Well, Jeff and I are in the middle of a very exciting New Year's Eve. Jeff has finally crossed over and is reading. I never thought I would see the day. He must have gotten really bored while I was at work tonight. I don't want to spoil this new development so I decided to blog.
We had a wonderful Christmas with my family. My mom had so much fun with Brooklynn. She got her an "exersaucer" with lots of fun toys on it. She had to give it to us early because she couldn't stand the suspense any more. I can't help but think she was more excited about it than Brooklynn haha. But now Brookie has lots of fun with it. My mom also got us like a 3 month supply of food storage and an electric wheat grinder. I kinda started freaking out with the way the economy is turning and decided that we needed the food storage more than anything. And we don't really have the money to buy it ourselves. It was great. Jeff and I weren't going to get anything for each other, but we both broke down at the last minute haha. I just bought him a sweater that I thought he would look so cute in, and he bought me a foot massager since he refuses to touch my feet haha!! We didn't really do much down in St. George. We just hung out at the house mostly. It's about the same as what we do here lol. But it was still wonderful to see my family. My mom started crying right before we left, which of course made me cry. At the same time, I wasn't too sad because we will be going back in a couple weeks to surprise her for her 50th birthday! (But I couldn't tell her that!) Rachel and I are planning a surprise party for her, and my dad is going to make sure to keep her busy that day. I'm pretty excited for it. She hasn't had a party since she turned 40! Go figure.
Well, now that we are back at home, I have a nice routine with Brooklynn. Except, she is trying to ruin it! She has been so clingy the past couple of days. She always wants me to hold her...even if Jeff is holding her. But it was so cute tonight when I came home. She got so excited as soon as she saw me. It just made my whole day. I'm glad that she loves me. I just wish she would let me exercise and shower and clean without crying. What can you do! I do try to let her cry for a few mintues before giving in cause I don't want her to feel spoiled.
Unfortunately...not much else to report.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and did something more exciting than we did for New Year's Eve. :)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
I have officially graduated!
That's right...I can finally say it. It's a semester later than I originally planned, but I'm done now. And I have a few months to just be a mom before diving into graduate school. I finally finished those applications as well, so now I just have to wait. In the mean time, I am having the time of my life with Brooklynn these days. She is so much fun. She is almost crawling. She uses her legs to scoot herself around. She has 2 teeth! She cut the first one a few weeks ago, and she wasn't even fussy. The second one came only a couple weeks after that, and she has had a harder time with that one. I can't believe how fast this is all happening. Yesterday while I was exercising, she was playing in her portable crib, and she pulled herself up onto her feet. I don't think she can quite reach the coffee table to do that yet, but man oh man! I have decided that this is my favorite baby stage so far. I can sit her down on the floor with her toys in front of her and just let her play.
In other new...I really don't look forward to work these days. We are open later for the holidays, so I kind of dread going. I mean, I only work a few days a week, but we are open til 11, and it really stinks. No one even shops that late, which makes it even worse. At least the girls I work with are fun. And it's money...haha.
My birthday was last week. I had to remind Jeff the day before that he still needed to go shopping for it haha. That's a first. He just lost track of time. I told him pretty much exactly what I wanted, but I still ended up exchanging some of the gifts. I asked for those Down East tshirts, and he thought I asked for camis..but that was an easy switch. Then he bought me this book, and he was so excited about it because I didn't ask for it. He really wanted to surprise me, which was adorable. But I had already read it!! So I discreetly snuck the receipt out of the bag and will have to exchange it as soon as this snow clears up. But it still ended up being a fun day because Jeff made me feel special, and it's just fun to have little shows of affection like that.
Well, Brooklynn has awaken from her nap and needs some feeding!
In other new...I really don't look forward to work these days. We are open later for the holidays, so I kind of dread going. I mean, I only work a few days a week, but we are open til 11, and it really stinks. No one even shops that late, which makes it even worse. At least the girls I work with are fun. And it's money...haha.
My birthday was last week. I had to remind Jeff the day before that he still needed to go shopping for it haha. That's a first. He just lost track of time. I told him pretty much exactly what I wanted, but I still ended up exchanging some of the gifts. I asked for those Down East tshirts, and he thought I asked for camis..but that was an easy switch. Then he bought me this book, and he was so excited about it because I didn't ask for it. He really wanted to surprise me, which was adorable. But I had already read it!! So I discreetly snuck the receipt out of the bag and will have to exchange it as soon as this snow clears up. But it still ended up being a fun day because Jeff made me feel special, and it's just fun to have little shows of affection like that.
Well, Brooklynn has awaken from her nap and needs some feeding!
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