Patrick and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary on January 24th. It was great fun. We switch off planning the celebration each year so that at least one of us is surprised and we don't have to do anything while the other plans it all out. This year was Patrick's year. We kept it simple and fun. We went out to a nice/new restaurant here in Provo. The food was amazing. I ate way more than I probably should have, but I couldn't stop myself it was delicious. We have already made plans to go back one more time in the next month before we leave Utah. Patrick also surprised me with a new version of the game Ticket to Ride. We are now the proud owners of the Europe version. It is so fun and I think we played it non-stop for about two weeks after we got it. We played it by ourselves every time Alden went down for a nap or with anyone who would sit and play with us. It was great and I'm going to have to start thinking of ways to make next year's celebration even better!
(Blogger is not letting me upload a wedding picture, so it's an engagement photo instead)
Next up, Patrick thought he needed stitches one Saturday morning in January. He was entertaining Alden while I hopped in the shower, but Alden was walking in and out of the bathroom bringing different toys and books into the bathroom. He somehow got a hold of one of the Wii remotes and we definitely didn't want that in the bathroom to accidentally get wet. Patrick was going in and out of the bathroom removing all the treasures that Alden brought in and turned a little sharply and smacked his eyebrow into the door frame. All I heard was him yell out in pain and then Alden start screaming hysterically (later I learned it was because he saw the blood everywhere and Patrick fall over in pain). I'm still in the shower at this point and Patrick comes in to tell me that he is going to Urgent Care to get stitches. I still have no idea was is going on and he rushes out the door. Needless to say, he didn't need stitches and had a nice battle wound for a little bit and a not so exciting story to go with it. I thought it was quite hilarious and could hardly get through a telling of the story without cracking up. Patrick is find and it healed up quite nicely, I think it just damaged his ego a little bit to tell people he ran into the door frame.
About a month ago, in the middle of February, Alden and I took a short trip to Georgia to escape from the cold Utah weather. My mom and Sawyer had the week off of school and I needed to go over to South Carolina and find us an apartment to live in come mid-April. The trip was a success. We visited the ward and area in Anderson and found a great apartment. I'm very excited and happy that it all worked out so nicely. I'm excited for the move and ready to get going. We also enjoyed 70 degree weather all week and even threatened Patrick that we may "accidentally" miss our flight because we didn't want to come back to snow and cold. Alden played outside all day and had his first experience with a sandbox. It was wonderful and can't wait to get back to some nice weather. Utah has had a great last couple of weeks and we've been getting outside everyday, but today was colder and I think it's about time for another storm. It was too good to last. Hopefully we'll see some more good weather soon.
Alden is doing great and loving playing outside. Everyday the first thing he does is go to the front door asking to go outside. He is at such a fun stage right now. He babbles all day long and is really understanding more and more of what we are saying. It surprises me all the time the words he understands and how he knows where things go around the house. The other day after changing his diaper he picked up the Desitin and took it back into the bathroom where it goes, and then came back for the wipes and took those into his room to be put away. I didn't know he could reach the shelves, but he surprises me all the time with his arm span. He loves to help with the laundry and is always very concerned when I don't get to my folding right away. He has learned to climb in the laundry baskets and loves to wrestle in the file of clean clothes. He continues to make us laugh and stay on our toes all day. His favorite food the past few months is strawberries. He will eat an entire carton all by himself in a matter of days. We also feel he has become an apple juice addict. When he's ready for a drink of juice he will go to the fridge and wait until we open it and then point to his sippy cup and then to the apple juice. There is no fooling him either. He won't move out of the way to close the fridge until I poured the juice in the cup and handed it to him. We're going to have to find something else he loves that much to mix it up a little bit. Patrick's worried it's too much sugar in the juice and not good for him to be so addicted. Oh well, we'll see what we can do. For now Alden gets to enjoy his juice as a snack.
We are currently in count down mode to April 19th. That's the day Alden and I get on the plane and Patrick starts driving. We have lots to do and people to play with, and Patrick is trying to finish school all at the same time. It's all very exciting. This weekend's agenda is a trip up to Boise to see our good friends Becca and Skye and their family. We leave tomorrow and come back Sunday in time to hit up a little reunion of sorts with my extended family. We are going to play, play, play up until Patrick starts work for real in May, because then it's down to business :) Hopefully I'll take pictures this weekend and have a real update come next week.
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