Christmas Tree time!

Last Friday we decided we needed to go get our Christmas tree.  I am so glad we did, it was so fun and Will had a blast even though it was only 20 degrees (which this week seems toasty compared to the -22 degrees this morning).  Will knew his Dad meant business with a big saw in hand and a trailer.  He ran as quick as his little legs could go to get in on the action.

And get in on the action he did.

Then it was time for hide and seek while Jeremy loaded up the tree.  We had a blast and I LOVE having a real tree again!

What a week

This past week has been a difficult one, but one thing that I had reinforced to me was that I have one amazing husband.  We went to Denver for Thanksgiving to be with Jeremy's family and had a blast.  But what comes with traveling and family get-togethers?  Nice colds.  Will ended up with croup, and Jeremy and I were lucky to get sick too, then last Wednesday I ended up having a miscarriage.  Since we are out here without family, Jeremy ended up taking care of Will for most of the week and taking care of everything else.   He also surprised me with some beautiful flowers (he's always been good about that) and made some good comfort food.  He's perfected frying things with rice and soy flour and I must say it was the tastiest food I've had in a long time.  With the trials that we faced last week, I realized how thankful I am for such a great husband, and an amazingly loving little boy.  I am also thankful for my family and friends that are so caring and supportive.  Thank you for your prayers, we have felt them and are doing very well.

Hooray for Fall

Will and I have thoroughly enjoyed taking walks here the past couple of months.  He loves to get out of our cramped apartment and run as fast as he can and especially loves when he gets to chase squirrels when doing so.

 

It had been raining for almost a solid week when the sun came out last Saturday.  We took full advantage and went to Bengston's Farm.  They had a corn maze, that of course was filled with many mud holes, and a hay ride and petting zoo. 

Will thought the hayride was okay.  But he loved the petting zoo best.  He yelled at all of the animals and told them what was on his mind.

Last night we took Will trick-or-treating.  We dressed up like jedi knights and took our little Yoda around the neighborhood even though the wind was biting cold.  He had fun, but was happy to get home and break into the goods. 

Little Helper

Will is growing up so fast I don't know what to do!  He is now my little helper and insists on helping me clean the house.  Sometimes he is so good that he cleans all of the paper towels off of the roll or cleans out all of the baby wipes from their container.  He is becoming better at telling us what he wants, which generally ends up being "go-go?" or "Barney!" (thanks for that one mom...). 

I think that I have decided to stay home and just play the mommy role.  It has taken some time for Will and I to get used to not always being on the run, but I wouldn't change it for the world. 

Our new home

What a wild ride we've had the last month.  Jeremy and I have found out that moving with a 16 month old is quite crazy (who would have thought that since every day with the Bug is crazy).  My days off of work were filled with last minute errands and trying to pack up while whenever I turned around Will was helping me by unpacking whatever I had just packed.  I was pretty lucky to have family nearby to help watch Will when I didn't really need his help, Emily and Kae are saints.  They watched him almost every day our last week and probably put off a lot of things to do so for us.  Jeremy was great too because he helped me realize that everything didn't have to be packed just perfectly and that it would still make it if it wasn't packed in exact categories.  He also blew me away by reducing his "stuff" that has been in our crawl space for 5 years from 9 boxes down to 1.  For a pack rat that is amazing. 

We also had some great help in driving out here.  We conned Jeremy's dad Kay and our nephew Kyle to drive one of our cars on the long 3 day journey.  We found out on day 2 that this was Kyle's 2nd time driving on the freeway.  Maybe it was better we found out that way because he did all right and improved by the hour.  I don't think I looked back nearly as much on the 3rd day wondering if another diesl would narrowly cut him off because he forgot to push on the gas a little more when going uphill.  Dad and Kyle also helped us move all of our stuff into our little apartment.  I think that Dad was a little worried that all of our stuff wouldn't fit.  He was right, as usual.  Good thing for storage units.

I haven't been able to find a job out here yet, so I have been relatively bored, hence the blog that a few people have bugged me about.  Poor Bug has been a little bored too, Jeremy and I can only provide so much entertainment for the boy who was always on the go before.  He has a little friend in the next building named Serena.  For some reason they just like to fight over toys, but they'll get better.  We are also on the count down of how many weeks until Will gets to go into nursery...only 7 more to go.  Hopefully he'll find some more friends in there.  He has already been able to play with some of the kids in the ward at a little football game gettogether that we went to last week.  Will and I have started to go on a couple of walks a day, and it has been really nice to get out and learn where important things are, like 7-11.  We miss everyone very much, but honestly I think that this is a great adventure and we are having a great time.