We ADOPTED!

The first year we lived in our new home we decided to get a dog. We searched on KSL and found a Boxer that was 8 years old and had been rescued. Her chip was outdated and she had just had 8 pups and was approximately 6 years old. We decided she'd be a great fit and we wouldn't have to worry about potty training. We had a cat at the time and specifically asked if the person who'd found her knew if she did well with cats and she replied "yes" that she herself owned a few and they got a long great. When I brought the Boxer home we quickly named her Josie. We tried introducing her to our cat Baby. Instant craziness!! We thought they'd warm up to one another and that it;d blow over. It NEVER did and my cat became a recluse, always in our room to the point I had to move her food and water as well as her cat box to my room. Eventually she got out and never came home. Do I blame her? No. Poor thing.

So Ty and I have played with the idea of getting a another cat over the last few years. Never have. Pat (Ty's mom) wanted to get Cambria a bird for Christmas because she LOVES the movie Rio SO MUCH! I begged her to please NOT get us a bird. I didn't want to have to deal with the constant chirping noise, feathers and seeds. So I said she loves kitties (which she does, says meow meow all the time looking out the window in hopes of seeing a cat) She said okay then decided against it.

Ty and I with the kids went to Pets Mart today and was hoping that if we found a cat they'd hold it until Christmas Eve. I wanted SO BADLY to put it in a box and have the kids open it for Christmas or Christmas Eve. Plans didn't work out that way. We looked and I think we all instantly fell in love with a 9 mth old domestic short hair blue/grey fur with stunning yellow eyes. I wasn't too happy at the fact that it was male but he's been neutered and had all his shots. I didn't want a male afraid it'd spray. They thought he was young enough that he may not know how to do that yet. So that made me happy. With a bit a careful thought and talking amongst ourselves we decided to go ahead and adopt him! :) The kids were so happy and delighted to know that we were bringing a cat home with us.

The ride home at first was a bit nerve racking for him but he soon adjusted. Brought him in the house, it took him a bit to warm up to our Boston Terrier Smug. I don't think they love each other yer but they are getting there. We've been spraying him with water every time he tries using our couches as a scratching post. We bought him a fun scratching wavy post so he better use that if he knows what's good for him ha ha ha Well he's become quite relaxed and I think this was a VERY big decision but I think it was a good one.

Family Pictures 2011

Family Picture time!!!  A little late this year but hey later is better than never, right? I love fall I'm pretty comfortable with saying it's my favorite time of the year. We did pictures the beginning of December this year. A bit chilly but we managed. I LOVE my pictures!!! Had a gal from work do them. She did an awesome job! I am very pleased! Cambria and Callen did so well! I was happy that they participated as well as they did.

These little ones are my world! Two of the best accomplishments in my life! They make our world go round!

I love my family so much! I cannot imagine one second without them. The other night I cried while laying in bed trying to fall asleep and I began thinking how fast time has gone by since I had Callen 6 1/2 years ago. In 6 months he will be 7 years old and 11 years away from being 18. I know seems like forever but if it goes as fast as the last 6 1/2 years it will fly by!. Scares me! Cambria will be 2 in 5 months. Where did the time go?? I don't want them to grow up! What will I do? I do everything for them! I wake up with them, I play with them, I work for them, I get them tucked into bed, I check on them throughout the night...Just can't even think about it. All I know as I need to live in the moment and Cherish EVERY second of EVERY day and do EVERYTHING I possibly can with them to create memories we'll hold close to our hearts forever. So instead of thinking about the future and being sad I am going to try and look at it from a different perspective and embrace them growing up and learning and experiencing new things. 

Our 6th Wedding Anniversary Today!

Ty and I have been together for 8 years now, married for 6. We started dating when I was 16 and he was 17. I had a crush on him growing up. We attended the same elementary for awhile and were what you'd call boyfriend and girlfriend a couple years prior before he asked me out. We were young young so it lasted a week. I was a cashier at McDonalds here in Payson when he walked through the doors one morning around 9 a.m. I wanted to run for cover, even if it risked my job. I was beyond embarrassed. The hottest kid EVER is going to be coming up to me and I am going to have to say "Welcome to McDonalds, may I take your order?" LOL I wanted to DIE! LOL I smiled of course I couldn't help it, I had butterflies..at the end of the order he had asked for my phone number. I replied with "No, I have a boyfriend and I don't think he'd like that." His reply "I don't care what your boyfriend thinks." (with a grin) So I told him I'd see how things went that maybe I'd see him around. He lived in Goshen at the time and conveniently so did my sister. :) SO....couple months later I had started to hang out with Tyler. Slowly but surely not talking to the boyfriend I had at the time. Hadn't broke things off yet but planned to. Ty did it for me one day when the boyfriend had called to talk to me LOL HILARIOUS! Good riddens boyfriend. So then began our LOVE STORY! 

We started officially dating in September 2003 found out we were pregnant 2004 on November 6th, Callen was born June 16th 2005 and we vowed to spend the rest of our lives together on October 15th, 2005. Sure it has been a BUMPY road. We've had our fair share of trials along the way, but I believe it made us stronger. If you can get through what the two of us have been through you can make it through anything else. I LOVE him so so much! I always think of how he stole my heart, how we spent practically EVERY day together. I'd call him in the morning when I got to school. He'd be leaving for school. He'd pick me up from school and we'd hang out at his house most the time until it was 9 and he'd take me home, we'd cuddle in the truck for a bit as if it was going to kill us to be apart for the night and wake up and do it all over again. 

We grew up together...Not many are as lucky as us. If I went a day or longer without seeing him it made the wait almost unbearable. I'd run and hug him and kiss him. I am so happy that I fell in love with him. We talked about getting married when I graduated from high school. As you all know we were blessed with a little boy WAY SOONER than we expected, in my heart i believe everything happens for a reason. He saved Tyler's life. If there ever is a day that I feel as if we just aren't getting enough quality time together then I just travel back in time 6 years ago and remember how we fell in love, how almost every waking moment of my day was either spent with Tyler or talking to him on the phone. How he used to hold me and kiss me and tell me that he loves me and it somehow makes everything okay. Our life gets a bit crazy and we don't get to spend them how we used to but we love each other even if we don't get to show each other as much as we'd like. I am so blessed to have him. We have a beautiful little family, 2 adorable kids with the cutest personalities and a home of our own that we build together with our bare hands...Thank you Tyler for vowing to spend this wonderful life with me. 

Night night Nappy time

So I love our nap time, bed time routine. I've always rocked my babies. Why not? They are this little for a brief time in their life. I believe I have a pretty good singing voice so I also sing to them. As they start getting teeth we rock while they drink their milk and then we brush teeth and I give them their binky. This has worked for both my kids. So I have been putting Cambria in her swing and she's seems to be getting uncomfortable so I started just laying her in her crib and She has been doing SO well. I am so proud of her.

I let her take a couple more sips of her milk and I took the cup and I turned on her music and she falls to sleep without a sound. Makes me realize how much she's grown so much. I really miss rocking her but this new routine is just great too because she's showing me that she is able to do this on her own now. She loves sleeping with he receiving blankets, like 3 of them ha ha she sleeps with her glowing music playing seahorse and she never sleeps with her blankets on just up under her chin and head. She sleeps on her belly has since she was about 3 months old. She sleeps from about 930-8 in the morning. She sleeps through the night has since about 9 months old. Glad I have these little facts that I can remember always.

Mama's Girl

So lately when I get home from work and I start doing the dishes or anytime for that matter Cambria comes and scoots between my legs and sits between legs my legs and the cupboard. Cute because I know she misses me or just wants to be with me. Makes me laugh. 

She was sad because she wants to be held and I was busy at the moment. She fell back and as you can see threw a tantrum. 

She's reaching for me again so how can I resist. I stop the dishes and I hold her for a bit. I love her so much!

Family bike ride

We have been itchin to find new ways to spend time as a family and have fun. Ty got a bike and his cousin gave us her barely used bike trailer and so this gave us the perfect opportunity....

To go on a bike ride. I am so out of shape ha ha so hopefully not only with this help us to spend more time outdoors with one another but help to get me back into shape. 

Sibling LOVE!

Relaxing one day watching some cartoons and I looked down to see two of my favorite people intertwined with one another. No fighting or whining, just loving one another.

 Cambria absolutely ADORES her big brother! She will kiss him until she turns blue ha ha 

 He was bouncing her up and down on his tummy and she just screamed out a belly laugh and giggled all over the place. So silly. My kids are so cute and I am so happy they get along.

 Cal was showing her where her belly button was. She is learning what all her body parts are and is doing very well. She knows almost everything and for the most part she can show them to you when you ask.

 This one is great! My favorite of this whole post. Too funny to see the pair of them like this. Her imitating him once again. Goes to show you how much she looks up to him. So glad I had a boy first so that he can protect her as they grow up. 

 Favorite face! Her sniffy face. ha ha ha makes me laugh everytime!

My sugar baby! So cute! Love my kids to the moon and back!