Back in the Midwest

We are back in the Midwest until Mark graduates and finds a job. We are staying with Mark's parents, which is nice saving on living costs. Me graduates on May 17th. We are really looking forward to it. He is looking at jobs in St. Croix Falls, WI, Boise and Twin Falls, ID. I'm hoping for Idaho, but we will see.

The drive out here was an adventure. We started the trip on Friday, early afternoon. After a few hours of driving we got stuck in Rowlins, WY. The Interstate was closed between rowlins and Cheyenne because of bad weather. It was undecided when it would reopen and every Hotel was already booked so we were worried we would have to sleep in the car (it was only 6pm, which made it worse. What can you do all evening in a car). We got on the GPS to look for a grocery store to get some snacks and the only grocery store we found was "Davidson's Gun and Grocery" Not quite what we were looking for. After driving around for awhile we found a little Market place and were about to get some food. Luckily for us and Zach the road opened after a few hours. The road was really that bad until Nebraska. We drove for about 150 plus miles on sheets of ice. CRAZY, it was May. It was really scary at one point the Semi-truck in front of us (there was a lot of traffic and cars because of the closed interstate. Practically boxed in by Semi's) got out of control and was swerving all over the place. Thankfully we didn't hit it and it got under control. We couldn't slam on our brakes because of the ice. It seemed that ever mile or so there would be a patch of ice that lasted 1/2 - 1 mile long. It was awful. But we made it safely Saturday evening. We drove straight through the night only stopping a couple times for little naps. It was not a fun trip. It is about a 20 hour drive and we made it in 5 hours including our stop in Rowlins so we made really good time. Needless to say we were really tired Saturday night and Sunday.

It was been really fun to see Mark's family again. Zach is loving the attention from the Taylor's. I really miss my family but i like it out here also. (my hands aren't dry and cracking :))

Sorry, i always forget to rotate the pictures.

Random Pictures.....to keep everyone lookin'

THis picture is at a park in Idaho. It was really funny we would put Zach on the grass and try and get him to crawl towards us but he was too afraid of the grass. He wouldn't put his hands on it.
I thought this picture was really funny. I caught Zach sitting on the edge of this bin getting into our stuff.
Bath time. Zach loves baths.
Zach stands up to everything. he won't just sit on the floor anymore. He crawls to something he can stand up to and then stands up. It is funny because he doesn't quite get how to get down so he just stay sthere until he losses balance and falls.

Kelsey was trying on dresses for prom and I thought it would be fun to try on my wedding dress again. It still fits!!! Although I had a really hard time breathing in it after it was zipped up. I guess I still have a few pounds to go.

Washington and more

This first picture is of Mark and I playing Settlers with my family. I sort of have a weird look on my face. hahahaGrandma Valentine and Zach. I just love this picture of them looking at each other.
Her are some of my favorite pictures in Washington, visiting my Grandma and Grandpa Robinson. Grandma bought a highchair for Zach at a thrift store and mom and I were too grossed out to touch it so mom made seth and Isaac scrub it down for me.
This is my grandma, zach, and me watching the little boys fish of the shore.
Just hanging out outside.

Life

I know it has been awhile since i have posted. Life has been a bit crazy with our move to boise. Our living situation didn't quite workout so I am know living at home for a month while Mark is staying with a friend in boise.

It will be hard to be away from Mark for a month, but i'm excited to hangout with my family for awhile.

Sorry, this is brief.....i'm not much of a person to talk a lot or write alot. I'll post more now that i'm at home were there is a computer though.

A post By the loving sister...KeLseY

HI this is Kelsey...I am taking the liberty of bloggin for Tiff. I decided to post some good lookin pictures of Tiff and Mark... ...

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And now the cutest one of all. This by far is my favorite picture of Tiff. It captures a sparkle in her eyes. I know this sounds funny but i also like how it brings out her upper lip...
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Update

Just so everyone is informed. My finger is doing much better along with my punctured foot. My foot really only hurt for a day or so. My finger is not quite as black and painful but still swollen. Mark is going to take the stitches out this weekend. I'm a little nervous about that. It is weird I have a really hard time bending it. I have to concentrate really hard on trying to move it. it is like my brain knows it is injured and that it shouldn't be moved to much.


We have moved out of Minneapolis. we moved yesterday and are staying in River Falls WI with Mark's family until Monday and then headed to Utah for a couple of days and then Boise. We are really excited for this little adventure.

Zach has started pulling himself up into a standing position. he is getting so old! he isn't quite a little baby any more (at least that is how i feel) he is also starting to understand cause and effect. The other day Mark, Zach, and I went to breakfast with the law firm that I work for and he would play with the spoons and pick one up and drop it on the table (it made a really loud noise) he did it over and over just to hear the nose. And this morning Mark was playing with him and he would spit his pacifier out wine until Mark put it back in for him ( he can easily do it himself) and then immediately spit it back out. He is so fun right now. Also, for all those who have experienced him with the reflux......he is doing so much better the last couple weeks we have been slowly giving him less medicine and he is down to only twice and day and he is still doing great! YEAH!!! We were worried he would never get over it.


Well, That is all for now.

When you think things just couldn't get worse......

Yesterday was a pretty crummy day. Earlier in the day I was doing the dishes and cut open my finger. It was so nasty there was blood everywhere I was totally freaking out. I ended up calling mark at work because he had the car and i couldn't take myself in to the hospital. I called him and we decided it wasn't bad enough that he hadd to rush home so I ended up just doing the regular and going to work. (Later I ended up stepping on a pice of glass puntureing my foot. Not really bd but it was painful and just seeing more blood made me really close to passing out. I ended up just putting ona video for zach and laying down. )I came home and had Mark look at it. He than took me to the hospital. We both wish i would have gone right away. I was too grossed out to look at it and i had taken some medicen so it didn't hurt that hbad so i didn't think it was aas bad as it was. (excuse my bad typing I have a hurt fingure). i spent a couple hours in the ER. NOT FUN!!!! First of all the ER was so busy last night we ended up waitng for ever before they got to me and when they did they gave me a numbing shot but by the time they got to the stictching part the numbness has wor3e off. After a couple of hours i was all stitched up. I would take a picture of itb ut I can't stand to look at it. It is pretty gross even Mark said he was a little grossed out and he has even watched a couple of surgeries and is in the health perfession. Anyway, i hope it heals relly fast it is so hard to get anyting done. Even a slight brush against my fingure shoots pain all through my hand and changing diapers is s nightmare because zach thinks it looks fun to play with and he tries to grab. Poor ME! Anyway, on a good note we had some of our friends come over last night to stay with zach while we were in the hospital and they finished our dishes and took out our trash!! We havew some AWESOME friends.

Say CHEESE

This is the face Zach makes everytime we get the camera out.

Funny Bad Parenting Moment

Zach had a really rough night last night. He would wake up about every 30 minutes and cry for about 5-10 minutes and then fall back asleep. Except around 11:30 he woke up and would not go back to sleep. I decided to swaddle him in his blanket and see if that helped. That did not settle him down but I decided to just let him cry . I had bundled him pretty good so i figured that he would settle down. After about 20-30 minutes Mark and I decided to go check on him because he was still screaming. We came and this is what we found:
I had swaddled him so tight (and aparently he did not want to be) that he was trying to get out of the blanket and ended up scooting out of the neck of his pj's!!! I don't know you he got his arms and shoulders out. I had a really hard time not laughing and crying at the same time. It was relaly funny but I felt so bad that I let him crywhen he was really just trying to get out of hthe blanket.