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Just messing around with different things on Photoshop. Jaycee's my guinea pig. Mom (Dixon) notice she's wearing the cute outfits you sent us. Thanks a ton!

Dream Seats

On Wednesday night, Sep. 25th, we got a phone call from our neighbor. We had just met Steve a couple of days ago, but we knew his wife and two kids from when we moved in. He said that he had two tickets to the Brewers game for Thursday and wasn't able to go. He offered them to us, and Lance took them in a heartbeat. We were actually going to buy tickets for this game, but Lance decided he needed to study.
When we got the tickets, imagine our surprise when we found out they were in the Tundra Territory. That might not mean much to those of you who haven't been to Miller Park, but these are the seats that you look at from the nosebleeds and think, "Man, I'd love to relax in one of those recliners. Short of buying a Toyota truck, how do I get in there?"




Jaycee is modeling one of the free hats we were given upon entering the "Territory" and Lance is showing off the big screen TV right in front of us (we wouldn't want to miss the replays). I wonder if I will ever get her to stop sucking that thumb. She is very fond of it. I found myself watching the TV instead of the actual game and Lance kept giving me the look of disgust.
It's really an amazing park. That's the retractable roof.

This is the only time Lance actually sat down in his seat. It was an exciting game with an amazing finish (Ryan Braun hit a walk-off homerun to win the game in the 10th or 11th inning), and there was so much excitement in the stadium. We even had a local TV station come right behind us and do a broadcast about fan appreciation day in Miller Park. They interviewed the people we were sitting by, but Jaycee was snoozing in my arms, and we weren't interested in being on TV.

Needless to say, we had a great time, and are so grateful our neighbor thought of us. Now that the Brewers are in the post season, this town is on fire with celebrations, not that we've been to any, but it's fun to be in the midst of everything.

For the grandparents

My dad asked for more pictures, so here they are. I know it's a lot of pictures, but it gives you a recap of the past couple of days. This is Jaycee with wild hair. I took her cute hairdo out and it looked like this (above). She's also coloring in her book, and notice which hand she's holding the marker in. That is the hand she holds anything with, so I'm pretty sure she's a lefty.
Jaycee was actually letting me take pictures of her natural face (not cheesing it). It's not very often she gives me that opportunity, so I took advantage of it. I was trying to get the bruise on her forehead to show up, but you can barely see it over her left eye. We went to the zoo on Monday and she was running around and being crazy. At one point she was running pretty fast and smacked into a 6x6 beam right on the corner. It knocked her flat on her back and she cried very hard.

This would be cuter if her hair wasn't crazy on the one side, but I still like it.

On Saturday Jaycee and I went to the rummage sales (or yard sales) all over Wauwatosa with our friends Devenee, and her son Dreyton. We probably went to at least ten of them. I didn't find very much, but Jaycee did get these necklaces and the bike/scooter she is riding on. I thought I'd put a picture in of her hairdo, since it's finally long enough to do cute hairdos. Everyone is surprised she sits still while I do her hair, but the "sitting" is relative. She moves around a lot, and gets into a lot, but you just adapt and wait for that brief second that she can't think of anything to dump out, break, or spray. It's really that simple.

My Wednesday

I know what everyone is thinking: Chemene blogs a lot. I really do things besides put posts on my blog, but I had to put this on. Jaycee has been sick since yesterday morning, and she sleeps a lot in the day, then can't sleep at night. Last night she slept in our bed and it was a huge mistake. I don't know how many times I got slapped because she was twitching. Then, at one point, I looked over at Lance and he was on 10 inches max. of the bed. I thought he was going to fall off, and Jaycee was wheezing/snoring away. It's so sad seeing her sick, though. Both pictures are of Jaycee sleeping (obviously) and that's pretty much what she's done today. Then, I go out in the kitchen after Lance had left this morning, and I find his lunch (he made it himself) on the oven. If I had made it or something like that, and then he forgot it, I wouldn't say anything. But this is the second time he has forgotten his lunch that he made. There must not be any room for normal things to remember in his brain because he has to study and learn so much. Anyway, if you can't tell, I'm bored.

More pictures of Jaycee

If any of you are expecting pictures of Lance or Chemene, you will be sorely disappointed. We're not very good at taking pictures of ourselves, and we know everyone wants to see Jaycee anyway. So, here she is. I love when I can get her looking all nice in Sunday dresses, but as you can see, she tries to make not nice faces for the camera. Oh well, I love her blue eyes in these pictures.

Thanks Gma and Gpa J!

Oh, dreary Mondays! Jaycee and I were headed out the door in cold weather to go walking to a friend's house, when, to our ultimate surprise, there was a box inside our door. There was a little confusion because Chemene was thinking that she hadn't ordered any fans (the box our surprise came in). Jaycee was overjoyed to find bags of Cheetos and a big bag of Pepperidge Farm Goldfish. Her favorite part was sitting in the box and finding a new pair of brown shoes. That made our Monday so much better. Thanks, Grandma and Grandpa Jacobson.

Brewers game

We decided to splurge and go to a Brewers game. It's pretty hard not to go to at least one game since we can almost see the baseball park over the treetops from where we live. It was a reward to Lance as well for studying so hard for test week, and then performing well on those tests. We bought the cheapest tickets we could find and didn't expect to be able to see the game. We were on the very top tier, but the stadium had a genius architect because we could see just fine. In fact, there were tons of empty seats below us, but why move if you can see? Anyway, the Brewers played the Cincinatti Reds. The Brewers were behind 3-1 for most of the game. Then they came back in the 8th inning to win 4-3. It was fun being at an actual game. It's so different from watching it on TV. It only could have been better if they were playing the Cubs instead of the Reds, but that's like trying to find a four-leaf clover. They charge way more when the Cubs are in town, and still sell out all 60,000 seats. There were only 30,000 people at this game. Hope you enjoy the pictures we took.

She's got the moves!

Yes! I know that it's sideways. I don't know what I was thinking when I was holding my camera sideways while recording. Now, I don't know that there's a way to turn it. If anyone has an idea, let me know. For now, you just have to watch with your head turned sideways. I just had to put this video on my blog of Jaycee dancing at our ward party. I've never seen her get so into dancing before. She had so much fun jumping/dancing around. She also did the limbo and tried to get candy from the pinata. I say "tried" because there were so many kids who were way more excited than she was to get some candy. Needless to say, she didn't get any candy. She was so wound up from this partying that she didn't go to bed until 11:00 that night.

Happy Birthday Daddy!/Happy Anniversary Rod and Peggy!

We are so far away from our families that it's pretty hard to celebrate birthdays. The "coolest" thing we can do is post things on my blogs, so "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!" We're really glad he's still with us. If any of you don't know, my dad had a major heart attack on May 2. After having three stints put in and exercising a ton, he is looking better than ever. Wish we could be there to celebrate by eating steak (he cooks steak over a fire, and they're wonderful), but we'll have to wait until Christmas.
Another event that happened is that sunday was Rod and Peggy's anniversary. We're obviously glad for their marriage (otherwise Lance wouldn't be here) and are so grateful for the things they do for us.
We hope these events were happy ones.

Smile for the camera

I tried to get Jaycee to let me take pictures of her before we went to church on Sunday and this is what I got. She wasn't being very cooperative, to say the least. Whenever I tell her to smile she does her cheesy grin, which is cute, but not every picture. Then she gave me the pout face and that was it. She's such a rascal!

Squirrels and Chipmunks!

I just had to put these cute pictures in. I went to a playgroup for mostly first year med students in our ward on Wednesday and we were just in Byrdie's (the mom in the picture) backyard. They had a little swimming pool and there were chipmunks and squirrels running around in the yard. In these pictures they are giving them food and then waiting for them to come back. The one where they have their hands up to their mouths is when they were being quiet so they wouldn't scare them. The little boy is Dreyton, Jaycee's in the red swimming suit, and Myleigh is in the blue swimming suit. Byrdie was a good sport and was really playing everything up with them.

Wonderful potty training

We are in the potty training stage of childhood with Jaycee. She is doing very well, but I thought I'd give her a little incentive to go on the big potty. I bought her a Dora the Explorer toilet seat and she loves it...well enough that she has to play with it when she's not going potty. In this video clip Lance asks her what happened and she answers that it's for the swimming pool. She had just got done going potty, so she doesn't have her princess underwear on. Hence, the naked bum at the end.

Bookworm dad

How boring does the stuff Lance studies get? Just look at how long Jaycee lasted. This is where you will usually find Lance if he's home. They just stuff information down their throats faster than they can swallow. If he doesn't study 4+ hours a day, he gets so behind. Sep. 8th -10th are the days he has tests for the courses he's taking now. After that he will be done with genetics, which is his least favorite subject. Good luck!
Hey, at least he put Jaycee to sleep. Sometimes that's no small task. Thanks, Lance.

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Dixon

My parents started a tradition when we lived in Bear Lake that they were Jaycee's "mailbox fairy". They put toys, candy, shirts, squirt guns, and anything else in their mailbox and she would be so excited to get them. Now, since we live so far away, that obviously can't happen as much, but we did get a package the other day from the "mailbox fairy" and she was very excited.
I thought this would be a good way to say, "Thanks for the treats!" She loves them, of course.