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Sunday, March 4, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentine's Day
When I got to work today, the flower arrangement on the right was waiting for me in the dispatch office. I thought it was the other dispatcher's, but then I saw the card. An hour later I saw the UPS delivery guy come in the front door with another arrangement and I thought it was for another woman in my office. An officer came in dispatch and said he couldn't read the card and wanted to know if I could read it. I went to the front and the UPS delivery man asked if I was Lindsey. I said yes and he gave me the flowers (the ones on the left). My husband surprised me last year with flowers, but he really surprised me this year. About an hour ago, a box was left outside the front door to the office. I retrieved the box and saw it had my name on it. I opened it up and discovered a box of chocolate dipped strawberries. YUM!!
My husband really outdid himself. I was beyond surprised.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Working Mom
I am linking up to Kelly's Korner for Show Us Your Life-Working Moms.
A little bit about me:
My name is Lindsey and I am 26 years old.
I live in central Texas (where I was born and raised)I am a wife and mother to a two and a half year old daughter, Kylie Jo.
I am a working mom.I am a police dispatcher. I have been at my job for almost seven years.
I am also the wife of a police officer.
My husband and I work opposite shifts so our daughter doesn't have to go to daycare. I have my daughter for the morning hours. We have breakfast and then spend our mornings shopping, doing craft projects, and playing. After lunch and a nap, I take her to work with me in the afternoon. My husband takes her home and has her the rest of the night. They watch cartoons, have dinner, and play. My husband is also going back to school to further his career so he is a part-time student, full-time police officer, and full-time daddy.
We are a busy family!
We are thankful to my mom who takes Kylie one day a week when we both work the same shift or whenever one of us has overtime. Kylie loves her YaYa.
A little bit about me:
My name is Lindsey and I am 26 years old.
I live in central Texas (where I was born and raised)I am a wife and mother to a two and a half year old daughter, Kylie Jo.
I am a working mom.I am a police dispatcher. I have been at my job for almost seven years.
I am also the wife of a police officer.
My husband and I work opposite shifts so our daughter doesn't have to go to daycare. I have my daughter for the morning hours. We have breakfast and then spend our mornings shopping, doing craft projects, and playing. After lunch and a nap, I take her to work with me in the afternoon. My husband takes her home and has her the rest of the night. They watch cartoons, have dinner, and play. My husband is also going back to school to further his career so he is a part-time student, full-time police officer, and full-time daddy.
We are a busy family!
We are thankful to my mom who takes Kylie one day a week when we both work the same shift or whenever one of us has overtime. Kylie loves her YaYa.
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
KJ and Me
Not a great picture of me, but KJ sure does look cute (as always).
Hard to believe my sweet girl is going to be three in less than six months. She is growing up fast. She is so smart and learns something new every day.
All about Kylie Jo:
- She recognizes every letter of the alphabet and numbers 1-13. She likes us to write down all of the letters/numbers and she says the letter/number as we write it.
- She can count to 13 (skipping the number 7...don't know why)
- When we ask her to sing her ABCs she says "A,B,C...Q,R,S,T,U,W,X". We are getting there :)
- She likes to point out every letter, number, and color she sees no matter where we are
- She loves going to Walmart, HEB, and Target
- She has a great memory. For example: If we pass a restaurant we sometimes eat at, she remembers what she ate at that restaurant (Cracker Barrel= pancakes, Cotton Patch=corny dog, Logans=mac and cheese).
- Favorites:Color: pinkFoods:She eats whatever is on her plate, but she has her favorites.Mac and cheese, broccoli, apple slices, corn, mashed potatoes, tomatoes, pancakes, and peas.
Activities: read and color
- She loves to go to church. She loves seeing all of the family and going to Sunday school. She especially loves going to music. Her favorites songs at church are: Deep and Wide, Jesus Loves Me, and Big House (I'm not sure if that is the correct title, but that is what she calls it)
- We are trying potty training. It is going okay. She loves to wear big girl pants (pull-ups) and only wears a diaper at nap and bedtime just in case.
Today is my mom's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM! Thank you for being the best mom ever. I love you very much.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Christmas 2011
This is going to be a long post with no pictures. All of my pictures are on facebook ( I can't load pics when I'm at work)
We had a great Christmas!
We started our Christmas vacation on December 13th and didn't go back to work until the 26th. We had fun being able to spend almost two weeks together without having to worry about work.
We celebrated Christmas six times!
We started by opening gifts at our house the Sunday before Christmas. Santa couldn't wait to give Kylie her gifts so he made an early stop by our house. Kylie was so excited! She got a a baby doll, shopping cart, tons of play food (Santa went a little overboard), a puzzle, books, a coloring book, and a little zoo set. She wanted to open everything as soon as she unwrapped it.
The Thursday before Christmas, we celebrated with my mom, brother, and his fiance. Kylie got Melissa and Doug play food (a cookie set and a sandwich making set), new rain boots, and books from mom, and a Kylie-size pop up castle from her unkie Ryan and Elyse. She didn't know what to play with first. We of course had to set up the castle and open the food. After yummy breakfast casserole, sausage balls, and helping mom make roll ups for Christmas Eve, we headed home with Kylie's loot. After we got home, we had to set up her castle in her room. We had to do a few changes so it would fit. Sadly we had to move the glider out of her room. Her room doesn't look like a baby room anymore. It made mommy and daddy a little sad, but she loves it.
Christmas Eve morning we had Joe's brother, parents, sister, niece and nephew over. We opened gifts and then ate lunch. I made lasagna and we enjoyed a yummy desert made by his sister. After his family went home, we hung out and took naps.
After naps, we got ready for church. It was Kylie's first Christmas program. We sat in the second row at church and waited for her time to sing. She got up and a nice little boy escorted her up to the stage. The music teacher's helper put her on stage and then it was time to sing. She didn't sing or do the motions, but she sure looked cute up there. She did a good job standing there! We were proud of her for just getting up there and not crying (like the five year old next to her). Next year she will do great! After church we were driving in the car, and she started singing and doing the motions...silly girl :).
Christmas Eve we went to my aunt and uncle's house in Axtell. We normally spend it at my Grammy's house, but she had hip surgery earlier this year and she has been staying with them. It was raining and cold which equals not a fun drive to Axtell. Their driveway is long and only has gravel (not paved). It was very muddy and then we had to walk to the house after parking on the driveway (so that we wouldn't get stuck in the muddy grass). Once inside, the celebration started. It was very crowded, which is not unusual when you have a huge family (and we were missing a few people). We started the night with my cousin Matt's annual reading. He writes the funniest stories which sometimes include family members. After story time, it was time for presents. The gifts were passed out and everyone started opening. Kylie got tons of stuff. She got a three foot sock money (thanks :) to my godmother), clothes, toys, a puzzle, and a day pass to the zoo. She had a blast hanging out with all of her family and did not want to leave.
Christmas morning we got up and headed to my dad's house. We opened gifts and hung out for a little while. Kylie got even more play food, bubble bath (she loves to take bubble baths), and books (she loves to read).
After leaving Dad's, we went to my Grandma and PaPa's (my mom's parents). Kylie got another shopping cart (which is for YaYa's house), a baby doll, a word learning puzzle, and a pink princess windsuit. We hung out the rest of the day and then headed home for dinner.
The next day we went back at work. :(. It was a nice vacation, but like other vacations, it didn't last long enough.
New Year's Eve was uneventful for our little family. We both had to go to work Sunday morning so we stayed home. We spent the night putting away Christmas decorations, eating homemade chicken and dumplings (thanks to pinterest), watching Toy Story 3, and reading books. We watched the ball drop (at 11p our time) and went to sleep.
We are ready for 2012!
Some things we are looking forward to this year:
Joe turns 30 (he is not really excited about this)
Kylie turns 3
We are planning another vacation.
We had a great Christmas!
We started our Christmas vacation on December 13th and didn't go back to work until the 26th. We had fun being able to spend almost two weeks together without having to worry about work.
We celebrated Christmas six times!
We started by opening gifts at our house the Sunday before Christmas. Santa couldn't wait to give Kylie her gifts so he made an early stop by our house. Kylie was so excited! She got a a baby doll, shopping cart, tons of play food (Santa went a little overboard), a puzzle, books, a coloring book, and a little zoo set. She wanted to open everything as soon as she unwrapped it.
The Thursday before Christmas, we celebrated with my mom, brother, and his fiance. Kylie got Melissa and Doug play food (a cookie set and a sandwich making set), new rain boots, and books from mom, and a Kylie-size pop up castle from her unkie Ryan and Elyse. She didn't know what to play with first. We of course had to set up the castle and open the food. After yummy breakfast casserole, sausage balls, and helping mom make roll ups for Christmas Eve, we headed home with Kylie's loot. After we got home, we had to set up her castle in her room. We had to do a few changes so it would fit. Sadly we had to move the glider out of her room. Her room doesn't look like a baby room anymore. It made mommy and daddy a little sad, but she loves it.
Christmas Eve morning we had Joe's brother, parents, sister, niece and nephew over. We opened gifts and then ate lunch. I made lasagna and we enjoyed a yummy desert made by his sister. After his family went home, we hung out and took naps.
After naps, we got ready for church. It was Kylie's first Christmas program. We sat in the second row at church and waited for her time to sing. She got up and a nice little boy escorted her up to the stage. The music teacher's helper put her on stage and then it was time to sing. She didn't sing or do the motions, but she sure looked cute up there. She did a good job standing there! We were proud of her for just getting up there and not crying (like the five year old next to her). Next year she will do great! After church we were driving in the car, and she started singing and doing the motions...silly girl :).
Christmas Eve we went to my aunt and uncle's house in Axtell. We normally spend it at my Grammy's house, but she had hip surgery earlier this year and she has been staying with them. It was raining and cold which equals not a fun drive to Axtell. Their driveway is long and only has gravel (not paved). It was very muddy and then we had to walk to the house after parking on the driveway (so that we wouldn't get stuck in the muddy grass). Once inside, the celebration started. It was very crowded, which is not unusual when you have a huge family (and we were missing a few people). We started the night with my cousin Matt's annual reading. He writes the funniest stories which sometimes include family members. After story time, it was time for presents. The gifts were passed out and everyone started opening. Kylie got tons of stuff. She got a three foot sock money (thanks :) to my godmother), clothes, toys, a puzzle, and a day pass to the zoo. She had a blast hanging out with all of her family and did not want to leave.
Christmas morning we got up and headed to my dad's house. We opened gifts and hung out for a little while. Kylie got even more play food, bubble bath (she loves to take bubble baths), and books (she loves to read).
After leaving Dad's, we went to my Grandma and PaPa's (my mom's parents). Kylie got another shopping cart (which is for YaYa's house), a baby doll, a word learning puzzle, and a pink princess windsuit. We hung out the rest of the day and then headed home for dinner.
The next day we went back at work. :(. It was a nice vacation, but like other vacations, it didn't last long enough.
New Year's Eve was uneventful for our little family. We both had to go to work Sunday morning so we stayed home. We spent the night putting away Christmas decorations, eating homemade chicken and dumplings (thanks to pinterest), watching Toy Story 3, and reading books. We watched the ball drop (at 11p our time) and went to sleep.
We are ready for 2012!
Some things we are looking forward to this year:
Joe turns 30 (he is not really excited about this)
Kylie turns 3
We are planning another vacation.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Praying
As a police dispatcher and wife of a police officer my prayers go out to the family, friends, and co-workers of the police officer killed in the line of duty at Virginia Tech today.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/08/justice/virginia-tech-incident/index.html
Police officers put their lives on the line everyday to keep everyone safe. I am grateful to my husband, co-workers and all law enforcement officials that put themselves in the line of danger.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/08/justice/virginia-tech-incident/index.html
Police officers put their lives on the line everyday to keep everyone safe. I am grateful to my husband, co-workers and all law enforcement officials that put themselves in the line of danger.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Ready for Christmas
The tree is up, decorated, and has presents underneath. We still need to decorate the outside of our house, but the rest is done. We put our tree up the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I have been wrapping presents for the past three weeks so once the tree was up, the presents went under it. We found out one thing this year...Kylie loves Christmas. She loves all of the ornaments and decorations. Her favorite ornaments are a shopping cart (from my days at HEB) and a police car. She wants the tree on anytime we are at home. She also loves Christmas music. She has even requested Christmas music instead of cartoons. We like to take her out about once a week and look at Christmas lights around town. We started the tradition last year, but she can really enjoy it now. She loves Christmas as much as I do.
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| Dining table with my jars filled with Christmas ornaments |
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| Our Christmas stockings (left to right: Kylie's, Joe's, mine) |
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| Coffee table with decorations |
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| Kylie and the tree |
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