So Perfect!

Well basically, my life is perfect. Now I'm not saying that there aren't hard times, problems, and melt-downs here and there, cause there are, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I have a wonderful husband, an amazing daughter, great friends, the most awesome family (on both sides) that anyone could ask for, and a great home to live in. What more could a girl ever want? I'm not trying to brag or anything, but I just wanted the world to know how lucky, blessed and grateful I truly am for everything I have. It's been almost a year (this August 19th) that I have been married and even better than that, on August 21st Zach and I will be sealed in the Oqurrih Mountain Temple. YAY!!! Super excited because that means that not only will I get to spend the rest of my life with him, but I will also be able to spend eternity with him. He has been my rock and best friend through the thick and thin of this past year and has made me into a better person than I ever thought I could be. And just so everyone gets a perfect picture of the kind of guy he is, he even willingly watched our 7 month old (overnight!) while I spent the day with some of my best friends at Bear Lake because in his words, it was much deserved break. Super sweet! Now this definitely makes me realize just how good I have it because when I talked to my mom about it her exact words were something along the lines of, "Seriously?! Dad would never have done something like that!" Yeah... my husband is just perfect like that :) Anyway, I mostly just wanted to let all of my friends and family know how grateful I am for all of them too because I couldn't have gotten through a lot of the bad things in life without them. I'm glad to have such amazing people by my side who love me. It's a good feeling and I hope that everyone has that and feels that in their life because it truly changes you and makes you the best person you can possibly be! <3

Finally stress free!

So these past few weeks have been jam-packed with stress related things. First and foremost was the fact that Lilly kept spitting up all the time. And I'm not talking just normal baby spit-up, this was a lot and it would happen two to four times a day and we couldn't figure out why. Finally we thought it might be because we had tried rice cereal again (our oatmeal ran out) so we decided to go buy more oatmeal and switch her back.      As luck would have it though, switching her back made her tummy do flips or something cause that night she spit up everything and then some. Not a fun night. Since then though, I'm happy to say she remains spit up free! yay!!! :D

Secondly, on June 1st we made the move from our first apartment to a new one for the next three years! Super duper exciting! But what I didn't realize was that with moving, comes A LOT of stress. As if having to pack up everything and clean the entire apartment, floor to ceiling, wasn't enough, add in a crying baby (because she's a mommy's girl and cries if I leave the room... which I admit I kinda love but it also makes it very difficult to get much done) and a husband who back gives out the week of the move as well as the end of reffing for the summer :(, just trying to take care of everything hit me like a ton of bricks. Luckily, I have an amazing husband who, hurt as he was, tried to help to the best of his ability! I'm very blessed to have him <3 But all in all, I don't think we could have done any of it if both our families and neighbors hadn't been so sweet and took off the entire day just to help us move. So one 26 foot truck and a hot afternoon later, we were finally moved in! ... for the most part ;) though our families went the extra mile and even helped us unpack quite a few boxes, there are still some more to do. However, I really like unpacking slowly. It gives me a much needed chance to kick back, relax, and put everything in their proper place! :)

So after all that, and a much, MUCH needed lazy week, (plus catching up with some friends, having them wear my baby out, and learning a friend is going to be baptized YAY!) I am finally back to my happy, stress-free life.

 It's definitely good to be back :)

Bucket List

Ok, so I was watching Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium today with my hubby and decided to throw out my old bucket list and start a new one for all of us. This is just the start! I'm sure I'll add more to it once we all think of more things we want to do. So once again, this post is a list! :) Yay for lists!!!

  1. Get sealed for eternity- 3 more months!!! Yay!!

  2. Dance on bubblewrap - cause it looks (and sounds) super fun!

  3. Go to Disneyworld/land (mostly because we want to go to Harry Potter land but you just have to go to both once in your life!)

  4. Let go of balloons on my kids birthdays. -Cause everyone can wish on candles, but how many get to write their dreams on balloons and send them to the sky? (cause when you dream, the sky's the limit, get it? :) )

  5. Go on family senior trips- when our kids graduate we thought it'd be cool if we let them choose to go anywhere (in states) for their senior trip. That way, we all get to see the world together. Hopefully we'll have enough $$ though! :)

  6. Go on midnight ice cream runs - especially when the kids are stressed, cause everyone needs to do something crazy every once in a while.

  7. Buy a house - this should have probably been one of the firsts on the list, but I guess order doesn't matter!

  8. Graduate from College (this is for both Zach and I... and hopefully our kids as well!)

  9. Go scuba diving- I've done this, but Zach hasn't!

  10. Go on a couples mission- this is far off, but it's definitely something we hope to do!

Yeah, life is looking good no matter how you look at it!! <3

Blessings

I can't believe how stinking blessed I truly am. Today I started to count all of the little blessings in my life and came up with quite a list:

    1. My sweet husband: he's always there to build me up when I'm down, goes out of his way to make me happy, and he puts up with all my weird antics day in and day out. I truly love him so much! <3
   
    2. My beautiful daughter: she can always, ALWAYS make me smile and laugh. Her happy attitude is so contagious and she's the sweetest thing ever. I am so lucky to have her :)

    3. Random scholarships/financial aid: I am so glad that we qualified for financial aid and Zach earned another scholarship because without them I don't know if we would be able to make it through the year!

    4. Great homes to live in: we were so blessed to find this furnished apartment next to the temple when we were frantically looking for somewhere to live and now we are blessed to have one of the 'better' married housing apartments that everyone wants and we now have!

     5. Amazing families: who seriously love us and stand by us through everything. I don't think we could get through everything without their prayers.

     6. Our car: who has many problems but continues to run and I have faith that it will run until we can afford a better one.

     7. Picnics: because life just isn't the same without it

     8. Cameras: to capture all the memories I'll forget when I'm super old

     9. Doing silly and random things: because I think I'd go literally insane if I didn't let out little bursts of insanity every now and then. And because life is better when you are yourself and can make others (and yourself) smile!

     10. The gospel: that teaches me everything I need to know and is always there when I become unsure or need a reminder that everything gets better and that Heavenly Father has a plan for us and Christ died for me so I could be saved.

I know that there are WAY more blessings in my life than just these but writing them all down will take me a full lifetime! All in all, life is beautiful and wonderful and I couldn't be happier! :)

Little Quirks

From the first day we met, Zach and I have been getting used to each other's little quirks. It's been a lot of fun to discover them all. At first I didn't get to see a lot of his, it was mostly him just getting used to me being my crazy, odd self. He went along with me the whole time as I dragged him skipping through the parking lot, painting his face blue, rolling down a hill, dying his hair pink and even playing on a bunch of kiddie toys including a merry-go-round. He's been quite the sport! But still I think my favorite thing now is watching him come out of his shell. For instance, we have never once had a first fight. Instead, we just growl at each other til we're both laughing. We may not agree on everything, but there's never anything we can't work out or talk out with each other. I've also found out that his favorite part of doing laundry is cleaning the lint catcher and he'll even skip willingly with me now and paint with me too! We make up our own games and it's great to watch him get competitive and then humbled when I beat him! ;) I can even get him to dance sometimes when I ask really nicely! I can't wait to see what else he'll do throughout the rest of our lives. I'm so lucky to have an amazing and wonderful husband like him!! <3

Finally Finals!

Now I know that basically everyone in the world hates finals (and I'm sure I would too if I were in school), but as a stay at home mom/wife, I'm super excited for the rapid approach! This means that Zach will be able to get his much needed break and have more time to focus on finding a job. It will be so nice to have him around more. Lilly is such a Daddy's girl it's crazy. I can usually just tell her that daddy will be home soon and her face lights up and she starts to smile like crazy. If I try to 'talk' with her like Zach does she cries at me because she knows that it's not daddy and she gets sad. It's really cute actually! I love that she's already sucking up to him because she knows that he'll be the softie when she's older ;) All in all life is great and I love all the many blessing that I have <3

The Joys of my life

The past weekend was a great one! My back had been hurting a lot so my wonderful husband helped me the whole time by trying to take care of Lilly when he could, making me a big breakfast on Saturday of waffles, bacon, eggs and orange julius and he even took me on a picnic to get some fresh air. I feel very lucky and blessed to have a wonderful husband like him!

The only downside to this past week was the fact that Lilly has decided she hates going to bed now and will cry and scream until close to midnight before we can get her down. I also found that I'm having the hardest time letting her cry herself to sleep. The last few night, close to 11 p.m., Zach convinced me to put her down and let her cry but after 5 min. of listening to her bawl I'd give up and try rocking her to sleep again. I wonder if this happens to all new moms or just me?

However, we did find out that we can sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star to her and she will usually sit and listen to us instead of crying.

I really do love watching her face light up with a huge smile and listening to her giggle (kind of). I can't wait to hear her real laugh for the first time!! I just love being a new mom! There's absolutely nothing as crazy, hard, fun and rewarding as this. I'm just so blessed! <3

Sleep Adjustments

Lilly just turned a month old about a week ago and there is already a HUGE change! She is starting to sleep at least 5 hours a night now HOORAY!

She still hasn't been able to see a doctor as of yet, but luckily she just got accepted for medicaid, so we're hoping to find a pediatrician soon. However, the last time she was weighed she was 7lbs 12oz and I'm pretty sure she's gained quite a bit since then. We're just lucky she hasn't gotten sick or had any problems. She is extremely healthy and growing well!

I don't think I could have ever asked for a more perfect baby though. She is hardly ever fussy except at night right before bedtime for some reason still unknown, she sleeps like a rock once she gets to sleep and is extremely good around company, allowing everyone to hold and fawn over her for long periods of time. We were blessed to be able to go back to church two weeks after I had her and she still has never gotten fussy in the middle of the lesson, unless she's hungry, but even then I only have to take her out for a few minutes before she's content again.

All in all, it's good to be a mom:)