V-day RSV Way

My parents always told me they made sacrifices for me and I always laughed and assumed my presence was the greatest gift to them. Anyways being a parent I'm starting to learn a little about this whole sacrifice thing. Trevin had made reservations for Valentines a few weeks beforehand (come to find out later was a nice restaurant up at Sundance). We were going to trade babysitting with some of our friends so that we could all have date nights. We babysat their 2 month old last Friday night for them and then they were going to babysit on Valentines for us. Well Addie started getting sick over the weekend and the day before Valentines we ended up going to the doctor to find out that Addie had RSV. Poor girl! She was going to be fine but very contagious...especially to a 2 month old. We decided to cancel our date for the next night to make sure our friends' little baby wouldn't get sick. We had Chilis takeout and watched TV. I was slightly disappointed because I love everything clique about Valentines including fancy romantic restaurants but I had a lot of blessings to count that day. Addie was healthy and my sweet husband thought of a back up plan. Here are some pictures of our little sicko on Valentines and a couple other pictures (Thanks for the Valentines shirt Grandma Robinson!)

Newly Weds No More

We bought a king bed this past week. Need I say more?

Trevin and I never bought a bed when we got married. Our first apartment came furnished with a FULL bed. Yes a full bed with enough space to either cuddle or sleep on the floor. When we moved out of that apartment into our current place we needed to get a bed but no longer had the cash flow of newly weds so my in-laws were nice enough to let us borrow a spare QUEEN bed they had. I thought it was plenty big enough for the two of us but apparently I like to sleep in the middle of the bed and when I'm pregnant I bring 6 new friends to bed...pillows that is. It was so nice of them to lend us the bed however it was old, old enough that I felt like a raft at sea every time Trevin would toss or turn in bed. SO when we got our tax return (having a baby rocks!) we vowed to buy a new bed. The day finally came and we went bed shopping. This is a plug for the place we bought our bed but seriously so awesome, its called Mattress Dealzz in American Fork, yup love it! Anyways a king bed was only a little more expensive than a queen and Trevin has dreamed of this since we got married so we got it. We are no longer those snuggle cuddle bugs that you always assume newly weds are. Well...we never were but its official, were an old married couple, we have a huge bed that allows us to never touch whatsoever during sleep. AND I get to sleep in the middle without getting shoved over anymore!

Coupon FAIL

Lately, and by lately I mean since Friday when we bought our new printer, I have been slightly obsessed with couponing. I was printing them off the internet and making stacks and piles and lists and planning my mass attack on Walmart. I even dreamed about coupons Saturday and Sunday night, blah, awful way to sleep. Anyways this morning I woke up EARLY. I had a huge list and it was the only time of day I could go so at 7 am I headed to Walmart (because they price match and I THOUGHT I could avoid going to 5 stores this way). I got to Walmart and realized I left my wallet at home. So mad!! I drove the 15 minutes home and then plowed my way through rush hour traffic to get back to the store. I had exactly one hour to get through the whole store or else Trevin (at home watching Addie) would be late for school. I planned on walking out of Walmart with 30 boxes of cereal all under $1 a box. FAIL. I walked out with no cereal. They didn't sell the size cereal that I thought was on sale. In my defense I saw it on a couponing blog, I didn't actually look at the ad. Lesson learned! I figured no big deal I'll just stop at Maceys on my way home to get the cereal. Ha, turns out the kind of cereal I had coupons for wasn't even on sale. So to make a long story short through out the day I ended up at 2 other grocery stores 1 of which I was successful in, the other had some weird store policy that wouldn't let me use my coupons. I didn't find out till after they had rung everything up. So yes my dreams and aspirations this weekend were all dashed in one day. But lots of lessons learned. The main one....couponing isn't my thing, I need a new hobby.

A Haircut and Ice Cream

Someone's hair was a little out of control, time for her first haircut!

She sat so still and didn't move a muscle on our makeshift haircutting chair.

I lied, she isn't naturally that still. We had a little help from the Baby Signing Time video on TV

Later that night we got ice cream cones from McDonalds (yes my addiction is slowly coming back) and she really really loved it, so much so that while I was sitting on the floor eating my cone and watching TV she snuck up on me and got another bite.

Big Girl Syndrome

We have a problem at our house. We call it the Big Girl Syndrome. Now that Addie can crawl and pull herself up and stand she thinks she is independent and is a "Big Girl." This means she refuses baby food of any sort. She also will generally not allow you to put anything in her mouth. If she is going to eat something it is going to pass through her hands for inspection first. In addition, being held is only a means of getting somewhere quicker. If the intention of holding is to confine her then she screams enough to make people give you dirty looks at the grocery store. Naps are also considered optional in her mind. And big girls must like playing in the kitchen because that is her new favorite hang out spot. Happy 9 months to our little "Big Girl!"

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!!