I thought it was pretty well known, but I still get people asking us if we are moving to Utah, so I thought I would put it up here and confirm that yes, we are Westward bound. Actually, Matt's been gone for almost 2 months and I stayed here to work on selling the condo. Things have been going fine for the most part, but we really miss being together as a family, so whether or not anything happens with the condo I will be heading west sometime in the next month (or two). My sister Michelle (and her hubby Nick) have been gracious enough to let us stay in their basement until we get the condo either sold or rented, so it will be great to be together again. Matt is working for a company called Extra Space Storage, where he is helping roll out Salesforce (a CRM tool) to about 1,400 users. He LOVES his job so far, so that's great. He started his job Jan 5th, so he's got a good taste for it. His job is in Salt Lake, and I have 3 siblings in Spanish Fork/Santaquin so we want to kind of be in between them, so we will probably buy somewhere in the Lehi/American Fork area, once we get rid of our condo. I also have a brother in Pleasant Grove so it will be great to be close to him.
It will be wonderful to be closer to most of my family, and some great friends, but it has really been with mixed emotions that we are making this move. I have been here in Chicago for 8 1/2 years so this has kind of become home as well. I have so many wonderful friends here, and Matt's family is here, as well as my sister Darla with her family,so we will miss them dearly. When I moved here back in August of 2000 I thought I would only be here for about a year or so, just to do something different, but the Lord had a different plan for me. I'm not quite sure I am ready for this chapter of my life to come to a close, but I guess it's time for a new adventure. Chicago (and all that it includes) - I will miss you!!!
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Coopster, C-Max, Coop-diggity
Sometimes I feel like since Cooper isn't spouting funny things all the time, he gets a little left out of the blogging conversations, so I thought I would give him his own post, and I will have things documented for myself since the last time I actually wrote in my journal I was pregnant with him (horrible, I know)! The title of this entry are just a few of the nick-names we have for him. He is such a fun baby and he loves to laugh. Today he was in the kitchen playing with something and TJ and I were in the living room reading a book and something made me laugh, and as soon as he heard me laughing he started laughing too. He just loves to laugh - I love that trait about him.
His bottom two teeth FINALLY broke through last week, so hopefully soon he will be able to chew some food instead of just inhaling it. He LOVES to eat and I can tell he is sick of the baby food - he wants a steak! He just has no interest in his food once I sit down to eat with something else, and he does a pretty good job of gumming things. He's had a grilled cheese sandwich the last few days for lunch, and that seems to keep him happy, unless I'm eating something else.
He loves to stand up and walk along the furniture,
and he's even stood by himself in the middle of the floor until he realized what he was doing then he sat down again. He loves to play with toys and is quite good at entertaining himself for extended periods of time. He still loves to put EVERYTHING in his mouth, so I am constantly reminding TJ to keep his little toys off the floor - hard for a 3 yr old to do. Cooper loves to "shake it" and he bounces a lot when we sing the little "Coop - diggity" song we made up for him. Last weekend when Matthew was home Cooper really became attached to daddy and loved to play with him and have Matt hold him. I can't believe that he will be one next month! Where has the time gone? I sure love my Coopster!
His bottom two teeth FINALLY broke through last week, so hopefully soon he will be able to chew some food instead of just inhaling it. He LOVES to eat and I can tell he is sick of the baby food - he wants a steak! He just has no interest in his food once I sit down to eat with something else, and he does a pretty good job of gumming things. He's had a grilled cheese sandwich the last few days for lunch, and that seems to keep him happy, unless I'm eating something else.
He loves to stand up and walk along the furniture,
and he's even stood by himself in the middle of the floor until he realized what he was doing then he sat down again. He loves to play with toys and is quite good at entertaining himself for extended periods of time. He still loves to put EVERYTHING in his mouth, so I am constantly reminding TJ to keep his little toys off the floor - hard for a 3 yr old to do. Cooper loves to "shake it" and he bounces a lot when we sing the little "Coop - diggity" song we made up for him. Last weekend when Matthew was home Cooper really became attached to daddy and loved to play with him and have Matt hold him. I can't believe that he will be one next month! Where has the time gone? I sure love my Coopster!
Arrrrr Matey
A couple weeks ago TJ was invited to his friend's birthday party, and it was a Pirate theme. My friend Sandi is amazing and she MADE this awesome boat and then had costumes for all of the kids to wear, even Cooper had his own little hat. It was so fun to be pirates for the day, and I just thought I would share a few pics of my darling little Matey's. TJ's is very good at talking like a pirate and as soon as we walked in he said "Arrr matey, shiver me timbers." I guess he's had lots of practice since we celebrate "National Talk Like a Pirate day" :-)
I will really miss my amazing friends here in Chicago! What a blessing they have been to me!
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