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!

Tagged...ABC's of Me

Okay so my friend Jessica tagged me and i am just now doing it!

A-Attached or single? Attached! What a hunk ;)
B-Best Friend? Christian and Rose.
C-Cake or Pie? Both!! I have a sweet tooth!
D-Day of Choice? Right now..Thursday becuase of LOST, but other than that..Sat.
E-Essential Item? Well, I have 3...Mascara, my glasses, and my camera!
F-Favorite Color? Pink and Green
G-Gummy bears or worms? Bears, but I'll take worms too!
H-Hometown? Orem, UT
I-Favorite indulgence? Spending money on either Me or Delia!
J-January or July? July
K-Kids? 1 Daughter Delia
L-Life isn't complete without? Delia of course and my family
M-Marriage Date? 5/9/2003
N-Number of Brothers and sisters? 2 Brothers and 2 Sisters
O-Oranges or apples? Depends on the day, I like them both!
P-Phobia and fears? I am REALLY afraid of spiders and any insect that scurries fast! Yikes! I have a fear of being in a fire and a car accident(never been in either) Afriad of being alone. I am SOOOO afraid of losing Christian or Delia, I have nightmares sometimes about it because I worry so much! I don't know what I would do if I lost either one of them!!!
Q-Quote? It's from my blog: "Making the decision to have a child-it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking outside your body." ~ Elizabeth Stone. I truly believe that.
R-Reason to smile? Whenever Delia or Christian smiles, it melts my heart! They both have such beautiful smiles!
S-Season of choice? Spring! I love the newness of everything amd the weather is perfect! Too bad spring doesn't stay for long, summer seems to be too pushy!!
T-Tag someone? Kim Courtright, Stacey Allen, Summer Perrero
U-Unkown facts about me? I should wear glasses all the time, but I don't. I am double jointed.
V-Vegetable? Green Beans and Carrots.
W-Worst Habit? Playing with my hair! (christian hates it!!!)
X- Xray or Ultrasound? Whatever the doctor orders.
Y-Your favorite food? Chicken Alfredo or Pizza. I LOVE Italian food.
Z-Zodiac sign? Aquarius

So that's it! Not too interesting! Now lets see what we can learn about the ladies I've tagged!

All Grown Up in my new JEANS!!

I bought these jeans the other day at the childrens place. I was looking for a dark jean for our family pictures in a couple of weeks and decided to check out the childrens place, since I couldn't seem to find any small enough. The smallest size they carry is 6-9 months. Well, I don't know about you, but unless you have a bigger child the pant sizes don't really seem to fit at that age they are still much too big. Delia is in the 50% for weight and 75 for height. I still need to safety pin pants that are 0-3 months because she is just so tiny around the waist, but they are too short for her legs! I never seem to win, it reminds me of shopping for pants with the exact same problem as a child. Anyway. I knew these were going to be big, so I set out to find the kind I liked, until I looked at the very top and saw some exceptionally small ones, took them down and compared them to another pair same size, but they were so much smaller(more like 3 months!) and I couldn't believe it! they were the only ones like it out of all the rest. The store clerk said that maybe they were defective or something, she didn't know why they measured smaller than the rest. I was so happy! How did I get so lucky? I also bought another pair(I'll have to safety pin those ones) in a lighter was and they ended up only being $11 each! I also bought som cute shirts that were on sale. I love the childrens place!!! Such cute clothes at affordable prices(compared to baby gap).

She looks so grown up in her new clothes I had to take some pictures and yes all her spit-up is clear as day! Man! I do have to say, although she looks really cute, she looks too grown up in these pictures and it is actually getting me teary-eyed while writing this. These moments are so bittersweet. You get excited fro them to grow up and experience and learn new things, but it all seems to happen too fast.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day. I took these of Delia in her cute Valentine outfit with her new little toy I got her. It's a little Zebra!! I like the picture with her arm around it!! I was luck to snap that one in time! Hope everyone had a good day!!

Future Fight Quest!

I thought this was pretty funny, and you know me I always like taking fun random quizzes! On this one, I thought it would only be like 8 or something like that because I could never imagine fighting children!! But, NO, low and behold me score...! Wow, I guess I know now that if I ever did get in a fight with 5 yr olds I could take on quite a few!

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First Foods

Delia has had her first foods. Rice cereal and bananas. We tried bananas first and she seemed to like them she did really good. Then we mixed the bananas with her "mush" and she ate the whole thing! She seems to eat better when we have her mimic our eating motions. I never thought I would make such a fool of myself trying to get her to eat, but it was fun! What a good girl. We are so proud of her!