Catch up

So I know- blogging isn't my forte...but here is a bit of catch up for us:

-yay for sunny weather and a park close by! I have loved taking Caity on walks this summer and she is big enough to play on the slides and everything by herself. Everyday is so much fun. Today Caity kept pushing her stroller up and down the sidewalk while I painted our table and John worked on his truck- she would stop occasionally to kiss her baby and put it back and push some more...moral of this bullet point- I love the nice weather!

- John is restoring a '68 GMC truck, pretty much from scratch, it has turned out to be quite the project -he took the GMC body and mounted on a chevy frame with a GMC motor he rebuilt- it has made me quite the widow this spring break, but I am excited for him. He is learning how to weld for the first time too so he is pretty happy about that.

-September will find us in Ogden so I can go back to school to Weber. I can't wait to get back and then get done!

-Caity loves Dogs (doegs)

-My brother, Matt messed up his knee on his Mission in Thailand and is flying home as I type for surgery. It is exactly at his one year mark so unless the surgery goes terribly wrong he will continue to serve the remaining time when he is all healed up.

-Our Computar DIED- the hard drive completely busted and we have yet to be able to get our pictures off...i have lost hope- but it is so sad.

-Overall things are great for us....hope you all are doing well!

Oh Caity....

Things are great here in Rexburg. Summer in coming and we sure are happy about it!

what a big girl!

Caity is so excited because she can now eat all by herself....

I like Caity.

I just love my little girl. She is perfect for me. With john gone all day at work, it is so nice to have a little helper and girlfriend.

Things I like about Caity lately:

1- she loves soft things, she loves fabrics and textures. right now she is hugging a fleece blanket while she sleeps.

2- she loves to cuddle, give hugs, and give kisses. Every mom's dream and Dad's future nightmare.

3- she can play with the big kids. a bump in the head doesn't phase her, she loves mimiking what the older kids are doing at the play ground, you can tell she is scared to go down the slide but the peer pressure from the 5 year olds makes her excited and the whole way down she watches them

4- she likes dressing up. we were trying on Christmas dresses in the mall and Caity would come waddling out and give everyone a hug look in the mirrors and smile and twirl and pat the poof of the dress. she likes crowns and jewelery- just the other day I caught her running from her bedroom back to her bath with all her plastic jewelry on so she could look at her reflection in the bath stopper... it is so cute, she is always asking me to do her hair and when I do my make-up she is always wanting some too. I love our girl time.

5-she runs away when I change her diaper...sometimes frustrating but I like it about her,I think it reminds me of something her dad would do...lets hope John never ends up in a retirement home.

6-she sings! I love her singing!

7- she dances! I love her twirling, swaying and squatting and head bopping.

8- i love how she helps me around the kitchen. from loading the dishwasher to cooking to sweeping. she is mommy's helper.

The list could go on forever but I should probably stop...she is just wonderful and I am so grateful to have such a wonderful little friend in my life. I just hope she doesn't get any older. or bigger. Just freeze- got it caity?

Camping...she loves the outdoors

she also waves at everyone she sees.

getting ready for church...

and naturally hanging out in a washing machine.

Caity sweeping on halloween.

Halloween! A couple months late....

So I learned this year how much more fun halloween is with a toddler! After a huge debate as to what our little girl should be John and I finally decided a lady bug was most suitable for Caity as 1- she was practically infactuated with them this last summer and 2- her nickname from her dad (besides gremlin, demon- we are working to get those out of the vocabulary) is Caity-bug. Fate just happened to agree with us when I found a lady bug costume for $2.47 I'm sorry but that is just cool. Naturally everything looks better with glitter so I had a little fun making my little lady bug quite the diva. I managed to bedazzle the kitchen floor and walk way up to the house while I was at it....but I was happy with the final result- I'm not much of a photographer, but hey Caity isn't much for standing still.

Caity loved trick or treating! She would go up to the doors and knock and at first would run into their homes to take a look around. but she soon learned trick or treat ettiquite and was satisfied with dancing on the door mats, a couple times she would take a handful sort through it grab the smarties and lollipops and throw the rest back (even the twix...unfortunate child has no idea), everyone got a kick out of her, and she loved the attention.

John and I dressed up as nerdy athletes, we had a lot of fun and almost won our ward pumpkin carving contest.... here are some of the pictures...

ok, so if you thought that we dressed up like Special Olympics athletes....so did everyone else. But just for the record...we didn't. We are pretty cool right?

just some pictures

Guess what?

WE MOVED! and we LOVE it! It is so nice having our own space and time and everything- we appreciate everything we learned from Heritage Homes, but it feels good to move on. I still work shifts here and there and I can bring Caity which is really nice. We have great neighbors and an awesome ward, we have immediately felt so welcomed! If anyone is meandering down pioneer rd, stop by Peterson Pointe 302! We love visitors!!
Guess what else?
I AM BACK TO SCHOOL! Oh the joys of motherhood combined with a part-time job and part-time school. I am actually really enjoying it and it isn't too stressful yet, then again I am no super mom and am only taking two classes. But I am going to start institute with my neighbor and new friend, Emily- I am excited for that.
Guess what ELSE? This is the BIG one...
I AM GOING TO CHINA!!!!! Isn't that the coolest thing in the world or something? Idaho Special Olympics have been invited for the World special olympics and I got invited to be a partner. There is also an athlete from our area going- Hoagie, he works at the rexburg walmart, so if you see him make sure it give him a a congrats! I found out about two days ago and I am leaving nov 6 for 6 days. It is an all expense paid trip- souveniers everything. I know it sounds lame, but about 3/4 of me doesn't really want to go....I don't want to leave Caity for that long- and John and I haven't even spent a night apart yet so I am going to miss him too...We tried to make it so John could go but it just didn't work out and I want to take Caity with me so bad, but it really wouldn't be fair for her to be put on a wack schedule and to be rushed everywhere. But yeah- I can't beleive in a month I am going to CHINA!!! AHHHH! So crazy.
I know, I know, I need to get pictures of Caity up on the blog. Will do. Someday.