David is right. It has been quite a while since my last entry. I have been super busy and loving it! To recap...
Eli is growing up so fast. He started crawling beginning-middlish of March but quickly took to pulling up on EVERYTHING and walks really well when I hold his hands. He is certainly looking a lot bigger. He is now in the 25th percentile for his length and 10th for his weight. His head is still large for his little body - 75th percentile. He has his two front bottom teeth and LOVES to eat. He tends to chase down Morgan when she has food while she runs away saying "that's Morgan's!" or "that's mine!" They play really well together and it is nice to see how much they love each other. Eli often looks around for her - crawling around the house to find her. He can sign "more", wave, and boy does he LOVE David! I've now lost both kids to him... I'm okay with that though :)
Morgan is quite the kid. She is super smart and funny. She knows the entire alphabet, minus a few letters (of course, when I saw knows I mean she can tell me what each one is when I show her, or she will identify them on the keyboard). She will sign some of them too. She talks... a LOT. It is so entertaining to hear. She will repeat back words when we say prayer or read the scriptures, in fact, she would rather read than listen :) She has been really into bones lately. She saw a picture of the skeletal system one day and was obsessed. She wanted to see all the bones! I took her to the BYU dinosaur museum so she could see more bones and since then she keeps asking about dinosaurs. The femur bone is really the only one that sticks though.
Between playing with the kids I have been researching doTERRA essential oils and sharing them with others. I have been super impressed with the products, from my own experience as well as the research I have found on them. It is kind of disappointing though when others disregard them so easily without doing their homework. It's kind of like when an LDS does something that poorly represents the Church, those that were involved or what-not tend to make generalizations about all LDS. I am finding that is very true with essential oils and multi-level marketing companies. But I guess that is life and that is the way some people just are. Anyway... I am teaching classes on them at least twice a month and I have been meeting a lot of new people. It is so much fun! Not only am I doing something for my family but I am getting out of my "bubble". Most days I never get out to interact with anyone other than the kids and David, but with this I am meeting tons of new people! The slim & sassy oil blend really has helped with my PPD. I feel like I have control again and am much happier. Of course, an added bonus is it has helped me get back to my pre-pregnancy weight (I've lost 16 lbs so far!)
My jewelry was accepted for the Provo Farmer's Market which is to start in June so I am excited to get going with that.
For those that don't already know... we are moving this summer. An amazing deal came up that we just can't pass up on. Some friends from David's home ward own a condo here in Provo and David's sister was planning on living there when she comes out here for school, but was looking for roommates. When we heard the price we kind of joked that we wanted it, but the joke quickly became reality and we are going to be Katie's roommates. It is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath, with very small fenced in yard. It has a pantry and washer and dryer included. There is more storage than I initially expected which will be good and ALL utilities are included. So, since Katie will be paying for one room, our cost is $350 less than what we pay now (and we already have a KILLER deal!). Even though I LOVE our current place, I am so excited for the savings we will have. I tend to pride myself on my frugality and only buying things at a bargain deal (the way I see it, if David's job is to make the money then my job should be to save the money) so seeing how much we will be saving in rent is certainly exciting!
I think that is it for now! We are looking forward to summer and being home for a LONG time in June :)
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