Sad Good-bye's....

Well last night Derek and I were able to go out to dinner with some of my good friends from high school. We were having one last get together before one of my best friend, Katie, leaves with her hubby, Morgan, to move to Washington D.C.!!! Morgan is going to be entering the MBA program at Stanford in 1 year 1/2, but they defer their students to get work experience so he was offered a job in D.C. I am so excited for them they will have so much fun out of state and they will be living in one of the coolest cities in the country!!! It's just really sad because once they are done there they'll head straight to California for the MBA program!!! I have a hard time when we all change and head out with our own lives...it's sad! It made it harder because people in our condo complex really keep to themselves so it's been quite a challenge to get to know people in Eagle Mtn. so now Katie is leaving :(. I did really good until we left and got into our own cars then started letting loose with the water works!!! I love all my friends from high school and am so grateful we are still in touch and still get together from time to time!!! Katie and Morgan I'm so excited for you guys it will be soooooo much fun and such a great experience! You've always been an awesome friend!!!! Don't forget about the small people in Eagle Mtn.!!!! WE love you guys!

The Girls, Kelsie, Katie, Me, and of course Linnea

The group, Brock/Kelsie, Morgan/Katie, Derek/I & Linnea

9 Months!!!

Well Linnea hit her 9 month mark a few days ago...but things are kind of busy so I'm a little slow at posting. Some things about Linnea...

-She loves to chew on her tongue

-She likes mom and dad food, not baby food

-she loves to crawl up and down the hall really fast chasing after mom and dad

-She loves to play copy games, like I slash water then you splash water

- She loves it when mommy and her play the sharing game (super cute, I hand her something then I put my hand down and say can I see it, she holds it out and I snatch it really fast and say thank you, she thinks it hilarious)

- She doesn't like to be put in her crib when she's not ready

-She has decided it is needed in the house to use a very shrill scream/cry because she thinks she will get her way

-She loves creamy bites of ice cream

- If mom and dad are eating while she is using a bottle or something she thinks she should have grown up food

-she loves to go for the cords and power sockets....o boy

-She loses interest in her toys and loves to play with mommy's decorations or whatever else may be close by that is supposed to be off limits

-She loves to pull herself up to the coffee table and practice standing.

- She loves to throw things from her chair or knock things off the tables all the time

Linnea is such a joy!!! I miss her so much now that I am in school, I miss her sweet smile, and her little laughs and all the play time we used to have during the summer. She is my little angel baby I absolutely can't get enough of her and I look forward to the weekends more than I ever have before!!! WE LOVE YOU BABY!!!

Stress relief....

Ok well to just update, Derek found a job...Thank goodness. It's a good blessing. My brother-in-law said his work was a little short handed, so Derek went in for an interview and they took about 5 days to call back, but he got the job. He started yesterday and he said that everyone who works there was super nice and he thinks he will enjoy it. I hope they are flexible with school for him when he starts. I think he has changed his direction from Electrician. As of right now he is looking into Mechanical Engineering. I think he will enjoy that, he's not for sure 100% but at least he has a direction, so hopefully he can start school in the spring and go from there. He's never been to a regular college it's only been tech schools, so he's a little nervous, but I know he'll do great. Thanks for all the support and caring from everyone. I'm really thankful it was such a short time for a job loss....the Lord always, always, always, takes care of you and really knows how much you can handle!!!

Any help.....

Hey I just was going to ask for some job search help from anyone....Derek got some bad news today...we experienced our first lay off. Derek's company that he worked for hit a rough patch so some apprentices were let go. It was quite a shock when he called me, I had a short cry at school, luckily my sister is one of my teachers so she was around, but I didn't feel panicked surprisingly. We feel ok though. This has made Derek think to make sure this is the direction he wants to go he has been looking at some other career choices and now isn't so sure he belongs in the electrical field...I know we'll be ok...I kind of just wish this happened when I was done with school. I know the Lord is going to take care of us though, but if anyone knows of any job openings in the Salt Lake/provo area it would be much appreciated.

Great day together...

Ok so I started school on Wednesday full time...ouch...ya so on Tuesday I put all the cleaning aside and my work and decided from sun up to sun down this was going to be Linnea's day, we had lots of fun, practicing crawling, shopping together, reading stories, playing with toys, going for several walks. School is going to be really busy, but when I got in there and met my teachers I really felt like I needed to be there, I need to finish. Linnea loves being with her cousins, (my sister-in-law watches her during the day) so that helps me alot, but man do I miss her and Derek, my binders are plastered with her beautiful face!!!! I love this little girl and I can't wait until these few semesters are over and we see much more of each other!!!! Here are some pictures of our day together

Eating some bananas for breakfast

Taking a walk with mommy and daddy

I want that camera mom!!!

Lots and lots of books to read

A Poopy story...

Well our little explorer made a discovery down south the other day that I had to share...Derek and I were sitting and eating our dinner and Linnea was sitting on the ground playing with her toys, I looked over to check on her and I noticed she was putting her fingers in her mouth eating something...so we hurried over to take whatever she had found on the ground out of her mouth and Derek saw that it wasn't anything she had found on the ground she had discovered it in her diaper!!!! She had a small explosion and decided to eat the brown chocolate stuff that was coming out!!!! Disgusting, the thing that gets me is she kept trying to eat it, it wasn't gros to her...unfortunately I didn't get a picture obviously because I immediately wiped her hands and got her in the tub and brushed out her mouth, but that is our curious girl, always game for new flavors!!!!

Family Pictures....

My sister-in-law Crystal is a great photographer and she was nice enough to get some fun family pictures done for us...I can't tell you how hard it is to get a baby to smile at the camera at the same time we do :)

Adorable little girl!!!!