Farmington, NM visit..and New House!!

A couple of weekends ago Christian took me down to Farmington to see it. It was really nice, much bigger than I expected. It has all your basic conveniences: A lowes and Home Depot, Target, Walmart supercenter, K-mart, Big lots, it's even got a Hobby Lobby, 2 scrapbook stores and a Sally Beauty Supply. It has a couple of mexican and Chinese restaurants, and Applebees, Chilis, KFC. taco bell...the list goes on!! I didn't expect it to have so much. I really like the wards down there, so many families, it's a great family town. We also visited the office Christian will be working at and it is beautiful!! New faciluty, new everything! It is well taken care of and business continues to boom! Houses are not as expensive as I thought they were, it just depends on where they are located. We were originally going to rent a house for a while, but Christian's new boss, who is awesome, talked us into buying a small house. After looking at some homes with the 2 days we had, we found one we liked. after counteroffering it, christian decided to stop before he accepted their last offer because we still were not approved for a loan yet!! That's when we got a call from a friend of Mike's(christian's boss) telling us that the house he is building will be ready by July 1st! This was one of the houses that we looked at briefly for the heck of it(which was still far from frinished) but knew it wouldn't be done in time, so we put it aside in our minds. Now that it will be done, we started the negotiating of the terms with the owner and after 2 weeks finally came to an agreement. I faxed the the contract today, so that's it!! Technically we don't own it yet, but signed a contract that we will buy it after renting for 3 months or we will loose a big chunk of Earnest money!! Christian just needed some time to save money for a down payment on a mortgage, so by the end of Sept, we will own a house!! Oof course there are pros and cons to it. One we haven't seen it finished completely yet and only glanced at it once when it was still being built, but on the other hand he gave me to chance to choose everything I wanted: The cabinets, countertops, tile, carpet, faucets, light fixtures, mirrors, sinks, even the colors of the walls and the outside colors of the house. It is pretty much cutomized to my choices!!! How cool is that! I just can't wit to see it! Turns out that the owner's wife and I have similar tastes, I chose things that were close to what she had originally picked out! After taling with her for a while and telling her what I kind of wanted, I can trust her to make it look good. It is really hard to choose things long distace and over the internet without being there to actually see it! She assures me that it is going to look nice! It is also cool because instead of putting in what we want later and buying it all ouselves, they get a good deal from wholesalers, so we will be getting pretty nice stuff! I am so excited! Another great thing is that it is in the most sought after neighborhoods, a great part of town(just over the fence from the wealthy country club homes)in the best school district and only a 20 min. walk to christian's work!! Well, I will bring you more updates once we move in which is in 3 1/2 weeks!!! Awwww!

Engaged and Unofficially engaged!

Two of my favorite people are engaged...my sister and sister-in-law. Okay so my sister insisted I change the title to "Unoffically engaged" because she has no ring yet, but she pretty much is!! Melanie and Heather. The first 2 pictures are of Melanie and Adam(my little sis.) and the third is Heather. I really didn't have a picture of her and Rich(her fiance) so I thought this one was nice. Heather and Rich haven't made any details yet, but my sister has!! They chose the date October 17 and have already booked the Temple. Melanie is so excited she is on top of things. I am so happy for them both, but a little freaked out about my sister because..well she's my sister! Hooray. More details to come later.

Hanging Lake

Last Saterday we went to a Place called Hanging Lake. It was more beautiful than expected! The hike wasn't very far but it was all up hill and rocky. It was so breathtaking once we got up to the top the view of the mountains and the small lake was awesome. The water was so green, it looked like something out of Hawaii. The picture do not do it justice. It was Delia's first hike and so was so good just like she always is. It was nice to be able to experience the colorado out doors before we leave.

Delia's Favorite Things

I thought it would be fun to post a few of Delia's favorite things to show her personality. She is grwoing up so fast. I will try to list them from greatest to least.

1. Oatmeal with Bananas! (can't get enough of your love, baby!) It was love at first bite!
2.Softy- her white teddy bear.
3. Binkers
4. Bath Time and squirting water in her mouth.
5. Wash cloths.
6. Being nakers
7. Kicking her legs
8. Movies
9. Being outside (especially where there's grass!)
10.Her new Sing Along Stage toy
11. Making squishing noises with her hands(lol)
12. Visiting Grandparents
13. Mommy and Daddy of Course!

New Bath Toys!!

Now that Delia has been sitting up on her own for a while, I thought it would be fun to get her some toys to play with in the bath tub. They are little marine animals. They fill up with water and then you squirt them out. Delia is so funny because when I was squirting them at her, so opened her mouth and I shot out some water. She liked it so much she kept opening her mouth for me to squirt water in. Christian and I were laughing so hard. Funny kid!! I keep the water pretty shallow and let her crawl back and forth as her toys float all over. I let her play longer that night mostly because I had so much fun watching her.

Delia's Day at the Park! ... Good Photos?

These are some pictures I took of Delia at the park, one of her first visits, as far as playing on the slides and swings. She loves it. Swinging is her favorite! As you can tell, I like taking pictures and am wanting one day to learn more about photography and try to do it professionally, at least just for me and family! I think I just really want my pictures to look professional and I also want to take pictures just as good as the pros so I don't have to always take the kids in to get them done. Besides, I like it. So....

what do you think of the pictures? Other than having a really crappy camera, do they look Pro quality? Or maybe Delia just takes good pictures! It is kind of funny because when I take most of her pictures I end up posing her, dressing her up cute and taking them from different angles(well at least what my little camera will let me do) instead of just taking 3 or 4 snap shots and being done with it. I find myself obsessing a little about it. Do you think I have a promising knack or should I just stick to the good old little digi camera??

22 things about Gina...According to Heather!

Okay so my sister-in-law posted this about me on MySpace and I thought it was pretty funny, so...

HERE IT GOES


1) Who is it?
GINA

2) Where did you meet them?
Right before she married my brother.

3) What was your age when you first met?
late 20's.

4) Is this person one of your friends?
yes--she's my sister in law.

5) How long have you known them?
less than 10 years but we share serious stuff.

6) Is this person older than you?
no because I am the oldest person EVER

7) When was the last time you saw this person?
a month ago when we were all in Florida having the best time ever.

8.) Do you miss them?
yes. :(

9) Are you related to this person?
by marriage and hotness yes.
:) LOL

10) Do you have nicknames for each other?
nah

12) Do you think this person will repost this?
no because she is busy being a mom to the most awesome neice ever!

13) Why is this person #2 on your top friends?
because she is my sister in law and I love her.

14) Have you seen this person cry?
- yes

15) Do you know this person’s last name?
yes, it's the same as mine.

16) Do you tell them a lot about your life?
kind of, I think I'm afraid to tell her some stuff, I don't want to freak her out!

17) Doing anything with them tonight?
nah.

18) If yes, What?
she's in Colorado.

19) Would you have them at/in your wedding?
absofreakinlutely.

20) Would they date you?
totally :)

21) What’s something this person is obsessed with?
her appearance which is sad because she is really pretty.

22) Does this person make you smile?
heck yes she does.

Falling Out of Cribs!!!

Now that Delia is crawling, she knows how to climb up on things including her crib. I remember seeing her on her knees with her hands holding the edge and I thought, oh no, we are going to have to start pulling the side up when she is in there, but she never got to the point where it looked as if she were going to fall out. I wan't use to pulling it up, sometimes I would and other times I would forget, well...yesterday she did it!! I put her down for a nap and she wasn't going to sleep, so I went in to tuck her back in and forgot to put up the side. She cried for another 20 minutes until I heard the most horrible thing in the world..Delia falling out of her crib!I heard a big plop, like something heavy hit the floor, my heart dropped and I knew she had fallen. I raced in to get her and luckily she was okay, but it scared her pretty bad and knocked the wind out of her. I feel like such a horrible mother for forgetting to pull the crib side up! This child is just so curious, go go go, and a very determined child, that I feel like maybe I am not the right mom for her. It seems that I am doing every thing wrong for her, like, when she almost drowned in the tub when I was with her, when she overheated in Florida, and now falling out of her crib. I feel like I am the only mom that has unwillingly brought harm to their child. I love her so much and would doing ANYTHING for her, so why does she continue to get hurt? It is my responsibility to keep her safe, but somtimes the worst things happen to her. Am I really an irresponsible parent? Just wanted to express my motherly frustrations!

Why am I not surprised!?

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