About Allie

Hey guys! I've finally joined!  We haven't had internet to save money, but we have it now.  Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, apparently we suck at taking family pictures.  But, here's one of me (23 weeks along).

Me and Savannah

Savannah and Corey

Beautiful Savannah on her brand new swing set (or park as she calls it)

Right now, our biggest thing going on is my pregnancy.  I'm 24 weeks right now and holy cow, I think I'm WAY bigger than I was in that picture up there. Seriously.  I can feel her kicking way up by my ribs now.  It's crazy.  I'm not going to lie, I am a little terrified to have two, but I'm sure I'll figure it out.  Savannah is excited for her little sister (most days).  I can't wait for her to meet her.  She's become a psycho about other people's babies.  If I hold one and then give him back to the mom, she starts yelling, "No! That's mommy's baby! That's Savannah's baby! Put the baby in the car! Take the baby to the family house!"  She's like a crazy kidnapper...

We're making a garden.  We have a big space all tilled up and we're going to go buy plants for it next week.  I want to grow tomatoes, peppers, and herbs.  What other stuff should we try?  I seriously want like 4 basil plants.  I want to have tomato basil pasta every day of my life.  We also need to go buy some flowers to beautify our poor yard.  When we moved in last year, the lawn hadn't been watered or mowed all summer long.  It was bad.  This year it's looking a lot better (it's greener now than in those pics because we've had some rain) but it still needs a lot of work and weeding.  But, Savannah is thrilled with all the dandelions :).

We are starting cloth diapering!  I ordered 4 to try out from a website called alvababy.com.

Cute, huh?  We tried out flip covers but Savannah hated them.  She LOVES these.  They're pocket diapers and so far I'm a fan.  We have a bunch more coming, but I got free shipping from China so they're taking forever to get here.  I also have a bunch of newborn sized ones on the way.

Corey is working for Chase Bank and doing well.  He works in downtown SLC (about 30 minutes away) and we hope that he can eventually transfer to a branch nearer by.  He's a great dad and husband.  It's so crazy that we're coming up on our 5 year anniversary!  I feel like it was just yesterday we met and were working together and possibly driving my roommates crazy ;), and now we've got 1.5 kids, two cars, and a house...

My job is babysitting three girls in their home.  They are 4, 2, and 9 months.  I take Savannah with.  It's M, Th, F 10-4.  Holy cow, it's hard!  The dad works from home and that makes what would normally be a minimally stressful situation 10x worse.  But, it's fine and hey, only 3 months left!

And then there's Savannah.  Oh man, what can I even say about Savannah.  She's talking very well now.  She says new sentences all the time.  She loves movies and books and songs.  Lately scriptures have been making her super excited.  She's started noticing things.  Like yesterday she said to me, "A potty is a lot like a clam." She has an amazing memory.  The other day we were at Corey's mom's house.  As we were leaving, she said, "I saw a grasshopper and a spider here!"  It's true, she did see those things in the driveway.  Last April.  I said to Corey, "No wonder she gets so stressed out.  She has so many thoughts and memories in her little head!"  Corey said, "I think she needs a Pensieve."  I think he's right...  She is such a little worrier and so scared of everything which she totally got from me.  She loves spiders, snakes, sharks, and dinosaurs which she got from who knows where.  She's fun, but she's very hard.  I've worked with a lot of 2-year-olds and the vast majority are not as difficult and demanding as she is (she was the same way as a baby).  If Lily is as hard as Savannah, we are seriously considering having two kids.  I hope she's more easy going though.  I have really wanted to start potty training, but when I put Savannah on the potty (we've tried a toddler potty and a small seat on the adult toilet) she screams and yells, "I won't go pee pee in the potty! I don't want to wear panties! I want my diaper!"  So, I have a hunch she's not ready :P.

Our routine is, um, not very routine.  The days I work, Corey wakes up with Savannah and I get up when he leaves at 8 (thanks for the extra sleep Corey!).  We get ready to leave by 9:30, go to work, come home and make dinner.  Since my job drives me crazy, I tend to fill up my days off with fun.  So, I often do a playdate in the morning, go to Spanish Fork to see my mom, or hang out with Rachael.  I LOVE being close to my family.  Savannah is trying to give up naps, but I won't let her dang it!  If she skips her nap, she ends up crashing around 4:30, refuses to be woken up for at least an hour, wakes up cranky, and then refuses bed until like 10.  So, a lot of naps are accomplished by her crying herself to sleep in the crib which we both kind of hate, but she needs her sleep!

My hopes and dreams...  I want to go back to school.  I miss BYU soooo much!  I love being a mom, but I miss that interaction with professors and educated people my age.  I want to get my master's somehow (online probably).  I want to get a Master's of Social Work and be a child therapist.  I have no idea when this will happen, but I think about it a lot.

My big goal right now is I'm trying not to be the world's worst housekeeper. I really struggle with keeping things clean and picked up, but I'm trying really hard to get better.  I'm lucky that Corey helps out a lot since I am gone three days a week, but I feel like I should be organized and doing more.  I'm working on it though.

My confession: I miss having friends.  I miss all of you like crazy!  I have a hard time connecting with most of the women in my ward and I'm not sure why.  I've made a few friends recently and that's good, but I don't know if I can ever be as close with them as with you guys.  You guys were there for so many important milestones in my life!  Melissa, Cathryn, and I grew up together and Katie helped me analyze every bit of my relationship with Corey.  You knew I was in love way before I did :).  No one else can replace that.

Anyway, sorry about the novel, I'm just really excited about this blog :).

So tell us about you, about your family, about what's going on, about how things are, about your routine, about your hopes, about your dreams, about anything you want to share.