So, I constantly am thinking these days that I need to blog. I need to record what is going on in our lives right now. I need to cherish these days and get them on paper (or digital paper) because time really does fly by. One week Kamryn and Kyler will be doing cute things and then the next week those cute things are replaced by other cute things. and I'm forgetting a lot of it... :( So sad!
BUT with 2 kids (and one being a toddler who LOVES the computer like her Daddy ;) jk) it is just almost impossible to get on the computer to blog. By night time I'm too tired and impatient to wait for pictures to upload...but like I said--it's not really feasible during the day. Any ideas?
Today I find myself with a little bit of time to blog...but unfortunately I don't have any pictures with me (I'm not at home). So, this will be a quick catch up and a
reminder post for me to remember what things have happened lately that I'd like to post with pictures! :)
-We moved. We are now officially moved into my parents house and checked out of our apartment. It was quite a bittersweet experience for me. As I was cleaning the apartment with Ryan the night before our checkout, I was surprised to find myself sorta sad to leave. It was our "first" apartment. (I say "first" because it was our first one out of student housing. Nicer and bigger. Lots of "grown up" things happened there) :)
Along with us being moved--we are now at my parents and we LOVE it! So convenient in a lot of ways and so fun to see my family more often and Ryan's family who are just a quick 4 minutes away! Some people probably couldn't stand living with their parents and younger siblings again, but it is working out well for us so far. :)
-Halloween! I wanted Kamryn to be Boo from Monsters' Inc. this year because I'm always getting comments from others about how much she looks like Boo. So, to go with that, Kyler was Mike Wazowski. I managed to make their costumes for $24. Not too bad and they turned out so cute! My friend, Nancy, and I took our kids trick or treating around the neighborhood like we have the past 2 years. This was the first year we both had 2 kids each to worry about. It was okay but then it POURED on us! So rainy, so wet, but so fun. We are hard core trick-or-treaters I guess! :)
-Babysitting. We babysat for some of our friends for a whole week in Mid-October and then this weekend we have been babysitting again. It's fun but it's beginning to be a lot more difficult for us to do it anymore because we have 2 kids now. It's nice to get a little extra money here and there though. :)
-Kamryn is our little climber. She climbs out of her crib. Out of a porta-crib. Into Kyler's crib... :) Everywhere! She also can open doors--even with a baby handle on it! Every door I don't want her opening better have a lock up high or else she will open it. She also has found light switches. If it is on (even being used)--she turns it off. If it is off because someone is sleeping--she turns it on! :) What a toddler! She talks all of the time these days. She is constantly making us laugh. She sings along with songs--even if she has never heard them before! :) Her newest and funniest thing is when she does her Taekwondo moves. (My brothers and mom are in Taekwondo and are often practicing at home. Kamryn recently picked up some of her own moves from her observations of them!) :)
-Ryan is applying for the BYU MBA program on December 1st. We are really really hoping he gets in for next fall. The timing just feels right. Please pray for him. :)
-This morning we went to my cousin, Jantzen's, baptism. It was a wonderful meeting and experience. I love going to things like that to help remind me what life is really all about. About living to serve others, being around family and supporting those you love, and it's about following Christ and becoming like him. Today was Kamryn's first experience with baptism and she was a little nervous about what she was seeing, but I think it made a good impression on her. I feel so blessed to be able to live close to my family AND Ryan's family and to have support and good examples for us and our kids. My grandparents drove down from Northern Idaho (2 day drive) to be there for him. My Grandma got to stand up and say a few words to Jantzen and she told him to be like his Daddy. Be like his Mommy. And he will be happy. I thought about that and it's so simple but so true. I am blessed to be part of a family who have made good choices and who are happy. And isn't the point of life to be happy? It's a wonderful feeling to feel like I am raising my kids in a good place with good people surrounding us. Not to say that anywhere else COULDN'T be good--because there are many many good people in this world and I have no doubt we will find them when we move someday--but for the time being, this is where we are supposed to be with our little growing family.
-After a wonderful morning, however, it all came crashing down :) (luckily Ryan and I were happy and patient with it though!) :) I was feeling sick to my stomach on the way home. Then I turn around to see Kamryn in the back seat and she is throwing up her breakfast! Got EVERYTHING messy--her, her hair, her clothes, her blanket, her carseat, the car and seatbelt, on me, on Brandon, etc. It was nasty! Poor little girl! Then we got that all cleaned up (Ryan was a good daddy and hosed down the carseat) and then I smelled something. Kyler was stinky. I opened his pants and there was poop EVERYWHERE! Another stinky nasty mess.
Poor kids, I hope they aren't coming down with something! Needless to say my stomach has still felt queasy all afternoon--but I think they beat me to being sick! :P
As you can see, lots to report, no time to blog! :)
I still have faith that someday I'll find the time...but for now this will have to do!
