Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Sorry

I have to apologize that it's been so long since I have posted anything. We have been really busy lately. Mandy was married on July 22 to Matt Olsen and it was a whirlwind planning. They are now enjoying themselves on a Cruise to Mexico. We have also been working on buying a new house in Herriman. It's a beautiful house and we were able to get it as a forclosure. The hard part has been getting everything squared away with the bank and our loan. We were lucky enough to get our garage put in, since it was a model home before, by the bank, so we don't have to pay for it! We hope to close by this friday, July 31. At the same time we have been working on selling our current home, which we haven't yet, but hopefully the right person will come along soon. We have definitely felt the Lord's hand blessing us through this process and know that we are making the right decision.

This past month Jenny turned 26! Whoa, she's getting old. Also, just recently, Alana has taken her first steps. Last night she just stood up on her own and took three steps to Jenny all by herself! What a milestone and what a big girl she is becoming! We love our sweet baby so much and are filled with so much love for her all the time. She is our little angel from Heavenly Father and we are so grateful for her and the joy she brings to our lives.

Rusty also had a milestone this month, it was his first time swimming! We were able to go swimming with some friends on the 24th of July and right after we arrived at the pool Rusty jumped right in to play with Christian without realizing what he was getting into. It was very funny and he loved playing with us in the water.

Some of the things that Alana has been doing lately that I love are (in no specific order):
1. Talking and making sounds through a crooked half open mouth.
2. Growling like a monster, all the time. Especially with Daddy.
3. Standing up all by herself.
4. Laying her head on my shoulder when she's really tired. So precious.
5. Dancing whenever she hears music. She's definitely got rhythm.
6. Eating more grown up foods cause she has 4 teeth now!
7. Answering questions we ask her and sometimes making sense, ha ha!
Ex. Jenny: Are you a monster? Alana: Ya! Rahhhh!
Mike: Alana? Alana? Alana: What.
Mike: Did you swim with rusty yesterday? Alana: No.
8. Being able to copy movements that we do with our hands and sometimes mimick sounds.

There are so many things I love about our sweet Alana. I promise that I will soon catch up with more pictures and videos.