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Baby Knox's Pictures

2011-12-01T10:58:00.000-08:00

Here are a few of Knox's newborn pictures we had done...

And of course some of the big cheeseball brother.

Guess we should introduce...

2011-12-01T10:14:00.000-08:00

Baby Knox Travis Cunningham!

Baby Knox came on September 29 2011 7 pounds 5 ounces, 20 1/2 inches long at 3:15 pm. We were set up for an induction 10 days early since Kohen didn't leave a pretty mark on me. :) The doctor was nice enough to call it "pelvic-trama" and I responded with "Oh you mean the vaganis I had?" He was caught off guard but gave quite a long hard laugh! (I love Dr. Froerer, he helped me steer clear of the 4th degree and gave me a 2nd degree instead (if only college was that easy)).

A few delivery day memories: I missed the phone call from the nurse to come in to the hospital because I insisted that I needed to go to Babinski's and return Knox's coming home outfit that had a broken button. (of course they didn't have another one) so I left with my second choice that ended up being so big he didn't wear it home anyway. Oh well!

We get to the hospital and checked in ready for the epideral man to come and relieve me and wanted to take one last picture of the belly so Trav gets out the camera... BROKEN! It somehow (Trav blames me) got set in something sticky so the lens wouldn't open. I'm laying in the bed and make Trav run to Best Buy to buy a new one. The pitocin was started and the epideral called in and there goes Trav out the door. I was just chatting with the nurse all alone. He did make it back in time.

Once Trav was back and the epideral done, the nurse came to check me at 3:00 pm to see how far I was. Her eyes were wide and said "uh oh! Don't sneeze I'll get the doctor" Dr. Froerer came in out of breath from running down the hall and I did push 3 times and Knox was out by 3:15. I can't complain, it was LOVELY! So here is the little guy's debut...

Kohen was so excited to see him! He is so excited to be the big boss of the house! He loves to hold Knox and keep bad guys away from him.
He doesn't mind when Knox cries. He will hold and protect him through screams and poop!
Ah, I already know him and love him!
Poor Knox get his face sucked off constantly at his house. Brotherly love!
What a cute, proud, tired dad! Maybe he is realizing the sleepless nights ahead! ;)

Is this really happening?

2011-12-01T10:03:00.000-08:00

Looking back at my blog there are so many memories that I have forgotten about. It hit me that I need to try to start up my blog again. So I'll see if I can catch up after 2 years of lost memories. :( sad! So YES! it really is happening, I'm trying to get back into blogging with my hectic life and all.

2009-08-11T13:55:00.000-07:00

Kohen has inherited my treats addiction!! We live and breathe treats. Before I get the wrath from my mom and dad and all of you others thinking I am the worse mom ever feeding him so many treats... He does eat lots of fruits and veggies throughout the day too! But we do splurge on the treats especially in the summer time!!

Kohen's First slurpee.... G.I Joe flavor... went in dark blue

...and came out bright green then next day... mmm - that can't be good on the system!

Girls Weekend

2009-07-24T16:34:00.000-07:00

A few weekends ago Kami, Megan, and I escaped to St. George for the weekend! We got there Thursday nightFriday we woke up to get ready to head to Vegas, before leaving for Vegas Dave (Megan's husband) called and said that Peyton's pic line fell out of his little body and blood was squirting out. Dave got him to the hospital to get it fixed and all was well so Megan could relax and have fun. (not a fun thing to hear when you are 5 hours away and are helpless) We got to Vegas and went shopping, saw the show Jersey Boys, and went to a funny dinner in some hotel) We then got up and went swimming for a few hours before heading back to St. George. We got back to St. George and got ready to go see Footloose at Tuacahn when I realized I didn't have my wallet... what? (empty stomach feeling right about now as I realize I left it at the gas station we stopped out back in Vegas before heading home) After spending over an hour on the phone trying to remember the name of the place and a phone number we found it and luckily Megan's sister in law was able to go and pick it up and mail it me. whew!! So we went to dinner at Entrada (which was delish) then headed to Footloose!! It was such a blast!! We had so much fun talking, laughing, sweating, and just being crazy. We watched Twilight 3 times because everynight we were so tired by the time we decided to watch it we never got through it. HA! Good Times!! I love my friends, Where would I be without them? Thanks girls for a sane reality check weekend!!

He's Home

2009-07-24T16:23:00.000-07:00

Dallas got home from his mission. After staying 6 weeks out with mom and dad he is finally here. He is staying with us for the year mom and dad are still out on their mission. He has been so fun to have around (and handy, a great live-in babysitter and yard worker. What's not to love?) He loves Kohen and Kohen loves to dance in his room! They are so funny together.
Tennison and Kohen waiting to see Uncle Oink.

Kohen's favorite part was riding the escalators and moving walkway!

2009-07-24T16:14:00.000-07:00

We spent the 4th of July bbqing with the Jackson's. It's never a dull moment with Uncle Chris around. He did a sparkler fire dance for the kids (only Kohen and Zach) But he was practicing in hopes to be hired for the Condie's 24th pool party. Keep practicing bud you are almost there. Kohen loved to do sparklers and wanted to touch all the fun fireworks!!

We've also had fun playing with cousin Tennison and baby G-man. Those boys are so cute together!

Lots of our this and thats...

2009-06-09T12:37:00.000-07:00

Kohen loves cuddling with Daddy but only when Elmo can cuddle too!

Kohen loves his bubble baths!!

Last Sunday we went up to Grandma Condie's cabin in Vivian Park to play. Daddy and Aunt MJ aka corruptive Chelsea taught koko how to long board! He loved it!!

This is Kohen's buddies Zach and Mack at Mack's 1st Brithday party!! Kohen loves playing with his homies.

Zach got the coolest new swing set so we had to go over and play on it!!

And lastly a little of the rest of our trip out to see Grandma and Papa Erickson.
Kohen loved helping Grandpa water the flower and plants. We let him cruise diapie free for a while since he loves to be naked.

Grandma made him feel better with popcicles and loves while Grandpa taught him how to hold the club with 2 hands and the correct way to swing a golf club. Grandpa was in heaven!!

Kohen in his favorite outfit with his new rain boots!

Welcome Home Uncle Oink!!

2009-05-24T11:59:00.000-07:00

Uncle Oink is home!! Well kind of. He flew into Peoria on Saturday May 23 to stay with mom and dad for about a month. Kohen and I flew out there to suprise and see him. Dallas already loves Kohen and they have been playing non stop since he's been home!! We are so excited to have another uncle home to play with Kohen. Uncle Cade-O will be home shortly too!!

a little bit of our Easter

2009-04-19T12:51:00.000-07:00

We had a pretty chill Easter. With church at 9:00am there was no way we were waking up to do an egg hunt before church, so we had our 1st egg before the yummy dinner at Grandma Condie's, then we hunted for our special golden egg after dinner.

Dad helped Kohen fly his first kite after dinner too because the weather was just so nice. He was so hyped up on sugar from the candy he even let Orville pick him up and hold him with out screaming bloody murder!!

ride baby ride

2009-04-06T11:40:00.000-07:00

Kami finally talked me into getting a rode bike a few weeks ago, and if that wasn't enough she talked me into riding a 65 mile bike ride 2 weeks later down in St. George. Crazy I know... Last weekend was our big bike race. We rode 70 miles in about 5 hours. It was the longest 5 hours of my and my butt's life, but we finished!! Cheers to team Kemo!

Feeling pretty good about myself...

Kami and I before the race... we're always a team so of course we had to match... right down to the nail polish!!

And at last the whole team!! Kami, Chaz, me, Kim, Joe

Don't give Kohen any credit... all he did was sit and wait for 5 hours while we did all the work!!

2009-03-30T12:21:00.000-07:00

Fun at the zoo.
Meg and I took the boys to the zoo for the first time this year a few weeks ago when the weather was a little better.

2009-03-09T10:04:00.000-07:00

We've been MIA for awhile so here's a little of the torture that has been going on lately...

Kohen rocking out with mom and dad. (FHE has to happen somehow)

Kohen is OBSESSED with balls!! We have added another 250 balls to his ball pit since this picture but you get the idea... we have these balls EVERYWHERE and he can't go anywhere without some kind of ball. (or his golf clubs he is quite dangerous)

Trav thought Kohen needed a nice wife beater onsie... so he took it upon himself to give him one...

The shirt alone wasn't quite enough so he had to cut up a pair of pants to give him the nice shorts to go along with the role...

This poor kid will have black mail pictures for the rest of his life thanks to his dad. (hey nice throw bud)

The shorts do accentuate his nice rolling thighs but the pictures just don't do him justice!

No glitz and glam for this kid, it's white trash for life!! (at least he is happy with his destiny)

Yep, that's a shiner

2009-02-22T15:09:00.000-08:00

Kohen walking + entertainment center + head-butt = SHINER!!!
Yep his first shiner at 1 year old!! I'm predicting the first of many.

Happy Birthday Koey!!

2009-02-12T23:27:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my baby is 1!! Where does the time go? We love you Kokey!! Happy Birthday

Party #1

Party #2

oH bOy!

2009-01-23T22:09:00.000-08:00

mom doing laundry + quietness of baby = bad situation!!
Kohen figured how to dump EVERYTHING from the garbage can in the bathroom to the toilet.

(Don't worry I'm not lucky enough for that to be a turd in the toilet... it's just a whoppin' heap of Trav's and Kohen's hair from their BUZZ FEST the other night!! A lot more fun for me to clean out than just flushing a turd. Just one more reason for me to rant over the dreaded haircut!) OH HAPPY DAY!!
**NOTE TO SELF: never leave the bathroom door open with a bored toddler around!!

Kohen's first haircut...tear...

2009-01-22T21:08:00.000-08:00

I know, I made a huge mistake!! I let Trav talk me into letting him give Kohen his first haircut (ok it was more of a buzz than a trim like he told me.) It's better if we don't talk too much about it, I'm quite depressed. Trav told me he would use the longest attachment so it would just take off a little. Nope, not the case. He's pretty much bald. Oh boy I hope it grows back fast. I want his mohawk back!!
(ok look at that hair, I admit he did need a little haircut. BUT A BUZZ?)

Dad gave him the haircut, I just cleaned it up after it was too late to save his lucious locks!

A few randoms

2009-01-22T20:58:00.000-08:00

This is what happens when dad babysits...

(he ends up with socks on his hands and feet so he slips and slides all over the floor)

Kohen likes to play hide and go seek now. Especially under the sink.
Ok, look at that crazy hair. Hence the reason for his haircut that I'm so depressed about.

A little more of Peoria

2009-01-22T19:42:00.000-08:00

I know this post is super late but a couple of these pictures are really cool so I wanted to share them all with you. While in Peoria visiting ma and pa we went to Carthage Jail again. It was a very spiritual and touching experience everytime we go there. It is so awesome.
That's Grandma and Kohen outside of the jail.

That top window behind us is the window Joseph Smith fell out of when he was killed by the mob.

How cool are these picutres? That is dad sitting in the window that Joseph Smith fell out of, but the picture is taken through the actual bullet hole in the door that killed Hyrum. What a powerful picture!

That's our little fam through the bullet hole and the famous window!

Our fam... Trav, me, Kohen. Dad and Mom. Tish and Trevor.

Private Please...

2009-01-09T20:36:00.000-08:00

I love to blog but I am a lot more hesitant to post things that I want to because of fear of who sees it. So, we are forced to go private because I use the blog as more of a journal to document Kohen's life than anything else. We would LOVE to invite all of you... friends, family, and even our blog stalkers out there so be sure to leave us your e-mail as a comment or you can e-mail it to me! (nicole.e.cunningham@gmail.com) We want to continue to share our crazy life with you because let's be honest we LOVE to blog stalk all of you too! So drop us your e-mail so we can add ya!! Blog on Blogga's!

A little of Christmas

2008-12-29T10:34:00.001-08:00

DA BEARS!!

2008-12-25T19:40:00.000-08:00

I have never been in weather sooo cold!! We went to the Chicago Bears game on Monday night. It was a very fun and exciting game but it was also a record breaking game. Not only did rookie Matt Forte rush for the most yards as a rookie, but it was the COLDEST home Bears game in history. Yep that's right weighing in at a -12 degrees. I think I had 4 layers of pants on including snow pants, and 6 layers up top!! No joke I have never felt anything so cold, it was piercing! Tish and I were laughing at the weather warnings the news kept flashing on t.v. about not going outside with exposed skin if you didn't have to... well folks that warning was no joke! We sat out in that weather for 6 hours watching da Bears beat the Packers in overtime and then I found a little frost bite the next day. OUCH! It was such a fun game to go to with my dad to watch our favorite Bears. Don't worry we left Kohen at the hotel with Nana and Aunt Tish while Trav, Trevor, Dad, and I went to the game! Here's just a few picutres of us...

Nice look Pa!

We almost didn't get in... Dad lost the tickets about 3 times in 15 minutes. Trav was the lifesaver. Thanks for keeping him in check Trav.

Dad and Trevor

They advertised ice cold drinks... fancy that... all they had was bottled water that turned to ice in the first 20 minutes of the game if you dind't drink it (the fountain drink machine was frozen), or the drink of choice except for the only 4 non-drinking fans, (trav, trev, dad, and myself) was ice cold beer. Literally speaking ICE cold beer.

Me & Trav just trying to keep warm!

Dad and Trevor

I love you Walt!

Pre-game. Why am I the only one up? Oh yeah, the rest were snuggling each other to keep warm! Go Bears!!

Trav and I in front of the original stadium pillars.

no more MIA... hopefully

2008-12-18T09:59:00.000-08:00

I know I have been MIA for a while, but with finals and all I told myself I couldn't blog because I swear this blogging world is a huge black hole that consumes way too much of my time. Does anyone else feel the same? Once I start looking at everyone's blog, 3 hours have gone by that I will never get back and for what? guilty spying pleasure!...
Anyway now that finals are done we have a semi normal life back, if only I can get my camera sent back to me now I can continue with this exciting life of mine. ha!

Last night Kami, Alli, baby Jordyn, and myself finally got together to do dinner which we have been trying to do for about 3 weeks! It was a fun and crazy time like always! Of course Kohen just wanted to get his lips on his girlfriend Jordyn. They will be the cutest couple ever one day!!! I love you girls!

2008-11-30T22:26:00.000-08:00

Wow it's been a while so here's a few things we've been up to:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Kohen and daddy playing in the leaves:

Lots more things have happened that I'll just list mostly for journaling purposes:
I ran the 5k turkey trot and beat my last time. YAY!
Saw Twilight twice. I think I love it, but each time I see it I have mixed feelings
UTES beat BYU!
Megan and I pulled an all-nighter and did the midnight mall shopping on black Friday
(we were so tired but it was SO worth it!! We couldn't stop laughing waiting in line at Kohls, Target, and Old Navy in the rain. What were we thinking?)
Kohen is sprouting 2 more giant teeth! The upper ones.
Kohen can now stand by himself, but it never ends well, usually resulting in a new bump on his head because he is still really wobbly or ends up head butting the end table.
We no longer have anyone living in our basement!! Home-Sweet-Home!
Peyton came home from the hospital!!!

We've been busy busy the last few weeks and haven't had time to even think about blogging, so here's just a little of the exciting things we have been up to. Finals are coming up, so maybe we'll have a little more free time after them.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!

Oh, so you do track and field?

2008-11-10T15:15:00.000-08:00

I ran my first 5K this weekend with Kami!! It was such a rush. Megan and I have been running everyday (packing up the kids in the jogging stroller is a lot harder than you think, after bundling them and making sure they have snacks and drinks and blankets)We head off for our run, to train for our first 5K that we were all suppose to run this weekend but Peyton ended up getting really sick and ended up in the PICU at Primary Children's. It is the saddest thing, but he is stable and doing good right now. He is in our prayers every day! WE LOVE YOU PEYTON!! (you'll have to check out Megan's blog for updates!) So Meg didn't come with us but Kami and I still went down to St. George to run it. It was so much fun and we did so good!! Our goal was just to finish the race and we thought we could do it in about 45 minutes... well we finished alright at an all-star time of 29:49!!! Wahoo for us!! We rocked it. We are getting ready for our next one... the turkey trot, in just 2 weeks.
It was early and we were still a little sleepy... I forgot I had a seatbelt on

Pre-race

Coming around the last stretch

Trav clocked our time, but he was a second behind. We crossed the line at 29:49!

My biggest fan was there at the finish line waiting for me!!

2008-10-26T21:05:00.001-07:00

We were busy this week playing all over town!
Chantel and I went to Gardner Village to get some pictures of the boys to send to mom and dad for Halloween. It was quite the adventure I think we got about 3 pictures out of 200 where both boys are acutally looking at the camera. Kohen just wanted to climb on Tennison any time we set them next to each other.
Oh the cutest Hooter I have ever seen!

Tennison the turtle and Kohen the Hooter

I think Kohen got lost in his puffy vest.

Oh I love that little man!

On Friday we went to the pumpkin patch with the Howell's. They had tons of perfect pumpkins, tractors to climb on, and a corn maze for the boys to go through.
Awh, family picture

What to do with all these pumpkins? Kohen didn't know what to do...

Kohen just loves Peyton! Look at how cute he is with his arm around Peyt!

Then on Saturday we headed up to the BYU game to tailgate with the Jackson's. For those of you who have been up there you know what I mean when I say they don't mess around! Chris brings up his extra satelite and t.v. to watch other college games on, and they always have a gormet menu. They have 2 grill going making a 4 course meal. It truly is amazing! Thanks Chris! Their tailgating alone almost converted me to a BYU fan, things were going so well Meg convinced me to buy this shirt (crap dad close your eyes, this picutre alone may make you get up and leave your mission to come home and punish your delinquent child) anyway, all was well until we got to our seats and I had to sit next to real BYU fans!! I lasted about a quarter and a half but this guy in front of us (typical annoying BYU fan) would not shut up!!! Yelling at the refs like they could really hear him, and narrating every move like he should be down there calling the plays. I wanted to punch him in the back of the head so bad but Trav kept me contained. I even kept my mouth shut and didn't even say a bad word to him!! Oh what blessings come when you have so many family members serving missions!! Thanks Dal, Mom, Dad, and Cade!! (it only took 4 but hey I'm improving with each day :) If I did have to evalute the cougar experience I would say it went pretty well, BUT I STILL BLEED RED!!!

Lastly we had a family Halloween party. Since Kohen was our Hooter I figured Trav and I could be Hooter girls. I ordered Trav a pair of hot orange shorts, but sadly enough they didn't get here in time for this party. :( I hope they get here before Halloween. So here is a picture of our boring costumes. Good thing Kohen makes up for our lack of costumes!

A few randoms!

2008-10-20T14:10:00.000-07:00

Yes that is barf not food but I can explain!! Kohen is known to do a lot of spitting up, but today he took it beyond the usual. He was laying on the ground laughing really hard and the next thing I know... Poor little man was spewing everywhere!! I fed him prunes and apples because he has had a hard time poo-pooing (if I say it like that it sounds better than it really is) lately so I thought it might help but I guess I filled him too full!! It was the saddest thing, it literally sprouted out of his mouth like a waterfall and it just kept coming. I felt so bad I just threw him in the tub clothes and all because it was everywhere!! Guess prunes and apples are off the list!

The cutest double Crack-o-lanterns!!

(Zachary and Kohen)

Sometimes I can't help myself, I want to eat this kid up!! He will give kisses on demand now and I love it!

He never stops!!

2008-10-16T22:19:00.000-07:00

Kohen started scooting a week or so ago which wasn't bad, but now he can crawl and fast!! I left him on my bedroom floor in front of the mirror to play while I finished my hair, before I could get the dryer out and on, I look down and he is trying to crawl up my leg! AAHH! He is insame, he never stops!! Now his new thing is to crawl under things. First it was the coffee table, he would crawl underneath it and knock everything around he could find. Then he was not only knocking things down, we found him gnawing on the edge of the table!! Yeah like a have a freaking puppy or something. I know he is teething and all, but no one told me he was going to chew on things!! All my furniture has Kohen's little chomper marks all over it now including my legs if I don't pick him up fast enough!! (he gets impatient when he can't pull himself up and starts digging his chompers into whatever he is holding ie. my leg or arm!
Now he likes to crawl under his exersauser and play which is good, I don't care if he wants to chew on that but of course, he doesn't want to!
Here is his step by step.
Happy he sees a hut to crawl under and trys to get all his toys to take with him...

Has his hands full of his puzzle and takes a few balls with him.

Gets bored, now skips the gnawing of the furniture and decides to come out the other side.

Gets caught on the little ledge and high centers himself and starts screaming until I come and rescue him.

Trys to pull himself up on his toy, falls 3 times before finally getting up and now doesn't know what to do. He could try playing with some of the toys he finally reached...

Oh no! He would rather reach for me because he wants to be held while he plays with his toys.

And down he goes because he couldn't quite reach me :(

He is so stinkin cute. But I'm waiting for the day he can play by himself and not need me right by his side to be happy and able to play with his toys! I've been waiting 8 months and it still hasn't happened so I'm beginning to think it's a lost cause! People tell me to just let him cry which I have tried and I do let him do sometimes but one look in those sad puppy eyes and he has me wrapped around that pint size pinky!!! I love that little man.

2008-10-15T21:55:00.000-07:00

Justin Phillipps Cunningham

Justin Phillipps Cunningham 3/21/1984 ~ 10/15/2005 Not a day has gone by these past three years that we don't think about you and miss your beautiful smile. We know you are sending us kisses from above and we send them back to you too! Keep looking over us all, especially your brother in Guatemala, he is depending on your companionship. Until we meet again, your loving family, Grandpa and Grandma C., aunts, uncles and cousins. Condie Lane is not the same without you!
(Salt Lake Tribune)

Can't believe it has been 3 years since Justin has left us! Some days it feels like he has been gone forever and then there are still those days you wait for him to come popping around the corner like he has never left. Justin was adventurous, crazy, loving, outgoing, well lets just say there was never a dull moment when he was around, he was sure to make every minute with him count! We love him and miss him much but know we WILL see him again. I am so greatful to know the plan of salvation and families will be together FOREVER! Kohen will see and know his Uncle Justinko! Not to get all emotional on you... but I remember thinking that when he left the day of his funeral, that when our kids came how sad it will be for them not know their Uncle Justin. Every kid should have an uncle like him. We have many pictures and stories that will be shown and told over and over again so that they will know him when that time comes. Kohen is a never ending moving machine that doesn't like to hold still or anyone to show him what to do (I think I know where he got it, and I truly think Justin hand picked him out to send to us!) Can't you tell this kid was loved by everyone? Just look at all that stuff and how cute his grave is!! We love you and miss you dearly!! Gone but NEVER forgotten!

Another Weekend Getaway!

2008-10-13T18:51:00.001-07:00

This weekend we went up to the Zurmatt Resort to spend the weekend to hang out together. I love hanging out with the fam. We always have a fun time. On Friday night we went on the Heebie Creebie. Which is also known as the Heber Creber and also where they do the Polar Express. It was pretty fun. It was a 35 minute train ride where they tell spooky stories and there are scenes outside the train that we passed, and on the way back the train broke down AAAAHHHHH!! Then all the spooky story characters climbed on our train and scared us all on the way back. We had lots of fun!!

The next day we just lounged around and Tish made us some yummy yummy pumpkin waffles that she made from scratch. Check out her cooking blog to get the recipe. www.batchofhappy.blogspot.com I would have to say these are a keeper! They were so delicious. Thanks Tish!!!
Aunt Tish let Kohen and Tennison take a bath together while Trav and went to the spa.

Best Buds playing with their monsters in their spider jammies.

We of course had to hit up the outlets too. This is Kohen's new snowsuit we got him. It was so funny to watch him in it. He couldn't even move.

He had so much padding he just laughed when he fell over because he didn't feel a thing!

He looks like a marshmallow! He's so SQUEEZABLE!!

St. George

2008-10-13T18:35:00.000-07:00

We were in St. George over confrence weekend to do a little shopping and relaxing. It was really nice to not do much all weekend but shop. Trav took Kohen everyday we were down there so Karen and I could shop til we dropped.
So we didn't get too many pictures but we did get a good picture when we went to visit Trav's grandma and granpa Cunningham. Oh I almost forgot that some of us did go and see the play Les Miserables. It was suprisingly so good. I guess because I wasn't expecting much but I ended up loving it, rain and all. Yeah, it poured rain on us and we were just laughing and cuddling with each other. Too bad I didn't get a picture of us there :(

The cute 4 generations of the Cunningham's

Kohen was screaming so Trav threw his headphones on him to try and quiet him down and he froze like he was hit with a stun gun. It was so funny. He didn't move a muscle the whole time. I guess you can say he loved it. Now he and Peyton can cruise around the villa together rocking out!

He did really well on the long ride. I thought he would be awake and cry the whole way home, but he didn't he was pretty happy and fell asleep for most of it anyway. I was playing 'where's baby' with him and he thinks it is so funny he laughs so hard so this picture is of him playing with me.

Falls

2008-10-05T17:45:00.001-07:00

Last weekend we hiked up to the falls. We decided to take Kohen with us and it was quite the hike. I swear it gets harder and harder each year. (maybe it's from the lack of shape I am in as the months pass) But anyway Trav was such a trooper and pretty much carried Kohen in the baby bijorn the whole way! I did carry him for about 20 minutes but only to feed him. (which we found pretty funny and Trav took a beautiful picture so we could remember the greatness of his invention!) oh well! The hike itself is so beautiful especially with the leaves turning colors.

It was a really nice hike, and once up there it is so peaceful!!
We will be going up there again not this weekend but next if anyone is up for it!!
We love you Justin and miss you!!
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Could it be?

2008-09-21T21:40:00.000-07:00

So I'm sitting in church with Kohen as he is screaming (which is nothing new for us, that kid does not sit still and is only silent when he is sleeping) And Cynthia (Trav's cute aunt) slips me some bread she had stashed for her own kids, so I start ripping it apart and shoving little pieces into Kohen's mouth to keep him quiet. I rubbed my fingers along his bottom gums as I was putting it in there and I felt something rough. I just thought WOW I haven't felt his little gums before they feel wierd! So Trav has to finally take him out (like we do every Sunday) So when I go to find them after sacrament, Trav says 'Chris found Kohen's first tooth' I was really confused, I thought they were playing a trick on me, like Chris had found a little kids tooth on the ground and was pretending it was Kohen's and was going to whip it out of his pocket or something... (just a little note: you have to know Trav and Chris to realize why I would have such a random and ridiculous thought like that) anyway I sat there dumbfounded racking my brain trying to figure out what they were saying, Finally I put it together... could that weird feeling in Kohen's mouth be a tooth? No, I've heard babies are so naughty, get runny noses, have diarreah, and even run a fever when they get teeth, and he has had none of these, so I stuck my finger in his mouth again to rub it. It was only rough in that one spot on the bottom. Of course I try to look in there and he just sticks that crazy tongue out of his whenever you touch near his mouth. I finally got a shot of his bottom gums and there it was!! KOHEN REALLY DID SPROUT HIS FIRST TOOTH!!! What the heck? It just sprouted overnight? I'm freaking out just a little because now I'm nervous that he is going to look like a snaggle tooth with one little lopsided tooth! And plus does teeth or even A tooth qualify your kid to the toddler stage? This means no more nursing right? That would be fabulous for me, but Kohen won't take formula... This will change his whole look which I'm not ready for? I never thought a tooth would be such a big deal but this tooth sprouting has me really bugged! Maybe I should just knock it out?

Helping Daddy

2008-09-19T11:14:00.001-07:00

Holding on for dear life on his wheelbarrow ride.

Getting squished like a bug.

I love the FAIR!!

2008-09-18T14:41:00.000-07:00

I know I'm super late posting but we had the privlege to go to the fair not once, but TWICE this year!! I know that place is crawling with diseases like gonorea but I absolutely love the fair. Here's why: a) the people that work there are nuts! b)the sideshow building has the craziest sights you have ever seen! c) the crazy, stinky animals and not to forget the largest animals you have ever seen. d) the giant yellow slide. e) they have deep fried anything at about every stand you walk up to (ie. corn dogs, sausage dogs, pb&j's, snickers, oreos, twinkies, funnel cakes... need I go on) and though it's sad to say we did try each of these delicious (some not so delicious) ammenities! What more could you ask for in one night? ok, maybe some sanatizing wipes, but hey it was so worth it!

The Fam

The Crew

Yummy (ok, not so much!)

I'm not gonna lie that pig was disgusting. Even Kohen was nervous to go by it. EWWH!

Our Family Tree

2008-09-07T15:47:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday to Trav!

Happy Birthday to Trav... again!

Carly and I made these cakes cuz we thought we we're expert cake decorators and we failed BIG TIME!! Oh well, it was hilarious and we had fun while decorating them. haha Thanks Carly! (p.s. that is a free hand drawing of a tractor, and tools on the other cake in case you couldn't tell :)

Kohen sippin on Dad's root beer!

They not only look alike, they dress alike too! Look how cute they are in their matching shirts! (we didn't plan this, it just so happens that almost all of Kohen's onsies now have DIE TRYING on them and Trav has lots of these shirts to he loves to wear so they match quite often now!)cute cute

This could be long!

2008-09-07T15:32:00.000-07:00

I haven't posted for a while so here a few random pictures of what we've been up to..
Kohen giving his girlfriend baby Jordyn loves... I think she loves him!

Cousin Tennison loves to give Kohen hugs...

But not nearly as much as Kohen loves to give kisses!!!

ouch! let go of Tennison's cheek!

Blade doesn't love Kohen's kisses as much, he runs when Kohen gets in his face.

'DIE TRYING'

2008-08-31T22:19:00.000-07:00

Karen had these cute shirts made for Kohen and his 'posse' in memory of Kohen's Uncle Justinko. Justin might be gone but there are too many funny story to let him be forgotten. Kohen will definately know who Justin was.

Kohen, Baby Helm (still in Carly's belly, she'll have to add some jewels to it) Zachary, and Mack.

Zoo fun!

2008-08-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

Kohen turned into a turtle

Don't get in Kohen's way, he loves to give kisses and poor Peyton is always the one around to receive them! haha I love this picture, but the funny thing is I have like 7 of Kohen putting Peyton in a head lock and kissing his face.

Kohen and me

Megan with Peyton and Carson (Peyts on the left, and Carson on the right. They look like twins so I just had to specify who is who)

The boys are still playing together after a long day at the zoo. Peyt and Carson love to push the hamper around (especially with Kohen in it)

Thanks for hanging out with us all day Meg! It was so much fun, Kohen loves to get beat on the head by Carson, and Kohen loves to attack Peyton! They are the best of friends already!

the cutest, funnest, silliest dad ever...

2008-08-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

Two-headed Monster... RRAAARRRR!!!

I can't tell who's cuter?

My 2 favorite boys, all tuckered out! (Trav showing some leg!)

Our Peoria Trip

2008-08-17T21:21:00.000-07:00

Happy '1/2' Birthday Kohen!

2008-08-12T13:57:00.000-07:00

Today is Kohen's 1/2 Birthday. Yep that's right, we've made it 6 months together! Hip hip horray! Mom and Dad had a Leadership meeting at their house with 12 Zone Leaders! Dad made sure Kohen was part of their meeting, we made him cupcakes to celebrate and they got to take a picture with the Birthday Man! Here's just a few pics...

Our fun cupcakes

Kohen and the Zone Leaders

Kohen with Grandma, Grandpa, and their assistants.

Kohen, Grandma, Grandpa, AP's, & Zone Leaders

He kept trying to pull them off the table.

Back in Peoria

2008-08-10T17:51:00.000-07:00

Ok, so here we are back in Peoria once again. I know 3 times in a year might be excessive but I figure now that I have a baby I can blame my homesickness (mom and daddy sickness that is) on Kohen wanting to see them. (nice excuse huh?) Anyway, my mom is turning half a century this month (sorry for spilling the age ma) so I thought it would be fun to suprise her. My dad had to drag her to the airport late Wednesday night. He had told her that one of their Elders that was suppose to come out and didn't was finally going to come out. She was so excited to get him that she was driving dad a little crazy. She was planning on where they would send this Elder to serve and who his comp would be, she was trying to get his medical records ready and many other hectic things that they have to get ready when a new missionary is coming out... so pretty much the whole mission had to be in on our suprise because she just kept trying to get ready for this Elder. She wasn't feeling well and was running a fever so she just tole dad to go and pick him up but dad was being stubborn and had to stand their until she rolled off the couch to get in the car. We finally got off the plane it took a little while because they didn't get my car seat onto the second plane (just my luck) so I was trying to figure out when it could get here. Anyway, I turned the corner and was walking toward them (the airport is super small) I was staring right at my mom and she was staring at me but not saying anything or acting suprised so I figured the suprise had been ruined, someone must have slipped. So I just kept walking toward them until I was right in front of her, then finally KKOHENNN!! She was staring right at me and didn't recognize me until I practically stop in front of her and she look down at Kohen and noticed him and then looked back up at me again and noticed me. She was screaming and laughing. It was so hilarious. She said she was just looking for an Elder in a suit so she wasn't paying too much attention to us. It was so funny. (I did cut my hair really short since I have last seen them so that helped with the suprise factor) I was so glad that the suprise had stayed a secret and she was suprised!! We are having lots of fun, here are a few pics for now, I'll post more later when we get home!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!
(I have no idea who that guy was but he seemed to enjoy the suprise too :)

This is my mom's suprised face when she finally recognized it was Kohen and not her Elder.

...Grandpa and Kohen reunite...It was a LLOONNGG trip again, poor Kohen looks like a rug rat because the air was out on our last flight so I had to strip him naked to calm him down plus he had rice cereal ALL over his face and clothes and all over me!

Kohen absolutely LOVES to suck on Grandma!! She is just so loveable.

Welcome Zachary Burton Jackson!!!

2008-07-28T12:26:00.000-07:00

Finally Zachary Burton Jackson came to play with Kohen!! We have been waiting for him, it seems like forever. But he is finally here and so cute. He looks like his daddy. Chris & Melissa just bought a house and moved out of ours. (tear) We are so happy for them but are going to miss them like CRAZY!! Ok, so they are just around the corner, but still thats like BFE when you're use to just walking down the stairs. I know Chris will be over for his "erronds" I just don't know how he'll live without his DVR? Well, Congrats on Zachary... and don't worry, I'm working on Melissa to get a blog ASAP! You too Collin ya slug!!

Congrats Kenny!

2008-07-28T12:03:00.001-07:00

Yep, that's down town Kenny Brown that got hitched this weekend to a cute southern girl. (Krista) We are so excited for them!

Happy 24th

2008-07-28T11:47:00.001-07:00

We had a super fun 24th. We had Kenny's wedding dinner up at Trio, then we rushed back to hit the famous Condie fireworks at the pool! Kohen was in his jammies and ready for bed but he just couldn't take his eyes off of the pretty fireworks. Plus Aunt Shelly gave him a cool glow stick that he wouldn't let go of. Look at poor Melissa, she was so uncomfortable, but not to worry, that babe popped out just a day after this picture :) We love you Zachary.

2008-07-21T15:50:00.001-07:00

I haven't updated for a while so the slideshow is just of randoms that we've done the last week or so. We went fishing up in Naughton with Grandma and Grandpa and caught lots of fish to bring home to bbq. We've been swimming at the pool, celebrating Trevor's birthday and going to the mountains for cook outs. I love summer because there are so many fun things to do outside and we love spending our time with the fam!! We miss you mom, dad, Dal & Cade. We Love You!!

What we've been up to...

2008-07-21T15:47:00.001-07:00

Cowboy up!

2008-07-10T15:43:00.000-07:00

So here we are for the 4th of July and with boys there is no dressing them cute with bows, skirts, and bracelets for any holiday, so I found the cutest cowboy outfit for Kohen. I just had to jump at the opportunity to buy it since it's the closest to dressing up that I will get to do with him without Trav making fun of him. I know I'm stretching it a bit but I relate 4th of July with rodeos so the Cowboy getup works for me, plus Trav thought it was hilarious and he looked super cute in his cowboy hat! Kohen loved the fireworks but got kinda bored with them after a few minutes. Thought ya might love this little cowboy grandpa!! Giddy Up Yo!!

Rice Cereal is my favorite treat!!

2008-07-10T15:34:00.000-07:00

Yep we've started Kohen on rice cereal finally, even though the doc said to wait til 6 months he is way too busy and crazy to not give it to him. He wants to eat any and everything else we have in our hands so I figured it was time to start him because if not I'm afraid he would have gotten his own cereal and started it himself. He is so busy that I can't even shovel it in his mouth fast enough before he reaches for the spoon and spills it all over himself, me, the high chair, the floor and anything else in reach. I love this monster but he is very trying at times and his poop is starting to stink now that he's eating cereal. I miss that cute non-stinky good ole' yellow poop!

updating...

2008-07-03T13:10:00.000-07:00

Wow, we haven't updated for a while. Who has time to sit in front of a computer when it's so nice outside. Ok, it might be a little too nice!! It's freaking hot out there. Anyway, Kohen has been sick the last week or so, with a fever and not pooping regularly so we've dealt with a not happy little boy. I'm sure all those who have babies know what I mean when I say your heart breaks when you hear them scream because something is wrong and you don't know what, why, or how to help them. It is the saddest thing ever! What was even worse was when we were at the docs and they had to do a catheter up his peepee. His eyes got huge and started bawling. This should not be allowed for little babies! They needed to run tests on his urine (which came back normal) then they sent us to do blood work. I don't know which one was worse to hold him through? The needle was huge compared to his lil' arm and it took forever, I think we had a nurse in training. If that still wasn't enough we had to give him his shots on Tuesday which threw his tempature through the roof again and his crankiness came back. One of his shots got infected so if you even came close to his leg he would give out the saddest little pout. :( Oh well, we got all that done and things have come back to normal so far, we're just waiting on his poop to come back from the lab to see if that was the problem. It has not been a fun week, but things are looking better. He's started sleeping through the night better than he did before he was sick so that is a positive! Probably cuz I have to drug the little man before he has to go to bed! Here's just a few pictures in his bumbo that he loves and his high chair. He loves to sit up and see what's going on, but won't sit on his own yet. He is quite stubborn... don't know where he gets that from? He has started rolling back and forth, which is sad he seems so old, especially around Alli's new baby Jordyn. He looks huge! He IS huge. While I'm updating I'll just say Dallas hit his one year mark last week (One more year to go) Mom and Dad hit their one year mark (two more slow years to go :(, and Cade is almost to his one year mark! Time is flying by this summer I can't believe how fast things have gone. Well, Happy Blogging!

Kohen's First Fishing Trip

2008-06-28T14:02:00.001-07:00

Daddy's Day

2008-06-17T15:33:00.000-07:00

I took some pictures of Kohen playing with some of Trav's favorite things (his Chevelle remote control car, and Bears football) and blew them up for him for Daddy's Day! I think they turned out cute, and Trav just laughed at them cuz he looks so stinking cute. He's so chubby and you can't help but squeeze those cottage cheese thighs and suck on those droopy cheeks! We love you Trav!!

Swimmimg...

2008-06-17T15:19:00.000-07:00

Today Megan and her two boys Peyton and Carson went swimming with us at the pool. I was kinda nervous to put Kohen in the water but it was just too hot not to get in. Carson loved the water but Peyton not so much, he'd rather watch the cars go by on 41st. So here are a few pictures of Kohen's first swimmimg experiance! Check out his muscular pectorals!! Ok, they just look like fat man boobs!

Happy Family

2008-06-04T11:02:00.000-07:00

Daddy loves Kohen, look at those cankels!! And yes, he is a thumb sucker. The binki does nothing for this boy.
Kohen loves his mom!! He talks and talks to me all day!
Lots of smiles and slobber! It's the first time we put his tootsies in the grass.
This is why we have no family pictures!! Trav wanted to keep himself off the blog, so he thought this would do the trick... think again honey that's dead sexy!! MWA-HA-HA. Love you Trav.

Daddy sitting

2008-05-30T12:32:00.000-07:00

I decided to go back to school this summer so I can just get done with my schooling. I'm a senior at the U and have 30 credit hours left. (yay!!) So that means daddy gets to babysit. I think it's more like torture Kohen time. Kohen and Trav are best buddies but Trav likes to pretend that Kohen is already 5 years old. He tries to make him ride Blade and drive in the bobcat with him.

He wants him to eat everything he eats so I look over and Trav wants him to taste bbq sauce off his ribs that would probably send the little guy into shock and give him diarreah for weeks. Maybe that's why only Trav can get him to sleep at night. Normally Kohen likes to cry himself to sleep, no matter how you hold him or what you sing to him once he is tired he fights going to sleep so he cries until he wears himself out. These picture pretty much sum up our nights. But lately Trav has bounced him to sleep before all the crying begins which seems like a little bit of heaven. He's even got him to bed before 10... can you say miracle? We love dads babysitting techniques even though they get a little scary sometimes he's sure to make him all BOY!!

The tongue

2008-05-30T11:41:00.000-07:00

Kohen has had this fettish with that tongue of his. Ever since birth he loves to stick his tongue out. I kinda thought it would go away as time went on but I think it has only gotten worse. We love to go to the zoo and be outside and I've discovered that he loves to feel the wind on his tongue. Any time you blow on his face or the wind blows, out pops his tongue to taste the air. It is so funny. I try to get pictures of his smiles but they always turn into to tongue pictures and that's all I get. So here are a few slobber pictures of him at the zoo and that stinkin tongue. Trav hates this hat he has, he thinks he looks retarded but I love it and it keeps the sun off his head so everytime I turn around he takes it off and I have to search for it. What a bum huh?

Mother's Day

2008-05-14T12:51:00.000-07:00

So I'm really late posting about Mothers Day as usual, I can never keep up but I had a fabulous Mothers Day. Trav suprised me with my right hand ring!! I've always wanted a pave right hand ring for some time now, and when I woke up there was this little gold box all wrapped up sitting next to my bathroom sink. I didn't have a good picture of it, this is the only picture I had. Of course I still had to wear it on Mother's Day even though it was too big so that's why it is on my pointer finger haha. (it's getting sized right now) He also got me my favorite carmel apple (that his mom made me in the candy factory) and a box of all my favorite chocolates. Being a mom is seriously the hardest thing I have ever done. Kohen is such a momma's boy and wants to be held ALL DAY. So unless he is sleeping, he's pretty much in my arms which doesn't let me get hardly anything done around the house. He is the absolute cutest thing ever so I don't mind holding him, but it does get tiring. I just don't have the heart to let him sit and cry in his crib, it breaks my heart plus he gets so mad he starts throwing up. So now I know why there is and should be a whole day devoted to Mothers!!! I think there should be a Mother's month!! :)

Now to brag a little about the GREATEST mom's in my life. First there is Karen, my mother-in-law and for all of you that know her, know what a wonderful, selfless, giving person she is. She is the hippest most stylish grandma out there! She is such a big help to Trav and I with Kohen. She watches him Tuesday nights for a few hours while Trav and I are at school. (this is not an easy task, especially when he doesn't like taking bottles) She had this hold on Kohen where she bounces him in mid-air and is SO tiring on your arms (he loves it!) and she will do it for hours with him to keep him from crying. He loves his Nanny Karen. Karen is an angel and so willing to help everyone out! Her heart is bigger than anyone I know (that's where Trav gets it from :)) We love her so much!!!

My mom is the most wonderful mom alive!! She not only flew out with 12 hour lay overs when Kohen was born just to be able to come out and help me, but she slept on my couch for 10 days!! What a women she is. I guess she is pretty use to the couch for waiting up for all us kids for so many years making sure we got home safe so late at nights, but still... she was up every night she heard Kohen crying no matter what time of the night it was and let me sleep while she rocked him back to sleep. Plus she was taking care of all 135 missionaries back home with sickness and ouchies that would call her at all hours asking how to treat a headache... I swear sometimes those missionaries are more needy than my newborn baby, but she takes care of them all just as she would her own kids. I love her so much and miss her dearly but want her to know that I love her and appreciate her more than words can ever say. You don't realize how much you need your mommy at sparatic times until she isn't there!! She is just a phone call away though. Thank goodness for that and the wonderful web cam. I LOVE YOU MOM!!

Visiting Grandma and Grandpa

2008-05-13T10:16:00.000-07:00

Meeting Grandpa

2008-05-04T16:56:00.001-07:00

Kohen got to meet Grandpa for the first time last week. My parents are serving as mission presidents im Peoria, Illinois for 3 years. My mom got to come home for 10 days when Kohen was born but my dad has never seen him, so Trav let me go out and stay with them for 2 weeks while he finished up his finals. After a long awful day of flying and a 4 hour layover in the Vegas airport then a 3 hour flight to Peoria we finally made it to Grandpa. Grandpa was right at the doors we came out of waiting for us with a huge smile, even after our flight was delayed! He stole Kohen from me as fast as he could and started loving him and just gooing at him. Kohen started to talk back to him and it was so funny, he was such a happy boy. We got to their house and my dad wanted to give him a bath since he had been in the dirty airport all day. (and I mean all day... we left our house around 8 am, and we finally got to their house around 10:30pm) well first thing he whizzed all over grandpa and the wall. I didn't stop there, then next day he did the exact same thing when grandpa went to give him his second bath. It was so funny. My mom and I couldn't stop laughing. Besides what are little boys for... Grandpa didn't care one bit, he was loving it all! We are having such a blast out here. My mom and dad have been such a big help with him. If it weren't for missing Trav so much I might just stay out here a few more weeks. :) Here are a few pictures for now...

Grandpa bought Horton Hears a Who to read to a grumpy Kohen.

Kohen loves giving wet kisses especially slobbery ones to Grandpa!

Grandpa was a Kohen hog the whole 2 weeks! He didn't like to share much.

The first time Grandpa got to hold Kohen he just wanted to talk and talk. He was so happy!

Grandma got a little time with Kohen, but not much! Grandpa didn't like to share.

Cunningham Look-alike Meter

2008-04-15T20:25:00.001-07:00

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Everyone always asks us who we think Kohen looks like more because they can never tell, but we can't either. We always see different parts of us in him at different times. Like his chin... we think he has my pointy chin and Trav's double chin :) But I think he has Trav's eyes and ears. It is so weird that we can't tell so I left it to the professionals to determine. (ok, they aren't professionals by any means) But I did it like 3 times with 3 different pictures. The first said he looked like Trav by 4% then it said he looked equally like both of us, and then the last one said he looked like me by 14%. So of course I had to post that one :0 It is so funny that even this website determined we are all really close. So for those who have kids you should try it and see what ratings you get and if they are what you think they are. It's kind of intersting!

Zoo Time!

2008-04-12T15:28:00.000-07:00

Tennsion was wide awake and loving all the gorillas, but Kohen was just snoozing.

Yesterday we finally got to go to the zoo since the weather wanted to cooperate, it was still a little cold but it was lots of fun. We bought our season pass since it's good exercise for me and Kohen mostly sleeps through it all in his stroller. Our favorite animal this time was the lion monkey. They have 2 cute baby monkeys that are so cute and small we watched them forever and when we went into the gift shop and saw this lion monkey I couldn't resist buying it. It looks just like Kohen!! Mwa-ha-ha. I couldn't stop laughing at this picture because they look alike with their huge eyes. Kohen still has his hair ears that I thought would rub off and go away after a few weeks after birth. Nope, they are still here and it is hilarious. He is 2 months old today... Happy 2 monther little monkey!!

2008-04-10T12:21:00.000-07:00

My mom got permission to come home for a few days because my dads brother passed away. He didn't get to leave the mission so my mom got to come and speak at the funeral for him. It was so good to have my mom home again, she is such a trooper sleeping on my couch! (There are plenty of beds next door at my in-laws, who are wonderful and always offer their home to her, but she wanted to be close to the baby. I don't blame her :)) She of course helped with the cooking, cleaning, burping, and diaper changing. Oh how I loved that, she is a saint and loves to change dirty diapers!! The last day of her stay she started to feel horrible and got a head cold. She unfortunatly passed it onto Kohen and that's what we have been dealing with last night and today. I feel so bad for the little guy, he can't breath out of his nose, so of course my mom got a call at 11:00 last night from me asking her what to do with the little guy. I didn't dare put him down for bed because I was afraid he couldn't breath well enough and I thought he would just stop breathing :( well, we made it through the night and we are dealing with lots of even poopier and runnier diapers and lots of boogers and sneezing. It is the saddest thing because Kohen is so helpless and looks miserable but it was worth seeing Grandma and getting all those kisses from her. Lucky for us we already had a trip planned to go out there and meet Grandpa for the first time at the end of the month. We are so excited. Kohen and I get to go out for 2 weeks and stay with them!! Grandpa said he is ready to start teaching Kohen to hold a golf club which will be a treat. (grandpa says you have to start them early!!) We can't wait!! Peoria here we come!!!

Kohen and Daddy taking a nap

2008-04-10T12:16:00.000-07:00

2008-03-27T15:05:00.000-07:00

I decided to finally update my blog while I have a few minutes while Trav is trying to entertain Kohen by dancing for him to some Scottish music... I wish I could put the video on here for you all to see but it's kind of disturbing :) I can't believe how big Kohen is getting, he's 6 weeks old and has outgrown all of his newborn outfits and has even moved up a diaper size. It makes me so sad. I cried when he outgrew my favorite train outfit :( Trav says he has my chin..... and his second chin. Staying home with him is so challenging all day since he doesn't like to sleep while we're at home where it is nice and quite, he only sleeps if we are out shopping or in the car or any place it is busy and noisy which is nice but it gets tiring taking him out all day. But I wouldn't give him up for anything. Even when he has crying fits at one o'clock in the morning. (those are good times) He is our everything and we love love LOVE him to death. We can't wait for all of our friends that are pregnant to pop out their kids so we have some friends to cruise around the zoo with. Pregnancy is spreading like the plague around here, we counted 7 of our friends that are pregnant. We are so excited for you all! Here's a few updated pictures since I'm really bad at updating this thing.

2008-03-27T15:02:00.000-07:00

Kohen loves his swing!!

2008-03-27T14:58:00.000-07:00

Peyton wanted Kohen to play ball with him so bad, he kept throwing the ball in his carseat but Kohen wasn't having any of it...

2008-03-27T14:53:00.000-07:00

Kohen was playing under cousin Tennison's playmat and Tennison got a little jealous and wanted to play too! Tennison is a ham for cameras. Look at that smile.

2008-03-27T14:49:00.000-07:00

4 Generations of Cunningham's :)

He's here!!!

2008-02-16T15:54:00.000-08:00

Lil' Kohen finally got here on Wednesday the 12th and we got to bring him home on VALENTINES DAY!! It was the best and hardest Valentines Day ever!! Trav and I are so blessed to have this little man in our life! He is amazing. Trav is such a great dad (let me say I was very worried that) but he is a natural. He doesn't love poopy diapers but he is more than willing to change them and it is super cute!! We fight over who loves him more, but I guess we have to declare it a tie. He was 7 pounds and 12 ounces and 21 inches long. He is the cutest lil guy ever. On our way home from the hospital he got to stop by and meet his uncle Justin... He just can't wait to meet Uncle Dallas, Cade and Grandpa Erickson!!

8 days and counting...

2008-01-30T14:23:00.000-08:00

Oh my! Only 8 days left and I can't stand it. I hurt in every part of my body and can't wait for this little fella to get here!!! His nursery is finally almost all done, I just have odds and ends left so I feel a lot better and I'm not stressing out as much. Well, hopefully lil' Kohen Justin gets here sooner than the 8 days, Trav and I can't wait to meet him and squeeze him!! (sorry rack no pictures, I can't bring myself to post fat faced pictures! It disgusts me.)

2008-01-01T19:31:00.000-08:00

Ahh, arent' they the cutest dogs ever? We took Blade and Missy to the doggy spa to get cleaned up!! They were not happy about it but they got the cutest matching bandanas for New Years. We tried to keep them on as party favors but Blade tore his off and Missy was body slamming into things to try and rub it off so we ended up letting them be party poopers. Meg, Dave, Peyton, and Carson came over for a little New Years party. The boys loved the dogs and the rocking horse! It was a blast.

Girls

2008-01-01T19:22:00.000-08:00

Yay!! Us girls finally got to get together in a long long time. Raquel moved away to Ohio while her husband finishes school so haven't seen her in what seems like forever!! It was so much fun getting together and catching up on all of our gossip!! (that's what we do best) I love these girls so much, they mean the world to me, and I am so glad that we still get together when we can. We'll all be forever friends! Love ya girlies!!

2007-12-14T19:37:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas Yo!!! You are not mistaken, that is a real mustache!! Trav thought it would be great to finally shave his sick-o beard he had been growing for weeks and when he came out of the bathroom he came out with a highway patrol-man stache. Ewh!! Of course no matter how much I complained he got to keep it for ONE day. He thought it was so funny we took a few silly family pictures in front of the Christmas tree for memory sakes. Next thing I know I come home from work and Trav had turned the pictures into Christmas cards and was ready to send them out to all. I had to monitor who got one of these priceless pictures because it could be used as blackmail!! Me being 7 months pregnant with our crazy dogs and an old man husband that used a snowman teacup as a prop for our picture perfect Christmas photo. Oh what a Merry Family. Feliz Navidad to all!!! MWA-HA-HA.

2007-11-26T14:30:00.000-08:00

So as you all know I have the greatest family EVER!! My mom and dad are serving as Mission Presidents in the Peoria, Illinois mission. Those have to be the luckiest missionaries out there!! They love it and are so super busy. Trav and I got to go visit them back in September when they had time to get settled in (okay I only gave them about a month before I missed them so much I had to go out and see them) We went to Nauvoo with them and got to go through the temple out there. It was amazing. We went to Carthage jail and tour a lot of the sights the pioneers traveled including the huge river. It was insane, truly breathtaking to see it in person and imagine what they went through. It was such an amazing atmosphere everywhere there. We met quite a few of their missionaries from their area at a picnic they were having. They all couldn't stop telling me what awesome parents I have!! (They love to have a mission pres with such a wacky sense of humor) They are so loved out there and are changing so many lives. It still doesn't seem fair that they get to have my parents for 3 years but it doens't look like my say has any toll in the matter so I have learned to deal with it. I plan on going out there as much as possible and taking my dad to da BEARS game!!! (hopefully next season) GO BEARS!!

2007-11-14T14:17:00.000-08:00

look at our little tyke growing...

Trav and I are expecting our first baby in February (wow) I never realized how hard it would be to name the little guy so if you have any suggestions or likes let us know...