The Everyday

I am so behind on writing on my blog, so I'm just capturing the highlights of these past few weeks!  -Ward Halloween Party. I was in charge of it with the rest of the YW leaders. It went great. -Spudnuts at the Titus' house. -Homemade pizza and root beer for dinner. -Trick or Treating! This was officially Emi's first time trick or treating. She LOVED it.  -When we were passing out candy, a kid came to our door with a blow up dinosaur costume, and Emi kept saying "A dinosaur came to my door." 

Marty and I had Hawa and Popup Bagels for breakfast...again. It's just all too good. After breakfast, Marty hurried off to go to a campus tour at Columbia (Marty told me later that it ended up just being a Q&A. Still helpful though.) and Emi and I made our way to Central Park to go play at the hippo park. I decided this would be a test if I'd be able to navigate NYC on my own with a child. Honestly, not a very difficult test as Central Park is a straight shot from Dan and Angela's apartment, but I still felt empowered when I made it to the park. After playing at the park, we went back to the apartment, met up with Dan, and headed to meet Marty and Michael for Ramen. We came back to the apartment, and then headed out to Yankee Stadium a few hours later (minus Emi. Thanks to Megan for taking care of her). It was so exciting watching the game! I was also very excited when Leslie Odom Jr. sang the national anthem at the start of the game since I love Hamilton. The Dodgers w...

Marty, Emi, & I, Moe & Matt, and Courtney & Michael went out to breakfast this morning. I think all of us could agree it was a one and done restaurant! But it was still fun to hang out and socialize. Afterwards, we walked around Central Park. We got to see the NYC Marathon finish line arch being constructed which was neat.  I'm going to run the NYC Marathon one day. We rushed home to put on church clothes (except Courtney and Michael who had already headed to church), and made our way to church (minus Marty who was feeling exhausted and sick). Because the NYC temple is currently under construction, which is the same building where Courtney and Michael's ward meets, their ward meets in a cathedral. It was cool and different! After church, we said our goodbyes to Moe and Matt. It's been so fun catching up and getting to know Matt better! They're such a power couple.  The rest of the afternoon was very chill. We just rested and relaxed. In the evening Courtney ...

Courtney grabbed Hawa and Pop Up bagels for us to eat in the morning. I had to take a picture to remember the name of the bagel shop. I'm obsessed! Tour of CBS given by Michael. Emi really latched onto Nono. Courtney trying to show Emi how to raise her hand! haha. Emi pretending to be a CBS teacher. How cute would it be if she went to CBS 25 years down the road and we got to pull out this picture again? haha. Emi fit in the lockers. Pretty views! We went to Bad Roman for dinner with Moe and Matt (They are staying the night with us in the city). On the way down the escalator, Emi noticed this statue and said "Mama he's going pee pees." hahah. Moe, Matt, and I went to "Back to the Future" together in the evening. We all loved it!  Bekah gave us a backstage tour. So so nice of her!

 Made it to NYC this evening! Emi's first flight with her own seat (if you don't count the times on Grammy and Papa's plane and the times where we've just had an empty seat next to us. haha). It was amazing! Taken at 1:21 am Eastern time. So excited to be here!

Emi got a book from Chick-fil-A in her kids meal a few days ago. (I guess they give out books now instead of toys?) I was reading it with her this morning and it made me cry because of how sweet it was! Motherhood hits at the strangest times. I will be ordering a hardcover copy of this book because it's that good! Later in the morning, Emi and I did a Target run to grab some leggings for her Halloween costume, and I saw a mom with her 2 ish year old and her baby and it made me cry again. I could feel myself mourning for a child I don't have and an "ideal 2-year-gap between kids" family that's no longer part of my story. I know it sounds petty, but it hurt. This whole motherhood thing is beautiful, painful, and everything in between. 

Emi and I went with Summer and Jules to Hudson Gardens this morning. They have TONS of carved pumpkins and you can just walk around (If you go at night it costs because the jack-o-lanterns light up, but if you go during the day it's free). I wish I would've discovered this place in previous years because it's so cute and fun. Afterward, we were close to Marty's work so I called him up, and we met him at Torchy's for lunch. It was fun getting to see him mid-day! Emi and I ran some errands in the afternoon and we ended up getting a cute snow globe from Target (their Studio McGee holiday section is so hard to pass by without grabbing something). Emi was mesmerized by it. She loved twisting the knob to make it play music.  After dinner, Marty, Emi, and I headed our separate ways. I dropped Emi off to hang with Marlow, Bowen, and Brye and then went to YWs, and Marty went to softball. After YW, I dropped off girls, picked Emi up, and then hosted a YW meeting at my house (...

Emi decided a few days ago that she no longer wanted her sleep sack and it's done wonders for her sleep! She's slept in past 7 the past few days and she'll take longer naps. I guess she just runs hot like her dad? And so not having her sleep sack is making it easier for her to sleep? We'll take it! Emi chose out these ghosty Pillsbury cookies at the store today. These are the perfect treat to have littles help "make" in the kitchen! Growing up, we'd get Pillsbury cookies for some holidays, and I always loved it.

I was picking Emi up from the kids care at Chuze after my workout, and I started to feel really disoriented like I was about to pass out. Luckily the kids care employees let me lay down for a few minutes. It was bizarre! I guess I just went too hard on my workout today. We came home, and I laid back down for a bit before Emi and I headed to My Gym. Emi was in a mood.  After lunch, Emi went down for an amazing nap (bless her!) and then we ran errands for the ward Halloween Party. For family night tonight, we went as a family to the "Pumpkin Patch." She wanted the "big, big, big one." She also loved grabbing a few baby pumpkins. Emi makes celebrating holidays so much fun!

The YW are in charge of the Halloween Party this year, and we decided we'd like to try something new and move away from the trunk or treat.  Well, today in church, a sweet deacon got up to talk and started crying about how he was sad the trunk or treat was no longer going to happen (I think it was part nerves, part sadness). I felt SO BAD. By mid-day, the trunk or treat was back on. Everyone was teasing me (the grinch of Halloween haha), and I honestly thought it was hilarious. Doing the trunk or treat is less work for us...so win-win! Emi practicing her ABCs. Emi loves choosing her outfits.

Welp. The weather report was not looking great today and tomorrow at Wolf Creek Pass. I was worried about getting home safely, and it was another full day of rain--which meant being inside with two crazy toddlers. We decided to call it. We've never had a Pagosa trip with this kind of weather. What we loved about it: Hanging out inside with the sound of rain outside, hot cocoa, talking, going on a fun adventure in the rain. What was hard about it: feeling confined inside and not knowing what activities to do (because we're so used to doing outside activities at Pagosa). An idea we have if it rains next time: Watch an outdoor movie on the patio and snuggle up in blankets! Our trip--beginning to end. 

Today was a wild day. Wild thing #1: Marty, Emi, and I were upstairs by the office this morning when I noticed elk right out the window. I hurried and told Marty to come look. There were 5-6 of them just hanging out. It was sooo cool! And then we remembered the elk poop from yesterday, and went downstairs to look in the backyard. Close to ONE HUNDRED elk were hanging out in the backyard and the area just beyond that. We couldn't believe our eyes! It was insane. Wild thing #2: We got a call yesterday from our fertility clinic saying they could get us in for an earlier intake session... today! We scheduled an appointment for November with this clinic a bit ago, but we were on a waitlist to get an earlier session just in case something opened up. So that phone call was a happy surprise! Marty and I hopped on a telehealth call with our doctor this morning and it went really well. Our doctor is great, and I'm feeling optimistic about things. Marty and I will be going in for testing ...