Monday, December 14, 2009

A rough day...

See the huge blue-ish green bruise on her left eyebr0w? We went to our ward christmas party Saturday morning and while Camryn was out in the hall playing with some other kids, one little girl turned around and ran off, slamming her right into the corner of a doorway. She hit her eyebrow so hard...that was definitely the hardest I've ever heard her scream :( She recovered fairly quickly then went to play in the nursery with some other little kids. Someone opened up the cupboard right into her face again.


Then we were ready to leave so I put her in her carseat, gave her my car keys (which I USED to do all the time!) and shut her door. I went around to open my door...and she'd locked it with her teeth!! I ran over to Matt, who had driven separately to tell him Camryn just locked herself in the car. He calmly asked if I wanted him to drive home and get the spare set of keys. I told him he couldn't because the other set of keys was also in the car, in the center console. Camryn was happy for a few minutes playing with her keys, and we were trying to get her to push the unlock button but it's the smaller one and she wouldn't. She finally got bored with the keys and chucked them on the ground, so we decided we better call a locksmith. Thanks to Danny we called the police because he informed us if there's a child in the car they'll come for free! So a cute blonde police lady (who had hot pink handcuff's in her back pocket!) came and opened the car for us, at which point Camryn was screaming! She was fine but ready to go home and have a bottle and go to sleep. It was a rough day....

Thursday, December 03, 2009

thanksgiving

We had a busy, fun and eventful Thanksgiving this year! Our plan was to fly out to California to spend the holiday with all of Matt's family but Camryn woke up with a 103.5 fever Thursday morning so we decided not to get on the plane if she was getting sick. Parker was driving down to Cali Thursday afternoon, so after eating Thanksgiving dinner (Matt with his family, Camryn and I with mine) we headed out!


We got there at 3 am, but thanks to Parker who drove the whole way....I got to sleep a little on the way! Friday all the girls headed to the American Girl doll store. WOW! That place was amazing...a little girls dream! Each doll had it's own little room with her story and clothes and accessories...which are ridiculously priced but you get sucked in while you're there! We had lunch at the cafe there, where the little girls got to bring their dolls and they give you high chairs so they get to sit right next to you :) They only serve pink lemonade and hot chocolate to drink, ( so fitting) and we had a delicious lunch. It was so fun to see my cute nieces light up at all their favorite dolls and pick out their one outfit to take home!

Saturday we drove to the beach so the boys could surf, but the waves weren't great so we just ended up having a fun picnic on the beach and letting all the kids run around in the sand!

Sunday we drove down to see Amber and Bryan's cute house! Then we hit up Disneyland on Monday! It was so fun to take Camryn even though she doesn't really get the whole magic of it all. But she liked going on the rides and seeing all the people and lights and trying to escape from mom and dad :) We had to leave early to catch our flight home so we didn't get to be there as long as we would have liked, but it was so nice to spend time with our family and be in the nice 80 degree weather! Why don't we live in Califnornia?

I'm so grateful for my wonderful little family, for my sweet husband who is my rock and takes such good care of us, for Camryn who brings so much joy and love into our lives and teaches us how to be more selfless. I feel so blessed for everything I have and love this time of year that we get to show our gratitude for all we have!

Saturday, October 31, 2009

I might start posting more often...

So my excuse for not posting very often is that my old computer was SO slow and every time I got on to upload my most recent pictures, it would take too long and I'd run out of time! Well we have a new wonderful computer that is FAST and it only took like 4 seconds to upload everything! I no longer have that excuse so I might start posting more often! For now, here's a catch up of the last couple months...

We took a fun trip to St. George with Luke and Amy a couple weeks ago and finally went and hiked the crack! Last time we tried to do it I was 8 months pregnant and couldn't fit :)


What do you find when you don't watch Camryn for 3 seconds? She climbed into my mom's suitcase and dumped out all her pads :)
Outside the temple at Amber's beautiful wedding , of which I have no other pictures because I was chasing this monkey around all day!
I love this picture of my sweet girl!
Camryn LOVES to dance every time she hears music...check it out!

Cutest octopus ever!

We went to our ward's trunk or treat last night and Camryn was an octopus! She was so cute in her costume, she kept grabbing the legs (?) and clapping them together. Matt and I were lame and didn't dress up :) Duckworth's...we need you guys to move back and start throwing your Halloween party again!




Thursday, September 17, 2009

Horse back riding

While my niece Aizlyn was here I kept telling her we could go ride Amy's horses so we finally made it happen! Camryn was so scared of the horses the first time she saw them (before this) but she liked them a lot better this time. She actually got on and rode around with me! Thanks Amy for all the fun days at the farm!







Thursday, September 10, 2009

Camryn's 2nd 1st birthday!

Camryn at 3 weeks old.....


1 Year old!
After our trip to Washington we threw Camryn her second 1st birthday party with Matt's side of the family! The second attempt at the giant "cupcake" cake turned out way worse than the first...but it tasted great, once again! She had so much fun seeing all her cousins and little friends. We've just loved this last year watching her grow up into such a happy, busy little girl! She really makes everyday so much brighter and more fun, and we love her SO much!
Camryn and Mommy!
The birthday girl!
Camryn and her best buddy Blake!
Camryn and Daddy!
Camryn with Aunt Lindy!
Some of Camryn's favorites at age 1:
walking!
climbing on the toys at the park
climbing in the dishwasher
going through the cupboards in the kitchen
playing chase and hide and seek
reading books
dogs
taking something she knows she's not supposed to have and running away when we tell her to stop!
jumping into the pool
her bath's
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAMRYN!

Some funny pictures

This girl makes me laugh every day! We were at Grandma Pat's the other day and she has all of the toys in these little plastic tubs. Of course, Camryn has no interest in the actual toys, but the tubs make a great toy! She took out all the toys and climbed right in! Matt and Parker pushed her around until she rolled backwards and got hurt.


Look at this cute face! She was having the time of her life eating raspberries. More like smashing and smearing raspberries.
Oops :) She found her new favorite toy...she always goes right to that cupboard. I guess I should move those.

Washington

This is my first attempt at her "cupcake" birthday cake...anyone think it looks more like a mushroom?! But it tasted sooo good!

The giant tomato that came out of my brothers garden!

Camryn had SO much fun playing with her cousins all week! She was always entertained, and it was so fun to watch her get to know them all better.
Camping at Porcupine Bay

Camryn's first tubing ride! She loved it, she was waving at everyone the whole time!

Matt and I planned to go camping with my family at one of my favorite camping places growing up called Porcupine Bay the beginning of August. Well...we forgot to check with his business partner on the dates, and his partner scheduled a trip for his whole family to the Atlantis resort in the Bahamas! So the camping trip got the boot. Camryn and I still flew up and went, but the bees were so bad that everyone (including me) was ready to come home the night after we got there! Almost everyone got stung at least once. We spent another fun filled week up in Tri-Cities with my family, and we were there over Camryn's 1st birthday, so she got two parties! I got to go on a couple of bike rides with my mom and sister, running, swimming, ate lots of good food (of course!) and spent lots of QT with the fam. Thanks everyone for a great week!

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

One Year Pics...right on time!

Yesterday was Camryn's first birthday, she's one already!?!?! How does it go by so fast? I just kept thinking all day yesterday, "at this time we were going into the hospital" "at this time I was in labor" "at this time she was born" and now she laughs and runs around and eats real food. It's just crazy! Every time I tell someone she's one the first thing they say is "oh, it's time for another one!" Hmmm.....
Well, once again my amazing photographer SIL Tiffany took the cutest pictures of Camryn a few days ago! She has such a good eye for places to take pictures...she see's an old building that I would never look twice at and see's a good opportunity for amazing pics. Enjoy! I'll post her actual birthday pictures later...I don't have them with me :)












Tuesday, August 04, 2009

9 Month Pictures...a little late!

Oh how I love this little girl! She makes me laugh just looking at these pictures! I couldn't narrow them down any more- there were just too many favorites- so enjoy all of them! Camryn is so full of life and has such a FUN personality! Thank you to Pat for taking these adorable pictures...we love them!