November

Where did November go? I swear the other day it was Halloween ..and now it's December!! Everything is going by so quickly...before I know it we will be back in Utah and our one year adventure will be over.  November has been awesome.  The weather in Ohio has been very pleasant.  We have seen snow and a few really cold days...but for the most part it's been really nice.  Toren's first Thanksgiving was a huge success.  It was weird being away from family, but we had a great time with our friends that we have made out here.  We ended up getting together with a few couples from the ward and it's really fun because there are four babies and they are all the same age! (So Toren as a lot of cute friends!) 

Here they are! Porter, Toren, Brooke, and Dexter (the boys are all fighting over Brooke!)

These little ones had fun hanging out while the rest of us enjoyed good company and delicious food!

We have so much to be thankful for the year! This little boy has been the biggest blessing in our lives. The past week he has started to reach for things!  We will hold something up in front of him and his little hands work so hard to grab it! He is such a curious little guy and he doesn't want to be left out of anything.  He loves to watch us do everything...and I'm nervous that as soon as he starts moving on his own he will never stop!

......I'm not counting down or anything....but only 13 more days until we fly back to Utah to spend the holidays with our families! We really love Ohio, the only thing that would make it even better is if our families were closer so they could see Toren more often. That is why I'm so excited to spend a month close by so they can soak up his every move, giggle, slobbery fist...and everything else cute that he does!!

Three Months!!

We can't believe our little boy is 3 months old!! He is such a cutie and is getting SO big! Toren is giggling, and likes to slobber all over everything!

WE LOVE HIM!!!

2 Months Old!

I can't believe my sweet little boy is already 2 months old! Time is going by way to quickly....and then again I'm loving the stage he is entering into! He is such an attentive, curious, smiley little boy!! We went to his 2 month appointment and he was such a brave little boy! The Dr. said he is doing awesome...he is a little on the thin side so we are going back in a few days to weigh him again.  They also put me on a few things to help increase my milk which I hope will help to plump our little boy up! We are still trying to figure this whole thing out...being a parent is the hardest thing we have ever done!! But....we love him!  

CRAZY LIFE!

Well....the past month has been crazy to say the least! I'm going to sum it up very quickly...Our little boy was born on July 31st, we blessed him on August 4th at home, We finished packing up all of our belongings, Sheldon and his dad drove 28 hours to move our belongings to Hilliard, Ohio, My mom and I drove to Utah with the baby, Sheldon and his dad drove 28 hours to come home, we had multiple doctors appointments before the move, My little brother had his mission farewell, we took our two week old baby on two air planes and officially moved to Ohio! All of this in the midst of learning how to be parents..

WOW! 

It makes me tired to think about all of it! 

But we've made it this far!

We love our town house...Sheldon is loving school...We both love our son to pieces...

Everything in our lives has changed in the past 4 weeks...This has been quite the adventure!!

 The Caravan!

Cutest little thing EVER!

I just finished updating the baby blog!

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Graduation!

 We did it! Sheldon and I both graduated!!! There were a few minutes we didn't think we would make it....this last semester was hard! We both had two classes....worked a little...got ready for the baby...wow it was CRAZY! (It really wasn't that bad)

We thought graduation was really fun...It was kind of long..and my feet were swollen....but It was a fun time to reminisce about our time at BYU-I 

BYU-Idaho will always have a special place in our heart because it's where we met...dated...started our life together...and will have our first baby!! SO many great memories! 

Sheldon was asked to speak during the convocation part of graduation! He did a wonderful job...and I was lucky enough to sit up on the stand with him!

Some how we got volunteered to sing in the choir.....

Sheldon did such a good job!! He is SO good lookin

We were one of 66 other couples to graduate together!  

So glad my little brother Zac was able to come! 

Thank you family for coming and supporting us! We really wouldn't have made it through these past 4 years with out you! We love you SO much.

And how cool is it that our little boy got to graduate with us too...he was just hiding!

Thank you BYU-Idaho!

Now onto our next adventure....Baby!!!

Week 35!

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WE CAN'T WAIT TO GRADUATE FROM SCHOOL....AND MEET OUR LITTLE BOY!!

Love Your Body!

So I'm in this class right now and we are talking about threats to the family in our day and age and how we can advocate for families.  Everyone had to make a blog to talk about the threat of the family they were focusing on and one of the groups did body image.  I thought this was very interesting...but it is a threat to the family! The world portrays the perfect woman in such a skewed, unachievable way that at times we hate ourselves or neglect the ones we love trying to become the impossible.  Everyone needs a body...and you only get one....SO LOVE IT!  The group shared this video from youtube...and I loved it so much that I wanted to post it here so I have it forever.

I really needed this....being pregnant and watching my body change has been hard...I know that gaining weight and getting bigger is wonderful and very good for my baby..but my whole life it's been etched in my mind that this isn't supposed to happen...and it's bad!!

Well....I'm not going to think that way anymore! 

I'm embracing this beautiful body of mine!!

I LOVE MY BODY!

This is another video they showed...that I think is hilarious...but so true!!