Grace loves her jumperoo! this is only a small glimpse of just how much fun it is. excuse the dog that walked in front of the camera, she wanted to play too. good news, it's only $35 at walmart if you want one.
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
blowing raspberries
I have been meaning to post this for awhile. it is way cute!
you can see my brother's arm and hear my family in the background.
you can see my brother's arm and hear my family in the background.
Monday, January 12, 2009
living in Long Island
it has been difficult adjusting. for those of you who know me well know I do not like being around too many people for too long, and that I am not a dog person. I am currently living with 2 dogs 3 adults and one baby in addition to Erik and Grace. Now it will be 3 babies. Katelyn came on my birthday (januray 10) so they are still in the hospital but should be coming home soon. I didn't have a great birthday, given the fact that we had to babysit Alex and the 2 dogs all day without any help. a couple of times I was by myself because Erik needed to go to the store. how do you do it?? I have a huge respect for those of you who have 2 babies. I can't do it. I am happy with just one for now. I never realized how needy Grace can be sometimes (which is constantly being pointed out to me now). I hurt my back carrying both babies around saturday. it was like having a 20lb weight in each hand. at least Alex can walk, that made things easier. life is a little stressful here because of all of us living together. the house is a wreck and no one wants to do anything about it but me. Erik's mom is very grateful for my obsessive cleaning. needless to say my school work is suffering. I don't want to leave Erik (meaning live with my parents until he gets a good job) but if I stay here much longer I may have a nervous breakdown. any of you who have ever spent any time with your in-laws know how stressful it can be. then again, my mom isn't much better when it comes to telling me how to be a mother. ugh! why can't I do what I want? she's my baby. I know she's spoiled, but sometimes I pick her up because I need a hug, you know what I mean? anyway, I don't mean to complain. it hasn't been as bad as I thought in a lot of ways, but some days it is still too much to bear. the people here are very nice. we just need our own place.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Moving is hard
well, we are officially moved out of Aggie village. we started emptying the apartment on Christmas eve. it took a long time for my whole family (all 8 of them) to pack up our house. Grace and I were a little overwhelmed to have so many people helping us, but at least it got done quickly. we only managed to lose the screws for the crib in the move.
Then we all went back to Brigham to celebrate. we decided to do Christmas a little different this year since there are so many of us and my youngest brother is 13. on Christmas eve we did a white elephant gift exchange. I got a pack of toothbrushes...come to think of it, I haven't seen them since. I don't remember what Erik ended up with. Erik and I gave out homemade mugs with emergen-C in them.
My older sister "did the grandma thing" and bought everyone pajamas and the 3 kids (Mitch, Mandy, and Grace) a bunch of presents. On Christmas we opened the gift from the person who drew our name. I got a pink T-shirt and a photo key chain. Grace got some cool chewing things (that I call tongues) that you can put grapes and bananas in for her to eat. Erik got some money and a checklist for his trip.
The day after Christmas we (my brother, sister, dad, and Erik) went back to Logan to finish up. I feel bad because it was my sister's birthday and she spent it cleaning my apartment. We managed to get it all in our little trailer and my dad's van in 9 hours. then comes the fun part.
Erik's car couldn't make it through the canyon. It just stopped dead in the middle of the icy road and wouldn't budge. my dad tried to give him a little push so he could get to the side of the road (which eventually they did somehow). The plan was that we would pull the trailer the rest of the way in the van, not sure if that would work either. Luckily, our good friend Mike just happened by and stopped to help. he was driving a vehicle that had 4-wheel drive and was able to get us the rest of the way home. oh, and it was freezing cold in the canyon (they let me stay in the van, silly people, though the heater didn't work). After getting back to Brigham Erik finally decided that a storage unit would be a good investment.
so the next day we rented a storage unit (5x10) and took the trailer back to Logan to get a refund on our money($200). The 29th we went back to Logan again. we had the apartment inspection. we sold our washer and dryer to this nice couple who is going to have a baby soon and our neighbor Jeff moved them for the couple. the inspection went well(we might get our deposit after all). after that was over we went to the school to get Erik's class registered (that's right, he was 3 credits short of graduating). I am not sure if he was able to work anything out. That night he left for NY.
Grace has had a hard time this week. being passed around to 10 different people can be a little overwhelming. I sense that she is wondering when we will be going home. for the past 3 nights she has just screamed. no one knows why or what to do to calm her down (getting shots didn't help). last night she just wanted her momma, she was done playing with grandpa and aunt.
Erik made it safely to NY just in time to celebrate new years. my family didn't really stay up that late. he also spent his birthday alone, on the road. Erik turned 28 on the 30th (the day Grace turned 6 months).
Grace and I leave for NY on the 6th. my sister re connected my cell phone (which my parents got for me) so I would have a way to call if I get stranded. I am very nervous. I don't want to live in such close quarters with his family. it is going to be very stressful. Erik and I agreed that if it is too stressful I am going to come back to Utah until he finds a good job somewhere else (other than NY).
Wish us luck!
Then we all went back to Brigham to celebrate. we decided to do Christmas a little different this year since there are so many of us and my youngest brother is 13. on Christmas eve we did a white elephant gift exchange. I got a pack of toothbrushes...come to think of it, I haven't seen them since. I don't remember what Erik ended up with. Erik and I gave out homemade mugs with emergen-C in them.
My older sister "did the grandma thing" and bought everyone pajamas and the 3 kids (Mitch, Mandy, and Grace) a bunch of presents. On Christmas we opened the gift from the person who drew our name. I got a pink T-shirt and a photo key chain. Grace got some cool chewing things (that I call tongues) that you can put grapes and bananas in for her to eat. Erik got some money and a checklist for his trip.
The day after Christmas we (my brother, sister, dad, and Erik) went back to Logan to finish up. I feel bad because it was my sister's birthday and she spent it cleaning my apartment. We managed to get it all in our little trailer and my dad's van in 9 hours. then comes the fun part.
Erik's car couldn't make it through the canyon. It just stopped dead in the middle of the icy road and wouldn't budge. my dad tried to give him a little push so he could get to the side of the road (which eventually they did somehow). The plan was that we would pull the trailer the rest of the way in the van, not sure if that would work either. Luckily, our good friend Mike just happened by and stopped to help. he was driving a vehicle that had 4-wheel drive and was able to get us the rest of the way home. oh, and it was freezing cold in the canyon (they let me stay in the van, silly people, though the heater didn't work). After getting back to Brigham Erik finally decided that a storage unit would be a good investment.
so the next day we rented a storage unit (5x10) and took the trailer back to Logan to get a refund on our money($200). The 29th we went back to Logan again. we had the apartment inspection. we sold our washer and dryer to this nice couple who is going to have a baby soon and our neighbor Jeff moved them for the couple. the inspection went well(we might get our deposit after all). after that was over we went to the school to get Erik's class registered (that's right, he was 3 credits short of graduating). I am not sure if he was able to work anything out. That night he left for NY.
Grace has had a hard time this week. being passed around to 10 different people can be a little overwhelming. I sense that she is wondering when we will be going home. for the past 3 nights she has just screamed. no one knows why or what to do to calm her down (getting shots didn't help). last night she just wanted her momma, she was done playing with grandpa and aunt.
Erik made it safely to NY just in time to celebrate new years. my family didn't really stay up that late. he also spent his birthday alone, on the road. Erik turned 28 on the 30th (the day Grace turned 6 months).
Grace and I leave for NY on the 6th. my sister re connected my cell phone (which my parents got for me) so I would have a way to call if I get stranded. I am very nervous. I don't want to live in such close quarters with his family. it is going to be very stressful. Erik and I agreed that if it is too stressful I am going to come back to Utah until he finds a good job somewhere else (other than NY).
Wish us luck!
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