Hunting 2009

Our cute little huntress: Alyssa Belle

Doing her best 'cow-call' :)


Road-Hunting

Checking the GPS


Trav, the ninja-hunter ;)

Dad & Trav

Mom & Dad

Dad Q

Mom Q

Another Alyssa Belle Post

I figured it's been a while since I posted an Alyssa Belle Picture Post, so why not post these pictures while I'm at Mom & Dad Q's waiting for everybody to get home from their hunt. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
Love,


PS these are from last month, sorry it's taken me so long to get them up!

My Sweet Alyssa Belle

Such a Goofball!!

Silly Lyss!!

"TA-DA"

"Think, Think, Think..."

First Snow 2009

October 3, 2009 -- La Pine, Oregon

A Random Photo Post, just because...

This is Alyssa Belle posing with her very first Crayola Color Wonder Creation.
I had been hearing Moms rave about the Crayola Wonder Markers and when I saw they had a Tinkerbell book, of course Alyssa HAD to have it!! She loves it because she's able to unleash her artistic side and I love it because there's no mess for me to clean up!! ;) My little girl is growing up so fast and I love to see her take an interest in art like this. :)




Here's one of Alyssa & Daddy, gaming together. :)
I thought it was such a cute daddy daughter moment. And if you'll notice, they have the exact same look on their faces as they play! Trav was playing a very 'kid-appropriate' game and Alyssa liked it because she had a controller of her own and she pretty much enjoys doing anything as long as it's with Daddy. It's so awesome to see the two of them together like this because she really is her father's daughter, taking after him so much including his love for video games, books and the outdoors. :)



This one was taken at Silas' 8th Birthday Party, it's one of his friends, along with Kayala and Alyssa waiting for the Pinata to come crashing down. K-bear and Lyss are such great friends and enjoy hanging out together every chance they get! It's been so great to watch them grow together and when they don't think anyone's looking they can be exceptionally cute, as shown here. :)

It was a great birthday party and everyone had a blast! Auntie Ashley ended up retrieving all the candy bags and distributing the candy evenly amongst the kids, which I thought was a great idea. :)



Well, that's all for today... I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and are enjoying Fall even though the weather around here has decided to hold onto summer for a bit longer, Darn weather! I'm so ready for fall/winter!! Not a lot on the agenda this weekend. I'm still trying to take it as easy as possible and hopefully won't have any more contraction scares until we get closer to December! Travis, Alyssa, Olivia & I all send you our love!
Take care,

The Berk Bunch @ the Beach

Since I actually have some free time today and a computer that works, I wanted to post some pictures of my family on their trip to the Coast over the summer. Here are a few of Uncle Geno, Aunt Kayli, Uncle Brandon, Aunt Nicole, Uncle Christopher, Aunt Katarina, and Uncle Nathaniel. (My Brothers & Sisters) Looks like they had a blast!! :)

Geno, Christopher, Brandon, Nicole, Kayli & Nate and Katarina in front.

Playing in the Sand :)

Growing up so fast!!

Brandon, Chris, Kayli, Katarina, Nate, Grandpa Berk & Nicole

We miss you!

With them living all the way up in Washington, we definitely don't get to see as much of them as we'd like and we miss them dearly, so I was super excited to get pictures from Mom and wanted to share them with all of you.
Lots of Love,

Shots & Red Robin...

Alyssa got her Flu shot (and a couple others she was due for) on Tuesday and I just wanted to write to tell you all how awesome she did!! It felt like a milestone of sorts, because when the nurse called her name, she stopped playing, got up, walked right to the nurse and said, "Hi, I'm Alyssa." The Nurse said, "Hi Alyssa, Follow me." So she followed her to the back, and with very little prompting she stepped on the scale and stood at the height chart, all on her own! I just stood back and felt a little un-needed as I watched my two-year-old go through the motions like such a big girl!

Later, when the Dr. came in the room Alyssa continued to amaze me. She introduced HERSELF to the Dr. and they shook hands, (since this was the first time that she had seen this particular doctor.) They talked and joked, all the while Alyssa cooperated perfectly. Everything checked out great and the Dr. was very happy with Alyssa's growth and development.

I was happy to hear that Alyssa seems to have filled out a bit and isn't on the tiny end of the charts anymore. She was in the 60th percentile for weight, whereas in the past she's been around the 20-30th percentiles. However, she is a little shorty like her Mommy, coming in at the 25th percentile for height. But hey, great things come in little packages, so we're not complaining a bit!

After the check-up, it was time for SHOTS. I must first mention, that this was the very first time Daddy has not been there for shots (because the appointment was very last minute) so I was dreading the shots part, A LOT! But, Alyssa was given 3 shots and hardly cried a bit! The nurse had her sing 'Twinkle Twinkle' and she made it through the entire song with no tears until the final shot was given. Then she got a really sad look on her face and I about bawled!! I did my best to suck it up, held her in my arms and seemed to get more choked up than she did... Stupid Hormones!!

Alyssa, got a sticker and later we took her out to her favorite restaurant (Red Robin) for dinner where she got to meet up with her buddy, Red Robin!! It was a good day. Hope you all had a great week!
Love,


Here are the pics :)

Hugging her Buddy, Red Robin :)

Dancing with Red :)

"YAY!"