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Eggstravaganza 2009

2009-04-05T07:33:00.001-07:00

ELMO LIVE!

2009-04-05T07:24:00.001-07:00

We took Kamber to see Elmo Live and she had so much fun. Here are a few pics.

Big girl bed!

2009-04-05T07:18:00.001-07:00

Kamber got a new big girl bed and she loves it and made the transition so easily.

Helping Rylan put her new bed together

Kamber’s Zoo Party

2009-03-17T06:33:00.001-07:00

Kamber’s 2nd birthday party went so well. We all had so much fun! She had a tiger bounce house and a zebra pinata and a really cool zebra cake. I was very impressed with her cake! We got it from Reasor’s and it looked better than I expected and tasted really good. Anyways, the party was a blast and it could not have gone any smoother.

We had snack bowls with animals and what each animal eats. A monkey and bananas, and bear and goldfish, a zebra and shoestring french fries(hay), a lion and animal crackers, an elephant and nutter butters, and of course Kamber and cheese! Kamber sneaking a taste of the cake before the party started.

Kamber posing as a zebra with all of her inflatable animals

Mommy and her little zebra

Kamber and her friends! It is not easy getting 5 one and two year olds to stay in one place and look, much less smile!

Boo Boo Bear hanging out with the monkey

Trying to break the pinata

Finally Daddy had to help break it

Kamber didn’t understand what happened to her zebra. She just stood there staring for a couple minutes.

Kamber just unwrapped all of her presents and threw them aside and went on to the next. I don’t think she looked at any of them at that time.

Kamber was so excited about her zebra cake. It was so cute when she tried to blow the candle out she just blew her bangs everytime. I eventually had to help her.

Kamber crawled up on Boo Boo and cuddled up and fell asleep for a little while then got back up and played some more.

All the guys out front playing basketball

Kamber with her new zebra worn out after a long day of partying.

Kamber’s gonna be a BIG SISTER!!!

2009-03-16T19:38:00.001-07:00

This was Kamber’s initial reaction to the situation

Cheese-Chips

2009-02-26T05:57:00.001-08:00

Kamber is obsessed with Cheese-Chips! Anytime you mention food she starts requesting Cheese-Chips over and over. Eating mexican food is one of her hobbies. Her are a few pics from Bueno, she even shared with her baby.

Our Sweet Valentine

2009-02-02T18:03:00.001-08:00

Ok, so I made a tutu for Kamber, just to see if I could do it, and then since it was cute, of course I had to take pictures!!! She was so cute and I am convinced that we have the cutest daughter in the world….and so is she! I put her leotard and leg warmers on and fixed her hair and she looked in the mirror and started dancing and saying “Cute! Cute! Cute!”

She gave me her “mad look” because I took the lollipop away

Bowling

2009-01-27T09:15:00.001-08:00

Dave & Buster’s

2009-01-27T08:56:00.001-08:00

First a few self portraits…

Next we’ll try some Dance Dance Revolution…I was horrible at it, but we are going to blame it on the boots.

Mike got a little carried away dancing, he wasn’t doing what the game said, but he sure was having fun dancing.

Next Mike and Gareth had to make sure their shooting skills were good enough for Rambo…I think they thought that they were real guns.

Our winnings at the end of the night…

Pump it up

2009-01-27T08:33:00.001-08:00

Our family self portraits

2009-01-26T17:34:00.001-08:00

Gymnastics and a date

2009-01-26T17:16:00.001-08:00

Kamber loves gymnastics and is doing great at it. She is just the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!!!

Tah-Dah!

….And now for a date with Cooper….

Miss Kissy Pants

2009-01-26T15:18:00.001-08:00

Kamber LOVES giving kisses!!! She will grab you on both creeks and pull you towards her and kiss you several times. She is such a sweetie and just loves to give kisses randomly.

Playing at the park

2009-01-26T15:02:00.001-08:00

Kamber and her boyfriend, Cooper, had so much fun playing together at the park.

SNOW….barely….but we pretended it was a lot!

2009-01-26T10:23:00.001-08:00

Kamber wasn’t really sure what to think about the so called snow we got a few weeks ago. She just kept touching it and giving we crazy looks like “What is this stuff?”. She also kept saying “skate” because she remembered skating on the ice a few weeks before, but somehow it would not work when she tried to skate on the snow.

Hanging out at home

2009-01-15T16:39:00.000-08:00

Working out with Daddy

Playing with Aspen

Playing with the bubble wrap that Jenny's movers left.

Daddy gave Kamber an oreo.

All dressed up

2009-01-15T16:17:00.000-08:00

Miss Attitude!

Kamber dressed up in one of Daddy's pant legs that he cut off. It fits her like a dress.

Potty training

2009-01-15T08:33:00.000-08:00

Kamber playing with her new my little pony baby that she got as a reward.

Kamber got into the stickers.

Kamber using the pony baby's pacifier for herself. I put her down for a nap in her diaper and apparently she didn't want to wear one because this is what I found when I peeked in.

This is what she insisted that she wear and nothing more.

Kamber put her panties on herself and decided that she deserved a sticker.

Painting the playroom

2009-01-15T08:17:00.000-08:00

Kamber was such a big help painting her playroom. I opened the paint and she ran over and before I could react she had stuck her hand in the paint can.....I guess we've done too many handprints lately. It was already too late so I just told her to go ahead and paint with her hand on the wall. She actually did better than could have been expect from a not even two year old. She painted her heart out and then got tired and leaned against the wall and ended up with a bright green booty and ponytail, then she went downstairs and passed out in her chair.

Kamber's new BRIGHT GREEN playroom. She loves it!!!

At the playplace with Sofia

2009-01-15T08:03:00.000-08:00

Kamber had so much fun playing at the playplace. She loved sliding and jumping and playing dress up and getting to play in the houses.

Playing Doctor

2009-01-15T07:55:00.000-08:00

Kamber playing doctor and listening to herself, her baby, and even Aspen.

Kamber trying on one of her favorite outfits she got for Christmas.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2009-01-14T13:11:00.000-08:00

Random pics

2008-12-29T10:31:00.000-08:00

Kamber dancing with her reflection
Kamber being a dork. she wanted her panties on top of her pajamas and her hat and glasses on!!
Kamber always wanted Aspen to wear the reindeer antlers around and her she is trying to give her a kiss.
Kamber coloring and stamping a card (and herself).
Kamber walked into the room with my shoes on and my purse.
Exercising with Daddy
Aspen and Kamber being lions

Kamber sleeping with her giant Mickey from Aunt Rylan and Uncle Jon.

Christmas Ornaments

2008-12-29T07:25:00.000-08:00

Kamber fell asleep on Daddy when I went to get her a drink. She was worn out from a full day of celebrating Christmas with the Ferrill family.

Riding her horse!
Taking her baby bye bye. She had her diaper bag packed and all.

Painting Christmas ornaments....and her belly a little bit. :) And then, of course, she had to clean....just like her Daddy.

Kamber in her new robe from Boo Boo Bear. She likes to put her hands in her "popit" (pockets).

Christmas Eve

2008-12-29T06:49:00.000-08:00

Kamber making cookies for Santa. She insisted we make feet shaped cookies for him so we made feet, candycanes, ans gingerbread men. She decorated the cookies by covering them with red crystals so that they could barely be recognized as cookies. She also said that Santa could not eat them. He could come and bring presents, but he was not allowed to eat her cookies.

Eating ravioli for lunch....she loved it!

Kamber got the goldfish out of the pantry and went to her chair and relaxed and ate some goldfish.
Kamber and Daddy.
Kamber pulling Daddy in close for a kiss.
Kamber in her beautiful Christmas dress with fur like Santa.

Kamber sitting on Santa's lap. At the beginning of the Christmas season Kamber screamed and clung to me for dear life when she saw Santa, but with plenty of visits and lots of talking about him, she warmed up. I never thought I would be able to get her to sit on his lap, but she did and she did so good!!!
Checking out the fish at Bass Pro Shop when she went to go see Santa.
Opening her gift from Aunt Meagan. It was a little car. She also got these pink leopard shoes from Grandma Honey and she wanted to wear them.

Candlelight Christmas Eve service at church.

Christmas Day

2008-12-29T06:05:00.000-08:00

First site of all the gifts on Christmas morning

Kamber feeding her baby the play-doh she got for Christmas, she thought it was baby food.
Kamber playing and cooking breakfast with her new kitchen

Daddy got Kamber a fishing pole for Christmas. It was a barbie on that lights up. She loved casting and reeling it in.

Kamber and Uncle Stephen

Kamber an Cousin Kaylin

Chuck in the cute leopard hat, scarf, and gloves he got in dirty santa.
Kamber found the perfect chair for herself and climbed up there and started eating.

Our little gymnast

2008-11-19T12:36:00.000-08:00

We have the cutest little girl EVER!!!

2008-11-11T15:49:00.001-08:00

Kamber saying "cool!"

She is cute even when she is pouting.

Mike's Welcome Home Party

2008-11-11T15:24:00.001-08:00

Kaylin's tiny hairs were standing up all over her head, you can barely see them in this picture.

Trick-or-Treating

2008-10-31T21:26:00.001-07:00

Kamber was so cute trick-or-treating. She was running around and laughing at nothing and was so excited to get candy. She was the cutest little bumblebee ever!

Kamber trying to stick her tongue out like the pumpkin she made.

Kamber snorting her nose like her pig pumpkin.She would not let me take a picture of her, she just kept turning around and giving me her back.

Ready to trick-or-treat
Kamber at the end of the night with a full basket of candy. It was too heavy for her to carry, but she would not let us touch it.
Dumping out her basket and checking out all of her candy.

Handy out candy to other childrenKamber would just hold the candy out while waiting for more children to show up.

Halloween fun

2008-10-31T21:18:00.000-07:00

Kamber eating pumpkin for Halloween dinner

Kamber after drinking her orange milk for breakfast
Kamber trying to put candy corn in her mouth as teeth like Mommy. She cracks me up....I guess that's what I looked like to her.

Carving a pumpkin with Daddy

2008-10-31T21:03:00.000-07:00

Hallowzoowen pics

2008-10-31T20:53:00.000-07:00

Copycat Kamber

2008-10-30T15:02:00.000-07:00

I don't think realized he was coming home to a little one that would be copying everything he did. The first thing he got to come home and realize was that there is no going to the bathroom alone anymore. The first day that he was home he went to the bathroom and Kamber came busting in clapping and saying "yeah!!!" because he peed in the potty.

The other day we were at Lowe's and Mike was talking to me and kicked something trying to point at it with his foot and next thing you know Kamber was over there kicking it and when Mike spits, so does Kamber. Then, a couple of days ago, Kamber said that she needed to potty so I took her diaper off and then she said all done and got up and while I was running her bath water she decided that she needed to go again, so she ran to the potty and stood in front of it facing it, like daddy, and peed, only it didn't work so well for her. Mike and I were cracking up!!! She is so funny and is such a little copycat right now.

BooHaHa Parade

2008-10-30T14:41:00.000-07:00

Kamber had so much fun at the BooHaHa parade. She watched the parade and waved to everyone. She trick-or-treated the vendors and at first didn't want anyone touching her basket, but soon figured out that they were putting candy in her basket and started going up to everyone, even other kids and putting her basket out for them to put candy in. She was very good at collecting all of the candy when they threw it during the parade. She was also very curious about her wings and why they were following her.

Mike is HOME!!!

2008-10-16T06:58:00.000-07:00

Pretty Headbands

2008-10-13T14:24:00.001-07:00

Kamber got into my panty drawer and found lots of pretty "headbands" and decided to layer them on her head. She looked so funny with them all on her head. She makes me laugh everyday!!!

Halloween Princess

2008-10-13T14:17:00.000-07:00

Blowing Kisses
Peek-a-Boo

Yet more fair pics

2008-10-13T11:27:00.001-07:00

When we were leaving the fair Kamber heard a band playing and stopped what she was doing and started dancing. She was spinning around and started slapping her booty and then threw her dress up over her head and started laughing. Rylan thinks that I taught her to dance like that.....I do not dance like that! She was so cute and funny, and she knew it!

Kamber and I got kiddie ride wrist bands and rode lots of rides. She loved it and would put her hands up and say "Eeeee!" (Wee). When we were standing in line waiting to get on she would say "ide. ide." (ride) and when it stopped she would say "Mo, Mo" (more). She wanted to ride and did not understand why we weren't just getting on. She loved it!!!

Kamber got to get her picture taken with a monkey, a baby tiger, and 2 sea lions.

gymnastics

2008-10-13T11:24:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pics of Kamber soming of some of her gymnastics moves. Her favorite things are the bar and somersaults.

Welcom to Kamber's house

2008-10-13T11:12:00.000-07:00

Kamber loves her "house" almost as much as her wagon. She has even invited her cousin Kaylin in with her and gave it a new paint job.

Tulsa fair with Kamber and Kaylin

2008-10-13T10:50:00.000-07:00

Kamber and Kaylin and I went to the fair with Kenny and we had so much fun. We got to see lots of animals and they got to ride in the new wagon. Kamber got to help me eat my indian taco and she loved it!

Kamber and Presley

2008-10-13T10:41:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Kamber and my cousin Presley and Kamber with her new flamingo and silkys that her great grandma Ferrill got for her. Kamber loves playing in Aspen's crate and thought that she could get inside Roxy's crate, but it was a little smaller and she did not fit so small.

1st time at Chuck E. Cheese

2008-10-13T10:28:00.000-07:00

Kamber and Kaylin and Bailey had so much fun at Chuck E. Cheese. Kamber and Bailey were so funny together. They would laugh and laugh and eveytime one laughed it made the other laugh and they would go back and forth. They also had screaming wars, going back and forth seeing who could scream the loudest and then laughing about it.

1st time at Chuck E. Cheese

2008-10-13T09:01:00.000-07:00

OKC fair September 2008

2008-10-13T08:53:00.000-07:00

OKC fair September 2008

2008-10-13T08:42:00.000-07:00

OKC fair September 2008

2008-10-13T08:27:00.000-07:00

OKC fair September 2008

2008-10-13T08:00:00.000-07:00

No sleep

2008-10-05T22:48:00.000-07:00

Well, Mike's homecoming is now only about a week and a half away, and I cannot sleep because I am so excited and nervous and anxious. I am exhausted and am having bad headaches from lack of sleep, but when I lay down, my mind starts racing and I can't sleep. I hope I start getting some sleep soon, or I am going to go pick Mike up with big bags under my eyes! Oh! I can hardly contain myself I am so excited! I just want to scream it from the rooftop that my man is coming home!!! I love him so much!

P.S. I will try and post pics later this week from our adventures at the fair. We had so much fun!

Pudding paint

2008-09-29T19:30:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of Kamber and Kaylin painting with pudding paint (pudding and food coloring). They had so much fun. Kaylin was adorable!!! She just wanted to put her hand in it and squeeze it for a long time, then she started painting her leg, and pretty soon she figured out that it tasted good and she had the bowl up and was licking it! Kamber doesn't like pudding, so there was no eating it on her part, put she did paint a very good picture and even tried out painting with her feet!

Homecoming is approaching

2008-09-17T06:46:00.000-07:00

Only 1 month left until we are back together as a family again! I cannot wait for that moment and am so excited, but the closer the day gets, the more nervous I grow. I have so many questions and concerns. I know that it will be a very exciting and happy time for us, but it will also be a time of adjustment for all of us. We have both changed so much in the last year. He has been living in a constant adrenaline rush and I have learned to be completely independent and raise Kamber on my own. We are different people now and will have to figure out how to fit our family back together again. I can't wait for Kamber to meet her Daddy. She is going to love him and have so much fun with him because he is so silly. He will love that she is big enough now to fun and play and "wrestle" with him. I cannot wait to see my hubby again, I did not think that this day was ever going to come. The anticipation and worry about the deployment was worse than the actual thing because once it was here you had no choice but to pick up and go on with life and deal with it. It was no fun, but it is finally coming to an end. I want to have a family get together when he gets home, probably after he has been home a few days. I'm not sure where to start with the planning right now, especially since I am not sure exactly when he will be home yet. I am going to talk to him and see what he wants to do. He mentioned possibly going out to eat or having everyone get together at someones house at one point. I'll ask him what he wants to do even though he probably doesn't really care too much. Anyways, just wanted to let eveyone know that it is just one month away now and we have begun the true countdown!!!

Little gymnast

2008-09-09T10:33:00.000-07:00

Kamber had her first day of tiny tumblers today. She did so good. She walked the balance beam and jumped on the trampoline and did somersaults. She also learned how to put her hands up and say "Tah-dah!", it was so cute!!! She loved it and cried when we had to leave.

My big girl

2008-09-08T19:00:00.000-07:00

Kamber is now a big girl!!! I started potty training Kamber 5 days ago and she has been staying dry for the past 3 days!!! She still has not gotten the bowel movements figured out yet, but it will come soon I am sure. I AM SO PROUD OF HER!!! She is just 17 months and already done with diapers. YAY KAMBER!!!

MmOooo

2008-08-29T13:51:00.000-07:00

For some reason Kamber has been obsessed with a mole on my clavicle since she was about 5 or 6 months old. She would always try to pick it off and I would explain to her that it was a mole and did not come off. Well, within the last couple of months she has pointed out every mole and freckle on my body and told me "MmOoo" so proudly. Last week I came home from work with a big pimple in between my eyes and Kamber was in trouble so I got down on her level and said "Look at me". She looked at me so seriously, knowing that she was in trouble, and then suddenly got distracted by the pimple. She looked at it and looked at me and pointed and said "MmOoo" so proud of herself for finding it and recognizing it. At that point I lost all control and just started laughing and hugged her, I could no longer remember why she was in trouble in the first place. She is just so cute and funny and doesn't even know what she is doing that is so funny most of the time.

YAY! My job plans are final!

2008-08-27T12:12:00.000-07:00

I got a call yesterday that I will be able to work with Chas on Fridays and Saturdays. YAY!!! I am so glad that I finally got it all set and don't have to worry anymore. I knew that it was all going to work out. Now I just have to figure out the details of Kamber's care on Fridays while I am at school with Chas. I am so excited to have gotten the opportunity to go back and work with Chas again!

job confusion

2008-08-26T10:48:00.000-07:00

Well, I put in my 2 weeks notice and took all my tests and filled out all my paperwork and then I just needed to wait my 2 weeks and then start my new job.......or at least that's what I thought. I turned in my 2 weeks notice and all of the sudden the hours that I was told that I could work are no longer an option. This has had me under so much stress but I have finally come to the conclusion that everything happens for a reason and that if I have to go work at another house with another child that needs me, then that's what I will do. Something good will come from all of this and things will work out the way that they were meant to work out. I'll update you when I know more, but as of right now my last day at OU is next Wednesday. Hopefully I have figured things out by then. I am going to miss all of my coworkers at OU so much and hope that I can still keep in contact with them.

2 weeks notice

2008-08-18T17:48:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I put my 2 weeks notice in today. I was so nervous about it all day and finally got the nerve up about 2pm. I was shaking when I told them, but I survived and they were very nice to me about it and told me if I ever wanted to come back I was welcome to. I am so relieved to have gotten that done and now I can start counting down the days until I get to stay home with my baby! My last day is September 3rd.

Wedding Pictures

2008-08-18T17:33:00.000-07:00

Here are a few pictures from my sister's wedding 08-08-08. The first picture is the whole group, the second is me and all my siblings, the third one is my sister and I, the fourth one is Kamber and I and the last one is Kamber walking down the aisle. She did so good! I was so proud of her!!! I didn't really think that she would walk down with everyone watching her, but she came out and just wandered down the aisle looking at everyone and even stopped to talk to one person along the way. I am so proud of my baby girl...she is growing up too fast!

Mike update

2008-08-17T08:06:00.000-07:00

So I talked to Mike yesterday and it looks like he will be coming home at the end of October. He says it's about 8 weeks until he is back in the states and then it will be about 2 more weeks until he is back home. I'm thinking that we will need to have some sort of homecoming get together for family so that he will get to see everyone and everyone will get to see him. That way he does not have to come home and then have to run around everywhere trying to see everyone. He just wants to come home and relax. I want to go somewhere because I have been stuck at home for a while, but I completely understand him wanting to just stay home, so that's what we will do. He wants to just hang out with Kamber and I and get to know Kamber. I can't wait for the time to come when we will get to see him again. It seemed like it would never come and now it seems like I can see the end in the distance. It is so hard having Mike gone. I don't know how Jenny has held it together for so long. I am very impressed. Jenny, we just have to hang in there a couple more months now and then we can fall apart when they get here (and I'm sure we will).

Just a few pics

2008-08-17T07:04:00.000-07:00

Football season has begun!

2008-08-17T06:51:00.000-07:00

We went to Keaton's first scrimmage yesterday and Kamber loved running around the sidelines. She looked so cute in her cheerleader outfit, even if she picking her nose (she got that from her dad).

2008-08-15T13:52:00.000-07:00

So, My hubby is now a model!!!! I know you are all jealous. He was watching UFC one night and saw a shirt which he thought he HAD to have, so he went to the website and tried to order it. Well, they did not ship to AKO addresses so he wrote to them and they sent him free shirts like the one he is wearing in this picture. Him and his buddies took pictures of themselves in the shirts and sent them to the company and wahlah! They made the website!!! Go to http://www.sayuncleclothing.com/ and click on the guys link and there you will find him. I am so proud!

2008-08-14T15:20:00.000-07:00

We went to Big Splash last Wednesday and Kamber had so much fun. She did not want to leave. I kept asking her if she wanted to go bye bye, which she promptly responded "No!" every time.

Kamber thought she was as big as all of the other kids and kept going down all the slides again and again, but she got a little bossy when there was a line and kept telling the other kids to "Moooo!!!" (move)

Kamber was so tired from all the playing that we went to the wave pool and the minute the waves started, they rocked her right to sleep, so we stayed there for about 30 minutes so she could nap.

2008-08-14T14:48:00.000-07:00

Kamber and Aspen love eachother...most of the time! Poor Aspen puts up with Kamber riding her like a horse, pulling her tail, and all sorts of other things, including raming her with her doll stroller!

2008-08-14T14:38:00.000-07:00

Kamber put her picture of Daddy in her stroller and took him for a ride outside.

2008-08-14T08:33:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of Kamber eating her mini ravioli last night for dinner. I put her in her highchair and went to go do something. When I left she was doing so good eating with her fork. Next thing I know, she was yelling "Mom! Mom!" and I turn the corner and this is what I saw!!! She was so proud!

August 14, 2008

2008-08-14T07:33:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I am new to this whole blog thing and you guys will have to stick with me as I figure this out. Kamber is 17 months today, time is going by way too fast. She is talking more and more every day. HAPPY 23rd BIRTHDAY RYLAN!!! Mike is supossed to be in Baghdad now and I heard that he made it there, although I have not personally heard from him. Hopefully he calls me soon because I am starting to get worried about him. He is probably just having too much fun.