Saying Good Bye

1 full day left in Utah. Today we went to Provo for an ultrasound (still a girl!) and it was so sad to say good bye to the good ole Provo. I love it there. And then here we spent all last week hanging out with friends and then family all weekend. I've said good bye to Ginger and Heather, and wow, that was hard. I love my sisters and I love that we have such a close relationship. I know we will stay close but it is sad to not see each other every few weeks, you know?

We have been having fun in the midst of saying good bye! 

Amelia and Abby

We had dinner with Heidi and Nate and Bishop and Cheryl Brown. Amelia had so much fun with her friend Abby, and Heidi and I are both pregnant together again!

We hope to always be close to the Browns, they are such smart and fun people. 

Margarita! We had dinner with Margarita and Brad at our favorite, Leatherby's. Marg is one of my oldest friends, love them.

Hanging out with Judson, Benjamin, and Grandma.

Chris and Sadie. You will notice that Amelia does not love all these pictures. 

Aw my niece Maddie. We have grown pretty close, she is such a cute girl.

With Aunt Rachelle and Uncle Paul.

Another with Sadie. That could almost pass off as a smile!

Sam, Chris, Amelia, Ginger and Maddie.

Crystal and Darren.

Ginger and Sami.

Ginger again. Ginger kept doing these false good byes. They live in South Dakota and we said good bye at the end of July. Then they decided to drive out for one last trip. Then they left on Monday, and came back a few minutes later and had decided to stay one more day! So we said a lot of good byes, and Amelia was so cute with her hugs and kisses.

Mom, Ginger, Amelia, Heather, Sam, Juan, me.

Last night we saw Hairspray at Sandy Amphitheater. I love musicals!

Me and Heather. Color coordinated.

Snuggle bugs.

And today we said good bye to Miriam, Sadie and Claire. Sadie was too shy for the camera, sweet girl. Mir's a lifelong friend, and we've lived far away before. We always just pick up where we left off. 

Now I must get back to packing. Seriously I cannot wait for the moving part to be over and to be settled in our cute little apartment. We have really loved living in my parent's basement. My mom and dad are pretty awesome and they have helped us out so much. 

Family Reunion - Idaho

We took a road trip to Idaho this weekend for our family reunion. It was such a fun trip and we saw family we hadn't seen in years. Amelia was a bit cranky in the car, but mostly did a good job. She did a great job on the way back because she was with Judson. Poor Juan had to squeeze in the backseat with 2 carseats. He is a trooper.

We all got matching tshirts. Amelia's was a dress.

Sami, Spencer, Sadie, Josh

So cute

Family Picture

Crystal, Darren, Judson

We went to Shoshone Falls for a picnic. Isn't is beautiful? Amelia loved all the water.

Juan participating in one of the relays. Good times.

Amelia was a little ham during the talent show and kept climbing up on stage. She had no problem being the center of attention.

This week is the packing week. We are also meeting up with a lot of friends. It should be a fun week! Minus the packing part.

 And I just wanted to show Amelia's cute teeth. She finally got her top front teeth. First one came in, which was hilarious, I never got a picture! And then the other came in and quickly caught up. Cute girl.

I forgot about Amelia

Huggies! Cutest video ever. I love her little pat on the back. 

So here we are down to a little over 3 weeks until the move. And I've been keeping myself excited and calm, thinking of all the ways I'll be okay. But I forgot about Amelia!

Here we live surrounded by most of her cousins and aunts and uncles. She is comfortable with everyone, running up to them with her arms out. She can say some names: Ginger, Grandpa, Judson, Sam. She loves being surrounded by family. I am so sad for her, to take her away from everyone.

I think, will she ever be this comfortable with them again? And I know she will, it only took her a couple hours to warm up to Grandma Rose. But this is what finally got me to cry about moving. I've held strong, but the changes I realized Amelia will be going through is what broke me. 

At the same time, we sure have fun just the three of us. 

 Here we are at PF Chang's. She always has to drape her foot over something, whether it's the side of her carseat or up onto the table in this case!

 We also headed to the mall. And Juan and I proceeded to torture Amelia with the mannequins. She was so worried about them. We'd bring her up close and she would just cover her mouth in such terror. And it was almost as if she was concerned for them like, why is his head cut off? We tried to get her to touch one, not a chance. It was super entertaining for me and Juan!

I know that we will make tons of new friends for Amelia, and I'm excited to see her warm up to a new crop of people. All the while we'll have pictures and video chat to keep up with the family.