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!

I need to UPDATE

1. Evelyn is mobile! She crawls and scoots any where she wants to go.

2. She pulls her self up on every thing and walks along furniture.

3. She lost weight from 9 months to 10 months so she is now on a FAT diet. She weighs 14 pounds.

4. Evelyn laughs a lot more and is starting to understand the game of chase! SO FUN!

5. She loves going to the pool and we do it several times a week! (see picture above)

6. We are moving to Vegas 2 weeks from today!!!!!

7. We are now moving into a beautiful 3 bed 2 1/2 bath house!! A miracle in its self

8. Some of our best friends moved in next to us so we hang out with them all the time.

9. Jeff is so ready to be done with his job.

10. I have gotten sun burned several times this summer...don't worry I got all my moles checked and I'm fine!

11. For some reason I HATE cooking during the summer (I think it's the heat)

12. I discovered the Real House Wives of New York and I love it!

13. Jeff and I play bejeweled on Xbox together.

14. Evelyn loves LIFE cereal. It's her favorite snack by far!

15. Jeff has cannon ball contests at the pool with his bff.

16. We are having a fun summer!

I'm not very good at this...

I'm not very good at this whole blogging thing. I mean I just never think I have anything to blog about... I mean what do I write Evelyn pooped in the bath tub again! No one wants to hear that!?
And my life just consists of her pretty much so it's not like I have anything to report. Jeff has the most excitement but he is just working, working, working, playing Tiger Woods golf, and working!
I thought Evelyn had eating down. Apparently I was WRONG!!!!

Who needs crawling when I army crawl

Evelyn does not want to crawl. However, she does want to scoot, army crawl, or whatever you would like to call it! Here she is in action!

Life is good!

Memorial Day weekend my grandparents came to visit from Nevada. They had not met their great granddaughter yet, so we were very excited for them to come. We had so such a good time and as you can see Evelyn was also very excited. She was very good with them.

We went and visited some graves, which was actually really nice. We enjoyed our visit very much.

Life is good. Life is really good. We have friends that we love, we have a beautiful daughter, we have everything we need. (not everything we want) I don't have any complaints.