We have internet people!!!

Yeah! We finally broke down and got internet. I thought we would be able to get by by picking up other peoples signals but i am tired of sitting on the porch and balcony to check my mail. And Jason really needs it for school. So yes we are here in Rexburg. I actually really like it. The summer that is, i cant promise anything for the winter. Things have been going great, but i will catch you all up on the last month.
So we moved into our Townhouse and clearly there had been a dog that urinated on every square inch of the carpet cause i about passed out when i opened the front door. After alot of smooth talking we were able to get out of our contract. I only let Addyson crawl on a 5x7 rug, i just dont want her on the carpet. The owners have been really great. The even offered to lower our rent substantually but we had already made other living arrangements. Which leads me to the next things going on. We are moving into a house with Jason's cousin and his wife and baby. We are so excited! We get to move in in June but Michael and Steph cant move in untill their contract ends in Aug. The house is huge and so nice. It is 3 stories so we will each have our own floor. we will only have to share a kitchen and laundry room. We have been with them pretty much every day since we got here and we just love them. We feel weird if we go a day with out seeing them.
Addyson continues to grow and her little personality comes out more and more everyday. She is crawling like crazy and pulls up on anything she can get her little hands on. She talks to herself all day , it is so cute. She is still a bean pole like her daddy, but i think she is starting to gain some wieght since we started giving her formula. The dr said her iron was low so he said we needed to start giving her some formula. She hated it at first but now she loves it!
We are in the 3rd week in school and he is doing great. He is so dedicated and spends most his time in the library after his classes. He was also chosen as one of the head coaches for the swim team. He loves his classes and he is very excited to be back in school. We decided that he needed to focus on school and that I would work. I got a job at Melalueca and also as a breast feeding counselor with WIC. The melalueca one is from 6-10 pm and the WIC one is really on my own time and is only about 10 hrs a week. I am very excited. I get to spend all day with Addyson still and i will be working while she sleeps. The most important thing is for Jason to do well in school, and if that means that i have to work i am fine with that.
This next month is going to be crazy. I am going to Seattle to visit my best friend, then jasons mom and sister are coming out for a week, and then we are going to san antonio for my moms wedding. It will be a crazy month!
My really good friend Katie, who also got me into blogging, got me into this thing called blurbing. It is turning my blog into a book. It took me about 5 nights staying up until 4 am but i finally finished it. We are not really good at writing in our journals so we both thought that this would be a great way to document our lives. I will do one every year. The first one was the first year and a half we have been together. I ordered it on fri and should have it by the end of the month. I can't wait!
That is about all i can think of to write . Since i will be using my blog as a journal i will be writing alot more often and about more meaningful things so i do apologize ahead of time if it is a little boring. Here are some pics from the last month.

WE MADE IT!!

ok so i know this is a little late, but we made it to rexburg about a week ago. I have not had internet so i could not post any pics or updates. We had a great time traveling and got to see lots of friends. We drove 18 hrs straight the first day and made it to Phx safetly. Addyson did great up intill the last 2 hours,then she screamed her head off. We stayed in Arizona for 2 days with the Wilks(Jasons old boss). We had a blast with them. They are our family away from home. Then we drove up to St. George utah. It was only supposed to be a 6 hour trip but it turned into a 9 hour trip. We drove so we could go see the new bridge they are building at the hoover dam. Aparently we were not the only ones with that idea. There was about 2 hours of bumber to bumber traffic. But we did get to see the bridge. It is AMAweZING!!! We stayed in st. george for 2 days. Our townhouse was not ready like they said it would be so we stayed in idaho falls with one of my mission companions, Hermana Storm. We had a blast. We are all moved in and things are great. Jason started school on monday and he is really loving it. Addyson has adjusted well and is just as cute as ever. She is crawling all over the place and is pulling herself up onto anything she can get her hands onto. I will take pics of the house as soon as i can find my camera. We miss you all.

Easter

We had Easter with my family yesterday cause we will not be here for the real Easter. We had a blast. My mom even got us Easter baskets. Here are some pics.

Addyson

Addyson is growing so fast. she woke uo the other night and i walked in her room and she was standing just like this only the mattress was 5 inches higher. she was right about to flip over. my heart about jumped out of my chest. She has started crawling this week. It happened so fast. I will get some video. She is so dang cute.





Tired of taking pics.


What a little flirt. I wonder where she gets it from. probably her father.


Look out boys here she comes.

We miss you grandma

Yesterday would have been my grandma's 97th birthday and i thought i write a few of my memories of her.

I REMEMBER...
when she would always ask if it was raining outside.
when she would always ask what you brought her if you walked in the house with plastic bags
when she would ask for a little swallow of your soda so she could burp
when she would try and feed the dogs her left overs behind our back
how she would let me sit in her lap and she would just rock me
how she always asked me if i had clean underwear on in case i got in accident
how she would always be the first to crack a joke
how strong she was
how much she loved her husband and never looked at an other man after he died
how she loved to be out side playing in all her plants
what a good cook she was
how much she taught me
how much she loved me
how she would cheat at any game we would play
how funny she was
her laugh
her smile
her spirit
how she would never let you say goodbye, it was always so long. cause goodbye means you are never coming back


Grandma i know it was not goodbye when you left. I know that we will be together again. I feel so blessed to have the gospel in my life and for the knowledge i have. I feel so blessed to know that through our heavenly Fathers plan families can be together forever and that we will be with our loved ones again some day. I know that you are in a better place and that it is so much better there than it is here. I know you are happy and i want you to know that there is not a day goes by that i dont think of your beautiful smiling face. I miss you so much. I love you with my whole heart. I know the time is not far away till we are together again. so long till we meet again.

Addyson's checkup

We went today for Addyson's checkup. She is doing great! She is 14 lbs 10 oz and 25 1/2 inches long. She is in the 10% for weight so the Dr wants me to feed her more. I dont know how that is possible cause the girl eats like a freakin cow, but we will see what we can do.She is just a skinny girl. I was like that too. I dont know what the crap happened but i was just like that till i was about 14. stupid puberity. We go back again right before we leave for her next round of shots. She is growing so fast and it makes me so sad. I mean i love to watch her grow but i cant take how fast it happens.

Things here are going great. We are packing slowly and getting things ready to go. We leave in a month from today. I am going to miss the fam but i am very excited to be on our own again. I am excited to watch Jason grow and start down his career path. We have been so blessed to have been able to live with my mom and pay off debt and save. We have done so much in such a short period of time. It is such a huge burden lifted from our shoulders. Things are amazing. I will write again shortly.

Sleeping through the night!!

About a week ago we started Addyson on a different sleeping schedule. It was killing us that she was waking up 3 and 4 times a night. I got an email with some different techniques to help your baby sleep through the night. THEY WORKED!!! The first night we did it she slept 9 hours. She has slept every night since. It has been great!! She sleeps from 8:30 to about 8:00.Naps from 10 to 12 and 3-5 like clock work. It is amazing. She is growing so fast, it blows my mind. It is so fun to be able to watch her learn and grow everyday. I am so blessed to have the opportunity to be home with her.
Here she is with her glasses. She loved them!