It's a GIRL!!

This has been a big week for us!

First, we found out that our second child is going to be a GIRL! It was a completely spiritual experience seeing the skull and parts of her brain, her four chambers to her heart beating, her kidneys, stomach, ribs, spine, femur, fingers, and the blood and fluids entering her through the umbilical cord. I cried whole time, and it makes me teary eyed just thinking about the little miracle inside me. We are both happy that Cambry will have a sister.

Second, we experienced our first series of Tornadoes (see next post). Not really as exciting or dramatic as it could've been if we lived on the east side of Raleigh instead of the west.

Third, Cambry is now 11 months. She seriously makes me laugh so many times throughout the day. It is so fun to watch her discover the world for the first time. It helps Devin and I remember to appreciate little things like blades of grass, light fixtures, shadows (she is absolutely FASCINATED with them).

Cambry can't get enough berries. They are by far her favorite food.

Seriously! Couldn't you just eat this girl up?? She loves her daddy and he can get her laughing whenever he plays with her. The highlight of all of our day is in the evening when they get to have daddy-daughter time.

Did I mention that she LOVES standing? She'd even rather eat standing up.

This cute jacket Grandma Beck got Cambry has been her good friend throughout all the sudden rainstorms. We're loving how rain doesn't fall down half heartedly. It happens all at once and it's over in 10 minutes.

Cambry and her friend Libby digging for treasure in the sand on one of the play dates. She doesn't love it when the sand sticks to her fingers, but the loves the way it feels between her toes when walking in it.

Cambry, Tigger and I go for morning walks most mornings. I took a few pics of the blossoms too we've been enjoying for the past month.



A while ago I posted a clip of Cambry trying to crawl and so angry about it. She couldn't be happier to be upright. She's getting closer and closer to walking on her own all the time and loves the practice.

Tornadoes in our midst

Yesterday we had 62 Tornadoes touch down in North Carolina. We were really excited about this giant rainstorm that happened at our house, oblivious to the destruction that was going on just a few miles away. It was raining so hard it looked like it was foggy because it was just white streams coming down... But here are some pics of the real action that was about 10-15 miles away from us.

This is our local Lowe's home improvement store... or what's left of it. The roof just got peeled off and thrown around the neighborhood. Seems ironic that the place people go to get the resources fix their damage was the source of so much destruction.

This impassable highway made extremely difficult for rescue workers to get to those in need of rescuing.

Here's the Tornado that's about to touch down and make it's way into Downtown Raleigh.

Here's what it looked like at our house from the comfort of our 3rd story balcony.

Precious Moments

Yesterday during General Conference, Elder Scott's talk really touched me as he shared precious moments he had with his wife and children, and I decided to share one of my own. Saturday, between conferences, Devin was doing a project on our balcony. Cambry climbed up the glass door and started pounding on it with her pudgy hands to get her daddy's attention. He smiled and waved to her, put his fingers, tools, and face up against the window. Each time she squealed with delight and was giggling so hard with her daddy. I love my little family and am so grateful for a wonderful husband who treats me like a queen and a daughter that fills the void I didn't know I had.