Delia is Crawling! Yeah...I think?

Delia crawled for the first time today! She has been so close for the past 6 weeks. She rolls and scoots everywehere, but when she found herself on her hands and knees she didn't quite know what to do. Today Christian put and orange slice in front of her(which apparently he has been letting her suck on them...and she likes them!) and she took one step, then another, and another, and she was crawling! We have been encouraging her as much as we can without pushing her, and nothing seemed to interesting for her to push the limits, when all this time all it took was an orange?? Leave it to her dad I guess... he sees everything first. The first time she rolled over and now crawling. we he told me I ran into the other room to see and of course wasn't doing it, sooo...daddy took another orange, put it out of her reach and there she went crawling! I whipped out the camera to get it on video. There are 2 because the first one was only 30 seconds long because the card was full. So I erased some extra stuff and recorded another one. I cried the whole time I was taping! She is grwoing up so fast and I guess I have been really emotional about it latley! Well there it is, First big milestone for a child of a first-time mom! I never thought anything would be as exciting as seeing your own child growing up!

And the verdict is...New Mexico?

Yes, we are officially moving to Farmington, New Mexico!! I never thought I would move to New Mexico, but it might surprise me. At least this time it will be permanant...well at least for a long while! ;) If you can't see it on the map, it's in the top left corner of the state, the four corners area! I haven't been there, but I have seen pictures of it, talked to people who have neen there, and of course am taking my husband's word for it, that this will be a good place to settle. Christian got a great job that will aid tremendously in paying off his hefty dental student loans!! It is a small city of about 60,000 and I think it has 2 highschools, 4-5 elementary schools, and 3 junior highs. Both of us grew up in smaller towns and want to raise our family the same. The other good thing about it is that it is more of a family town and there are a lot of chruch members down there. It will literally be place of Christian's dreams because it is close to Canyonlands(his passion)and there are a lot of outdoor things to do. I am excited as well to explore new places and it is in the west, much closer to my home town than Christian's California town. The cons about it is that it will be hard finding an apartment for the time it will take to build our home. I can't seem to really find anything! I only found 1 that has NO pictures and they want $1400 for a small 3 bedroom!! Holy Cow! You've got to be kidding me! Yes and that takes me to the other con, it is expensive to live there, I think even more than Denver! Don't ask me why, it's not like all of America is flocking there! There is a Native American Reservation outside of the city which makes for a much higher crime rate, but aparently it is just on the outskirts of Farmington where the majority of the crime happens, we will be in the better part of town. I guess even small towns can be just as bad as big ones! The murder crime rate is pretty low, especially compared to a lot of cities even in Utah! It is a mining town, blue collar if you will, so the average household income is, well, average! The dental office Christian will be working in is the best dental office there and they are pretty busy. My dream of having lush lawns surrounding my house is one that is not going to come true. There is a limit to how much grass you can have on your property becuase of the drought. So this will be a good opportunity to use my creative skills and create a yard that still could be a part of my dreams! We are both excited to finally be done with "schooling" and start making a life for ourselves! I am particualry excited to be able to permanantly raise Delia in a small city we can officially call home. Moving from place to place is hard. Well, wish us luck. I don't really look forward to packing again, but such is life!! Yeah!!

Oooo Look...There's Grass...and a Flower!

I took these pictures of Delia in her new outfit she got from her grandma for Easter to send to Grandma. The minute I set her down, she was overwhelmed by all the grass around her...well the after winter grass...and I couldn't get her attention to take pictures. She kept grabbing at the grass and putting it in her mouth, Yuck! So I finally had to get something to draw her attention, a rose, and it worked okay, but she still wanted that grass. She was like a kid in a candy store! It was too funny. Oh, and I especially like the one of her making a sour face at me! I guess that's what I get for not letting her explore the grass!!

Disney World

Our trip to Disney World was so much fun!! Delia was so good while we went on all the rides. The grandparents were so willing to watch the babes while we went on rides...thanks!! As you can tell we took a lot of pictures of Delia. Although she will not remember this trip, at least she will have the pictures to document that she did. We were able to take her on more rides than we thought. Pirates of the Caribbean, Christian's favorite ride, The Haunted Mansion, The Jungle Cruise, It's a Small World, and Snow White's Scary Adventure. It was a lot of fun to experience those with her, even though she was only 6 months old!! We went shopping at Downtown Disney and took pictures of her with all the "disney" stuff! We did buy her her first Minnie Mouse, just a small one for now ;)

We spent 2 days at the parks, the first park was MGM Studios, now call Hollywood Studios. The only thing Delia didn't like about this park was the Indiana Jones Show. I thought it would be a good idea to feed her during the show. Once it started, it was so loud, the crashes, and the explosions, etc. that it frightened her to tears!! It was so sad. She started getting used to it towards the end, but the loudest parts seemed to be at the beginning. The last day we went to the Magic Kingdom where we were able to go on more rides. Delia had a blast, as you can tell in the pictures. After dinner the grandparents offered to take the babes home so the rest of us could go on a couple of more rides. We went on Haunted Mansion first and when we stepped outit was sprinkling, so we made our way over to Thunder Mt. railroad, of course it was closed becuase of the storm coming in. It was only a little after 8:00 and it wasn't supposed to start raining until 10. So we decided to go on Pirates one more time and maybe by then the rain will have let up. Nope...It was lightly raining, but enough to put your hood on. We all agreed to go home since we new that there was no chance of reopening the rides. By the time we reached the Ferry to get back to the other side, it started pouring! Wow, we had made it to shelter before it got bad...well it still wasn't over. When the Ferry reached the other side, it was coming down in BUCKETS!! And the wind was blowing hard(hurricane weather) When we stepped off the tram in the parking lot, the road was about 2 inches deep in water! Needless to say we were drenched from head to toe! We were also very glad that the babies were already home so they weren't cought in that awful storm!! It was an adventure! It was nice to be able to spend that time with family and something that we will never forget.

Gina is...

Which Lost Character Are You?

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I saw this on my friend Tracy's blog and since we are both HUGE Lost fans I thought I would give it whirl myself!! I really had no idea who I would be...maybe claire, but I have to say that I like my results, it seems to sound like me as I read it and at the same time I take it as a compliment becuase the character Juliet is so pretty and actually one of my favorite characters! The last sentence kind of surprised me a little: "You possibly moved locations for a company"...or in my case, my husband!! Thanks Tracy, that was fun!