The Ott Family Blog: December 2008

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Averie

I now have two "Averie's" in my life--Avery Preston (obviously) and Averie Phillips. Mike and Kristin are two of my great friends and about eight months ago, they had a baby girl and named her Averie:). I was super excited about the name! The ironic part of the story is that their "boy name" choices were Mason and Peyton. I about flipped when she said Mason. I told her that would have to be the next name. She said that it was their first choice!!! I had absolutely NO influence and I thought it was so cool that they picked those two particular, unique names. I guess great minds think a like:).

On Friday, we went out to dinner at CoCo Bolos in Manhattan to celebrate Kristin's birthday, here are some pictures from the night...they are mainly of Averie...

Averie and her daddy:)

My good friend, Abby and Averie

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Christmas Dinner

I have a lot more pictures of Liesl, but they are on the old camera (I got a new one for Christmas). So, you will all get to see cute-pregnant Liesl once I get the picture cd back from Walgreens. She was all "pictured-out" by the 25th and would not allow me to take anymore!!!!

Our beautiful tree

"Fuzzy" and I

This is probably inappropriate to put on a family blog, but...I did anyways because it was hilarious. I was standing next to Liesl in the kitchen and Taylor hooked onto my leg. Harlen was right there to capture the moment.

Oliver, Taylor and I

Harlen with the monsters

Mom & I

My brother and I

Harlen and Dad during dinner

Liesl's Sonogram

I know this is NOT a very good picture (I took a picture with my iphone of the actual picture)...but, this is Mady! Mady now weighs four pounds and five ounces!!!!! The doctor said Liesl should have Madelyne around the 2nd February! We are so excited for her to come!!

The Gingerbread Building Party

My best friends and I had SO much to celebrate this Christmas. Amber had baby Aiden, Amy was turning 25 and it was Christmas!!! We all got together on the 23rd to celebrate all of these happenings! Every year (well...almost every year) my friends and I get together and build Gingerbread Houses. It is quite the event when we all get together, here are some pictures below...

Amy, me & Amber

Ramey, Mom, Christina and Amy

All of the girls

Chris, Mike, me, Ramey and Craig

Being silly...

Sunday, December 21, 2008

Just a couple of Taylor...

This is definitely NOT a Taylor blog, but she is just so dang cute (I can't help adding pictures of her...)! There will be lots of new pictures soon--of actual people!

On Tuesday, the 23rd, all of my best friends from High School are coming over and we're having our annual Gingerbread Building Competition! Liesl is coming in to Manhattan as well to join in the festivities! The GB-house winner is the person who can build the sturdiest G-house. Winning is a BIG deal. We are also celebrating Amy's birthday (Amy is one of my best friends)!!! She'll be 25! Yah!!

In the morning of Christmas Eve, I am taking Liesl to her sonogram appointment in Topeka, where we are meeting up with Harlen. Mom & Dad went with Liesl last time and said it was such a great experience! I can't wait to see Mady!!!

As for the pictures...here are more of my baby...

I gave her this treat, and she was very happy!:)

She is posing by the Christmas tree Lyndsey and Brennan (my roomies) decorated!

Monday, December 15, 2008

Baby Update

Liesl went to the doctor earlier this morning and had a sonogram. The doctor said from looking at the sonogram pictures and listening to her heart beat, she is a healthy girl! He is going to continue to monitor her growth and Liesl will go back next week for another sonogram on December 24th--I am hoping to attend with Liesl and Harlen!!!

Saturday, December 13, 2008

Two New Jobs

As of recently my brother in law, Harlen and I both started new jobs! Both of the jobs have proven to make us happy thus far.

Harlen, whom recently worked at the Kansas Department of Health as an Epidemiologist (in Topeka, KS) started work on December 1st as a Senior Epidemiologist/Researcher at Cerner Corporation in Kansas City, MO. Harlen and Liesl both recently (on Oct 1) moved to a beautiful new home in Lawrence, KS. Liesl commutes to Topeka, where she works for Safe Streets as a Public Health Educator. Harlen commutes the opposite direction to Kansas City. For those of you not familiar with the area, Lawrence is in the middle of Kansas City and Topeka. There is about an hour drive West to Topeka from Lawrence and about an hour drive East to Kansas City from Lawrence. I wish they would sell their home and move to Kansas City in a year or so...it just makes sense:) I am working on it, trust me!

As for me, I started work at Enterprise (the rental car company) right after graduation, back in January of 2007. After 22 months with them, I was approached by another company and decided it was time for a change! I started work for Crown Industrial Distributors as their Account Manager in mid-October. I am still getting the hang of things, but every day my comfort level with the Industrial industry seems to go up. Overall, it was time for a change and definitely a good move for me. I am excited to be working for them!

Marta's puppy, Taylor

These are pictures of my golden retriever, Taylor. Taylor just turned four years old in November! She is a great dog, I am lucky!

She is definitely a KSU fan!

This is what Taylor always looks like after her cousin, Oliver comes over to play! Oliver (a minature Dachsund and Pekignesese mix) is Liesl & Harlen's dog.

She went to Puppy's Playpen last weekend and got all primped up. They added a couple of bows, per my request:).

The Baby "Bump"

All of these pictures were taken back when Liesl was around five months pregnant. She is due mid-February (February 14th to be exact) with baby Madelyne. She is a lot bigger now! I will add more pictures of her bump soon!:)