Moving

I don't even know where to start. The last few months have been such a whirl wind! Lets just start back in the beginning of May. I lost my sweet Grammie which made for an emotional overload coupled with waiting to hear about closing on our house. Buying a house turns out to be quite stressful, and the sale wasn't even a complicated one. We had to wait for multiple inspections due to the fact the home had been flipped. While waiting to hear about our closing date I had to pack, but not pack everything in case everything fell through AHHHHH. I was so stressed. Meanwhile I was coping with leaving our first apartment, the apartment we brought Ellie home to. Leaving our ward, the FIRST family ward I have ever been a part of and leaving my best friends. One of which is moving to Europe so yeah there is all of that! All that stress and emotion of course caused me to get little sleep, so I got sick and then broke out in a rash..from what?? STRESS! Then lets throw in multiple trip to Ogden, and hour away, a Nickel Creek concert, and multiple photo shoots. We were so busy and I'm not sure if we have exhaled yet.

But guess what? We closed on our house, I sobbed like a baby at church saying goodbye to the sweet primary kids, I sobbed while I said farewell to my friends, and sobbed while I swept and mopped our apartment one last time. This type of emotion is normal...RIGHT? But then we got to our house in Ogden and we couldn't be happier.

This house is everything I wanted in a starter home. It has the space we desperately needed and the character and charm we wanted. The neighborhood is great, and we love Ogden. Home Sweet Home!

I sure am going to miss these ladies! 

We visited our favorite sports up Provo Canyon before leaving. Big Springs and South Fork Park.

Ellie's friends. I miss these little kids already!

Signing away! We bought a house!

Photo shoot in Springville.

We couldn't fit everything in the Uhaul. I couldn't believe it. Do we really have that much stuff?!?

Goodbye Basement......Hello House! I already loving all the light in our house!

The tree on the left has since been cut down. It was a really old rotten apple tree. :(

Eleanor Goldman| Our Grammie

This last month our sweet little Grammie passed away. She was diagnosed with stomach cancer a year prior and was given about a year to live. She sure fought to the very end. Growing up we lived just 15 minutes away, and Grammie was involved in practically everything we did. She was a spunky, feisty, loving little portuguese woman. I think she was only 5 feet tall and all the grandchildren used her as a measuring tape. When you were as tall as Grammie, you knew you were growing up! Then we all surpassed her and she was just our little Grammie. I remember taking frequent trips to Santa Clara in her white cadillac with maroon interior to visit the Aunties (Helen & Rosie). Christmas Eve used to be at her house, she would make cioppino (the adults ate it) and we had pizza at the kids card table. In the summer her house was the place to pick raspberries, they were the best! We would play in her basement and play football on her front lawn. We made frequent trips to Baskin Robins on the corner for a scoop of ice cream, or walked to Long's Drugs. She taught me how to crochet, which I love to do today, and I have the baby blanket she made me when I was born. She has made Ellie countless blankets and I will cherish them forever. I use to go to her house every Sunday for lunch when I worked at the nursery. Those days were great, it was just me and her. She would tell me about her life, about how she met my grandpa and how they got married after knowing each other for 2 weeks or something crazy :) and about how she grew up in an old adobe house.  Grammie was there for just about everything. I am so so grateful that she was there for so many milestones in my life. Cross country races, high school graduation, track meets, my wedding, and most importantly she met my Ellie. She will be missed every single day, but I know that she is able to see her loving husband again after so much time apart. She is still surrounded by family just not on this earth. We love you Grammie. See Ya Later Alligator XOXO

There are no true endings.......only everlasting beginnings.

 Dieter F. Uchdorf

Ellie Ann Medley- I am Obsessed

Is it normal to be obsessed with your child? I think so. Does Ellie still drive me crazy..YES! Am I still completely obsessed with her....YES! It's crazy how a child can drive you so crazy one moment, then melt your heart the next. Also I don't know if anyone could have prepared me for having to discipline a child. I don't feel like I can as freely use the "she is just a baby" excuse. The reality is she is growing up, and gets smarter and more mischievous each day! Her actions are so much more deliberate now. The way she will just bolt away from me when I ask her to come, or throw a fit over who knows what! These little emotional creatures SIGH!

Lets just talk about a few of the things I am obsessed with though:

The fact that she is learning a new word just about every day.

Her dance moves....it's hard to describe but it's the best!

The way she pats my back when she gives me a hug.

Her kisses she gives at random.

The fact that she is friendly to everyone and waves and blows kisses to all of them.

The smacking sound she makes while eating

The way she always wants to be covered by a blanket when laying on the couch.

How she yells for me or Jared when she is ready to get up.

Her fear of bugs, the shear terror that comes from a fly getting in the house.

 (yet she loves "A Bugs Life")

Her love of bubbles

The way she plays with Rosie

The way she wears her sunglasses (everywhere)

I'm sure I could go on but I digress. Now here is a picture overload of Ellie.

My mom made Ellie a dress for her birthday. It was adorable and warranted it's own photo shoot. 

Jared took all of these, they are amazingly beautiful as usual!