OH, HAPPY DAY

1.19.2014

True Life: My Baby Snores

ALL THE TIME.

She even snores when she's awake.

The 50 Yard Walk

We FINALLY went on our first walk.

It lasted a whole 10 minutes.

TN got a huge arctic cold front that hit the eastern US.

It was SO COLD.

Ivy didn't cry or complain....but we did.

It was a fun & very short one.

I just love spending time with these 2!

ZZZZZ

I've got a professional sleeper on my hands.

When she is asleep she sleeps HARD.

She can sleep through all noises & lights.

She sleeps really well at night, too. Since birth she does atleast 5 or 6 hr stretches of sleep at night...except for that one week we were packing up our house...that was hard.

1. Naptime after bathtime| 2. Clearly a neglected baby wearing random pants & onesie| 3. This picture is hilarious| 4. She burrows her face into my neck/chest when she sleeps

The cool kidz.

Yesterday Weston helped me sort through my childhood boxes. I came across my senior yr ID card.

3 reasons why I laughed so hard at this.

1. I was hilarious.

2. My friend & I were both going to do it. I went first. He didn't do it.

3. I had fun in high school.

Splish Splash

1.13.2014

Our drive was truly wonderful. I LOVE roadtrips & always have. Some of my favorite family memories growing up were in the minivan on the road to visit somewhere!

That is something I truly cherish from my childhood is the trips to the beach & to visit family.

Even with the hang-ups of the moving truck, the bank, the car breaking down, etc. It was the most enjoyable roadtrip I have had in a LONG time!

Sadly, Weston & I weren't in the same car, but I had a blast with my mom, Chase & Ivy together!

The first leg was Weston, Ivy & I meeting my parents in Green River to put our car onto the trailer to tow it home & then Ivy & I would hop in the car with my mom & Chase & Weston & my dad would drive the big truck.

Well, an hour outside of Weston's parents house our car broke down. They came & rescued us & towed our car to Green River. Besides that major hang-up, it all went relatively smoothly! & we still made it through mid Colorado that day!

Here is Weston that morning starting out on our drive at Notom which is a family landmark of his in central Utah.

t-20 minutes to car breaking down.

After the car broke down & I bawled my eyes out as a car passed Weston waving for help. & after he ran up a mountain to get cell service, I cuddled with Ivy. & it was a little slice of heaven in a really stressful time. It was 9 degrees out, but we were snuggly warm inside the car!

I love this sweet girl.

She was perfect.

The first night she slept on a luggage rack.

It was the best jimmy-rigged bed she's slept in to-date. & there have been a few.

She slept like a rock.

She was hoping for this set-up.

But eventually was really okay with the luggag-rack bed.

This girl has loved planking since day 1. Seriously.

Well, she did some master planking after being couped up in a carseat all day!

I love those little chicken legs.

I want chicken legs.

I had had the most insane 3 weeks of my life & was still on high-alert, high-anxiety mode while we were driving over the snowy rockies. I thought I'd die of a heart-attack. My mom & Chase were so sweet & patient with my freaking out. It was exacerbated by my parent's car being SO horrific in the snow. It literally is like a horrible, non grippy sled.

It was really pretty up there, though I barely stopped worrying to notice!

I was so happy when we made it to the hotel safe & sound & was so happy to have a few minutes with Weston at night, too! Ivy missed time with him, too.