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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

It's been a while. . .

A lot has happened in the past month! Sorry we haven't updated. Here are a few of the highlights:

  • We went to Cedar City on the 18th and 19th with the sole purpose of finding an apartment for the move at the end of December.
  • We found an apartment on that trip! It is two bedrooms, one bathroom. It has a washer and dryer, central air and heat, and lots of natural light despite it being a basement apartment. Best part is the price: $450 a month! We love it.
  • We then took a trip to Colorado for Thanksgiving and time with Vicky, Aaron, and Stuart. ;)
  • We flew from Provo to Denver, rented a car, and had a blast. Elai had his first plane trip and he did extremely well. He slept through the turbulence and everything.
  • Colorado was awesome. We had a black friday adventure at REI (we thought there was going to be a door-deal, but there wasn't), went to the zoo, went in the hot tub, found a great delivery place that has indian food as well as pizza and sandwiches, went to old town fort collins, made pies, had turkey dinner, watched cheesy abcfamily movies on netflix, took a tour of the budweiser factory, went to the flagship REI in Denver, saw the Denver temple, had brats at this christmas market, saw a giant blue bear, ate at Panera, dessert at See's candy, and then were exhausted as we flew home.
  • The flight home wasn't as easy because Elai was hungry and we didn't have a way to defrost the milk and I wasn't about to feed him on a plane full of strangers. Yikes. I am so not that talented yet.
  • Elai has learned to laugh. He laughs almost as much as he cries--sometimes he laughs more, which is music to my ears.
  • Elai got his first haircut! I know, most kids don't get a haircut until they're like a year or something, but his hair started to get in his eyes it was so long. :) He looks handsome and odd. hahaha. It scared me, but I think it turned out ok.
  • Michael had a lesson on how to cut my hair and we gave each other haircuts the other night. :D It scared me at first, but he listened well and I am very happy with the result! My hair is thinner (it has to get thinned out if I want to spend less than an hour on it to make it look good) and has less of a mullet look to it. We saved a good 30-40 dollars by cutting each other's hair, so I say it was a big win for us!
  • I quit my job at sharkrobot. I just felt like I needed to be home with my family right now. It was a great move and I feel at peace about it, even though the extra money was nice.
  • We are slowly getting our stuff packed up into boxes. We had most of it in boxes already, but now we are downsizing and making sure that the stuff packed in each box is similar in nature (no books with the kitchen utensils), which is how it was before.
  • We are almost done with this packing up, which is good because we are moving the day after Christmas! Hooray!
  • We are both done with our shopping and wrapping for the season, but now we have to wait two weeks before giving the presents! Torture! hahaha. Not really--I am totally exaggerating.
We are so blessed this season to have such wonderful people in our lives that help us as we learn to be good parents.
Elai and Michael on the plane ride to Colorado. :) So cute!!!
his "Favorite Aunt Vicky" holding him and making faces. Elai was distracted by us despite Vicky's best efforts to entertain, as you can see.
dressed all dapper for thanksgiving
possibly the cutest picture ever
passed out after all the turkey. he has his new friend, bacon, which was given to him by the wonderful employees at the fort collins marriott.
denver temple with the crazy wind making my hair look like i just woke up.
the hair we chopped from Elai's head
after the haircut.

at REI in a sweet hat.

We are moving on December 26th, so if you are willing to help, we would love you to! Just ask us for times and we will let you know when we plan on being in cedar and in spanish fork!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

That's a-my-book.

I had to write a kid's book for my children's lit class. I was inspired by my hubby and my bestie. KJ used to put ketchup on, well, a lot of her food. Michael read me a story he and his sister wrote about a girl that runs out of ketchup. I ended up writing Ketchup Kathryn for the assignment.
Here it is.


Sunday, October 30, 2011

Super Saturday

I truly am loving bountiful baskets.  Since Michael had Saturday off, we went together.  He mentioned we should volunteer, so we got up super early and volunteered.
We got there at 6:30 am (yes, dad, I can get up early) dressed and ready to help out.
After bringing in a bunch of boxes of fruits and veggies, someone laid out all these baskets (about 53 participants this week, so there were two hallways with a little over 50 baskets in each hall, set up in this manner).  Then we all were given a task--put two apples in each fruit basket, one cabbage in each veggie, etc.  Michael and I put green beans in bags to be put in the baskets. 
We were able to choose two small leftovers or one large (I grabbed two cucumbers).
The rest of the extras were disbursed to the baskets.
We got to grab our basket and we were done.  Sweet.  Check out our loot!
We opted to get the Italian Veggie add-on this week, and with the extra cucumber for volunteering, we really made out with a LOT of food.  I think I will be vegetarian this week just to use this all up!
1 cabbage
2 heads green leaf lettuce
1 lb green beans
2 roma tomatoes
2 pomegranates
4 cucumbers
2 zucchini
2 white onions
1 red onion
1 eggplant
1 lb strawberries
1 head garlic
4 kiwis
2 lb black grapes
3 bananas
7 Gala apples
3 avocados
1 lb mushrooms
1 bunch parsley
1 package of mint leaves
1 package fresh rosemary
1 package fresh savory? (still unsure what this one is, but that's the best my internet searching has found)

Wow.

Then it was home for breakfast and a movie a la redbox (Captain America).
Shower, put away the basket/foodsaver a few things, and make some brownies.
Then, off to the Aquarium!
We were hungry, so we stopped for a late lunch at Sweet Tomatoes, a place I have been wanting to go for a long time (it is like Souplantation).
hahahaha


Me and Bubby
Then we had a halloween party to go to thrown by Michelle Jenne, whom we love.  Michael was pumpkin Pi (there is a Pi symbol on his back), I was a Leaf Blower (there is a leaf on my wrist and I would blow on it), and Elai was baby Harry Potter (he had a lightning scar on his forehead).

 


                        

Elai was the perfect Harry.  He was a bit fussy, though, so that was sad.
Until it was time to go.  Then he was a smiley baby.
He did freak out on the way home and we had to pull over and strip him down to the diaper to cool him off.  I hate it when he cries like that!

Good times, and a great day.




He smiles!!!

Thursday, October 27, 2011

#2

Elai is in #2 diapers! He had his 2 month appointment yesterday and he is now 11 lb 13 oz & 23 in.
He is in the 50th percentile-ish for head, length, and weight. I feel like he is exceptionally average when it comes to the numbers, but way above average in everything else, especially in how much he is loved. <3

WTP

Michael played Elai the Winnie the Pooh theme song from iTunes recently, and he just loved it! He started smiling and loved it. We played it a few times and every time he just cooed and smiled and was just so happy.

Last night, we rented Winnie the Pooh, the new one, and again Elai was so happy while it was on. This is really a fantastic development. Elai loves music, but this particular music is his favorite.
Just barely, Elai was lying on the bed with us just looking around. Michael started singing the theme song, and he started smiling again!
Moral of the story: Elai LOVES Winnie the Pooh. The new one is hilarious, too. So, we love it as well. We are a pooh-lovin' family.