The Larson Family

2010-08-20T09:17:00.000-07:00

I know, it has been more than a year since my last post, not sure if anyone even looks at my blog anymore... and I have a lot of catching up to do but thought I'd restart my blog by telling everyone that I am pregnant with number 3! Yay! Not sure how far along I am, in fact this was somewhat a surprise, but I'll find out on Monday!

2009-09-13T10:26:00.000-07:00

This is how they got in!

Matt and I were BURGLARIZED!!!

2009-09-01T21:39:00.000-07:00

Matt, Taylor, Crew and I were on vacation in San Diego for a week and a half. The day we were to leave San Diego Matt's mom received a call that her mom passed away that morning. So we ended up staying in San Diego and driving with Matt's family to Utah for his grandmother's funeral. We stayed in Utah for a week. Upon getting home late last night, after a 10 hour drive we came home to our back sliding glass door smashed in. Someone broke a huge circle in the middle of the glass door and just walked right through. They stole Matt's pistol, pistol case, ammo, my lap-top, my $200 tv baby monitor, our external hard-drive and our wireless router. It makes me so sick inside just thinking someone entered my house uninvited, walked around looked at our pictures, went through our personal things, Uggghhh!!!! Our house was TRASHED, they went through EVERYTHING! I wish carma on whoever did this! It's a horrible feeling inside when you feel like you are not safe in your own home. Needless to say, Matt and I set up our house alarm so if anyone comes in a loud alarm will sound. We are also getting a dog. Then maybe I can rest a little bit more peace full at night. I will post pics of our house as soon as possible.

Baby Crew

2009-07-23T18:02:00.001-07:00

4th of July

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CReW

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My handsome man...

Some Brainstormed Ideas...

2009-07-19T09:53:00.000-07:00

Matt and I decided that Taylor really doesn't do much besides toys, friends, and TV, which is fine because she's 2, but we want to start developing her skills and stimulate her. So, we brainstormed some ideas that would help stimulate her and her brain but were fun at the same time. So this is what we have come up with... When she wakes up in the morning I have her help me make breakfast (I want to teach her how to cook), then we do chores around the house... laundry, teaching her how to make her bed, etc. Next she's given three books to go through while listening to classical music. Then she watches a shapes and color movie, followed by playing with blocks. Then it's off to the park for some fun. Then a nap (she still takes 2 hour naps every day, it's great). When she wakes up she does her ABC charts and learning to recognize letters, followed by color charts, then shape charts. Next are flash cards, then toys, then painting and coloring. She is starting swim lessons again too. I wanted to start her in ballet, so I called the ballet academy but they won't teach anyone under 3, so we'll start that next year as well as violen lessons. I am excited to finally have the time now, instead of working full-time, so I can play with her. It is so much fun being a mom!

2009-07-19T09:49:00.000-07:00

The Cooks...

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Mixin' the eggs and cinnamon...

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The final product

Crew is Here!!!

2009-05-29T13:01:00.000-07:00

It all started w/ my membranes being stripped last Friday at 1:45. As soon as I got home from the doc's office I started having contactions between 1 and 4 minutes apart. We stayed home to make sure it was the real thing. After watching Nemo with Taylor we decided that it was time to go to the hospital because my contractions were getting much stronger, and were between 2 to 3 minutes. The hospital is 30 minutes away, not to mention it's my second baby. So we get to the hospital at 11:30 pm and I am feeling great. I intended on getting an epideral this whole pregnancy but when I got to the hospital and was a 6 and not feeling any pain I kept refusing to get medicine. Amazingly when I was at a 9, I was pretty much sleeping through my contractions not really feeling any pain. It was funny because all the nurses would come in and say she has no medicine in her can you believe it b/c I was so calm. I guess I was really lucky. They broke my water at a 10 and when I had to push that's when I started feeling uncomfortable but surprisingly kept my cool and didn't scream at all, of which I am very proud of myself. So I had this baby natural but would I go natural again? Don't think so. I was so tired after this delivery, considering I was up for 2 days and pushed for over an hour with no medicine. I just felt like I couldn't enjoy it as much afterwards like I did Taylor's because I was too tired. Anyway, Crew was born the following morning at 10:30 am. After delivering him they gave me staydol to help with the pain, unfortunetely I had an allergic reaction and was a sight to see. But we're all home, healthy and happy. By the way, the pic above is of Matt and I on our way to the hospital at 10 at night. I posted a lot of pics so you may have to hit view old posts to see them all.

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At a 10 and pushing. This is taken inbetween contractions, my wonderful sister is feeding me ice chips.

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Right after Crew was born

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He weighed 8.2 and is 21" long.

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He's already a good screamer!

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CREW

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Crew and I

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Taylor's first time seeing Crew

Pool Mishap

2009-05-03T16:31:00.000-07:00

Taylor and Savannah swimming for the 1st time this season in Boo and Baca's pool. Taylor absolutely loves it, which is a good and bad thing. Good because she'll come in the pool with me and play, but bad because she is "little miss independent now" and loves the pool. She always wants to go in now. Well, I have a little Holy ghost/mother's intuition story... My dad was in working by the pool, Taylor wanted to go in with him while he worked, so I told my dad you have to watch her because she LOVES the pool. As I was sitting at my computer working, the thought came to my mind... go check on Taylor. I looked out the window and saw that my dad was still in the pool area, so I went back to work. Again, I had a stronger feeling, go check on Taylor. So, listening this time, I got up, when outside opened up the gate and looked in, sure enough there was Taylor in the pool, clothes and all! Luckily my parents have a pool where they built a kid pool into the deeper pool and she was in the kiddie part of the pool. To say the least I wasn't very happy with my dad but I am SO grateful for the holy ghost. It scares me just to think of the possibilities. Needless to say, Taylor will be having many many swim lessons this summer!

2009-05-03T16:28:00.000-07:00

I don't know what it is with kids and boxes...

2009-04-28T09:04:00.000-07:00

It has taken me FOREVER to post, so I have many pictures to make-up for my lack of posts. So you'll have to go to the bottom and click on the older posts as well, b/c those are actually new posts too.

2009-04-26T17:22:00.000-07:00

Taylor washing my Mom's car...

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Taylor washing her car.

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All of my family went camping last week on the coast at Doran Park. It was nice to return to the ocean again since moving from San Diego! We had so much FUN (besides the sleepless nights!)

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This is Matt...

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This is Matt flying Barbie

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Only Matt would do this!

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Lets go fly a KiTe, up to the highest height!

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My WICKED Husband!

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Yes, I look lovely. :) Our first morning after a very sleepless night in the car!:)

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My CuTe HuBbY! While camping we slept in the back of my parents Ucan.

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The joys of being a kid!

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COUSINS!

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Taylor found her first Easter egg!

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Taylor and her cousins lined up before they start the Easter Egg Hunt at Bugga-boos and Baca's.

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Taylor and I dying Easter Eggs. I haven't done this since I was like 8! I love dying easter eggs!

2009-04-26T16:34:00.000-07:00

Taylor loves riding her bike now, that is when her cousins aren't riding it. :) She is brave and rides down the road with her older cousins. It's so cute because she can't reach the peddles yet so her legs are running so fast to keep up with the bike.

My FABULOUS 25 Birthday!

2009-01-19T16:03:00.000-08:00

This weekend was full of birthday surprises! First Matt took me on a SHOPPING SPREE at Express. Then we went out to pizza in Old Town Lincoln with some of the fam. Then we played some games. Then on my official birthday Matt had a scavenger hunt for me were I got to find more presents! All of which were clothes, which I am in dire need of. That evening my mom made all my Favorites! She made BBQ Ribs, red mashed potatoes, gravy, a yummy mandarin craisin vinaigrette salad, and bread. For desert she made the BEST mint ice cream cake with doubled stuff mint oreos. All of my immediate family was there, my grandparents too! My favorite was when they all went around toasting me or roasting me, of which Matt was the only one that participated in the "roasting" part, surprise, surprise.. It was fun to hear all the different memories my individual family members have of me. We opened more presents, played games and just visited. It was one of the best birthdays ever. It's so nice to be close to home!

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Bouncey Girls

2009-01-06T21:35:00.000-08:00

Today all the girls went to BounceU. It was soo much fun and I loved that Taylor was free. They have like 15 different blow-up bouncey type things. They give you 2 hours and you get to go to 2 different rooms. It was so much fun; the girls really loved it! Taylor's favorite was the huge slide.

New Year's Eve!

2009-01-06T21:28:00.001-08:00

Boo and Baca built a fort for all the granddaughters on New Year's Eve. They absolutely loved it; they played board games and turned off all the lights and played with their flashlights.

Christmas Day!

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IT'S A BOY!!!

2008-12-20T13:56:00.000-08:00

Matt and I attended my work Christmas party at the savvy club called Tre. The food was just okay. Too fancy food most likely means weird tasting food, but all in all we had a wonderful time. I finally got to know some of my co-workers eventhough I have worked for the firm for 3 years. This was the second time I have ever met my boss. Taylor really enjoyed decorating the Christmas Tree. She loves the Christmas tree lights. As you can tell in the picture below, she isn't a fan of Santa yet. We have had so much fun getting ready for Christmas with all of her cousins living so close. We have made snowman and santa gum drops and decorated Christmas cookies, watched Christmas movies and went secret santa shopping. We're looking forward to all the family getting together next week!

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I don't think so...

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Matt made my mom very happy by finally fixing her broken wind mill.

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Trick or Treaters

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Taylor and her cousins.

Taylor and Me

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Halloween

2008-11-12T18:26:00.000-08:00

Taylor on Halloween night. She was so dang cute walking in those cow girl boots. She already loves Halloween. It was so funny because she'd go knock on the door with her cousins and then grab the candy out of the bowl before the person could hand it out.

We're Moving!

2008-10-28T23:37:00.000-07:00

Yes it's true, we are moving to Sacramento tomorrow! We are going to stay with my parents and I am so excited. We figured that it has been almost a year since we have been in San Diego, so we wanted to give Matt's parents a break. We are just waiting to hear back from dental schools as of right now. Matt is going to take a couple classes as Sac state. He applied for a 2nd bachelors just in case we don't get in this year.

I have my first doctors apt tomorrow for the baby, I am looking forward to it.

DAT Score

2008-10-01T21:08:00.000-07:00

So a big burden has been lifted from Matt and my shoulders today, he took the DAT and received a 19 which is pretty good. Gooo Matt! For reading comprehension he scored a 30, which is a perfect score. I wonder how many people score 30's on the DAT, I don't think it's very often. We applied to dental school today but think our chances of getting in this year are slim because we are applying sooooo late in the process. However, we were orginally planning on applying next year so if we get in we are ahead of schedule. I never realized how much work it is to apply to dental school, talk about time consuming. As for me, I am feeling really sick again, so I think I am having another girl, which I am thrilled about. I want a little sister for Taylor. Besides, everyone I know has stolen my boy name, Wyatt, and I can't bear to name my son that now. So I need a couple more years to have a good boy name come to me again. Taylor is officially in nursery and does really well. It probably helps that I am the nursery leader. :) She only gets jealous once in a while when I am holding another kid, but it's good practice for her when this next one comes along. She is also in an art class and loves it. She has a dance class as well, but I don't like it as much. Today she has a fever of 102. It amazes me how kids can be soo sick and soo happy at the same time. I think I am getting what she has and mixed with my pregnancy I am super mean. I could learn a few things from Taylor. Taylor has within this last week became afraid of the dark, so we now put a night light in with her and she has been much better. Before that I was crawling in her bed with her to sleep. :) Well that's our update for now, sorry so long.

2008-09-20T14:26:00.001-07:00

I'm PREGNANT!!! Yaay. Just wanted to let you all know. The due date is May 29th.

2008-09-14T17:35:00.000-07:00

Last week Matt, Taylor, Richard, Holly and I went to a Padres game. It's always fun going out on a double date with them, w/ Taylor. :) I watched Taylor most of the game because she was so entertaining. Anytime music came on or loud chanting she'd just start dancing or jumping up and down. It was lots of fun. I haven't blogged for a while, so here's a quick update. Matt has two weeks of studying left before the DAT. I am sooo excited and a little anxious! If he does really well, it means we can move to a new chapter in our life, and finally go to dental school next year. I have full faith in him. He has been studying very hard. Taylor is now 18 months and can say the sound of pretty munch any farm animal if you ask, the pig and monkey are the funniest ones to hear and see. Taylor is also enrolled in an art class and dance class, both of which she loves. We'll start gymnastics next month. As for me, I am still working long hours. I haven't been feeling well as of late and think that that might have a large part to do with it. I am always tired, no energy, feel nautious and weight loss, not to mention the horrible pain I have in the back of my head every once in a while. And no, I am not pregnant, I know. Anyway I finally went to the Doc to make sure it wasn't a brain tumor, you know me the worry-wart, which it ended up not being. At least from checking my eyes, ears, nose etc. She said I could get a cat-scan but I opted out, as it's too pricey. But she is a little worried with the other symtpoms and is doing a couple different blood tests. My bet is that I am anemic, the whole don't eat enough protein thing. Anway, I should have the results tomorrow. Everything else is great. I am ready for fall and a little cooler weather.

Taylor and Her Big Girl Bed

2008-08-12T20:51:00.001-07:00

So Matt, Taylor and I set out to Ikea to buy Taylor her first "Big Girl's Bed." I was a little aprehensive in buying her one b/c I have been told by many different people, "leave them in their crib as long as you can b/c if you don't, putting them down for naps and bed-time will be impossible." But we decided we needed to get rid of the crib b/c she's quite the climber now. Anyway, I put her in it last night, she cried for a few minutes b/c of the new situation then went straight to sleep. She then woke up at 4:30 am, probably b/c she didn't realize where she was, but then was fast asleep in 5 minutes. She didn't wake up until 10 the next morning. Then today I put her down for her nap and she slept 2 hrs. She didn't get out of her bed once. I was thrilled, what a success!!!

Taylor's Big Girl Bed!

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Dancing Taylor

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Taylor, Grandpa, and the Harley

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We had to get a picture with Taylor and Grandpa on the Harley one last time before it was sold.

Taylor Feeding the Ducks

2008-07-27T19:39:00.001-07:00

It was so cute we went to the park the other day to go and feed the ducks. Right when we got there I said, "Duckies" and Taylor copied exicitedly saying,"Duckies!" She loved feeding the bread to them. She has a very good arm and was throwing it pretty far, I was impressed.

Soaking Night At Sea World!

2008-07-24T11:16:00.001-07:00

So Matt, Steven, Brittany and I decided to go to Sea World last night. Matt and my passes expire in August so we thought we better get a move on and get our money's worth. I had been wanting to go back with just Matt so we could go on all the rides because Taylor is too small. So we decided to go at night so it's easier to leave Taylor with a sitter during that time. Well, dumb me, after going to Dolphin Ignite, I really wanted to go on the Rapid Waters ride. Well we got soaked, I mean SOAKED!!! Wasn't very smart considering it was 9:00 at night and by the bay, it was a little chilly. But I loved it and went on it twice, while Matt opted to get out the first time. I think he was most wet out of all of us! We then hurried to make it to Shamu Rocks, which really does rock. I love that show. Well this time we weren't as careful as in the dolphin show trying to avoid the soak zone seats. The only seats left at Shamu Rocks were the soak zone seats, but we didn't really care as we were already drenched with water. After the show they had some awesome fireworks. We watched them while dinking HOT, HOT chocolate. We then went to the Atlantis ride, to get even more wet as it was another water ride. Then we went to the shark exhibit. Let me tell you, going to Sea World at night, besides it being cold, is the BEST idea. No one is there, we pretty much had it to ourselves. We went to the shark exhibit where you go into this cool tube underground, we just kept going through it b/c no one was there. It is so sureal having all these sharks swim all around you. On our way out we headed to the Big shark jaw to take pictures. Well, never a dull moment with Stephen and Brittany, they decide to take a picture not in front, but inside the jaw of the shark. Needless to say a very loud alarm went off, but not before we got the picture, and we were out of there so fast! We had so much fun. We headed home with the car heater on HIGH. In conclusion, I decided I needed to ge a '09 Sea World pass!

Can You Say Drowned Cat?

2008-07-24T11:14:00.000-07:00

My hair was flat ironed straight. We were soooo wet!!!

Shark Exhibit

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Taylor and Keys

2008-07-24T11:09:00.000-07:00

Taylor always mimics me. I have to be very careful with what I do now. Every day I find her doing something new that I had just done that day or the day prior.

Taylor Loves Her Arms Tickled

2008-07-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

Taylor Finally Loves The Beach

2008-07-23T11:58:00.000-07:00

Taylor is FINALLY starting to like to go into the ocean. Yaayy!!! She even touched seaweed.

A Day At The Beach

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We have had a busy last couple weeks. First we went back to UCLA so Matt could learn how to make dentures. While he was in class I stayed with some friends, Natalie and Gavin. We had fun catching up. The next day Matt, Taylor and I went and stayed with the Scott's where we had delicious food, went shopping and watched the "Office." Then we flew to Sacramento to stay with my family. It was so fun. We had a big family reunion. Taylor had a blast with all her cousins, it was so cute, she tried to keep up with them, as she is the youngest, at least as of now. We watched fireworks and went to my great-grandmas 95th birthday, making her Taylor's great-gtreat-grandma. It was so cool to get a 5-generation picture. We were sad to leave and enjoyed my family as well as my mom and dad's HUGE park yard and their homegrown food. It was so nice to have mom's cooking again! We returned late last night to San Diego. Taylor is now signing play, more, eat, drink, please and thank-you thanks to the help of her best bud Ella.

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We had a blast this last weekend. Matt did a workshop from this last Monday to Thursday at UCLA. He loved it and felt like he gained a lot of knowledge from taking the course. He had these little pieces of wax he had to carve and he was the best at it out of all of the students. While he was in class Taylor and I wandered around the UCLA campus on Wednesday for a about 2-1/2 hours. I really enjoyed it. The buildings are beautiful! They have a botanical garden that Taylor and I walked around in for 40 minutes. Taylor loved the turtles that were in this little stream in the middle of the garden. Later Taylor and I went to the cafeteria to eat lunch. We were surrounded by lots of people. I thought to myself how cool it was to be around so many intelligent people at one time who are all going to be doctors. Then Lindsey and Ella picked Taylor and I up. We drove back to Lindsey apartment but not before we had to stop and get Burger King for the hungry crying girls. Matt soon met up with us after class. We decided to stay with them after their nice offer to have us so that we could save time and money in gas. It was taking Matt 4 hours to drive to UCLA and 4 hours back. SO he drove 8 hours every day for 2 days. Once we decided to stay with the Scott's in Rancho Cucamonga Matt only had to drive 2 hours to UCLA and 2 hours back. We had tons of fun. We had BBQ's,went swimming, went shopping and just had good conversation. It was 106 degrees while we were there! Taylor absolutely loves the pool. She likes to jump into our arms into the pool. Ella is teaching Taylor sign language and we hope she picks up on it soon. We had so much fun visiting with Lindsey, Jordan and Ella and were sad to leave but happy that we'll see them next weekend, as Matt has another class at UCLA making dentures, etc.

2008-06-20T21:06:00.000-07:00

We spent all day at Little Corona Del Mar Beach with Jordan, Lindsey, and Ella. Can you believe Taylor is 3 weeks younger than Ella!

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Taylor and Ella swinging on the swing.

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Matt, Taylor and Her best friend Ella playing at the pool.

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Matt and Taylor snuggling at the Farm

Cake Eating!

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If you want to do professional pictures, I've learned to get them done young!! Taylor wouldn't stay on the "X" and I spent most of my time chasing after her. I have no idea how I was able to make her sit long enough to take this picture.

2008-05-06T19:08:00.000-07:00

Taylor turned 14 months today and is the cutest thing ever.

Her hair is long enough to put in poneytails in the back. She says mama, dadda, and doggie. She loves being chased and trying to make you laugh. Her new favorite thing is to brush her teeth with her bright pink toothbrush that flashes. And whenever you sit or lay on the floor she loves to climb all over you but most importantly, she loves to sit on your head and bounce up and down.