May 2014

Kyle crying due to not feeling well.

May was a busy month for us. I was over the ward carnival at the beginning of May and although the stress of putting it on almost got to me the event was a big success.  We had a chili and pie contest, multiple carnival games, popcorn and cotton candy, and an egg throwing competition.  The chili and pie contest were a hit and the kids loved the games. We had a lot of non-members come which was really fun to have. Scott thought it would be funny to throw some cans of chili in a crockpot and enter it into the chili competition.  He added some hotdogs (gross) and bacon and called it good. Out of the 18 chilies entered into the competition Scott’s won the Most Creative Chili award.  Now he claims he is an award-winning cook.  

Poor Kyle and Scott didn’t get to enjoy much of the carnival though.  Kyle was running a fever of 103 and as you can imagine wasn’t in the best of moods.  Although I was worried about the little guy, I selfishly enjoy when he isn’t feeling well because he just wants to cuddle.  However, I would trade cuddle time for a healthy-happy boy anytime.    

Memorial Weekend we were going to go camping, but decided against it since we are going first of June. Instead we went to Newport and walked the historic bay front. We then found a great beach where we hung out and enjoyed the ocean.  Kyle didn’t like the water much.  Scott will claim that he was born that way but I still make the claim that it had a lot to do with Kyle’s daddy thinking it would be fun to act like the ocean surge was acid by running from it while screaming “don’t let it touch you, don’t let it touch you!”  Ha, from now on we will leave that game until our kids actually understand what is going on.  Later that night Scott showed off his amazing-husband skills and his manly-handy-man skills by building me shelves for our storage shed.  We spent Memorial Day buying bins and organizing our other closets.

Did I mention we are having another boy!  Scott is pretty excited.  Apparently his worst fear was having all girls and his second worst fear was having one boy and the rest girls.

Love you ALL!

Kalli  

April

April has been a fun month for us. Surprisingly it has been quite beautiful and sunny. As much as I complain about the rain, we have been blessed with some nice days as well. 

Kyle’s word-of-the-month in April was ‘bus’ or in his words “busth.”  I constantly find him in the window sill (aaahh) looking for the “busth.”  He even has memorized what the bus sounds like.  No matter where he is in the house, when the bus comes, he stops, points and says “busth.”  He kind of reminds me of that dog on the show ‘UP’ that is always pausing to say “squirrel!”

Out of everything we did in April, the Tulip festival has been my favorite. It was absolutely gorgeous—acres and acres of tulips of all different types and colors.  Kyle and Scott took their turn riding a cow-train and bouncing in a bouncy house (the two things that just thinking about wanted to make me hurl).  As you can imagine, like any toddler would, Kyle kept getting distracted by all the tulips.  The problem was that he didn’t want to ride in the stroller and wanted to spend use his new-found-freedom stepping on the flowers.  You can see how this was a problem.  Lucky for us we had brought his football.  Scott would tell Kyle to “go long” and on the word “hike” he would take off down the row laughing as Scott attempted to put the ball in front of him.  This distracted him enough so that we could make our way out of the tulip fields.   

Tulip Festival 2014

Easter Egg Hunt

Kyle preparing himself

Easter was also a blast. We took Kyle to his first Easter egg hunt at Avery Park the Saturday before Easter. He picked up one egg and was content but his competitive parents egged him on and he eventually understood that the idea was to pick up multiple eggs.  He wouldn’t let go of his first egg until we were done though.  Easter morning was a fun time for our little family.  Scott and I decided to get Kyle a mini-basketball hoop. He went crazy over it! He just kept on shooting his little basketball and by the end was panting.  When we finally pulled him away from it to have some breakfast he kept saying, “shoot!” For some reason, unknown to us, he loves basketball.  

Easter Morning

I introduced Kyle to watercolors this month.  Kyle was more interested in dipping his brush in the water than actually painting.  I realized that I have to watch the kid like a hawk after I turned to grab something and found him attempting to drink the watercolor water.   Kyle is also obsessed with “diggers” He loves playing with his dump truck and watching the construction trucks up the street. Bikes are also a new favorite as we watch dad every morning ride off to school and work. 

March Madness

Well it’s probably about time that I announce I’m pregnant.  Baby #2 is due October 14th, 2014.  We are pretty excited and nervous to be parents x 2. Although we were trying to get pregnant we were surprised by how fast it happened.  Let’s just say we were extremely blessed and surprised to find ourselves pregnant one week after taking out my I.U.D.  Scott was pretty proud of himself…

Kyle loves watching the ducks
on our walks

The first 15 weeks of my pregnancy were not fun. I spent the majority of my days nauseous and on the verge of letting it all go (which happened more often than not). I watched helplessly as my house became a disaster.  I did the best I could to venture out on occasion with Kyle but with the rain and my nausea we spent far too much time indoors.  By my second trimester both of us were going crazy.  Poor Scott did the cleaning, shopping, and caring for Kyle, all the while balancing graduate school, work, internship, and a church calling.  After about 15 weeks I finally began to feel better. 

Inside activity on another rainy day

Baby #2 has been different than Kyle ever was. With Kyle I exercised every day and was a Zumba instructor; I taught my last class less than a week before he was born.  However, because I have been so sick this pregnancy I am lucky to even get a walk in.  Good thing I have a toddler that keeps me on my toes.  I was great at not letting Kyle watch any TV for the first year and a half of his life.  However, once my nausea hit, my attempts of acting like the TV was another wall decoration went out the window.  Now if the kid would just sit down and watch a full movie like most normal children all would be well; the most we get in is fifteen minutes here and there.  

Historic Covered Bridge

New Furniture

Unfortunately, because of my pregnancy and Scott’s busy schedule, our family adventures have been limited.  One day when I was feeling better Scott took a break from studying and we ventured out to see a historic-covered bridge.  When the sun was out Kyle and I would also go to the park to play as much as possible.  One exciting thing that happened to us was us getting living room furniture.  I realize for many this might not seem very exciting, but after only having two Cabella’s camp chairs for furniture it was like Christmas and my birthday all rapped into one.  The best part was that    we found a lady who re-did her living room every year and wanted to get rid of a lot of furniture, besides two couches, we got an autumn, a lamp, a sitting chair, decorative pillows, and a Calvin Klein rug all for only $500.00. The Calvin Klein rug alone was worth $600.00 (it still had the tag on it).  Sadly, because we only had one truck, we had to leave the dining room kitchen set and a rocking chair behind.  It is amazing how much decent furniture can brighten one’s life.  

Awesome Bridge at Newport, OR

Scott giving us a tour at OSU

My favorite memory of the month was when my parents came to visit us. By then, I was feeling somewhat better.  Because they decided to drive vs. fly (advice to all, always fly), we only had a limited time with them.  I took them on a tour of OSU/Corvallis and a trip to the Oregon Coast.  In typical Oregon fashion it rained on us the whole time. 

Devil's Punch Bowl 

Kyle loved having them here, especially because his Grandpa played basketball with him.  He wanted to go home with them when they left; the poor kid misses them so much. I’d say the hardest thing about being in Oregon is being away from family. Scott and I have loved our time in Corvallis and have often said, if only we can move our families here…