A Happy Home is Filled with Love and Laughter: November 2010

BEST day EVER

Beej & Chris

Kaylee slept in till 9 am
We both ate breakfast together
I got in my swimming suit and got in the bath with Kaylee to play.
I fed Kaylee lunch

Kaylee and I cuddled up in a blanket and watched some TV while Kaylee ate her bottle and then slowly started leaning on my left arm for a good hour. I then put her in her crib to finish her nap off. While I took a nap as well :)

We danced and played pass with the ball. Every time she would pass it I would say "YAY" and clap. She would then clap as well and smile so big.

Kaylee went down for her second nap

I started reading Harry Potter book #2 and then cleaned up the house a bit

BJ got home and we both got all our snow gear on and headed out to play in the snow. We made a snowman together!

Went to Tithing settlement

Ate dinner as a family

What a wonderful night!!!

Thanksgiving 2010

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We spent Thanksgiving at BJ's parents house this year. Here is the table all set up and ready!

Poor Kaylee has bright red cheeks d/t a fever. She wasnt feeling that well and ended up feeling worse and worse as the night went on. She is getting her front teeth in now- making a total of 6 teeth at 9 months. We think she is getting some more in the back because she keeps bitting on her finger back there. And d/t the teething and not feeling good she has had diarrhea and now has her very first diaper rash. :( so sad. But on a good note- she loved the sweet and mashed potatoes!!

L-R (Anya, Ryan, Tiffany, Elisa, me, JQ's hand and Aiden)

Adam, JQ and Alana

now you can see spencer and JC as well.

Spencer and BJ's dad (Papa Bruce)
The only one we are missing is Grandma Sherry...she was taking all the pictures and cooking :)

We had a lot of yummy food; including a deep fried Turkey. I definitely ate more than I have for a long time. We took time to all tell what we are thankful for. But I wanted to go into a little more depth on here.

I can't even express how grateful I am for BJ. He is such an amazing father to Kaylee and such a supportive and romantic husband. I don't even want to think how my life would be without him. I feel very blessed to have him by my side forever.
Kaylee is the joy in both mine and BJ's lives. She is so fun and crazy and has the cutest personality. There is not one day that goes by that we don't smile or laugh at something she does. She is going to be a great big sister in June.

BJ and I have amazing jobs and a warm place to sleep. We have wonderful families and friends. Life is just good!

Okay quick story about BLACK FRIDAY

I LOVE going shopping on Black Friday. I seriously get a rush as the line starts to go in the store and everyone is running around like crazy. This year since Kaylee wasn't feeling very good. BJ and I tag teamed it. He went to Walmart to get DVDs at midnight. The DVDs were in the frozen section of the store. ha ha people were throwing DVDs and acting like it was the end of the world if they didn't get the DVD that they wanted. Man I wish I could have seen that!

I woke up at 4:30 am and headed to Kmart to get some buy one free toys for Kaylee and some boots for me. I headed straight for the toys first. I was the first one to find them and quickly started to choose which ones I wanted. I started to see people coming so I just started grabbing some. I then realized they weren't there to get those toys and then put them back and took my time deciding which ones. :)

Time to get the boots. I didn't think it would be a big fight to get the boots...but I was wrong. I got back there and finally found the boots which were all picked over. I found a size 7 and decided to try it on. I could always bring it back to get a 7 1/2 or 8 right? As I had put the boot on I realized there was only one there. While I was looking for the other boot I heard a lady trying to find it as well. Well I wanted these boots so I kind of stepped in another isle hoping she would drop her boot and run so I could have it. ha ha (I know I am crazy). Well she didn't...so I started looking around and ended up finding my size. So I sneakily put the boot back and tried on my size 8. Didn't like them. ha ha So I headed to the checkout to pay for the toys. I was in and out of the store in 20 minutes. I then went home and took a nap while BJ did some shopping for me. I had a few work visits and then we both stopped at Jcpenny's before heading to Idaho.

We were both exhausted but excited about the great deals we got. We then headed up to Idaho to see my Grandparents and my parents and little bro who was up there. We had some yummy leftovers and visited with my grandparents for awhile.

It was a great Thanksgiving. The only thing that would have made it better is if we were able so see BJ's mom from Oklahoma as well. :)

Cub Scout Pow Wow

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A few weeks ago I went to Pow Wow for Cub Scouts. Pow wow is like a meeting for all Cub Scout leaders to help you get more ideas on what to do and get pumped up for Cub Scouts.

There was a lot of different classes. Some fun and some boring. But the one that I will always remember is the Skits and Storytelling class.

We got put into groups of 5 and had 5 minutes to come up with a skit and then we were to perform it in front of everyone. (Cub scouts do skits and jokes every month so I thought this would be helpful). Well- my group was crazy. They had so many ideas and even made themselves props in that 5 minutes. The point of the skit was to come up with a core value to teach the kids. So not just a skit for fun..but one that would teach something.

Here is the skit/story we came up with. There was a Chief and his wife who send a little Indian to become an Indian brave (that was me). The Indian had to climb a mountain to become a brave.

I said my goodbyes to the Chief and my mom and headed to the mountain. There was a girl that put a sign on her that said Mountain. She crouched down so I could step over her or "climb over the mountain". But before I could do that. There was a snake. The snake was this crazy late 30 year old woman that was very into acting. She slithered and hissed at me and begged me to put me in my pocket and take her up the mountain with me. She promised that she wouldn't hurt me so I let her come in my pocket. She then put both of her hands and leaned into my jacket pocket. ha ha. I was a little taken back. She was really getting into this. :)

I then climbed the mountain and after the snake was supposed to bite me. I was then going to say "you promised you wouldn't hurt me" and she was going to say "you knew what I was when you put me in your pocket". But instead after I climbed the mountain she jumped up and bite my right arm. SHE ACTUALLY BIT my right arm. I jumped so high and YELLED " SHE BITE me...NO- she Really Bit me!!!!" I couldn't focus. I couldn't remember what I was supposed to say. Finally we ended up finishing the skit. One of my friends was in the class and she said "wow- you are really good at acting." I told her that I was not acting. She actually did bite my arm. Luckily I had my jacket on because even with the sleeves on I still had a red bite mark on my right forearm. She totally would have broke skin if I would have had my jacket sleeve up.

As we were walking back to our seats the lady who was the snake said "sorry about that. You didn't realize you needed to get your shots first huh. I just got excited"

I still can't believe it when I think about it. CRAZY day and one that I will never forget! ha ha

Crazy Dreams

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I always dream and remember at least one of them every night. My dreams are very detailed but totally CRAZY. I am always telling BJ my dreams in the morning. He will say things like "wow- I wish I could have seen that in a movie" or "I am glad I don't remember my dreams like you because some of yours freak me out".

I had a dream last week that I was pregnant and ended up having the cutest little black baby boy. BJ and I had this big discussion on how it is totally possible. But seriously- he was so cute!

Last night I dreamt that I took BJ snowboarding for the 1st time. We got there and instead of snowboards- there was a huge crowd of people on bikes. So I quickly helped BJ get on a bike. He was freaking out...saying "I can't do this" as he was on the top of a steep snow hill ready to go down on a bike! I quickly taught him how to stop by putting the bike sideways- like a snowboard...cause it is definitely the same thing. He hesitantly agreed to go.

As he was going down I found some of our neighbors Michael and Jamie Scott. They were there snowboarding and thought we were crazy and didn't even acknowledge us. As I heard a ton of people cheering as people were running around the corner. I quickly asked someone in the crowd how long this was going to be. They smiled and said 36 miles. I went down and started cheering for BJ as he came around the bend and was running down the stairs (apparently stairs now appeared). I yelled "good job babe. And it is 36 miles...sorry" ha ha ha

BJ gave me this funniest face of terror and kept running. He was talking with a friend that he made on his journey. While he ran 36 miles- I went shopping with my mom. I found my aunt Michelle Parker who was bragging how she was going to get the same black Friday deals on the 30th of November at Best Buy because her husband works there. She said "we get the left overs of black Friday". Once she realized that her face was all sad.

I then finished shopping with my mom..except that I lost her. Don't worry I found her at the check out. And that is the end

8 months old and wiser too....

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Ok so I am a little late on this...since Kaylee is 9 months tomorrow. But since we don't have insurance this month, Kaylee wont see the doctor for her 9 month appointment till next month when she will be 10 months. So I will do her 9mo stats then. :)

Kaylee is CRAZY fun! I don't even know where to start....

- She jumped the gun and started walking at 8 1/2 months. She still falls down and will crawl- but she can take 12 steps if she wants to and if she has a good focus on something that she wants.
- Kaylee goes down for bed anywhere between 7-8:30 pm and wakes up around 5 am. Eats a bottle and sleeps in till about 7:30am. For a bout a week Kaylee only took one 2 1/2 hour nap...but this week she got back into the groove of things and takes her first nap around 9 am or 10am and sleeps for 2-2 1/2 hours. She then takes her second nap around 2-3pm for about an hour. However it takes her an hour usually to go down for her nap. So she is up in her crib for about 2 hours. She plays, then will cry for a minute or two, then plays until she finally crashes.
- Bath time is so much fun. Kaylee loves to splash and play.

- Peek-a-boo is a favorite past time as well as patty cake. She will clap her hands whenever you start to sing.

- Kaylee LOVES to be chased. When she is playing with other kids she wants them to crawl and follow her. She just keeps turning her head back to make sure they are coming. She will crawl to the stairs and wait and wait for me to come and then giggles and go as fast as she can up the stairs.

- Kaylee gives butterfly kisses. She was kissing my belly last night and kept blowing and making a loud noise. It tickled so much. I couldn't stop laughing. So the more I laughed the more Kaylee would do it. She would see me laughing and smile and kept doing it. SOO funny!

- She is a cute little dancer. When we listen to music I will bounce up and down and she will copy me. She also copies noises and high fives. And when I sing to her before she goes to bed..she will try to sing with me. It is the cutest thing. She especially likes "I am a Child of God"

- Kaylee says Mama & Dadda.

- She uses her belly to make noise. She will slap her hands on her belly or chest while she yells (like a mini gorilla). Our camera isn't working right now..but hopefully I will be able to get a video of that soon.

- Kaylee also drinks from a sippy cup and loves to eat whatever we are eating. She used to say "babba" when she wanted her bottle. But now she says "Nanna" whenever she is hungry or if she wants to eat what we are eating.

We love our Kaylee soo much and couldn't imagine life without her! Here is a few fun video's.....

This is Kaylee "grocery shopping" in the kitchen. She likes to push her Bumbo around the kitchen and stick her toys (baby powder & lotion) around in it. I love how she gave me "the look" when I moved the bumbo.

This is Kaylee enjoying some daddy time. Kaylee LOVES daddy and gets soo excited when he comes home from work. She also likes to talk to him on the phone. When she hears his voice she says "Dadda".

Kaylee loves to knock down towers. No matter where she was- if she saw a tower, she would come and knock it over.

Walking and just having fun

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Yes we are listening to Christmas music!!! My favorite part is when I say "Kaylee say Mama" and she babbles back. It is so fun hearing her whisper and babble different words.

Ah

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Kaylee likes to copy noises now. Here is a fun video...more to come :)

Blessings

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Lately I have been emotional and worrying about everything. I started thinking about all the good in my life and all the things I don't have to worry about and decided to write a list of the many many things that I am grateful for. It is easy to see what is going on wrong, rather than remembering all that is going good. So here are just a few things I am grateful for.
- My husband! Whenever I get stressed I call him and just tell him everything. He listens and then shows me how things will work out.
- A healthy beautiful 8 1/2 month Kaylee!! She is soo much fun and such a joy in my life
- A warm, safe home to live in with a loving an amazing ward.
- Being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!!
- Having my family live close by and having the best family ever. I call my mom almost everyday and I know my dad is there if I ever need anything...even help with a Resume. :)
- Having a Father-in-Law that lives close and is soo cute with Kaylee and 2 Mother-in-Laws that are so kind and such fun Grandma's
- A great job that works with staying home being a mom. And working with a great friend Challae who is the cutest mom ever...who watches Kaylee while I do a visit or two during the week.
- Having a sister-in-law Kierston who is such a great mom...live close to my work so she can watch Kaylee when I have my work meetings every Thursday.
- BJ obtaining such a GREAT new job with such fun people and a place he feels like he can continue to learn and grow
- AMAZING friends that are there for me whenever I need someone to talk to.

GO UTES!!!

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One of our neighbors gave us AWESOME tickets to the Ute vs. Colorado State game October

23rd. We took Kaylee with us and had a BLAST.

ha ha Not the best pictures but it shows how great our seats were.

Kaylee is saying "GO UTES!"

he he I love Kaylee's face in this one!

Yummy Hot Cocoa

We are hiding from the rain and cold

Kaylee did AMAZING in the rain. It was pouring rain for the first half of the game. Kaylee hung out with me in my poncho until she ripped it up. Thankfully it stopped raining and was great weather the rest of the game.

Halloween 2010

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In case you couldn't figure it out...BJ is a tree and Kaylee and I are Owls

I wish I got a picture of my dad, mom, and brother. My mom is always taking pictures of everybody else. I need to be better to take more pictures of her!!! :) But she was a pumpkin (well she wore a pumpkin shirt)

My sister and Desiree

KAYLEE

Yes I made her owl costume and yes it was a lot more work than I thought it was going to be...but I was so happy how it turned out!

The wings I originally made for her were WAY too big. In fact they ended up being my wings! So I just had to guess in the size for her wings. But it worked out.

Kaylee, Desiree, and Travis

I had to post this. This is my Aunt Becky and her family. I just thought their costumes were soo clever....not to mention my aunt made all but the Batman costume and Cat woman mask. SO impressive and super cute!!!

Here are some pictures from our Halloween Party. Thanks Nina for taking pictures since I once again couldn't find my camera. :)

Nina- what a cute Angel with a cute prego belly. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP!!!!

Nina and Tanner are always the life of the party so we are sooo glad they came and danced and partied it up with us!

Challae and I planned the party. Challae brought decorations, cooked a lot of food, brought drinks, and helped set up and clean up. SHE IS AMAZING!!! You can't tell by this picture but she was the dog catcher, her husband Graeme was a fire hydrant and her little Brinlee was a dog. Such a cute idea!

Ha ha BEST COSTUME ever!! Rachel, Gavin and Eric. I am soo glad they came!!

This is Nina and Tanner's friend Breanna and ?? All I know is Breanna is freakin awesome and the best dancer out there....besides you Nina :)

ha ha ha I LOVE this picture. Poor Nina couldn't bob for any apples...well she could, she just couldn't get any with her mouth. But she was such a good sport!

Rachel the Nun

Tanner being silly

Impressive moves Green's. Oh and yes that is their curtains as their costumes. ha ha LOVE it!

ha ha...Ya I cheated. I could NOT get a apple either. So I just pretended and pulled myself out of the line. Tanner kept taking the small apples out. I kept telling him that I have a SMALL mouth and I need a small apple.

Kaylee slept for most of the party but woke up enough to dance and meet everyone.

The party ended up being a lot of fun!!! Thanks everyone for coming and for helping cleaning up after. Who is going to do it next year? Cause its not going to be us! Too much work! :)

Witches Night

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Annual Witches Night with my some of my best friends!
L-R (Rachel, Ashley, ME, Nina, and Nicole)

I went to Nursing school with these girls and we have all become such great friends. I am soo happy we all got into the nursing program at the same time. I love these girls!!

yes I am eating a burrito. I wasn't hungry at Ashley's when everyone else was eating so I packed my burrito to go. :)

Model poses

Nicole won a $25 gift certificate to one of the stores at Gardner Village. Wahoo GO Nicole!!

I have no idea where my pictures went from Witches night....so thank you Ashley for letting me steal yours off of your blog :)

Witches night was a BLAST and I cant wait till next year!!!!