Camryn's Christmas Dress

Grandma Romeril sent Camryn this adorable outfit for Christmas! I just had to post a picture of it! I think Camryn's little smile is just so cute and funny in this picture! Thank you so much Mom for all you do for us! We love you!

Camryn and Daddy Fun!

Camryn LOVES her daddy! She really does think he is the greatest! Paul can always get her to smile and laugh no matter what. Camryn is always so excited to see Paul whether he is coming home from work, or even just coming back upstairs after being gone for 5 minutes! One of the first things Camryn learned to say was "Hi Daddy" and it is still probably one of the things she says the most. (A close second is "Doggy") The picture below is of Paul taking a nap and Camryn taking advantage of the situation. She saw that Paul was asleep and decided that she needed to watch TV with him. So she climbed up on top of him and plopped herself down and then proceeded to watch the TV. I thought it was so cute! After she sat there for a good 15 minutes she leaned over and gave Paul a kiss (more like a head butt) and then got down to go play. She is so funny sometimes! The next picture I LOVE! The little castle was an early Christmas present from Grandma Goodwin. Camryn LOVES to hang out in it. But what she likes more is when there is somebody inside to enjoy it with her. Camryn and Paul are such good buddies!

Grandma Goodwin Visit!

We recently were lucky enough to have a visit from Paul's mom Debra! We had such a great time hanging out with her! I think Camryn especially liked having Grandma around. She got to play, chatter, and eat treats with her all week! Debra even brought Christmas a little early with her. The video below is of Debra and Camryn putting together a new toy, and Camryn was VERY pleased and excited about it!

We sure enjoyed having Debra visit and we are looking forward to seeing her again soon! We love you Debra!!!

100th Post!

Wow!!! I've done 100 posts! Kinda crazy. Anyway.

Today was a busy day! I needed to do some serious cleaning and Camryn was a super busy body today too. So when we went out to do some errands, I decided it was time to bust out Camryn's winter coat. She is SO CUTE!!! She can barely put her arms down and it reminds me of the movie A Christmas Story. She was pretty pleased about it though. I'm pretty sure she liked it! Today I also got to see TWILIGHT!!! I thought that they did a really good job! In fact, if anyone wants to go see it (or see it again) I would love to go see it again!

Also, I was "tagged" today as well! By being "tagged" I answer some questions (which I'll do) and then at the end I tag others to do the same thing. It is a fun way of getting to know people.

5 years ago.....
I was living in Rexburg, going to school, and freezing my butt off. Paul and I were dating and in a little over a month we got engaged! I'm sure I was doing incredibly silly things with Brittney and Caroline and ticking off our other roommates.

5 things on my to do list for today...
Do the dishes
Vacuum
Go to the post office
Make rice crispies
See TWILIGHT

5 snacks I enjoy...
Cookies (pretty much any kind)
Salt and Vinegar Chips
Reece's Anything
Oreo Blizzards
Peeps, Lindt Truffles, pretty much candy/chocolate...

5 places I've lived...
Brooklyn Park, MN
Rexburg, ID
Cedar Hills, UT
Okotoks, AB, Canada
Highland, UT

5 jobs I've had...
Nanny
Dentist Office Front Desk
Retail Associate
Cashier
Dish washer

5 things I'd do if I won the lottery...
Move to a new house
Travel
Pay off debt
Shopping Spree
Put money in savings

5 people I tag...
Brittney
Caroline
Lisa
Charity
Bethany

Have Fun!

These Boots Were Made For Walking!

Camryn found these in my closet and took them to her daddy. You can see what the result was. One very pleased little girl!

Ninjas and Pumpkins...

Ninjas and pumpkins don't mix. Camryn is a little girl not easily scared... but that all changed when she was faced with the pumpkin that I carved for Halloween. I guess I made it to scary this year. More on that to come. Anyway, as I posted before Camryn was a ninja for Halloween! Paul and Camryn loved running around the house yelling and posing like ninjas. It was pretty cute and funny! I tried to get some good pictures to show her costume.

So here is the tragedy photos and video. Camryn looked at the pumpkin for a minute and decided that she did not like it at all!!! She didn't want to go near it! Paul and I both tried to show her that it was ok and that it wasn't going to hurt her. We patted it, poked it, even picked it up and gave it hugs, but Camryn was not convinced.

This is her running away from it. It was pretty traumatic I guess.

This video is kinda long, but I had to include it. We tried! I guess ninjas and pumpkins just don't mix.

Busy Last Couple Days

We have had a busy last couple of days here at the Goodwin residence. My parents were able to come for a nice visit and we stayed pretty busy! We played games, went shopping, ate, but mostly just had fun and enjoyed each others company. Camryn sure loved seeing her grandma and grandpa! I think she thought they were pretty fun to play with! On Saturday, we drove up to Stillwater, MN and made a little day trip out of it. The weather was gorgeous and I don't think could've picked a better day out of the week to go! Camryn got a little spoiled too. Her daddy let her try a couple different kinds of candy and she even got her own sucker! She was very pleased to say the least! We also let her try pop rocks... She actually really liked those too! (She is definitely my daughter!) Saturday night was our ward Halloween party! I always look forward to this party! I love to see all the costumes of the kids. This year Camryn is a ninja for Halloween! She is so funny and cute in her little ninja outfit! (Hopefully I will have better photos later on this week.)
Anyways, we just had such a great time visiting with mom and dad! It was so good to see them and to just relax and have fun with them. We just want to say thank you for all the things you've done for us and we love you very much!!! We are going to miss you but we know we will see you soon!

Last Weekend

Last weekend my bestest buddy Brittney and her husband Ryan came out for a quick visit! It was so good to see Brittney and to hang out with the two of them. We played a bunch of games, ate some good food, laughed, told stories, and we even went to the sculpture gardens in Minneapolis. (I just wanted to say to Brittney that I am so glad that you were able to come out for a visit and we really enjoyed spending the weekend with you guys! I hope we can do it again soon!!! I love you Brittney!)

Now, I am very upset with myself that I didn't get a picture of Brittney and I (once again!!!) But I did get a family picture in front of the cherry spoon bridge sculpture that I love! While we were at the gardens, we saw a little chipmunk that was not to scared of people. Paul was able to entice him to come close with Camryn's crackers, and Camryn LOVED it! She thought it was the greatest! She would point at it, look up, and chatter on trying to tell you all about it. It was pretty cute and funny!
Lastly, here is a random picture of Camryn having a great time at dinner. Paul was feeding her, and I think Camryn was showing him just how messy she can get. She sure didn't care how gross it was!

New Twilight Trailer!!!

If you haven't seen it yet, check it out! I'm very excited!!!


Twilight HD Exclusive Trailer

French Park

Camryn and I went with Lisa and Will to French Park today. It was so gorgeous outside!!! It was the perfect day for a walk and the kids seemed to really enjoy themselves. The leaves were so pretty we had to stop for a photo shoot.
I think Will and Camryn are two super cute kids!

What a great day!!!

Cake Wrecks

So I saw that Emily posted this website on facebook and so I had to check it out. I laughed till I started to cry!!! The pictures and commentary on this blog are hilarious! Please check it out!

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/

This was one of my favorites!

http://cakewrecks.blogspot.com/2008/07/inspiration-vs-perspiration.html

Let me know what you think and if you have any favorites!

Just Like Daddy

Camryn wanted to be just like her daddy today. It was pretty cute how into it she was. She kept looking up at Paul to make sure she was doing it right. She actually sat there and watched for quite a long time too!

Camryn also had a run in with the fireplace today. Her poor little eye!

Once again loving the chair.

Update: When Camryn went for her nap she did not want to let go of the controller AT ALL. So I gave in and let her take it to bed with her. After she fell asleep I snuck into her room and took a picture with the camera on my cell phone. It would seem that she didn't want to give it up even in sleep.

New Favorite Chairs

The last couple of weeks, I've been watching little Ella for Lindsay Stark. So I thought it would be a great idea to bring out Camryn's baby chairs for Ella to sit in. Well, Camryn thought that this was a great idea too! They are now her favorite chairs to sit in! The first two pictures of Camryn relaxing with an apple slice and watching some TV. I did not set her up like this. I think she really just enjoys sitting in the chair. It is pretty funny to watch.Also note Camryn's super nice outfit. A onesie and slippers.

The next two pictures are just Camryn being silly playing in the little swing chair. She even gets me to turn on the lights and music for her. Who knew these chairs would be just as entertaining the second time around.

Baby BOY!!!

So here are some of the ultrasound pictures that we got! We are very excited to share them! We are also happy to say that everything looked really great on the ultrasound and we are happy to be having a wonderful baby boy! Now we are just onto the hard part... picking names! Here you can see his little hand, arm, and knee.
I thought this was a great one to see his whole body pretty much!

I love this one as you can see his profile, but also, he was resting his hand under his chin.

And lastly, the picture to prove he is in fact a boy!

Long Time No Post

Well...it has been a while. I know! I've just been super busy! Since my last post I feel like a lot has gone on, but now that I try to recall what exactly we've been up to... I can't remember. (I'm blaming it on pregnancy) We went to the fair, we went out to Ohio for Paul's 10 year reunion, Paul has been doing major work on the basement, and since September 1st I've been done nannying. I know there is other stuff, but I just can't remember. We also have some exciting things coming up! Tomorrow we get to find out what we are having at our ultrasound appointment, so we are super excited about that!!! And Paul is getting ready to start a new job! We are thrilled with all the change that is going on and are ready to take on the next adventure!

On a side note, Camryn and I had a great time at Super Target this morning. Camryn was very pleased that I would let her have a snack in the cart! She was so cute holding it on her own and taking a puff out one at a time.

But... after about 15 minutes of her being so good and cute, Camryn waited till I turned around and then dumped the entire container out in her lap and all over the middle of the aisle. It was a great moment. Needless to say, I was a little bit embarrassed. Oh the joys of a one year old. You can't help but love them!

Minnesota Beach

So the other day Camryn and I and couple of our friends all decided to go to the beach! Well, as close to a beach as you can get in Minnesota I guess. There are lakes EVERYWHERE. (That is why they call it the land of 10,000 lakes.) But as much fun as playing on the lake is, you don't really want to wade along the shore. To much seaweed and green guck. So that is why I'm assuming someone came up with the idea to make a man-made pond with chlorinated/filtered water and complete it with sand! I much appreciate the genius behind this idea! We had SO MUCH FUN!!! Camryn had a blast splashing and wading in the water. At first she didn't like the sand on her feet, but before you knew it she was sitting and playing in it. What a great time we had!
Camryn was pretty brave and went right out exploring in the water all the way up to her chest! (please excuse the blinding white legs in the picture!)

It was a lot of fun to see the kids together. Quinn on the left is 8 months( I think...am I right Erin?) Camryn just about 13 months, and Will (the lone boy in this age bracket at our ward) is 10 months. I think it is funny because they are all pretty much the same size!

I was feeding all these little birdies crackers so they would sit still for pictures.

We had such a great time and we will definitely be going back many times! Thanks to Lisa for coming up with the great idea! It was great to hang out Erin and Lisa! Lets do it again soon!

TWILIGHT PARTY!!!

So I know I'm a little behind on posting about this, so I apologize. But my friend Erin and I put on a Twilight party last week just before Breaking Dawn came out. Some people might think we are a little crazy or obsessed, but I don't care. We had a blast! We had everyone dress in black and/or red and we played games, ate tasty food, and laughed a lot! Erin has a better entry of the party on her blog (she has pictures too!) So you need to go and check it out on her blog!

http://aaronanderinkusch.blogspot.com/2008/08/twilight-party.html

If you want to have a fun night with the girls, I would highly recommend a Twilight party!

Erin thanks for being a great party planning partner! You did an amazing job!

Couple Things On My Mind...

So here I am....waiting. I have been DYING to finally get to finish the Twilight series and the final book comes out today as many of you know. I preordered my copy and I picked release date delivery. So here I am, waiting, and it is all I can think about today!

I know that everyone wanted me to make an official post about me being pregnant! So here is it! I'm 13 weeks and due on February 7th! Also, I have been more sick this time around (still no throwing up though!) But I think I am pretty much done with the sick part. Thank goodness! Also, Camryn and this baby will be pretty close, they will be about 19 months apart. I think that will be tricky at first, but in the long run, I think they will be great little buddies. Anyways, that is everything I think of. Paul and I are super excited!!!
And because I CARE about Doctor Who, I want to say that last nights series finale was intense, hilarious, incredibly sad, and WONDERFUL all at the same time. It was amazing! I'm sad that there won't be any new episodes for a while, but that is ok because I can just watch the old ones forever!
Pretty intense!!! I love the Doctor!

I Might Die

The season finale part one was SO GOOD!!! I can't believe I have to wait a whole week for the second part! I might die! As always, the doctor knows how to deliver! (*sigh*)

Doctor Who Finale

I know not to many people care, but the first half of the Doctor Who series finale is tonight!!! I am SO EXCITED!!! I have been waiting for a while now to see it. It is going to be pretty intense! I will be unavailable tonight from 8-9 pm! Can't wait!!!

Camryn's One Year Photos