Happy 4th of July

Hope everyone has a great 4th of July and thanks to all those that have fought for us to have our freedom!!!

MckLinky

There’s a great new “linky” service available and I wanted to let you know about it. It’s called MckLinky – http://www.mcklinky.com/. After realizing the need for a new, reliable linky capability, Brent Riggs and MckMama got together to create a free, easy to use linky service for all their blog friends.

MckLinky is a free link list feature that allows you to do include lists of other blog links like MckMama does on Not Me! Monday. You can use MckLinky any time you want your blog readers to leave a list of links on your blog. It’s simple, reliable, free...and loads of MckFun!

Happy Father's Day!!

I know I have been very absent from the blog!! I promise a real post soon but wanted to share Mike's Father's Day present!! I go the idea from Beki!! I printed it off and framed it for him and am hoping he loves it!! Happy Father's Day to everyone!!

Albertson Family Happenings

It has been a while since I last updated.....sorry for that!! Here are a few pictures since the last update!!

Karlee wasn't sure at all of the parade when we first got there!! She is such a chicken and at first was afraid she was going to see something that was scary!! Once the parade got going and she realized there was candy involved, it was all over!! She had fun hauling in the candy and in the end, had way more candy than she needed!!

We took Karlee to the Shrine Circus!! When we told her that the circus was going to be here and that we were taking her, right away she said, "I have to get my hair done". I was like, "WHAT?" She said again, "I have to get my hair done for the Circus Town Whoop-De-Do ". I was LMAO....There is a JoJo Circus episode where JoJo's lion Goliath gets his hair done for the Circus Town Whoop-De-Do so as soon as Karlee heard Circus, that is all she could think of!! Needless to say, I had to get her hair done after that so the day of the Circus, I took and had her hair braided! She was sooo excited to have her hair done for the Whoop-De-Do. When we got to the Circus, she right away started whining being afraid of the clowns and 5 minutes after sitting down, she told Mike and I that it was time to go Bye-Bye!! Once the Circus started and I got her to realize that the clowns weren't going to come over to her, she started to relax and by the end of the night was clapping and having a great time!!

My parents, sister and niece came for Easter!! Karlee waited till Tay-Tay was here to dye eggs! As soon as they got here, Karlee was ready to start dying and was not going to wait any longer!!

We had a great Easter!! The Easter bunny, Grandma & Grandpa & Aunt Kodi majorly spoiled Karlee with toys and candy!! After all the eggs were found and mommy had all the candy hid, we had Easter lunch at our house! Mike's 2 brothers and their families joined us along with my parents, my sister, my niece and my mom's brother, Jeff and his family!! It was great having all the family over!!

The Easter Bunny brought Karlee a water table!! It was a BIG hit and she is loving washing her dishes and even her hair!! :-)

My baby is growing up way toooo FAST!! It is amazing to me how her imagination works!! She picks up the craziest things and imagines them as something!! This is a plastic Christmas Light holder that she found outside yesterday when we were doing yard work!! She right away started carrying it around calling it her baby!! I went in the house to start dinner while she kept helping Mike outside!! All at once, I heard screaming and crying and ran outside thinking that she was hurt!! When I got out there, she is crying and starts saying, "I can't find my baby"!! She was hysterical because she had lost her baby (plastic Christmas light holder) and couldn't find it! THANK goodness Daddy came to the rescue and was able to find it!! I just love watching her grow and learn new things but at the same time it makes me sooo sad!!

The next few week for the Albertson Family are very busy!! Work is busy for me.......we have the Parade of Homes this weekend and next weekend that I will be working!! Then on Sunday, May 3, Mike and I fly to Las Vegas for 4 days to celebrate our 5 year anniversary!! This will be the first time that Karlee has stayed without me and Mike both!! She stayed once overnight without me but Mike was here!! My parents are coming up and staying here with her so hopefully it won't be too hard on her since she will be at home!! Say a prayer for Mike and I though that we will actually enjoy our trip and not spend the whole time missing Karlee and worrying about her!!

Lastly, I would ask that you all be in prayer for Baby Stellan. I have posted before about Stellan and he is still in need of prayer! He had heart surgery today and they were not able to do everything that they needed to do to repair his heart!! The next few days will be very telling for of the path God has chosen for this precious baby boy!! Please visit MckMama's blog to update yourself on his story and to also leave your thoughts and prayers for him and his family!! I can't imagine Karlee ever being sick and having to go through that!! Kiss your kids and be very THANKFUL for their health!!

This has turned into a very long post and I apologize for that! I hope that everyone is loving the summer weather we are having and are all doing well!!

Please pray for Baby Stellan

I'm asking everyone to please pray for 5-month old Baby Stellan...he has been in the hospital with some very serious heart issues for the past few days, and it seems to be getting worse (Click here for his website). Some of you may know Stellan's story, but if not, I encourage you to read about the miracle that was performed on him while in the womb. He desperately needs another miracle to survive, so please pray for Stellan, his medical team & his family as well!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Fingerprint Friday Sunday

So I am trying something new here!! Pampering Beki does Fingerprint Friday and I thought I would also do it but on Sunday!!

There is a song by Steven Curtis Chapman that says:
I can see the fingerprints of god
When I look at you

I can see the fingerprints of god
And I know its true
Youre a masterpiece
That all creation quietly applauds
And you're covered with the fingerprints of god

So look around you and see where YOU can see God's fingerprints. Is it in nature? Kids? Animals? Where do you see them?
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I have seen God's fingerprint on my daughter!! I am reminded daily of the amazing miracle that she is & I was especially reminded of it this week when looking through pictures!!

These are her little toes the day after she was born, at a time when we didn't know if the next picture was something that we would ever get to enjoy with our beautiful, sick little girl!!

This picture was taken this past weekend while making cookies, something we are very happy to have the chance to do!!

January, February & first part of March

Sorry for the long delay in postings. Seems like at the end of the day, the last thing I feel like doing is sitting down to the computer and typing out a post! I will try to be better at it as I know I love reading other people's blog posts!!

The big news for us is that on February 7, Karlee got to see her idol, Mickey live and in person!!!! She was sooo excited to go and kept saying she was going to hug him! Playhouse Disney Live was here in town with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse gang, Handy Manny, My Friend Tiger & Pooh and The Little Einsteins! I was able to get front row seats and my parents, Kodi and Taylor were able to join us at the show and boy, oh boy did Karlee have fun! Aunt Kodi bought Karlee some Mickey ears because Karlee has always thought you have to have Mickey Ears to meet Mickey Mouse! She danced up a storm and was not ready for it to be over when it was! It was such a great time just getting to watch her excitement to the whole thing! Here are some pictures from the big day and also a short video of Karlee dancing!!

The only other big event we have had is that Karlee has now started going to day care! Mike and I have been working opposite shifts for the past year so we could always be home with her but decided that she was at the age that day care and playing with other kids would be good for her! She isn't there very much (10 mornings a month) but she is loving it and is really liking the chance to play with the other kids!! It is wearing her out and she is sound asleep in her car seat every afternoon by the time we get home. Mike's cousins Michele & Melissa watch her and we were so grateful that someone we knew had an opening so we could feel comfortable leaving her!! Here are a few pictures of her first day! She wasn't too thrilled with mom taking her picture when we left...guess I know what the first day of school is going to be like as well!!

Other than that, things are pretty quiet around here! Just spending lots of time hanging out with Karlee and playing at the mall play area a lot as it has still been pretty cold here!! We did get a couple of nice days and of course right away we hit the parks!! Here are a few other pictures from the last few months!!

Karlee just loves to make cookies!! The whole time she is helping make them, she repeatedly says, "This is fun, This is fun".

Remember the Mickey Tent Karlee got from Santa, well she loves to pitch it in the living room, pop popcorn, and watch Little Bear!! She would do this every night if we would let her!!

I would just like to ask for prayers for my Grandpa right now! He is suffering horribly with Alzheimers right now and has had to be admitted to a nursing home!! It is so terrible to see a man that worked so hard all his life wither away to the point that the can barely walk, can't talk and so on!! Grandpa Everett is the kindest, most hard working man you will ever meet and to see him like this just breaks my heart! This disease and caring for my Grandpa has put quite a strain on our family and we need lots of prayers right now for everyone to pull together and do what is best for Grandpa!! I just hope that a cure can be found soon before anyone else in my family has to suffer with this horrible disease!!