Lived
- I figured I better update before it has been 2 months since my last post. The past month has gone by so quickly that I can't even remember everything we did.
- Luke came home and we are all so happy he is here! The past two years have gone by so slow for all of us since we seriously have been waiting for his return from the very day her left. Luke is the baby of the Leavitt family and is definitely treated like it. I am not sure how happy he is that all three of his sister in-laws have made it their goal to choose his wife. We all get along so well that we can't have anyone in the family that we don't approve of. Poor Luke has had a hard time of it already. Nancy says he has to go on at least 100 different dates before her can get married. Good luck to whoever he marries. The best advice i can give is to just fit in with the family.
- I survived this semester and I am becoming more and more nervous about taking next semester off. This will be the first time that I haven't taken classes in almost 5 years. I am so excited though. I have been super busy doing pictures and plan to keep it up. I hope to do a few workshops in the next couple of months and really start my business up.
- Leighton hasn't stopped growing but luckily she isn't walking yet. She will stand all over the place and has started crawling like a stink bug but so far no steps.
Learned
- I have learned a lot this past month. Honestly every day i feel like i am becoming more and more confident with myself. I think that doing pictures outside of the valley has really made me come out of my shell. I feel more confident in my work and like i am treated as a professional. I absolute love it. I love the feeling that i get from being successful. I have enjoyed getting to know all of the people i have worked with. Really i have come to realize that i need to get over the "when i get older" feeling that i seem to always have. I tend to tell myself things like "when i get older i will start my business" or "i cant wait to be older so i will be able to do that" Uh hello i am older, i am the age i use to imagine i would be when i said those things at first. I also see my amazing and very successful best friend who is doing great things with her life. She is my age and doing all of that she wants to. I think watching her has seriously been an eye opener for me. Obviously she has put her heart and soul into making her dreams come true, and i am not saying it is easy, but i know i am also capable doing what i want to and i should stop telling myself that i am not old enough. (i hope that makes sense)
- Do not leave dirty diapers where Leighton can reach. That is all i will say.
Loved
- I loved getting to focus on all of the things that i am grateful for during the month of November. It is always really neat to me to see how much i really am thankful for. I also loved Thanksgiving. This year Leighton and I celebrated it without Kaden though. My sweet husband had to work. Leighton and I did a lot of bouncing around though, we went from the Leavitt's to my parents quite a bit. I loved being with family and having yummy food.
Just a little black Friday shopping
- So far i have loved celebrating the Christmas season. It has been beautiful weather in Cedar and Leighton has been the perfect little helper. Every time we go shopping she does great and she makes it so fun for me. The other day we were in target and she was a little restless so i started swerving the cart a little and she laughed so much. Sweet moments like that always remind me why i LOVE being a mom.
