"It" is coming...

It is just getting too close, I need to share some feelings. What is "it" you ask? "It" is happening in 3 months when we say goodbye to Salt Lake City and hello to Omaha. "It" is constantly on my mind...the packing, the driving, the moving, the details, the emotions of it all. Not a day goes by that I don't think about it.

So many people ask me if I am excited and yes, I am excited, along with a whole roller coaster of emotions. I am excited to experience life outside of Utah and outside of Salt Lake City. I think it will be neat to see how different, or the same, the church is outside of Utah and on a much larger scale, just society in general.

I am so sad to leave family. It will be weird to not go to either of our parent's houses on Sunday or any day of the week for that matter. I can't really even imagine what it will be like. I am mostly sad for Kinnie though. She LOVES her grandparents sooooo much. She is always asking to go to Magga and Packa Brushy's house and Magga and Packa Bew's house. She has such amazing relationships with them as well as her aunties and uncles and cousins. I wonder how much she will understand about not being able to see them or go to their houses. It really breaks my heart and it hasn't even happened yet!

I am nervous about the packing and getting everything ready to go. I feel like I need to start packing things up already which I know is so silly. It just makes it seem so close to think that we only pay rent 3 more times or only have 3 more fast-Sundays, because things like that seem to roll around so quickly. I guess it wouldn't hurt to start organizing a little so when we do start packing it will be that much easier.

I am so grateful for the situation we are in. Because Landon was accepted to Creighton and the RDEP program through the University of Utah we were able to stay here another year and will only be gone three years instead of four. He is one of ten students currently in the program. All ten are married and 6 of us have children. We have already had a few play groups so we all can get to know one another. It will be nice in Omaha to already have familiar faces.

Overall, I really am excited for the new experience that lies ahead.

It's Amazin', So Amazin'!

1. It is amazing that I made chocolate chip cookies that taste decent! I almost messed the recipe up but I caught my mistake and did not mess it up. Seriously, I have messed up plenty recipes because I have forgotten to add this or that but I took a bite and was pleasantly surprised. I have made cookies that are flat like pancakes because I didn't add enough flour. I have made cookies that taste completely like flour because I tried to add more flour after it was too late. I would love to bake more often and this gives me hope!

2. Andrew has been taking great naps the last three days, it is amazing! Three days ago he took a 2 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon, yesterday was 1 1/2 hours and today, so far, he has taken two 1 1/2 hour naps. This also gives me hope! He usually takes 3 half hour naps a day so it really is amazing to me. I am not sure what is going on but I am hoping that he is finally catching on to the whole sleeping thing. And if not, I will try and be grateful for these three days that I have had that all needed precious me time.

3. It would be amazing if I wrote a post that didn't include my kids. I needed to vacuum today but I was a little hesitant because it scares Andrew. So I was telling Kinnie that I would probably just hold him while I vacuumed because I didn't want him to be sad. Kinnie was sitting on the couch and said "mice hode Anjoo" meaning "I'll hold Andrew." I put him in her lap and warned he that he might cry and if he does I will get him. It had been awhile since I had taken a picture of Kinnie holding Andrew. I was amazed at how big he looked sitting in her lap. They are both growing up so so so so fast, and it amazes me so so so so much!

This picture is a little more proportioned and doesn't make Andrew look quite as big...

4. If you don't have the "Amazing" song by Kanye West stuck in your head, it's amazing! I can't get the chorus out of my head!

As of Late

Landon had a really nice, long break between fall and spring semester. We tried to get out and do things and swimming was one of the things we did. I thought we were crazy taking Andrew but he loved splashing around in the water. Kinnie loves the water too. It was a fun little outing, and little it was. The kids got cold quick!

Andrew's first sink bath. He got very messy eating a biter biscuit and I didn't want to torture him by trying to wipe off all of the thick, crusty cracker off his face and hands. He loved being able to play with the running water.

Proof of his messiness. He LOVES those biter biscuits! He is a super eater and so far has only gagged on peas, I don't blame him. Anything with bananas in it seems like his favorite. And he doesn't mind prunes...thankfully.


Ever since Andrew was really little, probably like 2 months, he has lifted his head up like this to check out what is going on around him. It always cracks me up. HE cracks me up! Just tonight when he was sitting in his bouncy seat he started nodding his head up and down while opening and closing his mouth. He was being so funny. He absolutely loves Kinnie. Sometimes he just hears her voice and starts laughing so hard and looks for her like crazy. He has such a happy, sweet, playful personality. I am so in love with him, we all are.

1:00 church is a bit hard on Kinnie. She was so tired after church she fell asleep in Andrew's chair while I was making dinner. The good thing lately though...she has been going to nursery! Finally at 29 months she is going to nursery. We tried and tried to get her to go. Then Andrew came and she had a break, then we tried some more and gave up. We started just taking her to Sunday school with us. When the new year started we asked her if she wanted to go and she has gone three times in a row! We are so proud of her. And I think she really loves it!