Merry Christmas 2011

My mom, sister, and Aunt Connie all came to Oklahoma the day after Christmas! This was my sister and Aunt Connie's first time to visit and it was so great seeing all of them! Here are a few pictures from their visit!

Playing on her music table from Grammy!

Reading books with Grammy

Reading more books with Aunt Moe

Bath Time!

Playing with her Aunt Moe Moe

Kamryn with her Grammy!

My mom, aunt Connie, Moe, Kamryn, and I

We had such a great Christmas! This was Kamryn's first Christmas and she had so much fun! She was around all of her cousins, (all 10 of them!), and they had a great time being together. As you can imagine, there was a lot of fun, craziness having 11 kiddos under the age of 10 running around the house! We are so thankful that everyone was able to get together this Christmas! We hope that everyone had a very blessed and merry Christmas!

Christmas morning in our jammies

Opening presents Christmas morning

Cousins in their matching pajamas

Family Picture on Christmas Eve

All the cousins in Bartlesville on Christmas Eve

Love these adorable shoes from Grandpa

Kamryn opening presents from Grandpa and Nona

'Tis the Season

This year we went to The Christmas Train in Pryor, Oklahoma. We were told by friends that it was something we had to experience around Christmas time. It was set up like an old west town with lots of Christmas lights and was so pretty to walk around and see everything. They had people dressed up like old time sheriffs and other western "cowfolk," (for lack of a better word). They even had old time food, Danen had cowboy stew that was awesome, and I had the chili which was very yummy! Kamryn got to go on her first carousel ride and loved it, got to see Santa and did GREAT, and at the end of the night we all got to ride on the Christmas train! It was such a neat experience riding on an old steam train, while listening to the story of the life of Christ. It was all put on by a church in Oklahoma, called Church on the Move, and it was definitely something our entire family enjoyed and will go back to again! Here are some pictures from our night.

All bundled up--it was a cold night!!

Kamryn was excited to ride the carousel!

Kamryn and Mommy on the carousel

Kamryn and Daddy waiting to see Santa

Family photo at The Christmas Train

Kamryn sitting on Santa's lap at the Christmas Train--she did so good!!

Cousin Camp 2011

This year was Kamryn's first Cousin Camp. Every summer my mother-in-law puts together a camp for all her grandkids! She is so creative and always has something fun planned for the kiddos. They do all sorts of fun things, like relay races, games, a pirate treasure hunt, movie and popcorn, bowling, arts/crafts, tie dying, and much more! This year Kamryn was a little too young to partake in the activities, but she did get a cute Cousin Camp t-shirt! The kids all had so much fun and I already can't wait for next year's Cousin Camp! Here are some pictures from camp.

All the cousins in their camp shirts before the festivities began!

Kamryn with her cousin, Connor. He was so good with her!

Kamryn with Aunt Kylee!

All the cousins on pirate day!

My little pirate---Arrgggh matee!

Kamryn and Karsen- love this picture :)

It's Been a While

Kamryn

Kamryn- 15 weeks

Kitchen

Family Room off kitchen

Kitchen

Living Room

Guest Bedroom

Kamryn's Room

Master Bedroom

Front of our house

Ok, so I know I haven't posted on here in a while, and I don't even have an excuse. I'm just slacking in the blog department. This is what we've been up to. In the middle of April we went to Omaha for my friend Jenn's wedding that I was in. It was so nice to be able to go and visit family and friends. Unfortunately, I didn't think we got to stay long enough (only 3 days), so I am going back with Kamryn in the middle of June. I still have friends that haven't gotten to see her yet, and of course, my family is very anxious to see her again!

We have also finally found a church here in Broken Arrow that is very close to our home- First Baptist Church of Broken Arrow. We are so happy that we have finally found a church where we can meet new people and worship with God. We have already met some wonderful couples and feel so blessed that God has led us to where we're supposed to be.

Other than that, things have been pretty uneventful, other than just settling in and relaxing in our new home. Slowly but surely we have been updating and making changes to the house, or I should say, Danen has been making changes. He sure is Mr. Handyman and I am so proud of him and his "skills." So far, in the house, he has replaced a bathroom faucet and kitchen faucet, installed a new toilet, put in 2 new ceiling fans, changed out door knobs, refaced the cover of our fireplace, and the list goes on. . . We will eventually get there with more time and money! Here are some pictures of the house and how we've settled in so far. There are also some pictures of Kamryn (I can't resist). She is 15 weeks old now and I cannot believe how quickly she is growing and changing. I notice something new or different about her everyday. She is starting to become more vocal now and is getting a little temper on her. . . wonder where she gets that from :) She definitely lets us know when she is hungry, with unending, loud crying! In fact the other night when Danen and I were in our Bible study, I got a phone call, and the first thing I heard was her crying, and knew right away that I needed to get down to the nursery for their sake! Of course, she was hungry and was fine once she had eaten. Well, that's all for now. Hopefully I will be able to get on here more frequently with updates on what's going on in our lives!

She's a snuggler!

Daddy and Kamryn snuggling!! So precious :)

Lately . . .

We absolutely love being parents! Kamryn is doing really well! On March 1st she had to go into an ENT specialist to get her frenulum (skin that connects underneath her tongue) clipped because hers was tight. Now she is able to move her tongue around a lot more and will be less likely to have speech problems when she is older. She did so well and barely even cried, which made it a lot easier on mom. She also had her 2 week check up last week and it went very well. The doctor gave her an A+ with her growth and development so far! She now weighs 8 pounds 4 ounces- 44th percentile, is 19 1/2 inches long- 53rd percentile, and her head circumference is 34 1/2 cm.- 19th percentile. She is a happy healthy baby and we could not ask for anything more! We notice something new about her everyday. It is truly amazing how fast they grow and change!

This past weekend we were in Bartlesville and Grams took some pictures of Kamryn. Here she is at 3 weeks. Thanks Grams for your great photography skills!

Welcome Baby Kamryn Elizabeth

Yay, we have finally started a family blog! No better time to start than now with the birth of our first baby girl, Kamryn Elizabeth Boyd. We feel so incredibly blessed to have a healthy, beautiful baby. There really are no words to describe the immediate bond and the incredible amount of love you feel towards your own baby.

She has been home for a week now and we could not have imagined it being this easy. I know we're probably jinxing ourselves by saying this, but she really is such a good baby. She is so calm and content and rarely ever cries. Not to mention she is only waking up 2-3 times a night, so mommy and daddy are actually able to get some sleep. We love just staring at her, watching her facial expressions and listening to all of her cute little coos and squeaks- it's just adorable! We just can't get enough of her! Here are some pictures from this past week of her life!