Christmas!!

Christmas was so much fun this year! It was exciting to get to see Kambree open her gifts from everyone. She got SO spoiled, but she's totally worth it. Christmas morning all the grandparents came to our house to watch her open gifts. It's so great now that we have a little one, we don't have to run to 4 different Christmas's. YEAH!!! Kambree loved all her new toys but was just as happy with the paper & ribbon LOL! It took a long time to get them all opened so he kept taking breaks from unwrapping the gifts to drink her bottle.





Later that evening we had our Bown family Christmas party & santa came & brought gifts to Kambree & her cousing Paiton. It was a lot of fun. Afterwards we played games & ate...& ate...& ate!! Lol.




I have to mention the cutest thing she did with her toys....We got her a singing stage mirror that lights up. She sat in front of it all morning just waving to herself!! We were all dying over how cute she was being. No cohersion at all. Aren't little ones fun??

Randoms/Update

With the holidays so close we have been EXTRA busy! I haven't posted anything or at least not much lately. Here are some pics of the last few weeks. Kambree, like the rest of us, has been keeping busy!!

Car Trouble!!

This week I have had so many car problems I'm now to the point of wondering "What's next???" Let me share... So for the past few weeks my car has been making a squeaking noise that eventually goes away after I drive the car. It's usually done squeaking before I get to Richfield Jesse hasn't been able to look at it with his back right now so I've basically just been winging it! No biggie. So this Thursday afternoon was my work Christmas party at my boss' house. I got there fine. No sign of problems. I was there for about 2 hours then when I went to leave my car wouldn't start. Oh great!! (Don't know if the squeeking is related to this or if it's just coincidence!!)So I call Jesse to see what to do. From what I explained...(It was trying to start but wouldn't turn over) he said it sounded like a dead battery - then he so thoughtfully mentioned that the battery for the car is located somewhere under the back seat!!! What the hell?? That's foreign cars for ya. So I break out the owner's manual to try & figure out how to jump start it!! (This shouldn't be this hard, seriously!!) So I go back into the party and read the manual & find out that the battery itself is under the back seat but you still jump it under the hood. Thankfully I didn't have to rip out my back seat looking for it!! My bosses husband so nicely helped me jump start the car & I was able to get home. Again, Jesse's back is in no shape to work on cars so today I decided to drive the Pontiac (Which hardly ever gets driven.)
First things first, I decided on my way to the Chiropractor I was hungry so stopped at Burger King on my way into town...AND....the window won't roll down! Great. I have to go in to place my order. I know worse things have happened but it's still just so inconvenient!! Next, I'm driving to Moe's mom's to go to Twilight - YES we caved & decided to go see this movie everyone is talking about - NOW I KNOW WHY!!! I heart Edward! Lol - Back on topic - When I get pulled over on the infamous 4th west!! Fabulous! Just what I need - a ticket! The cop comes up to the window & again...the window doesn't work! I have to open the door to see a kid that I went to high school with. (When did we get old & get real jobs???) He informs me that I was going 37 in the 25 & asks for my license & registration. I then remember I brought Jesse's wallet instead of my own so - no license. To top it off I couldn't find my registration either...which is 8 YES 8 months overdue on being registered as I was so kindly told by Officer Christensen!!! (Guess the renewal got sent to our old address or something??? I had no clue!!)
Even after all this, I got off with just a warning!! Thankfully!! I guess living in a small town & knowing a couple of people isn't so bad ALL of the time!! So long story short, I've got 2 bum cars at the moment with a hubby who is out of commission. SUPER!! Just what I need! Lol.

Last night we went to Aunt Shar's Christmas party w/ Deb & Paiton. The girls got some cute pics in their matching shirts & even a few with the big man himself ;) Kambree did really good, no crying!!! I thought she might be a little scared but she must have know he was really a NICE GUY!!! Of course he's our favorite santa!

8 months!!

Kambree turned 8 months on 12/8/08. We didn't do alot because Mommy & Daddy both had the stomach flu that Kambree passed on. We have been a bunch of SICKO's this week!!! Sad times :(

TAGGED!!!

First Born Tag!!! Alisha tagged me....

1.Where were you when you first found out that you were pregnant? My mom's - I took a home pregnancy test but didn't beleive it so went to the Dr that same day.


2.Who was with you? My mom - Jesse had a suspicion but was on a 4-wheeler ride when I took the test * I really thought it would be negative *


3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? Home pregnancy test/ Dr

4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Scared!!! I had just had a miscarriage & was scared to be pregnant again cause I didn't want anything bad to happen :(


5.Who was the first person you told? My mom was with me & then Jess


6.Did you plan to get pregnant? Kind of...we had tried for about 6 months the first time but then had miscarried just 2 months before I got pregnant again. I wasn't really expecting it!


7.Did you tell everyone else right away? NO I wanted to make sure things would be OK before we told everyone. I told a few people upfront & then Jesse kept telling people against my advisement...HE can NEVER keep a secret!! At least the end result was GOOD!! :)


8.Was everybody happy for you? Yes, very much so!

9.Did you go out and celebrate? No, I was still in shock. Just hung out w/ the fam


10.Did you want to find out the sex? YES!!!


11.Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew that you wouldn't put on your baby? Yeah...she got so spoiled some of the stuff she just out grew before I could put it on her!


12.How much weight did you gain? About 35 lbs.


13.What did you crave the most? Eggs & toast at the beginning..then ice cream MMMM....


14.Did you crave anything crazy? No


15.Who or what got on your nerves? People telling me I looked like I was going to pop when I was only like 7 months along :(


16.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Yes, the worst one was this horrible itching rash I got on my belly, legs & arms. WORST WEEK ever!!


17.Where and when did you go into labor? At home on a friday night. Went to the hospital, got sent home (the nurse was expecting me back in a few hours), & spent the whole weekend at my mom's thinking I would go into labor (NOPE), went to my Dr appt Monday morning & delivered at 2:45 AM Tuesday morning!! Longest weekend EVER!!!


18.Who drove you to the hospital? Jesse


19.Who was in the room when you gave birth? Jesse, my mom, Dixie, Nurse, & Respitory guy


20.Did you go early or late? One day early

21. How long were you in labor? Too long...only pushed 20 minutes tho! :D


22.Did you have any drugs for the pain? Epidural but it wore off before delivery...Can you say "OW!"


23.Did you go natural or have a C-section? Natural

24.What was your first reaction after giving birth? I cried & was so utterly filled with joy! Best feeling ever!!!


24.How big was the baby? 7 lbs 12 oz & 20 1/2 inches long! Big GIRL!!!

25.Did your husband cry? Yes, a little.

26.What did you name the baby? Kambree Carolyn Washburn


27.Does his name have any significant meaning? Carolyn - Jesse's mom's name - Grammy's girl!


28.Did you have any visitors? Yes tons - I have awesome Family & Friends :)


29.Did the baby have any complications? Yes, she inhaled amneotic fluid & had to be on oxegon for 2 days...Sad!


30.How old is your baby today? 8 months in 3 days!! WOW!!


31.When is the next one coming? Hopefully not for a LONG while!!


32.If you could would you do it all over again? Definately!!

33.Tag five: Deb, Melissa - I think everyone else has been tagged!! Lol. Anyone else who wants to!

By the way...Thanksgiving pics are coming! I know, I'm a slacker. I didn't bring my camera so I have to steal pics from the fam!

New Things....

Kambree is doing a few more things now... She can clap (with closed fists). She actually does this a lot while also screaming OR cheering...Not quite sure, but it's still cute! She also rolls her hands like with patty cake. Again, super cute!! She also has quite the temper...If you take away a toy, won't pick her up or try to feed her she yells/cries & throws her hands up. (Sounds like she's acting more & more like her daddy!!! Haha!) Still not crawling but it'll be any day we think!! Here are a couple pics of this last week.

Also on a side note...UTES WON BYU!! Jesse was ecstatic!! Yahoo!!!

7 months

Kambree turned 7 months on 11/8/08. She is growing so fast. She still doesn't like baby food but somethings we have found she likes are *cheerios, crackers, bananas, gerber graduates* and pretty much any kind of food she can pick up & feed herself. She has become very independent. She will not even allow me to pick up the food to help her make it into her mouth. Another "big girl" thing she does is drink water from a cup. It's the cutest thing ever...however, she is not a big fan of the sippy cup. She likes the real thing cause she is a "big girl!" Too funny!! (But definately one of the cutest things I have ever seen!!) I think she will be crawling soon. She tries to skoot & sticks her but in the air but for now is just rolling everywhere she needs to go. Crazy to think she is now closer to 1 than 0.... :(

Shot of my first pony! Check it out!! Lol. You can't really see it but it's there. Thanks to Deb for making these cute bows that we can finally start using!!
Bathtime fun! This is my first time in the bath without my baby sling!


Bitter beer face!! Lol. This is the face I make whenever momma sneaks in some food. After she gets in once I close my mouth so tight, nothing gets in. Such a stinker!!!

Kambree's new favorite word!

Kambree's 1st Halloween

Here's our little monster!! Isn't she so cute??? I really wanted her to be Tinkerbell but am glad that Jesse won this battle & she was a monster. We didn't run into anyone dressed like Kambree but did see about 10 little girls dressed as Tink.

We started out the day getting all dressed up w/ Melissa & Kaysen. They looked so cute together. Kaysen was a little devil & Mellisa was his mother also dressed as a devil.

Then we went to Trunk or Treat @ Lin's & then did a little trick or treating around my mom's neighborhood. We did let Kambree have a sucker but...this is a shocker...She didn't really like it! We also went & saw the fam to show off Kambree's costume.

Jesse & I decided to dress up too. It was fun. We didn't end up doing much but we did get some crazy pics! Lol.

Back ache, Birthdays & update!

Jesse is now on his 3rd week of no work due to his back injury. We went in for his MRI yesterday. Hoping for the best. He thinks it must be pretty serious since he is still in so much pain. Hope he's wrong... :( This last week we celebrated Grandma Nan & Grandpa Dewain's birthdays. It was fun to go visit them. Of course the best part of their days was seeing Kambree. She is loved by so many people & is so blessed to have all of them in her life. Other than that not much has been going on. We are still working on getting Kambree to eat food. She actually opened her mouth to take a bite 5 times last night. Woot, woot, we're making progress! We all kinda caught a small bit of the bug this weekend thanks to those nasty flu shots! Mostly over it now. Thank goodness! Here are some pics of Kambree thoughout this last week. Gotta love all the clothes this cute girl has! :)

And the winner is....

MOMMY!!! Kambree said her first word last night! At least I think she said it. She was pretty upset & trying to go to sleep. She doesn't really cry but she was doing her whining that she does sometimes when she is really tired or really hungry & I'm pretty dang sure I heard a Mmmmaaaa Mmmmaa! Jesse says he had heard her say MOM-ME before but this was my first time. Pretty exciting stuff, man!!! Just had to brag! I can't beleive my baby is growing up so fast....

Food for thought!

We have been trying, emphasize TRYING, to feed Kambree food since she turned 6 months. She absolutely HATES it!! I think we have a PICKY eater on our hands...(not that she gets it from anywhere strange if you know Jesse & I!) We have tried rice cereal, carrots & sweet potatoes. Each time we try to feed her it's a battle to get in a few bites. She is now waking up more at nights & I think it's because she is needing more nourishment than she is currently getting from milk alone. I'm trying & trying to get more down. Hopefully I have more luck in the coming days or weeks...:( The doctors recommend starting on veggies so that she gets accustomed to their taste before giving fruits since fruit tastes so much better & she needs both to have a healthy diet. I just hope she will like something. Here's a pic of me feeding her. As you can tell more is on her face than in her belly!

Pumpkin Patch

In the sprit of being festive we (Melissa & I) decided to take the kiddos to the pumpkin patch today. We figured it would be fun...Maybe it'll be more fun next year! Lol! It was a fairly nice day so we loaded up the kids & went over to Elsinore to the patch to pick some pumpkins & take some pics. On the way over we had 2 precious sleeping babies that we so RUDELY awakened once we got there. So from the beginning they weren't very happy with us. Once we were standing in line to ride the tractor thru the field we realized how windy it was...not so great for babies, but we went on the "short" ride for the "experience." We rode out on the tractor & stopped in the field to pick our pumpkins. I picked out one that was okay in look & size but was more concerned in the distance away from the tractor since I was lugging around a 6 month old in addition to anything I picked up. Thinking others that were on the tractor would quickly make their selections & we would be on the way Melissa & I positioned & prodded both babies to get a few good pics. They both soon tired of this & just wanted out of there! However...the other people on the tractor took what seemed like FOREVER to us with our grumpy babies who had had enough! Eventually we did make it back to the car & left & ended up getting a couple pumpkins & a few good pics. Here are just a couple for the memories. I'm sure next year will be better!

Needs some work....

So when I started this blog I expected to update it every couple of weeks or more often.....woops! It's now been about 3 months since I started it. Still don't have pics & haven't completely figured this thing out yet! I am going to be working on it & trying to figure it out. Everyone else's is super cute. I think I just need to put some effort into it & I'll get it going!