Little Diva Cailynn!!

My little Cailynn is turning into a fashionista!!! She is Constantly changing clothes and thus leaving piles all around the house! She is SO cute though, that I cannot get mad at her for it. The picture above is one taken outside on a cold day. She was dressed in pants and a turtleneck shirt but insisted on wearing her Tinkerbell Dress (AKA- "princess dress") She continued to add 3 ballerina tu-tu's and her princess jacket. Once we got outside, she spotted her princess bike helmet and OF COURSE had to add that! She reminded me of that little boy off of A Christmas Story! She also has on her princess slip-on shoes but I did insist on socks since it was so cold.



This picture is her on a beautiful day in our backyard. She has on a Sunday dress (it wasn't on a Sunday!), a princess PJ shirt (Belle- my favorite Disney princess!), and her froggy rain boots! She was TOO cute! If you have a facebook account, you should go check out my newest video of the kids. It is too big to load on blogger so you will have to go there and look at it. She is wearing 2 tu-tus and no shirt and dancing to "This is the Day" by VeggieTales- her all-time FAVORITE music!

Photo Tag

So I was photo tagged by my good friend Bekki. (Sorry, Bekki, that it has taken me THIS long to respond to your tag!!) The rule of the game is to pick the 6th photo from the 6th picture file on your computer and blog about it. So here it goes... drum role please......


This is a picture of my OLD washing machine. We were trying to sell it to make way for our new washer/dryer (pictured below)!!! The washing machine was acting up and since it was a cheap one to start with, we decided NOT to put money into but buy a new set instead. With 3 little kids, I needed a good washing machine that would last me a while. Needless to say, I LOVE my new machine!! I even enjoy washing Camden's cloth diapers now!! We actually NEVER sold it though. Since it didn't work well, I didn't have any takers, but we plan on either donating it or selling it at our yard sale.





So now, I am tagging Karla and Lindy. Hopefully you ladies will continue the photo tagging! It is fun!

Its been a while

It has been a while since I have posted on the blog. Now that Camden is walking- I have NO life anymore!!!! I really didn't have much of one before but now, I can't sit for more than 2 minutes at a time. I love it though. The beginning stage of walking is very precious. I love how babies who have the new-found walking skill, hold their hands up in the air to balance and they get so excited each and everytime they walk. It is pure joy to them!! It fills my heart with that same joy.
All three kids are doing great- everyone is healthy and happy. Cade is becoming a little boy more and more everyday- he says the FUNNIEST things!!! He told me the other day that he wanted to marry me (he saw an engaged couple from our church get a few presents and of course, he wanted presents!)
Cailynn still isn't talking much but she some how manages to get her point across. Her new discovery is climbing out of bed and waking us up at 6 in the morning. The other night she climbed out of bed and walked into the den where Zach and I were watching Heroes (great show BTW!!) She walked in there around 9:30 acting like she was going to come and sit down and watch TV with us. We looked at her and asked her
"Cailynn, did you get out of bed"
Her response "Uhuh" She then goes "shhhhh"
I ask her, "Why? Are you sleeping?"
Her response- an emphatic "U HUH!!" and starts laughing.
Camden is still not sleeping thru the night- I don't know when we will ever do that. He seems to be getting worse rather than better. I see no light at the end of the tunnel for this one, but we will perservere and survive. I will post pictures soon- I have all three kids asleep right now so I am going to lie down right now too.

Camden is WALKING!!!

Well, Camden started walking yesterday!! He is 10 mos old and ready to run!! He has been pretty sick this week with an ear infection and a fever virus but between fevers, he took his first few steps!!! He is a little champ to start walking while feeling so bad. He has been running fevers of over 102 and with an ear infection, I can't believe that he was able to walk at all!!! Zach and I are so proud of him!!! Cade is especially happy that Camden is walking. Cade and Cailynn are not in this video because they were already in bed. Camden woke up from breaking a fever and didn't want to go back to bed for a while. He is really tired in this video but he was having a blast trying to walk!! I have another video that is longer and cuter but it was too big of a file to upload onto here so go check it out on my facebook page!

Our Trip to Denver

Zach and I are still in Oklahoma but I had a little down time to write here. We drove to Oklahoma last Sunday and that trip was eventful as always. It took us right at 12 hrs. We were glad to get to his parents house. We had to travel that whole trip with a cooler full of frozen breastmilk for Camden. It made there still frozen thanks to Dry Ice. That stuff is awesome!!!

Zach and I drove to OKC on the following Wednesday and flew out to Denver. It was so nice to relax in the car and then the airplane without any fussing or whining (from the kids anyway!!!). We got to our hotel about 11 pm. But I got to sleep thru the night!! Woo-hoo!! Camden on the other hand has not been sleeping well at all while we were gone. Zach's parents are doing a wonderful job with all the kids though.

The conference was a lot of fun. Zach took a bunch of classes so I got to catch up on some reading (I finished Same Kind of Different as Me and it was an excellent book!!), keep up with my bible study on Luke, and SLEEP!! I took 2 naps while I was there. The convention showfloor was very interesting. I saw all kinds of new technology- TV's, speakers, wires, projectors. I saw one projector that was $200,000!! And set of speakers that were $190,000!!! They were HUGE!!!! Zach took some pics of those and I will have to download them on here later. It was crazy to see things that cost more than my house!!! Overall, it was very nice to walk around with Zach without any worries or time constraints. On Friday afternoon, we were going to drive to Vail, CO to visit with Zach's cousing Karen and her hubby Scott. We got a late start and the drive up the mountain was very foggy so we called and met them in Silverthorne, CO instead. We had a wonderful time visiting with them over a 2 hour dinner! They are both so sweet and made us feel so welcomed! I haven't stayed out that late just visiting with friends in a long time! It was a nice treat for me.

Sunday, we started our trip home. We had rented a car, so we left the hotel (which was a great hotel!!!) and drove straight to the airport rental car station. We arrived at the airport over an hour before our plan was supposed to take off. But unfortunately, in Denver, that is just not long enough. THe line to check baggages was so long, that we missed our flight (a mid-morning flight). They put us on standby but the next two planes leaving for OKC were full. The last plane of that day flew out at 7:30 and it was 17 people OVERBOOKED!!! We didn't want to have to spend the night again in Denver, so we got on a plane headed to Tulsa. Zach's brother Landon and his wife Tarah, met us there with a car. We took the car and drove to OKC (our baggage was there in the airport as well as our car) We got into OKC around 1am and spent the night. We got up MOnday morning REALLY early and I dropped Zach off at the airport and made my way to Zach's parents- 2 hrs west of the City. He followed about 30 min behind me. So long story short- get to the airport EARLY so you don't have to spend an entire day at the airport.

Overall, the trip was great and I am so thankful to God for giving Zach and me time to spend together and for keeping us safe throughout the trip. We are ready to get back home and settled though.

Cade's sweet words

Yesterday, my mom and stepdad had Cade and Cailynn for the day. The kids enjoyed it and mommy enjoyed having only one baby in the house- I got a LOT done!!

When my mom returned with the kids before dinner time, she told me about a discussion that she and Cade had. It made me so proud of my little Cader-tot and I wanted to share it with you.

Apparently, my mom must have snapped at my stepdad. Soon after that, my mom and Cade went upstairs to play and this is what was said

Cade: "Gramma, you just got a little mad at Papa"

My Mom: "yes, sometimes, I get a little mad at Papa and sometimes, Papa gets a little mad at me. Married people get mad at each other sometimes"

Cade: (after a pause) "When my mom and dad get mad, we pray about it"

I was so proud of him for saying that! And while, its not entirely true- if Zach and I get mad at each other, we try not to do it in front of the kids and if we do snap in front of the kids, we really don't discuss it with the kids. But what I think he was talking about was when Cade has had a bad day (meaning, mom was having a bad day too) we sit down and pray with Cade that God would help him be better the next day. I know that his Sunday school classes at church and Community Bible Study have laid a great foundation for Cade and Cailynn. I pray everyday that God will continue to bless them and bring positive, uplifting people and situations into their lives everyday.

False Alarms

False Alarms are very common in motherhood- they start during pregnancy (the miserable false laboring that takes you to the hospital only to be sent home an hour later) and continue into babyhood- stinky diapers that were only smelly baby toots, crying baby that you think is getting sick actually only needs to burp. And it contines into toddlerhood- trying to crawl, walk, or run is full of "almosts" But our most recent false alarm- moving Cailynn into her big girl bed. I know I JUST posted that we moved her! I even waited 2 full days before I blogged about it. But last night around 10:30, Zach and I had to put her side rail back up on her crib (her crib is a transitional crib that converts into a toddler bed) She just wouldn't stay in her bed. We tried for 2 hrs. With Cade, we just kept persisting and he finally figured out to stay in his bed but Zach and I started this endevour already tired so we decided to just wait and try again in another month or so. We were able to switch her bed back to her crib without waking Cade (he shares a room with Cailynn) or Camden. Hopefully, I will be posting again soon on her success in her big girl bed. Keep a lookout for that post!!