Bloggity, Blog, Blog, Blog

So I have been a bad blogger lately. It has been forever and a day since I last posted. But there is just so much to do. And so much going on. Plus, I usually have like a list of blog ideas and postings in my head of things that I want to blog about.... but lately, nothing. Weird! I blame my lack of ideas on the amazing birthday present Kenny got me. I spend all my free time on it. It makes me happy. He got me a Kindle! I capital L-O-V-E it! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! I was a little hesitant about it at first because I did not want to be a traitor to what I love, books. And there is a lot to miss about books in print- the smell of new books, getting to crack the binding when you open it, browsing for hours in the book store. But then, I realized... I will still do that.... Just because I have a Kindle doesn't mean I can't swing both ways. :) So for now, my Kindle is down and I am focusing on the blog.

But anyways, here is the 411 on us just to catch up so that I feel like I can go on blogging about more fun topics...

Kenny is now half way done with his training. He leaves every Monday afternoon and comes home late Friday nights. Harper and I miss him dearly but we are so proud of him. He is doing such a good job and is loving his new job. So we are happy. We should find out where we will end up in a few weeks, so we are anxiously awaiting that.

As for me, I am finishing up school through BYU-Idaho's online program. I only have a couple more semesters left, so I am just chugging away. I am taking 4 classes this semester so I am staying pretty busy with all the homework and keeping up with Harper.

Miss Harper is doing fabulous. She grew some more teeth so she no longer has fangs. She is crawling EVERYWHERE! She is constantly on the go, never staying still. She loves reading (which makes me so so so happy), playing with Aunt Riley (Rye is Harper's BFF), crawling all over the place, swinging at the playground, watching kids, twirling, playing with all her toys, riding in her new forward facing carseat, coloring, dancing, and just being her cute self! She is such a blast.

Here are a couple pics of Harper. We usually go out to eat on Monday's before we take Kenny to the airport. So here is Harps sitting in her high chair at Sweet Tomatoes (good, but Souper Salad is way better)....

A Year In Review

So 2010 has been a big, monumental year. Like big! It has a great year.

I started off the year humongously pregnant and working at APX. Kenny was working at the testing center. We were both taking classes and anxiously awaiting the arrival of Miss Harper and preparing to move to Washington D.C. for an internship.

Harper was born. We learned that being parents was crazy, hard, and absolutely WONDERFUL! We were all in love at first sight. We also learned how hard it was to function on minimal amounts of sleep.

We no longer felt right about going to D.C. So within about 2 weeks, we found a new apartment in Provo, Kenny got an internship for the City of Provo, we both signed up summer classes at BYU, and continued learning how to be parents.

We celebrated 2 years of marriage!

We had a fun reunion weekend with Kenny's family up in Alberta.

Kenny GRADUATED!!! We are so proud of him! He interviewed, interviewed, and interviewed some more.

Harper grew, grew, and grew some more.

We sold our contract, packed our stuff, said good bye to Utah for the time being and moved to Texas to continue the job hunt.

A week later, Kenny go a job that he had applied for up in Utah. And again, we are so stinking proud of his amazingness!

Went to Houston and spent a fun filled week with Kenny's sister, Heather, and all her kids.

Kenny started the job and the traveling commenced. Harper and I are having a blast playing with Gran and Grandpa Dethloff and all the uncles and aunt.

Harper grew fang teeth (see post below) and is continuing to grow and learn like CRAZY!

Kenny went to his sister, Linda's, wedding. Harper got sick so we stayed behind. :(

We had a fabulous Christmas (Harper's first was so exciting) with my family and enjoyed getting to see my brother, Brian, and his wife, Katie. It had been way too long.

We have learned A LOT this year! It has been quite the transitional, growing period for all of us. We have seen the Lord's hand guiding our lives countless times this year. We have received unconditional love, support, and guidance from our parents and siblings and grandparents and just everyone. We are ever so grateful for our families and all the many blessings we have received this year.

We are looking forward to 2011 and all the changes and growth we know that it will bring.
And to end, a cute picture of Harper....

This is NOT a Guest Post

Hey y'all this is the HLK im just chillin here in texas minding my own buisness when i was bitten by what we all thought was just another toothless man




But it was actually a vampire and now strange things are happening and im turning into a vampire myself


BEWARE FOOLS I'LL BITE YOU ALL

Incoming Guest Post

So, I had an all I want for Christmas blog planned out in my head. I got my AWESOME little brother, Chris, to help me snap some cute pics of Miss Harperty- Darperty to post on there... But it never happened. Instead Harps got sick... Way sick! Sicker than the last time (see the sicky-poo post).
It was most unfortunate! Again, your kid being sick is HORRIBLE, TERRIBLE, NO- GOOD, VERY BAD DAY... Or in our case days! Ugh!!!!
Plus, we missed Linda's wedding and all the Kyle Family fun that was going on without us! It made us sad. We were stuck in Texas sick and sad!
But anyways, back to the matter at hand, my little brother Chris had taken all these cute pictures for me for the post and I want to make sure the get used and documented because the are stinking cute and are well, down right funny! So, I decided to let my little bro do a guest post.
It is the first guest post on Crazy Little Thing Called Love and we are vey very excited!
So stay tuned today, for the first ever guest post by Christopher "one of the greatest uncles ever" Dethloff.

Forget Em All!

Forget Hop on Pop. Forget the Pokey Little Puppy. Forget Goodnight Moon. Forget Charlie and Lola. Forget Go Dog Go and all other Dr. Seuss books. Forget (and excuse me for the blaspheme here) Fancy Nancy. Forget Dear Zoo. Forget Baby Blue Cat and the Smiley Worm Doll.

Heck, forget the Shiny, Glowy Christmas Tree and Presents right behind her.

Miss Harper has decided to focus on the more serious, weighter matters at hand. Tonight in the study, this is what I found....

As seen by the face, the oil spill is a issue she is deeply concerned about!

*note- These pictures are not staged! My mom, Riley, and I were talking in the study tonight. When we looked down, this is what we saw. (She had pulled all of the National Geographics off of the shelf and was checking them out...So Stinkin' Cute!!!) At the ripe, young age of 9 months, Harper is ready to take on the world!

Christmas Must Haves

I love Christmas time. It is truly a beautiful time of year! I love the lights, glitter, holiday cheer, drinking hot chocolate, the smells of Christmas-trees, gingerbread cookies, and candy canes- wrapping paper and pretty bows, fires in the fireplace, the music (especially my ALL TIME favorite song, I want a hippopotamus for Christmas), the joy that can be seen on the faces of little children running wildly through the toy store, and the madness that can be seen on the faces of their parents.

But ultimately, Christmas time means...

CANDY CANE TOOTSIE POPS!

Guys, these suckers are SO SO SO stinking good! A Tootsie Roll encased in a peppermint sucker. YUM!!!! I love peppermints in all forms. It is one of my favorite things about Sonic, eating a peppermint while drinking a cherry limeade. And you just can't ever beat a tootsie roll. So clearly, this combination makes the ULTIMATE sucker!

My mom and I discovered them when I was in maybe the eighth grade and we have gotten them every Christmas since... except for Christmas 4 years ago.

Sadly, we could not find them anywhere. We seriously looked in every candy aisle we could find and came away empty handed every single time. That Christmas scarred me! And you may laugh, but it is true. I have not handled the suckers the same since.

Before the infamous Christmas, my mom and I would go through maybe one to two bags max the entire Christmas season; whereas now, I buy two bags every time I go to Target (but shh, don't tell Kenny). Blessed Target! That is where you get them. It is the only place that has consistently had them year after year. Love Target, and I go there A LOT... so we have gone through a lot of suckers already this year and I just bought more today.

I blame that infamous Christmas without for my craze. When you are forced to go without, you realize and appreciate what you had. I promised myself that I would never take these suckers for granted again; hence, we are now on bag #6.

That is how good these suckers are... 6 bags and it is only the 7th of December. WOW... I just realized how crazy and obsessed that makes me sound. Makes me a little worried for myself... but don't fret, I am not worried enough to stop eating them or stocking up once Christmas is over. They are just that good!

Self Feeding Equals...

Self Feeding = Sharing and Feeding Mommy

Self Feeding = A Lip Licking Good TimeSelf Feeding = Cute, Funny Faces

Self Feeding = Messy Foreheads and Food Smeared Everywhere

Self Feeding = Feeling Mushy Goodness Between Fingers & Using the Cool Spoon from Gran

Self Feeding = Yummy Food?

Self Feeding = One Heck of a Good Time!!!