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Last week, Ethan and I had the opportunity to go visit my parents up in Spokane. It was a laid back visit with lots of games, lots of talking, and lots of relaxing. It was especially nice because they haven't had the chance to see Kels since she was 3 months old. They got to see a whole new baby this time. While we were up there, with the help of her cousin Norah, Kelsey learned how to crawl. I was super nervous for this stage because obviously she can move now, but its not too bad. She is still so slow that I can normally get places before she can. One side affect that I did not expect is that now she follows me around and just screams because she wants me to hold her. I should be flattered that she likes me that much, but honestly who wants to literally be connected at anyone's hip 24/7?!   We are working on the separation anxiety which is part of the problem, but all in all this crawling thing is not too bad.

 Happy Valentines Day!

The Happiest Vacation Ever!

Ethan and I have been wanting to go to Disneyland ever since we got married and on January 29th we finally made it! I won't bore you with all the incredible details but we had an amazing time. Ever thing was perfect. We left a blizzard Tuesday morning the 29th and arrived to 65 degree weather and it only got warm. Kelsey slept both ways on the plane, we were able to check into our hotel early, the shuttle out of the airport was on time, our hotel was 1/2 mile from the park, our hotel was renovating their kitchen and so we got an all you can eat free breakfast at a little breakfast hut every morning, it never got colder than 65 (during the day) and to top it all off the longest we waited in line was 20 min. Because we had Kesley with us we were not able to ride the big rides together, but because we had Kesley we were able to stand in the single rider lines or do what is called a rider swap. One person stands in line and when they finish the ride, they get a pass that they give to the other person waiting. That person then takes the pass and goes through the exit of the ride and hops right on. If that was confusing, just know that we basically were never in line. It was wonderful. The weather was always sunny and 70 or more, and because we were in the park for 4 days we were able to take our time and enjoy everything, not just the rides. We saw shows, listened to music performances, and ate dinner with characters. On Friday night as we were walking out of the park we were a very sad couple. It was just very sad to see our vacation come to a close,  but we know that some time in our life we will have to take Kesley again so that she remembers. We are not complaining! We have already started the Disneyland fund again for the next time we go!

If you don't want details, here are some of our best pictures. We have like 200 more and 50 videos so it was really hard to narrow it down.

Mommy's girl

Kelsey is starting to show us a little bit of her personality and it is just getting so fun. When she gets really excited she will flap her arms really fast and squeal. Its like she is swimming in the air.  Most recently she has started to dance! I love it so much because I love to dance and I can't wait for the day that we will dance together. Anyway, Kelsey will dance to ANY music that she hears. Our phones, the tv, actually music, movies, her toys, the microwave, and so much more. Sometimes she even dances to the tune that is in her head. I just love it so much! I tried to capture it on camera and naturally she got a little gun shy, but you will get the basic idea. It is so much fun to watch her.

7 months

I just love Kelsey so much. She was 7 months on January 2nd and our life is so much better with her around. She is really starting to get fun too! She talks all the time, really plays with toys, and smiles and interacts with us. We just love our Kelsey. It is especially fun because she can sit on her own, but can't crawl yet so when I put her somewhere I know exactly where I am going to find her when I am done. I am a little scared for a mobile baby, but I heard they can be fun too :)

Happy New Year!

New Years Eve was a blast as usual, but this year was especially fun because we had 5 of the 6 siblings in town. It was great to be with so many family members.

Post Surgery

On January 2nd Ethan got his cast off and is not sporting a soft removable cast! He loves it and so do I. He can do so much more on his own AND he had an allergic reaction to the hard cast and so to get that thing off was a huge blessing. His arm is still pretty gross and still hurts him a bit, but he is able to move it so much easier now

Dead Mouse

Kelsey has been sick the past few nights meaning she wakes up about every 50 min or so to cough or cry. Sad but not the point. The other night at 4:30 she woke up again and this was the 8th time that I had to try to snot out her nose. (I promise this is relevant) Anyway, I was super tired and not really with it. I pulled her out of her bed, blew her nose, calmed her down and went to go put her back in her bed and what did I find.. A DEAD MOUSE!!! I could have bet my life that a dead mouse was in the middle of my daughters crib. Like any rational tired mom, I started crying and woke up Ethan. He grabbed a bowl, covered the mouse, tied Kelsey's sheets around the bowl and took it out to the trash. While he was doing that, I was looking everywhere for the family of mice because mice never come alone. I couldn't find anything so I put Kelsey in our bed and we all went back to sleep (well kinda). In the morning, I noticed that Kelsey was missing one of the dark purple socks that she went to bed with Ethan went out to the trash, pulled out our bowl untied the sheets and some how during the night, the dead mouse turned into Kesley's purple sock!  I really hate mice, but if all mice are magic mice I might reconsider.

Ethan and I had a pretty good laugh over this one! All you tired moms understand :)