Choices

University of Wyoming

We went on our trip this week and just got home tonight.  We went to Laramie, walked around campus and walked into a building, kind of trying to just see what campus is like.  It was big, the buildings are pretty in their own dusty sandstone kind of way.  Much prettier than I originally thought from my one day in Laramie almost two years ago.  That day I was a BYU fan with a BYU t-shirt at a UW game, and everyone made me put a jacket on over my shirt to avoid getting yelled at by disgruntled UW fans.

So basically this visit was much nicer to my memory of UW.  My pro's include the fact that Bri lives there and I miss her very much.  :) They have snap dragons on campus and all the financial benefits.  It is also flat which is nice for walking. I guess if we decide to move there, I guess I'll have some things to look forward too.

Brigham Young University-Idaho

BYU-Idaho is as great as I remembered! I was afraid that I had talked it up so much that it would never meet my expectations, but when we got to Idaho Falls Thursday night, I just couldn't stop smiling.  Going onto campus was just as great as ever and I wanted to cry because I was just overwhelmed by how much I missed it and how at home I felt.  I'm definitely a comfort zone person, so Rexburg has that advantage over Laramie, but like Brandon said, it does feel a bit like going backwards, which is what I like and what he doesn't like. 

Britain and Em-Rexburg

 

I found out that all of my credits will transfer from Northwest College to Idaho- meaning I haven't totally wasted my time! I would love love love to go back to Rexburg.  I guess only time will tell where we will end up. Britain didn't seem to show a preference for either school, so this is about what she looked like in Laramie as well, but unfortunately, my phone doesn't connect to my computer so I only have the pictures from Brandon's phone. So imagine this face with Wyoming background and that's about what she looked like.

Now that the business portion has been taken care of, it's time for some cute Britain stories/pictures!

First the giggling! My baby is possibly the cutest, sweetest little sugar plum on earth.  Watch her giggle in action, and you will be convinced.

Britain and Friend

In Idaho Falls, Britain accidentally ended up with her very own queen size bed... I hope she didn't get used to it, because she certainly isn't taking my bed at home! It's back to the playpen cutie!
In other news of the cutie, one of my friends made her a cute little monster- reason being, even girls don't have to be pink and girly all the time.  So here is her first ever picture in the queen bed with the monster.  Question is- is Britain afraid of the monster? or afraid with the monster?... We may never know...

To Be Continued! Loves!

Catching Up

with daddy

with mommy

Britain was born at 3:27 pm on May 4, 2011.  She weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces and was 19 inches long.  It was the best day ever.  She made six people grandparents; (all of whom are still young enough to have kids at home), created six aunts, five uncles and two people the happiest parents alive.  Leading up to her birth I was scared and confused and feeling a little bit crazy for having a baby so young... but holding her, was like everything stopped. She became my world and I wouldn't change any part of my life for anything.

more sleeping...

Summary of my Britain's life leading up to today: Sleep, sleep, sleep, wiggle and try to eat, but ultimately more sleep.... then there was the week of torture when I accidentally trained the princess to wake up every 2 hours...to eat, then more sleeping.  Then we went back to sleeping and -so exciting- sleeping through the whole night! I never thought I could love 5 am... but I do.  Every night that she makes it all the way to 5 am, I am a very happy camper.

happy bath time

Bathtimes: bath time was a very miserable experience for several weeks.  Then when she was about a month old, something clicked and she realized that she is a water baby like her mommy.  Now she loves her baths and only yells at me when I pull her out and cover her little bum back up. Aunt Tessa and I were able to take her swimming last week (for probably less than ten minutes...) when we were in Bozeman, MT, which was so fun! Although the water was cold even for us, so it was understandable when she acted paralyzed and stared at me like I was a nut case.  But still, my daughter will love to swim, I just know it. :) Plus, she was totally styling in her GAP tankini... unfortunately, the pictures were not on my camera- so I don't have those to post just yet.

So tomorrow we are off on our very first family road trip.  It's a mini one, but our family is mini still so I think it works out perfectly.  Tomorrow we will drive to Laramie, WY; I'm told it's a six hour drive.  We will look at the school and drive around to apartments-get a feel for the town.  Later at night we are going to dinner with our friends Ryan and Bri.  Then Thursday morning we are heading to Rexburg, ID to re-tour the campus and check out some housing options there.  Basically the plan has been to go to the University of Wyoming since we got married, but now my heart is missing the Burg, and to be quite honest, I'm dead set on Idaho.  So we will see how we are feeling after our trip.

Well, tootles, the baby calls (cries-whatever baby noises are called!)