Well, considering the amount of things that have changed in our life, I thought it was time that I posted not only an update on Mia, but an update on everything. All good changes, but changes none the less. Mia’s doing awesome and changing so much these days. I can see her turning in to a little toddler and I’m so not looking forward to when she’s not just my little baby anymore. She is almost 8 months old and learning new things all the time. Right before she turned 6 months, she decided it was time to start sitting up and won’t do anything else. She sits really well now and doesn’t hardly fall over. She is still refusing to crawl, at least the traditional way. She scoots on her back and rolls all over the place, it cracks me up. She can get anywhere fast doing this, so we have to have a constant eye on her. I even find her rolling all over her crib, which can be good and bad. Good because when she wakes up in the morning, she just plays if we don’t get to her right away. Bad because when she wakes up in the night, she just starts rolling all over and playing til she’s super awake and doesn’t really make much noise to let us know she’s awake(luckily, she doesn’t wake up most nights). She’s still sleeping and eating super well. Everything she can get her hands on goes in her mouth. I’m learning fast that I can’t leave her alone for more than 2 seconds and I have to vacume WAY more often to avoid any little things she can choke on being left on the floor. She is still such a good baby, just always super happy and giggly and we just love having her around.
Jason quit working for his previous company, medicity, a few weeks ago and is now working right down the street for a company called UCN. It’s so much closer to home, we love that he is home so much sooner and we get to see a lot more of him. He seems to be really enjoying the new job and as long as he’s happy, I’m happy with whatever he’s doing. He’s awesome at what he does and seems glad to be doing something new and different. The new job also seems to have a lot of great future opportunities to offer him and we’re really excited to see what will come from that.
Honestly, not much has changed with me. I’m still home with Mia all day every day and still love that job more than anything I’ve done in the past. We’ve had a lot of visitors lately, my little brother Jordan, my best friend Katie and her husband Bryan, and my parents have all been up here visiting. It’s been so nice to see them all and be able to spend time with them. The trip up here also brought on a lot of change for my parents. My Dad had a job interview with a company in Utah valley and was offered a position, which he of course accepted. They plan to be all moved up here for my little brother to start school, which begins on Aug. 20th. So, anyone in the market for a house in Arizona, my parent’s is all renovated and will soon be on the market. We’re all really excited to have them here close by. I want so badly for Mia to have a closer relationship to her Grandparents and cousin’s than I was able to have. I would love for her to be able to spend a lot of time with them all and to develop the bond and friendship with them that I was to far away to reach with my extended family. I’m so happy that this change is coming while she is still so young.
Overall, we’re really happy with our life and the way things are going. Jason is quickly moving up the ladder in his career which is bringing great opportunities for our family. It has always been his goal to retire by 26, and while I don’t think he’ll make that, maybe he won’t be to far off, ha. He is not only amazing at what he deos there, but a great husband and father and I feel so lucky to have him as both. We feel blessed to have Mia in our lives and to have been blessed with such a good baby. She really is amazing. We are so excited to see what is in store for her and for our family.
