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.

The Kiddos

Sorry the blog posts are few and far between. It takes a while to update a blog and it is even worse for me because I am such a perfectionist, but at least I update about twice a month, right? That's what I keep telling myself anyways.

Delson is 17 months now and we are counting down the days until he can go to nursery at church. 2 Sundays left and then we will try to sneak him in on June 13. (I mean...come on....it's only 4 days before he turns 18 months.) We know he will love it and that we will love it too, so we just CAN'T WAIT!!! I think I can only count on one hand how many times Alex has been to Priesthood since Delson was born and I feel terrible about that. Kids....can't live with them.....can't live without them. Love them! Delson is saying all sorts of words now. I think I counted that he can say about 20 words and we are loving it. "Block," "clock," and "truck" all sound similar, but he knows the difference. He loves to say "juice," "cracker," and "cheese" just about as much as he loves putting them in his mouth. And finally we got Delson to actually SAY "please" instead of just signing it. While my mother was visiting almost 2 weeks ago, she was working really hard on getting him to say "please," but he just kept signing it. And the day after she left, he finally started saying it. So even though she didn't get to hear it, she put in a lot of hard work. Thanks Mom! Now he's a pro at saying and signing "please".

Kambria will be 4 months old on Saturday and I can hardly believe it. She is loving sitting up even though she can't do it on her own quite yet. So if Alex or I are holding her and we go and set her in her bouncer, she bursts into tears because she just hates to lay back. She just can't see as well and it makes her sad. So...she is getting spoiled because we hate to hear her cry. Only a month or 2 left and she will be able to sit up on her own. We look forward to that day. Kambria has also discovered her thumb, and she prefers it over her binkie, so I am a little saddened by this discovery. Don't get me wrong, it is nice not to have to get up several times in the night to give her her binkie whenever she wakes up and needs to suck something, but I am so worried she is going to turn out like me and have to wear head-gear and braces for 5 years. Not good! It is cute to see her sucking her thumb, but I hope she will break the habit sooner than I did.

And in other news, the fence is half way up and it should hopefully be finished by tomorrow! I will post pictures once it is done. I can't wait to take pictures of Delson's happy face while he gets to run around out back and play to his heart's content. And hopefully I can get a little sun too. Enjoy the photos!

The beautiful sky outside our house the other evening.

Delson LOVES Daddy's motorcycle and so Grandpa took him for a drive up the street on it. Delson loved it! I am pretty sure this is the beginning of things to come.

Delson likes to wear Momma's glasses.

Delson and Kambria together!

She's a pretty little princess.

First I found Kambria sucking her thumb in her crib while she was sleeping.

Then I caught her doing it while she was playing on her gym.

Then she was doing it in her Bumbo seat. I guess she is going to be a thumb sucker. Darn it!