The Williams Family

New Life

2010-03-02T10:28:00.000-08:00

Last night Camryn asked Jesus to put her back together with God (her words). How awesome is that?! She has asked questions about salvation from time to time and has always lost interest within 5 minutes of talking about it which is normal for a young child. A few evenings ago Luke was reading his bible to her before bed and prayed with her and during this time used the word "gospel". She asked him what "the gospel" was and he began explaining it to her. Well she changed the subject after a few minutes so he didn't say anything more about it. Then last night as he was tucking her into bed she said "Daddy, tell me more about the gospel and what that means again." So he explained it to her again and with her Daddy's help she asked Jesus to put her back to together with God. In her prayer she said "and Jesus I know You are the only One who can do this." Isn't that awesome?! I'm so thankful that God has answered our prayers for her salvation and my prayer is that she will be forever changed because of her decision last night!

Pictures of Camryn's Birthday

2010-02-11T05:09:00.001-08:00

Camryn's Birthday

2010-02-10T18:19:00.000-08:00

I can't believe it has been six years already since our little girl was born! Time has flown by! What a gift from God she is to us. She brings so much joy to our lives everyday. For her birthday this year we decided to give her a much needed room makeover. We bought her a new bed, shelf, and chair from IKEA. We also purchased a desk from Target as well as some other decorative stuff. My parents bought her a quilt for her bed and some cute pillow cases. We moved her out of her room on Monday and started putting her room together. We stayed up late last night to finish it. The desk would not cooperate so there is no drawer or shelf. Luke said that it was missing a couple of screws. I guess we will have to take it back. Also, the chair we bought at IKEA wouldn't cooperate either...so frustrating. I guess we will have to find her another one. Other than those two things, her room turned out so cute! I still have a few wall decorations to put up, but those will have to wait. We woke her up early this morning because Daddy had to leave for work really early. She was so excited about her new room...almost overwhelmed by it! She hurried and got ready for school and then spent the rest of the morning sitting at her desk drawing! We all ate lunch with her at school too. I made a cookie cake for her to share with her friends. She said she had a "great birthday" because all her friends made cards and crafts for her at school! She loves getting all that attention! She is sleeping in the bed with me tonight because Daddy is out of town for work. We ended her birthday night by watching the Charlie Brown Valentine cartoon in bed. Now she is sound asleep and I think I will go join her!

I will post pictures of her new room tomorrow. Goodnight!

Last Week In Pictures

2010-01-21T17:56:00.001-08:00

It looks like we put Grant in a skirt, but actually he just unbuttoned his pants. He thought it was pretty funny!

When Hannah comes to visit, Grant insists that Hannah sits right next to him while they eat lunch.

He's come a LONG way from a couple of years ago when he would scream and kick and fight when we would have to do this. Now he sits and holds it himself. Big boy!

Watching Sissy and Grant play outside.

Chase sleeping on his bear. He loves this bear! Thank you Mom and Dad!

In other news...

Chase can clap his hands! He's been fighting a cold and so I took him to the doctor a few days ago. He has an ear infection AGAIN! Agh! So frustrating! So he's back on antibiotics for that and the sinus junk too. I just don't understand why he gets sick all the time. Poor guy. I know he must be miserable because he's teething on top of all of it.

Grant got a hold of Camryn's fingernail polish and painted his eye and his arm (I think he thought it was makeup). He came to me and said "my eye Mommy, me eye!" I was freaking out because it was all pink and smelt really potent. I thought he had sprayed some kind of cleaner in his eye and it was turning into a rash! I kept saying "what is on your eye, show me, show me where it is!" He just walked around the house pointing at things and then I saw it sitting on the little end table opened up. I scrubbed him for a while and got it all off! Luckily I had just taken his clothes off of him and also somehow he didn't get a drop on the table or floor.

Camryn came home telling me that a boy named Joey wants her to be his girlfriend. Even though we've told her that she doesn't need to do the whole boyfriend/girlfriend thing, she insisted that she wanted him as her boyfriend. We've always told her that Daddy can be her boyfriend, but she decided that was no longer good enough. Then she proceeds to say "Well, I really love him, he's hot." WHAT?!?! What did you just say?? She then says, "oh yes, he's hot...what does that mean?" Haha! Well, here is what it means Camryn and don't EVER say that again! Thank you school friends! She told us a few days later, "Joey is handsome, I will just say that. I won't say he's hot or smooth." Haha! Where did smooth come from? That girl is sooo boy crazy! Lord, please help us when she is a teenager!

Infomercials

2010-01-11T06:58:00.000-08:00

I've never seen a kid get so sucked into infomercials before. Camryn was watching her Saturday morning cartoons when she ran into the kitchen where I was doing the dishes and explained to me that we could get a shoe organizer to slide under her bed because her shoes are always a mess in the closet. You can actually get 2 for $10 she said. She thought it was a must buy! Then about 10 minutes later it was a snake to unclog sinks. Mind you, we don't have clogging issues, but she thought it was a must have just in case we have clogging issues in the future. I think those were 4 for $20. What a deal! The best one of all though was yesterday evening. A commercial came on selling "booty pop panties". I'm not kidding. They said we could have "the booty of our dreams". Just wear these panties and we will have an amazing tush. I heard this commercial come on while I was in the other room and the next thing I hear is Camryn laughing hysterically. She said "Mommy they said booty on TV!" I told her I would get her some for her birthday, but she wasn't too keen on the idea. I think this was one she was willing to pass up! Ha Ha!

And So It Begins...

2010-01-07T06:29:00.001-08:00

Mobility.

Chase army crawled from the living room to the play room (which included a little step down) yesterday while we were eating dinner. Just give him a few weeks and he will be crawling all over the house getting into everything. I'm not sure if I'm quite ready for chasing after another little one! HAHA!

Grant and Food

2010-01-06T12:16:00.000-08:00

While Grant was eating breakfast this morning I overheard him singing a Wiggles song that is to the tune of "Are You Sleeping". He was singing "I love eating, i love eating, all day long, all day long...". It was so cute to hear him sing, but then it made me think about his eating habits. When he wakes in the morning the first thing he wants is his chocolate milk and breakfast which is either pancakes (without syrup) or cereal. Then he wants to snack ALL morning. Then by 11:00 he is begging for a peanut butter sandwich. Now let me tell you this little boy LOVES his peanut butter sandwiches! If he is served something other than a peanut butter sandwich for lunch he will be very upset. He would eat a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, lunch, and dinner if we let him. Then after nap he wants to snack more, but I usually don't allow him to have much because we know dinner will be served soon and I want him to be good and hungry for dinner. You see, he refuses to eat ANY kind of meat or vegetable...absolutely refuses! We offer them to him every night, but after more than a year of doing this he still refuses. So my thought is if he is REALLY hungry at dinner then maybe he will want to eat his meat and veggies. But as of yet, this strategy has not yet worked. He definitely does not take after his Daddy when it come to eating meat and potatoes. We joke that he will be a fruititarian (is that even a word?) for the rest of his life. I hope that one day he will put a piece of meat or a veggie in his mouth and think "oh this is actually really good". I mean I really cannot imagine him being sixteen years old and refusing to eat a hamburger or a hot dog!

I'm Back!

2010-01-02T18:55:00.000-08:00

I'm back! I haven't been able to find the time or energy to blog the past few months. So to catch you all up I will start with Chase. He is now 7 months! He just got his first couple of teeth...bring on the steak! He was not a happy camper a few days before he got them, but now he's much better! He also had tubes put in his ears in mid December. He had pretty much been sick since he was 2 months old, constant ear aches, snot, and cough. He's been much better since he got the tubes and I'm hoping it stays that way. Since he has not been feeling well it has really affected his sleep. He would wake up at 4:30 am and not go back to sleep. Then he changed his wake time to 5:30 am which is better than 4:30 am, but not great. This past week he's been sleeping until 6:00-6:30 am...finally! I hope he keeps this up. We might be able to move him into Grant's room if he can consistently sleep until 6:30 in the morning. I would love to have our room back!

This past Tuesday we spent the day in Orlando and had a blast together. Luke has been off of work since the 23rd. I have LOVED having him home. It has been so nice to just stay around here and not have plans to go and do. So anyways, while we were in Orlando we took the kids to Chucke Cheese. They had so much fun. We also made a stop at IKEA. I think we were there for 3 hours. That place is huge! I could seriously get lost in there. Our last stop was down town disney, or pretend disney as Camryn refers to it. We told the kids we were going to eat ice cream for dinner there and Camryn was so giddy! She couldn't even believe that we were going to allow this. We told her not to tell her grandmothers, but she did anyways! So we got our ice cream from Ghiradeli's and had to eat it outside in the freezing cold weather because there were no seats inside. Ha ha! We also got some hot chocolate to warm ourselves up. And oh, that was some good hot chocolate too! After we ate our "dinner" we walked around and there were these guys playing music and we let the kids dance around to the music. I think it was the most fun they had all day! Here's a couple of videos of their fun.

Grant got a little girl to dance with him...so cute!

3 Months

2009-08-28T13:34:00.000-07:00

Our number 3 is 3 months today! Chase just gets cuter everyday. He is a pretty great baby too. He sleeps through the night most nights and really only fusses when he is hungry or tired. Camryn came home from school last week with a cold and passed it on to Chase so he hasn't been himself the past few days. He has a hard time getting comfy. Last night we moved him from his crib to his bouncy chair to help him with the coughing and it seemed to work. He started on some meds last night so hopfully the poor little fellow will feel better soon.

Camryn is still enjoying school. Her teacher tells me all the time that she is a hard worker and a good helper which I'm super thankful for. She's come a long way from when she was 2 and in Mrs. Hewitt's preschool class. I got asked to come and "discipline" her at least twice a week! The other day I sent her 2 caprisuns in her lunchbox because I wasn't sure if 1 would be enough (I normally send a thermos). That afternoon when I picked her up from school she said "Mommy, you gave me 2 sunburns!" HAHA!

As for Grant, well, he's just Grant. Never a dull moment with this kid. His days are spent obsessing about the Wiggles, getting into stuff he shouldn't, and taking his clothes off and sometimes his diaper too. I love being the mommy to these 3 kids! God has blessed me way more than I deserve. It is a lot of work, but I enjoy every minute of it...well, almost every minute of it!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2009-08-25T10:51:00.000-07:00

Today is my mom's birthday. She is 51 today and looks more like 31! I love you Mom. Thanks for being a great example to me of a godly mom and wife. I am truly blessed to call you my mom!

School

2009-08-20T07:35:00.000-07:00

Camryn is officially a Kindergartner! So far she loves school and can't wait to go everyday. She is still having a hard time saying goodbye in the morning, but I'm sure she will get past it soon or I at least I hope she will. She doesn't full on cry she just tugs at our clothes and doesn't want to let go when we hug her goodbye. She had her first bit of homework this weekend and she was so excited about it. Since when did having homework become exciting?! I guess it makes her feel all grown-up to say she has homework. It was an all-about-me sheet that we had to fill out plus she had to bring a few things with her to school that represented her. One of the questions was if you had a million dollars what would you do with it and her answer was "share". Isn't that sweet?! I didn't even tell her to say that! Another one of the questions was what to do you like least about school. She thought and thought and finally said "well I like everything about school so I guess coming home." Well, thanks a lot Camryn!! HAHA!! I'm glad she likes school that much! I think her favorite part of the day is the special classes they get to do like, art, PE, music, etc. She really loves PE and the teacher who she calls "coach". She told us a couple of days ago that everybody calls him "Coach Fields" because he likes being outside. I don't think she understands that his last name is really "Fields"! Funny kid! She starts dance class tonight. She will be learning tap, jazz, and ballet. I hope she does well because if you've been around her for very long you know she is super clumsy. Maybe this will help her be a little more graceful! We shall see!

Happy Birthday Grant!

2009-08-13T10:13:00.000-07:00

Our sweet Grant turned 2 on August 4th! Where has the time gone? I can't believe how big he is getting. He is talking more and more everyday. Yesterday he found a bag of clothes that a friend had given to us for him and he pulled out a shirt and put it on all by my himself. He ran into the kitchen where I was doing the dishes and yelled "Mama, Mama, coo shirt!! Coo shirt!" He thought his new shirt was pretty cool! So to celebrate his birthday we had a small party for him at Rotary park in Suntree which is on the Indian River. It was hot, but the breeze was really nice under the pavilion. Camryn and Grant had a blast playing in the water. Once Grant opened his gifts, he was done with the water and had a blast playing with all his new toys. He is obsessed with the Wiggles and that is not an exaggeration. That's pretty much all he talks about. So for his birthday, and thanks to his grandparents, he got everything Wiggles that Toys R Us sells! Here are some pictures of his special day.

Introducing......

2009-05-05T09:58:00.000-07:00

Grant Gordon as.....SUPERMAN!

and as....BUZZ LIGHT YEAR!!

Aunt Cherie brought these little dress up outfits to Grant and he just loves them! He can finally play dress up with his big sister and not have to wear a dress or crown! : )

Where to Begin?

2009-03-30T11:14:00.000-07:00

The kids are napping so I thought I would sneak in some time to blog finally. Let's see, for starters our awesome church relocated this weekend to an elementary school across the street from our old building. We've outgrown our old place and this school will give us much more opportunity to grow. Yesterday was our first service and it went great! It was so neat to see so many of our church family come together to serve and set up. We are so blessed to be a part of this church and look forward to what God will do in the coming months!

Camryn is doing well! She turned 5 on Feb. 10th and seems to have hit a growth spurt. I was looking at pictures of her from the beginning of the school year and she has changed so much. This morning while I was getting ready she came into the bathroom and informed me that she really wants a "tootle dog". She kept saying "a tootle dog, I don't mean a fart dog, a real tootle dog." Then she said "you know, those little white dogs." I said "you mean a poodle?" "Yes mommy, a poodle dog, not a fart dog." So funny! She comes up with the funniest words. Yesterday she asked me if I thought I looked fabulous. I wasn't quite sure how to answer that. On our way home from youth last night, she said "raise your hand if you work all the time and are never home with your family." She kept waiting for Luke to raise his hand. Luke felt awful!! That just shows you how our life has been the past few weeks. You don't realize how much it affects your kids when you are so busy, but it does!

As for Grant...well let's just say he is anti-diapers these days. I can't keep a diaper on this kid. I've resorted to duct taping his diapers and this afternoon he managed to find a way to still get it off. It was full of poop too, but I caught him right as he was taking it off. I know..it's gross! I'm really considering potty training him. He's almost 20 months which seems a little young, but I'm not sure what else to do. I actually went looking for the potty chair in the garage today, but couldn't find it. In other Grant news, he is starting to say a lot of words. My favorites are "car", "no" (it just sounds so cute, I'm sure it will get old fast!), "door", "outside", and "sissy". He will point to family pictures and say "Daddy", "sissy", "baby" (that's what he calls himself), and then he just skips right past me. He's such a stinker! He refuses to say "mama" unless he really wants something! He can also point to most of his body parts and name them too. He's a genius! : )

Pregnancy is going alright. I'm having to be careful with my activity level because if I'm real active I start having cramps and contractions. Also, at my last Dr. visit they said I'm measuring 3-4 weeks small so I'm having an ultrasound in the morning to make sure all is well with the little guy. I'm not too worried because I measured small with Grant and he was just fine. I think it is just how I carry and also the way he happened to be positioned on the day of my Dr. visit. Some days I feel like my belly is huge then other days I don't feel that way. So we will see what the tech says tomorrow. But really we aren't too concerned.

Luke turned 31 on Friday! He's been making a lot of old people noises lately so I guess this is what I have to look forward too! : ) I don't make old people noises yet, I just make pregnant lady noises! Well, I better go finish this Oreo cake I'm making. It's Luke's birthday cake, but I'm taking it to small group to share. I've never made it, but Luke LOVES Oreos so I hope he likes it! I love trying new recipes.

Camryn's Disney World Birthday!

2009-02-23T12:31:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Happy Valentine's Day!

2009-02-14T09:36:00.000-08:00

Camryn and I spent the morning together while the boys were out doing a little shopping for us. We made chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate covered marshmallows for our guys. Some of them we rolled in crushed oreos. OH SO GOOD! Then we painted our toenails. Camryn really wanted to have "colorful" toenails so she has a different color on each toe. When we finished our toes we got a surprise valentines package from Grammie and Papo from the UPS man! It was a BEAUTIFUL bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates. Thank you Grammie and Papo! Hope everyone has a lovely Valentine's Day!

Sibling Love

2009-01-22T12:20:00.000-08:00

I was doing a little cleaning around the house this afternoon after lunch and walked in the living room and saw these sweet kids watching a movie together in the recliner. I love it when I catch them just chillin together!

Turkey and Cheese Sandwich

2009-01-19T12:04:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we spent the late morning and early afternoon working in Camryn's room. Her dresser was in need of some wood glue because the front of the drawers kept coming off. We also finally hung her curtains and some pictures on the wall. By the time we were done it was 1:30 and the kids were starving. Luke took them downstairs to start making their lunch while I finished up in Cam's room. I guess he told Camryn she could make her own sandwich which she has never done before. When I came downstairs Luke was on the phone with his Dad and he was trying to make Grant's PB sandwich. Camryn immediately let me know that her Daddy said she could make her own turkey and cheese sandwich today! I said okay and took over for Luke. I got Grant all situated in his seat and then Camryn announced that her sandwich was made and ready to be eaten. I look over and she has piled about 7 pieces of turkey and 7 pieces of cheese on her bread!! So cute! She didn't quite get what was so funny, but I explained to her that it was a little too much meat and cheese. She ended up with about 3 pieces of turkey and 2 pieces of cheese and she ate every bite! : )

Our Baby Boy

2009-01-13T07:13:00.000-08:00

Here is a 3-D ultrasound picture of our new baby boy. We didn't have 3-D with Camryn or Grant so this is new to us. He's pretty cute huh? ; )

Stinkin' Sooners

2009-01-09T07:04:00.000-08:00

Luke went to bed an unhappy man last night. I guess the Sooners can't handle the pressure of big games. This picture was obviously taken before the game!

What's That Smell?

2009-01-09T06:56:00.000-08:00

Grant and I ran to the store last Sunday evening and on the way home I thought I smelled something a little fruity coming from the backseat. I wasn't sure what it was until I got home and open Grant's car door. He had found Camryn's red chap stick that she had left in the car. I guess he thought it tasted pretty good!

It's A Boy!

2009-01-08T11:29:00.000-08:00

We are so excited to be adding another sweet little boy to our family. This whole time I was so sure we were having another little girl and so was Luke. So when the ultrasound tech said "boy" I was shocked! We were so sure that we were having a girl that we haven't really thought too much about a boy's

name. So right now this little guy is without a name. For some reason we can come up with a bunch of girl names we like, but we can't agree on anything for a boy. I'm sure we will have it all figured out by the end of May...we better anyways! It will be great having another little boy...a playmate for Grant since they will be so close in age. The Dr. says he looks healthy and weighs about 13 oz. He looked so cute in the ultrasound images and they showed him to us in a 3D image which was so cool to see. This morning while I was in the shower Camryn ran in and said "MOMMY!! Today is the day we find out whether the baby is a girl or a boy. I sure hope it's a girl. I want a sister." I tried to prepare her just in case it was a boy and told her how much we loved Grant and and that another brother would be fun too. She said "Well, as long as he doesn't have dark skin." Apparently our daughter is a little prejudice. Not sure where that came from! I then had to explain to her that it's not really possible for Mommy and Daddy to have dark skinned babies since we are SO white! When I picked her up from school her first question was "So what is it mommy??" She was disappointed until I pulled out his ultrasound picture and a little outfit that Grant and I had gone and bought for him. She is now thrilled and has been planning a baby shower for me tonight after dinner. : )

Car Conversations With Camryn

2008-12-17T11:54:00.000-08:00

"Hey Mommy?"
"Yes?"
"I need to go to JCPenney's."
"JCPenney's? For What"
"I need to get Dad a Christmas present."
"From JCPenney's? What are you wanting to get him?"
"A Christmas Shirt."

I can just see Luke wearing a Christmas shirt with little snowmen on the front of it, can't you?

"Mommy, how old is God?"
"Ummmm....well, He's always been. He's always existed. I guess you could say He doesn't have a birthday."
"MOMMY! God has a birthday, it's Christmas!!!"
"OH! You're right"

How do you explain this to a 4 year old?

For the past couple of weeks, when I've pick Camryn up from school she's been complaining of these kids that have been calling her a baby. After a couple of days of this I told her that she just needs to ask them nicely not to call her a baby anymore. The next day she came home and said that she talked to the little girl who had been calling her a baby and asked her not do it. The girl agreed and said they could be friends. Her exact words were "Mommy, I trained her not to call me a baby anymore, now I just have to train those 2 boys!" Yesterday she told me that one of the little boys she has now trained not to call her a baby. She now has one more left to train!

Grant's 1st Haircut

2008-12-17T11:39:00.000-08:00

We finally gave our little Grant a haircut. I felt sad cutting that baby hair away, but it had to be done. It was starting to look like he had a little rat tail in the back. It looks a lot better. He did so good. I put in a Baby Einstein video and sat him up in his chair and snipped away. He sat so still. I was so glad because I had a lollipop to give him as a last resort. I didn't want to have to go down the lollipop road with him yet...he's still a little young for that. Some of these pictures Camryn took for me. She does quite well with the camera. : )

What A Day!

2008-12-11T17:22:00.000-08:00

Camryn and Grant went to a friend's birthday party this afternoon at Pump It Up. We had never been before and had heard from our Dooley friends about it. What a cool place. Both of them had so much fun. Since Grant is so little I had to do everything with him so after an hour and a half of climbing and jumping I was pretty pooped. Grant and I sat down to put on his shoes and go into the party room for cake and popcorn. Next thing I know he is puking all over my arms and legs. I think he drank too much and then with all the playing it just came back up. So I smelt like puke the rest of the party and immediately came home and cleaned up. After dinner, I gave our sweet kids a bath. Our son decided to puke again in the bathtub with his sister in it. I quickly got her out and was getting her situated when I turned around and saw him taking a poop in the bathtub. Oh so gross!!! What is with this boy? Seriously!! I got him out, cleaned him up and then I had the lovely job of disinfecting all the toys and of course the bathtub too! I told Camryn that when she was little she pooped in the tub too. She laughed and said, "Yeah, when I was 4 I used to pee in the bathtub!" Umm...wait, you are 4! She said she doesn't do it anymore though!

2008-11-19T19:06:00.000-08:00

We started painting our house yesterday. This week our goal is to get the dining room and one wall in the living room done. We are almost done...yeah! It's a reddish burgundy color so it will require a third coat. Hopefully we will have it done tomorrow evening. The weather has been so cold the last few days. Camryn is happy because it means that she gets to wear all the long sleeve shirts that were packed away. It's like Christmas when we pull out those shirts she hasn't seen since last year. She's a true girl...loves clothes! Today I stopped into Goodwill to kill time before another store opened at 10:00. I love Goodwill! I mean it's hit or miss, but today I got Camryn a pair of Sketchers and a cute little outfit that still had the tags on it. This particular Goodwill gets all of Targets leftovers so sometimes you can find cute Target clothes with the tags still on them. We love Target too!

The kids are doing well this week. For some reason Grant's room stays so cold. The last few nights I've had to double up on his jammies. I put regular long sleeve jammies on him with socks and then on top I put the footed jammies on him. When I get him out of bed in the morning his little cheeks and hands are like icicles. I may have to break down and turn the heater on tonight. : ) Camryn got in trouble tonight before bed for not obeying (imagine that) and Daddy gave her a spakin'. Afterward she came up to me and pulled down her pants and asked if she had a rash. So funny!! She just wanted to know if her bottom was red. She used to call it the red rear. She would tell Luke, "Daddy, don't give me the red rear!" Except it was pronounced "wed wear".

It's late at our house and I hear Luke snoring in the chair. I better move him to the bed. TTFN

Camrynisms

2008-11-12T16:40:00.000-08:00

There are certain words that Camryn says or used to say that I will always remember and probably pronounce wrong for the rest of my life. I'm sure if you have kids your family has the same thing going on. When our nephew, Davey, was 2 he called the remote, "the bemote". I don't know if his parents even remember that, but to this day I still call the remote "the bemote". My niece Charis calls chocolate milk "chalkie bookie". So funny!! Here are some of my favorite Camrynisms:

"Tadults"--adults

"Pak-uter"--computer

"Hair pretties"--hair bows

"Eddybody"--everybody

"Pesketti"-- spaghetti

"Hooj Big" -- huge, big

"Peep"--pee, potty

"Breakafull" -- breakable

"Her"--she (for example--"Her is my best friend.")

"Sleeping Booty"--Sleeping Beauty

"Poxel"--Popsicle

Of course there are others, but that's all I could come up with for now. I can't wait to hear Grant's little sayings and the new baby's little sayings too! Aren't kids so much fun?!

1728 Quail Trail

2008-11-06T16:31:00.000-08:00

Here is our new place. Our life for the past couple of weeks has been all about unpacking and organizing. What a job. I don't really enjoy the whole process of moving...who does for that matter. I think we are about done unpacking all of our boxes and life is starting to feel normal again. Our garage is a complete disaster. Whatever we don't want in the house, we've just been throwing in the garage and so it is just a mess. Organizing that mess will be an all day event. We also have to paint the stair hallway and the whole downstairs. Our goal is to be done with it by Christmas. I think we can do it. I must say it has been so great living close by to everything we do! Five minutes to church...amazing!!! Last Sunday we were dressed and ready to go and just waited and waited until it was time to leave and this was for the 9 am service. It's also been cool to save so much money on gas. I have 1/2 of a tank left and I filled up over a week ago. I had been filling up every 5 days or so. Crazy! Another great thing about living here is our neighborhood. I just love it. It is so quiet and all the neighbors are friendly and seem normal. : ) The kids and I actually went on a walk this afternoon which was fun. I would have never attempted this without Luke any other place we have ever lived.

Camryn seems to be adjusting to her school really well. We love her teacher, Mrs. Cyndy. She is so sweet to Camryn and patient too. There is another Cameron in her class, but he is a boy. I guess all the kids were calling Camryn "Camryn the girl" and calling him "Cameron the boy". Mrs. Cyndy thought that instead she would have them say their last name initial, so Camryn would be called "Camryn W." Camryn came home from school that day and said "Mrs. Cyndy asked if everyone could call me Camryn W. and I said no thanks, you all can just call me Cinderella or princess." That's my girl!! She thinks she is going to be a princess when she grows up. I haven't really explained to her that being a princess is not a profession you can go into! A few days later Mrs. Cyndy told me that they settled on calling her "Camryn Noelle". Apparently she agreed to this one. : )

I must share the bargain I found yesterday. We have tile floors all throughout the downstairs so Luke and I wanted to get an area rug for the living room. I looked around Saturday and couldn't find anything I liked. So yesterday I went to Target and decided to get this one rug that was $100. It wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but it was the best I could find. I mean the colors didn't match my decor very well. So I decided to run over to Ross because I still needed a rug for the bathroom and a couple of other things. I'm in there looking around and I found the area rug I had been looking for...the colors were just right!! There wasn't a price on the rug and so I asked the lady at the front counter if she knew how much it was. To make a long story short, I got it for $25!! Can you believe that?! I saved $75! I'm so proud of myself. : )

In other news, we have a beautiful new niece, Hannah Brooke. We plan on going and seeing her this weekend. We can't wait to meet her and hold her. Sorry Nana...don't be jealous.

Our Week In A Nutshell

2008-10-17T18:12:00.000-07:00

We signed the lease on our new place earlier this week! We are so glad to be moving closer to our church and Luke's work. God seems to have worked out all the details for us including a great preschool that will be close by for Camryn to attend. She is not too keen on the idea of switching schools, but I know she will do great. I think she is really going to miss her teacher. She loves Ms. Dempsey! I think the feeling is mutual, not that Camryn is special, but Mrs. Dempsey knows her and is so patient and loving with her. This week's challenge for Camryn at school was leaning in her chair. She got a yellow card on Tuesday because she would not stop leaning and rocking in her chair. The rule is that if you get 2 yellow or red cards in a week you can't have treasure box on Friday. I had a big talk with her on Tuesday on how she doesn't need to be leaning in her chair because she could get hurt. Of course I reminded her that if she got another yellow or red card this week that she could not get treasure box. She looked at me and said "Mommy, I know the rule is you can't have 2 yellow cards so maybe if I get 3 yellow cards then I will get treasure box!" Nice try. She ended up with 2 yellow cards this week, but she still somehow managed to get a treasure. I guess they felt bad for her because it had been a while. : )

Today Grant, Hope, and I met the landlord's friend at our new place to do a walk through. It was such a stressful morning!! Poor Hope and Grant wanted to be held and so they pretty much cried and whined the whole time I was walking through the house with the lady. I felt bad for the kids and for the lady. She acted like she understood, but I'm sure she was a little annoyed. I was so ready to leave. We went back tonight to get the rooms set up for painting and I thought I might try to clean the place a little. Once I got started I realized how dirty the place actually was. The kitchen is awful! We decided to call the owners and ask them if they would get the place professionally cleaned. Thankfully they agreed to have it cleaned! I was feeling so overwhelmed! We are just praying that they are able to have it cleaned early in the week so we can finish painting and move in by Saturday. We will see!

Grant is doing great! He loves to eat. I took him to MOPS on Thursday and we got there a little early. The ladies in hospitality were putting out the food and he just stood by the food table and stared at the food. He would giggle and point like he was saying "please mommy?!" He loves food just like his Daddy. Grant is also into balls these days. I couldn't figure out why he would say "ball" every time I pulled him out of the car and then Thursday I saw him pointing at the little white rocks beside the driveway. If it's round, apparently it must be a ball. All the round fruits and veggies in the produce section at the store he calls "ball" too. Maybe I should teach him the word "circle" instead!

I'm starting to crave certain foods with this pregnancy. This week I've been craving pizza and a pumpkin spice donut from Krispy Kreme...I know, it sooo bad!! I finally got my pizza tonight. It was all that I had hoped it would be! Now all I need is my donut! I hope these cravings get a little healthier or I might gain 100 lbs with this kid!

Okay, enough rambling for now. TTFN

Our Motto

2008-10-10T10:55:00.000-07:00

Finally we started a family blog! We've been talking about doing this for a while, but we just kept putting it off...laziness, I guess. So last night we finally decided to do this. We named our blog "It'll Be Alright" because it has become our family motto...well, actually it started as Luke's motto and has turned into a family motto! When I was pregnant with Camryn and I would complain of not feeling well Luke would say "You'll Be Alright". Which was true, but I was looking for some sympathy not "Ah...You'll Be Alright". When Camryn or Grant get hurt Luke tells them "It'll Be Alright" and I must admit I have started saying it too. Not that we don't love on them. We do comfort them, but it always seems to end with "It'll Be Alright!" I have even heard Camryn tell Grant "It'll Be Alright" when he cries. She is picking up on it too. Whenever we have big life decisions or trials, we always come around to saying no matter what "It'll Be Alright". Recently and much to our surprise we found out that we are pregnant again. Yes...baby #3 is on the way. And before you say anything, yes we know what causes this, but it's just not a habit we are willing to let go of. So this motto has become even more fitting for our family. Two kids less than 2 years apart...."It'll Be Alright!"