HAMMON FAMILY

Life these days

2011-11-04T10:16:00.000-07:00

I cannot express how blessed I feel. I absolutely love having 2 kids. My heart is full!

Ever since baby Huck joined our family, life has been busier, for sure, but so great. Grey adores her little brother and you can tell that heloves her. He fits so perfectly in our family. I love kissing his pudgy cheeks and I LOVE it when his little hand wraps around my finger. I can't wait for my whole family to meet him.

It has been 2 weeks since he was born and we are both doing great. He weighs 7 lbs 11 oz! I hope he gets real chubby. :) He is sleeping pretty good....still a little confused on his day/night schedule. He does NOT like getting his diaper changed, but he LOVES it when I wash his hair. Grey loves to hold him and tell him stories and sing him songs. It just melts my heart watching her look at him and smile at him. He has lots of dark hair and gorgeous blue eyes. (he got those from daddy!)

We feel very blessed to have had great doctors throughout this process and that he got here safely. As most of you know, we chose to go with another c-section. I prayed about it and I just felt like it would be ok. I worried about the recovery, but felt like the vbac would not be the right choice for me. I'm so glad we went through with the c-section. The doctor ended up finding 2 tumors on my right ovary and a large cyst on my left ovary. They removed my right ovary completely and removed the cyst on my left. Had we not had the c-section, I would have been in a lot of pain in the coming months and would've had surgery anyways. I'm so glad we got that all over with in one surgery and everythings gonna be ok. I'm also glad we have insurance...yikes!

I still have a lot of recovering to do....I'll be slow goingfor a while and can't do everything I want to do, but I'm grateful to have a husband who is willing to jump in and help and friends that are there for me as well. I'm just happy that Huck was born healthy! 2 healthy, beautiful kids....I'll take the pain for that!

Here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

2 of our friends had baby boys too! It's awesome!

My parents came to visit Halloween weekend.

Grey was a princess. She's beautiful!

Grey in her fort we built

Huck sleepin

Love them so much!

Love his eyes

better than 1

2011-10-24T18:29:00.000-07:00

Huck Lee Hammon

Born October 19, 2011

11 a.m

6 lbs. 12 oz. 20 inches

...
"I remember what you wore on the first day

You came into my life and I thought, hey

You know this could be something..."

"'Cause everything you do and words you say

You know that it all takes
my breath away...
...So maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better
t
han one..."

"But there's so much time
To figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two is
better than one..."
"I remember every look upon your face
The way you roll
your eyes, the way you say
You make it hard for breathing..."

"'Cause when I close my
eyes and drift away
I think of you and everything's okay
I'm finally now believing..."
"That maybe it's true
That I can't live without you
And maybe two is better than one..."

-"Two Is Better Than One"
by Boys Like Girls, feat. Taylor Swift

Seriously.....

2011-09-30T20:14:00.001-07:00

Where has the time gone? I really feel silly even looking at my own blog anymore. Ugh. Maybe after I have the baby I will have more time to blog? Ha, ya right.....I can hope.

So just a quick update...

Grey started preschool the first week of September. She, of course, loves it. No tears at all. There are 9 kids in her class and she seems to get along with all of them. I teach her class with a group of 3 other moms every 2 weeks. It's been fun. I wasn't sure how Grey would handle having me in her classroom, but her response was..."Does that mean I get to talk to you all day?" She is so funny. I seriously don't know where she comes up with the things she says. Love her! Grey also started taking ballet. And boy, if that doesn't give your child some attitude, I don't know what will. She just thinks she's the bomb. (well, and she is) She tells me she's the best in her class. Ugh. Ok, we need to work on that attitude maybe. :)

Grey is very excited for her little brother to join our family. She tells me all the things she will do to help. Then she asks if he is going to eat her toys. And if she can carry him around......(no)

She still tells people his name is Squidward....or Jack. It's neither, I promise.

But, we are all very anxious for his arrival. My doctor, whom I love, is keeping a close watch on the baby and I. Right now she is saying that my amniotic fluid is low, we will check again on Tuesday (oct 4th) and see where to go from there. We are just hoping for a healthy boy, no matter how he gets here. I am fine with another c-section, if thats what it comes down to.

Ryan is working hard as always. He has taken up a new hobby, slacklining. If you were around us in Idaho this summer, you most likely took part in that new hobby. And I apologize for any injuries! hehee. He is really getting good at it and I love watching him. He has also taken up hiking and mountain biking. Living here in Los Alamos will do that to you.

As for me, I am just taking things day by day now. Waiting for this baby to get here. We recently moved into a new place and we love it so much. I have spent my time unpacking and decorating, organizing. That's, honestly, what I love doing. My weeks are busy running Grey around to preschool and dance and between doctor and dentist appointments, we are booked! I have managed to complete a few projects for the baby. I made a quilt and some taggies, and I also made a couple carseat covers. I had originally made a black one, but then I got a cute diaper bag that was brown, so I had to make another one to match the diaper bag. Haha! I'm weird like that.

So, that's what I have for now. I feel bad not keeping up on this blog. But, really, the people who read it know what I'm up to anyways. So, sometimes I feel like....what's the point?

I will be sure to post pics of the baby when he arrives. That will most likely be my next post.

Love you all!

Boy, Oh Boy!

2011-06-08T15:24:00.001-07:00

We will be blessed with a little boy in October! So excited for all thats to come. Enjoy the pictures!

Finally

2011-05-24T11:47:00.001-07:00

Its about time I updated! I'm a slacker, what can I say.

I have lots to share, so lets get to it.

First off, the most exciting news of all....I'm pregnant! I'm 18 weeks along and feeling so great. Most everyone already knows this, but its still fun to announce. We will find out next week what we are having. Grey is positive its a little sister...and she wants her name to be Grey just like her. Sigh...We'll have to convince her another name will work better.

The other happening in my life, was the fashion show I had May 16th. It turned out so cute and all the girls did such a great job. We only had one cryer. haha...and it was not Grey! Phew! I tried uploading all the pictures, but it was taking way too long. Here is the link to the Bloom Album. Enjoy!

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150299329684942.417047.524929941

We have done so many fun things so far this year. We made a trip to Denver to see Brooke's family. I have made 2 trips to AZ, we've had company come visit and then just with all our everyday things, we sure keep busy. We planted grass a couple months ago and it's already in. It's awesome. We also planted a garden about a month ago and everything is coming up. I think we have super powered soil here in Los Alamos! We'll see what happens when we eat our veggies from the garden. Haha!

I'd like to share some pictures of things we've done. In no particular order.

Hope you are all well! Love ya!

Trip to Denver and AZ

Baseball game. Grey's new friend "Peanut"

Easter 2011

Grand Canyon Trip/My birthday weekend

Pool party at Bryans

Bryan and I's Birthday dinner

Bandalier with Ryan's Brother Jason and his girlfriend Natalie

These ladders are so tall and a lil scary. Grey loved all of it!

Sorry for the crooked pictures.

Pictures

2011-01-18T15:49:00.000-08:00

Lots of pictures from 2010. Enjoy!

New Year

2011-01-17T18:54:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone. Man, it's been a while since i've updated. I had these big plans to write a 2010 year review, but instead I thought I'd just share some of our favorite memories of 2010. I know, it's a little late, so bear with me.

In April we went to Idaho for Kurtis and Grace's wedding. We were so grateful to have been able to share their special day with them. It was so good to see all our family as well. It was a quick trip, but it was fun!

We moved to Los Alamos in June and we absolutely love it. We have made many friends here and we feel right at home. It's a beautiful town, the people are great, we couldn't be happier here.

Grey was potty trained in September. I still remember her asking where the train was. hahaha!

We started a little preschool group in September as well. Grey has loved it and she's getting very good at learning her ABC's and numbers. She also knows the pledge of allegiance.

We went on a Hammon family vacation to California in July. That was a blast. Ryan and I have decided that every year we will make a trip to see the ocean. It's good therapy for anything! We had fun with his family and it was great to see Mike and Jamia before they left for Germany.

Grey and I made a trip home for 3 weeks in June/July. We always have fun in Idaho. I could go on and on about what made that trip fun, but it was mainly because we got to spend so much time with our family! The only thing that could have been better, was if Ryan had been there. (and if I would've remembered to eat at Fong's...ugh, next time!) haha

All the trips we made to Arizona! We love going there to visit Erin, Mark, Lindsey and Austin. Grey has gotten to know and love them all so much more! And now that Bryan is there, hopefully she'll get to know him better too!

Kara came to visit in October. (i think it was October) We had a blast with her! I love, love, LOVE spending time with my family. Thanks Kara for coming here!

I started my booth in November. It has been a fun and rewarding experience for me. I've made a few more friends because of it and let's be honest...a few more dollars because of it too!

We had a great Christmas and Thanksgiving as well. Holidays are always memorable! We brought in the New Year with Ryan's parents, who came to visit us. That was soooo nice! Nothing like seeing a familiar face walk into our home!

What do we hope for the year 2011?

Our plans for this year are to pay off bills, save money, get into shape.....all that boring stuff....and the things that get said every year. But, really, what we want for this year is just to keep bettering who we are today. We don't need drastic changes, or huge amounts of money, we just want to be happy and healthy. And we want to have another great year.

What we have learned and hope to grow from, from 201o?

One thing that really sticks out in my mind is, that everything happens for a reason. Everyone that crosses our paths, whether it be for a short or long amounts of time, they are significant. I have learned to open my heart more to people around me. I don't know if they were brought into my life for a reason, or if I was brought into theirs, but I do know that we can learn so much from one another, if we open our hearts to them. I've never been one to make friends very easily, especially with all of our moving around. I knew I had my family and I thought that was all I needed. One instance inparticular, was my miscarriage. I've had a lot of time to ponder on this and this is what i've learned; I found it a coincidence that it all started on the day we moved to Los Alamos. I always thought of that as a bad thing, because I thought it was the move that did it to me. But, then I looked at it in a different way. Now, I find it significant that it happened when we moved. Had we not been in Los Alamos, we wouldn't have had our friends on our doorstep in an instant, we wouldn't have had the miracle of Ryan seeing the missionaries down our street and asking them to come and give me a blessing, and then the missionaries contacting our ward for us. Had it not been for that move, we may have been more alone during that rough time, and as much as I wanted to be alone, I never was. Our Heavenly Father knows our plan and I believe that He made sure we were where we needed to be during that time. And for that, I am so grateful.

Fun things we want to do in 2011?

go to the beach

go to Carlsbad caverns

get Grey a big girls bike

get pregnant

make a trip to Idaho and Arizona

pretty much just have a blast

We have so many things to be thankful for in our lives. We love all of you and we hope the best for all of you in your new year as well.

I'm In

2010-11-01T21:18:00.000-07:00

The store opens this Friday! I'm so excited. I'v had a lot of positive feedback!

Here is my booth. We built the table out of old wood pallets and a futon frame someone was throwing away. Awesome! I love how it turned out! I also added shutters to the sides of it!

So, here's the top half. I've got 12 more dresses to fit in there! We'll see if they'll fit.

the flower clips hanging on the shutters.

and, the bottom half. I have more things to add, but this is what it is so far.

Here are my tags! Aren't they cute?

My sign will be up Wednesday and then with a few last minute changes, I will be ready! I'm anxious and excited to see how I do. It's been a busy month and I'm ready for it to pay off. I'll keep you all updated!

Halloween

2010-11-01T20:57:00.000-07:00

We had a great Hallow-weekend! Friday night we went downtown to trick or treat all the local businesses. That was crazy busy! But still fun. Afterwards we went out to dinner with our good friends, the Nelsons. When we got home, Ryan hid Grey's candy bag from me. Grrr! I searched all over....I would randomly see him eating a butterfinger or some other treat. Not fair! No worries though, I finally found it.

Saturday we skipped out on the Halloween party in Abq and just stayed home and watched scary movies and did our own thing. That always seem to be more fun anyways!

Halloween night we went trick or treating to some of our friends here in Los Alamos and then headed to White Rock to trick or treat with the Nelsons. It was so fun going door to door. Grey just loved it! She said "trick or treat" so cute. She asked if we could go again today!

We got WAY to much candy. It should last us through this week....HA!!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween too!

Enjoy....

Our night started out like this. She was a little tired, but her mood changed once we started to get candy!

Her friend Brian, the policeman

She loved bein a Giraffe. We asked her what Giraffe's say...she said....RAAARR!

Stopping to graze....haha!

and do giraffe things.

New family picture? I think so!

The Grey Owl

2010-10-06T10:27:00.000-07:00

So, incase you haven't already heard, I'm opening up my very own booth at the new store here in Los Alamos. "The Crop Around the Corner" will be opening it's doors the first week of November. I am so excited to be a part of this, much needed, craft store up here. I will be selling a few dresses, mostly skirts, home decor crafts and seasonal crafts. I will also be trying something new and making flower clips to sell, along with crochet hats. That sounds like a lot of work, huh?! I hope I know what I'm doing and what I'm getting myself into. I will have a great support system, Ryan! And he will be right there to help me through this! (I've already made sure he knows that.)

My booth name is "the Grey Owl." Cute, eh? I think so. My inspiration for all my little girly stuff has always been Grey and my recent obsession is owls, so I couldn't have picked a better name.

I will try to keep this blog updated, I'm already behind on that. I can't promise anything though. I've got my work cut out for me this month. I've already told Grey she will be watching a lot of movies this month! I'm very excited for this new adventure. So, wish me luck!

It's about to get crazy up in here!

Trust me...this isn't all of it!

Here I go!

School

2010-09-17T15:39:00.000-07:00

Grey is obsessed with school!

We recently started an at home preschool group with some other moms and their kids in the community. It has been really fun. We meet twice a week, Wednesdays for the school lesson and Friday's for the review and field trip. For the letter "A" we went on a tour to the Los Alamos Airport. So cool! For the letter "B" we went to the Bakery. That was really fun and yummy! It has been really good for Grey to have the interaction with adults and kids and, of course, learning her ABC's.

Now, all she wants to do is play school. It's really fun though. I like being the teacher. Grey's favorite games now are "learning games." I can't complain about that.

Grey is very upset that she can't ride the school bus. She asks everyday when it is coming and she tells my goodbye. I asked her what she would do if I really put her on the bus and it drove away. She thought for a moment and then said, "you can come with me!"

We had a funny conversation one day:

Mommy, get your backpack on. The school bus is coming

Me: Well, I don't have a backpack.

Do you have a purse?

Yes.

Get it! Daddy, get your backpack!

Ryan: I don't have a backpack either.

Do you have a purse?

Ryan: No.

.........(Grey's thinking).........

Well, what do you have?.......come on mom, lets go on the school bus.

Too bad for Ryan, he didn't get to go on the school bus, because he didn't have a bag. :(

I'm so glad Grey has a while before she actually rides away on the school bus. What a sad and exciting day that will be though. For now, we will just pretend.

I'm Back

2010-09-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

Hi all!

So, it's been a while since my last post.

Oops!

We've just had a busy/fun summer and I've tried numerous times to upload some photos and it's not working. Ugh. So I just thought I'd let you all know that I am still here and we are doing fine.

Keep watching for those pictures!

We are so glad that fall is in the air. As much as I love Summer, Fall is, by far, my favorite season. I especially love all the decorating and crafts that come along with this beautiful season. I'm trying to hold out until the end of September to get out my fall decor. We'll see if that works.

So in recent news:

we got the ok to paint our house. We started painting the next day!

That's how anxious we were.

(or maybe it was just me.)

I love the color we chose and it makes such a huge difference to have some color on the walls. I think for our first time, we did a pretty good job. Now I just need to figure out how not to hurt my back. I could barely move the next morning.

Yikes!

Not good.

Ugh. I'm getting old.

Not really, but I felt old the other day when my new friends in the ward came over and we were all asking each other's ages.

I was the oldest.

Nice!....

Thats ok.

I'll be the big sister of the group.

They were so surprised at how old I was.

I didn't know if that was good or bad.......?

Does it mean they think I'm immature, or do I look young?

hmmmm

Oh well.

So Grey is potty trained!

She asked me where the train was....LOL!

I thought that was cute.

It was the rewards that finally worked for her.

She got a princess purse out of it and many other things.

But, it worked.

Now she likes to tell us what her poop looks like.

Too much information?

Sorry, but she does.

I hope that doesn't last long.

I'd like to be able to eat bananas again...

We got a kitten.

Calico

Female

We haven't named her yet

Grey can't decide between cocoa, cracker, and zoe

What would you choose?

We love Los Alamos!

We are comfortable here for now.

Come visit us and see our cute town!

I hope you are all doing well. I will post pictures as soon as my computer allows me too. Happy Fall!

Something I'd like to share

2010-06-17T09:00:00.000-07:00

~Job 1:21 'the Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.'

As most of you know, I was 12 weeks pregnant just last week. I was just about in the "safe zone" as far as miscarriages go, but that did not end up being the case for me. I lost my precious 12 week, unborn baby.

It all started Friday, June 4th. The day we moved to Los Alamos. Coincidence? I don't know. We don't have any answers as to why this happened, except that this baby was just not meant to be here with us, in this life. Not an easy thing to comprehend. June 5th, I saw my tiny baby on the ultrasound screen, with a beating heart. A strong beating heart. I felt relieved, but at the same time I still felt sadness. Somehow I knew, in my heart, what was going to happen with this baby. I had 4 days to prepare myself for the news. A long, painful, emotional 4 days. June 9th...no heartbeat. Sadness fell upon me again. And it fell on Ryan as well. All the emotions hit me one by one. Anger, jealousy, sadness, asking "why me," or what if I did this instead of that. It's something that is so hard to understand, but I know that someday I will.

As I sat there last week dealing with my emotions and all the pain as well, (there was quite a bit of physical pain) I was hit pretty hard with one realization....I have one beautiful baby right in front of me. One little miracle named Grey..... That I was ignoring, because I was dwelling on something I couldn't have. I know it will take time for me to deal with this loss, but I will NOT let it get in the way of me being a great mother to Grey. She is here now and she needs me.

We will have more babies. We can't wait for the day when we do. It will just be a longer road for us. That's ok.

I am so grateful for my family and friends that kept us in their thoughts and prayers. We are so blessed to have so many people that love us. We love you all!

Projects Galore!

2010-05-27T10:20:00.000-07:00

We have a lot of projects going on in our garage right now. I Love It!! We (I) decided we better finish things up while we still have a nice garage to work in.

First things first, Grey's new bed. Here it is before...

After.... We painted it antique white. I can't wait to set it up.

Okay, I need some inspiration from you all. What should I do with this shutter? It's so cute, but I just can't decide what to use it for. Also the HUGE cork board I found at a thrift store and the small window. I just don't know what to use them for. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I've also finished my other yellow chair and I'm working on refinishing an old coffee table I found at goodwill for $5. I just love buying old stuff and doing what I want to it.

After a long week of all of this, tomorrow we are headed to Phoenix for a weekend vacation! I'm so excited to see Jamia and her family and Erin and her family! Fun times ahead!

I hope you all enjoy your Memorial Day weekend!

Happy Day!

2010-05-24T19:58:00.001-07:00

I think I can survive the summer now.

Gotta love craigslist!

News!

2010-05-23T12:57:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! It's been a while. Yes, I know, but I finally have some news to share. Most of you already know this, I'm pregnant! Yay, Finally! After 6 months of waiting, I'm finally pregnant and couldn't be happier. My due date is Dec. 20th. I would say I can't wait, but, in all reality, I can and I have too. I am very excited for this baby, but I'm also glad I have about 7 months to prepare for another child. I started out feeling very sick and now I feel great! As long as I eat every 2-3 hrs, I'm good. That's a lot, I know, but I have an excuse. I need to start taking belly pics because I already have a little pouch. I love it!!

In other news, we are moving. Okay, I know you hear this from us A LOT, but this time, it's just a short move and it's for the better. We found a cute little place up in Los Alamos, closer to Ryan's work and it will save us some money. I'm very excited about this move. Everything about it will be good for us. And....I can actually decorate in this place. If you know me, you know I love to decorate and in our current place I haven't been able to put one hole in the wall and it's killin me. So, ya, I'm excited! I will definitely post pics!

Everyone is doin great here! Ryan is busy with work. He finally had a Friday off. I love when he gets 3 day weekends. He loves taking his bike out. That's his little getaway.

I am still babysitting twice a week, sometimes more. I have decided to take a break with all my sewing projects. I have to do that every once in a while so I can't ever get sick of it.

Grey is growing up so fast. The other day she had her hair in pigtails and she had her backpack on, she looked like she was headed off to school. I'm glad I still have a couple years with her before that day comes. She loves to dance and she is very good at it. Last weekend we went to a bbq and then we played rockband with our friends and as we were all playing, Grey was up in front dancing away. It was sooo cute. She was not afraid to show her moves in front of all those people. Her new saying is "hey guys." It's the cutest thing ever! I'm sure she got it from me. I say that all the time. She thinks it's so funny to call daddy a princess. She has the cutest giggle! She is dying to go to the beach. We'll have to go sometime this summer.

It will be fun to see how Grey reacts to the new baby. I know she's gonna love him/her.

I hope you are all having a great spring/summer. We are so glad for the warm weather here in New Mexico. It really lifts our spirits to see the green trees and feel the warmth of the sun. We often spend our afternoons on the back porch eating popsicles and making puddles to splash in. Grey loves to splash! Okay, so do I...

Get into gear!

2010-04-11T20:18:00.001-07:00

I have been so lazy ALL week! I have finished 2 and started 1 book this week, completely let potty training go out the window, we had like 4 "eat whatever you want" nights, I have worn a pony tail every day, the house is a disaster, the bathrooms need cleaned..........the list just goes on.

I know I'm probably being hard on myself, but I usually like to keep everything under control. But, for some reason this past week I have just let it all go.

So, starting tomorrow, the house is getting cleaned, including the bathrooms, laundry will get done, Grey will have no accidents, (I don't understand why it has taken me so long to potty train! ugh) and I will start being productive again. I can't say I will put my books down, because that seems to be my escape lately. I will probably still wear a pony tail......my hair needs cut and colored real bad, but I don't know where to go and with a wedding coming up, I can't have my hair a disaster! I need to just pick a place and go and cross my fingers.

On the brighter side of things, Ryan bought me a hammock! I love love love it!!!

I like to sit in it at an angle, otherwise I feel like I'm in a cocoon.

It holds all 3 of us too!

I doubt that will help with my much needed motivation this week, but I can give myself 30 minutes.....or more.

I have also been drinking more water! I do feel a lot better choosing water, but now that I think of it,

isn't water supposed to give you more energy?

And here I am saying I had a lazy week?

Just sayin...

Sigh....So, tune in to see how my progress will be this week. I just really needed to vent to all of you listening, I'm sure we all have days/weeks like this one, but for some reason I was really feeling bad for my laziness. So,

Monday Morning, watch out!!

A little of Grey

2010-04-09T19:15:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've let ya'll know what Grey is up too. She is a busy little 2 year old and quite the chatterbox for Ryan and I. She says some of the funniest things. I'm gonna have to start writing them all down.

We are trying to teach her how to use the words "you" and "me." She always just says her name, which is great, but we just thought she should know these words as well. So today I was showing her pictures of when she was a baby. I would say, "Grey, this is you." She'd say, "Ya! You!" haha "No, you say that's me." Grey- "Oh it's Mommy?" sigh......I think I'm confusing her.

Grey is our spokesperson in the house. Whatever we do....or say...she's right there to announce it. Yikes!

She loves to give hugs! But she does not call them hugs, she calls them "oooooohhhhhh." (the sound you make when giving a hug or when you see something cute is the best way to describe it.) So stinkin sweet!!

Grey LOVES daddy!! She cheers for him when he does things, she chants his name, she runs to the door when he comes home and jabbers to him outside the bathroom door. She just loves everything about daddy. (ya, I'm a little jealous) So the other day Ryan was longboarding and and Grey was riding her bike (they were inside) and Ryan was bein silly and pretending he was gonna fall and waving his arms around......so what does Grey do?.....She raises her arms and her handle bars turn and she hits the floor. It was one of those "you had to be there" moments, but it was pretty funny. Just today she tried doin no hands again and she biffed it again. Oh dear!

We have started giving "time outs" to Grey when she is naughty. She has to sit in her chair and wait a certain amount of time. We usually put a little clock next to her so we can tell her when her time's up. So, the other day she was acting up and before we even mentioned time out, she went and got the clock and put it next to her chair. I think she knew what was coming. hahaha. Doesn't really work when they start getting smart with you.

When Ryan is home Grey sits on the floor on her blanket and says "pull me." Reminds me of my childhood days. :)

Grey is always making sure we are all Happy. She will ask me randomly throughout the day, "mommy, are you happy?" then she asks if daddy is and so on. lol

She loves her "tails" a.k.a pig tails.

She is so polite and says excuse me all the time and says "bless you" when anyone sneezes.

She calls hiccups, "hee-hups" or sometimes just "hups"

She has the cutest little voice and I love the way she talks!

The other day she wanted her name to be "cocoa"

We are at the "watch this" stage

Ask Grey what she wants to eat and I guarantee she will say cheese, sometimes she thinks about it for a bit longer, but still replies, cheese!

Grey's cute vocabulary

geek = drink

ups = wipes

dups = diaper

outsass = outside (that one is my favorite)

toot = cute

watch = tv

beep = burp

did a do = what did it do?

achee dachee dachee dachee = she says this same thing when she is pretending to read fast

Obviously there is much more, but those are just a few of our favorites.

Oh wow, I could go on and on. I just can't get over how quickly Grey has grown up. She is the light of our lives and we couldn't be happier! I will definitely keep adding to the list of cute things she says. Stay tuned!

Old to New

2010-04-09T19:01:00.000-07:00

Remember those old chairs I said I would work my magic on? Well, here they are! One of them, atleast.....

What do ya think?

No, I didn't make these cushions. I wish! I think they fit perfectly with the yellow chair.

The warm weather today helped with my motivation to finish them up. I painted outside in the sun. It was so nice. I hope you enjoyed looking!

Feels Good

2010-04-08T19:54:00.000-07:00

So today while Grey was playing in her BINS of toys, I decided I would organize them back in to their original groups. I've been meaning to do this for a while now and I just kept putting it off. But once I started, it wasn't as bad as I thought. So, now all the coins, farm animals, puzzle pieces, cookie shapes, blocks, doll clothes (including socks and shoes, why do they make socks for little dolls? ugh) and the ponies are all back in there place......for now anyways. In a few days I'm sure they will be messed up again, but right now I feel so good about my productivity today! Awwwwww.

Grey's Easter Outfit

2010-04-01T18:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this year for Easter I decided to make Grey's dress since that's what I do lately. I bought the purple leggins at Naartjie and then made the top to match. I absolutely love it! And....I didn't follow a pattern! Yep, this is my very own creation. It's a little rough in parts, but only I would be able to see that. (well, i actually cut out the bodice from a pattern cause I couldn't seem to get the right size on my own. but, I'm still taking full credit.)

the full outfit

I shirred the sleeves and the center of the back.

I was planning on shirring the whole width of the sleeve, but as I was goin along, I thought it would be cute to only go 3/4 of the way and then the sleeves would have a little "flare." What do ya think?

I made this little "thing" (not sure what to call it yet) for the center of the bodice. It's pretty much just a jumble of fabric. What are your opinions on it?

Here is my cutie! She just pulled her "tails" out, but she still looks so adorable. I'm trying to put together two little bows to put in her hair. So far....not so good.

Let me know what you think of my creation. Thanks for looking!

More Sewing

2010-03-29T18:58:00.001-07:00

Halter Dresses.
I made these for a girl back home that has 2 little girls. I think they will look so cute in these matching dresses!

I've had these scraps of fabric in a sack for quite a while. I decided to use them up and make something fun. I didn't use a pattern, I just sewed up a bunch of pieces into a long strip and put a band of fabric along the bottom.

I love the way it turned out. It's so cute on Grey! (or as I told Julie, it's a cute really skirt. I can't talk today)

I'm thinking I'll get a white t-shirt and put some of those fabric flowers on it. But, I have to learn to make them first!

Pig Tails

2010-03-11T19:36:00.000-08:00

We can finally get little tiny pig tails in! Yay!! I couldn't get a good front shot of her, so they are hard to see, but she looked so cute. She had a little more "spunk" that day. I think it was the tails!

Such an exciting day for us!!! Silly, I know.....but true.

Little Girls are SOOO much FUN!

2010-03-06T10:55:00.000-08:00

What is she looking at?

Her little painted toes! I love doing girly things with Grey. It's so fun!! Just thought I'd share her cute lil toes with you!!

Miniature Bowling

2010-03-06T10:37:00.000-08:00

Last weekend we went to a place called ITZ. It's like Chuckie Cheese, but better. So we ate pizza and then headed off to play in the arcade. It was a lot of fun. Grey rode the bumper cars with us, and then she rode on a little train with me, which I have to say was a lot faster than I was expecting. She played lots of games, as we all did. We had a blast. They also have a "little" bowling alley for kids to play. It was the cutest thing. Everything was miniature. She loved it. This video is of her on her second game. I wish I would have videoed her first game where she was more excited. Oh well, this one is funny. Enjoy!!

Dresses, Dresses and more Dresses!

2010-03-06T10:18:00.000-08:00

I have been so busy sewing this past week, it's crazy. But, I love it!! Here are some that I made and a couple of these I made 2 of. Can you tell I have a thing for the yellow and green?!

All of these dresses were made for other people, but if they happen to be Grey's size, I let her twirl around in them for a bit. She loves it!

This one was a 6-12 month. It was so little and so cute.

This one is also a 6-12 month. I love making the itty bitty ones! This one is also the halter dress, so the straps on top will go around the little ones neck and then tie in the back. I made one of these in Grey's size too. It was just too cute to make just one!

This one I made for Elly for her birthday. I thought it would make a cute Easter dress. I made another one of these as well. (not for Grey though)

I have a few more spring dresses on the way. I just can't get enough of little dresses lately! Hope you enjoyed looking!

Sleeping and Eating

2010-03-02T19:19:00.000-08:00

On our drive home from Albuquerque this weekend Grey had fallen asleep eating her cereal snack, a little while later I could hear her eating again so I turned to see if she was awake. She was not awake, but she had started eating her cereal again. We thought it was pretty funny and ended up getting it on video. Enjoy!!

$$$$$$

2010-03-02T19:05:00.000-08:00

Do you ever find money in your couch? We do! This is Grey's most recent obsession. Money!! She can't stand to leave it in her piggy bank, she hauls it all over the house transferring it from purse to purse. Now she's begun to hide it everywhere. All I have to say is.....finders keepers!!

A LITTLE Hike?

2010-02-19T19:49:00.000-08:00

Our house is in the perfect spot. We live right on the edge of a canyon, it's just beautiful! Well, we've always wondered what was down in the canyon, so today we ventured out, tennis shoes and all, to explore our surroundings.

I just thought of this as I started to write, but we went out our front door when we left......? Why? Who knows...Anyway so we had to climb over the wire fence to start out, that was a little difficult, but we made it. The hike started out being very mellow. A little hill here and there.

Stopping for a pic

Grey loved being outside.

Then we ran into a little problem, or should I say Grey did. Notice the small stick bush thing. Instead of walking around it Grey chose to go over it and got stuck on it. Silly girl. Making situations harder than need be.

So after this picture the hike got much harder. We (Ryan) decided to take the path less followed. Lets just say there wasn't really much of a path. We had to make our own. We went through tree branches, tall grass that felt like branches, mud, loads of mud. We all fell at least once. I got wacked in the face with a branch. Grey slipped on the only piece of ice out there.

But we had a blast! It was so fun being able to get outside and feel the fresh air.

See what I mean?

Mommy? Do I have too?

Poor Grey got a stick stuck in her hat.

We finally made it to the bottom and it was really cool. I guess there's a river that runs through there, but obviously, it was empty.

Yay! We made it!

Cheese

Wow! You're up so high!

I saw some great views on our little hike.

But I like this one the best!

After we played around in dirt for a while, we decided to start our trek back home. We found a much nicer path to take on our way back. Grey started cheering when she could see our house. She was ready to be home.

Yay! Our house. We are going the right way!

Isn't this the coolest picture! This was on our way back home. I just thought it looked so cool.

I hope you enjoyed hearing about our hike today. If you ever come visit us, we'll take you out there too! Come on...I know you wanna!

Projects

2010-02-08T21:07:00.001-08:00

Just wait 'til I'm done working my magic on these chairs. They're gonna look great!

Antiqued this old window and put together this vine for the center. I love it!

It's February?

2010-02-03T20:03:00.000-08:00

Wow. Time flies!

It feels like Christmas was just last week. Crazy! Well, we are still in New Mexico! Woohoo. Maybe we'll set a new record for living in the same place for more than 6 months. (we still have a ways to go for that one.) Anyway, we like it so far. We are beginning to make friends and explore our surroundings. New Mexico is a beautiful state. Best sunsets I've ever seen!

I recently took a babysitting job. I watch a 10 month old girl, Chloe. I love it. She's such an easy baby and Grey loves to play with her. She just doesn't understand why Chloe can't move as fast as she can. I have to admit, I love having a little one in the house again. It's so fun. Ok, ok, it's nice to have a little extra cash too.

I started potty training Grey last week. It's goin ok. She's finally understanding when she needs to go, we just can't seem to make it there fast enough. But, we'll get it soon enough. She's growing up so fast. She likes to pick out her own clothes in the morning. She thinks she has to wear a "dess" (dress) everyday. She loves to play with her dolls. It's the cutest thing. She rocks them, shooshes them, lays them in their bed, bathes them. She will be a great big sister someday. She also loves to dance around and sing songs. I can't wait to put her in a little dance class. She loves cereal for breakfast, lunch and she'd probably eat it for dinner to if I'd let her. She's very choosy! I don't mind though. I like that she has her own opinion.....sometimes.

Ryan works 4 days a week. He enjoys what he does. He also likes to work on his bike and he can't wait to ride it as soon as it warms up around here. He's taken it out a few times and then regretted it once he got back home. Way too cold for that sort of thing! Ryan loves playin with Grey. They are so funny together. He's trying to get her interested in toy cars and trucks. He sets up all the race tracks and they just have so much fun racing their cars and jumping them and whatever else it is they do.

All in all, we are doin great. We are so thankful to be where we are in our lives right now and to have such great friends and family.

I hope you all are having a great year so far!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-20T18:51:00.000-08:00

Wow! A lot has happened since my last post.

We are settled into our home in New Mexico. It's definitely a great upgrade from the apartments we've lived in. It's nice to have more space! We are still getting used to the cold weather here. We don't have any snow at our house, but it's very cold. (we miss the warm sun in South Carolina) We will be heading to Idaho for Christmas on the 23rd. I am so excited!!! It will be nice to see everyone and Grey is excited to see her cousins.

Grey turned 2 on November 27th. We had cupcakes with some friends and she got lots and lots of presents! She wore her birthday dress that I made for her. It was so cute. She got a play kitchen, table and chairs set, barbies, doll with a puppy (or as Grey says it...pups) clothes, puzzles, books, movies and I can't remember what else. She had a great time. This year she decided to eat her cake with a fork, which was complete opposite of last year. She's so funny! Now, everyday, she has to tell me that she is 2. She is growing up so fast. She talks A LOT, but its great. I can't wait for my family to see her again and see how much she has changed.

We also went on a cruise before we moved. We had a blast! I did get a little sea sick, but not enough for it to ruin our trip. We swam a lot, ate a lot (I had chocolate lava cake every night), lounged a lot; it was pretty much just 4 days of not having to worry about a thing. It was so relaxing. We already want to go again.

Well, I know there is more that has happened but all I can think about right now is how excited we are to go home! My family and Ryan's family are so important to me. I've missed everyone so much. I haven't really felt homesick until we moved here to New Mexico. I was blessed to have met some great friends in South Carolina, whom we miss dearly. I don't know if we will ever see them again, but they will always be a part of our lives.

Love you all!!! and to my family....See you soon!!!

"The best part of life is when your family becomes your friends, and your friends become your family."

---Danica Whitfiel

The view from our house is beautiful!

Kitchen

Family Room

Grey on her birthday!

Decorating the tree

Family Pictures

2009-11-10T13:31:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone. Just wanted to share our recent family pictures. I love the way they turned out. Hope you like them too. (there will be more later.)

Also, if you haven't heard yet, we are moving again. Ryan's work is transferring him to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Our lives are a bit crazy at the moment and we are beginning to wonder if we will ever get to settle anywhere! But, we are making the most of it and we are glad that Ryan has such a great job! Thanks Ryan for all the hard work you do for us! Love you! I'll keep you all updated on the move, right now we are planning on moving the weekend of Thanksgiving. Love you all! Happy November!!!!!!

We love Fall!

2009-10-18T18:54:00.000-07:00

This weekend was so much FUN! It actually felt like FaLL here in Aiken. 58*....brrrrr! We went to the fair and I'd love to tell you how Awesome it was and that we had BlaSt and make you all jealous, but the truth is, it wasn't that fun. It was very cold and I didn't bring a coat for Grey or I. I thought our sweaters and vests would be warm enough, but we were cold. They only had cows in the livestock area, (we could have seen those for free at home). And we had walked all the way through the fair in 20 minutes. But, we made the most of it. We bought a few tickets for one of the rides that Grey could go on with us. She didn't really like it, but atleast we can say we did something at the fair. After that we came home and made a warm dinner and watched movies. Sunday night we had friends over and we carved pumpkins and ate pumpkin cake. That was fun! Grey got right in to the action. She started eating the inside of the pumpkin....everytime I'd look over at her she'd be chewin on something. Gross! Ryan was getting worried watching me carve my pumpkin. I'm not to great with knives!

We loved being able to feel the fall weather and we soon realized how lucky we are that it doesn't get much colder than 58*. (atleast not until December) I hope you are all enjoying your Fall and the beautiful scenery that comes along with it!

The end result. Mine is the big happy face, Ryan's is the mean one.

Grey's Christmas Stocking

2009-10-11T18:38:00.000-07:00

This past week I decided I'd better start on Grey's stocking because it usually takes me quite a while to finish my projects, but, I had so much fun with this stocking I finished it in two afternoons. (and Grey was awake for both those afternoons, so I'm pretty proud of myself) I decided to go with the pink Christmas fabric line I found at a local store. It seemed appropriate for a little girl. I really love how it turned out.

I went with the gingerbread man on this one. (if you couldn't tell)

I can't wait to hang them up this year. These stockings have been so fun to make and they will definitely be used for all the Christmas's to come. I want to make another one because I had so much fun with Grey's, but I'll just have to wait for our next baby.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my project. If you want the pattern, just let me know and I can send you one!

Last Minute Trip

2009-10-06T19:16:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we decided to take a quick trip to Myrtle Beach. Everyone talks about how fun it is there, so we thought we'd check it out for ourselves. Since we are "out of season" for going to the beaches, we were able to get a hotel right on the beach with a room facing the ocean. It was Awesome! (and since we are from Idaho, it's still beach weather for us...bunch a woosies.) The hotel had tons of swimming pools and a lazy river and a pirate ship! Ya.....it was so cool! We didn't have any plans set for the weekend, so we basically just took it easy and did whatever we wanted, whenever we wanted.

Grey loved it! She adjusts well to hotels and new surroundings, so she just goes with the flow. It's nice that way!

We realized our first night as we were getting ready for bed that we had forgotten the toothpaste. I thought Ryan packed it, he thought I packed it....(you know how it goes). So we just skipped brushing our teeth that night. I know what you're thinking...."grossss!" But you know what, it's memories for us. And please....don't act like you've ever went without brushing for a day. It happens to the best of us!

As for the rest of the trip it was all fun. We woke up early and watched the sunrise from our bed. Ryan stood by the window to take pictures and he saw dolphins jumping near the shore. I jumped out of bed to watch.

It was beautiful!

One of those moments you may not ever experience again!

We had a great time!

Hotel views day and night! I loved seeing the moons reflection on the ocean!

Grey takin it easy

Playin foosball at the pizza place across the street. Grey wondering what keeps poking her belly.

Feedin the fish. There were so many. Kinda gross.

Swimmin

The Cookie Curse

2009-10-05T18:26:00.000-07:00

I love COOKIES! But, this is not the curse I speak of in my title..... I canNOT make cookies! I have tried many times to make yummy cookies but I fail every time! I follow the recipe to the T....still, not a good cookie.

So today I pulled out my trusty frozen-store-bought cookie dough. How hard can it be to scoop the dough onto the pan and bake it....?

Well, I did just that. Along with all the other things I was doing at the moment.

I was doing laundry, changing a diaper, listening to Grey scream about the bugs outside (yes, the bugs were outside and she is still afraid of them.) Anyways, I was scatter brained when the cookies were put into the oven. So, what a perfect time to go visit my neighbor....?

I had something to talk to her about so I walked up to her apartment and we talked on her doorstep for a moment and then she had some crafts to show me (we all know how I can't resist looking at the crafts) and I was just havin a good ole time. Completely forgot about the cookies in my oven!!!!

Who knows how long they were in there?

I don't.

Lets just say when Grey and I walked through the door I could smell well-done-cookies. That's when it hit me.......aawwww crap.....the cookies!! I run over to the oven (I think I knocked Grey over on my way there) I open it up and the cookies were black......I could not believe that I managed to ruin the frozen-store-bought cookie dough cookies.

All I could do was laugh....and then Grey laughed at me laughing.

So if any of you feel sorry for me and my cookie curse, feel free to send some cookies my way or a lesson or two on cookie making.

Beach Pics

2009-09-16T09:38:00.000-07:00

We went to Siesta Key in Florida over labor day weekend. We had a blast. This is by far our favorite beach. We went there a couple times last year when we lived in Florida and we just had to go back. It's beautiful. Enjoy the pics!!

Muscles

2009-09-15T18:29:00.000-07:00

Short video of Grey showing off her muscles. The video is very dark, I wish you could see her facial expression when she shows her muscles. Sooo Funny! Enjoy! There's a little taste of her dancing in this video too.

All Grown Up

2009-09-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

Most recent picture of Grey. She's growing up so fast. Enjoy!!

(if you click on the picture it will enlarge it and it's much cuter when it's bigger.)

It's about time!

2009-09-10T18:46:00.000-07:00

I'm having a hard time these days with updating my blog. It's not that I don't have anything to share with you all, it's just me being lazy and our internet connection not always there. I have tons of pictures I'm uploading as I write this, so stay tuned for those.

Well, where do I start. We seem to be adjusting well to Aiken. The weather is awesome. We were actually a little bit chilly the other day. (I'm going to freeze when I make that trip home to Idaho.) We are able to go outside and feel comfortable and not feel like we are cooking. Speaking of cooking, I've been trying to be better at cooking more and I'm getting pretty good at it. (That was random, but just thought I'd throw that out there.)

Ryan is sooooo busy with work. He is back on the day shift, which we love, but he is always so exhausted when he gets home. I would be too if I had to wake up at 4:15 everyday! How do you do it Ryan? I'm so proud of him. I truly do feel lucky to be able to stay at home with Grey. She is so much fun and is really starting to show her personality. She is very talkative and she's not afraid to talk to strangers. That part makes me a little nervous. I feel like we are in a parade whenever we walk out of walmart. She's got everyone's attention and blowin kisses and "bye, bye's" and "see ya laters." I'm not sure where she learned that. She loves her new kitty (that's another story in itself) and sometimes she loves her a little too much! Grey is so funny in the car, she plugs her ears if she doesn't like what I'm listening to and if I change the station from something she did like she yells "hey" so I change it back and she starts dancing. She loves to dance. I've taught her a few moves, sooo cute. She says excuse me after she burps (and then she has to fake alteast 5 burps and excuse me's after that.) She can say her name (not while she is burping) and she is definitely talking with us a lot more. I could go on and on about Grey. We are just so proud of all she's learning and the sweet little girl she is.

As for me, I spend my days keeping the kitty alive and playing with Grey. We have fun. I'm still sewing a little here and there. I just got 3 more patterns, so those will keep me busy for a while. I'm going to an Aiken moms club meeting on Monday. Basically the moms club is for stay at home moms and they get together throughout the week for different activities and they have a moms night out once a month. They do fundraisers for different charity groups in the community, so I'm excited to be a part of that.

We miss everyone at home, but we are loving our lives here in South Carolina. We hope all of you are doing well! I will try to keep on top of my blog with pictures and updates. Have a great day!!

My New Hobby

2009-07-23T18:27:00.000-07:00

I've recently started sewing dresses for Grey and I'm having so much fun with it. I think I go to the fabric store every other day (sorry Ryan) but I just can't help it. I've got so many ideas for dresses and I can't wait to make all of them. Here are my first 3 dresses. I tired to get Grey to model them for me but she wasn't cooperating and I didn't have the patience to wait, so this is as good as they get.

My first dress I made. Portobellopixie Claire dress with attached apron.

Strips of fabrics made this halter dress

Portobellopixie Petal Knot Dress. This dress also has an apron and the straps go through a button hole and tie in a knot. So fun!

S.C

2009-07-20T16:25:00.000-07:00

Well, we are officially living in South Carolina. I have to say, I really do love it here. The people are so nice, the weather is warm, it's green and the town is just my size. Now that we are settled in I will catch up on my blogging. I have lots of pics to show and stories to tell. Ryan ended his training last thursday. Yay! He likes his job and is glad to be qualified to work on his own now. Grey is adjusting to the new place and to being with me all day long. We don't have any play buddies yet, but we will soon I hope. And me, well, I'm settin up the sewing room and getting started on my dress creations for Grey and I may sell some as well. We'll see.

Check back in a few days for pics and more exciting stories. Bye for now!!

Venting

2009-06-22T21:11:00.000-07:00

Hello. Just wanted to let everyone know I am moving to South Carolina July 10th! I am busy packing and getting ready for the Skidmore Family reunion on July 5th. I hope to enjoy my final weeks in Idaho and I'm trying not to be to stressed about everything. I really loved these past 9 months of living close to family. I couldn't ask for anything more! (except to have Ryan here with me) Grey has formed friendships with cousins and I have grown closer to Ryan's family. I have enjoyed being able to do as I please and go visit my mom and sisters anytime I want. I am really going to miss so many things and people here. I am excited and nervous about this new chapter of our lives in South Carolina. I am trying so hard to have a good attitude about it all and I want to make the most of it. Normally when we move I have a hard time making friends because all I care about is coming home and why should I make friends because I have my sisters, right? But I've come to realize that I should try harder to form friendships and really try to make South Carolina feel more like home. We may be there for a while so I'm going to try and make friends and become part of something there. This probably sounds so silly to some of you, but I hope there are some of you that understand what I mean.

Basically the purpose of me writing this is to let all of you know to not take life for granted. Opportunities come and go and if you don't enjoy them when they come, you'll look back and kick yourself for not making the most of them; they may never come back.

Pleeeeeease call me or email me when I'm away. There's nothing like a phone call from a friend. It makes my day to hear my phone ring and know that someone thought to call me. I love all of you! I will miss all of you!

An Update

2009-06-03T19:56:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. Things have really changed here in the life of the Hammons. Where do I start.....Ryan has accepted a job at the Savanah River Site in South Carolina. He moved there on May 23rd and I will be moving out there sometime in July. We are very excited for this new chapter in our life and what blessings will come from it. So Ryan is there and we are here in Idaho Falls. I hate living apart from Ryan, but soon enough we will be together.
Grey is growing up so fast! She wore her first ponytail yesterday. She doesn't seem to grow hair on the top of her head, only the back, so she has a mullet but she's still a cutie. She can say daddy, kitty, Elly, baby, meow, moo, this, papa, whoops, yes, no ( and it's never just one no...it's no no no no no.) She gives kisses like crazy and she'll come up to me during the day and give me the "one armed" hug. Sooo precious! I love it! She just started throwing tantrums.....don't like that part so much. She's a lot of fun though. I couldn't ask for anything more.
I am trying to keep busy however I can. I clean the house everyday, we are living in a house that is for sale, so I have to keep it clean and staged 7 days a week. It's a beautiful home so I don't mind having to do that. I'm getting my sewing machine out tomorrow to start a quilt for Grey. I'm excited for that. I also keep busy with my crafts, so if you ever need a gift for someone, call me and I'll whip something up for ya.
So that is where we are in our lives right now. I have to say I am so proud of Ryan for working so hard to support our family. I love and appreciate him more and more everyday. I love being able to stay home with Grey and he makes that possible for me. Thank you Ryan! We miss you!

Yikes!

2009-05-28T13:35:00.001-07:00

Never leave your brownies unattended!

Or is it never leave your kids unattended......

Either way.....it's no good!

Mother's Day Pics

2009-05-16T08:32:00.001-07:00

Macy, Alyvia, Grey, Ava

I had a great mother's day!

I'm so blessed

Grey with Macy and Ava

Little Girls are so much Fun!

2009-05-08T20:23:00.000-07:00

This video is pretty cute. Enjoy!!

Cute Pics

2009-04-28T19:49:00.001-07:00

Just wanted to share these with everyone! Enjoy!

Grey's new slide. So Fun!

Elly and Grey by the fire.

These girls love Papa....and cheetos!

Best Buds!

Grey loves little Livy. (Alyvia)

We are Moving!

2009-04-22T20:35:00.000-07:00

Moving day is here! I have been busy this week packing and refinishing some furniture to get ready to move into the house! The house has to look good, so that means our furniture has to too. Here are some pics from this week. I'll post pics of the house when it's all set up!

She just can't stay out of anything!

This is what the dresser started out as. I sanded it and painted the edges red.

Then painted it black and sanded the edges so the red could show through.

In this pic the knobs aren't on, but it now has new knobs and looks brand new!

I also refinished the antique, white high chair. I decided to paint it black to match our table.

The end table was the same as the big dresser and I painted it to match.

I repainted this shelf. ( yes Jade...this is the shelf that has been painted numerous times.) But I like this finish the best. It will stay this way for a while, if not forever.

I hope you enjoyed looking at my projects! Come see them when they are all set up!

Easter Fun

2009-04-12T21:40:00.001-07:00

This last weekend Brooke and I went to Utah to spend a couple days shopping and then we went over to Edie's in Evanston and stayed for a day. We had a great time! On Saturday there was an easter egg hunt, so we decided to take the kids. It was fun; Grey and Elly were very anxious to start, well not really, they just wanted to run, but we had to hang onto them until they said GO. They each ended up with a few eggs and it was a great first easter egg hunt for them. Enjoy the pics!

Why are we holding these bags mom?

Hey....an egg!

Elly sat on an egg and it stuck to her bum. So Funny!

Easter Sunday at Grandma and Grandpa Skidmore's house! More Eggs!!

Cute Easter pics.

Hope you all enjoyed your Easter Sunday!

10 Things I LOVE about my LiFe!

2009-04-08T21:04:00.001-07:00

These are the ten things in my life that I love, that make me feel alive and happy.So here it goes - in no particular order:

1. I must start with Ryan!! I am so glad I found him and that he is a part of my life. I love him more and more everyday!

2. Grey is also my #1 love! She is my life!

3. I love having the title of "Mother." It makes me feel important, needed, responsible and loved!

4. I'm addicted to Pepsi. I love it and don't think that will ever change.

5. I love riding with the sun roof open! It's just so fun!

6. I love making things for other people. I love to see the look on their faces when I give them my creations.

7. I love my big 'ol family! There is never a dull moment with this bunch.

8. I love drawing up home plans. Who knows, maybe someday I'll live my dream!

9. I love sunny days! Who doesn't? The feel of sun on my skin is the best!

10. I love road trips! So Fun!

I am going to tag: Brooke, Erin, J'lene, Kali

Grey Grey

2009-03-30T20:41:00.000-07:00

She looks cute in everything! Need I say more.

Bloopers

2009-03-11T18:11:00.001-07:00

These are the pictures that never make it into any other slide show because they just

didn't capture the moments quite as well as another one. I figured I would give these pictures a home in a blooper slide show. There's quite a few, but they are funny. Feel free to laugh!

Grey and Ells

2009-03-03T21:27:00.001-08:00

Tackle him

Hi dog...

Grey sure can pull a face.

The girls had fun playin with the big dog. Notice Elly's face in both pics. So funny!

We got to go Outside!!

2009-03-03T20:40:00.000-08:00

We have been blessed with warmer weather this week, so we have taken advantage of it and spent a little time outside. Grey loves to walk around outside and when it's time to come in she gets so mad. It's been really fun! It's nice to have Ryan home to join in the fun with us. We miss him so much when he has to leave. He's gone almost every other week for work. I know it's hard for him to be gone so much and I want him to know how much I appreciate his hard work and all that he does for Grey and I. Love you Ryan!!

Grey loves being with Daddy.

Playin on the toys. She likes the slides.

Funny faces on the window.

My little poser!

Pay it Forward

2009-02-28T21:14:00.001-08:00

This idea comes from my sister Erin. I saw it on her blog, left a comment and now am putting it here. I can't wait to send some of my goodies to you lucky few!!

The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a handmade gift from me during this year. When and What will be a surprise. There's a small catch though....Post this same thing on your blog and then come back and leave a comment telling me you're in. Remember, only the first 3 comments receive the gift.{p.s. email me your address if you'd be so kind}

My little helper

2009-01-28T20:38:00.000-08:00

Grey loves to help me with whatever it is I am doing. It's pretty cute to see her try. Here are a couple videos and pics of my little helper.

Helping me sweep.

She loves to help me with dishes, but this time she realized what else she could do. All I can say is like father like daughter. Grandma Julie said this is what Ryan did when he was little and eventually he could climb up on the cupboard. Oh my!

2009-01-28T20:24:00.000-08:00

This vacuum is so cute. It makes the sound and she really thinks she is helping. On this particular day she went all over the house with this thing. So adorable.

Daddy's Home

2009-01-28T20:09:00.000-08:00

Ryan has been on the road for a long time and he's finally home! We really missed having him around and Grey was so excited to see him. She was eating dinner when he walked in and she wanted down, which is weird for her to want to get down from eating, and she hugged him tight and just layed on his shoulder. It was the sweetest thing. I just had to share this with all of you!

Grocery Trip

2009-01-21T20:15:00.000-08:00

So today I went to Broulims with my sister in law Jamia. On our way to the check out there was a display of Hostess donuts and I just couldn't pass them up. I had the munchies. So I grabbed a crumb donut package and got in line. Grey wanted to hold them, which was nothing new. She always has to hold something that I grab. Anyways, so we are in line now and I am turn my back for...lets say....30 seconds as I'm unloading the cart, I turn back around and Grey has the donut package open and she has half a donut in her mouth and one in each hand. Oh geez.....Grey!!! It was the funniest thing. We laughed, the broulims man laughed. (wished I'd had the camera.) I managed to pry one of the donuts out of her hand and let her have the other one. She loves food and now she loves junk food. Great.

A Few Pictures

2009-01-13T10:06:00.000-08:00

I had all these pictures I wanted to share. Hope you enjoy them.

New Trick

2009-01-13T10:00:00.000-08:00

Grey found a new way to carry her cup around yesterday. I don't think it was on purpose, but she thought it was pretty cool. She kept twisting her body and watching the cup sway back and forth on her belly. She left it there forever, but then got mad when she couldn't get it out.

The cup inside her shirt.

Get it out Mom!!!

Let it Snow!....and then let it stop!

2008-12-23T21:17:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I haven't seen this much snow for a long time! It started snowing last week and hasn't stopped. Yesterday it snowed all day long and then the wind started blowing in the late afternoon. I'd say we had a blizzard! It was wild wind and snow blowing everywhere, huge drifts, cars off the road. We had our Hammon family Christmas party last night and we ended up turning it into a sleep over due to the road conditions. Crazy times! When we got home this morning we had huge snow drifts in front of our apartment and the snow blew right up to our door.

It's fun to see the snow at Christmas time, but I think we can call it quits for now. We have enough to last us for a couple weeks. Ryan is working for the city of Idaho Falls plowing snow, so if it stops snowing then he doesn't have to work, so lets hope it doesn't snow on Christmas!!

Pictures of the snow piles in the middle of the road.

Grey bein cute!

Merry Christmas!!

Butterfly Birthday Party

2008-11-29T11:40:00.001-08:00

Our Thanksgiving!

2008-11-29T11:07:00.000-08:00

Grey turned the big ONE on Thanksgiving this year. What a fun time for all of us! We started the day with blueberry muffins, Grey's favorite, and a few gifts from Mommy and Daddy. We then spent the day with both of our families, which is a gift in itself, for a all of us. Grey loves to play with all her cousins and Ryan and I love being close to family and getting the chance to hang out with everyone. We have so much to be thankful for this year! With it being Grey's birthday I couldn't help but think about the day she was born and how grateful we are that she is healthy and here with us today! What a great day to celebrate your first birthday!

Slowly, but surely...

2008-11-20T16:29:00.002-08:00

The tree is on it's way up. Christmas tree that is. I cleaned today and made room for the tree and decided to put it up while Grey was sleeping. We will decorate it this weekend. Can't wait! I don't even think Grey has noticed it. I was worried she wouldn't stop bugging it, but so far she hasn't even touched it. Lucky me!

So I'm probably the first person to put up my tree, but I haven't been able to for two years, so I just couldn't wait any longer. I'll post pictures when it's all decorated. Happy Holidays!!

Cutest Chair

2008-11-12T18:36:00.001-08:00

Grey's new chair. (Courtesy of Aunt Jamia)

She loves climbing in and out of it. She fits so perfect in it. Too Cute!!

Halloween!

2008-10-31T20:41:00.000-07:00

Another update!

2008-10-29T19:43:00.000-07:00

11 months old and Grey is officially walking! She walks all over the place, exploring all there is to see. It was so fun to watch her accomplish such a huge thing. Life is different with a little walker in the house. She can get away quicker during a diaper change, goes from room to room, carries things around the house, (leaving us wondering where everything is) and best of all, walking over to give us loves! We couldn't be prouder of little Grey!

( As soon as we find our camera I will post pictures of her and video. We seem to have lost it in the move.)

We are in Rexburg!!

2008-10-21T10:27:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone! It's been a while since my last post. We have been busy moving home and trying to find a place to live. We found an apartment in Rexburg last week, so we are in the process of unpacking and settling in to the new place. We live at the village on pioneer road. We like where we are. Ryan is starting his new job this week. He is still working for Sound Security, he just has a different job title. So all is well here! We love being close to family and it's been fun for Grey to play with cousins and get to know everyone again. She's still a little shy at first, but she'll get used to everyone sooner or later. If you are in the Rexburg area come visit us. We love to have company! As soon as we are settled, I'll be sure to post some pics and get back into the blogging world. Have a good one!!

Goodbye Florida!

2008-09-29T17:57:00.000-07:00

These are our last days here in Florida and we are trying to make the most of them. We wanted to make sure and go to the pool before we left, but not sure if that's gonna happen. It's supposed to rain until Thursday, sorry Grey! We have really loved living in Florida. Ryan loves the heat, I love all the places to go shopping and Grey loves having a pool. We will definitely miss this place, but we are excited to be heading back to Idaho. There's no place like home!

We are leaving on October 1st, so this will be my last post for a while. Wish us luck on our super long drive home! If you have any ideas on how to keep Grey entertained in the car, we would love to hear them! See you in Idaho!!

She wants to walk!

2008-09-22T09:05:00.000-07:00

Grey pushes anything and everything around the house these days. She's getting pretty good at it too. It won't be long until she's walkin on her own. Yikes!

No.

2008-09-15T19:42:00.000-07:00

I've been saying the word "no" a lot lately. I feel kinda bad, but I can't feel too bad because Grey doesn't know the meaning yet. I think she hears me say it and she knows that she is getting attention from it and it just eggs her on. So I am going to start saying yes and see what happens.

This is how it all starts.

Hey Momma! I'm just stretching and playing good. Don't mind me...

Why do you keep looking at me? I'm just standing here doing nothing!

Go away already!

(I walk away for not even a minute) Grey's thinking, "nice barocade mom. Not gonna stop me."

Oh no! She caught me!

But Mom!

And this goes on all day long. We need a gate!!

Fun at the Lake

2008-09-15T19:23:00.000-07:00

The lake was beautiful! Ryan was out riding the jet-ski! He had fun!

Grey and I loungin! She was sleepy!

Is this the nude lake? I laughed at this pic cause it almost looks like Ryan is naked too, but he's not! Bwaa ha ha hah heee eh he heee ha ha ah ha!

A storm came and we left.

The end!

Here it is....

2008-09-12T17:55:00.000-07:00

This is our house in Orlando

Doesn't it kinda look like a doll house?

Ryan and Grey by the work truck.

Grey bein cute on the porch.

Where in the World are Ryan and Katie?

2008-09-09T11:42:00.000-07:00

We have moved, yet again! We now live in Orlando Florida and who knows how long we will be here. I guess this is one of the perks of Ryans job, we get to see the country and live places we probably wouldn't have even visited. It's kinda cool to get to do this, but it gets old after a while. We are ready to make our journey home!

We live about two miles from Universal Studios. (seriously) We went to city walk the other day, which is part of universal, but you don't have to pay to get in, you just walk around and there's cool stuff to see and little shops and stuff like that. We took a little boat ride. (and I didn't puke, I was so proud of myself) It was a beautiful day. We had fun!

Our apartments are nice. They are townhouse apartments, so bedrooms are upstairs. As soon as we moved in Grey figured out how to climb them, so already we have an accident waiting to happen. She is getting so brave. Our house is pink! It looks like a dollhouse, no joke. I need to take a picture of it. We have a nice pool, which Grey loves. I don't know what we are going to do when we get home and there is no pool, baths will have to do I guess.

All in all we love where we are! There are actually some other married people with children, so I will have someone to hang out with. We had some people over the other day so we could get to know each other and Grey managed to make both of their kids cry. I hope that didn't ruin my chances of making a friend. Grey can be a bully at times. Ryan was proud of her! (of course)

I will post a few pics of what we've been up to. Bye for now!

Ryan's way better at this than I am.

Grey was staring out the window...I thought it was precious.
Universal Studios Orlando

Me with this gorilla

All about Ryan

2008-09-03T19:39:00.000-07:00

1. What is his name? Ryan Lee Hammon (Gator)
2. Who eats more? Ryan does, cause he's a boy and that's what boys do?
3. Who said I love you first? Ryan said it first and worried that I wasn't going to say it back.....but I did.
4. Who is taller? Ryan is. (have you seen me?)
5. Who is smarter? Oh, I hate to say it, but Ryan is smarter.
6. Who is more sensitive? I am
7. Who does the laundry? I do the laundry and thats how I want it to be.
8. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do
9. Who pays the bills? Well, Ryan makes the dough so he runs the show. (hehe I just made that up.)
10. Who cooks more? I cook more, but I think Ryan wishes I cooked even More!
11. What meals do you cook together? When Ryan's home we try to cook together, but he's always adding weird things when I'm not looking, so I have to keep an eye on him.
12. Who is more stubborn? I asked Ryan this question and he looks and me and says, "Who gets their way?" and I was like "Oh." So that would be me.
13. Who is the first to admit they're wrong? Ryan does. I have a hard time with that. (hence the stubborn-ness)
14. Who has more siblings? That would be me. 3 vs. 8
15. Who wears the pants in the relationship? We both wear shorts, so lets call it even.
16. What do you like to do together? Play with Grey, swimming, cuddle, play guitar hero, go for walks.
17. Who eats more sweets? I do, but when Ryan finds them he helps me eat them.
18. Guilty pleasures? Playin video games and facebook
19. How did you meet? We met at Club Strata (a.k.a Retrix). Ryan was home over christmas break and decided to hit the dance floor, and me, well, I was there every week. (no surprise there.) He finally got my number 2 months later and we've been together ever since.
20. When did you fall in love with him? I fell in love with him over the phone. We were dating long distance, so phone conversations we very important. He was so easy for me to talk to and we had a lot in common and his voice is sexy too.
21. Who has changed the most since you married? I think we both have. Once Grey was born we both realized we had to grow up a little bit...okay a lot.
22. Who proposed? Ryan proposed, but he always tells people that I did.
23. His best features? His smile, his eyes, his laugh, his jokes and he has really soft feet. Jealous!
24. What is his greatest quality? Ryan is so caring. He's always making sure everyone is taken care of at work and at home. He is a great father to Grey and a great husband to me and I couldn't ask for more.

I was tagged by Kathryn

I tag Brooke, Erin, J'lene, Crystal, Amy H.

Time flies when you don't want it too!

2008-08-27T17:48:00.000-07:00

Well, Grey is officially 9 months old! I can't believe it. This sounds so cliche, but it really does feel like just yesterday she was born. I remember it so clearly. From day one I've always said "I can't wait until she does this or that", wanting her to do all these things and now I want time to go backwards and just have my little baby sleeping in my arms....or just sleeping period. It just seems like she is growing up so fast. Now she is crawling all over the place, finding tight spaces to get stuck in, objects to put in her mouth; Ryan and I just marvel at all these new things she figures out every day. Sometimes we just sit and watch her. She has so many facial expressions, it cracks us up. She's always smiling, but every once in a while we get "the glare". And I have a feeling we will be getting used to that one. (I need to catch that on camera.)

We love our little Grey! She is truly the light of our lives.

So Happy 9 months Grey!

She's Crawling!

2008-08-12T11:35:00.000-07:00

Grey has been crawling for a few days now, we are so proud of her, but now we have our work cut out for us. She has already managed to get into trouble and we always have to be on our toes with her. She started out slow and is getting faster by the day. She thinks she can stand up to anything her size, (i.e furniture, boxes, toilet, entertainment center, laundry baskets.) The list grows every day. Just this morning she found the toilet and from now on the bathroom door stays closed. The last thing I need is her falling in there. Every things is just so interesting to an 8 month old. She loves to crawl to the computer and type or should I say pound on the keys, that seems to be her favorite at the moment. (Just ask Ryan...hee hee)

But even though Grey is getting into EVERYTHING, we couldn't be happier that she is crawling! We love watching her grow and we are proud that she is our little girl.

Our Trip Home

2008-08-08T20:11:00.001-07:00

I was tagged!!

2008-08-07T19:02:00.000-07:00

Kathryn tagged me

Link the person(s) who tagged you.

•Mention the rules on your blog.
•Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.
•Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them.
•Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged

Here I go:

1. I enjoy standing on one leg! I can't tell you when it started, but it's comfortable to me. I just rest my foot on the inside of my thigh, right above my knee (kinda like a flamingo). It's awesome. Why tire both of your legs?

2. I like to buy things for scrapbooking, but I don't scrapbook! I am drawn to the cute paper, stickers, photo albums, and I buy it and it just sits there. I tell myself that someday I will start, but to this day, I'm still telling myself that. Help?!

3. If it smells funny, I won't eat it. I smell everything before I eat it. I try to be discreet about it, especially if I'm eating at someone's house, but I do it everytime!

4. I believe that our dreams are trying to tell us something. If I remember a dream, I analyze the heck out of it. Nothing has ever really come of it, but I still think that someday my dream will somehow predict the future. And sometimes someone really random will be in my dream, like an old friend, and then they end up calling me or emailing the next day and to me that's weird.

5. Since becoming a mother, I have made up so many different songs. I sing about whatever, whenever. Like, I have a diaper changing song, a bath time song, a food song, a walking song, a running song, you name it, I will have a song ready. I don't know what it is. Grey likes it now, but as she gets older she will be begging me to stop. I hope it stops too, cause I don't want to be the weird mom.

6. I can belch really loud. Louder than Ryan at times. It's great!

I tag Brooke, Erin, J'lene, Crystal

( I need more blogging friends)

I love Family!

2008-08-07T18:10:00.000-07:00

For the past two weeks I have been at home in Idaho and let me tell ya, it rocked. Ryan stayed behind in Florida and we missed him, but we did not miss Florida. Huh Grey? (she says ya..) I love hanging out with my family and being in familiar territory. We enjoyed every minute of being home. Grey loved all the little kids and I think she enjoyed the attention as well. Who wouldn't?

Here is a list of what we enjoyed while at home:

*being with family

*going to big springs (even though there were a ton of bugs)

*Grey meeting her Uncle Jason, Aunt Jamia and her cousins Macy and Ava

*swinging at Brooke's house

*going down grandma's slide

*pepsi parties

*doing the letter crafts (do I owe someone $$ for that?)

*driving the 4-wheeler

*girls day in town with Julie and Emily (and James)

*the other girls day in town with Mom, Janeal, Erin, Brooke and all the kids (c'mon you guys..it wasn't that bad....)

*riding the bike at grandma's

*Grey getting her top teeth

*probably more, but I can't think at the moment

I could go on and on about all the fun we had, but that would be boring for some... all in all we had a blast and we were very sad to leave. I cried and Grey cried and then I cried again because I knew Grey was sad. I also have a ton of pictures that I will post soon, so you can see all the fun for yourself. Thanks fam for all the good times! Love you guys!!

At the Zoo

2008-07-07T19:30:00.001-07:00

New loofa?

2008-07-04T10:31:00.000-07:00

I had been cleaning the bathrooms and after I cleaned the toilet I set the toilet brush into the shower while I finished everything else. Well, I had forgotten about it and in the meantime, Ryan had come home and hopped into the shower. As he is showering he yells out, "I love this new loofa!" I thought to myself for a moment, "what new loofa?" Then it hit me... Oh no, the toilet brush!! As I hurry to tell Ryan that's no loofa, I find him laughing to himself. He new it wasn't a loofa and he was just trying to scare me and he did!! It would have been funnier if he didn't know, and then to see his face after I told him it was a toilet brush, but oh well. At least I didn't have to deal with a stinky husband.

Have you laughed today?

2008-07-03T09:55:00.000-07:00

If not, you can laugh at this. We did!!

A Few More...

2008-06-30T18:03:00.000-07:00

These are just a few more pictures from last weekend with Ann and Cole. Grey was looking cute in her pink dress so we couldn't resist taking pictures.

  Our little Family
   Huh?
Give that phone back Daddy!!
   Another Picture?
If this dress is so cute, maybe I should eat it!

Weekend Adventure!

2008-06-27T18:09:00.000-07:00

We went to Sarasota last weekend to visit Ann and Cole. We had a lot of fun! I'm not going to write to much about it, just watch the slide show and you will get the story of our weekend.

Quick Funny Story

2008-06-26T12:16:00.001-07:00

Grey loves to play with Ryan's and my cell phone. So this morning she had my phone and was pushing buttons as usual, (It's normally like *7798***##98 or something similar, ya know) anyways, I just happened to look at the phone and she had dialed 911. Ahhh! I hurried and cancelled the call, luckily it hadn't gone through yet. She must have thought that me making breakfast was going to end up in an emergency. J/k!

Just thought I'd share that story with you all. Hope you enjoyed it. Have a good day!

Try this one! You won't be sorry!!

2008-06-17T18:57:00.001-07:00

So I was looking around on the internet for a new recipe because I feel like Ryan and I have the same things every week. Sound familiar to anyone? Well, I frequently look at campbellkitchen.com and I've tried a few of their recipes, but none of them have really fulfilled our taste buds.......until now! I found a great recipe, it's actually really plain and simple, but so tasty and quick as ever.

Cheddar Broccoli Chicken and Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients:

1 tbsp. vegetable oil
4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's® Condensed Broccoli Cheese Soup (Regular or 98% Fat Free)
1/3 cup milk
2 cups fresh or frozen broccoli flowerets
4 cups hot mashed potatoes

Directions:

Heat oil in skillet. Add chicken and cook until browned.

Add soup, milk and broccoli. Heat to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat 5 min. or until done. Serve over potatoes.

Sounds good huh! This is actually our second time having this and we just love it. The second time I made it I just used cream of broccoli soup (minus the cheese) and it was just as good! I slice up the chicken into smaller pieces, but you can do whatever you like. I also threw some biscuits in the oven, which we all love, and it just made the meal complete.

I may sound crazy, but I know how hard it is to cook for just two people, and this recipe works for two or more. I just thought I'd share it with you all. Let me know if you try it!

(If anyone wants to start a recipe swap over the blog, I'm in. I need ideas! Ryan is getting sick of the same old stuff!)

Our Life...at the moment

2008-06-11T19:49:00.000-07:00

Not much is going on here in Florida, but I thought I'd just share a few pictures from this past weekend.

We go to the pool pretty much every day! It's the only way to tolerate being out in the sun! Grey loves the water...and we do too!

These are just random pics at the pool. Ryan balances Grey on his hand at home and now he does it at the pool. What you can't see (or hear) is me getting ready to catch her if she falls and saying "okay, that's enough." That big wave one is of Ryan... He is inside that wave. Woooo!

Grey loves food. It's fun to watch her try new things and all the funny faces she makes. We really aren't giving her pepsi, she just likes to think that she can drink from the bottles. We hold it up there and she pretends to have a drink. What's funny is that when she pulls it away she acts like she just took a big drink and is breathing heavy and smacking her lips, when really nothing even came close. She's funny! We also put her in a high chair at Wendy's for the first time. She thought that was fun. I'm not sure why babies think they need to eat the chair, but Grey sure tried. (I know she's not the only one either. I've seen others do it too.)

We decided to go to the beach for a few hours and boy was it hot. We found a bit of shade and hung out there until it went away. We were the only ones in that spot. I guess people don't go to the beach to sit in the shade. We do! We loved just relaxing and being outside for a while.

I kinda feel bad showing everyone these pictures of us in the sun because I know the weather isn't this great everywhere. We will do our best to send some sun your way!

More Family Pics

2008-06-06T21:35:00.000-07:00

They are finally here! We have been so excited to get the cd of our pictures and it's here. I just wanted to share a few of my favorite ones. There are a ton more, so I will probably post more later. They were taken by Emily Sandifer. She does such an amazing job! We love her! Let us know how you like them!

Our Little Sitter-Upper!

2008-05-31T14:41:00.000-07:00

These past few weeks we have been really working with Grey on teaching her to sit-up. We are so proud of our little Grey. We can't say she is a pro yet, but we are just about there. Here are a few pictures of her progress.

Alright guys, get me out of this bumbo and onto the floor.
Sittin in the boppy is better, but I still feel trapped!
Yeah! I told you I could do it. This is much better!

As you can see, she loves to sit up and boy is she proud! It's amazing how quickly they catch on to what you are trying to teach them. As parents, we are proud too!

Another Birthday!

2008-05-31T10:20:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear Ryan

Happy Birthday to you!

I just want to wish my sweetheart a happy birthday! He's been working so hard lately and I want to make his birthday as fun as I can. So far, so good! We all slept in this morning, which is very unusual at our house because Grey likes to wake up early and it's hard to ignore her cause she is so loud, but today her gift to daddy was to let him sleep in. Thanks Grey!

Hopefully the rest of our day only gets better! We love you Ryan!

Laugh Attack

2008-05-30T19:44:00.000-07:00

I had to jump to turn the light on and Grey thought that was funny. So I just kept jumping and this is what happened...

(You may want to turn the music off on the slide show below. Just click on the bottom left corner.)

It's a GreyT Half Birthday!

2008-05-27T09:39:00.001-07:00

Today is Grey's half birthday! To me, half birthdays should be just as fun as whole ones!?(does that sound right?) Anyways, so in celebration of Grey's halfer, we spent the morning at the pool which she loves and this afternoon we will play with lots of toys and eat her favorite snack, bananas! For Grey, this day will be lots of fun, for me, just another day....in paradise!

Yeah! It's my Birthday!
I'll stop for just this one mom!
This is my booger face!
Here we Go!
Don't let me go Daddy!

I'm tired, but I'll show you my trick!

Hammon Look-alike Meter

2008-05-27T09:29:00.001-07:00

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This is to prove that my daughter does look like me!! Hopefully people will see this and I will start getting credit for having such a cute baby!

I got this look-a-like meter off of Crystal's page. She is a good friend of mine and I hope she doesn't mind me stealing things off her blog. Thanks Crystal!!

We love Family!

2008-05-26T14:40:00.000-07:00

I've been missin my family, so I decided to make a slide show of random pictures that I had of everyone. If your not in there it's cause I didn't have a picture of you. Send me one and I'll add you in.

I have the best family ever! They are so much fun. I can't wait to see you guys this summer. Love you all!!!!!!

My Hero

2008-05-24T20:34:00.000-07:00

Ryan is a life saver! This poor turtle was out in the middle of the road and Ryan, being the brave man he is, ran out into the traffic to save this little guys life. (well, actually there was absolutely no traffic for miles, but he's still brave...) The turtle was a little feisty at first, but then he warmed up to us. We washed him off with the hose and decided that we should take him back to the pond down the street. That's probably where the turtle came from in the first place. He had probably been traveling for days and was proud to have made it that far, and then here we are taking him all the way back to the pond. (Sorry little guy!) But, we were proud to have saved the life of a turtle.

Now don't be callin us to come save the amphibians, reptiles or animals in your area. We are not certified!! Just think of us as heroes, or at least think of Ryan as one.

Girl Talk

2008-05-24T20:18:00.000-07:00

They all had a little somethin to say! We love our cousins!