"Growing Up....Wont Bring Us Down"

Adelaide has a new thing...well two new things. First, one day I was changing her diaper and she pulled up her legs like she usually does and then puts her tiny little cute piggies in her mouth!!! :D It looked so uncomfortable but she was smiling and chuckling to herself. (: It was the cutest little thing. So every so often she decides to chew on her feet. Mostly when I change her diaper she chews her little toes. Second, she whines. This girl only cries when she is either hurt or scared. She only ever whines now. It's a very whiney whine too....basically its frustrating. I love her to death but oh man she whines all the time now and half of the time it's for no reason. It's frustrating but I love my daughter none the less. 

We have recently set up her highchair. Every time I would feed her in the little bouncy chair she would try to sit up, so I figured it was time to try the highchair. Now let me tell ya, this highchair is awesome! It has two separate settings for the chair (laying down and sitting up). It also has a "snack tray" along with a regular tray that goes over it. THEN...it has this little cup holder thing shaped like Pooh's honey pot, but its not a cup holder! ITs so that you can put the snacks in it and then it tips over and pours a few out onto the tray!! :D How cool is that!? I know I am pathetic, I am raving about this high chair. It is a massive high chair though. It looks like a thrown for her, its perfect because her nickname is "Princess." I'm not sure when we started calling her that but we have.

Daddy isn't as good with the oatmeal (:

A couple of weeks ago we had a Multi-Stake Conference at the I-Center. Well they organized a new stake and the boundaries within some wards. A week before that we were informed that our apartment building was in the new ward, the 31st ward. (: This past week was our first week as a new ward! It was good! I'm excited for this ward. We haven't had a lot of structure yet but I am feeling very excited. :D 

Recently Aunt Cara sent Adelaide some clothes to borrow during the winter. So we put her in a couple of outfits and ohhh she looked so cute! We put her in some shoes for this past sunday and they looked adorable.

Also, Adelaide loves being outside! But now that it's getting colder I don't wanna risk her getting a cold or anything, so I dont take her out as often. A lot of times if the window in the living room is open she looks up at it and tries to grab at it. So I let her stand on the couch and watch the cars go by. Sometimes I think she is waiting for daddy to come home, it's cute. (: Sometimes she will just cross her hands and sit there and watch cars go by. But once I take her outside and lay her down she just gets so excited! She would spend hours out there if I let her. I foresee a lot of family sports games in the front/backyard like my family used to do. 

Oh....and I cut off her mullet hair. (:

She does grab at anything and everything to put in her mouth

So many of you might have a pinterest account. I am one of those weirdos who spends many hours on that website looking for new craft ideas or recipes. There are some awesome recipes one that website! It has been rather chilly here lately. And tonight the low is 19 degrees. Pretty cold. So I found a nice recipe for crockpot hot chocolate. I was really craving hot chocolate anyway and thought tonight was a really nice nice to make some. I also thought it would be nice for mike when he gets home from work at midnight to have a nice hot cup of cocoa. It turned out pretty good I think. It had a little to much cocoa powder but i can tweak it a little bit and it will be delish!!! :D 

I am so excited to start school in January. I will finally be able to start finishing my degree. I'm still not sure what I am going to be doing but still excited to continue. I want to finish for my family. It's important to me that i get a degree. I want Adelaide to know that a degree is important and I want to show Michael and the rest of my family that while I am a mother and a wife first, I can also have a career. 

Nikki is getting married next month. It's actually less than a month away. As I talk with her about going to the temple and the excitement and joys of being married it makes me miss her so much! I havent seen her in almost a year and she isn't moving back to Idaho until next year. :( My excitement grows each and everyday for her as her special day grows near. It reminds me of the joy of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The blessings of having the knowledge of the true church. I know that she is making a HUGE decision but I am supporting her all the way. Marriage in the temple is the most amazing thing and I am so excited for her. There is nothing better than being able to walk through those temple doors to make the most important decisions. I better get a phone call after everything has calmed down!!! 

THEN AND NOW (: oh how we have both changed

At a YSA dance in Georgia (i think in 2010)

This past thursday, the 4th, my one and only nephew turned 1!!! I can't believe he is already one year old! I remember when he was born!! That chubby little baby came into this world and captured all of our hearts! He is so sweet and fun! I'm sad that I'm missing him walking and learning so much. I am so grateful for him. He has been a blessing in my life. I love him so much! I guess I better shout out to Jon too. His birthday is on Monday. He's such a goofball. But in all seriousness, he is a great brother in law.  There I said it! He's a good guy who cares and loves my sister to no end! So happy birthday jon! I hope you enjoy our card we sent. (;

Crazy Baby!! :D

I officially don't like Michael working full time and going to school full time. I get to see him for about 3 hours a day and in those three hours he is usually nose deep in a book. But, we did know that this is what it was going to be like. I just miss having him around. Adelaide just adores him. Every time he walks in the room she just lights up like a christmas tree. I know that we can do this but oh man its stinky. I just need to get back into painting (while Addi sleeps) to pass some time until I get into school.  

I painted last night after Adelaide went to bed for around 4 hours! I didn't even realize I had been painting for that long! Mike said "have you been painting for 4 hours?!" I said, "does it look like it?" (i know that sounds sarcastic but i promise it wasnt). He said, "no, haha." I said "aw dang, because I have." For those of you who don't know I do paint by numbers because I cant draw and paint my own paintings. LOL They take forever to do to! But I love painting. It's so relaxing and serene. 

Julia and I have decided to switch off weeks to cook. So she will cook one week and then I will cook the next, etc. Well I have been trying TONS of new recipes and so far I have done pretty good. I have made pizza rolls, mexican chicken alfredo, Hawaiin BBQ crockpot chicken, and a ton of other recipes. I am so proud of myself for cooking every night!! :D I guess I am a half way decent homemaker. 

Adelaide has a new favorite food: BANANAS!!! We feed her bananas and she just LOVES them so much. She opens her mouth super wide to eat them. It's so cute. She doesn't do her cheesy smile anymore. She kind of only did that for a few days, which is sad because it's super duper cute. She talks all the time and rolls her tongue like you learn how to do in spanish class when you say your "r's." She knows how to pull her legs and butt up like she wants to crawl but doesnt know how to do anything else. She doesn't quite sit on her own yet, but we are working on it everyday. She is just growing up so fast! Aunt Cara sent her some clothes that Afton and Reesa wore in the winter and they looks so cute on her. I put the leg warmers on her that she sent and oh my goodness she looked adorable! She likes being tossed around and bounced, and if you make the hiccup sound she just laughs hysterically. 

Chillin wiff Daddy

She was mid-sentance LOL

SHe had crazy hair that day so I put this on her. (:

LUB HER!

Daddy's home!!! :D

The leg warmers that Aunt Cara sent!!! (:

Anywho, I love being a stay at home mom. It's so much fun!! Although I am excited to start school again. Im not exactly sure what I want to do but I still have a good while before I have to declare my major. 

I am so excited for Aunt Leler!!! She is pregnant and I'm pretty sure she is going to have a girl. I just have a feeling! Although I will be in school when she is supposed to have the baby, hopefully we can see them next summer! And my bestest friend ever is getting married this November. I can't believe it! It's so exciting! I wish I could be there, but I will definitely be there in spirit! Until next time, have a great week! :D

So after officially being in Rexburg for a little over 3 weeks I am finally putting up pictures of the apartment. Sorry it took so long. We ordered a bunch of stuff online that we were waiting to come in and we just got everything put together today. So here are the pictures of our new apartment:

Adelaide's room

Adelaide's new bed (:

Adelaide's dresser/changing table

The other part of Addi's room. It's plain I know but she doesn't care and it looks fine to me

hallway

Our room (:

Our room

hanging above our bed waiting for pictures to go underneath (:

our bathroom

laundry

kitchen/dining room

living room

So I know our apartment needs a little TLC but we are kind of on a budget and have alot of other things that we need besides decorations. I do have Adelaide's baby blessing hanging above her changing table and a picture that Phil and Emily gave us in her room too. We have a ton of frames just no pictures to put in the yet. LOL I keep forgetting to print some out. Although I did go to do the 1 hour print at walmart online the other day and once I pressed "purchase" I realized that I forgot to change the store location of where I am supposed to be picked up. So I spent 8 bucks on photos that probably wont ever get picked up. BOO!! Dad would say that it is because I'm a "clicker." Meaning that I don't read everything before I click "okay" or "go." Anyway, that is our apartment apart from 1 bedroom. That is patrick and julia's bedroom and I thought it would be weird to take pictures of their room. Basically its just like ours except its a little bigger, bigger closet and their own bathroom.
We are really enjoying ourselves here. We love the weather and the people. We have made friends with a family downstairs and we really like our new ward, the student-family ward! (: Mike started classes this past monday (10th). He is also working full-time at Dickenson Frozen Foods. He is taking 14 credits right now and never has any free time. :( He wakes up and goes to school from 7:45 to about noon. Then he does homework until about 3:00. Then he gets ready for work and leaves around 3:25 so he can be there a little early. His shift starts at 3:45 and ends at midnight. He gets home around 12:15 and usually doesnt get to bed until about 1. Then he does it all over again. So he has a pretty packed schedule. I only really get to spend time with him on weekends. I mean I spend time with him when he is home but he is always doing homework so there isn't much we can do. And most of the time I am in bed by the time he gets home. Gotta love being in college and having a family. (:
On Sunday I noticed Adelaide tugging on her ear. So I thought maybe she would have an ear infection. Well she didn't have a fever or any other symptoms so I didn't do anything about it. Well on Tuesday she was sooo fussy! She just wouldn't calm down for anything. She wouldn't sleep. Tuesday night she wouldn't go back to sleep. Well I laid down on the floor with her in her bedroom and for some reason she fell right to sleep. Well I was utterly exhausted that I fell asleep too..on the floor. LOL Anyway, Wednesday she wasnt really fussy but she did have a fever. I checked it Tuesday night to see how bad it was and she had 99.7. Well she was still happy and playful like usual. Well i decided to not be worried about it because it wasnt terrible and it wasnt affecting her. Well on Wednesday she was still happy but her temperature went up. She got as high as 101.9! So I called the dr and asked them if I should bring her in. They said yes. So as soon as Mike got home from school I took her to the dr. They did all the checks and what not and said she had a pretty high fever (by the way, she weighs 13.3lbs and 3 oz and is 24 in tall). They did all the checks and I told the dr that I thought she had an ear infection. Well it turns out that everything in her is great. No ear infection, no upper respiratory infection, NOTHING! She just has a super high fever. So they drew some blood to see if she has a bacterial infection. It was so sad, I felt terrible. It turns out that she does have a bacterial infection but they can't find the source. So they prescribed her clindamycin and they told me to bring her back in the morning to see how she was doing. So we took her back this morning and I told her that she did have a very high fever last night but she hasn't since then and that the only other thing that wasn't normal was her not eating as much. So they took an xray of her lungs to see if everything was okay with them and it came back perfect. She has great vitals, no temperature nothing. So just to make sure they had to take more blood. It came back the same as the day before. So she still has a bacterial infection and the clindamycin wasn't working. So we got her some more acid reflux medicine to make sure she keeps her new medication down. They told me to throw away the other meds and give her Azithromycin. It's a stronger medication to fight off infection. So hopefully this will work. We have to take her back on Saturday to get more blood drawn and to see if she is getting any better. Despite being sick, she is still pretty happy. (:
I've posted all of the pictures of her on Facebook, so if you wanna see some recent pictures of her just go to my profile page. (:
Well, today was Cara's birthday. I just wanted to do a little shout out to her. Despite the miles that separate us we are pretty close. I miss her tons! She helped me so much on my first journey here in Idaho. She has always been there for me. I remember when I was little that she was always the one I would go to if I was arguing with someone else in the family. I honestly don't remember ever arguing or fighting with her. Even when she was out here in Idaho by herself and we all were in Georgia she still helped me through alot of things. I have always been able to trust her and turn to her for advice. She has been an amazing sister. I am so lucky to have her in my life! She has truly blessed me and helped me in so many ways. I always thought that she has been a great mediator. She always knows what to say to defuse tension and hard feelings. I wish we lived closer, because I would love for Adelaide (and our future kids) to have her close by to learn from. She is a WONDERFUL mother and I hope that I can do as good of a job as her! She has always been a great example to me both in the church and out of the church. These are from 2007! (: LOL

 I love you Cara! Thanks for everything! Happy Birthday (: