Once upon a time I was discouraged.

Once upon a time I was discouraged. 

 I don't get discouraged very often, but it definitely happened this week.  I was having a rough morning.  Savvy didn't sleep great the night before so Geoff and I were both very tired.  (I am seeing more and more how sleep can totally effect/change your mood).  She is usually a great little sleeper, so when she doesn't sleep well, it's almost like the world may end. 

Ok, not really....but really. 

It was about noon and I was tired, peed on and covered in spit up not once, but twice.  I was feeling guilty because I didn't get Savannah's Valentines done the day before.  Looking back on this, it doesn't seem as intense as it actually was, but I think a crying baby makes a situation seem so much harder. 

 As I was totally feeling sorry for myself, Savannah, and on the verge of tears, I realized I needed to remember all of my blessings.  I have so much to be grateful for and when I start listing the blessings I have in my life, the hard things melt away immediately and I can't help but realize that my life is AWESOME. 

I have the gospel in my life.

I know my Heavenly Father and Savior love me.

I have an amazing husband that loves, comforts, supports, helps and challenges me.

I have a beautiful, healthy baby girl that I get to stay home with.  I get to see her smiles, hear her laughter and see her grow and reach different milestones all day.

I can have children.

I have a healthy body.

I have a Dad watching over me from Heaven.

I have a nice home that is warm and a place where we feel safe and protected.

I have a car that runs well.

I get to make people feel pretty!

My husband has a good job that supports us.

I have food to eat.

My needs are met and a lot of my wants are met as well.

I have 2 great families.

I live in a great, safe neighborhood and have good friends.

I could go on all day.

SO BLESSED.

Halloween in February. Whoops.

I think it's about time for my Halloween post from last year. 

Savvy was the cutest little duck!

She didn't love her costume, but what 3 1/2 month old does? 

It's true.

I should be blogging about the last few months, really I should.

  Everytime I walk past the computer I feel a tiny bit guilty that I've let my blog go un-updated.  I haven't even posted the picture of Savvy on Halloween...sigh...she was the cutest little duck and maybe one day her picture will get on here.

BUT...

until then, here is a picture to keep you interested.

2 words. 

Yoga cats.

Have you seen these at your local grocery store?

Believe your eyes because it's a calendar full of pictures of cats doing yoga.

I was on my way out of the store the other day and this caught my eye.  I debated buying it, just so I could show it to Geoff, but then realized that it would be a totally stupid purchase for a couple reasons:

1-I don't even like cats.  Although I sort of like kittens until they grow up and I sort of love our neighbor's cat who patrols the back of our fence for any sort of rodent.

2-It's a yoga cat calendar.

3-Christmas is now over, which means no more white elephant gift giving parties.

4-It was $15!  For a YOGA CAT CALENDAR.

So I didn't buy it, of course.

But for some odd reason I can't get this weird thing out of my head.  If you love the picture above, just google image "Yoga cats" and you'll be in pure heaven.

Or purchase it here.

Some thoughts.

Here are a few things I already knew about myself but realized more this week:

-I don't know what I would do without Geoff and Savvy-they are my everything and I love them so much.
-I miss eating chocolate.
-I wish I could take hard things/experiences from my friends sometimes and deal with them for them.
-I am obsessed with BabyGap and I love dressing my baby more than I love dressing myself.
-I like my Enjoy shampoo and conditioner more than my Sebastian shampoo and conditioner.
-I say "yes" to too many things a lot of the time.
-Spin class is harder now than it used to be.
-Sometimes I have a hard time being social and knowing what to say to people.
-I am lucky to have some really good friends in my life.
-I really need to dye my hair.
-I am blessed to be able to stay home with my baby.
-I love wearing scarves. A lot.
-My days go better when I read the Book of Mormon.
-Even if TOMS didn't donate a pair of shoes everytime I bought a pair, I would still buy them.
-Dates with my husband are the best.

Giggles!

Family Picnic

A couple weeks ago we went on a family picnic/drive to see some fall colors.  In the past we've seen the fall colors up Parley's canyon and Butterfield canyon, and since we live in Utah county now, we thought we'd give Provo canyon a try.  The colors were BEAUTIFUL and the weather was awesome!  I love Autumn in Utah!  As we drove up the canyon I was reminded how blessed I am to live in such a beautiful area and how blessed we are in Utah to have seasons.  The views were breathtaking.  Geoff enjoyed taking some pictures, I enjoyed being in nature and Savvy enjoyed some sneezes.  I swear our little lovey has allergies already. :)  We stopped at Vivian park for our picnic.  We relaxed there for a little while and then came home.  It was so nice to spend time with the two people I love most!

Sav looks really sad in this picture, but I promise she had a good time!

Star Trek Jammies-Another post from Sav

Hi Everyone.  Sorry it's been so long since my last post.  I've been so busy doing other things.
My mom likes to shop for me a lot and when she bought me these new pajamas I was SO excited...   Until my daddy said that they looked like Star Trek pajamas.  I've never seen Star Trek, but by the look on my mom's face, that's not a good thing. 

I don't see it.