A Life in the Making

Two

2014-12-22T15:39:00.002-08:00

I now have two children! Oh man what a life changer. Those first few weeks were tough for all of us. We had to get use to a new person and less time together. But seven weeks later we are doing great! Adilyn has adjusted well to her baby brother and Corwin is getting great at sleeping at night. So momma is not exhausted and has more patience.

Adilyn insisted on multiple pictures with her brother.

He looks up to his big sister already. Adilyn loves to have her picture taken and she wants Corwin to be apart of them as well. It is pretty sweet. She likes to snuggle him and give him kisses. Sometimes she thinks that he need more tummy time. So she attempts to roll him over herself. The other day I found her trying to roll him over with her foot. Needless to say Corwin is not allowed on the ground unless mommy and daddy are watching now.

The first time they met Adilyn wanted to hold him. She came busting into the room asking for mommy and baby brother.

She made sure to bring his otter blanket we picked out from the aquarium. She has since made sure that he has is near by him when he sleeps. I guess in her mind since she sleeps with her blankey that Corwin needs to sleep with one too. It is pretty cute.

Here she is trying to hand it to him.

Then she tried to make me give it to him.

We have had so melt downs since sweet Corwin entered our lives, but they were brief and we have grown from them. I still can't believe that I have a little lady and a little guy. They are both so sweet and I am so lucky to have them. Thankfully Corwin is very mellow and patient with me. He even loves his sister even though she sometimes squishes him while hugging and kissing him.

Pumpkin patch

2014-10-20T19:45:00.000-07:00

We have been learning about pumpkins this fall. Adilyn loves to read and we have been checking out a lot of books on pumpkins. Every time we saw pumpkins at the store or in picture Adilyn would get so excited. Needless to say when I told her about where pumpkins grow she kept asking to go to the pumpkin patch multiple times a day. We had to wait for daddy to have time off from work and school. The day finally came and she could not wait.

On our expensive hayride. Fifteen bucks for the three of us. Good thing our little guy is still in my belly or else the ride would have been even more expensive. Good thing Adilyn had so much fun. It made the ride worth every penny. She is still talking about the horse ride at the pumpkin patch.

She was so excited to sit on the hay.

Taking a ride with the pumpkins. We spent less on those pumpkins than our hay ride. Now Adilyn gives them a kiss goodbye whenever we leave the house. I promised her that she will get to paint one while daddy carves the others.

In heaven. I might have to take her to another pumpkin patch just to see that smile again.

Scarecrow are also amazing to Adilyn. She thinks they are so funny.

When we told her she could sit with them she could barely control herself.

I had a difficult time getting her to look at me. She wanted to look at all of the scarecrows and tell them hi. She also asked if she could touch all of them. I have told her time and time again about the difference between looking and touching. Now she asks if she can touch everything she looks at. For the most part she is a pretty good listener.

Cheese

2014-09-04T19:55:00.000-07:00

My little ham. She just loves to have her picture taken.

Today she decided to put her toys on her fingers. She was so proud of herself that she insisted that I take her picture.

She was not happy with just one picture. In fact she wanted to check out the pictures I had taken and then have more taken.

She just makes me smile. I am so happy to have such a lively little lady. She makes every day interesting. I honestly can't imagine life without her. Being a mom has changed me in so many ways. Adilyn is so much fun (and exhausting) I can't help but smile when I am around her. I know that she is going to be such a great big sister. My little lady and I living it up before baby brother comes into the picture.

After Four Years

2014-08-25T08:37:00.000-07:00

I just have to say how proud I am of Orion. He probably does not think it is such a big deal, but I think it is huge. After four plus year of marriage he has finally started working towards a degree! With a second child on the way and working full time. Sure it would have been easier for him to go to school when we first got married, like I did but he did not want to then. He finally decided on his own that he should work towards a degree. I am so excited! I love school and I hope he does too. I hope our children love school and continue to learn throughout their lives.

With the job he has he does not need a degree because all of his training in on the job, but in order to promote having a degree makes you look better. So here we are working towards a degree as a family. It is funny that I graduated with my degree before Adilyn was born and have not "worked" a day since. My degree sits in its frame on our book case collecting dust. However, I am so grateful that I had the opportunity to earn my degree before we had kids. That way if I ever need to get a job I will have the knowledge I need to help get a good one. Until then I have the best job around, being a stay at home mom.

I know we have a long road ahead of us before Orion earns his degree, but I look forward to the journey ahead of us. Now he has a little team of cheerleaders cheering him on. He will do great I am sure of it.

true love

2014-07-26T20:22:00.001-07:00

Adilyn's first love is her daddy. Lucky for her and me Orion is a great guy to love. I am happy to share Orion with our little lady. They have such a special bond. She always wants to see what dad is doing and help whenever she can. Sometimes I just stand back a d watch. They melt my heart.

Adilyn loves her little pool and pretty much lives in her bathing suit. Even when dad is bbqing Adilyn is in her bathing suit.

On days that I need to make dinner without Adilyn helping Orion plays games with her. She likes to watch him play Cut The Rope. Her favorite place to lay down is on Orion's chest. It is so cute to watch them snuggle.

Playing together is their favorite past time. It is so nice to watch them play together. Orion comes up with things to do that I never would. What a good dad to have.

Adilyn is constantly asking to be up! I think she wishes she was taller. Good thing her daddy is happy to carry her around on his shoulders. I am lucky to have these two in my life. They keep me entertained and most importantly keep each other company.

2014-07-20T20:18:00.001-07:00

Sometimes I forget how long I have been married. It seems like Orion and I have always been together. It is hard to remember what life was like before being married. Over four years ago I said yes to my sweet man. I still remember how nervous I was the day I got married. I knew that Orion was the man for me but this was the rest of my life and it was a lot of pressure.

I am so grateful that I made that decision four years ago. It was the biggest and best decision. I am more in love with Orion today than four years ago. Neither of us are the same person we were that day and I am so grateful for that.

We had a friend watch Adilyn and went out to lunch to celebrate four great years of marriage. After sushi, only the cooked stuff for this pregnant lady, we drove up highway 1. Have I mentioned how amazing it is to live on the central coast again? It was so nice to have a nice relaxing afternoon to celebrate us. Of course we talked about kids a lot of the time but we also talked about how lucky we are to be together.

The girl Orion married four years ago was niave about what it means to be a wife and no idea how to be a mom. I would like to think I am a woman who knows how to be a good wife and mother. Of course I have a lot more to learn, but I like to think I am doing a good job so far.

A thoughtful present

2014-07-20T19:40:00.000-07:00

For our anniversary this year I told Orion he had to do something romantic. I love my husband but he is not that romantic. I made sure to give him a month warning and weekly reminders. If he did not so something romantic than he would be in trouble. Turns out he came up with this idea the day before! I swear that man is so frustrating sometimes.

He went out and bought a super cute basket and filled it with things I like. When I am pregnant I have to snack throughout the day or else I feel sick. Orion got the idea to make me a snack basket when I was commenting about needing more snacks.

He is such a thoughtful guy when he needs to be. I almost cried when I came down stairs and saw this basket. He also made me some personal coupons. They were really sweet.

Our second anniversary and our fourth anniversary I was pregnant. At this rate I should be pregnant on our six and maybe our eighth.

An Update

2014-05-16T19:44:00.003-07:00

Life has been crazy lately. Ever since my mom passed away I have been trying to stay positive and busy. That is really not hard to do when you have a spunky almost 2 year old. (How did that happen by the way she is almost 2! I just can't believe it sometimes. Some days it is hard to stay positive but I have found at least one way to always stay positive. Go to the beach!

It is really hard to go to the beach and not smile.

My little lady clearly can't help herself either.

Adilyn really likes it when we bury her in the sand. Once she is covered she pretends to sleep and snore. It is rather cute.

Of course we had to play hide and seek.

She is hiding in her little hole. It took Orion a while to dig it for her. She kept throwing sand back into the hole.

Poor Orion ended up with a blister from digging so much.

But it was worth it to see the smile on her face.

Just happy as can be. We sure are lucky to have such a happy little lady. She keeps us on our toes and usually smiling. What a blessing it is to know that we get to be together forever. It makes the hard days seem like a passing moment.

Dear Mama

2014-05-09T19:28:00.001-07:00

Dear Mama,

I sure do miss you. Mother's Day is coming up and I just don't know what to do without you. Normally I would be busy making you a card and picking out a day we could go to lunch. Let's be honest it would be what sushi place we wanted to eat at. No one loves going to sushi with me as much as you Mama. Maybe when Adilyn is older she will like it, but until then I will just crave sushi with you.

I wanted to thank you for always loving me. For being my best friend, but for being my Mama first. I know when I was a teenager that was hard, but it means a lot to me. Thank you for being a wonderful example of how to love a daughter unconditionally. I hope to love Adilyn as much as you love me. Thank you for showing me how to love others and to truly be excited for them. I am glad I got your personality :) Thank you for doing whatever you could to make my life better, even when I probably did not deserve it. Thank you for supporting my decisions 100% no matter how dumb they might have seemed.

It is because of you that I am who I am. I can't express how grateful I am to have you in my life. I don't have you physically in my life anymore, but I can feel your presence as I walk to the park with Adilyn. When the sun warms my skin and a slight breeze blows hair in my face, I can feel your love. I can hear your laugh when Adilyn finds something hilarious. I can see your smile in my reflection. You are always close to me and maybe one day I will find a way to show you how much you mean to me. Until then I hope to do you proud raising your grandchildren. Try not to tell my future kids all the naughty things I did when I was little. I want them to think of me as a superstar for as long as possible.

Thank you for choosing to be the best mother for me

I love you.

A Happy Note

2014-02-23T19:28:00.002-08:00

Lately I have been kind of done for obvious reasons. On the day my mom died Orion did the only thing he could to cheer me up. He took me to the beach. I did not take pictures that day, but I did take pictures from a week before. The beach is our families happy place. We go there for all sorts of reasons.

Adilyn is our little monkey. She loves to climb everything! We have to be really careful with her or else she will end up way too high and have no way to get down other than jump. She tends to just jump and figure we will catch her. She gives me a mini heart attack every time she does this.

We live in such a beautiful place.

She loved that she could walk around the water. She tried to jump in the water so Orion had to hold her for a while. That little girl of ours has no fear.

Collecting sea weed and sticks.

It is almost impossible to take her anywhere without her collecting things.

I want to live right next to the beach. It would be amazing.

I bet Adilyn would be happy to live at the beach too. She is such a sweet girl.

Heart breaking and sweet

2014-02-21T20:04:00.002-08:00

I went over to my parent's place today to go through some of my mom's things. It is still really weird to think that she is gone. I miss her so much, but I still think she will call me or send me a text message through out the day. It was hard to go through her things and see what she valued. There was so many things that made me happy and sad. I just can't explain it. One of the things that I found was a box of crayons. 120 crayons to be exact. I knew that Adilyn would love them.

I brought them home and gave them to her once she woke up from her nap. As she was coloring in her coloring book I told her that Gramm gave her the crayons. She instantly looked to the door with a smile on her face. She was expecting my mom to walk through the door. I could not help but tear up at that. I had to tell her that Gramm was not coming over.

Every time we go over to my parent's house Adilyn runs to the bedroom and looks in. She is expecting to find my mom in bed like always. My mom had been sick most of Adilyn's life. It breaks my heart every time Adilyn looks into the bedroom looking for my mom. I think it will be even harder for me when she stops looking for her. I know that Adilyn won't remember my mom and it makes me sad. But I will remind her of how loved she is by her Gramm.

Tender Mercies

2014-02-14T19:52:00.000-08:00

My sweet momma passed away almost two weeks ago. It has been a rough two weeks. I miss her so much, but I know that she is in a better place. I know that Heavenly Father welcomed her home. I know that I will see her again someday. It has been a sad time, but it has also been full of tender mercies.

My wedding day 4/9/10. I am not sure why the picture says the date it does.

When I got the call that something was wrong I rushed over to my parents place in the middle of the night. I was sobbing and begged the Lord to keep my mom here on this earth. I told Him that I was not ready for her to go. As soon as those words left my mom I had this feeling that it was her time to go and that it was going to be OK. I then prayed for strength.
The paramedics and police were so sweat and kind to me as I got to my parents house. They explained to me what happened and asked if they could help me in any way. They wanted to make sure that I was going to be alright. I could never do their job, but I am so grateful for those men who were there that night to help. They do their job with little thanks everyday. They should be thanked more often for what they do.
Orion stayed up until I got back home and held me while I cried. He wanted to take away my pain, but did not know how. So he listened and held me until I fell asleep. When Adilyn woke up a few hours later he woke up without complaint.
Every time Adilyn has seen me cry she reaches up her sweet little hand to my face and wipes away my tears. She hugs me and gives me a kiss. She does not understand why I am crying, but wants me to feel better.
So many people offered help and support right after they heard what happened. Every time I told someone what happened it felt like I was finding out my mom passed away all over again. Friends came over and talked with me, hugged me, and told me how sorry they were. It was beautiful.
After my mom's memorial service three little girls came up to me (with a little help from their wonderful nanny) and told me that they knew how I felt. They had lost their mom they year before. Those sweet little girls lost their mom at such a young age. They told me that they were sorry that I lost my mom and gave me a hug. I asked them if they thought our moms were in Heaven together and they said yes. It broke my heart to know that these sweet little girls had experienced what I was currently experiencing. It also made me so happy to know that they cared enough to share their story with me.
I know that families are forever. I miss my mom so much. I miss being able to call her on my bad days and complain about how Adilyn is driving me crazy. I miss her telling me that it was payback for all the times I did that to her as a child. I miss her calling me everyday to see how I was doing. I miss her laughing at my dumb jokes. She always thought I was the best at everything (even though that is not true). I am going to spend the rest of my life missing her, but knowing that we will be together again.

I was talking to a friend about my momma passing and she made a great comment. "I bet your mom is up in Heaven meeting her future grandchildren". I hope she has met them already. I know that she wanted to be a grandmother for so long. As soon as I got married she started asking me for a grand baby. I am so grateful I got to give her Adilyn before she died. I know that her "little monkey" was her pride and joy.
There have been so many things that happened that have made this loss a little easier. Our earthly loss is a Heavenly gain. Heaven sure did gain a great woman. I love you momma. Keep my future kids in line will you?

Phone Pictures

2014-01-31T12:51:00.000-08:00

Adilyn loves going shopping with my momma. She knows that my mom will get her whatever is in her reach.

When your daddy is in law enforcement you are bound to get into "trouble". As a prank gift someone gave Orion a pair of fake handcuffs. Adilyn found them and thinks they are so much fun. She will even dance in them.

One of our many trips to Morro Bay. We just can't go a week without going to the beach. We have to make up for the time we lived in the Central Valley.

My sweet lady being a big girl. She eats snacks and colors at the table. She also has a sweet mullet going on. I just can't bring myself to cut her hair.

Our happy place in the beach.

Clearly we are so happy to play in the sand. Check out Adilyn's sweet glasses. No need for plastic sides here. She has a sweet headband to keep those stunna shades on.

We love to play!

2014-01-22T13:09:00.002-08:00

Our local park is pretty cool. Adilyn and I go there regularly. I walk a couple laps while she hang out in the stroller. I am trying to walk 2-3 miles a day at least five days a week. Plus bikes rides and running after Adilyn all the time. This momma wants to get in shape before we have another baby. Then I have to start all over again ;) Lucky for me Adilyn loves her stroller which allows me to get my exercise in. Then she gets hers in by playing at the park. My favorite feature of this park is the "spider web", the cool little kids call it this. Adilyn is not big enough to really climb it by herself, but that does not stop her from trying. Lucky for her daddy helps out after his run.

It is so cool! It is fun to play on as a kid or an adult. Orion tries to climb on it by himself but Adilyn always wants in on the action.

There is a seat in the middle of the web so you can take a little break from climbing. Or your mom can tell you to sit long enough to take your picture.

Here is our little brave monkey sitting on her own. I let her climb on this the other day and she totally fell off. She was fine though. She was only a foot or so off the ground. She cried for thirty seconds, spit out the wood chips and tried climbing again. She is a tough little girl.

Dress up is our favorite pass time. She is such a little fashionista. We let her pick out her shoes and sometimes her outfits. But she always picks out her accessories. Sunglasses are a new go to item. But hats are still number one in her book.

Dress Up

2014-01-18T13:53:00.002-08:00

To pass the time Adilyn likes to play dress up. She will put random things on like a mess bag on her head, an empty bag of chips, my socks, scarf, and so much more. She always keeps us entertained.

She wanted to wear my scarf, but it was too long to wear regularly. So we improvised. She clearly loved it. My little ham.

I trimmed the chip bag and she decided it made a perfect hat.

One morning while I was getting her dressed she wanted to wear he combat boots. My mom loves buying Adilyn clothes and shoes. Adilyn has a full wardrobe until she is three at least, which of course includes shoes. Her little combat boots are too big for her at the moment but that does not matter. She will stomp around upstairs in them all the time. I told her to stand still so I could take her picture. So of course she started dancing around.

The she decided to suck in her tummy and stand still. I just love my little actress. She is always good for a laugh.

For the love of food

2014-01-18T13:46:00.003-08:00

Adilyn is our little piggy. She just loves to eat and then run around. She burns off everything she eats and quickly as she can. She is always on the go. I have started giving her raspberry jam on her toast. She has fallen in love. Now some mornings she will point to the toaster and sign "more". If I don't start toasting her bread she will cry and start pointing to the fridge and sign "more". She is a girl who knows what she wants.

Oh the joys of jam.

She just can't get enough toast these days.

Later that day Orion decided to make cookies. In our house we have Kayde size cookies, which are regular size ones and Orion size cookies. As you can tell by the picture Orion size cookies are huge! It is almost the size of Adilyn's head. Of course she wanted to eat the cookie on her own.

Fun Times with Adilyn

2014-01-16T20:41:00.003-08:00

Adilyn is such a fun loving lady. She loves to laugh and make others laugh. So when Orion thought about making her hair stand up she loved it.

Her hair is getting so long.

She loves to get up close and personal when we take her picture. Those blue eyes are just the best. I hope she keeps them. Although I had blue eyes when I was little and now they are green.

She just loves playing with her daddy.

She also loves to steal his hat. In reality it is her hat now. She is the only one who wears it. She randomly puts it on throughout the day.

Then she starts walking around until you start laughing.

It amazes me that she does not run into walls when she does this.

These are the pictures from our church Christmas party. She was not really a fan of Santa until she started to eat the candy cane. Of course Santa could not help but laugh at she trying to wiggle out of his arms. It was pretty funny. Even when she is having a little melt down she still can make someone smile.

What a year!

2013-12-31T20:19:00.000-08:00

This past year has been a big one!

We moved FOUR times! Crazy right? We are planning on not moving again for two plus years.
Adilyn turned one! (What? Now she is almost 1.5 years old. Where has all the time gone?)
Orion got a new job! (He makes lots more money and we are living in the lovely central coast)
We went to St George Utah. Adilyn met her great grandparents for the first time.
We went to Yosemite! Adilyn ate mounds of dirt and loved every second of it.
We took plenty of trips to the coast before we moved. In the end we moved over here just before the end of the year. Adilyn started to become a great car traveler. She still hates sleeping in a pack n play though. She ALWAYS wakes up in the middle of the night and wants to sleep with us. We never get enough sleep on trips :(
For the first time ever we got our pictures taken professionally and I still have not printed any out. I have a serious problem of accomplishing anything without writing it down first. Thus no pictures printed out and no pictures on the wall.
Most importantly this past year has brought us closer together. Orion and I have had our ups and downs this past year. But we are ending on a high note! Adilyn of course is getting cuter and smarter everyday. We are one happy family.

Christmas

2013-12-25T20:34:00.003-08:00

This Christmas morning was wonderful! Orion got home from work and made sure Adilyn and I were awake. He wanted to open presents so bad! He was like a little boy. It was cute.

Adilyn was excited for her bubble wand! She did not really want to play with anything else.

That was until we emptied out her stocking. She realized she was getting treats! She tried to eat through the bags.

Her she is thinking daddies stocking is hers too.

My favorite stocking stuffer for her. She is the cutest little elf.

I swear she is such a ham. I told her to smile and this is what I got. It is either her crazy face or her with her mouth wide open.

The only present she actually opened. After this she was over opening presents. We had to open the rest of the presents and constantly tell her to look.

Her favorite toy of the day. Although her doctor set is a close second. My mom is in the hospital right now so we went to visit her. Adilyn insisted on bringing her doodle pad. She doodled on the drive over and while we were in the hospital room.

Oh her cheesy smile. I sure do love that girl.

Christmas dinner was suppose to happen at our house this year, but plans changed. My mom went into the hospital on Christmas Eve so we ended up having dinner there. Orion and I packed up dinner and brought it to her. Lucky for us Adilyn had her doodle pad to entertain her while we set up around my mom's hospital bed. Although Christmas did not turn out exactly how I planned I was happy to be with family. Hopefully this is the only Christmas that my mom will have to spend in the hospital.

I am so grateful for all that we have this Christmas season. We have been so blessed with a new job and a new place to live. It has been wonderful to live close to my parents again. Although we do miss our friends and family that live in the Central Valley. I am especially grateful for health care and all those who work in it.

Four years ago

2013-12-23T20:34:00.000-08:00

Four years ago I had a pretty sweet boyfriend. I loved him so much. He was so handsome and kind. I had just gotten back from college and wanted to spend every second with him. I did not really know that in little over a week my boyfriend would become my fiance. I was so young then (lets be honest I am still young) and had no idea what life would be like. It seems like forever ago and just yesterday that Orion and I were making out on my parents couch. Sorry mom!

Life has been hard the past four years and it has been wonderful. Getting married was crazy and magical. I wish I could have slowed down time on our wedding day. I wish I could have spent more time imprinting that day on my soul. I wish I could have loved Orion as much that day as I do today. I wish I could have told myself then, that in four years your life will be completely different than you thought it would be. It is better and more challenging! But most of all I wish that I spent that last four years loving my husband more and not finding faults in him as much as I do. I have to remind myself that this man I married is not perfect and neither am I. I have to remind myself that before I expect perfection from him I should be perfect. Which I clearly am not.

Most of all I am grateful that he puts up with my crazy and loves me even when I don't feel like someone who deserves it. I am grateful that he asked me to be his forever and that he means more today then the day he asked it. I am grateful that we are both too stubborn to give up on our marriage and each other. I am grateful that as we draw closer to each other we also draw closer to our Heavenly Father. Christmas time always reminds me that life is such a gift no matter how hard it gets. We are all truly blessed to have a life to live and love others with.

Adilyn's Favorite things

2013-12-03T13:36:00.001-08:00

Adilyn loves to help me clean. Well she sort of helps. Mostly she drags the broom around the house.

Apparently the carpet needed to be swept.

Adilyn was having a very fussy day so I thought maybe if I swung her around she would be happy. Turns out she loves it. In reality she loved it too much. I had to carry her around in that bag for a lot longer than I wanted to. She cried when I put her down but my arms were killing me.

We check the mail daily. Sometimes multiple times a day. She just loves it.

She also is developing her own sense of style. She likes to pick out her own shoes. If I let her she would probably pick out her outfits.

Addie and Kenzie are also her closest friends. She just loves to play with them. Too bad we moved away from them :(

Chocolate is also her favorite. She will steal it from you if you are not careful.

In fact she will steal any food from you if you are not looking. She just loves to eat all the time.

Halloween (a month late)

2013-11-20T21:37:00.001-08:00

We recently moved so keeping this updated has been on the back burner. I have been too busy packing and then unpacking. Trying to keep my little tornado out of trouble. Also trying to have some down time. Halloween snuck up on me and I was happy that I just got pictures.

We went to a pumpkin patch just a couple of days before Halloween so there were not very many pumpkins left. Also the day turned out much hotter than we thought. We were hot and sticky by the end of our walk.

She was excited she got to run around in the dirt. At one point she sat down and started digging around. Apparently she was not that interested in picking a pumpkin.

We picked these out for her. Well she picked out the little one after we kept telling her to pick one.

I just can't help but laugh at this picture. It captures her perfectly. She was so excited that we let her carry her pumpkin around the house.

Then it was time to carve the pumpkins! Adilyn of course had to get right in it.

She is trying to lick it here.

Then the tasting happened. She hatted it. Yet she kept trying it every couple of minutes.

The final result. We left two pumpkins alone so Adilyn could play with them. She stacked them outside the door. If they were moved by someone she would notice as soon as we went outside and had to move them.

Getting ready to trick or treat.

Here she is with her boyfriend in the background. Dawson is our friends son. He is less than a year younger than Adilyn so she is not robbing the cradle that much ;)

The leopard in the wild!

She found a chicken and a lady bug on her hunt!

It was disappointing the amount of houses handing out candy. We barely got any, I mean Adilyn barely got any. But she had a blast. After the people handed her candy she would try to walk into their house. She is very friendly like that. Over all Halloween was really fun. Adilyn had a blast hanging out with her friends and saying hi to everyone. Orion and I enjoyed staying out later (past 7pm bedtime for our little lady) and talking to other adults. It is amazing how much you miss other adults once you spend most of your time with a one year old.

Dress Up

2013-11-05T21:09:00.002-08:00

One of our favorite past times is dressing Adilyn up. We think it is so funny to see her in different outfits. She thinks it is the best.

She likes to pick up our jackets and bring them over to us. That way we will help put them on her. She then proceeds to take the off or try to walk around in them.

Look at that little pot belly. She is such a piggy but you can't tell most of the time. Normally she looks really skinny and it makes me jealous that she can eat so much and not get chubby. If only I could do that.

Catch up

2013-11-05T20:58:00.000-08:00

The funniest pants Adilyn has. My mom loves buying Adilyn clothes. These pants are suppose to be leggings, I think. One day Adilyn got her pants dirty (there is no shock there) and I just grabbed a pair of pants for her. Turns out they were barely there pants.

She thought they were fun to play in. I could not stop laughing. Orion said she looked like an old lady.

You can't really tell what the shirt says, but it is the best picture I could get. The shirt says BYU Idaho baby. I got this shirt in the mail when I got pregnant with our little lady. It only took a year before I could get her in it.

Orion was thinning Adilyn's toys out. She just wanted to make a big mess.

Until she realized I was taking pictures. She is such a ham. Always wanting to have her picture taken and make you laugh. It makes her happy to make you happy. I just love that about her. The other day she was so upset and would not stop crying. Nothing I did would comfort her. In fact she kept pushing me away. I got so frustrated that I started crying. She immediately stopped crying and gave me a hug. Then she wiped away my tears. I love my sweet lady and her caring spirit.

We Are Moving!

2013-10-25T19:21:00.002-07:00

I am so excited to be moving and really sad at the same time. It is funny how you can have two opposite emotions at the same time. We are moving back to the coast for work. Orion got a job over there where he will literally be making twice as much money! SWEET! On the down side the cost of apartments over there is more expensive, but not twice as expensive so we are still coming out on top. Plus we plan to retire there so it is perfect.

Back when we lived on the coast and went to the beach regularly. Life pre little lady.

Poor little Adilyn will have to adjust to a new room for the fourth well fifth time in her short life. So many rooms for that little girl. First we all shared a room, then she became a big girl and moved into her own room (we all slept much better this way). Then we moved into Orion's parents house (curse those visas for not coming in for the couple that we were suppose to move into their house. If only they went on their missions when they were suppose to. We could have been living in a house at the moment. Sigh. One day). Then we moved here. A two bedroom town house. Now we are moving to a three bedroom town house. You know so when we decide to have another baby. Then that baby gets their own room. Hopefully we won't be moving so much in that babies life. So that makes the grand total of five bedrooms for my little lady in 15 months of life. Yikes!

Here is to living in the same place for awhile. Our plan is to live in the town house until we are ready to buy a house. When did I get old enough to even think about that?