my sweet baby...

Today I am sick, but mostly depressed.... I start a new job on Monday which will be an awesome opportunity for me and very helpful for us to have the money to move.  I am going to become a Customer Service Representative for Sierra Trading Post.  I am primarily stressed about this because I cannot find my SS card and they told me to bring it in... I am missing that along with my birth certificate and our marriage license.  I remember putting all the papers into an envelope and taking them somewhere... and I have no idea where or what I took them too. It would be really great if I could locate them though...  Anyway, my new schedule consists of babysitting starting at 7:30  until about 4, at 4 Britain and Maelie go to Maelies house where Brandon will pick Britain up at 5 on Monday.  I then head to the call center at 4:30 and don't come home until 10. On Wednesdays Aunt Sheralyn will babysit while Brandon is in school and I work, and the other days Brandon will get to have a lot of daddy daughter dates with his baby girl.

We are currently trying to find an apartment to live in in Utah.  Beth is helping me a lot by giving me lots of information on resident manager positions and jobs and all kinds of useful stuff.  I am really hoping we can get a resident manager position because then we could save a lot for school and I wouldn't be stressed about staying home with the baby.  I love to stay home with my girl, I will really miss her when her daddy gets to feed her and put her to bed at night... It  is going to be a tough 8 weeks for me, but it will be good for all of us.

My quilts are coming alone nicely.  I got the fabric for my 5th one today.  I am excited about all of them.  Britain's favorite part is laying in the scraps it is adorable.   Too bad I didn't think of it sooner, I should have made her a "rag doll" by sewing a bunch of the long scraps to her pjs.  It would have been soo cute, and she would have had a blast playing with the fabric.  Instead she was a pumpkin for Halloween and it was stinking adorable.  She was confused about the point of our night,  but she was a good sport about it still.

Project time!

I went a little crazy this weekend.  I just really needed a project.  So Brandon has been lovely with helping me keep the baby entertained so that I can work on them.  I cut out two very intense quilts on Sunday night while Britain drove to Lovell to visit Great-grandparents with her grandparents and her uncles.  It was an awesome time for me, I really enjoy having my baby with me, and I worry when she is off with anyone else but it is so great that I can have time to get my things done uninterrupted. I am so excited to finish these quilts and show them off!

Brandon's brother Steven had surgery to repair his torn ACL today.  The surgery went well and Steve is now at home recovering.  Unfortunately he is having a rough time keeping food down.  If anyone reads this, please pray for him, he is really hungry and it is no fun to throw up a lot.... Sorry if that was too graphic for anyone... Stevie we love you.

I cannot decide what I want to do right now, I really want to sleep, I really need to read for school, I should get on my laptop so I can show off the blessing dress that my wonderful mom made for her.  (I have to get the pictures off that computer.)  And I also want to start on my quilt flowers.  All worthy tasks... I'm opting for reading myself to sleep though, I had a very busy day with little ones and housework.

Last but certainly not least, our sweet little bumble B has officially mastered the skill of rolling.  She instantly rolls completely onto her tummy when I lay her down at night.  I tried to roll her to her side or back, she just arches her back in her sleep making it impossible to make her stay anywhere but her tummy.  I was worried about it, but she seems pretty self sufficient at the rolling game, so hopefully I sleep better tonight knowing she was fine last night.

One more story, today while I was changing Britain's diaper at her Grandma Jones house, I thought it was cute that she was so curious about the leafy plant next to her so I encouraged her playing with it.  In the middle of changing her diaper she pulled the plant off the shelf it was on! I didn't even realize that it was on a shelf! It hit the ground less than an inch from her ear, and made a really loud noise and she got a huge face full of leaves! She started screaming her panic scream reserved for intense emotion... I felt like such a bad mom! I do have to say that I am so glad that the Lord hears my prayers each time I plead with him to keep her safe.  I am so grateful that my prayers are heard, and that we did not spend the night getting stitches or staples in her head tonight.

And now she woke up... silly baby.  Goodnight all!

My lists

Britain and Daddy

Brandon Jones:
1. He never runs out of energy when he is playing with his girl, tickling, tossing her in the air, making noises with her...They are so cute together.
2. He gets up at 4:30 every morning to go to work at a job he is not exactly in love with, just to earn money for us.
3. He works until 11pm three nights a week to earn more money for us so we can get by.
4. When he isn't at work or school, he comes home and helps me babysit so that I don't get too lonely.

Being Goofy

5. He buys me flowers for almost everything.
6. He makes me dinner when I don't feel good, or when I'm crabby, or when I don't want to cook.
7. He calls me "sweetheart" and "love" everyday.
8. He helps me do my homework when I get frustrated.
9. He is willing to move me to Utah just to make me happy-even though it wouldn't be his first choice.
10. He even talks to Britain about her "toesies" like just now!

Basically, Brandon is the best partner for me to have.  We have the coolest family! I am so excited because his sister agreed to take "family pictures" for us.  So very soon, we will have cute shots of all three of us and I am so excited, because I want our entire life together to be documented.

One more reason I love Brandon, he is supportive of me going to the dentist.  That sounds silly, but I am in a lot of pain, and he isn't acting put out about the money, just sweet.  I am really lucky to have such a nice guy.

Teeth and other growing pains

I think the baby is uncomfortable.  My first clue was the wake up call at 5:30 am two morning ago that sounded like this: waaaaaaaa! [breathe] waaaahaaaaawaaaahaaaaa [more breathing]....this cycle repeated itself about a million times before we finally calmed her down.... by we, I mean myself and the tylonal.  It was not a fun morning, and unfortunately, the scene has been repeated about 5 times since... I guess my point is that if she isn't teething, and teething is worse than this, I might not make it to her toddler years.

She is so stinking cute! Right now she is sitting on my lap talking away, I don't know what she is saying or even what she is talking to, but it is awesome.  And when she stops making her baby talking noises, then she makes this weird noise, and when I looked at her to see what she was doing, she is blowing spit bubbles! Weirdly enough, even that seems cute on a baby!

This morning, Britain woke up at 6:30 and decided it was time for me to end my rest as well, so now that we have been awake for three hours, I have already made dinner, breakfast and lunch.  I love homemade noodles, and today I made them for chicken noodle soup! So for the rest of the day its homework time! And maybe some necessary cleaning.... I want to be totally ready to move in January!  Well I guess if I'm going to get anything else done I should get off the computer!

Sorry I don't have pictures today, we have just been really busy and the camera died... So I forgot to charge it...Anyway, that's our last few days in a nut shell! Love ya!