Happy Father's Day!

I just wanted to give a little shout out to my wonderful husband on Father's Day. Cameron is the best dad I could have ever possibly asked for to Miley. She just ADORES her dad...she is so sad every time he leaves for work in the morning, and just lights up and can't get to him fast enough when he gets home at night.

Cameron is a very hands-on dad. He is always willing to jump in and help feed Miley, change her, give her baths, play with her, read to her, and snuggle her before sleep-times. And he loves doing it. Miley sure thinks the world of him, and so do I. :) We love you daddy!


I also have to tell my dad how much I love him, and how grateful I am for everything he does for us! I am so lucky to have him be my dad! Can't wait to see you in a couple days, Dad! Love you lots!

Let Her Eat Cake!

Just a small little video of Miley eating some of her cake yesterday!

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Birthday Bash

We celebrated Miley's first birthday today, even though she won't officially be one until Monday. It was a lot of fun, and we enjoyed spending it with those of you who were able to come. :) Miley is loving all of her new toys, and if she could, we know she would be saying a big THANK YOU to all of you.

The cake I made for Miley to tear into...for those who can't tell, it is the Baby Einstein caterpillar (I am not very creative, so I felt like this was about the best I could do! :)).

The cake we got for FREE from Byerley's (thanks for the tip, Darci!!) that everyone else got to enjoy.

A picture of us before all the action began...my head is a little cut off. That's how we roll in this house. :)

Cameron helping Miley open some of her presents.

A couple of Miley's little buddies...Noah and Brinley

Opening her baby doll from Grammy and Poppa. The girls were so excited (on a side note, we have had a little taste of what it is like to have twins this weekend! We had this little cutie, Brinley, staying with us for a couple days while her mom, Becca, ran a marathon...WOW!!).

Opening some more...

The end result of the birthday cake...I think she liked it!

Yummy!!

I can't believe this little girl is one (well, almost). That is a little sad to this mom, but I can't wait to see what the next year holds!

Messy Messy!

We are definitely getting to that age where Miley makes more messes than I feel like I can keep up with sometimes...just a couple examples from the past week...

This girl definitely likes to feed herself now...which results in this. But it is pretty cute, I guess. :)

While I was getting ready this morning, I put on a show for Miley, and came out to find that she was finding other ways to amuse herself...

I am one of those weirdos that likes to alphabetize our DVDs, so I was not super thrilled, but I could not help taking pictures of her game...she was having a blast...

...not done yet!

It's aint over until the fat lady sings, or in this case until the DVD tower falls over on you...I guess game over and time for mom to pick it all up.

As messy as she is, we sure can't get enough of this little girl. We can't believe that she is going to be one in 5 days! I have a feeling that these messes are just a little taste of what is to come in the next few years...sigh.

Picture Tour...

This may be a boring post for most of you, but I just thought I would post a picture tour of our new apartment. I know that my sisters will be interested in seeing it, but I don't blame the rest of you if you don't care. :) It still needs a little work, and some decorating. So hey, if anyone has any great ideas, feel free to leave them!

The view from our front door...

Where I was standing in the last picture...the door to the right is our laundry room (with a full size washer and dryer....glorious!) and the door to the left is our coat closet. One of the things I love about this apartment is all the closet space. All the closets are pretty much walk-in-closets...

...our coat closet...with my huge Graco stroller and everything in it!

The hallway to the right when you walk in...leads to the bedrooms and bathrooms.

Eating area and desk area past the hallway and on the right when walking in the front door.

The kitchen is on the left when walking in (we need some cute little bar stools or something for the counter area).

Inside the doorway of the kitchen.

Looking back at the kitchen, and entry area from the desk (you may notice a pretty cute little tour guide in some of these pictures...)

Living room from the eating/desk area...

Standing by the TV looking at the desk/eating area...

Going down the hallway...master bedroom on right, Miley's bedroom on left...

...then if you turn left there is Miley's room on the right, guest room straight ahead, and there is a bathroom on the left.

Master bedroom from doorway (and my lovely pink pillow that I have to sleep with, and my bear that Cameron used in his proposal). :)

From the other corner of the bedroom looking at the doorway, and our closet...and our cute little tour guide...

Master closet that walks through to master bathroom (I figured everyone knows what bathrooms look like so I didn't take any pictures of those).

Walking into Miley's room with her closet on the left...

Yes, even Miley gets her very own walk in closet. :)

A little bit further into the room...

Looking from the corner with the windows, towards doorway.

And finally the guest room where all you guys are going to come stay, right?? RIGHT?! :) I guess it can be Cameron's golf clubs room until then...

Mom, are we done yet?? I want to play...

I am done with the tour guide thing...

So there you have it. It is definitely hard getting back to apartment living after living in a house for the past year (noise, less space, etc.) but we really do like our new place. It is a good amount of space for us and will be a fun place to be for the next little while. Like I said, feel free to leave any comments about decorations...it is a little sparse right now. I have some stuff that needs to be hung up, but I need to get some frames and things first...and now I am just rambling, so that will be the end of that. :) Hope you enjoyed our little tour, if you actually were bored enough to look through this whole thing. :)

Twins Game

On June 3rd, we were able to go to a Twins game against Cleveland. We went with some new friends who just moved into our ward, and we had a great time, despite the fact that Minnesota lost 10-1. We had just moved into our apartment 4 days earlier, and were still living among boxes, and without TV or internet so it was definitely nice to get out and just relax. We left Miley with our sister-in-law too, which added to the relaxing time. :) We had great seats....right behind home plate and about 30 rows up...we hope we can make it to another game very soon!!

Cam and me

Right after the players got in an "almost" fight. All the players had come out of the dugouts, but I didn't get my camera out in time to catch that. :)

Cecia and her cute little guy, Jack, and me

Cameron and...Cameron! :) That's right...we have two of them. :)

Moving Blues

I know moving is not any fun for anyone, but seriously. I have hit my stress mode with this one. We are hoping to be out of the house and into the apartment either Saturday, or Monday. We have got a lot of stuff packed up, but I swear there is always more than you realize when it comes right down to it.

I have done my fair share of moving over the last few years, through college and then up here, but it is a whole new ball game when you have an *almost* one-year old who needs attention, naps, food, love, etc. I am thinking these next couple days are going to be interesting for our little peanut. Does anyone have any advice on how to keep your baby on SOME kind of a schedule on the actual day of the move?? I am still trying to figure that one out. If their bed is in transit, do you just go to the destination and hope that it gets there and that you can avoid a ton of noise while they sleep?? Ugh.

Anyhoo...on a brighter note I have some fun "de-stressers" coming up in the next few days. Getting together with friends will probably be how I keep my sanity, so thank you in advance to those of you that must have known I was in need of a little fun. :) Hopefully moving day isn't as bad as I think it will be...I tend to overreact about some things, so hopefully this is one of those situations. :)

Due to the said move, I am not sure when we will have the internet up and running again, but hopefully soon, and hopefully I can make our new place look kind of home-y and than I will post pictures for all of you to see our new digs!

So until next time...