Renovation Junkies!

 

Well it has been a while, but I blame the very busy schedule and our addiction to always having a home improvement project. I love being able to work next to my husband to make our home beautiful.

A quick update on the family before my picture overload. Mike is a very busy man he has been working full time in the mornings then going to school. He also helps with autopsies and volunteers at the free clinic, and of course, renovating our house.

I am helping the owner of the gymnastics facility I have worked at for five years, by managing while they figure some things out. The job keeps me extremely busy, hence the low number of blogs :) The gym has been a very eye-opening experience. I am learning so much and trying to keep up with the demands of managing, coaching and raising two very cute kids., and of course renovating.

Carter, on the other hand, LOVES the gym he is crazy and can flip and run around that gym like a pro!! I love watching him jump and go to class. He is taking a class for 3-4 year old and he is doing so well he listens and is able to keep up with the older kids. Definitely the bright light in undertaking the stresses of managing the gym. Carter also is a pretty awesome helper when it comes to the projects in the home I love having him help. He will follow Mike and Dad Williams all day!

Kamry is such a sweet and beautiful girl. She is pretty indifferent when it comes to the gym. Also it is getting a little harder to have her at the gym because she wants to roll all over the place, and there is no way I could keep the countless amounts of foam and other unsafe pieces that float around the gym. But there are some amazing mothers of students who are always willing to hold the little bundle of joy. She is sitting and rolling and trying to scoot. I love this stage!

Now for our before and after Bathroom pictures!!

 

 

 

 "Before" Ugly, sticky, rolled linoleum.











"After" Tile and new base boards!




                                                                           

                                                                                        "Before" Pink Toilet and old cabinets

"After" white toilet and white shaker cabinets

 

Hallway "BEFORE"

Hallway "After"

 "Before" Pink tub, old disgusting blue tile, old rusted fixtures.

"After" The tile was amazing! Mike did an amazing job on the tile!! and I love my
new shampoo holder, and new shower head and loofah

I am loving my new bathroom! Mike is such a handy man and I love it!! also we are so blessed to have Dad Williams always willing to help us!!

 

 

I will post the basement pictures soon! Can you tell we like home reno!

Catch-up





We have been really busy since last I posted. We were able to go and visit my sister in Utah and we had a great time. We went flying in the my brother-in-law's airplane, boating and to the Hoogle Zoo we had a really good time.

 

 

Coloring and tummy time

Our little girl is so cute and growing so fast. 

 A couple of weekends ago we went to Twin Falls to hang out with our good friends and we went shooting and we had a great time.We are lucky to have such great friends that we enjoy doing things together.

 Kali and Carter are such good friends they play very well together!

 

Not a long post but I thought I should at least post every couple of months.

Blessing day

This last Sunday we were able to bless our little angel and we had a fantastic day! Both my family and Michael's family were able to come and joy the fun.



We were so blessed to have so much support on this very special day. Unfortunately my family left before the camera got pulled out, however we were able to get some good ones of the Williams side. This is a very special picture since I married Michael this is the first time we had this many Williams together and we are still not all together, we sure missed the Chad and Tosha family, who were in Ohio enjoying their new little girl! We are hoping to someday get all together.

 Kamry's blessing day could not have gone better. The temperature was amazing and everyone pulled together to have an awesome lunch. Michael did an amazing job on the blessing it made me cry it was so sweet and tender. I am so extremely blessed to have such a awesome husband who holds the priesthood which blesses our family so much.

Best Friends!

Our sweet little family!

I love my Kiddos!!

 

 

I was able to make Kamry's dress which turned out so much better than I was thinking it would, which usually doesn't happen when making your own stuff, however I was pleasantly surprised by the results, and I had a ton of fun doing it! 

                         Kamry is such a little cutie and we love having here in our home!

 

 It has been one amazing month! We may be tired but our hearts are full and we could not ask for a more beautiful little girl or a sweeter little boy! Life is GREAT!!

Little Miss Kamry

It has now been two weeks, exactly, since our little girl come into our little family. It has been a very busy, but not so busy two weeks. It all started on July 1st when I had a routine doctor's appointment. Everything looked normal until Dr.Cox measured my stomach, and I was measuring smaller than the week previous. He ordered an ultrasound within 20 minutes and before the ultrasound Mike and I were already preparing ourselves to have the baby within the next couple of days, because of our history with Carter. It was almost the exact same experience as Carter just two weeks further into my pregnancy. That afternoon we tried to wait patiently for the Labor and Delivery to have a room for us, apparently every pregnant woman in Pocatello decided to have their baby and the same day. We didn't get a call until about 2:30 in the morning. Carter was all settled at Grandpa Williams so we grabbed our stuff and head up to the hospital. We were all checked in, IV started and monitors on by about 3 then the very nice nurse told us to try and get some sleep. However, she failed to turn down the heart beat monitor and it was extremely loud and then at about 4:30 the monitor ran out of paper and every thirty seconds there was a obnoxious beep to remind the nurse to change it. I am not very good at sleeping in hospital anyway, but this night was particularly hard.
        When morning finally came Dr.Cox came around about 8:30 and broke my water. Then things picked up. I asked for my epidural at about 1 then it was smooth sailings. Right before 5 my nurse that I had had since the morning checked me and said I was very close. At 5 my nurses shift was over and she introduced me to my new nurse. I think my new nurse had other people to check on and did not understand how close I was because she came around at about 5:15 and checked me and her eyes got really big and she said, "I think I should call Dr.Cox, this baby is going to walk out." She call my doctor and came back in and started to get things ready. Dr.Cox came in about 5:18 the nurse asked me to try a practice push and as I pushed everyone in the room said stop, don't push, because Dr.Cox was not yet ready to literally catch the baby. He then turned around and I started to laugh because he was smiling and trying to hurry so fast then I laughed again, and there was my beautiful baby girl. Dr.Cox didn't quite have enough time to get his gloves on. It was a very quick and funny delivery and the nurse as she was leaving said "I have never had anyone laugh their baby out."
    

Welcoming Kamry Gwen Williams 5lbs 13 oz and 18 in long!

 My mom was able to come down and meet little Kamry.

Grandpa Williams!! He was so nice to watch Carter all day for us! Carter loves Grandpa so much and enjoyed spending the day with him!

First family photo with the new addition!

Carter is an awesome older brother! He loves to help

 

Coming Home from the Hospital!

 

 

The Fourth of July!

Mike has been working so hard on our yard this year and it had paid off it looks great!

We went to breakfast the morning of the fourth and then we drove around to look for the parade not really expecting to see it we found a perfect spot about 10 feet away from the parade. Carter and I were able to walk up and get some candy while Mike stayed in the air conditioned car with Kamry. Carter thought the parade was pretty sweet and loved all the horses and loud trucks and of course the candy. 

 We went to Dad Williams house for the fireworks! The wind was really bad so the Fireworks didn't actually start until about 11, which was really sad because Carter fell asleep and would not wake up for anything not even for the amazing fireworks. However, we were able to see people lighting off illegal fireworks which he loved. Kamry slept peacefully as well. It took a while to get home after the fireworks, but it was a perfect Fourth!

My parents came down on the July 5th and took us to lunch then watched the kiddos while Mike and I were able to go shopping and get some errands done. It was very nice to get out and get things done.

 Kamry at one week old!!

 

Andrea, Melia, Brooklyn (holding Kamry) and Sarah. My sisters came to Pocatello to go to Ross park and see Kamry. It was perfect because I was able to take Carter and go swimming with them while Mike, being the awesome husband that he is, watched Kamry. It was a lot of fun and the girls loved meeting their new cousin!

Chelsea loves holding Kamry and the fact that there are more girl cousins!

 

It has been such a crazy two weeks. It has been interesting to transition from one little munchkin to two. I feel truly happy and blessed to have our little girl here, safe and healthy. I will try to be better about blogging, but like I said I am now busy with two.

 

Kamry is so sweet and we absolutely love her so much! We would like to thank all of our friends and family for their support and love!