2 Month Shoot

Answer me this. Is this girl cute or is she cute? Thanks a million to my friend Ashli for taking pictures of Mckinley again. I know I'm putting a ton of pictures on here but give me a break, my parents are in Hong Kong. :) They need to see lots of 'em. Enjoy. :)

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Oh, I can't get enough!!!

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Mckinley joined me today on my first day back at work and was an absolute PEACH for 8 and a half hours!!! She would have even lasted longer but I wanted to take her home and play with her, so I did.

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After work she decided she would laugh for us. Don't feel obligated, but here is a link to the video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9LTdgILzMo

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Um, I think we're in love.

Bear Lake #2

This post is going to be long.
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Let's start out with an adorable picture of Mckinley in the bumbo chair. Maybe it's just cause I'm her mom (still so surreal), but I think she's pretty darn cute.

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Mckinley is growing so fast. She'll be 3 months this Saturday. She has learned two tricks. She rolls over from her back to her stomach, and she puts her own binki in her mouth. So cute! This is usually how we find her in bed now. Sleeping on her side with her head arched way back. When she gets super mad, she keeps kicking and rolls all the way over.

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A week ago my baby sister Amy turned 21. We had a family dinner at the park.

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We always have to take comparison pictures of Mckinley and her little cousin Bryce. So cute!

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The next day Kristen and I went with Amy to cold stone and upgraded her free ice cream to this massive thing...the three of us shared it and we were all sick. It was worth it though.

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Okay, and now for our (2nd) trip to Bear Lake. I have a lot of pictures on here. Not necessarily in any order. This was a big extended family reunion on my mom's side. We have them every two years and everyone comes, I think we had around 90 people this year.
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This is my little nephew Jack. The last time I saw him he was 8 months old. He is now 3. My brother moved to Iowa and we HATE it. But we enjoyed the time we had with their family. Jack is seriously the cutest thing ever and we had so much fun with him. Well, mostly Brandon. He loved Brandon. He didn't ever warm up to me very much but oh well, it was fun to just watch him run around.

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This is Ian, another one of Todd's kids we never see. He's 6 and a half. He kept calling me Kristen but it's okay, I'll take whatever I can get.

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And that's Jens on the left of this picture. It's crazy how much they have all grown up. Brandon could usually be found somewhere with any number of my nephews surrounding him. The kids love playing with him! It's so cute.

And here's their dad, my brother Todd. It was so fun to see him. Who knows how many years it will be before we get to see them again.

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Todd wasn't the only uncle Mckinley got to meet this weekend. This is my brother Ken who lives in California. She got to meet him and also his wife Kjersti. Man, I just wish no one in our family would ever move away from each other. Oh well...

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Kristen and Amy shared a cabin with me and Bran.

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Jack at the beach. Oh, I could just take this kid home with me. He makes me want a little boy so bad!

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And now get ready for a few sleeping pictures. How is in all this sleeping I never managed to get a nap in the whole trip? I was wasted yesterday when we got home.

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Bryce sleeping at the beach.

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Brandon and Mckinley taking a nap in the cabin.

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Ammon passed out at the beach. He looked so cute.

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Amy found an interesting spot for a nap...

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Amy loved snuggling with Mckinley.

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Anyway, I suck at writing about stuff (hence the large amount of pictures), but we had a great time. It's always fun to see all the cousins. I felt like I didn't get to spend as much one on one time with some of them as I usually do since I had Mckinley to take care of. But she is more than worth it.

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PS. The count of pictures in my July folder went up to 332. But now we're in to August. Phew!!

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PPS. This was my last official week of maternity leave. Next week it's back to work. Kind of. I'm just going part-time. Very part-time. I am actually spending most of next week in Arizona for my brother-in-law's wedding. Wahoo!! I feel so lucky that I'm not dreading going back to work like most people. I am so lucky to just be able to work a little bit and spend most of my time with Mckinley.

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That's how many pictures I have in my July folder....so far. And we still have a big family reunion coming up next week. Imagine if we were still using film cameras....

Tara took this picture of me and Mckinley sleeping at Bear Lake. I had no clue she took it. I love snuggling with my little girl!


Why is it so exciting to see your child put their thumb in their mouth? (I'm sure I'll eat my words in a year or two.)


This one's for you Tara. Such a cute outfit!!! I should have been putting her in it a week or two ago. She grows so fast I didn't even realize it would fit her.


I am in love with cute stuff on her bum!!!

I took Mckinley to visit Kristen at work and she fell asleep in her arms in less than a minute. She's such a trooper for letting me cart her around wherever I want to go.

Okay, I know this is overkill, but how can you pick just one???

The only time I stepped foot outside today was to go get the mail. Life is so sweet.

Bear Lake Trip #1

We spent 3 days and 3 nights at a cabin in Bear Lake this week for the extended Salmon Family reunion. It was a lot of fun. I didn't take too many pictures.

We actually only went to the lake one day. The rest of the time was spent playing games and relaxing. It was nice to be with Brandon all day every day.

At the lake. Thanks Jason and Shannon for joining us in our picture. Ha ha ha.


Mckinley slept for us the whole time we were there.


This was my first time ever to Bear Lake and now we're heading back again soon for a family reunion on my side.


And here are some pictures of Mckinley for my mom and dad.

Okay, this one looks a little creepy but Brandon was getting her to smile and she was looking over at him.


In her cute pink Sunday dress my friend Susan gave me.


These two were taken yesterday. She is starting to get some chubb on her!!

And one from today.

2 months

This little sweetheart is getting so big. She is so awesome.

Her 2 month birthday (& doctor visit) was on Wednesday. Here are her stats.

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10 lbs 15 1/2 ounces - 55th percentile

23 inches long - 76th percentile

head 16 inches - 90th percentile

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She must have one big brain. :)

4th of July

Wow, we have had a lot of early mornings lately. We woke up early on Monday to get ready and go to the parade. Mckinley pretty much slept through the whole thing. She is so freaking awesome. She slept for 9 hours the night before. Woke up and slept for another few hours and I had to wake her up to go to the parade. Sara, I started putting her to bed early and she is doing amazing. She slept 9 hours that night, and then 9 hours and 40 minutes last night, then goes right back down again for another few hours. I owe you big Sara!!

Anyway, here we are at the parade.


Our seats are so awesome. We are in the shade the whole time. I wore my jacket during the entire parade and didn't even get hot. The weather couldn't have been better.


Here's Brandon sitting down on the blanket with the kids. He is so good with kids, I love watching him play with them. Mckinley is the luckiest girl in the world to have him as her dad.

I always take pictures of the big balloons. They are my favorite.

We had to take a picture of the Provo Temple model since that is where we got married.

We had a relaxing afternoon at home and then later that day we went to a bbq at the Gordon's. They keep their pool pretty warm so we thought Mckinley might just let us take her swimming.

And she did! She wasn't laughing or smiling in there but hey, she wasn't crying either. It was so fun to have her in the pool. Love that face!

What is it that is so exciting about holding a baby in the water? It's not like she could even do anything. She did splash around with her hands for a while but I'm pretty sure she didn't even know she was doing it.

Ha ha, she looks very unamused.

She has started sucking on her fingers now which isn't just cute, but so helpful! When her binki falls out she just sticks her fingers in instead and keeps herself happy.

Any of you that know me really well know that I get really excited about getting the mail. Well, living in our townhomes we have the group little gray mailboxes. There are four big boxes with keys on them. If a package comes for you, the mailman (or in our case, mail woman) puts the package in a big box, and then puts the key to it in your box. So, as far as getting mail goes, there is nothing better than having a key in your box!!

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Usually if there is a key in our box it's for something I am expecting, a package from Amazon, or something like that. Well, today there was a key in my mailbox and I had no idea what it could be. I opened it up and saw that there was a package from AUSTRALIA! Then I remembered that my best friend Gabby told me she was sending something for Mckinley and a letter. What could be better???

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Anyway, now that you are comletely bored with my story of getting the mail, check out what Gabby sent! The most adorable little pink Nike shoes. If anyone reading this knows Gabby, they know that she wouldn't send anything else but Nike attire. Mom, Dad, Warnicks? Am I right? :) They are adorable.

And they match perfectly with her outfit today. Thank you so much Gabby! And congratulations on getting married! An email is coming your way....

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Mckinley and I went on a walk on the river trail this morning with Shellee, Chandra, Haley, and Brynlee. It was so beautiful. I forgot to bring my camera. Being home every day is seriously the best and the time just flies by. There is still so much I want to do today!!! I love my life.