BEST FRIENDS!

Kamryn likes to get herself ready now and this is what she does. She likes all the headbands on her head, not just one, but all of them. She is definately a girly girl! She is so creative! Looks good Kamryn! Not only does she like to get herself ready, but she likes to get her bubby ready as well. I think that Brynlee was more interested in playing with the headbands more than she was interested in having them on her head.

This is what Brynlee looks like when Kamryn is finished with her. Cute huh? Ha ha!

I caught Kamryn playing in the laundry basket, and Brynlee crawled right over to her and wanted to join in on the laundry basket fun! I put Brynlee in the smaller basket and she had a blast!!!!

Brynlee you are beautiful!!! She is the smiliest, happiest, cutest little baby! She brings so much love and happiness into our home.

This is Kamryn's classic smile for the camera. She smiles, crunches her nose, closes her eyes, and turns her head so that the flash doesn't blind her. But at least she always says CHEEEESE!!!!

I know that every parent thinks that their kids are cute. But I have to say that I think we have some dang cute kids! They must get it from their mom! Ha ha

She tries to escape out of everything. The little stinker! She has now figured out how to get out of the swing (with the seatbelt on). She is the busiest little kid and she can't miss out on anything.

Once again, Kamryn's classic camera smile. Nice nostrils Kamryn!!! Good thing she didn't have any boogers in her nose!

They love to play in the crib together! Kamryn jumps on the bed and bounces Brynlee, and they both laugh until their stomachs hurt. It is so cute. I swear we are never gonna get a good picture of Kamryn.

Brynlee can stand up in the crib for a minute, but as soon as Kamryn starts jumping she falls down and just laughs. They truly are Best Friends, and we don't know what we would do without our BOO BOO, and our BUBBY! We love them to pieces and we have so much fun with them. I don't think they would know what to do without each other either.

Hey, Uncle Ham, Jeff, and Dave! This is for you. GO YANKEES!!!

YANKEES ARE NUMBER ONE!!!!!

Taylor is running for SPA class representative (student council) this week, so everyone wish him luck! We know you will do good Taylor and keep up the good work. We are so proud of you!

Pet store fun!

We took Kamryn to the pet store yesterday to look at the cats, dogs, and birdies. And as we were walking around we ran into a turtle. The first thing that Kamryn said was "Dude" like crush the turtle says on Finding Nemo. It worked out just perfect too, becasue we were just looking at Nemo and Dori and here comes a turtle that looked like Crush. Kamryn was so excited to see Nemo, Dori and Crush. It took us a minute to warm up to the turtle but once we did we found out that he was just as curious about us as we were him. He was very friendly and Kamryn sure liked to touch him. They feel kinda weird and they have skin like a snake. It wasn't the prettiest looking animal that I have seen.

The pet store owners let this turtle just roam all over the store. It kinda creeped us out, cause we were walking down the aisles looking at the Nemo and Dori fish and out pops a huge turtle. We almost thought it was fake, but sure enough it wasn't. I had never seen a live turtle up close before so it was cool to see the real colors and the movements. And yes they are slow.

I know this is a pretty graphic picture but we had to show all of you what we had to clean up yesterday. Brynlee was in her jumperoo jumping and she crapped her pants and of course because she was jumping, it pushed all of the poop out and down. It was so funny to see us cleaning her up. We won't go into details but we will just say that everything had to be washed and she had to be put into the tub. This kid craps so much. She craps at least two to three times a day. Needless to say, we have had many poopy clean ups with her.

This is how Brynlee lets us know that she is awake and that she wants out of the swing. She pokes her head to the side and she will stop the swing with her head. She lets her head conk the side of the bar and slowly the swing will stop. It is so funny. She will also sit straight up in the swing and push herself forward and try to escape. She is so tricky and we have to keep our eye on her. She has gotten out a few times (with the buckle on to).

Brynlee is into everything. And especially if it is Kamryn's. We let Kamryn eat her lunch by us on the couch the other day and Brynlee crawled over and grabbed it and was trying to stick it in her mouth. She also loves to crawl around the house and look for Kamryn's left overs that are on the floor. The other day she found some of Kamryn's toast and was munching on that. Now Kamryn likes to break off a little piece of her food and share it with Brynlee. The crappy thing is that I am constantly picking up food off of the floor and she still manages to find stuff. And they are always the tiniest pieces of food that I couldn't have seen.

The dreaded Doctor's Appointment!

Kamryn actually enjoyed herself at the Doctor's office. She sat on the checking table and watched herself in the mirror. They have a mirror right behind the checking table. And it is the smartest idea. The kids just sit and watch themseleves while the Doctor is checking them. Normally Kamryn gets a little nervous to see the Doctor, but not with the mirror in front of her.
Brynlee also quite enjoyed herself. Seriously, that mirror is the best thing to have in a Doctor's office. The girls were so good, and it made the trip so easy.

As you can tell Brynlee really ENJOYED the mirror. Her and Kamryn were so funny and all they wanted to do was watch themselves. The Doctor got a kick out of me taking pictures at their appointment. But I figured that it would give us something to post on the blog for you guys to see. And it was well worth the time. They were so funny! Kamryn was really good while she got her shot. She didn't cry at all. In fact she was so excited to get a hot pink bandaid. I was shocked at how well she did. I know she looks a little stoned, but that is because I caught her right as she was closing her eyes.As you can see, she really likes the bandaid and she couldn't stop touching it!

Brynlee didn't like the shots too much and Kamryn was such a good big sister. She kept reaching out her hands and saying "Don't cry bubby, it's okay". They are so funny together and they truly both love each other. And Kamryn loves to protect her bubby!

Brynlee actually did really well with her shots as well. She cried only when they poked her, and as soon as they were done she relaxed and continued to look at herself in the mirror.They both had sore legs for the day. But in all they did great and it was like they didn't even get shots. Kamryn doesn't have to get shots until she starts kindergarten, and Brynlee unforunately gets shots in November at her 9 month checkup.

Kamryn weighed in at 25.8 lbs. and she is in the 30% for her weight, and her height was 33 3/4 inches and she is in the 50% for her height, and of course her head was in the 80%. Brynlee weighed in at 15.8 lbs. and she is in the 35% for her weight, and her height was 26 1/4 inches and she is in the 60% for her height, and yes of course she was in the 75% for her head. Ha ha, our kids take after their dad and they have big heads. But lucky for them, they are cute! Brynlee has consistently been in the same percentile as Kamryn was at her age.

We have this cat that follows us everywhere and so I finally let her in the house the other day. And boy was Kamryn happy. She followed that cat everywhere and was so excited to have a pet. She was tugging and pulling on the cat, and the cat was so mellow and just sat there. It was a very well behaved cat, and I think it just liked being touched. I am trying to get Taylor to let us have a pet. But so far it hasn't worked.

Brynlee loves to be in the stroller. She sits right on the edge of her seat and just smiles the whole time. I can't get her to sit back or even lay back. She wants to sit up the whole time and look at everything. She enjoys going on walks. And as you can tell, as soon as the stroller stops, Kamryn is out. Brynlee is the happiest, smiliest little baby and she is such a blast to have in our home.

Well Taylor and I both have callings now. Taylor is a ward missionary and the Elders Quorum Missionary Comittee Chairman. And I am the Den Mother for the cub scouts and I have been asked to be on the Enrichment Comittee as well. And as I was getting my calling as the Den Mother, the 2nd counselor said "I don't know why the Lord felt the need for you to be in scouts, since you have two little GIRLS. I think the lord is trying to tell you that something is in store for your little family." I think we were both a little surprised and we took it as he was saying that soon enough we will have us BOY! I don't know, we will have to see.

The joys of having children!

On our way home to St. George we stopped at Grandma Roundy's in Salt Lake to have lunch. Aunt Karen brought her puppy Zoe. Kamryn loved the puppy and followed her around everywhere. It was the cutest dog and I have been trying really hard to convince Taylor to get us a puppy.
Oooohhhh....Puppy, I yuv you! As Kamryn would say.

I set Brynlee in her bedroom so that I could pick up the house a little. And when I went back to her room to get her I couldn't see her, and I later found her underneath the crib. She has been scooting all over the place and is such a busy baby and can't hold still for a second. This is a picture of her attempting to get underneath the crib, but I caught her before she could get there. I had to take a picture cause I thought it was so funny. She gets this from her big sister. Kamryn loves to hide under the crib and of course she ends up getting stuck and I have to go get her.Kamryn and daddy playing horse! She loves to play horse, and we can't lay down on the floor and relax without her jumping on us and saying "Neeiigghh", just like a horse. Hey, cute birthday outfit Kamryn! Thanks Boma and Bompa Hafen.

MMMmmm...Squash! She doesn't like baby food very much. And I am having a hard time getting her to eat. She wants big people food, Kamryn's sippee, and daddy's water bottle. But she could careless about baby food. If we would feed her off of our plates she would be the happiest baby in the world. STINKER!

Thought you all would like a close up of Brynlee's nose and mouth. Ha, ha. I tried to take a picture and she grabbed the camera right as I pushed the button.

What a cute beach baby! The water was to cold to put her in it, so she just played in the sand, her and Kamryn had a blast.

Obviously you can tell that it is hard to get the two girls to look up at the same time. Kamryn was occupied with her sand bucket and Brynlee was in her own little world. So I posed by myself. Cheese!

If we stand Brynlee up next to the couch she will stand all by herself for a little while. I can't believe how big she is getting. She is such a quick learner and I am amazed by her everyday. Both our girls are a huge blessing in our lives and we love them so much. And our lives would be so boring without them. They are a blast to have in our home.

Happy 2 year old Birthday Kamryn!!!...

We started Kamryn's birthday by celebrating Kate and Kamryn's birthday together since they were born three weeks apart. For those of you who don't know Kate, she is Kamryn's Aunt and Chelsey's sister. Kamryn's birthday was August 13th and Kate's was July 17th.

MMMmmm....Snickers cake! I think the cake was the girls favorite part of their party.

They were so excited to get their presents. As soon as we said go, they both opened their presents as quick as they could. It was so fun to watch the two of them together.

We also had a Princess Birthday party for Kamryn with extended family and friends. All the girls wore their princess dresses and crowns. They were all so cute!

What's a princess party without some Princess tears! We would open a present and she would want that gift but we would have put it away to open another, and she didn't like that too much. She had a rough night. We had to wake her up from her nap so we could have her party, and she was not happy and she fussed the whole night. I think having everyone's eyes all on her made her kinda nervous. She is not used to having that many people around. But she still had fun opening presents. She got alot of cute winter outfits from, Boma Hafen, Boma North, and Boma Tano. She also got alot of fun Princess dolls. It was a really fun night and it was so fun to see everyone!

Kamryn's absolute favorite present has been Woody and Buzz (from the Disney movie Toy Story)! She hauls them everywhere she goes and they have to go to bed with her.

Cute Cinderella Princess Cake!!!...

When we showed Kamryn her birthday cake, she had to have Cinderella and the Prince! She cried and cried until we gave them to her.

We didn't have a Princess dress for Brynlee so we put a Hula skirt on her, and I have to say that she is the cutest Hawaiian baby I have ever seen!
The day after her Princess Birthday party we had to drive back home, but Kamryn wasn't the least bit sad because she had Snow White, Buzz, Woody, and Belle to hang out with. She watched her movies and held her toys as we drove home.

The first two years!