Growing

So I can't beleive how fast time goes by, I mean my kids are getting so big. Marley is eight months old, she's crawling, jabbering, she can pull herself up on anything that stays in place, she loves food and most of all the water. If she hears the tub water running she crawls in to the bathroom as fast as she can and pulls herself up so she can see the water and as soon as it's high enough for her to reach she starts splashing. It looks like I am going to have another water baby, Kaydence loves to swim it's hard for us to leave the pool so when we go we have to make sure we are prepared to stay for a while. Next week we are going to go swimming with my step mom and baby sister so we will see what Marley thinks of the pool and all the people around I just hope I remember the camera. Kaydence is almost three I can't beleive it and she is so smart I have been looking for a preescholl to put her in to help her become more advanced in what she already knows but all the ones I have found she has to be over three so it kinda sucks, I just wish someone woul make an exception because she fits in so well with older kids but whatever I guess I have to be patient. I love my kids and wouldn't trade them for anything in the world even on our bad days.

Holidays

So I have definately been slacking on blogging but hey I am back and with super cute pictures. We had a great Thanksgiving we went to my grandma's house and spent the day with my entire family which was a blast and Kaydence got to play with some cousins she doesn't get to see very often. Kaydence was so excited for Christmas and she kept asking me when Santa was coming so I told her he would come when it snowed so throughout December every time it would snow she would ask if Santa was coming and I felt so bad everytime I had to tell her no not yet. Christmas this year was so much fun because Kaydence actually understood what was going on and she could tell me what she wanted to get. We took her to see Santa and she walke staight up to him, climbed on his lap and then wouldn't say a word no matter how hard I tried to get her to talk so the picture of her and Marley with Santa is not the best. Christmas finally came around and it was a blast but very exhausting. We had my grandparents on my dads side came in town as well as my step moms parents so we had a great Christmas eve dinner at my dads and then we had to go to my in laws house to have Christmas with them. Christmas morning was fun Kaydence was so excited everytime she opened a new present and all she talked about all day was giving and opening presents. We later went to my dads and then to my moms, both Kaydence and Marley got spoiled rotten. Kaydence's big present was a kitchen and some play food which she absolutely loves, plus numerous other presents. Marley and Kaydence got some combined presents but they both love the wagon they got, they made Jared pull them up and down the hall and around the living room all morning. Marley is now seven months old and is grownign so fast, she is very tall for her age just like Kaydence was/is. She is such a food eater and a HUGE momma's girl which I love but it gets irrating, sometimes I can't do anything without holding her. Since I hate super long posts I will end mine now and try to do better in keeping up on my blog so now here are some pictures I hope you enjoy. I will post the really cute profesional pics we got done of them in their cute winter outfits and their Christmas dresses as soo as I get them in the computer.

These two pictures are from the Chournos Christmas party we had at a tumbling place. It was so fun.

Eight!

So this morning when I was doing Kaydence's hair we were picking ou tthe color of hair bands and I needed two so I said "lets count" 1, 2 then she kept going all the way until 8 it completely shocked me but it was so cute and I was so proud I've made her do it all day. I guess she is finally paying attention to the things I try to teach her or maybe I am trying to teach to much at once so it's taking her a little longer to catch on . She is such a smart kid, she talks so much and you can ubderstand almost all of what she says, she can identify colors, some shapes, some of the abc's and now she has learned to count to 8. She will tell me that Jesus and Heavenly Father love her and can pick Jesus out of a picture. She has been completely potty trained for about 3 months it's great. I know I am babbbling but I am just so proud of my little girl!

It's Been Awhile

So we finally bleassed Marley on September 27th and Jared did an amazing job. We were so lucky to have alm ost all of our family join us, and then after for a great luncheon. I found the most perfect dress online at a store called Hevenly Delight but they no longer had one because the company that made the dress went out of buisness but supplied to a few stores in Utah so it took a long time but I finally found it at a store in Gardner Village and they offered to ship it to their sister store in Bountiful so I got lucky and was able to get the dress I wanted. She doesn't like to smile when the camera is on her so i usually have to take the good pictures with my phone so she doesn't know.

We had alot of fun un the month of October, we went to the zoo on one of the last warm saturdays of the year and Kaydence had a blast. We took Jared's little brother Sam with us so of course that mad eit even more fun for Kaydence who just adores her uncle Sam. She really loved the elephants, giraffes, and lions. There were a bunch of super cute new baby animals, I always love going to the zoo but the poor monkeys make me sad in their small cages. We also celebrated Papa's birthday (my dad) and Kaydence couldn't wait to tell him 'happy happy' she is so stinkin cute and she couldn't wait to give him his presents or maybe it's just because she wanted to help open them. Then of course we celebrated Halloween and I am not quite

 sure if it is going to be her favorite holiday or christmas because all she kept telling me was that it was halloween at mommy's house and trick or treat, but now she keeps telling me ho ho is coming to bring toys and I keep telling her when it snows and only if you are good so needless to say I am so excited for Christmas because she actually knows what is going on and I am looking forward to making the girls' christmas dresses this year so lets just hope I can find the perfect pattern because I have already found a dress I like but I really want to make them. We went trick or treating at the Layton Hills Mall which she really enjoyed, then a couple of houses in my moms neighborhood, and then with uncle Sam. Kaydence got a ton of candy and even some money from people (she really likes getting dollars). This fall Jared and my sister Kindsey have been playing softball on a coed team in Clearfield and their team pretty much sucks but we have all had fun watching and talking

Kaydence usually finds other kids to play with and when there aren't any she climbs all over the bleachers and puts on any article of clothing she can find. Marley will be 5 months next week and she is getting so big. She loves to

play with Kaydence, well sometimes and she is learning how to grab toys and put them in her mouth. She refuses to sit so it's hard for her to play plus she really likes nope LOVES mommy to hold her which can be a little irritating especially when I need to clean or make dinner but I love every minute I spend with my girls.

Camping

So this weekend we went camping up to the cabin near Monte Cristo and had so much fun. Kaydence just absolutely loves it up there, she just runs, runs, runs and barely stops to eat or go to bed at night. There is so much for her to do but her favorite is to ride the 4 wheeler with uncle Sam. Jared, his friend Evan, and his brother Sam went hunting ground squirrels or 'pot guts' as they call them and Kaydence just kept looking at the fishing poles and asking if she could go fishing, I just had to tell her "you have to wait until daddy comes back because mommy doesn't want to touch the worms" then she would say "eww worms", she is so stinking cute I just love her. Jared's grandparents have also put up a little playground and it has all the toys Kaydence could think of to play with but her favorite is 'the mommy house' why she calls it that I have no idea it's just one of those little plastic houses but if she wants to think it's home wwhy not. I wish I could post pictures but I forgot my camera everytime we went up there which was quite a bit this summer I am so mad at myself but what can I do about it now.  Next week is Marley's blessing and I found her the cutest dress I can't wait for her to wear it, I will definately have my camera then so I will post pictures of my two cute girls next week.

Catching Up

So we have had a fun summer so far. We did alot in July. I turned 23 (I can't believe I am 23 I feel old), we went to the Clearfield 4th of July parade and Kaydence absolutely loved it and then the fireworks which she also love, she is deffinately my child. We went to the Davis family reunion in Georgia, Kaydence loved the airplane she thought it was the neatest thing in the world. Marley was so good on the plane she just slept, my dad was nice enough to get us a non stop flight because I don't know what I would have done if we would have had a layover. The family reunion was fun not everything happened that was planned but it was nice to see family I haven't seen in 2 years. The only bad thing was it ended early with a good old fashioned family brawl so who knows if there will be another family reunion I guess only time will tell. We decided to take Kaydence to the Ogden rodeo with JAreds family because she loves horses, that was not a good plan she was bored after 5 minutes and would not sit down she just kept going back and forth from person to person. We just celebrated Jared's 26th birhtday and Kaydence could not wait to give him his presents she just kept walking around the house saying 'daddy happy happy'. Now I am getting ready to take them camping with my dad srpemom and sisters. Kaydences likes to camp because she loves to be able to run around. She has never camped in a tent before so we will have to see how both the girls do.

So it's official I am no longer pregnant. MarleyAnn Chournos was born on Thursday June 11, 2009 at 12:22 p.m. at Davis Hospital via C- Section weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces measuring 20 1/2 inches long. She is so cute, she has brown hair and bright blue eyes ( for now). She never cries except when she is getting hungry and she sleeps really good. Kaydence absolutely loves her she always wants to hold her and loves to give her kisses and hugs. She can kind of say her name but it's gonna take her some time before it's understandable. We have been home since Sunday afternoon and I am not as exhausted as I thought I would be with having a 2 year old running around and a newborn but I have had alot of help so far, family are taking turns by keeping kaydence for a couple of hours a day so that she can get out of the house and get some personal attention and I can rest and since Marley is a very good baby it makes it easier to do that so that I can heal. Jared has been a big help and lucky for him Marley only gets up like twice a night to eat and then goes back to sleep so he is still getting a good nights rest. The only problem we are really having is Kaydence and the binky. She has been doing really good since we took hers away but now Marley uses a binky and for the most part she leaves it alone or tries to give it to Marley but every once in a while she will put it in her mouth and run. I was hoping this wouldn't happen since Marley doesn't even like the type of binky Kaydence does but I guess we will just have to see how it plays out I hope only a couple more days and she won't want it anymore so cross your fingers. I will post pictures next time once I put them on the computer.