Baby News

So we found out what we're having yesterday morning and it's a...


BOY !!!


We're so excited, and yes, Cameron is thrilled he'll have a son! So far he's been right guessing both times what we're having so he's pretty proud of that too. Guess this means I'll have a lot to do in October since we'll be gone in Chicago until then... yikes!

Atlanta Here We Come!!!

So I realize this is 2 posts in one day, but I had to share what Cameron did for me this morning... I've been having a really hard time in Chicago just with being pregnant and my crazy thyroid hormones all over the place. Taya's been really difficult on me lately and I've been needing a break SOOO bad already! Last night she was up 3 different times and I'd about had enough! Anyway, this morning I thought Cameron was sleeping, but he walks in the kitchen and said "here, look at this", with the laptop in his hands. I opened it up and there was my confirmation number for a flight to Atlanta (to see Jami, my sister) he'd booked for me and Taya for tomorrow morning!!! He was so cute, he thought I'd be so mad since I'm not a spontaneous person AT ALL (unfortunately) , but I was soo excited I just started bawling! I can't thank him enough, I need this so much! Isn't that so cute of him!? So we're off to Atlanta...

Camera Phone Post

So I ordered a new charger for my camera forever ago and it still isn't here so I've been taking a ton of pictures with my phone, which unfortunately doesn't have the most amazing picture quality. So I apologize about the fuzziness, but here's a few pictures of what Taya's been up to lately...

Giving herself kisses in the mirror...

Making funny faces in the mirror...


Pushing up her face in the screen door...


The other day I was in the kitchen and heard "ohh, puppy...puppy? oooh puppy" so I came in the living room and this is what I found... Taya looking at Jami and Trey's blog :) ...

I also came into the room to this... Taya ready for Mommy to push her :) If she's on the bed, her mini stroller HAS to be too! ...

And last picture I promise... we're still working on figuring out how to get Taya to sleep like a normal human :) This was one day during her nap, I thought it was cute...

We had to take off the bed frame and move her matress up next to the other bed in her room (they gave us an extra one) and we have to put our couch cussion on the end of her bed at night. She's basically still sleeping in a crib. Why? you ask? After checking on her every night to find her half way off the bed we decided we didn't want to deal with the hassle of her falling off 3 times a night! One night I went to check on her and she was on the floor curled up next to a box... didn't hear a peep! So who knows if she fell off the bed or got off herself and was too tired to move. I don't recommend moving a 20 month old into a bed to anyone, just in case you were wondering!


On a side note...

A friend requested an update on my pregnancy :) ... I'm feeling good, finally started to feel pregnant yesterday (besides the nausea). I felt the baby move for the first time a few days ago, which usually is exciting to most women, but me, on the other hand... not too big of a fan :/ Does that make me a terrible person?? The doctors are still trying to figure out my thyroid issues so that's been annoying, but hopefully it'll be taken care of soon. And for the big news... ok, not THAT big, but we find out what we're having on Saturday!! YAY!!

Also Cameron doesn't get any credit in my posts because he's not around too often, BUT he has been doing amazing and we're so proud of him! Last week he reached the big 100 sales so we're way excited about that!! He earned his incentive and upgraded our tube tv :) Now we won't have to deal with that stupid thing on the way home! And it'll fit nicely in my newly decorated (hint hint cameron) bedroom! :) haha.

Better pictures later, I promise! ... if my charger ever gets here.

Who Would'a Thought...

A one year old could be such a good example

Yesterday we were at the mall and got Taco Bell at the food court. We sat down to eat and immediately Taya folded her arms all ready for the prayer.

Then...

Today I took her to Costco and picked up a hot dog sample. I handed it to her and once again, she folded her hands all ready for the prayer again. It took me a while to convince her that it was ok and she could eat it already.

"NO"

Well it's finally here. Taya has learned the word "no". I love hearing that word all day long, it's like music to my ears.

Chicago Update...

So we finally got to Chicago for the summer of security sales again last week! It's been a rough transition this time for me... Taya hadn't slept good all of last week so she was pretty ornery. We figured she must just be uncomfortable in her little pack n play, so finally yesterday I went and bought her new sheets and bed rails and decided to give it a go in the twin bed. I was nervous about it all day but she was so excited about her new animal sheets and loved jumping on the big girl bed all day :) She cried for 2 seconds when I put her down last night and then didn't make a peep! Yay!!! That was probably the best night sleep she's gotten since we've been here so you can imagine how happy I was. I was nervous for her nap today again, but she surprised me and went right down and had a fantastic nap. She still hasn't figured out that she can actually get out of the bed all by herself, so hopefully that'll last a little while longer :) I'm so proud of her for the transition, and proud of myself too, haha. Not really, all I did was say a prayer BEGGING for her to just go to sleep for me! :)

Taya's been loving riding the elevator in our apartment and standing outside on our deck. She has a little friend accross from us that she talks to and waves to everyday, it's so cute. She loves watching the squirrels (or "puppies") chase each other in the trees right outside our apartment. She cries everytime we walk past the park and don't actually get to go play, but is happy with feeding the geese instead. She can reach every single thing in this place so I've had an awesome time picking up after her! Let's just say our house is not the cleanest thing lately!

We went to the zoo for a couple hours today and Taya absolutely loved it. It was so much more fun taking her this year. She loved seeing the rhino's ("ino's") and the hippo's ("boa's") and mostly the elephants. She made elephant noises all day, it was so cute. And by elephant noises I mean she pretty much just spit all day :) So adorable, haha.

Cameron has been doing so awesome with selling, he's somewhere in the 80's. He's been so motivated and we're so proud of him. Taya has loved spending what little time she has with him. He flew to Atlanta last week for a few days and everyday all day she'd hear a noise and ask "daddy? ...daddy?" It was so sad, she looovvveeesss her daddy!

That's about it for my massive update on what we've been up to. Sorry so long and boring! I would upload pictures, but I haven't been able to find my camera battery charger for one camera I brought out here and the other camera I brought out died on me today. Awesome. Good thing my birthday is coming up! :)

Project

So I bought this bedroom furniture a few months ago and refinished it pretty quickly, but it took me a while to find handles and knobs that would fit. Finally I decided to just drill new holes and finished it completely the other day... well, minus one knob (one out of 12 knobs was bigger than the rest, grrrr!). It turned out great, I love it and am so excited I got it all for the small price of $200. Thank you KSL! :)

Before...

After...

I'm still wishing it was a little bit greener, it's always so hard to tell on those stupid cards!

Before...

After...
And one other piece that I don't have a before picture of...

San Diego

Last week Me, Jami and our friend, Becca, drove down to San Diego for our other friend, Karalee's, wedding. We had an absolute blast, I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!! My mom was so nice to fly down to watch Taya while we went and then drove with Jami to Atlanta as soon as we got home. Thanks so much Mom!! It was a quick trip, but completely worth it. We went to Sea World the day after we got there, which I've been talking about for probably 4 years, so I was a little kid the whole day :) Karalee's wedding was absolutely beautiful, as was she. We're so happy for her and wish her the best!

Check out these sweet camera skills :)


Jami, me, Becca, and Sydney (another friend we met up with in California) and flamingos in the backround.

Me and Jami petting the sting rays ... this was right after she stuck her whole arm in the water and soaked her sleeve, nice smell of fish all day :) Real smart! haha jk

Right before the ceremony

I'm so depressed, so many of my pictures came out blurry, but you can still tell how beautiful she is!

Karalee & Adam. So happy.

Jami's sneaky face!! haha

Jami is going to kill me for putting this picture on here, but she was literally the first in line to fill up her candy bag. We got in the room first and she headed straight for the table. She filled up 2 bags that night and left all the poor children with nothing. :) (ok, not really, the kids still got plenty)

Secret...

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Surprise! Yes, we're going to have another baby! We're a little nervous to have 2 kids, but way excited! I'm due October 29th so hopefully it won't be a Halloween baby :)

Happy Easter!

We went to Grandma and Grandpa Warner's on Sunday for Easter dinner and, of course, an Easter egg hunt. Taya had an absolute blast finding the eggs! It took her a minute to figure it out, but once she did she was not happy to be done! We had to make a trail of eggs leading to the doors so we could get her back inside the house. :) I didn't realize how much candy she ate until later that night. I put her to bed at 7:30 and at 8:30 she was still talking to herself so I woke her up and let her play for a while. She was bouncing off the walls! She ran full speed into the tv and fell over the bookcase, it was absolutely hilarious. Luckily Jami and Trey were also there to witness it! Taya might not be getting that much candy for a long time! :) Here's a few pictures from the Easter egg hunt...

Cute Easter dress my mom sent her! Love it!

She finally figured out there was candy in the eggs and had to stop for a break! She was so excited she bit right into the foil wrapping.

a few more...

This is Jami's dog, Walter. I've showed pictures of him before, but him and Taya are best buds so we took a few pictures with him. This one turned out soooo adorable!!

I think this one might be my favorite :)

18 Month Photo Session

My friend, Jocelin, came over yesterday and took pictures of Taya. I've only seen a few from her blog so far but they turned out sooo cute, so I thought I'd give you a sneak preview...

Thanks again Jocelin! (I stole these pictures off her blog, hope she doesn't mind :/) Her website is photographybyjocelin.typepad.com if you're interested!

Hawaii

It's been so long since I've posted anything, but Cam and I got to go to Hawaii with a few couples from Pinnacle a couple weeks ago. It was sooo much fun to get away and so nice to be in warmer weather! Here's a few pictures from the trip...

Scott, Trey, and Cameron at Pipeline (the famous surf spot). The boys were all in heaven watching the surfers  and I was in heaven watching all the whales! We saw so many it was crazy!

While we were there we went to the set of Lost... kinda cool but we didn't get to see anyone famous! They were filming while we were there so they kept having to come over to us and ask us to move because we were in their shot, it was pretty funny. So next time you watch Lost look for us peeking around the bushes in the background! ha!

The Dole Plantation

Who knew this is how pineapples grew!?! No wonder they're so clean!

Pearl Harbor

It was so neat to see Pearl Harbor, we were so glad we went. So crazy to think what happened in the exact spot we were so long ago.

We had soo much fun on our trip and are so glad we got to go! It was so nice not to have Taya for a few days, thanks to my sister Kim for watching her! She didn't seem like she really missed me when I picked her up but when we got home she wouldn't stop hugging me all day! So cute!

Such a Big Helper

Taya loves helping me around the house. She helps me put clothes in the washer and dryer, but makes sure to give them loves before she throws them in! So cute ...

She helps me unload the dishwasher...

And, unfortunately, has to put everything in her mouth before handing it to me :) ...

Oh and by the way, don't mind the hair, or the chocolate pudding on her face, or the sweet and sour sauce spilled all over her shirt... just one of those days!

FUN!!... or maybe not

Found this on a friends blog...had to pass it on! It could be fun!!Lucky you! The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make!2- What I create will be just for you.3- It'll be done this year. (might be a little while)4- You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a story. It may be poetry or an article on properly cleaning your face before a masque. I may draw or paint something. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure!5- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog.The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they did win a FAB-U-LOUS homemade gift by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!