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DAY 1 OF OUR VLOG

I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE A VIDEO EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE LAST YEAR OF MY 20s. ShayCarl (of the shaytards on youtube) did this, and now he is famous, and its his full time job, and he is in his 3rd year. Now, i don't know if i will make it to 3 years, but i will try my hardest to do 1 year. I think it will be fun. So anyways, make sure you watch everyday. And, subscribe to our youtube channel... scennylloyd. K LOVE YOU, BYE.

The Big 2-9

It is Scott's birthday today. It is his "last year in his twenties" as he likes to call it. So in honor of turning 29 today, I decided I would make a blog post(somthing he is always wanting me to do) just for him to let him know how much we love and appreciate him. I say "we" because when the kids saw me doing this they wanted to "help" so they both gave some input. If this is too mushy and lovey-dovey for some of you I understand...just move along.

Still reading... okay you we're warned.

I truly have an amazing huband, father to my children, and best friend. So when I thought about all of the reasons why I love him there were so many that I had to narrow it down some, but came up with...

The 29 reasons I love Scott Lloyd
In no particular order

29. He is so much fun
28. He is a super hard worker
27. He loves to stay active (hiking, running, rock climbing, ect.)
26. He LOVES his kids
25. He always gives 100% to whatever he is doing
24. He is a great provider for his family
23. He is very intelligent and picks up new things quickly
22. He is a very generous tipper
21. He has a strong testimony
20. He is always himself, no matter who he is around, he doesn't change
19. He has TONS of energy
18. He loves and appriciates my cooking
17. He builds forts (says Camryn)
16. He climbs mountains (says Owen)
15. He helps me with housework
14. He's a jeans and t-shirts kind of guy, but still can rock a suit on sundays :)
13. He surprises me with a large diet coke when Im having a hard day
12. He makes me laugh every day
11. He saves lives for a living (I mean how much cooler can you get?)
10. He is rough and tough, no sissy man here
9. He will stop what he's doing to play a game with Cam.
8. He is a famous You Tube star...or will be someday (subscribe to scennylloyd on You Tube) (He will love that shout out:))
7. He is a "problem solver" and can find a solution to almost any problem
6. He calls me randomly throughout the day just to see how I'm doing
5. He's a multi-tasker (even when driving...yikes!)but he gets a lot done
4. He takes the kids so I can have some "me" time
3. He will watch chick-flicks and reality shows with me
2. He is SMOKIN' HOT! :)
1. He is my BFF and he loves me!

I love you Scott! Happy Birthday!

HOTT BLONDE vs GARDEN HOSE

Wildlife World Zoo

This last weekend Scott's Dad and Step-mom came to visit. The kids had so much fun with their grandparents here spoiling them! We had decided to go to the zoo on Saturday...little did we know it would be rainy and cold. We aren't used to anything but hot and sunny here in AZ. Despite the weather we still had a great time at the zoo and enjoyed less crowds :)



Camryn was a little nervous to have her picture taken with the tiger and decided she had better keep and eye on him the whole time. Heehee She is so funny.

Owen on the other hand was fearless. He liked to try and touch anything with sharp teeth. We were grateful for the sturdy glass tanks the alligators were kept in or our little O would be short a few limbs for sure!

They also had an awesome aquarium. Cam LOVED all the colorful fish!

Owen didn't appreciate the view the zebra was giving him and found daddy holding the camera far more fascinating :)
The highlight of the trip was most definitely petting the sting rays! Owen was belly laughing the whole time. It was like his bath tub toys had come to life and were playing with him!

Camryn was very brave and loved the sting rays too...as long as daddy was close by.

All tuckered out :)

This was so fun to see the kids experience all these new things. I love the ages they are at right now, and realized that they are at just at the right ages for these fun family trips... maybe a children's museum next? We'll keep you posted!

Catching Up

When you have gone this long without updating (yes, I realize it has been six months) you can do one of three things. 1. Tackle the overwhelming task of going back and updating all that you missed, knowing that deep down, no one really has time to sit and read about the last six months of your life. 2. Just start with the here and now, lets not dwell in the past... so what if Owen goes from tiny infant to walking in one post, it feels like it went by that fast anyway. Or 3. Give up on life all together. If you cant even keep up with a simple little blog then what use are you to this world anyway? :) While options 2 and 3 are much easier I am afraid that I must choose option 1. After all, I started this blog as a sort of journal to record the lives of my kids and there were just too many milestones and little moments of cuteness to over look them. So, consider yourselves forewarned. This post could turn out to be a doosey. I will try to keep the rambling commentary to a minimum and stick mostly to pictures... starting now :)

This is Owens favorite pastime :)

Just when we thought Camryn was adjusting to having Owen in the family she expressed her true feelings in a chalk drawing outside. It is a picture of our family. Cam, Mom, and Dad are picture on the far right of the patio... looking for Owen??? He is the small figure to the far left...still, he is drawn, and on the same patio too...its a step, right? Hee hee

Halloween:
Fairy
Spider

This is when we realized just how mobile our little O was getting. What an escape artist!

Christmas:

Don't you just love all those little twisty ties that they put around every square inch of your child's toy?

Owen's first birthday:

Owen is very good at getting around the house now, including up and down the stairs!

Thats what we've been up to in the last six months. I now hope that the thought of blogging will not be so overwhelming and I can keep up with it a little better...but no promises :)

Camryn's 4th Birthday

I promise not to make this post too long or sappy...but my baby girl just turned four, so cut me a little slack :)

Camryn Lynn Lloyd
September 3, 2005 7lb 12oz 20 1/2 inches

3 mos.
6 mos.

1 year
1 year
18 mos.

2 years

3 years

4 years

Camryn, you have brought such joy to our lives. You have been such a ray of sunshine in our family. You are so full of spunk and always have something funny to say! You were sent here to keep your mom and dad's lives interesting and fun! We love you so much Camryn!!!! Happy 4th Birthday!!

Back to Blogging

Well...it was bound to happen...the new computer has been purchased, and I can once again resume blogging! Much has happened while I was out of the blogging world and instead of going back and getting overwhelmed with trying to "back post" I am going to just pick up here and now! What is new with the Lloyds you ask?...

Camryn has started preschool! I always knew that Camryn would love school and she does!!

Owen is getting smaller every day! No...really, Owen has learned how to crawl! Since this started he has been losing roll after roll on those thighs! I keep telling him if he doesn't slow down he is going to waist away :)
Owen is trying to attack the camera. He feels that it is his new found responsibility to inspect EVERYTHING that is on the floor...first with sight, then with touch, and finally with taste... this gives mom a lot more sweeping and vacuuming to do these days!


That is the latest in the Lloyd household. Blog will be updated more often now:)

Bad blogger :(

I have been really bad at keeping up with the blog. I would just like to say publicly that this is not my fault. I will blame this all on my wonderful husband... and with good reason too! Anyone who knows Scott knows that he has this disorder that causes him to replace any electronic device at least once every two years...if it plugs in and was purchased prior to June of 2007 then it is deemed "old and useless". Sadly there is no cure for this disorder, only to constantly replace things like perfectly good televisions, video gaming consoles, cell phones, etc... for the latest and greatest model. Now why am I telling you this you ask? What does this have to do with the fact that my blog has been sitting here, not updated in nearly 2 months? Well, unfortunately, our computer has now past it's Scott Lloyd expiration date, and he now claims he can not upload our pictures to this "old and useless" computer. So now we must wait until the bank account agrees that we can buy a new computer. I however, being the innovative girl I am, found a way to get a couple pictures to the blog. I took a few snapshots with my phone (not past expiration date) and sent them to my email! I know genius! So here are just a couple new pictures to enjoy!









Camryn got glasses! She was so excited about them too! She was so great at the eye doctor's office and loved it so much that we go to go back 3 days later when she had already managed to break her glasses. The Dr reassured me this was quite typical for a 3 year old and that the first pair never lasts through their "exploring" phase. I assured him that Camryn's "exploring" phase was done or she would be "exploring" the naughty chair for a very long time! Come on... 3 days...really?!?



Owen had to be on his first antibiotic...poor baby! :( Unfortunately this made him very "regular" if ya know what I mean. This created a few embarrassing moments for me, one of which I documented! So Owen had a major "blow out" while we were at our first stop on a long list of errands we had to run. I was tiered of being "that" mom who carries her naked baby around the store, like clothes had just slipped my mind when leaving the house that morning so I figured , "I'm at Sam's Club, they have baby clothes here! I will just dress him now and pay at the end so he is not naked through the whole store." Well when I began dressing my child in the middle of the store...what that's normal... then some people... very judgemental people I might add... figured I must be shoplifting so I had to tell the whole story to them and I decided I better just leave the tags on till check-out. Well when I got to the check out my judgmental friends were in line right behind me...coincidence or nosey Sam's Club patrol, you decide, but got the feeling they were checking up on me. So I turned to them and smiled and without saying a word I cleared a spot for Owen on the conveyor belt and laid him down for purchase. Okay, maybe not the most mature response but I thought it was funny and made them back off a bit. So I smiled took a picture and picked up my baby. :) Then I looked over at the next isle, because I felt others staring and who could it be? "Oh hi President!" that's right, my stake president and his lovely wife were standing there smiling back at me. Boy was my face red... but they thought it was funny!

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!