Our Family-October 2010

Aspyn 9 months old!

A New Start

So for almost a year now Tony and I have been trying to find a place big enough for our new little family because right now we are in a one bedroom basement apartment and things are CRAMPED! Aspyn sleeps in our family room and with her growing amount of toys and such things it has made life a little difficult. It has been such an emotional journey to be patient when it came to having enough money and jobs and finding a location close to our jobs but still what was afordable. One place after another passed by and i know this sounds so silly to be so emotional about this but it has been such a challenge for me and has really tested my patience and tought me to be grateful. I learned more than once to take a step back and be grateful to even have a beautiful home. Our neighbors and everyone in our ward are AMAZING and have been so welcoming to us and have loved Aspyn to pieces and that has meant so much, yet i would look at all these people and be so envious and angry that they had established homes and it always came back to teach me that this is life and this is the time in life we get to enjoy the simple things, the small rent, going to school and just being young. Tony and I would get in little arguments numerous times about the frustration of being cramped and every talk we had just made me love him that much more and understand him and marriage that much more. Well on with my dramatic story, needless to say the opportunity has arose for us to move on to another basement apartment but this one is three bedrooms, so much extra space and it's also a walkout basement so i can actually let some natural light into our house and i can't wait! We will be moving in the first of December and another great thing is it is just by the Oquirrh Mountain temple so we stay in the area we, well mostly I, wanted to be in! I am so grateful for this journey and all ready looking back it was such a short amount of time to be cramped and we are so fortunate to have had this place for so long!

Some updates on Aspyn. She went to her 9 month check up in October and is pretty average on her height but has a Huge Head and weighs a litte below average! She is constantly doing new things and has mastered her crawling abilities, walks along the couch now and can say so many words.... Ba ba (bottle) Baby, Uh-Oh, Whoa, gog(dog), and is constantly trying to mimick Tony and I if at all possible. She is such a picky eater and almost always sucks the flavor off the food then i find it underneath the table when it's time to clean up. She LOVES stuffed animals...anytime she has one in her arms she is giving it loves and rocking it with a big smile on her face. She had a great halloween and dressed up as an adorable pumpkin Fairy! I love her so much and enjoy watching her enthusiasm for life and her new adventures each day!

As for Tony and I, I am lugging aspyn around, working in the child center at lifetime fitness and teaching dance. Tony is going to school preparing to apply to pharmacy school, working w/ his brothers as an electrition and finishing our soon to be new home! We are crazy busy but so happy and having fun!

A New Start

These are pics we took in August. Aspyn was seven months old in these

So I have made myself a goal to get into the habbit of faithfully keeping up my blog so i can have a journal of Aspyn and her growth! She is eight months old now so i have missed out on so many things that i should've had written down.. Shame on me!

Some fun facts about Aspyn:

1. She is sitting and standing up (holding on to something) all on her own now

2. She is so close to crawling and is constantly trying to figure out how it all works.

3. She loves FOOD. She can spot food a mile away and when she see's it she bounces up and down saying mmmmm mmmm!

4. She says Momma, Dadda and bye

5.She will wave bye bye and sometimes wave when you say hi..so adorable!

6. She is a Mommy's girl and is always keeping tabs on where I am and letting me know it should be holding her.

7. She weighs almost sixteen pounds...tiny little thing but long and tall

8. She loves attention and keeps Mom and Dad on their toes at all times.

9. She loves showers with Dad

10. She loves her tongue and you can often find her twirling it around

11. She loves Yo Gabba Gabba... So funny to see her pay attention to something for as long as she does. And if anyone has ever watched that show knows that those songs NEVER leave your mind!

12. Her favorite animal is a dog and loves to be outside watching them.

13. Too much sun makes her go to sleep no matter what she is doing.

Things she doesn't like:

1. Getting her bumb changed

2. Getting her hair done... but she must get used to it because Mommy can't stand to not have her hair done.

3. Shoes.. She will learn as she gets older how important shoes are to a girl though no worries

4. The infant room at mom's work.

5.Getting dressed

6. her car seat

7. Playing by herself

8. facial hair

9. being contained in one spot for longer than five minutes

10. Ketchup, pickles, strawberries and most of her baby food