Big girl bed!

My cutie patootie is becoming a big girl fast.  We switched her to a big girl bed and I can't say it was an easy process.  The first day was hard.  We made the switch in the morning because I wanted to see how she did during her nap.  We put her in her bed and closed her doors like we always do.  The problem was she now can get out of bed and now that she realizes she is shut in her room during nap time she was not happy.  SHe cried and cried and cried.  The more I went in and tried to comfort her the worse it got so finally I had to go in the living room and turn the TV up to drown out her crying.  Eventually she gave up, got a book, and fell asleep reading at the edge of her bed.  I thought we were in the clear but bed time was worse.  She fell asleep quick because she was so tired but woke up around 10 30 and was not happy.  I ended up getting in her bed and rubbing her back till she fell asleep.  The problem was I couldint get out.  I was stuck in there.  Every time I moved she sat up wide awake.  After an hour and some serious mission impossible moves I made it out safe. Unfortunately and hour later she was awake and 20 min late in our bed for the rest of the night.  Trevor and I were both so tired and we had to give talks at church and we had friends coming for dinner.  The only good part was Kirra was so tired she slept through both of our talks.   So after being so tired all day I was in no mood to be the good guy so when we put her to bed that was it.  No going back.  She cried for about 15 minutes but finally gave up and got in her bed, pulled up the covers and fell asleep reading.  She slept until 8 am.  I am so excited because this is a part of the potty training process.  If she does well we will be starting in the next couple of weeks.  This is all good because my new calling may require me to be gone sometimes and it will make Trevor's life a lot easier.  I am still a little worried she is not quite ready but we will see how she does today.

New start

I guess I should start blogging again since I have more downtime.  We just moved to Arizona and I guess I am getting old because the whole thing has really worn me out.  I feel like I need more sleep than usual and also more chocolate than usual.  We got here about 2 weeks ago.  We packed an amazing amount of things into our tiny little car.  Now that I think about it I should have taken a picture and tried to see if we broke some kind of world record.  I really was impressed with Trevor's packing skills.  We drove through the night so that we would not have to deal with a very cranky Kirra and it turned out pretty great.  Kirra slept pretty much the whole time while Trev drove and I tried to keep him awake with as many conversation topics as I could think of.  The only problem was that when we arrived, Kirra was wide awake and Trevor and I were ready to fall over from how tired we were.

We unpacked our car-which by the way was not easy.  We live on the third floor.  Trevor did most of the work while I tried to keep us as organized as possible...Also something I should have taken a picture of because we were the complete opposite of organized.  We had some friends (Brittany and Ryan)  that we knew from Idaho that had also just moved to the area so they came and helped us a ton. The boys made multiple trips back and forth from our storage unit to the apartment while Brittany helped me hang up clothes and try to work my way through the mess.  It was such a pain because everything that came in from the storage unit was dusty and gross and just needed to be cleaned and I didn't really know where to put stuff and there were so many things we needed from the store.  I was completely overwhelmed and extremely tired.  We didn't get the crib set up until late that night and by that time Kirra was way past a nap.  She had laid down on the floor in a pile of cheezits she spilled and tried to take a nap but it was just so crazy.  I can't imagine how people with more than one kid move.

Anyway it took a few days to get things put away and set up the way we wanted them.  When we finally finished and had some down time we did a little exploring.  We found a fun trail by a huge lake to bike on.  Kirra loved it because there were ducks to feed.  I loved it because it was amazingly clean and had very unique bridges to look at along the way.  Trevor just likes to bike anywhere I think.  It has been nice to have some down time with just our little family.  In the past 8 months we have been living with or close to both of our families and had not had a lot of time for just the three of us.  We had fun doing little things like making dinner together or watching movies.  Also there are the perks of the hot tub and gym.  The pool is still too cold.  The gym is nice because no one uses it so we can bring Kirra and just turn on cartoons while we work out.  We also got to spend some time with Trevor's uncle and his family.  We went to dinner at their house on Sunday and were spoiled with delicious food.  Since we are back to student mode we have been eating mostly Top Ramen.

At church we have still not made too many friends.  The people are very nice though and I don't doubt we will make friends quickly.  I have not had too many friends that I can just hang out with since we have been traveling a lot and I guess I have been feeling a little desperate.  A girl at church that lives in my same apartment complex asked me if I wanted to run with her some mornings.  She is a beautiful columbian girl and is in great shape.  She is training for a marathon and teaches Zumba.  Basically all the things I would like to be but am not.  She told me that we could go Monday morning at 6am.  I failed to mention to her that not only am I not a marathon runner but I haven't woken up at 6am since I was in seminary.  I was so desperate for a friend that I agreed to go anyway.  Trevor was teasing me a little about the fact that I would have to wake up before the sun and run in the freezing cold.  It got me a little anxious and I couldn't sleep.  I didn't get to bed until 1am thanks to him and Downton Abbey so when my alarm went off I thought there was no way I was going to make it.  I got up and dressed and walked outside.  Sure enough it was freezing and pitch black outside.  My new friend had brought another friend and we took off on our run together.  Everything was going great.  We were running at the same pace, talking about girl stuff.  It was everything I missed about having a friend.  Unfortunately about 20 min into the run I realized that they had picked up the pace quite a bit and that it was becoming harder to breath.  I continued to stay with them for the pure fact that I didn't want to be the slow one.  I thought the run must be almost over but I was so wrong.  We just kept going.  I was beginning to feel my legs cramp and my lungs felt like they were bleeding.  I started to fall behind and that is when I realized that I really was running with marathon runners and WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING!!  I felt like a loser when I had to stop towards the end and walk for fear that I might collapse if I continued.  We finally made it home and I crawled up the three flights of stairs to our apartment.  After my body cooled down and I wasn't sweating anymore I became so cold that I couldn't stand it.  I was cold, sore, and tired for the rest of the day.  The things a girl has to do these days to make a friend.  Needless to say, I will need to train for a few months before I run with my new friend again.

Anyway. I wish I had pictures to post but I don't yet so No one will probably want to read this and what the heck is a blog post without a picture.  So here you are...This was me running at 6am yesterday morning