HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHLOE!

Chloe had a blast with all the attention. We didnt throw a party. Just made a cupcake cake, Grandma and Grandpa Russell drove from Tucson to see her on this special day. Later that day she got to eat dinner and chase around her cousins Covin and Conner.

Her special one year old treats included a sip of pepsi. She made out like a bandit on toys her favorites of course were her little puppy from her grandparents and thee little doll from her cousins.

So much to say today!

Ok so normally I have no idea what to put on this but a few things I wanted to mention.
1. CHLOE IS WALKING!! yes my little baby girl is already walking. She started taking steps at like 10 1/2 months and two weeks later she started walking. Now she is hardly even crawling anymore. Time flies so fast her birthday is quickly coming up on the 22nd. Man where has this year gone.

(of course she has no pants on in this picture)


2. HALLOWEEN- well Dad gave Chloe the best halloween gift ever. She got to wake up to a baby chick in her bed. Yes cant live on the farm without Chickens so we got 8 baby Chicks. Chloe quickly learned how to say chicky chicky (smartest little girl in the world)



Chloe got to be a skunk and go trick or treating in thatcher with her cousins the i ncredibles. We had a lot of fun seeing everyone in their costumes

Ok so here is Chloe with cousin Covin and his cousin Dex he is so cute with the cutest costume ever.

What have we been doing lately???

Ok so the month of October just flew by. I think we maybe spent 5 total days of the month sleeping in our own bed, the rest of the time we spent at our families to work in Mesa. So it really stinks that Brett was sooooo close to getting the job up at the mine but then the price of copper crashed and they froze the hiring process. Well now its interesting because we are now finding lots of work to do in Mesa but now all our stuff is in Duncan and we have no work there. So its been pretty interesting. The good thing is we are living for free so we are still doing really good considering. He has another interview tomorrow so hopefully that will work out. Otherwise we will be keeping up this whole working in Mesa and living in Duncan thing for a while longer till we figure out what we are going to do. Good thing gas prices are going down.

I am actually starting to really like it here. The downside is I still dont know what it will be like when its just Chloe and Me. Everytime we have actually been here we have either had Brett's family up here or my family has come to visit. So to me it seems like a really social place to be, in reality its just luck that we have so much family to come and not let us be lonely.

So here is some pics of the family coming and visiting us here in Duncan

We went on a long ride out in New Mexico and babies were invited. Chloe got to ride with Dad most of the time and at least had the comfort of Cousin Tyson having to suffer through it too.



Chloe got to take a break and snack on some rocks


So cute we put them in the back seat of the ranger and they just zonked out so tired from the long day.


Getting to play in the cotton with Covin, Conner and Aunt Misty

Not even close to being settled in!

Ok so we moved out of our house and to Duncan. Well the timing of all the events around it including a highschool reunion, fall break, and still having to make trips to mesa I still havent had a chance to get much set in a permanent place.

We decided not to go to California this year. I wanted to be by the beach so bad but was so exhausted from all the move and stress I just wanted to kick back a little. The great thing about that was most of Bretts family was down playing with us so it was a very fun week. Here is a few pics of what we have been up to. When I get a chance to upload some more pics I will go into more detail of the farm life.

Crazy times!

Oh man, do you ever feel like one day you have all the blessings in the world and everything is going so great you couldnt be any happier and then the next day it all goes down the toilet and you think man just yesterday it was all fine and today the world is crashing down on me? A total rollercoaster ride. I feel like that about our move. Granted in a few weeks once I am all settled and on the farm I will be like "seriously, someone give me something to do!!" But right now I just feel exhausted and stressed out.

But a good thing I think we will finally be done moving this weekend. We have pretty much everything packed up, all that is really left is to clean. After I get off work on Thursday we will head down again with hopefully the last of it. Its just such a busy week. We have to be out of the house for the renters by the 10th. Well with a highschool reunion this weekend and a rental property to have to clean up and get rented out again and a trip to california this next weekend it just feels overwhelmingly crazy.

Plus poor Chloe, we left all of her toys in Duncan so she is being passed around, sleeping in an empty room in a playpen, and has no toys. I went and bought her a couple but nothing is familiar anymore to her so she is all nutso about the chaos. Wow!! I mean its just crazy, but I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and we will be done soon.

(Disclaimer: Plus I cant even think straight enough to realize a runon sentance so sorry if it doesnt make for an easy read)

Moving!

For some this may be some sad news and for some may be good news. For who ever reads this we are moving. We are packing everything out this weekend and heading to......DUNCAN..I know what a shocker, or where the heck is that. Well its where Brett grew up, we get to live on the farm for free, the houses are vacant and only really used as a vacation place so we are going. Its a good time in our life to go. Brett had the break in his job that would allow us to do so. We decided hey get to live on the farm and the simple life and save a ton of money. It all came up really fast and our house rented in less than 24 hours. So we have to be out by the 1st. We , well mostly I will still be in the valley working for a few weeks until Brett's job is all set up and then. Well we are outa here. Its crazy I'm the working one and Brett's Mr.Mom, kind of nice before its 100% me and Chloe 100% alone on the farm while Brett is at work. IT will be fun lots of adventure. Ill update and add pictures when I get a chance.

Thanks Covin!

So I was rearranging stuff in our extra bedroom and found a few random toys that my nieces and nephews play with when they are here,and among them was a race car. Well Chloe found it instantly (because she is always underneath me doing whatever I'm doing)and played with it forever. It was the greatest little shiny thing that rolls across the floor. It really doesnt surprise me, since her cousins are mostly boys and all they have to play with is cars. So Chloe thanks cousin Covin for leaving it so she can play with it. She loves it!