What Has Happened in 2014, You ask?

I thought for sure I would have a lot more time to blog once I finished my degree in December.  That turned out not to be the case! Since my last update the end of December so many things have happened!

After a miscarriage last July and several months spent on my knees in tears we were blessed to find out, the day before our anniversary, that we would be welcoming baby number 2 into our family.  We also found out it would be another BOY, as most of you probably know already! This sweet bundle of joy is expected to join our family around October 20, 2014, we are so excited.  

Fabulous 4th Anniversary

This pregnancy, while such a blessing, has come with many complications and trials - from pooled blood left inside of me from implantation, to placenta previa, to moving at 6 months pregnant and becoming uninsured and doctorless.  I keep reminding myself that there is a reason I am having a baby right now.  I know that this is in the Lord's hands and that everything will go according to plan with this baby!  Thanks to these complications though, we were able to have an ultrasound every 4-6 weeks, which was really fun! It is so neat to see how much he changed from one ultrasound to the next!

Saying "I Love You" to mom and dad!

For some reason we had an easier time deciding on a name for this one.  We have always struggled to agree on boy names.  So, unless one of us has a brilliant revelation that his name should be something else, his name will be Dreyson!  It is so cute to hear Bryker talk about baby Dreyson in mommy's tummy!  He will snuggle up to me and say "I'm snugglin baby Dreyson, mommy!" or "I need to give baby Dreyson a hug/kiss."  Hopefully Bryker's love for his little brother continues even after he is born!

Shortly after Bryker turned 2 we found out what "terrible twos" meant.  As exhausting as he can be, he is so sweet and is learning so fast! We sure love him!  I wanted to throw him a big birthday party for his 2nd birthday, but I was pretty sick from being pregnant, and Marcus was busy in school so we just celebrated at home.

Clock picture! 6:10 pm and officially 2!

We spent Spring Break in Canada with Amy and Matt and their cute family of 5!  It was quite cold, but so much fun!

Cute boys sleeping on the long drive to Canada

Bryker holding sweet Annabelle

Playing in the bouncy house

Brisk walk with a beautiful view

Olympic Park long jump

Cool Runnings bobsled

On top of Calgary Tower

All  bundled and ready for sledding!

Warming up after sledding, it was really cold!

Session at the Calgary Temple

Double date Downtown

Calgary Tower

In May Marcus finished his Bachelor's Degree in Exercise Science.  We had the opportunity to walk at the graduation commencement together which was exciting!  The commencement itself was actually pretty boring, and being pregnant it was a long time to sit!  It was something we got to do together, though, and I am glad we did it! 

Once graduation was over we started preparing for our next big adventure: moving to Kansas City, Missouri!  Packing and moving were exhausting.  Of course it didn't help that all of that fell just before my 6  month mark!  

I never did get a picture of our Penske, but it is seriously a miracle that all of our stuff fit into that truck!  I was very against selling everything and arriving in Missouri with nothing, so while we did sell some things, we brought most of our stuff with us.  I have decided that it was such a blessing we were able to bring our things with us because it made the adjustment easier for Bryker.  He was so excited to see his bed, his toys, and even our couches after we got all moved in.  I don't know how well he would have done in an empty home.  

We absolutely love our townhome community and all of the amazing friends we have made already!  I will post again soon so you can see all of our Kansas City adventures thus far! 

Much love from KC!

Cami

2013 Flashback

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!  It was such a fun couple of days for us as we celebrated with my family early, and then enjoyed Christmas morning at home, followed by a fun filled day with Marcus' family. I think it's safe to say there were good eats, good treats, and good people.

I wanted so badly to make a newsletter to send out that covered our top events from 2013, but alas....finals were the week before Christmas and that didn't leave me enough time to make one and get them delivered before Christmas.  So I have decided to give you our list in our blog.  Here it goes.

Thiemann Top Eight of 2013:

1. Marcus and I celebrated 3 years of being married (coming up on 4 in February). It has been such a great three (almost four) years. I married my best friend, and he has become even more "bestly" as the years go by!

2.  Bryker turned 1 in March!! I can't believe it. He will be 2 before we know it. It has gone by so fast. He brings us so much joy and so many laughs! He loves to talk, loves books, guys, balls, puzzles, animals, and cars. He is very much a boy!  I think we have also hit the terrible twos, but we love him anyway!

3.  In May, Marcus took the MCAT to get into medical school and did great! I am so proud of his hard work. I know it wasn't easy for him to go to school, be a husband and daddy, and still find time to study for the MCAT, but he is so smart and he made it work!  

4.  In June I turned 22.  Marcus finished the MCAT just in time to celebrate my birthday. I got spoiled, as usual!  It was a fun day with just the three of us.

5.  October was a busy month.  We moved across town to a basement apartment.  It was hard to leave our Maple West friends, but little did we know this was preparing us for what was ahead...

6.  Also in October, Marcus flew to Kansas City, Missouri for his first medical school interview.  A couple of weeks later we found out he had been accepted!  We were so excited! After fasting and prayer we decided Kansas City is where we needed to be and we withdrew his application elsewhere.  So, to Missouri we go next summer!! We are looking forward to the adventure!

7.  November was Marcus' 26th birthday!  He is getting so old ;)  man I love him. He is the best husband and daddy in the world!

8.  December has been chaotic.  As the semester drew to a close I felt busier than ever.  I did my internship this semester, and was very blessed to be at Compassion and Hope Pregnancy Center.  The ladies I met will forever be my friends.  The best part about making it to December was that I GRADUATED!!  After 4 1/2 (long) years of college I am finally done!  I am more excited to be a stay at home mommy than I can put into words!!

This whole year has come with so many blessings.  We have been blessed financially as Marcus is the only one working, blessed to see Bryker learn and grow in so many ways, blessed to know that our  Heavenly Father knows us and has a better plan for us than what want it to be, blessed to have Marcus get accepted to medical school so we can begin the next step of our lives, and blessed as I was able to pass my economics class...yes, that was questionable.  

Here are a couple of pictures of our Christmas celebrations! Thank you for your love and friendship, and thank you to all of those who helped me get my degree. We wouldn't have made it without all of the help we received!

Calendar picture on Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve Jammies, bright flash!

Picture with the tree. Notice the change in his pj's, his diaper leaked!

Playing with his new toys

Exhausted after a long morning of playing with toys!

Happy New Year! 

Summer Is Over Already?

I'm blogging later in the month than I normally do, but when I sat down at the beginning of the month I realized we hadn't really done anything blog worthy.  So I guess July was not very exciting here in little Pocatello! 

Amy and Matt and their 3 boys were here all summer, so we spent a lot of time with them which was awesome! It was fun for Bryker to be able to get to know their cute family.  One of his new favorite things to say is Maymee.  He loves his Aunt Amy.  And the rest of his Aunts too :) I don't want to get into any trouble here!

Joha, my new Venezuelan sister, and her daughter Nella came and spent a couple of weeks at the Thiemann's house too this summer.  It was so fun to have them here! Nella is the cutest! My one year of Spanish in high school didn't get me very far apparently because I couldn't understand her, haha, but her and Bryker got along so well! We were sad to see them go!

Well, with summer winding down quickly we decided we had better have some fun.  These last few weeks we managed to make 3 big trips and do a few other things along the way.  The mall here does a back to school fashion show or something and Bryker and I got roped into being in it.  It wasn't too bad.  I got my hair done and got to dress up and walk down a runway with my little man.

Grandpa Blanscett volunteers at a Dinosaur museum in Ogden, so the Blanscett clan piled into 2 vans made the trek down to see the dino's and Grandma and Grandpa!  I thought Bryker might be afraid of the big dinosaurs, but he totally loved them! We will have to go back!

This was the lab.  These Dinosaurs moved and made noises.  It was awesome!

Bryker and Grandpa Blanscett, not sure why Grandma wasn't in this!

Touching real dinosaur skin.  Bryker refused to touch it though!

5 of the boys! We missed Jordan and Emma!

We also stopped to Grandma and Grandpa Ferrin on our way home! It was good to see them!

Riding the bucking barrel at Chris and Kara's house

Canoeing! This is the pond I had my bridal pictures taken on!

Bryker and Nella playing the piano...also got a bridal picture taken at this piano.  

Trip to the Tautphaus Park Zoo in Idaho Falls with the Thiemann's! 

This tiger was his favorite

Saying goodbye to Joha and Nella. We miss them!

Marcus has a training in Boise every year for work and this year I decided that we would go with him. Here are a few pictures from that trip!

Little aquarium in Boise. Bryker loves fish!

This bright yellow one seemed to be the one he like most

splashing a lot in the tide pools

Ann Morrison Park

Shoshone Falls on the way home!

I know I always apologize for too many pictures, but this one takes the cake.  I had so many things to blog about today!  School has begun now so family time is hit and miss.  I am so glad we were able to do some fun things before we went back.  This is my last semester so between my classes and internship it's a little overwhelming.  Don't be surprised if I don't blog again for a while, but I will do my best to keep you all updated on our busy lives!