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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Dexter's 1!



The kids are way excited about all the boxes that are laying around the house in preparation for our move.  I had to take a few pictures.



I can't believe my little baby just turned 1.  He got two different parties.  One in Pocatello, and one in Salt lake City.  So he had one with the Brooks and one with the Giomettas.  We like to keep it low key.  We figure when the kids are older and have more friends then they can have a well planned birthday bash, and of course if they deserve it.  
Dexter wasn't really allowed to dig into his cake because we didn't want him to get frosting all over his wrapped up hand.  But he's doing better.  Now just has to wear a band-aid, as long as he doesn't pull it off.  He's obsessed with sticking his wound into his mouth any chance he can get.
Dexter was excited for all the commotion!

Cake didn't turn out exactly how I wanted.

Dexter didn't seem to mind that the cake didn't look perfect. 

Cousin Jack was there.


Max painted a picture for Dexter's birthday. 

curtains for sale (This is just so I can show pictures in the classified ad of our housing complex)


$8.00 each.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Graduation & an Amputation

The past few months have been a bit hectic.  First, Jacob graduated.  Finally.  It was a good feeling and his timing to receive his degree was fairly on schedule, considering he transferred.  So the big question is what is next?  I feel like we've been planning for the next year for a while.  Applying to schools and taking the GRE were so exhausting for all of us.  Finding a place to live wasn't too difficult, it just took the right timing.  Now we are preparing for the big move, which I am not looking forward to, but it's inevitable.

My little baby turned 1 year old yesterday.  He's not going to be my little baby too much longer.  He's really trying to walk, I think he's just looking for an alternative way to keep up with his big bro even though he crawls fairly quickly.  Unfortunately, we were all tested when we had to take Dexter to the emergency room 2 1/2 weeks ago.  The tip of Dexter's finger was cut off in the hinge side of the door.  Max didn't know his finger was in it and he shut the door completely and it came right off.  They sewed it back on, so now we are just trying to avoid infection.  He had to take antibiotics because the bone fractured.  I have moments were I feel confident that his finger will be fine, but then I have doubts, so the whole situation has been stressful all over the tip of a little baby finger.  
 
A lot will be changing soon.  I'm sad to leave our dear friends we've made over the period of our time spent in Salt Lake. Leaving my Mother will be hard too, I'm comforted knowing that my other siblings live here but nobody can replace having a Grandma close by, but I think Max will miss her balcony more where he can watch all the construction going on outside of her townhouse.   Although the past 5 years has had some huge adjustments for Jacob and I, I think moving to Logan will be the biggest change we've experienced thus far.