gB7jUF48bICo79EEGfb4Joit8mmiE9uigX2oAf5CM/s320/DSCF2338.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>two fo them actually...<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1bEUepdNcg82sNBYNz4ZfxNHC6rkFWJy0JdbE-ce2c0BajYq5Uu5zX1YdhFdfNVjbuDnYuOYqVKPShdsfonj14XfeO4_KHXkINAADW1iweNwbEeE_JF93WXG6B2uWHXZ7RWJvO6WLN4/s1600/DSCF2336.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1bEUepdNcg82sNBYNz4ZfxNHC6rkFWJy0JdbE-ce2c0BajYq5Uu5zX1YdhFdfNVjbuDnYuOYqVKPShdsfonj14XfeO4_KHXkINAADW1iweNwbEeE_JF93WXG6B2uWHXZ7RWJvO6WLN4/s320/DSCF2336.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>on valentine's day weekend james let me go out for some "girl time" with a few of my friends in the ward. when i came home he and kids had set up these flowers (my favorite...lillies!) with dove chocolates surrounding them in the shape of a heart. it made me feel so special. thank you james!!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLMDxfEgWzy2BNWO30esHcAIBsfw-MfFnyQhg9URFaYjcJPkS8o_BtrUfUBYlRpxhExQNXkQP8njejmQtDyM2IGt59GdnYwc6UzUaFz4qW26vRXRIdqS1XzYAWBSXalXtDnL62KsxwRA/s1600/DSCF2341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLMDxfEgWzy2BNWO30esHcAIBsfw-MfFnyQhg9URFaYjcJPkS8o_BtrUfUBYlRpxhExQNXkQP8njejmQtDyM2IGt59GdnYwc6UzUaFz4qW26vRXRIdqS1XzYAWBSXalXtDnL62KsxwRA/s320/DSCF2341.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>scott and i have been working lately on another project. we both had been eyeing a bird house at a nearby store and so i finally gave in and bought it. we painted it one morning while sara was asleep, bought some bird seed at walmart, filled it up another morning while sara was asleep and hung it up on a tree outside yet another morning when sara was asleep. so far we've never seen a bird eat out of it (apparently the birds in our area are a little too ritzy for walmart brand bird seed) but we keep watching out the window just in case.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfI4-b-0FiWTY6f0Q0eveTWa3DGx3sQm5L4Ho7-XFF7Pg-PX26dMQdTdBg7D4NW48-J6_3f4baHd9IhmrYgH22t1EtnCuhCDEikzeszkb7IKtcJJn7aKjXserSFDAioDhcvcuFjkh-0M/s1600/DSCF2351.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" lda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilfI4-b-0FiWTY6f0Q0eveTWa3DGx3sQm5L4Ho7-XFF7Pg-PX26dMQdTdBg7D4NW48-J6_3f4baHd9IhmrYgH22t1EtnCuhCDEikzeszkb7IKtcJJn7aKjXserSFDAioDhcvcuFjkh-0M/s320/DSCF2351.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>another project that we've done (while sara was asleep) was work on scott's valentine box for preschool. i was especially excited for this because that was the most exciting time of the year for me when i was little. he scott is with all the valentine's day paraphanelia.<br />
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he chose the colors... blue and green (his favorite.)<br />
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since james had been traveling a lot for residency interviews we opted to stay in cleveland for christmas this year. it was sad to not see all of our family in utah but i L.O.V.E.D. not traveling over the holidays.<br />
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me and the kids. still can't believe i have two.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgri_JyrRNGyEYd2FQrkAdGjqr2_DZcRHHHsLyylugGR966NCdJ47-UKjTQkEVf9ql0kkcLb2wU8O42h087fRo7Lum9XPU3UXgyyLnpxkckaZffhlbIa4ZNiOmc-rUxkATFwkQAPxVm03A/s1600/ci.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgri_JyrRNGyEYd2FQrkAdGjqr2_DZcRHHHsLyylugGR966NCdJ47-UKjTQkEVf9ql0kkcLb2wU8O42h087fRo7Lum9XPU3UXgyyLnpxkckaZffhlbIa4ZNiOmc-rUxkATFwkQAPxVm03A/s320/ci.JPG" width="238" /></a></div>here's my little family on christmas morning. it was a quiet day and we definitely missed being in utah with all the fun festivities. but it was also nice to spend time with just the four of us. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy2lZsefpu6oFSE1qLLx78CkBq6oGekQKr8Sa0ZvL9s4QReoHlpnSDatQoS7icsp_TM3etYPdB4Kz2cwpirML281Byo6DHrBJq37cFsDMpuTgWBINF9VydfFKu-Kbu3pVSyMqdLoSd6s/s1600/cj.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUy2lZsefpu6oFSE1qLLx78CkBq6oGekQKr8Sa0ZvL9s4QReoHlpnSDatQoS7icsp_TM3etYPdB4Kz2cwpirML281Byo6DHrBJq37cFsDMpuTgWBINF9VydfFKu-Kbu3pVSyMqdLoSd6s/s320/cj.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>these pics are out of order, but this is a picture of us at our ward christmas party. i loved it this year because the gym was decorated like bethlahem and we all had to wear clothing of that time. they gave us food of the time and then some of the kids (and james) participated in the nativity. it was a really nice, spiritual experience.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92wRSOAvGRP-ryQ_tQUzhXOjr8OkBJ_andTypAQg4FShRz3hkcveSVmXvl1aM_k59VwPKdBV3RSUpf1yFbx8daMgao8HOHMGb1kl1LkPQDFnOXw4qYlqGmlrOZWgiy2PKcJwdPpxXu5A/s1600/cn.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi92wRSOAvGRP-ryQ_tQUzhXOjr8OkBJ_andTypAQg4FShRz3hkcveSVmXvl1aM_k59VwPKdBV3RSUpf1yFbx8daMgao8HOHMGb1kl1LkPQDFnOXw4qYlqGmlrOZWgiy2PKcJwdPpxXu5A/s320/cn.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On christmas eve night we went to said weston's house for dinner. our kids did the nativity which might be the very first nativity ever with a spiderman shepherd. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwVQL5AkQkAblUEXI6aslugglGJ2SV6gmtnF6w8Q4fuLiqEX6vYJovOkgcapmKeEaoMgKHCFcO3cYd5siLi7H6J2bVuHigX4nxhyphenhyphenuLKjWCINWDjqqmg2-2dU2y-xSxD_QxpI2PU8gpBM/s1600/cr.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwVQL5AkQkAblUEXI6aslugglGJ2SV6gmtnF6w8Q4fuLiqEX6vYJovOkgcapmKeEaoMgKHCFcO3cYd5siLi7H6J2bVuHigX4nxhyphenhyphenuLKjWCINWDjqqmg2-2dU2y-xSxD_QxpI2PU8gpBM/s320/cr.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>again, these pics are out of order but i loved these ones of my mom reading to scott.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>we really had a nearly perfect christmas. i wish we could have had all our family around us but for being so far away it was really a wonderful time. thank you to everyone for the fabulous gifts and cards and love. we can't wait for next christmas (in 300 days and counting...)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-52883498603623639762012-01-18T20:08:00.000-08:002012-01-18T20:08:07.785-08:00novemberokay, i'm in hyper-blogging mode now because i'm pretty sure sara's going to take her first steps here in a few days and i want to be all caught up so i can blog about it!<br />
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november was an exciting month because that's when we went to the Fabulous Food Festival! One of James' favorite past times is watching the food network chanel which i love because he tries all the new recipes he learns about on me. :) <br />
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scott and sara's favorite past time is playing in sara's crib. sara loves it because having her brother by her is her favorite time of life and i love it because scott entertains her for a while after she wakes up giving me more time to finish whatever i'm doing.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuadnx95CkvCmm_HJtzm2BBD-6h7kFYvEJ7DzV9qBERMfjD0S8qi2VnBygkdiOb4wuCxbJWkuc0XYa8Tws3yxNyiZdQb2QNe0_0Vi3reN03BA2TgZvH3ClPEZjt3de_UhyENgZiJ6DJk/s1600/nov13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpuadnx95CkvCmm_HJtzm2BBD-6h7kFYvEJ7DzV9qBERMfjD0S8qi2VnBygkdiOb4wuCxbJWkuc0XYa8Tws3yxNyiZdQb2QNe0_0Vi3reN03BA2TgZvH3ClPEZjt3de_UhyENgZiJ6DJk/s320/nov13.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>for thanksgiving we went to columbus and had dinner with bryan and annie. sadly enough the turkey turned out not to be done all the way through when we were ready to eat so bryan cooked it on the grill outside. it was seriously the best turkey i've ever had. i know bryan thought i was just being nice every time i said that, but i promise bryan... it really was amazing. and should be our new family tradition.<br />
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we feel so lucky to be living here in cleveland by family and new friends and all the super famous food guys. it was a great month!natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-77374944505199682792012-01-09T18:39:00.000-08:002012-01-09T18:39:44.335-08:00Happy Late Halloweeni'm not sure what happened over the past couple months but one day it was halloween and the next it was christmas and suddenly we're in 2012! Time is flying and i'm way behind on blogging. But here are the October pictures and more are to follow shortly.<br />
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scott was batman for halloween this year (and he's still batman today if anyone's asking). he was very fierce.<br />
p.s. yes, that is a duct tape bat belt made by yours truly.<br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">mine (the one on the left) is winking in case you were wondering.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRiOmgQ2wMpvR8M8ultDtP8VKAwZHycvJwxIXEwoS7yUPS1uoaBURIQfxgEgp788sJrA_sfya95JhjR-bIGl-wup3JKC9zckvZZtg-tYhyZwyc_z7vL-F6SQ1A3uFfjh02QuULMilyb0/s1600/oct10.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTRiOmgQ2wMpvR8M8ultDtP8VKAwZHycvJwxIXEwoS7yUPS1uoaBURIQfxgEgp788sJrA_sfya95JhjR-bIGl-wup3JKC9zckvZZtg-tYhyZwyc_z7vL-F6SQ1A3uFfjh02QuULMilyb0/s400/oct10.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><blockquote class="tr_bq" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><blockquote class="tr_bq"><div style="text-align: left;">we also headed to our ymca halloween bash. scott's batman costume was dirty so he was a (thrown together very quickly at the very last minute) super soccer player. he took the roll very seriously.</div></blockquote></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ05aQTCsU0Dztfu6OnrNGL3S9EGghxA6MY3tb6vqeex0h4q4vjnOAJ1vD9jCAOaxyz_4CpijMl_U_0CPSx4EYsrtPCVtC5GWUdEmHWbk8KjREJJCC7dUJVnEAEXIbKSK0UO3TBqFS7G0/s1600/oct11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ05aQTCsU0Dztfu6OnrNGL3S9EGghxA6MY3tb6vqeex0h4q4vjnOAJ1vD9jCAOaxyz_4CpijMl_U_0CPSx4EYsrtPCVtC5GWUdEmHWbk8KjREJJCC7dUJVnEAEXIbKSK0UO3TBqFS7G0/s400/oct11.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">scott and i tried to do a lot of non-halloween fall activities as well. we've been trying to use sara's morning nap as a time that we do projects together. for this particular project we collected sticks outside...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzFVL123lu8TkWtB6iGQ45YQtIMip4zrzXkOmzzDTfqPfACgDJZRPIkVQLnGwm_hyphenhypheno5WQ6m0n2bZd_OEBR9CnXxLpEUYbzkWxZzmi0KEe3OPXeqE8SvYS7yENo7e4YauaZy7LtHKqeK0/s1600/oct5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguzFVL123lu8TkWtB6iGQ45YQtIMip4zrzXkOmzzDTfqPfACgDJZRPIkVQLnGwm_hyphenhypheno5WQ6m0n2bZd_OEBR9CnXxLpEUYbzkWxZzmi0KEe3OPXeqE8SvYS7yENo7e4YauaZy7LtHKqeK0/s400/oct5.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">and pinecones too...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nOHHhXdQ9pIUxFLutAvHx-sfQsz1ddSK-quQsk0k7C1si1aGt-7MFCtCJ5sxr2x0SgClx5344IiNmdjIf36IfK3zLgaE9h9mBDpFdL6pIx3ZLHdWDKMluBA0NnI9zZXx4D4rmC-p-84/s1600/oct6.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" rea="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nOHHhXdQ9pIUxFLutAvHx-sfQsz1ddSK-quQsk0k7C1si1aGt-7MFCtCJ5sxr2x0SgClx5344IiNmdjIf36IfK3zLgaE9h9mBDpFdL6pIx3ZLHdWDKMluBA0NnI9zZXx4D4rmC-p-84/s400/oct6.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">and made a very cool stick house with a milk carton and superglue. 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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">and that was our very exciting october. stay tuned for november!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-23387008284593404412011-10-18T19:43:00.000-07:002011-10-18T19:57:04.343-07:00Time Out For Women -- Cincinnati, OHThis past weekend was incredible! Full of laughs, tears and spirtual upliftment. I'm still recuperating from the late night girl-talk and the rollercoaster of emotions! I went to Time Out for Women with these cute girls in my ward (R-L: Shanna Olmsted, Katie Kirkham, Laura Pettersen, Lisa Ybarra, Lindsay Weston). Thanks to Laura I have all these great pics of our time there.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQE2TXu-Ro00_jKWne-aHsg6hN3KJuTiA4k4p_nUbyeMia80aA3JzecLcr9FMH04rkaVObhQdQMNBNaBU_ak8nSt9jrsP2xzQVwx889KGlTSGq-qLt0_rndZ7rnfUp89ERVzFN4_fGAKk/s1600/315925_2351908909488_1003105067_2644877_1760144387_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQE2TXu-Ro00_jKWne-aHsg6hN3KJuTiA4k4p_nUbyeMia80aA3JzecLcr9FMH04rkaVObhQdQMNBNaBU_ak8nSt9jrsP2xzQVwx889KGlTSGq-qLt0_rndZ7rnfUp89ERVzFN4_fGAKk/s400/315925_2351908909488_1003105067_2644877_1760144387_n.jpg" width="400" /></a> </div>We were uplifted with amazing music. Here we are with the girls of Mercy River. I wanted a picture with Michael Mclean but i was too shy. :) <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyL-pTk1mN_ywhsLABwKTaZRt66O-otRhQUukz8NScDRKaKKbkPR4pU_zYuqIr2LVHI5Y6ExXV2zAY3hc5l8ZTU5eigzU02wicPYkIndVOc-LxF2WtuA9J1OviW1qRa_pab00FDUUBuhc/s1600/307548_2351910109518_1003105067_2644879_1204946913_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyL-pTk1mN_ywhsLABwKTaZRt66O-otRhQUukz8NScDRKaKKbkPR4pU_zYuqIr2LVHI5Y6ExXV2zAY3hc5l8ZTU5eigzU02wicPYkIndVOc-LxF2WtuA9J1OviW1qRa_pab00FDUUBuhc/s400/307548_2351910109518_1003105067_2644879_1204946913_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>And outstanding speakers. This is cute Mariama. We all loved her and her heart wrentching stories. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV0DdBsIC_7RbnZWG-_SW47wZ0QIuXebTw9BEg6SKgjax4_0AzYpRsIAa4WJcFOV9EjqNQSrxdkPS6TZdo7hw0hz4EeIyCY8R0YeM_RvW68TiGVC7VUF-49ivfbKWY5w1dztR2mu69ys/s1600/305393_2351904189370_1003105067_2644870_1927632168_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRV0DdBsIC_7RbnZWG-_SW47wZ0QIuXebTw9BEg6SKgjax4_0AzYpRsIAa4WJcFOV9EjqNQSrxdkPS6TZdo7hw0hz4EeIyCY8R0YeM_RvW68TiGVC7VUF-49ivfbKWY5w1dztR2mu69ys/s400/305393_2351904189370_1003105067_2644870_1927632168_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But best of all I loved bonding with my fellow sisters. We got to know each other so well and I truly grew to love these girls more and more with each passing hour. It was such a great weekend!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5-FDf_9J9MXs_2Y8UNRJoM7S3HihGCEBT2ya39DaxZxgsFn1T-UW0pjoDf1zRiCOz-CJt00OIjgmDmDoyuGrNXm1xCRm5IBvNgVi5buFOTSbnUDvhGTzE6vG5xL1n4CDErEH9M8Y18Y/s1600/297452_2351901869312_1003105067_2644866_1577389246_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5-FDf_9J9MXs_2Y8UNRJoM7S3HihGCEBT2ya39DaxZxgsFn1T-UW0pjoDf1zRiCOz-CJt00OIjgmDmDoyuGrNXm1xCRm5IBvNgVi5buFOTSbnUDvhGTzE6vG5xL1n4CDErEH9M8Y18Y/s400/297452_2351901869312_1003105067_2644866_1577389246_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>I also wanted to post some pictures of our little sara with her new teeth. they are finally big enough to capture in a photo so here you go.<br />
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James has a slower rotation this week so he's been home a lot more. It has been so nice to have him around now that his board exams are over. Now his residency interviews begin! He has the first one this Friday and another fifteen (plus) over the next three months!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JYSOrL4J8ebeQjMBdLw9nFcAdcHfuGBUC2SlRPLXctVcITKtof9vwtkYNfoi2WLW7akzwHDvQdkXiywndFVV83ceTtxLGEwHLeEA4gCjqy79amgu4ym3t0ekRXcDAQ1HyI_D8lWmpl0/s1600/DSC01283.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5JYSOrL4J8ebeQjMBdLw9nFcAdcHfuGBUC2SlRPLXctVcITKtof9vwtkYNfoi2WLW7akzwHDvQdkXiywndFVV83ceTtxLGEwHLeEA4gCjqy79amgu4ym3t0ekRXcDAQ1HyI_D8lWmpl0/s320/DSC01283.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>yes, it was very...very crowded but we still had lots of fun. the park has a parent swap program where one parent can wait in line while the other one hangs with the kids. then the other parent can go through the exit and get right on the ride once the first parent is done. it was sad to not be with james while he waited in line but the kids and i found lots of ways to entertain ourselves. here we are waiting for james to ride the "dragster".<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrlH99XMmseC2puPJm375OymWVKgI9Jy1UDhzRdhV6r6dXy1HbHmVY7jfXcKvl9gmK4xWW_-ps7PB6YRUpc_Dn62VM2oAUfSa3ffHrzf5Lwpi9Dwt-CQ_NVqdIcmw1_pNh5JAgEZ2aLw/s1600/DSC01294.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrlH99XMmseC2puPJm375OymWVKgI9Jy1UDhzRdhV6r6dXy1HbHmVY7jfXcKvl9gmK4xWW_-ps7PB6YRUpc_Dn62VM2oAUfSa3ffHrzf5Lwpi9Dwt-CQ_NVqdIcmw1_pNh5JAgEZ2aLw/s320/DSC01294.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>and this is just how sara was for 80 percent of the day. she constantly amazes me by how chill she can be in potentially stressful situations.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5j5vUdnSyOeA3z4hDGpbGzyiuigHM-U6FRL1YRg1qSPkNXhzNHyFfOoQl3F6dCWHmnLyHYOsXd1EGhNdyaTe0CVa5f6wJB8x24N7vIjTd1t8HiCJoeC14I_dAU1nmFgjwVoXKBeTbW-0/s1600/DSC01309.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5j5vUdnSyOeA3z4hDGpbGzyiuigHM-U6FRL1YRg1qSPkNXhzNHyFfOoQl3F6dCWHmnLyHYOsXd1EGhNdyaTe0CVa5f6wJB8x24N7vIjTd1t8HiCJoeC14I_dAU1nmFgjwVoXKBeTbW-0/s320/DSC01309.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>the whole reason we went to cedar point in the first place was to see our friends ryan callahan and b.j. jones. ryan came and hung out with us in the evening and it was so good to catch up with him. it was weird that he hadn't even met our little sara considering the fact that he was like a member of our family when we lived in iowa. <br />
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scott had his first japanese "hibachi" experience. he loved the big fire in the middle of the table. we went there with some of our new ohio friends (katie and mark mcvey). <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjspjlYEDVQ7IO_HV5HpzhWeEpHSm5xdZY9y5WiQxYCYouXG244GSTmrjgW3uH9M4hBoOlqdnLrf0mmmSwxoxmpxJkjfAfI8QKbdQxhd7QGPR9yeJVy6vW2meIt2VftoTMiO5XKNo1zAs/s1600/DSC01316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjspjlYEDVQ7IO_HV5HpzhWeEpHSm5xdZY9y5WiQxYCYouXG244GSTmrjgW3uH9M4hBoOlqdnLrf0mmmSwxoxmpxJkjfAfI8QKbdQxhd7QGPR9yeJVy6vW2meIt2VftoTMiO5XKNo1zAs/s320/DSC01316.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>and lastly, i just wanted to thank everyone who signed my petition to move victoria secret from the play place in the mall. (this is a photo that i took to include in the letter that i wrote the mall management). and here is some positive news... i heard back from the mall and they said they have received a lot of complaints about this very issue and they are moving the play place!!! it will be in its new location by january of 2012! i'm so excited and so grateful to the many people who have opened their mouths so that this change could take place. thanks again!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YZDB-CIgBLNqoCvlkXY4UrziC9FWzWyZydHzwrza1JbuNErt0KgHjBxopRw_W21pN599RsM3q-jYTcahNKMLLQVqQ-0hK3o_HeRJKf7lLwBr1q5rItnxQ_LgcLpCk702Dusv5KOYmzw/s1600/DSC01042.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9YZDB-CIgBLNqoCvlkXY4UrziC9FWzWyZydHzwrza1JbuNErt0KgHjBxopRw_W21pN599RsM3q-jYTcahNKMLLQVqQ-0hK3o_HeRJKf7lLwBr1q5rItnxQ_LgcLpCk702Dusv5KOYmzw/s320/DSC01042.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">scott started preschool this month. here he is still sporting his batman "fierce" face.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_HIKsJqiHiBR3ccuSu4-7GlI2ctXkvBm0kX9yG-_zqFYksK6vKxQU2EKSruv-B_LBru2v6UhMynhkqi-NY5u3ygraZs8CX5CtZkvtSi_tpv-SaVEzMSnGwKMfBazSRrwtD0WpPJWLh0/s1600/DSC01065.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW_HIKsJqiHiBR3ccuSu4-7GlI2ctXkvBm0kX9yG-_zqFYksK6vKxQU2EKSruv-B_LBru2v6UhMynhkqi-NY5u3ygraZs8CX5CtZkvtSi_tpv-SaVEzMSnGwKMfBazSRrwtD0WpPJWLh0/s320/DSC01065.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>and here's his really good, no hitting, no pushing, "no pooping in pants while at pre-school" angel face.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLqaSqF5XKzTuBoPbqgxcxA8KjuC7aBgMmNXcP2AMjPgP-DVRwCpQJbkYNnpp-MCxhuha-NPH2nCy9mQX5riUKR9dgBIX8dbkEW9siPwHeLYSF9rjv0cH13h0Z2L07XV3OcXL-hXESi4/s1600/DSC01106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMLqaSqF5XKzTuBoPbqgxcxA8KjuC7aBgMmNXcP2AMjPgP-DVRwCpQJbkYNnpp-MCxhuha-NPH2nCy9mQX5riUKR9dgBIX8dbkEW9siPwHeLYSF9rjv0cH13h0Z2L07XV3OcXL-hXESi4/s320/DSC01106.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>as a sunday family activity a couple weeks ago we made Auntie Anne's soft pretzels. I'd like to say i slaved all day to make them from scratch but thankfully all the ingredients came pre-made in one compact box. they were delicious! and so fun to make.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_Tiq7Th591Up12AjqsJUVilpV4CSijivM-8EuEjyu06fb2Hx31bkWLMnvcZje5DbjMPjgPx4FF582YcOvb9vXNVWe9p-6YRGgDsttb0TQWyknNZWFxCgAG-DuAFigP9fAPmHAaxTTV8/s1600/DSC01116.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_Tiq7Th591Up12AjqsJUVilpV4CSijivM-8EuEjyu06fb2Hx31bkWLMnvcZje5DbjMPjgPx4FF582YcOvb9vXNVWe9p-6YRGgDsttb0TQWyknNZWFxCgAG-DuAFigP9fAPmHAaxTTV8/s320/DSC01116.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>over labor day the palmer family drove an hour and a half south to Amish Country. they have a bunch of towns for tourists and this is scott in front of the cheese factory. the first couple of times we saw the amish riding around in their buggies it was really exciting and everyone in the palmer car was bouncing up in down with delight. but by the end of the day it became common-place and a bit of a nuisance having to drive around them. those Amish people are seriously patient.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfRchI5I54mhAfJE8iqC1DsCTkBj8tg1KM5XnWWjzhENXCRsoq1dgynwMvknF_GeWIil3dD7sTLukms9XGgex_8MQlwEVzOzDeyWOOlb5_RQd-BRKPrt_7bpV20OEmHRAT7ClS1KIzH4/s1600/DSC01123.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfRchI5I54mhAfJE8iqC1DsCTkBj8tg1KM5XnWWjzhENXCRsoq1dgynwMvknF_GeWIil3dD7sTLukms9XGgex_8MQlwEVzOzDeyWOOlb5_RQd-BRKPrt_7bpV20OEmHRAT7ClS1KIzH4/s320/DSC01123.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Scott at the beach... it was a cold, overcast day so i didn't think scott would even touch the water. i was so, very wrong. the kid tore off his clothes the second he touched the sand and was running all over the place in his pull-up. he's such a little boy.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWEgO-sichnGk6IJR6OfIurDmoYeyXUtHvHjuc6vc2WTbX1J8vp8NGdRXdrHjBB4xn3El2wn6KuYlmTxpbJO-PKeo3g8kOvX2XZRJvZrJH51NDb6BRy_8ijrBqAjScH6s8Z2mNePOhSE/s1600/DSC01225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWEgO-sichnGk6IJR6OfIurDmoYeyXUtHvHjuc6vc2WTbX1J8vp8NGdRXdrHjBB4xn3El2wn6KuYlmTxpbJO-PKeo3g8kOvX2XZRJvZrJH51NDb6BRy_8ijrBqAjScH6s8Z2mNePOhSE/s320/DSC01225.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">this is kind of a funny video of scott throwing a tantrum (he's in that phase lately) that is if you can handle my annoying "tickle toes" voice. good luck. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxoMaesaSt9jRtdo6Iuh-ZdH70eDP5-53SC7frNbXGIXPdsrxx92n4ejiVyWs73rf7RJRYOjQZ0aWR4n9r-QA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-8339226169224573662011-09-04T20:00:00.000-07:002011-09-04T20:00:08.763-07:007 weeks in UTAH!!!This year we were lucky enough to be able to spend most the summer in Utah with our family. James got a rotation at the University of Utah in the psych department and we lived with my mom and spent LOTS of time with the rest of our family. Here's a quick recap of the 7 week vacation...<br />
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Scott loved hanging out with his cousins. He's finally getting old enough that he can really appreciate them. Here is is with my mom and some cousins on my side of the family. (Dallin, Ellie and Katie)<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4g9TKoBX4HGriqUQf8r6qBGuCNwQPwQG5ileptDp3_Xk6bpl9EW2rWMOFVOM4gScFuA8Sct9iRlZYAnbNLv174X5CBG3R4hO-a5fu_rzzONZsQ7BB0PBlwEfK7hmQcH7J2fUgCyzCsg/s1600/DSC01023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4g9TKoBX4HGriqUQf8r6qBGuCNwQPwQG5ileptDp3_Xk6bpl9EW2rWMOFVOM4gScFuA8Sct9iRlZYAnbNLv174X5CBG3R4hO-a5fu_rzzONZsQ7BB0PBlwEfK7hmQcH7J2fUgCyzCsg/s320/DSC01023.JPG" width="320" xaa="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was an exhausting trip but SO much fun. it flew by way too fast. thank you to EVERYONE who gave us beds to sleep in, food to eat, cars to drive and all sorts of time to play with us and make it the best trip ever!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-53509243634059021172011-06-22T18:33:00.000-07:002011-06-22T18:33:32.007-07:00One Photo HighlightsI can NOT believe its been a month since i've updated this blog. i have a large collection of photos from the past four weeks because we've done so many fun things. But i have a lot less time and energy to go through them all and put them all up here so i'm just going to post one photo from each event that highlights the fun.<br />
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First of all... May 26th was scott's 3rd birthday. scott talked about having his birthday party with a spiderman birthday cake all month and he's spent the month of june talking about how he wants to do it again. the hardest thing about turning three for scott has been learning to say "three" instead of "two" when people ask him how old he is. he'll memorize the new answer soon enough.<br />
<div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8QB03zvkPXJ6fNpgY38rxMgM8TyGNbDztu21tmyB8E9gGKktkf38eXfjtUd6tBfxcwJ8sFlbOI-Pr6NLkhlmB4dJSAeDfarXfuJRJviIsfGKm8olmjlX6QbxolKcYzVlYB8orc1zaVY/s1600/DSC00312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8QB03zvkPXJ6fNpgY38rxMgM8TyGNbDztu21tmyB8E9gGKktkf38eXfjtUd6tBfxcwJ8sFlbOI-Pr6NLkhlmB4dJSAeDfarXfuJRJviIsfGKm8olmjlX6QbxolKcYzVlYB8orc1zaVY/s320/DSC00312.JPG" width="240" /></a></div> the next party we had was scott's POTTY PARTY! i tried following the advice of a book that said to do the potty training all in one day with a party theme and treats and the whole deal. it worked really well for bodily function #1 but not so much for #2 which scott says, "scares me." <br />
scott was rewarded by this awesome spiderman mask that he REALLy wanted for learning how to pee in the potty. and of course he's also sporting his spiderman Big Boy Pants!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsMd7mS-tiX_t0cuFw-g5obxIqRZ_pROaFr7qeq-1o5yjWsBeIlMbV2XBCLDbnDGonJ49FtpIl_CpjtXQ2gy8PGRkafecQ5FITZ2mawMGvD6ebtHEHuB87jJAVG7840P4P5CRmUjyM70/s1600/DSC00326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzsMd7mS-tiX_t0cuFw-g5obxIqRZ_pROaFr7qeq-1o5yjWsBeIlMbV2XBCLDbnDGonJ49FtpIl_CpjtXQ2gy8PGRkafecQ5FITZ2mawMGvD6ebtHEHuB87jJAVG7840P4P5CRmUjyM70/s320/DSC00326.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> on memorial day we had a bbq with our friends derrick and crystal lee at a nearby park. there are SO many fun parks in cleveland! we're trying hard to see them all while we're here but i think that might be impossible.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYe6Jl8Nf9GcZUesuOP9nQf3BzvZswEFrZt9XtLoaSgcubK9n9nIExU7XemdpT3Fk0_qDWSinuDOxgZB1Gvg_mvSe5W7n_bxdkRsxX7DlKTgf0GNje2GwfCrbyaGI415Z1P-43f0qJfw/s1600/DSC00334.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKYe6Jl8Nf9GcZUesuOP9nQf3BzvZswEFrZt9XtLoaSgcubK9n9nIExU7XemdpT3Fk0_qDWSinuDOxgZB1Gvg_mvSe5W7n_bxdkRsxX7DlKTgf0GNje2GwfCrbyaGI415Z1P-43f0qJfw/s320/DSC00334.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">one really huge event was when my sister kim came out to visit! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCjzwfT2WK8Swb3n3DOeIRmB2H6t5DWLGd6UeSna1Z9bTlwNEHDZeoH-PSF7yOgB-_GwwHw3d_3cVl7AiMkE4eqkLLKBPIZqNWSx29yDoCL_R2H_XesTOYPZZ9r036Y9tQN4uLTSXSvo/s1600/DSC00361.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyCjzwfT2WK8Swb3n3DOeIRmB2H6t5DWLGd6UeSna1Z9bTlwNEHDZeoH-PSF7yOgB-_GwwHw3d_3cVl7AiMkE4eqkLLKBPIZqNWSx29yDoCL_R2H_XesTOYPZZ9r036Y9tQN4uLTSXSvo/s320/DSC00361.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> we were so excited to have her and since it was so awesome she gets TWO pictures for the blog. i tried so hard to take her to places with a "cleveland feel". i took her to kirtland and chagrin falls and here's a pic of us at edgewater park. i had never been there so i wanted to try it out. lets just say its a little too close to the city and the "element" that comes along with it. kim was pretty disappointed that lake erie was so brown. i swear its not always like that!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNh_l5WphiDu45sbX1596ikINZkJxc7IDfIEsVrmoNmCzGdEkvEoXj8Gb8OUL0EgF0MppSOXes5NC2VqdzbwR1mUbRrulSUxIeZ3j3EMaFqvxQdQldYOguc0Bl2hsK_MKRTsiveP37qC0/s1600/DSC00405.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNh_l5WphiDu45sbX1596ikINZkJxc7IDfIEsVrmoNmCzGdEkvEoXj8Gb8OUL0EgF0MppSOXes5NC2VqdzbwR1mUbRrulSUxIeZ3j3EMaFqvxQdQldYOguc0Bl2hsK_MKRTsiveP37qC0/s320/DSC00405.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>scott has really perfected the ultimate CHEESE.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMdt0rkG-kFoKJkEtcWfGlA10EUH2r3Eq4LPgMLWwvMKVIvVlp5B2_ZHflD_NOGfUm16gR-EVu2iXULvDs2Q4F4ptfguwEBW9B99osO0lTLoK-yxYZHheaCiSf_Ah6A4lT7Ic4_HW73k/s1600/DSC00412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMdt0rkG-kFoKJkEtcWfGlA10EUH2r3Eq4LPgMLWwvMKVIvVlp5B2_ZHflD_NOGfUm16gR-EVu2iXULvDs2Q4F4ptfguwEBW9B99osO0lTLoK-yxYZHheaCiSf_Ah6A4lT7Ic4_HW73k/s320/DSC00412.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">we got sara her very own exersaucer and everytime i put her in it scott is right there with her. he'll spin her around in her chair until she is looking at the toy that he wants to play with. its hilarious.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMUSxgviA2qBma2113Z4_-ffZ5wXGLiHwVhy3XiiT4nNFInQgoScTOkWtt1i4hM6RA057-1TWXYHcDYuVl3t_PxgNzPZ4PSYrVCCkWqyPx1JzqQ-t1sgtc3gr3zL3gYhHPFg0LTwFIAw/s1600/DSC00436.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMUSxgviA2qBma2113Z4_-ffZ5wXGLiHwVhy3XiiT4nNFInQgoScTOkWtt1i4hM6RA057-1TWXYHcDYuVl3t_PxgNzPZ4PSYrVCCkWqyPx1JzqQ-t1sgtc3gr3zL3gYhHPFg0LTwFIAw/s320/DSC00436.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">here is yet another exciting adventure to our zoo. scott kept talking about wanting to ride the train so i was going to give in and pay the $3 for us to go on it. but then i had a fantastic idea! the tram is like a train and its free! scott loved it and of course, so did i. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3ZzfLtwrA4oRv75ru5YpAzW3WOOET4nBr9R7kraCJ1eFrXDQXXTCMWcMZ_WHEvkBScc4Y9-ZAuEZbwRQlS8KsQT5KhXQb4qcMTKvF9pisgmA-PfDsmsYRDebMo0Vwt9Qe5VSUDEJNQc/s1600/DSC00451.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3ZzfLtwrA4oRv75ru5YpAzW3WOOET4nBr9R7kraCJ1eFrXDQXXTCMWcMZ_WHEvkBScc4Y9-ZAuEZbwRQlS8KsQT5KhXQb4qcMTKvF9pisgmA-PfDsmsYRDebMo0Vwt9Qe5VSUDEJNQc/s320/DSC00451.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>and this is just an event in and of itself. scott is petting a boa! yikes!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iCzcaqwHBRnichPXwgDwuLAIAffLbRbmcRMpSiSGe25Z0Czo3m9i63Kxe8T57Hobz6mnsBGW77JKg9jBgh9dW-LkqzXuVhtWg1JrttJ9abb4BVZBdwVvjTwtZ-wdsSXhhSwSevMjuuE/s1600/DSC00453.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iCzcaqwHBRnichPXwgDwuLAIAffLbRbmcRMpSiSGe25Z0Czo3m9i63Kxe8T57Hobz6mnsBGW77JKg9jBgh9dW-LkqzXuVhtWg1JrttJ9abb4BVZBdwVvjTwtZ-wdsSXhhSwSevMjuuE/s320/DSC00453.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>and with summertime comes the splash pads! aka... scott's happy place.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXy7CnfAgqAYihoMKFB3tbwVL1ufw2at1G9M9zq-8boKhFuu7xYPw2m31kqc9EyqQGVQib9NjBJ4Op5MaAKriY82G1UaJyje0cE_04gboFlzdrgh3S44Fu00qf_BPuH22B2W3zjyIFw9Q/s1600/DSC00459.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXy7CnfAgqAYihoMKFB3tbwVL1ufw2at1G9M9zq-8boKhFuu7xYPw2m31kqc9EyqQGVQib9NjBJ4Op5MaAKriY82G1UaJyje0cE_04gboFlzdrgh3S44Fu00qf_BPuH22B2W3zjyIFw9Q/s320/DSC00459.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>i had to add this one in... can't you just feel the warmth of that bench?<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguER-CNAdyoriNbxdNA0Npt-bVzyYhKe0PhBrH6iVoy-ysecJ8l3q6j5rvpF_-glmyT8mWDMt1bE6yJS2Q8OFPDSTbvYW5LuGMXoD96kHojP5apmhZqkKISHcCjbrZpsckyi_msASWelw/s1600/DSC00462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" i$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguER-CNAdyoriNbxdNA0Npt-bVzyYhKe0PhBrH6iVoy-ysecJ8l3q6j5rvpF_-glmyT8mWDMt1bE6yJS2Q8OFPDSTbvYW5LuGMXoD96kHojP5apmhZqkKISHcCjbrZpsckyi_msASWelw/s320/DSC00462.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>and here we are TONIGHT at our local beach...the one i should have taken kim to. (kim! look at how blue the water is!) and okay, i know james is thin but this picture makes him look REALLY thin. so please don't think i'm not cooking him enough food!<br />
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</div></div></div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-43096708060010429322011-05-22T19:13:00.000-07:002011-05-22T19:13:19.731-07:003 years and 3 monthsthis past thursday scott, sara and i went to columbus to visit our buddies brody, macie and anne. as any avid follower of this blog will know scott and brody have the same birthday so we went down to celebrate. can you believe these boys are almost THREE!?!?!<br />
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here's the fearsome foursome in their matching batman shirts. i wonder if these kids like posing for pictures as much as we like taking them??<br />
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here's scott with his little buddy mitchel. i was impressed at how well they stuck their heads through the slots.<br />
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we all met at one of the church historical sites - the john johnson farm - and then we had lunch and played around in a nearby town called chagrin falls. the kids loved playing together and of course i loved taking pictures!<br />
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scott was a little moody in this pic because i had just gotten after him for getting too close to the river. he was still processing the lecture i gave him on how he could <u>die</u> if he fell into the water. i love how smiley audrey was despite it all.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTZMmw0_AUB1VKhlKyoiJlcK5FIkisJc5_3H0-1TrNWiIuLgRbVkW07h4J0L2H1Mf2u72MTK01nxIBE2LiMhKgL0jLJoC5Ut5pdMqQKwqTwoh5aOsXjleIMqoK8TawD3YcbA-_KJuEe8/s1600/DSC00032.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYTZMmw0_AUB1VKhlKyoiJlcK5FIkisJc5_3H0-1TrNWiIuLgRbVkW07h4J0L2H1Mf2u72MTK01nxIBE2LiMhKgL0jLJoC5Ut5pdMqQKwqTwoh5aOsXjleIMqoK8TawD3YcbA-_KJuEe8/s320/DSC00032.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>scott and caleb LOVED getting pushed around in the stroller. i could complain about having had to push them all over the place but james had to carry sara all day in her car seat so he wins. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ec5V0jZq9oEmPU2Lwmb5HnJ7cy7-GjsToEI3sxANXj9QnlHNQXEXueA41TwxTXF5aXRpA7AeVp28NqHx1ky2J4h03y9aDJ7FScKgzS5zUeQZiXJsgYkAAGcKdPIuaOLwgw4VSHXJ_0c/s1600/DSC00011.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ec5V0jZq9oEmPU2Lwmb5HnJ7cy7-GjsToEI3sxANXj9QnlHNQXEXueA41TwxTXF5aXRpA7AeVp28NqHx1ky2J4h03y9aDJ7FScKgzS5zUeQZiXJsgYkAAGcKdPIuaOLwgw4VSHXJ_0c/s320/DSC00011.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">here are my boys in the john johnson farm. this was a very cool room where the prophet joseph smith had many of the revelations that are in the docterine and covenants. it was a really neat experience.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ffkAtABNwI5M-kkqK3pJlk7QwCCCewjQwkq_WiNz1qrzzdmHjLFD0zcHvBJz4ry_1USzT1ruop3OQ24KNhVIKRGhfE-rPWsAFH5qVhzkO-pwEZhaf4_Lh2-_k3Wh5by-ylHiwKbsADA/s1600/DSC00021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ffkAtABNwI5M-kkqK3pJlk7QwCCCewjQwkq_WiNz1qrzzdmHjLFD0zcHvBJz4ry_1USzT1ruop3OQ24KNhVIKRGhfE-rPWsAFH5qVhzkO-pwEZhaf4_Lh2-_k3Wh5by-ylHiwKbsADA/s320/DSC00021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>i really wish i had some better pictures of sara's blessing day. unfortunately it was cold and really windy and sara was having an extremely rough day. she was crying so much that i never even got a picture of her in her blessing dress! she wore the same dress i wore when i was blessed so it was really special. i've been meaning to put her back in it for some pictures but that's going to have to happen later. hopefully before she outgrows it!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and that's not all... without being too much of a bragging parent i have to say that this weekend scott learned to open the car door by himself, get in and BUCKLE UP HIS CAR SEAT!!! i LOVE it! i mean, i know that i could use the extra exercise running around to both sides of the car to get the kids in but it is still so nice to not have to!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-61836643093321441192011-04-26T19:08:00.000-07:002011-04-26T19:17:19.793-07:00easter eggs and baby bunniesfor a kid who didn't know what an easter egg hunt was a week ago... scott is now an eXpErT at the sport! between church hunts, neighborhood hunts and mommy hiding eggs all over the house, scott has found more eggs than a kid could ask for. <br />
first we had the church easter egg hunt. we were going to have it at a park but it was rainy so we had it inside the church gym. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MAJP11njvoFLushtQozuSSi6tuxqgAXD0Kr1Jpgf4AFvhJZh0Qpn_Xjgm9jvNCZonZsArRdptJjZe66GIHPL-7RsyTFv4pYMdMkKSKrf6FDuqQ6NZ8QDCv6AbLn-dKZ6E2DneUXfFGA/s1600/101_2074.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2MAJP11njvoFLushtQozuSSi6tuxqgAXD0Kr1Jpgf4AFvhJZh0Qpn_Xjgm9jvNCZonZsArRdptJjZe66GIHPL-7RsyTFv4pYMdMkKSKrf6FDuqQ6NZ8QDCv6AbLn-dKZ6E2DneUXfFGA/s320/101_2074.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>he was so excited that you would have thought this was scott's first easter egg hunt.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx55V485aryReai7jV4XamhOxj6_Y0QnpZt5PTgxKbOZeSXR7qhW7ArkRmJsLGBaozbWCoEo5uOSWyK9QAcFMI4Twox9o8tp40CMcYokmoGKnYjzaC9iHSDpLOMM2B1p9y7F_yY0_EAk/s1600/101_2097.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXx55V485aryReai7jV4XamhOxj6_Y0QnpZt5PTgxKbOZeSXR7qhW7ArkRmJsLGBaozbWCoEo5uOSWyK9QAcFMI4Twox9o8tp40CMcYokmoGKnYjzaC9iHSDpLOMM2B1p9y7F_yY0_EAk/s320/101_2097.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>i took this picture on the one of the sunny days we've had recently. they are few and far between these days so when the sun is shining we run outside and soak in the rays!<br />
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this was last week sometime so sara is 5 and something weeks old.<br />
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this is scott with his buddy thomas waiting for the mall train to arrive.<br />
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sara was having some "tummy time" when i looked down and saw that scott had decided to share his toy plane with her.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-92129375364797403002011-03-24T18:20:00.000-07:002011-03-24T18:20:02.445-07:00feels great to be 29!my birthday was last week and as a great big birthday gift my friend anne jones came up to hang out and help me gain some sanity! it was so great to have her around. of course scott LOVED playing with his bff brody and sara was extremely excited to meet her new bff macie. i swear she's even smiling a little bit in this picture.<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOSKOPG7re8CBeOebOMOWpOO8YmWWQvCXNiZoYOIOBKj3ab1RNN9KlXAb1pvEANgn15TCC5zwdd6rfgmP4lDvGo-k3OUJvbwt-avseu1kl9-NPHThwm4xifJwy2ciG0ZXX5SfC7GP4Wo/s1600/196824_10150122783518948_510768947_6389851_5177542_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDOSKOPG7re8CBeOebOMOWpOO8YmWWQvCXNiZoYOIOBKj3ab1RNN9KlXAb1pvEANgn15TCC5zwdd6rfgmP4lDvGo-k3OUJvbwt-avseu1kl9-NPHThwm4xifJwy2ciG0ZXX5SfC7GP4Wo/s320/196824_10150122783518948_510768947_6389851_5177542_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div></div>here's the fearsome foursome. (though sara is mid-diaper change and a bit naked). part of me can't wait until they're all old enough to run around with each other but most of me wants them to stay small forever.<br />
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then another birthday surprise came my way this past tuesday when my friend hallie tusberg brought me donut holes and a card signed by all our cub scouts. i told hallie once that i have a secret obsession with donut holes so she brought enough for everyone to eat. it was perfect!<br />
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i took this one yesterday...<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">thanks to everyone for all the birthday wishes, gifts and surprises! so far it feels great to be 29!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-61941694048793515092011-03-15T18:38:00.000-07:002011-03-15T18:40:02.482-07:003 weeks and a kick in the headbefore my mom left for the airport two and half weeks ago she told me that i had to send her a picture of sara every day so that she could see her grow. well... every day is a bit much, but i thought i could do every week (at least for a while). so this blog post is for you mom! <br />
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these three pictures were actually taken a few days ago. i thought she looked adorable in this little purple outfit. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">here's our big little girl having a bath with grandma palmer.</div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkGLEak7pm7EjLaU7LVdsytUOiITQE9XvbKnRQr1CjL6b52GxZtOuJqgDhx_GINo6aj8bPD96DX6QmVH6BlRwf_nPP1eddzMGdfozYTW4Q-csp1AVfTwAO0Q8lvUFQYz1bK_GyWVK7DU/s1600/101_1738.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkGLEak7pm7EjLaU7LVdsytUOiITQE9XvbKnRQr1CjL6b52GxZtOuJqgDhx_GINo6aj8bPD96DX6QmVH6BlRwf_nPP1eddzMGdfozYTW4Q-csp1AVfTwAO0Q8lvUFQYz1bK_GyWVK7DU/s320/101_1738.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">grandma palmer came out last wednesday to help us for a few days. it was so nice to have her around!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5egBCcFAy77uCGqiT2oQtkUqNVyE3vOheNl3aHT_prFMucHIGUXUvCpzoBUgeMTV9NNhlDTt3VauoGt2Oe8DLbO9GZ9RT9ekzmoXSmEwffOAN0MrkufpED1w1C6pP7xdUYIAKorpwHQ/s1600/101_1740.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs5egBCcFAy77uCGqiT2oQtkUqNVyE3vOheNl3aHT_prFMucHIGUXUvCpzoBUgeMTV9NNhlDTt3VauoGt2Oe8DLbO9GZ9RT9ekzmoXSmEwffOAN0MrkufpED1w1C6pP7xdUYIAKorpwHQ/s320/101_1740.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">bryan, annie, julia and audrey even made it up to meet their new cousin. the hotel they were staying in had an indoor pool that was as warm as a bathtub (or so i was told...) so we all headed over there and had a pool party.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnN83QNtdVmeay6w81AeAplqR6IhKbuZ9rxYBJs0TmWLyi4gndubPzGrIaX5INnEVxCg1i04gvbgp-IUBCq-QxWr0O-xmCkgN89L_sO9iYIvLoBVmLO71cspjBz4kS0en14I77QnZbr8/s1600/101_1750.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnN83QNtdVmeay6w81AeAplqR6IhKbuZ9rxYBJs0TmWLyi4gndubPzGrIaX5INnEVxCg1i04gvbgp-IUBCq-QxWr0O-xmCkgN89L_sO9iYIvLoBVmLO71cspjBz4kS0en14I77QnZbr8/s320/101_1750.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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(for whatever reason the cake looks really tiny in this picture... trust me, it is AnYtHiNg but tiny.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2DZ6RrArr79Xp-4lZhke4sJXLxLEwuH6D4xIQYhLF-cLWrgZ2FuvoNfDems2DpUT9OiFOIj7soXDWnjT9_oPTnPtn8Ev3JfVfbKInLfLO7CH3eXEt3awsa-9UB2_ozmeMTRyZzs2EJs/s1600/101_1756.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja2DZ6RrArr79Xp-4lZhke4sJXLxLEwuH6D4xIQYhLF-cLWrgZ2FuvoNfDems2DpUT9OiFOIj7soXDWnjT9_oPTnPtn8Ev3JfVfbKInLfLO7CH3eXEt3awsa-9UB2_ozmeMTRyZzs2EJs/s320/101_1756.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">fun family in town, pool party, birthday cake... what more could a kid ask for?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCgQ9-CC__q2e31g5SHuwHOyiinx03NpoZ0j9qehjWb6Crroz9gZzpKNQPU5bptnIKcvjKyH-JCj9ex-Pmrk9SfQeCpWyucoRmvM4lR3-Ael4oMqUWovNhcIN84epTAi-cNhaF5zQbSo/s1600/101_1758.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCgQ9-CC__q2e31g5SHuwHOyiinx03NpoZ0j9qehjWb6Crroz9gZzpKNQPU5bptnIKcvjKyH-JCj9ex-Pmrk9SfQeCpWyucoRmvM4lR3-Ael4oMqUWovNhcIN84epTAi-cNhaF5zQbSo/s320/101_1758.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the next day we all went to the movie theater to see Gnomeo and Juliet. Unfortunately it was sold out so we went to Rango instead. It was kind of a weird show but the kids seemed to enjoy it... and so far scott hasn't seemed to have any of the nightmares that i was concerned he would have (or that i would have) from the movie, so thats good.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KNpFUrxxCgoBsgwmKrkyByaZw9dRagV1ejh7bFsN8C4d5lmX5iqc1ENxo14xrBHHMFFgMg1LmzCQKYvy4x_gpa5UevoZncB-N6JrsKHYh-r5iV8pOLGzFfBDF_s2ucI6-ot4mO9IcPc/s1600/101_1762.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KNpFUrxxCgoBsgwmKrkyByaZw9dRagV1ejh7bFsN8C4d5lmX5iqc1ENxo14xrBHHMFFgMg1LmzCQKYvy4x_gpa5UevoZncB-N6JrsKHYh-r5iV8pOLGzFfBDF_s2ucI6-ot4mO9IcPc/s320/101_1762.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">scott is really such a good big brother. he LOVES helping wherever he can with sister sara. he helps me give her a bottle, he helps change her diaper, and he INSISTS on going with me to check on her during her naps.</div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfxDdumZWG0OQvxzSWeLExK5fywuzjJZGh9IoLbdIUzNKl7Lx96QcLhVHPifHenQ7gsGhyJeoUPnoxiQ2SjoNybZjK6zI4PIRYfb7NZAzMS6LB-v9rhNd_1GvEhzX9UGfBi2UGMa6szM/s1600/101_1763.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinfxDdumZWG0OQvxzSWeLExK5fywuzjJZGh9IoLbdIUzNKl7Lx96QcLhVHPifHenQ7gsGhyJeoUPnoxiQ2SjoNybZjK6zI4PIRYfb7NZAzMS6LB-v9rhNd_1GvEhzX9UGfBi2UGMa6szM/s320/101_1763.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">and here's the little stinker on the night before her two week birthday (the name "little stinker" isn't completely accurate however, because she is a BIG stinker. how can such a tiny little girl have so many messy diapers?!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiLPcsQnv3tG5rVuZkD1SDyDp9zmyWIU1E4ijNoyliNVGEMA-YmlHG1I40HFCzJLUUq6tQWPl7j9fbXk0F9kTvz2Z8cK7N6KDL2PNGG5ZaO1lC6zY0eyiecuDg5Z-YHGVYX3nWXGUTCw/s1600/101_1796.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMiLPcsQnv3tG5rVuZkD1SDyDp9zmyWIU1E4ijNoyliNVGEMA-YmlHG1I40HFCzJLUUq6tQWPl7j9fbXk0F9kTvz2Z8cK7N6KDL2PNGG5ZaO1lC6zY0eyiecuDg5Z-YHGVYX3nWXGUTCw/s320/101_1796.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and naturally i had to get another shot of brother and sister together. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">scott's expression pretty much says it all.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCdRCgP4vqawV30FKLnJ1DkALaWIGws2LCU9WRwnuR8tWBXFYLDqK4ICdSENRYwKjiFA68_ohDvwm4mrtEQnl7ZjrKp_qIe2PZyy9pqZlrwKK0p4vZwgwhW1R8Tbupkoo5r3bKGk5iCY/s1600/101_1806.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCdRCgP4vqawV30FKLnJ1DkALaWIGws2LCU9WRwnuR8tWBXFYLDqK4ICdSENRYwKjiFA68_ohDvwm4mrtEQnl7ZjrKp_qIe2PZyy9pqZlrwKK0p4vZwgwhW1R8Tbupkoo5r3bKGk5iCY/s320/101_1806.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">and then i get a photo like this and remember why its all worth it <br />
and why we'll do it again and again...</div></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdls02pchC_GUztHGeFP7bgaeCipYzMz6SsA2ZqIqK4cKF3Nn-cmNPVIIvPchta0lR9hegOCQa_fpC-7fWdJK6jAJK3FVj7hrfO7GTV6onRgX1WbXn_IMogYXq9xtEuiKg2M18nTw3dM/s1600/101_1784+scott+kissing+sara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="276" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkdls02pchC_GUztHGeFP7bgaeCipYzMz6SsA2ZqIqK4cKF3Nn-cmNPVIIvPchta0lR9hegOCQa_fpC-7fWdJK6jAJK3FVj7hrfO7GTV6onRgX1WbXn_IMogYXq9xtEuiKg2M18nTw3dM/s320/101_1784+scott+kissing+sara.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">=</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-79528884113317391102011-02-27T20:34:00.000-08:002011-02-27T20:34:19.532-08:00introducing "sister" sara!!!<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sara Patricia Palmer</span></strong> was born at about 12:15pm on Tuesday, <strong>February 22, 2011</strong>. <br />
she weighed <strong>8 lb. 9 oz</strong>. and was <strong>19 1/2 inches long</strong><br />
she has lots (and lots) of <strong>dark, crazy hair</strong> and rosy pink skin<br />
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here she is with her daddy. she was so excited to finally meet him. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB3x885QoVDkNUtRKEtz4TEx5k0W3VRNk7mraC7Cdh6xtL4An5160daTYAAtiYs_O_t3cwa024fTWZ84NtOnfXwbIhd49ISnV17gvUIbvhQ0dy0OOKJfrXynRAmgcUnMY50X8FaAQMlw/s1600/101_1668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgB3x885QoVDkNUtRKEtz4TEx5k0W3VRNk7mraC7Cdh6xtL4An5160daTYAAtiYs_O_t3cwa024fTWZ84NtOnfXwbIhd49ISnV17gvUIbvhQ0dy0OOKJfrXynRAmgcUnMY50X8FaAQMlw/s320/101_1668.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>sara was born at fairview hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. it was a cold, wintery, and snowy day. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pl-9UjlAJgy9YIcaXcuc7WqNuRmtAaTxT7Zajlqm6RDGeLtVTrdy94pGrJucaZp-mYb3ylpbB36FF8_ppayCqhiN-eOeAW0CfLoARN_RNQsoEC6awbuQuWxIfHuQ7F1bY1GOqArPOfU/s1600/101_1676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pl-9UjlAJgy9YIcaXcuc7WqNuRmtAaTxT7Zajlqm6RDGeLtVTrdy94pGrJucaZp-mYb3ylpbB36FF8_ppayCqhiN-eOeAW0CfLoARN_RNQsoEC6awbuQuWxIfHuQ7F1bY1GOqArPOfU/s320/101_1676.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>the labor and delivery went well. we got to the hospital just before 5am to be induced. they started me up around 6am. i got the epidural at about 10:30am after which they told me i was dilated to a 5. once the epidural kicked in i was happy as a clam and ready to take a nap for the next few hours until the baby was ready to come.<br />
BUT an hour or so later i started feeling a terrible pain down south. within minutes the nurse was in the room telling me to turn over because the babies heart rate was dropping. the pain suddenly got really intense and the nurse (upon checking me) announced, "the baby is ready to come out!" <br />
within minutes the room was full of nurses, students and a doctor that looked and talked just like dr. burke from the show grey's anatomy (my doctor was in the middle of a c-section). but i really liked the "dr. burke" doctor (whose real name is dr. harlem) so it was all okay. <br />
about 15 minutes of pushing later sara was born!<br />
first family portrait with our new little addition<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>here i am with my two little pals. scott has been such a good big brother to sara. he has been calling her sister sara for a couple months now and the name kind of stuck. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7e3kwA3JDTFK4rTcvVxsXA9O_bzGCvVtSmCJuuA2OpWX-RGiidDRjbrj4mPM6DmNmHwG1krZUGbOD3iDh5gq4_2yzStGTuYA4umVg1dFFD5Ta0dmpu422iwUPEnoSOOW0hlt0KEb3REQ/s1600/101_1694.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7e3kwA3JDTFK4rTcvVxsXA9O_bzGCvVtSmCJuuA2OpWX-RGiidDRjbrj4mPM6DmNmHwG1krZUGbOD3iDh5gq4_2yzStGTuYA4umVg1dFFD5Ta0dmpu422iwUPEnoSOOW0hlt0KEb3REQ/s320/101_1694.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>i can't stop taking pictures of this girl. take a look at all that hair! the camera just doesn't do it justice. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mJsBFChJqFv9kxOXn8pKGakS34C-xFGhBw7hfEJ3DFjg3yxhZa0_cWgjDG9at5mseMzIs_-sbT6yjP9Xe1fHkoE17BfwgSXnkQxCSoc4O4XpeRchi5sddh8c1hRWKzisxxull3AexEY/s1600/101_1701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9mJsBFChJqFv9kxOXn8pKGakS34C-xFGhBw7hfEJ3DFjg3yxhZa0_cWgjDG9at5mseMzIs_-sbT6yjP9Xe1fHkoE17BfwgSXnkQxCSoc4O4XpeRchi5sddh8c1hRWKzisxxull3AexEY/s320/101_1701.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>i can't say enough about how nice it was to have my mom "grandy" here this past week. i honestly don't know what we would have done without her. she cooked, she cleaned, she played with scott and took care of the baby while i napped. she nursed me back to health and was just so fun to have around. i am kind of in a state of panic right now wondering how i'm going to survive without her. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6B1IKESCMedBDbkFANiv3l7SJl7E1B0KH4ebuuXVHmwolbaKDDHTKZ8XhkXuI9Cu1m21U3rnKG-qrLZGIzL_gjPG3_QLqGcndVrbUxDFlSGkIPSH3v-aClUT2bi1VOaWgcKgfS-oM764/s1600/101_1712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6B1IKESCMedBDbkFANiv3l7SJl7E1B0KH4ebuuXVHmwolbaKDDHTKZ8XhkXuI9Cu1m21U3rnKG-qrLZGIzL_gjPG3_QLqGcndVrbUxDFlSGkIPSH3v-aClUT2bi1VOaWgcKgfS-oM764/s320/101_1712.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>my mom and i tried doing her hair with a bow but we weren't quite sure how to negotiate all that hair. tips from other moms would be greatly appreciated!<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrRxJ-_lsuKBKEyHLQ9BjXnO8Lj-xjTsmD4bkLRX7qkO0Vlk2EdZ7e0nreBMrZ5AuPqU4m5HO6jpR_6O-HnGCdvMJ0pL5LjCmTtBkA9mtFtw9fc9_UUdoX4XmqY7NUoROM87pAirfxvM/s1600/101_1717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrRxJ-_lsuKBKEyHLQ9BjXnO8Lj-xjTsmD4bkLRX7qkO0Vlk2EdZ7e0nreBMrZ5AuPqU4m5HO6jpR_6O-HnGCdvMJ0pL5LjCmTtBkA9mtFtw9fc9_UUdoX4XmqY7NUoROM87pAirfxvM/s320/101_1717.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>we finally let scott hold his sister sara and he was thrilled. he is constantly calling himself a "big boy" and whenever sara cries he becomes very concerned about her getting some "milk!" he loves playing with her hand and her hair and this afternoon after he had been fluffing her hair for a while i noticed potato chip crumbs in her hair! i guess that's what having a big brother is all about.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm3dt9Dy-Qa0_uL_QVeC4F9DnA_BfoM4Jj59AiDwPq3x3JKYQDjbwQ0pPzPP4eh4nNK5bKbRK12VZUL_rqrWcGmAzqK1XZ-rm_f7eQBm1T4ORHNmiPrIXrW4KI3tfJngxAdFYtfKkPng/s1600/101_1735.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" l6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgm3dt9Dy-Qa0_uL_QVeC4F9DnA_BfoM4Jj59AiDwPq3x3JKYQDjbwQ0pPzPP4eh4nNK5bKbRK12VZUL_rqrWcGmAzqK1XZ-rm_f7eQBm1T4ORHNmiPrIXrW4KI3tfJngxAdFYtfKkPng/s320/101_1735.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">today sara is 5 days old. i can't believe time is passing so quickly! and i'm truly sorry to those of you who have had to wait for details on the birth or for me to return your phone calls. the past 5 days have been a whirlwind of aches and pains and juggling two kids but i'm sure things will mellow out eventually... right? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">and one last final thanks to my mom for coming out to help. i can't stress enough how much fun we had with you and how much of a life saver you were. thank goodness grandma palmer is coming in a couple days. i'm sure i'll have many more photos to post soon!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-159598689953352502011-02-21T19:09:00.000-08:002011-02-21T19:16:51.798-08:00out with the old life.. in with the new!!!<div style="text-align: center;">tonight is (hopefully) the last night of our life without baby #2! </div><div style="text-align: center;">we have been anxiously awaiting the day that my mom would get into town to play with scott </div><div style="text-align: center;">during all the upcoming events. </div><div style="text-align: center;">and she made it! </div><div style="text-align: center;">we're so happy to have her here and scott is in seventh heaven!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7p05Dw-JSGZou4QSYswowpvxGYNhrRCSkaj8GDALoI5SVfimk7Q8EaCfm3f7qFmco9WTXipPtApmTJgkwq5vxguFZt9IxMtfVy3Z6dEazx9qc7wBCmKASyEQzOXKdHfasFDcFL6LM2p0/s1600/101_1657.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7p05Dw-JSGZou4QSYswowpvxGYNhrRCSkaj8GDALoI5SVfimk7Q8EaCfm3f7qFmco9WTXipPtApmTJgkwq5vxguFZt9IxMtfVy3Z6dEazx9qc7wBCmKASyEQzOXKdHfasFDcFL6LM2p0/s320/101_1657.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">James has been working hard lately with his current surgery rotation. And his preceptor recently told him to (and i quote) "take off all the time that you need." </div><div align="left" class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm still not sure if "all that time that you need" means a few days or a few hours. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM1PSPxpGv-8NopXm4CzE27U4G5yKUcz1kB6_Re0TUmn2CwzrZg2UL_fC1D72KWaZ-FI1Be3TBuO4eSGyWW0yj_TGuonx-rGPHFnf1fy4nILjb1UdOHyc-dvr5D1W5vR2g-kaRwcL_TE/s1600/101_1655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhM1PSPxpGv-8NopXm4CzE27U4G5yKUcz1kB6_Re0TUmn2CwzrZg2UL_fC1D72KWaZ-FI1Be3TBuO4eSGyWW0yj_TGuonx-rGPHFnf1fy4nILjb1UdOHyc-dvr5D1W5vR2g-kaRwcL_TE/s320/101_1655.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and scotty and i have been spending as much time together as possible. today he joined me while i gave myself a pedicure. he was very adamant about me putting nail polish on every single one of his fingers and toes. (don't tell james.) </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqywdBo1p_GtqiVpCfHS9Osxs5olpSDMaz4kJxKVC5DgHF5tdvFAomXVSl-_48zZIE0b3ujegDJ3RHt5SsnED3QzcNxJD2Otuou6VlZnemLCU3CDeHgnEcHyWca7xQ8gzARPnFmyMMPAE/s1600/101_1660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqywdBo1p_GtqiVpCfHS9Osxs5olpSDMaz4kJxKVC5DgHF5tdvFAomXVSl-_48zZIE0b3ujegDJ3RHt5SsnED3QzcNxJD2Otuou6VlZnemLCU3CDeHgnEcHyWca7xQ8gzARPnFmyMMPAE/s320/101_1660.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i'm supposed to be at the hospital at 5am tomorrow morning!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">so if all goes well then the next time i blog you will see pictures of our new little girl!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">wish us luck!!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">p.s. thanks a MILLION to anne jones for mailing me her camera.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">ours broke last week and without her i wouldn't be able to take or post any pictures of our new baby!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1945906343623100731.post-8107278596530053022011-02-13T17:59:00.000-08:002011-02-13T17:59:46.159-08:00book signing surprise!good news, bad news.<br />
good news: the best people in the world (anne, bj, brody and macie) drove all the way up from columbus to SURPRISE me at my book signing.<br />
bad news: my camera isn't uploading any of my pictures to my computer so i have no way of blogging all my pics AND i have to buy a new camera before the baby comes!!! <br />
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luckily anne loaned me some of her pictures of the event. and even though i'm super hesitant to put these on the net for the world to see (because of that large white moon-looking-thing bulging out of my sweater) i am still thrilled that i can show how much fun we had.<br />
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here we are at caribou coffee at the book singing. those windows surrounding us made sort of a greenhouse/sauna effect and my face was red and my armpits were sweaty but i still had a blast. <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikFSigBPO9nnnEmoV1pt2xZ9za3EyBZayta-AA4EUjSObfnicnE5VODj962mg3dZduk6QyWIKeFU7sI_Zq41N93KSs3HUgCA_9Z4mIqouIayU3wYL964vG1Sj_aaMcEJwTIE2sLhQe0Y/s1600/February+2011+029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikFSigBPO9nnnEmoV1pt2xZ9za3EyBZayta-AA4EUjSObfnicnE5VODj962mg3dZduk6QyWIKeFU7sI_Zq41N93KSs3HUgCA_9Z4mIqouIayU3wYL964vG1Sj_aaMcEJwTIE2sLhQe0Y/s320/February+2011+029.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>here i am with the whole jones crew (and scott... james is taking the picture). i can't express how flustered and giddy i was upon their arrival.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yJovMVWdnoVdd8SluBLGagFuSLkj2Zv3XLs_Py3nF4aBK82N9PxG6vni0H67_Kdl2k1uDW2tWDwYHzdwB7DT_zKYL5Oy-yYTecKTZgtwnBFrVU5DgicI0lEItBPSZRzeCuWNvldNVWM/s1600/February+2011+030.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2yJovMVWdnoVdd8SluBLGagFuSLkj2Zv3XLs_Py3nF4aBK82N9PxG6vni0H67_Kdl2k1uDW2tWDwYHzdwB7DT_zKYL5Oy-yYTecKTZgtwnBFrVU5DgicI0lEItBPSZRzeCuWNvldNVWM/s320/February+2011+030.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>after the book singing festivities we all went out for icecream at Malley's. these little boys can't get enough of each other. they were born on the exact same day and have been best buds ever since. <br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1a5TmOZZRvgTWffb0md2GsMcNEmA8uP3GOhsdT0-58LO30hJgchU6wYmhl_DFeSGinkQeSGgF0_9UcJWS6qODZdSvA05Cu3gXQOUddGuX3G87bFreL_Yh5CIZDQY9Zf5YRHzm2LfhLs/s1600/February+2011+032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr1a5TmOZZRvgTWffb0md2GsMcNEmA8uP3GOhsdT0-58LO30hJgchU6wYmhl_DFeSGinkQeSGgF0_9UcJWS6qODZdSvA05Cu3gXQOUddGuX3G87bFreL_Yh5CIZDQY9Zf5YRHzm2LfhLs/s320/February+2011+032.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>just look at them digging into their very own ice cream sundae. (hey scott, leave some for brody!)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4CFYMXtJFztXjlfxPvqmDFEFuc7qTe6RbwMT5LXi__WOd8yavdP-15artehjKsv3szk70PdmDAiziEhOSfxdSacMsjfhHtD7C_77nnjy6su2LsPNfDpQDxy7A0dujUr4jLOYKVJL8cA/s1600/February+2011+035.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi4CFYMXtJFztXjlfxPvqmDFEFuc7qTe6RbwMT5LXi__WOd8yavdP-15artehjKsv3szk70PdmDAiziEhOSfxdSacMsjfhHtD7C_77nnjy6su2LsPNfDpQDxy7A0dujUr4jLOYKVJL8cA/s320/February+2011+035.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>and how this guy can eat that humungous sundae all by himself and STILL weigh less than me (he seriously does) is beyond me. maybe his running three miles a day has something to do with it. or maybe its the extra human growing inside of me.... oh well, i'm not going to over analyze it. :)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7y0n_kHnZD1ATffY-svlU4Ku0_-rmhqzu_vk6GFYEzk2-NKI2EbWf2pRzCz8fJJPVqvCewmi4aLDxf0ppjqJOQBsXjarp4Qbbl2hNfE8z7XcxagSeKD1-qDbz7qHuo81UQ67fRy_28Vk/s1600/February+2011+038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" h5="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7y0n_kHnZD1ATffY-svlU4Ku0_-rmhqzu_vk6GFYEzk2-NKI2EbWf2pRzCz8fJJPVqvCewmi4aLDxf0ppjqJOQBsXjarp4Qbbl2hNfE8z7XcxagSeKD1-qDbz7qHuo81UQ67fRy_28Vk/s320/February+2011+038.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it was seriously such a fun day. and a lot of my other cleveland friends came to the book singing too but again, those pictures are on my camera that is not cooperating right now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">thanks everyone for coming and supporting me and thanks so much to the jones clan for the perfect surprise!</div>natalie palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918055421866112061noreply@blogger.com3