I just realized that I forgot to mention how proud I am of Travis! He is amazing! Talented, hard working, a wonderful husband and a great father! All of his hard work has paid off! I can't imagine my life with out him, he makes me a better person. I love him and again can't say how proud I am of him!
So I know I haven't posted in awhile... a lot has happened! We have been staying at my parents sense T graduated in December because we didn't know where we were going. Well during that time we had to make the decision whether we were going to get a Masters or get a "real" job. We decided that we were going for the job so we turned down the U of U(that T got early acceptance to!) and T had many interviews and was about to be flown to Colorado for a job interview and offered a job.... well Heavenly Father decided that that was not the right decision, T received a phone call from his counselor at the U and he was told he was given their scholarship and assitantship (the only one they offer for the MACC program) that he hadn't applied for! T said he had turned them down and that he hadn't applied for that scholarship, the guy said well we read your entry essay and decided to give it to you and if you want back in I'll get you in.... So long story short we are going to the U in fall!
After all of this we still had to figure out where to live during school, I applied for the student housing on campus but after living almost 5 years in 2 bedroom apartments I wanted a 3 bedroom. And as most of you probably know in most student apartments 3 bedrooms are hard to come by and go very very quickly. Mom and I happened to be SLC so I asked if she could take me to the student housing, well guess what... we got the only open 3 bedroom the had and they even said how unlikely it was that there would be one open and if I hadn't of gone in that day we wouldn't have gotten it! I'm pretty excited! They are old apartments but have a lot of character and it's 1100 sq ft! The only thing is we have to move in in 2 weeks! They have about 1 1/2 to 2 ft wide floor to ceiling windows in each room and even more windows in the living room, its hard to describe but once we get settled I'll post some pics.
Riley is doing good, rolling over, sitting up by herself and just being adorable as usual!
This is Riley with her cousin Baen who is actually the exact same age, when Riley is actually about an hour and half older. She loves playing with her cousins, mostly watching the two older girls run around being girls! I can't imagine what I have to look forward to!
EEW, boy cooties!
There's never enough room on the mat!
Went to Rexburg the end of January and visited with friends and their cute babies!
Cole had already gone to bed so we didn't get a pic of that cute little boy!
IT'S SO FLUFFY! Riley will stop whatever she is doing to watch my moms cats, I hope she doesn't become a crazy cat lady!
We were able to go to Colorado with my parents and we got to go see Grandma and Grandpa Attkisson for the first time, she had so much fun!
With Uncle Scott
Her favorite thing in the world to do it stand, she even moves her feet up and down and tries to walk... adorable!
She loves baby food, the only problem is she thinks she's old enough to feed herself!
What a cute mess!
Bath time has been interesting... she used to love them but then I took her in the shower with me and that ruined it, all she wanted to do was have me hold her. So we thought we would try on of these bath chairs and she actually likes it despite the worried look on her face!
This is just a cute Sunday outfit... I now I'm her mom and I have to say it but man is she cute and I love her so much!This is R eating rice cereal for the first time! She loved it! She insists on holding the bottle herself and once she saw the spoon she thought she needed to hold that too!
I know I posted a lot of pictures but I didn't really give any info. So here we go... TRAVIS GRADUATED! I know I mentioned it before but I mean come on it's a big deal! Granted he's still going for his Masters but that wont start until September. We're staying with my parents sense we left Idaho and it's been really nice to have no rent and Riley already recognizes her grandparents and let's just say that my mom is loving having her around all the time, pretty sure she could care less whether Travis and I are around as long as we leave Ri! Most likely we will be here through Master's Trav is really hoping for the U cause he likes their program the most but BYU and Weber are other options. He's working doing taxes but also keeping feelers out for something better.
Now on to the important stuff... Riley, she is adorable, of course, but spoiled! Honestly though I could care less, she'll grow out of it. It sounds like she has a lot of things in common with her older cousin Sarah! She's actually a really good baby, she sleeps 8 to 8 at night and takes regular naps. She's rolled over once from her back to her stomach, and sense she hates tummy time, she keeps getting close to doing it again but then realizes "oh wait I hate this" and then rolls back. She does love her floor mat with all of her toys and she's great at grabbing them and they go straight into her mouth. Besides the mat you can't get her to lie down, if there is anything going on she wants to see it and be a part of it if she can! She is stubborn and a screamer but so cute! She has the cutest dumbo ears, don't think I'm mean for saying it, I know she'll grow into them but right now they are just adorable!
So pretty much things are going great Travis is good, working and waiting for school to start again. I love staying at home with Ri, I never really understood what I was missing, I always wanted it but now I know I couldn't live with out it! Riley great, healthy happy and spoiled, what else could you ask for!
Ok so I'm sorry it's been so long, just bare with me, this is a long post so just keep going its not over until you reach Christmas pictures. These are just some cute pics of miss Riley.
Her first Halloween we went to a party at the Whitmill's, this is Travis (monkey) eating Riley.
The Jardine's working on their pumpkin patch, miss Lillian!
The Whitmill pirates!
Just the cutest banana in the world!
Cute babies!
She had her baby blessing on November 6th, grandma and grandpa Love came, it was a small circle but it was perfect... she was sleeping the whole time so that helped!
We had Thanksgiving this year at our apartment, with Grandma and Grandpa Love and a few friends, and yes if you couldn't tell we had way too much food!
The Sorensens
Part of the Hallings and Kacey's younger sis
Right after Thanksgiving we went to Missoula for my Aunt and Uncle's 50th wedding anniversary
Lots of get togethers, eating and of course card playing!
First time Great Grandma Lavon saw Riley
And Riley getting spoiled by Uncle Jeff!
TRAVIS GRADUATED IN DECEMBER! Yes I realize he still has his Masters to go but this is a huge deal... first kid on either side of our families to get a Bachelors!
Riley had the cutest BYU-Idaho outfit! Grandma and Grandpa Love came as long as our good friends the Jardines, it was great to celebrate his hard work, we all went out to dinner after and the Sorensens joined us there, it was wonderful!
SO PROUD!
First Christmas! With Great Grandma Lavon
Everyone on my side of the family was able to come except Aunt Clara and Uncle John
Milo had a great time!
Riley had a great time while we opened presents... playing on her floor mat!
Christmas church dress, Grandpa Love read the Christmas story in sacrament, it was great!
