Slickery lil stinker...

Allison experienced JELLO for the first time this past weekend at Grandpa and Grandma's house in Akron. It was a completely new texture to her, she seemed to enjoy it when she was able to get it in her mouth. Just wanted to share the picture with you all....such concentration!!!!

St. Andrews Cross!!!!

So we arrived back from Iowa Monday evening, Chuck went out to the backyard to let the dogs for a run (potty) and came across a new friend....
needless to say...this lil lady freaked us out!!! We "disposed" of her before we could do any real research as we were afraid of her being a threat to the dogs. She had spun a beautiful web and was in the middle of forming her "Cross"
Oh by the way....the name of the spider is a St. Andrew's Cross Spider. They make pretty neat zig zag webs after they complete their huge web that catches flies, mosquitos and the other annoying lil bugs.
After all said and done I wish we would have relocated her instead of sending her to spider heaven....But I'm pretty sure we'll see her offspring...in the Spring since we haven't disposed of her web yet and it looks like there is a big sac!!!! Yikes!!!

Nothing New....

So not a whole lot of excitement in the Palmer Household since the last blog. Allison and I, along with the 2 dogs, headed up to Iowa on the 15th. I helped dad at the store for a few days to prepare for the sale he had on Saturday. On Saturday morning, Allison and I headed over to Fonda to Bonnie's house. I had a wedding to attend in the Fort Dodge area that night and asked Bonnie to come with me since Chuck wasn't able to come. We then headed back to Akron early afternoon on Sunday. And planned on heading back on Tuesday to KC but ended up coming back a day early. Stopped and picked up some candy orders for Chuck's Aunt LuAnn for her candy house here in KC.
We are scheduled to drive back to Iowa tomorrow morning. Chuck has 5 days off in a row, so we are going to help dad at the store again and I believe we are going to do inventory. Lots of driving, but I love going back to Iowa!!! Plus Chuck hasn't been to Iowa...since...Easter, I believe???
So we'll be up there until the 27th of this month, with a few stops penciled in....one to Nana & Gramps in Sioux City. They always enjoy seeing us and especially seeing how much Allison has grown since the last time they saw her! It's hard to believe she is 10 months old now!!! CRAZY!!!
She had her "9 month" check up today. We weren't able to get her in around 9 months b/c our doc was on vacation and there was quite a waiting list to get in to see him.

So here is Allisons growth:

At 6 months Allison was:
26 1/2 inches tall
weighed 16lbs 9 oz.

At 10 months and 10 days old:
28 1/2 inches tall
and weighing 18lbs ll oz.

Doctor said she looks great.....her weight is in the lower percentage but we are assuming that's b/c she is a heck of a lot more active these days. So our next check up won't be for another 2 months.

She's starting to take steps as you hold her hands. She really gets a kick out of doing this. She can completely pull herself up to a standing position. We also got the okay to begin doing more solids with her for dinner and especially doing meats!!!! No more jarred food for this baby girl!!! Well except, when it'll be more convenient for mommy and daddy!!! We've still got a whole shelf full of jarred food!!!

Okay well anyways, not much else going on. Excited to head back up to Iowa tomorrow morning. Hope every is doing well....it's wednesday...so Happy Hump Day...half way through the week!

Happy Birthday Katie!!!

Just wishing Katie a Happy 21st Birthday today!!! I'm assuming she went out last night at 12:01am and partied it up!!!! Hope you had a blast lil sis!!!! We Love you so much!!!

Lazy Sunday.....

It's almost 9pm and nothing exactly has been accomplished today.....Chuck worked a night shift last night...7pm to 7am....so we slept in late this morning while Chuck caught up on his sleep. Allison and I ended up getting up and out of bed around 10am....she originally woke up around 6:15am and then we fell back asleep after Chuck got home.
So there wasn't much to do, and I decided I would like to go to the mall, so Allison and I got ready and headed to the mall while Chuck continued his daytime sleeping. Found a few items on sale/clearance....stuff I normally wouldn't have bought. So I found a pair of jean capris and a pair of white capris and a cute little tank top. I also found 2 cute lil polo onsies for Allison on sale.....$2/each....originally $15.99....so I must say...I did pretty darn good!!! And that was all at Sears...we only made one other stop and that was to Old Navy....needed to buy some regular t-shirts for Allison. Found 3 shirts for her...and of course...on sale...2.99 a piece. Also did some browsing for a forward facing carseat.....won't be too long before she needs to be in one...tomorrow she will be 10 months old....really hard to believe it's been 10 months!!!
As for the weekend...nothing dreadfully exciting. Allison made a trip to Children's Mercy South. She had an eye infection of some sorts and b/c Chuck works for CMH all our visits are FREE!!! So we just went to the Urgent Care and got a prescription for an antibiotic. It's already cleared up, but we have to finish up the antibiotic...to make sure it's completely gone. Not exactly sure what caused it, but I suspect maybe will all the dogs in our house last weekend and with her crawling now...she's getting into a lot more dog hair/dirt and that kinda thing.
So that has really been the excitement for the weekend. I have a job interview tomorrow with Walgreens....they finally called me (we are getting a new walgreens...they'll be open on the 31st) So I applied for a job in the photo department. Really hoping we can work something out for this....as far as daycare. I would love this job b/c Walgreens is just down the main drag from our house....within walking distance!!! So we'll see how that goes, and I'll keep ya updated if interested....I'm sure I'll blog about it at some point anyway!

Oh and not sure if I mentioned in a previous blog or not, but Allison most recent babbles are DADA DADA...constantly in the morning!!!!
Okay, well it's late and lil miss palmer is still awake, so I'd better get her down. Chuck is working another night shift tonight...so it's just us girls and the 2 dogs!!!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!

HeAt WaVe!

With it being so hot lately I decided to pull my Automated Weather System out and hook it up. Below is the the current weather at our house. I have it uploading to Weather Underground every 5 min. I also have attached a neat link to the National Weather Service on how to figure your heat index. Our heat index today was 116 degrees! Stay Cool!




National Weather Service - Heat Index Chart

Happy Birthday Lucy!!!

Today is Lucy's 2nd Birthday!!! Just thought I'd blog about it, since I really don't have anything else to blog about!!!!

Have a good weekend everyone!!!

It's HOT HOT HOT!!!!

The temperature sure is rising here in Kansas City. Suppose to be in the upper 90's all week long and with heat index...it may possibly feel like 110 out there! Our AC has pretty much been running nonstop today, I turn the temp up during the night, so it's not running constantly, but when it's 80 degrees by 9am rolls around, it has a hard time catching up to keep the house cool. We've shut a bunch of vents in rooms we don't use....our spare bedroom and bath, along with the garage vent. Yeah I know...we have a vent in our garage!!! It's nice though, keeps me cool when I'm out there working...sorting through our endless pile of junk! And of course, keeps the vehicles warm in the winter....which is nice too.
They have been doing some road work on our street lately. They started last week by milling the street...(tearing up the top layer or two). Today they destroyed the end of our driveway and we can't get in or out....our neighbors just decided to drive on OUR lawn to get to their driveway. (we are in a duplex, so our driveways are side by side). They could easily drive on their own, but they just had to drive on ours! GRRRR!!
Anyway, we had a nice weekend....not really weather wise, but Dad, Mom and Katie came down for a visit....along with their 3 dogs.....we had 5 dogs in the house!!! Yes all of them were in the house...it was just so hot, and we really don't have too much shade...so Buddy and Ponch got to come in for quite a few hours on saturday. Mom and I went to a few garage sales on Saturday mid morning. Found a used stroller for $5 at one....this will be the stroller at mom and dad's, so we don't have to haul our stroller up everytime we visit. Also found a highchair a few weeks back cheap to, for use in Akron!
Grilled dinner on Saturday evening....Pork Burgers from the Newell Locker. And hot dogs too. Sunday morning we all got up and went to church, then had pizza for lunch before Mom, Dad and Katie headed back home.
It was a short weekend, but was great to see them again, as it is always great to see family!!!! Next time we'll be home will be the last weekend of September, so it'll be awhile before we get to see them again.....well until they get to see all of us I guess. Allison and I will be heading up to Iowa in 2 weeks for a wedding and have planned to stop in at mom and dad's for a night or two.
Hard to believe it's already August!!!!! Summer is just flying on by, honestly...I'm ready for itto end, I can't wait for fall to get here, it'll be so much bearable for Allison and I to get out during the day. Right now we have been limited to our time outdoors b/c of the heat and humidity....plus we have been on ozone alert recently, and suppose to be on alert the rest of the week. It doesn't cool down until about 8ish...and well that doesn't work out well b/c that's when we get Allison ready for bed.
Well anyway, it is about that time to get her ready for bed, plus the season finale to Hell's Kitchen is on!!! Plus a new show starts tonight....Fat March??? Think it's like the Biggest Loser??? So thought I'd watch a few minutes of it....hope everyone stays cool this week!! It'll be a HOT one!!!

Allison all ready for bed

SHE DID IT!!!!

So, Allison, our lil superstar, crawled more than 2 feet tonight! She crawled pretty much the length of our couch, maybe a little bit more!!!! She must have spotted her rattle that mom and dad got her in Mexico, b/c that's what she grabbed when she stopped crawling. She is sitting on the floor now shaking the rattle. I wish I would have had the video camera next to me to record, but it wasn't and I didn't want to go into another room and miss her crawl or get her sidetracked so she would stop crawling!
I'm sure I'll be able to catch her in the next couple of days of video, so keep your eyes out for some video...hopefully soon!!!
I just wanted to share that with everyone, b/c I am just so excited about it! I'll have to tell Chuck all about it, as he is still at work tonight. (I know, bummer) Well, I suppose, I should go play with Allison some more to wear her out. She didn't have a very good afternoon nap, but got really cranky and tired around 5:30/6:00 this evening, So she took another snooze. It'll be a late night tonight...but hey maybe she'll do some sleeping-in tomorrow!!!
Okay, gotta go, Kirby just yelped, so not sure what Lucy is doing to him, plus Allison is calling Momma Momma!!!