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{Being an Aunt is fun}

February 8, 2010 in My Family

Just real quick before Bella Lou wakes up. Oh…should also tell you that my shoot with baby Utterback got postponed because Saturday night was a rough night for Utterback Family :-) We are planning to reschedule once I get back from Kirksville. What?? Me, going to Kirksville?? That’s weird. I leave tomorrow :-)

Did I ever show you these from our last day in Iowa?? We went to a lovely establishment in Carroll for breakfast….I think it was MC’s Cafe or something like that.

Side note : They have this M A S S I V E omelet called the Yellow Submarine that is so big it makes me want to vomit. It also comes with toast, bacon, hash browns and a bunch of other artery clogging side items. Of course you get a free T-Shirt if you order and actually eat the whole thing. You gotta have something that brings in the customers, right? Well…turns out Jared (Caroline’s boyfriend) achieved this daunting challenge when they went up to visit Kaitlin & Zane a few weeks ago. I’ve seen a picture! It’s true, he did it…and I’m sure no one in the café cared one little bit, ha! Believe me…I’ve been there…and I know they could care less about smiling, let alone some one eating the Yellow Submarine. The food is very yummy though, so I will go back next time I go to Iowa…which will be when it’s warm :-)

Ok- back to the pictures I wanted to show you that just make me laugh. I totally forgot to post these. My mom and I ended up sitting at a booth with Jackson, Ellie & Briley sitting across from us while everyone else sat at the big kid booth. It was a pretty funny breakfast. Jackson & Ellie wanted Chocolate milk….Briley preferred regular milk….Jackson & Ellie wanted just bacon for breakfast…Briley preferred some Mickey Mouse pancakes. My mom & I totally let them eat bacon & chocolate milk for breakfast. They were on a trip with their grandma, papa & aunt…you can do stuff like that when your parent’s aren’t around. They were funny during breakfast and they tried their hardest to get our waitress to smile at them. She never smiled at them. Even after they kept changing their orders between pancakes & bacon, wearing heart shaped sunglasses, dancing, making funny faces, etc. My mom and I smiled & laughed, but Snookie (NO JOKE…her name was Snookie) wouldn’t even grin. She was probably devastated about Jersey Shore ruining her name. Anyway- these pictures make me smile. It’s so crazy to think about a time before I had nieces & nephews. It seems like they are now my world and everything they do makes me laugh :) When everyone is home over the holidays or when it just happens to be a big weekend in Kirksville, my friends will call me to see if I want to go up to the Dukum or TP’s. That’s what everyone does, you go up to the bars to see everyone. Most of the time, I just can’t do it. It’s not like I didn’t want to go so anyone…I really want to go see everyone and talk to people I haven’t talked to in a long time, but….those kids get me every time and I never want to leave. I would rather stay and be the fun aunt that gives baths with an insane amount of bubbles, has dance parties, accidentally let’s Jackson drink my wine, comes up with games like “pillow case wrestling”, has sleepovers, makes them say “no see it” 12 times because it sounds like “no sh*t” hahaha, take pictures to remember all those moments, etc. I love being an aunt and I think I prefer to invest more in my family than anything else :) ………..I still like to up to the bars every now and then though….so, see you soon!

Bella woke up few minutes ago and we are now successfully snuggled up on the couch watching Imagination Movers (don’t even get me started on how creepy they are) without any crying. Our morning meet & greet wasn’t as bad this morning as it was last Monday….but you will have to wait until tomorrow to hear all about it. I know you can hardly contain yourself ;-)

P.S.- We have to get ready and run over to my apartment because I left my cell there.  So….if you’re trying to call me…I don’t have my phone.

 

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  1. I know it was very cold (we didn’t have heat for the first 12 hours) and icy (you couldn’t read the street signs because they were covered in ice) and the snow was over 30 inches deep…. but I LOVED that trip!! It was so much fun – thank you Jackson, Ellie & Briley. I find myself laughting about so many different things…. “I’m not suppose to be in the car this long” – Jackson….the bear in Kaitlin & Zane’s basement…the combination furnace repairman & bear catcher – thank goodness he came!…glow in the dark bowling & dancing- if there’s music we dance…Zane’s handlebar mustache…the snowman’s very sad nose…& Snookie …too much fun!!!
    Thank you Kaitlin & Zane….great memories.

  2. I was just checking out your blog and saw that Kaitlin is now living in Carroll, Iowa. My WHOLE extended family is from Carroll and the surrounding area. Small world :)

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