Merry Christmas 2017

Jetson’s 1st Christmas! He LOVED it! 

He seems so advanced for his age sometimes...he enjoyed every minute of Christmas which is something I didn’t expect considering he’s just shy of 5 Months! 

Baby Jet got to open one present on Christmas Eve and he got read ‘Twas the night before Christmas by granny before bed and woke to lots of loot from santa ! 

He got quite the load of presents, spoiled little guy! Beauty of being the first baby! He just loved all the shiny wrapping! 

He actually would unwrap his presents as well! We would rip it a little bit and then let him do the rest. He wanted to eat all the bows and liked them better than the presentss! 

His favorite present was his Sophia the giraffe teether! Some of his presents inculded:

-Lots of balls, sensory toys

-new binkis

-sippy cup 

-Baby Food 

-new Jamies

-His FIRST very own Silver Piece to store for when he’s older (Granny Batistich) 

And daddy has a matching one, so cute. 

A funny story was he opened a box from granny Batistich with toys & a $100 bill, before grabbing the fun looking, bright colored balls in the box he grabbed the money! It gave everyone a HUGE laugh Christmas morning! 

I had the most perfect gifts lined up for Dustin this year, we kind of went all out considering next year Jet will be older and as we have more kids Santa will bring us less lol. 

A few things Dustin got were:

-Lord of the rings extended edition pack on Blu-ray 

-Greg Olsen Painting of Christ (K. The cyber Monday sales are SOOOO good) 

(Unfortunately the painting came with a broken frame which we found out when we opened the package Christmas morning, but they are being SUPER cool about sending us a new one!)

Dustin spoiled me and amongst some of the things I got 

-Pair of Ugg’s 

-Pressure cooker 

I’m SOOOO excited to use my pressure cooker ! 

Okay aside from the materialistic-ness of Christmas, I will speak about something a little more important. 

Christmas Magic. 

Christmas is pure magic and it’s all because of Christ’s extra influence at this time. If we were as thoughtful and kind as we try to be at Christmas time and as mindful of Christ, we could have Christmas magic all the time! Ever since I was a kid I’d get really sad when Christmas was over, not because I was dissapointed with my gifts but because the magic of the season vanishes and then you have to wait till next year to see the sparkly lights again. 

This year I am making an active effort to keep the Christmas spirit, the spirit of Christ with me so that I can feel that magic all year long. I will try to be the sparkly light until next december! 

This year was very different being a mom at Christmas and it was everything I ever dreamed of, seeing my baby and husband and being with them Christmas morning was the best gift I could have ever asked for. Love my family, love my life . Merry Christmas everyone!

Funk

I am literally a walking zombie lately.

I am trying really hard to get out of this funk but man it is a big one. There must be something in the air because I am not the only one who has been feeling this way! Lots of people have been telling me they feel off\tired, oh the holidays.

I have had an event or important thing every single day since Thanksgiving!!!
Sometimes I even had more than one thing every day- its been so busy.

I am worn out and Christmas is not even here! Did I mention this month is going by like the speed of light and it is honestly really freaky!?

I have just been super low energy and I think it is partially because I am recovering from the craziness, trying to keep up with the current craziness and to top it off having a little one!

Fortunately, Jet is so good and goes everywhere with me and behaves like a dream most of the time!

I think I have been having some post partum depression slightly too but cannot fully tell from the craziness of my life and distractions. I think I am because I am not fully embracing the holiday season like I have in the past even though I should be WAY excited because I have a cute baby to enjoy the holidays with. I have just been pretty hormonal & crying at super stupid things too but that is just me anyway- I do not know, I am watching myself and seeing if I need to get some help eventually and Dustin is keeping and eye on me too. Its important to be honest with myself about my feelings!

I for sure have a major case of post partum anxiety though. Everyone says "Oh that is every first time mom!" but I think mine is a little exaggerated---I am a worst ca-scenario kind of person and I always have been but I am trying really hard to fight it by doing things that scare me or make me uncomfortable to strengthen my faith in myself.  Mind you, the things that scare me are not dangerous really, they more like "Leave husband with the baby and go to the store," That kind of thing scares me! Ah, need to have a few more kids and maybe I will calm down with the worry wort stuff. I am getting alot better and I am just now starting to feel a bit in the holiday spirit. I  feel as though I have been coming down with a little cold so Jet and I watched 3 holiday movies today haha. Anyways I am kind of in a funk but it will end soon and I am really looking forward to Christmas!

Photography Venture

So I am starting something new! I started up my own photography thing early November and I am pretty excited about it! I thought I just document the beginnings of what I have done. I have already learned so much about taking and editing photos and I love it! Hooray for picking up a hobby that also makes a little money too!

I thought I would document some of my experiences so far and what I have learned that way someday I can look back when hopefully I am more experienced.

I already have had a few clients and a lot of what I am learning is hands on, the more I take photos the more I find my eye for them developing! 

One thing that is kind of embarrassing but the truth is I find myself looking through the lense too much during a shoot and then I end up with a headache after every shoot. I am trying really hard to find the photo outside of the camera first, then look in and take it lol. 

Tomorrow I have a shoot for someone with 6 kids! That is definitely going to be my biggest challenge yet, getting a shot where everyone is at the very least looking! But hey candids are cute too right? 

Jet’s 4 Month Check-Up

Little monkey is doing fabulous! Dotctor said the birth mark on his leg that I was worried about  is perfectly normal. Yay. She also said he has super good head control for his age and that he can start solids! Ahhhhh Jet is going to love to try new veggies and fruits. Doc said to stick to veggies first so that he doesn’t only want sweet stuff all the time. I’m so excited to give him his first food!

He weighs 16 pounds &  10.5 ounces. He is 27 1/2 inches. Doctors says he’s WAY tall for his age. He is in the 99th percentile for height & 75th for weight. 

He is only in the 20th percentile for BMI, and that’s because it is a calculation of weight and height and most babies his age aren’t as tall as him ergo babies as tall as him would be older and weigh WAY more.

He grows two pounds and two inches every visit on average. 

My mom came with to keep us company and be a helping hand in my photo session I had later in the day so it was awesome to visit with her. 

Baby Jet also got two shots vaccines and a vaccine that he drank. He was interested in the drinking vaccine and liked it because it was sweet. 

He such a good forgiving little boy. The nurse gave him his first shot and he didn’t cry just looked at her like why’d you do that? He thought it was an accident. When she gave him the second he immediately started crying and we just imagined he thought “you’re doing this on purpose!”

Sweet baby.

Momma (me) tried a new hair style and I’m still not sure about it, but it was fun. 

Jetty boy did so great though and I’m so proud of him! 

Oh and he LOVED the paper on the bed again!

December Craft Night

Craft night was so fun! We had a pretty good turn out considering the holidays and everything! 

We made the most adorable little wreaths out of ornaments! 

All you use is ornaments, glue gun & a foam wreath! 

Simple but a little time consuming but worth it craft! 

Highlight of the night was Sophia glued her hair.

I didn’t take any photos of food but we did potluck and pretty much everyone brought something with cheese & bread, so we were carbing out pretty bad! 

But who doesn’t love cheese & bread? 

We had a super fun time and are already getting ready for the next one! 

Our First Night in our Home

As December rolls around, it will mark one year in our amazing and wonderful home! We got the keys on December 23, 2016!!

In honor of this I thought I would share how our first night staying at our house went. This is an old story but I must tell it for I don't have it documented anywhere and it's pretty hilarious! 

We signed the papers and got the keys to our home on December 23rd 2016! Just one day away from Christmas Eve! 

We wanted to spend Christmas in our new home so we had an air matress, sleeping bag and a mini Christmas tree! 

We put the air mattress up in the soon to be dining room and were so excited for our first night in our home! 

Little did we know our mostly tile house would be freezing cold in the December night! We froze our butts off until about 2 am when we decided we couldn't take it anymore! We didn't know how to use the heater quite yet and the electronic fire place wasn't doing much. We couldn't sleep because we were so cold! 

Finally after hours of shivers I told Dustin why don't we just go to our old place? I added we could get some more blankets and maybe just take a load of our stuff down since we can't sleep anyway? Dustin actually agreed which I was surprised by because sometimes, even I know when my ideas seem kind of crazy. It was crazy because our old house was a half an hour away, in the mountains, on a DIRT road and it was storming rain outside! However our house still had all of our belongings in it!

Aside those details, we left. We got to the gate of our old place and when Dustin clicked the button it wouldn't open...we were really confused/tired for it was like 2 in the morning. This gate is really dumb because you can't open it manually, only with the clicker. The gates battery appeared to have died and so we were unable to take our car up the big, muddy slippery hill. We decided we were not going to waste a trip and so we walked up that muddy slippery hill in the pouring rain...(I was in heels for they were the only shoes I had with me at our new house and I was also pregnant with Jetson!)

When we got to the house it was really tempting to just fall asleep on our bed with our big fluffy comforter. But instead, we sort of went into survival mode, grabbing bags, suitcases and seeing how much we could possibly carry down with us. We loaded essential things like a million more blankets, another sleeping bag, our carbon monoxide alarm, snacks and fuzzy Jammies. We walked down the hill carrying SO much using every limb and even using our mouths to hold things, we must've looked ridiculous.

We drove home in the early morning hours of Christmas Eve and went to our new home, figured out the heater and CRASHED, we slept in until atleast 11 AM the next day. 

It's so funny how we spent our first night in our home, it just goes to show nothing is perfect and you just gotta role with life the best you can! 

December 2017 Festivities So Far

We decorated our tree! Jetson loves the lights and loved to try and eat the ornaments. 

He put up his first special Christmas ornament..again he would rather eat it. 

I love how big our tree is! You have to get on a ladder to put the top ornaments on ! I love big Christmas trees. We do fake Christmas trees at our house because that’s how I grew up. I find it easier and satisfying to my ocd self because I’d be wanting a perfectly shaped tree. We do fake and dustins compromise is we do colored lights outside even though I love plain WHITE.  I know so many people are pro real tree though, but I actually red an article about hibernating bugs in your tree that wake in the warmth of your house. I’m not sure if the credibility of that but YUCK. Sorry for the random tangent . 

He’s the finished product ! I honestly  Don’t think we will have a star this year because Dustin has been super indecisive on what kind of star he wants lol!

We are just doing the front walk way this year..but next year I’m going all out for outside lights...I just didn’t see the point since we are going to The ranch half the month! 

We had our ward party last Saturday the second and me and the rest of the relief society presidency were in charge so it was quite crazy! It went great though cute Jetson would not let his cousin nevaeha go or out of his sight he loves her!

We were super festive because that’s just who we are! 

This Christmas season is starting out great! 

Holiday Blues: A Letter to my Dad

Dear Dad,

Sometimes I can’t imagine my life with you in it...it’s strange to say but it has just been so long. Looking at your photos is like looking at a distant memory, a memory that at times feels like perhaps never existed. 

And now I understand why-

I have blocked the pain by completely cutting off the memories. My coping mechanism has been to not cope at all. 

I see in Jetson hints of you and it reminds me of the sweet memories I have tried to block out. These moments touch my heart ad for just a minute I feel you there with me. I have been feeling your presence a lot lately dad and I know now that it’s time for me to begin the healing process that I thought I went through so long ago. 

A lot of me is feeling bitter for how everything went down. You left us far too soon and I just wish you could’ve met Dustin and Jet. 

When you were going through everything I was at a selfish point in my life, in school, caring about the social aspect of my life and trying to distract myself from the inevitable truth that you were very very sick. 

I feel there’s so much more I could have done, or I would’ve done had I known our time was short. 

You were the hardest worker and the most loving father to me. You were kind, honest and humorous. I was never afraid to go sit on your lap or climb in bed and watch the news, you were welcoming and warm. 

How badly I want to be that little girl in your arms again. 

How badly I dream to sing with you and hear your voice one last time. 

How I miss your very particular smell of musk, soil and a hint of cigarette. 

Oh how I need you. 

Oh how I miss you . 

Oh how I love you.

Until we meet again, 

Savvy

Baby Jet : 4 Months

Jetson is 4 Months! Where is the time going?

Jetson you are the best! You’re very patient and always running around with me everywhere I go and you’re overall really well behaved. 

You’re still ridiculously smart and you try to train me to be at your beck and call. I’m trying to show you who is boss but you really seem to think you are lol. 

You like to nap in my arms and you like to be held at all times. I try to set you down more so that I can get stuff done. You have started to fake cough anytime I leave the room. I know it’s fake because when I check on you, you immediately stop and show a wide grin and giggle. Somehow you have figured out coughing gets me to run into the room. Smarty. You also know that even if I know you’re faking it I’ll still run in just in case. 

You LOVE daddy and get fussy if he comes home late. When dad gets home I’m chopped liver until you want milk again. Daddy bounces you and plays with you while I recharge my battery. 

You just started sitting up on your own and you love it. You’re starting to discover that you can eat your little toes. You also laugh when you fall over from sitting up. 

A funny story from earlier this month was we were in sacrament at church and during the actual sacrament portion you were falling asleep in dads arms...well you decided you didn’t want your binki anymore and shot it out your mouth. We heard a load spit noise and no exaggeration it shot across the pew about 3 feet! 

Jetson you are huge! We are all taking bets on how much you’ll weigh at your appointment next week ! There are 10 month old babies at church smaller than you! 

You’re also starting to like peek a boo !

Jetson life is so much better with YOU in it ❤️ 

We LOVE you. 

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