Hello friends and family! It has been so long since I have posted. Let me tell ya, mama hood takes a lot of time, which I am so grateful for. However, I had a spare minute (literally, Evie is napping right now) where I wasn't doing anything. Which quite honestly is very rare. I don't even know where to start on updates. So bare with me as this literally might be word vomit with no sense of order.
First and foremost, we are HOME OWNERS! It was quite the whirlwind getting moved and settled in, but after about a month of rearranging, organizing, getting new things, our house is now a home. Going from a small two bedroom duplex to a 4 bedroom+living room+big kitchen+office+basement+3 bathrooms, we had to do some splurging. We will probably have empty rooms for a while, but sometimes it's nice to go sit in those empty rooms and escape the piles of things that are starting to appear. I still have lots to do, but I going to be ambitious and build (with my Dad and probably Grandpa's help) a few things. Spencer always laughs at me when I say "Oh we can build that". It usually takes months of convincing myself I can do it and then actually doing it. Everything that I want for our home of course seems expensive, and I'm way cheap. So stay tuned on some later blogs when I actually complete my list of building. We now have a fence in our yard, which is awesome. For the first few months we lived here, we had a "community" back yard. It's nice to not have strangers roaming around playing ball. Now time to do landscaping.
Miss Evelyn. She. Won't. Stop. Growing. As expected time is going by way too quick with her. So every time she does something new, I'm overwhelmed both with joy and sadness. She is going on eight months and is such a joy (during the day!). She is my sidekick and I absolutely love it. She holds her arms up and when I pick her up she still attack-hugs me and gives the best open-mouthed slobbery kisses. She talks and tells the best stories, usually without taking a breath. She'll go and go, starting super high-pitched then, because she is running out of air, ends on really low pitch. It is hilarious! She says dada, nana, mmmm, and won't say mama but she smiles at me every time I say it. It's like her way of saying, "Duh Mom, I don't have to say it, you are looking at me." Our Primary class students tell us each week how loud she is and how they love when she sings with them. She loves to eat, but she also is still struggling with spitting up. We have tried lots of food. She loves a lot things, but she still loves blueberries, bananas, squash, peas, and now spinach the most. She doesn't like strawberries and clenches her mouth shut each time I try to give her one. Evie is starting to hate laying down to play. She tries so hard to sit up when you lay her down. She is most content sitting on her bum and playing with toys. It's nice because now I can do more things without having to carry her or place her in bassinet. Her smile melts every sorrow away and brightens even the really bad days. Her thighs are starting to get rolls and it's hard to not squeeze them every time I change her. She is now waving "Hi" but not on demand, only when she feels like it. Which is usually as we are walking out the door. She has started dancing and bobbing her head to music and tilting her head when you talk to her. Her two teeth are my favorite, except when she gets excited and bites me while I'm nursing. Sleep regression has hit full swing in our home. It sucks, but we are working on sleeping through the night again. Unfortunately this has resulted in many sleepless nights. I can't wait for what she brings to us next. I love watching her progress and grow into her big personality.
Spencer and I. Spencer, even though he has been done with school for a year now, he still loves to learn. He is constantly buying books on life, coding, math, and some other EE things I don't even know the words for. He always has an idea up his sleeve about how he wants to spend his time. Although I can't really say what this next big thing is, I know for the next few months his time is going to be well spent training and utilizing the things he has learned from his books. (An update will come, once I can tell everyone :)). He has got me hooked on soccer. We are season ticket holders for Real Salt Lake. I look forward to each game. These games are pretty much the only dates we have, of course we have a little tag-along but she's the best third wheel. Me. Well, I have made the bold decision to be a stay-at-home mom and focus all of my time on OT school. This was a very difficult decision for me to make. I really do love working, but can't wait to be an OT (hopefully only a few more years until I can get in and graduate). I would not be doing this if it weren't for Spencer and his hard work on getting a promotion. He is seriously the best. So all of you SAHM's let's hook up and have play dates. I am excited for this next chapter in our lives!
I love my little family and they are what make my life go round. Everyday we grow closer and thrive on the little things. Hope you all have enjoyed this little update. I'll be back soon.
Go Forth and Do!
XOXO,
Kacey
First and foremost, we are HOME OWNERS! It was quite the whirlwind getting moved and settled in, but after about a month of rearranging, organizing, getting new things, our house is now a home. Going from a small two bedroom duplex to a 4 bedroom+living room+big kitchen+office+basement+3 bathrooms, we had to do some splurging. We will probably have empty rooms for a while, but sometimes it's nice to go sit in those empty rooms and escape the piles of things that are starting to appear. I still have lots to do, but I going to be ambitious and build (with my Dad and probably Grandpa's help) a few things. Spencer always laughs at me when I say "Oh we can build that". It usually takes months of convincing myself I can do it and then actually doing it. Everything that I want for our home of course seems expensive, and I'm way cheap. So stay tuned on some later blogs when I actually complete my list of building. We now have a fence in our yard, which is awesome. For the first few months we lived here, we had a "community" back yard. It's nice to not have strangers roaming around playing ball. Now time to do landscaping.
Miss Evelyn. She. Won't. Stop. Growing. As expected time is going by way too quick with her. So every time she does something new, I'm overwhelmed both with joy and sadness. She is going on eight months and is such a joy (during the day!). She is my sidekick and I absolutely love it. She holds her arms up and when I pick her up she still attack-hugs me and gives the best open-mouthed slobbery kisses. She talks and tells the best stories, usually without taking a breath. She'll go and go, starting super high-pitched then, because she is running out of air, ends on really low pitch. It is hilarious! She says dada, nana, mmmm, and won't say mama but she smiles at me every time I say it. It's like her way of saying, "Duh Mom, I don't have to say it, you are looking at me." Our Primary class students tell us each week how loud she is and how they love when she sings with them. She loves to eat, but she also is still struggling with spitting up. We have tried lots of food. She loves a lot things, but she still loves blueberries, bananas, squash, peas, and now spinach the most. She doesn't like strawberries and clenches her mouth shut each time I try to give her one. Evie is starting to hate laying down to play. She tries so hard to sit up when you lay her down. She is most content sitting on her bum and playing with toys. It's nice because now I can do more things without having to carry her or place her in bassinet. Her smile melts every sorrow away and brightens even the really bad days. Her thighs are starting to get rolls and it's hard to not squeeze them every time I change her. She is now waving "Hi" but not on demand, only when she feels like it. Which is usually as we are walking out the door. She has started dancing and bobbing her head to music and tilting her head when you talk to her. Her two teeth are my favorite, except when she gets excited and bites me while I'm nursing. Sleep regression has hit full swing in our home. It sucks, but we are working on sleeping through the night again. Unfortunately this has resulted in many sleepless nights. I can't wait for what she brings to us next. I love watching her progress and grow into her big personality.
Notice her hand pinching my cheek, haha no joke, this is every time she sees me!
Her hair kills me!
Spencer and I. Spencer, even though he has been done with school for a year now, he still loves to learn. He is constantly buying books on life, coding, math, and some other EE things I don't even know the words for. He always has an idea up his sleeve about how he wants to spend his time. Although I can't really say what this next big thing is, I know for the next few months his time is going to be well spent training and utilizing the things he has learned from his books. (An update will come, once I can tell everyone :)). He has got me hooked on soccer. We are season ticket holders for Real Salt Lake. I look forward to each game. These games are pretty much the only dates we have, of course we have a little tag-along but she's the best third wheel. Me. Well, I have made the bold decision to be a stay-at-home mom and focus all of my time on OT school. This was a very difficult decision for me to make. I really do love working, but can't wait to be an OT (hopefully only a few more years until I can get in and graduate). I would not be doing this if it weren't for Spencer and his hard work on getting a promotion. He is seriously the best. So all of you SAHM's let's hook up and have play dates. I am excited for this next chapter in our lives!
I love my little family and they are what make my life go round. Everyday we grow closer and thrive on the little things. Hope you all have enjoyed this little update. I'll be back soon.
Go Forth and Do!
XOXO,
Kacey
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