Life as usual...

Not much is going on...school and work...and fun! We are doing great. Here are a few random pictures.
Eva is wearing Brian's shoes in this picture. She always says Daddy when she sees things that are his.

Such a good sleeper...and LOVES her baby!!

We went to Brian's cousin's baptism. It is always fun to get together with family!

We went to visit Grandpa Anderson, too. He was home alone because Grandma went to visit Grandma K in Kansas. It was fun!! Eva says, "Cheese!!"

Eva's First Shiner

I guess our house isn't totally baby proofed!

Eva pulled a jar off of our bookshelf and ended up with a little scratch and a black eye.

Can you tell she is teething by the soaking wet shirt? She drools like crazy!!Eva is 16 months old now. She tries to say all kinds of words. She can say Momma, Daddy, buckle, pickle, cheese, dog, baby, Pay (Paisley), and lots of other sounds that are beginning to turn into real words!! It is so fun to watch her learn.

New Teeth

Eva is getting four new teeth right now, two upstairs and two downstairs. That will be eight teeth in all. Eva just loves playing with her cousin Kierra!!

Saving Money

I like to save money. Actually, I don't really like to spend money, so when I do spend it and save money while doing it...that makes me happy.
For the past month I have been using a couponing blog that has saved us a bunch of money. Here is an example of what we bought Wednesday at Albertsons.

I spent $16.28 cash and bought 35 items.
My savings was $113.64.

20 cans Progresso soup
4 Pillsbury Grands biscuits
4 Macaroni Grill dinners
2 boxes Cheerios
2 half gallons milk
1 jumbo pack diapers
1 eight piece bag of fried chicken (I know, not a very healthy dinner)
1 bottle of baby Tylenol

Not bad for some basics and some quick lunches to take to work!

Sick Day

Eva and I had a sick day today! We both have colds, and Brian convinced me that it was okay to use my sick leave for one day. So, I called in sick and called Megan to let her know Eva would be staying home. Eva and I had a fun and relaxing day at home. Eva even had a four hour nap! Brian had to go to work. Here are some pictures from our day, and a few from our weekend in Oregon.

Little Cowgirl

Riding her pony...

Snoozing away..

This is the result of...

...spending a whole day wedding dress shopping!!

Brian's sister, Melanie, is getting married in May. She invited Eva and I to go wedding dress shopping in Idaho Falls on Saturday with her, her mom, and Patty (her future mom-in-law). It was a fun day. We got to spend the whole day with Grandma Grimm and Aunt Mel, got to see lots of pretty dresses, and ate some yummy food at Chili's. Eva was very good for having to go in and out of the car so much and not being allowed to touch much when we were in the stores!! They didn't buy a dress that day, but definitely narrowed it down. Thanks for inviting us along!

This reminds me of the day when I bought my wedding dress! Wanna hear the story?Well, Brian proposed to me on Sunday, October 9, 2005. Three days later, while I was working for the City of Pocatello IT Department, my boss came back from a meeting and told me that he had seen a sign outside the Paris that their wedding dresses were half off. He told me I should go on my lunch break and look for a dress. So, my friend Taunalee met me for my lunch break and went with me. We looked around the store, picked out some dresses to try on, and then headed to the fitting rooms. I liked Dress #1. Dress #2 was okay. I loved Dress #3 and bought it right then!!! That wasn't so hard. The hardest part was finding the veil. That took me about a month and a half (and we only had a two month engagement)!!