Cambria's Birthday

Yesterday was Cambria's 3rd birthday! Everyone went boating on Friday, and then we had a party for her on Friday night. We grilled hot dogs and burgers and she got her barbie jeep that she has been talking about for weeks! She also got a swing set from Aaron's parents but we have not had time to set it up yet. On Saturday we got up early and went to the parade, she thought that was really fun. There was so much to look at and she would dance when the floats with music came by. Then we went to the cabin for a few hours and rode the razor around and watched movies. At 9:30 we went to see the fireworks show, we got a pretty good spot but after about 15 min Cambria started saying she needed to go home because she was tired. It was a fun and busy weekend.

She said she wanted a pink castle cake, so I made her one. I think it came out really good.

Cambria and Fiona on the tube with Candace.


Ashlynn's first trip to the cabin.



There were a few floats that had birthday cakes on them and they said Happy Birthday USA, and they were singing Happy Birthday, and so Cambria thought they were singing to her! It must be fun to have your birthday on the 4th of July, you always get a parade, fireworks and a big party!


My mom got this dress for Cambria, she looked so cute. She is such a girl, she loves wearing dresses.
Ashlynn's first parade!! Of course she slept through it all... but notice she had a cute 4th of July dress on too!

This Week

My family was in town for 6 days. It was so fun to have everyone here, and a bunch of kids running around. We sat around a lot playing with the babies, we grilled, went to the zoo, watched the kids swim in the backyard, and ate a lot. I am not going to write much because I am going to take a LONG nap, but here are a few pictures so you can see what our week was like!

Blessing Ashlynn This Sunday

For anyone who is in or around Idaho Falls and would like to know, we are blessing Ashlynn at church this Sunday while my family is in town. It is at 9:00 at the church right behind our house. If you want to go and need directions let us know!

Oops.

I just realized that Corey, you were wrong on those pictures, the very first one is Ashlynn and then Cambria!

Can we keep her?

Cambria has been sitting here holding Ashlynn for a while. Sometimes she tries to pick her up by herself but she knows she is not supposed to so we have always been able to stop her. Today we have been talking all day about how Cambria can't give her anything small to play with. Cambria has tons of small barbie shoes and all sorts of small toys, and so I have been trying to get her to understand that it will hurt the baby if Cambria gives her something she can choke on. I think she is understanding. I also have had to tell her over and over that she can't eat any food. She hasn't tried to give her anything yet, but she just says that she needs to share her food with her. Cambria keeps asking me if we can keep her. I am so glad that she likes her!Cambari brought this flower to me when she came to see us at the hospital. She was taking them from a flower arrangement that Aaron's parents got me, and she would put them by Ashlynn while she was sleeping. So she was probably the only baby in the nursery with flowers all around her.

Ashlynn and Cambria

Can you tell which ones are Cambria? They look like they could be the same baby!

A Few Pictures

She is here! We are so excited. My labor and delivery was fantastic, it was only 6 hours long and she came out so fast I barely even had to push! It was a very relaxing day because my epidural worked this time, so I was very comfortable. She looks a lot like Cambria did when she was born. Cambria LOVES her baby sister. When she cries Cambria asks what is wrong, and she helped me change her diapers today and put on her pajamas. She also read some of her books to her, and when we change her diapers Ashlynn screams so Cambria sings to her and it helps calm her down. She likes to sit by me and just hug her baby sister, and she says "mommy, I love her. We can keep her." I am so glad that she is enjoying having a baby around instead of being jealous. Both Cambria and Ashlynn have been born with dark skin and very dark hair. They look just like Aaron did when he was a baby. At the hospital he got asked by some nurses if both parents were caucasian! The nurses always love to comb their hair, and this time they even put some really cute bows in Ashlynns hair. I will try to get some better pictures of her in the next few days, she is getting cuter now that the puffiness in her face is going down, and the bruising from coming out so fast is going away also. So far she sleeps a lot during the day and keeps me up at night, but she is adorable!!
Cambria had just taken a bath and she wanted Ashlynn to have a bath too. I will probably wait a few days. Her hair is the only thing that looks kinda dirty, it gets greasy from people playing with it!