tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87156692158307985302024-03-19T04:24:23.696-07:00The Piepkow FamilyMrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-57641978375554541072012-07-27T08:32:00.001-07:002012-07-27T08:32:38.793-07:00Through a Child's EyesEarlier this week I was awoken around 6:30 a.m. by my 2 1/2 year old shouting, "It's pink momma, it's pink! It's pink momma, it's pink! It's pink momma, it's pink!" <br />
When I finally couldn't take it anymore, I rolled over and asked, "What's pink, Owen?" <br />
"The CLOUD!!!"<br />
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Seeing his excitement in the sunrise that morning turning the cloud outside of my window pink made getting up before the birds not all that bad on that particular day...if only we could always view each day through a child's eye!Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-30686066397704292252012-07-26T13:03:00.001-07:002012-07-26T13:03:22.735-07:00Photo Book<object width="425" height="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"/><param name="flashvars" value="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D1AZsWzFo0ZNRcW%26uid%3D005020441613%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1343332950000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0"/><param name="menu" value="false"/><param name="quality" value="best"/><param name="wmode" value="transparent"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><embed width="425" height="425" align="middle" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" name="wrapper" quality="best" menu="false" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" flashvars="xmlURL=http%3A%2F%2Fws.shutterfly.com%2Fpsdata%3FprojectGUID%3D1AZsWzFo0ZNRcW%26uid%3D005020441613%26size%3D0%26ts%3D1343332950000%26height%3D425%26width%3D425&size=0&ob=0&fc=0&ss=0&sb=0&ft=0" src="http://images-community.shutterfly.com/flashapps/flashslideshowphotobook/slideshow_pb.swf"></embed></object><p style="width:425px;margin-top:0;text-align:center;"><a href="http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=1AZsWzFo0ZNXFw&cid=SFLYOCWIDGET&eid=115">Click here to view this photo book larger</a><div style="margin-top: 10px; width: 425px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.shutterfly.com" style="color: #6666cc;">Photo books</a> are the perfect gift for any occasion.</div><img width="1" height="1" border="0" style="padding: 0; background: #ffffff; border: none; box-shadow: none;" src="https://os.shutterfly.com/b/ss/sflyshareprod/1/H.15/111?pageName=sharekey&c1=photobook&c2=blogger" /></p>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-8727965040579187882012-06-07T09:50:00.003-07:002012-06-07T09:50:54.627-07:00Lakers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I was growing up my family introduced me to two terms: Lakers and Townies. In my family, you didn't want to be referred to as a Townie. It meant you spent your summers 'in town' away from a lake and when you were introduced to a lake, you didn't really enjoy it. On the other hand, Lakers were always on the water and knew their way around the lake. I am hoping my kids will grow up to be Lakers. I think we are well on our way...Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-68617516787373996162012-05-25T11:54:00.001-07:002012-05-25T11:54:07.282-07:00One Month OldWow, what a fast month! We were fortunate enough to have Grandma Julie stay with us for three weeks to help take care of Lila (and Owen); thank you, thank you, thank you!! We sure loved seeing both grandmas, grandpa (bacca), Aunt Megan and cousin Will, Uncle Mike and Aunt Renee, Uncle Matt, Aunt Mary Beth, Natalie and Ryan! Now she just needs to meet her poppa, Uncle Teddy and Aunt Kelli (along with extended great aunts and uncles---we aren't forgetting you).<br />
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Lila has been a very easy going baby and still loves to grunt to communicate with us, but she is also slowly finding that crying gets attention rather quickly. We had a rough couple nights sleep until I found out about a device called a Nap Nanny--it has been a life (sleep) saver! I would have easily paid $1,000 for this contraption that has allowed me to sleep at four hour intervals (how insane does that sound; I'm excited over 4 hour stretches of sleep)!<br />
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Big Brother Owen is still really sweet on Lila. He is back to his old charming, sweet self and always tells Lila that it's OK when she cries. One time in the car after picking him up from day care she was having a fit. Owen said, "It's OK baby Lila, see all the cars?" He was trying to distract her! He also loves showing her off to his friends at school. He says over and over that it's his baby sister when they all crowd around to look. He also loves to give her her pacifier and tries to offer her toys (although she isn't quite interested in them yet and quite frankly, doesn't seem to enjoy a hard, plastic rattle being thrown at her head). <br />
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Here are a few photos from the past few weeks...<br />
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<br />Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-69148954735722353502012-05-02T06:30:00.002-07:002012-05-02T06:30:35.412-07:00First Week with Two Children!!Let's just say THANK GOODNESS for help from grandmas and daycare!! Our sweet little two year old has enjoyed testing us on more than one occasion. It started with him insisting on eating a picnic outside by himself instead of eating with the family...see pic below! It has continued with the use of his new favorite word: NO!<br />
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Overall though, he has done quite nicely adjusting to his new role as big brother. He is always excited to see his baby sister and has enjoyed telling all of his friends about his baby sister Lila. He even likes to offer toys to her to play with--I don't think that he quite understands that she is too little to play. It is so sweet though. </div>
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Other than a lack of sleep, mom and dad are doing great with this new family dynamic. We have both forgotten how much easier an infant is compared to a toddler...sleep makes up the majority of Lila's day (and most of the night, too).</div>
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Lila is a contented baby and rarely cries. I'm nervous as I type this because I know that I am going to jinx myself and she is going to develop colic or something...at night she just stirs a little and grunts and I feed her and for the most part she goes back to sleep. Let's hope this continues, this is much more pleasant than screaming bloody murder. Lila is only 9 days old, but she has already been to the dr. 3 times. She had jaundice when she came home so we had to get a billi blanket (Owen: blue lights make her better?) for one night. I hated seeing her in it, but it helped to make her better. Yesterday we went back to do a weight check and she is exactly back to her birth weight of 6 lbs 15 oz--Go Lila!</div>
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Well...Lila decided that she did not want to wait two more weeks to make her appearance into this world and graced us with her presence on Monday, April 23 at 10:58 p.m. weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz. We couldn't be any happier!! Ironically, on the same day that I decided to reinstate my blogging...<br />
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Lila was lucky enough to meet both her Grandma (Bacca) Julie and her Nonny when she was less than 24 hours old! This mommy REALLY enjoyed all of the extra help--especially with a two year old who loves to PLAY! Thank you Bacca Julie and Nonny!! But most importantly she was able to meet her big bro. Owen came into the room with his grandmas on Tuesday morning, acting sheepishly. He ran right over to the hospital bed where I was holding Lila and wanted up. He climbed right into the bed (with the help of daddy) and sat down next to me where he stared at his new sister with the best look on his face.<br />
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Being a normal 2 year old, he didn't really want to stay in the room too long (I mean we were all itching to get out of that tiny space--can't really blame him). Luckily, we were able to leave the next day.<br />
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<li>At some point this summer he switched from calling our dog 'Marmo' to his official name: Marlow!</li>
<li>A Thanksgiving quote: "MMMMMM....stuffing!" Kept us all laughing!</li>
<li>Loves, loves, loves Santa Claus. Not a huge fan of elves as one is seen helping Santa down the chimney in one of his books and every time he saw the picture he would say "No push Santa!"</li>
<li>Calls Grandma and Grandpa "Bacca Julie and Bacca" No one is really sure why :)</li>
<li>Definitely has a southern drawl with the following words: Milk, More, and I am sure much more.</li>
<li>He is very excited about his new baby sister who is due in a couple weeks and imitates how a baby cries for us--"baby goes whaaa (in a sweet quiet voice), Owen goes WHAA! (in a loud, obnoxious voice). Makes daddy and I laugh every time!</li>
<li>He told us that when baby sister cries he will say, "It's OK baby, I love you!" Let's see if this will really hold true...</li>
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Here are some of our favorite pictures from the past almost year--sorry they are not in chronological order!</div>
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<br /></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-52036756069035050712011-06-20T16:04:00.001-07:002011-06-20T17:24:17.302-07:00Father's Day Weekend 2011<div align="center">We had a wonderful weekend at Lake Keowee!<br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aA0SCbIgioxC0UIxDq_24p7K0VkP8quLmmoo4Fw18DEfMy257QiV7O6dZjlywOv11pMWsztSEJFN9PJpSdFgnzRg-ykMSvKAl5qrd7H8pTATBahvUo5jZ3efcYZMoPZXaHH13FYTpOSF/s1600/260470_10150224475975688_586015687_7309139_7184988_s%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 125px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 135px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620459589372781682" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6aA0SCbIgioxC0UIxDq_24p7K0VkP8quLmmoo4Fw18DEfMy257QiV7O6dZjlywOv11pMWsztSEJFN9PJpSdFgnzRg-ykMSvKAl5qrd7H8pTATBahvUo5jZ3efcYZMoPZXaHH13FYTpOSF/s320/260470_10150224475975688_586015687_7309139_7184988_s%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1puOx_KOGv5AT9VrqlURXaeoSqZIYiZp-iId2Nkp7Vcn9i37DXMe79ju01zNDyf_A_oUjmkhXGA6bbs4QDG1IQaI2L4rMYgcjkfR-lBraRi-W8I9pZUsiL0ljywst7_Uxpiot4-jSnNN/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+018.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620458359662964450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1puOx_KOGv5AT9VrqlURXaeoSqZIYiZp-iId2Nkp7Vcn9i37DXMe79ju01zNDyf_A_oUjmkhXGA6bbs4QDG1IQaI2L4rMYgcjkfR-lBraRi-W8I9pZUsiL0ljywst7_Uxpiot4-jSnNN/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+018.JPG" /></a>" Emma, Emma, Emma, Emma!"<br />That is what we woke up to every day...mind you, it was before the birds woke up! He was very excited to play with his friend.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYBz5H7f3HBh9HwXf8uaWFlBCAEkpna1gSBPJF1r_iHR_USPlg2_3WGNVyWBsHdm4UJGpvPS9bEWKVMgoCwDElN-Hduw_1eGmAIqj9oenXfLNqeT-wXzJMp4giT3fYmzTC0WDqIpqSK2r/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620454201973811266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYBz5H7f3HBh9HwXf8uaWFlBCAEkpna1gSBPJF1r_iHR_USPlg2_3WGNVyWBsHdm4UJGpvPS9bEWKVMgoCwDElN-Hduw_1eGmAIqj9oenXfLNqeT-wXzJMp4giT3fYmzTC0WDqIpqSK2r/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+022.JPG" /></a> The box is more fun than the game at this age...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9VRYZBxWWCt4qE1irv54Hd_lUTiIszD6vsgrvWeHkFxbgu3DpjydhNXmN80ciUhrZPW3J80xhhWk0QNq_CPsbCyNQ9Xgj2QmtPBJI8RjR3jEiOt9XoIn8zvBvO7WeZCBxd11zjfetByZ/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620453340226451106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs9VRYZBxWWCt4qE1irv54Hd_lUTiIszD6vsgrvWeHkFxbgu3DpjydhNXmN80ciUhrZPW3J80xhhWk0QNq_CPsbCyNQ9Xgj2QmtPBJI8RjR3jEiOt9XoIn8zvBvO7WeZCBxd11zjfetByZ/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+023.JPG" /></a> Opening and closing the doors on the deck and going in and out was one of Owen's favorite games. He was very proud of himself when he figured out how to step down onto the porch without the help of mommy or daddy.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEkEfEWClBQthqsnoefGgP5LkSgEDkfexJ2nX8YL47ST_b2KCiUWsx-n_TD6Yn-DBhnuCAxJN21939CZDh3KAuWKvDNRsD49Cvc7d27dJohG8IdyHV-Mi_yg7-9RX_kXUD1eOs69gLlct/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620452129126321842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPEkEfEWClBQthqsnoefGgP5LkSgEDkfexJ2nX8YL47ST_b2KCiUWsx-n_TD6Yn-DBhnuCAxJN21939CZDh3KAuWKvDNRsD49Cvc7d27dJohG8IdyHV-Mi_yg7-9RX_kXUD1eOs69gLlct/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+027.JPG" /></a> I'm ready to take the wheel, dad!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5b7f4p04Z_zTXZRm81Hmkpb1Lx7DhtyVQxz4ggkRTXSX5m7s4BwCgIiyED_fngUlanw5a76FaFP302F-0mCK2_2qQmk8GQ8z-0btrGlGQK2VApxNbM0TCqLShfrwQu5aRpsCSTTdsEwyW/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+033.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620451242403782274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5b7f4p04Z_zTXZRm81Hmkpb1Lx7DhtyVQxz4ggkRTXSX5m7s4BwCgIiyED_fngUlanw5a76FaFP302F-0mCK2_2qQmk8GQ8z-0btrGlGQK2VApxNbM0TCqLShfrwQu5aRpsCSTTdsEwyW/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+033.JPG" /></a> Owen loves to go fast!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcR7Oo1gb8q46EQbOZNBY8Jah-gjYRlf0aj0KkDo54ZdilZvwcdgwOdkk6mTJ_6jaRXI4SyIn-M8s-vbqQYEJCjEO1cfB4cy7I0yvFgkNRimduWq20pda5D4A3cV0rH-8qq6yHQ1XY2Jm/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+039.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620450429304592018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcR7Oo1gb8q46EQbOZNBY8Jah-gjYRlf0aj0KkDo54ZdilZvwcdgwOdkk6mTJ_6jaRXI4SyIn-M8s-vbqQYEJCjEO1cfB4cy7I0yvFgkNRimduWq20pda5D4A3cV0rH-8qq6yHQ1XY2Jm/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+039.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMEbyeTeWmFZPlq8yHgIzbX5CLTAT2Mg4Xb4eTKpV8sZtYO3NLXIKkbYhGP7c7RWZBqv9gcQFO1uqLt3VrKz-T7Pwwm1VAJDI3jAMiZBFBhwvY6h2kHpoQAbD2h58xnu-qAmBw-l5NCew/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+041.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620449511654917298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAMEbyeTeWmFZPlq8yHgIzbX5CLTAT2Mg4Xb4eTKpV8sZtYO3NLXIKkbYhGP7c7RWZBqv9gcQFO1uqLt3VrKz-T7Pwwm1VAJDI3jAMiZBFBhwvY6h2kHpoQAbD2h58xnu-qAmBw-l5NCew/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+041.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUAQwPuESuPsSGmLbD1xC2AXx29pwCM2TNv7mCaX88NQKgUUlgxHUq3VyPgZUlk4DKrrdyc9uA4FF_AZrxXfVAu0qBvnzeT3wUN2dQRQXpfhYjI97KkrKXvR71cCfho9oBDyF33tKON5U/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620448233775833954" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeUAQwPuESuPsSGmLbD1xC2AXx29pwCM2TNv7mCaX88NQKgUUlgxHUq3VyPgZUlk4DKrrdyc9uA4FF_AZrxXfVAu0qBvnzeT3wUN2dQRQXpfhYjI97KkrKXvR71cCfho9oBDyF33tKON5U/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+048.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6vgpRXxtZ6EfItWTo66P6yHZc2ujU9yjUoagI8ouZ2sYS6YvZzN03wMEu-v1v0WPOwaUJVepMB5lFdj91BgUqdRPSmqISCi4A0HoK8UsEWbAX2n7nKHRdKipUnGlqra41rVJE0-1QxtD/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+052.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620447445282458194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy6vgpRXxtZ6EfItWTo66P6yHZc2ujU9yjUoagI8ouZ2sYS6YvZzN03wMEu-v1v0WPOwaUJVepMB5lFdj91BgUqdRPSmqISCi4A0HoK8UsEWbAX2n7nKHRdKipUnGlqra41rVJE0-1QxtD/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+052.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>He did not like the feel of the wet, rocky sand. Once he put his water shoes on he was great (too bad I lost them in the lake later that day...).<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hh1CtEspSuZpR556gBpyfCoaMlA8D_yRDXS3_8YNnI_4kD_oqCnjg0qBZgFUDBl5_HMxpOhLAPEjv88bZj8vyolwtWCmG-AHL4ijx3FxrupAnfYoITVjV9-qph5WshuGf7L6huBmqKPa/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620446617060761730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2hh1CtEspSuZpR556gBpyfCoaMlA8D_yRDXS3_8YNnI_4kD_oqCnjg0qBZgFUDBl5_HMxpOhLAPEjv88bZj8vyolwtWCmG-AHL4ijx3FxrupAnfYoITVjV9-qph5WshuGf7L6huBmqKPa/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+054.JPG" /></a><br />How many pictures are we going to take in front of this thing??<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ17022JfV4vOFslTxYSXrO04wFPU5bMLP4jRddhw-UKKXJXQwn9Q0ZWo1KYUuay0gB_GzNu3kASkS2j8Qisl8GRmEZgnCBsUQXJntfaQ7czALk96SWdDSi-lxEY7rZV0jk4vo_jns_LlN/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+056.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620445705007880274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ17022JfV4vOFslTxYSXrO04wFPU5bMLP4jRddhw-UKKXJXQwn9Q0ZWo1KYUuay0gB_GzNu3kASkS2j8Qisl8GRmEZgnCBsUQXJntfaQ7czALk96SWdDSi-lxEY7rZV0jk4vo_jns_LlN/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+056.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Playing so nice together with his buddy, Emma, at the waterfall.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpNmyamdVH7hp8RjZmA2oGVfKznpekcLF9B0nQo758lFgQ-YYbI-0SuA_c3RCHtFGgj5rI9uM66kfoFQkW06LqEQLUBdTA7sOnprYyB4KT1Evly2gckizUBVAm7YbgzGRf-DhoDQiXfWS/s1600/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+072.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620442671804910562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpNmyamdVH7hp8RjZmA2oGVfKznpekcLF9B0nQo758lFgQ-YYbI-0SuA_c3RCHtFGgj5rI9uM66kfoFQkW06LqEQLUBdTA7sOnprYyB4KT1Evly2gckizUBVAm7YbgzGRf-DhoDQiXfWS/s320/Father%2527s+Day+Weekend+2011+072.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-44786430724010877432011-06-12T15:49:00.000-07:002011-06-12T16:11:14.313-07:00First Haircut<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMBGK8PsSc8vB9KI-avdxPoNlk3OHrwZUC1YeiYBTQ-W3M8sVRb88Xu7lhECZKmSwhDEc3GUL6YBMcuJ9YGCbdUeqBjh1iSqgKYrEEYI34Ci9y4nvG_opCJmcjX-gLWJkY64y91KjCSz-/s1600/First+Haircut+007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617474488842933522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMBGK8PsSc8vB9KI-avdxPoNlk3OHrwZUC1YeiYBTQ-W3M8sVRb88Xu7lhECZKmSwhDEc3GUL6YBMcuJ9YGCbdUeqBjh1iSqgKYrEEYI34Ci9y4nvG_opCJmcjX-gLWJkY64y91KjCSz-/s320/First+Haircut+007.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPxyjGVVnRPtsyzBUOq-33OiAX3VjixV55hyphenhyphenXHtd9S6ztbkmHD5zDe58lzKa5F5_nJTlXIwWO13-UOeb23jPUcChbIvXZpjrV4rWwaJeTWpSi6VJ1857OSAw3UHxhAMjuE32aabR_yTCc/s1600/First+Haircut+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617474009586010338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRPxyjGVVnRPtsyzBUOq-33OiAX3VjixV55hyphenhyphenXHtd9S6ztbkmHD5zDe58lzKa5F5_nJTlXIwWO13-UOeb23jPUcChbIvXZpjrV4rWwaJeTWpSi6VJ1857OSAw3UHxhAMjuE32aabR_yTCc/s320/First+Haircut+009.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OJ-HMPKvWJHbox82twCwkQ8XE5hFh8D_Djnu11XZ3oouy3XaFm8TKJgDIgjndPYGLgNY5bsH_W1RLZqqWFkdviYfh5DP_-LKui8YstBsUsuxZ0SwtGlLpD0Pdef6gMmXicKcp_7pvBBw/s1600/First+Haircut+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617470962040220994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2OJ-HMPKvWJHbox82twCwkQ8XE5hFh8D_Djnu11XZ3oouy3XaFm8TKJgDIgjndPYGLgNY5bsH_W1RLZqqWFkdviYfh5DP_-LKui8YstBsUsuxZ0SwtGlLpD0Pdef6gMmXicKcp_7pvBBw/s320/First+Haircut+011.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CjZKIVVi6A_qYlG_nuHweVWMHl1e1G2jfi7KUQYGT2ZrMP9F_ymhsToHEszjdH8uv0lTdmmJ6OmwbWekFR3G_ynAqfs9V3ucsoT17ZCI8ZFj_rLrMyqB5XbNp9aGekmvSgyKuuYUXmG_/s1600/First+Haircut+014.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617470504445324338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CjZKIVVi6A_qYlG_nuHweVWMHl1e1G2jfi7KUQYGT2ZrMP9F_ymhsToHEszjdH8uv0lTdmmJ6OmwbWekFR3G_ynAqfs9V3ucsoT17ZCI8ZFj_rLrMyqB5XbNp9aGekmvSgyKuuYUXmG_/s320/First+Haircut+014.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>After much prodding by family members (Uncle Matt, Nonnie, Grandpa Zip) I broke down and decided to cut those beautiful blonde locks. I knew that it was needed as he was beginning to look a little bit scraggely, but that just meant he was growing up on me!<br /></div><br /><div>When Luke and I moved to Greenville I noticed a place called Jelly Beans that cut hair for little kids. I used to drive by it all of the time and said that when we have kids we would take them there to get a haircut. It just looked so cute and fun!<br /></div><br /><div>So I made an appointment for him on Friday, he did great! And they managed to keep the long 'southern' look for me!</div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-33907458839384194102011-06-12T15:21:00.000-07:002011-06-12T15:48:36.076-07:00SUMMER!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4wEBlSP51D_LXX4Bc-0XgoCfC6cMmdf0b2ef4H535RTCrTuhS0NSLr3F41i6WCGCLNfvN9mY-rg8QUXKubWgItNECEZA6RewtngYf_bxD08K4nVGNnWO-YMXBep_C48AFq2KkPODlVbD/s1600/June+2011+002.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617466920403666914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4wEBlSP51D_LXX4Bc-0XgoCfC6cMmdf0b2ef4H535RTCrTuhS0NSLr3F41i6WCGCLNfvN9mY-rg8QUXKubWgItNECEZA6RewtngYf_bxD08K4nVGNnWO-YMXBep_C48AFq2KkPODlVbD/s320/June+2011+002.JPG" /></a> We had a great family weekend! We started Saturday morning with a trip to Cleveland Park where Owen ran, jumped and slid for quite awhile. Later that afternoon we took a trip to our neighborhood pool...let the summer fun begin!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPDNHLB6QrwQ6DV-osBcZncyCoPYNZ7auFsJIUXAM25xtUy17hLi5_Ypw4Y_vOfbCkgVMsopPbdZ_ocPk-1h-ri9Utc7eoaPBtvLMLYlWJY-yWszaSsUPfZWiYaGEY3f3hhGlxxljnMkQ/s1600/June+2011+005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617466445240615842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuPDNHLB6QrwQ6DV-osBcZncyCoPYNZ7auFsJIUXAM25xtUy17hLi5_Ypw4Y_vOfbCkgVMsopPbdZ_ocPk-1h-ri9Utc7eoaPBtvLMLYlWJY-yWszaSsUPfZWiYaGEY3f3hhGlxxljnMkQ/s320/June+2011+005.JPG" /></a><br />Lake Keowee for the day...not a bad follow-up to Saturday!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacgwYM2nZPOqJzn9JX_hXxQx_6my5LgKLQTsr1II8NOBkc1HYWCnhjTKnHQpxfhu6Tjeu9KTS1D-3nRnVoyFlNhz7ArOcD-AauKxrEhLiwd4jbhrFRlZZRaPcqk7L0McUgITXVNGg6X6f/s1600/June+2011+007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617465947846433762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgacgwYM2nZPOqJzn9JX_hXxQx_6my5LgKLQTsr1II8NOBkc1HYWCnhjTKnHQpxfhu6Tjeu9KTS1D-3nRnVoyFlNhz7ArOcD-AauKxrEhLiwd4jbhrFRlZZRaPcqk7L0McUgITXVNGg6X6f/s320/June+2011+007.JPG" /></a> Chillin' with daddy. Owen has this whole boat thing figured out!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6o_wEfP0wbD0gaiTqslOgk9qbwBYLNBFea3fvxafBGfo3cpm8Rq7rm6l-jMgtZzXcc1DbmPyxYDVX8mc0PLBpt-qcNycY1wwf1tDsT6Uo78QtdXMD7dtJ9-IpHrjwX18h2YrzUVbygEN/s1600/June+2011+010.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617465411874526626" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6o_wEfP0wbD0gaiTqslOgk9qbwBYLNBFea3fvxafBGfo3cpm8Rq7rm6l-jMgtZzXcc1DbmPyxYDVX8mc0PLBpt-qcNycY1wwf1tDsT6Uo78QtdXMD7dtJ9-IpHrjwX18h2YrzUVbygEN/s320/June+2011+010.JPG" /></a> Enjoying a boat ride on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon while eating one of my favorite snacks, balls (known as blueberries to everyone else).<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHust9qU6oF062IA7tU6p91lmR2a_84bEYG1wrFklYFvfezQJ0O9v2Gm7-_CHgtzykROwA3jOFScq_CnQJpUgoQP1o9XCLRG1PUZpkWBY1tgZB-CFrhXJB9ZgqZcE0HFG2NC797t4ZRip/s1600/June+2011+021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617464938711157858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHust9qU6oF062IA7tU6p91lmR2a_84bEYG1wrFklYFvfezQJ0O9v2Gm7-_CHgtzykROwA3jOFScq_CnQJpUgoQP1o9XCLRG1PUZpkWBY1tgZB-CFrhXJB9ZgqZcE0HFG2NC797t4ZRip/s320/June+2011+021.JPG" /></a><br />This thing is pretty cool...<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPt0fmp8w7Sz98T14HLRxAPHCB7i05sxI1165r1Et3O3rJOVXa9KTcgyJJNJnFnVKtrrRaizqHVQ5ZblPoYy39bXdZoAQZ2Rn2jMbdiBywuJITWoVszYwQO5B0L84E8PjtLm-HMCTLsQe/s1600/June+2011+015.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617464318027812242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPt0fmp8w7Sz98T14HLRxAPHCB7i05sxI1165r1Et3O3rJOVXa9KTcgyJJNJnFnVKtrrRaizqHVQ5ZblPoYy39bXdZoAQZ2Rn2jMbdiBywuJITWoVszYwQO5B0L84E8PjtLm-HMCTLsQe/s320/June+2011+015.JPG" /></a> Look at that view!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AHaC62ofpAg7c9UPOFViEdB0t_m11zI_4JkkN0cBqT5sXRhE_9W5KHrbSeXJ7y-n_teYEH19yHhcorzPTPm7WtAwctRuw78yHKqUw7x8ETp2ZIY0oKkptm5IzP2MCMB4819tout7LetG/s1600/June+2011+027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617463753286548322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AHaC62ofpAg7c9UPOFViEdB0t_m11zI_4JkkN0cBqT5sXRhE_9W5KHrbSeXJ7y-n_teYEH19yHhcorzPTPm7WtAwctRuw78yHKqUw7x8ETp2ZIY0oKkptm5IzP2MCMB4819tout7LetG/s320/June+2011+027.JPG" /></a> Daddy wanted to take me down the waterslide, mommy was nervous that he wouldn't hold my head above water when we landed in the pool...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqcQ76yvoLmTnOd5s7U4ApQXdWHz4bMwoLrnlyNjZJ3rWcKZWFxZz09BKWW4AYPr5LZLbJLtCMCCsSYHyV1id2woSPCRb4OT7EEMsS-PU1LLXcZODfuZ7W1kLhbw3OLfq7izegC65BtMg/s1600/June+2011+029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617463298273951218" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuqcQ76yvoLmTnOd5s7U4ApQXdWHz4bMwoLrnlyNjZJ3rWcKZWFxZz09BKWW4AYPr5LZLbJLtCMCCsSYHyV1id2woSPCRb4OT7EEMsS-PU1LLXcZODfuZ7W1kLhbw3OLfq7izegC65BtMg/s320/June+2011+029.JPG" /></a> But daddy did great and kept my head nice and dry! However, I still don't know how I feel about the waterslide just yet. I have sort of an 'eh' attitude toward it (I must've gotten this from my mommy).<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGPNK8PndjbKsQFK8AEhbZswBdbWQXtcI3NGOJ0yZcBgO9FwoHKTp6mEnn30X8-QpO9B598YRibItT52EzWLPkWT6FrwYaVimJcNjT2VAK6-LeO1m_zJ-pE-WYiYLeNd96Y4iRZn4VfCE/s1600/June+2011+032.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617462840745324706" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuGPNK8PndjbKsQFK8AEhbZswBdbWQXtcI3NGOJ0yZcBgO9FwoHKTp6mEnn30X8-QpO9B598YRibItT52EzWLPkWT6FrwYaVimJcNjT2VAK6-LeO1m_zJ-pE-WYiYLeNd96Y4iRZn4VfCE/s320/June+2011+032.JPG" /></a> Love playing with the water features. Look at mommy constantly holding onto me...geeze, are you ever going to let me learn how to swim on my own???<br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-71020866144903775442011-05-06T06:32:00.000-07:002011-05-06T06:57:38.363-07:00No More Paci!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJIRlJxkFiJ2mIOmg0IuiFwKBN3zZ9CVX1c9ina0E8vv0A-MxMAq24u7ap8pbh3Z74XegVvuqATFm03mRMp4Sb3o-FnaY3qs15kCJX3BmNjXCGccSVHc-xq9HPJnYfnfaiTowNT9ntiEe/s1600/227854_1713233311701_1264211865_31449715_4814726_s%255B1%255D.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 98px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5603601575811704882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghJIRlJxkFiJ2mIOmg0IuiFwKBN3zZ9CVX1c9ina0E8vv0A-MxMAq24u7ap8pbh3Z74XegVvuqATFm03mRMp4Sb3o-FnaY3qs15kCJX3BmNjXCGccSVHc-xq9HPJnYfnfaiTowNT9ntiEe/s320/227854_1713233311701_1264211865_31449715_4814726_s%255B1%255D.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Monday marked a HUGE milestone: No more Mr. Froggy or Mr. Bear :( Surprisingly, it has gone quite well! The ladies at day care asked very nicely if we could please not send the pacifier with Owen on Tuesday because he had become very dependent on it. Of course I was terrified how he would react and I questioned them, really?? You WANT him to be miserable all day with you on Tuesday? Better you than me I guess...<br /><br /></div><br /><div>So with that information and Luke out of town, I decided that it was time for Mr. Froggy to outgrow his pacifier. So Mr. Froggy 'lost' his pacifier and I let Owen know that since Mr. Froggy was too big for his pacifier, so was he. The picture above is when I gave him his new Mr. Froggy with no pacifier attached...confusion doesn't begin to describe. He twisted, turned, examined that frog thoroughly. He even tried to put the entire frog's head inside of his mouth. Once he thoroughly examined the frog he decided that it wasn't quite right and handed it right back to his mama, he was not happy!</div><br /><br />So far, he has done pretty well at night (just needs a little more hugs), I hope this lasts!<br /><br /><br /><div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-32135691776942882192011-04-15T14:43:00.000-07:002011-04-15T15:26:15.670-07:00We have a WALKER on our hands!Owen officially started walking last Sunday, April 9th! His daddy and I were so thrilled that he finally found the courage to try to walk. It really is such an amazing thing to witness and I am glad that he didn't take his first steps at daycare (if he did, they kept us in the dark for our own good). Since then, he has made a ton of progress! That first day it was just a few steps here or there, but today he is almost in a full on run (I had to run in front of him to shut the bathroom door before he began playing in the toilet). Oh my, I think I am going to have my hands full! Pics to follow as soon as we get a new camera!Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-63791556347689175802011-04-07T11:20:00.001-07:002011-04-07T11:43:10.880-07:00FloridaI did pretty good on the plane considering we had a two hour delay...although I am much more active on the plane than I was last summer :) No magazine reading for mommy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFU1PeY2dAl_AjtlN4YetgxhD8r_fU2C20IDLRRGItkbQ_37WsXH0RB3i5L3LGa7FidkPVBfMDCbzYvDkJHrE82rLDfNeSBmfcLPG-xO_v52UaQMtU24_dfFAVfA4Ceclmxl9qF02fSKPn/s1600/florida3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912701225499810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFU1PeY2dAl_AjtlN4YetgxhD8r_fU2C20IDLRRGItkbQ_37WsXH0RB3i5L3LGa7FidkPVBfMDCbzYvDkJHrE82rLDfNeSBmfcLPG-xO_v52UaQMtU24_dfFAVfA4Ceclmxl9qF02fSKPn/s320/florida3.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>Cool!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYl1gtPV1qWllrv4yJsa23QGYHOd3TA8zkh20YuDDsJyzWA6jc1oxWNMNNDsyi928Vc8tdbKEr5U8Kjwx2CT0PESGe5PCXPzsz-Q1mPKXGna5ob4ib7hzG-Q8gGdjJhQTh86HjybWBAfrl/s1600/florida1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912419189982594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYl1gtPV1qWllrv4yJsa23QGYHOd3TA8zkh20YuDDsJyzWA6jc1oxWNMNNDsyi928Vc8tdbKEr5U8Kjwx2CT0PESGe5PCXPzsz-Q1mPKXGna5ob4ib7hzG-Q8gGdjJhQTh86HjybWBAfrl/s320/florida1.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYHo-JLN-rWx07hds4DsAlQ4KH7txTWW_Vnljvt6MnBfyWRM8PYMha9l7WY6LMtI479B7B1TfYsc7icJ4fPvnqhb6GrNh9B2lXPkl8i87NRK9mNxrXUGqMWFPveBBVT3_yNIAWGzZA23m/s1600/florida2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912343747022802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQYHo-JLN-rWx07hds4DsAlQ4KH7txTWW_Vnljvt6MnBfyWRM8PYMha9l7WY6LMtI479B7B1TfYsc7icJ4fPvnqhb6GrNh9B2lXPkl8i87NRK9mNxrXUGqMWFPveBBVT3_yNIAWGzZA23m/s320/florida2.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>Cracker!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWC2B_6eEzYASCtryPctBWgV3MTxTXId7TpEr3TrjjaCjuINAjwk-wsIDQyroh0_YGpPq1uC77jQhSAs_w9-cYf1FRck4DFcXWBCqL79tBdt_e7KrY_5R89NOlWZ0_nCKRyvaSTF3FVmuD/s1600/florida.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912234971231890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWC2B_6eEzYASCtryPctBWgV3MTxTXId7TpEr3TrjjaCjuINAjwk-wsIDQyroh0_YGpPq1uC77jQhSAs_w9-cYf1FRck4DFcXWBCqL79tBdt_e7KrY_5R89NOlWZ0_nCKRyvaSTF3FVmuD/s320/florida.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlKSI2RDEJScgKLqdjSN81Mxs_ar4SsyKkqYuOzF_nIK5ZJQ3w0MtJVGM3yoXDGLSA4kmO1TsGpGLGL-WmRiRN6Srz6urQsCnZxewDd6akt-r7NW4gJGZb-WpwRkUaIvP6AiMWgm6Umyc/s1600/florida5.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592912105274818994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmlKSI2RDEJScgKLqdjSN81Mxs_ar4SsyKkqYuOzF_nIK5ZJQ3w0MtJVGM3yoXDGLSA4kmO1TsGpGLGL-WmRiRN6Srz6urQsCnZxewDd6akt-r7NW4gJGZb-WpwRkUaIvP6AiMWgm6Umyc/s320/florida5.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaCusyDt95UHTH4iDViCpFTDbJxhTY7jB5wSbkW8FBJ8WWvhcGRrNCHjVWGUT35VOf6dX2NdhFh7E2IGQTXkgTRQ_y47-HDbEvnC26BLFvtC7NS4Se7YBNGbK8vUaTmJvZxIYtHXKOufU/s1600/florida6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592911935846919986" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFaCusyDt95UHTH4iDViCpFTDbJxhTY7jB5wSbkW8FBJ8WWvhcGRrNCHjVWGUT35VOf6dX2NdhFh7E2IGQTXkgTRQ_y47-HDbEvnC26BLFvtC7NS4Se7YBNGbK8vUaTmJvZxIYtHXKOufU/s320/florida6.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iuUHO-9xf8TCKnkmXWjZ3Xg-2vl5PL54ExT9S2YI5jdM93RsHngpq6XvzW-M2AoufoGbjvsnEVyZONcMI2-HzqW-RGzF5d-MtZPTNdpGcNrBfPsHTWv2HJFZbPc6Te6MPkf9wLAVY5OI/s1600/florida7.jpg">Stop eating all of the sand!<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592911779509364002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iuUHO-9xf8TCKnkmXWjZ3Xg-2vl5PL54ExT9S2YI5jdM93RsHngpq6XvzW-M2AoufoGbjvsnEVyZONcMI2-HzqW-RGzF5d-MtZPTNdpGcNrBfPsHTWv2HJFZbPc6Te6MPkf9wLAVY5OI/s320/florida7.jpg" /></a> <br /><div>I sure am glad this pool is heated!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQf4WVIPOTSNXndDa00mMJkZ5YRi1qXjzuVnkVS-bdxsKdzNzX3_UjO2QbU74ZuN8bhnAkvz2WexixVz3b0Xt8f-D4jCiOo7oqJ25zq3glUjGA9yuTUIc0jIACAB287EfNLiukofFgkDk/s1600/florida9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592910358187660130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgQf4WVIPOTSNXndDa00mMJkZ5YRi1qXjzuVnkVS-bdxsKdzNzX3_UjO2QbU74ZuN8bhnAkvz2WexixVz3b0Xt8f-D4jCiOo7oqJ25zq3glUjGA9yuTUIc0jIACAB287EfNLiukofFgkDk/s320/florida9.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJivpvGgaXtW2haJt3gJ3FKiguPnGXd7xo7P_G-ol4X51u7fRmf3rLZuwJ4KRMBadt5WEUO8tPMZZ50cs3MkesvM_w4VCm8UIkq1KlqvKffDKvesaJFneasCSBT2WiU_x2KirwaFjXicA/s1600/florida13.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592910262975868242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHJivpvGgaXtW2haJt3gJ3FKiguPnGXd7xo7P_G-ol4X51u7fRmf3rLZuwJ4KRMBadt5WEUO8tPMZZ50cs3MkesvM_w4VCm8UIkq1KlqvKffDKvesaJFneasCSBT2WiU_x2KirwaFjXicA/s320/florida13.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8o-YiINIGkBUQ7AaytmODpKbaQU50Ue7Kn45E9oGP8e9p4gVKffMlAiskVU9_hapSfFkQUpTYL4k5s6u1Fu_SdO7Xx2LHDuYFFqSR8lkIwa9FmK9DU8Nn44wiXcQmelJ6nEpVchZxeDa/s1600/florida14.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592910180634892018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG8o-YiINIGkBUQ7AaytmODpKbaQU50Ue7Kn45E9oGP8e9p4gVKffMlAiskVU9_hapSfFkQUpTYL4k5s6u1Fu_SdO7Xx2LHDuYFFqSR8lkIwa9FmK9DU8Nn44wiXcQmelJ6nEpVchZxeDa/s320/florida14.jpg" /></a> <br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElUgfPkLqk5EYi6KD0OLFXnGN2NVRd4ZRgP_drJbyFs7_MWgS6jP5TkVq3Ltm7ZqnEc635LPYWQ3g4Yz2jVVOLIMRU-hyeWMciish_kO55PgbZ1OZMXMqmPW1uo_YEEmCFmGWaYEEyVSd/s1600/florida8.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592910080356248418" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhElUgfPkLqk5EYi6KD0OLFXnGN2NVRd4ZRgP_drJbyFs7_MWgS6jP5TkVq3Ltm7ZqnEc635LPYWQ3g4Yz2jVVOLIMRU-hyeWMciish_kO55PgbZ1OZMXMqmPW1uo_YEEmCFmGWaYEEyVSd/s320/florida8.jpg" /></a> <br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Keeping myself entertained while they all watched basketball...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Again, sorry for the delay. I was much better at this blog while on maternity leave and summer vacation:) </div><br /><div>Luke, Owen, and I were lucky enough to visit Naples over my spring break. I have never seen Owen as happy as he was for the four days we were down there. The kid LOVES being outdoors, and that is all we did! Unfortunately grandma was not there, as she was with Aunt Megan and his new cousin, William. We had fun with grandpa though! His most favorite activity was crawling down the long hallway from the elevator to the condo. He insisted on either getting out of the stroller or your arms the minute he saw the hall--too cute! His second favorite activity was eating sand and shells...hopefully he will outgrow this by the time we go to the beach this summer! </div><br /><div>Thanks for the great memories, mom and dad! We can't wait to come down again. And after visiting it got me to thinking...why did I ever leave that place??? Should've transfered Luke down there ;)</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-84531573899424296682011-03-01T14:22:00.000-08:002011-03-01T14:52:02.831-08:00It's been awhile...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KR9nEkbHnK7FZRc0jWXbHXN0qAyyz2xfy38ccDkSrA4fUZPZIQIczdp85VSWIy5lPq-4LaXS5Ol_pDzh-r6Qf-ac8gKBk9WLg3Oe2_us5Qv2kyK3oXcTSFFW_WhJZRjT_X-hz4i499gy/s1600/banging+on+pots.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 98px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579247851273754114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8KR9nEkbHnK7FZRc0jWXbHXN0qAyyz2xfy38ccDkSrA4fUZPZIQIczdp85VSWIy5lPq-4LaXS5Ol_pDzh-r6Qf-ac8gKBk9WLg3Oe2_us5Qv2kyK3oXcTSFFW_WhJZRjT_X-hz4i499gy/s320/banging+on+pots.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GX46DcWWVV8QS_74CL8e07kEICPrgy1eJij43xIbI6RFVZdmGOhNuXbzyCMuSSUOO5Jvq766DLdwVL7-iHFnM2xldX5WQx9YTHY3r92uKagvOKz8djO3YTw_lQNiwoT9MBujkdzrbDOX/s1600/water+table+fun.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 98px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579247773852109202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4GX46DcWWVV8QS_74CL8e07kEICPrgy1eJij43xIbI6RFVZdmGOhNuXbzyCMuSSUOO5Jvq766DLdwVL7-iHFnM2xldX5WQx9YTHY3r92uKagvOKz8djO3YTw_lQNiwoT9MBujkdzrbDOX/s320/water+table+fun.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdLQGCQ5vmrNVSuvbClhN6ZpMfSC6YPEt8AV2yqccqxoII_fq-D4J1dHxRRHR-cI_7v6uAGA_LEHGS0dqHDhrg38K38iJIulw2NkYZSUeUEKiGJIkrO-qTg-1fGDK7-QXePN-18CwRLFb/s1600/park.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 130px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 98px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579247680709745874" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPdLQGCQ5vmrNVSuvbClhN6ZpMfSC6YPEt8AV2yqccqxoII_fq-D4J1dHxRRHR-cI_7v6uAGA_LEHGS0dqHDhrg38K38iJIulw2NkYZSUeUEKiGJIkrO-qTg-1fGDK7-QXePN-18CwRLFb/s320/park.bmp" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><div>I was able to stay home from work today while Owen was 'sick'. He had a temp yesterday so he couldn't go to day care today, so I was able to spend some QT with him :) He has gotten to be so much fun, each day seems to bring about a new discovery. We still aren't walking, but we are getting very close with the help of furniture and his walker.</div><br /><div>Owen is also quite the talker already! He has been able to say 'dog' for awhile now, but he is finally adding the g. He is also fascinated with daddy's truck and says 'truck' all of the time. Some of his other favorites include 'bye bye (said with a southern twang), 'hi', 'mamma', 'da da', 'birdie', 'cracker', 'cookie', 'up', 'pout pout' (for his favorite book), and most recently, 'night night'. Now, keep in mind that we as parents know what he is saying, the common folk may still think of all of this as babbling. But we have our son figured out (well sort of).<br /></div><div>And when he can't quite tell us what he wants, he is starting to use his sign language more frequently. He does 'more', 'eat', 'finished', and 'night night'. It is amazing to see everything begin to click. Today he went in front of his bookcase and repeatedly made the sign for 'more' over and over. I guess he wasn't done listening to books. It made me laugh because this sign is usually done just for food in our house!</div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-658163713340034352011-03-01T10:27:00.000-08:002011-03-01T10:32:49.792-08:00Bath Time!Right after Owen's 1st birthday, mom finally decided to get rid of his baby tub. I know that it was probably long overdue, but he always seemed content in his old tub. Well, he had a blast as you can see in these pictures. He couldn't stop crawling around the tub, there was tons more real estate to explore! Too bad his love for a bath was short lived, he now finds them to be very irritating and tends to cry throughout the whole thing...let's just say our baths are usually done in record time these days.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWvB55NVTaa0UtBa0mcxOi8MvBuMlJOvLvUODadBFDn2bUl-efZrc4FZrYt4naOFnKRnBBGMhNvQFYW1xE9BSdUHsswR43sJoeiGasDtzMpF2Xkef0jhvwBc4_WmgpXDY8wBTSjDakugB/s1600/Jan+Feb+2011+044.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579180704524452290" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzWvB55NVTaa0UtBa0mcxOi8MvBuMlJOvLvUODadBFDn2bUl-efZrc4FZrYt4naOFnKRnBBGMhNvQFYW1xE9BSdUHsswR43sJoeiGasDtzMpF2Xkef0jhvwBc4_WmgpXDY8wBTSjDakugB/s320/Jan+Feb+2011+044.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRo50xDDg5lA9BGAuU9qeGTTmHbg36UjYdEm3cxaBFyZ4wwF2-IbcrXws4H8Fvqyd3dEMHbcMwedbEtw0G59cQUHQBPkVxrGEYpaplre9HNjcCxE6XGtMVY5mPR3_xjEoPXCjFlZiYqlVN/s1600/Jan+Feb+2011+047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579180423236098402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRo50xDDg5lA9BGAuU9qeGTTmHbg36UjYdEm3cxaBFyZ4wwF2-IbcrXws4H8Fvqyd3dEMHbcMwedbEtw0G59cQUHQBPkVxrGEYpaplre9HNjcCxE6XGtMVY5mPR3_xjEoPXCjFlZiYqlVN/s320/Jan+Feb+2011+047.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-6071857854286766962011-02-08T12:12:00.001-08:002011-02-08T12:21:12.180-08:00Happy 1st Birthday!Get this thing OFF my head!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdaDe6rt0GPrk9a7MYSejwi4tYhOfv6b1TSckL_IzTJ_e3hRqd66s4bt-fM9s9whWtkdOd0vcHYRjA8oI0wXvrT_nfntOd7ScVjq8g7lnPQ-up5xP_OqK0tjmXYBbSCftlEGxkXdm3pvY/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+024.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571415722443526562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdaDe6rt0GPrk9a7MYSejwi4tYhOfv6b1TSckL_IzTJ_e3hRqd66s4bt-fM9s9whWtkdOd0vcHYRjA8oI0wXvrT_nfntOd7ScVjq8g7lnPQ-up5xP_OqK0tjmXYBbSCftlEGxkXdm3pvY/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+024.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSnf50vqHhkdRCSblGFGGz57TbZ1shtaHwj0UvtFfZXiROHMe48zmPEzE5H9geTTHrFsT16xr3OIEMuqOxc8OiXm93zla4-aLXNnxmgoExyTkCsbtoINa-4QyIpMwIP-WLJQT_CbzVAKJ/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+011.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571415656748149490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSnf50vqHhkdRCSblGFGGz57TbZ1shtaHwj0UvtFfZXiROHMe48zmPEzE5H9geTTHrFsT16xr3OIEMuqOxc8OiXm93zla4-aLXNnxmgoExyTkCsbtoINa-4QyIpMwIP-WLJQT_CbzVAKJ/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+011.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZ7MjjWXoH-_y0x7661CeDuP2rhnIUqMNnQj3-ifHbtxUn0-cMfCDdO7b15R4We8mKCoLS-bUcXAmsVR7pp-I7JY9ZWcd2_c5W-4FRut2QQyT0XmyBmr5sov3ilAmDg2bG7ZKhZZceZGu/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571415559913238594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlZ7MjjWXoH-_y0x7661CeDuP2rhnIUqMNnQj3-ifHbtxUn0-cMfCDdO7b15R4We8mKCoLS-bUcXAmsVR7pp-I7JY9ZWcd2_c5W-4FRut2QQyT0XmyBmr5sov3ilAmDg2bG7ZKhZZceZGu/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+003.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lTjFR31qjBfha-Sf21QJcKO8bw-DhFJHm-PRL7gAnznsbH8cIx9DQzpSHlBc1BWGskNgFTA-uj3vYOUH-Y24aFJ8DQxh6yhLzSth04wjteD9VrcPzs_5AAGE6Vj7BCJD70CPDd-NwCNh/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571415505499543186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-lTjFR31qjBfha-Sf21QJcKO8bw-DhFJHm-PRL7gAnznsbH8cIx9DQzpSHlBc1BWGskNgFTA-uj3vYOUH-Y24aFJ8DQxh6yhLzSth04wjteD9VrcPzs_5AAGE6Vj7BCJD70CPDd-NwCNh/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+005.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Is that all for me???<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKGLIH1y90n2DMfRlencoZ9sVvT4uHHHWgtrDZkceeVgEdSqT8EOyE2IT7hcih1XGVjCIm3Q7d55iJBRxcUND8-_j2NEAxZBvu28eoF421NX0UGxCm1a7ynAGYjWzLFS7zry2IZra9nMa/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+026.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571415384018051330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisKGLIH1y90n2DMfRlencoZ9sVvT4uHHHWgtrDZkceeVgEdSqT8EOyE2IT7hcih1XGVjCIm3Q7d55iJBRxcUND8-_j2NEAxZBvu28eoF421NX0UGxCm1a7ynAGYjWzLFS7zry2IZra9nMa/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+026.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Yum!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPGYOKOKYDzVfKrs8A-mtjtb-8zB6UFtnV8oprAAPd6GI8-koGInAlyKSqO0kzzvDiBOSmcRm0XeC2O-OmKNpQGrgGPJ3rT9-Eu0kfE-DB16tigrPdCHVXnO7I3dUQP5dTd5wEGRLvo9c/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+028.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571415287127306594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPGYOKOKYDzVfKrs8A-mtjtb-8zB6UFtnV8oprAAPd6GI8-koGInAlyKSqO0kzzvDiBOSmcRm0XeC2O-OmKNpQGrgGPJ3rT9-Eu0kfE-DB16tigrPdCHVXnO7I3dUQP5dTd5wEGRLvo9c/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+028.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_bM4_uVqzFb8RGRxJNnq48Fpige42jitTNTajloc9USK3KiTJULUFOLmzAigs-oNeLQImES0p1Fgyt6aI5RA-_Omajp9j2qMIEw7UVqfEyqm2DPOHxFJe-MTWuTG-l5LW2wOqK9tqPdq/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+039.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571415170823229714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_bM4_uVqzFb8RGRxJNnq48Fpige42jitTNTajloc9USK3KiTJULUFOLmzAigs-oNeLQImES0p1Fgyt6aI5RA-_Omajp9j2qMIEw7UVqfEyqm2DPOHxFJe-MTWuTG-l5LW2wOqK9tqPdq/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+039.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Somehow, we managed to get all of the icing out of this shirt...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvFudByL9EG4Jdpcp1bTL78KN2O_SKH45bfodbofSNu6gZW_NGpvDbj8BvQnCLT00c8s2rf5mibQy5ILFJuvYQJ52kmUY41kJV4v553CUjMcqQqaxdP0B8_ZY6-MB8g7OUITQiNEENp40/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+046.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571415066377936402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinvFudByL9EG4Jdpcp1bTL78KN2O_SKH45bfodbofSNu6gZW_NGpvDbj8BvQnCLT00c8s2rf5mibQy5ILFJuvYQJ52kmUY41kJV4v553CUjMcqQqaxdP0B8_ZY6-MB8g7OUITQiNEENp40/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+046.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJJ1spWgMwMwazRofY8s2ln7cAQbaydjsxzEVdNo0Js-jBSyGzbATkCaWNAqh3v3rvCgFGmio-YzvpD7L3vKqEBLICqeKD0X4RzZvbLXKW3-pXeppm7ifMmU9YtyuoTW9muGgmBgYI6m5/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+050.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571414964146541922" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJJ1spWgMwMwazRofY8s2ln7cAQbaydjsxzEVdNo0Js-jBSyGzbATkCaWNAqh3v3rvCgFGmio-YzvpD7L3vKqEBLICqeKD0X4RzZvbLXKW3-pXeppm7ifMmU9YtyuoTW9muGgmBgYI6m5/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+050.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwybwkd53MuEMg2Xu4aHDTswVOs4TolmUvOnt3cnIWWbNslU0xsI-XvxHmUdO1wQARLaefZd5NFYCsEHnuTCfZkadWAQhkqUH2yrv54B0cOf2FLX13KrjyYvxzUfVQhD8GrQIxbNn9q5d/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+022.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571414854520951810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwybwkd53MuEMg2Xu4aHDTswVOs4TolmUvOnt3cnIWWbNslU0xsI-XvxHmUdO1wQARLaefZd5NFYCsEHnuTCfZkadWAQhkqUH2yrv54B0cOf2FLX13KrjyYvxzUfVQhD8GrQIxbNn9q5d/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+022.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Daddy did a nice job picking out the balloons!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2J1guBCC_VzF1xOc4GfCUcTIprobME0B4I04D6exHn5UNTH6iEBPegdywoj1edpyI-7Fbh0WsHi4iVFGFO0s_5eWP7NT_aZOhSE7quo_YnQWO1VYe1tPecL11L6XSwLc5DCwmsdsONf4/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+023.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571414771080414546" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF2J1guBCC_VzF1xOc4GfCUcTIprobME0B4I04D6exHn5UNTH6iEBPegdywoj1edpyI-7Fbh0WsHi4iVFGFO0s_5eWP7NT_aZOhSE7quo_YnQWO1VYe1tPecL11L6XSwLc5DCwmsdsONf4/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+023.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571414625645854354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOEqpqrzsqwGO-LTN94pgzEFXlVaZqsTDCkIPy6djAJoHhc4bwgdtGweHqh8U5zFGxKmPCCI6W-6al1RUxp4cfQKr8PF6kDeSAq8aBuTvGhCnzDRMpfHpMwJVIFO5oqQrR7K5Mjd8jzKdm/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+071.jpg" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWARaFjmJUUJ5p0ANFMig7Gepw9iPg4_1ZI8nh9lSWShSkmS_AUxja-zui3EkM1-7HSUqDZMpL9d8Qgb8CwZrVU2WJOZNOZPiyZZW2hreR-ph88GbgWCzU63GXU8I3yOSYOmerWwoqbtf/s1600/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+072.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571414461151212562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaWARaFjmJUUJ5p0ANFMig7Gepw9iPg4_1ZI8nh9lSWShSkmS_AUxja-zui3EkM1-7HSUqDZMpL9d8Qgb8CwZrVU2WJOZNOZPiyZZW2hreR-ph88GbgWCzU63GXU8I3yOSYOmerWwoqbtf/s320/Owen%2527s+1st+Birthday+072.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-27248251523992490732011-01-10T12:42:00.001-08:002011-01-10T12:53:45.198-08:00Snowy DayHey mom, I think I have enough layers on. Can't you see how rosy my cheeks are??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5yELNGQ-jD-RC12w764pOmwFvwjHoo8NPwug2NoQ6B4n8Ec-spsxpJJsvh9q9Z6Ql677BKwd30l1fdKBGINblWzr19nhr7HTGawHzK9D2yHW0-QYbJ8RNT4Z4N2sQ83unt1l3T1fuX3j/s1600/Snow+Day+005.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560661962052168354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5yELNGQ-jD-RC12w764pOmwFvwjHoo8NPwug2NoQ6B4n8Ec-spsxpJJsvh9q9Z6Ql677BKwd30l1fdKBGINblWzr19nhr7HTGawHzK9D2yHW0-QYbJ8RNT4Z4N2sQ83unt1l3T1fuX3j/s320/Snow+Day+005.JPG" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QVt-STusr5NwqnSxnFCezLvdr_OxzIT2JJ9NwY1eWJ2-BNzMtPvXdoEacbCkRDQvJ8e5g8eXREtePKGRu5zcEZePD-oto-iFF0Pzszq7h1Fm4svAoo1kXToaRZdJ-o7AqLjdfqdHf21D/s1600/Snow+Day+007.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560661701308035074" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2QVt-STusr5NwqnSxnFCezLvdr_OxzIT2JJ9NwY1eWJ2-BNzMtPvXdoEacbCkRDQvJ8e5g8eXREtePKGRu5zcEZePD-oto-iFF0Pzszq7h1Fm4svAoo1kXToaRZdJ-o7AqLjdfqdHf21D/s320/Snow+Day+007.JPG" /></a><br />Owen enjoyed his first snow day home with both of his parents! We got a ton of snow so we had to take him out for the photo opp. We spent more time getting him bundled up in makeshift snow gear; footie pajamas, LC sweatshirt outfit, mom's socks, track pants, and Jordans. At least we had a real winter coat, hat, and gloves. The funniest part of the whole get-up was watching him try to manuever around the house before we went out. He totally looked like the kid from the Christmas story! What a great day, we love you Owen!!<br /><div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-26275427460057407042010-12-30T04:17:00.000-08:002010-12-30T12:42:15.855-08:00I'll be Home for Christmas<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYrh-mrBUfJHoAIgqch5bTh2bMcRA-C1ari4TMM1F9pdUaEpNgtd4lvAFAc994Derb_bocFpQ5oF4KzlxXUvl8JFtUqjCM-C8tgpKPst1kI2j96ipNWI4S6LUnyngzh9InnmmS1J-QmlS/s1600/Christmas+047.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556519522667829426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYrh-mrBUfJHoAIgqch5bTh2bMcRA-C1ari4TMM1F9pdUaEpNgtd4lvAFAc994Derb_bocFpQ5oF4KzlxXUvl8JFtUqjCM-C8tgpKPst1kI2j96ipNWI4S6LUnyngzh9InnmmS1J-QmlS/s320/Christmas+047.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEYQrjwlP0rxNntUu_lSf2LNuogOeh22nc7g_xT_SDOD604BeQMZSKkM2DtrRzRFX6ehuZW8hAiD3z6SSEiH14gMX1OOPH18vsGW7erPfc7g2IB19bNZ9-eKBGodKa5gPdES0uJhovFFg/s1600/Christmas+016.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556500914441978914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEYQrjwlP0rxNntUu_lSf2LNuogOeh22nc7g_xT_SDOD604BeQMZSKkM2DtrRzRFX6ehuZW8hAiD3z6SSEiH14gMX1OOPH18vsGW7erPfc7g2IB19bNZ9-eKBGodKa5gPdES0uJhovFFg/s320/Christmas+016.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnE6RG2Ui_8R_lPy_CvuEWn2WZFbW2Gr0hMzTvcKrROc5h7q_5ynr7X5wBw6UJpzybMtvimvOOFuWsSlW5ilrB_KJer6x9ZlSSHeYwhRWANcbdX1Yaunzh-lay0lVjgrchyphenhyphenHem1K8Eoyx/s1600/Christmas+048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556479712687520130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPnE6RG2Ui_8R_lPy_CvuEWn2WZFbW2Gr0hMzTvcKrROc5h7q_5ynr7X5wBw6UJpzybMtvimvOOFuWsSlW5ilrB_KJer6x9ZlSSHeYwhRWANcbdX1Yaunzh-lay0lVjgrchyphenhyphenHem1K8Eoyx/s320/Christmas+048.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Enjoying my early Christmas present from Grandma<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq467Sic8oxGURRrr_RryHI2wTIYTW_Dg4Et0Z9MmjzHqU_6l4tmGU-OVLvLtLuepRmeyQbXc4Qvi07Frms_x7lWK_e3zpEOi7Oi6gVD6PWF8GBLLTHUcrJ7b91wLYGJE2SeLwVOFxMHpy/s1600/Christmas+051.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556462201787154466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq467Sic8oxGURRrr_RryHI2wTIYTW_Dg4Et0Z9MmjzHqU_6l4tmGU-OVLvLtLuepRmeyQbXc4Qvi07Frms_x7lWK_e3zpEOi7Oi6gVD6PWF8GBLLTHUcrJ7b91wLYGJE2SeLwVOFxMHpy/s320/Christmas+051.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Sprinkling reindeer dust so Santa can find me at Grandma's<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-P1abl0sHxWTLDSoXbE_Podbl60YXipxP2myavgcOmbt2VTxkJf3sg-Nn8PLqPlfF3gFzJkCg-IGsgFvdZUidW5fJWrv1RGPCJLPqPtPY2b-we1eXbnlGXqbJVu5-hLf4W0ujdidlXZq/s1600/Christmas+070.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556461549360709330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN-P1abl0sHxWTLDSoXbE_Podbl60YXipxP2myavgcOmbt2VTxkJf3sg-Nn8PLqPlfF3gFzJkCg-IGsgFvdZUidW5fJWrv1RGPCJLPqPtPY2b-we1eXbnlGXqbJVu5-hLf4W0ujdidlXZq/s320/Christmas+070.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhAhHqHnPhrYfTxZpCrh-wST5zq5oJEI_fHm8323CBebj1QIKsNDguDeHudK9eQQocDJnGhDbkmXkI-yxRh0ESGkk2OSMJATEuXzgmg6QUcqp6JXdfTm2RJ_8KCHj1eC5KXH5R_zRvJsW/s1600/Christmas+088.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556460787185483314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkhAhHqHnPhrYfTxZpCrh-wST5zq5oJEI_fHm8323CBebj1QIKsNDguDeHudK9eQQocDJnGhDbkmXkI-yxRh0ESGkk2OSMJATEuXzgmg6QUcqp6JXdfTm2RJ_8KCHj1eC5KXH5R_zRvJsW/s320/Christmas+088.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Thanks Uncle Teddy and Aunt Kelli<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vDsEZy3hLEkqkhBGoi5nTHqxwpDoDFKZkC3nPP9asJHcPS72ndhyphenhyphen3_dToEjiTLoRSS9pfNpfNhXqxg8ukFjWZIDq_4if0hbAQdX_YlwSGpQBuVfjYuveNAumkcvQTdmrEszn7Rqn17Pm/s1600/Christmas+093.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556456256529235714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1vDsEZy3hLEkqkhBGoi5nTHqxwpDoDFKZkC3nPP9asJHcPS72ndhyphenhyphen3_dToEjiTLoRSS9pfNpfNhXqxg8ukFjWZIDq_4if0hbAQdX_YlwSGpQBuVfjYuveNAumkcvQTdmrEszn7Rqn17Pm/s320/Christmas+093.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>I love the fish!</div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZafVJnc_h2XKYuNS36FArm6opQes5mCOsaTdrRlxKigGBwmwxSLjiwiIDIn_eh-cWnfjgzKFElQ3B3SyL6wJSIDByd_-oUqaGNYISIIg5wAKZHdA7K_T3gDUu-EwgHSlHLBEeOXmYJcPX/s1600/Christmas+097.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556454776612643234" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZafVJnc_h2XKYuNS36FArm6opQes5mCOsaTdrRlxKigGBwmwxSLjiwiIDIn_eh-cWnfjgzKFElQ3B3SyL6wJSIDByd_-oUqaGNYISIIg5wAKZHdA7K_T3gDUu-EwgHSlHLBEeOXmYJcPX/s320/Christmas+097.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mF2rxsteTKKByK3h6ylXLkFsuK7UsV5qwVHBr8Vq77pb7BnTIVrveY6SD93SMZMiBe4UllZ1V0uS2928Ol9zRe3sZaLzk8ts4AAh-8sMKhDW_gthhKWJ0bDRgesuNpXCmqwqkA-vNO0O/s1600/Christmas+102.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556453439172174562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mF2rxsteTKKByK3h6ylXLkFsuK7UsV5qwVHBr8Vq77pb7BnTIVrveY6SD93SMZMiBe4UllZ1V0uS2928Ol9zRe3sZaLzk8ts4AAh-8sMKhDW_gthhKWJ0bDRgesuNpXCmqwqkA-vNO0O/s320/Christmas+102.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFY5Z1mjXctWqLguva8FMP5mPt26zR1KyFFoh6ulWM4G4kPSZwVgwwWUoeueBxP-yKiq_QWfUKkccUo44uBDD-vOiCF_SjXN05U3bR9bM-I-8QiZp0dtaVcWggFuw4c2BQmiiKDgHaxxb/s1600/Christmas+106.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556452452600905442" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUFY5Z1mjXctWqLguva8FMP5mPt26zR1KyFFoh6ulWM4G4kPSZwVgwwWUoeueBxP-yKiq_QWfUKkccUo44uBDD-vOiCF_SjXN05U3bR9bM-I-8QiZp0dtaVcWggFuw4c2BQmiiKDgHaxxb/s320/Christmas+106.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Yes, Molly, we know. You were the one to put him to sleep :)<br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ClxsbimCqpLTU4Uc8kZJhDwv7Ew8YNTuj3goG4i_qyIN9E_Hma26jm7ahmlArqXVJg4gjs2vS4MMrwR2nKXZXTX-BgKmeCK2efGJGuAa0uasET4sb5ZZAscabT17Qf4tEydJbgAulM5v/s1600/Christmas+117.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556449886859875362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ClxsbimCqpLTU4Uc8kZJhDwv7Ew8YNTuj3goG4i_qyIN9E_Hma26jm7ahmlArqXVJg4gjs2vS4MMrwR2nKXZXTX-BgKmeCK2efGJGuAa0uasET4sb5ZZAscabT17Qf4tEydJbgAulM5v/s320/Christmas+117.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZWSOwpg7f9qeQIAcKNNZudrqpAJJI3afxjXpA6TgIuEXwQUbGvyxddkpdquYVI0FfTXgjObYXjf7tnp-GNqGMRn9Dv6u4sdF9oW3Y-2OEh0Pz75krX62-yIVtjEQrS5DPSbrsPF8M6Z5/s1600/Christmas+139.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556449421377836402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZWSOwpg7f9qeQIAcKNNZudrqpAJJI3afxjXpA6TgIuEXwQUbGvyxddkpdquYVI0FfTXgjObYXjf7tnp-GNqGMRn9Dv6u4sdF9oW3Y-2OEh0Pz75krX62-yIVtjEQrS5DPSbrsPF8M6Z5/s320/Christmas+139.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />Bye, Bye Grandpa! I had a wonderful visit!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKF-8HiIwqLDJrUnZUcdR_NdjbyzVYp0jpBGivV6VGFmCN2EWRgkHT2mUJkM7gb4jriY-f09Z2L1ASN9Xynoh0vlbDq_aAzfeTRF5FmCFqM-trL5aguZtBBLkfOZOr7jNKCf1x8m88hr3/s1600/Christmas+140.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556448977033260946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWKF-8HiIwqLDJrUnZUcdR_NdjbyzVYp0jpBGivV6VGFmCN2EWRgkHT2mUJkM7gb4jriY-f09Z2L1ASN9Xynoh0vlbDq_aAzfeTRF5FmCFqM-trL5aguZtBBLkfOZOr7jNKCf1x8m88hr3/s320/Christmas+140.JPG" /></a> We had a wonderful time back in Michigan for Owen's first Christmas. We stayed at the Piepkows the entire time since my parents were in Florida. Owen was spoiled rotten and had a great time! Owen has also come into his own over these past two weeks; crawling all over, starting to pull himself up, and saying 'hi' on any cell phone, whether you want him to take yours or not. Unfortunately, he has also picked up some bad habits. We have already broken him of the 4:30 am wake up calls with Grandpa Zippy, but he still likes to whine when he doesn't get his way and worst of all, he enjoys hitting anyone who is in distance right in their face. What happened to our sweet boy?? He is also becoming a lot more vocal and points to things and says bah-dah for everything. Not sure what this is supposed to mean...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-34063039489551473372010-12-11T11:28:00.000-08:002010-12-11T11:47:12.740-08:00Thanksgiving Weekend<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-agBLz0AakYfAZsufNsVGs0UeJq4IokA-OmxnwG2Ru5H4bCFhdCDCbvO5Ab2CUG5LjwsQCMar9tQWNCzBIGK6FOy6X52Y7-O_zqsyXrn01KSwy77PNJf2lQZ6v1vngmaRhwvLWBHKqxw/s1600/Thanksgiving+027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549512920795046338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8-agBLz0AakYfAZsufNsVGs0UeJq4IokA-OmxnwG2Ru5H4bCFhdCDCbvO5Ab2CUG5LjwsQCMar9tQWNCzBIGK6FOy6X52Y7-O_zqsyXrn01KSwy77PNJf2lQZ6v1vngmaRhwvLWBHKqxw/s320/Thanksgiving+027.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Laughing at Uncle Teddy<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAs5dYEP4_VWnRlTpusL3DxZiEbD4hAyyx3gtjXM1BzQ4Tl_fSUIcFLZncD5m1EJCpDJJ5Zwi0Bhl3ZJxA3NmikxstMJPdUIoTETowbkFtLkmq4WBT0wQVnDGpZBkryVNW62us5gb9VbTF/s1600/Thanksgiving+058.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549512530672081762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAs5dYEP4_VWnRlTpusL3DxZiEbD4hAyyx3gtjXM1BzQ4Tl_fSUIcFLZncD5m1EJCpDJJ5Zwi0Bhl3ZJxA3NmikxstMJPdUIoTETowbkFtLkmq4WBT0wQVnDGpZBkryVNW62us5gb9VbTF/s320/Thanksgiving+058.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprCFf3LJ8NT-_tRZwnnzmwF8H0EtefF7CZvH3Ni4aAKswJo-x6cQWF95PDj9XVp9cVR2Jtqnkj6FcL-4g2veNryrvlCzFWmVeg1nTdWJLBtfjiJZHMKK-P5dynYOqNeAa3prqlxCCef6C/s1600/Thanksgiving+066.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549512138993904834" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiprCFf3LJ8NT-_tRZwnnzmwF8H0EtefF7CZvH3Ni4aAKswJo-x6cQWF95PDj9XVp9cVR2Jtqnkj6FcL-4g2veNryrvlCzFWmVeg1nTdWJLBtfjiJZHMKK-P5dynYOqNeAa3prqlxCCef6C/s320/Thanksgiving+066.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-ZqyfwTJ29-zwVRkreWyn3mY-qdq7epILS4asVpicMnt0RBff5gD6ev0rF4-K2Rywxc-3C7K-b7FwEvYXe6NDljWojspkhE3uj_xDTNGyHEr5L8QGYt0wkyPetXRXQC_Y10FAq_hGZt3/s1600/Thanksgiving+Kim+161.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549511657378128370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-ZqyfwTJ29-zwVRkreWyn3mY-qdq7epILS4asVpicMnt0RBff5gD6ev0rF4-K2Rywxc-3C7K-b7FwEvYXe6NDljWojspkhE3uj_xDTNGyHEr5L8QGYt0wkyPetXRXQC_Y10FAq_hGZt3/s320/Thanksgiving+Kim+161.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp33QBeexKE3iWZhpSvtqVMXwhMIK9HzuOnHZyj06QNz9UofLFh-rexdwL_O5YxxwgYgx7W1UtAXa1vN56IsWqU9tW29_5tuZr_ONmdd7qWgdw-xwa-ImIhtZoGUw8pKTQhdr67YCsUwgB/s1600/Thanksgiving+Kim+172.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549511178047045282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp33QBeexKE3iWZhpSvtqVMXwhMIK9HzuOnHZyj06QNz9UofLFh-rexdwL_O5YxxwgYgx7W1UtAXa1vN56IsWqU9tW29_5tuZr_ONmdd7qWgdw-xwa-ImIhtZoGUw8pKTQhdr67YCsUwgB/s320/Thanksgiving+Kim+172.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>I learned how to crawl this weekend!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7C1Lr7mrOOnkNqMRLJev9AdFq6X6wlzVLptQUf6aIzgQZJiD9dPHH9SXwc413xvjF4kVIOLi6gTDU7Y_nl2ybbl-fcudIA0Um4RnS_s1RKlOBz74blI0uRDcJyd0WHgzLl6cSw21_k40/s1600/Thanksgiving+Kim+186.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549510747168287650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr7C1Lr7mrOOnkNqMRLJev9AdFq6X6wlzVLptQUf6aIzgQZJiD9dPHH9SXwc413xvjF4kVIOLi6gTDU7Y_nl2ybbl-fcudIA0Um4RnS_s1RKlOBz74blI0uRDcJyd0WHgzLl6cSw21_k40/s320/Thanksgiving+Kim+186.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Touchdown!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIgByjVFgDkNbIzGTi6JXZ5eUotlvb80O3nNCLK-23cH2iNWfKscVUc_LPZLvSn7Oh_7nQ_phSYUkd66XMgSoawfPFJqB9vOr0s8Nd5KdLNOYNIE4kI8W7EkRvTJx5h2xzf6B-hqx1jeM/s1600/Thanksgiving+Kim+195.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549510317349317762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfIgByjVFgDkNbIzGTi6JXZ5eUotlvb80O3nNCLK-23cH2iNWfKscVUc_LPZLvSn7Oh_7nQ_phSYUkd66XMgSoawfPFJqB9vOr0s8Nd5KdLNOYNIE4kI8W7EkRvTJx5h2xzf6B-hqx1jeM/s320/Thanksgiving+Kim+195.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-McEJ6uErxsnibok_fY8oaVANOJECtRjnHCeV1mmpHmBGJpX-xxxVATgBYnndrOxJfGKosB2ePN-Z8TgTfcfGhjWnLz4N1ktFjkxqw1hy-eI_l62thgEb-1YyEOUbnzntVWcTPdc7ScK/s1600/Thanksgiving+073.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549509253882736562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-McEJ6uErxsnibok_fY8oaVANOJECtRjnHCeV1mmpHmBGJpX-xxxVATgBYnndrOxJfGKosB2ePN-Z8TgTfcfGhjWnLz4N1ktFjkxqw1hy-eI_l62thgEb-1YyEOUbnzntVWcTPdc7ScK/s320/Thanksgiving+073.JPG" /></a> Thanks to everyone who made it to SC for the festivities! We had a great time, these are just a few pics from the weekend.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-32127640853330617922010-11-16T07:56:00.000-08:002010-11-16T07:58:21.690-08:00Inexpensive Taste<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZpqWJPOdjvvR8rTCuFeqQ5deA-ULr5exfAGdybbDy9PFS6WRI_y1JCdMcsEEudfXkGRhhovCcszsN3qnJNL-bNubRaJlHJD7BVTpGI0Rx-IpjfOFhiH1IKMOXkJyc9TTKkF76r1QDbwl/s1600/Owen+007.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5540177259767024098" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZpqWJPOdjvvR8rTCuFeqQ5deA-ULr5exfAGdybbDy9PFS6WRI_y1JCdMcsEEudfXkGRhhovCcszsN3qnJNL-bNubRaJlHJD7BVTpGI0Rx-IpjfOFhiH1IKMOXkJyc9TTKkF76r1QDbwl/s320/Owen+007.jpg" /></a>Owen had so much fun riding around in this box! Thinking that we may have to get him a wagon for his first birthday so he doesn't think we are too cheap when he's older :)<br /><div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-74533880213839850382010-11-16T07:51:00.000-08:002010-11-16T07:55:24.450-08:00Rocking Chair<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz3hWCUryeIt3gCPO-ReZbhEwVV3HURN-OwU-eTrfowzy3V-PqDOURBkA3q4Yr0QLalVEcC1RJHnllGeLS9pg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-15570740874764590672010-10-31T15:06:00.001-07:002010-10-31T15:27:47.985-07:00Happy HalloweenPutting the costume on for the first time.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIn2z6NPHwrnCdp1wsdvL1rltqPBXhnip1a3hHBc1AWXhPn7ZN36wQnQ8X_yBiP5hFs3GSmUp3Ifev4x3qtwjzmNcG2D20yMI-49HpC8t7yTp8hRancKUmeYgcRQSWIpnGEr53Aaw9Am-S/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+009.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534339488871807410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIn2z6NPHwrnCdp1wsdvL1rltqPBXhnip1a3hHBc1AWXhPn7ZN36wQnQ8X_yBiP5hFs3GSmUp3Ifev4x3qtwjzmNcG2D20yMI-49HpC8t7yTp8hRancKUmeYgcRQSWIpnGEr53Aaw9Am-S/s320/Chicago+Halloween+009.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Is this how you want me to pose?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8immZ84qSRQOfmFVkTfgsFWVBXovlhyEIqo0Az2Vi9QBVUcl5UsK2eMVxO2yaD1jPksrwvpWt5c59dtT4Z7vuU1SMPQ574iM-xt-YiFLfNQxuv3gKE2-VsVGFQmfO2LBsyFHIAu7lPwg/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+012.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534339151303213042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf8immZ84qSRQOfmFVkTfgsFWVBXovlhyEIqo0Az2Vi9QBVUcl5UsK2eMVxO2yaD1jPksrwvpWt5c59dtT4Z7vuU1SMPQ574iM-xt-YiFLfNQxuv3gKE2-VsVGFQmfO2LBsyFHIAu7lPwg/s320/Chicago+Halloween+012.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>What is this??<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOwcLB7graL_JN0QrB_pSJCPvm85-YF9SRhtLkPJBPAl3Aba_zjE-4Zr0mK74c_GMDAGQ3H5YD3cQqkYHGIi_CN7ULgzF6dQxUobPHSlTaCAiZs_zl2NMEI9jfDWlYdynoMPva505-Md_/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+022.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534338653971452946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinOwcLB7graL_JN0QrB_pSJCPvm85-YF9SRhtLkPJBPAl3Aba_zjE-4Zr0mK74c_GMDAGQ3H5YD3cQqkYHGIi_CN7ULgzF6dQxUobPHSlTaCAiZs_zl2NMEI9jfDWlYdynoMPva505-Md_/s320/Chicago+Halloween+022.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Y8RxeoozX_SyVGnpCYHeXK7ZIbdVt2xw3oq2iOiCtunTPUL-jgKShXojWsPY3N_028vOlg2JwhJrMrC1PPqokNRR6SdVjHuD4zwaUA7snhKmfPLTVxb_Lcdz-eofjxFwDrfyhTPlUNcD/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+023.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534338334614505714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Y8RxeoozX_SyVGnpCYHeXK7ZIbdVt2xw3oq2iOiCtunTPUL-jgKShXojWsPY3N_028vOlg2JwhJrMrC1PPqokNRR6SdVjHuD4zwaUA7snhKmfPLTVxb_Lcdz-eofjxFwDrfyhTPlUNcD/s320/Chicago+Halloween+023.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>It's hard to get them both to pose at the same time.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC97rhjm_Ax-wzy1yjhKelui2Gis-YH-BsGehK2e53keNJaN-btGK33RAD-rG9bF_LcDgYgYXWgHPAykxu_KB3HUsPljGGHRCazNp2Jn-H46tm81UkiTlflpHzocC1i1lHsDxjbf0Hm0b1/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+030.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534337886538644386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC97rhjm_Ax-wzy1yjhKelui2Gis-YH-BsGehK2e53keNJaN-btGK33RAD-rG9bF_LcDgYgYXWgHPAykxu_KB3HUsPljGGHRCazNp2Jn-H46tm81UkiTlflpHzocC1i1lHsDxjbf0Hm0b1/s320/Chicago+Halloween+030.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDH7RAoDKn1MYvRt8GIBiZkaKzGKFS7W_PI6wJZjporaWtyXR9WnPL-sHdMp15Bad05aMKiz-v_fmTuu6RTER6dIhSNoBkFBfErH_JcwphVEiKY95IeieOrGogZez7WCJKX9g2BRKo0Vbi/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+031.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534337475914561314" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDH7RAoDKn1MYvRt8GIBiZkaKzGKFS7W_PI6wJZjporaWtyXR9WnPL-sHdMp15Bad05aMKiz-v_fmTuu6RTER6dIhSNoBkFBfErH_JcwphVEiKY95IeieOrGogZez7WCJKX9g2BRKo0Vbi/s320/Chicago+Halloween+031.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>It stayed on Marlow longer than it stayed on Owen :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPJlkWJjRA-Z40DBZiDvuQwiLi7OfXcaAyPzx62lc8FkrRLBGpBHZacATK1xkohIaEaXqmIqI_muhpx_aLb-KB85SQti5afYzxrOzUvt-sg9yYbODYuaogVJeospA08TZTHiGuSwIzKs5/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534337128853721938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrPJlkWJjRA-Z40DBZiDvuQwiLi7OfXcaAyPzx62lc8FkrRLBGpBHZacATK1xkohIaEaXqmIqI_muhpx_aLb-KB85SQti5afYzxrOzUvt-sg9yYbODYuaogVJeospA08TZTHiGuSwIzKs5/s320/Chicago+Halloween+040.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5GCNQSdE3IeEywSyo_UQ6y2d8x_ksDVNofYpb2uMocHfMEp7ZZNKkJ-_yuyjiNvS9ohf9JRQxKEAD2h6wjKWVD7rpji3rPBlWVuSPE-1j5eOxXxSE7gO_mFWLnZ8p4mSmzBqdXdDNRQQ/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+048.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534336016871352850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5GCNQSdE3IeEywSyo_UQ6y2d8x_ksDVNofYpb2uMocHfMEp7ZZNKkJ-_yuyjiNvS9ohf9JRQxKEAD2h6wjKWVD7rpji3rPBlWVuSPE-1j5eOxXxSE7gO_mFWLnZ8p4mSmzBqdXdDNRQQ/s320/Chicago+Halloween+048.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWx2Mp1frZKryGKpwlUwoHTwbBGJrEOI_PWp357_ACDoykJ3qW6-H9ijVMjTskTgsaqChBqRaRXLb3k6GMys24Od2MA4mwCjgutZfNNeYH5uEveGNeVbQ8W2_D3i7KhPMhhg0LvAnRUVYn/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+050.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534335652187183394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWx2Mp1frZKryGKpwlUwoHTwbBGJrEOI_PWp357_ACDoykJ3qW6-H9ijVMjTskTgsaqChBqRaRXLb3k6GMys24Od2MA4mwCjgutZfNNeYH5uEveGNeVbQ8W2_D3i7KhPMhhg0LvAnRUVYn/s320/Chicago+Halloween+050.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>Helping mom pass out candy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5RPZjSo4nN9iVuzUidnYLum37_1-XNo2PuP5F4hdilqotbhxG204z4FQKBDdSYPH_f9GfeSVeBgzM6ZiUuOwlRbVPfJpPYo-F1GXRkcYXSeIlLQ4KhVTPoQ5hvOF38XKcdYG_SKEM7sJ/s1600/trick-or-treat+011.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534335255591999330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5RPZjSo4nN9iVuzUidnYLum37_1-XNo2PuP5F4hdilqotbhxG204z4FQKBDdSYPH_f9GfeSVeBgzM6ZiUuOwlRbVPfJpPYo-F1GXRkcYXSeIlLQ4KhVTPoQ5hvOF38XKcdYG_SKEM7sJ/s320/trick-or-treat+011.JPG" /></a>So I decided to go with the traditional pumpkin costume for Owen's first Halloween. I figured that I will have years of super heroes ahead of me, so I might as well get the cute ones in while I can! He did awesome in his costume (all 45 minutes he stayed in it) and even got to see a few trick-or-treaters before bedtime. I think he had the most fun playing in the candy bowl!<br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-23331055816991017512010-10-30T14:51:00.001-07:002010-10-30T14:51:21.206-07:00Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-67727504961425786602010-10-30T14:35:00.001-07:002010-11-04T10:57:09.034-07:00Chicago!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG25zSTlnE64UjazUuMVqPBJ-pfHF2iDJpWulzo2Ic4zAheW6mgZCVveYBcTyq5goVQEsNaqjPC4WT-ZJO5ZTcPH0zIG55gAubLXXJy04RacGnrIbqjX4C6XpfMIE29hhyphenhyphenj2vHSR3Xg4F3/s1600/owenandteddychicago.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535755088804715298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG25zSTlnE64UjazUuMVqPBJ-pfHF2iDJpWulzo2Ic4zAheW6mgZCVveYBcTyq5goVQEsNaqjPC4WT-ZJO5ZTcPH0zIG55gAubLXXJy04RacGnrIbqjX4C6XpfMIE29hhyphenhyphenj2vHSR3Xg4F3/s320/owenandteddychicago.jpg" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5Ml0jzSduq0WFjkhF9X3bovpHr2mNciPzrPb78_5QzHkVoLj62iAV0OocjUzOmj_cjWNA2089w2qrDrHjXY4sHwv5_r0auw95tWF_lzdGTD59UGIxFPhmpQ-GdsNHm6KM_HkLlS8epc_/s1600/owenpumpkinchicago.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 213px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535751177674320754" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5Ml0jzSduq0WFjkhF9X3bovpHr2mNciPzrPb78_5QzHkVoLj62iAV0OocjUzOmj_cjWNA2089w2qrDrHjXY4sHwv5_r0auw95tWF_lzdGTD59UGIxFPhmpQ-GdsNHm6KM_HkLlS8epc_/s320/owenpumpkinchicago.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Hanin' with GiGi!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHWJQUgrR901Lx-opa-0c2BAIqZiK4w1pVzn3vMIpu4LWhdnnTIy_zXq3N-1U3vY3hd3Hw8eadqO7HdA7rH6NFLqJjishSvHISN1pzW9ZHDj7dNFj6LZblYDEjgu4d4l3Y1Jl7DH8wLY6/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+003.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533958317592565762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQHWJQUgrR901Lx-opa-0c2BAIqZiK4w1pVzn3vMIpu4LWhdnnTIy_zXq3N-1U3vY3hd3Hw8eadqO7HdA7rH6NFLqJjishSvHISN1pzW9ZHDj7dNFj6LZblYDEjgu4d4l3Y1Jl7DH8wLY6/s320/Chicago+Halloween+003.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Aunt Megan!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3khO1hAQ6Fgg5ePMLg_HGkfgz-nRZ1pnasAcuTjkkBiXdEnmOgKADSBBdddQvhPQdtoKQxoxLuSM_OgTwjijocFV_C8sqFhBQHyUEtL0vzC9AcABuV83O-_Kc4ybCUBMU5wSe4Ob1EYX/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+004.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533957992450401842" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3khO1hAQ6Fgg5ePMLg_HGkfgz-nRZ1pnasAcuTjkkBiXdEnmOgKADSBBdddQvhPQdtoKQxoxLuSM_OgTwjijocFV_C8sqFhBQHyUEtL0vzC9AcABuV83O-_Kc4ybCUBMU5wSe4Ob1EYX/s320/Chicago+Halloween+004.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>Watching the sunrise from the plane. Tried to get the skyscrapers in the background, but wasn't quick enough!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6h2LuvBPcp0OJb_oSoBLpt7jqX-fWwjcwY53ybXUkjATLwE-XaVvTq7SNXXRcM58ob3l1v1WNAYbZw9pTbelPD-Pzvjp2SBy2OQkB6i2B53vbtwKG_EDzZjov8HKqBcJLsLmA4kGx4EAS/s1600/Chicago+Halloween+001.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533957234769399490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6h2LuvBPcp0OJb_oSoBLpt7jqX-fWwjcwY53ybXUkjATLwE-XaVvTq7SNXXRcM58ob3l1v1WNAYbZw9pTbelPD-Pzvjp2SBy2OQkB6i2B53vbtwKG_EDzZjov8HKqBcJLsLmA4kGx4EAS/s320/Chicago+Halloween+001.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>Last weekend, Owen had his first trip to the big city! Mom accidentally booked the wrong flight time, and we ended up taking off at 6 a.m. It was an early start to an amazing weekend with family and friends. Not only did mom book the wrong flight, but I also forgot to charge the camera. So, I only have a couple of pics on my camera. But not worries, GiGi took tons so we were able to capture the memory (just maybe not digitally on the blog).</div><br /><br /><br /><div>We didn't do too many city things, instead we went to the MSU/Northwestern game. It was a ton of fun and GiGi got to babysit! Everyone was happy! Next time we'll have to see more of the city, but I don't think he would've appreciated it anyway :)<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div>And maybe next time someone will stop and say "oh, what a cute baby" to GiGi as she's walking :)</div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8715669215830798530.post-73436875825107670202010-10-17T16:21:00.001-07:002010-10-17T16:58:15.407-07:00Pumpkin Patch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtpAtQKY9PXNk4NizKKeQOfKUiXfuKbk0Q5G09VbHP-ycKqO1urnDj5oDHL5JUhzixHuixT79JyT9IOxqNhgU72hdoA71ybYx488UPLHgfRa_DTKBjDBXoD_Kdp4yXdyVrAcCi3U0APd5/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+017.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529167124060615714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtpAtQKY9PXNk4NizKKeQOfKUiXfuKbk0Q5G09VbHP-ycKqO1urnDj5oDHL5JUhzixHuixT79JyT9IOxqNhgU72hdoA71ybYx488UPLHgfRa_DTKBjDBXoD_Kdp4yXdyVrAcCi3U0APd5/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+017.JPG" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6Ub7LVIZ_dLvowUb7piVHndhbunK0jO6flEO9vUYsZDqdmWwmUsVby9qYFY-jTao-BMa9-jv1IR1byMhQUbGOEIljkiTkrNaVLYo-zdnSdP5Q-ieGzxkSmrZ61zxPCqz-UDBEwKI98gH/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+019.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529166832959892482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6Ub7LVIZ_dLvowUb7piVHndhbunK0jO6flEO9vUYsZDqdmWwmUsVby9qYFY-jTao-BMa9-jv1IR1byMhQUbGOEIljkiTkrNaVLYo-zdnSdP5Q-ieGzxkSmrZ61zxPCqz-UDBEwKI98gH/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+019.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><div>"Look at dad's shadow looming over me."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPu0sZNTO16AKu2q3CEHO6nm73RzgpZyL6spzvRs-iAwgUqAvQccu0HJnsN25qLB2hXTVZ5Xz4XvgnhotFVmROD6_Hd9v_O_KSSl9VODvst56T2iOt-36abZXuMOCljSuouaLUEuiODUMA/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+021.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529166305930738450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPu0sZNTO16AKu2q3CEHO6nm73RzgpZyL6spzvRs-iAwgUqAvQccu0HJnsN25qLB2hXTVZ5Xz4XvgnhotFVmROD6_Hd9v_O_KSSl9VODvst56T2iOt-36abZXuMOCljSuouaLUEuiODUMA/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+021.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>"Hangin' with my dad."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap4s0uIbVg3k9syNxNZxC8DoKlinfsykp1qNhM3F6o1AzI1sAZTAW2YEuIZImdbj7KsLurc60sKycA9tsU9dDhqEDyM_M2TtYqrxer9i6VsyyLc9OUOScu9f04VSOBaVS-Yh5xkIqSM4U/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+027.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529165772063756242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgap4s0uIbVg3k9syNxNZxC8DoKlinfsykp1qNhM3F6o1AzI1sAZTAW2YEuIZImdbj7KsLurc60sKycA9tsU9dDhqEDyM_M2TtYqrxer9i6VsyyLc9OUOScu9f04VSOBaVS-Yh5xkIqSM4U/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+027.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>"Mom, the sun is in my eyes!"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCmtix2Rocsn8oCzhsDJcMOFD_JsiDZppU-Lgv3OwfcfpIcR1ghkVWuDSkigs_eGTxaBp__SaFPHpoOALbv1tzir1jmDUFiT2UX3hZmr9_fjEsRpU_X672IavBhyphenhyphengYivPaxGGNy3lelEd/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+029.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529165108339687906" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtCmtix2Rocsn8oCzhsDJcMOFD_JsiDZppU-Lgv3OwfcfpIcR1ghkVWuDSkigs_eGTxaBp__SaFPHpoOALbv1tzir1jmDUFiT2UX3hZmr9_fjEsRpU_X672IavBhyphenhyphengYivPaxGGNy3lelEd/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+029.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>"She thinks my tractor's sexy..."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGsDinYeqD4TpqQxGKUZ5AEe_BqqiAk2y7OWQyGDE6F1BaHGzkrF_w_XHUt9qmSTA9l6pI1kh83qrW8miLlpTDgjMlVhkeiUq-URD_Pbhu1hJFhHWXN58rdZjujHcznYl6GPOmmEmxoG_/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+037.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529162340911756386" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGsDinYeqD4TpqQxGKUZ5AEe_BqqiAk2y7OWQyGDE6F1BaHGzkrF_w_XHUt9qmSTA9l6pI1kh83qrW8miLlpTDgjMlVhkeiUq-URD_Pbhu1hJFhHWXN58rdZjujHcznYl6GPOmmEmxoG_/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+037.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGcTB9XLgYpiFlgdjqMKHfBHxd58eJ4LiITXZ3ZTqdMzXip3n2IjHF672Oxv8qCTb6i-TYxaFF-0OIK7QqQ8IdDrAZ0FsuT8EnAJl7DDrwAj-EoWleFHcvshDvWjyvyy9hSUVqtGQ59hq/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+040.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529160446620200818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGcTB9XLgYpiFlgdjqMKHfBHxd58eJ4LiITXZ3ZTqdMzXip3n2IjHF672Oxv8qCTb6i-TYxaFF-0OIK7QqQ8IdDrAZ0FsuT8EnAJl7DDrwAj-EoWleFHcvshDvWjyvyy9hSUVqtGQ59hq/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+040.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsztXg1ye8prZT9MojEJj1bs2oVRFnBKZpCDXBQTEnw-MUThOkL01OcGwBcWcF1rscxdHZsWYDnip5U3F8Uv6xRy61PFKJRZQTFuBfCL2rYRzzi22fZWCVxhZJdjhU1jhMIOKwdFk5tcQ/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+042.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529160126911789970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbsztXg1ye8prZT9MojEJj1bs2oVRFnBKZpCDXBQTEnw-MUThOkL01OcGwBcWcF1rscxdHZsWYDnip5U3F8Uv6xRy61PFKJRZQTFuBfCL2rYRzzi22fZWCVxhZJdjhU1jhMIOKwdFk5tcQ/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+042.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>"This looks like a good one."<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI38zCdnU5jiowfA6Qz4qqgQKmbV7__ntGYd95z6R-3pgE_-SoUmTT2CflkvtHf_v8HZ6ukp8gS79iRmOU2dyxB5ypoIi8D2xufavoG2Pz5U0-2KmLvxiXAE_BlVuoJmW6_K8-wBWci6CJ/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+054.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529159713761573010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI38zCdnU5jiowfA6Qz4qqgQKmbV7__ntGYd95z6R-3pgE_-SoUmTT2CflkvtHf_v8HZ6ukp8gS79iRmOU2dyxB5ypoIi8D2xufavoG2Pz5U0-2KmLvxiXAE_BlVuoJmW6_K8-wBWci6CJ/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+054.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div>"I guess I'll eat mulch for dinner.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8521xqNZ0eFYHTzIgnX6NfhlYVYHoB5aK_xZtfTmhCzPUM9CK4n6t0QGbWSYCFlqa9VCOPFe799QBub17wQuqsLFl_qRLzf2Xz0JWRQm_z88KBDFFI496-7S9K9w_Nl_QcEljHi3_Hq4t/s1600/Pumpkin+Patch+056.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529159414494360114" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8521xqNZ0eFYHTzIgnX6NfhlYVYHoB5aK_xZtfTmhCzPUM9CK4n6t0QGbWSYCFlqa9VCOPFe799QBub17wQuqsLFl_qRLzf2Xz0JWRQm_z88KBDFFI496-7S9K9w_Nl_QcEljHi3_Hq4t/s320/Pumpkin+Patch+056.JPG" /></a> We finally made it to a pumpkin patch! We have been talking about this since before we had a kid, yes we are that weird couple!! We had to go at what is normally Owen's bedtime (5:00) since no other time worked this weekend. That being said, we didn't get the cutest pictures, but they capture the moment and the season. That's what is important...right? This pumpkin patch is probably not one that we will visit again, but it did the job. Next year maybe we will make it to the mountains and get even better pictures. Now if only I could find a Halloween costume for him...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Mrs. Piepkowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697634186601507091noreply@blogger.com0