Kyson's first couple of weeks

Here are some pictures of Kyson the first 3 weeks after he was born.

Bringing Kyson Home

Sorry it has been so long since I posted last, life definitely gets crazy when you bring a new baby home. The past two months have definitely been a fun, crazy, hectic time. But I have loved every minute of it. Kyson is such a good baby, he is usually very happy and content until he gets hungry or has a tummy ache, that's when his temper shows up. All things considered. i'll take it. With Corytlynn she always had to be bounced or entertained it seemed. So Kyson is a definite change. The past two months have definitely been a difficult adjustment for the whole family. I am surprised we haven't gone more crazy being together so much. I have been used to going to work and she was used to getting to go play at one of her grandma's houses every other day. But we are adjusting and trying to find new ways to keep us entertained each day. Since I do still work from home it is hard to fit everything in that I need and want to, but I am so lucky to have such a great and helpful husband and family members who also offer to help whenever I need it. These are some pictures I took the week we brought Kyson home from the hospital. He is now two months old, so I will try to post as much as I can today.

Kyson at 1 week old.

Cortlynn loves to sit in her chair beside her little brother. She is such a good and loving big sister, sometimes too loving but what can you do?

This is Kyson when he was 5 days old, I absolutley love this picture he looks so handsome and peaceful.

This is pretty much what we did for the first few weeks, I am so sad to see this stage go because now he has become so much more alert and awake, but I am excited for the new stages.

Baby Kyson is Here!

Kyson was born on October 11, 2009 at 11:27 AM. He weighed 8 pounds and was 20 1/2 inches long. Everything went great and he is a very healthy baby boy.




Proud daddy holding his baby boy.
All cleaned up after his first bath.
Me, and Cortlynn holding baby Kyson for the first time. She was so excited her baby brother was here she wanted to go home immediately.
Our first family picture with our new addition.
Grandma Carrie with Kyson.
Grandpa Bryon
Aunt Kathy
Uncle Todd
Aunt Amberly
Aunt Analisha
Grandpa Craig
Grandma Betty
Aunt Alecia

We are so grateful for all of our family who has supported us and helped us with Cortlynn and everything during this past week and previously as well. We are extremely lucky to have all of you in our lives. We did have others come to visit but sometimes the camera didn't make it out.

Hogle Zoo, Trip # 2

Since we have been spending so much time trying to get ready for baby #2, we decided to take Cortlynn up to the zoo and spend some time with her. It was especially fun this trip because the zoo has had a bunch of cute baby animals born over the summer. Cortlynn was excited to go and see the baby elephant, although I don't know who was more excited about the baby, me or her.

Here are some pictures of the one month old baby elephant. She doesn't have a name yet, but this was her first weekend out for zoo goers to see. It was so fun because you don't usually see elephants running around playing. She kept chasing her balls and running all over the place. She even posed for us. It was great.






This is a picture of Cortlynn holding her baby brother so he could be in the picture with her. She was so worried he would feel left out.

The tigers also had three baby cubs over the summer. In this picture you can see one baby laying by his mother, but the rest were hiding.



Here is the baby giraffe that was born a few months ago. He was pretty funny, there was some water on a drain on the floor and he kept bending down to lick it. The only thing is when he would try to get up, he had spread his legs so far apart he would about face plant it into the cement. It was pretty funny.



I wanted to take a picture of Cortlynn with her new hat and baby eleplant, but she wouldn't give me a straight face. So here are some funny faces for the day.

After leaving the zoo we stopped at Costa Vida for lunch. It was really good and they were giving away free long board ice cream bars. As you can see, a full morning at the zoo sure takes a tole on a three year old when they wake up at 5:30 in the morning because they were so excited.


This is definitely one of my favorite times of the day, I hardly ever see her sit still so I try to enjoy it when I can.

Going to Work

So this morning Cortlynn came in and informed me she was ready to go to work like her daddy. I turned around and bust out laughing so I thought I would share some pictures.



I absolutely love how creative and inventive she is each and every day. It definitely keeps us laughing!

24th of July Camping

For the remainder of the 24th of July weekend we went camping up Spanish Fork Canyon with Todd, Kathi and all of their kids. Cortlynn loves to spend time with her Uncle Todd and his family.

Of course playing in the weeds and dirt is where Cortlynn is at the whole time we are up the canyon. I think at one point during this trip she was actually picking up dirt and dropping it all over her body.

Auston is so good to play with her, and she loves all of the games he comes up with to entertain her. Me I love it even more, for five bucks I had a babysitter for the whole day!

This year for Easter Cortlynn got her own four wheeler. This was the first trip she actually got to ride it. She did really well, of course the first thing she did was try to follow her cousin Alex down the big dips at the campsite and got stuck. I was pretty proud she didn't tip over though.

24th of July Parade

I am seriously slow in posting these pictures, but it has been a crazy month. On the 24th of July we went to the parade in Spanish Fork, it is a family tradition to go watch the parade with the Roach Family and then have lunch at grandma's house. This year we all had a lot fun watching the parade.

This was one of my favorite pictures, my dad was getting mad at me for taking his picture, but I loved the look I got from him.

Cortlynn always seems to have a way with getting adults to play with her, Uncle Andrew is no exception, she loved being able to play with her bouncy balls with him.

Treats are another big part of the parade, and Cortlynn is definitely good at sharing her candy. Even if you don't want any she is going to share with you anyways.

Everyone who came to the parade this year, however, we did have quite a few party poopers who didn't want to come!!

Since Braiden and Maddox didn't sit with us at the parade this year, Cortlynn immediately made friends with the big kids. She made herself right at home and wedged her little butt between Kira and Eric. They were so good to play with her.

Cortlynn enjoying the parade even though mom made her pose for a picture.