The Walls

Crazy

2011-11-26T16:17:00.000-08:00

Where do I begin? I'm WAY behind on my blogging! Our last 4 months have been crazy! Back in August we sent my little brother off on his mission to Sacramento, California. The kid drove me nuts but I sure miss him! Adam also started his new job in August that he absolutely loves. I am continuing to love and embrace my ever day life as a mom. Kingston sure keeps me on my toes-I don't know where in that little body of his he stores ALL that energy?! He's my little energizer battery that keeps going and going and going...and going. I have become more and more depressed of how big Kingston is getting. I know he's supposed to grow and be healthy but I wish I could keep him a little baby forever. He is so big now and I can't believe that in one month I'm going to have a 2 year old! I can't believe how fast time flies. Kingston is so stinking smart and everyday surprises me with new words that he has picked up on. I overheard him this last week counting to 3 all by himself! He has recently become obsessed with Elmo and all the Sesame Street charters. I guess if he's going to be hooked on something I'm glad that it's something educational. Adam and I celebrated our 3 year anniversary and my birthday last month on a cruise in Mexico. That's definitely the way to celebrate! Now that we've had time to get back to reality we are super excited that Christmas is just around the corner! I hope everyone had as great of a Thanksgiving as we did and here are some pictures of our last few months. (They are totally in random order) Enjoy!

Helped decorate Grandma's tree

Found my stocking in a box and

Kingston thought it was just a big sock

Favorite thing ever-reading books!

Note to self: Gatorade stains!

Thought we should give him a corn dog with his ketchup

LOVES his blankies!!

The Wall boys at their Eagle Court of Honor

Kingston and Max

Kingston and James

The Whiting Family at Thanksgiving

At the Wall Thanksgiving dinner

Ty & baby Jonah, Kingston & daddy,

Spencer & Grayson

Kinston enjoying himself some

pumpkin pie

Adam wasn't to thrilled about cleaning up

Thanksgiving dinner

Kingston's souvenir he got from

Disneyland

Happy 3 year Anniversary to us!

Happy Birthday to me!

(We won't mention how old I am)

Cutest puppy dog ever!

Happy Halloween!

1 1/2

2011-07-06T14:17:00.001-07:00

Dear Kingston,

I still can't believe that you are now 1 1/2 years old! You have grown into such a beautiful little boy and are FULL of personality! You look and act like your daddy in every way possible. I'm pretty sure the only Whiting genes that got passed down to you are your blue eyes and long eyelashes-other than that you 100% Wall!! You are everything and more that we could have ever asked for.

I don't think I have ever seen a little boy that is more full of energy. One of your favorite things to do is get into every closet, cupboard, and drawer you can find and clean it out for mommy. You don't realize that the mess ends up all over the house but at least the inside is cleaned out! You're favorite toy is any type of ball that you can get your little hands on. Your beach ball, golf balls, your BYU football, but your all-time favorite are your basketballs. I have a feeling you are going to be a very talented basketball player when you grow up! You also have a very good arm which makes me think you are going to be a great baseball player, too! You love to throw whatever you can find. One of your favorite games to play when you go to either of your grandparents houses is throwing random objects down the stairs. You are very intrigued by watching everything bounce down the stairs and always giggle when it gets to the bottom. You love cars and you love to play in your fire truck.

One of your favorite things to do at home with mommy is read. You love your books and one time through is NEVER good enough! We will read the same book over and over and over until you're ready to move onto the next one. I love that you will sit on my lap and read with me-you are so involved with your books and pick up on everything so quickly. You love to sing songs and you have evolved into quite the entertaining little dancer! I love that you will drop whatever it is you are doing and immediately start dancing when you hear music. You love to dance to Elmo and Sean Kingston-silly boy!

You are now beginning to recognize everyone in your family. You love to look at pictures of your cousins, aunts, uncles, and grandparents. I know that you don't realize it now but you have been born into two of the best families in the world! You absolutely LOVE your daddy in every way possible! You are always trying to mimic him and do whatever he does or say whatever he says. You run to the door when you hear him come home and every time we get into the car to go somewhere you start to cry "daddy, daddy" because you want me to take you to see daddy at work. You are so happy whenever you're around him and you have so much of your daddy's personality. Although you love both of your parents, your best friend in the entire world is your Sophie girl, or as you call her, "Sissy." You cry to go home to her and I don't think anyone can make you laugh as hard as she can. You love to play bubbles with her and you think it is hilarious when she runs. She loves to lick you (which grosses me out) but I know that she loves you and is just giving you big kisses. I love that you two are best friends!

We love you, Kingston and are so grateful that Heavenly Father sent you to our family. We love watching you learn and grow every day and we can't wait for the rest of our lives together with you! We love you little man!!

Love Mommy and Daddy

Busy

2011-03-29T13:19:00.000-07:00

Wow I can't believe how fast time flies! I definitely have been slacking on my blogging-mostly because my now toddler keeps me on my feet 24/7. Kingston took his first steps back in December the day after he had surgery. He would take a few steps here and there but only a few days after his first birthday, he decided that he was done with the whole crawling thing and started walking all over the house. Ever since then I haven't been able to keep up with the little kid! He is ALL over the place. It's amazing how fast my house can get destroyed. I get done straightening up one room and another room is turned into a disaster. I love my little destroyer! He is the busiest little person I have ever seen. He just got done going through the stage where he was VERY intrigued by the toilet and whatever he could get into his little hands ended up in the toilet. I have pulled countless items out of the toilet, golf balls, his toy basketballs, tennis balls, refrigerator magnets, pieces of dog food (those just got flushed), our internet web stick (it's a small miracle that it still works), numerous little toys and my favorite, Adams deodorant. I guess he learned his lesson not to leave anything in Kingston's reach. I have to be honest and say that as cute as he is and as hard as I would laugh when I would lift the toilet lid and find some kind of surprise hiding inside, I am very glad that his curiosity with the toilet has subsided. Kingston's vocabulary is increasing all the time. Although his words don't come out perfectly pronounced, he is definitely trying! Here's a list of all the words that he now says: (Try to figure out whats missing...)

Dad
Dog
Cat
Meow
Cuck (Yucky/Cucky)
Crack (Cracker)
Car (His favorite one to say)
Yes
Sis (maybe he's trying to tell us he has a little sister up there somewhere....?)
Jessie (Adams family dog)
Jesus
Becca (Adams little sister)
Eyes, I
Hi

And lots and lots of baby talk. So whats missing off that list? MOM!!!!!! It's alright, I'm just the caretaker-I'm not important at all!! Whatever Kingston! Not to worry, he'll get it someday. He is very very smart at finding his little body parts. He know exactly where to find his head/hair, his ears, his nose, his mouth, his belly button, his knees, his toes, and of course daddy taught him where to find some other important body parts. Thats what daddy's are for! He is doing great at learning his baby sign language, and so am I! He also LOVES to make animal sounds. His favorite is to roar like a lion. I can't wait to take him to the Zoo this summer! As for the rest of us, we're all keeping very busy. I stay busy trying to keep up with my little peanut every day, some days I do better than others. As for my husband, he has kept himself busy growing a mustache for Mustache March. Have I mentioned that I HATE Mustache March?! I've never been a big fan of facial hair but some things I just can't control. Thank goodness March is now over with and I can see my husbands handsome face again!

Oh Mustache Man

The next Jimmer

My Curious George got into Grandmas facial cleanser.

I'm sure it won't be the last time.

I had to throw in a picture of the handle-bar.

And yes, he went to dinner at Tepanyaki like this. Oh Sanchez.

The golf ball had no chance-it drowned.

Celebrated Adams birthday on February 20th-Jamaican style

Am I a bad mom? I let him play with and even try a piece

of dog food. His response? "Cuck!"

My little pizza lover

Christmas Fun and the King turns 1!

2011-01-19T21:13:00.000-08:00

WOW!!! What a party that last month has been!! I got my first taste of what it is going to be like for the rest of our lives to celebrate Christmas, New Years and Kingstons birthday all within ten days. Can I just say for the record that it just took me and 1 1/2 hours to upload all these pictures? Because I have a ton! Christmas this year was such a different experience with having a baby! Santa definitely came to our house this year! And he brought with him a fire truck for Kingston. (That would later become the theme for Kingstons b-day bash) He was so dang cute Christmas morning. He had NO idea what in the world was going on in our house, but he liked it! When we walked around the corner the first thing he saw was his fire truck and he literally took off running towards it. He LOVES that thing! Thank you Santa! The day after Christmas the Wall fam took of to spend New Years down in what we thought was going to be "warm" Arizona. We apparently took the rain and cold with us. Adam has relatives that live down there and we had a blast with them! My camera died while we were down there so I only have like 3 pictures of the whole trip. We came home just in time to celebrate a certain someones first birthday. Because he got a little spoiled from Santa, we didn't do anything too big for his b-day. I made my little guy a quilt (he LOVES his blankies) and gave him a few books to go along with it. Adams family was unfortunately still stuck in Arizona due to some car problems, but my family came up that night and boy did they bring the party with them! We found out that Kingston LOOOOVES birthday cake! (As you will see in the pictures) We booked a birthday party for him at Flips Gym and it was so much fun to have all the cousins kids come and play! Thanks to everyone for coming out to support our little man and I feel like I have just barely recovered from all the partying that last few weeks. I am pretty sure I ate one too many cupcakes! (Sorry-these pictures are all out of order)

This pic got deleted from the bottom of the page but this is K clapping for himself while everyone was singing "Happy Birthday" to him at his big party

The adorable Lego Table my dad built for the boys for Christmas

Christmas Morning

Love this pic of my two boys!

We gave K some strawberry smoothie on Christmas morning and he kept looking up at Adam like, "What is that MAGIC you are feeding me?!"

Opening presents on his birthday morning

Snuggling with his new blankie

He was really intrigued by the fire on his cake

The King

Grandma & Grandpa

Papa with the boys on his 50th Birthday

K had so much fun with Brig on his John Deer (one of the only sunny days in Arizona)

The party table

Kingston & Grandma

The only picture I could get of Max

Grayson, James & Kingston: a rare picture of the 3 of them together

I LOVE the serious face on Gray!

Surgery

2010-12-18T20:33:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I faced one of my biggest fears ever: sending my baby into surgery. If you are all wondering why in the world Kingston had to have surgery here's the story. Sorry if this makes any of you blush but in order to make this understandable I have to be very blunt. Kingston was born with something called a hydrocele. When the baby is in the womb, their little testicles are actually up inside their stomachs and eventually drop down. When Kingstons dropped down the hole that they dropped down through never closed back up. So fluid has been draining down through that hole ever since he was born. We knew about this problem before he was even born and he has been seeing the most amazing Urologist up at Primary Childrens Hospital. The majority of boys that are born with hydroceles usually close up on their own by the time they turn 1. So we waited to see if Kingstons would close up and it never did and surgery is the only way to repair it. For the most part its a very simple procedure-they just go in, drain the fluid and stitch up the hole that never closed. Well, the simple procedure turned into a more complicated procedure for Kingston. The Dr. came in after to talk to Adam and I and told us that Kingston put up a good fight-meaning he gave the Dr. a run for his money. His left hydrocele was what they call non-communicating meaning that the fluid had no communication with the abdominal cavity. So the fluid that was in his left testicle was acting like a dumbbell-just going back and forth in the same area. Because of that the tissue on his left side was so inflamed that he wasnt able to see the sperm cord or the blood vessels making it much more challenging for the Dr. He told us that in 1,000 hydrocele repairs that he has done Kingstons was in the top 5 most difficult and challenging. This experience has made me so much more grateful for wonderful, educated Dr's and amazing staff at Primary Childrens and for the technology that we have today. I knew that I was putting my child in Heavenly Fathers hands and the hands of our Dr and how thankful I am for the knowledge of the gospel and knowing that Heavenly Father was with my baby the whole time. He is now doing fantastic and has not let this surgery slow him down one bit. He is such a little fighter! All I have to say is that I am so glad that this emotional roller coaster has now come to an end because I am one exhausted mommy!!

Dressed and ready for surgery

Having fun playing in the waiting room

Tired & hungry

My little sleeping beauty

We're Baaaaaaaack!!!!!!

2010-11-07T15:25:00.001-08:00

After almost 2 months of having no internet, here we are! Where do I start? Kingston is now 10 months old and I still can't believe that in 2 more months we will be throwing our first child his first birthday party. It's crazy how times flies! Here are his 9 month stats:

Height: 29" 80%
Weight: 18 lb 9 oz 20%
Head Circ. 44 20%

He is still my tall, skinny little man with a small head. Love him! He is so curious about everything and is pretty much like his daddy in every way possible. He is so active and doesn't even want to slow down to eat. Some of Kingstons favorite things right now are:

Tubby time
Getting into the pantry and playing with the ramen noodles
Still loves his baby Einstein
Loves to be naked (hey, who doesn't?!)
LOVES to play catch and throw with any type of ball he can get his hands on
Loves to chase the golf balls around the house with Sophie
LOVES to read books with mommy
Loves any type of table food that mommy and daddy are eating
Loves to play with his cousins

I love everything about my little man and I think I speak for both Adam and I when I say that being a parent is the best job in the world! On top of loving my beautiful family, I love fall time, too!! Not only do I love watching all the leaves change colors and the weather cooling down, October has always been such an exciting month for my family. We now celebrate 3 birthdays-Max, Morgan, and then mine-and Adam and I get to celebrate our anniversary. And who can forget Halloween?! This October we had the opportunity to venture down to Lake Powell with John and Morgan and a bunch of guys in Johns office at Pinnacle. We had such an amazing time and can't thank John and Morgan enough for an amazing and wonderful vacation! Morgan and I have so many wonderful memories of going down to Lake Powell every year growing up and it was so much fun to be able to finally go back with my sister and my two favorite men in the whole world! Sorry about the picture overload-a lot has happened in the last 2 months!

The best part of Kingstons day-tubby time!

Helping daddy drive the houseboat at Lake Powell

Like father, like son

These Laffy Taffys kept him entertained for hours

Watching Sunday Night Football at the Marina

Kingston loved Lake Powell

Cheering on Uncle Casey at the Davis game with Papa

Kingston and James at Gardner Village

This is where I find Kingston-in the bathroom unraveling all the toilet paper-naked

Socks work great for mittens, right?

Sorry-I couldn't get this picture to turn upright

Birthday dinner at my parents

Have you ever seen a cuter bumble bee?!

My birthday dinner at Olive Garden

Happy 2 year Anniversary!

The Time Has Come

2010-09-14T21:57:00.000-07:00

Actually, the time came about 3 weeks ago (I'm just really late at blogging) when Kingston woke up from his nap like this:

WHOA!! To say his mohawk was a little out of control is an understatement.

So after a little of this,

We now have this!

Kingstons FIRST BUZZ CUT!!!! What a stud!!!!

1/2 Year Old

2010-07-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

I LOOOOVE Summer!! And I feel like I can actually enjoy it now that I'm not stuck inside working full time and having Kingston here to spend all my days with is just like icing on the cake. Kingston is now 6 months old and is ALL over the place! He is so busy and I love watching him discover new things. He's thrilled that he has hands and feet-thank goodness for those body parts! He currently just cut 2 bottom teeth and thank heavens that is over-for now anyways. He is so happy and is an incredible sleeper! His favorite things are rolling over, reading time with mommy, eating, being naked, baby einstein, his stinky binki, Sophie, Pete the Penguin, and his most favorite thing in the world is his daddy. That kid lights up when he sees his dad and he thinks that Adam in the funniest thing he's ever seen. I've never seen a baby just instantly laugh at someone when they walk into the room. I'm not the only one who looks forward to daddy coming home every night!

Our little family

Loving the boat at Bear Lake

Play time in his crib

On the beach at Pineview

He's a natural born driver

My little guy loves the water!

4th of July swim

At Primary Childrens Hospital

LOVE HIM!!!

Happy Fathers Day babe!!

Kingston & James taking a naked swim

Heat

2010-06-06T21:01:00.000-07:00

YEA!!! It finally feels like summer! No one is more excited about the heat than I am (it's been a long winter) but we are dealing with a...different kind of heat at the Wall home. Poor Sophie!! Poor Sophie? Wait-poor ME!!!! I'm the one that has to clean up after her and not only do I have to remove and replace her "diaper" (a.k.a. Victoria Secret panties + a maxi pad) every time she has to go to the bathroom, I have to sit outside with her since our yard isn't fenced in and in the words of my husband, "we don't need her doing the humpty dumpty just yet!!" My puppy is way to little to be having puppies of her own. This may be a rough couple of weeks. Wish me luck.

3 Months and Growing

2010-04-14T22:10:00.000-07:00

I figured I better give an update on my little man who's not-so-little anymore! I can't believe how fast he is growing. When we took him to the dr last he weighed 12.5 lbs and was 24" long. He now sleeps through the night-HALLELUJAH!!!!!! I feel like a new woman! I haven't slept for 8 hours straight since January 4th! How I have missed my friend sleep! Other than a little minor problem with a hydrocele, Kingston is doing fantastic! He is the most amazing baby and I count my blessings every day that I have a husband who works hard so that I can stay home. I can't imagine not spending my days with him! We went on our first family vacataion down to St George in March with our friends. We were overdue for a get-a-way! We had so much fun and thanks to all of our friends that made our weekend a blast! Kingston was blessed at the end of March and Adam (as always) did an incredible job! It was such a perfect day and thanks to all of our family and friends that came to support us!! As for the rest of the Wall fam, we're doing great! Adam is working away and looking forward to getting up to the lake and back on his wake board. He has this crazy idea that my 3 month old baby is going to get up on a wake board this summer. Yes, my husband is a nut sometimes. I'm a little leery about even putting him on a boat this young! No way is he getting on a wake board! We'll give that a few more years. Sophie is getting so big-it's hard to remember her as a little puppy even though it was only a few months ago that we brought her home and I could still pick her up and carry her. Now she could probably carry me! As for me, I'm more excited than ever about the warm weather and the fact that summer is on it's way! I can't wait to spend my summer with my beautiful family on the lake and in the pool. This is a little off the subject but for those of you who haven't already heard, my sister and her husband just adopted a new baby boy! Well, I shouldn't say new, he's almost 3 months old and is only 3 weeks younger than Kingston. He was 6 weeks early andwas only 4 lbs when he was born. He makes my little baby look like a giant! Baby James is absolutely adorable and I can't believe how lucky Kingston is to have 2 cousins so close in age to him. Grayson is 2 weeks older and James is 3 weeks younger-we have a ton to look forward to with his adorable cousins! Max is doing great and is talking now more than ever. He has come such a long way in the last year. That little 3 year old never ceases to amaze me! Hope you've enjoyed these pictures of what we've been up to the last couple of months (sorry-they're pretty random!)

Newborn Pics

2010-02-27T23:11:00.000-08:00

I think that every mother has the right to be biased in thinking that their children are the cutest kids in the world. Well, I am now a part of that club because I think I have the most BEAUTIFUL baby on the face of the earth!! Here are some of Kingstons newborn pictures that were taken by my best friend, Michelle. I can't thank her enough for driving from Eagle Mtn all the way up to Ogden to come take these gorgeous pictures of my baby!!!

Baby Kingston

2010-01-19T13:13:00.000-08:00

He's finally here!! Kingston Tivis Wall made his debut on January 5, 2010 weighing 7 lbs 14 oz and measuring 22 inches long. (Yes, he got his dad's tall body) No wonder I had feet clear up in my rib cage-poor kid was crammed inside my belly. I would like to thank Davis Hospital for inducing my labor and putting me out of my misery. We went to the Dr on my due day (Jan 4th) and I was still dilated to a 1 and only 70% effaced. I had been that was the whole month of December so my Dr gave me the option to be induced and you better believe I wasn't waiting any longer to get him out of me! We got to the hospital the next morning and the Dr came in and broke my water at 8:15 am. I had my epidural at noon and the rest of the day was kind of a blur. I was so relaxed from the epidural that I slept on and off most the day. By 6:45 pm I was dilated to a 10 and 100% effaced. Dr. Spencer got to the hospital right at 7:00 pm. I started pushing at 7:09 and by 7:15 he was here! Being in labor for 11 hours, pushing for 6 minutes through only 3 contractions...I think I could have lots more babies if it's always that easy! Kingston is now 2 weeks old and is growing like a weed. He now weighs 8 lbs 3 oz and is in the 93% for his height. He is all I could have ever asked for! I have to thank my husband for never leaving me side during the labor/deli every/recovery and for being such a support at home. I couldn't do this without him!!! I'm so thankful for eternal families and that I am sealed to both these two amazing boys. I'm grateful that Heavenly Father has entrusted Adam and I with this little angel. I love being a mom-it's the best job in the world! Thanks to everyone else for all your love and support!!!!!

So Close......

2009-12-29T14:56:00.000-08:00

39 Weeks

Almost there....

2009-12-15T20:51:00.000-08:00

37 1/2 Weeks

Too Much

2009-11-27T19:37:00.000-08:00

I don't think we were the only ones that ate too much turkey this year....

Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was as great as ours!!

Update

2009-11-18T10:51:00.000-08:00

So a lot has happened since my last post. What a crazy month we have had! Adam and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary, my birthday, halloween and moved into our new house all within 1 week. I thought there could be a slight chance that week would send me into labor! But no worries-baby is still cookin and kickin!! We don't have the internet set up yet so here I sit on my lunch break on my work computer with the no way to post any pictures-sorry about that! I will post pictures of our new house as soon as I am able to. We brought our sweet little puppy, Sophie, home and we absolutely love her! She is already potty trained (except for the few minor mishaps when she has gotten REALLY excited and has lost control of her insides) and Adam already has her trained on how to sit and lay down. I can't believe how smart she is for still being so little. We can both already tell what a great family dog she is going to be. My pregnancy is going great-33 weeks and only 7 more to go! I've definitely hit the "uncomfortable" stage and I think my body is just about ready to be done! I can't believe that in 1 1/2 months we will have our sweet litle boy here-finally! I envy the women who say that their pregnancies go by fast cause I don't feel that way at all! I feel like I have been pregnant FOREVER!!! I'm just happy that I'm nearing the end. Again, sorry I have no pictures so to show but I'll get them posted as soon as I can. Happy Thanksgiving!!!!!

Introducing....

2009-10-18T22:27:00.000-07:00

The newest member to the Wall Family! We're still debating on a name for this sweet little girl but we'll have one for her by the time she's ready to come home with us. She's absolutely adorable and already LOVES her new daddy! Everyone thinks I'm completely out of my mind for having a puppy right at the same time as having a new born baby but come on people-how can you resist this innocent little face?! And I can't even explain how much I have missed having a dog around. She's the sweetest thing ever and we can't wait to take her home soon!

If anyone is interested in any of these puppies, let me know! We've got 9 of them to spare!!!

Happy Birthday To You!

2009-10-12T21:19:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my FAVORITE (and only) nephew and sister!!! Max turned 3 today and Morgan will be 25 tomorrow. I love you guys!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!

Max was really busy stuffing his mouth with birthday cake-he didn't have time for pictures.

Baby Shower!!

2009-10-04T21:27:00.000-07:00

This weekend my sister and my mom threw me the most ADORABLE shower I've ever seen!! It was the cutest carnival shower with darling decorations, great food, more sugar than a candy store, and amazing guests! Thanks so much to everyone that came to support me and Adam and our little Baby Kingston and especially to my sweet mom and sister for all their hard work. I love you guys!! Thanks for an unforgettable shower!!!!
Warning: Picture Overload! I had to take pictures of EVERYTHING because it was sooooo stinkin cute!!!

Baby's first book! Thanks grandma Julie!!!

Michelle is so creative and an incredible sewer! Thanks for EVERYTHING!!!

My hand-crocheted burp cloth and blanket-Thanks Haylee!!!

Kingstons personalized robe-Thanks cousin Max!!!

The 3 pregnant cousins: Shelby, 35 Weeks Me, 27 Weeks Haylee, 11 weeks

The amazing Hosts: Thanks again Mom and Morgan!!!

Lucky Girl

2009-09-24T15:19:00.000-07:00

I know that most people hate the mushy-gushy blog posts so I'll try my best not to make anyone sick. I just want to let everyone know how much I love my husband and how incredible he is to me. He is such a hard worker and puts in so many long hours at his job. I know how much he absolutely hates school (hey who doesn't?) and I'm so proud of him for taking classes regardless. I've been home sick this week and the poor guy, I woke him up at the crack of dawn before I left for work the other morning and asked him for a priesthood blessing. Without grunting of groaning he rolled right out of bed and gave me an amazing blessing. He then went and worked a full 10 hour day, stopped at the store on his way home to get me juice and peaches (pregnancy craving) came home, fixed me dinner and took care of me all night long. Not one complaint came out of his mouth. I can't even imagine how tired and worn out he must have been but it just goes to show what a selfless person I married. I'm so grateful for his determination, his hard work and most of all the worthy priesthood holder that he is. I already know what an amazing husband he is to me and I can't wait to see what in incredible dad he is going to be to out little Kingston. I love you hunny!!! Thanks for all you do for me and our family!!!

21 Weeks

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Lookin beat and tired at 10:00 at night. Sorry-its not glamour shot people.

It's a........

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BOY!!!!!

For those of you who haven't already heard, Adam and I found out last week that we are expecting a baby boy and we couldn't be more excited for baby Kingston! (Or "Baby Chicken" as Jake likes to call him) Between little Max and baby Grayson, he'll have plenty of boy cousins to play around with. We've been so blessed by this pregnancy and we can't wait for the next 20 weeks until he gets here!

17 Weeks

2009-07-28T18:19:00.000-07:00

Like Mom or Like Dad?

2009-07-23T14:17:00.000-07:00

So Adam and I went to the Dr last Tuesday to find out what we are having and needless to say, our little bundle of joy decided that it wanted to make us wait it out one more month. It would not, and I mean NOT roll over and when it finally did, it had it's knees locked completely together. Thanks a lot baby! As we were driving home, Adam and I were trying to figure out if the baby was being stubborn like me, or was being a big tease like it's dad and got a good laugh at giving us a hard time? One way or the other, I think we're in trouble! Stay posted till next month!!

Wake Up San Francisco!

2009-07-13T22:08:00.000-07:00

(Yes, I know that you all remember that famous show) This weekend Adam and I had the chance to go to San Francisco for his mission president's homecoming. He actually lives in Oakland but we stayed in San Fransisco with Adam's cousin and her husband so we were lucky enough to see both sides of the bay area. Saturday we toured around the city and the highlight of my tour was going to the Full House house!! It looks a little different (no red door) and it's so much smaller than what they make it look like on TV!! We walked around Pier 39 and of course we had to make a stop at Ghiradelli's Chocolate. We then went to dinner at President and Sister Gingery's house where I was finally able to meet them. It was so much fun being able to meet other missionaries that Adam served with. I honestly felt like I was at EFY the whole weekend. The spirit was so strong being around all the missionaries and my testimony of missionary work is stronger than it has ever been. I wish every weekend could be like that! The rest of the weekend was filled with lots of crazy mission stories (you can only imagine the things that go on in Jamaica), never-ending fun activities, homecomings, firesides, and lots and lots of food. The only thing missing was sleep. Needless to say, I slept like a rock last night. Thanks Kristen and Aaron for letting us stay with you and being such wonderful hosts! We miss you already!!

The Full House house

My little belly is starting to pop out

Oakland Temple

View of Oakland City

All the missionaries after the homecoming

President and Sister Gingery

Mmmmmm.....

What's the first thing you think of when you think of San Francisco?

Full House and trolleys!!

Baby's First Pictures

2009-06-28T21:32:00.000-07:00

Sorry I am sooooo late posting but here is our first official ultrasound picture!! If you look closely at the top picture, you can see a little foot print and little tiny toes. It's kind of hard to see in the second picture, but the baby has it's arm sitting on top of it's stomach with it's little hand in a fist. I think our Dr. got a really good facial profile. I don't like to brag but I think our baby is pretty stinkin cute already! I'm now 13 weeks and heading into my second trimester. Hopefully these next few months brings less nausea and less trips to the bathroom! We have our next Dr's appt on July 14th and we'll found out for sure what we're having then. We'll let ya'll know as soon as we find out!

May Madness

2009-06-03T20:45:00.000-07:00

Where do I begin?! This last month has been completely chaotic around the Wall house. I know these pictures seem really random so I'll give the shortened version on what we've been up to lately. First, Adam and I decided we could use a weekend of fun in the sun so we packed up and drove down to good old St. George. It was so nice to spend time with just the two of us. Adam has been really busy the past couple of months working long hours while they have been getting the store up and running. I honestly felt like I lost my husband there for a while but it's all been worth the sacrifice. I didn't take hardly any pictures cause really all we did down there was lay out at the pool. We took our temple clothes with the intention of doing a session while we were down there. We were unloading the car when we got to our hotel and Adam realized he forgot to pack his church shoes. Oops!! We didn't really think it would be appropriate to trot into the temple with his flip flops so instead we just walked around the temple grounds and took the only pictures of the weekend.
We also celebrated me moms birthday on May 21st. I can honestly say this (and yes, I'm totally bragging) I think that I have the BEST mom in the world. She's the most amazing woman I've ever known. She's beautiful inside and out and if any of you know my mom, you know why it's not hard completely adoring her. Love you Mom!! You're the BEST!!!
This past weekend was total madness. Saturday morning Rachael, Nicole and I had the chance to go to Emily's shower. I know you're probably wondering which one is the 6 month pregnant girl and she's the one in the purple dress sitting behind me. She's so tiny you wouldn't even look at her and think that she's having a baby in August. It was so much fun to see her again. Emily and her husband were the friends that took us down to Mexico last August when Adam proposed to me. I'm so glad they were there for it! We miss you Emily and Tanner!! Come back SOON!!!!
After the shower we packed up the boat and headed up to the lake for the rest of the afternoon. We took Adam's brothers and my cousin, Kyle, who left for the MTC today. It felt sooooo good to be back out on the lake again. I've missed the sunshine! I forgot how much I miss watching my husband wakeboard. I also forgot that being pregnant you're bound to get a little bit of motion sickness from the boat. Yuck!! Needless to say, I was done for by the time we got home. Sunday was my cousins farewell so you can imagine the family festivities that went on that day.
My family has started getting together once a week so that the men can get together and duke it out on the volleyball court. All of my girl cousins and aunts hang out while we watch our "tough" husbands. (Well, we like to let them think that, anyways) The random picture is of my 3 cousins, Shelby, Cortnie and Haylee while we were being the best cheerleaders EVER!!
I guess that "shortened" version wasn't as short as I thought it was going to be but hopefully now I'm mostly caught up. To update on the pregnancy: so far, so good. I've been feeling a little bit better, but I still have my moments during the day. Tonight I went to the grocery store and cooked dinner AND dessert for Adam for the first time in 3 WEEKS!!! I know most of you are probably rolling your eyes but I'm extremely excited that I felt good enough to get to the store, cook diner and clean it up afterwards. I have felt like kind of a bum lately when all I do is come home from work and pass out on the bed. Good thing my husband is patient with me! I'm more tired than anything but I would much rather be tired than dry heaving my guts out. We go back to the Dr. in a week and 1/2 so I'll update more after our visit and hopefully will have our first baby pictures to post.

Surprise Surprise!

2009-05-18T20:20:00.000-07:00

So some you might have already heard but Adam and I are officially expecting the newest addition to our family on January 4th, 2010. That's right everyone, I'm pregnant!! (Not to mention a little sick, too) We couldn't be more excited and to top it all off, Adam's brother Spencer and his wife Jenny are pregnant, too. And get this, she's due January 1st!! Whoo Whoo twin babies in the Wall family! Our little baby is going to be so blessed with TWO amazing cousins, cousin Wall and cousin Max! Adam and I have both been blessed with such great cousins and thanks to our grandparents for keeping our families so close. Two of my cousins are also pregnant and both due this year so we're just keeping that Whiting family growin as fast as we can!! Growing up, I loved having sleepovers with my cousins and going on family vacations. I couldn't be more happy that our baby will be able to grow up with the closeness and love that cousins bring.

Adam and I had our first dr's appt today, and even though I'm only 7 weeks and our baby is only the size of a blueberry, they did a sonogram and we got to see little baby wall's tiny heart just beatin away. When we go back next month, it'll actually be looking more like a baby so I'll post more pictures when it doesn't look like such a little tadpole. I couldn't be more excited to be a mom, despite the constant nausea and lack of appetite. Everyone keeps telling me the worst is yet to come so I would highly appreciate everyones prayers!! I have always loved these Willow Trees and wanted to collect them so Adam bought me this one for my first "kind-of "Mothers Day. What a perfect one to start off my collection! Thanks babe!!! And thanks to our families who have been such a great strength and support to us. We Love You!!

Easter Weekend

2009-04-21T21:00:00.000-07:00

I know I've been a little slow with posting our Easter pictures but Tadah!! Here they are! We had so much fun this past Easter weekend. Mainly because we got to share it with two families instead of one. I wish everyone could have seen my sweet little Max. Max has recently started liking going to Dr. Simonsens office. Probably because the office is decorated for little kids and has toys all over the place. My mom came up with the great idea to have out own little easter egg hunt for Max at Dr. Simonsen's. He LOVED it!! I think the best part was hearing him say the word "egg" everytime he would see one. He even figured out how to put the eggs in his basket and he would get so proud of himself everytime he would find an egg and put in inside his basket. For those of you who don't know, our little Max was diagnosed with Autism last year. He has come such a long way and he is learning so many words. He has the cutest voice and I love hearing him talk and say new words. He even almost was able to say my name yesterday. He was still missing a few syllables but we all knew what he meant!! Okay okay, back to Easter. The other highlight was watching all the Wall cousins on their big easter egg hunt they do every year. I don't think anyone made that egg hunt more entertaining than Jake-ie Wall!! That kid is such a crack up! He was all over the place. We had so much fun spending time with our families and of course, with each other. What could be better than spending the holidays with your best friend?! I hope everyone else had as much fun as we did on Easter and we're looking forward to many, many more holidays together!!

Max in his Easter Outfit

I hope my cousin Dolman was enjoying the show!!

Jake and Papa

Cabin Fever

2009-03-29T20:49:00.000-07:00

After being sick and stuck inside almost the ENTIRE month of March, I was dying to get out of the house and get some fresh air. We, along with Spencer and Jenny, got invited to go up to our friends Jeff & Tatjana's cabin for the night. I love little get-a-ways!! There's nothing like sitting around a fire with your friends with a belly full of won-ton salad & pizza, eating a whole bag of sour patch watermellons and playing Scum till the whee hours of the morning. Then to top it all off, the premier showing of Twilight! Thanks boys..I know it wasn't your cup of tea but thanks for sacrficing for your wives! Oh, and if your wondering about the goggles in all the pictures, the loser of every round of scum had to wear them. (I got out of it every time!) "Scum for life!!" Thanks for the fun weekend everyone and thanks Jeff & Tat for inviting us up! We can't wait for the summer and all the camping trips we'll be taking. Hurry soon Summer! We can't wait any longer!!

Time to Fiesta!!

2009-03-11T18:29:00.000-07:00

This month we had the chance to celebrate two big birthdays in the family. On March 3rd, we celebrated my dads 50th birthday. We figured that because he was turning 50, we should probably do something a little bit bigger for him this year. So we got together all the family members and invited a few close friends from the ward and threw him a surprise Fiesta! Thanks so much to everyone who came to support my dad and helped him celebrate his birthday. We love you dad! Thanks so much for all you do for us. We hope your birthday was unforgettable!!!

On March 4th we were able to celebrate my great grandma Calaway's 90th birthday! We met her down in provo for dinner later that weekend and it was so much fun to be there to help her celebrate her big day. I hope we're done with birthdays for the next little while cause I'm exhausted! Happy Birthday to everyone this month and to my best friend Michelle!! I love Birthdays!!!

Happy Birthday Adam!!

2009-02-22T21:37:00.000-08:00

I can't believe that it's taken me almost a month to make another post but it's a little difficult when you don't have your own computer. Well, Adam and I finally invested in one so hopefully I'll be able to post a lot more now. This past friday we celebrated Adam's birthday. He turned the big whoppin 23!! (He's finally caught up to me) The day started out with a little breakfast in bed. We then went and did a session at the Temple. What better place could you ask to be on your birthday? I took Adam to Rodizio Grill for dinner where there we a few more little surprises in store. My sister and her husband showed up and then Adam's brother and cousin also came. After dinner, I told Adam that we wouldn't be going home that night and I took him to a cute litte Bed-and-Breakfast in Salt Lake. If any of you need a get-a-way for the night with your husbands, Parrish Place in Salt Lake was incredible. It's an older house that was built in 1890 and I loved the old fashioned feel to it. We had the most relaxing night and it felt good to get out of the house for a night. This month has been so special to me because I was able to celebrate my first Valentines Day with my husband and then celebrate his birthday with him a week later. I want my husband to know how much I love and appreciate him and all he does for me. Why am I so in love with this guy? Here's my top ten reasons:

1. He is one of the most selfless people I have ever know. He always puts me first and is always so considerate of me and my feelings.

2. He loves the gospel. He testimony has strengthed me in more ways that I could ever explain.

3. I'm so grateful that he chose to serve a mission. His mission has blessed our marriage and my life in so many ways. Growing up I loved hearing stories from my dad about his mission and I'm thanful that our kids will be able to have that same blessing in their lives because of him.

4. He is so determined and driven with every decision that he makes. He's not one to give up and I admire that quality about him.

5. I love that he knows exaclty how to make me laugh. He has the funniest sense of humor and is a total jokester. He brings so much happiness in my life and I can't think of anyone I would rather come home to after having a hard day at work. He knows exactly what to do to bring a smile to my face.

6. HE'S CLEAN!! I love having a husband that know's how to pick up after himself. Everyday I come home from work and the bed is made and the house is straightened up. I know this probably won't last when he starts working long hours but for I now, I'll take all I can get!

7. One of Adam's main purposes in life is to serve others. He's always offering to help, no matter how crapy the job may be. He's so giving of his time and he loves serving. (I'm sure that's something his picked up on his mission!)

8. One thing that I really look up to with Adam is that he is NOT a complainer. I know, I know, this is something that I need to really work on. I'm sure he gets so sick of me coming home and complaining about everything that went wrong during my day. He's so positive about everything and I really admire that about him.

9. Although I do complain quite a bit, nothing comforts me more than knowing that I have someone to come home and complain to!! He's such a good listener and he's always coming up with ways that I can better my life and make it more positive.

10. I love the way that he loves me. He treats me like a total princess. He's so much more that I ever could have asked for and that I will ever deserve. He brings so much happiness into my life every day. I don't know what I would do without him.

I love you hunny!! Thanks so much for all you do for me. You truly have been an answer to my prayers. I love you! Happy Birthday!!

Bud Light or Miller Light?

2009-02-01T17:55:00.000-08:00

So I have to let everyone know about my grocery shopping experience I had the other night. Adam and I needed to go to Wal Mart cause we were running a little low on food at our house. My brother-in-law Tyler and cousin Zach decided to come with us. I figured they would get bored of grocery shopping and wander off into the electronic section while I was shopping. Wrong was I! They followed me up and down and every single isle. Apparently they did get a little bored because everytime I would walk away from my shopping cart or turn my back on it, I would turn back around and find a different kind of 12-pack of beer in my cart. Bud Light, Miller Light, Bud Weiser, whatever you could think of, it ended up in my cart! One time there was a can of Folgers Coffee and my favorite was the big red plastic pipe that was sticking straight out of my cart! Needless to say, I think I'll be doing my grocery shopping by myself from now on!!

Our Wedding Day

2009-01-20T11:49:00.000-08:00

Adam & I were Married on October 28, 2008 in the Salt Lake Temple. I can honestly say it was the best day of my life. I do have to thank my cute Aunt Cindy and my sweet cousins Jaren & Cortnie. It all happened because of them! Thanks guys for giving me my husband! I have the most incredible and amazing husband ever! I have been so blessed to have him in my life. I love being a wife to him and I can't wait for our family to start growing! (No, no baby yet if that's what you're thinking!! We've only been married for 3 months!! But someday!!) And thanks to everyone else that helped make our wedding day so perfect!!

We love our friends! Wer'e so happy that we had all of our friends and family there to share our day with us.

Our friend Kathy Milligan made us the coolest cake I think I have ever seen! She did such an amazing job!! If anyone wants her number, let me know! She's incredible!!!

Poor Adam carried my train around all day long. What a sweet husband!!

Adams handicapped brother Jake. Life wouldn't be the same without him!

If anyone knows my Grandpa and Grandma Whiting, they are the most incredible grandparents..not to mention cute, too!!

I want eveyone to see how stinking cute my little nephew Max looked at our wedding. My sister bought him a little tux and the best part about his outfit was his shiny shoes! He's a total stud!!

My cute flower girls: Ella Murphy, Rebakah & Rachael, and my cousins Brooklynn and Mattalynn

My beautiful bridesmaids: Lindsey Smith, Michelle Galovan, Ashley Winegar & Mindy Dewaal

The Whiting Family: Jeff & Debbie (Mom & Dad) John, Morgan & Max Frampton, Adam & Brittany & Cody

The Wall Family: Brian & Julie (Mom & Dad), Adam & Brittany, Spencer & Jenny, Tyler, Jake, Casey, Ammon, Rebakah & Rachael