The Gray's

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!