What I've been up to...

I've been pretty bored since we moved since I don't have a house of my own to take care of and I'm not working anymore. So I've been trying to come up with creative ways to keep myself busy. So this is what I've been up to these days...

I painted a picture really similar to this one for my sister a couple of years ago and my mom wanted her own, so this is it.

Trying to get back into shape. I love turbo jam.

One of the many perks about living with my parents, for the time being, is they have a little gym setup in one of the bedrooms. So I've been using their elliptical.

Shopping! This bumbo seat is my latest purchase and I love it because Braylie loves it and it makes my life just that much easier.

Growing my first garden. I've already killed one of the plants I put in it (my best talent when it comes to plants). It's an herb garden so I've got Basil, Rosemary and Thyme in it so far, I tried for cilantro also but that's the one that died.

I've even got new buds of Basil coming in...YEA!!!

I've been trying to figure out photoshop, so that I can eventually do digital scrapbooking. This is my first successful picture edit.

The before picture so you can compare.

I've been taking lots of pictures of Braylie lately because she changing so quickly.

I love this one! She's so cute when she sleeps. There is just something sweet about a sleeping baby.

I've also been putting blonde back into my hair and taking goofy pictures of myself during nap times...tells ya how bored I am right?

Brad's Dream Truck

So this is Brad's dream truck he saved up for since he was a teenager.....which really became my truck in the end, haha. Anyways it's pretty sad but we're going to sell it now so that we can get a Toyota, Camry (Easier to get a kid in and out of). So I'm just putting this out there just in case anyone is interested. It's got really low miles for a 2005 Silverado, 30742. It also has a sprayed bed liner and a diamond plated tool box. It's in excellent condition also. So if anyone is interested let us know we'd be happy to show it to ya.

Braylie's First Laugh

I thought this was pretty fun and exciting so I had to put it on here for everyone else to see.

Well the same day Braylie laughed she had her 4 month checkup and shots. She now weighs 15lbs 3oz. She is 23 3/4 inches tall also. Thats somewhere around 75th percentile for both. She did pretty well with her shots also. She cried a little harder and longer this time but she still got over it pretty quick and was smiling and...then laughing later on in the day.

Moving

So Brad accepted a Job!  He will be working for Stanley Consultants in Murray Utah starting June 1st.  We are so excited to start this new chapter in our lives but not so not excited about moving again... yuck!  I've already started to pack and it is going sooo slow.  Thats the part I hate most about moving.  I wish it was as fast and fun as unpacking is. Anyways we will be living with my parents , in North Salt Lake, for a while until we either sell our duplex or save up enough to have a down payment on a second house.   

Bye bye Scooter

Well we are selling the scooter.  It was pretty fun while we had it and it was definitly great when gas was so expensive because it gets about 100 mpg, what other vehicle does that right?  Now that we have Braylie though we don't use it as much...well I should even say "we" because now Brad is the only one who uses it and still rarely at that.      

Braylie's first friend and Interviews

Life is going crazy, as usual right? Braylie is growing at amazing speed. She is now 13 lbs plus...not sure the exact amount, but she gained those two pounds in like a week and 1/2.  I wish she would just slow down it's too fast for me to keep up with and I feel like we are missing so much.   

This is her toy Mr. Alien and it is her best friend. I'm pretty sure she thinks he's real and alive.  Every time we bring him out she gets so excited.  She starts to kick an wiggle and then he gets big smiles. They've had the best conversations also (He talks in rattle language).  It's so cute to watch.  We've brought out quite a few of her other toys but she thinks they pale in comparison for some reason we don't know.

Brad finishes up this semester in the middle of May and then he only has two online classes through BYU. After that he is completely done with school!!  I'm getting so excited that he is so close to finishing.  It's definitely going to be nice for many reasons like having him home more often. I'm also excited that he will have more time for himself soon too.  He has given up a lot to finish school this quickly and I'm hoping that he will be able to spend more time doing some of the things he likes (like golfing).  So since Brad is so close to being done he has been job hunting and this last week he has had two job interviews.  We think they went fairly well but things are pretty competitive with the economy the way it is right now, so we honestly have no clue what turn out will be but we're hoping it'll be good...we'll see.    

New Hair Color!

So I have a new hair color and this is one of the few that really is new (a very rare thing) because I've never been an all over brown before.  It's definitely taking some getting used to because I'm so used to being blonder, but I think I'll like it better when it fades and becomes a lighter brown...not so drastic.

I finally caught a smile on camera!  She is kinda covering it with her 

hands though but still visible.

I just thought this one was cute too.  I'm a little picture happy now.