Park City, Utah

I'm sorry I have not blogged in so long.  We have been in Park City for the last three weeks and I have been lazy, but now I have a lot of catching up to do and I have taken so many pictures that, needless to say, I am going to have quite a few posts.  Alex and the kids and I arrived in PC early on the morning of Friday, July 30 after driving 10 hours all night long.  We thought the kids would do great sleeping on a long drive, but we were wrong because they only ended up sleeping about 4 hours of the drive and it wasn't all blocked together either.  It was kind of chaotic.  After we arrived, the whole rest of our family and some extended family also arrived, so we had a full house and it was a lot of fun.  We took some professional family pictures, went to dinner, played with the kids, and went to the pool.  It was a fabulous weekend with family!  Here are the pictures from our family weekend.

Miranda taught a huge family Pilates class.  It was fun!

Great-Grandma Marcy with little Kambria.

So sweet.

Sisters.

Cute girl.

Great-Aunt Darcy and baby girl.

Cousin Amy with me and the babe.

My Aunt Darcy took some pictures while the professional was shooting his pictures so that we could get an idea of what things looked like.  Here is the immediate family.  (Back Row: Miranda, Stephanie, Dad, Mom, Me.  Front Row: Reza, Leila, Trent, Delson, Alex, Kambria.)  Don't be scared....but YES....Alex did shave his head just as a trial run for when he thinks he is going to really lose his hair.

Sisters and cousin Amy.

The grandparents and grandkids.

Leila and Grandma.

Cousins before church.  Leila is one year older than Delson and they played very cute together.  It was too bad that their visit was so short.

At the pool playing with a water gun.

Miranda and Leila lovin' on the couch.

The whole gang just before dinner at Goldener Hirsh.  So Yummy!  (Except that I stayed home with the babies.)

Ready for a walk with the kiddos.

Auntie Steph and Kambria.

4th of July

Since the 4th was on a Sunday this year, we celebrated on the 3rd.  The extended Christensen family has a family reunion every 3 years and this year they decided to do it on the 3rd of July.  It was a lot of fun!  It was held at Alex's Great Aunt Jean and Great Uncle Ted's house and they have these 2 awesome kiddie pools.  One is shallow for the little kids like Delson and the other one is a little deeper for the bigger kids.  They also had a bounce house for the kids.  Needless to say, Delson LOVED the pool and the bounce house and he kept running back and forth between them.  Alex had Delson duty while I nursed and rocked the baby to sleep, and both Alex and Delson were pretty wiped out at the end of the day.  

The whole family.

Great Grandma with Kambria.

Alex managing Delson at the pool.

Delson loving the pool.

Delson fell asleep within 10 minutes of leaving the reunion.  He was exhausted!

The Growing Children

Delson is almost 19 months and Kambria is coming up on 6 months.  Delson has just starting saying "No" after all of this time and he really likes to scream it over and over when he is throwing a tantrum.  It's wonderful (sarcastic of course) but I'm glad he is finally saying it and not just shaking his head.  He is also saying "all done" now which is very helpful when he is finished eating.  However, he still forgets that he knows words and he likes to whine a lot too, but I know that that is pretty normal for this age.  I have purchased myself some earplugs so that when he gets on a whining spree I can just ignore him completely without it getting on my nerves.  I decided that is the only thing I can do because if I keep telling him to stop he doesn't and if I give him a timeout he still continues when it is over.  So earplugs it is.

Kambria is able to sit up on her own for a few seconds now if she is holding herself up with her hands.  It is wonderful.  It should only be a couple more weeks before she can fully sit up on her own and I know she will love that.  She is getting cuter and cuter and so interactive.  However, I have been having a terrible time trying to wean her because she does not care for formula.  She takes a bottle of breast milk just fine, but she spits out formula.  I am so over nursing, so I hope she learns to take formula soon.  I know she will love eating food soon too.  She watches us all intently whenever we are eating and I feel bad eating in front of her, so I think I will start her on rice cereal next week.  My two little ones sure keep me busy and sometimes drive me crazy, but I love them and am grateful God sent them and trusts me to be their mother.

Cute boy wearing Momma's hat.

Sleeping beauty.  

Kambria sitting in the exersaucer.

Happy girl!

In both of these pictures Kambria is talking rather loudly, her new favorite thing to do.

Best Friends Forever

Tanya, my best friend since 1st grade, came to visit me with her two little ones, Kali, 2 years old, and Griffey, 5 months old.  We had a wonderful and crazy time together.  We went to the parks, we played in the pool in the backyard, the babies kept us up all night, and Kali and Delson got hand foot and mouth disease together. Even though we had sick babies and there was a lot of whining towards the end of the week, all in all, we had a fabulous time together.  I miss Tanya and her kiddos and am sad I probably won't get to see them again for awhile, but it was a lot of fun while it lasted.

Kambria and Griffey.

The 4 children under 2.  

Kali hugging Kambria.

Playing in the pool.

Playing in the playhouse.

In the bathtub.

BFF!

Fun Outdoors

Our fence is finally finished! Yeah! We are so happy! It took so long because it rained here for like 2 weeks and they couldn't put the fence up and stain it until the rain stopped. But the rain is over and the weather is beautiful again and our yard is done!!! Delson loves being outside and we love it too! Grandma K and Grandpa W got him an awesome playhouse and sandbox, so he is loving those as well. And Alex and I are loving having friends and family over for BBQ's and sitting around the fire pit. We couldn't be happier being outside enjoying OUR yard!

In other news, Kambria had her 4 month doctor visit and she is growing well. She is 15 lbs 7 oz (90%-ile) and 26" (95%-ile). She is so much fun and smiley and happy. She is trying hard to sit up and will be before we know it. It's hard to believe Kambria is coming up on 5 months old. Time is flying by. Here are our pictures:

The Fence!!!

Delson's new playhouse. Now he has a grill just like Dad!

I just thought Delson was super silly to sit under the buffet like this.

We had a few chilly days and I dressed Kambria up in this cute outfit my friend Emily got for her. Love it!

My Aunt Darcy knit this sweater for Kambria and it is a little large for her right now, but I wasn't sure exactly when Kambria would be able to wear it, so I tried it on Delson for size. It fit perfect! He even smiled for me! Too funny.

Mom and Dad posing with the children after church.

Playing in the playhouse.

Delson's girlfriend, Jaylie.

2 peas in a pod.

Delson loves his new sandbox.

BBQ in our new back yard with the Christensen Family.

Braden liked the sandbox too.

In this picture, Delson is giving Braden a head-butt (something Alex taught him). You can see that because of the way Delson's cheeks are formed, he is saying "Boom" as he does it. Funny kid!

After playing in the sandbox all afternoon, Delson had sand everywhere including in his hair and his diaper.

Grandpa's boys and their first taste of a Popsicle.

Grandma's little girl.