1. We got a washer and dryer. I have been wanting one since we moved in, and we finally got some. I am so grateful I am not going to have to go to the laundry mat in the middle of winter with Camille. That really would be miserable for me. This summer has not been too bad because we put the luandry in, and we go walk around outside or inside Walmart which is across the parking lot. In winter it would be a pain. When we went to pick up the washer and dryer, we found this street. Isn't it awesome? We are kind of sad that we have already bought a house, or else we would build on this street. But it is okay because we really love our house.
2. This year we were blessed to recieve some tomatoes (when I say some, I mean a ton of tomatoes) from Kevin's mom and from some neighbors. They were delicious. I ate some for snacks with just salt,but we had too many. We decided to make some homemade salsa. We have tried several times to make homemade salsa through our marriage, but it has never turned out very well. This time was no exception. It is always fun to make things with Kevin, but hopefully someday we can put our tomatoes to good use and not just make diced tomatoes with peppers and onions.
3. Kevin was able to go motorbiking recently. I am always so happy when he can go. This year he has been working like a crazy man. He is such a good provider for our family. He had a day off though so he and his brother Michael went on a ride. He said it was one of the most fun rides they had done for a while. I saw some pictures and the mountain they were on was practically straight up and down. It was a very hard and technical ride, but it looked beautiful.
4. Shaylee came down to play. I love when she does. We went out to lunch at Rusios. It was actually really delicious. It is a soup, sandwich and salad place. It was fun to just talk and enjoy lunch with her and Camille. It is always nice to have a friend to just talk to and not be worried what they think about you. I now just need to figure out a way to convince her to stay up in Idaho when she is finished with school instead of moving back to Utah.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Thursday, October 16, 2014
Camille 9 months
*None of these pictures correspond to the paragraphs written, but these are the pictures we have at 9 months so enjoy!*
Yes, Camille has officially been out in this world as long as she was in my tummy. I feel like these 9 months with her out here went a lot faster than when I was pregnant. She has been learning and growing like crazy this month. I have some little notes of what I wanted to write about Camille this month, and I feel like they are all outdated. I must have put them down at the start of the month. We started out with her crawling. She has been crawling for a little while, but sometimes she will be crawling and then see something she wants and she will start to super crawl. It is so funny and cute. She just speeds up to get where she wants.
She has been creeping along the couches and on the walls. She just loves to walk. She will walk if she is holding our hands, and if we get tired (because lets be honest, it hurts your back to bend down that long) and try to have her sit down she will just cry. She just wants to be walking so badly. She has a little walker type toy that she loves. She will walk with it until it hits a wall, and then she will try and turn it around to get unstuck. Usually I just change her position so she will walk some more until she hits a wall. On her 9 month birthday she started taking her first real steps.By next month she will be a professional walker. She is just one crazy girl wanting to learn and be grow.
She has been sleeping pretty good. Usually she wakes up once at like 5 AM, and I think she would go back to sleep without eating, but I give in and go feed her usually because if I feed her at 5, then she will sleep until 8. I am going to start trying to be better at having her practice actually sleeping through the night. I think this Mommy is ready for some more sleep.
Camille is just the cutest girl. She loves to hold things in her mouth and crawl around with them. She has a little lotion tube that she will just stick in there and hold it in her mouth.
She is really good at eating. We have been sort of doing some baby led weaning, so she eats what is on our plates. I want her to have a balanced food group though, so I will feed her some baby puree along with pieces of our food. She like grown up food better, but I want to make sure she is getting enough vegetables and fruit.I guess she is getting enough though. At her 9 month check up she was in the 50th percentile for weight, 75th percentile for height, and 90th percentile for head circumference.
We just love our little Camille so much. She is so special and brings such a joy into our house. Love you Camille!
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Walker Annual Pumpkin Carving
Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays. This year Camille and I ended up at Shantel and David's house .We had to pick up pumpkins from Walmart earlier that day. I am excited for next year when we have a garden. It will be so nice not to have to buy pumpkins. Anyway, we picked up some pumpkins and headed to Shantel's house. Every year we eat soup and carve our pumpkins. This year was no exception. One new thing did happen this year. My dad got an awesome pumpkin gutter. You hook it up to a drill and just scrape it all out. It was so nice because that is sometimes the worst part about carving pumpkins. It was really fun.
I carved one for Camille and one for me. Camille's had one tooth, because at that time Camille only had one tooth.
After carving Camille's I started on mine. I tried to do an awesome Spiderman pumpkin. I just looked at it and tried to carve it but it really didn't work. In fact it was probably the worst pumpkin I have ever made. In the end, it just turned out to be a big frowning face. I didn't even take a picture of it. I am so lame. Next year will be better.
It was such a nice night. I love spending time with family. Happy Halloween.
I carved one for Camille and one for me. Camille's had one tooth, because at that time Camille only had one tooth.
After carving Camille's I started on mine. I tried to do an awesome Spiderman pumpkin. I just looked at it and tried to carve it but it really didn't work. In fact it was probably the worst pumpkin I have ever made. In the end, it just turned out to be a big frowning face. I didn't even take a picture of it. I am so lame. Next year will be better.
It was such a nice night. I love spending time with family. Happy Halloween.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Camille 8 months
Can you believe that Camille is 8 months old? I hardly can. I also cannot believe how interactive she is. She is such a character. She is always doing silly things. She puts her pacifier in her mouth wrong so she can chew on it. It is so funny. We play the "I'm gonna getcha" game. She will crawl away, and when I go to get her, she crawls even faster. It is super cute.
Camille is pulling herself up on everything. She can stand up when she pulls herself up on something that is like 3 inches tall. She just loves to stand up. She will pull herself up on things that are taller than her, and she will start doing a pull up so she can see over them. She can climb up a couple of stairs. She has a little musical chair, and she loves to climb up on it and stand straight up on it. Goodness is scares me.
Camille really is so cute. She is starting to make this clicking sound. I think she is copying us giving kissing sounds, but she just clicks her tongue. At least I pretend that is what she is doing. It is so cute. She is also buzzing her lips a ton. It is really drooly, but funny. Sometimes when I am feeding her she will buzz her lips, then we have sweet potatoes everywhere.
Camille is pretty much sleeping through the night. It is wonderful. She goes to sleep around 7:30, then I dream feed her at 10, then she sleeps until 4-5. I think that she would sleep longer, but if I feed her at 5 then she will sleep until 8. But if I don't, then I think she would wake up earlier, so I feed her so I can get a couple extra hours.
The other day while Camille was taking her nap, she woke up and started crying. I went up to get her and I found both of her pacifiers were thrown out of her little crib. This happened a couple of times. It was so funny. She was sad because she didn't have her pacifier, but she had thrown them out. She is a silly girl. She hasn't done it since.
We are down to 2 naps a day. I think I like having the two naps a day better than three, as long as she take good naps. It is nice to have a little time with her where we can go out and I don't feel stressed about getting home immediately so I can put her back down for a nap.
She really is so smart and so precious. We love this little girl so much. Even though she is getting into more things, it just makes me smile to see her learning and growing. We love you Camille.
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Date Day
I love going on dates. Like real dates that were planned and asked a couple days ahead. Not just getting dinner because we are too lazy to cook. Kevin didn't have to go to work on Wednesday for some reason. I don't remember why, but I don't really care. I am just happy because we were able to go on a date. My Grandma Knowles is so thoughtful, she sent us some money for our anniversary. I decided it was going to be used for a date. I asked Kevin a couple days in advance and started planning out what I wanted to do.
Wednesday came around and I went visiting teaching and when I came back we hopped in the car and headed for Rexburg. It feels like it has been ages since I have been there. It was like a blast from the past, except everything has changed. There are buildings flying up all over the place. I couldn't believe it. But the one thing that didn't change was the Taco Wagon. Kevin loves the Taco Wagon. I am pretty sure they are suffering now that we don't live there. Kevin would eat there everyday if he could. They have really delicious burritos. So we went to the Taco Wagon for lunch. The Taco Wagon is actually a in a bus, so we went to the park to eat lunch. I love the parks in Rexburg. They are really fun. So we ate in the pavilion then we went to some swings and gave Camille her first swing on a swing. She seemed to like it, but not anymore that anything else really.
Next we went to Fat Cats to play some arcade games. I really love to play arcade games. I don't know why, but it is probably one of my favorite dates to do. Fat Cats wasn't really taking great care of their arcade games, and I felt bad because on several games we had to go get the attendant to get our tickets or give us another token because a machine ate one of ours. We had a lot of fun. Kevin really liked playing Fruit Ninja (which we now have on our tablet because he liked it so much), and he like ski ball. He wants to become a pro ski ball player, so if anyone has a ski ball machine laying around let me know and I will buy it from you. I liked the game deal or no deal and the game that you have to get the light in the jackpot slot. I don't know what it was called.
After the arcade we went to BRC's. BRC's is a really delicious custard place. It is so so so good. We love getting a little treat there. It is close to the campus, and has such a cute atmosphere. It is decorated like a Swiss shop in the Swiss Alps or something. It really is so cute. There is a chocolate shop there too. We went in, and we found out that it had gone out of business. We were so sad. I don't even know why they went out of business, they were delicious and so fun! We were so sad, but I wanted a treat, so we went to Kiwi Loco a frozen yogurt shop. It was good, but not as good as BRC's.
After the treat we came home and put Camille down for a nap and finished out our day. It is really nice to be able to spend time with Kevin. We hardly ever get to go out and do lots of things, so I cherish the times that we get to.
Wednesday came around and I went visiting teaching and when I came back we hopped in the car and headed for Rexburg. It feels like it has been ages since I have been there. It was like a blast from the past, except everything has changed. There are buildings flying up all over the place. I couldn't believe it. But the one thing that didn't change was the Taco Wagon. Kevin loves the Taco Wagon. I am pretty sure they are suffering now that we don't live there. Kevin would eat there everyday if he could. They have really delicious burritos. So we went to the Taco Wagon for lunch. The Taco Wagon is actually a in a bus, so we went to the park to eat lunch. I love the parks in Rexburg. They are really fun. So we ate in the pavilion then we went to some swings and gave Camille her first swing on a swing. She seemed to like it, but not anymore that anything else really.
Next we went to Fat Cats to play some arcade games. I really love to play arcade games. I don't know why, but it is probably one of my favorite dates to do. Fat Cats wasn't really taking great care of their arcade games, and I felt bad because on several games we had to go get the attendant to get our tickets or give us another token because a machine ate one of ours. We had a lot of fun. Kevin really liked playing Fruit Ninja (which we now have on our tablet because he liked it so much), and he like ski ball. He wants to become a pro ski ball player, so if anyone has a ski ball machine laying around let me know and I will buy it from you. I liked the game deal or no deal and the game that you have to get the light in the jackpot slot. I don't know what it was called.
After the arcade we went to BRC's. BRC's is a really delicious custard place. It is so so so good. We love getting a little treat there. It is close to the campus, and has such a cute atmosphere. It is decorated like a Swiss shop in the Swiss Alps or something. It really is so cute. There is a chocolate shop there too. We went in, and we found out that it had gone out of business. We were so sad. I don't even know why they went out of business, they were delicious and so fun! We were so sad, but I wanted a treat, so we went to Kiwi Loco a frozen yogurt shop. It was good, but not as good as BRC's.
After the treat we came home and put Camille down for a nap and finished out our day. It is really nice to be able to spend time with Kevin. We hardly ever get to go out and do lots of things, so I cherish the times that we get to.
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Camille 7 Months
This has been my favorite month so far. I think I will be saying that every month from now on. She is the sweetest girl. I seriously just love her so much. She has been learning so much. It has been so much fun for me to watch. She is a moving girl for sure by now. She just started crawling on her hands and knees. She doesn't do it all the time, but she has started to figure it out.
She is pulling herself up on everything. She will stand up by the couch, on her toys, in her bath tub. It is getting kind of exhausting. She is always wanting to stand up, but gets tired, but doesn't want to sit down. She is really sweet though. Since she likes to stand up so much, she is always pulling on anything to get to the standing position. She will pull on my pants to stand up, but Kevin is not so lucky. When he is wearing shorts, she will pull on his leg hairs to stand up. It hurts him so bad. It is a good thing he loves her so much.
She is really attracted to cords. I will set her down with some toys, but she always seems to find a cell phone charger or the fan cord or the laptop cords. She loves to chew on them. I am concerned she is going to get electrocuted. Can you get electrocuted chewing on the end of a cord? I am not sure, but it hasn't happened yet, so that makes me happy.
She is starting to babble so much. It is so cute. My favorite thing is to listen to her talking to herself. I love to wake up hearing her talk to herself. She is just figuring out her voice. Her new favorite thing to do is buzz her lips. She is practically always buzzing her lips. It is so sweet, and drool-y, but sweet.
Camille still loves to jump. She would jump all day and night. It is cute, plus my arms are getting so buff. I even have a muscle line! Yay me.
Camille is really smart and silly. She knows how to put her pacifier in by herself, but sometimes she likes to chew on it when it is in the wrong way. I think it is just so precious. She loves to put things in her mouth and carry them around. It is really precious.
I am so grateful for this sweet girl. I love her so much. I might be so tired at the end of the day, but once she goes to bed I just look at pictures of her. She is my world.
She is pulling herself up on everything. She will stand up by the couch, on her toys, in her bath tub. It is getting kind of exhausting. She is always wanting to stand up, but gets tired, but doesn't want to sit down. She is really sweet though. Since she likes to stand up so much, she is always pulling on anything to get to the standing position. She will pull on my pants to stand up, but Kevin is not so lucky. When he is wearing shorts, she will pull on his leg hairs to stand up. It hurts him so bad. It is a good thing he loves her so much.
She is really attracted to cords. I will set her down with some toys, but she always seems to find a cell phone charger or the fan cord or the laptop cords. She loves to chew on them. I am concerned she is going to get electrocuted. Can you get electrocuted chewing on the end of a cord? I am not sure, but it hasn't happened yet, so that makes me happy.
She is starting to babble so much. It is so cute. My favorite thing is to listen to her talking to herself. I love to wake up hearing her talk to herself. She is just figuring out her voice. Her new favorite thing to do is buzz her lips. She is practically always buzzing her lips. It is so sweet, and drool-y, but sweet.
Camille still loves to jump. She would jump all day and night. It is cute, plus my arms are getting so buff. I even have a muscle line! Yay me.
Camille is really smart and silly. She knows how to put her pacifier in by herself, but sometimes she likes to chew on it when it is in the wrong way. I think it is just so precious. She loves to put things in her mouth and carry them around. It is really precious.
I am so grateful for this sweet girl. I love her so much. I might be so tired at the end of the day, but once she goes to bed I just look at pictures of her. She is my world.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
July Recap
We sure were busy this last month. That is probably why not much blogging happened. We did so many fun things. I want to recap what happened so that I don't forget, but I probably won't go into too much detail.
I already wrote about July 4th, so we will skip that. The next was the weekend of the 12th. On the 11th I babysat for a lady in my ward. It was only one child, but she was 2 months old. Gee, I do not know what I was thinking. Trying to take care of a 2 month old and a 4 month old was insane. I hope never to have twins. If I put one down, the other would start crying, which was interesting because Camille was hardly crying at 4 months, but hearing this other baby cry she started to cry. It was nuts. After that experience I told her I wouldn't be babysitting for her at the moment. Maybe when our kids are a little older, but probably not.
Right when I was finished baby sitting I headed down to Lehi. It was going to be a busy weekend. We did family pictures Friday morning. (Kevin drove the semi truck down, so my parents had to pick him up). The pictures have turned out so good. After pictures Kevin and I went to Zupas (to get Lobster Bisque) and fill our empty tummies. We headed to Shantel's house where everyone was and ate, then headed to Manti. Yes, we were attempting to do family pictures and travel to Manti to be with Jacob as he took our his endowment in the Manti Temple. Kevin and I had been really nervous about this because we had never left Camille with anyone, especially for 3 hours. We started our trip. Camille slept a little bit, but not too much. We were so blessed that our good family friend Lauren Ezzel offered to watch Camille and Lydia. We dropped them off and went to the temple. It was such a wonderful experience to have the whole family in the celestial room. I loved it. We didn't stay too long though, because we needed to get back to Camille. Unfortunately, Camille had been screaming the whole time she was with them. I felt so bad, but so grateful they took care of her. After picking up the kids we went to Fat Jacks (now Roys) and ate delicious pizza. It was a lot of fun, but all of the traveling and excitement wore us out. Camille did a lot better than I thought she would, which I am sure is a blessing.
The next week on Wednesday (16th) we headed down to Logan to attend the Yerka family sealing. Kevin's sister Diane and her husband Steve adopted a beautiful 8 year old girl this last year. They wanted to be sealed to Hannah where they were sealed together, so they came all the way over to Logan to be sealed. It was so nice. Hannah is a crazy fun girl, so the sealing was also crazy fun like her. I was so grateful because my friend Lindsay Masco Mellor was so willing to watch Camille for me. It was such a blessing. And she said that Camille was even halfway descent and didn't scream. It was so fun to see so much family. Camille had a really bad diaper rash, so it wasn't too fun for her, especially because she didn't get too many naps that day, but all in all she was such a trooper.
The day after the sealing Camille had her 6 month appointment. She got some shots, but she did well. She is such a happy baby. I bring up the shots, because the day after her appointment was Kevin's cousin Jordon and his now wife Haley got married. It was really a nice day. Kevin was able to go to the sealing, but I just watched Camille outside. I think now that Camille is moving more, the shots are not as miserable as the first couple times. She was pretty happy though. After the sealing we went to the luncheon which was so fun. I really do just love to see family. During the luncheon I was just sitting and talking to some cousins, and all of a sudden there was a mini cupcake in front of Camille and boy did she want it. She is the sweetest. Apparently Melissa's husband thought it would be funny to give Camille a cupcake. It was really funny, but luckily we figured it out before she got it.
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The following week we were supposed to go to the annual Haderlie camp out. We really wanted to go, but we had already been doing so many things and driving so many places, plus that weekend we were headed to my parent's house again for Jacob's mission farewell. So we didn't end up going. It was a good thing. We got some things accomplished around the house and we got to breath for two minutes before our next activity. It was probably nice for all that went as well because they didn't have to hear a screaming baby during the night.
As I said below, that weekend we went to Jacob's mission farewell. It was such a nice time. Jacob is such an amazing man. I am so grateful for him in my life. He is such a great example. I was able to go down and listen to his farewell, then Kevin drove a semi truck back home, and I stayed down for the week. It was really fun. I stayed at Shantel's house for a couple days.
We went to the Lehi aquatic center. It was so much fun. It was Camille's first time swimming. There was a fun play place which would be so much fun for a child, and there was an awesome slide. I took Lydia down it twice and I had SO much fun. It is pitch dark and wonderful. I want to go back. The next day Melissa and Shantel and I went to Shantel's pool in her neighborhood. It was really fun. Shantel let us borrow a nice little floaty for Camille and it was really fun.
During that week Melissa Shantel and I did our nails with the Jamberry nails. I won some trial pack from a Jamberry party. It was fun. We just talked and did our nails that night and just had a nice girls night in. I loved it. I love being with my family. The Wednesday if this week we all went and dropped Jacob off at the MTC. It was reallly nice. We had lunch at Golden Corral, then went up and took pictures at the Provo Temple.
During this month Camille was so sweet. She had learned how to sit up, but she would fall asleep sitting up because she couldn't get down in time. It was so so sweet. I had to put this picture in.
The whole month was so busy and so much fun. I love being able to spend time with family. We had a lot of time with family this month and it was wonderful.
I already wrote about July 4th, so we will skip that. The next was the weekend of the 12th. On the 11th I babysat for a lady in my ward. It was only one child, but she was 2 months old. Gee, I do not know what I was thinking. Trying to take care of a 2 month old and a 4 month old was insane. I hope never to have twins. If I put one down, the other would start crying, which was interesting because Camille was hardly crying at 4 months, but hearing this other baby cry she started to cry. It was nuts. After that experience I told her I wouldn't be babysitting for her at the moment. Maybe when our kids are a little older, but probably not.
Right when I was finished baby sitting I headed down to Lehi. It was going to be a busy weekend. We did family pictures Friday morning. (Kevin drove the semi truck down, so my parents had to pick him up). The pictures have turned out so good. After pictures Kevin and I went to Zupas (to get Lobster Bisque) and fill our empty tummies. We headed to Shantel's house where everyone was and ate, then headed to Manti. Yes, we were attempting to do family pictures and travel to Manti to be with Jacob as he took our his endowment in the Manti Temple. Kevin and I had been really nervous about this because we had never left Camille with anyone, especially for 3 hours. We started our trip. Camille slept a little bit, but not too much. We were so blessed that our good family friend Lauren Ezzel offered to watch Camille and Lydia. We dropped them off and went to the temple. It was such a wonderful experience to have the whole family in the celestial room. I loved it. We didn't stay too long though, because we needed to get back to Camille. Unfortunately, Camille had been screaming the whole time she was with them. I felt so bad, but so grateful they took care of her. After picking up the kids we went to Fat Jacks (now Roys) and ate delicious pizza. It was a lot of fun, but all of the traveling and excitement wore us out. Camille did a lot better than I thought she would, which I am sure is a blessing.
The next week on Wednesday (16th) we headed down to Logan to attend the Yerka family sealing. Kevin's sister Diane and her husband Steve adopted a beautiful 8 year old girl this last year. They wanted to be sealed to Hannah where they were sealed together, so they came all the way over to Logan to be sealed. It was so nice. Hannah is a crazy fun girl, so the sealing was also crazy fun like her. I was so grateful because my friend Lindsay Masco Mellor was so willing to watch Camille for me. It was such a blessing. And she said that Camille was even halfway descent and didn't scream. It was so fun to see so much family. Camille had a really bad diaper rash, so it wasn't too fun for her, especially because she didn't get too many naps that day, but all in all she was such a trooper.
The day after the sealing Camille had her 6 month appointment. She got some shots, but she did well. She is such a happy baby. I bring up the shots, because the day after her appointment was Kevin's cousin Jordon and his now wife Haley got married. It was really a nice day. Kevin was able to go to the sealing, but I just watched Camille outside. I think now that Camille is moving more, the shots are not as miserable as the first couple times. She was pretty happy though. After the sealing we went to the luncheon which was so fun. I really do just love to see family. During the luncheon I was just sitting and talking to some cousins, and all of a sudden there was a mini cupcake in front of Camille and boy did she want it. She is the sweetest. Apparently Melissa's husband thought it would be funny to give Camille a cupcake. It was really funny, but luckily we figured it out before she got it.
The following week we were supposed to go to the annual Haderlie camp out. We really wanted to go, but we had already been doing so many things and driving so many places, plus that weekend we were headed to my parent's house again for Jacob's mission farewell. So we didn't end up going. It was a good thing. We got some things accomplished around the house and we got to breath for two minutes before our next activity. It was probably nice for all that went as well because they didn't have to hear a screaming baby during the night.
We went to the Lehi aquatic center. It was so much fun. It was Camille's first time swimming. There was a fun play place which would be so much fun for a child, and there was an awesome slide. I took Lydia down it twice and I had SO much fun. It is pitch dark and wonderful. I want to go back. The next day Melissa and Shantel and I went to Shantel's pool in her neighborhood. It was really fun. Shantel let us borrow a nice little floaty for Camille and it was really fun.
During that week Melissa Shantel and I did our nails with the Jamberry nails. I won some trial pack from a Jamberry party. It was fun. We just talked and did our nails that night and just had a nice girls night in. I loved it. I love being with my family. The Wednesday if this week we all went and dropped Jacob off at the MTC. It was reallly nice. We had lunch at Golden Corral, then went up and took pictures at the Provo Temple.
During this month Camille was so sweet. She had learned how to sit up, but she would fall asleep sitting up because she couldn't get down in time. It was so so sweet. I had to put this picture in.
The whole month was so busy and so much fun. I love being able to spend time with family. We had a lot of time with family this month and it was wonderful.
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