Family Pictures

We had a girl in our ward take our family pictures. Devy was in a really bad mood the whole time and I was delightfully surprised that Mary got some of her smiling. She is amazing and worth every penny!

There are a lot here and I want to post more! Sorry I just LOVE all the pictures and I want everyone to see how amazing a photographer Mary Pinegar is!!

Huggies versus Pampers, size 3 versus size 4s

UG!!
I have been having the hardest time trying to find the perfect brand and size for Devy! And I only find out when I have already spent 20 bucks on a box of diapers and then have to go through poop on clothes for two weeks... I finally found a right fit for her! Huggies size 4! Pampers could not even hold her "stuff" in! So I resorted to huggies (even though they are a little more expensive) size 4.

Then the other day I was at a play group with a few girls and their girls in my complex and she has two year old twins that are still in size 3. HMMM I think maybe Devy can handle size 3 since she is sooo much younger! My gut tells me NO but I do it anyway... CRAP literally EVERYWHERE! I now have to change her diaper almost every hour! Okay its not that bad but if I let a little poo sit for even a few falling downs and crawling arounds then there is poop on her clothes!

So now I have accepted that I HAVE to buy the bigger diapers and suck it up. It is NOT about the weight of your kid it is about the QUANTITY of their "outings"

Devy is totally going to hate me when I show this to one of her boyfriends in 16 years...

Devy is a walkin'

Devy started walking at 11.5 months and she has gotten sooo stable.
She rarely falls and so many people are so suprised that she is so
good at walking already! I think it's because she is SOO strong!

White Coat Ceremony

Lance had his "White Coat Ceremony" last week to celebrate him becoming a doctor in 7 years...
I had to sit in the nosebleed section because Lance thought that leaving 30 before we had to be there would be a good idea... Yeah it was a fiasco. I finally had to drop him off at the entrance and then drive around till I found a parking spot. There was a cop that when I found a spot he told me I had to move and then sat in the intersection until I MOVED! It was really annoying. Then I drove around the block only to see 3 cars parked where I was told specifically NOT to. Anyway, I ended up not caring if I had to pay for parking and parked in a parking garage and then after the4 ceremony was over found out that parking is free on the weekends... If only I knew that I would have not driven around for 40 minutes looking for a free place to park... Oh well.

The ceremony was nice and it was actually a blessing that we sat where we did because there was carpet and Devy got to run back and forth while I "listened" to the ceremony. It was funny because it was like graduation but they just put their coats on and then had to sign their "honor code" Yeah right. It said to dress professionally and some girls were wearing mini skirts so short lance was afraid to look at them. A lot different than BYU Idaho I will tell you that. It was cool though. I got to meet some more girls that are going through the same thing with thier husbands with Podiatry school and we made promises to hang out with each other. I love making friends and EVERYONE is soo nice!

Devy's Birthday!

So I am really bad at this picture thing...
These pictures are from two different days
This is from the weekend after her birthday
My neighbor shelley made devy the cutest birthday cake!!
And we had a party to show it off and to show off Devy of course










Devy wondering what mom is doing










This is on her actual birthday
just a mommy and me pic












After a few bites of her little cake I made her
I just made a little demi loaf so that it could be all her own
















sluggish with birthday cake











After a few pokes...
She wouldnt bite it, she would just stick her finger in it and then lick her finger, it was really funny















































All in all it was a good day and we had a lot of fun taking pictures of her on her big day!

Racoon River Park with the First year students and wives of Maple Grove

At first Devy didn't know what to think about the sand and then she decided that it was okay. Then I thought hey maybe she will like the water. Once in, she was a maniac! She kept trying to go deeper than her little legs could reach! It was so much fun to watch and play with her in the water. I just wish I would have gotten some pictures of her with her daddy! They had a ton of fun!

















































So the day we move in we meet about 15 families that are also first to 3rd year students. Everyone was very nice and wanted to get to know the new comers. We were invited to dinner the first night with our neighbors and the second night with our other neighbors. It was great! We then were invited to a get to know each other thing at this park. I never felt out of my comfort zone since everyone was so including! I love it here!!

We Graduated!

Devy's congratulations mom and dad (thanks for the pizza)




















Lance is so excited that he is trying to eat his tassle.
Seriously this is the only picture I have of him with is gown on...LANCE





















Yeah a black moo moo













Me saying get on with it already! It was soooo boring