Happy Two Years

Two years of love and LOTS of growth. January 30th, 2006...it all began.

Happy Anniversary to us.

Tag you're it

Tagged by Jessica! I am tagging Kim B., Tara A., Julie K., and Christina M.

Two Names You Go By: 1. Heather 2. Sister Bigler
Things You Are Wearing Right Now: 1. A Towel 2. that's it
Twothings you Want (or have) in a Relationship: 1. Romance 2. Devotion
Two of Your Favorite Things to do: 1. Sleep in 2. Read by a pool
Two things you did last night: It was our anniversary, so....better leave it at that- :)
Two people you Last Talked To: 1. Mom 2. Samuel
Two things You're doing tomorrow: 1. Conference Call Job Interview w/Samuel and Potential Employer 2. Cheesecake Factory
Two Longest Car Rides: 1. Omaha to Palmayra 2. And Back
Two Favorite Holidays: 1. Christmas 2. Thanksgiving
Twoo Favorite Drinks: 1. Strawberry Lemonade 2. Sprite
TwoThings About Me you may not have known: 1. My haircolor was real until 10th grade
2. I speak fluent Spanish
Two jobs I have had in my life: 1. MTC Teacher 2. Pizza Factory Waitress
Two Movies I would watch over and over: 1. Remember the Titans 2. Dumb & Dumber
Two Favorite Foods: 1. Pizza 2. Cafe Rio Burritos, Enchilda Style
Two places I'd rather be right now: 1. Getting a Facial 2. Getting a Massage

T-R-O-U-B-L-E

When I say trouble, I mean WE'RE in trouble. Kalia just turned 5 months old. I put Kalia to bed one night, she'll usually cry for a minute or two sometimes, then fall asleep. A few nights ago she was crying for a while, so I went in to make sure she was okay. Needless to say we were a little shocked to find her like standing up in her crib. The child can't even sit up on her own yet, I mean COME ON! We put her back down and she showed us how she did it in this little video. We'll just admit it now. We are so proud of our little girl who is learning to do everything really early.



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So now that she can do this, she's falling and bonking her head a lot. I'm glad we've avoided a concussion so far, but I do worry about the future. Every time I turn around, she's finding something else to help her stand up.
(p.s. if you're wondering about the blanket over the crib, we use it during the day, as if she were a little parakeet. Black-out means SLEEP time! Works pretty good.

Reunited

They must be so happy to be reunited...and never to be separated again.

We are forever grateful for your lifetime of service. We'll miss you, dear President Hinckley.

5 Months Old

Kalia is 5 months old today. MAN TIME FLIES! I left out the picture of 4 months old, since I took it while we were in Utah, and she didn't have her bear for comparison. The pictures go clockwise, 1 mo, 2 mo, 3 mo, 5 mo. She's thinning out eh? She's burning lots of calories these days.
WEIGHT: 16 lbs 2 oz (80%)
HEIGHT: 26.76 inches (95%)
HEAD: 41 cm (25%)

Making the Most of the Time We Have Left

Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. We went to Sandy Beach, and though the waves were pounding, there were some calm little pools to play in. Kalia liked the ocean water (first time), both on her feet and in her mouth. It was a beautiful day, and we had fun with the Moultons and the Olsons. We will miss them when it's time to go.

Silly boys being boys.

Our little spot.

Becca and Olga have been such great friends.

Crawling and Leaving Hawaii

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So that's what she's been working on. I am proud of her tenacity (she is so DETERMINED) but I am very aware that I will NOT have those precious months of a baby just CHILLIN' and entertaining herself. Kalia doesn't know the meaning of the word "chill". (by the way, she can't even sit up by herself yet. She skipped that step...)

Ok, so I piqued all your curiosity when I mentioned job interviews. We are about ready to leave Hawaii- although we'll always love it and it's really close to a "perfect" place to live, the cost of living is crazy high, (and climbing), and our stash of baby-shower diapers is finally depleted. And Samuel has really hated his job for awhile now, and is ready to get out.

We could be here until the end of February. Or we could be outta here in a few weeks. Samuel has a GREAT opportunity to be a Corporate Trainer at the Univ. of Phoenix (in Phoenix) and we will know within a week or two if he got that job. (While we were in St. George, we also applied for a job as a Resident Manager of an apt. building there. We are Res. Mgrs here in Hawaii, so we thought, why not.)

You can all probably guess that I would want to live in St. George over Phoenix, since that's where I grew up and my family is there, but I do have to say, Phoenix would be really nice because I've already got LOTS of friends there! I can list at least 5 of my blogging friends who live there...plus, Samuel's family is there, and they'd love it too.

Yes, we'll miss Paradise, and especially our incredible ward, but I am excited to find out where we're going... I'm SO excited to get out of a one-bedroom apartment that has no carpet and only a camel-hair rug from Afghanistan.

For those of you who were wondering, we will most likely sell almost everything we own (we bought it all secondhand anyway, thanks to craigslist) and just bring back some clothes and my huge set of silverwear (flat rate box). And the jogger stroller. But then we're starting over from scratch. That could be hard. I'd LOVE to buy a furnished house! Anyone selling one?

Finally, I have a LOT of tuna fish that I need to get rid of. Anyone have a good recipe?

Back!!

Wow! Finally home! We ended up being gone for a month, it was great (Although I have lots of blogging and blog reading/catching up to do!) We hadn't planned on staying that long, but Samuel ended up having some job interviews in Phoenix, and Kalia got an ear infection, so we changed our flight and stayed an extra week. We had WAY too much fun with my family...Christmas, New Years, and all that good stuff. It would take way too long to recap it all, so I'll give you a summary in pictures.
I loved being with my family, especially my three sisters. Here we are on Christmas Eve, tired after staying up late and stuffing stockings.
Here's Kalia watching life go by outside. Everyone loves a little naked time, right?
My youngest sister, Kimberlee, just turned 14. She was a GREAT help with Kalia. They happened to have matching shirts.

Kalia once again survived her sweet and adoring twin cousins. She's pretty tough I guess!
Kalia had lots of firsts:
First time on a horse (here we are with my sister Krystal and her baby Kyla)
First time trying Rice Cereal (Miss Independent wants to hold the spoon). Not bad. But it's not helping her sleep through the night, so maybe we'll give that up for a little while longer.
First time swinging in a real swing!She's loving her toes, and even falls asleep holding on to them.

Kalia kind of surprised us by starting to creep and crawl. She's only 4 months old, so I was hoping she'd wait a little longer. She's pretty hyper and ambitious...it's fun to see her personality coming out. I will post a little video of her crawling later.

IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO READING ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN UP TO!!