Heard Museum (in McKinney)

Kamryn sitting on the tail of a dinosaur

A Pteradodon


T-Rex, Kamryn's favorite!!


Johnston catching the tail of the dinosaur


Kam sitting on a dinosaur

Kenny and I took Kamryn (and Johnston) to the Heard Museum to see the dinosaur exhibit. Kamryn is very much into dinosaurs and one of her favorite cartoons is Dinosaur Train. She was very excited on the way, but after we arrived, got our tickets and started on the trail to see the dinosaurs, she shut down and became clingy; which we expected. She got a beanie T-Rex from the gift shop and takes it everywhere we go. She can name about 6 different types of dinosaurs by their actual species name. Maybe she will be a paleontologist?!?!

Playing in the Leaves...

I took the kids outside to play in the leaves this morning and to enjoy the wonderful wind and cool weather. Kamryn had a blast and Johnston tried to hord accorns in his sweet little chunky cheeks like a squirl. After much frustration of taking accorns out of his (many) multiple times and him being rebelious and trying to crawl down the concrete stairs (after MANY failed attempts) and Kamryn singing at the top of her lungs where neighboors can hear, we had to call it quits. Hoping moving on a little land in the country is in the cards for us in the future.

Johnston

Kamryn splashing in the leaves-she loves the crushing sound...

Kamryn & Johnston playing with the pumpkins and leaves

Johnston crawilng up the stairs after Kamryn

My beautiful, sassy girl...

Kamryn kicking and running around in the leaves

Kamryn playing in the leaves...

My precious, handsome boy, Johnston

Annual Howard Family Pumpkin Painting Art Project

Kamryn's and Johnston's art work...beautiful pumpkins!!!

Kam stamping her pumpkin Mommy "helping" J paint his pumpkin

Kam painting her pumpkin--she is really thinking!


One of the few pics of J painting




Mommies little Michael Angelo...

Daddy and Kam with dirty hands--if you can't tell by the way Kam is holding her hands... =)

While I was pregnant with Kamryn, Kenny and I were waiting at the doctors office for a sono appointment, while flipping through a magazine I had propped on my whale sized tummy, I came a cross a picture of a green painted pumpkin with orange polka dots and thought that would be a wonderful craft to do with my baby to be. I had tons of ideas on my notepad in my purse, and of course jotted it down so I would remember. Since Kamryn was 10 months, we have painted pumpkins as one of our 'Halloween' crafts. This year was quite an intersting experience with Johnston painting a pumpkin, or should we say eating the paint. The kids had a blast doing it and it was nice to have Kenny do it with us this year. I have done it with Kamryn every year by myself beacuse Kenny was in school working on completing his MBA. Now that he is done, the kids love having him at home more, and Mommy does too! Kenny helped Kamryn with her pumpkin, and I tried my hardest to help Johnston. Kamryn had a blast painting and stamping while stating each color and telling Kenny how much fun she was having. Johnston on the other hand had fun trying to eat the paint that was on the paint brush while I kept chasing him around the mat and saying, "yuck", "shoo", "no, Johnston, please don't put it in your mouth", etc. We pretty much ended up with a beautiful and colorful pumpkin Kamryn painted and another pumpkin Johnston did two or three beautiful strokes on and Mommy tried to finish it up. They both ended up with a paint on them, but the art project was well worth it.

Texas Days

The kids school has a 'Texas Day' every year which is like a mini fair and pumpkin patch combined. They have corn dogs, popcorn cart, rocking horse rides, games, crafts, a pumpkin patch and all kinds of other fun things. The kids and teachers dress up like cowboys and cowgirls. Kam was really excited when her friends and teachers were dressed up and talked about the event for days. The funny thing in with Kamryn is he has had the same outfit for two years and it is still too big. She had a blast this year, but had to leave school early because she was sick.

Kamryn's Got Boots On

My sister has a wonderful boyfriend, Kyle. Kamryn is nuts over him and only wants to see Chelsie if Kyle is going to be where ever we are going. They came to Johnston's birthday party and that is all Kamryn had talked about that morning was getting to see Kyle in the afternoon. Here is Kamryn in Kyle's boots which go up to her bottom.

Johnston's 1st Birthday!

Mommy's boy is now 1! We celebrated Johnston's 1st birthday this past weekend. He had a wonderful time at his party, played with his friends, opened gifts, made a mess of his cake (and had to change clothes). Thank you to all of our friends and family who helped make this an enjoyable day for us. We all know the first birthday is the mark to say--"WE MADE IT!!!" His birthday was a bittersweet milestone in the wonderful years to come. Happy birthday J--we love you! Enjoy the pictures of his party with his friends and family below. (Thanks Nonna & Grandaddy for helping set up and take pictures!)

Johnston's 1 Year Appointment

We took Johnston to the doctor today for his one year well visit. He now weighs 25.1 lbs--that is more than Kamryn weighs!! He is thriving and had a wonderful birthday. We could not celebrate much because I was staying home with Kamryn who was sick. We will celebrate it all day Saturday. The docor said his ears have cleared up (he had an ear infection) and his breathing sounds great. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support for our little chunky monkey.

Kamryn

Kamryn is enrolled in Power Kids. Power Kids is a sports and fitness class like My Gym (but my personal opinion is--WAY cooler!!) She loved the first class, here are some pics. Enjoy!!

First Day of Mother's Day Out

First day of MDO 2009

Mommy's Girlie Girl!!!

My personal opinion, God REALLY knew what he was doing when he blessed Kenny and I with a sweet girl! Here are some pictures of Kamryn with rollers, or as she calls them, " my pretty curls".

Miss Independent

After Kamryn woke up from her nap, she decided to dress herself in a t-shirt over her outfit she was wearing. This is the first time she has made the attempt to dress herself (picture was taken on September 3rd, 2009).

Kamryn's Weekend

This past weekend Kenny and I had the joy of spending one on one time with Kamryn while Johnston was at Gram & Pop's house.

We took her shopping (she has Daddy wrapped around her finger when we do this), bowling for the first time, ice skating for the first time (which was the most intersting event we did, haha) and she also rode a carousel for the first time. She enjoyed everything except for the ice skating.

She had a great time and we enjoyed spending time with her and hearing her laugh, chat, and just being a goofy two year old instead of a caring and protective big sister, which she is by nature. Enjoy the pictures below!!




Daddy's girl...


Mommy's best girl friend



Mommy, Daddy and Kamryn Elaine