Ender is WALKING!!! (For real this time :)

I love my active boy. 

Everyone told me that although it's exciting when babies start crawling and walking, it gets old because they get into everything.  It definitely has NOT gotten old.  In fact, I am having the the most fun with Ender that I've ever had.  We have a blast playing Hide and Seek and chasing each other around the furniture!

He began standing up by himself (without support of a chair or anything, just his thunder thighs :) about 2-ish weeks ago, and since then was taking wobbly steps before falling.  As everyone who has met Ender knows, he is one stubborn kid. Every time he fell, he would crawl a few paces and then try again.  So now today, he is officially walking!  The last few days he was still practicing but today he walked everywhere, any time he could.  And it is so much fun.  

Whitney Girls at the beach :D (with little boys inter-mixed)

Anyway, besides that, the Cunningham family has had an eventful last few weeks.  Ender and I flew to Galveston, Texas for a family reunion and loved seeing everyone.  Ender was sort of a crab the whole time, but we still had fun!  However, Josh's appendix decided that while I was gone would be the perfect time to attempt to explode.  So Josh called me Sunday morning and told me he was going to urgent care to see what was up with his stomach pain.  He got diagnosed with appendicitis and sent to the ER for a quick surgery to take it out before it burst.  I wasn't supposed to fly home till Tuesday, but I was able to change my ticket and got home Sunday night.  I was so sad that I missed his surgery, (seriously, the ONE time he really needs me for an emergency and I'm gone, what are the odds?), but luckily, his little brother Isaac was there to take care of him.  And then I got to enjoy a whole week with him home recovering. :D 

Here are a few pictures:

I love this picture.  The three lil' cousins had fun together :D

We toured NASA in Houston

Ender finally let Camilla hold him!

I love my boys!

Oh yeah, I also cut off all my hair while I was vacationing in Galveston. :D  I've been wanting to get a pixie cut for years but never had the guts till now!

We are about to move back to Rexburg, ID (again) for fall semester, and I am surprised to find myself excited.  I guess Rexburg has begun to grow on me :D I have always liked the small-town feel, just not TOO small.  Rexburg is a bit small, Raleigh a bit HUGE, so maybe someday we'll find the right size :D

Myrtle Beach Trip - July 6, 2013 and Ender is 11 months old

First of all, ENDER IS WALKING!!!!  Well...kind of...hahah, he sure tries!!  All day today and yesterday, he will stand up on his own without any support, and take a few steps before falling down. He is doing this non stop, and it is adorable! He turns 11 months in about a week, which is so crazy to me, because I feel like he just got here, and at the same time, that he's been with us forever.  It's kind of the same with marriage.  You feel like you just got married, but also that you've been married forever. I guess it just means we like each other a lot :D

So, I was really nervous to go on an overnighter with Ender for the first time since he's been "sleep-trained," but it actually went really well.  I expected the trip to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to be stressful and exhausting, but it was quite the opposite.  Josh and I had such a relaxing and enjoyable time, and it was so much fun!

We arrived at around 10 am and spent the day at the beach, at a few restaurants, and relaxing in the beachside hotel room.  Ender actually slept really well in a little porta-crib the hotel provided. And he LOVED the beach.  Here are a few pictures of all of us hanging out.

Since we had such an amazing beginning to the month, the rest of July has been awesome so far.  Ender has a lot of fun hanging with his lovely lady friend, Clara...

And eating dirt and playing in the crazy North Carolina rain storms....

 Last weekend, Josh watched Ender while all the Moxie wives and I went to an art class.  They basically take you through step-by-step and show you how to make a gorgeous painting.  It was SO much fun, and now I want to buy a bunch of canvas and play around!

Here is my picture about mid-way through the class.....                      And here it is on my wall :D

And here is everyone with their paintings!  We all had a blast :D

Okay, last but not least, Ender and I have to find ways to fill up our days without Joshy around, so we built a fort.  I had forgotten how much I LOVE fort building till now.

Well, that's the end for now. :D I love Ender, I love Josh, and I love my life!!

Life in Raleigh, North Carolina - Summer 2013

So here we are, for the third summer in a row, selling pest control in order to survive the rest of the year at school.  It has been a really fun summer so far, but super busy!  Josh is working really hard to provide for us, so we don't get to see him as much as before.  (Who would have thought that fall/winter is the "relaxing" time?).  Because of that, Ender and I have to find lots of things to take up the day!  We go on walks, hang out at the pool, go on more walks, and chill with a few friends here and there.  And, now that Ender is a mobile gentleman, we play lots of games at home :D

I have also begun working a few hours a week at the office doing super fun paperwork! (That's not sarcasm, for some reason I really enjoy organizing papers :) 

Here are some pictures of what we've been doing: (By the way, I suck at this blogging thing, so I never can get the pictures to do what I want...)

Matching boys :D

At the beach! Ender loved the waves
(even though he doesn't look like it in this pic haha)

Enjoying P.F Changs!

 

Playgroup

Also, it's been really fun having Ender crawling around all the time!  Although he gets really frustrated when he gets stuck trying to get to me :D

I couldn't resist snapping this picture
before I came to the rescue!

Since Ender has been sleeping so well at night now, Josh and I can finally enjoy our evenings together. :D  We had a nice candlelit dinner on our balcony with sparkling cider.  It was a lot of fun!

Even though we are having lots of fun, I can't wait to see everyone on the west coast soon!  I miss and love you all!

Moving!!!!....again....How many times is this now?

Once again, we are moving.  I think this is our TENTH move in almost four years of marriage.  I've gotta count to make sure...

 1) Medford --> Provo

 2) Provo --> Medford (Whitney's house)

 3) Whitney's house --> Cunningham's house

 4) Cunningham's --> Grandma & Grandpa Anderson's

 5) G & G Anderson --> Rexburg (Winter semester)

 6) Rexburg --> Raleigh, North Carolina (first summer selling for Moxie)

 7) Raleign --> Rexburg (Fall & Winter semester, found out I was pregnant)

 8) Rexburg --Raleigh (Second summer, at the end Ender was born!)

 9) Raleigh --> Rexburg

 10) NOW back to Raleigh!!!

Holy crap I am sick of moving! I cannot wait until we are settled down somewhere for at least longer than 6 months.  Hopefully that will happen someday. But for now, we are once again going to sell pest control in Raleigh, NC for Moxie.  It has been a fantastic experience for us! Our boss and coworkers are so much fun to be around and we always have such a fun summer while making enough money to support us through school.  I'm excited to go back! 

Anyway, Ender is halfway through his 7 month out of the belly and he is such a happy boy!  He makes us so happy, too :D  He loves to laugh and play and he is extremely curious.  Although many failed attempts, Ender is still trying his hardest to crawl.  He will stretch his little body and arms to reach for something while sitting up, then eventually get on all fours to keep stretching for the object, and finally plop on his belly.  Since he hates being on his belly, he will then immediately flip over and start complaining.  It is so fun to watch his little body and mind develop!

My mom and two little sisters, Hannah and Hope, came to visit us last weekend and we had so much fun together!  I miss them already :(  Ender had a peculiar liking to Hope's face.  Whenever she was in reach, Ender would grab her face/hair/shirt and pull her towards him and try to gnaw her face off.  It was hilarious! 

So we had a blast with them, even though they had to squeeze into our tiny apartment.  I felt so bad! It's weird to think that next time we see them, Ender will be almost 1 and probably walking, (or close to it).