Faith

I found this on Pinterest

"we must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us"

Lately I've taken to finding uplifting quotes like this and reading lots of General Conference talks on faith. Trevin hasn't been accepted to medical school yet and time is running out. We don't know what we are going to be doing next fall or where we are going to live. He has started applications for graduate school programs too (the deadlines happen to be in a month meaning we found out he has to take the GRE in two weeks) but lately it just feels like a down pour of less than good news. Trevin said tonight we really should be due for a break soon, seriously, haha.

I'm so glad for my religion, I think if I didn't have it all of this would be a lot harder. But with lots of prayers, scriptures, and General Conference talks things are looking lots brighter than otherwise. I'm sure we will end up where we should be and everything will work out.

Christmas

Just a few photos from Christmas. Yes Trevin had a Christmas mustache, lets not go into that but anyways we had a great Christmas and Addie had a blast!!

4 Years

Trevin, Addie, and I went to Temple Square to see the lights last Saturday. It is so crazy to think about how things have changed over the years. Trevin and I have gone to see the lights 3 years together. We didn't go last year due to my lazy pregnant state but besides that we've gone every year since we have known each other. And every year we take a picture, its fun to look back and see how things really have changed.

The first year we went we were dating. I posted this picture on facebook afterwards and had lots of people comment on how we should get married. We had been dating for four months and had never talked about getting married.

The next year we went we had been married for 6 months. Ha thank goodness for facebook or we would have never thought of getting married :)

Skip the next year and just imagine a fat and complaining version of me.

And then this year. We took Addie to see the lights and she loved it. It was really cold but she had a big grin on her face the whole time. It is sad to think this will be our last Christmas living only an hour away from Temple Square but I'm so glad for all the memories that this tradition has had for us.

Fa-la-la-la-la

I know you are extremely curious as to what we have been up to since last desperately feeding Addie chocolate pie. Well Addie has been busy....

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Riding Winnie the Pooh

Getting into the Christmas spirit

Playing by Grandma Cardon's Christmas tree

Getting my early Christmas present, a big girl car seat

Watched a lot of football with daddy

Went on my first airplane ride to see Grandma and Grandpa Robinson

Tried on hats and went shopping with Grandma A LOT

Played with Grandma's Christmas tree and then tried to eat the fake pine needles that I shook off of it

Attempted to unwrap some presents

Got my very first sweat suit from Grandma

And today I finally got to relax and just play

She never stops going. If anyone needs a workout come play with Addie. We hope you're enjoying the holidays as much as we are!

Desperate

I used to go out in public and see moms indulging their children in the oddest and most unacceptable ways. Today I walked through Maceys and noticed a one year old being fed ice cream while the mom Publish Postshopped, a six year old wearing a mermaid costume in the store, and another ten year old reciting some poem in her NOT inside voice. Usually in my head I would have first judged all those parents and then vowed to never allow my children to do this. HOWEVER this weekend as Trevin's little sister fed Addie chocolate pie during Thanksgiving dinner (something I vowed to never do....but seriously are you never gonna let your kids have treats, ok I've given in....occasionally) and I enjoyed 20 minutes of peace and quiet I realized sometimes you get a little desperate and do what you gotta do. While Addie will not be eating chocolate pie everyday, the six year old probably wont wear her mermaid costume to the grocery store everyday either. I learned my lesson today. As Biebs would say it "Never say never" because what may seem like horrible parenting to you before kids may seem completely genius once you're a parent.

Thankful

I know is cliche to post about being thankful around Thanksgiving but that is the point of Thanksgiving right--to take time to remember all of our blessing? Anyways we have had quite the month to make me even more grateful.

• Health: After having stomach aches for the last while I decided to finally go to the doctor and was diagnosed with H-pylori. It was completely not a big deal but I had to take antibiotics for two weeks to get rid of the bacteria. BUT the antibiotics made me sick and dizzy and tired and nauseous and every other miserable thing I can think of. Thank goodness I finished the antibiotics just in time to get my wisdom teeth out which was followed by another week of antibiotics and tripped out pain meds that all made me feel horrible. Finally yesterday I finished all my medications and now feel AMAZING! I no longer feel confused and dizzy and can actually take care of Addie and enjoy time with Trevin. Never in my whole life have I been so grateful for my health and the health of my family.

• Family: We have also recently had some unfortunate and expensive mishaps that have given me the motto "Its JUST money." We had to unexpectedly replace all four tires on our car a couple weeks ago. On Thursday Trevin broke his finger for the SECOND time in two months playing intramural football. I was so mad at first and he was also pretty upset about the newly incurred doctor bills but we took a step back and I had to remind him, "Its JUST money." I have my family and they are all healthy and happy and that is what I am the most grateful for.

• Good Friends: Lately, especially with wisdom teeth and H pylori I haven't been quite on my game with the whole being a good mommy, wife, maid, cook....etc. I am so grateful for friends who have watched Addie, checked up on me, brought us dinner when I was feeling sick, or gave Trev and I the chance to go to the temple or on dates. I always feel horrible asking friends to babysit but lately I had a few times where I really NEEDED a babysitter and my friends were always there to help me out. I have always had a hard time asking people to babysit because I feel bad. It really is a humbling experience to let people serve you but I'm starting to realize this is what makes the world good. People serve you and instead of trying to "repay" them the best thing to do is turn around and serve someone else. I'm so grateful for those good friends that I know will help me out anytime I need.

Happy Thanksgiving....a little bit early but I hope you all have a great holiday season!!

Scooting, Sipping, and Sleeping

Yes it has been awhile but I'm all about second chances SO I promise to be better at blogging if you promise to be better at reading it. deal? DEAL! So the latest and greatest.....I know its always about Addie these days but really she is the most interesting part of our family and I always try not to bore you.

Scooting--Addie has started scooting these days. Scooting, in case you are baby illiterate, is the stage between tummy time and crawling. She puts her head down, bum in the air and pushes with her feet, her upper body is then moved a couple inches forward. However because she puts her head down she can only move in diagonal lines. So when she goes for a toy she has to back track and circle around it but she always gets there.

Sipping--Addie has learned to hold her own bottle which has its pros and cons. It is nice when she is hungry and I am busy I can put her on the ground and she will feed herself. Also it just means she is growing up and developing which every mom likes to see. The cons are she is very distracted and to eat her whole bottle may take up to an hour and she also likes to blow bubbles into it making a big mess. She can also feed herself some finger foods which is cute. She loves cheerios and string cheese right now.

Sleeping--Nothing really new, I was just trying to think of another "S" for the title. Addie is a great sleeper and goes 11 hours straight almost every night. The hard thing these days is she scoots into corners and gets stuck on her back even though she likes sleeping on her stomach so we have to go in and move her a lot until she falls asleep.