Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House

Kylie and I went to Utah on July 28th to hang out with my family for 3 1/2 weeks. We had a great time. Avery met up with us for 1 week of the trip so he would be with us for the Fullmer family reunion and family pictures.

The last day for the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House was August 1st so my parents got tickets so Kylie and I could go. She was an angel through the whole thing but she did find that the Celestial Room had a bit of an echo when she would babble. It was very cute.

Is she not the cutest baby ever...

Hesston College

On July 7th we drove down to Newton, KS to have dinner with Avery's old flight instructor at Hesston College. After the dinner we decided to head up to the college and walk around his old stomping ground. It was fun to see where he had gone to college and see the places where he lived, ate, and played ball for two years. They don't do summer classes there so it was literally like talking a walk through a park. Thanks Avery for showing me Hesston College!

Avery, Kylie and me on campus

Avery and Kylie by the "campus map". It's a small school but it's a very nice campus

Dishwasher vs Dishsoap

On Sunday night I walked into the Kitchen and see water and soap bubbles pouring out of the dishwasher onto the floor. I immediately told Avery we had a problem and he needed to see this. I was informed at that point that "someone" may have used dishsoap since we were low on dishwasher detergent. We opened the door and the pictures below are what we saw. I wish I had taken a picture of the outside but "someone" wouldn't let me. I will say that we had a very good laugh about this one.

New Crib!

We finally got Kylie a crib last week. She had one before but it was a smaller crib like the ones used in a daycare. It worked perfect for us the last 10 months but now that she's getting bigger we needed something with more room.

She loves her new bed! The first time we put her in it she climbed up and held onto the sides jumping up and down. It was really cute.

Kylie - 10 months

My little girl is growing up a little fast! She hit the 10 month mark and it made me think back. In her little life we have moved 2 times, she's been on 3 roundtrip airplane rides and driven across half the country.

We've recently discovered that she loves the pool! Our apartment complex has two of them - with one right behind our building so Kylie and I have been frequenters to the pool. I must say I'm a little jealous of my babies tanning abilities! She is plastered with sunblock and somehow has tanner legs than I do.

She makes friends fast. There's a cute little boy at church who is two months younger than her and when they have playdates or see each other at church the two of them just light up with smiles and start cooing at each other. She does have a problem with stealing his toys during Relief Society so we do need to work on sharing.

We definitely love our little girl and have lots of fun playing with her, reading to her, taking her on walks, etc. We are very blessed to have her in our home!
Playing in the moving boxes with Daddy

Isn't that the cutest little face!

Playing on Grandma and Grandpa Kirk's bed

Kansas and back to Ohio

Kylie loving life now that she can pull herself up on furniture

Kylie and I had our own row on the flight to Pittsburgh so I buckled her in to give my arms a rest

Her first Royals game! We went with cousin Gino and his family and Tracy and Matt! So fun!

First family I watched in Ohio - minus one child. Kylie had a ball playing with the twins!

Second family we watched in Ohio - minus one child. Kylie loves these kids!

Yes, I do realize I have not blogged in 2 months. Unpacking is not fun but we made it safe and sound the first part of May. I haven't taken pictures of our apartment - mostly because I still have a few more boxes to unpack so you will have to wait. We have been making friends and are very thankful to have family nearby. Kylie and I have already been to 2 Royals games with our awesome cousins and they have already called to have Kylie come play. And of course I took her over!

After being here for 4 weeks we were flown back to Ohio to watch kids. One family bought our round trip flight to watch their 4 kids for 4 days. Then another family (who I have been watching the last year) asked me to extend our trip to watch their 6 kids for 5 1/2 days. In between "jobs" we were able to spend time with Avery's family and Kylie really enjoyed seeing her Grandparents as well as her aunt and uncle. Thank You Mary for all the driving around you did for us! I must say I was very happy to get home and lounge around the pool for the next few days.

My little baby who is not much of a baby anymore is crawling everywhere. It is so fun to see her explore everything around her and I don't even mind that she's pulling books off my bookshelf. She's also starting to pull herself up on things so walking may not be too far behind. Kylie has 4 teeth now, 2 on top, 2 on bottom and we're starting to give her table food. One thing I am extremely happy about is that I finally got her to take a sippy cup while in Ohio! For those of you who know she refuses to take a bottle - this is HUGE!

Still in Ohio

Been awhile since I blogged last but my computer is in Kansas so I really do have an excuse for no updates.  I've been taking lots of pictures so there will be lots to catch up on once we get there.   I have two weeks left in Ohio and it's starting to hit me now.  Lots on my list to do before we go.  One of which is head down to Columbus to see a very dear friend of mine.  Another is go to Kirtland for one last tour...  Watch my old vball team play a game and of course say goodbye to everyone.   Oh and I have to go shop at H & M.  That is very important.  : )

Kylie got sick for the very first time a couple weekends ago and it was awful.  Not having Avery around to help me out was not fun.  Her temp was 103.8 and she was puking and coughing and crying.  I felt so bad for her.  For 48 hours so would only sleep if I was holding her so I of course got zero sleep the whole weekend and come Monday she still was not 100% but we had to go watch the kids anyway.  Needless to say, she ended up getting two of the kids I watch ended up with it at different times last week.   

Easter was fun.  I had a friend from church invite me to her parents house for Easter dinner.  They were loads of and I'm very thankful they let Kylie and I share the Holiday with them.  Then, Kylie and I crashed the Rice's family gathering. The Rices have been my family away from home since I moved back here 5 yrs ago so I couldn't leave without saying goodbye to them.  I will forever be grateful to them for welcoming me into the Fam.  I will miss all of them so much!

Avery is loving his new job but of course wishes his wife and daughter were there with him.  We love and miss him very much and can't wait to be reunited in a couple weeks!