6 months old

i cannot believe my baby is half a year old! HALF A YEAR! wow. time flies. I feel like the changes between 4 to 6 months have been huge, and to think they will just keep getting bigger.
-She sits up by herself. Sometimes she is still a little tipsy but she does well. She likes to sit up and play now, instead of laying down. She rolls all over the place, every which way but she still prefers to be on her back if she's laying down. She also scoots, usually backwards. 
-She is getting more of a personality and becoming a lot more independent. She will play with her toys by herself and she wants to feed herself with the spoon sometimes. She gets really sensitive sometimes but is usually really happy and easy going.
-She eats rice cereal and for most the past month she's been trying a bunch of different vegetables and fruits. So far carrots and sweet potatoes and peaches have been the favorites. She is a VERY messy eater and she makes the funniest faces. She still LOVES getting her bottle and sometimes she shakes and her eyes get huge when she sees it and it about to get it because she's so excited.
-Great sleeper. Still almost 12 hours at night and about 2 hour nap in the morning, then a shorter one in the afternoon. She loves her crib.
-She loves her mom and dad, and she can usually be coaxed pretty easily to give any one else a good smile. Sometimes she gets a little overwhelmed when we're in a big group of new people and she's being passed around but usually she is ok with a few new people or staying with a babysitter.
-She got sick for her first time, which was the saddest and most pitiful thing ever. I had my ups and downs with it but only lost it a few times. It was just a cold, very stuffy, sore throat, coughing, etc. It took her about 2 weeks to get over it and boy was i glad when she did. She was quite a bit more fussy than normal but mostly she was just sleepy and tired and didn't want to play and i missed my happy girl so much!
-I feel like she has grown SO much this month. She looks and feels huge to me, my arms get tired holding her, although after going to the doctor she is still pretty small for her age.
-Her eyes keep getting darker, a little bit to my dismay. Thy are now a hazel color, brown with blueish/green. Which is still pretty i was just really hoping they would stay light.
-Her hair has gotten lighter since she was born, but is still a medium brown color. It gets really fuzzy/poofy on top. We can now do a mohawk with it after her bath and it's so cute.
-Her Stats: head: 17 (71%) length: 25.5 (42%) weight: 14.2 (17%)

February 28th

I LOVE my life! I love that there are so many things to love: from people to places to things. And although the things are not as important as the people I love that I have people in my life to share them with. I am so truly blessed to have so many highlights in my life, and to find joy every day.

February 27th

I LOVE my baby girl. She turns 6 months today. So big! I can't believe it. She is truly the light of my life.

February 26th

I LOVE quotes. I have always loved finding quotes and sayings to put up in different places. I try to memorize ones that mean a lot to me and I have a huge file on my computer of ones that I like.

February 25th

I LOVE our friends. We seriously have the greatest friends. They are all not only so fun to be around but so willing to serve and help in whatever way possible. We were able to move entirely into our new house last night with the help of many many friends and 2 caravan trips and lots of loading and unloading. We didn't plan on being completely moved in one night at all but we started and about 6 hours later we were done! Everything we owned was in our new house! Ad it's definitely a good thing because we woke up this morning (in our NEW room, in our NEW bed) to about 8 inches of snow in our neighborhood and I am so glad we didn't have to move in that. THANK YOU THANK YOU to all our friends who helped us move!!

...and we're back!

So i kind of forgot that when you move you don't have internet. Not to worry, we have it now. So i'll be playing catch up for a little while. Life has been crazy busy but so far i LOVE being in our new house and we've already had lots of fun and exciting things happen. more on that to come!

February 24th

I LOVE our new bed! We bought it awhile ago and just went to pick it up yesterday to be ready to move it in. We decided to get a king size, we've had a queen until now. I've been wanting this bed for a long time, think it's so beautiful and unique.. Now I can't wait to sleep in it!

February 23rd

I LOVE things that smell good. I love either citrus scents or sweet scents. For Christmas I got the "skinny dippin" cubes for my scenery and it is so delicious!!

Saying goodbye

I can't believe it but moving day is almost here and boxes are being packed. As I prepare to leave our little townhouse it's definitely not as easy as I thought it would be. This place has really become our HOME after living here for 3.5 years, our whole married life. I'm so excited to be moving on but also very sad to be leaving our precious pioneer village townhouse #8 behind. Paul and I were talking about some of the incredible things that have happened in this house or associated with this house and I wanted to write some down so I won't forget:
-we moved up to provo about a month after we were married with a trailer filled with everything. We drove the long 29 hours and arrived late at night. We had made plans to stay somewhere else but we were too excited about our new place so we decided to just come here. It was august and the power had not been turned on yet so it was pretty stifling but we dragged out our mattress and put in in the family room and crashed.
-the best thing without a doubt about living here has been the amazing people we have been able to surround ourselves and associate with. We have absolutely loved living so close to so many amazing friends and family awns that is definitely the thing I will miss the most. We have seen a lot of couples come and go but we have made such good memories and lasting friendships. We loved living by jeff and Melissa when we first moved here and hanging out with thhem literally every day. We have loved living by such close friends after them like the Barnes, the Owens, the Taylors, the Packs. There is always someone (or a lot of someones) to hang out with and talk to. I love that half my neighbors have a spare key to my house and sew all just come and go and borrow zas we please. I am positive I will never have as many awesome neighbors at one time as I have here, they have all blessed our lives in amazing and individual ways.
-another thing we've done a lot here is PARTY! we have had so many parties and fit way too many people into this tiny place. From Halloween to cinco de mayo to college sports to birthdays: any excuse for a party! I can't believe how many people we've crammed into this
place.
-Paul spent countless hours in our bedroom after he broke his back. This is where he recovered and was cared for and it was such great location to be close to his doctor. That wwas truly a life changing event for both of us.
-our good friend Chase Coleman opened his mission call here! I remember being so excited that he would want to come here to open it. I am so proud of him for serving a mission and servi the people of panama.
-I will definitely never forget the day that I was shocked to find out I was pregnant and then Paul and I went and sat in our bed for a long time and had a talk about our future and plans and what this news meant for us, where we both cried a lot of tears of joy.
- this is where mike and Jenna had their first date making pizzas and then where they got engaged a few months later! What an exciting time. It was so fun helping to set up their engagement and having our house be such a big part of it.
-bringing Caitlin home from the hospital to this house was a very emotional experience for me. I just love her little room and I couldn't wait to show her. I started crying as I stood with my new little baby in my arms in her room that I had been preparing for her for months. I couldn't believe the time had finally come. She has continued to bring a light to our home with her sweet spirit, which I know won't change no matter where we live
- we have had an amazing ward while living here. We have been going to a married student ward and I am really going to miss going to church where everyone is about the same age and at similar stages in life. We have been truly blessed as both Paul and I have had opportunities to learn and grow through serving in our ward. We have been blessed with amazing friends and a wonderful bishop.
- we have loved having tons of visitors throughout our time here (something that I hope won't stop!) and thank goodness they have all been gracious enough to sleep on a blow up mattress or couch!

Powerless

Due to a miscommunication, provo power decided to shut us off today. We lost power at about 9:30am and it is now 2:48pm and still no power (I'm on paul's iPad right now). So I've been stuck waiting for the power guy to come restate our power with a sick baby and no heat and still trying to pack up whatever I can so I'm down to the bare necessities. Interesting day. This is making out to be a pretty frantic week!

February 22nd

I LOVE the colors purple and yellow. They're my fave. Purple has just always been my favorite color since i was little. I knew that i always wanted purple to be my wedding color and i was so nervous that my future husband wouldn't let me but luckily i married Paul and he is color blind so it just looks like blue to him. perfect! Yellow is my second favorite because it's so happy.

monster truck madness

Friday night (2.18) we went with Morgan and Whitney to the Monster Truck Rally! It was my first time to go to one and i loved it! It was really fun. Paul and I decided to "dress the part" and on the way there i discovered my $5 acid ash jeans from DI had large holes on the inside of both of my thighs. legs together! The trucks were SO loud i couldn't believe it. They really looked like toy cars out there, doing wheelies and bouncing around. I would actually really like to ride in one, but never drive one. We saw the likes of: The bounty hunter, El toro loco, and of course, grave digger. During the intermission the had a few guys on snowmobiles doing tricks riding in the dirt! That was surprising/impressive. We had a great time people watching and monster truck admiring. 

 

 

 

 

 

February 21st

since today is president's day, i thought it would be appropriate to say, i LOVE America! I love being American and the amazing country we have to live in. It's the best. We have so many freedoms and opportunities here that many other countries do not offer. I love going other places but I'm always glad to come home.

February 20th

i LOVE kid's books. I'm a little bit obsessed with them right now, I've been looking at little books wherever i go to get for Caitlin. She is starting to get into books-- learning how to turn pages and stuff and it's so cute i love it. I loved reading from an early age when i was little and still enjoy reading (when i can) today.

pizza & minute to win it

On 2.15 while my parents were here, we had a pizza + minute to win it game party with cousins and relatives. It was really fun to get a bunch of us together and of course minute to win it games always keep people laughing. I'm not gonna lie.. I don't think many of us would stand a chance on the show. Better keep practicing!