6 months old!

My little stinker is 6 months old today.  It's funny to me that I lived 25 years without her and now I can't imagine her not in my life.  I'm sure every child will feel like they, they were just meant to be in the family.  I love her so much and her fun little personality.  She has been rolling for some time now and just barely started crawling/scooting.  She is getting pretty fast which has made me feel I need to start babyproofing the house.  No more leaving things on the ground, keep things out of reach.  She still struggles sitting up.  She is sort of going out of order on her little milestones but I realize every kid does it their own way.  That's what I love about her, seeing how she learns and how she does thing.  Babies truly are smart and they catch onto things fast.  Reese definitely loves her daddy.  Her can make her smile and laugh quicker than anyone else.  He is SO goofy with her and she just loves it.  We took family pictures the other day and the only smiles we got from her were when daddy took control.

Aside from our sweet little Reese, a few big milestones have happened in our lives.  Jared has now been accepted to TWO medical schools.  Kirksville (where Mindy and Kevin went) and Kansas City.  It is such a relief that he has been accepted.  We are still waiting to hear back from other schools and we may not even end up going to one of these two schools but we are at least going somewhere!!! Yay!  We are excited to start the next chapter of our lives and move next summer.

I just received a calling to be on the compassionate service committee in our ward.  I actually feel like this is a great calling for me right now.  It gives me a way to get to know more sisters in our ward, and expand my cooking skills.  Sometimes a calling is what you need to help to push yourself.

Work continues to work really well for our family.  I work enough to have an income and allow us to save a little bit of money but for the most part I am a stay at home mom.  I love that nursing is so flexible and you can find something that works for you and your current situation in life.

We had our ward Halloween party and chili cook-off, which is always a fun activity.  Lots of people dressed up.  Jared, Reese, and I dressed up as old people.  It was actually pretty simple and easy but I thought it turned out cute.  We raided my moms dress up box and got a few things from DI as well.  I made a little grandma wig for Reese out of cottonballs.  Halloween really is a strange holiday but its fun dressing up.  On Halloween night we carved pumpkins and enjoyed our last Halloween for probably many years not taking kids our trick-or-treating.