Summer Update

Wow! once again I am updating the blog. Well summer is almost over and we have had a fun summer! Kaitlyn playing with the neighbor next door their names are Ewan and Chloe. She has played with them most of the summer. She really loves to be outside playing. We went camping on the weekend of the 24th of July and it was pretty good, but very hot.

There is going to be a new addition to the Fuller Family in January 2012! I found out I was pregnant the day before Mother's day. I have been to my appointments for the baby and the baby is doing well. I have my ultrasound on August 10th, so we will get to find out what we are having! I am getting excited to find out then I can prepare whatever I need for the baby. I love the way Kaitlyn kisses my belly. After I told her that we were having a baby, she say "The baby can wear this" talking about clothes, "I better not use the baby spoon, cuz the baby will use this spoon." She told Ewan the next door neighbor that I was having a baby. At least she is recognizing that she is either going to have a brother or sister soon. She says that she would like to have a sister. So, we will have to see when we go to our ultrasound appointment.

Hopefully we will get to take a trip down to see my grandparents soon, I would like to see them again. I heard that they might be coming up to celebrate Kaitlyn's birthday, if they do come up then it will be good to see them again.

Well, that is what has been happening around the Fuller house. There will be more to come!

Lately

Here is an Update on What's happening...We had our 8th anniversary on May 15th, my how times flies! Kaitlyn is doing really well, she had a skills test at school on Monday and she aced it! Her teacher said that is pretty good for a 3 year old( she really said 4 year old, but she is not quite 4 yet) I am so proud of her for doing so well this year with school. Her last day for school is next Wednesday and that night she has a program. She really loves to be outside, but currently it's been raining! I want sunshine!

We got to see my grandparents over Mother's day weekend and They surprised Kaitlyn with an early birthday present, it was a barbie bike! She has been wanting a bike for awhile, they were going to give it to her for her birthday but they gave it early so she can enjoy it during the summer. It was so wonderful to see my grandparents again, it had been almost a year since we last saw them. They loved seeing Kaitlyn and how big she had gotten.

James keeps busy with school and work, but also spends time with us as well. I am just enjoying my time with Kaitlyn and watching her grow and learn new things everyday.

Ta Ta for now!

Kaitlyn

This was taken Last week and I wanted to share you this! I am so proud of her for how well she did this! She has learned this in school.

She sings songs that she is learning from school which I love to hear her sing! I just can't believe how she is getting so big and growing before my eyes!

I am so grateful that she is my daughter even though I have had frustrated days with her. I love her to pieces!

Enjoy the little video...Now that I know how to put video and photos on here I am going to do that more often.

New Year

Well it's the new year...I am going to try and get better at this blog. Anyways...we had a good thanksgiving. We had a wonderful christmas, Kaitlyn was funner this year, when we came down the stairs to do presents...she saw what "Santa" gave her and she said "Santa come?" then she had to go to the bathroom, and while she was going to the bathroom she said "I got a baarbie" while she was saying that she moved her eyebrows up and down. We open presents, then we had to get ready to go up to James' folks and do christmas with them. After we opened presents with them, she said "Are there more presents?" I told her no, there's not anymore we are all done. She was pretty bummed about that, but she had a great christmas!

New Years was okay we just stayed home and out of the storm. We watched the ball drop, then we put Kaitlyn to bed, James and I watched a movie after putting her to bed.

This year we are hoping to do more fun things together as a family. One thing is we are going to disneyland! I am so excited! I want to take Kaitlyn there and it will be her first time! I am really looking forward to that! We hope to do more camping, we only went once last year. Kaitlyn will finish her first year of preschool in May. She really likes preschool, yesterday morning when she had to go to the restroom, she whispered "When it gets daylight, I go to preschool" That was cute!

Anyways that's about all for now.

Shannon

Aug/Sept Update

Hey it's time to update the blog again! Well, things are going pretty good. The rest of August we pretty much worked on the potty training. On August 18th we got very special news! Kaitlyn is going to have a new cousin! The baby is due in April we are so excited! Then the beginning of September rolled around and Kaitlyn got all Potty trained! I was so happy when that day finally came! We went camping overnight up at Willard Bay over Labor Day weekend, it was windy and cold! But it turned out alright. Then Kaitlyn started Preschool on September 8th, she loves it! She often would tell me "I going to school tomorrow" When really it's a couple days later, she is sweet though. Today I picked her up from school and she gave me a couple of little candy that she had in her hand and went back to her teacher because she wanted a little toy, they get that on Wednesdays, she was bummed about that. Now we are getting near the end of September, my how time flies! Oh we went to the State Fair, Kaitlyn had fun, her and James went on the Ferris Wheel...Boy did she love that! She wanted to go on every ride after that! But we didn't do any other rides, she got a fish 2 times, this was a catch and release thing...The reason we went to that part was because my father-in-law is on some kind of fishing board that he volunteers to help kids learn how to fish.

Well James is staying busy working at ARUP and doing the Maintenance around the townhomes. I still continue to do mother duties and take care of Kaitlyn. Anyways...that's all for now.

Summer Events

Well it's about time I update this thing..Our summer as been pretty good too bad it's almost over :( Kaitlyn really loves being outside...We have gone to the zoo, to the park, played in the water in backyard. Kaitlyn really enjoyed the fireworks this year for the 4th and 24th of July. Oh we inherited a bird that my husband James found while working on one of the townhomes. We also have a fish(I know what you must be thinking) and no they are not close by each other. We got the fish around Memorial Weekend the bird at the end of July.

Kaitlyn's 3rd birthday was yesterday! My how time flies! I went shopping for her birthday yesterday and when James got home we had kind of an Ice Cream Cake but there was no cake part though! We are going to celebrate her birthday twice next week, one is going to be on Wednesday August 18th with James' family then the other one is going to be on Saturday August 21st with my family. It will be fun celebrating it with our families!

Still doing the Potty training and she does good when we ask her to go, but she has gone on her own about 5 times so it's still a work in progress but at least we are trying!

Well, that's it for the update, I will try really hard to update this thing more often.

tata for now!

Snow?

Today is snowing!! Why does it have to snow? I am so ready for spring and the warm weather, we were getting good weather before today. I know that we need snow but I want warm weather to be able to be outside in the sunshine. Kaitlyn loved being outside when the weather was getting warmer.

Anyways...Things have been going pretty good, getting ready for Easter, I can't wait until my grandparents come up! I have not seen them since Thanksgiving, it will be so good to see them! I always enjoy their company when they are up here. We went swimming last Saturday for a ward activity, Katie sure had fun! The swimming pool was indoors. She loves to go swimming! She is always asking if we can go swimming.

She sure is growing so fast! She loves it when we read her books at night before she goes to bed. Last night, she was pretending she knew this book and would say some of the things that were in the book. The book was Called "Happy Mother's Day Mami" It's a Dora the Explorer book. She really loves the Dora Books. I am trying to work on the potty training with her. She knows how to go #2 in the toilet, she went #1 once though. I will just have to keep trying!

James stays pretty busy with his jobs and going to school. I am just doing my mother duties and cleaning and doing laundry. I can't believe that it's going to be April 1st tomorrow, Time sure flies! Hopefully Katie can get potty trained by summer then she can go to preschool! I am not crossing my fingers on that one, but hope it happens.

Well, that's all for now in the Fuller house.

Update

I feel it's that time again to update...Well, Christmas came and gone, the decorations are put away. January is over! I can't believe January just flew real fast! Christmas was really awesome for Kaitlyn! She got toys, clothes, some movies. Last night, Kaitlyn asked where the christmas tree was and I told her that christmas was over and we had to put it away. I bet she wants Christmas all year round! Well, hopefully she will get out of that stage soon.

on January 21st Kaitlyn started getting a cold and I thought it was getting better by the weekend so last week on thursday I had a feeling that I should take her to the doctors. So, I took her to the doctors and she got tested for Strep, and it was positive. I am glad that I did go with my instincts and took her! She is on Antibiotics now and is feeling better. I am so thankfully to have those feelings or it would have gotten worse.

Well, let's hope this year will be a great year and hopefully we will get to do some fun things with Kaitlyn.

That's all for now!

Long Over Due

Well, It's about time I updated this thing...The summer was pretty good, Kaitlyn loved being outside every chance she got. We went to Colorado in June to see James' Aunt and Uncle, Kaitlyn did alright, but it was a long drive both ways! I don't want to do that again. The visit there was really good and was able to see his aunt and uncle. Katie even let the uncle hold her a little bit, I was amazed because she doesn't like other people holding her. Halloween was really fun this year with Katie she was a bumblebee and a very cute one! She would want to grab the candy after it was being put into her Halloween bucket. Thanksgiving was alright, the food was yummy!

Now, Christmas is approaching, we set up the Christmas tree and put some decorations up. It is going to be a fun Christmas for Kaitlyn this year, right now she will say Santa Clause when she sees it on TV or Newspaper. She says Christmas Tree Big Tall. She got right into putting the decorations up on the tree when we started putting them up. She will say Snowman, we have this blown up Snowman that she wants us to plug in so she can see it inflate.

Kaitlyn is really talking a lot more and she knows how to say all of her ABC's except for W and she has been counting to 5 lately, she is getting to be smart. Right now, I am working with her on the potty training.

Well, that's a wrap for now.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!

Update

It's been like three months since I updated...Well, things are going good with us. James is getting busy with people wanting their swamp coolers running. He is still working at ARUP and Northwest. I am doing things around the house, taking care of Kaitlyn. She is getting smart, she now knows how to turn on the DVD player with the remote. Last night, she was calling James' work on the phone because she wanted to talk to James. When I tell her where your eyes, she will point to them, same for ears, hands, toes, belly button, head, she knows sounds of some animals, like Horse, Duck, Cow, Dog, Cat, Monkey. I am starting to work with her a little on her ABC's. She loves to be outside! so when the weather is really warm, we let her play outside. She really loves Otter Pops, she would say Ah Bop if she wants one.

James and I just celebrated our 6th Anniversary last Friday. We went to dinner and it was very yummy! Time sure flies when you are doing your daily activities and think wow, we have been together that long. We took Kaitlyn to the zoo last saturday, it was the perfect day to go. She waved at the animals, we went on the Carasoul(like a merry go around) three times...She really loved it! She is just growing everyday and I am amazed and how smart she is getting. Well, hopefully soon we will be serious with the potty training, I am hoping that she will learn pretty quick.

Well, that's it for now.

Update

Hi, It's been two months since I have posted anything... Well, Christmas was good...Kaitlyn got quite a bit of stuff, she opened at least two presents but that was it! Anyways...It was a good christmas for all of us. New Years was okay...James had to work so It was just me and the baby home...I got to watch the ball drop.

Kaitlyn loves looking out of the windows and she has watched the snow fall, she has tried to say snow when seeing the snow fall. I can't wait until the weather warms up so she can go outside to play, she really loves being outside.

One thing that happened is we got rid of Isabelle or Izzy our dog last Saturday(Feb. 7th) The reason we got rid of her is because James and I didn't have time for her anymore. James is way busy working two jobs, taking a math class, trying to do maintenance work around the townhomes. He barely has time to be with family. I am busy trying to do housework and take care of Kaitlyn. There are others reasons why we got rid of her is we don't have a big enough yard for the dog, I am afraid that one day out of the blue she might bite Kaitlyn and I don't want her to go through what I went through. I have been bitten by a dog, the dog that bit me was a good dog for my parents and they never thought that in a million years that the dog wouldn't hurt me, but guess what it did...they got rid of the dog after it bit me. I don't want Kaitlyn to be scarred for life. James always said "she won't bite" I kept telling him you never know. I got tired of the hair being everywhere on our clothes, floor. Now since we don't have her anymore, Kaitlyn can go play in the backyard and not have to worry about dog poop being everywhere. So there is a lot of good that came out of this.

Kaitlyn can climb on her high chair now! She started doing it yesterday, when I was eating some chicken for lunch, Kaitlyn was already done with her lunch I had her down from her high chair. I was eating then I turned around and saw her standing up on her high chair. She is quite the dare devil wants to climb on everything. She said "Bubbles" when she was having her bath yesterday she actually said the word.

Kaitlyn and I have been sick all week with a cold so hopefully we can get better soon! Kaitlyn got sick I think with the stomach flu last month so hopefully after this cold we won't get sick for awhile.

Well, that's about it for now. I better post more often!

Update

It's been awhile since I last updated my blog... Well, things are going okay, I am still at home with Kaitlyn. We just had Thanksgiving... it was alright, we had Thanksgiving at my parents then we went up to James' parents. Kaitlyn is into balloons now! When we go to Walmart or somewhere where there is a balloon, she wants one... so we have like 4 balloons in our living room on the main floor. Pretty soon we will have a balloonland! Anyways... She also loves Barney, and I have her watch Sesame Street everyday. She has learned some signs like Horse, Baby, Bath, Drink, Dog, Dada, milk, cheese. She learned pretty quick when I teach her the signs... I am trying to get her to talk, she says "Ba" for ball, balloon, bubbles. She sure loves James! When he is home she wants to be with him a lot!

Anyways... we got a new couch and a recliner for our main floor living room, we looked for about 5-6 months for a new couch. When we got some money from his parents as a early Christmas present we used some of that money towards the new couch and recliner.

James was taking a Math class this semester, he is very close to being done with it! He will have a final next week then he will be done. He has been way busy the last few months that he was trying to do everything, that he barely had time to do his Math online. I am glad that he will be done next week!

So overall we are doing pretty good just getting ready for the holidays... I can't wait until Christmas! It is my favorite holiday!

First Birthday

Today is Kaitlyn's 1st Birthday! Wow, Time really flew this past year... We already celebrated her birthday with James' Family and Next Sunday we will celebrate with my family. When I was rocking Katie to sleep, I was thinking about the day she was born and how amazing that day was for us. Now, we will be looking forward to celebrate every special occasion with her like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc... I can't believe that I made it the first year with Kaitlyn, watching her grow and accomplish all her milestones.

Update

I haven't been on here for quite awhile, I thought I would do a little updating... Kaitlyn has started to walk, but is trying to walk on her own...I kind of put her in front of me for her to walk a couple of steps Last Friday, then Saturday did the same thing. On Sunday she did a couple of steps for my mom, then she has tried walking on Wednesday at my parents on her own, now she walks when she feels like it... On Thursday she went from the floor to a standing position without holding onto anything... when she would stand then I would have her walk to me. It's so exciting for her to try and walk on her own. It will be better once she walks completely then I don't have to hold her as much, then I can just hold her hand, my back has been bothering me lately and I think it's from holding Kaitlyn. I am glad that I am able to stay home and watch her grow and learn new things.

James is working really hard, he is busy as a bee! He is always on the go! He is working so hard, so that I can be home with Kaitlyn and not have to worry about being in debt or finances. I am grateful that he works hard and tries to provide for me and Kaitlyn. Hopefully I don't have to work for another year(cross my fingers) James is a good father to Kaitlyn, he would give her baths for me when he is home. Kaitlyn loves being with James, because when he is home she wants him to hold her and she clings to him.

Well, I am going to go to bed now, hopefully I can post again soon.

Kaitlyn

Well, it's official that Kaitlyn has started Crawling! She started about an hour ago... I was so excited! She crawled from her blanket to our dog who was by our lazy boy chair.... then I got the dog to move so I can get her on video... then I put something on the floor and she crawled to that. I was so amazed that she crawled, i didn't think she would crawl since I didn't crawl, nor did my uncle. Well, I better make sure my house is childproof!

Update

Well, I thought I would do a little updating... Well, things are going okay around here... James is working hard so that I can stay home with Kaitlyn... It's been nice to stay home with her and watch her grow and do all the little things. She has two bottom teeth, now she is starting to get her third tooth on the top(I felt it tonight when she was biting on my finger) that explains about how cranky she was either yesterday or the day before. It's amazing how she has grown so much over the last 8 months pretty soon she will be a year old! Time sure does Fly! She hasn't crawled yet, but she loves to stand with me helping her, when she wants to stand sometimes she wants to hang on...but then she wants to let go! We are like "no, you can't let go yet" I can't wait until the weather warms up so I can take Kaitlyn for a walk with her in a stroller.

First Post

Hi, This is our First Post... I am excited to share with you my blog! Thanks to my friend Shannon who encouraged me to start this blog. There will be more to come!