4 months..!

Well I got 19 days out of November. I'd say that's pretty good for my track record of blogging. ha We went to price this year for Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun. It was actually the first time that I got to go to thanksgiving for the past 2 years. It was Cam's first for like 8 years. Ever since he was 15 years old he has worked on Thanksgiving at the hotel. Thank heavens that we got to have a Thanksgiving together for our 1st one together. We had a good time too! 

Also, this guy turned 4 months old the other day.. Can you believe that. It seems as though it has flown by!

When we went to the doctor he weighed 15.5 ounces and was 27 in long.. (that's 97 percentile in height people). 

Some milestones..

He can now rollover!! YAY! From his back to his belly. Then he gets stuck and can't figure out how to get back. :( he gets really mad. he is a little mover though, he like uses his head and neck to caterpillar around. It looks like it would hurt.

He smiles at EVERYONE. Seriously he is the happiest baby ever. We love it. 

He thinks that he can stand. ha what 4 month old baby stands up all the time.. (he started doing this a little bit ago actually) when you pull his fingers to sit him up he just stands up. I think he is the strongest wiggly baby too. We love him so much.

We believe he is trying to cut his first tooth.. Drools like a maniac and is constantly chewing on his hand or whatever he can get his hands on. 

He has found his hands for the most part and is reaching for things and grabbing at things. We love watching him grow and learn. 

He has the cutest bum ever. ha I love it.

See I told you.. Happiest baby ever. 

He thinks he can stand.. and apparently he can. 4 months people.  Maybe this is normal?  I have no idea. 

Love his eyes! 

Grabbing at Daddy's beard and talking to him.. Look at those eye lashes. ha lucky boy. All the girls are going to be jealous.

Catching Up...

Day 9: I am thankful I get to go on work trips with my husband so he doesn't have to go alone.
Day 10: I am thankful for grandparents' homes to stay at when the weather is bad so we don't have to keep driving in it.
Day 11: Today I am thankful for movies. They are pretty much the reason that Cameron has a job and they are the number 1 activity that we do together. We watch soo many movies together every week. We are both movie bluffs and I love it. We = perfect for each other.
Day 12: Today I am thankful that I get to stay home and be a homemaker wife. Even though babysitting keeps me very busy and drains the energy right out of me it is worth it. I get to cook meals for my husband for when he gets home for dinner. I get to do crafts whenever I want. I get to sew whenever I want. I could go on and on and I love it.
Day 13: Today I am thankful for my mom. She has been there for me through everything in my life and is the best supporter that I have. So grateful for how understanding she is. Getting pregnant out of wedlock was one of the HARDEST things that I have ever gone through. My mom was there and helped me through it all. It made our relationship 10x stronger and better than it was before. I now talk to my mom at least a few times a day. I love her so much and I am so thankful for her example. She is a wonderful mom and I hope I am half the mom she is.
Day 14: Today I am thankful for cell phones. I have pretty much helped my mom plan Krista's whole wedding being 4 hours away. If we didn't have phones that could send pictures and what not then I wouldn't have been able to help as much as I have. I also planned my wedding the same way.. :) Thank you mother!
Day 15: Today I am thankful for vehicles that get us from point A to B. I am very sad that my family lives like 4 hours away. If it weren't for vehicles I would not be able to see them as often as I do.
Day 16: Today I am thankful for the dentist. I have absolutely loved the dentist ever since I was a little kid. I loved having braces and I think that I would love to someday have a career in teeth. I went to the dentist today and had no cavities! SOO thankful that I have amazing teeth. I have had like 2 or 3 cavities in my whole life. I thought I would have so many after not going to the dentist for a year and being pregnant.
Day 17: Today I am thankful for family that supports everything we do. My sister got married today and it was very beautiful. None of Blaize's family was able to make it and we all felt bad for him. I am so glad for ALL of the family that we have that comes and supports us in all we do!
Day 18: Thankful for lazy days. Rarely do these come around and this is the whole reason we came home last night instead of this morning so that we could have a whole day at home together as a family.
Day 19: Today I am thankful for books and seasons of tv shows. I went to Breaking Dawn part 2 last night with my FSIL and it was soo good. I think that I could actually buy this one and watch it over and over. I didn't want to have a little girl next but now I think that I do because of that movie. I love Vampire Diaries and love looking forward to it every week. Its AMAZING and only keeps getting better and better! LOVE Damon!

November 8th

Day 8: Today I am thankful that my husband has a job that he loves to provide for our family. Even though it makes me mad when he decides to take days off, I still love the fact that I get to hang out with him all day and he still gets a full 40 more hours a week. I shouldn't get mad when he wants a break because he does work a lot of long days.

November 7th

Day 7: Today I am very thankful for the church. Last night the bishop came over to our house and I actually got a calling in the young women. How crazy. This is definitely something that I need in my life. I've been trying to get back into being active again. When I was in young women's I had the best time and it's when my testimony was the strongest. The bishop even said that if Cameron can become a priest and then an Elder we could go through the temple like 6 months or so after that. I know its a very long process and it probably wont be happening as soon as I want it to. But I have so much faith and hope that it will. I feel so blessed right now. I'm so very thankful for the gospel. 

Also last night was the presidential election and as much as I feel really sick about it. At least Obama will be out in 4 years and he wont be able to be put back in. All we can do is hope for the best! I did see this on facebook though and I loved it..

November 6th

Day 6: Today I am thankful for the opportunity to babysit my niece and nephew. It's really hard at times, and not so bad at others. But it gives me to opportunity to become closer to them and to earn a bit of money for our little family! And to that I am thankful. Today has been hard and I've been soo tired. I'm thankful for my moms example of how to raise children. I hope I can be as great of a mother as she is.

November 5th

Day 5: Today I am thankful for the friends that I have in my life. I know that they will always be there for me when I really need them and that is so comforting to me! 

Miss Kaylyn Marie.. Been there for me since 7th grade. Always will be. Love her soo soo much. Happy we have become close again. 

  

Miss Casey Lou.. So happy I have had the opportunity to have this girl in my life.  

Miss Whitney. Understands me in a way no one else does!

Aubree has been my friends for as long as I can remember. That counts kindergarten folks! 

November 4th

Day 4: I am very Thankful for my Daddy and the priesthood  He blessed Ryker today and it was perfect! I was bawling before he even went up there. He was all choked up when he came and got him from me. I love hearing my dad give blessings, baptisms, etc; I always feel the spirit feel soo strongly. I am so grateful I was raised in a home with the priesthood. It makes me realize that I really took it for granted. I can't wait for the day that Cameron can hold the priesthood again. I'm so proud of him and how far he has already come. It's definitely not an easy transition. He had a long drive home with his boss yesterday and he told me that they talked about the church the whole way home. When he was telling me what they had talked about I started getting all choked up. He told me that his boss told him, "Cameron you are a good guy". He said that he feels like Phil will be keeping him around for a long time. It makes him happy that he is in a job that he loves and he feels very secure! When he got this job it was such a blessing. :) I am just very happy with everything in my life. Cam reminds me sooo much of my dad in many many ways and it is a very strong reason why I was so attracted to him in the first place! :) I'm thankful for my dads example for Cam as well. I'm grateful for both of these wonderful men in my life.

November 3rd

Day 3: Today I am thankful for hand me down furniture from loved ones! My parents brought down the bunkbed for Madi that my little sisters use to sleep in. It's a sweet one with a desk and drawers and stuff on it. So she has more room to play and do crafts since she has to share a room with Ryker right now. 

3 months

This little guy is 3 months old today! My how much he has grown in the past 3 months. He has thee cutest personality everr. He is always so happy and smiling. He coos soo much now. Tells stories all the time. He still hasn't rolled over again. Only the one time. He gets so mad when we have tummy time now. ha He loves it and then gets really frustrated cause he can't roll over. It's cute. 

What a little hottie!!

We love him sooo much! Can't wait to see the little man that he becomes!

November 2nd

Day 2: Today I want to say that I'm thankful for Cameron. He does so much for our family. He works so hard to provide for us! I wouldn't have to work/babysit if I didn't want to because he works so much. It's nice to have a little bit of extra money though. There are so many things that I love about him.. I've started making a list for a gift for our 1 year anniversary. I cant believe we have already been married for 8 months, almost 9! Times flies when you are having fun! :) which is also true. My patriarchal blessing says that my home will be a place of safety and refuge from the storms of life and there will not be contentions. We have such a happy marriage. There is barely ever a time when we are arguing, we compliment each other so much. He truly is my other half. People say that the first year of marriage is the hardest. To that I say, I cant wait for the years to come if it only gets better! :) I love you so much Cameron J and can't wait to spend eternity with you!

Love you baby!

November 1

Day 1: Today I am so thankful for the opportunity to be a mother. I have theee most love in the world for this little guy.

I can't get enough of those eyes! oh my.. I love him. 

I cannot believe how big he has gotten just in the past 3 months! 

And the opportunity to be a step mom to Madison! Beautiful girl she is!

We are lucky to have such cute kids!

hAlLoWeEn!!

Halloween was pretty fun this year. Cam was thing 1, Ryker was thing 2 and I was the cat in the hat. (We didn't know what we were going to be until Halloween day. Talk about last minute! Good thing Tasha's family was this a few years ago and she let me borrow the blue for Ryker's hat and I made the shirts while Cam was at work. I didn't have a hat so I made myself a little red and white hair thing real quick and painted my face. For last minute we all turned out looking pretty good I do say so myself. Ryker was by FAR theee cutest! 

He was real tired!

And.. here is all of us.

Madi got to be with her mom this year. She dressed up as a witch! :) She made a cute little witch! We didn't get to see her dressed up but here is a pic of her! :) 

Since she was with Nikki, we got her the night before and we carved pumpkins! 

Madi's face cracks me up in this one! 

We are ghosts!!! ha no my camera just sucks. 

Madi's pumpkin. She got real creative.. It started our as a bowling ball I  believe  :) 

Cams with the tongue sticking out!

And I did this one for our little Ryker man! :) while he slept...

On Halloween night, we went trick or treating with the Buoys! It was lots of fun! We tried to find this house that Cameron said the guy was making corn dogs.. We found the street and it was like a block party! The kids loved it. There was this guy with a golf cart pulling barrels and taking kids for rides. It was cute. The corn dog guy was making popcorn and donuts. We don't know if he made corn dogs or not. He could have been out by the time we got there.  There were tons of people there. 

This is by FARRR my fav picture of the night! 

Good Times! Happy Halloween! 

Now bring on Christmas! Thanksgiving of course ;)

Project time!

This past weekend I was going to go back up to Fillmore and go hunt since I didn't get a deer opening weekend. But Cam and I decided against it to save the money that we would spend on gas. We did a project for our bedroom instead.
Cam has been working on his boss' cabin up duck creek for like the past month or so and he brought home some cabinets that were going to get thrown out. He thought we could repurpose them for our bedroom and he could use the drawers for his undies and such. That way I could use the whole dresser! ;) It was lots of fun! I love that I married a handy man! Exactly what I always wanted! :) I love him soo much!
Well here is the project..

This was before they were painted.. minus the doors. 

painting them...

Cam building the base and the top.

Done being painted..

This guy pretty much did this the whole time.. but that's okay with his momma! What a CUTIE! Pretty sure that he has started teething.. goodness!

This was what was in our room before...

This is after! :) Yay! We love it and I think it looks soo good!  It matches our beautiful bed my daddy made for us!

Deer Hunt

This past weekend was the opening of the deer hunt! I love the deer hunt so much. Only with my family though. We focus more on the family time, story telling, camping and having fun time then we do the actual hunting part. It's fun. 

Before we went up to Fillmore for the hunt this year we went and stayed up at a cabin in duck creek on cedar mountain where Cameron has been working for the past little while.

Before bed at the cabin. 

 Right after this picture Ryker spit up in Madi's mouth. She just started laughing her head off.. It was hilarious. 

Hanging out while dad was working.

This is how she kept watching tv. What a goof.

Cam put this HUGE beanie on him.. It was funny.. 

Madi was sooo excited to go hunting.. She had that hat on so low she had to look up just to look straight.. Hilarious.

Grandma got to spend some much needed time with Ryker man while I was off searching for deer.

Daddy and Ryker taking a nap together!

It was a fun trip. Exhausting. But very fun. I shot at a 2 point and missed. Ha. To tell you the honest truth I don't even know if I was shooting at a buck. I couldn't tell which one had horns through the scope on my gun. I guessed which one it was from my Dad and Colton explaining to me where he was at. I was nervous I was shooting at a doe. I think that's why I choked. Oops! Cam says that he is making me go back up this weekend. (He really just wants some jerky) It is supposed to get cold this week so hopefully that will help bring some deer down off the mountain. We barley saw anything when we actually were hunting. ha

bAtH tImE

 Look at this little cutie and how much he has grown in the past 2 months!! 

He went from hating his bath to LOVING it! :)

My cute little ducky! He is getting so big! I love him so much.. (Both of them;))