Holy Smokes!! KW is 19 Months!

Time just keeps going by faster and faster! November 1st we celebrated {on the beach} Kutler Wayne's 19 month birthday! The entire day was spent on the beach playing in the water and sand - we ended the evening  with an amazing fried shirmp dinner! Kutler's response was priceless....as he is holding a piece of fried shrimp that is almost as big as him he takes a huge bite - his eyes got wide and with his killer grin he said mmmmmm mmmmm mmmmm.   I couldn't agree more! :)

 Kutler has been trying to tell me for awhile now that he is ready to potty train - the other day I had literally just changed his diaper and put his clothes on for the day.  Like 5 min later I catch him trying to take his clothes off {keeping his clothes on, mainly his diaper, is a daily challenge}  so I just sit back and watch.  Off come the shorts and off come the diaper and then he proceeds to tell his diaper "no no"! I checked and sure enough his diaper was wet - so.....later that day we bought a Mickey Mouse potty chair.   He loves it!

He held his potty all the way home - last ;night I let him play with it and explore the potty chair! This morning he went to the potty like a champ.  Granted we really only worked on this morning for a couple of hours - but every time we went to the potty he performed well.  He was so excited to flush and tell it "bye bye" and he never let me forget to give him his 2 m&m's and sticker! 

I could brag on him forever - but nap time has come to an end! Hope everyone has a wonderful evening! 

{I'm not sure why my pictures are sideways today - hope you all still enjoy!}

Happy Birthday Gram!

Happy Birthday Gram!! We hope you have a wonderful day.  We wish more than anything we were there to celebrate with you.  

I hope you know how much we love you and are thankful to have you as the head Momma of the family! Most people dread the day they start doing and acting like their mother - but I'm happy to say if I turn out to be half the Mom and wife you are I will be pleased.  I would consider it an honor to take after you; after all, I think you kids turned (are turning) out great!! :) 

Kutler says Happy Birthday too!! He wishes he could come over and have a play date.  You know he will never say no to ice cream and the John Deer!! :) 

Love you so much!! 

19 Weeks

We find out what we are having on Monday - I'm going crazy, I'm just dying to know!! I can't imagine not having the option of finding out the gender.  It gives me peace of mind and helps with all the preparing.  I know Zack is ready to find out too - mainly so I will quit asking him everyday....so what do you think we are having?  :) 

So next week at this time, I will know whether we will be having a little boy or little girl.  Either way, I'm ecstatic! .Everyone keeps asking what I think we are having...honestly I really don't know, but the farther we get into this pregnancy it really reminds me of Kutler.  I feel like I'm carrying the same - high and straight out. And the heart burn has returned.  It didn't matter what I would eat or wouldn't eat for dinner with K, I had horrible heart burn every single night! I didn't have morning sickness with K and I didn't have morning sickness this time around.  However, I have lost my breakfast several times due to changing a dirty diaper - oh my word!! I'm not sure how someone so little and cute can stink so bad!! ha! 

So, with that being said, as of today I think we are having a boy!! Either way it will be great, but I think it would be so much fun to have two boys 22 months apart! I know they will probably fight and wrestle like crazy, but I think they would grow up being best friends!  And honestly, speaking from my relationship with my older brother - if this is a girl, then I'm sure they will fight and wrestle and grow up being best friends too! :) 

I've been blessed with another (so far) easy pregnancy - I just hope and pray the second half is just as easy! 

~K'Lyn 

2 Weeks!

We officially have two more weeks from right now (our appt is at 1:45) until we find out if we are having a little boy or little girl.  Last night while laying in bed watching football, I decided to take a gender test..
..It's a ?????! BOY! Or so, they say - whoever they is.....  Zack swears I didn't answer the questions correctly - for some reason he is really pulling for a girl.  Honestly, I think he is worried sick if we have another boy I'm going to push for a third.  He probably has legitimate reasons to be concerned! :)

I feel baby flurries quite often now - which makes it more real every time I feel a movement.  I love this part of being pregnant.  One of my most favorite parts of the day is right when Kutler gets out of bed...he has his blanket and buddy in tow.  We go to the kitchen get my ice water and him a cold cup of milk and rock.  Right now he loves to drink his milk and watch Sesame Street while I read yahoo news or catch up on facebook.  We usually sit through one episode of SS - I don't know how many times he reaches over and pats my tummy....it's like he is almost saying little brother/sister are you listening to this?! Isn't this show great?! I hope it's a sneak peak into our future of them loving to watch cartoons together....more importantly just be together.

Kutler is just growing like crazy - here are a couple of pictures from this weekend.  We had to go grocery shopping.  This is usually hit or miss how we do - since I ran a ton of other errands before going to the grocery store, we didn't make it, but I did have to stop at CVS and get a few mandatory items.  If every store we went to had a cart like this, shopping trips would never be an issue.

He was so funny - he would pretend to turn and even make the car noises......vroom vroom!! I think we honked the horn at every single person we saw - and of course they just talked and talked to him so he hammed it up even more! But, when he is done talking to you (whether you are finished or not) he will wave and say bye bye! Pretty hilarious!

So, since we were good he got a reward! I can't remember exactly when he started drinking through a straw...a while back....I was definitely still working. Anyways, he loved to take a drink out of my sonic cup - now Pak a Sack cup.  We love Pak-a-Sack!!  Anyways, now we usually race to see who gets to drink the most tea - I swear the child could drink 44 ounces if I would let him and then proceed to eat all the ice.  So anyways, all this background to say - he finally got his own cup!! And did he ever think he was a big boy!! At one point I look back at him and he has the lid popped off and is eating the ice - just as happy as can be! (and a little tired)

Well I hope everyone has a wonderful day!! Little man is down for a nap, so you know what that means - It's time for this exhausted Mamma to go rest too!!

3 Years~

I really can't believe yesterday we celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary! Three years have actually gone by pretty fast! I can't imagine how fast the next 10 years are going to fly by!

Two out of our three anniversaries I've been pregnant....I'm ready to celebrate an anniversary without being pregnant or having a little little one.  I'm so looking forward to the day we can go to dinner and it will taste great and I won't have heart burn all night! :) We've already decided come our five year and the Merrill's 10 year (just two more years) we will be somewhere vacationing without our kids! I'm sure you will find all four of us on a beach somewhere........probably thinking about our kids the entire time wishing they were with us! haha!

Our special day three years ago...it was our perfect day! 

Three years later...still as happy as can be and even more in love than when our journey began 6 years ago! 

17 Weeks

Well finally I'm back on the blog! I'm so far behind, I doubt that I will catch up.  As most of you know we are expecting our second baby in February 2013.  We are beyond excited!

(This is the note Papa left on the fridge, I'm guessing at the time he was thinking girl)

We found out in June that we were expecting - here are some pictures from our 8 week appointment.  At first, we thought girl....the heart rate was at 178 and Kutler's was never that high.  Well now we don't know what to think....at our last appointment the heart rate was 158.  I immediately thought boy....Kutler's heart rate was always around 156 or 158.

Regardless, we are just excited to have another baby.  We will find out on Sept. 24th what we are having. It has been pretty sweet watching Kutler figure out whats going on.  We talk about the baby on a daily basis.  I will ask him - "Kutler, where is the baby"? And he very gently rubs my tummy.  He can't quite say baby, but he does say baybay...sweetest thing ever!!

Not long after we found out we were expecting Gram and Aunt Macy came down for a visit.  They thought Kutler needed some books on becoming a big brother - I can't tell you how many times we've read theses - good thing a couple of the books talk about having a little brother and the other two talk about a baby sister...either way we should be good! :)

Other than having a stomach bug first trimester and being extremely tired - this pregnancy hasn't been that bad.  I do know, that with number 2 you start showing a lot sooner than with #1! Totally worth it! :)

Happy 6th Anniversary!

Our first summer dating - 2006

Today is one of my most favorite days for many reasons - one it's my birthday! :) But, the most important reason,  6 years ago I went on a first day with a guy I kind of knew (Thanks to Andrea Hershey) I never imagined that one date could so drastically change my life....forever!

 I honestly don't think I will ever forget that summer.  It was full of exploring a new city, spending time with great friends (the summer wouldn't have been complete without Andrea and Wil)  finding our favorite patio's, pool time, Saturday nights at 8.0's, The Spazmatics......The song Jessie's girl brings a flood of memories....It was a summer full of taking chances, having fun, and falling in love.  It's by far my most favorite summer ever! 

In honor of our 6 year anniversary I've posted some pictures.  I know, a ton, but once I started looking I had a hard time choosing!! 

 Spring 2012

Our sweet family of three....soon to be four! 

Happy Anniversary to the man of my dreams - thank you for always taking care of me and making our life together so interesting and fun! :)  I'm so blessed and thankful for you and our sweet family!