October

It is October!! Which means a few things...

October means it is definitely fall. And we are now in Utah, you know a state with actually seasons (weird I know). Which means it's getting cold and the leaves are changing colors!! :) Also, I'm pretty sure our heater just got turned on for the first time (since we are in the basement we don't control the ac/heater) I'm so excited to actually experience fall in all it's glory! I can't wait to go to the corn maze and maybe drive the canyon and see all the beautiful fall foliage.

October means it is my hubby's birthday! Yay! John will be 26 is 10 days.... which means I really need to figure out his present. YIKES. We are planning on going to Toscanos for his birthday because well he wants to. And there are other exciting things planned for him, but I can't talk about those because then he would know and that would be lame. (So John if you are reading this too bad I am not giving away any clues!)

October is when it all began for us! It started with spin the bottle with a bunch of people on his birthday because we both thought it would be the only chance we had to kiss each other. Yogurtland to celebrate... well I don't remember, it was all a total excuse to hang out with him alone! He put his arm around me on the car ride home from the temple "so I could be more comfortable". Disneyland, where we both shamelessly completely let loose and flirted hard core with each other. (And still I didn't think he liked me....) WORLD OF COLOR... holding hands. Watching a movie and our first kiss. Grilled by my roommate about our relationship status which is how it all became official. So thank you October and all your magical wonderfulness.

October means my baby girl can have food! Real people foood! She will be 6 months on the 29th and let me tell you she is READY! Last night we decided to eat dinner in the living room so that Olivia could keep playing. John sat on the floor and Olivia made a bee line straight for him and kept running into him and getting all excited and drooling at our bowls. Then she started getting frustrated, which she does when we eat because she wants it BAD. So John gave her a taste on his finger and I am pretty sure she would have ripped his finger off if she could. I'm trying to decide what I want her first food to be! I made this butternut squash, garbanzo bean soup last week and the left overs are in the freezer... so maybe that. Or maybe some pumpkin curry in honor of it being October. We shall see!

October means, like I mentioned before, it's fall, when the leaves change. And this year with the changing of the leaves I have a few changes I am planning on making! (Well John and I decided them together). I've been struggling with being home alone all day with Olivia. Part of it is loneliness and part of it is probably connected to all the HUGE changes that have happened in the last 3 months. I know motherhood is SUPER important but not having specific things to do everyday and not having people to talk to all day is really getting to me. Who would have ever guessed that I would miss work AND school. Weird right. Well I do. Anyway, here are the things I plan on doing/changing so that I don't go crazy, so I don't have anxiety, and so I can just be a happier person.

1. I HAVE to run EVERY DAY. Well not Sundays, and I would say not saturdays but there is this law spouses running group on saturday mornings so I will be doing that.

2. I have to try and get together with someone everyday, even if it's just for 30 minutes. This one is a little tricky because well all my friends that were up here moved away. So, this is like a double, by having to get together with someone everyday that also means I have to make the effort to make friends. Which isn't always the easiest thing and can be awkward at times, but it's going to happen!

3. John and I are going to get back into playing games together in the evening. With him studying all day and me taking care of Olivia all day it's so easy just to get on our phones or watch a show in the evening, but that's not really quality time. So games we will play!!

4. Family History/genealogy. For those of you who don't know my family, my mom and gramma specifically are crazy good at genealogy. Seriously. So I'm gonna start getting more into it. They have done so much research, and while I want to see all that they have found I also want to find some things out on my own.

5. Other random things like going to the public library, doing crafts, cooking new food....

So if anyone has any ideas of other things to fill mine and Olivia's day send them my way!

Also, if anyone in the Provo area wants to join me on any of these things, please please please let me know!!

Welcome October, welcome Fall, and welcome change!!