The life of new parents http://blog.dustinandlora.com Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:18:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 DustinAndLorahttp://feedburner.google.com Valentine’s Day! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DustinAndLora/~3/6W-sn8cPsCA/ http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/02/19/valentines-day-3/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:18:23 +0000 Lora http://blog.dustinandlora.com/?p=548 Maya was very excited for Valentine’s Day this year.  She got a card from Gramma J with V-day socks in them, very exciting.  She got a card from Great Aunt Barb with a my little pony on it which she assured me matched the present we got her that she’s opening in the picture below.  A bright purple, my little pony.

Trying out her new special v-day cup.  Hanging out with pony.

We cooked a steak dinner and stayed in this year.  We had cupcakes from 3 women and an oven after.  Maya’s enjoying her pink champagne baby cake.  It has lots of frosting with glitter in it.  Dustin has a strawberry one and I had a chocolate peanut butter one.  I’m not a huge cupcake fan, but that thing was amazing.

]]> http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/02/19/valentines-day-3/feed/ 0 http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/02/19/valentines-day-3/ New Orleans http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DustinAndLora/~3/HfhMdkZDpT0/ http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/02/11/new-orleans/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:56:27 +0000 Lora http://blog.dustinandlora.com/?p=544 I had to go to New Orleans for work over our 9 year anniversary so Dustin came and spent a couple days with me there.

I didn’t quite realize we were going to be during Mardi Gras.  Bourbon street was a little nuts. There were lots of parades and people out everywhere, so excited for the Super Bowl.

On Friday afternoon we took the street car around New Orleans.

Of course we had beignets and cafe Au Lait’s at Cafe du Monde.

The Mississippi

Hanging out at our hotel. We heard some great music on our last night there as well.

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After the show hanging out at our house.

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Maya is quite fond of baby Olivia.

Sweet girl.

]]> http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/01/10/cousins-2/feed/ 0 http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/01/10/cousins-2/ Family http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DustinAndLora/~3/K6qF81yc5J8/ http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/01/02/family-2/#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:20:32 +0000 Lora http://blog.dustinandlora.com/?p=533 Great Aunt Kathy was here from Michigan for Christmas.  Here’s a pic of her, P-Ma and Maya.

Maya took everyone down to show off her new play area.  They had a little band going.

My cousin Mark is back from the Marine’s and he brought his 2 kids over to play and my mom brought Lilli.  Here are the kiddos playing on the new table Grandma Jacobsen got Maya for Christmas.

Little Mark, Lilli, Shelby, Mark & Maya are playing with Play-doh that Maya got from Lilli & Luna for Christmas.  The kids played very good together.

]]> http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/01/02/family-2/feed/ 0 http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2010/01/02/family-2/ Christmas 2009! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DustinAndLora/~3/Gf_toey00yE/ http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2009/12/31/christmas-2009/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:06:35 +0000 Lora http://blog.dustinandlora.com/?p=531 Christmas for us started on Christmas Eve Eve when Dustin, Maya & I went to church.  The service was wonderful and then we stopped by Aunt Niki’s on the way home.  The following day we went to my Mom’s for dinner and to exchange gifts.  Below is a picture of Corey, Brie and the tiny baby belly.

P-Ma got Maya a Princess bed, she loves it!

Here is Maya on Christmas morning.  She’s playing with her new horsie from Uncle Lee & Kaitlin before getting into her other gifts.  We had a blizzard on Christmas Eve so it was quite a challenge for Grandpa, MomMom, Lee & Kait, Brie & Corey to get here, but when they did we had a nice brunch and exchanged gifts.

We got her an easel for her new play area in the basement.

We worked very hard to get Maya’s play area ready for her on Christmas.  Thanks to Dustin for staying up late several nights to get it just right.  It doesn’t look too fancy, but she loves it, especially her little house area.

Grandpa & Na Na got Maya this bike, she’s on it every day!  She especially likes the turn signals, horn and music.

Grandma Jacobsen was here from Tipton staying with the Ambersons for the holiday so we got to visit with them too.  Grandma came over to show Maya her new table and she loved it.  Another favorite toy was the vacuum Maya got from Aunt Niki and family.  If it worked, our house would be very, very clean by now.  Maya loves all her new toys but had the most fun spending time with her family.  She is the most happy when she’s spending time with family and friends.

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Jumping with Daddy!

Opening the REAL princess phone, just like Lilli’s!

]]> http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2009/12/29/little-monkey-bizness-with-friends/feed/ 0 http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2009/12/29/little-monkey-bizness-with-friends/ Lee graduates from MU! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DustinAndLora/~3/R0AswYkQm68/ http://blog.dustinandlora.com/2009/12/21/lee-graduates-from-mu/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:47:11 +0000 Lora http://blog.dustinandlora.com/?p=526 Lee graduated from MU this weekend.  We went up to Columbia for the ceremony and out to lunch after. Maya was so happy to see her Uncle and Kaitlin but wasn’t sure why he had the funny outfit on.

Lee’s best friends Nathan, Kevin and also Mom.

Dad, Lee & Karen

Brie, Lee & Lora.  Can you see my little niece or nephew?  Look closely, coming in June!

Brie, RB, Mom, Lee, Lora

The cute couple

We’re so proud of you Lee!  Congrats.

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Cheese!

Maya’s eating a sucker to get her to sit in her stroller while we wait a bit longer.  Luna’s just hanging out.

There was an igloo for the girls to play in while they waited.

Maya didn’t love the fairy princess, this wasn’t much of a surprise given her feeling for Santa.

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Enjoying a snowman cookie that Mommy brought home for baby girl.

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