Thursday, December 13, 2012

Service Auction

I don't claim to be a professional photographer by any means but in October the Relief Society enrichment night was a service auction and after lots of mixed thoughts I decided to offer a photo session as my donated "service". I wasn't able to make it to the activity due to my brother's wedding so I'm not exactly sure how it worked but I am pretty sure the sisters got to earn points and then used those points to buy things. Anyway I got to fulfill my service tonight and it was fun to get more experience taking pictures!

p.s. you can click the pictures to make them bigger!






10 months

My little man is exactly that...little. We had his checkup last week and found out that he dropped down to the 5 percentile for weight. He weights in at 17 lbs 4 oz. meaning he has only gained 1 lb and 4 oz. in the past 4 months! He also dropped to the 65% in height at 28.5 in. Doctors orders are to stuff in all the calories we can and fatten him up before another check up at the beginning of January. 

Kellen has developed quite the personality lately. I would describe him as a bashful goofball. If you smile at him he will give you the biggest grin and then immediate look away with a gasp. It is the cutest. He also thinks it is really fun to make people laugh and goes on and on doing silly things thinking he is SO funny. 

At 10 months Kellen...

-has 5 1/2 teeth
-refuses to stand while holding someones hands
-has had multiple bumps and bruises, a bloody nose, and lip
-is allergic to all dairy products
-still fits fine in 6-9 mo. clothes
-wears a size 2 shoe
-found a new love for any type of ball
-had his first hair cut with the electric clippers
-loves to wear and play with hats (especially dad's)
-doesn't like using a sippy cup
-is getting A LOT better at sleeping
-has a blast playing with Emma...and it is SO cute!

We love our little petite boy even when he takes advantage of the fact that he is easy to hold all. day. long.



On a side note Emma had a little check up too and is 40 lbs.(100%) 40in.(94%) Kinda crazy how different they can be! 



Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Holiday Giveaway!

One of the blogs I enjoy reading is doing a give away! Take a peek and enter!

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Thanksmas

Since my family lives in Kansas and Trevor's lives in Idaho we switch off Thanksgiving and Christmas every other year. This was our year to go to Kansas for Thanksgiving and so we call it Thanksmas because a day or two after we also celebrate Christmas. We had a blast all week, ate WAY too much, and didn't get nearly enough sleep but the 18 hour drive each way was SO worth it : )












Wednesday, November 14, 2012

9 months

At 9 months Kellen .....

-has his 5th tooth poking through
-crawls down the stairs head first...it is so funny (don't worry there are only 2 stairs in our house)
-is getting used to real shoes
-still doesn't nap consistently
-is starting to get clingy
-loves when Emma is the first one to greet him in the mornings
-knows what the word NO means
-Says mama and dada all day long
-doesn't like to share with his sister...the feeling is mutual
-thinks it's funny to yell
-entertains himself in the toy room as long as someone is with him
-favorite activity is to bang things on the wood floors
-refuses to learn to drink from a sippy cup


And we can  not get enough of him...as you can tell by the amount of pictures below. 











Sunday, November 4, 2012

A Country Wedding

So my little brother got married...kinda weird considering he was only 16 when I left the house and for some reason that is the age I still think of him as. I am so happy that I got to go to Kansas for the weekend and see the new Kansas City temple for the first time! Of coarse I took a million pictures so beware this is a picture overload, even though it's not even 1/2 of the ones I took! 





 Chelsey has the best style! Seriously she always looks like she just walked out of the J.Crew catalog. 









 My family!

 Chelsey's family!
 The "best man" and "best cousin" Ronnie (Who leaves this week on his mission!!!)


Sloop girls!

So pretty!
 The reception was in an awesome barn!
 If only I could do my wedding all over again and steal her style : )


 Drinks in Mason jars!

 Daddy/daughter dance.
 First dance.