Anyways

People are often unreasonable
Forgive Them Anyway
If you are kind, people may accuse you of having selfish ulterior motives
Be Kind Anyway
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and genuine enemies
Succeed Anyway
If you are honest and sincere, people may deceive you
Be Honest And Sincere Anyway
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight
Create Anyway
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous
Be Happy Anyway
The good you do today, will often be forgotten
Do Good Anyway
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough
Give Your Best Anyway
In the final analysis, it is between you and God
It Was Never Between You And Them Anyway

Mother Teresa

I read that quote on someones blog and I really liked it. We've had several crazy things happen recently and it seemed very applicable.

Alexis turned one on the 4th! I am so happy and proud to be her mom! She just lights up my day! We took her to Chuck-e-cheese and Red Robin where we got some awesome pictures and we threw her a b-day party with our close friends. It was monkey themed so we had monkey cupcakes that my friend Janiel helped me make (she is the cupcake queen!) which were SO cute, but took forever to make (of course totally worth it!), lots of food, bananas for the monkeys, puzzles, toys, and of course Alexis tearing into the cake. It was so funny when she got her cake with the candle because she wanted to touch the fire, but Adam blew it out before she could touch the flame and it scared her really bad so she started crying. It was sad at first, but once we showed her she could eat her cake, she was happy and dug in. I was very grateful for the friends who came and made her party so much fun. We are very blessed to have so many good people in our lives! I would be posting lots of fun pictures, but you will know why I am not when you read my next paragraph.

Monday evening I went to the gym, Costco and to my in-laws for dinner. Adam called me at 8 when he got home and told me the house had been broken into. I didn't know much info other than the window by the door was busted and they reached in and unlocked the door. I was shaken up and immediately left my in-laws to come home. I got home and just like I imagined there was glass everywhere in the front entry, no window, walked into my bedroom that had been ransacked with clothes and drawers everywhere then went into my closet which was even worse than the room. They pulled everything off the shelves, hangars, pulled things out of boxes we had in there, etc. I was most mortified to find my laptop and both my cameras (professional and handheld) missing. I had all of Alexis' pictures and videos from the moment she was born on my laptop and all of her birthday pictures on my camera. I hadn't been able to put them on Facebook yet, so I didn't have any copies or back-up of the birthday pictures. Even then I had over 10,000 pictures and videos, most of which were not on Facebook that were gone all gone. In addition to the cameras and laptop they took, speakers to the computer (which they broke in the process... dummies), Adam's hair trimmer (I don't know what they thought they were taking... maybe a gun from the looks of the case? LOL), an empty fossil wallet, all of my jewelery including a hair comb my grandma gave to me and my young women medallion (except my wedding rings, thank heavens!) and my jewelery box which Adam bought me for my birthday when he was deployed. So far that's all we've noticed gone, but we just barely realized the trimmers were gone when Adam went to cut his hair for work, though, so there might be more missing and we just haven't realized it. I honestly don't care about the material things. If they are that hard up they can take the computers and jewelery and I would just be bummed, but the pictures and videos were SO important to me. I can never replace those memories. I've been checking craigslist and have gone to every pawn shop in the area with a copy of the police report, but still nothing. :( I doubt I ever will, but still pray several times a day to somehow get the pictures and videos back. I don't understand how people can be so cruel. Adam is such a great guy. Even though we were shaken up and upset, he still prayed for the burglars that night as we said our prayers and attempted to sleep. What a perfect example of forgiveness. I think it would be easier for me if I could get over the pictures that meant so much to me, more than any money, laptop, camera, or pieces of jewelery. I grieve in a way for those pictures, if that makes any sense at all. I hope I can fully forgive the people who have hurt us and I'm sure I will, but I know it will take time not to jump every time the house creeks and be reminded of those precious pictures of my sweet baby girl, or to be painfully scared to walk in the house when I come home from running errands. I can be grateful that we are ok and we weren't home.

Finding my place in this world

I'm trying hard to find my place in this crazy world. I recently realized when I was making a mormon.org profile I haven't accomplished much in my life other than having Alexis, and I really want to change that. I don't play the piano, I'm not a runner, I don't bake, I don't have the best body, I don't have a job, I never got straight A's no matter how hard I tried. I'm mediocre in all that I do and never feel like I can compete with others. My goal for this next year is to accomplish something, whether it's being certified to teach a fitness class, or get a job where I can work from home while watching my sweet baby girl.

Ok my rant is over. :) It's been a while since I have updated my blog. We had a busy summer. This is what we've done over the summer-

• Alexis and I went to VA to surprise my family and go to my little brothers eagle court of honor.
• Adam, Alexis and I went to Canada to visit my cousins and Aunt
• We went to FL so Adam could do something for the military and took Disney World.
• This last weekend we went to LA for a Yellow Ribbon Ceremony. Adam and I got tickets to the Doctors TV show, which was fun. I was most excited to see Jillian Michael's, who I love!

Alexis is turning one is 2 weeks! I can't believe it!! She has grown so fast!! She now has 5 teeth, 2 on the bottom 3 on the top. The top 3 just came in this last week. She is 23lbs!! Oh I love that girl!!

Help Alexis win!!

How can you not be in love with this girl?! She is so stinkin' cute and has an amazing personality! Vote for her to win the cover on Parents magazine. You can vote multiple times. Thanks!!

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Alexis looks so much like Adam did when he was the same age! It's crazy!!


Last Friday Adam and I decided to drive to the temple. After the temple we went to dinner and to a mall to walk around. We realized Alexis had left us presents while we were at dinner, so I went to change her in the restroom. Little did we know exactly how much she went! Her poop was out the sides and up her back! Talk about gross! Of course I had extra bottles, pacifiers, burp clothes, toys, diapers and wipes, but no extra outfits!! So she got put in her car seat sporting just a diaper. Daddy made her this cute makeshift snuggie to keep her warm in her car seat so she didn't have to be naked. LOL! She LOVED it!


This was right before I gave Alexis a bath. Anytime she doesn't have to wear clothes, she is super happy! She also loves bath time!


She loves her bumbo chair. She sat in it and just smiled and talked to me for quite a while!



She is getting REALLY good at holding her head up! She still hates tummy time after a minute, but she's really strong!

My growing girl

Alexis is becoming SO much fun. Everyday she manages to melt my heart even more (even though I never think it's possible for it to be melted anymore). She is seriously SO sweet and loving. I find myself just watching her sleep because she's SO cute!

Her latest milestones are-
She laughs as you can see in the video
She's 15lbs! Holy moly! What a chunker! She has the most awesome rolly polly legs.
She holds onto her rattle for dear life
She hits toys on her play mat when they stop moving
When her binky fell out of her mouth the other day she grabbed it and put it back in- although I think that was a fluke.
She smiles and talks to anyone. I'm gonna need to keep an eye on her when she's bigger!