The Land of Oz

Kye and I traveled North to see my cousin Courtney and her girls, Rylie & Rein, earlier this week. They are living in Kansas on a ranch and it is really pretty country. It's just north of the Oklahoma panhandle near Meade, KS.

We had lots of plans, but the weather had different plans. It rained and hailed all night the first night and rained most the day the second day I was there, but we did get out and visit Dorothy's House, a really terrible museum about the Wizard of Oz, located in Liberal, KS.  We got a big kick out of it, Courtney and I did!

Court, Dorothy, ToTo & I

Munchkins!

Kye had a big time with his cousins Rylie and Rein, Rylie was a big helper and liked giving him his bottles. Rein wasn't too sure about Little Man, but sure enjoyed his toys!

Rein & Kye...just a swangin'!

Kye & Sister Sue

Serious face!

Rylie Roo rode back to LBK with me!!

The morning before we headed back, we road around the ranch on the roads that weren't too boggy.  We had lots of fun and took a few pictures too! 

An awesome bright pink pumpjack!

Kansas

Storm moving in

Kye has been to three states since he was born. New Mexico, Oklahoma & Kansas. He's a traveling fool!  

Peace, Love & The Land of Oz,

W

Figuring it out as we go along

Who am I without a job?  Well...

I am a new mom.  I am doing a pretty dang good job, if you ask me. My baby is fat and happy. He smiles more often than not and he has yet to be sick. We've had tummy aches and have been dealing with teething, but praise be to God, we have not been sick.  I am blessed. Truly, utterly blessed. He's strong and handsome, just like his daddy.

I am a wanna-be-photographer. I am trying. Sometimes it seems like it's all headed in the right direction, and other times I'm not so sure. But I'm proud of the work I do and I hope my clients are too. I hope to continue to get better and better and would love to attempt my first wedding sometime this year. :)

I am a TERRIBLE housekeeper.  I would rather pull my eyelashes out one by one than clean house. Sad, but true.  I know this must drive Kam insane, but he's really sweet about it for the most part.  He laughs at me because I get all gung ho, get something done and then don't do anything for a week.

Our house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy. ~Author Unknown

I LOVE staying home with Kye. He's been the most wonderful blessing. He is a talker and a mover. He's started rolling over and he's trying very hard to talk.  I know this set-up isn't forever, but I am thankful for this time with Kye and will treasure it always.

the look...

 Peace, Love & the road less traveled,

W

To Aunt Wendy's house we go!

This past weekend, Kye & I went to Paducah to see Uncle Bob & Aunt Wendy.  We had a great time - with those two, there are always lots of laughs!

Kye helped Uncle Bob feed the horses and sat on his saddle in the saddle house, which he thought was SO FUN!

Since I'm always behind a camera, Wendy offered to take a few shots of Kye & I for a change and some of them turned out great!  Kye was a trooper, riding all over Paducah looking for cool backgrounds and we even got a few smiles out of him in some of the photos! 

We can't wait to see WendyBob again soon!!!  Here are a few pictures from our weekend with the Bumpus clan!

Peace, Love & Family,

W

4 months...

Momma & Kye in Ruidoso

Kye was 4 months old on Monday. I can not believe how fast time has flown by. Valentine's Day marks 1 year since we found out we were pregnant with our sweet little man. 

It's been one heck of a year and I have to say, I wouldn't change one moment of it. Kam & I have been blessed beyond measure.

Kye is laughing and smiling all the time these days! He loves playing in the floor and watching TV. He prefers Kung Fu Panda, Rawhide, football games & Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It's so funny that he already has an "opinion" about what he watches.

Kye started eating cereal a few weeks ago and yesterday was our first day with veggies. He wasn't much on the green beans, but he ate them anyways.

First Cereal

He's also started trying to hold his own bottle. As long as he doesn't turn his head, he can do it!

His favorite toy is still the cow on his car seat, but he also loves his Laugh & Learn puppy and this little light up keyboard that plays music.

The all too familiar stare down

He weighed 14 lbs 7 oz and is 24 inches long at his appointment yesterday!

Taking a siesta

Our handsome man is growing WAY too fast.

Peace, love & KRB,


W

Photo Update

Here's a few shots from some recent sessions. :)

Peace, Love & Pretty Pictures,

W

Kye's first Christmas

Well, I have been a terrible blogger the past month and a half...but Kye is now 2 1/2 months old.  I can't believe how fast it's gone.  Here are a few of the MANY pictures from Kye's first Christmas, we had a blast! What a blessing this little man has been to all our lives!

Kye & Laramie telling Santa what they want for Christmas!

Sweet Ayden loves her cousin, Kye!

The snow at Gran Gran & Pa's sure was pretty, but Kye was not digging the photo op!

Our sweet little man Christmas morning!

Kye and his Great-GranGran

Uncle Klent and Kye at Mama & Papa's house!

This is definitely not the best pic ever, but Kye got a red wagon for Christmas from his DD & KPaw!!! SO CUTE!

AND...here is the Christmas card I designed and never mailed out...OOPS! :) 

I hope everyone had as wonderful of a Christmas as we did! We still have two more to go to in January, can't wait!   

Peace, Love & Happy Birthday Jesus!

W

4 weeks of Joy and dirty diapers

Things I've learned in the past 4 weeks...

1. Up All Night has a brand new meaning.
Remember the days of pulling all nighters with your friends? Well, you only thought they were over, only now you are alone at 3 am with a crying baby and a bottle. Your night no longer consists of bars, beer & the inevitable next day hangover. Now, they are made up of dirty diapers, spit up, crying and absolutely, NO sleep!

2. Breastfeeding is for the birds
Kam's Mama said it best, "my body knew I wasn't a milk cow". I tried folks, I did, but sore boobies from a stubborn baby led to hooking up to the super sucker 5000 every few hours and that gets OLD. Plus, my girls did good for a few weeks and then dried up faster than the Brazos after a rain.  So Kye is now a formula baby. Yes, I hear the shrieks of disapproval nation-wide, but here's a term for all you haters - -SUCK IT! ;)

3. The Case of the Never Ending Dirty Diaper
Babies poop - a lot. They poop in their diaper, in the bath, on the towel you wrap them in after their bath and when the diaper leaks they poop on their back, their leg, their onesie and the couch pillow your husband so creatively uses as a prop for his amazingly weak arm that can move mountains, but can't hold up a 7 1/2 lb baby for longer than 5 minutes without support.  Anyway, babies poop. If you're pregnant, I hope you already started buying diapers in advance. It's well worth it, for sure. And remind your husband that boppy pillows have covers that can be thrown in the washer, unlike your couch pillows.

4. How to Manage Grocery Shopping
Go early when it's not crowded. Buy only what's necessary because the baby's enormous car seat doesn't hook correctly to the new grocery carts in United and you have to set them down in the basket. Meaning you have to pack groceries around the car seat and under the basket and it forces you to decide what you really need and what seems frivolous at that moment. Last time, hamburger meat seemed frivolous, but a package of Chips A'hoy made the cut. See, it's really important to delegate the space properly...heck, last time I went, Kye toted the bread for me, he's a helpful little feller!

5. Formula Shmormula
The crap stinks. It makes stinky burps, stinky toots, stinky poops and horrid spit up. Spit up. Eww. Projectile spit up...double eww.  Burp cloths are my best friends. Just sayin'.

6. Hormones are Hell
Lifetime movies are not your friend. Crying babies make your boobs leak and your mind go into a spin cycle. Your husband thinks your insane and is quick to admit that he only thought your pregnancy was rough. When you're sleep deprived, your baby won't stop screaming and go to sleep and your husband's sound asleep...you'll know what I mean.

7. I have never...
been so exhausted, so happy, so in love or so fulfilled in my entire life. I am unemployed for the first time since I was in high school, I'm adjusting to being at home all the time, I'm adjusting to motherhood. It's hard. It's scary. It's exhausting. It's hard on the nerves, the body, the mind, the pocket book...but at 3 am when those little hands wrap around your finger and those big blue eyes look up at you full of wonderment and love, all the bad disappears and all you can feel, all you see is love.

Life is good folks. Craziness & all. :)

Peace, Love & Crazy Momma's,

W