peek-a-boo

I just have to document this or I think I'll forget forever :) Too bad I don't have any pictures, maybe soon. Anyway, Kort loves playing peek-a-boo. And today, I think he's caught the point of it all. He pulled my pants off the couch that were drying and tried putting them on his head. Once he pulled them off, I shouted peek-a-boo! After that, he continued for a few more minutes, pulling them in front of his face, and then down waiting for me to say it. It was the cutest thing. He is definitely showing off his personality a lot more lately, which I absolutely love! 

AND...the other day, he was standing in front of me and took ONE step :)...then fell in my arms. That happened twice, and like half-way again today. He's making progress! 

4 years

Four years ago I married this hunk. Never would I have thought that I'd be 25, married for four years, and have an almost one year old child. Time sure flies.

Well, we didn't get to exactly spend our actual anniversary day doing anything special, but when we went to Las Vegas, everyone was so kind to watch Kort overnight while we snuck away to a casino hotel and just enjoyed our night baby-less. :) It was really weird not having Kort there, but it was much needed! Hopefully we can actually plan a fun celebration for our 5 year ;) It seems like we always have something going on. I mean, it is fall time and everything starts getting busy that time of year. Anyway, here's the top 4 list (not in any particular order) of why I love this guy :)

1. He knows and gets me, (which means he's understanding women "lingo" more and more)

2. He loves the Lord and puts Him first.

3. He is very patient with me.

4. He is the best daddy to Kort :)

Here's to many more, babe!

Hope Caeli Fenton

This perfect little angel came into the world Friday, September 23, 2011 at 8:20 p.m. I cannot describe in words what a fighter this little girl was. Her beautiful mother and father, Caeli and Tyler, found out the first ultrasound that she had encephalocele, 


"a neural tube defect characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brain and the membranes that cover it through openings in the skull. These defects are caused by failure of the neural tube to close completely during fetal development. Encephaloceles cause a groove down the middle of the skull, or between the forehead and nose, or on the back side of the skull. The severity of encephalocele varies, depending on its location." (wikipedia)

The location for Hope, was the back of the skull, and basically the sacs will be filled with brain tissue or brain fluid. With fluid, you have a better chance of survival, whereas with tissue, the baby isn't expected to survive even through delivery. This is where Hope was a fighter. Doctors suggested Caeli terminate the pregnancy, or that the baby wouldn't last many hours after delivery.

But she lived much longer than we all expected. She was a miracle. This song below, was a song Caeli would sing to her while in the womb, and even afterwards. Perfect lyrics.

Please watch the video below as it helps us overcome our sorrows and to look forward to the day that we can be with our loved ones once again.

Utah/Idaho trip

We made a last minute trip to Utah/Idaho the beginning of November. We flew out late Tuesday night so Kort got to sleep on the plane.

This is our little made-up bed - tray tables down with blanket across :) He slept most of the way.

Wednesday morning the guys went to cabela's and the girls checked out thanksgiving point (our hotel was in the same parking lot). We had to get those MASSIVE ice cream cones. Kort sure liked the taste of them as well :)

While we were waiting on the guys to get back, Kort enjoyed crawling into the dresser drawers.

That day we celebrated the life of Hope Caeli Fenton. It was a nice chance to really focus on family and enjoy our time together. Everyone went to do an endowment session in the Jordan Temple while I stayed at the hotel to put Kort to sleep and watch Leland.

We went to IKEA Thursday and headed to Rexburg. It was so nice to just relax and not worry about having to be anywhere. We were able to get together with our good friends, the Cope's, and catch up! It had been about 6 months since the last time and our babies were just that, so small :) It was short, but fun!

 We flew out Sunday and Kort didn't have a very great flight. He ended up sleeping in our bed that night and basically kept me up all night. The next day, he was so clingy and fussy. We decided to take him to urgent care that night and found out he had a double ear infection. He got prescribed some amoxicillin and things got better a couple days later and went back to sleeping through most of the night. Well, now that he was better, he started developing a weird rash on his thighs and calves. Back to bad sleep. Took him back the next Monday and discovered he was allergic to that amoxicillin, or any type of penicillin, and had the hives. Took care of things and finally the end of November he's back to sleeping through the night! Hallelujah!
Back in Rexburg, before we left, I knew something was up because he would just snuggle with me, which NEVER happens! He even laid on my stomach for a bit and then fell asleep. I'll say that I loved every minute of it, but hope it doesn't happen much because obviously he isn't feeling well then. Anyway, it was good to see family.

buddy

exactly a year ago, we were where we are now, in eden prairie, mn, but only across the street, in a different extended stay. i was fat. prego fat, that is. so i sat on my butt all day and watched tv. go figure. tlc to be exact. i fell in love with cake boss! i wanted to bake and decorate cakes like that. fast forward to present day. buddy aka the cake boss, was going to be at the mall of america. 10 minutes away! i had to see him. to make a story short, i didn't get there in time to get a wrist band in order to get in line to see him and get his book signed. oh well. clay and i were able to get some close pictures of him. looks just like he does on his show. it was just cool to be there and see him in person. 

this he-she was standing right next to us on the floor above everything and yelled out "buddyyyyy" and buddy looked up and was pointing and just laughing. everyone started taking pictures. it was hilarious. this he-she looked like one of the customers in an episode of cake boss. we were standing next to a star.

Good-bye Austin

I'd have to say, I thought it was going to be a long, boring summer living in Austin for a short 4 months. Boy was I wrong. From the day we moved in, we were instantly welcomed with open arms. We were already invited over for dinner the next day, had plans with our new friends the next week, and I found some jogging buddies a couple weeks later. So, needless to say, those 4 months went by in a flash, and it's sad that we're not there anymore. We made long-lasting friendships and Kort hit many milestones. 

It was Scott and Nathaniel's birthday right close to each other, so we made the drive back to Austin to celebrate their special days!

Nathaniel turned the big 1! He's only a month and half older than Kort. He is such a good and adorable baby! I think he's what got Kort motivated to start sitting up and crawling. Too bad he hadn't started walking, otherwise maybe Kort would be by now (insert hand in mouth - I'm sure once Kort starts walking, I'll wish he was still a newborn).

This is Kort and his buddy, Ian. He made Kort a "Squash Man". His mom, Brytnie, was telling me that Ian was always talking about Kort, at home and church, which is funny to me because they only played together a couple times and then at library story times :) 

It was too cute.

We sure loved Austin! We made some great friends, and wished we could have spent more time getting to know those we did right before our move. Definitely one of the friendliest places we've lived. I don't know if I could retire there...guess I'll find out 

after this Minnesota winter passes. :)

halloween

I decided now that Kort is a little older, I wanted to start really doing holidays. Halloween was probably the first one with him being old enough, so I decided that we were all going to dress up. Well, only half of that happened. With us moving that weekend of, I really didn't have time to get Clay's and my costume together. I had already ordered Kort's, so Clay and I just had the accessories :) Our friends invited us to their ward halloween party, so here we are!

 Can you guess what Clay and Kort are?!!

This is Sam, Mr. SPAM. Clara is the before product. Jenna (not pictured), was the butcher :)

 My two handsome boys.

Clara is now crawling so she obviously was wanting to do that more than take a picture :)

Maybe I'll get a picture of Princess Fiona in there, if I can find it. 

Ha Ha