Colorado Trip

Abby and I went to Colorado with Kyle for his interview. It was so fun! The pictures above are from the aquarium in Denver. We stayed with my Aunt and her family and they took us there. We all loved it! It was way cooler than any zoo I have every been to. 

The trip was an adventure. Getting to Denver was a breeze. My father-in-law is a pilot for Southwest so he gave us all buddy passes so that we could go with kyle. We were so grateful that he was able to do that for us so that I could go with him. The only bad part is we have to fly standby, but we were able to get on a wide open flight early in the morning. Abby was a sweetheart on the flight. She just played on our laps the whole way. I think she was used to it from sitting in Church for three hours. 

We spent the rest of the day relaxing in Colorado at my aunts house. Had a pizza party that night with all my little cousins. My aunt has 6 kids under the age of 9. Its a crazy party at her house. I love all of those little ones. 

Abby did not sleep well which was hard. She could tell that I was in the room with her and she just wanted to be nursing or be held. Kyle had his interview on Saturday and he rocked it. He got along really well with the guys that interviewed him. He was really impressed with the school and I was falling in love every second with Colorado. 

When Kyle got back from his interview we headed out to the aquarium and it was a blast. 

Then Sunday we got up early and headed to the airport. And that was when the biggest part of the adventure began. We were going to get on a flight that flew to Salt Lake and then catch another flight down to Phoenix. We just made the flight in Denver, and it was crazy close. We were running to the gate and were the last people on the flight. As the plane starts to pull back from the gate I see smoke coming out of the engine. Scary. They stop the plane and pull back up to the gate. About 30 minutes later they tell us the plane can't be fixed and they are putting us on another plane. By the time we switched planes and were on our way to Salt Lake we had already missed our connecting flight, which meant all the other people headed to Phoenix missed their flight too. So we didn't get on the next flight, or the next flight. We were afraid we would be stuck in Salt Lake until about 8:30 that night. Luckily Abby would fall asleep in my arms for her naps (she never does that anymore). 

The best part of the day was when my Dad and Halee and Tragdon met us at the airport. They were on their way home from my cousin's baptism. We were lucky enough to get onto the same flight as them. So at 8:30 that night we made it back to our house. We traveled for 12 hours to get from Denver to Phoenix. Thats almost how long the drive is. It was a long day.

But it was a really fun trip and I was glad that I was able to go with him!

Crazy Life!

Life has been crazy that past few weeks! January has flown by and so much has happened. 

Beginning of January we celebrated the new year with my mom's family. It was amazing how miserable it is to stay up until midnight. I have a hard time staying up late when my baby is sleeping. When she sleeps I want to be sleeping. But we had a fun time anyway. My dad set off a bunch of illegal fireworks (from Wyoming) at about 11:30 and woke up Abby so she was awake with us for the New Year. Luckily she went right back to sleep when we got home, and we zonked out too. 

I started my ASU classes on the 5th. I can't wait for the next two semester to be over. Watching Kyle graduate made me so excited for it to be my turn. Its so close I can almost taste it!

We have been busy with church stuff and have had the opportunity to have many new and old friends over to our home. I love having people in my house! Its so fun!

In the biggest news Kyle received a phone call from Midwestern University in Glendale offering him a spot in their school this fall! We are not 100% that we will be going there, but Kyle absolutely loved it so we are very happy about being accepted there.

Abby and I went to Denver with Kyle last week while he interviewed there. My aunt lives just outside of Denver so I hung out with her all weekend. I will devote an entire blog post to that trip once I get our pictures on the computer. Kyle loved that school too, but we won't find out where we stand until mid February. He had an amazing interview and he got some really good feedback from the guy that interviewed him. So we'll see how that turns out. We would love to live in Denver, it was beautiful! 

Right now Kyle is in Portland waiting for his interview tomorrow morning. Oregon would be such an adventure for us! Its going to be so interesting to see where we end up. I'm just so proud of Kyle. He has worked so hard and it is nice to see his hard work starting to pay off. 

Abby is still being cute little Abby. She has been growing so much and has started to really love eating solid food. She is slowly starting to show some interest in crawling. Sometimes I feel like she is never going to crawl but I'm sure one of these days she will surprise me. She has also decided that sleeping at night is not her favorite. She wakes up about ever 3-4 hours. She didn't even do that as a new born! Luckily she goes right back to sleep, but it still wears me out. I have decided she is much cuter during the day than she is at night. But I do enjoy those sweet moments when she falls back asleep while I'm nursing her or rocking her. She sure knows how to melt my heart.

Well that about sums up where we are right now. In the next few weeks life is going to get even more crazy but it will be good! We can't wait to find out where we are moving and get started on this next step of our lives!

7 Months!

Dear Abby,

Its been 7 months! You are getting so big and you have changed so much. You can sit up all by yourself now. You love to sit and play with your toys. You love to talk all the time. Your favorite word is mama! Your daddy and I are loving getting to know your little personality more and more. You are so funny and you are always making us laugh. You have started eating more and more real food and you love it. If I am eating I have to make sure there is something for you to eat or else you get really mad. You are still the tiniest little thing. At your 6 month appointment you weighed 12lbs. Thats the 3rd percentile (its actually not on the percentiles but they still call it the 3rd percentile). But you are as healthy as can be, just small! You are slowly starting to show interest in crawling and moving around. But you would rather be standing so maybe you'll just go straight to walking! You will not take a bottle which has been really frustrating. You love your mama and thats all you want. We have tried every trick in the book and you are not interested! You love to drink water, its actually hilarious how much you love to drink water. You love to play with your aunts and uncles. And they love you! You are still sleeping pretty good. You go to bed around 8:30 or 9:00 and get up around 8:00 or 8:30. You do wake up once or twice at night but you go right back to sleep. We are starting to get you to sleep without being swaddled which has been exciting. You still love to read chicka chicka boom boom and you love to listen to mommy and daddy sing. Your new favorite game is peek a boo. You could play it for hours!

 You are always melting our hearts with your sweet smiles.

We love you sweet girl and can't wait to see what the next few months bring!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy

Having fun at mommy and daddy's new favorite restaurant Mongolian Grill

Picnic at the park

Eating rice cereal and bananas 

Freaking cute little face

she love to sit in the cart and she looks so funny because she is so small

                                              

Intensely watching baby mozart... it is serious business 

In other family news.... Kyle got into Midwestern Dental School in Glendale! I could not be more proud of him. Over 3,000 people applied and he is one of 115 that got accepted! Incredible! He still has an interview in Colorado in a week and in Oregon in 2 weeks so we still don't know for sure where we will be going, but at least we know we will be going somewhere!! Dental School here we come!!!