Yesterday was our 4th wedding Anniversary. A lot has happened over the past year. We got married moved to Iowa a week later, started dental school, bought a house, got a dog, got sealed in the Nauvoo Temple, got pregnant, had a baby, graduated from dental school, move to Connecticut. There was little adventures in between all of that, but that was the main things.
One of Jared's co-residents had said that she wanted to babysit sometime if we wanted to go out so she came over and played with Addi and we took full advantage of having a babysitter and did things we hardly ever do. First we went out for a fancy expensive dinner. We did that last year, but the food wasn't really worth the $25 (that is an expensive dinner for us) it was just another chicken. This year the food was totally worth the money. It has totally changed my mind about going to fancy restaurants. I got the surf and turf special. It was a fillet Mignon topped with lobster meat and a creamy pesto like sauce served with mashed potatoes and organic asparagus arranged so pretty on my plate. I think I have been watching to many cooking show which isn't that many, because I kept thinking how well the different textures and flavors of the meal went so well together. I was either really really hungry or it was the best dinner I have had. Jared wasn't to thrilled with his sirloin, but my meal made up for the that. After dinner we went to see the new Harry Potter movie It was good, but it wasn't the best movie I have ever seen and I wouldn't even say it was better than any of the other Harry potter movies. It was a great date night with my husband and I wish we could do that more. One day when we make some money we can have more than one fancy date night a year. I love you hunny here's to 4 more and even more after that.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
16 months old
Our baby girl turned 16 months old today. She is getting so big and accomplished a lot this lat month. She loves to go swing on the swings and she never wants to leave. We spend almost an hour out on the swings everyday, so we can only go on days we don't have a lot going on.
Daddy was on call all week but was able to take a break from his very busy Saturday to go to the swings with us.
Addi likes to feed herself. It gives me a chance to eat something myself, but it usually leaves a mess to be cleaned up, but I think that she looks mighty cute all \messy.
Addi learned how to take her diaper off and would take it off anytime I put her done for a nap or for bed, so now she an not got to bed without a onesie. Luckily we have only had a problem with wetting the bed and there was no pooping without a diaper on except when she went poop in the potty. Yes, Addi has gone pee in the potty a few times and poopy once. She loves to sit on her potty and I let her and sometimes she goes and sometimes she doesn't we are just taking the potty training slow and letting Addi decide when she wants to go to get her use to the potty.
Besides walking as seen in earlier post Addi loves to climb and will climb on anything.
This is what happens when I leave the room to check on dinner. We found fishy crackers in our salad.
Addi loves her daddy and likes when he reads her books. Jared is brushing up on his Spanish and since a lot of his co-residents speak Spanish they have been speaking Spanish, so I got some Spanish/english board books from the library for him to read to Addi.
I have made some new props for my photography business and Addi has had to be model to test them out.
Addi absolutely loves yo baby yogurt and cries at the fridge multiple times a day for yogurt. Some how she know the different flavor and is very particular about which one she wants at that time.
Addi sprouted 3 teeth this month her 2 front bottom teeth and one lateral incisor. Her top front incisors are about to poke through and I hope they come through soon because she looks like a snaggle tooth.
Addi loves it her and has adjusted to her new home very well. She has made some friends at church and at story time at the library. She is learning new words everyday. Her vocabulary consist of
daddy, dada, mama, tito, bampa, uh-oh, soft, eyes, bye, hi, hello, baylee, potty, light, ball, happy, wow, weee, button (for belly button), No, don't. I am sure there is more she repeats lots of words that we tell her and she can sign finish, more, and food. We love her and can't wait to see what she learns next.
Daddy was on call all week but was able to take a break from his very busy Saturday to go to the swings with us.
Addi likes to feed herself. It gives me a chance to eat something myself, but it usually leaves a mess to be cleaned up, but I think that she looks mighty cute all \messy.
Addi learned how to take her diaper off and would take it off anytime I put her done for a nap or for bed, so now she an not got to bed without a onesie. Luckily we have only had a problem with wetting the bed and there was no pooping without a diaper on except when she went poop in the potty. Yes, Addi has gone pee in the potty a few times and poopy once. She loves to sit on her potty and I let her and sometimes she goes and sometimes she doesn't we are just taking the potty training slow and letting Addi decide when she wants to go to get her use to the potty.
Besides walking as seen in earlier post Addi loves to climb and will climb on anything.
This is what happens when I leave the room to check on dinner. We found fishy crackers in our salad.
Addi loves her daddy and likes when he reads her books. Jared is brushing up on his Spanish and since a lot of his co-residents speak Spanish they have been speaking Spanish, so I got some Spanish/english board books from the library for him to read to Addi.
I have made some new props for my photography business and Addi has had to be model to test them out.
Addi absolutely loves yo baby yogurt and cries at the fridge multiple times a day for yogurt. Some how she know the different flavor and is very particular about which one she wants at that time.
Addi sprouted 3 teeth this month her 2 front bottom teeth and one lateral incisor. Her top front incisors are about to poke through and I hope they come through soon because she looks like a snaggle tooth.
Addi loves it her and has adjusted to her new home very well. She has made some friends at church and at story time at the library. She is learning new words everyday. Her vocabulary consist of
daddy, dada, mama, tito, bampa, uh-oh, soft, eyes, bye, hi, hello, baylee, potty, light, ball, happy, wow, weee, button (for belly button), No, don't. I am sure there is more she repeats lots of words that we tell her and she can sign finish, more, and food. We love her and can't wait to see what she learns next.
Friday, July 24, 2009
200 posts in 2 years
This is our 200th post. I started this blog 2 years ago. I was exactly 2 years ago today that we found out we were pregnant at Walmart in Arroyo Grande, CA. Yes, I took a pregnancy test in the Walmart bathroom. I had just bought the test and I had to pee so why not. I never wrote on the blog until we official announced that we were pregnant because lets face it our lives by themselves were not blog worthy until we were having a baby. I am sure that if you go back through our 200 posts you would find that the majority of them revolve around Addilyn. So why should our 200th post be any different. We needed something really exciting to blog about for this and the other day Addi gave us just that.
Yes that is Addi's pee in her big girl pink potty. I bought her this potty awhile ago, but never got it out because she is still a baby. Well the other day I decided to get it out and see what she thought. She was making her I am going to try and poop face so I took her diaper off and set her on the potty. She tried for awhile, but it was a no go. (she sometimes has trouble going number 2) Later that night she wanted to show daddy her big girl potty so we let her sit on it and she went pee. I don't know if it will amount to anything, but at least it is a start. If she was old enough to tell me she had to go potty I might actually proceed with the potty training. Well we are off to try the potty again since Addi now almost has her diaper off by herself.
Yes that is Addi's pee in her big girl pink potty. I bought her this potty awhile ago, but never got it out because she is still a baby. Well the other day I decided to get it out and see what she thought. She was making her I am going to try and poop face so I took her diaper off and set her on the potty. She tried for awhile, but it was a no go. (she sometimes has trouble going number 2) Later that night she wanted to show daddy her big girl potty so we let her sit on it and she went pee. I don't know if it will amount to anything, but at least it is a start. If she was old enough to tell me she had to go potty I might actually proceed with the potty training. Well we are off to try the potty again since Addi now almost has her diaper off by herself.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Jessica's Other Sites
Many of you already know about my other blogs Mommy Creations and Mommy Creations Photography, but I just wanted you all to know that I am now back to up dating Mommy Creations (my crafty blog) you can find it be following the "button" on the side bar or going to mommycreations.blogspot.com.
Also I now have my own website for my photography buisness. There is also alink on the side to mommycreationsphotography.com. I am really excited to take off with my photography buisness. Thanks to all my friends in Iowa that allowed me to practice and build my portfolio. I have only done one photoshoot here in CT, but I have to more booked. If you know anyone that lives near CT let them know about Mommy Creations Photography.
Also I now have my own website for my photography buisness. There is also alink on the side to mommycreationsphotography.com. I am really excited to take off with my photography buisness. Thanks to all my friends in Iowa that allowed me to practice and build my portfolio. I have only done one photoshoot here in CT, but I have to more booked. If you know anyone that lives near CT let them know about Mommy Creations Photography.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Look who is walking
Addi Finally decided that she would try the walking thing. Last weekend was the first time that she really tried and she took 5 steps. We were so excited we started cheering and clapping. Addi thought the cheering was pretty cool so she started taking 2 steps falling to the ground and then clapping. Well within a week she was walking more than crawling. She still crawls sometimes but she chooses to walk more and more and she is very proud of herself and we are pretty proud parents. 
The first part of the video is from last weekend and the second half is from Sunday so you can see her progress.
The first part of the video is from last weekend and the second half is from Sunday so you can see her progress.
FHE in the Park
Last night we had Family Home Evening in the Park with our church group. It was fun. Addi had a blast we will definently be going back to this park Addi could have stayed there all night. We had a nice BBQ with lots of good food. Addi decided that meat wasn't that bad as long as mom doesn't cut it up into tiny pieces.
After dinner the kids went swimming in the little lake that was there. It was great. The water was shallow for along time so even the little kids could easily play in the water. I didn't think Addi would want to go in the water so I didn't put her swim suit on, but I was wrong she went straight into the water with her clothes on. Apparently the lake is a lot more fun then the swimming pool.
So after soaking her clothes we put her swim suit on and she had a blast. When it was time for the lesson she didn't want to get out.
Addi finally came out of the water and enjoyed watching the older kids play head shoulders, knees and toes.
I am sorry Spencer, but Addi may have moved on with an older boy. This little boy is Guy and I think he may be in love. At church on Sunday Addi and I went nd visited the nursery and Guy followed Addi around and pushed her in the doll stroller.
These two sat together throughout the lesson and Guy even snuck in a little kiss, wish I had got a picture of that.
Here is my sexy husband sporting it on the beach.
And what exactly is he sporting? His pager. Jared is on call for the first time this week. So far no calls, but it is only the second night.
Conneticut is starting to look up a little more.
After dinner the kids went swimming in the little lake that was there. It was great. The water was shallow for along time so even the little kids could easily play in the water. I didn't think Addi would want to go in the water so I didn't put her swim suit on, but I was wrong she went straight into the water with her clothes on. Apparently the lake is a lot more fun then the swimming pool.
So after soaking her clothes we put her swim suit on and she had a blast. When it was time for the lesson she didn't want to get out.
Addi finally came out of the water and enjoyed watching the older kids play head shoulders, knees and toes.
I am sorry Spencer, but Addi may have moved on with an older boy. This little boy is Guy and I think he may be in love. At church on Sunday Addi and I went nd visited the nursery and Guy followed Addi around and pushed her in the doll stroller.
These two sat together throughout the lesson and Guy even snuck in a little kiss, wish I had got a picture of that.
Here is my sexy husband sporting it on the beach.
And what exactly is he sporting? His pager. Jared is on call for the first time this week. So far no calls, but it is only the second night.
Conneticut is starting to look up a little more.
Monday, July 20, 2009
We are not in Iowa anymore
Good things about Connecticut
I will start with the good, because I think for now my bad list is a lot longer.
There are trees everywhere.
I love that the highways are lined with trees. Our complex is surrounded by trees. When we were flying into Hartford the ground looked lie it was covered with broccoli.
We like where we live.
I was able to find a place within our budget that wasn't a piece of crap and was in a nice area. We really like Bloomfield. Its a quiet little town and I feel safe here.
We live near lots of cool stuff.
We are near NYC and Boston and not to much further from other fun places to visit. I think people will be more likely to visit us here then they were in Iowa. We also live only about an hour and a half from Jared's Uncle and Aunt Randy and Ann and not to much further from his cousin and his family. It is so nice to know we have some family near by our closet family when we were in Iowa was 8 hours away.
I know there are more good things about living here and I am sure we will find more as we are here longer or at least I hope so.
Not so good things about Connecticut.
Everything is expensive.
Our rent is twice as much as we paid to live in own house in Iowa (that we are still trying to sell if anyone is interested). Our car insurance was twice as much thanks to the fact that Connecticut was among the states with the worst drivers. We have to pay for health insurance which I wasn't expecting, because when I worked for the University of Iowa health insurance was part of my benefits package and I didn't have to pay anything for it So when Jared was told he got a benefits package I didn't know that meant he gets health insurance but we have to pay $300 a month for it. That took a big chunk of money from our paychecks. Groceries are more expensive. And they tax you like crazy here. Jared bought an old car to get him back and forth from work. When we looked it up and didn't seem to bad to register we actually thought it was going to be cheaper then in Iowa, but that was because we didn't account for the fact that they make you have a CT drivers license and then charge you $150 for it and then they charge you hundreds of dollars in property taxes to register the car. So our $2000 dollar car ended up being a $3000 car. I we still own our house in Iowa when the registration is up on the van I am just going to renew the registration through Iowa.
Addi doesn't have any friends her age.
In our complex there is a lot of older people and although there are kids running around they all seem to be older. The same seems to be the case in our ward. Addi is the only one that is not old enough to go to nursery that isn't under 6 months old. She has made one friend Melia who is 9 months older than her, but it just isn't the same as having 10 kids all about the same age to play with in Iowa.
Crime is awful.
The first week we were here there was a fatal shooting every single day. (not where we live mostly in East Hartford). First there was a murder suicide of the Fox news lady, then some guy got shot through the window when he was in his bathroom, then there was just some random gang shooting or something. Then we skipped a day but then the next day there was a double homicide at the candle vigil for the guy we got shot a couple days before. It is crazy. In the last 6 months there has been 19 fatal shootings in Hartford alone and 4 of them in the month that we have been here. Now I know why everyone told us not to live in Hartford. Apparently one of the other dental residents didn't get the memo about Hartford and he said he ran for his life from a mugger the other night, but he signed a contract so he is stuck in Hartford for the rest of the school year.
Random things about Connecticut
In West Hartford Center there are these painted cows everywhere we don't know why, but I think the person who makes them lives around the corner from us because there is a house around the corner that has like 10 of them in their yard.
The For Sale signs are really tiny. The sign are about 10 in by 10 in and they hang from these big wooden post. It looks quite silly. The odd thing is that these tiny signs are only in Bloomfield, CT (the town we live in) so it must have something to do with city rules.
There is a Dunkin Donuts on every corner and I am not kidding. I have never seen so many Dunkin Donuts in my life. Within about 10 miles of our house we have 1 Taco Bell, 1 Wendy's, 1, Burger King, 5 McDonalds, 10 Boston, Markets, and 100 Dunkin Donuts. It is kind of annoying if we are out and about and need something fast and cheap to eat we don't have very many options. We can usually find a McDonald, but I would rather eat somewhere else unless it is breakfast. Most likely there is a boston Market but I need somewhere with a dollar menu and without fail there is a Dunkin DOnuts, but we can't have donuts for a meal. Addi and I have been known to stop a time or two and get some donut holes but we need some variety.
Overall we are adjusting pretty well. This is our house the one on the end. I don't have pictures of the inside yet I haven't finished decorating, but I will have them soon. We desperately miss our fenced in backyard and dog door, but our place is nice and although it only has 2 bedrooms compared to the 3 bedrooms we use to have it has more space and we do have a storage room down stairs and a 2 car garage.
Addi seems to like it and gets into everything. I left her boxes open in her room and she decided to unpack them herself so her room is a mess of clothes, toys and books everywhere.
Tito has adjusted surprisingly well I thought I had traumatized him for life, but he has make this as his territory and barks at anyone that gets close to our door. He does not like the maintenance guy or the internet guy who come into our house. Tito is very protective of me and Addi. This is his tree. He spend most of his time outside trying to figure out how to get up the tree. This is the tree the squirrel scury up when Tito comes running out the door. Our neighbors put feed out for the animals so Tito has plenty of squirrels and birds to chase. I just wish he had a confined space to chase them in.
I will start with the good, because I think for now my bad list is a lot longer.
There are trees everywhere.
I love that the highways are lined with trees. Our complex is surrounded by trees. When we were flying into Hartford the ground looked lie it was covered with broccoli.
We like where we live.
I was able to find a place within our budget that wasn't a piece of crap and was in a nice area. We really like Bloomfield. Its a quiet little town and I feel safe here.
We live near lots of cool stuff.
We are near NYC and Boston and not to much further from other fun places to visit. I think people will be more likely to visit us here then they were in Iowa. We also live only about an hour and a half from Jared's Uncle and Aunt Randy and Ann and not to much further from his cousin and his family. It is so nice to know we have some family near by our closet family when we were in Iowa was 8 hours away.
I know there are more good things about living here and I am sure we will find more as we are here longer or at least I hope so.
Not so good things about Connecticut.
Everything is expensive.
Our rent is twice as much as we paid to live in own house in Iowa (that we are still trying to sell if anyone is interested). Our car insurance was twice as much thanks to the fact that Connecticut was among the states with the worst drivers. We have to pay for health insurance which I wasn't expecting, because when I worked for the University of Iowa health insurance was part of my benefits package and I didn't have to pay anything for it So when Jared was told he got a benefits package I didn't know that meant he gets health insurance but we have to pay $300 a month for it. That took a big chunk of money from our paychecks. Groceries are more expensive. And they tax you like crazy here. Jared bought an old car to get him back and forth from work. When we looked it up and didn't seem to bad to register we actually thought it was going to be cheaper then in Iowa, but that was because we didn't account for the fact that they make you have a CT drivers license and then charge you $150 for it and then they charge you hundreds of dollars in property taxes to register the car. So our $2000 dollar car ended up being a $3000 car. I we still own our house in Iowa when the registration is up on the van I am just going to renew the registration through Iowa.
Addi doesn't have any friends her age.
In our complex there is a lot of older people and although there are kids running around they all seem to be older. The same seems to be the case in our ward. Addi is the only one that is not old enough to go to nursery that isn't under 6 months old. She has made one friend Melia who is 9 months older than her, but it just isn't the same as having 10 kids all about the same age to play with in Iowa.
Crime is awful.
The first week we were here there was a fatal shooting every single day. (not where we live mostly in East Hartford). First there was a murder suicide of the Fox news lady, then some guy got shot through the window when he was in his bathroom, then there was just some random gang shooting or something. Then we skipped a day but then the next day there was a double homicide at the candle vigil for the guy we got shot a couple days before. It is crazy. In the last 6 months there has been 19 fatal shootings in Hartford alone and 4 of them in the month that we have been here. Now I know why everyone told us not to live in Hartford. Apparently one of the other dental residents didn't get the memo about Hartford and he said he ran for his life from a mugger the other night, but he signed a contract so he is stuck in Hartford for the rest of the school year.
Random things about Connecticut
In West Hartford Center there are these painted cows everywhere we don't know why, but I think the person who makes them lives around the corner from us because there is a house around the corner that has like 10 of them in their yard.
The For Sale signs are really tiny. The sign are about 10 in by 10 in and they hang from these big wooden post. It looks quite silly. The odd thing is that these tiny signs are only in Bloomfield, CT (the town we live in) so it must have something to do with city rules.
There is a Dunkin Donuts on every corner and I am not kidding. I have never seen so many Dunkin Donuts in my life. Within about 10 miles of our house we have 1 Taco Bell, 1 Wendy's, 1, Burger King, 5 McDonalds, 10 Boston, Markets, and 100 Dunkin Donuts. It is kind of annoying if we are out and about and need something fast and cheap to eat we don't have very many options. We can usually find a McDonald, but I would rather eat somewhere else unless it is breakfast. Most likely there is a boston Market but I need somewhere with a dollar menu and without fail there is a Dunkin DOnuts, but we can't have donuts for a meal. Addi and I have been known to stop a time or two and get some donut holes but we need some variety.
Overall we are adjusting pretty well. This is our house the one on the end. I don't have pictures of the inside yet I haven't finished decorating, but I will have them soon. We desperately miss our fenced in backyard and dog door, but our place is nice and although it only has 2 bedrooms compared to the 3 bedrooms we use to have it has more space and we do have a storage room down stairs and a 2 car garage.
Addi seems to like it and gets into everything. I left her boxes open in her room and she decided to unpack them herself so her room is a mess of clothes, toys and books everywhere.
Tito has adjusted surprisingly well I thought I had traumatized him for life, but he has make this as his territory and barks at anyone that gets close to our door. He does not like the maintenance guy or the internet guy who come into our house. Tito is very protective of me and Addi. This is his tree. He spend most of his time outside trying to figure out how to get up the tree. This is the tree the squirrel scury up when Tito comes running out the door. Our neighbors put feed out for the animals so Tito has plenty of squirrels and birds to chase. I just wish he had a confined space to chase them in.
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