Update

It's always when life seems to be running along smoothly. I was thinking, "Hay, this mother of two thing isn't so bad after all. I can totally do this. I was so smart to space my kids three years because Camryn is so independent and helpful (that is after she adjusted to little Owen and stopped trying to kill him...but that's normal right?). It is like that line in Father of the Bride II, "All those who think they have it made take one step forward. Not so fast George Banks." Only it was, "not so fast Jenny Lloyd" Because that great independence I loved so much in Camryn was about to be taken away! Let's back up...




Scott bought a trampoline, (see where this is going?)

But in order to keep it "safe" we decided to dig a big pit in this Arizona hard as cement ground and put the trampoline in it so it would be level with the ground.
So we did. The following day was Sunday, General Conference. Camryn desperately wanted to jump on the trampoline. I explained to her that we don't jump on Sundays, we are going to listen to the prophet. So we did...until in-between sessions when she convinced her dad, which is not a hard thing for her to do, to let her jump for "just a minute, during commercials" hahaha. One minute later Cam was being carried into the house by Daddy and she was inconsolable. She had landed on the trampoline with stiff legs because she was afraid she was jumping too high. Needless to say I did not see the afternoon session of conference. I saw the inside of Phoenix Children's Hospital for 5 hours! Yes, she broke it straight through, just under the left knee.:(
That was just after returning from the hospital in her new splint. The following Thursday we met with the Orthopedic Surgeon to get it casted.

Purple with glitter sparkles, of course!

What does this mean to a three-year-old...Mommy has to carry her everywhere! It's the little things you don't think about like going potty, changing activities every 5 min., taking baths, and getting dressed that leave me counting down the days till this cast comes off!

Other then that life is good! We are all moved in to the new house. Here are just a couple inside pictures that I ran across today for those of you who have been asking.

Kithchen

Family Room

Playroom(just off the family room and kitchen area)

Formal Dining room

That's about it for now. I will try to keep up better with my blogging, until then have a great day and if you ever think you are having a bad hair day just remember this...
P.S. Owen is still Fat! :)

Change of religion?

I was thinking of becoming Buddhist...since I recently gave birth to their God. Haa haa



See the similarities? My cute little Buddha Baby!!!

The camera has been located!!

The last few weeks have been a little hectic with moving in to the new house, but is now starting to feel like home. The boxes are finally all unpacked and I found my camera in the last box...isn't that how it always works? So I can finally put a few updated pictures of my chubba bubba. Warning...if you have not seen Owen since the last post you will want to prepare yourself mentally for a much chunkier version. :)



Check out how those cheeks hang!

This is my favorite part of a little baby...their little dimpled knuckles on their chubby little hands!

Each thigh has three rolls, though only two are pictured :)

Owen has been smiling all the time lately and he has been making all kinds of noises. He also has been very interested in his hands lately. He sucks on them, studies them, and has started grabbing little toys. He also loves his tummy time. He can already do a little push up from the waist up to see whats going on all around him. He is such a happy, sweet baby and we are really enjoying getting to know is little personality.


Camryn has been Miss Independent. I have been looking forward to this stage since she was born. She has always been so particular about everything and I would always think, "I cant wait till she can just do this herself and stop telling me what to do all the time." Is that bad for a mother to think? Well it's the truth so why not admit it. I love that she wants to do everything herself, and I love even more when she comes to me like this saying she just put her feety pajamas on all by herself. Ha Ha

This was her idea of helping mommy pack. I then explained to her that since her toys WERE already in a toyBOX that we don't need to take them all out to put in a different box. Funny, she was done being my helper at that point and hated having to put them all back!

The video is still coming of Owen...Ididn't forget I just need Scott to download the video!

Just for fun

I wanted to post a cute video of some of Owen's first coos and smiles, for all of you far away doting grandparents out there, but we are in the middle of moving and the equipment to download the video is packed, so that will have to wait... sorry more pictures of the kids will be posted soon. So in order not to waist a post I saw this on a friends blog and thought it was pretty funny!

WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother's & father's middle names)
Lynn David

NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad )
Dana Gerald

STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 4 letters of your first name)
Jelloy-haha don't be jealous

DETECTIVE NAME: (fav color, fav animal)
Pink turtle

SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you live)
Lynn Surprise

SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav alcoholic drink, add "THE" to the beginning)
The Yellow Virgin

FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name)
Jeyd

GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie):
Strawberry Sugar

ROCK STAR NAME: (current pet's name, current street name)
Nothing Marconi

PORN NAME: (1st pet, street you grew up on)
Pepper Courtland

Living the American Dream!

Well I never thought this day would ever come for us, but after renting for over five years, and moving nine times we are about to make our tenth, and hopefully final move...at least for a little while into our very own house. We are so excited! We started our house hunt about five months ago and have put in quite a few offers, only to see them taken by a higher bid. It was well worth the wait because it seemed like we were always settling with the other houses...whether it was the location or layout, but this house is perfect for us. It is in our favorite neighborhood that will still keep us in the ward that we love, it has room for the kids and guests...and maybe even a dog:), I LOVE the kitchen and master suite, and Scott loves his den and garage. It is the home we thought we might be able to have some day way off in the future, but due to fallen home prices we get to enjoy it with our young family. I feel very blessed. Moving day is Feb. 28, and this is one move I don't think I'll mind!:)

Go Fly A Kite

Yes Camryn did get a kite for Christmas thanks to Santa and Amazon.com, but I quickly realized that my kite problems were not over...oh no....they had only just begun! Every day since Christmas Cami has wanted to fly her kite. Three year olds don't realize that you need the weather to cooperate with you in order to play with this particular Christmas present. So, I did my best to explain to her the concept of wind and that we can tell it's windy when the trees start to move. Camryn would look out the window just waiting for the trees to move and if so much as a leaf fluttered she would run to find me yelling through the house, "THE TREES ARE MOVING, THE TREES ARE MOVING!" I would then have to stop whatever I was doing and assess the tree movement then break the news to her that it was not quite windy enough for a kite. However, prayers were answered and Arizona finally had a breezy day...I wouldn't even call it a windy day, but it was enough to get a kite in the air. :o) And, as is typical with three year olds, two minutes into the kite flying she was over it and onto splashing in a puddle instead...oh well, we still had fun. And for every minute of kite flying fun we had, we would have about five minutes of string de-knotting fun! The moral of this story... just save yourself the trouble and tell your kids Santa doesn't make kites!

Go Cardinals!!!

Anyone who knows me knows that I could care-less about watching football but this was too cute not to post. Last week was the play-off game and the Arizona Cardinals were playing... so Scott was watching with Shelby's husband Lance. Around half-time Lance and Shelby had to go so Scott was watching it by himself...so I thought. Scott had gotten Owen off the bed where he was sleeping and propped him up next to him on the couch to watch the game. Too Cute. Owen was even sporting his Cardinals outfit that the Lunts gave us at my baby shower. I think Owen slept through the better part of the second half but I am sure there will be many more games watched with his dad in his future. I love my guys!!!

2 weeks old

I can't believe how fast our little guy is growing already! This morning he just looked so much bigger to me then he did even just yesterday, I know that doesn't seem possible but it is. I am so enjoying my little Owen. I am not just saying this because it is what you are supposed to say. With Camryn I feel bad but I did not enjoy the first couple months. She was VERY fussy and just a difficult baby to figure out. From two months on she turned into a happy baby and was so much fun, so that is what I was prepared for with Owen but it is so true that every baby is different. I hate to brag but my Owen is the perfect little baby so far. He only cries if he is hungry, has a burp, or needs a diaper change. He came out happy and ready to nurse...something I thought would never happen... and he sleeps up to 5 hours a night, yes I only need to get up once. I could not ask for anything more!!! I hope this doesn't change. :o)

Here is Owen at two weeks old.... does he have his dads eyes or what!?!

I wanted to try and get a picture at this angle because this is the way a mother sees her baby when you hold them and he always just looks so cute to me...especially at this angle when he looks up at me.

I will not lie, Camryn had a bit of an adjustment to say the least but everything is getting so much better. Potty training is back on course, the binkies stopped disappearing, and she is starting to like being a big sister.

Peas Porridge

....Some like it HOT,

Some like it COLD.....



Some like it in the pot NINE DAYS OLD! Hee Hee Hee :o)

Owen was born!!!

I am happy to announce that pregnancy is over and Owen Scott Lloyd was born on December 29th! He was 7lbs 10 oz and 19and 3/4 inches long. The delivery went well and we got to come home after only 2 days in the hospital... pretty good for a c-section. We are now just going to lay low for a while until we both feel a little better. Here are just a couple "glamorous" hospital pictures. I will try to get some better pictures of him posted soon.






You never realize how truly miserable (and ginormous) you are until you capture it in a picture! :o) This was taken right before we left for the hospital.

Scott scrubbed in for the delivery

Mommy and Owen

Proud Daddy


Little "O" (sorry it's so dark. Owen wasn't so fond of lights at first)

The Lloyd Elves

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

A Kite?

As most three year olds are, Camryn is very excited about Christmas, and it seems like just about everywhere we go people are asking her what Santa is going to bring her for Christmas and her answer has been consistent since the first time someone asked...A kite and a candy cane. First off let me tell you I have way overbought if expectations are a kite and a candy cane... but besides that have you ever seen a kite in the winter? Now I know that here in Phoenix we have fake winters but even here they pretend it's winter and put out the seasonal hat's and mittens...but a kite?!? I'm not even sure where she got this idea...there are no kite commercials on right now and in the toys-r-us add...not a single kite! Why must I have the one child in America who doesn't look to ads and commercials for her Christmas list? What's a mom to do? I guess that is why they invented google. Any other ideas out there...run into a kite at a store lately?

p.s. No help required for the candy cane...I think I've got that one covered :0)

I'm it

I was tagged by my friend Christy and, as I understand it, I have to post the fourth picture in the fourth file of my pictures. This made me very nervous because I have a husband who loves to try and capture the most unflattering pictures of me...he thinks he's funny, but I lucked out this time and it is a picture of Cam.


This picture was taken last spring I believe. Camryn found her dad's "work shirt" as she calls it and said she was going to the ambulance with daddy to work. She always has been a daddy's girl! I now tag Shelby, Ashley, Shannon, Brooke, Jenna and anyone else who wants to play along. It is fun to see the random pictures in files so you guys are now it!...And no cheating! It has to be the fourth picture in your fourth picture file.

"Baby Lloyd?"...HELP

So I was going to take your advice Shannon, and make a poll to help us choose a name for this baby that is coming none-to-soon. I thought Scott had given me at least two names that I could work with (Owen and Brody). As I was about to publish the poll Scott said he doesn't want Brody anymore! I told him I cant do a poll with one name...so no poll. Some might see this as a good sign, after all the goal is to get the list narrowed to one name, but when I begin to refer to "my bump" as Owen he backs out and says, "that's not his name!" I am so frustrated with this. I've tried everything...we even have a book, 50,001 best baby names ever...Scott sees this book as a form of cruel and unusual punishment. So, there you are, that is what I have been going through.
This baby is going to be one of those sad stories where they are born with no name and the nurses will have to sadly write, "Baby Lloyd" on his bed in the nursery. Unknowing passersby will assume that is his first name and feel sorry for the adorable little baby who has the unfortunate name of Lloyd...a few Dumb and Dumber movie quotes and/or references will be mumbled under breath followed by snickers and they will leave. So sad, PLEASE don't let this become my reality. I am open to any suggestions...HELP US!!!!!!

Which Twilight Character are you?

This was not what I expected. I took this twilight quiz just for fun because I saw it on a friends blog and to my surprise I'm Bella. This is so shocking to me because throughout he series I found myself increasingly frustrated with Bella's indecisive and stubborn personality. I still don't believe it...this quiz is rigged!!!:)

***If you have not read the Twilight series please disregard this post

A sneak peak

So what do you think Burnham (my maiden name) or Lloyd. My opinion...Burnham all the way. He looks just like my dad's baby pictures to me. I see it in the nose, chin, and forehead. This is the first time I have gotten a 3D ultrasound picture and I just love it. It makes me so excited to see him now that I know what he looks like. 8 more weeks and I can't wait.

Happy Halloween!

This year was the first year that Camryn seems to be really "getting" holidays. Up until this point I think I have been more excited for her then she was. That definitely changed this year! Cami has been sooooo excited for Halloween. Every time we drove past some one's house that was decorated, or saw a pumpkin display in the grocery store she would get so excited and ask if it was Halloween yet. She was equally excited to dress up like Sleeping Beauty. She would tell friends, neighbors, and strangers alike that she was going to be sleeping beauty and get candy for Halloween. Needless to say she had so much fun.

Before going out to trick-or-treat Camryn and Daddy carve her first Jack-o-lantern. Cami was very excited to do this until she saw all the stringy pumpkin guts... one look at all that and Dad was on his own for the cleaning out of the pumpkin. Cam just gave instructions from a safe distance. She cracks me up... I don't know where she gets these girly girl tendencies, (note I am no where near those yucky guts either :0)


Once clean she once again love the pumpkin and takes a front row seat giving Daddy instructions on what shape to make the eyes, nose, and mouth.

The lighting of the Jack-o-lantern!

Next, we got dressed in our costumes for trick-or-treating. Camryn was Sleeping Beauty.




Mom was a speed bump, (there are limited choices when you are "rounding" to your eighth month...just 8 weeks left!!)


Cami was a pro. She love the whole concept of trick-or-treating...what kid doesn't. She was always very loud and clear with her "Trick-or-treat", "Thank you", and the occasional, "Happy Halloween Too!" One thing she is not is shy.

We hope you all had a Happy Halloween too!

Wearin' nothin' but a Band-Aid

26 weeks and counting

I had a doctor appointment yesterday where I had yet another ultrasound, not that I'm complaining, any excuse to see my little guy on the big screen! He is starting to look so big...as am I... that it's hard to believe we still have three more months to go! The baby looked very healthy, which is always great to hear, however I was still told to stay on bed rest... yuck! We will survive and it will all be over before I know it...at least that is what I keep telling myself :)

Our trip to Pine Valley, UT