Owen McLeod

Owen turned 2 months old this past Friday! I can't believe how fast it is going by! He is

wonderful I love him so much! He is talking and smiling and so alert! Kyla is so sweet with him, she loves you play with him and tries to take care of him all the time. Yesterday she tried to take his diaper off to give him a diaper change!

Blogging and full time school do not mix....

So I have been a terrible blogger, but I am going to blame that fully on school. Right now I am in a 2nd grade classroom Mon- Fri from 7:00-4:30.

So here is a little update of our family,
Christmas was wonderful, Kyla loved it! Seth is busy working, and I am in school.

Oh and we have a baby on the way who is a little BOY! Kyla is going to be a big sister to a little brother.

Name: yeah not so sure, it is definately harder this time around!

Long time, lots of updates!

The beginning of September Seth, Kyla, and I went to visit the Larsen's up in Washington DC. The trip was great, and they were great hosts! DeAnne can cook! YUM YUM!

Here is a picture of Kyla's crib while we were there, she didn't like it but it kept her in, the only problem was when she stood up she could see Seth and I, and if we even breathed too hard she would know we were awake, and made sure we knew she was awake.


Kyla is cooking with Scott and DeAnne, hopefully she learned something from her because I am not the greatest teacher in the cooking field!

Here is the WWII Monument we saw, it was awesome,and so peaceful, definately worth seeing! It is one of Seth's favorites!

Here we are at another monument in Washington DC, we went at the perfect time, the weather was great! And Kyla loved site seeing in her stroller. (this stroller by the way is great from travel!)

The Washington DC temple, Beautiful!


We had so much fun spending time with the Larsens, they took us to this Amazing Dutch restuarant and it was delicious.

Spending time on the lake in the middle of TX!

Grandpa teaching Kyla how to drive the Boat... we will wait a couple of years before we let her do it on her own!

She was ready to go tubing!

Before going tubing!

Aunt Katie was so helpful, she is great at changing diapers, this time around though she was turned all turned around, front in the back, back in the front!

Grandpa and Belinda, hanging out on the boat with Kyla!

Trip to Arizona in June!

My mom came and visited in the beginning of June, when it was time for her to go, Kyla and I decided to join her, so we booked a ticket and flew out to AZ for a week. The best part of the trip was my sister was going out to Arizona and didn't know we were coming! It was our last trip out there for a very long time, because Grandma decided to move out here to GA!

Flight to Arizona, fist time on a plane with grandma!

Kyla loves strawberries! She was climbing up Aunt Katie to get to the food!

The donkey in front of Bad Donkey (AWESOME place to eat!)

Playing with the ducks at El Encanto!

Hanging out in the pool, Kyla is such a water baby!

Hanging out in Canton

So earlier this year we staying up in Canton, watching the little girls I use to help out with. Here are some pictures of the trip up there.

Nicole loves babies and couldn't get enough of Kyla!


Kara and Nicole put the little hair Kyla does have in a mohawk... with glitter


This is where I would find Kyla trying to crawl her way through the mesh of her pack and play.


Swimming is the pool was so much fun and Kyla LOVES the water, we love the pool.

Kyla's Big Girl Bed

So this week Seth, Kyla and I are up in Canton, spending some time with the girls I use to aupair. When we arrived this past Thursday, we were going through all the tasks that the family needed before the parents headed out. We were upstairs where the girls' rooms are and i saw Kara's (the youngest ones) drawers from her bed all in the hall. It looked like they were reorganizing her room, then when I peeked into her room there was Jaida's (the second oldest) old bed stacked up, leaning against the wall. I asked Dawn (the mom) if she was having Kara organize her room, and she told me no. The story that followed was Shelly (a family friend, who has two little girls) was going to take Kara's bed and then Kara was going to get Jaida's old bed. Well I guess Shelly had come over to pick up the bed, didn't realize how large it was, and found that it would be too big for her little girl's room. So I told Dawn, that if she didnt know anyone else who wanted the bed and depending on how much it would cost we might be interested. She then told me the awesome news... we could have it for FREEE!!!!! They wanted it out of their house before they come back, we said deal. So yesterday Seth took part of the bed down to our house, this morning another part, and he will have to take another trip down. This bed is massive!

The bed is a bunk bed, but it isn't a standard bunk it has a set of stairs not a ladder. It only has a top bunk, and underneath is a desk and a play house. There is a lot of storage in it also. It is awesome, and we are so grateful for the bed! I don't plan to move her into a big girl bed anytime soon, but to know we have one for her is awesome!