My Cutie Bug

So people have asked me if I have any nicknames for Kyson. I most always find myself calling him my "cutie bug." The other day I told Ken that I think I will call him "CB" for short. Cutie bug fits him pretty well... I think, at least!!! These are some of his classic cute faces I get to see everyday. LOVE it!!!I will try to post a pic of him standing on his own soon... I never seem to have my camera in hand when he's standing.

This week in a nutshell

It has been crazy to say the least. Wednesday was the busiest day of all. I woke up and went to work at 7. Ken calls me around 10:30 to tell me Kyson was getting ready to put something in his mouth so he runs over to see what it was. One of Seiko's (our cat) canine teeth. The entire tooth fell out on it's own. Ken said he was in a lot of pain- as he was meowing and he normally doesn't and was walking around like he was in pain. So I get home from work at 12:30, take him to the vet for 2 hours with the baby. I was telling my mom how challenging that felt to carry a cat in his carrier and the baby who is probably close to 20 lbs now. She said "well it's probably given you some idea what it would be like to have two kids." I can certainly agree with that. It was not easy! Anyway, the vet tells us he may need to pull a few more of his teeth. So we scheduled him for surgery for Friday. After the vet, I went home to clean the condo and cook dinner for the sister missionaries in our ward. It made for a long long day!

Friday rolls around and I take Seiko in and there is another woman standing there with her cat in it's carrier and she is complaining about having to fill out paperwork as "the cat is just getting euthanized, why do I have to fill this out." I look over at her cat and he's meowing and I think, don't cry- maybe the cat is just sick and she is doing the cat a favor, only to hear her say "it was dropped off on me, and I don't know the cat's history." At this point, part of me wanted to say, I will take the cat, but knew that really wasn't feasible, so kept my mouth shut, got Seiko checked in, and left for work. I worked until 4 then went and picked him up and he was very groggy.

I then get home to the phone ringing and it was a call from a member of our bishopric asking if he could stop by. I agree and he comes over to give me a calling. I will be teaching Sunday school to the 14-15 year old's. I think it will be a little challenging... but I hope it will go okay... time will tell.

On top of that, we have been fighting colds this week. It's been quite the eventful-not-in-a-good-way-week!

Kyson is standing all by himself!

Kyson is 8 months old, as of yesterday, and is already standing by himself. Ken mentioned it to me a few days ago- but I didn't believe it until I saw it for myself. Ken was laying on the ground and he pulled himself up by hanging on to Ken, then let go. He stood up not hanging onto anything for almost 15 seconds, then sat down, then back up, then sat back down, and up again. I do believe he will be an early walker. We shall see. It's fun and sad all at the same time... he's growing up so fast!!!

Happy Easter!!!

Happy Easter Everyone!

So for our Easter, Ken and I decided it was "spring-enough" to go on a little road trip down to Seward, AK. So we took off after work yesterday and stayed one night at the Holiday Inn. It turned out to be perfect, despite getting 2 fresh inches of snow overnight. I even packed some easter goodies and we had a mini easter egg hunt for Kyson in our hotel room.

It was funny because even though I put them in very obvious places- Ken even seemed to have a hard time finding a few of them... it was cute.

We also took Kyson swimming for his second time and I took pictures this time, as I forgot the camera the first time. He loves his little boat and enjoys the water.

The views from our hotel were excellent over the marina. So here are some pics of that.
We also spotted two sea otters... and here is a picture of one of them entertaining us.

This is just one of my cute boy sleeping!

We then went to Sacrament meeting at the small Seward branch- which is held in a log cabin style building- so that was fun as well. Overall, it was great to get away for a quick trip and to see some great beauty and have some fun! Hope you all had an enjoyable easter as well!

General Conference

I love General Conference. It has become one of my favorite times- to hear the words of a living prophet and the 12 apostles. I recieve so many insights into so many of my current questions and problems and love it! It's so fitting around easter to hear their refreshing and uplifting messages. Ken and I got cable almost 2 weeks ago for the first time ever. Neither of us had it growing up... so it has been interesting to go from having 1 clear channel to 164 clear channels! My whole point... we have the BYU channel... so we get to watch General Conference at home in our pajamas... it's wonderful! After it's over maybe I will add a few of my favorite quotes on this post... okay... it's on, so time to start watching!