The Volmer Family

2012-01-11T13:20:00.000-08:00

Warning: Picture overload.

Eliza and her cousin Kylee with their la la loopsy dolls ready for church!
We had to wake the kids up! Love Justins hair. He got it from his daddy!
Cheese for breakfast.
This must be Josh's elk head. It is hung in his brothers Man Cave.
We had the nativity in the Man Cave with about 75 people in attendance.
Angel is their middle name.

She was so proud of her gingerbread house!
This kid is a trip. He is hilarious.
The whole fam with Santa
"I want a huge princess castle." (thats not what he brought her.)
Josh caught them jumping into mid air.
Daddy's home!!
Ty is potty training!!! Ha ha, yeah right.... I wish! He looks like he is trying though!

The whole Anglesey family together at Thanksgiving.
the Mr. and Mrs.
My sister and Brother who is now in Italy serving in the airforce.
Don't ask
Good one, Dad...
He is having a hard time giving up breast feeding. It is always on his mind (and in his hand.)
We are slowly getting rid Josh's hobby. He finally got a litter of these beauties and only has a few left. Any takers! PLEASE???

2011-09-09T15:08:00.000-07:00

We have had such a fun busy summer....

2011-06-16T22:14:00.000-07:00

Isn't this kid cute. We are just so in love with him. He is such an easy going little guy. He never complains and is always making us happy with his smile and contagious laugh. He will be 5 months in a couple days. Can't believe how fast that time has gone! Ty is a little fatty though. At his 4 month appointment he was 21 lbs. 10 ounces. He is SOOOO heavy. I don't know how much longer i can carry his car seat around.

More Ty

2011-02-10T19:35:00.000-08:00

A few minutes old!!
Daddys pre op picture
My pre op picture.
Big sis and the newly shaved Daddy
she loves him!

Our new addition....

2011-02-07T13:31:00.000-08:00

I am the worst blogger ever. Just scroll down a bit and you will find were I blogged about the birth of our last baby. (not that it was that long ago!!) Yes, we had another one. Another cute boy and we are in love!!!

Ty Steven Volmer was born on January 20th at 10:39 a.m. via C-section. He weighed 12 lbs. 15 1/2 oz. and was 22 inches long. ( why didn't they just round up 1/2 oz to make it 13? They didn't weigh him till he was almost an hour old and he even pooped and peed before they weighed him. They didn't have any diapers that would fit him, and finally some nurse found a pack of 3's. So he wore 3's while there. We knew he would be big, like our other kids, but we never imagined he could be bigger than Eliza. (weighing 11lbs. 6 oz.) He was a pound and a half bigger!! I was completely miserable at the end and HUGE!! Ask anyone. Of course I got the twins comments, the "you must be due anyday" when I was only 6 months, but really I was way bigger than with my other two.

He is such a sweet and good baby and is so calm even when his sister and brother are beating him over the head with some toy. They both love to kiss him and Eliza is already wanting to change his diaper, read to him, and "feed" him. Here are a few pictures of his birth day...

The night before going in. (This picture really doesn't show how big I really was.)

Our first picture with him.
Poor baby had to have an iv for a few days due to some minor breathing problems.
The gang minus a dreadful looking momma.

All ready to go home in his 3-6 month outfit!!

Grandma.....

2010-07-13T14:54:00.000-07:00

I stole this post from my sister Jill's Blog. I wanted to write something about our weekend, but for some reason, can never say it as good as Jill.

Did you know I'm Mormon? Well, I am. My mom wasn't raised Mormon or "LDS". She converted when she was 19.

My maternal grandpa thought our church was a "business". My mom was married to my dad in the Salt Lake City Temple.

Her parents were not there.

My mom's brother, uncle Jim, was around when the first three nieces were born. (Me and my sisters) Shortly after my brother was born my uncle received a pamphlet about overpopulating the Earth.

My mom took his chance of having children by having 5, or so he thought.

That pamphlet put the idea into his head that severed our relationship.

Just before my Grandma died in October, he started coming around and being friendly. We just met in Spokane this last weekend to spread Grandma's ashes.

This is Uncle Jim now. Shown with Erin's first, Eliza.

If anyone can unite a family, it's definitely Eliza!

We chose to spread Grandma's ashes along one of the trails she hiked. She was an avid hiker and her hiking group actually made an award with a pair of her most used hiking shoes. They had holes everywhere.

Grandma had such a reverence for fun. Kids are supposed to have FUN!! I love the stories of my mom's childhood because they include memories of traveling out of the country and floating down rivers. In her memory, I will try to seek tranquil, outdoor freshness and remember that fun memories will always take precedence over sad ones.

Here's to Grandma. Here's to FUN!!

Thanks Jill for your thoughts. It was such a fun weekend and good to remember Grandma and what she loved most!!

We have a crawler!!!

2010-06-30T15:25:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Justin started crawling!! He never really scooted, or army crawled, just rolled around a little so we are so surprised at this milestone. I don't know if this is a good thing, but at least now he can get away from his sister a little faster!

She's got moves...

2010-04-26T15:34:00.000-07:00

She seriously could go on for hours. And no one explained to Josh that Dogs + Chickens= Dead chickens. 4 of them.

4 months old

2010-02-17T15:28:00.000-08:00

I am finally posting. I know I haven't said much about our latest addition so here he is.....
Justin. He is 4 months old. Crazy!! He is such a sweet boy. He is so easy going, never really cries, is happy to just hang out and sleeps and eats like a champ. He is always good for a smile and has this shyness about him that is so cute. He is a big boy and is breaking my back lugging around that carseat of his, but we love him!! I have to admit that when I found out I was pregnant with him I wanted a girl. I was SURE it was a girl too. I still wasn't convinced I would like a boy when he was born (maybe it was that we didn't have a name and still don't know if we picked the right one) but now he is as Eliza would say our "special favorite". At his 4 month checkup he was 19lbs. 10oz and 27 inches long (holy cow)!!!

He melts my heart!!
We are still not sure where our kids get these huge eyes.

My boob tubers!! They both like to watch TV. Eliza loves Justin. She is constantly hugging and kissing him and if she can't see him she askes, "Mom wheres Bubs?" She has called him Baby Bubba since before he was born (we think she just had a hard time saying Baby brother). At first I didn't really like Bubba but now its kinda cute. She switches between bubba, bubs, bubby, budda. He loves her just as much and can sit for hours just watching her. He will sit in his jumperoo and watch her dance and if she goes out of the room, he will whine until she returns.

Justin Joshua Volmer

2009-10-22T18:52:00.000-07:00

Right before heading in.
Minutes after our boy was born.
Daddy and Eliza examining baby Justin.
The sweet boy.
The Volmer boys!

I realize I stink at blogging. This, however I figured was a good reason to post.

We had our sweet baby boy on Friday Oct. 16th at 7:57 p.m. He was 9 lbs 11 oz and 22 3/4".
Here is the boring (very short version) story if you care.
We had a planed C-section for Tuesday the 20th but we went to the doctor on Friday and I was having contractions 2 minutes apart. I was not dialated at all and my cervix was still so high we were worried my water would break over the weekend and it would turn into an emergency situation so we rushed to the hospital and had him a few days early!! The surgery went well and we escaped with very minor complications. We were shocked he was so small but we love having a baby that can wear the smaller clothes and diapers at birth. We debated on a name for the 3 days we were in the hospital and Justin wasn't even on our list, but it fits him and we like it.
He is such a good baby, has hardly cried at all and like Eliza sleeps through the night!! I am so lucky but we will see if it lasts. Eliza is a good big sister, loves to hold, kiss, and "wrestle" her brother. She is helpful and is constanly telling Justin she loves him. We are so glad he is finally here and so thankful for him and his safe arrival!!

Yep...

2009-06-08T22:24:00.000-07:00

Yep Im Preggo. Yep its a BOY!! Yep were excited. There you go!!

Eliza goes potty

2009-03-05T22:07:00.000-08:00

So lately, Eliza has expressed interest in the potty. She loves to flush and watch things go down. (luckily mostly toilet paper.) I decided that she is still a little young to be potty training, but I was at Target and decided to get a potty chair. We got home and she wouldn't leave the thing alone. She wanted to sit on it, put it on her head, put her toys in it. So when I went to change her diaper I sat her on it. She sat there for probably 20 minutes. I couldn't believe she sat there that long. I encouraged her to go, but no luck. Then when Josh got home we were getting her ready to go to bed and sat her on it again and she went!!! She was so excited and so were we. I know it will still be awhile but it's a start! Way to go Eliza!!

Eliza Paige...

2009-01-11T22:45:00.000-08:00

We have been harassed to put up some recent pictures of Eliza. So here they are.
We love Eliza to death. She is such a fun and active little girl. Active is probably an understatement. She is CRAZY!!! She is so social, loves everyone and is not afraid to tell you what she thinks. She is very intelligent and picks up on things very fast. She has quite the vocabulary... her new favorite word is "no", "more" and "mine" here are a few more of her favorite words.... doggie, puppy, mommy, daddy, hot, boot, eye, nose, apple, ut ohh, nana, papa. She also signs a few words like hungry, all done, bird, more.
She loves books and can sit in the car for hours "reading" them, as we found when we drove the 15 hours to Utah. Here a few "recent" pictures of Liza.

I love that her hair fits into a ponytail. Look at all that hair!!

Eliza loves her friends. This is her and Kendall from church.

Our little Family at Thanksgiving.

Eliza LOVES ladders. Actually anything she can climb on. This was at Lowes. I wasn't watching for 30 seconds and there she was on the third step.

My parents and all the grandkids. That was a wild day!

Liza and her two cousins. It was fun to see them play together.

Oh, uncle Adam. We wish we could see you more often!

Eliza loves animals. She is obsessed with our two dogs. Sometimes Ill come in the kitchen and she is reading them books. She lays all over them and likes to ride them like a horse. We got to see a real horse and she loved riding him and touching his skin.

Halloween. She was a skunk. A very stinky skunk.

Carving pumpkins. She loves her daddy.

She is sassy!!

Birthing Pups

2009-01-06T04:01:00.000-08:00

I know... totally lame that I haven't posted and now I'm posting about our dog giving birth. It is 4:02 a.m. and the puppy count is 6. (since 2 a.m.) 4 yellows, 2 chocolates. No Blacks yet!! Oh, wait...... another chocolate...7 total.

Babe having contractions

The night before

Finally......

2008-08-25T19:34:00.000-07:00

A new one!! The way Im going the next post will be when Eliza goes to college!! So, we have been super busy. Josh is working like crazy. He is gone a lot more than we would like, but we so appreciate all his hard work and willingness to support our family. We got a chance to spend a week with my family and a week with Josh's family at the Oregon Coast. It was so much fun and good to see everyone. ( we missed the Evan's though!!) Here are some random pictures of our family since...... July i guess

The Fam at the beach.
Liza loved the sand. She couldn't get enough. Thanks Mindy and Ty for the cute suit from Hawaii!!
The water was FREEZING. She still couldn't get enough.
Sad face.
On the stairs. She's been climbing them for awhile now, but just learned to crawl down. It seems she learns something new everyday. She is walking 8 steps or so by herself, her favorite word is "dog-dog" and loves to "woof-woof" too. She loves to sing and do motions to songs and can't wait to lead the music on Sunday. (with help from daddy.)

Liza and Daddy- Notice her teeth. She has 8 and 2 mollars are poking through!!!
Cousins Kylee and Kyla. We had so much fun playing with them. They are only a couple months apart.
All the cousins. There are 42 plus one once removed!!
I wish this is what i looked like!! Josh's older sister Jenny and Liz.
Hiking at Cape lookout.

Liza when you say "hug your dolly"
Our "precious" dogs. Babe and Lizzy. They are good dogs, just a little destructive!!

When Eliza sees a fork, she insists on using it. Usually when this happens she ends up looking like this. She actually does get a few things in her mouth.
Daddy and Liza at our garage sale. I asked Josh to dress her, she has a million cute clothes and he came down with her in this. Jammies!!!!! (it was like 85 degrees that day!)

Missing Dad....

2008-07-01T21:58:00.000-07:00

Josh left on Monday morning for a big backpacking trip with the scouts. We miss him badly. This morning Liza woke up and looked in the bed next to me and said "DADA". She loves her Daddy. They definetly have a special bond. We haven't even heard from him so hopefully he is surviving.

My mom came today to stay with me while Josh is gone. We got Eliza's room all painted and tomorrow we will put the baseboard on and possibly go look for some furinture. I am so excited to get it done!!!( maybe Josh being gone isn't all bad!!)

Is it really almost June???

2008-05-25T13:26:00.000-07:00

Okay... I admit I am terrible about keeping up on this blog but you have to give me a break when I don't even have a computer in my house!! I figured I should post a bunch of pictures since Eliza is now 2 months older than the last time I posted. We have been keeping busy with the house, pups, bees, etc. Sorry about all the pictures at once, but we are playing catch up!!

We went to Tri-cities last weekend and Ben and Steph were there and so we got to see Zac and Kylee. Here is Kylee and Liza.... they are about 6 weeks apart... Kylee is such a cutie and oh so chunky. She out weighs Eliza for sure!!
Babe had her third litter of pups. 1 chocolate, 4 yellows and 4 blacks. We were disappointed we didn't get more chocolates, but oh well. they are now 4 weeks and I can't wait till they are gone!!

Liza loves the pups!! She tugs on their ears and pulls their fur. They are good sports!

This was a rare sunny day in Seattle. It is beautiful when its sunny!

Liza and I got a chance to visit with Jill and the kids. They are all so cute and fun to be around. Too bad Liza was cranky the whole time. We miss you guys!

Liza pinning Kylee. She liked to scratch her eyes and put her finger up her nose....Kylee is really too lazy to do anything about it. (just like her uncle josh)

We went to our friends wedding. It was a cold day and again.... Liza was cranky.....

Told ya!!! She had had it by this time. Oh wait......
The reception just put her over the edge. Good thing the bride and groom look so good!!

We have so much fun when we are with Grandma. We wish we could see her more. Josh's elk head finally got done at the taxidermist. We don't have room for it in our small house (darn) so he put it up at sportsman's warehouse. It is HUGE!! the only good thing about it is that if Josh really wants it in our next house, we will have to have vaulted ceilings and a bigger house.
Liza loves her Grandpa Volmer. She lets him sing to her and sits on his lap and likes it.
Josh was teaching Eliza to rap.

She does look cute in the hat though!

Poor Josh. He works all day and then comes home and works on the house.
Will it ever be done???
Ready for some sunshine. (notice she is wearing a full on snow suit in May!!)
Isaiah loves his cousin. Liza just woke up and he thought she needed her hair brushed. We love and miss you dude!!
She learned how to "fake cry." She is really laughing but her face is looks so sad. She is like her daddy.... a piece of work!!!

Eliza sitting up in a chair at a restaurant without a booster or help. She's already showing signs of being independent.

We just love Eliza (as you can see). She is such a joy in our lives and we wouldn't trade her for anything. She is growing up so fast... she crawls and eats by herself.... she is just so much fun.

Sitting and eating

2008-03-27T22:17:00.000-07:00

I am way behind but I wanted to update Eliza's latest doings. She has been sitting up on her own for about a month and started eating foods about 2 weeks ago. She is growing so fast!!

My two front teeth....

2008-03-27T22:12:00.000-07:00

So right before we left for Disneyland, I noticed a tiny tooth popping up out of Eliza's little gums. The next day the one next door showed up. Now they are two perfectly straight bottom teeth. She is so cute when she smiles and all you can see is those little pearly whites! Sorry the picture is blurry!!

Disneyland..... kinda

2008-03-27T21:59:00.001-07:00

I know it has been so long since i have posted. We have been so busy. We got a chance to go to "Disneyland" aka anaheim with Josh on a business trip. It was so fun and relaxing even though Josh worked most the time. We were put up in a nice hotel and ate a lot!! We were only 2 blocks from Disneyland, but didn't even go. We figured we would be there again and Eliza is too young to enjoy it!! We went to the San Diego Zoo with my college friends Jaime and Alisa. Soooo fun to see them and their kids. Chubbie and Addie are so stinkin cute..... Thanks girls for a fun time!!!! We went to the beach a couple times and shopped (more than Josh wanted too) It was a nice, needed vacation!!!!

Mumu

2008-02-07T20:24:00.000-08:00

So we had a ward luau last week and we just happened to have a mumu that Josh's parents got her when they were in Hawaii last. She was so cute and the life of the party!!

Valentines.....

2008-02-07T19:56:00.000-08:00

Okay, so we are playing catch up, but we thought we'd post a few recent photos of Eliza. We have been so busy lately, doing what I don't know. Josh has a hard time going to work these days when Eliza and I are "playing" at home. Eliza is so fun and getting such a personality. She is a "mamas girl" ( she cries when I leave the room).

This is Josh - My wife is a slave driver. Today she made me make my own batch of cookies. She also makes me change all the diapers and sometimes she even makes me breast feed the baby. She already has my weekend planned which consists of doing taxes so she can have money for remodeling our house then I have to clean the garage, scrape the ceileing, clean up dog poop, move the snakes, and take on a second job so I can support her shopping addiction. Thats the truth about our "perfect" little family. Woe is me.

Okay...... glad he got that out!! Eliza and I can't wait for Valentines so we can spoil the Daddy. He won't be doing any chores on that day!!!

Eliza is getting sooo big!!

2008-01-29T17:29:00.000-08:00

Good thing my friend Reagan came over today. She is helping me get our blog started!! Isn't Eliza so cute with these pigtails.

Our first blog

2007-12-17T18:17:00.000-08:00

We finally decided to get a blog. We'll see if we can keep up. We are inspired by all our friends namely..... Jayna (that girl is seriously on top of it!!), Reagan, and my cousins.