Karsen Alexandra

New Store

2009-05-02T07:05:00.001-07:00

I just had to stick in here that Karsen officially has her after school job already set for her for high school. This week we closed on the store that Brandon has been working at and as of yesterday, we are the new official owners! We are very excited and thankful that it all worked out!

Report Card, Soccer and the Flu Formerly Known as Swine

2009-05-02T06:33:00.000-07:00

Karsen got a PERFECT report card this week. We were so proud of her! She got to pick dinner Friday night which was McDonalds (ick!) and we watched the movie Bedtime Stories together as a family since leaving the house with the kids is out of the question right now...
Stupid Flu!
So I am sooooo trying not to panic over this stupid thing, but newborn baby + school age child + 2 parents with jobs that interact with people all day long = near panic. Especially since one of the girls I work with just had her doctor send her to the hospital to get her son tested for both influenza A and B. Ugh! Thank goodness she was away from work most of the week!!!
Soccer season ended last week and the girls really did great! Karsen scored once and had a terrific season! We are hoping to get to send her to a couple of soccer clinics this summer and are talking about this really cool week long golf camp. Her summer already sounds fun!

Frenectomy

2009-04-20T11:20:00.000-07:00

Today Karsen had 2 bottom baby teeth removed and a frenectomy. That is where they cut the skin the holds the upper lip down. Karsen's came down between her front teeth so they cut it back and cut some more tissue that was holding her lip down... I had to look at the wall the whole time, it was pretty gross when they were cutting and stitching... She was so brave the whole time. She never cried once. I was so proud of what a great little patient she is!!
Now she gets to eat ice cream and pudding and stay in bed and watch tv all day!

WEEDS...

2009-04-20T10:43:00.000-07:00

Karsen had her first grade play on Thursday. They were all so cute. Here is a little clip from one of her little routines. Karsen is on the far right with the 2 french braids in front of the sign language teacher.

Karsen's Goal

2009-04-07T16:13:00.001-07:00

Since Tate was home from the hospital, Karsen's #1 goal has been to be able to hold him standing up and walk with him. I have no idea why this is something that is so important to her but it is. She finally got to do it today. Here is proof that she reached her goal. Here she is holding Tate fresh out of the bath!

Karsen's #1 FAN!!!!

2009-03-27T07:48:00.001-07:00

This was after Karsen's game on Saturday. The girls won with both teams only having 6 players each!!! His little onsie says GO KARSEN! and has #13 on the back. Brandon made it for him to wear to her games. Its cute!
Speaking of making shirts, Karsen had something kind of cool happen for her at school. Every year the school has field day and there are always t shirts for it. This year the school had a shirt design contest where the kids got to enter a design for the shirts. This year Karsen's picture won the back of the t shirt! The kids can wear any Stonewall Jackson t shirt including Field Day shirts to school on Fridays instead of their uniforms so this was pretty cool for her! She entered 2 so I can't wait to see which one of them won!!!

Soccer Seasons Starts Again!!

2009-03-09T15:22:00.000-07:00

Karsen had her first soccer game of the season this past weekend. They played well, but sadly lost 3-2. Tate got to go on his first outing, not including the Dr. to cheer his big sister on. We're looking forward to another fun season!

Best Bis Sister!

2009-03-05T15:09:00.000-08:00

Karsen loves soccer

2009-02-12T14:16:00.000-08:00

Last night Brandon turned on the USA/Mexico soccer game and Karsen really got into it. We were in the kitchen making dinner and we heard Karsen talking to the TV and instructing the refs. It was so cute, because she would get so excited when they would score and just talk nonstop.
I love that she will sit down and watch sports with him.
I love even more that she is taking after him with her yelling at the tv...
I love that he yells at he TV too because it reminds me of my grandfather who used to yell cajun jibberish at the TV.

Miss Thing...

2009-01-28T14:12:00.000-08:00

Here is Miss Karsen all dressed up... to go to Kroger. I straightened her hair and she got all of the accessories together so she could priss around the grocery store. Too cute!

My Little Starfish Girl

2009-01-26T09:13:00.000-08:00

One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed
a girl picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.

Approaching the girl, he asked, “What are you doing?”

The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.
The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”

“Young lady,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?
You can’t make a difference!”

After listening politely, the girl bent down, picked up another starfish,
and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, she said…”
I made a difference for that one.”

Karsen was baptised this past Sunday at my mom's church in Hurst. Her aunt gave her that story with a starfish necklace for her baptism. I thought it was a neat story and a cool present for a cool little girl.

Karsen, Finley & Louis

2009-01-07T07:42:00.000-08:00

Karsen got to spend a day with Finley and visit Louis, her Aunt Kim's horse. The girls got to feed him and lead him around and brush him. Karsen really enjoyed it a wrote about it in her journal at school yesterday.

At work with mom

2009-01-05T08:42:00.001-08:00

KAT had to come to work with me today. She was supposed to be at her father's house this whole weekend but they are all sick. So, she is working with momma and this is what she thinks about it! I am just so lucky to have such a flexible job that I can take my kid in to work! Plus she is the BEST assistant!!!

A week of Christmas

2008-12-31T10:04:00.000-08:00

I will just begin by saying that I am still recovering from our "week of christmas" so if I start getting repetative and not make sense, there is your reason.
I have a video I need to upload and pictures from my mom I need to post too. There was a little drama over the week that I will omit and I will try to keep the bitterness to a minimum.
Well, Miss Karsen had a GREAT Christmas this year. Here is her Christmas time line:
December 23
I picked Karsen up from her father's house. Santa came early for Karsen since she wouldn't be at our house on Christmas morning. Brandon and I spent the weekend reorganizing her room to fit her new desk we got her for Christmas so it would be all set up for her. Karsen also got a Wii! We spent the evening bowling on it. I have great video of her boxing too that I will post as soon as I can upload it. Great family Christmas!
December 24
I worked that morning so Brandon took the day off and played with Karsen. They came to pick me up early from work and we were off to my moms for Christmas with the Reavis family! Poppa made beef tenderloin with rolls and horseradish sauce, tortelini salad, greek salad and fruit. It was all great! Karsen got a real guitar from my grandmother. She was so cute playing it in her green dress. I love listening to her play even though it doesn't really sound like any song. She also got a charm bracelet with a kitty charm and I am giving her one of my old charms too. We left and took her to her father's house she could have Christmas over there.
December 25
Christmas morning was quiet without Miss Kittycat. We went over to my cousin's andI ate some Isreali stuffed zuchinni (She is from Isreal and i LOVE the food she makes) then we headed over the Brandon's moms and opened presents. Brandon and I met Karsen's father at 7ish to bring her over to Bonnie's for her presents and dinner. She got lot more great gifts and got to play with her favorite (and newest) cousin, Finley who is just a year older than Karsen. The girls always have a fun when they get together.
December 26
I worked so Brandon and Karsen Wiied the day away again. That evening we went to my dad's for our last day of Christmas.

I know it can't be fun with divorced parents, but I have to say I think Karsen had it pretty good this year with all the Christmas presents she got to open!

No Cavemen Allowed

2008-12-18T09:31:00.001-08:00

I had to share this story. Karsen likes to mess with Brandon, like try to fix his hair and rub his back and things like that. Well, the other day we were getting ready to go somewhere and Karsen told Brandon she wanted to cut his hand hair and finger hair. We told her that men had hair on their hands but she insisted "You are going to a fancy party and they don't allow cavemen there!" So here is Brandon's hand and I see no caveman qualities...

Yes, it is THIS COLD!!!

2008-12-16T17:16:00.001-08:00

This is one reason I LOVE living in Texas. The weather is never predictable! Most people hate the constant change, but I am not one for monotony so I like the up and down of the temperatures. I could live without the icy commute to work, though. Who knew there were so many bridges between Dallas and Carrollton!!
Karsen got to wear her new gloves that she is very proud of to school. Doesn't really go with the pink winter garb from last year, but she likes them! We are getting so excited for Christmas! I can't wait until she opens one of her presents and I can share it here. I think it's possibly the BEST gift ever.

Karsen's Crush

2008-12-15T11:05:00.000-08:00

Along with a little boy named Henry in her class (some of you may remember Henry from Kindergarden... holding hands on the playground? Blowing kisses in class?) Karsen has developed a crush on Tony Romo. I know I am biased, but in my opinion, Jessica has some competition...

Karsen's Doctor Day

2008-12-06T08:39:00.000-08:00

Thurday was Doctor Day for Karsen and me. She played hooky from school and I took the day off work. I had my normal biweekly check up and Karsen had to get her cast off and go see her pulmonologist for her 3 month asthma check up.

My appointment went great. Karsen got to come in and hear the heartbeat. I think that was pretty cool for her. She wants to be in the room with me when they take the baby and assures me that she won't mind the blood. I had to break it to her that they don't allow 1st graders in the operating room but I will see her right after!

Then we were off to Karsen's pediatric orthopedic guy to get her cast off. He said her xrays look good but since it was on the growth plate, we would need to come back in 3 months to make sure it didn't damage it. She still has to stay off the playground and no sports for 3 more weeks. She was NOT happy about that considering she got her injury being the daredevil that she is doing flips off the swings.

After that we got Greek food for lunch. Karsen loved the gyro meat and tzaziki sauce. She insisted on the Greek salad and was bummed when I had to pass on the Feta. I love that I have such a cool little person that will go eat different ethnic food with me and not want to just order chicken nuggets or macaroni. She actually wanted Sushi, but I told her after the baby we would have a sushi day.

Last, we went to her Pulmonologist. Karsen had developed a little cough in the last couple of days so I was glad we were already going in to see him. Her asthma had been getting better and better every time we had been there up until now. Her large and small airways are functioning a bit below normal right now. She had been at 103% & 105% on a 100% scale, she is now at 62% and 76% and has a little bronchitis. So, back to the nebulizer for breathing treatments and we upped the dosage on her Advair to the highest dose and no playing outside for a week. She was REALLY bummed about that one. Poor thing, she is such an active kid!

She got a little bored during all the dr visits and in between "Pet Shop" games. (Pet shop is pretty much a 20 questions animal guessing game... not as easy as it sounds especially with her coming up with antelopes and leatherback sea turtles) Here is Karsen entertaining me with her "meditation"... The day was long and tiring, but it was fun to spend a day with just me and my girl!

Brandon & Karsen's Gingerbread House

2008-12-02T10:24:00.000-08:00

Karsen and Brandon made a gingerbread house on their day together when I had to work. I thought they did a GREAT job!!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-02T09:23:00.001-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving. We went to all 3 parents houses and got to see just about everybody in the family! Karsen got to get her cast signed by everybody.

Karsen loves the belly

2008-12-02T09:13:00.000-08:00

The funny things she does....

2008-12-02T08:05:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when you have too much stuff in your backseat and your child gets bored on a long drive.

This was just funny. I wanted a picture with the 4 generations... Karsen did not.

Missing Miss K...

2008-11-24T13:17:00.000-08:00

Karsen is at her dad's this week until Thanksgiving. It is nice for Brandon and I to have some alone time together but I miss my girl ALOT!!!

The other tooth...

2008-11-17T13:24:00.000-08:00

This weekend Karsen's other front tooth fell out.

She officially can't pronounce her s's!!!

2008-11-11T11:35:00.000-08:00

Here is Karsen's pic in the online newspaper for Lakewood about the Carnival. How funny is the caption and the look on her face?!!

Here is the link to it also:
http://lakewoodheights-now.net/view/article/5204?page=20

Photo by Kate Mackley
Karsen Treuholm waited in line a long while for face painting.

-oh, and her name is misspelled

Broken Thumb

2008-11-07T12:58:00.000-08:00

Well, the verdict is in! Karsen's thumb IS broken. After a trip to the Urgent Care Clinic for Xrays where the on call doctor said yes it is broken and the radiologist saying no it isn't, Brandon took Karsen to the Pediatric Ortho doc today and he confirmed it. She proudly walked into my office this afternoon with a hot pink cast that will stay on for the next 4 weeks!

2008-11-06T13:01:00.000-08:00

Today is my girl's 7th birthday! We are going out for bar-b-que tonight per her request. She is officially a big kid now!!!

Halloween Weekend

2008-11-03T17:26:00.000-08:00

Halloween weekend began with a flip off the swings at school. This picture is a direct result of what happens when you flip off the swing. I took this picture today right after our trip to the Dr. and Urgent Care for x rays . She had her little accident on Friday which means... she went the whole weekend with this injury!!!

Here is our Toothfairy on Friday night:

Saturday was her birthday party at White Rock Skate Center. I haven't been to White Rock in probaby 18 years and I can honestly say NOTHING HAS CHANGED... AT ALL. The only difference I could see was there is no more photo booth. The same guy with the mustache (the owner, i'm guessing) is still there, they still have the limbo and they still turn all of the lights down and play Ghostbusters with fog coming out of the ceiling. The paint and the carpet is still the same and it still smells of popcorn and feet.

These were her party favors. Cute t shirts that said Karsen's 7th birthday party and had a picture of roller skates.

... So that brings us to Monday. Karsen's thumb was still really swollen and bruised so I decided to take her in to make sure nothing was broken... She broke her thumb down by the palm. The put her in a splint and a sling and we have to take her to the Orthopedic Surgeon for a cast this week... What a weekend!

Backing up a little...

2008-10-27T09:53:00.000-07:00

I just found some pictures from Karsen's 1st day of 1st grade and the State Fair that I thought I would post:

She was still so tan from camp. Such a pretty girl!

This was from the fair:

We took these same 2 pictures last year so we wanted to take them again this year. I think she has grown something like 4 inches since last year!!!

Karsen obviously enjoyed the rides and got to get her caricature again this year. We all had a great time... although, I am looking forward to not being pregnant at the fair next year!

"THE TOOTH" part 2

2008-10-23T08:27:00.000-07:00

The reign of "the tooth" is over. I had enough and pulled it last night after long talks about bravery and acting like a big girl...

She is going to look extra cute as The Tooth Fairy on Halloween!!!

"THE TOOTH"

2008-10-22T07:54:00.000-07:00

This is Karsen's loose tooth. No, it is not a crooked tooth, it is so loose that it is twisted around so you can see underneath it. It doesn't stay like this all the time. Most of the time it either is pushed back really far so she looks snaggle toothed or it just dangles there and looks really out of place. It has been this way since Sunday... today is Wednesday. She will not pull it and will not let me pull it. Needless to stay "the tooth" is pretty gross...

The good news in "the tooth" saga is that Karsen had her picture retakes yesterday (we won't talk about the 1st pictures... we'll just say they were allowed to play outside right before they took them) which means the there will forever be record of "the tooth".

It's all pretty funny, really. I am just really worried that it will either fall out while she is eating her lunch at school and she will swallow it or it will fall out in her sleep and she will choke on it. Is that a serious danger? Can a child choke on a tooth in their sleep?

Pink Lightning Victory!!!

2008-10-20T08:26:00.000-07:00

Karsen had her big soccer game of the season this weekend. She played her former team, The Lakewood Stallions. It wasn't so much a big game for her as it was for me (I REALLY wanted them win). The girls palyed a great game and won 2-0. I hate that I have not taken pictures of her games at all this season...

After that, Karsen got to go to her school carnival... still in her soccer uniform...

She had a great time. The red hair spray has still not washed out completly. She won a weird little rubber seahorse thing and a 2 liter bottle of Welch's fruit punch in the ring toss. I think both of those prizes are pretty amazing to a 6 year old, especially the punch.

Karsen got her picture taken while getting her face painted and is supposed to be in the Lakewood Heights little newspaper. I'll be sure to post it if it shows up!

Welcome to all things Karsen

2008-10-16T10:13:00.000-07:00

Since the baby got his own page, I figured Karsen needed her own page too! Keep checking in, because I hope to add to it as much as possible.

-Lauren