that time of year

Once again, I try to keep up on my blog but have been unsuccessful. I even have more time to do so since I am not working at the moment. But I do have a very demanding 4 month old that takes up most of my attention. I hardly ever set her down, which will kick me in the butt later I am sure.

This is my favorite time of year!

The Fall weather. No snow yet (thank you!). And all the holidays!!

My birthday kicks it off, which I just so happened to be turning 25 this year! I always wondered, back when I was younger, where my life would be when I turned 25. And I can say that I am very satisfied with where I am! My family is just beginning and I am excited for the future.

As I mentioned in my last post, Jordan and I had gotten engaged and have since been married! October 23rd! We planned a wedding in 6 weeks! It can be done! Jordan's Mom, Tena helped me tremendously with all the details. My Mom wasn't able to fly in until a few days before the wedding, but she helped me a ton over the phone and we were running last minute errands once she got in to town. My friend Sarah was so kind as to take our engagement photos and my bridals. Both sessions turned out perfectly! Most of my immediate family came in for it and it was great spending time with them! I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Jordan and I have been dating over 4 years. I love the feeling of being married and being able to call him 'husband!' Although it was as if we were already married before, it feels so much better now. We didn't get to go on a honeymoon. We just stayed the night at the Marriott in Park City so we could have a night away. It was hard being away from Kyra. I have never left that long. It gave me a little bit of anxiety, especially since I am still nursing her! But my Mom had offered to take her for the night so we could have a wedding night! I made sure over a few months before the wedding, to pump as much milk as I could squeeze in, between feedings. So I had plently of milk for my Mom to feed Kyra. Since she was in the NICU for the first few days of her life, Kyra was used to taking a bottle which was a blessing! And she doesn't do bad with formula if my Mom absolutely needed to use, but she didn't! We left our wedding in our attire. It was a neat feeling to roll up to the hotel in my wedding dress! It was pretty late by then so no one was really around to see me, dang it! We decided, the next day, that we should have stayed away for two nights. We got to the hotel around 11pm and had to check out at 10am. No time to really relax! We had a fireplace in our room and didn't even get to turn it on! We are trying to plan a 'real' honeymoon for the Spring!

Totally smashing it in his face!

More pics to come of the wedding soon! (When I don't have a screaming baby on my hip!)

Right after the hooplah of our wedding, it was Kyra's 1st Halloween! She is only 4 months old so Halloween wasn't a big deal this year. We didn't go trick or treating but I still got her a cute costume to wear! Some of her cousins came over for lunch and we got some pictures with them! Next year she will be able to walk!! Can't wait.

Now it's on to Thanksgiving! We aren't sure of our plans yet but we will be spending it with family! I have many things to be grateful for, #1 is family!