Livingston Family

A long overdue update....

2009-10-08T08:05:00.001-07:00

Okay so I know i haven't updated in a long time since June... a lot has happened over the course of a few months... where to begin...June...My nieces and nephews stayed with us at my parents of course for the summer and we had a great time doing many fun activities and adventures...We went to Hogle Zoo, Swimming a lot!!!! but that is always the best part in the summer time.

July we had the fireworks at Granite High School which will be sad because it won't be my High School anymore but there was a lot of fun memories there. We have had a lot of sleepovers and late night with the kids. They are crazy and silly, but we miss them already, Kellen and D.J. (nephews) got baptized in July du

e to the fact that Kellen has really wanted to join but had to wait, it happened when we took them to go see the new Oqurriuh Mountain Temple Open House When

Kellen says that he really like feeling good inside and how the Temple looks beautiful

and hopes that one day he can come here. It was awesome, Tim baptized Kellen and my brother Milton baptized D.J. I hope that they continue to learn and study the gospel and keep that reminder in their heart of who they have become.

We have done a lot of fishing and camping this year as well Tim has decided to take up a new hobby and wanted to learn how to fish at first he wasn't having any luck but he wasn't about to give up and he finally succeeded at it and Caught Two fishes this summer I caught one it was scary and awesome at the same time.

August we have been getting ready for the new school bythis time we have been winding down and taking it easy. We didn't do much this month b/c we were broke...but that is okay we had a lot of fun spending time together before we went back to school.

September came and school has started it has been very overwh

elming for me this semester and

still is, i just hope that i can pass my class to be able to finally graduate next fall. Yay I will finally be done....

Now we are in October and to update on the kids Ali just turned 3 in July forgot to mention that and had a great birthday party. She wanted a Strawberry birthday which we did, I had a cute outfit for her in all pink and made a sign for her that told her "Happy 3rd Birthday have "Berry" special day" She got new strawberry shoes and toys. She is really into Strawberry Shortcake and is now liking Barbie and Tinker Bell . She is officially potty trained yay!!! Yes

there are moments when she does have accidents but she is learning. I for one am just glad that i only have to buy one set of diapers and worry about Camden. Ali is learning and growing everyday she is loving that she can be more independent. She is very curious about everything, we are working on her letters,shapes, colors, and numbers...She is a very bright and great example to me and tim always reminding us that we need to read scriptures and have family prayer and sing songs before bedtime, although that is one of our challenges with her is that she never wants to go to bed and tries to find every way that she can to stay up, we have found that keeping her up all day with no naps she tends to fall asleep early which fine with us, cause by the end of the day we are all worn out by her. :)

Camden is 7 months old and is my little spunky boy who has developed a stubborn streak, he doesn't like to lay down on the floor so he taught him self to sit up. Right now he is trying to roll over and learn how to crawl and is not sure that he likes the idea. He has the cutest smile and loves it when his sister makes him laugh when she gets him going it is so funny to listen to them laugh and giggle. He has been sick for the last 3 weeks with a cold and c

ough/ teething but has been in good spirit.

Tim has been finishing this semester at SLCC and will hopefully be done in the spring, he is still working at FedEx's Kinkos.

I am still staying to be a mom and waiting to see if i still have my job i have had some good news but still waiting...it sure takes a long time for them to finally get to you but keep your fingers crossed. As i have mention i will be done with my Bacholer's Degree in Human Development Family Consumer Studies with an emphasis in Early Childhood next fall and i am very excited to be done with school, i thought about going on and doing my student teaching but i think i am going to stick with doing preschool. Which is okay with me, i have been in school for so long that i am ready to be done.

Well that is our update for now I will send more in a while after Halloween.

Update on the Famiy

2009-06-28T16:52:00.001-07:00

Okay since we have been out of the loop for quite a while, things have been quite crazy around here. Things are going well, since we are out of school we are enjoying our summer vacation with the crazy hetic things going on but we are enjoying it. We at first was going to buy a house more like a mobile home but it didn't work out, then we just decided to build our own house, we are tired of fighting with people saying that we are approved then denying us after a while it makes it really hard and sad for us to get our hopes up anymore so we decided we want to build it the way we want it and tim wants to do it himself with some help of course.

Camden is growing more and more cute each day and he is smiling and laughing each time we love having him and he brings alot of joy in our home it is so fun to have a baby in our home they are alot of fun. He is also learning how to sit up and coos alot, he doesn't like to lay down we have learned in to put in the swing at night where he and i will get a good night sleep.

Ali is going to turn 3 on the 15th of July and is so very excited for her Strawberry birthday she is now into Strawberry Shortcake and loves it alot, we went through a Mickey phase now we are going through a Strawberry Phase. She is growing like a lark but is a very picky eater.

We are doing good, we are learning new things every day we have had my nieces and nephews here for the summer and it has been quite an adventure so far, this april we lost my grandmother who had passed away and we miss her dearly.

So since i have updated i will try and get pictures on here my computer is being werid...

Camden Taylor Livingston

2009-05-14T12:25:00.000-07:00

Camden Taylor Livingston

Camden is our little joy when he came into this world, he brought alot of us happy he is so handsome and we are very blessed to have him here with us. He was born March 28th 2009 the day after my grandmother's birthday. He weighed 6 lbs 15 ounces and 19 1/2 inches long, he is my tiny baby nothing fit him when we first brought him. But he eats like crazy LOL!!!

We love having him in our home, Although when Ali met him, she told everyone "this is my baby brother, Momma you take care of my baby brother" At first she wasn't sure about him we went through a jelous stage for a couple weeks then she got used to him. Now she is mother wants to do everything for him.

Updating....

2009-03-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

So i realized that i haven't updated in a while, last i updated was about Slacking, i am a slacker but so much has happened in the past few weeks. We are closer to have our baby boy Camden here and are hoping it will be soon, I am so ready for my body back and being able to breathe again LOL!

This past week, we had a quite a scare not with the pregnancy the baby is doing fine, I had a problem with my shunt, we were doing so good with me not having any headaches until this past Sunday i woke up about 2:30 in the morning with a sinus headache thinking that it was just a sinus headache turned into a shunt headache, so i took some Tylenol then it went away then woke up again at 8:00 in the morning again with another headache, which was weird cause i don't normally get that many headaches, then i took another Tylenol then it came back at 12 p.m. I didn't want to take another one because i didn't want to overdo it. So it really started to worry me and really worry Tim, we called my doctor and they told me to come into the ER for a check up to see what is going on. The headache didn't go away until Tuesday and hasn't come back since but I still have to go see a neurologist to find out what is going on.

Ali saw a dermatologist because her rashes were getting worse and she couldn't leave them alone it ended up being Eczema she is very sensitive to cold weather and breaks out on animal fur. We got her a stronger cream to help calm the itching she is doing better now but will have to endure the Eczema since there is no cure for it. I feel bad for her sometimes because it will drive her crazy. She is my drama queen very dramatic about everything wonder where she gets that from hmmm... :) But she is growing still not much still the same height when i check her last at the doctor's office.

Tim is doing the best he can of finishing school he is doing well in his math class, which is what we are shooting for. We are hoping that he will be able to transfer here up to the UofU when this semester is over with. With the economy going the way it is we are hoping that he doesn't lose his job or more hours but things are turning for good where he is getting his hours back slowly, I am not working right now just trying to take it easy and rest and prepare myself for the baby to come. I do miss working sometimes but I love being a stay at home mom, Ali is not quite sure yet but loves being able to play on the playground, I am trying to adjust to my schedule to keep myself busy where i was before working and going to school full-time now just staying home and going to school. So much for now will post later...

Slacker....

2009-02-09T18:49:00.000-08:00

I have slacked on blogging for quite some time, I haven't had really much thought to put in my blog and i have also been really busy and trying to manage working and going to school and be a mom all at the same time. It is really crazy but fun at the same time. Not much has been going on expect for trying to keep my siacatic nerves from killing me or the baby from hurting me alot LOL!!! and chasing a wild and crazy 2 year old everywhere :) I am doing good just eagerly waiting for the baby to come then i can breathe and move again. With the economy getting bad Tim's hours got cut and we are struggling but going at it one day at a time the best we can. We are hoping it will get better soon so that he can go back to his 40 hours a week job and we can somehow survive.

Well that is all for now i will try to come up with more thoughts when i have another moment to sit down and think

Christmas is over and the new year begins...

2008-12-27T16:14:00.002-08:00

Christmas is all over and the new year will be beginning in a few days...We had a great christmas, Ali was very excited to see her present under the tree at first we had to wake her up because Tim was in a giddy mood to wake up at 6:00 a.m. but i refused to get up that early so it killed him for a little while he he... When we finally woke her up and brought her into the room she was so excited "Gasp" "Toys" and starts running over to the tree, it was so cute. For the last few days before christmas it was killing her because she wanted to know what she was getting for christmas. Boy, was she surprised.

She got lots of toys, her favorite movie right at the moment Wall-E and Horton hears a who, Her kichentte that she has been asking for, and dress up stuff she also got a sled she has been wanting to go sledding and when we took out there it was fun for the most part she didn't like falling off. I got alot of scrapbook stuff, very excited cause i need more room for it, Tim got a model car and he is offically our "Cook" in the family makes the greatest food so i made him an apron "World Greatest Cook" with mine and Ali's handprints on it and his very own Recipe Book where he can put all his creation in there.

We spent Christmas eve with my family, then Christmas day with Tim's Family, where of course she got spoiled some more. The sad thing on chrismas eve i was so sick with nauseous and couldn't eat anything all day it was horrible, i haven't been that sick with nauseous in a long time it was crazy...

We are excited for the new year to come with the new baby coming and getting ready for him to come and start a new year fresh and new... We have found some new info on Ali she kept breaking out into this werid rashes on her body and it kept blistering up so we finally took her into the doctor's to get it check out, she has Ezcema which there is not much we can really do for her except for putting lotion on her and she kept getting this rash on her eyes we are still not sure what it is yet but hope the medication will help make it go away but we do know that cold weather does tend to bother her but she loves the snow so we have to lather her up to keep her from breaking out. Hope y'all had a great christmas...

Christmas Eve at Grandma McLelland

Daddy and Ali sledding down the hill

Ali new sled

Making cookies on christmas eve

Ali was Mary and Anya was an Angel

Look at all my toys

All of the presents under the tree

Sick with Nauseous on Christmas Eve

Our Family Christmas Picture

Our cute little Princess

Husband Tag

2008-11-08T07:49:00.000-08:00

1. Where did you meet? On a blind date
2. How long did you date before you got married? 7 months!
3. How long have you been married? 4 years
4. What is your favorite feature of his? His eyes
5. What is your favorite quality of his? He has a funny sense of humor, and he knows how to have fun
6. Does he have a nickname for you? Yes, more than one
7. What is his favorite color? Blue
8. What is his favorite food? Chicken Cassorole(My specialty)
9. What is his favorite sport? None he doesn't like sports
10. When and where was your first kiss? I remember it was at my parent's house and we were sitting on the couch watching Harry Potter and he kissed me right on the lip by surprise :)
11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple? We like to do a variety of things to keep it intresting, mostly movies, puzzles, and cuddle
12. Do you have any children? 1 girl and a boy on the way
13. Does he have a hidden talent? He can draw pretty good and is a computer geek
14. How old is he? 27
15. Who said "I love you" first? He did
16. What is his favorite type of music? It depends on the day
17. What do you admire most about him? He gives really good advice, and is very patient with me, and very helpful!

I tag Kasey and Michelle

Ali's 2nd Halloween

2008-11-02T15:31:00.000-08:00

Halloween has come and gone Ali had a great time with this halloween she wanted to be a pumpkin she even picked out the outfit herself. So for an idea that Tim had for our costume was to do a theme since she was wearing the pumpkin we wore shirts that said "Chocolate Chip Cookies" So our theme was "Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie" it turned out really cute.
We got called to be the Ward's Activity Committee we were in charge of the decorations so we came up with a theme to do a Haunted House theme. So we made a Haunted House, It was a lot of fun but a lot of work. We had quite a turn out for we invited another ward to come join us. We had a Chili/Soup night and then the kids went Trunk or Treating in our Church parking lot.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

My cute little Pumpkin

IT'S A BOY!!!!!

2008-11-02T15:25:00.000-08:00

We were soooooo excited when we found out we were having a boy, i went in last week on Wednesday for my ultra sound, Tim kept looking for 3 white lines to be determined that it was going to be a girl, the nurse did a good job at keeping him in suspense LOL!!

We are going to name him Camden Taylor Livingston he will be here on March 29th 2009 Ali was very happy i don't want to say excited becaue she wasn't sure too much about it, she knows that she is having a brother now that she has gotten used to it since we've been talking about it alot.

Slacker on Blogging

2008-10-12T15:10:00.002-07:00

So i have noticed that i have been really bad at blogging on my website. I have heard many say what's up where are you? I am here just been super busy with weddings,baby blessing, trips, school and work... I just get tired. But not an excuse! Although i have to say i don't think i have ever been that busy

So what is new with us, we just got done with my brother's baby, a wedding from my uncle which was fun and nice... Then the following weekend we went to Bear Lake where we stayed at my sister in law father's cabin, that was fun expect for the cold. It is very pretty and i love the lake so clear and blue. Tim learned how to fish and is trying every chance he can get now that he has developed a new hobby. LOL never thought i would see him do that, he claims it is a midlife crisis.

Now that we are done with trips and family things for a while we are settling down into our new place. I love the village but i dislike the kitchen not enough room. But i have learned to be creative and make it a cozy home. Tim has been wonderful for me, taking care of me while i am striving this pregnancy, i have to say this one has been harder then my first one but i am surviving. Everyone is thinking it is a boy well keep your fingers cross and lets hope. I will find out on the 29th of this month. School has been good but stressful since i go 4 days a week. I also get up at 4:30 in the morning since he changed his schedule it is not been fun for me, but i am striving it b/c i like it when he gets off at 2 and can pick me up after work.

Ali is growing more and more and get cuter and cuter by the day... she has developed quite a personality very engernetic way too much for me at least lol, but we love having her in our home, she is speaking more and more sentences together. Which is good, i have noticed lately since i have been in school more and daddy has stayed home with her she doesn't like that i am not there so she gets clingy to me. But i am making the best of it to remind her that i won't be there forever. She is a dancer i need to get her into dancing loves music. She is also my little monkey.

Slacker on Blogging

2008-10-12T15:10:00.001-07:00

New Baby Syndrome

2008-08-11T12:56:00.000-07:00

While we are getting ready as well for the new baby and i am just taking it easy, We asked Ali "Do you want a brother or sister?" "NO... no brother, no sister, ready for this... "I want a Mickey!" We had to laugh so hard can you tell who child this is raised by...hint hint grandma... :) As we can tell who is still hooked on Mickey...

We are doing okay as we can say we have had a hard summer, trying to stay in touch with everything, with me not working in the summer has been a challenge for us. We have been really tight on money that we are ever so grateful for my parents for helping us out... I don't know what all of us would do without them right? But i am looking forward to go back to school to finish my degree... but not really going back to work, I love spending time with Ali, but we all have to sacrifice our time so that we can make a better place for our family, Then we wouldn't have a much harder struggle but this has taught us to be patient and humble for we know that we can't go out and spend money that we don't have or want. But it has taught us to prepare ourself for cases like this.

Moving and Packing....

2008-08-11T12:53:00.000-07:00

So tim and i started packing our stuff to get it ready for the big move in a couple weeks, while packing tim was putting movies in a box from our entertainment center...Ali didn't like that he would put them in the box so she decided that she was going to put them back...LOL, Tim asked her "Ali don't you want to move to a new place" "Ali says "no daddy" we laughed "Why Not?" "I don't know" LOL !!!

Writer's Block

2008-08-02T19:34:00.000-07:00

So i found this cool widget that i saw on Kalee's blog {sorry} show how the baby is growing, i thought it was cool, just have a writer block cause i don't know what to say and talk about I need ideas....!!!! Help!!!

I would appreciate it, so i can keep my blog going...

The Happiest Place on Earth

2008-07-16T11:16:00.000-07:00

Ali Ali's very favorite character of all, we got to get a free picutre taken with our whole family with the "Big Cheese" b/c we had some problems with our tickets. it was great when she saw mickey she ran up to him and hugged him and gave him a big kiss. :)

We just got back from our fun filled trip to Disneyland,... i have to say we had a lot of fun with the kids they were so exicted. We took my Oldest brother and his wife, kids to disneyland they have never been to disneyland. They had a blast...

Minnie is also one of ali's favorite she was so exicted when we went to Goofy Kitchen for dinner and saw her there she got all excited"Mama Minnie":)

We got pictures taken with our favorite princess "Cinderella called the girls "Triplets" we look so beauitful"

it was so cute they had a ball getting their picture taken with Cinderella and other princess...

Some of our crazy quirks and pictures. Ali loved going to Disneyland with her cousins and Grandma and Grandpa it was so cute and sad that she didn't want to leave...

we had a great time, we got to see alot of the characters and watch the parades and go on lots of rides, the boys loved riding the roller coaster and the Tower of Terror. The girls were not quite sure i was good i loved all of the rides. But all in all we had a great time...

All Mickey All the Time

2008-05-28T10:57:00.000-07:00

So Ali is into this phase now where it is "All Mickey All the Time" She will only watch mickey nobody else it was quite funny b/c i didn't realize that she would really like mickey i was not usually home with her until now, when realize that all she ever wanted to watch was "Mickey" She watched it all the time at Grandma's which gave me the clue and so now we are into mickey more. Then on memorial weekend we were just playing around and she was making funny faces and got us laughing. When she would make funny face and we would laugh she would start laughing it was so cute... Ali loves listening to music, when she turns three i am going to put her in a dance class b/c she loves to dance and listen to music...Very bright kid.

Aliana

2008-05-28T10:48:00.000-07:00

So i know i have been slacking on keeping this updated we have had alot going on, with family in town and just working now that i am home for the summer i am hopefully going to do better on this. Just a few pictures of ali i was doing laundry one day and ali thought it would be funny to climb in the basket and help me sort it out and then got tired of it decided to lay down in it. It was cute.

Tim Kath and Aliana

2008-04-04T12:49:00.001-07:00

Nickel Cade

2008-04-04T12:32:00.001-07:00

So Tim and I wanted to take Ali to Nickel Cade just for fun, Well she did have fun, pushing the buttons, putting the ball in the machines and the best part of it all was putting the nickels in the machine.

She did get a few prizes with the help of mommy and daddy winning tickets.

We had a great time with her.

2008-04-04T12:30:00.001-07:00

Easter

2008-04-04T12:17:00.000-07:00

Easter was alot of fun since now that Ali's older and she had fun looking for eggs. We first dyed easter eggs with Grandma and Anya, Gavin, Anthony, and Aunt Rochelle and Daddy. Then Easter morning we lined up the eggs from our room to her room and she found her Basket. Cute idea, then we went to Grandma and Grandma McLelland's Ward for sacrament after we had lunch at their house and had another easter egg hunt with her cousins. we had a great time.