It's a Playdate!

We had a little playdate today with my friend, Nancy, and her two little girls.  Such sweethearts!  Her oldest is almost 2, and so so smart! And this new little one is almost a month old and just as small as ever!  So sweet!

Kamryn loves to play with both of them!

Today Kamryn just could not stop paying attention to the baby!  She just loved her! She wanted to touch and help and touch and help and touch and help! :)  I'm so excited for when her brother comes!

Crafty---here I come!

So, lately I have been trying to find more projects to keep me busy ... other than being a full-time mom! :0)  You know...some "Me" time! :) I've been wanting to be more creative...more crafty... Ryan got me a book called "How to be creative if you never thought you could".  I love it!  It has 16 projects to practice with as well as some advice on just going for it! :) SO...with that motivation, I decided it would be fun to make some crafty-type things especially for around our house.  I scrapbook and blog, but I needed something that was Off the computer! ha.  So...I decided to try some toll painting. :)  I went out, bought a few materials, and just started!  Here's what I came up with:

I'm pretty proud of my first project!  No real instruction...just going for it! :)  (Helpful that the wood piece was already cut out and all I had to do was decorate it!) :)

I think it turned out pretty cute!  (And now Kamryn has somewhere to hang her bath towel!)

27 weeks and "Baby Shrine"

I have hit my 27th week of pregnancy today!  Only 13 left to go...and that means that I am very close to my 3rd trimester!  Wow!  It also menas... PICTURE TIME!

Left is me now (27 weeks with baby boy who is still nameless!) :)

Right is me at 27 weeks with Kamryn

Baby bump...kinda a funny angle since I took it myself, but that's okay!

I have been feeling okay lately...but so big and so ready to be done... I can feel myself getting overly anxious all of the time!  I know in my head that I shouldn't...but sometimes I just can't help it! :)

It has kinda been an emotional roller coaster lately because of the anxiety and because of hormones.  I know that this baby is growing and growing because every once in a while I have a rush of hormones go through me and all I can do is sit down and cry!  Not necessarily because I'm sad or because I'm happy...just because I don't know what else to do!  Poor Ryan has been an awesome help and support through all of this...but men just don't EVER get that way so I know that it hasn't been easy!

BUT...

to try to put some of my anxiety at ease, we have started our Baby Shrine for our nameless little man...

I have been gathering a few things and buying some stuff every once in a while, just to have out so that I can remember what all this pregnancy stuff is eventually for! :)  But last week, it tripled in size!  I found a great deal on ksl.com for a bunch of higher-brand-name baby boy clothes that someone was selling!  A lot of them, to my excitement, hadn't even been used yet!  Tags on and everything! :)  So I bought them!  Didn't have to think about it for more than a second!

Shoes are from the ksl deal.  I bought the gowns, blankets and boppy cover earlier.

Some favorite clothes I'm so excited for.  The brown pants and shirt are from Old Navy...still have tags on them but only cost me about $1 each! :)  And the Hawaii onesie was a Christmas present from my sister Kylie! 

Now I'm on the hunt for a white convertible crib for Kamryn (so it can be a toddler bed for her when she is ready) and then baby boy's room can start to be put together with the crib we already have!  I know I still have 3 months...but I just can't help it! :)  However...with how long it takes for me to make decisions sometimes, I think 3 months is the amount of time I need to get things ready for him! :)

Friday Funny #2

So life was a little crazy yesterday and I didn't get to actually post ON FRIDAY...but Saturday morning before 12 should still count, right?!?! :)

My funny for this week:

What do you get when you cross this

with this

??????

You get this:

Momma always told me not to leave a red sock in my whites...but she never said anything about a red TABLECLOTH (that's already been washed multiple times) with a brand new WHITE TOWEL!!! :)  
(I just didn't even think about it...just trying to "get ahead" with daily chores...) :)

Kamryn's funny this week:
Kamryn wanting to be like daddy.  I was working on the computer and turned around to see this:

Daddy with his new Ipod, Kamryn with Daddy's old Ipod

Let me see what you are doing on yours, Dad!

Mom has the camera...hmm...

Ok...I'll play mine again...just like daddy! :)

Christmas At home with Ryan's Family

Kamryn got a Curious George from Uncle Eric

We gave Eric the first Harry Potter Book, in Chinese! He was pretty excited!

Kamryn opening Aunt Sara's gift--a Curious George Book!

From Great Grandma and Grandpa Seamons--to STAY at Grandma Seamons' house.  Kamryn was so excited about opening the box...

but then she looked through the tunnel...

and did NOT want to go in! :) Silly Girl!  She played there with Grandpa on the outside for a long time though!  Then the cat went in the tunnel and we could tell Kamryn thought about following, but decided it wasn't worth it!  Such a cautious little girl!

A new puzzle from Grandma.

Ryan received some Birthday cards and gifts AS WELL AS Christmas cards and gifts.

(Crazy how that happens when your bday is only 10 days before Christmas, huh?!) :)

Together, we got a bunch of Itunes gift cards, money to Kohls, Money from grandparents, and Kamryn got some ToysRUs money.  Thank you thank you thank you!  We appreciated them all!

Kamryn LOVES the Kitty!  She always goes looking for her when we go to Grandma's house.  Kamryn is showing the Kitty her new book... :)

Kamryn's BIG gift from Grandma and Grandpa was a Little Tikes Ride-in Car!  She was so excited!

Only problem was...

..it had to still be put together! (oops...bad planning on Mommy and Daddy's part!) :)

Kamryn sat in the frame of the car for a while...but then Daddy needed the pieces...

So, Grandpa helped distract Kamryn.

(She's watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, one of her favorite shows right now)

It's DONE!! :)  Yay!

Uncle Eric pushed her and pushed her in that thing till he was too tired to push anymore! :)  Kamryn could've ridden all night long!

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!

Highlights from Christmas Day

Bad picture... Great gift!! :)  (My new Cannon 1200  and it's PINK!!)

Waiting for their turn for gifts, they decide to help Kamryn play with HER first one! :)

(Crayola Color Wonder Markers and Paper)

First Dollhouse

 Ryan and I got a Cow Pitcher from my Grandma Moe.  I love it!  So many memories from her house up in Northern Idaho when I was a child!

(*Side Note: Notice Ryan's nice facial hair?!! He doesn't get to grow anything very often because of his job, but when he has a week vacation...he takes his chance!) :)

Kamryn got a stuffed Puppy from Grandma Moe.  We got to go up to ID to visit TWICE this year and both times Kamryn found this puppy and carried it around everywhere!  So Gram decided to send it down for Christmas.  Such a sweet gift!

Kamryn trying to fit IN her dollhouse... silly girl! :)

Talking to Elder Eric Moe on the phone! (See earlier post for entire story!)

Kamryn's first play "hut"/"fort"!  :)

Kamryn got her first set of nest cups!  Probably the cheapest gift she got, and she LOVED it! :) 

The Simple Life of a Toddler!

Opening a book from Mommy and Daddy.  As the day progressed, Kamryn really started understanding how to unwrap gifts!  It's amazing how fast they catch onto things sometimes! :)

Ryan's big gift this year was a Netbook.  (as if we don't already have enough computers in our lives!) :) haha  No...we decided to get this because our laptop is on its last leg AND Ryan takes the bus to work a little more now that we live further from work, and it would be nice for him to have something to DO on the bus! :)  (For all of you who have never held or used a netbook...they are SO SMALL and SO LIGHT!!  I still sometimes can't believe how small it is!)

Kamryn, with all her gifts!!

Grammy and Grandad got her a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Playset and some Play Food.  Both were a big hit...but I don't have individual pictures with them for some reason... :(

Ryan and I with all of our gifts.  We sure are loved.

(Although, after I set up everything and we took this photo, I realized that I left some MAJOR things out of the picture on accident!!  Oops!!) 

My parents' big gift to us this year was ready-to-go 72 hour kits for both Ryan and I.  We just have to add important documents and clothing!  What a wonderful thing that we probably wouldn't have gotten done ourselves as soon as we should!  Thank you!

Ryan's parents' big gift to us this year was an Ipod Touch.  We LOVE it! They gave it to us before Christmas so we could take it to California with us. . . but it isn't in this picture! :(  Thank you! (I think I DID post a picture of us with it, however, in a past post!)

Playing with my new camera!!

(Kylie and Krista also got the same camera that I did...so there are some pretty weird photos of us all!) :)

Playing some new games my family got for Christmas!  This one is called Sitting Ducks!  Not bad actually...pretty simple, but fun!

It was a very Merry Christmas!  Fun times for us to remember!