Pratt Bratts

Updates, updates and more updates!

2012-01-17T21:36:00.001-08:00

Hey! It's been awhile since I updated my blog so I figured I would take a moment and do that.

Halloween:

Cameron has been really into Pirates for awhile now and so we decided that we would all be pirates. Sadly I didn't get any pictures of Alex in his pirate outfit. :( He grew a beard for Halloween because you can't be a guy pirate and not have one. I did get pictures of the beard! :)

Pirate mommy and pirate Cameron

Here's a good picture of Alex's beard. :) This photo was taken when we went with Alex's aunt and uncle on a "Halloween Cruise" on the Provo river. WAY FUN!!!

I also got to carve my dream pumpkin this year for Halloween. MALEFICENT!!! (The villain from Disney's "Sleeping Beauty")

Thanksgiving:

We went out to Alex's parents this year for Thanksgiving. We had a great time out there with his family. Sadly, I didn't take any pictures of it this year. Also, this November (about 2 weeks before Thanksgiving) I got bored one night and decided to read the "Twilight" series. Those books are addictive! Hahaha!!! I read the complete series (4 books) in one months time. And now, I guess, you could call me a huge fan!! I LOVE this series!! I love the books and the movies. (Yes, the first one is a bit cheesy but this is also true for so many other series that turn out to be extremely good! IE, Harry Potter) :)

Christmas:

We had a really good Christmas this year! We all got completely spoiled! :) We woke up early to open gifts with just us in the morning, then headed out to Alex's parents and went to his sister's sacrament meeting that afternoon with her and her family and his parents. After that we went to my grandma's for her annual Christmas lunch and gifts and then headed over to my parents and finally my other grandmother's after dinner. It was a really busy day but I wouldn't change a thing about it! It wouldn't be Christmas if we weren't going non-stop. :) The day after Christmas we got together with Alex's family again for family pictures and a family dinner before his brother had to go back to Arizona.

Cameron with Santa.

Cameron in her beautiful Christmas dress.

One of our family pictures.

The grandkids on Alex's side of the family.

LDS General Relief Society Meeting

2011-10-09T12:06:00.000-07:00

This year my mom was able to get tickets for her, me, my sister in law, aunt and grandma to go up to the conference center to watch it. It was an amazing experience! We took Trax up and had dinner in the city before the conference. It was so amazing to be in the conference center and feel the spirit we did there. The meeting was very good. :) I loved President Uchtdorf's talk and next spring I plan to see many forget me nots in people's flower gardens. :)

My aunt, grandma, mom and me in front of the temple after the session. (My sister in law was taking the picture)

New job!

2011-10-09T12:01:00.000-07:00

Alex got a new job this past week! He will now be working at PC Laptops during the day and at C7 at night. I am sad that he is working two jobs and we won't get to see him much but, we are hoping that PC Laptops will be a better fit and the paychecks will be better so he won't have to keep working at night. We will get benefits from this new job which is nice. (We haven't had medical insurance for over a year now and with a child that is rough!) But hopefully this new job will be a good step in the right direction. (Don't get me wrong I still have my speculations about it but I'm trusting it was the right choice) And for now, I'm looking forward to two paychecks. :)

Birthday Party at the fire station!

2011-10-09T11:52:00.000-07:00

For Cameron's cousin's birthday (Brent) we got a tour of the AF fire department. It was so fun and Cameron was so amazed at all the trucks! She got to sit in one but wouldn't sit in it long enough for me to take a picture. I did get some good pictures of her outside the fire trucks though.

Cameron compared to a fire truck's tires. She looks so small next to it.

After they talked about the firetrucks and the kids got to see an actual fire fighter in all his turnout gear they turned on the lights to every truck they had in the garage. This was Cameron's favorite. It's actually an ambulance. :)

Me and my silly little lady bug on a fire truck. (We were so sad that daddy had to work that night and miss the party)

I'm A Big Girl Now!

2011-10-09T11:37:00.001-07:00

Recently, Alex and I made the decision to put Cameron in a big girl bed instead of the day-bed crib. (And no, we didn't make this decision because we'll be needing the crib soon. I'm not pregnant!) My mom kept my old twin bed from my childhood and gave it to us for her. :) We had intended on giving her the bed for Christmas but, in our tiny 2 bedroom apartment, we had nowhere to store it for 3 months. So, Cameron got her bed early. (It doesn't have a comforter on it yet, that is coming for Christmas. Shh, don't tell her though) ;) Here's a few pictures of her new big girl bed.

It's obviously considerably larger than the crib so her room is a bit more crowded but she loves it! I was so concerned about her first night in it. She slept great! However, it did take her a couple of hours to actually fall asleep due to her playing. :)

On top of Cameron getting her big girl bed, Alex and I went and got our headboard back from being stored at his parents house. We have missed it so much!! We were storing it at his parents house because we thought it wouldn't fit in our bedroom but we measured our bedroom one day and it fits with a few inches to spare on each side! Just enough to slide the ironing board in and hide it! :) Here's a picture of our new room. It makes our room look so small but makes our bed look so much nicer.

Summer Fun!

2011-08-31T19:50:00.000-07:00

It has been a little while since I posted anything. We've been so busy with our summer activities that I just didn't have time to post anything. :) We had a lot of fun this summer. It was filled with hiking, carnivals, parades, family, bbq's, games, dinosaur museums, swimming, hair cuts and much much more! Here are some pictures of our summer events:

Hiking with grandma and grandpa.

At a parade. Waiving to city royalty.

Fun in the sun, swimming.

Fun with cousins!

First time bowling!

At the Dinosaur Museum with cousins.

Those are just a small amount of the summer fun we had this year. Every summer my sister comes to visit with her 5 children! We always have a blast with them all! We hope you all had just as fun of a summer as we did! :)

In Rememberance

2011-06-06T15:13:00.000-07:00

On May 31st our sweet landlady passed away of a brain aneurysm. She was one of the sweetest lady's ever. Cameron called her grandma and has missed not seeing her for the past week. Our house has been so quiet without her here. We miss hearing her yell down the stairs at her husband to bring up something from the storage room, the recliner being put down and sounding like our ceiling was going to cave in, and I miss her giving me a call to see if I had gotten my visiting teaching done. (She was my supervisor) We will miss her good cooking and getting invited upstairs to enjoy a meal with them. And we will also miss her wonderful smile and hugs in our lives.

These are our landlords, Genevieve and Delose Fotheringham at Cameron's first birthday last year. Sadly, I have no pictures of her with Cameron. :(

Another Special Visit

2011-06-06T15:05:00.000-07:00

I have a lot of people in my life who have passed away. I have taken the time to make sure to get a picture of Cameron at their gravesites. This year for Memorial day Alex wanted to go see his grandma. We took her some roses and made sure to get a picture with her. I'm sad that I never got to meet her. From what Alex has told me about her she sounded like a wonderful person.

Our little lady turned 2!

2011-05-28T14:49:00.000-07:00

Friday was Cameron's birthday! We had a super fun day with her. We went to Build-A-Bear and out to lunch and had her favorite thing for dinner, noodles! :) And after dinner all our family came over to help celebrate with us! Cameron is really into the Disney Princesses so, naturally, her cake had to be a princess cake! Her cake does have an interesting story though. She got 2 cakes! I made one Thursday night so I wouldn't have to worry about it on her special day. Well, before we went to Build-A-Bear I noticed that a light needed to be changed in our kitchen. Alex changed it and we went on with our day. We came home before lunch for a nap and right after we put her down the light fixture fell off the ceiling and broke into a bunch of pieces on our CARPET (I didn't think it would break falling on the carpet) and glass bounced into our sink, on our counter, on the beautifully decorated cake and on our freshly washed dishes. :S So, I called my mom up in hysterics asking to use her vacuum to clean up the glass and telling her that the cake that I had spent 3+ hours on the night before was ruined. :'( She offered to bake a cake while I cleaned up the glass and then brought it over for me to frost. Luckily, I had left over frosting from the first cake and was able to make an, almost, exact replica of the first cake. Thank Heavens for my mom! :) Other than that little fiasco we had a great day!

The first cake.

And here's cake #2. Cinderella's carriage on both cakes was made out of Rice Krispie treats.

Happy Birthday little lady!

At Build-A-Bear. She made a bunny and named her "Rora"

Cameron and her daddy with her new bike we gave her!

Watch out Ariel!!

2011-05-02T13:58:00.001-07:00

Last week we went to the Disney store to get some things for Cameron's birthday later this month. We got a pack of figurines of the Disney princesses. (They are going to decorate her cake, but I don't want to give too much about her cake away) Originally she was going to have a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse party but lately she has been all about "Rella" (Cinderella) and "Rora" (Aurora) So, I decided to change the theme of the party to princesses. Anyways, she was playing with the figurines on Friday and put them all on a plate I have on our coffee table and told me they were "dancing". I took a look at how she had stacked them and it looks more to me like Ariel is getting ganged up on! Hahaha!! You be the judge! ;)

(p.s. sorry if you can't click on the picture to make it bigger. I've noticed that my posts won't let you. You used to be able to. :S I don't know what I did for that to happen)

Easter Outfits

2011-05-02T13:55:00.000-07:00

Because Cameron was sick this Easter Sunday she didn't go to church and get to wear her beautiful new dress. So, instead she wore it yesterday to church! She is so cute and I love this dress! When I first saw it I fell in love with it and knew she had to have it!

Easter Weekend & Alex's Birthday

2011-04-30T09:27:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun for Easter this year. Other than Cameron got sick on Thursday and didn't get better all weekend. :( She did have enough energy for each egg hunt we went to but that was it. She didn't get to go to church and wear her pretty Easter dress so she'll just have to wear it this Sunday. On Saturday, the day before Easter, my mom has an egg hunt and dinner for my side of the family. Here is a picture of all the grandkids, minus Kristie's, before the egg hunt.

Easter Sunday we went out to Alex's mom's house for dinner and an egg hunt. Easter Sunday was also Alex's birthday. I made two cakes, one for Saturday with my family and one for Sunday with his. I didn't get any pictures of Alex blowing out candles or opening gifts but I did get a picture of the cake. :)

Cameron hunting at Alex's parents house.

Alex's birthday cake. So yummy!! :)

Cameron's loot from the Easter bunny. Poor little lady couldn't eat any of her Easter candy on Easter morning due to being sick.

Mommy's Little Helper

2011-02-01T18:58:00.000-08:00

The other night I was making dinner and had an apron out because I was making bacon. (I don't usually use aprons when making food) Cameron came over after I had taken it off and insisted that she wear it. It was so cute! She wouldn't take it off. She wore it all night until it was time for bed. :)

Apparently in this picture she thought the hand towel on the oven was a cape. Hahaha!

Cabin Fever

2011-01-21T09:05:00.000-08:00

This winter has been kinda rough on me. I just keep wishing for it to be spring already! I wanna go play outside and enjoy the warm weather. It gets rough for me in the time between all the holidays and Valentine's day. It just feels like you're going and going with all the holiday festivities and then New Year's comes and you have nothing to do, it's too cold to go anywhere and you have no money left to do anything. So, one day I got pretty bored and decided to look through my fabric scraps and see if I could make anything. Cameron is growing like a weed lately and will soon be in 24 month sized clothes. Since we don't have a washing machine and only get to do laundry once a week at my mom's I like her to have at least a weeks worth of pajama's. Well, with what I already had in the next size and what I've been loaned so far (I can't wait till after my mom goes to visit my sister to get more clothes!) I only had 4 pairs of pajama pants for her. So, in my fabric I looked for some that would be enough for some pajama pants for my little lady. Here's what I made......

As I was looking through the fabric, Cameron saw the M&M's and wouldn't leave it alone! So, I had to give her a scrap of it to play with and she loves it. Silly kid! But, since I was able to make all three pairs in only 2 hours I needed another project to keep me occupied until spring comes....

I am going to embroider this and frame it for Cameron's room! :)

And I am going to help Erin embroider this for her little boy's room! I hope these projects can keep me busy and keep my mind off the fact that it's so cold and yucky outside and I'm stuck in a basement!

Making traditions of our OWN!

2010-12-21T20:21:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to make a new Christmas tradition for me and my little family! I have always looked forward to having my own family at Christmas time and starting traditions that my kids will look forward to every year! So, here's one thing Alex and I decided we wanted to do as a family every year:

Make homemade sugar cookies for Santa!

Alex LOVES my sugar cookie recipe. Sorry for all those who think I may post it, I'm not going to! :) Here are some pictures of us making our Santa cookies this year!

Helping Daddy put sprinkles on her cookie.

Doing sprinkles all by herself!! Yep, the cap is still on! ;)

You gotta try some!

Alex, working hard.

And the finishing touches!

Thanksgiving 2010

2010-11-26T13:39:00.000-08:00

We had a great Thanksgiving this year! We went to my parents house and had the feast of all feasts surrounded by family and friends! We have so much to be grateful for this year, Alex has a job, we have a roof over our heads, food in our pantry, each others company, our health and the love of our family and friends to name a few. We hope that everyone else had a wonderful Thanksgiving also.

Happy Thanksgiving from our little lady!

Yummy homemade banana cream pie!

Blizzard?

2010-11-26T13:32:00.000-08:00

On monday night there was a blizzard warning issued for us. Alex's boss text him and told him not to come in since we works so late, he didn't want him driving in the blizzard. So, we settled in for the long haul and stayed in all night. The so called "Blizzard" never hit us down here. It did hit up north however. Here's a few pics of our "Blizzard Night In"

Playing "Kingdom Hearts"

All wrapped up and cozy!

We made a fort!

So much fun!

Happy Veteran's Day

2010-11-11T12:53:00.001-08:00

I want to take a moment to thank all the brave men and women that are serving or have served this beautiful country that I live in. I'm so thankful for all that they do to assure our freedom!! I'm so thankful to live in America where I'm free! God Bless America!!

This is a picture of my Grandpa Woffinden. He served in the Navy in WWII.

And here's a picture of my Grandpa with his Armed Gun Crew on a Liberty Ship. He is on the bottom row, very last one on the right.

My dad also served in the Air Force Reserves. And worked on the SR-71 blackbird airplane. He calls it his "baby". :)

Here's a (old) picture of my dad. This picture was taken at my sister Kristie's wedding.

And here's a picture of my niece Kaycee and nephews, James and Matthew. They made signs to tribute my dad and grandpa for Veteran's day today.

"We shall pay any price, bear any burden , meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure our LIBERTY!" A good quote I saw on an embroidery kit up at Gardner Village.

Happy Veteran's day everyone!

3 Years Ago Today

2010-11-09T00:01:00.001-08:00

Alex and I were married three years ago today! We were married in the Salt Lake LDS temple and had our reception at the North Hampton House in American Fork. I would recommend that reception center to ANYONE!!! It was so nice! They took care of everything from flowers and refreshments to invitations! Anyways, let me tell you a little about what I remember happening that day. I arrived to the temple a little bit late and the ladies that work at the front desk said that they were so happy to see me cause Alex had been "pacing" up and down the lobby waiting for me. Hehehe! After the ceremony as we were headed out the temple doors to greet our family and friends as Mr. and Mrs. Alex stepped on the train of my dress breaking a button off causing me to not be able to bustle my dress for the remainder of the day. We still laugh about it today and can actually watch it happen! My photographer caught it on video and put in our wedding video for us to remember! Alex's face is priceless! :) We then took a BUNCH of photos on the temple grounds while Alex's Uncle went back to Lehi to get the church ready for our luncheon. Alex's uncle used to work for Olive Garden so they transformed the gym of his church building into an Italian restaurant and served Fettechini Alfredo and spaghetti and meatballs with the famous Olive Garden breadsticks! We had maybe an hour or two in between the luncheon and our reception. Alex and I went back to my parents house where he caught some what of a nap while I re-did the curls in my hair. We then headed to the reception center where we stood in line the ENTIRE time because we had that many people show up! We didn't even have time to get a drink. Luckily, my niece was nice enough to go grab a few refreshments for us to snack on. When it came time to cut the cake and feed each other a piece I was planning on being nice but Alex decided to shove his piece in my face so I had to retaliate and get him back. We got each other good!! We went on with the traditional wedding rituals of tossing the bouquet and garter. Alex's brother, Elliot caught the garter and my niece, Alex caught the bouquet. We danced to our song and then listened as Alex's sister, Tiffany sang a song to us. Finally it was time to head out! We got out to our car and, of course, it was covered in all the normal decorations. Alex wasn't very happy to see that Oreo cookies had been opened and placed filling side down on the hood of his car. We ended up having to go to a car wash that night to get them off so that they didn't leave grease marks on his nice red car while we were on our honeymoon. We were finally able to get home and the North Hampton House was nice enough to make us a basket of a sample of all the food they served at our reception with a bottle of Martinelli's sparkling cider and two wine glasses. :) It was such good food! The next day we headed to the airport to catch our flight to Disneyland!!! :) Of course, like any other wedding, there are things that I would change about mine but all in all it was pretty perfect day!

An engagement photo

A bridal picture

Another bridal to show the beautiful train of my gorgeous dress!!

Cake Decorating Classes

2010-11-06T22:55:00.000-07:00

For my birthday Alex signed me up for cake decorating classes at Robert's Arts and Crafts. It was the "Wilton Basics" class. I had a lot of fun learning how to decorate a cake and make different types of flowers. Here a few pictures from my classes.

For my first class we learned how to make stars. This is pretty essential if you want to decorate cakes. We were told to bring sugar cookies to practice on. Here are a few of what I did.

This cake was from my second class. We learned dimensional decorating and ruffles.

For our third class we learned drop flowers, swirled drop flowers, leaves, rosettes, pom pom flowers, shell borders and shaggy mums. Here are a few cupcakes I did. The yellow and dark blue are drop flowers and the bright blue is a pom pom flower.

For my fourth and final class we had to decorate a cake as a final project. We also learned how to do ribbon roses and writing that day. I decided to do a "Happy Anniversary" cake since it was a week before mine and Alex's anniversary! :)

Pumpkin Carving

2010-10-30T20:30:00.001-07:00

On Friday after family pictures we had Erin, Brent and Draegan over for some dinner and pumpkin carving! Here are some pictures of the night.

Cameron sticking her hand in the pumpkin to help clean it out. (Aunt Erin is helping her) :)

She had so much fun sticking her hand in and cleaning out the pumpkin. She kept trying to eat the innards. And she kept licking the pumpkin then saying "mmmm!" Silly girl!

The finished products. Erin's "U", our Skeleton skull, and Erin's haunted house!

Family Pictures 2010

2010-10-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

We took our family pictures on Friday. We did them at the American Fork Amphitheater again this year but focused more on taking them around greenery instead of on the stones. Here are just a few of my favorites....

New hair do!

2010-09-30T10:12:00.000-07:00

I had wanted to cut my hair for a really long time but with Alex loosing his job last February we didn't have the money to get it cut. (Even though my stylist is super cheap! Cut, color and brows waxed for about $34) So, for my birthday, Erin and Mike paid for me to get my hair done! Erin has a friend in hair school at MATC and she needed a "Before & After" model and with how long my hair was and how badly it needed touch ups on the high lights I was a good choice. Here are some pictures of the wonderfully drastic change.

This is how long it was before....

Getting my highlights touched up....

And the finished product! A little shorter than I wanted but my hair grows pretty quick so I'm not worried. And the blonde highlights are more of a caramel instead of blonde. But that's ok too cuz with my hair growing so fast I'll need to touch them up again in about 6 months.

And here's a view from the back! I like it a lot!

September 13. 2003

2010-09-13T18:48:00.000-07:00

Seven years ago on Sept. 13, 2003 I lost two of my best friends. Their names were Brent Pierce and Carson Draper. I remember it was a Saturday and I had waited around all day for them to get done with a Young Men's activity so we could hang out. Once we finally hung out it started out with just Brent, Carson and me. We wanted to get our friend Becky to hang out too but she was too busy with her newly found boyfriend and didn't want to hang out. We tried to get some other girls to hang out with us but the ones we wanted to come along were all busy or not home. So we ended up calling two other girls from the color guard, Brandy Honjo and Ashlee Nielson. After we got them to come with us we went up the American Fork canyon. We went all the way to the Tibble Fork reservoir and hung out there for a little bit just laughing and throwing rocks in the water. Ashlee looked at her watch and it was about time for her to be home so we started to head down the canyon. As we headed down, Brent put the car in neutral for some reason and we gained speed as we coasted down, blasting Metallica the whole way! We came up on a curve that was really sharp and Brent lost control of the vehicle. It ended up spinning a couple times and crashing into a tree. (Or so I'm told. I have no memory of the actual accident) The next thing I remember was I woke up dazed and the horn was blaring! Brandy had gotten out of the car and was helping me get out as well. Carson had a cell phone in his pocket and we kept asking him to get it out. Brandy had made her way to the edge of the road and managed to flag down a car. They stopped and, luckily, had a cell phone on them. They let us sit in their car with the heater on because we were shivering and while in there I remember telling Brandy that I thought I had lost a tooth because I could feel a gap with my tongue. The next thing I remember was Brandy and myself being put in an ambulance and taken to the hospital. I remember them taking me and Brandy in a room and pulling a curtain between us. My mom and dad showed up as well as my brother and sister. The hospital is a bit of a blur now. I had at least one CT scan and they found that my jaw was broken in 3 different places. My mom found a bruise on my right arm that was the shape of a hand with defined finger marks. She asked me if Carson had his arm around me and I said no. We figured out that he had wrapped his arm around me and Ashlee pulling us into his lap and being our "human seat belt". He lost his life by doing so. I had to have surgery on my jaw and now have metal plates in my jaw. My mouth was wired shut for quite a while. I miss both these boys so much and love them a lot! I can't wait to talk and joke around with them once more!

Brent Pierce and Carson Draper

One of Brent's senior photos.

Carson at band camp. Sadly, there are no pictures of the two boys together or the three of us together.

All of us girls after the accident at Brent's funeral. Ashlee (with the broken arm and nose) Brandy (in the neckbrace and red shirt) and then me.

My cousin and I on my birthday that year. (Exactly one week later) You can see the metal in my mouth from it being wired shut in this picture.

Erin and me with Carson today. 7 years later.

The balloon I got Carson. He truly is my hero!

Erin and me with Brent today. 7 years later.

Tomatoes

2010-09-01T10:29:00.001-07:00

It's that time of year where the tomatoes in the garden are ready for pickin'. My parents always plant a bunch of tomato plants so that my mom can can salsa, spaghetti sauce, tomato juice, etc. They have big buckets from the BYU creamery that they put all the tomatoes in until there's enough to bottle. My mom leaves the buckets on the kitchen floor until then. Well, one Sunday when we were there Cameron stood up to the buckets while we were doing dishes and helped herself to a tomato. She really liked it!!! I'm glad that she's a fan of tomatoes!! I love them too!!! Here are some cute pics of her helping herself to my mom's tomatoes.

Such a cute little face!!!

And here's a picture to show just how much of that tomato she ate!! Haha!!

Happy Birthday Carson!

2010-08-25T15:32:00.001-07:00

I know I'm a little late on getting this put on here. I've been a bit of a slacker lately. Haha!! Anyways, August 17th was my best friend's, Carson Draper, birthday. As many of you know, Carson died in a car crash up American Fork Canyon on September 13, 2003. As did my other best friend Brent Pierce. Brent, Carson, myself and two other girls/friends of mine (Ashlee and Brandy) went up the canyon to Tibble Fork Reservoir on Sept. 13. As we were coming down the canyon Brent, who was driving, lost control of the vehicle and it crashed into a tree. This killed both Brent and Carson. Carson is actually the reason that I am alive. He was sitting in the middle of the back seat of the vehicle and as we crashed he wrapped his arm around me and my friend Ashlee (who were on either side of him) and pulled us into his lap, saving both our lives but loosing his own. Only one girl, Brandy, was wearing her seatbelt. Had Carson not done that I would most likely have been thrown from the vehicle and severely hurt, if not killed. But by him doing this, the only physical injury I suffered from was a broken jaw in 3 different places. Though mentally, I've suffered much more. Anyways, enough sad stuff. Here are some pictures of Cameron visiting Carson on his birthday! We took him a rose and left him a note! I love you Carson and miss you so much!! Happy Birthday buddy!!

Grandma Woffinden's 90th birthday!

2010-08-14T20:50:00.000-07:00

Today my Grandma Woffinden turned 90 years old!! She is such a sweet lady and I am glad to have known her for as long as I have! I hope to know her for many more years! My grandma is an EXPERT seamstress and we usually get some sort of home made thing from her for Christmas. (Quilt, wall hanging, hot pads, dish clothes..... you get the picture) I have many items from my grandma and I treasure them dearly!! Happy 90th birthday Grandma Woffinden!! We love you!!

Here is my grandma in front of a few of the many things she has sewn over the years and given as gifts.

Alex, Cameron and I with Grandma Woffinden

Kristie, Erin, Eric and me with Grandma Woffinden

Here is Grandma Woffinden with her children, my Uncle Greg, my Aunt Deann and my dad.

Splash Pad

2010-06-30T23:19:00.000-07:00

Today I went to the Splash Pads in Highland with my sisters and mom. It was a total blast! Cameron had so much fun!! She is such a water baby! (And she looks dang cute in her swimming suit, if I do say so myself!) The kids all had a blast getting wet and playing in the water!! I definitely want to go back!!

Waiting for the water to turn back on so we can go play!

She really liked putting her hands in!

Taking a "warm up" break. It was kinda cold.

Back to playing and having fun!

Just for Danielle ;)

2010-06-01T21:53:00.000-07:00

So, my friend Danielle said that she needed to see pictures of Cameron in her ladybug costume from Halloween 2009, so, here you go Danielle!!! :)

Things to remember this Memorial day weekend..

2010-05-29T12:57:00.000-07:00

My dad sent me an email about Memorial's day that had a great poem on it that I felt like I needed and wanted to share.... (the email did not give an author for this poem)

It is the
VETERAN,
not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the
VETERAN,
not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the
VETERAN,
not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the
VETERAN,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us the freedom to assemble.

It is the
VETERAN,
not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the
VETERAN,
not the politician,
who has given us the right to vote.

It is the
VETERAN,
who salutes the flag!

It is the
VETERAN,
who serves under the flag!

I hope that we can all remember those wonderful Veterans this Memorial day weekend as we busy ourselves with annual bbq's and swimming and whatever else we all do each Memorial day. I am so grateful to live in this wonderful country where I have the freedom to worship how I please, say what I want and raise my children the way God wants me to!! Please take time this Memorial day weekend to remember and acknowledge those wonderful and brave men and women that fight everyday for YOU to have the freedoms you enjoy!! I'm proud to be an American!! Have a wonderful and safe Memorial day weekend everyone!

Cameron's First Birthday!

2010-05-27T21:19:00.000-07:00

Today was Cameron's first birthday!! It does not seem like it's been a year!! She has gotten so big and is such a beautiful little girl! Today we threw her a ladybug themed party! I think everyone that came had fun, at least I hope they did. I know I did! She got spoiled rotten and I love it!! I'm so happy to have her in my life and I can't see life without her in it! Happy Birthday Cameron!! I love you!!!

Cameron opening a gift!! What a little sweetheart!!

A stroller/walker from Mommy and Daddy!! Look at her face!!! She loves it!!

Her after she really got into her cake!! She was a mess!!

Gardening

2010-05-12T16:16:00.000-07:00

So, as I've grown older I've grown a love for gardening!! Every summer I always love to go flower shopping with my mom and help her plant flowers in her yard. I have just recently gotten into planting a vegetable garden. Alex's sister and brother-in-law have a huge garden at their house and have been kind enough to let Alex and I plant some veggies for the past 3 years. The first year we planted we were still trying to get the hang of gardening and we wasted a lot of produce. The second year we did really good with our tomatoes!! And this year we are hoping to do just as good with the tomatoes and everything else. We planted our garden for this year today and I can't wait to see how it turns out!!! The first two years we started all our plants from seeds and the only ones that have really done good were our tomatoes. So, this year we decided to plant starts! My dad always uses starts and his garden is always beautiful and he always has a ton of produce from what he does!! We are hoping to see the same results! Here's a picture of our garden as of today! (5/12/10)

The first row (on the left) has 2 cucumber plants. We have room for another and will probably plant one more. The next row over has bell peppers in it. The first 4 (front ones) are red bell peppers and the back 4 are green. The next row over (with only 4 plants) are chili peppers. Alex wanted to plant those. I'm not a huge fan of hot peppers. With the left over space next to the chili peppers we are wanting to plant green beans. And the last row has two tomato plants! I can't wait to see how our garden will turn out this year!!

Getting soo big!!

2010-05-12T11:22:00.000-07:00

The first weekend in May we switched Cameron to a "big girl" car seat!!! The first time she rode in it she giggled the whole time! Every time we would turn a corner she would giggle. I think she really liked to see out the front window! It was so funny when she first fell asleep in the car seat. She's used to her infant car seat and being able to lean her head against the side and fall asleep. This time she tried leaning her head to the side and it kept doing the "jello neck head bob". We ended up having to take her stuffed lamb and stick it under her head like a pillow! Too cute!!!

Just looking out the front window!

With her "lamby" propping her head up!

Easter at the Pratt's

2010-04-08T11:44:00.000-07:00

Sorry that it's taken me so long to post some pictures of Easter. I got to it on Facebook but not on here. We had a wonderful Easter weekend! Friday was the annual egg hunt at my mom's house. Cameron had a blast even though she only found 6 eggs. (Technically, Alex and I found her 6 eggs but we were the ones to eat what was inside so we didn't mind) Saturday was my Winter Guard state championships up at Roy High school. That was an all day event. My mom was kind enough to watch Cameron for us during the day and then brought her up as well as Erin, Brent, and Grandma Pulley to watch our finals performance!! We took 2nd in the state!!!! I'm so glad that I was able to do color guard this year. I "age out" this year so it was my last chance. (After you turn 23 you can't perform with color guard in Utah anymore) :( Sunday, we went out to Alex's parents house for Easter dinner and an egg hunt. Cameron found lots of eggs!! She had fun there too even though it was a bit cold for her to hunt for too long outside. She got absolutely spoiled for Easter this year!! We may need to cut back for next year. All in all it was a great Easter weekend and I'm so glad that I got to celebrate and remember all that my Savior has done for me so that I can live in happiness for Eternity!

All of the kids ready for the egg hunt at my mom's!

This egg she found all by herself at my mom's!

Receiving my "Aging Out" medal!

Brent and I after the competition was over.

Hunting at Alex's mom's house.

All of Cameron's Easter loot! See what I mean about cutting back?!?!

Happy Easter!!!!

She had more fun playing with the empty eggs than what was inside them! Hehehe!!!

Late Birthday for Whitney!!!

2010-03-30T21:08:00.000-07:00

Eric, Amber and their kids gave me a gift card to Joann's Fabric and Craft Store for my birthday in September. I have been wanting to make me a new skirt for a long time but haven't been too happy with my weight and wanted to loose a few inches before I made me one. Well, since I've been doing Winter Guard this year I've lost a few inches and went and got me some fabric for a new skirt. I was saving this gift card for this reason!! Thanks guys!! :) The pattern that I have is super easy!!! I was able to make this skirt in one day!! I'm pretty excited about it. I've been feeling like I've been wearing the same skirt to church every week with a different shirt. Now I have a skirt that fits and that isn't the same old thing! I absolutely love the fabric!!! Alex really likes it too!

This is the finished product!! I'm actually wearing the skirt in this picture.

The skirt with one of my pink shirts!!!

With one of my green shirts. Alex told me to strike a pose. Hehehe! Which shirt looks better?!?!

Just the skirt (not on, it doesn't look quite right. Good thing it's cuter on!) :)

Why we celebrate St. Patrick's day

2010-03-16T09:42:00.001-07:00

So, I have never really known the reasoning behind wearing green and displaying shamrocks every year on March 17, other than to not get pinched. I looked it up today to find out why we do and here's what I found out:

St. Patrick was born in Roman Britain in 387 AD. At the age of 16 he was captured and forced into slavery in what is now Ireland. During his 6 years of captivity in Ireland he became very religious. When he finally returned to Britain he became a priest. He then claimed to have a vision that the people of Ireland wanted him to come walk among them. He returned to Ireland and converted many to Christianity. He explained the the concept of the Holy Trinity to the people by using a shamrock with three leaves as a symbol. He also had to face a lot of opposition from other co-religionists for not being Irish. St. Patrick died in 493 AD on March 17.

Why we wear green:

Originally the color associated with St. Patrick was blue. Over the years the color green has grew into the color that represents this day. People would wear green ribbons and shamrocks in as early as the 17th century. In 1798, to make a political statement, Irish soldiers wore bright green uniforms on March 17 in hopes of catching attention for their unusual fashion gimmicks.

Why you get pinched for not wearing your green:

Getting pinched is an American tradition. It really has nothing to do with St. Patrick or Ireland. It is said that this tradition started in the early 1700's and was started because people thought that if you wore green you would be invisible to the Leprechauns, which is a good thing because Leprechauns will pinch anyone they see. So the pinching is to warn and remind you about the Leprechauns.

So, there's why we celebrate St. Patrick's day and why we wear our green!! Hope you all have a great St. Patrick's day!

Can You Believe Cameron is 9 months old?!?!

2010-03-01T11:00:00.001-08:00

Cameron turned 9 months old on February 27!! I can't believe she is 9 months already! And I also can't believe that she will be one year old in 3 months!!!! The time has gone by way too fast! Here are her 9 month old stats!:

28 1/2 Inches tall (80th percentile)
18 lbs 6 oz (40th percentile)
18 1/4 head circumference (96th percentile)

The Doctor said that her head protrudes a bit at the forehead! No shocker there! So does mine! :) She is growing so fast and is a great joy in our lives. She claps when you say "Yay Cameron". She says "dada" "baba" and sometimes "bye-bye" as she waves. She army crawls EVERYWHERE! She LOVES to read books (and chew on them) She snorts like a pig when she eats and likes to have you do it back to her. She is in love with the stuffed Elephant that Santa brought her. And her bouncer is still one of her favorite things! She has such long legs and arms that her 6-9 month sized pants are starting to get too short. And long sleeved shirts are too. Good thing Spring and Summer are on the way so that we can brake out her capris and shorts!

Great Grandpa & Grandma Bitton

2010-02-10T15:31:00.000-08:00

I went with my sister-in-law Tiffany up to Sandy today to visit Alex's Grandma and Grandpa Bitton. This was Cameron's first time meeting them and she had a lot of fun! She really took to his Grandpa! She was so happy and fun to have with me today!

Cameron with her Great Grandpa

Cameron with her Great Grandma

There is beauty all around!

2010-01-23T11:34:00.000-08:00

We had a snow storm happen last night in the middle of the night! It was so gorgeous outside I just had to take pictures!!

This is the Lilac bush in front of our driveway! It's so beautiful in the spring when it's blossomed and it's super gorgeous covered in snow in the winter time!

Looking down our street! So beautiful!

And here's Alex's car parked on the street. Oh man!!! It's gonna be fun to get that out!!!

Cameron's New Trick

2010-01-04T11:03:00.000-08:00

Cameron has a new trick!!! She can sit on her bottom with no help!!! (For just a few seconds, but we're progressing!!!)

"Look Mom!! I'm doing it!!!"

Sitting on my mom's kitchen table watching "Sesame Street" with Brent!

ALEX GRADUATED!!

2009-12-17T09:15:00.000-08:00

Alex graduated on Dec. 16 from ITT Technical Institute with an Associates degree in Computer Network Systems! I'm so proud of him! It's a day that we've both been waiting for for a long time!!! Now, hopefully he can find the job for him that he loves to do!

Alex receiving his diploma.

Me, Cameron and Alex! I love this picture!

Cameron's turn to graduate!!! :)

Cameron meets the REAL Santa!!!

2009-12-13T15:07:00.000-08:00

Last night was the Woffinden family Christmas party. What a wonderful tradition and a lot of fun!! This year was Cameron's first time to go and the first time she met Santa. This Santa is the real Santa and not just one of his helpers!!! How lucky is my family that the real Santa comes out for us?!?!? :) (It's been the same one since I was a little girl! The face hasn't changed, the jokes haven't changed and the suit is the same!!!)

Cameron meeting Santa!! She wouldn't leave his beard alone!!! Hehehe!!!

Cameron with her gifts from Santa. Minnie Mouse and Marie from "The Aristocats". She loves them!!!

Sinter Klaas

2009-12-07T10:43:00.001-08:00

Sunday was Sinter Klaas day. (The Dutch Christmas) Alex's family celebrates it every year. Alex's family is Dutch on his mom's side. This year was Cameron's first Sinter Klaas celebration. Unfortunately, we forgot to take any pictures of us at dinner but here are some we did remember to take!

Cameron got a present from Sinter Klaas.......

Opening it up....(she didn't really get the wrapping paper concept. Hopefully it comes by Christmas)

It was a pair of SUPER cute shoes!!!!!

And here is the rest of the loot from Sinter Klaas!!! Boy, did we get spoiled!!!

Holiday Projects

2009-11-25T22:56:00.001-08:00

So, I decided to get a little crafty for this holiday season and use my new sewing machine! This first picture is of a pillow I made. My mom, Amber and I went up to Gardner's Village and I saw this cute embroidered wall hanging that I really wanted to do. But the pattern was $10 and I thought that was too high of a price for a little pattern so I took a picture of it with my phone and drew the pattern up myself at home to embroider myself. I made a few changes to it though. It was a lot of fun and I learned how to embroider!

Next I decided to make some Christmas eve pajama pants for Alex and I to wear and we bought Cameron a pair to open on Christmas eve! This first picture is of my pants. They are pink with white daisies all over. They are sooooo comfy!

Here are Alex's pajama pants. He wanted Pirate ones!! We had to look hard to find pirate material that wasn't $6.99 a yard!

Celebrating A Wonderful 2 Years!!

2009-11-16T13:50:00.001-08:00

On November 9 of this year Alex and I celebrated being married for 2 whole years!!! We went out the Saturday before, the 7th. We got my mom to watch Cameron for us all day! Thanks so much mom! :) We drove up to Sugar House and went to a little Dutch store there that Alex's family goes to for chocolate for Sinder Clause day. (Don't know if I spelled that right but oh well) Alex's family is Dutch on his mom's side and they celebrate that every year. You celebrate it by putting a wooden shoe, or Klompa, outside your door and it gets filled with chocolate goodies. Anyways, we went to the Dutch store and treated ourselves to some Dutch chocolates and candies. I was way happy to see that this store sold German chocolate as well!!! So, of course, we bought some Kinder eggs and Kinder sticks and some Milka bars for me! :) Then we drove up to Salt Lake to do some sealings in the temple. Well, when we got there it turns out that our recommends had expired, (shame on us for not checking before we went), so we just ended up walking around temple square and going to the visitor center. Then we drove back home, got changed and went to see a movie. We went and saw, "The Box" with Cameron Diaz in it. It wasn't very good. Oh well. Then we went to Olive Garden for dinner. It was so yummy and we got a free desert out of them because "our food took too long to come out" (That's what the manager said). Then, we went and picked up our little lady. It was a fun day. On, Monday, our actual anniversary we didn't do much until dinner time. Alex went out and bought some salmon fillets and cooked them up in some lemon butter. It was so delicious!!

Here's the salmon fillets before they were cooked.

The finished product! It was a very delicious dinner!!!!

Here's some of the things we got for our anniversary. The bread pans are from my mom, Alex gave me the two green pie pans (that's the color I want my kitchen to be when I get my own house.) And I gave Alex some new black pants. What a great anniversary!

Pft!! Plumbing, who needs it!?!?!

2009-11-04T17:11:00.000-08:00

So, on Monday I got done washing my breakfast dishes and I heard a drip, drip, drip from under my sink. So I opened it up and, sure enough, we had a leak. So I text Alex to let him know. Well, he came home from work to help me with the mess and to repair our pipe. He got looking and a section of the pipes had rusted through and had a hole. So he took that piece of pipe to Home Depot and got the parts he needed to fix it. We fixed that piece and went on with life. Then, on Tuesday I made some banana bread and as I was washing up my mess I had just made, when I drained the dish water, I heard a drip, drip, drip coming from under the sink again. So, we went up and told our landlords that our pipes were leaking. Well, they came down today, Wednesday, and fixed what needed to be fixed. Well, tonight as I was draining the dish water from dinner dishes I hear the same drip, drip, drip noise. And once again, the pipes are leaking! Wow!!! So, once again our landlords are down here fixing the pipes. *sigh* I hope this time does it! Wish us luck!!!

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T21:18:00.001-07:00

Here's our little Halloween family. I was a 20's flapper, Alex was a 20's gangster and Cameron was our sweet little lady bug!

And here's our cute little ladybug! We couldn't find a ladybug costume anywhere her size so I made her one! I think it turned out pretty cute!

Halloween party!

2009-10-31T21:01:00.000-07:00

For our Halloween party this year Alex and I bought the game "How To Host A Murder". It was the "Chicago Caper" episode. In it the victim was "Hal Cappone" and we were all suspects in his murder! It was a lot of fun and I think everyone that came enjoyed it very much! Here are some pictures for ya!

Erin and Cindy listening to the solutions being read.

Marta, Mike and Emi listening to the solutions.

Elliot, Danny and Alex listening to the solutions. Danny's eyes look kinda evil. Hehe!

Everyone at the party. Danny, Cindy, Emi, Nik, Ellito, Erin, Brent, Me, Cameron and Alex. What a good looking bunch!! :)

Just another shot of everyone there.

Alex and I being silly before the party.

Family Photos 2009

2009-10-21T21:49:00.000-07:00

We took family photos today for Christmas cards and I wanted to share my favorites with you. We took them up at the American Fork Amphitheater. It was kinda windy and got cold fast and since Cameron wasn't in long sleeves we didn't stay long. We had Erin, my sister, take them with just my regular camera but I still think they turned out really good!!! Thanks Erin!!!
This one is one of my most favorites! Too bad I forgot to take my glasses off. Alex says I still look cute in them even though I don't like them. How sweet!

This one is Alex's favorite. I think I look pregnant in it. It's definitely diet time for Whitney!! Time to loose that weight Cameron so graciously gave me! Thanks for the extra love Cameron! :S

I really like this one too! And I remembered to take my glasses off! It's a tiny bit blurry but still good!

I like this one but Alex doesn't so much. Too bad about the glasses again.

And here's our beautiful princess!!!! This picture was taken in our house in a green recliner. Not professional but I think it's a pretty dang good picture! Look at that wonderful smile!!! Enough to melt your heart!!

FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS FOREVER!!

2009-10-11T08:43:00.000-07:00

I would like to take a moment to send out my love to the American Fork High School marching band, my "family". They suffered a tragic loss last night and I would like each of them to know that they are in my thoughts and prayers and will make it through this tragedy. Heather is a hero and there is a special place in heaven for woman like her. <3

"Friends"
By: Micheal W. Smith

Packing up the dreams God planted
In the fertile soil of you
Can't believe the hopes He's granted
Means a chapter in your life is through
But we'll keep you close as always
It won't even seem you've gone
'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Chorus:
And friends are friends forever
If the Lord's the Lord of them
And a friend will not say never
'Cause the welcome will not end
Though it's hard to let you go
In the Father's hands we know
That a lifetime's not too long to live as friends.

With the faith and love God's given
Springing from the hope we know
We will pray the joy you'll live in
Is the strength that now you show

But we'll keep you close as always
It won't even seem you've gone
'Cause our hearts in big and small ways
Will keep the love that keeps us strong

Cameron's stats!

2009-09-28T20:32:00.000-07:00

I took Cameron to the doctor today for her 4 month appointment. Here are her results:
She is 26 inches long which is in the 96th percentile
She weighs 12 pounds 5 ounces which is in the 25th percentile
And her head is 16.2 inches around which is in the 60th percentile

The doctor said that she is one super tall little girl! He said he wasn't worried too much about her weight being so low because she is so tall and her head is so big around. He said that most of her energy is probably going to growing so tall! She definitely got Grandpa Pulley's genes!!

Here is a video of Cameron's first time eating rice cereal. The doctor said to start her on that and then in a month start her on yellow veggies!!!

Cameron and her daddy!

2009-09-17T20:38:00.000-07:00

Oh what a fun and funny little girl!

Here is a nice candid shot-

Only on a Monday.....

2009-08-31T21:08:00.000-07:00

So Alex and I got in car accident tonight. We were on our way to Parker's to get some food before we headed to the hospital to see my mom. We were going east on state street and in the right turn lane to go into Parker's right before Cold Stone. Some lady was trying to turn in the parking lot from the other direction. She thought she was clear to turn in because the other two lanes of traffic had stopped for her but she didn't think she needed to check the turn lane that we happened to be in. We saw her, skidded to a stop, and WHAM!!!! She ran right into our front bumper! Luckily, no one was hurt. Cameron was TERRIFIED!! I have never heard her scream so bad!!! The best thing of all is the lady that hit us told me that she had just gotten back from getting a rental car. She had JUST got in an accident about 2 weeks ago she said and she had picked up the rental car just today! Wow!!! What a good driver!!!

Here is the damage to our car. Not that bad.

Another shot of the damage to our car.

And the damage done to her "rental" car!!! The bumper is practically hanging off!!! Don't worry she got cited and we didn't get anything! Oh sweet justice!!! Now just to repair our car! :(

All Smiles and Giggles

2009-08-19T14:15:00.000-07:00

When Kristie was here on vacation she wanted to go to the zoo. We went and had an awesome time. Cameron was such a little ham there at the gorilla house. I put her up to measure how she was compared to a gorilla and then went to put her back in her stroller and she got all giddy and giggly!!! Here are some pictures. Hope you enjoy!!!!

Special Visits

2009-08-11T20:48:00.000-07:00

I have many family members and a couple friends who have died that meant so much to me in my life. Today I decided to take Cameron to the Cemetery to meet them and spend some time with each of them.

Here Cameron is with Carson Draper. He was and is one of my best friends. He died in September 2003 in a car accident. He saved my life and I am forever grateful for him! Once Cameron has a little brother his name will be Carson!!

Cameron visited her Great Grandpa Pulley too. My grandpa was a very special person in my life and I miss him dearly!

Cameron with her Great Great Grandma and Grandpa Slater. These are my mom's grandparents.

Here is Cameron with her Aunt Amanda. Amanda is my sister that died just shortly after she was born. She would be a year older than Erin. I wonder if Cameron remembers her? :)

And finally, here is Cameron with my other best friend Brent Pierce. Brent also died in September 2003 in the same car accident that Carson was in. Erin's little boy, Brent, is named after this Brent. I can't wait to have my Carson so that the world will have a Brent and Carson again!!!

"Baby Nene"

2009-06-19T12:58:00.001-07:00

When I got pregnant I was so worried that Brent would hate my baby and want nothing to do with me. He and I had always been really good buddies and I was worried that he would get jealous of my baby for taking my attention. Much to my surprise he hasn't. He really likes Cameron and I'm so glad! He's always concerned about her when she starts to fuss and when he sits next to her in the car he holds on to her carseat and we ask him if he's keeping the baby safe and he nods his head and says "mm hmm". It's way cute and I love every minute of it! I hope him and Cameron become good buddies!

Cameron Lyn

2009-06-02T21:41:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's taken me so long to get this blog posted! Cameron was born on May 27, 2009. I went into the OB/GYN office for my weekly appointment on the 26th and my blood pressure was high and they couldn't get it to go down. So they sent me over to the hospital for blood work to make sure it wasn't toximia. My blood work came back fine but they still couldn't get my blood pressure down. So next thing I know, Dr. Melendez came in my room and said that we were gonna have a baby! Better safe than sorry right?!?! Well, they enduced me at about 5-5:30 on the 26th and Cameron came at 6:53 am on the 27th! :) She weighed 6 lbs 11 oz and was 20 inches long! She's so small that clothes 0-3 months drown her! It's shocking to me since we haven't had such a small baby in my family in a long time! She is the BEST addition to my little family and we will never be the same!

Baby Updates!!!

2009-05-12T15:23:00.001-07:00

I started those oh so much fun weekly visits with my OB/GYN this week. Here's what he told me today! I'm ALMOST dialated to one centimeter. Which he said was perfect and a little bit on the quick side! Yay!!! And he said that Cameron's head is so low he actually felt it today! Hopefully that is good news! Anyways, those are the updates on our little one as of this week!

Really? How dumb can you be?!?

2009-04-17T23:17:00.000-07:00

Why do some people think they need to do things to offend others ALL THE TIME!?!?! It's annoying and most of the things they do just make them look ignorant and uneducated. Like using foul language just to "offend" someone. That makes your vocabulary just seem so low!!! "Foul language" doesn't even offend me. I know it should but I was around it so much in high school with the group of people I hung out with (Junior Year) that it doesn't bother me to hear it. It just makes me think less of you and your education. Sorry if that offends anyone but grow up and learn how to speak to adults like an adult. Anyways enough of my rants. I just had to get that off my chest in a place where I can say things and not get "made fun of" or told off for saying something!

Pregnancy joys! :S

2009-03-25T07:53:00.000-07:00

So, my feet and ankles have been swollen. Here are a few pictures of the puffiness. Sorry my legs are so white but hey, they've been covered up all winter! :) The left one is the one that has been really bad. But on Sunday this last week as I was leaving Alex and my aunt's house I tripped on some uneven bricks they have and twisted the left one as I went down. So, some of the swelling is from that. Most of it probably but it still does swell with just being pregnant. Sorry about the hair on my legs too! Hahaha! I need to shave! ;)

Cameron's First photo shoot!

2009-01-30T16:21:00.001-08:00

Here are the ultra-sound pictures of our little Cameron! Hope you will enjoy!!! The first one is her spine, then her profile and then her little foot. She was being very shy and kept putting her hands in front of her face and then when the doctor went to check the gender she moved her hands down and covered her bottom. The doctor said he was 87% sure she was a little girl. He wasn't 100% because she is sitting in the breach position and "Indian Style".

4 squared

2009-01-23T09:19:00.000-08:00

I've been tagged to take the 4th picture from the 4th folder on my computer, post it and tell you all about it! So here it goes!!!

This is a picture of one of Alex's belt test. For this belt test I had had surgery on my jaw to remove one of the plates like two days before but I felt like I needed to be there for Alex so I went. I'm not sure what they are doing in this picture, just one of the exercises. Alex passed this test and moved on to bigger and better things when he got his black belt in spring of 2008! I would tag more people but they all tagged me first! Hehe!

Parents and video games!

2009-01-08T17:38:00.000-08:00

So my dad has always "poked fun" at my mom for liking to play her video games. My mom REALLY likes Mario Kart. Well for Christmas my dad got my mom a Wii and FINALLY got my dad to play along with her. He really likes it! He's fun to watch play and a good sport! They are playing Mario Kart in this picture and he was in last place going in the complete opposite direction on the course. He didn't know he was, he just kept driving! He's so funny!

Our New Apartment

2008-12-19T10:19:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of mine and Alex's new apartment. It's in the basement of an elderly couples house in Pleasant Grove. They are really sweet and so far Alex and I love the ward! This first picture is of our living room and Christmas tree!

This next picture is of our kitchen. It's actually part of the living room and when my mom and I were moving stuff in we decided to stick the table where we did because it seperated the living room from our kitchen.

Now this is a picture of what will soon be the baby's room. Right now we have a spare bed in there for company But it will soon have a crib!!!!

These antlers, I think, are permanately on the wall. In the baby's room!!!! What should we hang from them?!?! Hehe!

Here's mine and Alex's room. It's quite a bit smaller than our last room but it works and we fit!

This last picture is of our bathroom. It is super small and carpeted! Not my favorite thing but can't complain too much since we only pay $450 a month for a two bedroom apartment!!! And our last place we paid about $900 a month for a one bedroom! YIKES!

Merry Christmas! (German style!)

2008-12-18T09:26:00.000-08:00

Just spreading some Christmas cheer from around the world! Here are some traditional German Christmas songs!!! (I'll write them in German, minus the German letters cuz I don't know how to do that and then I'll do my best to translate them for you guys! I'm a little rusty!) Enjoy!!!!

1. O Tannenbaum (Oh Fir Tree) Most people think Tannenbaum means Christmas tree, well it doesn't!!! hehe

In German:
O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, wie treu sind deine Blatter. Du grunst nicht nur zur Sommerszeit, nein, auch im Winter, wenn es schneit! O Tannenbaum, o Tannenbaum, wie true sind deine Blatter!

In English:
Your leaves are O fir tree, o fir tree, how faithful. You're most green not only to the summer time, no, also in the winter if it snows! O fir tree, o fir tree, like true your leaves are!

2. Ihr Kinderlein kommet (Your small child comes)

In German:
Ihr Kinderlein kommet, o kommet doch all'! Zur Krippe her kommet in Bethlehems Stall! Und seht, was in dieser hochheiligen Nacht der Vater in Himmel fur Freude uns macht.

In English:
Your small child comes, o come yet all'! To the manger here stable comes in Bethlehem! And sees, what in this highly holy night the father in sky makes us for joy.

3. Stille Nacht (Silent Night)

In German:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! Alles schlaft, ensam wacht nur das traute, hochheileige Paar, holder Knabe in lokkigen Haar, schlaf in himmlischer Ruh, schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!

Now for the last song! It's not really a traditional German Christmas song, When I was in German in High School my German teacher, Mr. Garlick, thought it would be really fun to translate the Spanish song, Feliz Navidad into German and go caroling to the Spanish class! It was fun so, here's Feliz Navidad in German!!!!

4. Frohe Weihnachten (Feliz Navidad or Happy Christmas)

In German:
Frohe Weihnachten! Frohe Weihnachten! Frohe Weihnachten und guten Rutcsh ins neue Jahr!

In Engish:
Happy Christmas! Happy Christmas! Happy Christmas and a landslide into the new year!

-Now here's a little bit you should know about the German language. If a word is capitalized in the middle of the sentence that means it's a noun. And sometimes a vowel will have two little dots above it. When that happens, the vowel that has that says it's name. Such a symbol is called an umlow (I don't know how to spell it). Some of the vowels in my songs needed an umlow but I don't know how to make the computer type them. And sometimes you'll see a capital "B" with a little bit of a tail hanging down, that is a double "s" and is pronounced that way! And German does not translate into true English, so that's why some of the songs don't really make sense translated. Anyways, I hope you had fun reading these and Frohe Weihnachten!!!!

New to this

2008-12-11T09:36:00.001-08:00

So this is my first time blogging but I think I'm going to like it! Any helpful hints you have would be appriciated!