Thursday, May 9, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Can you say update doc?
This is a much needed update! Life is just been busy.. when is it ever not? Not a really good excuse to not blog, since I look at this to kinda be a journal, one I really want to print off. But sadly I have a hard time loading pictures so I hardly do it anymore. But perhaps it might work.
Kids are doing really well! Little bit is now 8 months old and on the go! She goes everywhere in her walker and is now crawling for the past week. And boy ever since she found out how to move with being on her knees... nothing stops her! And if you have food on the ground and she sees it.. expect to have company. :) Love that girl.
Little man is just everywhere and going everything! If he sees you how to properly do something once, look out! so smart! He has been skiing (sadly for only one day) and loved it even with being really tired. I got pictures and video but with my in-laws camera. He is now rock climbing! Thank you Rob and Daddy.. it is really cute though. BUt we need to get him better shoes for it. And he can swim in the pool with his PFD on.. if he don't have that one, he sinks like a rock. He gets that honest from his dad's side. :)
We have a new addition to the family! Meet Ipod. He is so much fun! BUt it took about a week to get his name! He is a ball of energy.. which fits in with Cam. I have never heard a ferret sniff so much.. he doesn't really talk but sniffs! lol. He is not Burton, who we miss so much, but he is awesome. and talk about a chuck for a ferret! He is about 3 lbs 4 to 8 oz ( he won't hold still enough to weigh him.
Other than that. life is good. just busy with kids, espeically since one is getting mobile. :) but wouldn't trade it.. expect for some mornings to just have mommy time. but thank you chad for a couple of those mornings on his day off. I love that man so much. he is defintely one of my rocks.
Oh... and planning a road trip to ohio soon! either end of may or very early june :) hehehe.. so excited :)
Kids are doing really well! Little bit is now 8 months old and on the go! She goes everywhere in her walker and is now crawling for the past week. And boy ever since she found out how to move with being on her knees... nothing stops her! And if you have food on the ground and she sees it.. expect to have company. :) Love that girl.
Little man is just everywhere and going everything! If he sees you how to properly do something once, look out! so smart! He has been skiing (sadly for only one day) and loved it even with being really tired. I got pictures and video but with my in-laws camera. He is now rock climbing! Thank you Rob and Daddy.. it is really cute though. BUt we need to get him better shoes for it. And he can swim in the pool with his PFD on.. if he don't have that one, he sinks like a rock. He gets that honest from his dad's side. :)
We have a new addition to the family! Meet Ipod. He is so much fun! BUt it took about a week to get his name! He is a ball of energy.. which fits in with Cam. I have never heard a ferret sniff so much.. he doesn't really talk but sniffs! lol. He is not Burton, who we miss so much, but he is awesome. and talk about a chuck for a ferret! He is about 3 lbs 4 to 8 oz ( he won't hold still enough to weigh him.
Other than that. life is good. just busy with kids, espeically since one is getting mobile. :) but wouldn't trade it.. expect for some mornings to just have mommy time. but thank you chad for a couple of those mornings on his day off. I love that man so much. he is defintely one of my rocks.
Oh... and planning a road trip to ohio soon! either end of may or very early june :) hehehe.. so excited :)
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Two Years and Four Christmas
Happy late two years to my crazy, lovable, energetic little man! I can't believe he is two already...boy has he grown. Since we were traveling back on his birthday from our Ohio trip, he celebrated the next night. We simply had a family dinner, sang happy birthday, had a Thomas the Train birthday cake, and opened presents. I wish I could post some of the destorying of his piece of cake, but for some silly reason I can't post the pictures. I'll try later to upload some!
Christmas was alittle crazy this year...mostly due to FOUR families living in the same house. When you have 12 people... getting gifts for everyone.. our tree was invaded by presents even before Santa came to visit! We broke normal tradition this year because Chad had to work both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. So instead of opening everything in the morning, we only did stockings. I have to say the kids did really well with not opening gifts until 730 pm. After Chad got home and ate, it was total chaos of gift opening! Cam had fun and Abby got overwhelmed too close to bedtime. So I had to stop opening gifts to go put her to bed for the rest of gift opening. Then finally got Cam to bed and re put Abby in bed. It was fun but so overwhelming! Here is hoping this coming Christmas isn't as crazy!
Christmas was alittle crazy this year...mostly due to FOUR families living in the same house. When you have 12 people... getting gifts for everyone.. our tree was invaded by presents even before Santa came to visit! We broke normal tradition this year because Chad had to work both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. So instead of opening everything in the morning, we only did stockings. I have to say the kids did really well with not opening gifts until 730 pm. After Chad got home and ate, it was total chaos of gift opening! Cam had fun and Abby got overwhelmed too close to bedtime. So I had to stop opening gifts to go put her to bed for the rest of gift opening. Then finally got Cam to bed and re put Abby in bed. It was fun but so overwhelming! Here is hoping this coming Christmas isn't as crazy!
Friday, December 21, 2012
Merry Christmas from Colorado 2012
Merry Christmas, dear family and friends! I hope the year 2012 brought happy moments of love and peace. Life sure has been busy for our little family in Colorado! One of the best trips that we had as a family was to go to Ohio to visit family and friends for 17 days! It was amazing to get to see everyone. It made us realize how much we miss Ohio due to our family members and friends who are still there. As many people knew that Chad and I moved in with his parents to come to the mountains, the end of the year saw 12 people and 17 animals living in the house. Who would have guessed that? Chad's sister's family and animals, and brother's family and animals joined to form the Cripple Creek Corder Circus! While there have been trials, tests and sadness, there have been many blessings from this year.
Chad is still a miner for the local gold mine. He drives his haul truck for his 12 hour shifts faithfully. He also has recently started voluntering with the boy scouts at church, which he really seems to enjoy (besides earning vacation time from work). He is teaching snowboarding part time (14 days) at Breckenridge again. This year he was able to get a new snow board and snow jacket which made him so happy! One of his happiest moments of being a dad includes catching his baby girl when she was born. He has a new church calling, which he loves and keeps him busy at times, which is opening us as a family to wonderful blessing from the Lord.
Diana is now a mother of two wonderful and busy children! Besides keeping care of them and chasing one around the house, she is not up to too much. Mostly hanging around the house to save gas money. This summer she was called to work with the young women at church as the girl's camp director. She LOVES working with the young women as it brought back many happy memories. She had lots of help from great sisters from church: camp wouldn't have been as big as a success without them. Hopefully next year, she will be able to go to camp with the young women as this year's camp was a little too close to a due date with baby two.
Cameron is now two years old and acting just like one! He loves to climb over anything and everything. He can now twist bottle tops off, use any smart phone or tablet, help daddy and grandpa corder with getting firewood spilt and stacked, loves to read books and play with his toys. Needless to say, he is one busy little boy! Still not saying too much, but boy does he understand everything you say!
Abbygayle is the newest addition to the family with being born in August. She wasn't daddy's birthday present until two days later! She was small but she has put on the weight! At four months, she now LOVES to sit up straight to see everything and everybody! And does she love to talk to get her two cents in and make sure you are paying attention. Girls are definetly different than boys. But she is a joy to everyone in the family. Plus she has acquired so many nicknames, here is hoping she won't be confused when she is bigger ;) What a joy to have Abby here with us!
The cats (Sam, Gladiator, and Jean Grey) are all doing well. Sam had a hematoma on one of his ears two weeks before Abby's birth. He now has scar tissue on that ear which makes him look like a mean old alley cat; but we all know better. Sadly, we lost one of our precious ferrets. Burton is now in heaven with Terje playing around and stealing whatever she can. Needless to say that we greatly miss our precious white ferret who brought so many happy moments to us. She is always thought about. Lago is doing well without her sister and cagemate. I am really glad that she has three other cagemates to keep her company. So our animal numbers are down to four and will probably stay that way for a while.
There have been many lessons that our family have experienced and learned this year with different opportunities the Lord has given us. But there have been many blessings that have come to us as well. The joy of our little family growing, the love and joy of animals that bring to us even when they are not with us anymore, the love of family and great friends who we miss a lot and the joy of making new friendships, and how much we love our Savior, Jesus Christ, who has done so much for us. We are so grateful for the blessings and trials that bring us closer to him and Heaven Father. We know we are never alone, that the Lord will never give us more than we can handle as individuals and as a family. Going to the House of the Lord, the temple, has been a gerat blessing to us this year as we made it a goal to go once a month. How joyful it is to know that we are an eternal family and will be together once more. We pray that each of you know how important you are to us, and if you do not, here is a reminder! We love you all and wish you a very merry christmas from cripple creek!
Chad is still a miner for the local gold mine. He drives his haul truck for his 12 hour shifts faithfully. He also has recently started voluntering with the boy scouts at church, which he really seems to enjoy (besides earning vacation time from work). He is teaching snowboarding part time (14 days) at Breckenridge again. This year he was able to get a new snow board and snow jacket which made him so happy! One of his happiest moments of being a dad includes catching his baby girl when she was born. He has a new church calling, which he loves and keeps him busy at times, which is opening us as a family to wonderful blessing from the Lord.
Diana is now a mother of two wonderful and busy children! Besides keeping care of them and chasing one around the house, she is not up to too much. Mostly hanging around the house to save gas money. This summer she was called to work with the young women at church as the girl's camp director. She LOVES working with the young women as it brought back many happy memories. She had lots of help from great sisters from church: camp wouldn't have been as big as a success without them. Hopefully next year, she will be able to go to camp with the young women as this year's camp was a little too close to a due date with baby two.
Cameron is now two years old and acting just like one! He loves to climb over anything and everything. He can now twist bottle tops off, use any smart phone or tablet, help daddy and grandpa corder with getting firewood spilt and stacked, loves to read books and play with his toys. Needless to say, he is one busy little boy! Still not saying too much, but boy does he understand everything you say!
Abbygayle is the newest addition to the family with being born in August. She wasn't daddy's birthday present until two days later! She was small but she has put on the weight! At four months, she now LOVES to sit up straight to see everything and everybody! And does she love to talk to get her two cents in and make sure you are paying attention. Girls are definetly different than boys. But she is a joy to everyone in the family. Plus she has acquired so many nicknames, here is hoping she won't be confused when she is bigger ;) What a joy to have Abby here with us!
The cats (Sam, Gladiator, and Jean Grey) are all doing well. Sam had a hematoma on one of his ears two weeks before Abby's birth. He now has scar tissue on that ear which makes him look like a mean old alley cat; but we all know better. Sadly, we lost one of our precious ferrets. Burton is now in heaven with Terje playing around and stealing whatever she can. Needless to say that we greatly miss our precious white ferret who brought so many happy moments to us. She is always thought about. Lago is doing well without her sister and cagemate. I am really glad that she has three other cagemates to keep her company. So our animal numbers are down to four and will probably stay that way for a while.
There have been many lessons that our family have experienced and learned this year with different opportunities the Lord has given us. But there have been many blessings that have come to us as well. The joy of our little family growing, the love and joy of animals that bring to us even when they are not with us anymore, the love of family and great friends who we miss a lot and the joy of making new friendships, and how much we love our Savior, Jesus Christ, who has done so much for us. We are so grateful for the blessings and trials that bring us closer to him and Heaven Father. We know we are never alone, that the Lord will never give us more than we can handle as individuals and as a family. Going to the House of the Lord, the temple, has been a gerat blessing to us this year as we made it a goal to go once a month. How joyful it is to know that we are an eternal family and will be together once more. We pray that each of you know how important you are to us, and if you do not, here is a reminder! We love you all and wish you a very merry christmas from cripple creek!
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Two kids.. am I crazy yet?
Life is really busy with two kids! How do people do it with having more?! I can so understand Jeff Foxworthy's comment about his in-laws being crazy "I understand why my in-laws are nuts because they looked at each other and said why don't we have kids?" lol. but honestly... i love having Abby and Cam. They make my days full and crazy but wouldn't change it. Abby is such a good baby like her big brother was as a newborn. She is so strong too! it amazes me how much she can already hold her head up and steady it, even for a short time. At her first check up, she weighed in at 7.10 lbs and 21 inches long. holy cow!! talk about growing like crazy!! she beat her brother in height but not weight. It's awesome to look back and see pictures from the hospital and then now. :) so cool.
Other than getting use to having two kids and more stuff (which i have never liked big purses!), we are all doing well. getting sick or being sick. I wish this cough will go away, and thank goodness it is starting too. And I can't wait till our family trip to Ohio in December! 17 days of nothing but family and friends and a similar schedule with Chad! Yay for having Daddy for those days with no work. lol. Super excited.
three days old
a month and three days old
abby showing off her blessing dress at a fashion show for chad's mom's shop :)
Other than getting use to having two kids and more stuff (which i have never liked big purses!), we are all doing well. getting sick or being sick. I wish this cough will go away, and thank goodness it is starting too. And I can't wait till our family trip to Ohio in December! 17 days of nothing but family and friends and a similar schedule with Chad! Yay for having Daddy for those days with no work. lol. Super excited.
three days old
a month and three days old
abby showing off her blessing dress at a fashion show for chad's mom's shop :)Thursday, August 30, 2012
Little bit makes her apperance
I tell you what... it is really nice to fianlly have my baby girl in my arms and half of my body back! :) Little bit, aka Abbygayle Molly, made her apperance on August 21. Chad was hoping that he would be able to hold his little girl as his birthday present which was on the 19th. ( he got the Hunger Games as his present like a week later). But here is her tale of her entrance into this world:
As stated in previous post about being induced/membranes stripped, we made arrangements to have our little guy stay with a good friend from church to play with her two girls for the day then Grandpa would pick him up and come down to the springs. So we get to my doctor's appointment just barely in time and finally see her around 2 (forty minutes after my scheduled time). She tells us that she is only on call until five o'clock and if I was far dialted that she would just have me come back down the next morning instead. Well... my body was five cm dilated and baby was VERY low! And my contractions were not very consistent, at least whenever I tried to time them during the day and were not very painful (it is really hard to time them with chasing after Cam). My doctor decided that it would be best to go ahead and strip my membranes, which felt like majoring cramping and uncomfortable but wasn't too painful. Well.. she broke my water doing this, which she didn't mean to do! :) So that means that baby girl was planning on coming very soon, like maybe that weekend. As we head over to the hospital, I am eating my Which Wich sandwhich because we didnt' have lunch yet. And i just knew that as soon as I check myself in that I would not be allowed to have food! And it was a GREAT sub! As we drive the few blocks to the hospital, my contractions are getting stronger and closer together. Chad laughs while he drives as I'm eating my food and complaining of "there's another contraction". So we get checked into a room (which is really odd to walk to the room where I'm going to deliever compared to Cam's birth experience) and get placed in the bed. And sadly, I had to have an IV put in me. Which I have to say, I HATE needles! (yes I still have a bruise from having my blood drawn from the hospital over a week ago!) I really complained about having it put in compared to all the contractions I was feeling. A big baby when it comes to needles! Anyways, while we waited and waited, we wrote down six ways to spell Abby and get most family guesses on weight, height, hair and eye color, and time for baby girl. :) My doctor came over to the hosptial after 5 and waited. I was sitting at 9 cm for a while so they gave me just a little pitocin (spelling?) to move those things along since walking, birthing ball, and pushing wasn't getting me to a ten quick enough (and this is around 6:30 or so). Wow, my contractions got harder and way closer together. And yes, I did elect to go all natural again (which I somewhat regretted when I remembered the pain of pushing at the very end! lol). At 7:19 pm, Abbygayle Molly came into the world with Daddy catching her :) When she got placed onto my chest, I said "hi Abby" and saw how we should spell her name out of the two ways we liked best. She weighed 5 lbs 11 oz (which is just a pound difference between her and big brother) and 17 3/4 inches long. She is a tiny thing but she is two weeks early! But she is beautiful! Chad is the best dad and husband ever! He teared up just like when Cam was born. Well.. so I tore a small amount which had to get stiches, but I recovered so quickly with this birth compared to Cam's. I even put my own PJs on at the hosptial, which was great! I have to say that pushing hurts like no other but the recovery time (at least for me) was great. Cam and Grandpa came to the hosptial to see Abby and take pictures. It was great! I just wish my mom could have been here for her birth. This is the second grandchild she missed out on. At least with Cam, she barely missed it, but we were not sure for Abby. So we just figured it would be best if she just out from the 30th to the 4th to be here mainly for the blessing. :) So that is basically her entrance into this world.. and yes, I know I am a little crazy for electing to go all natural again. But here are some pictures from that day/night. And Cam LOVES his little sister. He gives her kisses, wants to hold her, and everything, but he also tries to sit in the baby swing when she is sleeping in it or folds it over. Oh well.. he does well for being just 20 months old. lol
happy birthday daddy!
last sunday with belly
last belly shot!
mom, dad, abby
grandma with abby
he loves his little girl
big brother meets little sister
grandpa holding abby
first bath
awake and alert
cam going to give sister a kiss
hiding in the room
how small she is in her carseat to go home
hanging out on the blanket
As stated in previous post about being induced/membranes stripped, we made arrangements to have our little guy stay with a good friend from church to play with her two girls for the day then Grandpa would pick him up and come down to the springs. So we get to my doctor's appointment just barely in time and finally see her around 2 (forty minutes after my scheduled time). She tells us that she is only on call until five o'clock and if I was far dialted that she would just have me come back down the next morning instead. Well... my body was five cm dilated and baby was VERY low! And my contractions were not very consistent, at least whenever I tried to time them during the day and were not very painful (it is really hard to time them with chasing after Cam). My doctor decided that it would be best to go ahead and strip my membranes, which felt like majoring cramping and uncomfortable but wasn't too painful. Well.. she broke my water doing this, which she didn't mean to do! :) So that means that baby girl was planning on coming very soon, like maybe that weekend. As we head over to the hospital, I am eating my Which Wich sandwhich because we didnt' have lunch yet. And i just knew that as soon as I check myself in that I would not be allowed to have food! And it was a GREAT sub! As we drive the few blocks to the hospital, my contractions are getting stronger and closer together. Chad laughs while he drives as I'm eating my food and complaining of "there's another contraction". So we get checked into a room (which is really odd to walk to the room where I'm going to deliever compared to Cam's birth experience) and get placed in the bed. And sadly, I had to have an IV put in me. Which I have to say, I HATE needles! (yes I still have a bruise from having my blood drawn from the hospital over a week ago!) I really complained about having it put in compared to all the contractions I was feeling. A big baby when it comes to needles! Anyways, while we waited and waited, we wrote down six ways to spell Abby and get most family guesses on weight, height, hair and eye color, and time for baby girl. :) My doctor came over to the hosptial after 5 and waited. I was sitting at 9 cm for a while so they gave me just a little pitocin (spelling?) to move those things along since walking, birthing ball, and pushing wasn't getting me to a ten quick enough (and this is around 6:30 or so). Wow, my contractions got harder and way closer together. And yes, I did elect to go all natural again (which I somewhat regretted when I remembered the pain of pushing at the very end! lol). At 7:19 pm, Abbygayle Molly came into the world with Daddy catching her :) When she got placed onto my chest, I said "hi Abby" and saw how we should spell her name out of the two ways we liked best. She weighed 5 lbs 11 oz (which is just a pound difference between her and big brother) and 17 3/4 inches long. She is a tiny thing but she is two weeks early! But she is beautiful! Chad is the best dad and husband ever! He teared up just like when Cam was born. Well.. so I tore a small amount which had to get stiches, but I recovered so quickly with this birth compared to Cam's. I even put my own PJs on at the hosptial, which was great! I have to say that pushing hurts like no other but the recovery time (at least for me) was great. Cam and Grandpa came to the hosptial to see Abby and take pictures. It was great! I just wish my mom could have been here for her birth. This is the second grandchild she missed out on. At least with Cam, she barely missed it, but we were not sure for Abby. So we just figured it would be best if she just out from the 30th to the 4th to be here mainly for the blessing. :) So that is basically her entrance into this world.. and yes, I know I am a little crazy for electing to go all natural again. But here are some pictures from that day/night. And Cam LOVES his little sister. He gives her kisses, wants to hold her, and everything, but he also tries to sit in the baby swing when she is sleeping in it or folds it over. Oh well.. he does well for being just 20 months old. lol
happy birthday daddy!
last sunday with belly
last belly shot!
mom, dad, abby
grandma with abby
he loves his little girl
big brother meets little sister
grandpa holding abby
first bath
awake and alert
cam going to give sister a kiss
hiding in the room
how small she is in her carseat to go home
hanging out on the blanketOhio Visit Pictures... Finally!
Finally here are the pictures from one of my best friend's wedding! Sorry that took so long to finally post!
us in pink!
Cam playing at a little park while we visited with great-grandma corder
Playing grandma canter's piano!
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| the bride and her dad! |
us in pink!
Cam playing at a little park while we visited with great-grandma corder
Playing grandma canter's piano!
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