One Day at a Time

Seriously this whole year seems to fly by. We have been through so much travelling, weddings, reunions, buying a house, getting pregnant, raising a two year old, and we just got back from our camping trip.
It was relaxing, fun, and we made some fun memories. Devin and I took our camper and we loved having it. First off we didn't have to get a hotel like we usually do when we travel to and from Idaho and second when the rain fell the last night we didn't have to worry about anything. I think the best part about camping was getting away from cell phones, getting to know everyone again and see where they are in their lives and just relaxing in nature.  We ate good food, swam in the ice cold creek, hiked halfway up a mountain until we got scared, played board games, and had some fun crafts.




Now for the rest of August: Most of my days have been filled with painting our kitchen, going to Dr. appointments, playing with my princess, and doing photoshoots.

Painting our kitchen:
BEFORE...

This is the first image we ever saw of this kitchen before we  bought. Seriously this guy posted to sell his house without cleaning it! haha... but I was so embarrassed of my kitchen. I still haven't invited my friends over. :) The Coca-Cola Wallpaper and Valance. The puke green counters, old greasy cabinets and carpeted floors. It was bad! But it was livable and the appliances worked.

We pulled up the carpet and luckily found beautiful floors!


Then we started painting the cabinets white and the hardware silver.


We took off the wallpaper and I sewed a new valance, we then started painting the walls a light blue!

It's a mess still and we are still working on it...but it's looking so much better. My dad is going to redo the counter-tops. We are going with a dark dark gray (pretty much black) and the back splash is a warm gray stone. Someday we will update the appliances.

Dr. Appointments:
We got the Panorama Blood test done and found out that we are having another girl. I was shocked at first, but I am so excited. Kamille is going to have so much fun with a little sister. Devin's happy because it's cheaper. We already have all the clothes and blankets and don't have to buy much.

Last Wednesday we had a Dr. appointment and it went well. At first the doctor couldn't find the heartbeat with the Doppler and that freaked me out. So he did another ultrasound and the baby was doing great. This is the second time that this has happened and the  Dr. thinks it's because my c-section scar gets in the way.

Kamille:
She's turning 2 in October! I don't really have anything planned yet, but I'll get there. She's talking up a storm! Some days we can't get her to stop talking. She says the funniest things. The other day at Panera Bread she looked through small opening where the staff  and other customers were and said really loud, "Hello, welcome to Wendy's". Devin and I laughed so hard because it's been forever since we've been to Wendy's. She is 100% ready to potty train and now that the camping trip is over we can get right on that.

Photoshoots:
Lastly my photoshoots seemed to have picked up like crazy! I guess everyone likes pictures done in the late summer and early fall. I'm all for it! It's been nice meeting new people and catching up with old friends.

Devin:
He's been busy working and helping me with the kitchen. He also has been handy and building me things like shelves in the garage and garbage can holders outside. Devin also was given a mini bike from a coworker and he's having fun taking that apart. I love him so much :)

Sorry for the long-ish post, but life is good!
God be with you until we meet again,
Kaylynn Jackson

JULY 2016

Seriously I blinked, July is over! This month went by so fast. It was a great month though! First Devin and I announced we were pregnant on the 4th. So that was fun.
Our next adventure took place in Star Valley, Wyoming. Devin's family had their first family reunion. We stayed in a cabin and had over 50 people there. The food was great, the games were fun (We probably played too much Mafia), and getting to know Devin's cousins was the best. Kamille had plenty of kids to play with and overall it was so much fun! I think my favorite part was hiking up to the spring and painting rocks.

Next we drove all the way back to North Dakota for a week and then packed up again for Idaho. My brother Jacob got married to Danette in the Twin Falls, Idaho Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony, and of course it was amazing to see all the family and friends there.


On our way back to ND we stopped and picked up our camper! Devin and I purchased a small 12ft. A-frame camper. It's so cute and just what we wanted. I love camping and I always thought if you had a camper it was cheating and not real camping. Well this one doesn't have a bathroom in it and the shower is a small outside hose! lol basically it's a bed and a table! We are excited for our first big camping trip the last weekend of August with my family. It's going to be great.


Kamille is growing like crazy. We are just putting away her 18 month clothes and pulling out the 24 month/2T. She has attitude and such a sweet personality. She's talking up a  storm and sometimes won't stop talking. On the hike at the reunion, she walked with her cousin Ethan. Well I guess she wouldn't stop talking and Ethan finally got tired of it and yelled "Shut Up!" (It's funny because he is only 3!) Well Kamille doesn't know what that meant, so she just kept going. Poor little guy.

I can't keep up with all the words she is learning. The other day she brought me my phone and was watching a kid movie on it. The sound was off so she handed it to me and said "sound please". I was like ....what? Okay! Also when we go on long trips she gets really car sick so we have to give her Dramamine. Well she learned that word real fast too. So now when I get her little purple pill box out she sings out "Dra-ma-MINE!" It cracks me up. She likes the Clean-Up song and when I sing it she actually starts picking up her toys and throwing them in the toy room. (I like the Clean-Up song and use it often). Potty Training is going slow and I am just letting her lead the way. Some days she is really in to it and brings out the potty and other days she just doesn't think about it. I'm not pushing her and I know that when she is ready it will be a lot easier on me :)

She was a grumpy pants for the pictures!

Our new little baby is doing good. I have had over 4 ultrasounds already (which is a lot for only being 13 W 5 D). I love babies don't get me wrong but I HATE being pregnant. I feel like I'm bad at it! I'm always worried something is wrong or I'm messing up. It's a stressful thing, and then the doctor tells you that you can't be stressed because it's bad for the baby. Ahhh I have to remind myself that my body can handle it and to CALM down.

Did you know that people are finding out the gender of their baby at 10 WEEKS?? That's insane! I looked into it and it's a non-invasive blood test where they take a few vials from your arm and they use science and tools to find the baby's blood inside your blood. Then they can look at all the chromosomal make-up to find out health problems and the gender of your baby.  Well I was freaked out at first but I decided to ask my doctor about it. He told me that most insurances don't cover it and it's used mostly for people with a history of chromosomal problems or if you are over 35 years old. But he suggested I talked to my insurance and that it wouldn't hurt to see. So I seriously spent a whole day on the phone talking to my insurance, doctors, blood labs, and so much more. I honestly didn't think it would be possible but by the end of the day the insurance said they would cover it. So yesterday I went in to get my blood drawn and I'll have the results in 7-10 days! How cool is that? I'll be 14 weeks and know the gender of my baby!

New haircut!!! Cut of 8-10 inches!

Anyways enough about us, I hope you all are having a fabulous Saturday,
God be with you,
Kaylynn Jackson

I know you are all asking... "Whoa, you just did a blog a few days ago!" Right? But seriously it's the post you have all been waiting for!

Our cute little baby!!!

DEVIN AND I ARE EXPECTING A BABY!!!! 

That's right! Baby Jackson #2 will arrive in January 2017! We are so excited (I'm sure you could tell right haha) but we wanted to share our little secret with you and the whole World!

In the Beginning (a year ago): Devin and I went through a sad miscarriage. We didn't know we were pregnant but it was still devastating all the same. We decided to try for another one expecting it would only take a few months. Nothing was happening, so I started using ovulation tests. Month after month they kept coming back negative. We prayed and asked what we needed to do. It was a sad time but we pushed forward until we got an answer. Go to the doctor! I made an appointment and didn't get the news I wanted to. I was too "Morbidly Obese" to conceive and I just couldn't ovulate. The answer? loose weight (It's harder than it sounds) I got on Thrive for two months and lost 20 lbs and 30 inches and felt GREAT! Then the doctor prescribed Clomid. We finished the first cycle and during the follicle ultrasound they told me that the first round didn't work. I cried all the way home. Why wasn't my body working. It was very frustrating. So our next step was to wait for my next cycle. I had the Clomid in hand and waited....and waited...and waited.

When my cycle didn't show I called the doctor frustrated and they told me to wait another week and we would go from there. So I waited some more. Finally the day came and still no cycle. So I tested. Not even 5 minutes later there were two beautiful lines. I was so excited I couldn't breathe! Devin and I couldn't stop smiling! It was so exciting :) We called and told the parents and the rest is history!

I'm now at 10 weeks today and life is so so good. The baby is healthy and even though Kamille doesn't quite get it, she still rubs my belly and says "baby"!

Our  T-shirts we made the other day for the 4th of July announcement!

She is going to be the best big sister

We hope you all have a fantastic 4th of July and be safe! We love you all. 

Our little firecracker is going to be a big sister.

God be with you until we meet again, 

JUNE TRAVELS

Most recent family picture

June wasn't busy. It was pretty laid back. We got to go on one trip to Denver to see our new niece, Molly's baby blessing. Our SUV decided to break the Sunday before we were going to leave, but luckily Devin's parents live in North Dakota and we could catch a ride with them. We left late and we drove all night (that was an adventure) but we got in at 5 ish in the morning. We switched off driving and keeping the driver awake. There was one time I heard the driver snore and that kind of freaked me out! haha I couldn't sleep most of the drive. But we made! Baby Molly is adorable and Kamille LOVED her. She mostly wanted to hug her and squeeze her and not let her go. She's a little rough with the little ones. Kamille also got to play with her cousin's Ethan and Kayson. They were the cutest. Playing so nice and hugging all the time. We also took family pictures while we were in Denver. It rained, so we had to hurry but then as soon as it stopped we got some pictures with a beautiful rainbow!

Kamille and Ethan

Baby Molly

What's really at the end of our rainbow!

Devin's Family!

We then took off for Ashton to pick up a vehicle that we could use while our SUV was getting fixed. The little camry didn't have a working AC so we drove over 700 miles dying in the heat! But we were able to get home safely and that's what matters.
Next month is going to be crazy! We have Devin's birthday, the 4th of July celebrations, a Jackson reunion, and lastly my brother's wedding! (two trips to Idaho) then we have decided that there will be no travelling in August and only one camping trip in Idaho in September. Then we are done!!! haha I love seeing family but it's hard when the road seems to go only one way. I hope someday my family in Idaho will travel to North Dakota to see us (hint hint) I think everyone (including ourselves at one point) thought we would move back to Idaho, but in all honesty, we love North Dakota. We love our little home, our ward family, our friends, our tiny town and so much more. When we visit Idaho, it just isn't home anymore... Home is where you make it.

Our front yard..Devin mowing in the distance!

Anyways life is so good in the Jackson's home and we will keep you updated!
God be with you,
Kaylynn Jackson

Seriously this year is flying by. I can't believe it's almost half over. This last month hasn't been too busy. I took a trip to Northern Idaho for my brother's open house and to also take engagement pictures for my other brother. He's getting married in July and then heading to Puerto Rico. Devin and I planned on going and we were just about to purchase our airline tickets when we decided to talk to my doctor. Two months ago we started fertility treatments and are in the process of trying to have another baby. Right now Puerto Rico is in a level 2 warning for the Zika Virus. My doctor advised us that we should not go until they can get it more under control. So now we aren't going to Puerto Rico, but we will still make it to the wedding in Twin Falls.

Danette and Jacob

Devin is working hard everyday. He is doing so good on Thrive and kicking my trash! We decided to add up how much weight he has lost since last year and it's up to 40 lbs! We have been on thrive for 3 months now and loving it! :) We haven't been measuring every week anymore but are setting good goals for months to come. One of the biggest things I have seen in Devin is his attitude change. He's happier, positive, and so much more confident. I love the fact that I can get up and get things done. My doctor has also been super impressed with my weight loss and can see that it's been helping with my PCOS and infertility.