Debuting Kaitlyn's new Room

So I hope you have all been anxiously awaiting these pictures. These are all of the old playroom redone to be Kaitlyn's new bedroom. We have had this room finished for awhile, but like usual it has taken me a couple of weeks to post the evidence.
The Saturday we finished her room it was really late and I thought for sure that Kaitlyn wouldn't want to sleep downstairs until the next day. Boy you think I would know my daughter better by now. Of course the instant the paint was dry and the beeboard on the wall, Kaitlyn tells her dad "okay will you go and get my bed now?" Needless to say we moved her stuff down and she was more than a little excited to sleep in her own room. I on the other hand worried about her being downstairs all by herself all night, she could have cared less. The best part about Kaitlyn having her own room is that she has taken such responiblity of her room and things. I told her if she wanted to be a big girl on her own downstairs that she had to act like one by making her bed, getting dressed and keeping her room clean. If I had known just how well that little talk was going to work we would have moved her down a long time ago. She is AWESOME at all of the above and I never have to ask her twice. I love it when things work out that way. Anyways here are the pictures of the way cute room that I was worried about.

This is the wall perpendicular with her bed.

This is the view walking into her room from the stairs.

This wall and the bookshelf walls were paneling and I love how the stripes worked out. They help to break up the pink.

General Conference Weekend

Kaitlyn and Ethan both love the horses and are not at all afraid to jump right up on them.

Grandpa and Kelly's horses were definatly a hit this weekend.

Thad's dad, Grandpa Crump, had the best idea to rent a horse areana for the afternoon and spend time with the horses. This was how we spent the time in between conferences on general conference weekend. And wouldn't you know it, my first and biggest child (Thad) was the hardest one to get off the horse. ;) We all had a blast.

PINK, PINK, PINK

So after much debate we finally decided to let Kaitlyn move downstairs and have her own bedroom for when the new little one arrives. She is beyond thrilled. Especially since I let her pick out the paint color and the title says it all. She loves pink and I.m going to get used to it. I really do think that it will look really cute, but right now that room seems to be glowing. My mom and Gwen keep reassuring me that once I get all of the trim up and her white furniture put in that it won't seem so pink. All I really care about is how happy she is. I keep asking her what she thinks and her words of praise vary from WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, and LOVELY. I love making my kids happy and this seems to have done it for Kaitlyn. She is even volunteering to take care of Ethn and do more chores just so that I can go and paint her new room. We sre are having fun and I promise there will be pictures.

A Fun and Crazy Year so Far

Hello my fellow bloggers, it has been quite awhile and so here is a peak at our fun and crazy lives over the last few months.
I loved how this picture turned out. Isn't she so pretty.

Handsome little devil!

This was just this past Sunday and they just looked so cute I had to get some pics.

I love it when these two are getting along and Kaitlyn is such a big help with her little brother. Soon to be two brothers.

I JUST LOVE THESE KIDS!!!

This was one of my very favorite Valentines Days becasue it fell on a Saturday and Thad had work off, so we spent a whole day playing with our kids. That doesn't happen very often for us and it was a blast. The weather was even great for sledding which both of my kids loved. Our only problem was sharing the sled!

Thanks to Gwen Kaitlyn had a way cute hair do for Valentines Day!

Right after Christmas Thad and I decided it was time to give the downstairs shower a major over haul. This was to be our first BIG home improvement project and after taking a tile class (a year ago) we were ready to take the challenge on. Here are the pics start to finish.

Way happy mom and kids becasuse the shower is finally finished. YEA!!

Dad was way happy to!! After a month of being without a shower we were so happy to have this project completed and we love how it turned out. It was definatly a challenge but worth every minute.

Boy or Girl????

Well Thad, Kaitlyn and I went to the ultrasound today and we had definate confirmation of what gender this baby is. As soon as the picture popped up it was very clear "He" wasn't shy at all. Yes we are adding another little boy to our family. Yea!!! Now the hard part of picking a name begins, wish us luck. :)

The other great news that I got was that the due date has moved up a week to June 1st and I'm actually 20 weeks along. Now the prepardness freak that I am has one week less with which to work with. But being pregnant for fewer weeks (I hope) far outweighs that downside. :)

Getting Ahead

Because I'm such a bad blogger I'm currently trying to be ahead of the game, hence the Valentine's background. So maybe for a little while I won't be so behind. Enjoy!

Big News

So I know it has been a while since I have been on here and that I'm a pretty bad blogger. But I thought that today was an appropriate day to blog even if I don't have my pictures with me. For those of you who don't know, Thad and I are expecting baby #3 the beginning of June. Tomarrow is the big day when we get to find out what we are having (at least I hope we can see). So I thought I would put this out there and hear all of your predictions before I officially announce what gender this baby is.



We decided to let Kaitlyn go with us to the ultrasound. She is "ultra" excited. ;) So I hope she likes it as much as she is expcting to.



All of the boys in my family including Thad have predicted a boy, Mom predicted a girl, Kaitlyn wants a girl and I'm not telling my prediction, we will just have to wait and see if that mothers intution holds true. So good luck guessing!