Life with the new kid

Things are moving pretty slowly all of a sudden. Its been really nice to just relax with my family. Most of us are over the cold, or close except for Ryan. This cold has hit him hard-Shelby has still avoided it!

This sweet girl just sleeps and eats. She ONLY cries when she is hungry. What a blessing she is already! I feel like this little girl is my own little angel. I feel like she has taken care of me since I got pregnant. She is so beautiful and we feel so blessed to have such a sweet, healthy baby!

Gauge is such a cool kid. He says mommy and daddy now. He loves to hug us and he absolutely loves Paxton. He follows his big brother everywhere and does everything that he does. This morning they both barged into our room at the early hour of 9 and Paxton announced that he and Gauger had been to the moon and back that morning and with his arms in the air showed us that they had already changed out of their astronaut suits. Right next to him Gauge was waiving his arms the same way and announcing everything one second behind Paxon. He still loves Little Einsteins more than anything. He loves to run and to be outside and he doesn't eat much although he is way more independent these days. He tries to do everything himself! I LOVE getting hugs from this little boy. He yells Mommy! Then charges me with the biggest bear hug ever! Its my favorite!
Paxton has had to get used to not being in school. He does a pretty good job because he has such a great imagination. With Gauge by his side he becomes every super hero, every police man, every astronaut and even Daddy. That's the last person he has been pretending to be. With his wife Whitney and his daughter Shelby he comes in and out of each room introducing them to everywhere and going by "Ryan" not Paxton. He loves his Dad and loves to exercise although we don't get out much these days so he just runs around the house doing double punches and kicks in the air. I actually got body slammed by him the other day and when I asked him what the heck he was doing he said "mom, there isn't a baby in your belly anymore" so now I think I have to watch out!
Paxton and I decided to take a ride on the UTA bus yesterday for fun. Paxton hasn't been on the bus yet and had a blast. His grandpa drives the bus so we caught the one that Grandpa drives and headed around the city with him. Paxton had so many questions. He wanted to know everything about the bus, the people on the bus, everything my Dad was doing while driving. Grandpa finally said-Paxton, you ask a lot of questions and I thought to myself, that's right. That's why I brought him here so he can ask someone else some questions!
I didn't get a picture with my dad but we did get one of Paxton proudly riding the bus. After the ride Grandpa got off of work and took us home but before he did that he took us to some places around Provo that are of significance to me. The house where I grew up-way on the west side of Provo. We went on quite the ride while Grandpa told Paxton a little about me and my upbringing. I think Paxton was pretty bored but I really enjoyed spending a minute with my Dad. It doesn't happen anymore and I am going to miss that when I am in Idaho.
Ryan and I are just trying to finish things up here in Provo. I know I haven't said a lot of goodbye's yet. I am kind of avoiding it. That and we have been sick. I have my polygraph scheduled for next week. Wish me luck, I am pretty nervous and can't help but wonder if my nervousness might flunk me. My start date has moved because they couldn't do my polygraph until next week which is really nice for us. We don't have a target date yet but I'm sure we'll get that taken care of when I get to Idaho.
The boys are living in our back apartment. They call it their apartment and come to visit the neighbors all day long. They are really best friends and I love that they can play together like they do. They are being really good sports and being so patient while mom and dad take care of Shelby and packing.We are getting ready for Valentine's Day around here. Paxton got some batman valentine's that he has been filling out for some of his friends and the boys got heart attacked by Ryan and me. We plastered them with hearts everywhere! Gauge wasn't sure what he thought of the whole deal, he is such a boy! Paxton ate it up though and proudly displayed his hearts!Things are good here. We are excited for the near future but its been so nice to have some time. We hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's day!