It’s been awhile since I have updated. I have never really been that good at “journaling”. So it’s time for a massive up date.

The highlights of November were my Mom and Caiden’s “cookie” came out for a visit. It was the first time she has been out here since we moved in August.  It was fun to have her here with us. We were able to do touristy things. We went to the Aquarium, the zoo, shopping, ate good BBQ, and spent lots of time together.

As a family we were able to go to Utah. We were able to have Thanksgiving with Hailey and Jeff and Charlie. It was nice to be able to catch up with family and I never that I would say this but it was nice to be back in Utah. Barbara and Dennis got married while we were there it was a beautiful wedding. It was great to be able to there for them on that special day.

December felt like a very long month. Trevor was asked by PWC to work in Little Rock for 4 weeks and that started the Monday we returned from Utah.  So Monday through Friday Caiden and I missed Trevor! It made me enjoy the weekends even more. I tried to get all of the house work and shopping done by Friday so that we could just have fun. Trevor finished up in Little Rock and we went to spend Christmas in New Jersey. Caiden was good on the plane but he did like to do a little happy scream to let people now he was there. Silly boy. Christmas was wonderful it was the first time in 3 or 4 years that my whole family was together. That said there were a lot of pictures taken.

The New Year as started off wonderfully for our family, we have made goals to help ourselves physically and spiritually. Trevor takes off for work each morning around 8am and gets home pretty late some days. So our time as a family is in the morning time. I read the Book of Mormon to Trevor and Caiden. Just before Trevor leaves we say a family prayer. It has really brought the spirit into our home. I want to continue this so that Caiden will always remember that we read and prayed together as a family.

So far February has been fabulous!!! I honestly can’t complain one bit. We are so very blessed! That is all I can say for now.

 

Here are some little things about Caiden

• he is teething so he chews on everything that he shouldn’t for example our wood TV stand. We had to put a towel down so he would stop!
• He has the army crawl down he get everywhere.
• He swishes his spit around his mouth. Sounds gross but it makes me laugh
• He loves to watch videos of himself.
• We went to the zoo and I was changing a poopy diaper in the trunk of the car and he grabbed a handful of it. Thank goodness I had help with me.
• As soon as Trevor walks in the door he will fuss until his Daddy picks him up.
• Loves to FaceTime with Pop-Pop and Cookie that always puts him in a good mood
• He still HATES being in a car set. He will cry if he is in one longer than 20 minutes.
• One day we has not in the best mood and I put him on the ground instead of playing with his toys he held on to my leg for five minutes
• He loves the bath tub. He is a water baby. A bath will usually always make him happy
• He likes to walk around the apartment if we hold his hands. He can move a little bit on his own if he is holding on the couch

 

Goals

I have been thinking a lot lately about goals. I have been graduated since July and we are settled down in Dallas. When I was in school I was working towards something. At the moment I feel like I have stopped progressing and that is not a good thing! I am not going to wait until New Years to make goals. I am starting this week.
My Goals:
1. Read the Book of Mormon with Caiden each morning
2. Read a book just for fun.
3. Make a plan out my day with things to do
4. Plan out meals/ eat healthier
5. Work out 5 days a week.
6.  Take Caiden on walks on each morning
These are just a few of my goals that I will be starting on. There are a few more that are to personal to share on a blog.

Loving life

Caiden has gotten a lot more personality last month or so. It is so fun to see him grow. I am so lucky to be able to stay home with him while Trevor works. We are so very blessed.
Caiden has started to laugh more and more. Just at silly little things.
The little boy and I made some friends. With the family downstairs they have a little girl whose two years old and another little girl that's five months old. We started to go on walks them each morning it's been a lot of fun. It's been nice to finally feel like we are starting to have friends and really make a life here.
Trevor and I are so lucky to be here. Heavenly father really keeps blessing us each day. It's very clear to me that when you Truly are living the Gospel heavenly father will bless you more and more.

Catching Up

It has been a while since I have been able to update the blog. August was a busy month for us.Trevor's family let us stay with them. It was fun to be able to spend time with all his family be for the big more to DALLAS,TX.
Caiden and I flew to New Jersey. I was Caiden first time on an airplane. He did so good. He sleep most of the flight. I was a little worried that he might cry. He was a champ.

We did a lot when we where there. One of the main things that I got to do was show off Caiden. My Grandma is a nursing home. So to brighten my Grandma day we brought Caiden to her. He was the star of the Nursing home. It is amazing to see what a little baby can do to brighten peoples lives. I am so glad that caiden could come to New Jersey with me. We sure did miss Daddy. It was a great trip.
One the way back I was really sick. I am so glad that my Dad and two brothers where with me. Caiden was a little angel on the plane thank goodness. 
So my Dad and brothers came out to Utah 1) to set up Will at Snow college 2) to help us move to Dallas.I can honestly say Trevor and I have the best families in the WORLD. They help us pack the truck up perfectly and got us on our way to Dallas!
I never thought I would end up in Texas of all places. We are settle in for the most part. There are a few box left that we need to take care of. Our apartment is in the perfect loction anything store that you would need to go to is with in a 3 miles of our place. Its really wonderful. Plus there is a great place for Caiden and I to go walking. We try to go everyday.
We are still learning our way around but we sure do love it!!

 

 

 

 





A little laughter

Caiden, Trevor, and I went to dinner at Charlie's place tonight. Overall a goodnight but I keep losing at UNO! But one of my every favorite parts of the evening was Caiden laughed for the first time! It was one of the sweetest sounds I have ever heard! He looked right at Trevor and laughed! R was a cute little chuckle!

The cute little boy

Caiden is nine weeks old! I can't believe how fast he is growing! He is smiling a lot! I love his cute little baby sounds! They are so fun!
Caiden had to be out of the house yesterday for a couple of hours when they were spraying for spiders. So we were able to have lunch with a good college friend. That was fun we were able to catch up and talk! It had been a while since we have seen each other!
Later that night Caiden went to his first play My Fair Lady! He sleep most of the time! Tonight we are going out bowling with some friends of Trevor's! So that will be another first for him too! I love being a wife and a Mom it is the greatest thing in the world!

Graduation & Utah

Last week of school was kinda crazy. We have a lot to do with finals and all the packing we had to do. I was lucky and only had one final. Trevor had at least four tests. Graduation was great! It was a long day. Trevor's family were able to come up for graduation. Graduation was long it was very good though. We got there around 430 but didn't leave until about 9 o'clock at night. We were all very hungry so we ordered a lot of pizza.
We are very grateful Trevor's family. They were a huge help in packing and cleaning. It would've been a lot harder without their help.Dennis Barbara's fiancé let us use their trailer to pack all of our things in. We were able to pack up and get out of Rexburg by noon
Saturday. Kind of a weird feeling knowing we will not be back in Rexburg anytime soon. We are finally done with school.
For the meantime we are staying withTrevor's family in Pleasant Grove Utah. we will be here for about a month then we will be moving to Dallas, Texas. We are glad we can be here to spend time with Trevor's family we don't know how often we be able to come back to Utah to visit with his job.
Caiden and I will be visiting New Jersey on August 6. We will be there for 10 days. My grandma finally get to meet Caiden. Grandma has been sick so it will good for her to see him. We are both very excited!
Trevor and I feel very blessed. We have been given so much this past year together. When you do your very best and gave it all you have things really do work out. When you follow heavenly father's plan things seem to fall into place really quickly.