New Phones

We got new cell phones so if you want our numbers let me know...I'm not going to post them on our blog:)

Back to work

Today was my first day back at work. I went back to my old job I had before Jillian was born. Lucky for me the gal that replaced me moved far away and didn't want to be in the car for 2+ just to commute to and from work, so my old job opened up just when Sean and I were starting to wonder what we were going to do about repaying his student loans starting next month. By the way, Sean is not done with school but took out some student loans to do a certification program about year ago. You may remember me blogging about neither of us having a job for a month right after Jillian was born.

I have mixed feelings about being back. I loved my job so it was good to see familiar faces (although a lot of people have left since I did) and everyone was very welcoming. At the same time I am very sad to leave Jillian even though I found a great babysitter who I really like and Jillian seems very comfortable with her and her family. I think we are going to have a rough month trying to get used to all the change around here.

If you care to check out where I work feel free...
http://www.islandview-rtc.com/index.html

Coldplay

I love love love Coldplay! I got A Rush of Blood to the Head for my 22nd birthday and have been in love with them ever since. So this year for my birthday I asked for the the two Coldplay albums I didn't have,

Viva La Vida

and Parachutes.

I have been listening to them all day today (my birthday was yesterday) and I am still in love with Coldplay. Especially Chris Martin. Man, he could sing to me all day and I would be one happy girl. Sean is aware of my Chris Martin obession so don't you worry about my poor hubby. He mostly just shakes his head when I mention Chris. Sean isn't really into Coldplay...he's more of a Metallica kinda guy. I'll admit, I think the fact that Chris Martin is British has a lot to do with why I like him. And the fact that I love his music. It doesn't hurt that he's married to Gwenyth Paltrow who is a pretty cool chica. Coldplay is coming to Salt Lake in November and I would love to go but I don't think I'll make it. Hopefully they come back soon! What a good husband to get me these two albums so that I may continue my pining away for dear Coldplay...ah, life is good!

Gloworms and Butterflies

Jillian and I went to my nephew, Tanner's, first birthday party over the weekend. Jillian decided to give Tanner a Gloworm for his birthday. It was quite popular at the party.

Tanner and Jillian both going after the Gloworm.

Luke, Tanner's cousin on the other side of the family, also wanting in on some Gloworm action.
Luke succeeding in getting the Gloworm from Jillian while Tanner looks for the wormy.

Vance wanting a turn with the Gloworm.

And since we are on the subjects of worms, what do they eventually turn into (we'll I guess it's actually caterpillars, but c'mon, the Gloworm resembles a caterpillar more than a worm)...

A beautiful butterfly!

Blessing Dress Revisited

My mom gives pretty sound advice so when I told her I was going to make a dress for Jillian's blessing she told me not to make it the newborn size and to make it the next size up. That seemed reasonable (what if I had a monster-sized baby. We know that this is possible as evidenced by the size of my nephews...love you, Vance and Tanner!). I know Jillian is a little small for her age so I thought maybe I would try on her blessing dress today just to see if it still fits....This is Jillian on the day she was blessed on February 10th. What a tiny little thing!

This is Jillian today in the same dress.

I think it fits better now than it did 7 months ago. She did want to crawl around while wearing the dress which I frowned upon and quickly snatched her from her hands and knees. She got a little lost in all the fabric, the dress is still quite long on her, but it fit around her perfectly. Maybe I ought to go get her professional pictures done in her blessing dress like I wanted to a few months ago...

Nose Crinkle

Jillian does this funny thing with her nose when she thinks something is funny. She also likes to blow spit bubbles.

Weird Week

We've had a weird week here. Sean took a couple of sick days from work because he wasn't feeling well and I got a nasty cold later in the week so we have just stayed close to home and haven't done too much. We were pretty busy this weekend hanging out with friends and visiting some family but we didn't take any pictures of those adventures. Here Jilly is just hanging out with her daddy.
We were tired of cooking so one night we ran out and got some pizza and Jilly was being so cute we had to get some pictures. The pizza was pretty good and we were the only people at the place (it was 7 pm on a Friday night, where was everyone?).













Jilly and I did go to the park for a little bit one evening. We were having a good time and not many people were there except for the group of oddly dressed guys with homemade swords beating up on each other. I didn't want to get too close to them to take a picture because I didn't want them to beat up on me with their swords.

As usual, Jillian loved swinging on the swing set. She was pretty brave and let me push her higher and higher.

Jillian is obsessed with quilts and loves to pet them (I have lots of wall quilts, those are the ones she likes to pet). We got her bug quilt out and let her play on it today. She petted it too.

Hopefully, next week is not so weird and we'll have a little bit more exciting material to post!