Callaway in one word: ROCKSTAR! Honestly she is getting so much fun! It keeps getting better and better being a mommy! (not that it hasn't been wonderful from the get-go but the more she learns and grows, it's just amazing to have a front row seat to the most amazing journey!!)
At Christmas! Mamma's favorite Christmas Gift!
Callaway and her best friend Lexi! It's so fun to watch these two interact. They are *just* starting to figure out sharing and playing TOGETHER, rather than playing independently. They are hilarious! Nikki and I just sit and laugh at their sweet interactions! They are going to be so fun watching grow up together! 
Gavin, Ashley, Maddie, and JR came down to visit...yay for cousin baths!!!
She is always learning and growing...she enjoyed the swing, I swear!
Callaway with Daddy on his motorcycle...yep, when Callaways was 2 months old, Michael decided to invest in a motorcycle...we're still deciding if it was a good decision! :D
Yep, she does push ups....better than Michael and I.
The happiest baby on the block.... 
okay, and a little bit of a drama queen....it's the red hair, what can we say (she was just as shocked as we were to wake up to snow of the ground...in Ivins....in March...not okay). 
*BEAUTIFUL girl* 
She loves her long walks with her mommy! :D 
Our house--
...yep, officially homeowners! We actually closed on Michael's Birthday! Happy Birthday Michael for the next 30 years! haha.
Kitchen 
Dining Room
Living Room to hallway
Yay, our new couch!!! :D
Kitchen 
Dining Room 
Living Room to hallway 
Yay, our new couch!!! :D 
More pictures to come.
We have just felt so blessed these last few months. It's been a crazy, exciting, terrifying, scary, awesome (you get the idea), ride. We have felt so many little things fall into place these last few months. It seems like our prayers have truly been answered. We have met some incredible people that we feel blessed to have gotten to know. Our ward has been more that welcoming to our little family since we've moved in...and there are TONS of babies Callaways age! She is going to have a BLAST growing up! We have the most amazing little community--our neighborhood is so quiet--except for the occasional kid riding his bike/scooter up the street. Makes Ivins all the more of our *happy place*!!
Thing for us have been so amazing. The Lord has been so gracious in our behalf. We are figuring things out--slowly but surely. I realized when I went back to work, I was really struggling with post partum depression. It was good to realize that I actually wasn't crazy--but that what I was going through was actually validated. Please, don't think I was dangerous in any way--not to myself and especially not to my sweet baby. I just felt like, in my mind, there were two different people controlling each situation. The rational side of me was saying "you're being irrational" and the irrational side of me controlled my feelings...so I was so torn. When I approached my Dr about it, I was half-way laughing ('cause I've always said--in times of pain you can either laugh or cry about it....I cry a lot so I try to laugh through the rest! :D). Dr. Cain had to ask twice if I was serious. I have felt better....almost the fact of just validating my feelings was all I needed. I love my sweet baby but with a newborn, a full time job, the stress of buying a house, the decline of my mom's health-dramatically, the weirdness at work with situations beyond my control, and everything else that goes right along with daily life just seemed to 'weigh' on my tender little soul. I feel like, through prayer, my supportive loving husband and baby girl, validation, and help from my little friends (aka anti-depressants), I'm figuring things out. I could really not be happier. We are so blessed and we continue to feel like our lives are where Heavenly Father needs us to be! I know that and that is such a comforting feeling! I finally feel at peace with actually having a place I can call home and that I am proud of...and we can do whatever we want to it! :) Michael is the most incredible husband and he has been supportive, patient, loving, tender, helpful....and so much more at our time of transition and growth (especially mine)! He is such a rock to me in my life. I love him. I am so blessed...what more can I say?!?!
Well, till next time! Hugs and Kisses from the Griffiths clan!
I love it!! Awesome post! You are the best! I'm so grateful you moved in!!
ReplyDeleteAshley, I know what you mean! I had a little of that after I had Madi (#2) and after I realized what was going on it was SO much better. Almost like I was validated! :) I cried for NO REASON. :) But it got better quickly, only a few months and I was back to normal, so keep your chin up! It sounds like everything is going to be ok. :)
ReplyDeleteAsh it is so fun to see what you and Michael are up to. You have a beautiful little girl and I can tell she is just as wonderful as you! I hope that all continues to get better for you and know that there is someone on your side (even though we are quite far apart) clear up in Victor Idaho!
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