Deja Vu

I feel like I am having deja vu.

(And I NEVER have deja vu.)

Remember how we just moved to Casper like a month ago?

Well, we are all unpacked and settled. The apartment is decorated.

But now we are moving to an apartment the next stairwell over.

Why?

Our downstairs neighbor smokes in the apartment (which apparently is totally fine in this apartment complex) causing our apartment also smell like smoke.

Can you say yuck?!

So, in the best interest of Alayna's health as well as our own, we are moving.

What a pain.

But I will admit, it will put my mind at ease concerning Alayna and I am more than ecstatic to live in a house where I won't have to hold my breath all the time.

And not to mention no more headaches due to the smoke! Yea!

We have experienced moving across town and out of state, now we get to experience moving next door. I have a feeling this one will be the worst one yet, even though it is the closest.

But on the bright side, I am going to get a lot of exercise going up and down the stairs. Who knows, maybe I will lose a little weight.


Oh, and by the way, I probably will be slacking on my blogging since we will have to get hooked up to the internet again once we are all moved. Ugh.

But maybe by then I will find the camera cord. (Yep. Still no cord.)

Go Figure

We FINALLY got the internet today!

Yea! Now I can feel like I live in the 21st century.

Only now.....

I can't find the stinking camera cord!

So forget about seeing any of the pictures I have taken in the last month.

Dang.

It has to be here somewhere. I have been going crazy trying to find it. I have just about looked EVERYWHERE (including the bathroom).

If you were a camera cord, where would you be?

He's Back!

My little brother, Adam, just came back from serving a 2 year mission in Guatemala!

It was so great to see him. He looks great!

Unfortunately I left my camera (with all my pics on it) at my parents house so you will have to wait a little to see all the pictures.

And we won't have Internet for another week and a half (I am currently using the Internet at the public library).

Just had to update and let everyone know how excited we are that Adam is back!

9 Months

This little cutie in red is now 9 months old!

And mom FINALLY decided that she is old enough to have a ponytail, even though her hair has been long enough for months. (Who am I kidding? She practically could have one since the day she was born....ok, maybe not that long ago.) I don't know if it is because she has been around a lot more people this last month or what, but I feel like she has learned SO much.

She is officially down to two naps now. That third nap is no more. Which means she can stay awake for a lot longer periods of time.

She has survived her first big move....almost. Once her and I move to Casper, then the move will be complete. She has been THE BEST BABY through it all. She travels in the car like a champ now. She will practically entertain herself the entire time she is awake. Occasionally Baby Signing Time will have to do the entertaining, but not much.

And she can now fall asleep and STAY asleep for a normal nap time in the car. I now that seems weird to all of you who have car-sleeping babies naturally, but that was a learned thing for Alayna. It took some time, but finally at 8 months she has mastered it.

Alayna is now a waving queen. She does one of three waves: a flapping of the wrist, the opening and closing of the hand, and the Miss America wave. I guess it just depends on how she is feeling. We have tried to capture it on video, but to no avail. Someday you will see how cute she is when she waves.

Clapping is another one of her accomplishments. She doesn't do it often, and will NOT perform when prompted...just when she feels like it.

Are you still with me? There is more. I know. It's a lot.

Since moving in with my parents, Alayna has been showing an interest in table food. She thinks she needs to eat whatever someone else is eating. Here she is eating some pretzels in the highchair.

And here she is playing one of her favorite games with daddy. That smile says it all.
Besides those two bottom teeth, there are FOUR on the top. All of which, decided to come in at the same time. The two on the right side have come in faster than the two on the left, but pretty soon she will have six teeth total.

A new found favorite. The swing. Although, she can't go as high as her cousin Easton, I think she still enjoys it, don't you?

Oh, did I mention that Alayna is crawling?! Yep. She is mobile. Here she is crawling and puckering her lips at the same time. I don't know why, but she likes to pucker her lips all the time.

Here's the proof. A little video of her crawling.

Now that she is more mobile, she is all over the place. Here she is with her bum in the air. Maybe she is trying to do a head stand.

When she is not crawling or doing a head stand, she is pulling herself up to things. That's right, she can pull herself into a standing position. Yikes!

Whew! I think that is it, but I just needed to add one last picture of our beautiful, blue-eyed 9 month old.

P.S. Her stats are: 15 lbs. 1 oz. (5th percentile) and 27 3/4 in. (70th percentile)

Success

After patiently waiting for what seemed like FOREVER, we found out that Dan DID get the job he interviewed for in Casper!

Hooray!

We are so excited to start our new adventure.

Casper, here we come!


*The hard part now is finding a decent place to live in.

Mess-Maker

I now have a mess-maker on my hands.

This...

and this...
and this...

and this...

is what Alayna was doing while I was packing.

I really think she got the better end of the deal.

And I think she would agree.

Red, White and Blue

We're officially moved. We are now adjusting to wind that is actually cold and mosquitoes galore.

And we made it here just in time to celebrate the fourth.

Here's Alayna sporting some red, white and blue. I had so much fun shopping for her outfit. Too bad they don't make darling star dresses like this for adults. We could have been twiners. And here are us girls. Dan was wearing the red for our family, but he just wasn't feelin' like participating in the festive-ness. Besides, someone had to take the picture.

Hooray for the red, white and blue!