Called for the Doctor And the doctor said...

There's gonna be another monkey jumping on our bed!



Ryan, Kamryn and I are pleased to announce that another member of our family will be joining us in April! We're excited and can't wait---although it feels somewhat surreal still now!

Expected Due Date is April 25, 2010!

My Fridge is empty...

My fridge is empty but my heart is full.


This week I was able to attend BYU's Campus Education Week. This is an annual event held at BYU every year, where speakers come from all over to teach 50 minute classes on a variety of topics. These range from scripture classes, to marriage and family classes, to home organization, to education, to parenting, to forgiveness and mercy, to gardening, to repentance, to music and dancing, etc. Just about anything that is wholesome, good and uplifting. Nobody under age 14 is allowed in, and it costs only $50 for the whole week. I think about 22,000 attended this year.
Because I have a 1 year old, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to attend. But I haven't been in a few years and wanted to go this year. Well, with a flexible and willing husband, and wonderful Grandma's who live nearby, we worked out a schedule for the week, where they would watch Kamryn at different times while I went to be uplifted and taught.

And I have done just that!

It has been a WONDERFUL week! What a blessing it has been to attend these classes that are so applicable to my life right now. I can already feel my heart changing in the way I think about others, the way I see my home, the way I treat my husband and little girl, and the way I look toward the future! I've attended 3 classes a day this week.
Topics were:
1. Male and Female Created He Them: Understanding, Honoring and Bridging Gender Differences
2. Simplify and Beautify your lives
3. Saving the Family--communication, marriage, parenting, personal/family boundaries

I learned a lot and hopefully I'll be able to apply some of the teachings into each and every day!

Princess Kelsey

So I haven't been able to get any pictures from my mom or aunt from the Luncheon or the Reception yet, but here's some temple pictures from that morning and bridals from before the wedding!

Coming out of the Temple:





She's so happy!! He loves her!!



My Uncle did her wedding portraits, as he did mine. You can find more of his work at meauxphotography.com. Here are some of the beautiful bridals they did before the wedding day!












It was a beautiful day, although rainy, and we had to do the reception at the church but it looked like we had planned on that all along! It was perfect. These two are perfect for eachother. It was a wonderful experience to be a part of!

(And isn't she just GORGEOUS!!!?!?!! Those colors are SO her!) :)

Love you Kels! (I can't wait till they get back from the Honeymoon!)

The past 10 days

Feel like I haven't posted in over a month...luckily it's only been 10 days!

LOTS of posts to come though!

Princess Kamryn is WALKING!!! :)
(all by herself now! no more stroller or people to help!!)
(Videos to come!)

Princess Kelsey (my sister) went through the temple!

Princess Kelsey got married!
It was a BEAUTIFUL wedding! Not a beautiful day weather wise but definitely a beautiful event! (Pictures to come!)

Education week this week! :) Any more time to post?!?!?!!?!?!! (probably not... :( )

Our mini "2nd honeymoon"...

Ryan and I took a quick getaway this past weekend to.... can you guess?!!? Disneyland! :)
(I know...I know....AGAIN!) But this time it was just the 2 of us! No baby with us. She "decided" to stay home with Grandma Seamons this time! :)

It was a great trip! I think I'm getting sick of the drive every time though, because I had the hardest time driving so far there AND back! Usually it doesn't bother me so much...I think it may have something to do with how often I've done it this year! :(

Anyway, here are some highlights from the trip:

Entering Disneyland

Celebrating at Disneyland! (Since their theme is "Celebrate" this year...that's what we're gonna do!) :)


Our first stop: Space Mountain! We always hit Tomorrowland first. It's Ryan's favorite...and I don't really have a "favorite"! I like everything! :) (Although I think Space mountain is probably the favorite ride in Tomorrowland!) :)


Second stop: Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (Ryan loves this game. He loves the element of competition on rides like this! I never do very well...but this trip, I actually beat him once! I hit a 50,000 point place twice! He was a very good sport about it too!) :) (I need to fix this picture...he's standing in front of the astroblaster car if you can't tell!) :)

We splurged a little this trip and ate at Carnation Cafe (which I don't have pictures of...boo on me!) and the Blue Bayou (which I DO have pictures of!) :)

Carnation Cafe was good and relatively affordable. (for meals at D-land). The best best best thing there and it was SOOOOOOOOOOO good was the Fully Loaded Baked Potato Soup! It was so yummy! (I still can't believe I don't have a picture of it! If I had one to show you, I'm SURE you'd be hooked without even tasting it!!) :) haha

Blue Bayou the next day:

Us in front of the Blue Bayou sign (I'll have to fix this picture too....)

Our Monte Cristo Sandwich that we split. It was yummy but I could only eat 1/4 of it and Ryan ate 1/2...we couldn't finish it. It's soooooo rich and deep fried! But soooo yummy too! :)


Grizzly Rapids: Get a fast pass and use it in the middle of the day when it is 90 degrees or more out ... it's the perfect ride for that temperature! We got wet, wet, wet! :)

MY favorite ride: Tower of Terror (TOT) I love the dropping and freefall feeling in my stomach...it makes me giddy! :)


I'm so proud of Ryan for putting his arms in the air!! :) (usually he's making fun of me for being a "crazy daredevil"! :) lol)

Ryan's favorite Ride: Toy Story Midway Mania (I could do a whole post on just this ride!!) :)



Ryan loves this ride also because of the gaming and competitive nature of it. It is a bunch of carnival games all put together, 3D (so you have to wear the funny glasses), and there are secrets in each level that give you more points. I think we rode it 5 or 6 times over 2 days!

Our first scores: me with 200,200 and Ryan with 251,400. Not bad. (I think that was the highest Ryan had ever gotten before!)


But the greatest thing was that we made it to the top 3 of the day! (the ride had only been open for like 45 minutes, but still!!) :) It REALLY made me happy to be on the top 3 because I'm not very good at it!! :)

The next time we played wasn't as good.


I'm consistent though! Sorry Ry! :)


We switched sides this time...Ryan did better ... me not so much!


And it was later in the day now, so we had no chance of being up on the top 3 list! Man...I still can't figure out how to do that well!

So Ryan decided to look it up on his smart phone while we were in line again! What a nerd! :) (A nerd that I love however!) :)


Our next time was my favorite:


We both did really well and we TIED!!! :) What are the chances of that happening!!?!

One more time and it was time to go home:

I didn't do so well this time, but congrats Ryan on getting your top score ever!! :)

After 2 full FULL days...we were pooped! Ryan couldn't get off the bed when we'd come home at night! :) I had to nag him to get ready for bed! :)



Our wonderful friend and hostess, Lori! She is awesome and we love to go and stay with her everytime we visit!

And now we're home again with our wonderful little baby....toddler....more posts up ahead!

Oh no, not the Doctor!

Yes, the doctor. Kamryn had her 12 month checkup appointment yesterday and overall it went well, but she was not happy with anyone! (except mom!)
The nurse walked in to just take measurements and Kamryn lost it!! I think she was sorta tired still since she had just taken a nap right before we left. I kept thinking, "This isn't even the bad part!"
The doctor came in just as Kamryn was settling down, she was okay until she had to get up on the table again.
Then the nurse had to come back in to redo measurements (since Kamryn was so squirmy earlier!) and then ANOTHER NURSE had to come in and give Kamryn 4 shots. (2 in each leg). She was already so upset with the nurse even being there, that she didn't even cry harder when she actually got poked! funny girl!

Stats:
Wt: 22 lbs 10 oz (75th percentile)
Ht: 29 in. (60th percentile)
Head size: 98th percentile! (the doctor was unsure about this so he wanted it redone but I think the second reading was about right. Funny!)

She also has a yeast infection right now and a cold. Poor thing. But she doesn't seem to bothered by either so that's good!

She's healthy and going strong--living life to its fullest!

Parties Parties and more Parties!

I've been kinda waiting to do this post because I know it will take a while and it's always harder to post something long while Kamryn pulls me away from the computer every 2 seconds! BUT, it is now naptime and I have time to do it! yay!

Well, in the event of Kamryn turning 1, she had FOUR birthday parties this year! Party #1 was on the 4th of July and I already blogged about that here, but the other 3 I wanted to also give the same glamour, because they were all very fun! :)

Birthday Party #2: Great Grandparents in Northern Idaho.

July 15-20th, Kamryn and I went up to Northern Idaho to visit my dad's parents. We went with my mom and 4 of my siblings. It was very fun to see them again. We went up last summer when Kamryn was brand new, so that they could meet her, but they haven't seen her since. And since she changed completely in just a year, we decided to go again. While we were there, Grandma made her a cake and we had a little bday party for her. She loved it! :)

We had a combined bday party for Kamryn and Uncle Ryan, since their bdays are only 4 days apart! (Happy Bday Ryan, today!! He's on a scout 50 mile hike this week so I can't call him but there, I wished him happy birthday!!) :)


Kamryn loves the attention she gets every time we sing happy birthday to her. But she was unsure about what to do with this cake in front of her. So we had Ryan show her with his. Then she dove in! :)






Yummy Yummy! We just don't like getting cleaned up!

This isn't a great picture of Kamryn with her great-grandparents, but it's all I have right now. (Maybe my mom has a better one!) Kamryn with the baby-doll accessory pack they gave her for her bday.



We opened it up and Kamryn started thinking some of the stuff was for her!

That's not your binky, sweetheart!


Not your bottle either!! :)

We had a great few days with Grandma and Papa. I'll post more about the trip and our adventures up there another time!

Birthday Party #3: My immediate family and Ryan's immediate family

When I was growing up, my mom always made cute cakes for us on our bdays. I had a little mermaid one, a barbie doll, a winnie the pooh shaped, a dog shaped, etc. I wanted to do the same thing for Kamryn (and I have had no cake decorating experience in my life!!) Here's what the end result was for her Balloon Birthday Party:



I was pretty impressed with myself!! :)


Ryan's Aunt Laurie bought Kamryn the hairbow she is wearing. It is a magenta-ish pink with brown leopard print! It is the cutest thing ever, but I have had a hard time finding something for Kamryn to wear it with! I finally just invested in some white tops for her and it worked out pretty well! Thanks Laurie! :)

Because it was a balloon party, I bought a bunch of helium balloons and then a bunch of regular balloons that we blew up. Kamryn was pointing left and right saying "Boo, boo" (meaning balloon). It was so fun to watch her enjoy everything around her!



Singing happy Birthday! So much attention...probably 20+ people there and everyone has their eye on her! :) (sorry the video is sideways...I just love her face though!!) :)



Loving her cake!


Even with a bib on, she had cake down her pants and her diaper and caked all over her arms and legs. I was just going to rinse her off but she ended up taking a bath.... in the sink!! :)



Funny baby! It's the perfect size for her though! :) She loved it!!

When it was time to get out, she didn't want to get out. I'd put out my hands for her to come to me and she'd put her head down in the sink! It was so funny! She loves bathtime at home, but she's never refused to come out! Silly girl! I guess this was just the most fun bath she's ever had! :)

Kamryn and Aunt Kylie! (I had to put this picture in because the next day Kylie left for BYU Hawaii. Good luck, Ky!)


After getting out of the bath and drying off, it's time to open presents! Kamryn was spoiled rotten---but I wasn't surprised at all! :) She loved everything she got! She had to be convinced to open the next present! :)

Kamryn and Daddy, digging out presents from Grandma Seamons.

This bunny rabbit was from Aunt Krista. Kamryn is so funny, when she opens something she shares it. What a good girl!

Kamryn and all her presents: 3 puzzles, 5 books, 1 DVD, 1 stuffed animal, 1 shape sorter and 2 outfits!! Wow!

Birthday Party #4: The Littlest Friend Birthday Party Ever!

On Kamryn's actual birthday, I decided to invite some of our friends who have kids Kamryn's age, to come to our house for a small party. I blew up some more balloons, made another cake, brought the helium balloons from the night before to our apartment and it worked out pretty well.

Kamryn, playing with balloons, waiting for her friends to arrive. (Wearing the outfit Aunt Kelsey got her for her birthday the night before!)


The Four Friends! :) I love this!

Davin 13 mos, Kamryn 12 mos, Samantha 9 mos, and Cassie 18 mos.

I made another cake for this party and cupcakes (easier for little kids to eat)! Not as fancy because I didn't have time or energy! I was about all partied out!

Kamryn, enjoying her cupcake!


Kamryn opening some presents from her friends. The little kids were actually really good about just playing and watching Kamryn open her gifts. It was cute to see them all interact.



Ryan and I decided to get Kamryn one bigger gift for her bday because we knew she'd get a bunch of other things from other family and friends. BUT Because Kamryn's bday is on Pioneer Day (a Utah Holiday) we weren't sure if it would be delivered in time! But that morning, it showed up on our doorstep! Yay! :)

Ryan put it together before the party. I almost forgot about it but then remembered at the very end of all the gifts. I brought it out and all 4 kids were so excited! They all dashed toward it and it worked out nicely because there was room for all 4 of them to play with it! :)

Bringing out the kitchen/living room play center!


Everyone enjoying it! :)



Kamryn loves it!


Then we all went swimming for the end of the party. (Samantha had to go home and take a nap though...we were sad to see her go, but I totally understand! Kamryn kinda needed a nap at that point too, but it was HER party!)! :)

(This isn't the greatest picture...but I'm glad we took it. I don't think we have a picture of all of us with our kids!) :)


Kamryn with her presents from her friend party:
Kitchen/LR playset, book, shape-sorter-barn and a package of farm animals! Thank you for such nice gifts! She loves them!

Happy Birthday Kamryn! You are a loved little girl! :)