Professional Pictures!

We finally got some pictures of Lily taken! She was so cute because she had just woken up from a nap. She got really tired of it pretty quickly though. Hopefully we can stay up on our game now and get regular pictures of her now. I'm excited to finally have super cute pics to hang up in our home now!

WE'VE MOVED!

Well we officially live in a nice apartment and Lily has her own room! Life is so good! I also found out when we signed the papers, that where we live has a fitness center with an elliptical included, so we're going to be saving some extra money! Woo hoo! Once we get completely moved in I'll show you the new place. There are still things here and there that we need to clean up. And we don't have internet yet at the new place, so that may make it a little longer as well!

Yup we're moving again

Ok, so people think we're crazy, but we're moving... yet again! This makes 4 times in our marriage, yeah we've been married for 2 1/2 years. Don't worry about it. Anyway we found a great place and we're SUPER excited to move there. It's a two bedroom (FINALLY!) and it has a dishwasher, dinning room, washer and dryer, patio, and lots of storage space. It's in an apartment complex, but in the complex there is a swimming pool, playground, and basketball hoop! We're pretty much stoked! Plus we have a few other friends that have moved there recently and they love it, so that's a pretty good indication that this place is great! ANYWAY! We're going to be moving on Valentines day, so because of that, Todd took me out last night. It was so great. My great friend Emma watched Lily so we could have some time to ourselves. We went out to dinner, and got buy one get one free which I was happy about. Then we went someplace else and got dessert. That's basically all our date consisted of, but it was still so fun. Todd gave me a rose and a box of choclates, yes I know, original, but it was still way cute. We enjoyed each others company and just had a great time. When we got home, Lily had woken up and was crying, so I calmed her down and then Emma, Jake, and Todd and I played some Wii. We played dodgeball for a little while but then we had just gotten the game Super Smash Brothers Brawl, and we played that. I have to get used to that game! Anyway the moral of the story is, we had a great night last night and we're excited to be moving into a GREAT place in a week! Woo hoo!

4 MONTHS?!?!

Lily was hanging out in Todd's work chair she now owns the joint! hehe
She is getting SO close to rolling over we're trying to encourage her. She likes to sit up a lot better though.
She actually smiled for the camera! While she is playing with toys, she has finally she can play with those!
She was talking to me, and Todd got a quick one!

Today she is four months and I can't believe it! She's so much fun and we love her a lot. We don't like to share sometimes, but its ok. Hopefully we can start cereal soon and keep advancing what an awesome baby she is!

P.S. President Thomas S. Monson is going to be speaking at our graduation from SUU and we're stoked! You are all invited it's Saturday May 2nd!

The Poll

Ok so I posted that poll up about the elliptical and many of you have said it's a bad idea to buy one. I would like to know your opinion about that. Let me know why you think it's a bad idea. The reason we're thinking about buying one is because I LOVE the elliptical. I hate running and doing workout videos, but I could be on the elliptical for a good hour and love it. But if you have some good reason for me not buying one, I would love to hear your opinion! Thanks!

Hello Random

I am sitting at work right now in a computer lab as a lab assistant. I am in a lab that people don't usually go in to, and it's right next to the centrum arena at SUU. There is a gymnastics match tonight, and I'm sitting in here, and all of a sudden these two girls come in and close the door. I was just like... uh ok. And then one turns to the other and says, "Oh crap there's a lab assistant here! I need to warm up!" (As if I can't hear her even though I'm the only other person in the lab). The other girl turns to me and says, "She's singing the national anthem in a minute, can she warm up in here, do you mind?" I didn't mind because one I thought it would be interesting to hear her voice and if she needed to warm up she wasn't bothering anyone. Well she started singing, and sounded great, but I just laughed because this can sometimes be the most random job in the world.

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You know when you have those days that just the slightest thing can set you off? I believe today is one of those days! I have been so stressed with all of this school piled up and what not and I just want to go back to being a stay at home mom! I'm having a hard time with going to school. I hope I can even make it to my masters! ahhh! We kind of have a break planned for Todd's birthday, but I'm not sure I can last til April. Thank goodness Lily is a sweetie, even if she does cry whenever we're not at home, yeah that doesn't cause ANY stress.. ha ha. I have some cute pictures of her, but I just need to find the time to upload them when I'm home. So it might not be til this weekend!

Cradle to Crib

Well it's official, Lily has gone from her cradle to her crib. It wasn't the easiest transition, but I think she's used to it now. She's been in her crib for about a week now and she sleeps in it almost better than her cradle. I guess technically it's a pack n play, but that's all that we have room for right now. What helped us decide when to move her is one night she tried to roll in her cradle and the only reason she didn't fall out is because it hit the wall. Yeah she started screaming I think it might have been kind of traumatic for her, but she can't really roll out of her bed now. She's growing up so fast! I have some new pics that I'll post up soon! She's a doll!

Fisher Look-alike Meter

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Free family tree maker - Family reunion

Here we go again!

Well, school started up again yesterday... I already want it to be over with! Don't get me wrong, I love my classes and what not, but I'm just ready to be done with school and to move on with the rest of our life. I excited that I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's going to be hard to do this with Lily but I think I can make it work. Todd is helping a LOT more this semester and we'll be on a more playing field this semester than we were last semester! Wish us luck!

New Years Eve

Well... after Lily went to bed...

We started the new year hanging out with my brother and his in-laws. We played card games, the Wii and did some intense Karaoke.
This was us right after midnight. It was the latest we had stayed up in a LONG time. Can you tell we were tired? Yeah, we were exhausted. This past week has been great, on Monday, Lily and I went up to SLC and visited friends. Todd came up on Tuesday night with his sister and then we went up to Ogden to visit with friends and family. We're not all that excited to go back to school this next week, in fact I'm NERVOUS! It'll be an interesting 4 months but if I can get through it, life will be WONDERFUL!

Christmas 2008

Todd and Lily cuddling on the rocking chair... they like that
Lily LOVES these toys that hang from her car seat. I have found her talking to them often. She is so adorable and they are her new friends. They help a lot when she is mad to get into her car seat.
Lily with Grammie on Christmas Day
This is Lily on Christmas Eve, in her new PJs. She is pretty much way cute.
Me and Lily on Christmas Eve right before she went to bed.

Yeah so we didn't get any pictures of anything that we got, but Todd got a new camcorder that he's had since before Thanksgiving, but it was a Christmas present. Todd got me an ipod Touch. If you don't know what that is, it's basically like an iphone only it doesn't make calls, but I think that's really the only thing it doesn't do. It's so awesome and way too much fun to play with, in fact, Todd plays with it more than I do. hehe Lily got a new bumbo-like seat. It also turns into a exer-saucer and a booster seat. Santa treated her well. ;) It was a great day, and we just hung out at Todd's mom's house and we even got to talk to his little brother on the phone. (He's on his mission) I hope you all had a Merry Christmas!

Slept all night long!

Lily slept through the night! For the first time since she's been born, we didn't have to get up and feed her last night! She woke up a few times but I just put her binky back in her mouth and rocked her back to sleep. I was amazed! She fell asleep around 8 and then woke up right before 7. She's amazing! Yeah, I know I look great in this picture... lol jk.

When Todd Babysits...

She has great aim. She COMPLETELY missed the burp cloth but got Todd...
All the damage she created. She had a lot in her!
This is what happens when Mommy comes home! She knows what's up! I got a call from Todd yesterday while I was at work and he told me that Lily had thrown up all over him. She's been sick this week and it makes me sad to see, but I laughed really hard when I saw what she had done. This very thing has happened to me at least 4 or 5 times, but it was good to finally see it on Todd. No offense to Todd, I just hate to be the only one she chooses!

P.S. This is the first picture we got of her smiling! Yay!

Lily's Blessing Day

This is Lily in her dress. she looked like an angel. The blessing went well, but she cried through it all. She was tired and the binky wouldn't stay in her mouth, oh well.
Us together at the luncheon. I look funny in this picture, that's fine... The luncheon went great the food was delicious!

This was her at the end of the day. It had been long but it was good! She was gorgeous and we got to celebrate her life. The weather was awful the night before so some people didn't get to make it to the blessing. We missed them, but we understand as well. Snow = scary roads. We're happy to have such a beautiful baby in our lives! Thanks for being so great Lily!

Lily's Blessing

When: December 14th, 2008 11:00AM
Where: Cedar 9th Ward, Approximately 326 S. 900 W. Cedar City

After Sacrament meeting, we're going to be having a luncheon at the Eccles Living and Learning Center in the Conference Room. The address is 250 South 500 West. You are all welcome!

You are all invited to come and witness the blessing. We would love to see you! We're definitely excited for good food and good times with family and friends.

Our Awesome Daughter

The other day, at work, a friend of ours wrapped Lily up like this to try to calm her down. This was her afterwards. Oh my goodness after we looked at this picture, we laughed forever! Yeah, that is why we have the cutest little girl ever!

Candids

Bundled up and ready to go. Gotta make sure the straps are under her double chin. I love how chubby she's getting, it's adorable!
He's so HANDSOME! He's holding our nephew Robbie.
So sweet! She likes to smile when she's sleeping, I'm trying to get a picture of her smiling. We got a video but I'm not sure how to post it quite yet.
Like mother like daughter... I love it when she just passes out on me like this, it's so funny!
She LOVES her swing. She just zonks out when she gets in and is super cute. That's where she hangs out when I need to take a shower.

Doctors Appt

I took Lily to the doctor today. She weighs, yes a whopping 10 lbs. 11 oz. She is now 21 inches long and is super super cute! I'll get some more pictures when Todd get's home from doing homework. But, she did get her shots today, I think I cried a little while we were there. It was AWFUL! I never want to do it again... yet in two months we'll go through it another time!

Thanksgiving

This year for thanksgiving we were at Rhonda's house. It was so much fun. During the week Lily and I were able to hang out with April, Taylor, Jeremy, and Rhonda. Todd worked all day Wednesday and had class monday and tuesday so he didn't get to hang out with them quite as much. The weekend was full of playing the Wii and visiting with family.

Thursday we ate a delicious dinner and then indulged ourselves in many pies that I made for the family. They turned out quite well and I was pretty proud of the job I did. Later on Thanksgiving the Livingston tribe came over and we all played spoons, mafia, and the infamous name game. I love the Livingstons, they are so much fun! It was so good to spend good, quality time with family for a good amount of time. It was fun to get Robbie and Lily together again and see who is bitter now. Lily wins! She's definitely getting chubby!

Friday morning, Todd and I got up and drove to Richfield. Most of my family was at my parent's house. It was CRAZY there. I swear there were about 5 adults and 20 kids. Everyone wanted to hold Lily and play with her. I was fine with that as long as they washed their hands. While we were there we played some more Wii, visited with family, and helped my dad with his Christmas Lights. Friday night Todd and I went to the Chidesters and played some Phase Ten with some old friends from High School. Lily was already in bed, so we got to slip out for a minute. On saturday I got to go to Mary Pope's bridal shower. It was one of the most fun showers I have ever been to. Congrats Mary! I think she's pretty excited about getting married and I'm so happy for her!

All in all we had a good weekend. It was nice to get home and enjoy our own home with room to spread out on our couch. Our Christmas decorations are up and we've been listening to plenty of Christmas music! My favorite time of year!