The meaning of lOVE

Listened to this song off a blog I follow and felt what a beautiful  message it shares.  I feel that we all can be reminded of the power of Real love more often. ;) Enjoy

9 Months... Going on 12

Kambria is 9 months well by the time I post this she will almost be 10.  Time just has flown WAY to Fast with her.  She is the light of my life right now.  I don't know if I am just older or what but I have enjoyed every day with her.  I love her so much. 

She wants to grow up so fast.  I blame it on the fact that she has 2 older brothers and a older sister and many older cousins that she watches everyday and she wants to just be a part of the action. 
She has been pulling herself up since 6 months....walking holding your hands since 7 months... I thought for sure by 9 months she would be running but she has just started cruising along furniture, or walking pushing whatever she can (daddys work boxes as of late), And begs continually for you to hold her hands and let her walk.  Whenever I am carring her she just pulls the wet noodle and tries to get down.  Last week she started lettting go and standing for a second alone.  So I am sure she is close to walking. 

At her doctor appointment she was 70th percentile for her weight and 90th for her height.  She is one tall girl.  At this rate she will be taller than her mama before age 5 :)  She is in 12-18 month clothes.  Her favorite food is anything we are eating..  And she loves to nurse.  I am happy to report that she is sleeping 6-9 hours now.  I had to let her cry it out one night and she did it.  I actually fell asleep and didn't wake up until 8 the next morning and never heard her.  ( I was really tired)  Chad was out of town so to this day I don't know if she cried that night or not.  but I couldn't go back incase she did.  She has done awesome since. 

The kids love her and are so good at playing with her.  Karleigh and her will be best friends I just know it.

I want to share this video from a friends blog I follow it has touched my heart tonight. I have watched and listened and cried twice tonight.  I want to share it here for others to see and also so that I have a copy of the link for myself so I can be reminded.  Thank you to my friend you shared this.

7 months

Kambria is 7 months well actually she will be 8 months next week.  She is such a JOY in our home.  We absolutly love this girl.  She is crawling and is trying to walk everywhere.  She even took a few steps the other day even though she can only stand for a second.  I can't beleive she is already wanting to grow up so fast.  I love her to pieces.  She is definatly her daddy's girl.  She has his personalilty.  Laid back and FULL of LOVE.  She loves to cuddle and loves to blow raspberries and just squeals with delight when she is with her family.  She loves the outdoors.  We took the kids to the beaver ponds last sunday and got out and walked around she just kicked her legs and squealed just by being outside. She loves it. 
Yestereday we went up Ogden Canyon and stopped at south Fork campground and let the kids play in the river.  She didn't mind the cold at all.  She kept wanting to go deeper and deeper.  The water was at her thighs and she just wanted to sit in it.  It cracks me up.  She is our Backcountry baby!!!! 

In the picture above is her first ponytail.  It is  a alittle hard to see but it is super cute. 
I only have one gripe about her and that is that she wakes every 1hr and a half to 2 hrs through the night to nurse and I NEED SLEEP!  I know she is just sleep associates nursing to sleeping cause she never took a binki and still refuses. And everyone says I need to let her cry it out.  So I am telling myself to do it everyday but it hits 2 in the morning and I just want to sleep not listen to her cry.  So it is our on going battle.  Oh well. 

KINDERGARTEN

Colton's first day of Kindergarten.  Wow we have had a week.  I have been busy getting my kids ready and back to school.  WE had some drama with the teacher I requested for Colton. She just was not the right fit for him so I spent last week working on getting him switched to the other class and stressing because the other teacher had a full class and not knowing if he was going to be able to transfer but am soooo lucky and feel blessed that he was able to switch.  Today was his first full day.  He was so excited yet nervous.  I picked him up and he was all smiles. 
It was harder this time for me to send him.  Colton is my litlle man.  Preston has always been so independent and mature that I knew he was ready for Kindergarten and it was really not that hard to send him off.  Colton on the other hand has been much harder for me.  As he sat in class looking a bit overwhelmed I left feeling like I was throwing him to the wolves.  I worried all day but was assured as I picked him up that he is going to ROCK in Kindergarten.  I love him so much.

Colton started Soccer again this season and agian LOVES it.  At his first practice a boy on his team was soooo excited that they had the mini guy on their team and since then we have called him the mini guy.  He loves soccer and is really great out there.  He has such aggression that it is funny to watch him because he will be right in the middle of the pile of kids kicking and battleing for the ball.  The other parents just think it is great how determind he is.  Chad and I laugh and just say it is great on the field but not so much at home.  The Agression part not the determind part.  He is not afraid of much. Even if the other guys are bigger it does not stop mini guy!!!!

Timpanogas Cave

here is how Karleigh felt about the cave... Nervous

Kambria crying....She was soooo tired and just wanted to nurse

Outside the cave

My AMAZING husband

Saturday we hiked Timpanogas Cave with the kids.  It was sooo fun.  I had Kambria on my back.  Preston hiked up with a pack full of 4 water bottles ( the kid is tough) and he hiked down.  Colton made it half way up and rode on Chad's shoulders the last 1/4 while he packed a full backpack and Karleigh on his back as well.  I don't know how he did it.  I kept asking him if he was okay I was so worried.  But he did it.  He ended up packing them both down most of the way down.  colton walked a little at the end.  He was tired.  Not only did Chad hike that with us we headed through AF canyon and came out in heber and headed to my parents so he could help them move, and then came home and moved his sister.  He is AMAZING.  I love him so much.  I am so grateful for his loving encouragment up to the cave.  As you can see in the pics I am not in the greatest shape since having Kambria but I did it and I am proud of myself.  I love my family sooo much.  I am blessed immensly with the greatest loving husband and loving wonderful fun kids. 

Copper/???

We took the kids to the Kennecot Coppermine.  I was amazed at how much we use Copper and how it is part of our daily lives..  The kids thought it was neat for the first 5 min. But then they were ready to go.  It was a little over their heads I guess.  Colton liked the BIG dump trucks, Preston liked the cool rocks, Karleigh liked looking through the scopes, and Kambria just likes being with her family :)