Family Pictures

We had our first family pictures taken recently and are so excited to have them!! Our good friend Becky Kimball took them, check her out www.thekimballfamily.blogspot.com. Thanks Becky!!

It's so fun to see our little 2 year old Eisley cheese it up for the camera. Becky hardly had to do a thing to get her to cooperate. She was ready with a smile and poses of her own! So cute! We love them! Hope you like!

One Of The Animals

It has been WAY too long, we know, but we are alive and well. We are loving Eisley more than ever! It is so great to be able to communicate with her so well. She is also extremely fun to be around! She is now my official movie buddy. It doesn't matter what time of day (or night), she is always up for a movie and popcorn. I love it! Unfortunately I don't have anything new and exciting to share this time, but enjoy these cute pics.

My Gratitude Post

Not many people know this, but about a week and a half ago our little Eisley gave us quite the scare. While Eisley and I were out running errands she began convulsing in her car seat. I immediately pulled over and got her out to find her turning blue. Nothing was in her mouth and I was so unsure of what had happened. Franticly with my limp sweet girl in my arms I was able to run to the nearest person for help. Together we did back thrusts and called 911. Soon she threw up and was thankfully breathing again. Still very out of it and moaning, the paramedics arrived and checked her out. We found out she had a temperature of 104.5 degrees. Because her temperature had spiked so quickly, she had the seizure. They are called febrile seizures. They generally aren't that dangerous unless they last a long time, but in Eisley's case I believe that the seizure had caused mucus to cut off her breathing making it very dangerous. It was all very very very scary. It is still hard for me. Thinking back however, I feel extremely grateful and that is why I am posting today. I am grateful that I had randomly decided to take an illegal turn into the parking lot before I even noticed her. I can't imagine trying to deal with that at a red light, or on the main road. I am grateful that I was close to other people included an amazing woman who helped me in a time of panic. It's amazing how prepared you can be (I'm first aid certified), but in the moment feel so lost and unsure. She kept me calm, focused, and helped with Eisley so well. I am grateful that Eisley was in a forward facing car seat. She was completely quiet back there when it was all happening and had been sleeping too. I am lucky I could see her so well, that I was looking back as often as I did, and was at a place to help her the quickest. Overall, I am grateful to have Eisley with us today. She is so sweet, fun, beautiful, and truly lights up our lives and the lives of those around her! Although the experience was awful, my love and appreciation for her has increased. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father sent us such an amazing little girl and that He has blessed us again by keeping her safe.

Eisley Sings the "50 States" song

Eisley started singing the ABC's a few weeks ago which surprised us... but this totally blew us away. She has only heard it a few times on Sesame Street and apparently has a great memory. She sings it pretty quiet and several of the 3 and 4 syllable states get truncated and mushed together but it is definitely all the states. Turn it up and listen carefully.

Last night I had an idea that made me laugh and laugh til about 1:00 in the morning. In fact, it seemed so funny I woke up laughing. The great idea was to take this video of Eisley screaming beyond the threshold of pain and, after luring unsuspecting victims into turning up their speakers and leaning in close, give them a pants messing surprise. However, judging by the "wrong video" comments, it is not nearly as funny as it was in the middle of the night. Sorry to disappoint, Eisley does not know the 50 States... she is 16 months old.

Binky Ransom Paid

We have heard from the Binky Brigands and we DID get the pacifier back unharmed. However, they did not eat the treat Eisley left for them. In fact, her and her daddy did such a good job molding those NO BAKE Cookies (hence the "not baked but definitely fresh" comment) into authentic looking "logs" that, not only did they not want to eat them, they picked it up with a shovel and placed it directly into the trash.

Hostage Crisis at Traverse Mountain

Eisley's most prized binky has been taken and is allegedly being held by ruthless Heather Moore Pirates. A ransom demand has been made: "Freshly baked cookies or the binky goes down the garbage disposal!"

Eisley has been very distraught, losing sleep over the safety of her binky. However, she has kept a level head and this was her response she left on their doorstep.

These aren't baked but it is definitely fresh,

just as you requested, in exchange for the binky.

Sorry it has taken so long...

I was a little backed up.

-E

Oh YUCK! Looks like Eisley knelt in it as she crawled away.

16 months and smarter than a fifth grader!

This is currently my favorite picture of Eisley! It was taken on her one year birthday. From her most recent doctor's visit we discovered she's short, underweight, and has a watermelon on a toothpick head!! It's because she is so smart though! Her head needed the space to hold her giant learning brain. To be on track she needed to be saying at least three words. Not only has she been signing for months and months, but after creating a list, she knows and says around 130 words!! Genius! She also will repeat almost any word, but we didn't count words she only repeated once we said them. All I have to say is that I'm loving being able to communicate with my little girl so well and it's the cutest thing!!

On a similar note, this may be embarrassing for Dan, but it's the funniest thing. Eisley has known the sign and says potty whenever she is going potty or one of us is going potty. It's really cute especially since she still turns red and tears up when she goes. The funniest part is that no matter where Dan is in the house when he passes gas, Eisley hears it and automatically says "potty!" We crack up everytime and I respond with, "Yes, Daddy went potty in his pants!" Hopefully we will get Dan potty trained real soon!!

Michael Jackson tribute

We told Eisley about Michael Jacksons passing; now she insists on wearing this hat as a memento of the King of Pop. Except she is more like the king of Poop.

Eisley Rain

People have always commented on the fancy things that I've made for Eisley and I have finally done something about it. I love creating and decided to share my fun accessories with all!! Nothing too fancy for now, but I set up a blog to display and sell my stuff. The blog address is eisleyrain.blogspot.com. Yes, named after our one and only!! There are mostly things for girls at the moment, but also accessories for boys. I update the blog pretty often so check in to see what's new when you can!

I've added a link on the side of our blog to Eisley Rain, so check it out!! Spread the word to any friends or family that you know of that may be having a baby or to those who would like a home crafted baby gift for baby showers. Thanks!!

Candace has lost her cell phone... Can you help her find it?

Candace has been missing her cell phone for about a week and a half now. I was doing the laundry this morning and found it while checking the pockets. Rather than return it to her I decided to place it here, taped to the kitchen cabinet. When she finds it I will try and convince her that is where she must have left it.

Eisley and Cohen's First Date

I guess it's no surprise these two would end up on a date. Their parents have been pushing the relationship on them since birth. Cohen made the first move by putting his arm around Eisley. Sneaky little fella!! They seemed a little unsure, but definitely enjoyed their romantic roll in the bike trailer. Good luck you two!! Let's start plotting their next date Tieks!!

Word yo!

Ok. So I just found this picture on Dan's phone today. This is what Dan does at work everybody!! Just thought you all should know. And Dan, you are super cool! Love ya!

GO Directly To JAIL - Do not pass go- Do not collect $200

Several of our friends have been into the television series Prison Break and recommended it to us. In fact, 2 years ago in an effort to make it so easy we couldn't possibly have an excuse to continue not watching it, Preston lent us season 1 on DVD. Special announcement: we are now on the band wagon; Last week we started watching it with our friends Collin and Tianna.

To make Friday a real date night and not just another night of hanging out watching the show, we decided it was time for another theme date!

The whole evening was a surprise to Collin and Tianna and began with a trip to the tattoo parlor (Smith's Marketplace vending machines). Much to our dismay they didn't have any of the rub on tattoos with blueprints of a prison hidden in them. If fact, they didn't have any tattoos with blue prints of ANY building. We ultimately decided that the princess tattoos really wouldn't help with the theme of the date so we skipped them altogether and went home where we made dinner- Blueberry Pancakes (Lincoln Burrows last meal before execution).

After our "last meal" we jumped in the car headed off to the next part of the date with the VERY Apprehensive Zundels following in the car behind us. We headed north on I-15 and got off at the Bluffdale exit, at which point Tianna began demanding that Collin turn the car around. Her worst nightmare came true when we actually parked at the prison. Unbeknownst to them we had called a good friend of ours who works at the prison and had arranged an after hours, private tour of the facility. We spent the next hour walking through and seeing the maximum security prison cells where guards are trained on forced entry ( I even got to put on the riot gear) and hearing stories about what prison life is really like. Hollywood is notorious for blowing things way out of proportion for the sake of drama. In the case of Prison Break, it seems they have given us the edited, more family friendly version; Thank you Hollywood. The tour ended with Greg offering to schedule a time to take us through the actual facility where inmates are kept and to even walk among them but Collin declined the invitation when he was told he would not be able to bring his own Shank.

To continue on with the theme, we went home and played a game Candace had prepared. Each person was given 6 character cards with the name of a character from the show on it. Then each person was given 12 fact cards that had facts about the actor/actress on it; anything from where they were born to awards they had received. Each character card was to be paired with two fact cards and the first player with all the correct facts with the right person won. Congratulations to Tianna for a lot of lucky guesses. She was very happy to flaunt her win untill Candace gave her the prize: P.I. Pass for the next month. She will be pulling weeds, folding laundry, and doing the dishes at our place for $0.19 an hour. (at that rate you should be able to put Collin through Law school and graduate debt free in just a shade over a century)

The evening finished with us staying up entirely too late to finish Disc 5.

Sweetest Thing Ever

I promise we'll get some fun stories up, but for now you've got to see these pictures. Our good and very talented friend Addie White took these amazing pictures of Eisley!! So sweet! We think the naked shots are really cute, but some think it's not appropriate, any thoughts??? Anyway, Eisley is modeling several of the products I make and sell. I'm really enjoying that and she's the best model! Sorry there are so many pictures. Couldn't just pick a few. It's a curse all mothers suffer from I suppose!!