We DO Exist!!!!

Yes indeed, we do still exist! I have been getting so many complaints about my lack of posts, so I forced myself to get on here tonight! I do have some pretty good excuses though!

1. We did not have our computer set up for a long time. We set it up and it didn't work, so we had to set up my old one from college. I am  honestly lucky it hasn't frozen yet. This thing is a dinosaur!!! I guess at least it has a flat screen and I don't have an old tube screen in front of me...needless to say a new computer is on the list!
 2. We have been busy with our house....things still are not done yet, which is SUPER annoying, but when you are chasing a toddler and working full time, there isn't much time left in the day! I am currently sitting in a room that is jam packed full of boxes and totes that still need to be gone through and unpacked. Did I mention the room also still needs to be painted!?!? BLAH!
3. Which I think is the best excuse, is that Camryn is going to be a BIG SISTER and this mama hasn't been feeling well! I am 15 weeks along and have had a rough start so far with lots of trips to the doctor and even a day in the hospital! Things seem to be looking up now and we have our big gender ultrasound September 6th! I promise I will TRY to get on here and be more active!

If I were really trying to win your hearts over I would post pictures of sweet Camryn, but unfortunately if I tried to download anything onto this computer it would probably explode! If you are on facebook, you can catch them there because I post plenty! Camryn is keeping us very busy lately and has a lot to say. She is also starting to show some signs that we may start working on potty training soon! My goal is to have her potty trained by the time her sibling arrives in late January! (Yes, Baby Lowry will be making an early arrival!) We chose to stay with Dr. C in Indianapolis for this baby too, so I will likely be induced towards the end of the pregnancy so that we know we will make it to the hospital. A lot of people have asked us if we were going to switch to someone local, but we both really love Dr. C. We also had a scare shortly after Camryn was born and the NICU team had to be called in to take care of her so, we are more comfortable having this baby down there just in case it were to need any extra help! Well, I think that is all from here and it is time for me to go to bed! :) Thanks for reading and sorry for the lack of posts! Hopefully I will get better....no promises though! :)

Love,
Mark, Missy, Camryn & Baby L

B-U-S-Y!!!

I feel like a complete blog slacker, but life has been SUPER hectic around here lately. We closed on our house May 10th, left for Texas May 15th, got home the 21st, and have been spending every waking minute that we aren't at work at our house. We have so many projects going on....painting cabinets, pulling down wallpaper....A LOT of wallpaper, painting walls, changing light fixtures, landscaping...you name it! :) We didn't think our project list was too long until we got started! :) Every goal date that I have set to move in by hasn't been met, so I have thrown those out the window. We will get there when we get there. Today we emptied out most of our storage unit and just have a couple of big items left to get out of there. This weekend was also extra exciting with 2...yes TWO trips to the E.R. Mark must have thought our life wasn't quite exciting enough. The poor guy cut open his arm on Saturday morning-5 stitches to fix that, then today he was having severe abdominal pain and I took him in and he has a kidney stone. Please send prayers his way....2 trips in 3 days...he isn't feeling the greatest! I will post pictures of our house soon...once our projects are complete and we are settled in. For now, I am just going to leave you with a picture of Camryn. She is the apple of our eye! :) Have a fabulous week!

Walking...

Camryn has been cruising for a long time, but tonight while we were at the hospital visiting my friend who had a baby she took off walking on her own. She started off walking along the wall in the hospital room and then BAM....she just took off. She walked at home tonight as well, so I guess we are going to have our hands full! She is absolutely hilarious right now and such a joy to be around. She is doing animal noises for a duck, cow, dog, horse, monkey and sheep. (I think that is all of them!) Her favorite show is Bubble Guppies. She squeals and dances when we turn it on for her! She is always full of smiles and loves playing with other kids. That is all for now. Just a quick post that she is off and walking on her own now! We close on our new home May 10th and are VERY excited. I cannot wait for Camryn to have a play room and a play area in the basement too! It is going to be awesome! Thanks for reading. Hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend regardless of the weather!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

I dare you....

to try and get a picture of Lenny & I like you want to!
Okay, I must admit, the Lenny & Camryn pictures have been pretty difficult to get the last few months, but today was impossible! She LOVES Lenny, but there is no way she will just lay down next to him and let her Mommy snap a quick pic. She swipes him up, rolls over with him and is gone! Camryn is VERY busy these days. I would say she is about a week away from walking. She is constantly on the go! Some new things she is doing are if you say, "READY, SET..." she will yell GO! She LOVES spelling her name with the letters on her bedroom wall and is really starting to imitate the letter sounds, she talks in our "Beans" voice. (We have a scratchy voice for our dog and now Camryn talks for him too!) :) She also is counting to 3 and "clears" her voice if she hears someone clear their voice! It is so awesome to see the new things she is learning everyday! Here are some pictures of her from today! Enjoy :)

and one of our sleepy dog...just because he looked so cute! :)
Thanks for reading & have a splendid week! :)

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

All claps for the Easter Bunny!!!

Camryn was all claps for the Easter Bunny! She surprised me with how well she did! Camryn had her 1 year check-up yesterday and it went great! It was a couple of weeks late because we had to reschedule, so I was pretty excited to finally get in and see how big she had gotten. Camryn weighed 21lbs 4oz and was 31 1/2in. long! She was in the 50th percentile for weight and 95th percentile for height. Dr. L said she was doing just awesome! We are transitioning this week to whole milk and are cutting out the bottles. He wants her off of them within a month, so I cut her down to 2 today and she did really well. I am hoping to have her off of them by the start of next week. Well I am off to bed...Happy Easter weekend to everyone! :)

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

No pics, just words...

Yes, I am doing a blog post and it is not the 15th of a month! Can you believe it???

We have FINALLY found a house and have an accepted offer contigent on the sellers finding a home. They had 14 days from this past Monday, so fingers crossed and lots of prayers that they find a home they love! It is the perfect home for us right now...4 bedrooms, 2 baths and a finished basement. It is a cozy home, but very comfortable and homey feeling, if that makes any sense. We are very excited about it and praying that everything falls into place for the sellers, so that we can move forward with everything.

Camryn's birthday party was a huge success.(I will have to post pictures from that soon!) Camryn is keeping us super busy. It seems like she turned one and has learned so much. Her vocabulary is growing and she is cracking us up. Yesterday I yelled for Mark and she yelled Dadda, so I kept repeating it and she kept doing it over and over! :) She also tells you what a duck and cow say. She says hi there, momma, dadda, nana, duck, quack, moo and it sounded like she said Grace yesterday, too! She also pants like a dog when she sees them! Haha! She claps her hands when you sing, "if your're happy and you know it" and loves waving!

That is all from here....don't pass out from the fact that I have just posted twice in the same month for the first time in a loooooooong time! I hope everyone is enjoying this fantastic weather we have been having!

Love,
Mark, Missy & Camryn

O-N-E!!!!

Happy 1st Birthday to our

sweet

loving

goofy

precious
amazing

gift from God

Camryn turned ONE today! It almost seems unbelievable. She is such an amazing little girl. She is smart, beautiful and hilarious. She loves to clap and read. If you give her a book upside down she will turn it right side up and then read it. It is hilarious! :) She is walking with a cart, but not on her own yet. She is a pretty picky eater, but that is okay! She loves playing outside and playing with animals. We had a great day today. We woke Camryn up early and surprised her with a mini cupcake and balloons. We sang Happy Birthday to her and she just smiled and clapped. It is always amazing us what she learns and does. This past year has been the best!!!

Here is a picture of Camryn & Lenny tonight....
I had to sneak in and do a bedtime picture because we had a pretty busy day and before I knew it she was asleep! I cannot believe how much she has grown and changed since her first picture with Lenny!

Happy Birthday, sweetheart! We love you sooooo much!

Love,
Mommy & Daddy