Caywood Clan: March 2009

♥ How long have you been together? Married 5 years and 3 months
♥ How long did you know each other before you started dating? 5 years but I barely had the nerve to say hi to him!
♥ Who asked who out? Funny story, I was at a institute social with another date when I saw him. He looked familiar but we hadn't seen each other in like 3-4 years...so I just went up to him and asked him who he was and he totally remembered me! I gave him my number and he called to ask me out the next day...unfortunately me having the huge guilt factor ....never called him back...then we ended up having a summer class together and I called him to ask him to come study with me....he asked me out the next night and we've been together ever since! (my plan for "studying" worked like a charm!)
♥ How old are each of you? I'm 25, and Ryan is 32 but you'd never guess it!
♥ Whose siblings do/ did you see the most? probably my sister but only because they live about 10 minutes away...we would definately like to see his family more often!
♥ Do you have any children together? Yes, a 2 1/2 year old little princess....Brynnah
♥ What about pets? We have a small black pug named Kirra. we got her a year after we were married and we love her to death...she's like having another kid though!
♥ Which situation is the hardest on you as a couple? It would definately be our little princess....she has a lot of heath problems and some of my friends/aquaintices kids have died...wome of which had some of the same problems as Brynnah does. It's defiantely hard on us and any other couples...to have a constantly sick kid!
Did you go to the same school? We did actually but not at the same time. Ryan graduated in 95, and then me in 01.
Are you from the same home town? Sort of, Ryan was born and raised in Montpelier. I was born in Las Vegas, then moved to Montpelier when I was almost 11...then we had some brief moves in between
who's the smartest? Depends...
♥ Who is the most sensitive? Definately me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where do you eat out the most as a couple?ummmm....since we're pretty poor we don't actually go out to eat that much, we'd rather eat at home and then spend our extra money on a movie!
♥ Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple? we've been to BC canada, Arizona, and Northern California...I'm not sure which is the furthest away!
♥ Who has the craziest exes? Probably me....I was really niaeve when it came to dating.
Who has the worst temper? hmmmm....it takes me a while to get worked up but I probably have the worst temper....it comes with the red hair!
♥ Who does the cooking? I cook the most but Ryan is always willing to help!
♥ Who is more jealous? You know I'm not really sure...hmmm
How long did it take to get serious? Not very long I think Ryan confessed his love within a couple weeks...it took a little longer for me but nevertheless....we dated for 3 months and we were engadged 3 months after that!
♥ Who does/ did the laundry? Both of us.
♥ Who’s better with the computer? That would be Ryan! I'm constantly asking him how to do something!
Who drives when you are together? Ryan...he loves to drive and I love to sleep in the car...but I do have to constantly be on him about speeding!

Update!

Sorry I had so many blog posts. Our computer crashed about a month ago so we had to get a new hard drive and we haven't got it quite up and running yet. We've all settled into our new place and we're loving it more and more every day! Brynnah had a kidney appointment in Feb. Everything went fine she's still doing about the same although she did finally grow! Ryan is still liking his job and it's much nicer only being a mile away from his work....he's getting really excited for riding his bike this spring! I have been busy working on my new favorite hobby...making jewelry...I'll need to take some pics and post them! I've also been trying to make our new home nice and comfortable. Brynnah has been doing fabulously. She's been talking up a storm, she's been doing really well on colors, and can count to 10. She loves to sing and her favorite songs include: Itsy bitsy spider, twinkle twinkle little star, old McDonald, and the wheels on the bus...she's also loving some primary songs: the wise man and popcorn popping. She also started walking about a week and a half ago...we all knew she could do it we just had to be patient with her...next on the agenda would be potty training....so fun right? As far as Transplant goes were getting closer...one step at a time. We went to salt lake yesterday....we had a little mishap with Brynnah's feeding tube. The balloon burst (which it has done before) but this time the tube was falling out of her stomach. So they got us in and got her all fixed up! While we were there....Ryan got some testing done to see if he's a possible donor match...Hopefully we will be getting some results next week and we will definately keep you all posted. Thanks for thinking and praying for our family. We appreciate and love you all.

Brynnah's New Haircut.

Brynnah's hair was getting really ragged and stringy looking so I decided to take it upon myself to cut it...not the best job in the world but I thought I did a pretty good job.

I think it makes her look like a 2 year old!

Isn't she just a doll!?!

Brynnah's favorite game!

We had our friends Sam and Kari and their kids over the other night and Brynnah had gone into the other room ....we thought she was playing in her room....to our surprise she was in the spare room getting her Hungry Hippo game!

She was so cute that we decided to pull out the game and play!

Kisses for Mommy, daddy and of course the puppy!

Valentines Day!

We had a really great V-day! Brynnah got lots of fun stuff...well we all did...

I was sooooo EXCITED to get Anita Stansfields new book Winds of Hope....if any of you haven't read the Jayson Wolfe story you totally should...I absolutely love them!

Brynnah was really excited about the shredded paper at the bottom of her basket...silly me I didn't think it would distract her so much from her present....

Her next favorite of course was the books we got for her...one of our fav. kids authors...Sandra Boynton...

Last but not least Brynnah really enjoyed this My Little Pony I got for her at the DI. There's a button to push on her neck and her eyes blink, and she lights up!

Moving week!

We were preparing for our big move....Ryan and Brynnah had a great time...while I was packing!!!

We moved just to the other side of town. Most of you know our friends Rick and Erin. They had been renting a house just past the county jail on 4th street. They moved to Boise so we were able to rent their house. It's FABULOUS! We absolutely love it there. It's so quiet and peaceful. We get to see deer all the time which brynnah adores! Best of all there are no neighbors that smoke, drink, and party all week long!!! Our new address for those of you who don't have it....7634 W. Katsilometes Rd. Pocatello, 83204.

Ryan's Harry Potter Party!

For Ryan's Birthday in Feb. I threw him a Surprise Harry Potter Party. He had absolutely no idea I was formulating it...I sent out harry potter invitations and made tons of Harry Potter themed food and goodies.