We're Not Dead!

I promise. We've just been doing a lot. Thanksgiving was great. It might be one of the last we spend in Utah for a while. Olivia had a great time at Gma and Gpa Parker's. I wish we had taken pictures... especially of Olivia sucking on a giant hunk of turkey. She did NOT want to let go. But she ate plenty of mashed potatoes, yams, and cream pies. Since she loves food, she was a very happy camper. She's to the point where if she doesn't eat cereal or some other filling solid food, she just eats and eats and eats all day... which is hard on mommy. So I'm really happy she's eating mushy foods now. Some of her favorites are bananas, of course, peaches, sweet potatoes, carrots, pears, and really anything you put in her mouth. She's not a picky eater. Messy sometimes, but not picky. She has gotten really good at not putting her fist in her mouth while eating and getting food into the back of her mouth to swallow. There have even been times where we haven't really had to wipe her down afterward. We have a smart kid. Well, on to some more exciting news... Cory and I are moving! We have some friends in our ward who are in a 2-bedroom that isn't a basement (meaning lots of windows) that costs a little less that what we're paying now. We would have to pay an extra utility, but in the end it will balance out, or be pretty close to it. It's just a little bit bigger, but having 2 bedrooms instead of 1 will really help with the clutter issue we're facing now. We just have no room to put Olivia's stuff. We've made it work, and we could totally continue to make it work, but if we're going to be here for 6-8 more months, we may as well have a little more space, right? We haven't broken it to the landlord yet. We will next week when we pay rent. But we fully intend on trying to find another tenant to fill the vacancy. It seems like the right thing to do. That's about all that's going on with us. We're looking forward to our first Christmas with Olivia. We're discovered that Olivia has some eczema, but nothing really concerning. I have 9 days left of classes until I am completely done with my undergrad work. We're almost done with grad school applications. And right now we're just working away... nothing too exciting. That's life.