Fixed!

Today Kevin Andrus is the greatest person in the world. He fixed my tooth.

Why? Why? Why?

A couple things that have been on my mind lately:
-Why do we have this stray cat lurking around, that is obsessed with us, and wants to be part of our family? This cat WILL NOT go away EVER, and just scales my massive fence in the backyard, waiting for us to open the sliding door. This thing drives me nuts! We named him (or her) Kitty My Friend, in honor of my friend Carolyn's deceased cat. It just sits there and cries, and Julia gets mad because she wants out to pet it. Heck no, that thing could have rabies or something, or she could get cat scratch fever! (Haha, right Liss? My brother in law swears he has it... ) Sometimes (as like in the picture below) I pretend to let it in... haha just to mess with its mind. Stupid cat.
-Why does Brian lose everything? Just this month, he's lost his: blue church shirt, brand new never worn Vans shoes, pants, new-ish dress shoes, and a digital camera. All at different places, mind you. And who knows what else he's lost that he's not fessing up to:) Oh gotta love that boy....
-Ummm why did my fake tooth fall out AGAIN??? This is like the third time folks... I landed on it when I was little, and ever since then, it's just given me grief. I've had multiple fake teeth trying to fix this problem. My nicknames have been: pirate, chicklet (like as in Dennis the Menace movie if you've seen it), and bum... oh and hillbilly Rachel- almost forgot. I know some of you reading this gave me some of those nicknames. What nice friends I have, eh?:) And since we're poor students, I can't fix the problem. One of our friends here is going to put a little cement on it in hopes that it will be a temporary solution. Oh gosh. In the mean time, Brian thinks it's funny to laugh at my lisssp. At least its not prom night like the last time it fell out.... yup, you read that right.
Well, other than that, things are pretty darn good here. Hoping that you all have a very Happy Halloween!



























These ones are just because I thinks she's cute.... especially with the 'I'm now walking' badge of honor on her forehead (aka the bruise)

Busting Out

Think she's tired of being cooped up since her surgery?

Bumpy Surgery

So we have lovingly referred to Julia as our "Bumpy Head" or "Bumpsters" for quite some time now. The day I brought her home from the hospital, I noticed a bump on the left side of her head. I thought it was maybe because she got a little squished on the way out or something- I didn't know. My pediatrician told me not to worry about it, so I didn't. Finally like when Julia turned a year old, she kept telling me to go see a neurosurgeon- so we did. Turns out, it was a bone cyst and needed to be removed. If we waited until later it would continue to grow and actually leave a hole in her head, unless we did it while she was small. Today was surgery day. It went really well, but seeing your daughter be wheeled off to be put under and sliced open is heartbreaking. When she woke, the bump was gone, and she was out of her mind. She was super agitated and REFUSED to leave her IV in her hand. Luckily, she finally came to her senses, and we were able to go home about 6 hours after getting there. She was actually really funny today, and by the end of the day was just playing her little heart out, like she never missed a beat! It was a pretty sad day, but some day she'll thank me for not having a bumpy head- or worse yet, a holey head. So glad it all went well today.

Whats new with Julia

So since I didn't blog last month about Julia, I'm trying to think about all the new things she's been doing the past two months. She's now 14 months, and I guess the biggest thing is:
-She's walking! We knew she could totally do it, she's just such a chicken. Her first step was actually walking the whole length of our family room- she finally decided to show us her walking abilities one day. She still is a major chicken though- she totally can do it, but chooses mainly to crawl. Oh well, at least I know she can do it, right? (PS- I tried to upload the video of her walking like 5 times. Ughh. I'll try again later.)
-Another thing is, she has become OBSESSED with her dumb blanket. We have to take it EVERYWHERE or else she won't go to sleep, or even stop crying. I can thank my mom and my sister Melissa for that- they both said she needed a comfort item. She started sucking her thumb when she was like 2 or 3 months old, but now she has her blankie with her, it's become like a full time thing... oh great:)
-Her hair is finally getting long enough, where I can actually do something with it! It's normally just scraggly curly baby hair, but now I can actually put pig tails, or like a half up half down thang- so that's been nice.
-She loves mac n cheese. She'd eat it every day if I let her (must be an Eynon)
-Has become a big fan of her Bumbo seat. Wouldn't sit in it as an infant, but now it's become her own personal chair to watch t.v. in, eat a snack, get her hair combed, or just play with. Whatever floats her boat I guess...
-Weighs 25 pounds
-is absolutely hilarious to me.... but can also throw a fit like you've never seen! I never knew 2 teeth could hurt so bad.
I just love this girl. I love being a stay at home mom and waking up every day to play with her. It's serious the best thing ever...

0 Comments

So a few weeks ago, I posted something that I thought was interesting enough, and interestingly enough, I had 0 comments on it. It was my first time being a zero-er. I know this is absurd, but for some reason it kind of made me sad! I thought, "is no one reading this dang thing, or am I really that boring?" After that, I decided to write about what might appeal to others, instead of what I thought was important to blog about. I stopped updating on what Julia was up to, because well lets be honest, a lot of times that stuff is boring to anyone but certain family members. I stopped blogging about other topics as well, that people might not relate to. I even found myself writing on other peoples walls that had 0 comments, because I wanted them to know I love reading their blog. Then it hit me.... this is craziness! Why am I not blogging about what is important to me? Yeah it's great to have family and friends visit your blog, because that's a major reason as to why I blog in the first place- to keep everyone updated, since we live so far away. But the most important reason as to why I blog, is for me! I want to be able to have this journal for me, and for my family, and for my little girl! So I've taken off my comment box for now, and I'm going to get back to blogging about what I think is important... my every day, boring, mundane, yet indescribably wonderful life that I love! I know it's silly, but it's kind of liberating!:) Feel free to leave your comments at the end! Haha just kidding....

Catch Up

So I feel like I'm falling behind- which is totally driving me nuts since this is my 1 form of journaling, so I have to at least try to stay current... so a quick update. This has been the craziest summer of my life! I literally have only been home for like 2 weeks since July 4th. (It's now Oct. 1st! What???) After California, my in-laws came to celebrate Julia's first birthday with her. We met them down in Orlando and had so much fun! We stayed in this super fun, super nice place, and Julia was for sure not the only one who got spoiled. Brian's dad and step-mom are always so amazing to us, and it meant SO MUCH to me that they came all this way to spend time with us, and their grand baby. Thank you guys! We love you so much an had a TOTAL BLAST and can't wait to see you in February.













































Okay so then a little bit after that, we got to see Brian's family again! It was his Grandpa's 80th birthday and the whole family was there to help "Bubba" celebrate his big day... It was so fun getting to know Brian's extended family better, and even meeting a few family members that I hadn't before. They are an awesome group of people, and I really hope we all get to see each other real soon. (Jenn's wedding maybe?:) I was also so excited because I LOVE American History, and I actually got to see a bunch of really neat sites (Ben Franklin grave, Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, etc.) and we even got a legit Philly Cheese steak at Pat's- I'm told it's better than Geno's, even though Geno's is the more famous one. This cheese steak did not disappoint. Overall, the trip gets an A+ (minus the hotel on our last night's stay... right Chelsea? My sister in law made her husband buy her a sleeping bag for the bed... haha)


























































After Pennsylvania, we went straight to Orlando for a conference Brian had there- we stayed at a beautiful hotel, went to Disney World, swam, ate good food... all for free. Rough life, huh? While I was there, I got a call from my sister saying she was driving to Florida with her family for the FSU vs. BYU football game. Brett had to go back home after the game, but she and the kids got to stay here for a week and a half! Our kids love being together, and so do Melissa and I- so of course we all had a total blast. Highlights were: the G'ville tourist stops (which lets be honest, aren't much. The bat house, campus, looking for gators- and scaring Tavin to death in the process, and Jamba Juice? But hey it was fun to us.) the beach, and our 3 day trip to Disney World. The kids were in heaven! It was seriously the most fun I've ever had there. Seeing Melissa and her kids leave was so hard.. I love their guts and already miss them so much. Already counting down the days until Christmas- thanks so much for coming out to spend time with us you guys! We love you!