January is finally over!

     I can't believe it's already Friday! I don't know where this week has gone, but I'm sure glad it's the weekend. Monday I did the usual Monday routine; cleaned the house, did all the laundry, went grocery shopping and made dinner. Luckily to my surprise though, one of my best buds Cass was visiting from St. George and called me last minute to come stop by. It was so great to catch up with her and her adorable 5 month old little girl. It was also a nice break from my boring routine! Also Monday night we invited our friends (and landlord's) over to dinner to break the sad, sad news. Marc and I have decided to move in with his parents for a few months. If I'm going to be honest, I never thought that we would ever move in with family, but we decided it will be the fastest and most convenient way to save up for a house. We are completely devastated to leave our apartment now. We have loved everything about where we live. We've loved our beautiful apartment, the friends we've made in our great ward, the perfect location next to our favorite park and the convenience of living next to any shopping and restaurant we could ever need. We have made so many great and lasting memories here. What I'll miss most are the warm spring, summer and fall days spent walking to the park and feeding the ducks and hanging out in the giant backyard. Cannon loved picking raspberries and eating apples off of the apple tree and swinging in the backyard. We did these things EVERY single day when it was warm enough. It makes me sad to think that our apartment is the place where we first brought our little Cannon home to. We have made great memories here that we won't forget. We're moving out the end of this month so if anyone is interested in our apartment to rent let me know.
    On Tuesday one of my good childhood friends invited Cannon and I to go to the little paleontologist exhibit on BYU campus. It was small, but really fun for Cannon and the other kids who went. Cannon recently started being interested in dinosaurs and especially loves their big sharp teeth. It was so fun to get out of the house and do something new. This cold weather is driving me NUTS!
     Wednesday Cannon had his 18 month check up. He's healthy as can be! He's also a very big boy. He's 95th percent and above for height, weight, and his large head. He did really well with his shots and doesn't have to get any more until kindergarten. That's good news! The doctor always comments on what a good behaved boy he is. Then after Cannon's check up another friend invited Cannon and I to go to the BYU Art Musuem. Their theme right now is monsters and superheroes, so it was fun to walk around and see the interesting and sometimes strange things that people come up with and call art. In the basement of the musuem there is a "display" of large rectangular balloons that are blown around an area by fans. Cannon and his cute friend Kaiya loved playing in the balloons. It was such simple, yet fun entertainment for the kids and for my friend and I. Cannon loves balloons and had a blast. After the museum Cannon came home to take a nap and then we went straight over to my friend Ariel's house in Lehi to see her cute newborn twin boys. It was so good to see her and her sweet little babies. Cannon was kind of a stinker while we were there because I was giving the babies attention and not him, so that was interesting! I wonder how he'll do with a sibling someday. After we left Ariel's we went right over to another friend's house because I had left a pair of Cannon's shoes at their place over the weekend. Then after that we went and shopped at Walmart and finally came home around 7:00 pm. Needless to say it was Pasta-Roni for dinner that night!
    Thursday I went to my cousin's house in Springville to babysit. I usually watch them on Tuesdays, but my aunt wanted me to switch for the week. So I got to watch my cousins and my cute little niece yesterday. The kids had a lot of fun playing together, which makes it easy for me because they pretty much just entertain themselves with occasional screaming and fighting over toys. Right after I was done babysitting I got to have craft night with some of my highschool buddies. We try to get together once a month a have a make your own craft night. I didn't have anything I was working on at the time so I came up with a last minute craft to do which ended up looking like a three year old made it. It was ridiculous and will probably go in the trash! It didn't matter though because we have fun just getting together and laughing and talking anyway. Surprisingly a lot of our conversation revolved around what TV shows we are currently in to and it made me feel better about how many shows I watch. I really am not that passionate about any of them except for The Bachelor. I am a sucker for that ridiculous show. And every Monday night I dream about Sean... Details about the dreams will be spared, but just know Sean always ends up picking me. Haha.
     Today (Friday) I am watching Cannon's buddies Colton and Aveya (who are napping at the moment). The three of them actually play quite well together. In fact the only one that is ever a stinker is Cannon. I hope that is just because he's home and around me. I would hope that he's not such a stinker when he's having other people babysit him! I just want him to be sweet and respectful and considerate and nice and loving and have good manners and share his toys. Is that too much to ask?? :). Ok, maybe that's a lot for an 18 month old and he really is such a good boy I just get worried that I'll have the child that is the bully or something. If he is, it's not my fault, I've been a good parent, I swear. Haha. Tonight we're having our fun and fabulous friends, Jenica and Tyler over to make pizza and play games. I'm sure it will be a great night!
     I love the weekends so much because Marc gets to be home with me and Cannon. I can't believe how fast the week has gone, but maybe it has something to do with all of the things we did! Tomorrow if all the snow doesn't melt we planned a snow day outing with some friends and one of Cannon's favorite friends, Kaiya. I am in need of some outside time and I know Cannon will love it as well. I know everyone feels the same way too, but I am having major cabin fever. Isn't January such a yucky, awful, horrendous month, or is that just me? I'm so glad it is a new month and have new things to look forward to. We are going to enjoy our last month here at our apartment while we have the time and are making plans for the move and maybe even a trip to Disneyland in April. We'll see. Well Happy February everyone I sure hope it's warmer then January was!