The month of January

This last month i feel has been pretty busy! That second week that BYU-I started was when i started babysitting a little girl named Natalie. Shes now 9 months old and such a fun cute little girl to tend. I watch her the 3 days im not at work. And i will do that till the end of May i believe. Work tue thur and sat and babysit mon wed and fri. Plus doing school on top of that. Staying busy busy! Me and Natalie have discovered that she loves to slow dance in the kitchen. I have the cutest video of it too. :)

January 12th was my sister's birthday! She and her husband moved to pocatello the week before so on the day of her birthday, my whole family drove down there to see her new place and have a birthday dinner. Easy, relaxing day. I miss her every day and am sad shes not close to me anymore. Even though pocatello isnt that far away its not like i can just call her up and get with her with the snap of our fingers. But, im grateful shes still close enough that i can go visit her if i want to. Which i have already done :)

Clearly the boys had a great time at her birthday party ;) haha

And this is when i went to visit her. Miss her already!

I did my sisters hair at work the other day. She wanted something subtle yet noticable. So, we went with an ombre. This was my 2nd ever ombre and i felt like it turned out so good! This picture doesnt do it justice and its kinda shadowed so it looks uneven. But, i promise it was all even and gorgeous!

Me and caleb got a parking ticket due to us forgetting to park in our driveway..I hate the rule you cant park on the street in the winter even if there is no snow to plow on the streets. ugh.

So the other day, me and caleb were FINALLY able to go grocery shopping. And that day just ended up so weird. Here's how it went in a nutshell. We drove to Wal Mart, Caleb realized we had a flat tire. Like 100% flat. So we slowly and carefully drove to less schwab and ended up having to get 2 new tires. But on the way there, there was a HUGE scene in the middle of the intersection by arbys where people were running all over the place and pounding on this ladys window and the lady drove onto the sidewalk. Traffic was held up clear down the street. cops came. It was the weirdest 60 seconds of mine and calebs life. We felt as though we were in a scene from world war z or something. bizzare. Anywho, after we got our cars tires fixed, we went grocery shopping and ended up getting sprayed with soda in albertsons because this little old lady accidentally dropped a 2 liter pop and it litterally exploded and acted like a bottle rocket. So yes. Weird day. Flat tire, world war z scene, soda rocket in albertsons that soaks me and caleb and our groveries, $ 450 dollars later, we were home. THANK GOODNESS. 

We have basically sold our car! bitter sweet because i loved that car. But, we needed something bigger. We still have to talk to the bank and do all that paperwork and stuff but its gonna be gone within this week! Then comes car shopping. 

Goodbye Honda Accord. You have been good to us!

I ended up at my parents house the other night and basically got to watch my brother give my sister guitar lessons. My brother got a guitar a couple christmases ago and he has just boomed with it. He can now play the acoustic guiter, electric guiter, and banjo. And i LOVE hearing him play. It could put me to sleep every night :)

And then that night i started getting nauseous. So i went home because it kept getting stronger and stronger. Yep, you guessed it. I have had the stomach flu all weekend. Its been aweful. I would take ANYTHING over being nauseous. Hate that stuff. So, i didnt babysit yesterday or work today. Hopefully another day and ill be good as new. 

Calebs doing awesome in school. I am so proud of him. He's doing awesome juggling work and school and i couldnt be prouder of him :)

My school is slowly but surely still a rollin! Im a little past half way through and its still going pretty good! It is getting harder and harder but i really enjoy learning about teeth. Its fascinating to me. I would totally be a dentist if the school wasnt a million years long. haha. 

Libbie is still just awesome! Shes best at making me and caleb laugh. She gets SO SO incredibly jealous when Natalie is here. I cant believe how jealous she gets when im holding Natalie. I thought things would get better with time but im not sure its gonna get any better. She whines and barks like shes being beaten. Which is so weird because we have pretty much trained her to not whine or bark. So im still trying to figure out how to deal with that. I think its because shes been the only one thats gotten attention the whole 3.5 years of living here and she thinks she is just the queen of the house. She will have to learn!

When i have to wake up early, this is usually what i wake up to. Even though her crotch is like staring at me, its still inviting to just crawl back in bed to snuggle these two. haha

Now that February is coming up, we are looking forward to Valentines day and our day off together. We get 1 day off together and thats 1 day every 4 weeks. Thats how much our schedules clash. All the other days are filled with work, babystting, his school, my school, church then family. So our 1 day off is one we look forward to allll month! 

Searching for answers.

So normally when I blog, I really try to be optimistic in my posts. But sometimes writing  down my frustrations is healthy I think. It helps me and is nice to read back on them and see how things have improved or how i personally have changed.

Today I have hit another breaking point. Frustrated beyond words. Feeling mostly mad. This last week my stomach has been on a rollar coaster ride. Yesterday i felt better than normal and i was excited that the next day i had work and was probably going to feel better than normal which makes life so much easier. When i woke up this morning for work i was so wrong. Why was i feeling so aweful. The day before i had eaten eggs with toast along with potatoes, roast and carrots. I dont understand whats so bad about that? I dont understand why thats so "unhealthy" to make me so sick today. I texted my sister venting how my life sucks and how i just get sooo frustrated with my stomach and how i wish so badly i could just feel healthy! Im so beyond tired of feeling like garbage every. single. day. litterally. And im especially tired of it controlling my life. Even though i think i know whats triggering it, there has GOT to be more to it. And since doctors dont take it seriously and basically waste my time, i am going to figure it out on my own. Ive tried healthy diet and exercise and have gotten nowhere. So now Im going to start this process by going on a gluten free diet. Since there is gluten in basically everything, and basically everything makes me sick, what do i have to lose? oh yeah, my favorite foods like pizza and pastas and breads. But if giving those up will make me feel better, it will hopefully be worth it. So tonight im planning out meals for the next two weeks and tomorrow im hopefully going grocery shopping for 2 weeks worth of gluten free meals. If any of you know of gluten free or have any advice for that id love to hear it :)

Even though i never feel good and have extra rough days like today, i try to keep in mind that i am still so blessed. It helps me get through these frustrating times. I know it could always be worse. Thanks to my husband for sticking by my side through it all. I think he is the best person in this whole entire world. I am so lucky to have him for eternity. Here's to the next couple weeks of gluten free! Lets pray this will be my answer.

New Years Eve

For new years eve this year we went bowling with my family and then out to ice cream afterwards! Such a great night :) I of course kicked butt. And by that i mean i totally lost the game. hahaha

I have been practicing my nails. I chose to do some feathers and felt like they turned out pretty good :)

As for other news, Caleb is officially registered for school and starts this week. I am going to be babysitting a little 8 month old 3 days a week till the end of May. I am excited for that! i will for sure be busy. Working 3 days a week at the salon, tending a cute little girl 3 days a week and still doing my dental assisting school. But, i am excited :) My sister is moving to Pocatello this week and Im pretty sad about it. Me and her are so close and even though its only a little over an hour away, i know we wont see eachother near as often as we have been. But, I am excited for them and to start school and move onto the next step in their lives. Im really excited for this new year and hope that its a successful one!