A Bubble Baby and a Garden

So, without a doubt, Jon and I lead the most exciting lives! Insomuch that we get our kicks by dressing our baby girl up in bubbles and setting her loose in the house. Her walking has improved so much this week that it's now basically all she does, and so she loves her new found freedom to roam! She now also loves bubbles, and the two things together were a laugh riot!

For F.H.E. tonight, Jon and I decided we were going to plant our garden. This is tricky business living in an upstair apartment, so we made due with what we could. We are hoping in a few months we will have tomatoes and peas. We figured those our two things we could grow in our limited space, and the two things that we love to munch on (well, Jon likes tomatoes and I like peas!). We split it half and half and will let you know in a couple of months if it worked out or if the birds who live outside our apartment got to them first. At least we know we can save them from the weather if we need too. That's a bonus! We also have no idea what we are doing, so it is a great experiment!

Chuck E. Cheese and the Easter Bunny

Last weekend we went up to Amarillo for Easter. Friday night we took the kiddo's to Chuck E. Cheeses and it was so fun. We didn't have to pay to get in and all the rides and games were a quarter. I think the adults had as much if not more fun than the kids! (This fact was proven when Uncle Brent won like 600 of the 700 tickets we won for the kids!)
Sunday the Easter Bunny came and the kids had fun finding all the "hidden" eggs. We had to do the hunt indoors because it was FREEZING that day, but they had fun anyway! Sevy did pretty good picking up and stickin' eggs in her basket, and Nyah did a good job taking Sevy's basket away! Oh well! Sevy didn't know what was going on anyway, and just liked to shake her cheerio filled eggs!

JON THE ULTIMATE HERO

Jon is the Hero of the year! (at least in our little family). We all know that Sevy LOVES her binky. It's the cutest curse ever, and I'm pretty sure she got it from me, but whatever. So, a while back she was due for some new binky's. We found these super cute Mam Air things which were clear and pink, and so we bought them. Instant success with Sevy. A few weeks later we some some more in a different color and figured we would get them too, as back ups. You can never have too much of a good thing, right? Well, Sevy didn't care for these new ones.

After some time, Sevy wouldn't take anything but these two binky's and sadly one day we lost one. More time passed and we protected this last binky like gold, but it was high time it got chucked, so we tried other binky's. Sevy wouldn't have it. We searched every Walmart, and Target in our town (there's a surprising lot) we couldn't find any Mam Air's anywhere. We then went online to look. There were nowhere to be found, until we noticed a bid for them on ebay. After a bid war, we won the binky's and they were sent a few days later. Our prayers were answered. Except, these binky's weren't exactly the same. Oh, they looked the same, but Sevy wouldn't have it. After closer examination we noticed the nipple size were completely different. More internet research and we learned Sevy's beloved binky's were called Mam Maxi Air. They are for ages 16-36 months and NOT sold in the U.S. I emailed the company and got a response from their U.S. branch insisting that our binky's were not mispackaged like we believe and just swollen because they do not sell those type of binky's in the U.S. I called and ended up talking to the same lady that emailed me and she once again insisted that their was no way our binky was the bigger binky sold in Europe, and there was no way I could get those exact binky's. (Unless I was desperate enough to pay for international shipping and guessing at a mysterious foreign language to purchase the things.)

Well, we became desperate. We have now tried every different binky in every size imaginable and to no avail. I've tried to wean her but she screams bloody murder for HOURS if she doesn't have her binky to go to sleep. Her one lasting binky was disgusting and I had turned the house upside down trying to locate the lost one. This is where Jon the hero comes in. Yesterday after one last search at a couple of Walgreen's and a Walmart, I bought one last package of binky's we had yet to try, and declared myself done. I had given up. That night Jon and Sevy were playing catch (my daughter is a genius) when the ball rolled under the bed. Jon went to grab it and had the thought to look through some of the boxes we have stashed under there, when lo and behold HE FOUND THE MISSING BINKY! We were both ridiculously elated. We just pray we can now slowly wean her before this last binky is shot, otherwise, we are doomed again in a month or two.

Sevy's Official Birthday Party!

So, Sunday we had the official birthday party for Sevryn. Jon's family came down and we had dinner, and presents, and cake, and the works. I tried my skill at cake decorating and it was quite interesting, but for a first birthday, it worked! We made Sevy her own little cake to attack and we really thought she would go crazy, but instead she just stared at it. Her cousin Nyah attacked it for her and then shared with Sevy, even feeding her! It was so cute! The cousins had a fun time playing outside and sharing toys and pushing everything they could!

Sevy and the Rocket

So it's official! Our baby girl is ONE!!! I can't believe it! The year has just flown by! For her birthday we threw her a little birthday party before she gets a real party this weekend. Okay, so it wasn't so much a party as it was Jon and I dressing her up in her new Easter dress (that I made!) and taking pictures of her dolled up outside. Then she opened up the gifts we had here for her. She loved her "big girl seat" that Gran and Pappa got her and one of these days we'll get it in our car for her! She also got a dolly and a movie. But the real treat of the evening was when she got her super cool Radio Flyer Retro Rocket! Man, this was a real winner for Sevy. It has flashing lights and makes noises and Sevy could have cared less about anything in that room except that rocket! She hasn't figured out how to climb onto it properly, but she has managed to climb on surfer-girl style. Yes, my daughter is already a practicing stunt woman! We are just so proud!

Diaper Wrestling

There's nothing Sevy loves more than to play with kids her own size, especially if that kid is a cousin! For Spring break we went up to Amarillo for the weekend, and while

we were there, Sevy got a lot of cousin time. We stuck Nyah and Sevy in a room ontop an awesomely styrophone mattress in their diapers, and they went crazy! They rolled around and attacked each other and all the stuff animals in the room and just had a blast. And in their diapers, they couldn't be any cuter!

The Science Spectrum!

After two years of living here in Lubbock, we have finally found a place that is way too fun for words! You would have thought we would have discovered this earlier, but we are a little slow. It took Sevy's cousin Nyah coming into town for us to finally go to the Science Spectrum! This place is awesome!!! The kids had a good time, but us "grown-ups" had a BLAST! The place is huge and is just full of fun science experiments, and a lot of hands on things, and it even has a descent aquarium section, and then they had a reptile show. That reminded me of the Bean Museum back in Provo. They brought the snakes around for everyone to touch, and we let Sevy pet the first one, and she suddenly did this cat-like death grip on this poor snake and I thought

the thing was going to attack the presentor, and Sevy thought it was hilarious! We were a little more careful with her touching the rest of the reptiles they brought around.

The rest of the weekend was fun too. Sevy loves playing with kids and it helps to have a kiddo her same size around to play with. Nyah loves to give loves and kisses, and poor Sevy has a hard time defending herself! But they had a lot of fun!

So It's Been Awhile

So, we've been horrible about updating our blog. So, here I am making up for it.

*Halloween was awesome. Sevy was the cutest purple dragon you have ever seen and was very protective over her candy at our wards trunk-or-treat.

*Christmas was spent in Amarillo, and then we went up to Idaho and enjoyed the snow! We went snowboarding (I was a little rusty--it had been like 3 years), snowmobiling (Jon and I thought we were going to die multiple times, but both lived to tell about it), hit up Green Canyon (Rook and Aryn came to visit us and really-what else is there to do in Rexburg), and just spend time with my family. Sevy was much loved by Gran and Pappa and they even gave Jon and I a break to go play and not worry about her! It was awesome!

*January was neat. Poor Sevy had her first operation and had tubes put in. We later learned that she was experiencing a 50% hearing loss. Our poor baby! She was a real trooper though and was great during the whole thing. She even got to go into surgery with her blanky and her binky (her two best friends!) The whole procedure was only like 5 minutes, and she was only cranky for a couple of days before she was back to our bubbly little out of control Sevster!

*February has been fantastic! My parents came down for my mom's birthday and Sevy took her first steps!!! She walked from Pappa to Uncle Shawn! It was probably the cutest/funniest thing I've ever seen! She'll do it occassionally with Jon and I but like everything else, it's a hit or miss. Also, the weather has been warming up so we've finally been able to hit outside! We have a great park in town that we love to go to and it's totally little kid friendly! We both absolutely love it.

Anyhoo-That's our life as of late. I'm going to try to be better about updating. It'll be my goal.

Dad at the Races

So, another year at the Reno Races has come and gone and I am so sad to say that I missed them. Dad rocked it in Ole Yeller and placed 4th or 5th (good thing I know, huh?) in the Silver. This is awesome--especially considering that Dad is one of the only pilots that doesn't soup up his plane. The best part was he beat the Tiger Cat once again! BooYah! We were very proud of him and definetely his biggest fans in Texas!

A random picture

This is a nice little pix in the pre-Sevy era of our life together. This was on our honeymoon (taken 9 months later) to Cancun. This was May 2005, so just a little old, nothing too extreme!

Trip to Lake Tahoe

So the Ormson family took a trip in August to South Lake Tahoe, California. Holy Cow! It was like non-stop fun for an entire week. We did everything from white water rafting, a steamboat ride across the huge lake, a trip to the Reno Temple to do endowment work for Jon's ancestors (very cool!), a trip to San Franscico, a trolley ride, boating . . . the list goes on and on! It was super cool because the three new cousins got to hang out and become best friends. Also, Jon's whole family (minus Brent who was sorely missed) was all there. One of the best things about Jon's family is that everyone gets along so well that hanging out with them is a blast. We all had a great time, and were all very competitive Farkle players by the end of the trip! Flying with babies was an adventure in and of itself, but I would have to say that Sevy did excellent! She even took a nap on a tray table for us! What a sweetie huh?!

Our Story

Jon and Kat met at BYU-Idaho back in 2000. After Jon's mission to Antofagasta, Chile, we met back up in Utah and started "courting." Finally, on August 27, 2004 we were married in the Idaho Falls, Idaho temple. We lived in Provo, Utah for our first 9 months of marriage, and then moved to Lubbock, Texas where Jon is currently attending Texas Tech University. On March 27, 2006 we were blessed with our precious baby girl Sevryn Kelly. She is the light and center of our world and we couldn't love her more!

Our Stats

Began: August 27, 2004
First Expansion: March 27, 2006
Currently Located: Lubbock, Texas