Big and Little Lowrys

Come On Over!

2011-04-10T22:42:00.000-07:00

We are all still alive, I have been doing updates over at my other blog. So if anyone still checks up on us over here, come on over and see all the latest news for the Lowry fam!

What are you waiting for? click here to hop over!

Halloween & Babies Blessings

2010-11-09T21:55:00.000-08:00

Things have been crazy!.... but fun! The babies are doing good and we all had a fun Halloween despite the rain. The Boys were able to go out and still get way to much candy, while me and the babies stayed home and handed out "scarrots" (bags of baby carrots!) Milo was so embarrassed he said he didn't want to be here when kids came so they didn't see that we were handing out carrots instead of candy! it was pretty funny to see every ones reaction when they realized it was carrots, some kids wouldn't even take them! it was a "trick" and a "treat"!

We also Blessed the babies this week, they were really great blessings and we had a little family get-together after, which was lots of fun and chaos! My friend Nicole made Lola's blessing dress, it is SO cute! I almost didn't get any pictures of them in their clothes, because they got so cranky after everyone left that I just wanted to put them to bed! but we managed to get a few..

And just for fun.........

"Hair-laroius"

just a few...

2010-10-18T13:46:00.000-07:00

I just HAD to post a few pictures from the babies first photo shoot. I am still working on getting their announcment mailed out! so if you want one leave me your address and I will send one to you! but for now... enjoy!

Random pictures

2010-09-20T20:23:00.000-07:00

I dont really have much time to do a big update (big suprise right?) so I thought I would just post some random pictures for fun!

Lola and a little smile...

Oscar and his super excited look!

Milo and Auggie.... ya.

Oscar and Lola LOVE loungin in the Boppys!

Home!!!

2010-09-04T20:37:00.001-07:00

I cant believe it! after 36 long days in the NICU we were able to bring home our babies! it was just like everyone told me, "once they get "it" you will be out so quick" and that's just how it was, the Dr. changed their feeds to "on demand" which is pretty much what you would do at home right? and after a whole day and night of that he said "come and get them, their ready!" and here we are home at last with our beautiful babies which are just heavenly and are already on the most perfect schedule!

Twins 1 month old! First day of school!

2010-08-30T21:08:00.001-07:00

Oscar and Lola turned 1 month old today!! they are still in the NICU :( but continuing to improve....slowly. Oscar now weighs 5lbs 14oz and Lola weighs 5lbs 12 oz, they are getting so big! They are still just struggling to eat, without getting distracted or falling asleep.

Till then, we will just celebrate the month we have had with these sweet babies and treasure all the fun times which we will have in the near future when we get to bring them home!

I made them these little onesies to celebrate their first month... of course Lola peed on hers before the day was even half over!

Lola and her googly eyes.

Oscar without his tube!!! (because he ripped it out! and then ripped Lolas out too! they finally had to put socks on his hands and then he learned how to get the socks off so they finally taped them on!)

Milos first day of school (3rd grade) he refused to wear any of the new clothes I got him? Russ and I have decided... 8 year olds are weird.

Auggie outside of his preschool class! he was so excited!

And of course.... the classic auggie picture. ok, 2 year olds are weird too.

3 weeks old... still in the NICU

2010-08-22T20:00:00.000-07:00

Poor little Lola and Oscar, Still not home! I really am ready for them to be here in our home. we had a little step backward this week, which made us have to pretty much start all over with feedings again! they both had a little problem with their stomachs, so we needed to stop all feedings and hook them back up to IVs to let their stomachs rest and recover for a while. it was so sad because we have been trying to train them to eat, and then we just stop, they were a little used to getting fed and having full belly's, that you could tell they were hungry! it was so heartbreaking to watch! after a bunch of tests and x-rays the doctors feel that it is ok to start them slowly back on to tube feedings again, but we have to slowly do this, so it does not irritate their stomachs anymore. So.... little step back, hopefully it wont take us long to get back to where we were!? man we love these little kiddos!

Almost 2 weeks old!

2010-08-12T20:28:00.000-07:00

I Cant believe that these little babies will be 2 weeks old tomorrow! they have changed so much! they are slowly but surely improving. They are still in the NICU, but are generally really healthy! they aren't on any oxygen, but they just need to learn to eat without the feeding tube. they need to be able to eat all their feeds through a bottle... and right now, they don't even do half a feed through their twice a day feedings! so we are working on it. everyday they seem to do a little better. so hopefully in a few more weeks we can have them come home!

Welcome Babies!

2010-07-31T11:19:00.000-07:00

Introducing...

Oscar Luis Lowry

4 lbs. 7oz. 16.5 inches

Lola Teresa Lowry

4 lbs. 12oz. 16.5 inches

Healthy, happy and oh so cute!

more news and details to come!

has it been that long?!

2010-07-25T21:58:00.000-07:00

Whew! I have been slacking on this blog! since there is no way I can blog everything that has happened from now since last time i blogged, I will just give a quick update...

baby news... Still cooking! I am at 34 weeks! I cant believe I have made it this far! I seriously feel like my body is falling apart! my back and my hips kill! but hey, it will all be worth it....right? I am feeling pretty prepared? We have our two cribs, two bassinets, two swings, two car seats, two rocking chairs..... you get the idea..TWO! still seems pretty unreal that we are close to having TWO babies that are going to throw us for one crazy ride!

( me, Milo and Lexi at Nana and Papas for a little firework fun! I know, I know I look like i have one of those huge exercise balls under my shirt!)

Milo, is turning 8 tomorrow! I cant even believe it! he is SO excited to get baptised this Saturday! (hopefully the babies will cooperate till then!) he is having a day of fun tomorrow, I will have to post pictures after! AND he decided he wanted to cut his hair! he looks so grown up!

Auggie... where do i begin!? he is definitely in the terrible 2 stage of life! and i can only imagine it might get a little worse when the babies come? but we love him to death anyway! even though he spends the majority of his day in timeout for hitting, pinching or yelling. its all just a phase.....right?...please?

(Milo, Russ and Auggie wearing there Argentine Jerseys that my mom brought back from Argentina.... cute boys!)

Russ, has been an allstar husband taking care of me, the boys, the house and work! while I have been on bed rest. I really am so lucky!

well I will hopefully be blogging more soon!

JUST KIDDING!

2010-04-07T20:43:00.001-07:00

NOT two boys! but, ONE BOY & ONE GIRL!!!!!!!

I cant even believe it! we are so excited for another handsome boy, and a long awaited little girl! WOW!

2 + 2 = 4

2010-03-17T22:03:00.000-07:00

Yes, those are blue storks and you know what blue storks carry right?.... BOYS! we are adding two more boys to the bunch! We are so excited! 4 boys! I hadn't quite imagined having 4 boys, but the more I think about it the more excited I get! I think it will be good because Auggie is really going to toughen those boys right up! Wish us luck!

Potty Time

2010-02-19T20:57:00.001-08:00

Here's the situation...

I DO NOT WANT 3 KIDS IN DIAPERS!

Here's the dilemma... I tried one day of "big boy" underware with Auggie and he only went in the potty ONCE and peed his pants all day long! What do I do!? I need some serious help in the potty training department! I feel like I don't remember this at all with milo? I was thinking of trying some instructional DVD's that would get him "pumped" to go pee-pee in the potty! but I have no idea where to begin?

So if any one is reading this... and you have any helpful ideas, please let me know! I'm desperate! I have about 5 months to get him OUT of diapers! HELP!

TWO!!!!!

2010-01-15T13:22:00.000-08:00

I am speechless. There are no real words to express the excitement we have over this miracle! if you want the whole story go here But the short version...

Two Babies, Two Heartbeats, Two Happy Parents, Two Excited Brothers.

whats new?

2009-12-17T17:17:00.001-08:00

All of our time, energy and money has pretty much been focused on this

(oh ya, and finals too!)

MiLo'S 7th BiRtHDaY!

2009-07-31T22:14:00.000-07:00

Look at this sweet little baby! I cant believe he is 7 now! time has gone by so fast! we used to call this his "Tommy boy" face. He would smile really big and pull his chin back, and get all... chubby! and he had some CRAZY hair! he still is just as sweet as he was when he was a baby.

we started the day off right with Milo's favorite Birthday breakfast! which consisted of hash browns sausage and bacon and dutch babies (aka Swedish pancakes in mini muffin tins) mmmmm mmmmm!

This year all Milo wanted for his birthday was his room to be redone, so we gave him a little older room by painting it and adding a few new things and cool posters to it. He was really specific on the colors we could use and he really wanted under his loft bed to be an art studio! he was thinking that when kids came over they could purchase his art work, and that way he can earn money! what a great idea! LOVE IT!

The next day he had a luau/pool party with some Friends and family. It was tons of fun and as usual way to much food! but it was a great wrap up of Milo's Big Birthday Weekend! WE LOVE YOU MILO! HaPpy BiRThDaY!!!

I just had to throw in this picture of Auggie relaxing in Milo's new chair! he is so jealous of his big
brothers new room!

Summertime...

2009-07-02T21:08:00.000-07:00

Bike Rides! we LOVE going on bike rides right now! Auggie likes to grab the back of my hair and pull on it, OUCH! Milo is such a good little rider, he loves to try and do jumps off the curb.

First Zucchini of the season! We have a garden at Nana and Papas house. It is amazing to see everything grow so fast!

Auggie's shoe fascination... Aug is obsessed with putting every ones shoes on, but I think these ones are my favorite! heels really do help the legs look more slender!

This is what you get when you you leave two bored boys with a roll of tape!

... And of course Aug had to see what all the fun was about!

Shirt off, outside, getting messy.... pretty much sums up our summer so far!

2nd Annual Shabby Chic Boutique

2009-06-17T22:32:00.000-07:00

we are doing a Boutique this next week at the PG Villas Clubhouse

You must come to see all the cute thing we will have...

Baby Bling Bows, Super cute Little girl dresses made by the talented Nicole Miller, Glitter Toes, Vintage Earings, So Watch Yourself Watches, Freeze Dry Food Storage, Tasty Treats, Designer Hats, Jewlery and much more!!!

You have to come to see all this Amazing Stuff! Hope to see you there!

Video for Cyndi made by Rusty

2009-06-13T23:46:00.000-07:00

Family Pictures!!

2009-05-28T21:11:00.000-07:00

We finally got our much needed family pictures taken, by the oh so talented Tif!

She did such a fabulous job! there are so many cute ones to chose from, that I just posted A ton! thanks Tif!

Russ' Birthday Celebration Week!

2008-12-23T08:37:00.000-08:00

Rusty turned the big 32 this week! he has one of those dreaded December Birthdays where he always gets the good ol' "this is for your birthday AND Christmas" gift. So we had a full week of celebrating for him so he would feel special.

We started out with a party at our house with my side of the Family, where Russ served up some of his famous favorite desert, Chocolate Waffles! mmmmm!

I can never get him to be serious...

Next we had a little Friend get together at Russ' restaurant of choice, which of course was Chili's (he cant pass up on a good burger)

"the gang"

James and Anne

What would a party be without Matt and Alissa?

John And Dia...

Darrin and Darcie and there newest addition (#5!)

Last but not least... Andy (minus his better half, We missed you Whit!)

once again.... not a serious face.

And to top it all off, we wrapped up the week with a party at the Lowry House which is always filled with good food and Fun!

Finally a "normal" face!

Happy Birthday Rusty! We Love You!

I just had to put this picture in because of Auggies poor face! he is walking/falling so much he looks like he's been beat up! poor guy!

Where do I begin?.....

2008-12-10T20:53:00.000-08:00

I have been a major blog slacker! (sorry summer) Life has just been going by so fast, i feel like I haven't had a second to catch-up, so here it is... this is a jumbled mess of what we have been up to for the last few weeks.

First, The annual Gingerbread House

Every year Russ' mom does this amazing gingerbread house, and let's all the kids decorate it. usually all the kids have been to young so it ends up being an adult activity. But this year the kids were a perfect age to help out, and ended up doing most of it themselves! it turned out a huge success as always!

Uncle Jeffy carefully placing the chocolate chimney bricks...

Me, in charge of the frosting bag! whoo hoo!

Rusty and Paul doing the daddy day care for the little guys.

All the proud kids and the finished product.

Next, Milo has been loosing teeth!

this is a picture of him right after he lost one of his big front teeth...

And this is a picture of him after he lost his OTHER front tooth! I cant help but chuckle when i look at his silly little smile! now he can really sing "All I want for Christmas, is my two front teeth!"

Temple Square.

We Decided to go see the lights at Temple Square while the weather was still a little bit warm, Although Jeffy must have thought it was a little warmer than it really was, he was wearing SHORTS and FLIP FLOPS! everyone was looking at him like he was crazy!

And last but not least...

Auggie is Walking! He is walking everywhere, and into everything! he falls down a bit, but it doesn't phase him, he just gets back up and keeps going! he really is getting to be alot of fun, but he really knows how to razz up Milo. Poor Milo, went from being a calm and quiet only child to a big bully for a little brother!

Trouble!

I took Aug on the carousel at the mall, they only let us ride on the handicap seat because they said he was to small for the horses? He still had fun.

Halloween 2008

2008-11-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

WHAT TIME IS IT?!...

Is that Troy Bolton?

So Milo decided that this year he wanted to be (after seeing HSM3) Troy Bolton For Halloween. which was fine with me, because it was a super easy costume to put together!

Our only problem is getting the Paint color put of his hair now!...any suggestions?

Auggie was a cute little froggy this year so actually he was a "FR-AUGGIE" :)

"We're all in this together..." (sing along if you would like...)

The perfect couple... Darth and Pochahontas.

Auggie was loving Russ in this mask!

can you even belive how WARM it was this year!? I was able to wear flip flops, and short sleeves all night!

Getting ready to go Trick-or-treating!

Happy Froggy!

This was also this year at our Neighborhood halloween party, Does'nt Auggie make the cutest little girl?!

The Auggster... 9 months old!

2008-10-13T11:28:00.000-07:00

Auggie had a little professional photo shoot, taken by the Amazing Tiff! she just captured his little personality so perfectly! theese are only a few of the MANY amazing moments she captured. he was such a little poser, I love this kid...

classic Auggie

(drooling with his tounge out)

Big boy!

He looks like such a little grandpa, wih his little "Mr. Rogers" sweater on.

I just love that little face...

trying to take his hat off...

I need to get some video on here of Auggie walking! he is able to take a few steps, and is climbing everything! (like the stairs!) here we go....

Dead Deers

2008-10-02T22:18:00.000-07:00

***Warning***

if you get woosey at the sight of dead animals, or have a soft heart for the movie Bambi, then you may not want to proceed to look at these photos.

Well last week was the annual Deer Killing fest. so this is a special post for just for Russ, however, Russ dosent like to support my blogging addcition, so these photos will be narrated by...ME!

Everyone is so happy to have dead deer laying on the front lawn! nothing calls for a family photo opp like dead rotting animals.

I think Russ is trying to rip the antlers (is that what they are called?) off it's head?

Horray! we killed Bambi.

as you can tell it was a succesful hunt this year. And I am pretty sure they are allready planning next years! oh geeez!

two peas in a pod...

2008-09-21T14:28:00.001-07:00

If you cant tell, things have been a little "lonely" around here, with Milo being gone to school all day, Auggie gets so bored hanging around with me all day! So we introduced him to a little friend we call "Gus" (that's Auggies evil fat twin, that comes out when he is mad) and by the looks of theses pictures he REALLY likes him. I just thought these were so cute, he has so much fun "playing" (with himself) in the mirror...

Also fascinated by the vanity lights...

Cracking himself up....

having a serious conversation with "Gus"!

* also a little mental note for myself... Auggie has his two little top teeth poking through now! ouch!

The Women

2008-09-19T15:10:00.000-07:00

So, A bunch of us "women" decided to go see a late night showing of the new movie "the women" to our surprise, when we got there and the movie was starting, there was not another soul in there! i thought this was pretty funny, and happened to have my camera with me, so i decided to go prop it on the row in front of us, so we could get a shot of the PACKED theater! after setting the 10 second timer, I rushed back to my seat, and got totally HIGH CENTERED! my foot got stuck in the crack and I couldnt make it over in time, meanwhile no one offred to lend a helping hand, and Summer sure looks like she is having a great time watching me struggle! so this is the explanation for the butt shot.

{ Anne, Sarah, Nicole, Me, Summer }

and this was the second time around...Finally! made it!

As far as the Movie goes... it was a total "Chick-flick" but what do you expect with a title like "the women" I found it very entertaining, and would possibly even go see it again! so... call me!

Dove Huntin'

2008-09-13T10:21:00.000-07:00

This was Milos First year he was able to go Dove Hunting with the boys. He was so excited because he got his own BB gun last year and has been dying to KILL something with it! eww gross! he was very proud of the Bird that he shot.

This picture just makes me giggle... Ok, I love how everyone is holding their bird, lets start from left to right. Mike is just holding it as if it were a toy or something he carries around often, he even has a drink in the other hand like its no big deal that their is a DEAD BIRD in his hands! Next, we have Megan only one of two girls in the whole Lowry grand kids (Lexi was inside doing something, that is why she is not in the pic.) But, Megan holding true to "girl" form is all decked out in Camo with pink accents and holding the bird as if it were a stinky sock or something? Then is my all time FAVORITE! little Jonah is actually putting that bird on his FACE!! disgusting!!!! he doesn't seem to mind at all that he is smelling a dead bird right up in his face! oh it just gives me the hee bee gee bees! And of course we have Milo striking a pose while holding a dead animal. i think i saw that in Vogue once? all in all it was a successfully nasty hunting trip. I'm sure their will be MANY more to come! o-yeah.

10 Years!! (is that all?)

2008-09-07T21:09:00.000-07:00

Russ and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this last weekend! we look like 12 year olds in this picture! (well we almost were!) The time has just flown by, and I still feel like we are 19 year olds just playing house. For our little 10 year celebration, we ventured up to Park City and stayed at the Hotel Park City. We enjoyed a romatical dinner at Ruths Chris, which was delicious. And then to make it EXTRA romantic we went and saw a movie... no, not a romatic-comedy or a juicy love story.... we saw The Dark Night! not exactly the most anniversary-esk flick. But I did enjoy it, in a weird dark way? and what would the night be without some crazy random pictures...

I look a little "woosey" here. A little privacy please...

Russ enjoying a nice cup-o-tea. Mmmmm...

Me just lounge-n out in our sweet pad...

After all theese years and we are still "really, really goood loooking"

Fun at the Lake...

2008-09-02T14:30:00.000-07:00

We are so excited that Paul and Kristi moved back to Utah! Milo has so much fun playing with Mikey and Lexie. Last Saturday we all decided to go for a little boat ride on Utah Lake.

Milo and Lexie took a little run out on the tube, but couldn't quite convince Michael to get on!

Whoo Hoooo Kristi! Milo was giving the thumbs up sign to go FASTER!

Rusty even took Auggie into the nasty water for a little swim, he loved it anyway.

So... I got talked into taking a little ride on the tube. I don't really like "watersports" but I decided to be a good sport and give it try. My only stipulation was, " I don't want to get my hair wet!" (lame I know.) SO lets just say no matter how hard my face was smashing into the tube, and my body flailing about, practically folding in half I DIDN'T LET GO! my arms were so shaky after and still to this day are sooo sore!

But despite that... we had a fun trip and even Auggie and Jackson were mellow and happy to be there the whole time.

Paul and Kristi's youngest, Jackson. AWW, cute...

CRAWLING!!!!

2008-08-27T14:25:00.000-07:00

Look out! Just 1 week shy 0f 8 months old, and the little rug rat finally figured it out. Time to start baby-proofing the house! not only does he crawl to each destination, manages to pick up any little piece of ANYTHING that he can find along the way, Like a little piece of carpet, or a tiny Lego. He also loves to pull himself up on things, like the really safe tiled fireplace. i have a feeling this kid is going to be a little more daring than Milo was. Just look at the size of him.... He's HUGE!

I took him in last week for his check-up (just a little late) and he weighs 19.5 pounds! that is more than Milo weighed at 9 months! but along with all that weight comes extra squishes from us, we just cant get enough of him!

Doobies, Nachos and a little Jack Johnson...

2008-08-19T15:13:00.000-07:00

Russ and I went with a few friends to the Jack Johnson concert last night. As excpected the music was amazing! But besides the great music, and good company of friends, we had a few extra "bonuses"...

First off, it was very crowded. We had alot of people cutting across our blankets and stepping all over our stuff. So for shear entertainment purposes only, we decided to put a plate of nachos in the grass in front of us so that someone would get a foot full of cheesy nachos when they got to close to us. Well we had a few good contenders at first, but the bright white plate was catching everyones attention. So Wally gave it a little "camoflage" and thats when the fun began. We had a few good laughs at all the highly intoxicated concert go-ers who stumbled thier way across our little trap.

Most of our giggles seemed to be in part to the cheesy nacho trap, but in fact, I belive that these two had something to do with our silly behavior...

I like to call them "the doobie brothers" they were standing in front of us the whole time, and they were passing back a "ciggarette" to each other that was relly fat and burned really bright! WEIRD? Needless to say, I think we all had a little secondhand inhalation going on, as you can tell by all the upcoming photos...

This is Russ and I before, anxiously and innocently awating a nice relaxing concert

And this is us toward the end of the evening...

Scary!

Jared, Darrin and Darcie, I think Jared had the munchies?

Anne and James... they definatly had the munchies, Anne downed a whole bag of Resees Whips!

And what would the night be without the rockin prayingmantis who came to enjoy a little JJ.

First Day First Grade

2008-08-18T22:44:00.000-07:00

So Milo satrted First Grade today! I cant beleive it! I think it was harder for me than it was for him! I was sick all day, thinking of him being gone all day, and having no control over what he came in contact with, what he ate, who he plays with etc... But He was super happy to go, and even more excited that he and Swayze had the same teacher AGAIN!

Since I was so worried that he wouldnt find his cousins to walk home with after school, I secretly went and spied on him to make sure that he found his way home after school! What A big boy!

Fun in The Tub!

2008-08-06T14:25:00.000-07:00

the other day while Milo and Auggie were in the tub, Milo would throw the towel on Auggies face and rip it off real fast, you would think that it would hurt but Auggie thought it was really funny!

And... these were just some cute pictures of Auggie in the morning, he is always so happy when he first wakes up! His little noggin looks like it is glowing, because of the window in the back! I love this little guy! he is growing up so fast, yet not fast enough... you know what I mean?

Milo's ROCKIN' 6th Birthday!

2008-07-29T16:02:00.000-07:00

Milo's Birthday was a blast this year! he chose to do a "rockstar" party theme. we took this picture for his invitations, I was trying to get him to be crazy and stick his tongue out and stuff but he just told me he wanted to look really "cool" so that's what we got.

We had all the kids decorate their own guitar and had a little air-guitar concert.

We also gave "tattoos" to all the kids and spray painted their hair to give them that rockstar look.

The Rockin Pinata (always a hit)

Joel giving his best rockstar jump!

Kaysha rockin out!

Milo and a little air-guitar!

Groupies.

Zane, i think he was jumping, but it looks like his feet are on the ground!

Milo's cousin Gage came and gave a personal concert for the kids while they ate their cake and ice cream. The kids loved it! they were all so intrigued by gages awesome guitar skills!

The Sweet guitar cake. Milo was very specific on how he wanted it to look, he had this vision in his head of this cake. don't look to close!

Mmmmm, blue frosting! all the kids had perma blue faces!

ROCK ON!!

A fun game of "pass the mic" I must be having a real fun time, my eyes are totally closed in the back ground!

Kaiya with the Sweetest costume!

Parker still rockin' out even with a broken leg!

And this is what he cake looked like before I decorated it! lets just say, you only need ONE cake mix. So after all was said and done, after I cleaned up the massive mess! and Milo came down from his sugar high, we had a pretty successful party. Milo is already planning for next year! Whew, Im glad thats over with!

24th of July

2008-07-29T15:52:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty kicked back 24th this year, we pretty much did the usual festivities, Food, Friends and FUN! here are a few pitures of our little neighborhood firework show, and it was nice to do it outside of our house so we could put Auggie to bed!

{ James the Firework guy }

{ Rusty's Famous Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies!}

{The Fam (minus Aug.)}

Life!...What A Mess!

2008-07-22T22:13:00.000-07:00

I'M BACK! So I am officially back on-line! I cant believe how disconnected I have felt. so the last few posts are just a jumble of what has been happening in the Lowry fam for the past month or so. It's kind of alot... so hang on!

Bear Lake Trip & The Accident...

2008-07-22T21:49:00.000-07:00

so we took our annual bear lake trip this year with some freinds from the neighborhood, we had a blast as always, except for one little mis-hap on the 4-wheelers...

Milo was riding his 4-wheeler and took it on a little jump that we had made, well whhile coming down once he hit his mouth on the handlebars! OUCH! we took him to the insta-care there and they said that it would not need stitches but it knocked his two front teeth really loose. Besides the gap in his front teeth now and his gums being a little tweeked, it is healing pretty well, we are excpecting his two front teeth to fall out soon, but they were due to Fall out soon anyway.

Despite the whole face drama, we managed to have a pretty good time...

Milo with a fish that his Uncle James caught with his Bare Hands!

Rusty enjoying some local treats! (OK, one of those is mine. Mmmm, superman Ice cream!)

Auggie enjoying his beach cabbana, while russ builds a sandcastle for him.

And Auggie.... happy for the moment.

The BIG 20!

2008-07-22T20:46:00.000-07:00

No, no, I didn't turn 20. (although I could totally pull it off! Ha. ha. ha. kidding.) I'm talking about our 20Th! MOVE! oops, we did it again. we decided that due to recent housing market turmoil and our financial situation (or lack there of...) it would be wise for us to downgrade a little and sell our money pit. It really hasn't been that bad of a transition, because we literally just moved a few streets away and Milo is able to stay in the same school, and all his Friends are still close. So all in all I think this is a wise move for us, even if it does make 20 moves in less than 10 years!

So this isn't the best picture, I ran out and took it, because I know I like to have a little visual to get the full picture. It really is the perfect house for us right now, we really have enjoyed the fun yard, and play-set for the kids.

Fathers Day & Small Fires...

2008-07-21T21:53:00.000-07:00

We had a great fathers day, Milo gave Russ a finger painting that was so cute, and we went to the cemetery to take flowers to Grandpa Goodall's grave, and then wrapped up the evening at a BBQ at Nana & Papas house.

This is a little Caterpillar that hitchhiked a ride on the flowers we brought to the cemetery. But it was major drama when it was time to leave and I told Milo that he couldn't bring it with us he had a huge meltdown! but after much arguing and tears we gave it a nice home on a tree, where it could raise a family of it's own. :)

So here's the story... It was lunch time, and Milo wanted his usual lunch of noodles with butter. So I put a pot of noodles to boil, and then I went upstairs, because i had heard that Auggie woke up from his nap. Well we were all upstairs for about 15 min. Then we came back down and sat on the couch in the living room, as soon as I sat down I could smell something burning and I just thought that is was the pot, because on our pots they have a plastic like handle and whenever the flames from the gas stove get to high it kind of makes a funny burning smell, so I glanced over at the kitchen and saw the whole roll of paper towels in FLAMES!!!! I freaked out, and ran to the kitchen, and was thinking of all the things I have heard of about kitchen fires, so I was thinking, what are you not suppose to pour on a flame on your stove? then I remembered that is if it is a grease fire. So I got a large pitcher and filled it up with water and threw it at the flame that used to be my paper towels! luckily it put it out, but not without making a huge mess! once I had a second to collect myself and look around, there were little pieces of paper towel ash ALL over the house, because the kitchen window was open and blowing it all over the place! which is how I assume the fire started in the first place. so after all was said and done, all that was damaged was underneath the counter top, it is just a little blackened and the light is a little bubbly. whew. it could have been allot worse.

Auggie Turns 6 Months Old!

2008-07-21T21:07:00.000-07:00

6 Months Old! I can hardly believe it! he is getting to be so much fun, and such a pain all at the same time! he is happy and giggling at one moment and crying for no reason at the next! jeez kid, Grow Up! I'm kidding, we love him, but you know how it goes, right?

Mmmmm... Peas. we started feeding him solid foods, but he is such a little pickle. He feels the need to take over and do it all by himself! It drives me CRAZY! I cant stand the mess it makes! it gets everywhere, up his nose, in his chair...EVERYWHERE!

He still also has to chew on everything that comes near his mouth! he doesn't care what it is, if it comes with in his hands reach, it will go right to his mouth! That sounds really sanitary.

...like the corner of my mind...

2008-07-18T22:27:00.000-07:00

Here is a fun little game... leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time or a long time, anything that you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It is pretty funny to read the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you are playing and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark... get set... blog those memories!

Yes..... I am still alive!

2008-07-17T21:59:00.000-07:00

I cant belive it has been over a month since my last post! so much has happened! but the real problem is we dont have the internet right now, so it should be hooked up on monday and then I will post my brains out! so take a chill pill.

Tagged...

2008-06-11T14:24:00.000-07:00

What I was doing 10 years ago? - Well, I was 19, and living in orem with two roomates, (Nicole and Kellie) I was working as a wedding coordinator at Thanksgiving Point. My life pretty much consisted of Wake up, go to the gym (woohoo for Lifestyles!) Go to work, come home, get ready to go somewhere exciting (like, "club Omni" OK...you can stop laughing now.) stay out till the wee hours of daylight, come home Crash, and do it all-over again! At this point 10 years ago from now, Russ and I weren't dating yet, but we have been married 10 years this September. Sounds a little fishy right? Well, we didn't start dating till the Middle of July, got engaged in August, and Married September 5th! (we were REALLY excited!)

5 years ago? - We were living in Orem, Milo was 11 months old, and life was pretty boring? I think, Russ was working for Lowry Doors and we were getting ready to move to Las Vegas where Russ would work with Pulte Homes. We were just your typical first time parents who were "blessed" with a sweet little baby that threw-up at least 4 times a day (like, not spit-up. I'm talking, out of the nose, projectile vomiting!) and had 12 ear infections by this time in life! yes, life was good.

1 year ago? - We were living in Pleasant Grove, in our first official townhome. I had just barely found out that the in-vitro was a success and was pregnant with little August! So, I was pretty much worthless at this point of life, I had "hyperstimulated" due to all the in-vitro drugs, and so I was on "bed rest" for a couple weeks. Russ was such a good sport, having to give me progesterone shots twice a day for the 8 weeks following the embryo transfer. But it was all worth it!.

Yesterday? - Got up around 7:30, got ready while Auggie took a morning nap, Went to the park with Nicole and the kids, went back to Nic's and had her do "glitter toes" on me, went home, ordered Pizza, put the kids to bed while Russ went to a meeting, and did bows till I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore! the end.

5 Favorite Snacks? - Apples (but they have to be Fuji Apples), Oranges, Saltine Crackers, Mint Truffles and last but defiantly not least, Chocolate Cake from Maglebys!

5 Favorite Books? - Twilight Series of course... But I'm not a big reader, I'm a sucker the Martha Stewart magazines!

5 Places to Runaway? - Hawaii (Sunset Beach), Target (with no kids or husband), In my car all by myself with the top down in a sunny day, Sleeping, and did I mention Hawaii? yes Hawaii.

5 Bad Habits? - Texting while driving, getting angry at Milo for lame things (like walking on a perfectly lined vacuumed carpet!) never eating breakfast, Worrying about things that are out of my control, clinching my teeth when I am angry or excited. I'm sure Russ could name a few more but I will stop for now!

5 Things I would Never wear? - Hmmm, this is a toughie, it is hard to say what I NEVER would wear, because looking back in life I have worn alot of pretty weird things! So I guess you could say I just might give anything a try, except maybe a shaved head. ( I just don't think i have the right head shape....I'm not Brittney Spears you know.)

5 Pet Peeves? - First and most important WHISTLING!!! I cant stand it! I don't know what it is but the pitch of it just makes me want to scream! and the worst part is, I live with a whistler! Russ is always whistling, and not only a casual whistle, but he feels the need to add vibrato and harmonizing tones to his whistling! it drives me crazy! OK. I will try to calm down. What else... Forgetting something at home when I am half-way to my destination. People who get totally ready to go to the gym. Someone not answering their phone when I call. (I am the worst at that, but it really makes me bugged when I am the one trying to call....anne.) People who don't update their blogs! (chely)

5 Things I Enjoy? - Sleeping children. My Husband (even though he does whistle the Star Wars theme on a daily basis) Eating. Sleeping. Summertime!

5 Favorite T.V. shows? - American Idol, Biggest Loser, anything on the Food Network channel, Americas Next Top Model, The Office!

5 Famous People I would like to Meet? - Jason Castro, Mariah Carey, Donny Osmond (I'm serious, I love him!) Brad Pitt!, and maybe Snoop Dogg, because he seem really fun.?!

5 People I want to Tag? - Anne, Chely, LaDonna, Nicky & Ashley S.

Flashback Friday...Toilet-Papering.

2008-06-06T19:54:00.000-07:00

{Don't act all surprised, Everybody has done it before!}

I wish I had a picture for this flashback, But this picture in my memory will have to do...

The year was 1994. I was in 9th grade. All names will be changed to protect any who wish not to be linked back to this random act of misbehavior. So we were having a sleepover at my friend "Emma's" house. I think their were about 4 of us? We decided that it would be fun to go "toilet-papering" that evening, we had no specific house in mind, we just thought we would find one that wouldn't make it too challenging, but would cure our itch for a little trouble. Well in order for us to successfully make it out of the house without getting caught (like her parents had no idea what was going down.) We decided to take the rolls of toilet paper and shove them down the legs of our PJ's. So here we are talking a innocent midnight stroll with toilet paper down our pants! I think I had a total of 5 rolls (I was a little uneven) well as we were walking and scouting out our options we would do the classic duck-n-hide when we would hear a car come, the rolls down our pants made it a little more challenging to be quick on our feet. Well this one time a car came, and I don't know why but I didn't seem to hear it or get the heads-up? So all of a sudden my friends start RUNNING! I took a quick glance back to see what the commotion was all about, and there I see it...THE POLICE! my heart just dropped! I majorly started to panic, and since I had a late start, all my friends were already over a fence and long gone! I just froze. I WAS BUSTED! The police officers get out of their car and start questioning me on what exactly I was doing out alone at midnight! Well in a panic...I LIED! I made up this big story of how we were just taking a walk and we really didn't mean any harm, and that my friends mom told us we could. So they told me to get in the car and they would take me back to my friends house! their was one slight problem with that. I had never been to "Emma's" house before so I had NO idea where it was! but in fact this little dilemma actually helped me in my big fat lie, you see, while I was trying to explain to them what the house looked like and where I thought it was, it was buying me time to take out the rolls of toilet paper, and STUFF THEM UNDER THE FRONT SEAT OF THE POLICE CAR! yep, that's right. I managed to stuff 5 rolls of toilet paper under the seat of a POLICE car! So after about 10 minutes of driving around (which felt like 10 hours!) we found the house! and when we pulled up I could see all my friends little faces peeking through the window! The police escorted me to the front door where "Emma's" mom was super-cool and went along with the whole story that we were just taking a midnight walk to calm down for the evening! And she never even called my mom like the police officer told her to do. Come to think about it, I don't think I ever told my mom? oops. To late now...Sorry mom!

Friends, Fun in the Sun and, Last Days of School...

2008-06-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

Here is Milo and Swayze at the Walk-a-thon. Milo had so much fun, and he just kept a slow steady jog through the entire race. He was soo tired afterwards, I was so proud of him!

Milo and Tyler & Milo and Zane

{so he's a little short...He'll catch up, right?}

For the School Dance Festival Milo's class did the Chicken Dance. It was so Cute! they all made their own little chicken hats to wear, Milo said he made his have evil eyes, and a mustache? what a weirdo! This is a picture of Him and Swayze with their teacher Mrs. Richey, Milo LOVES his teacher! On the night before the last day of school, he decided that he wanted to make her a bracelet. So he made the bracelet, and after he was done I suggested to him, that he write her a letter to tell her why he made it for her. Well it all started out fine, but when I asked him what he wanted to tell her, he just burst out into tears!!!! "I am going to miss her!!!" he was so sad! so I tried to console him, and he finally, after much tourment, came up with this sweet little note...

just in case you cant read it:
Dear, Mrs. Richey

I made you a bracelet for spirit day.
I hope you will like it.
Thank you for teaching me lots of stuff.

Love, Milo
Ronald
Luki
Lowry

I will Miss you.

He was fighting back tears when I picked him up from school that day :(

This is at a friends house, we had a fun time playing around in the pool! Milo loved getting thrown up in the air!

This is Russ "meditating" over the water. We took so many in-air shots, we had a blast!

Auggie with his surprised look while getting thrown up in the air!

This is a classic August look. For some reason this is the look on his face 99% of the day! It's kind of like "woah" I dont know? but is pretty silly.

Brrrr. Cold Water!

Milo's Job

2008-05-29T12:34:00.000-07:00

One of Milo's jobs around the house is to help load the dishwasher. Well his favorite thing about loading the dishwasher, is putting the soap in. I usually help him load it, then I go off and do something else while he finishes and puts the soap in, Well for some reason today I was rinsing off a few things at the sink and when I looked down this is what I saw...

The stuff was just oozing out! he even had allready shut it once and decided that it was'nt quite enough, so he opened it again and put MORE in!

As you can tell by the look on his face, he was a little shocked when he heard the camera snap a picture, after that our conversation went a little something like this...

Me: MILO! What are you doing?!

Milo: What! (kind of like he was surprised I had to ask)

Me: Why are you putting so much soap in there?

Milo: This is how much I always put in!

Me: Uhgggg! (while gritting my teeth in maddness)

Milo: Mom, dont you ever wonder how the dishes are so shiny? (while gesturing down to the overflowing soap)

And all this time i just thought we had a really nice dishwasher....looks like we do...Milo.

Flashback Friday...Birthday Style.

2008-05-23T21:24:00.000-07:00

So last Friday was my Birthday, So I decided to dedicate this Friday to a little "birthday flashback" and do a little remenising of past Birthdays. It was really challenging to locate all these pictures! But I found as many as I could, and it turned out to be quite the collection, so hold on! This could take a while!

Here we are... this is my 5 year old birthday! I am the only one NOT looking at the camera, but looking like I am having a super fun time! (I'm sure Anne, -my sister in the front- is going to love this picture!)

7 years old- I remember I got this little birthstone ring that I thought was the finest gift a girl could have! Just look at Chely with her red Kool-aid Stach eye-ing it!

Ok, So you cant see in this picture, But that great big smile on my face is'nt because of my super cool hair and oufit!, it is because I had received my very first OWN bike! It was a purple bannana seat bike with Unicorns and rainbows! ahhh, I loved that Bike! and dont be laughin' at the teeth! That is a whole other blog in itself!

Jump forward now to 1998. This is Me, Kellie and Nicole. this is the birthday before I got married, while me Nic, and kellie were all roomates....good times.

This is in 2001, at a little Birthday get-together with Ben & Ladonna and Matt & Alissa Ward, while we were out at BYU Hawaii, Alissa had made me a heavenly cheescake! (dont ask me what Matt was doing in this picture? I wouldnt expect any less!)

These next two picture really make me laugh, The First one is 2002, and the next one is 2003. And, If you havent allready noticed, I am wearing the SAME shirt (how embarassing!) I think the reason it is most embarassing is... in the first picture I am 7 Months pregnant! and in the second one, Milo is 10 months old! Lets just say, I had a little bit of a hard time losing that "baby weight". The other thing that makes me chuckle when I look at the second one is Russ' face, it looks like he is trying to help me blow out the candles! too funny.

This is the last, and I think this is my Most favorite! This was just last year, and so much was going on, I was going through in-vitro and had just had the Embryo's transffered that day! (that is why I am lying in bed and looking a little groggy) it's kind of hard to tell, but that little picture that Milo is holding is the picture of the two little embryos that they put back in that day. and Just two weeks later I received one of the best presents ever...It worked! Another favorite in this picture is The Cake! Milo had Totally decorated it all by himself! it had no frosting, little pile's of sprinkles sparatically placed on top, a heart-shaped mint pattie in the middle, and two random candles (that I think came out of our 72 hour kits :)) he was so proud!

Well I hope I have many more spectacular Birthdays to come! yah me!

Mothers Day Weekend...Woo Hooo!

2008-05-12T20:21:00.000-07:00

This weekend started out with a fun girls night on Friday night with Nicky. We went to Thanksgiving Point for a nice romantical dinner for two, then went and had pedicure's. It is always so much fun to get out without the kids. The best part about this picture is how it was taken, as we were driving home, I remembered that I had my camera, and we had'nt taken any pictures of our "date" So when we got back to Nicoles, we asked her babysitter if she would take a picture of us? She looked at us like we were CRAZY! And now as I think about it, we kind of are. We dont think we are that old, but she probaly looks at us like we are old haggard mothers! o-well, We had fun, and thats all that matters right?

Next, Sweet little Milo went into our backyard, which consists of weeds and dirt, and picked me this beautiful bunch of "flowers" it was so cute, he was so excited that we had "flowers" growing in our backyard!

This is a Cute little plate that Milo made in his Kindergarten class, for Mothers Day! Flowers are some of his favorite things to draw.

Then we have "the cake" So Milo and I have been quite entertained latley, by watching "Ace of Cakes" on the Food Network channel. One day while watching, Milo said, "Mom, do you think you could decorate a cake?" Well i took this as a challenge. Of course I can decorate a cake!...Right? Well lets just say, it's not as easy as they make it seem. I did'nt have all the right "equipment" so in order for me to make a 3 teired round cake, I used to round cake pans (for the bottom layer) and then I used a cookie sheet for the rest, which meant I had to cut out 5 layers of cake to make the to 2 teirs! And then put them all together!! Let's just say, I dont think I will be doing that again for a long time. (Milo helped on the design process, if you cant tell by all the flowers and bows.)

Hey, are we related?

And of course what would Mothers Day be, without the crazy mom shuffle. We enjoyed a little time at the Lowrys and a little time with my side. We Love All the "Moms" in our life, and I'm glad that we have a whole day just for Moms!

Flashback Friday! ( I warned you...)

2008-05-09T22:00:00.000-07:00

9th Grade Night Dance!

I just couldnt resist! once I came accross this picture, a flood of memories came to me! So... Im pretty sure this was kind of a big deal. It was like the final chapter to Jr. High, it was a glimpse of times to come for High School! I can remember going to find a dress to wear (which by the way, in case you didnt notice, me and alisa thought it would be fun to get the same dress! And i am pretty sure Amanda and Sommer have the same dress too...right?) But, I really cant remember anything much that went on at the dance, besides being totally mortified to dance with BOYS! But looking at this picture and seeing all theese old friends just brings a smile to my face! ahhh....good times.

And what kind of flashback would this be without a little "Boyz To Men"

(I still get this nervous feeling when I hear this song, and think of all the awkwardness that comes while dancing at the school dances!)

4 Months Old!

2008-05-05T20:45:00.000-07:00

Auggie turned 4 Months! yesterday. I cant believe how fast he is growing! He weighs a whoping 14 Pounds! He really is so much fun, and is a really great sleeper!

I have tried and tried to get his sweet little smile on camera, but he is really stubborn! he dosent just hand out smiles to anyone. Just look at all those little folds of chub, dont you just want to squish him?

His latest and greatest fascination is SUCKING HIS HANDS! he cannot get enough of those chubby little fingers! He even sucks and chews them so much that his little hands are all chapped and red from all the suckage! We Love Auggie!!!

And of course...... how could we forget, Milo is 69 months old!

We Love Milo Too!!!

Flashback Friday (just a little behind!)

2008-05-03T20:28:00.000-07:00

Ok, Ok, you can stop laughing now! I guarantee at least half of the people reading this blog have a picture like this! So if you cant tell, this flashback is dedicated to the good ol' "Glamour Shots" And if you are wondering, this was taken back in 1992! When Milo saw this he asked "mom, is this your wedding day?" I was only 12! years old! Why I felt the need to get all glammed up to look like a 30 year old soap opera star is beyond me! here's a few questions i have while looking at this photo: Why Green? and What is that thing anyway? if I remember right, it was just a bunch of random fabric bunched all up around me to look like some fancy Scarlet O'Hare get-up?

Next we have the "Casual" jean jacket with the collar up look. (way cool back in 1992?) Well I'm not quite sure what the buzz was all about in these pictures, but I do remember feeling like a moviestar when i first got them...........now. Not so much. So ladies, dig around and find your "Glamour Shots" and share! (it's quite therapeutic!)

What's In A Name?

2008-04-27T20:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, So I usually dont do things like this but I thought this one was pretty funny...

1. My rock star name (first pet and current car): Trixie Beetle

2. My gangsta name (favorite ice cream flavor and favorite cookie): Chocolate Sugar

3. My "fly girl" name (first initial of first name and first 3 letters of last name): C*Low

4. My detective name (favorite color and favorite animal): Pink Puppy

5. My soap opera name (middle name and city where you were born): Elizabeth American Fork

6. My Star Wars name (first 3 letters of your last name and first 2 letters of your first name): Lowcy

7. My superhero name (2nd favorite color and favorite drink with "The" in front): White the Juice

8. My Nascar name (first names of your grandfathers): Glen Luis

9. My lounge singer name (name of your favorite perfume/cologne and your favorite candy): Kenzo Junior Mint

10. My witness-protection name (mother's and father's middle names): Teresa William

Ok, so maybe it didnt turn out as funny as I thought! But I do kind of like my "Fly-girl" name, C-Low, I think I will use it. So why dont you try this out and see if yours turns out any better?

Love,
C-Low

So Far, So Good...

2008-04-23T21:06:00.000-07:00

So I decided that it was time to get August out of his bassinet in our room, and into a crib (all the way up-stairs!) I have been dreading it since he was born because Milo was such a horrible sleeper (and still is...thats a whole other story!) So on Monday we made the big switch. And to my suprise, He slept through the WHOLE night! I dont just mean 8 hours. I'm talkin' from 8:30pm to 6:30am! thats 10 hours! so I thought, well beginners luck, right? Well he did it again last night! and he even got up at 6:30 ate for about 10 minutes and went back to sleep till 8:00!!!! Now, I'm not saying this to brag, because i have payed my dues with Milo, BUT WOOOHOOO! Let's just hope he can keep this up!

Flashback Frigity Friday!

2008-04-18T19:11:00.000-07:00

Ok....SCARY! So I was thuming through some old pics and came accross this! Summer is going to kill me! So, here's the story behind this..... For some reason we thought it would be funny to dress up like "gangstas" and go to the mall? let's just say, we got the weirdest looks! I cannot beleive we left the house like this! could you imagine letting YOUR children do something like this!? Nowadays we probaly would have been beat or killed! But I guess that is what being young is all about right?...doing weird things, to make your parents embarassed!

Wiki Wiki Word!

Auggie's Blessing Day

2008-04-13T14:44:00.000-07:00

Today we blessed Auggie. It was such an awesome experience, Jeff said that while they were giving him the blessing, he peeked his eyes open and looked at August, and he said he was just smiling so big! he held so still the whole time! He is such a sweet little boy.

And of course, I was so wrapped up in preparing all the food, that I didnt grab my camera out until the very end! And when I did poor Auggie was so exhausted that he didnt want anyone else to hold him! So here are just a fes pictures of August's special day!

Mom and Auggie

Milo and Aug. Notice how Milo doesnt even have his church clothes on anymore, he came straight home and put on his favorite comfy "armpit shirt" (thats what he calls it!)

who can blame him?

Auggie

me and Aug.

"Gramma Doctor"

Nana

Melinda and Geoff

Great Grandma And Grandpa

Mmmm! Blue Frosting?

2008-04-07T11:27:00.000-07:00

Today was Milo's kindergarten teachers Birthday, so he wanted to make her cupcakes. Well he found out that her favorite color was blue so...Blue Frosting! I tried really hard to convince him otherwise, but he had his mind set that she would love blue frosting! Poor teacher! I'm sure she wil end up with lots of "fun" Kindergarten gifts today! despite the blue, they were actually pretty good!

3 Months Old!

2008-04-04T17:11:00.000-07:00

3 Months Old, and just look at the size of that head! poor kid, he's doing all he can to try and keep that sucker from falling! I cant believe it has been 3 months already! he is growing so big and fast!

Look At these thighs! I cant help but give a little pinch everyday! he now weighs 13 POUNDS! he is such a good baby, he usually will sleep at least 6-8 hours in the night! HALLELUJAH!!! So i guess we'll keep him?

The Drool Miester

2008-04-02T21:18:00.000-07:00

Ok, Here's a question to all you Mom's out there. Why the drooling! I dont remember Milo drooling at all, when he was a baby! and this little guy is just spilling all over the place! It's crazy! So my question is WHY? what causes a almost 3 Month old baby to just start this messy habit? and most of all... How Do I Stop it!

He is constantly "blowing bubbles" it's even making his chin all chappy!

Is this Normal????

Cookies!

2008-03-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

Milo and Swayze helped make double chocolate chip cookies tonight! they had so much fun! it was so cute, while they were making them, they sang "this little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine..." (i dont know the title to it?) and they were clapping and giggiling, I just had to take a picture of these two silly kids!

If you notice, Milo has a little bit of a clean fettish, he hates getting his hands dirty, or anything else for that matter! But I dont mind that at all! he is my little baseboard scrubber, he will get a rag and go along EVERY baseboard in the house and clean it! what a good boy!

Nanny 911?

2008-03-26T22:35:00.000-07:00

Some may look at this as child negligence,

but I thought it was cute!

While Milo was playing on the floor I layed Auggie next to him so Milo could entertain him while I was talking on the phone (to Nicole of course) I had my back turned to them, and I could hear Milo giggiling and Auggie was cooing and making all sorts of "talking" noises,

and this is what I saw when I looked over...

Milo was sliding him all around the wood floor! and Auggie looked so happy! Milo was really being gentle and soft, so he wouldnt fall off the blanket. So I felt that it was cute and not harmful, but in a way you could look at it and think "what kind of mom lets there 5 year old drag the 2 month old baby all around the Hard wood floor!?" well i did. Milo is just so eager to finally have a little brother to play with! now is that really so bad?

Fevers, Carrotts and Candy

2008-03-23T10:27:00.000-07:00

As you can tell milo is very excited that the Easter bunny came

and ate his carrotts he left out!

Easter should be full of laughs and Excitment right? Well lets just say ours was full of tears and comotion! Milo woke up at 12:00 last night and was Blazing hot! so I took him back to bed and took his temp. it was 105.0!!!! I stareted to panic, I told Russ, and we debated wether or not to take him to the ER, I gave him tylenol, and he finnally fell back asleep. I continued to check his temp all night long! (it was a LOOOONG night!) it stayed high all night, but when he woke up this morning it was gone! I mean give me a break! why do things like that only happen in the night! But, he is complaning that his throat and ears hurt, SO I called the on-call Doctor and she said there is just a nasty viral thing going through, and if he does'nt have the fever for 24 hours straight then he is fine?....... he may be fine, But im not! So for the time being, he will only eat Otter Pops. He would'nt even eat any Easter Candy...thats how I know he is not feeling well!

Happy Easter?

Dying Easter Eggs...and countertops.

2008-03-22T20:54:00.000-07:00

This year we opted for the classic white crayon design. Milo was just baffled by it all, and amazed that whatever he colored...stayed the same? So it was a pretty uneventfull Egg Dye, until, the cleanup! Ok, so I feel like a pretty intelligent person? well lets just get right to the point and say, that Red egg dye, stains granite countertops! I had no Idea! I guess I had this false image in my head that granite was like this all powerful stone that could withstand the elements of time? WRONG! well sort of. After much scrubbing (and many angry words running through my head) I was able to get MOST of it off with a granite polish? in certain light you can still get a little glimpse of pink.....

but thats ok, I like pink.

Flasback Friday

2008-03-21T15:41:00.000-07:00

**Hawaii Edition **

Ok, so it's kind of hard for me to think of this as a flashback, because it does'nt seem like it was that long ago but it has been almost 6 years! I dedicate this one to all the old Hawaii posse, when I came accross this picture below it brought back a flood of memories, Let me explain.... Below we have a picture of what I like to call "COSTCO RUN" see, costco was quite a trip for us living in Laie, (and many of us did not have cars.....or at least cars that would make it that far!) So we would every month or so, Take a big feildtrip to Cotstco, and it really was like a feild trip, we would eat dinner there, get ice cream, the whole sha-bang! One of the best things about this particular picture is the car! this car belonged to the Counihans and was so rightly called the "zeypher" (i dont know how to spell it...sorry) I have no Idea the year or what company made it or anything! all I know is it was AWESOME! so awesome, that it even had grass growing on the floor of it! it was the perfect surf mobile/grocery cart in the world!

farwell good friend,we will miss you!

I forgot to add the BEST part about the Hawaii Costco. one of the workers there, that did one of the food sampling booths, would randomly yell out "it's so good, makes you wanna say yyeeehaaa!" you could hear it echoing throughout the whole store! ahh, good times.

Bows, Bows And More BOWS!

2008-03-19T15:06:00.000-07:00

SO I decided to stop using the "I just had a baby" card, and get back to WORK! So this is my first week back doing bows, and it was actually quite enjoyable! (give me a month and Im sure i'll say otherwise!) I think it is better now because I have a whole room deticated to Baby Bling! that way I can sprwal out and do some work for half an hour and shut the door when i'm done! now if I only had a little girl to put them on my life would be complete!

P.S. Order bows at: www.babyblingbows.com

Fart Redwood?

2008-03-18T11:59:00.000-07:00

So, Milo loves Lincoln Logs! Well, while we were getting ready this morning, Milo came running into our room all giggily and red in the face and said "Dad, the Lincoln Log Box says FART!" he went on to explain that "F" says ffff

"O" says AHHH "R" says rrrr and "T" says tah. FORT! not FART! so we had a little phonics lesson and he decided it would be funny to change the "O" to a "A" on the box. I have a feeling he will be letting many kids at school know that he can now spell fart.....we're so proud!

Happy Green Day?

2008-03-17T13:09:00.000-07:00

So this morning as milo was getting ready for school, we remebered that is was St. Patricks day. I told him that he needed to wear green, and he said "oh perfect! I will wear my Green Day Shirt! Well I couldnt argue with that! So I at least talked him into wearing a green shirt under that so he wouldnt be tortured at school!

And of course Auggie had to show off his Irish spirit and wear a little green, so we wouldnt pinch him all day, although we did anyway...how can we resist! Just look at those cheeks!

Flashback Friday!

2008-03-14T15:05:00.000-07:00

The First Car I Ever Purchased Was....

So, for those of you who cant tell, that is Russ, back in the old days with his super mc'dreamy long hair! If russ were telling about his car, he would have all sorts of mechanical lingo.....but to me it's just a Bitchin' Camaro! But what I do know is he loved this car! he still talks about it all the time, and I even catch him once in a while looking at them on craigslist like he is acttaully going to buy one again! ya, good luck fitting two car seats in that!

Next, we have my first car I bought, The Plymouth Laser! (and yes those are hubcaps!) I was so excited to buy this car! I thought (at the time) it was the coolest car in the world! I was obsesed with keeping it clean! But I do have to admit it was fast! I even got it to go 12omph (sorry mom!) well all good things come to an end, we sold it to move to Hawaii..not to bad of a trade. And as far as Russ' Rockin Camaro, well the picture below tells it all......

Thats what you get when you show off for your friends!

What was your First car?

Auggie's First Smile?

2008-03-12T13:34:00.000-07:00

So we have all been losing our minds for the past couple weeks trying to get August to show some emotion! We tried EVERYTHING! he wouldnt even budge! I even went so far as to ask his doctor to check his hearing and eyesight, for fear that he maybe couldnt hear or see us! all of that checked out ok, but everytime we would try to get him to crack a little smile (and make complete fools of ourself) he would give us this "what u lookin' at" face. Well Finally after weeks of hard work, with no sign of recognition, he did it...well I think...OK, so its not the biggest smile but it's SOMETHING! and it must have been my lucky day because i had the camera right there next to me!Horray! he is alive!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISSA!

2008-03-10T22:20:00.000-07:00

(This Is Alissa and her cute little girl Marley)

Tonight we had a little Birthday dinner with Matt and Alissa Ward, I wont be the one to tattle her age, but I will say she looks absolutely AMAZING! she opted for the Birthday pineapple instead of a cake this year!

You dont look as good as her, by eating cake!

Happy Birthday Alissa!

WE LOVE YOU!

Milo's Artwork

2008-03-08T14:31:00.000-08:00

Ok. I know this subject is probaly getting old, but I just had to put this picture that milo drew on here! it is soo cute! if you cant tell, it is a picture of him and Swayze, well if you notice that the girl in the picture has black and yellow hair and swayze has blond hair? so i asked Milo why he drew her with black and yellow hair? and he said "Sometimes, when she stands in the sun, you can see light and dark colors of hair." I thought that was so cute! he drew her hair in the sunlight!

Milo Would Kill Me........

2008-03-05T12:37:00.001-08:00

So this is the cute little girl, i have been talking about! Is'nt she the cutest think you have ever seen! (besides Julia...of course!) anyway, milo would absolutely KILL me if he knew i was telling everyone this little love saga of his! he is so funny about it, he does'nt even like to talk about it to Russ! and here I am sharing it for the whole world to see!........am i a bad mom? o- well, I think its cute!

My 11 Pound Blog!

2008-03-04T15:41:00.000-08:00

So I took Auggie in for his 2 month check up, and he weighs 11 pounds!!!! just look at the size of this kid! As you can tell he is healthy, and growing perfectly! And when the nurses came in to tag team him with FOUR shots!, he only gave one little scream and then sucked his pacifier to death! what A good boy!

here is a full body shot of the little nuggett! you can barely see his little bandaids on his chunky little thighs:(

"I Think I'm In Love!!!"

2008-03-01T13:40:00.000-08:00

So Milo has this little friend at school Named Swayze. He talks about her all the time, and about all the cool stuff she can do like speak a different language, when I asked him what other language she could speak he said "she can speak Sharpae" for those of you who haven't seen High School Musical, will have no idea what I am talking about, but if you have seen it then you are picturing the obnoxious blond haired girl who uses the word "like" everyother word. with eyes wide in unbelief he said "she sounds just like her"!

Anywho... Back to the story, so he talks about swayze all the time. and just the other day he said they had a class project where your write a letter to someone in the class, well he got into the car after I picked him up from school, and he was just giddy! I asked him how school was and he said that he a gotten a letter from swayze he said" Mom There were no words!......Only a heart!" then he fell back into his seat and said "I think I'm in LOVE!!" I wish you all could have seen his face, he was almost surprised that these words were escaping his mouth! and since then he has made necklaces for her and drawn pictures of her everyday! Oh to be young and in love! I am terrified for all the heartache that is to come! I will have to post a picture of this new little crush!

OUR NEW HOME!!!

2008-02-26T20:01:00.000-08:00

We Finally embarked on the dreaded mission of building our own home....and survived! we just moved into it two weeks ago.....hence all the empty walls. I just thought I would post some of my favorite features......

First.....MY KITCHEN!
this is the mother of all kitchens! Huge bar, Double Ovens, Cupboards galore, and a super quiet dishwasher! AHHHHHHHHHHH! (like angels singing)

Second....THE MASTER BATH!
I LOVE the tub! I have honestly used it everyday since we moved in! also not shown, the fabulous double head shower!

Third.... The Formal Family Room (aka "the home teacher room")
Finally a room that will stay clean (NO TOYS ALLOWED!)

Fourth..... The Great Room.
I love having everything all together, yet not really? you know what I mean.

So those are just a few of my favorites, and keep in mind I havent started on the decorating yet, so i will keep you posted. feel free to give any ideas that you have! (Ladonna and Rocia)

August's First Photo Shoot!

2008-02-24T21:09:00.000-08:00

This is the newest little Lowry, August Robert Lowry. He Was born January 4th. we had this little photo shoot when he was just 2 weeks old, and he was so good! he never cried once and never peed on us during the whole 2 hour naked shoot! yep.......he's a keeper!

MILO

2008-02-24T20:53:00.000-08:00

Milo had so much Fun this Photo Shoot! he was loving all the attention from the photographer! she was so good with him and August we will definitely go back again!

You can check out her website @ peekaboophotos.com