Happy Birthday

Yesterday was my Happy Birthday! It was wonderful and I still feel like I can be as dumb as I want! :)

On Saturday night our friends came over and we went to Applebee's for appetizers. It was so fun! We ended up getting 4 different things (they're half off after 9 pm!) and it was so fun! That night Cody gave me an early birthday present by getting up with Chloe whenever she woke up! It was so nice to get a full night's sleep. The last time that happened was the first night my mom came out, so it's been awhile!




On Sunday morning I woke up around 8:45 and Cody was exhausted so I told him to go to bed and I'd take Chloe. He slept until 12:15 and we went to Sacrament at 3. It was my first time back to church and Chloe's first time to church ever! I'm still not ready to take her to all 3 hours and during Sacrament the guy behind us kept coughing and coughing. I thought I was going to have a heart attack I was freaking out so badly. After that I'm DEFINITELY not ready to take her to all 3 hours!


After church I got to talk to a lot of my family and some friends and that was so nice! Cody made spaghetti and meatballs for dinner (I really wanted crab and lobster...but I figured the selection at Broulims would be slim) and it tasted so good! After dinner we opened presents and he bought me an iPod!! Oh my gosh isn't it so pretty?!?! I'm so so so excited and I LOVE it! I've spent most of today adding songs and listening to and playing with it. He also got me a cd to add to it. Yeah! What a great birthday!

He made me a birthday cake, also and we sang happy birthday together.

Thanks to everyone that wished me a happy birthday!!! It was a fabulous day! And Happy One Month Birthday to Chloe today!!!!

Almost 22

I personally think I was a pretty cute baby :-)

This Sunday is my 22 birthday. Normally at birthday's I get really excited and I can't wait until I am another year older...But for some reason this year I'm a little sad about turning 22. Maybe even more than a little sad. I'm not really sure why, but I want to stay 21. I told Cody today that I'm sad I didn't get to do anything a "normal" 21 year old does. He asked if that's really a bad thing.

I don't think it is...I mean, I obviously don't want to be out drinking and partying and being dumb (which are all "normal" 21 year old things) but I think I miss doing all the things I did when I was in high school...Which was mostly "partying" (Mormon partying...which is not at all like the real deal) and being dumb. But it was so so so much fun!

I don't want to go back to that time..I promise, I don't. I absolutely love my life right now. I couldn't ask for a better husband or little girl. But I feel like turning 22...My youth is over! 21 is the last age you really get excited about turning, and now I'm just going to keep getting old and there's nothing I can do about it. I think I'm realizing that I really can't go back to being dumb all the time. Which is a little sad. I feel like turning 22 I can't be myself anymore! I have to all of a sudden grow up and be serious all the time and become a mom -- with a bad connotation...like mom jeans-- and I don't think I'm ready for that! I don't want mom jeans! I like singing in the car as loud as I can and I like dancing in public and I like wearing flip-flops all year long and I like eating cold pizza for breakfast...And I'm scared 22 year olds can't do any of that! Or aren't allowed to do any of that!

So I guess if I could stop the clock, I would. The rest of the world can keep going..I want to see Chloe grow up, of course! But I'm ok with being 21 forever.

Chloe's cute Day Before Halloween Outfit - She wore another super cute outfit on Halloween from Cody's mom that says "Baby's First Halloween" On it. When I figure out how to add more than 1 picture at a time I'll put it up here :)


I was just holding Chloe while she was sleeping, and I swear she laughed! It was the CUTEST thing I've EVER heard! I know she's not supposed to be able to laugh yet...And she never has before and probably won't again for awhile (unless she's sleeping, I guess) but oh my goodness, it was adorable. What a cute baby!

Finally Back

I think I've made everyone wait long enough...And I really want to show off more pictures of Chloe, so I'm back to blogging!

Really it's been so crazy these past few weeks I haven't even wanted to blog. The first week after Chloe was born Cody and I were on our own. My mom came a week after she was born, but for the first while we figured it all out ourselves. It was so crazy and hectic! Honestly, I can't even remember most of it. It's mostly a blur. Our ward split two days after she was born, so we didn't know who our bishop was or the RS president to let them know. We got a meal from our friends, Jon and Alicia and our upstairs neighbors. It was so nice of them! For the rest of the week we ate hot pockets and frozen tv dinners. We had problems with nursing at first, so we had to use a SNS - which meant Cody had to get up with me and help me feed her at night. Luckily he took two weeks off of work so we could sleep during the day...I don't think we did much of that, though. (I told you I can't really remember!) I do remember sleeping on the couch with Chloe, though. She would sleep in her bouncer that Erin gave us (OH my GOSH, Erin, it seriously has saved our lives. THANK YOU!) and one of us would sleep on the couch. I was always worried about her in her crib that every sound she made I would get up and check on her. So the couch was the best option if I wanted to sleep at all.

My mom and Amy came up and helped SO much. Amy just stayed for the weekend and my mom stayed from Saturday until Thursday afternoon. It was so nice to have them here. My mom cleaned and made meals EVERY day. And she went and bought us a ton of stuff!! She came home one day with two lamps, a baby moniter, and TONS and TONS of food. She really helped me figure out nursing a ton and it's going so much better now! She also slept on the couch, so Chloe had to sleep in her crib and I'm SO glad. She sleeps there every night now and I forgot how much I love sleeping in my bed! And our new RS president heard we had a baby, so she set up meals for us for like 4 days! It was so nice of them. I really appreciate everything that everyone has been doing to help us - we've had a LOT of help lately and I can't say thank you enough!!!

It sure has been hard, but so worth it. Chloe is so awesome and we love her to death!!! She's the sweetest, cutest baby and I could just hold her and look at her all day! I sometimes wish she was old enough to be laughing and playing with us, but I love her being so little and letting me hold her and cuddle with her anytime I want.

I've decided to just post this without all the other pics I was going to add! I'll try to add them later.

Trying

I promise I have been trying and trying to update my blog! I've had a post ready and waiting since Sunday but for some reason the pictures NEVER work. I was able to put 2 up and no more...I don't understand it! It just always takes SO long and eventually (like after 5 hours) I'll stop it or it'll just say that the internet isn't working. So weird. April, I think you might have to remind me how to do it from Photobucket-cause I tried that way but they were super tiny. Anyway, if anyone has any ideas or tips for the blogging impaired, I would appreciate it!