A day in the life of us....: Another Nephew on the Way....

You know you are in Kodiak when....

When traffic reports are replaced by the FISHING REPORTS
The water on the floor mat in your car is frozen
You automatically remove your boots when entering someone's home
You use flat-rate priority mail boxes more than envelopes
In Winter, you know who is taking their Vitamin D and who isn't
If you don't already have auto-start on your vehicle, you wish you had it
You know what a Coastie is, and it doesn't mean you live near the beach
You know what Xtra Tuffs are, and you have some
You have to do the Kodiak Stomp before entering a store
Just because you have a ticket to fly, doesn't mean you will actually leave that day--"weather permitting"
It's cheaper to buy DVD's than to have cable TV
Store clerks actually wish you a "Merry Christmas"
You hear people complain about having to drive "all the way to the other side of town" (10 minutes)
Traffic congestion is 3 cars at an intersection
Your car doesn't have a chance to warm up before you arrive at work
When looking out the window is more reliable than the weather forecast
You go to work, church, and shop with the same people
Driving a rusty car is "no big deal"

Sunday, February 8, 2009

Another Nephew on the Way....

Lori, Michelle (and Wyatt), and Nicole

Lot's of tissue paper!

Saturday Nicole and Lori went to a baby shower for Michelle (Lori's 1/2 brother, Troy's wife). They are expecting a little boy, named Wyatt in April.

The theme of the shower was camo/outdoors theme. Michelle and Troy wanted to go with something different than the typical. She received several cute camo baby items, shirts, pants, hats, and a cool diaper bag (duck blind bag). Two really cute items: small set of socks with animal prints (zebra, giraffe, leopard, etc), and tiny Carhart overalls.

We wanted to inspire early reading, so our gift was children's books that Michelle and Troy can start reading to Wyatt now.

The party games were fun. Game one was the diaper game, several tiny baby diapers were filled with a brown candy bar, melted in the microwave. The diapers were passed around and we had to guess what the candy bars were. Ladies were smelling, and intently studying the diapers. Game two was to guess the circumference of Michelle's belly by cutting a length of yarn. The third game was guessing the baby food, by smelling and tasting, a bit easier game, except when the food was a combo of items.

Matt and Dan went to the Sportsman Show while we were at the shower. They were suppose to take pictures and have something interesting to blog, but it didn't work out. Bummer.

Nicole investigating the brown substance in the baby diaper

Our name tags (cute)

One of the gifts, a car seat, states on the box that the car seat is appropriate for 5 lbs up to 100 lbs, which incidentally is Abi's weight at age 16!!!!