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I just wanted to do a post about the picture in our header because it is amazing to me what technology can do.

We have a friend who her and her husband just adopted a little baby girl earlier this year. They went to a studio and got portraits taken, and one of them was SO precious. The dad had the naked baby snuggled against his chest, and mom was cuddled in with them but behind baby and then mom was kissing baby and dad was kissing mom. It was so so cool .... so the other night my mom and dad and Ryan and I tried to recreate it.

Well, Kamryn is a little older now than that baby was and is so "intense" that she wouldn't cuddle up to dad very well. (I should post some of the funny shots we got!---Maybe next time I'm on my computer...I'm at work right now) Anyway we decided to do another pose--one where she could cuddle with mom as much as possible--this was the best we could do! It turned out pretty cute!

Then, Ryan found a tutorial online to make photos professionally sepia on photoshop and did it in about 15 minutes!

AND I had really yucky hair that night--lots of wispys--he photoshopped them out! (Thank heaven!) :)

And then last night I had fun while he was at work, decorating it up for a blog header!

And Tada!
(Isn't technology awesome!?! 2 days without professionals and we got this!) :)

I love it. I have always loved sepia pictures--they kinda remind me of "country" stuff--ya know?! Country love, cowboys, etc. Ahh..so romantic! :) It really does give me a warm fuzzy feeling when I look at it though---it's so me.

Anyway, now I just need to create the perfect background for us. Any ideas from you creative people out there, let me know! :)

The Girls

This weekend our whole family was together for conference on Sunday! After both sessions, we went out in the backyard to take pictures of all the girls! Turned out pretty good! :)

4 generations in here! wow

Birthday Dinner

Ryan's Aunt Darla's birthday is on September 28th, so now we share our birthday dinner when Ryan's family wants to go out and celebrate! It's a lot of fun. This year we went to La Vigna (an Italian Restaurant in American Fork). It was fun to spend the night with his family. Kamryn was there this year and was asleep most of the meal, but woke up just a little bit too early!

Later that night we went back to the Seamons' house and watched the BYU vs. USU game. Very intense! I also had an internal conflict because I was raised BYU ... but USU is my school! So I was just happy for whoever had the ball! (But of course kept somewhat quiet around avid BYU fans!! :) jk) I can't say I'm that much of a football fan anyway...

But I was proud of USU for doing pretty well, but happy BYU didn't lose their streak of being undefeated. So everyone came out alright! :)

Re-decorating...

I have recently had the desire to decorate our front room and make it more "home-y" than just a student apartment! (Even though that is totally what it is!!) :)

My mom bought me slipcovers for our couches for my birthday and they FINALLY came last Thursday! Yay! :)

I decided to use blue, cream and brown/tan in the living room because our black and white picture of Mt. Timpanogos temple on the wall is mounted with those colors.

After I put the slipcovers on, the yellow pillow also looked good on there...so I think yellow may be added into our color scheme as well! (I've always loved blue and yellow together!) :)

Now I need to get some shelves up and curtains...we'll see how long that takes! :) Maybe our next house... :( (because unfortunately we still have a student budget, despite what I want to do with our house!) :)

BYU Baby

Crystal, and Priscilla, some girls at Ryan's work bought her this shirt.
Our official collection of BYU paraphernalia has begun now! :)

Thanks girls!

they also got her a BYU bib, but we didn't want to cover up the shirt last night! :)

Morning of Surprises

Ryan leaves for school on Mondays around 8:30. He kissed me goodbye, like always, and I went back to sleep. I woke up this morning around 9:30 when Kamryn needed to be fed. I came out to the front room with her and I could see a bunch of food preparation things on the table and sticky notes on them. I couldn't get close enough to read them with a crying baby in my arms and no contacts or glasses on, so I went across the room and fed Kamryn (quickly)! :) When she was satisfied, I hurried to put in my contacts and went out to the table. Ryan had left me a "breakfast menu". Cereal or waffles. The waffle mix and water and oil were all measured out and there was an empty bowl and wisk sitting there. The waffle iron was also out with instructions on how to make the waffles if I wanted them! There was a plate and fork and glass out. The glass had instructions to get OJ from the fridge! :) It was very cute! So I made waffles and they tasted great! After I finished eating--I went to do my dishes and there was another sticky note that said, "I'll take care of dishes!" What a wonderful guy I married! :)

Meanwhile -- Kamryn was playing in her bouncer while I was eating. I turned around a couple times to talk to her. She was just sitting there, nonchalant, happy... I got on the floor after I was done eating and said, "Can I hold you?!" I went to hold her and found she had a "surprise" for me too---
the biggest messiest diaper we have had thus far!

It went through the diaper, through the nightgown, through her blanket and partly on the bouncer!! I couldn't believe it! Mess all the way up her back to her shoulders---and she hadn't been crying while sitting in it?! ew!

A not so sweet surprise for mama baby! Learn how to surprise mom like Daddy does! :)

Kamryn's 2 month check up

Kamryn went to the doctor again today and we are glad to report she is healthy and right on track! :)

Weight: 11 lbs. 13 oz. (Went from the 30th percentile to the 80th percentile!) :)
Height: 22.25 inches (Went from the 60th percentil to the 45th percentile. Not surprised since Ryan and I are not really known for our "tall" genes! :)

She's gotten so big in just 2 months! It's amazing!
The doctor and nurses were impressed with her big tummy--cuz that means she's eating enough! :) (I wasn't worried about that!!) :)

She is now holding her head up really well by herself. She LOVES to look around at everything! Lights are still a favorite thing to look at!

She is our little smiley girl--smiling at anything and everything.

We bought her a little bathtub the other day and she absolutely loves it! We caught a funny video of her in it! :) she loves splashing already!




It is so much fun to be parents! We just can't love her enough! :)