The Wizard of Oz

We went to Sariah's (Darbi's cousin) dance recital on Friday and I thought I'd be off in the sidelines entertaining Darbi. Apparently, the dance recital was enough! She. LOVED. it. It was about 45 minutes long and she stood on my lap, danced, and pointed at the cute little dancers the entire time!

NICU Reunion

It's been a little over a year since we left the NICU and we have been looking forward to this ever since! (Jen, if you see Shelley - tell her we missed her!!) :) We owe so much to those who did so much for us. It's a beautiful thing to see all those children there who wouldn't be here if it weren't for the Lord and the steady hands of the doctors and nurses. They have a great group of people running that place.

We ran into a few of our special blogging babies too! Lincoln's mama and Reese and Whit's mama. It was so nice to finally meet you both! I wish I had gotten a picture with you guys but I totally forgot! Maybe next year! :D

We had a lot of firsts at this lil' party...

Tried cotton candy...

Popcorn... (sorry for all the up close pictures. I was holding the kid AND taking the pics.)

Ice cream sandwiches... (not really new for her but she loved it even though it was way cold outside.)

Face painting... she kept trying to eat the paintbrush.

She got a balloon and played with it all night.


We ran into Annie while we were there too. She was our OT and we love her! She always tells us she has a 23 week club for exceptional 23 week babies.. Darbi is one of them and she's so proud of her!




We had a blast.

Midnight Goosing!

Last night, I stayed up late to finally blog and finished around about 12:15. I close my lappy, slide off the side of my bed and bend over to lay it on the ground. Clint jumps awake and reaches across the bed and grabs my butt with BOTH HANDS!!! He'd been asleep for about an hour and I flipped out! He was like, "What are you doing?? What is going on??" Crazy boy.. I had the same question... Then he dreamily told me that he thought I was Darbi and was falling off the bed and he had to save me.. HELLO?! Who doesn't love a midnight goose? :D

Happy Birthday Clint!

You're amazing! I love you! And I'm sorry your birthday was a bit overshadowed by moving/mother's day. We stole each others fire. :) We'll have a birthday lunch tomorrow and and entire birthday WEEKEND next weekend to make up for it all!!

Moving Day!

Let me start with I. HATE. MOVING. But I love it at the same time. Our new place is so much bigger and I feel strangely liberated now that I have a washer/dryer. It will be strange to actually have to think about doing laundry during the day as I never ever EVER thought about it. My daily routine will change and I think I'll be a better Mom/Wife because I actually have a schedule to do housework since I have so much more space to clean!

Things I love about the new place:

- when Darbi is asleep, nothing wakes her up anymore! She shares 2 walls with the outside of the building, 1 wall with our bathroom, and 1 wall with the stairs from the living room.
- central air AND a ceiling fan in our bedroom! Such luxury I tell you! :)
- W/D. Can I say it enough???
- a backyard (to share with 7 other families but I don't care!!)
- gigantic kitchen! Comparatively...
- shower/bathtub combo.. I seriously missed taking a real bath for 2 years
- Darbi's room is HUMONGOUS!! Plenty of room to have a scrappy room/baby room = happy mama!
- our own separate garbage can (it felt a little weird taking the trash to the curb since I haven't done that since I lived in AZ before I was married!)
- upstairs AND downstairs (which reminds me... Darbi already knows how to climb stairs.. video to come and another gate to buy)
- crazy storage!

I feel so spoiled. There's more but I need to get to the pictures before I fall asleep. I have been way too exhausted to blog but it's always on the back of my mind. I've got 250+ entries to read in my Google Reader!


On moving day I sent my Mom over to the new apartment with Darbi so she could help us get organized and also for Darbi to kind of get a feel for the new digs. I would call my Mom and she would put the phone to D's ear so I could talk to her. This is her face while I'm saying hello.. Isn't that ADORABLE?? I sure am loved... :)

Just being silly with uncle Kade the morning of the big move.


Isn't she adorable?? :D


This was her setup in our new kitchen with my Mom. The floors were freezing and I forgot to keep some other clothes for her unpacked. Whoops. I LOVE my new kitchen!


Reading books on her pile of blankets while Grandma cleans.


Looking cool with uncle Jed Sunday morning after an EXHAUSTING night. She didn't sleep well but I'm hoping tonight goes better.

Call for boxes!

We need 'em! If you've got 'em, send 'em my way please! :)

We're moving!

We love our apartment and we have the most amazing landlords but it's time for us to move to a bigger space! Having a baby without a washer and dryer has been hard and Darbi needs more space to crawl. We found a super awesome apartment on KSL and will be on our way out soon!! Anyone looking for an apartment? It's a 2 bed/1 bath basement apartment and it's super new!! It's a great starter apartment for newlyweds and it's available June 1st! If you know of anyone interested in renting, shoot me an email with any questions and I'll refer you to our landlords!

New Smile

Old Smile = freakin' adorable... right?!

New smile = just plain goofy!! I don't know what changed...

But I love her anyway!

Nicknames

Clint gave Darbi 2 new nicknames.
"Pinewood"
(as in pinewood derby)
and
"House-elf"
(as in Dobby from HP)

I'm going to smack him...

Easter Weekend in Photos

Jed came up for a quick visit and to see the Saturday Afternoon GC session... The dress is from Liz - Our super cute friend in Mexico!

Meeting the "gray cat" at Grandma Pam's

Dabbling in a little Easter chocolate...

Exploring Grandma Pam's kitchen floor.. She's got a 5 foot leash on so she can't go far. It's kinda nice. :)

Happy late Easter!

KOTM updated

It's obvious why I've been away from by blog... I don't nearly have enough time for it anymore it seems! I'm constantly fishing non-food items out of Darbi's mouth or making sure she's not getting into anything she's not supposed to be into. I really just chase her around all day now!! But I love it! Kids On The Move finally came out today to do their PT evaluation on Darbi. How come we waited so long to do this?! They are awesome! Even though Darbi has started to crawl, they want to stick around until she is 2 years actual because that is when she ceases to have an adjusted age.. according to them.

So next Tuesday we have another meeting to set goals for D like walking, speaking 15-20 words, doing signs, eating different foods.. blah-bity-blah. Thinks we'd like to see her doing in the next 6 months... then we'll really get crackin'. A lot of things I'd like to see Darbi doing in the next 6 months probably aren't realistic but she's pretty special so I wouldn't put it past her. I really really like our PT! She's super nice but also makes sure I know what she's doing, why she's doing it, and what she honestly thinks. I think this will be a great thing.. Darbi was a little sweetheart the entire time. Usually she'll shy up when meeting new people but she was BFF with our PT.

We'll get a full print out evaluation of where she is on the adjusted age chart next week I think.. I can't remember all of the details but our PT was super helpful. She is a little worried that Darbi has a sensory issue. So this week we will be getting down and dirty with her food. I hope she doesn't get too mad...

I'm embarrassed that I keep calling her "our PT" but I honestly, for the life of me, canNOT remember her name!!!! Don't tell her that... I'll pick it up one of these days. I think she may have left me a voicemail a few weeks ago. I should listen to that again...

On the move!

The first couple of days after she took the initial crawl.. Darbi kind of stuck to her little rug that we have in the living room. That's her familiar space and I'm not sure she realized she could venture into unknown territories. Yesterday she started to get brave and would try and follow me into the kitchen area (it's all the same room but I was on the other side of the bar). She did find our island full of pots and pans and that was her jackpot. It is now her favorite spot in the room!

She got stuck here under her bouncer and she was SO mad.. once again.. I grabbed the camera first. HA!

I know she has the same headband/bow in every picture... they are attached and I change them like every 3 days.. don't judge. :) It's cute.

She has a few bumps on her head but they are on the right side. They're hidden in this photo but I'm sure there's more to come! She's not really getting faster.. just more refined in her crawling movements. She is LO.VING. it!!