Is that thunder?

After Cambri.....

heard our little ones heartbeat,

read Thunder Cake by Patricia Polacco (a few too many times),

used her stethoscope while we mimicked the sound of a beating heart,

talked about heartbeats with me,

and remembered where kangaroos carry their babies (because of last year's Halloween costume)


she looked at me and said,

"The baby is making thunder in your pouch, ba boom, ba boom."

I would have to agree that a fetal heartbeat does sound like thunder. And I suppose she is not too far off with the pouch.

I hope this brightened your day and made you laugh just as it did for me! I sure love my little 3 year old!

Manic Monday

Light left on + Cold morning = Dead Battery

Not the best timing. Errands to run. In-laws coming tomorrow. Needing a working car to get them from the airport.

We cleaned the interior of our car Saturday, in preparation for the arrival of Cameron's parents, this week. One of the interior lights must have gotten bumped and it stayed on through the rest of the weekend without us noticing.
After chasing down the girls this morning and trying to herd them out the door to run our last errands, we made it to the car to find my clicker was not unlocking the doors. Not a huge deal, but frustrating because I changed the battery just a few month ago. After unlocking my door with the key, I reached/crawled around to unlock the other doors to get my kids buckled up. I then jump in the car, put my key in the ignition, turn it, and nothing. Not a sound!
Thankfully, Cameron works very close and was able to grab a coworker to come home and give us a jumpstart. While the girls and I waited for them to arrive, we sat freezing in the car. I was not about to unbuckle them to have to repeat another 30 minutes of trying to get them back out the door so instead, I ran in the house and grabbed blankets to keep them warm.
After several minutes of charging, console lights came on, beeps could be heard, and vroom, the car started. Thank you Craig for stepping away for a few minutes to lend us a hand! We really appreciate having our car up and running. It did not give us anymore grief today.

Butterflies in my stomach

Last Wednesday, just after the haircut, my stomach started fluttering. After having had two children, I knew without a doubt that those flutters were NOT butterflies.

What was it then?

Fetal Movement

Our little one is alive, well, and kicking

I know....feeling movement in the 14th week is a little early but I felt it.

It may have had something to do with my pants squeezing the life out of me. Well, not really squeezing the life out of me but they are definitely fitting more snug now then they did back in June.

Whatever it was, it got my baby moving and I LOVED IT! However, I do not think I will torture our little one with tight fitting pants again so I may need to find a more effective way to get *him moving.


Note:
*We do not know the gender but if my intuition and Cambri's closeness to the veil is correct, it will be a boy. Every time we ask, without hesitation Cambri tells me it is a boy and that she is going to have a brother. Never once has she said a sister.

Haircut

You would have thought gum in the hair was enough for one week but......it isn't. The gum episode happened last Wednesday and the very next morning our sweet little Ella had her FIRST haircut. It was the cheapest and quickest haircut ever. The stylist to thank for such great service, Cambri. :) I can't blame Cambri because we have let Ella's bangs grow a bit too long and she is in great need of a little trim.
Just like our gum incident, it could have been much worse.
Cambri received a bunch of crafting supplies for her birthday which she loves AND we, as her parents love. One of her newest supplies was a small pair of scissors. Her new fascination has been cutting paper and ribbon into the smallest pieces possible. That morning, she had been working on some "art" in her room while Ella and I were in the Living Room. Cambri walked out with her scissors (which I did not know at the time), over to Ella, picked up some hair and ***chop***. Thankfully, I caught her in the action and numerous clumps of hair were not removed, just one.
Ella's face was priceless. She looked at her hair that had fallen on her clothes with puzzlement, bewilderment, shock, surprise, sadness, etc. Just about every emotion, was expressed across her face.
Unfortunately I do not have pictures to show. It actually took me awhile to even find where Cambri had made the cut, up at the top of Ella's head. With the amount of hair that girl has, I suppose she can afford to lose a chunk on occasion. The only time you may notice her haircut is when she wears pigtails because her 'shorties' stick out.
I knew it was bound to happen. I think every girl has a desire to be a hair stylist/beautician at some point in their life. For a few that does not occur until later in life but for the majority it occurs in the early years of childhood, which is ever so unfortunate for the mothers and the victim.
Just for the record, Cambri is temporarily band from scissors so you will not be hearing any snipping at this place!

The Latest Fashion

Who knew?

And yes, she has worn her hair like this in public a time or two.
It was not a battle worth fighting.
If you saw her like this, who would you think did her hair, me or her?
I kept telling myself everyone would know it was her choosing.
Am I right?

Aloha!

This year, the closest we could get to Hawaii was attending a Hawaiian Luau hosted by Cameron's employer. Although, I am sure it is not quite like going to the islands, Cameron and I still enjoyed ourselves. We hired a babysitter, for the first time, which turned out rather.....interesting. Perhaps my expectations for a sitter are a bit high?!?
Anyways, Cameron and I rigged up Hawaiian attire with some help from our New Zealand/Samoa friends. We ordered Hawaiian print fabric online, did simple sewing, and had our very own sarongs. I wore mine like a dress and bought a cardigan sweater to wear over top. I was given hand carved coconut earrings from Bonita and borrowed one of her necklaces, flowers, and handbags. She informed me that on the islands it is all about the accessories so she made sure I was well equipped.

Cameron wore his sarong like a skirt, with a white button up shirt, flip-flops, and a necklace to complete his look. The food was delicious and we had enough LDS friends/coworkers there that the company was enjoyable as well.

Here are a few pictures from the night.

Cameron and Jamie

Becky and Craig

Brittany and Roger

Sam and Liz

All of which are friends from work, our ward, and BYU. How cool is that?

Our little, big girl

Our children seem to run small in the size department. According to the rules and regulations of forward facing car-seats, children need to be at least 1 year old AND weight 20 lbs. With both of our girls we met the first requirement but could not bulk them up enough to reach 20 lbs. For Cambri, she hit 20 lbs at about 14 1/2 months but Ella took a bit longer and did not reach that "goal" until 15 months (which was in September). As soon as she was 20 lbs you better believe we got her a new seat and flipped her around in the car.

And with a look like this.....

we won't ever turn her back around!