witches at gardner village

Carrie, Jennifer, Tiffany, Kim

(thanks for organizing this, Jennifer!)

l-r: Andrew, Aaron, Thomas, Natalie, Holden, Abby,

Carrie, Matthew, Kim, Ashley, Adam, Mom Love

The kids had a great time running around the village;

the moms wished they could have shopped a little bit without them!

Joshua, Thomas, Adam

-posted by Tiffany, 10.13.2007

Natalie's Shower Pics

Sorry it took me so long to get these up but, here are more pics from the shower for Amy's benefit especially! What a blast! And sorry about all the pics of the dresses- Amy wanted to see 'em!

Carrie

Natalie's Shower Pics!

More pictures on our family blog!!!

Come on over to our blog to see some more pictures! We love you all!

-Marshall

Lauren Blythe (I think that's right!)

YEAH!!!!! As you all know, or may not know, Amy and Marshall welcomed Lauren into their family today (Wed. Oct 10) at around 3:30 pm. She weighed 7 lbs 15 ounces. Amy, Marshall and Ava are all doing well and are excited...Ava more about the pacifier! :) I didn't want to spoil Amy's announcement, but I thought I'd post a picture that Marshall sent to my phone. Marshall will be posting more soon. She is adorable and we are so happy for them!

Carrie and Josh

My Last Pregnancy Update!

Well... here's a quick update... The dr. told me that I am 38 weeks, 5cm and 90% effaced... still no contractions... So, it looks like my baby will hold out for my induction which is coming up here soon... We'll be sure to post lots of pictures and let you all know how it went! --Amy

natalie's shower

A few pics from Natalie's shower on Thursday. I had a bad night with my camera, so I didn't get any good pictures of everyone there...sorry. It was a great turnout and we enjoyed good good food......Debbie's pasta salad, Kim's chicken pillows and pumpkin soup, Tiffany D.'s fruit salad, Mom's fruit tarts and eclairs, and my monstrosity of a lime slush (ok, are you happy? I made my first slush....against my will)! Carrie had fun games/prizes and made the darling diaper cake centerpiece, Jennifer brought adorable hand-made favors and paper products. We had a great time and thanks to everyone who helped out! And thanks for having a baby, Natalie! -Tiffany

The family that poops together....well.....

Hey everyone. I am sorry to post these things but I know that my success is everyone's success when it comes to smelling Matthew's diapers...and thus, I'm sharing a success. Knowing that Tiffany is having success potty-training Elizabeth (who, by the way is 7 months younger than Matthew) I figured I had better give this another go before it gets too close to the baby being born.



I woke up and figured since i would be glued to the couch most of the day listening to and watching conference that it might be a good day for potty-training: part II. Little did I know that the Oreos would make all the difference. I pulled them out, and since Matthew was the one to choose them at the grocery store, it was all the incentive he needed. He must have gone "potty" 8 times in the first hour.



However....Three tiny almond-sized poop accidents in the underwear later, I realized I needed new incentive. I pulled out the "lightning McQueen" costume I had been saving until Halloween. (Desperate times call for desperate measures.) Then I sat him down, and told him he couldn't get off the toilet until he pooped in it...and that he could have the costume afterward. I went off to do some laundry, and not 15 minutes later, he called me in yelling, "Mommy, I pooped in the toilet!" I expected to come in and see a little "almond" as per past performance, but there was honest-to-goodness real-sized poop in there!!! I was so excited. ALL of the other kids I think were even more excited than I was! They grabbed him, cheered him on, started a parade with him.....great peer support!



He is currently prancing around in his costume. I started him again on the kid laxative (as per doctor's instructions for those of you who don't know that he struggles with constipation), so I don't know how long the pooping success will last. The last dosages of laxative were too strong and produced diarrhea. I'm not looking forward to that!!!! But for the most part, I think he's got it down. -Kim

Tagged!!

Man, I thought I would just catch up on my lack of blogging and post a ton tonight! hehe I just keep forgetting things I wanted to say! I'm so full of it! lol

So, I had no idea what this "tagged" thing was... but now I see! So, here's mine :

JOBS THAT I’VE HAD- Babysitting - first and foremost! Then I think it was on to Michael R. Loveridge- Attorney at Law- filing away and emptying garbage cans...if I was lucky...vacuuming too! lol, Viva Veronas, Shoe store, Tuxedo Junction, Just Country, Lifestyles 2000, Choreographer, Zions Bank, Telemarketing (who hasn't !??), Boston Research Group, PF Changs, Market Street Broiler, Signature Creations!- I think that's it :)

PLACES I’VE LIVED- Loveridge home, 3900 south and Kate Cahoon Way!, Turnberry Apt., MTC, 6 different places in Madrid, Spain, Provo, Provo, and last but not least-Provo- My current residence!

PLACES I’D RATHER BE-Visiting Spain again! Anywhere in Europe 'cause I love it soooo much! Costa Rica with Josh- he says it's beautiful, and on my new love sac that I won at my 10 year reunion, watching a movie with Josh and Holden, eating popcorn- - it STILL hasn't come. errrrr

FAVORITE MOVIES- Life is Beautiful, Little Mermaid, Sound of Music, Second Hand Lions, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Princess Bride and Indiana Jones.

FAVORITE TV SHOWS- Divine Design- That woman (Candice) is sooo talented! Design on a dime, Mythbusters, Law and Order and hello..... THE CLOSER with KYRA SEDGEWICK LOL
Also, Monk, Psych and House are quite good.

UNHEALTHY FOODS I LOVE- Cold Stone- Chocolate Ice cream add almonds, brownies, marshmallows, fudge and Reeses- Man...it's AMAZING! I don't feel one bit of regret or guilt after downing one of those!

WEBSITES I VISIT DAILY- Yahoo, (just a sec- gotta check my history to see where I go!) okay, design sites, craft sites, baby sites, I also check facebook, then I go to abc.com to see if there is any show I want to watch online!

PEOPLE I TAG- Gonna tag some of the Monsons...we'll see what happens! -Carrie

Natalie's Shower

I already posted this on my blog but for those of you who don't wander far from THIS blog, I'll post it here as well.

Well, Natalie's shower was a complete success! We had so much fun at Kim's house with relatives and friends. The food was absolutely amazing! We gorged ourselves on pumpkin soup, eclairs, tarts, fruit salad, pasta salad and more treats at home with the party favors! We played Baby Bingo as Natalie opened presents and we all pinned little dresses to our shirts that had baby bumps! We even got a look at the boys' more feminine sides as they joined in the fun and wore the little dresses as well. Don't worry Bryan, we won't spread this secret to all of the girls back in Boston! (For a small price of course)

It was so fun gathering together as we begin the festivities surrounding all the new little ones we will be expecting within the next year. This is only the beginning of the baby fun. We are so excited as we wait to welcome the Loveridge Family's first (of the five) ...or is it 16th baby in just a short time. Amy and Marshall couldn't be with us, but we are sure they are having their fun getting ready for their new arrival. While Natalie, Kim, Jennifer and Tiffany wait in the wings, they know their time will come very shortly! WOW....talk about a baby boom!

Thanks to everyone for a beautiful evening! I love our family and soooo enjoy activities like this. I will post pictures as soon as I figure out my camera! So, check back to see pics from the shower! Luvs! -Carrie