I like to BONK!

Evelyn has a tooth! Enough that I can finally snap a picture of it. I love that she is getting teeth FINALLY. However, I don't like that she falls she always cuts her upper mouth, she bled twice today. NOT FUN! She is pretty tough though.

My daughter LOVES violence so I accidently bonked my head and she thought it was the funniest thing ever. So of course like any mother would do I kept doing it, and she kept laughing. Evelyn discovered that she could BONK her head too, and OH BOY she thought that was even funnier. I love her so much. Evelyn is the one person that can smile and ALWAYS make me smile back.

Life would be easier if....

Lately I have been thinking about how much easier life would be if I didn't CONSTANTLY compare. I am a compare-aholic. I compare every thing. My husband, my daughter, and don't even get me started on myself. Is it just me? Does every one else compare this much?

I need to give you examples so you realize how crazy this is for me. I compare not only what other girls my age look like, but their weight, their legs, their hair, what they wear, their husbands, their life. I want you to understand I don't do it because I want to be better then them. I don't dislike some one if they are prettier, skinnier, more fashionable...etc, etc, etc. But I kind of beat myself up over it. Like why can't I be like that? Is it just me?

My new goal for myself is stop! stop! stop! Stop comparing not just me but my family. Thanks for the inspiration Elder Uchtdorf. "Don't compare your weaknesses to other peoples strengths." I need to be happy NOW, which I am don't get me wrong I'm very happy but I think if I stopped comparing I could be EVEN happier.

Walking!!!!! Well.... pretty close.

Evelyn is going to be moving in NO time. I thought she was still my 5 pound baby who slept all the time. Please notice that she will ONLY walk to Mommy.

The whole month of August!

I am so far behind that I'm going to do condense the last month so I can just be caught up! Jeff's mom Vivian came to help us move from Orem, to Vegas she was a huge help watching Evelyn, cleaning, and helping with packing. Also she drove one of our cars down to Vegas. When we arrived in Vegas Jeff's dad and brother, T.J. came to help unpack! My cousins Jason and Jessica came to help too. We had every thing out of the truck in an hour or so! Jeff's family stayed for 2 days and were a huge help, moving furniture and watching Evelyn so I could actually organize!

Jeff's parents left and we spent the next couple of days getting the house in order and getting things done that needed to: getting our NV drivers license, setting up internet, cleaning, cleaning, and more cleaning. Once we were all done with that we headed to California for a week and half long vacation! It was so nice to spend time with family. We spent a couple days at Jen's (Jeff's sister) we went to the beach a couple of times which Evelyn loved! We were also able to go to a couple of our close friend's weddings while we were in CA. The night before we left we had an early birthday party for Evelyn. Apparently she does not like cake!

Jeff had orientation the week before school started. It was a good way for him to meet the other guys in his class. There are a lot that came from Utah probably like 25 or so! There are a lot the students who have children and wives so I am sure we will become close friends. The school hosted a BBQ and I got to meet a lot of them!

Labor day weekend we had visitors! Our close friends Allan and Sandy came to visit from Provo. We went to the strip a couple of times and tried Serendipity! We looked at the casino's and enjoyed their company.

Finally, Jeff started school last Monday, it will be really hard, the first 2 years and especially this first year but Jeff is pretty confident that if he manages his time he will survive. He is taking like 14 classes which is like 25 credits or something ridiculous like that! Poor Jeff got sick on Saturday it was like a 24 hour stomach flu. We are just grateful that he got sick on the weekend and not during the actually week!

Well EVELYN IS 1!!! Her birthday was last Thursday and we had my aunt and uncle and my cousins over for her birthday I made her cookies and she wouldn't eat those either but she did eat a Chips A'hoy Cookie! She opened all her presents and was playing with them and had a great time! Evelyn has her first tooth, and she is now on formula! Going onto formula has been quite the process though. We tried whole milk every way imaginable chocolate, strawberry, vanilla, I added sugar, and even tried watering it down. None of it worked she would throw up or refuse to take it. So then I switched to formula which lasted for about a week and then she started throwing up every time she had it. When I say throw up, I mean throw up, not spit up! Finally we discovered Soy Formula and she is doing fine. We think her little body just can't handle it yet.

I have been staying busy cleaning this house! I also try and get out every day! I'm getting pretty good at knowing where things are around town. I have discovered that Las Vegas has incredible shopping. I just like to look! We are doing well and enjoying ourselves here!