"It Was Just Something That I Had to Get Through, to Get Me to You"

Had an interesting conversation with my sister today about someone who showed up at her ward for church.

I sure wasn't expecting it, but in reflecting on the conversation, I have never been more grateful to swing at and miss a curve ball thrown in to my life a few years ago.

I love my husband more than I ever knew I could love someone.  I am incredibly grateful for the man he is, and the person he's always been.  He is my everything, and literally the best decision I have ever made.  He is so many things, but most of all....he's mine.  I sometimes think about where I would be had a previous decision played out in my life the way I thought it would the first time around.

I don't like it.

Everything I am, and every good thing about me, is made better because of you.  I love you, Robbie.

The Best of the Best

 Robbie is the best. Serious.

Also my sister/doula, Talya.  She pretty much rocks.

My dad worked hard all day.

Light-touch massage is heavenly.

Fresh goopy baby is the best feeling in the world.

Baby Adelyn being de-gooped.

8 lbs. 1 oz.

Also the best?  My midwife, Machel Knowles, and my ridiculously rockin' nurse, Renee.

Better than the best?

This.

'Nuff said.

PaMa and PaPa kisses.

PaPa is a total sucker for his grandbabies.

Grandma Allred is too.

 Dax seeing baby Addie for the first time.

 He LOVES her!

 Not kidding.  He wouldn't stop giving her loves.  He still does this.

Eventually, he got bored and played "Wosie"

(Ring Around the Rosie) by himself for a while.

 Our little exhausted family.  Don't worry, I really looked that rad.  Not even scared.

 I love this shot.

Addie's first bath.  Apparently, parents aren't allowed to help anymore.

So this is us, taking pictures through the thick glass.

 We're diggin' the blonde.

The view I had all day.  It pretty much ruled.

Daddy can't get enough of her, either.

Addie all ready to go home the next afternoon.

Here we are....a family of FOUR!!!

Birth story to come....but some people (ahem....Erica) were getting impatient for pictures.  :)

My New Stroller

Robbie was lucky enough to spend a week in Alaska with his Dad this year....fishing.  Also, he got to do a bit of whale-watching (which is the part the people in my family are most jealous about....including myself). 

He brought home nearly 100 lbs. of salmon and halibut.  In fact, he brought home SO much fish that he had to call and purchase a deep freezer over the phone on Friday morning so that it wouldn't spoil as soon as we got it home.

Unfortunately, we had to use the funds that I was hoping would go toward my new double stroller.  Hey, it's got wheels, right?

Recap:

Things that have happened since February 4, when everything went crazy!

My 25th birthday (Feb. 5)
I got a food processor to make baby food, and a Quikcutz Silhouette (a digital craft cutter....), and Robbie got a new job for my birthday!

Daxson got his first haircut.We moved in with Robbie's parents in Kaysville.

Robbie quit work at Icon. YIPPEE!!! (This photo is on his last day of work).Robbie started work at Loomis, as an armored security guard.

We made a purchase as official grown-ups and bought a new washer and dryer. Hooray!

Robbie got a handgun. He's excited.

Friday night, Robbie's sister, Amy, talked me into running a 10k the next morning with her. It was my first race ever, and I really had a great time! I thought it was funny that I literally decided to run it 13 hours before it happened. Goes to show that I've come a long way in my training, since I could barely run a mile a few weeks ago. It got me really excited to run the half, I just hope I am ready for it, it's coming up quickly!Saturday night was girl's game night at the Robbie's parents. We had a great time playing Farkle, and probably even more fun making up farkle jokes! I haven't laughed that hard in a really long time. It was REALLY funny.

We had a yummy family dinner with my siblings at Clay and Jen's house on Sunday. It was a fun night, and we need to do it more often! Thanks for putting it together, Lindsay.

We found a place to live, and are slowly moving things over. I spent all day today painting accent walls, and I am SO much more happy with it! Hopefully we can get the rest in on Wednesday night, so that we have a real place to live. We went to church there on Sunday, and are really impressed with the ward. It was tough for us to leave our Logan ward and all our friends there, but next to them, this ward is coming in a close second! ...It doesn't hurt that Ally and Chris Sorensen (my best friend from forever) live in the ward. We feel so blessed to be where we are at.

Our new T.V.

We got a new television.  Our sweet, sweet 1985 vintage television set has nearly met its fate in the trash (it emitted the most awful high-pitched noise whenever it was turned on that nearly drove me up the wall).  Here's the new one in all its glory playing the famed "Arrested Development".

Ok, so this picture is entirely unrelated to anything.  Robbie and I stole it off Talley's blog, mostly because it made me laugh so hard I nearly peed.  Enjoy!