I'm Pregnant!

It's official, I'm pregnant with number two! We are very excited. They will be 17 months apart, and the due date is April 15th.
Lot's of crazyness going on. We're still getting unpacked and Kaitlyn is working on her crawling. Today was so cute, Ryan has a really small remote control car that he was playing with Kaitlyn with. He would drive by her and get her to crawl forward, then zoom off and back again. In the end she had crawled a good distance. It was really cute. Kaitlyn really enjoys having Ryan around all day (me too!). This is the first and last week of summer break for us, becuase Ryan has been working all summer.
The other day we were outside our new apartment playinig with Kaitlyn and the sky was perfect blue, we got some really cute pictures!

Saturday was a very busy and crazy day, but it was a blast. We went to the Iowa Corn Festival and I tryed one of those games where you have a huge mallet/hammer and hit the thing to try to ring the bell at the top. Well we went with 3 other couples and all the girls tried it. It was alot of fun. And the coolest part was I got the highest by far out of all the girls! Who would of thought? It was quite fun. I got an icecream cone and so ofcorse Kaitlyn had to have a bite.

She loved it, why am I not surprized. After that Ryan got this gigantic blue snow cone, so Kaitlyn HAD to share that too. I know we spoil her to much!

We also got to see the Oscar Myer Car, and drive by it, that was pretty cool too. After all this we came home and went swimminig, while we were at the pool we ran into another set of friends. They invited us to eat out with them at 8. We went and had a blast, but poor Kaitlyn was so tired! She was really good though. We didn't get home until about 10:30, so she didn 't sleep very well that night. Poor girl, what mean parents partying all night and not putting her to bed. Good thing she's such a great baby.

Oh here's a picture of the outside of our new apartment.

Well tonight is Monday night, and we just got back from an ice cream social. I had a blast we got to meet a lot more of our neighbors. It was great. Kaitlyn loved it because she got more icecream and lots of attention. Most of the students in our complex have kids, so there were kids running everywhere, it was a blast.

Well I can't wait to come down to Texas! A weekand a half. I'll be there for three weeks and I will go to: 4 wedding receptions, 2 weddings, a bridal shower, and an egale cort of honor! It's going to be crazy and fun. Kaitlyn will LOVE all the extra attention. Can't wait to see everyone. Love ya,

Christi

We've moved

Hey everyone! We have moved into our new apartment! We really like it. Our kitchen is still a small apartment size kitchen, but we have a new fridge, dishwashing machine, and stove. It's very nice. We got a three bedroom, so Kaitlyn has a room, and we have a guest/study room. Now there's no excuse not to visit us.
We are in a new ward now too. I'm a little nervous, every week they've had about 5-7 new families move in. In our apartment complex there are about 30 LDS families. That will be nice, I just have to meet everyone and make some new friends.
Kaitlyn is doing well, the first two days were really hard for her. There's been a lot of change, but she's doing well.
If you haven't heard, guess what? Kaitlyn has offically started crawling! She is still perfecting it, but she can crawl. She is all over the place and very proud of herself. Even when she gets to me and I hold her, she's still wiggling all over the place, I think she's just so excited that she can now, so she doesn't want to stop moving. It's very cute. I'm loving it, we're having a great time.

Julia

Posted: Sunday, July 16, 2006

In case you didn't hear, Julia is engaged! Yea! I'm so excited for her. She's getting married September 2 in the Dallas Texas Temple. His name is Cody. The way he proposed was very cute- I approve. Julia and Cody are on a softball team. On thursday night they were playing a game and Julz went up to bat. While she was there Cody called a time out and he came out there and proposed to her. He also had one of her friends take some pictures while it happened. I can't wait to see the pictures and the ring. Julz is very excited.

On a different, but simular note- I'm going to be in Texas from Aug. 24 thru September 14th, for Julia's wedding and Jenny's and Jenna's. Can't wait to see all the beautiful brides.

I'm 22

Posted: Sunday July 16, 2006

This is a little late, but I had my birthday on the 3rd of July. It was a great day. Ryan got off of work early and surprised me. He was so sweet and spent the whole day preparing for my birthday. We went to a 4th of July parade. Afterward he took me to this really pretty park/camping spot and he had dinner packed and we were going to watch a movie under the stars. Unfortualtly it started to rain, so we came home. He put the tent up in the living room and we watched the DVD he bought me for my birthday. It was so sweet and I had a great time. It was really nice to do something out of the ordinary. Also one of my friends makes AMAZING pies and she made one for me. It was delicious. I have to admit I ate it for breakfast one omre than one occation. In fact one time Kaitlyn was helping me eat a piece of her pie, but she kept rubbing her face. In the end she was coverd with berries, even in her nose. It was very funny and cute. She definatly got a bath after that.

Anyways- all in all I had a great birthday. Kaitlyn was even good all day for me

Mom, Mindy, and the boy's came up

Posted: Saturday July 16, 2006

I haven't blogged in forever, so I'm gonna try and catch you up.

A few weeks ago, Ryan's mom, sister (Mindy), and her two boys (Colin and Cameron) came up to Iowa to visit us. We had such a great time. We took them to this really cute park in Des Moines that has 2 playgrounds, a wadding pool, and a caresol. The boys, Ryan, Kaitlyn, and I rode on the caresol and Mindy took some really cute pictures. Then we went to the wadding pool and the boys run around and enjoyed the water. Mindy and I took turns watching Kaitlyn play in the water. She did a really good job, even though kids would run by her and splash her she didn't cry. She just sat there. It was really cute. One of my favorite things was how much the boys, Kaitlyn's cousins, loved her and wanted to help take care of her. They were so cute. Every morning when I'd bring her out the first thing they did was fun up and give her big hugs. We also got to go to Cars the new movie. It was cute, but a little slow sometimes. Our most memorable outing was we took them to see The Bridges of Madison County. It's from the movie. There is a really cool tower that looks like a prinsess tower that we went to. The boys had a great time exploring, and we got some cute pictures of them. Colin the oldest didn't want his picture taken, so I had fun getting surprise pictures of him. Mom also took us all out to eat for my birthday, (thanks mom!) and we went to Olive Garden. While we were waiting to be seated the boys were having fun jumping off of some rocks. They were really cute. I really enjoyed staying up late and talking. Nothing like being able to have girl time. It was really fun.

Here's a link to pictures from that weekend:

http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=45722515/a=12483437/t_=12483437

Kaitlyn's messy morning

Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Kaitlyn has 2 teeth now. The bottom front teeth, so cute. This morning I let her try to feed herself, it was so funny! I got it on video. I put her in only in her diaper, in the high chair. She coverd herself with the food and used her tray to paint with the food. It was really cute, but VERY messy. It took her a long time to figure out that if she sucked on her hand she could get some of the food in her mouth. It was a great morning. We went and visited Ryan at work today. He works for the county prosecuter. When we went in he showed off his cute baby girl and then we went to see the court room he works in. On the way there we passed through a different court room. We walked right next to this guy in a jail outfit with handcufs on, and after we get out Ryan's like oh yeah that's the room for the big crimes, like murder and other things. I was thinking, oh my goodness, we just walked by a criminal who was potentially a murderer, with my baby girl! I'm glad Ryan doesn't do the big cases yet, scary. But I guess I'll have to get used to it, he'll be done next May. It was so much fun to see all the people Ryan works with, they were all very nice and loved Kaitlyn. I got to meet a Judge, the lawyers he works with, and one of the defense atterneys Ryan works against sometimes (he's a prosecuter). Well Kaitlyn can sit up all by herself now. And she can even play a little by herself, yea. Mom Dalton, Shawn, Mindy and her two boys are comming up her at the end of the month. I'm so excited, it'll be tons of fun. That's all for now.

Mother's Day Weekend

Posted: Saturday, May 20, 2006

Hey it's me. I got to visit Texas last weekend for mother's day. We had such a great time. My little brother turned 12, so we got to go to his birthday party. It was a star wars theme, and mom bought a bunch of glow sticks and all the boys were playing out back with them and jumping on the tramp and bounce house. It was fun, and Kurtis had a great time. Another cool thing was that my grandpa flew down from Utah, so we got to see him. Kaitlyn is his first great grandchild, so he was very excited to meet her. Dad and grandpa were so fun to watch, they were just smitten with Kaitlyn. We had fun showing off her new moves. She can roll over (though very rarely), gigle and laugh, sit-up, and eat baby food now. She is growing up so fast!

My in-laws are buying a new home, and they took Ryan and I to see it. Oh, it is so beautiful. I can't wait tell they're moved in. It will be so fun to all gather at the new house. Kaitlyn got to see her two cousin's too. Collin and Cameron are so cute and they just love her. Mindy is expecting her third in November, I'm so excited for her, she's a great mom. Chris had graduation, so we only got to see mom and dad Dalton and Mindy and the boys on Friday, but I'm glad that Chris graduated, that's so exciting. Katrina came up tp visit us while we were there. She still has the newly wed glow, so cute. I don't know how long she'll be ale to wait, she just loves holding Kaitlyn and loving on her. We had such a great time, the only down side is it was a very quick visit. We are still trying to get Kaitlyn back on schedule, and she sure is missing all the extra spoiling she got. Memorial weekend we are driving to Navoo and meeting Julia and her new boyfriend there. It's going to be a blast and we (especially Ryan) are excited to check out this new boy.

Our pool just opened up and we are excited to take Kaitlyn for her first swim. I don't know if she'll like it, I just recntly gave her a bath with out using her baby bath and she was pretty scared at first. We'll see how she does in a big swimming pool.

Ryan started his new internship this past week and has really been enjoying it. The last two internships have been really boring and he was getting burnt out. It's nice to see him all excited again. That's pretty much it for now.

Kaitlyn's six months

Memorial Day Weekend- Posted Wednesday May 31, 2006

This weekend was such a blast. Ryan, Kaitlyn, and I met Julia and her new boyfriend Cody in Nauvoo. I haven't spent alot of time with Jules in a long time. It's great to have sister time. Juila and I got to share a tent, so it was like when we were little girls, sharring a room. lol, except this time she didn't kick me off the bed or squish me in the corner, Kaitlyn did that for her. We got to see alot of the sites. I really liked the new Joseph Smith movie. The BYU Young Ambassitors were there and we got to see them perform. I really liked that a lot. And it was nice because that was the only time Kaitlyn selpt durring a show. It was fun, Kaitlyn loved all the extra love and attention, and I loved getting a short vacation and hanging out with my sis. It was weird to be the responsible one, and have to plan and pack all the food and stuff. Ususally mom does all the food and medicine, but I guess that's me now, crazy.

Saturday Kaitlyn turned 6 months old. Crazy, she is growing up so fast!

On monday, we went to a memorial day breakfast. It was nice. Great weather and lots of fun people. We were there for like 3 hours or more. Then after that we went swimming. I got a lot of sun this weekend! We took Kaitlyn for her first time in a swimming pool. Oh she was so cute in her little suit and floatie. She was scared at first, but soon loved it.

My Dalton parents moved into thier new home yesterday. We are so excited for them. Especially mom, she gets the kitchen and living room she's always wanted. We wish we could have been there to help move. Can't wait to visit and see the new house with mom's touch added.

That's it for now.

Catch up

I'm going to post my previous blogs from myspace, so here they are

Here I am

Well I decided to join blogspot. I was on Myspace, but you have to be a member to use all the stuff. Hopefully now everyone can see what's going on in our lives. Love you guys.

Christi