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A few new things around my house!

I'm pretty thrilled about the camera but I love my cute little chandelier and I made the pom poms for Adelynns room they are just so fun and add some character to the room.

PS. Her room really isn't that brown, its just the way I tweaked the picture lol its actually like a pink!

New pictures!

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beautiful

Dear Adelynn,


You are four months old to the day.
You have grown so much in such a short period of time it amazes your father and I.
How beautiful you are with your big blue eyes and dark brown hair!
Sweetie, do you remember when you were born, when you first came out and they gave me to you, how you looked right up at me with those big blue eyes?
You are so, so strong. I am so proud!
Did You know are exactly how I pictured my Daughter to look when I was young?
You are such a dream come true!
Do you realize know how nice it is to wake up each morning with you next to me?

Its been about a month of sleeping through the night, how great that has been for both of us!

Adelynn honey, do you know how wonderful your smile makes me feel when you first see me each day? I don't think I could possibly express it to you.

Every little thing you do is special, and monumental and amazing in my eyes.

I am blessed every second that you are with me; with your father and I.

we love you so much baby girl.

Here's to a wonderful four months!

love always,

Mommy ♥

Blessing Day

Was a beautiful Day....

Full of warm fuzzy feelings...







Lots of smiles...





And great company...

Adelynn Janae Fauver looked sweet ( and sleepy) & all her family and friends

(not including the Glidewell side )

all came to share in her

special moment

♥

oops

My sony snapshot is broken so I've been lacking in the picture department. Sry.
All I have right now is film which I love, but I am too lazy to develop it. So here's me saying that I will try and get all the wonderful pictures up here this weekend of Adee and my house and what I've been up to!


♥
Autumn

What touches your heart?

Well... besides my Baby Adelynn and Joel my Favorite read in the whole world.

The book is by Mitch Albom
titled: The five people you meet in Heaven


Let me tell you why I love this book...

I love this book because it talks about how everyone in this world is connected even if we don't realize it. I love what this particular paragraph says about life and death, it really makes you think.

"Do you ever wonder why people gather when others die?
Why do people feel they should? Its because the human spirit knows, deep down, that all lives intersect. That death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed."

I had never thought about it that way... to me it makes sense.
Birth, death, life, All have a connection it has a
balance.

It goes on in the chapter to an example of "Eddie" the main character. Eddie is brought face to face with a man in heaven that he barely remembers from his childhood and is not sure why,
that now in the after life he must meet with him.

As he speaks with the man Eddie is brought to a remembrance of a what seemed like a small instance to him in his life but was life changing to this man before him.
In this memory eddie was a child throwing a baseball with some friends, but as it so happened on this day, in this memory, he threw it too far and it landed in the street and Eddie being a child, ran after it into on coming traffic & was barely missed by a driver.

Eddie at that exact moment whether he knew it or not had changed another mans life.

Eddie walked away from that, back to his friends with the baseball that he had so carelessly retrieved.
Never understanding or noticing what had happened.

But what had happened to the driver?


What Eddie never noticed was this, that the driver had swerved and missed Eddie and being an old man like he was he had a heart attack from the adrenaline rush of the incident.

He died minutes later.

Eddie then realizes after hearing the mans side of what happned that day, that the person speaking before him is that

old man.
& he must reconcile.



Is it fair what happened?

I love what the old man goes on to say about fairness in life.


"Fairness does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young."

As the story progresses the man that Eddie had affected,

forgave him quickly.

And then went on to reminded him that no man is an island.
We all touch one another lives everyday even in small ways.

Nobody is truly alone.

I love that story. As sad as it is, it reminds me that we all have a place and purpose & nothing is exactly random.

& I always feel after reading this book, that I need to look outside myself more and know that what I do affects others for good or for bad. I need to be better. Speak more kind words.


What has touched your heart lately?

Anyone else

Have a Ford Escape or a Ford that keeps stalling when the car is idling?

Our car keeps having problems when is idling
it sounds like its choking and then dies if we don't give it gas.
I think it could be a vacuum valve broken again, but I wanted to ask around to see if anyone else has had this issue.

Thanks!

looking back

This was me

I just want to get to a place where I felt great like in this picture.

This was just after I got married

and I was very fit.

I just want to get back to the days where my face was not

puffy and fat.

I don't care so much about getting into my old size four skirts and pants,

I care more about slimming down

&

being healthy.

I don't believe in going on crazy diets where you cut out all the things you enjoy eating,

& drink like green tea for like two weeks straight

or no carbs

or only veggies.

That never worked for me the past

&

I know

It would not work now.

Instead I would like to focus more on just healthy living.

Changing your lifestyle.

You can have those desserts once in a while and breads but

focuing more on eating fruits and veggies,

less sodium and fats.

&
smaller meals

A great quote that hit me hard today... I'm going to try to live by this. Thanks Val!

"We repeat what we have said before: make a habit of going to the house of the Lord.. There is no better way to ensure proper living than temple attendance. It will crowd out the evils of pornography, substance abuse, and spiritual atrophy. It will strengthen marriage and family relations." (From the Ensign Magazine, May 2005, "Closing Remarks" page, 102)

Our trip to Mesa for Christmas

We were supposed to be flying in to Mesa on Christmas Eve day.

Something I've never done before and will be glad to never do again.

ugh.

Our flight was delayed for like 4 hours!

We were supposed to be in AZ around 5 pm ended up getting to my parents house (with the car ride) around 9:00 pm.

Good thing Aligent air is so cheep!

total lameness.

I just remember how I was dying by the time we got to Mesa I had not had anything to eat for hours and I was really looking forward to the Mex food that was promised.

Yum.

aint no mex food like AZ mex food.

But dang here we were in a flipping airport...

Waiting.

Waiting.

Waiting

I had such a heavy heart from walking around w/ adee trying to keep her happy. How long would this take?

Now their saying Mechanical difficulties?

Possibly a new plane will be flying in for us?

I can't miss out on A Christmas Carol or the Nativity re-enactment!

I was feeling "So poopy" as Joel would say.

I was feeling sorry for myself,

For us.

But Then I remembered that I would get to see my sweet little one year old Nephew Brady and Sarah and Austin and Hallie and Ian.

And they would be seeing our precious little Adee

for the first time too...

I couldn't help but crack a smile at that point.

I started to get excited again...

I guess...

Christmas Eve wasn't going to be a total disaster If I didn't get to eat with everyone or watch the movie and eat sweets or have a re-enactment.

Christmas is about spending time with your families and Remembering our lord.

And even though we had a long day and we missed out on somethings I was just so glad to be home again.

Our Christmas was Awesome/lovely/special.

I'll never forget it.

Thx mom and Dad. <3

New Leaf

I feel like I need to talk about whats going on in my life whether its what people want to read or not, I'm doing this for me because I feel its important that I save this for myself.

OK

I've never been one of those people that get inspired by the

New Years Resolutions people try at the beginning of every year.

I've never done them.

Probably never will.

I've always looked at it like this;

That if something needs to change I'll change it when it feels right to me and when I'm willing to do something not by setting a date or waiting for the new year to roll around to do something about it.

like it or no that's how I feel.

Now that we have that Straight, I wanted to say that Joel and I have had many life changing talks recently & we have decided to turn over a new leaf with our relationship, our finances with everything in our lives.

WE are vowing to be more,

Healthy, kind, loving, responsible, honest, reliable, more spiritual people.

Starting with:

-Better church attendance

yes, I myself have struggled with that, not recently but I have in the past year and it does not help Joel to be better when I am doing it.

I love my new calling in primary and it has definitely helped me so much,

but I know I need to work on the desire to go more.

-Budget

Yes Joel and I have struggled to keep afloat many times this last year.

My part being, #1. I get depressed and like to shop or eat out.

# 2. I don't always have sense to wait on buying things.

# 3. I don't like to cook very much.

I'm working on it.

srsly.

-Speaking kind words

Yes for my part, I have a problem with saying whatever comes to my mind when I'm frustrated and I end up putting my foot in my mouth and have much much grief for it later, as I should.

Yes its immature.

& yes I know that,

A little kindness goes a long way.

As my Mom always says.

&

I just want to say I'm sorry to anyone I've ever done this to sometimes I can be such a drama queen. :(

-Be more prayerful in my decision making.

That a big one for me.

Too often I just go along with whatever someone else wants for me and my family.

Whether it be my husband, parents bro & sisters, my in laws, whatever.

I know there's no limit to how many times you can pray so why don't I always consult with him?

Especially with the big stuff?

This was is my short list of things we are working on as a family

and my own personal struggles I am working on.

I don't say any of these things, to offend anyone or get attention.

That's the last thing I want.

To me its important to write it down and my blog has helped me save my memories and help to get some venting out. Sorry.

So excited, so blessed

I'm sitting here in my Father in laws study listening to my husband and all my in-laws play Wii golf and bowling, while listing to Mo Tab "Away in a Manger."

& Just before that, I was at Target with my Mom in law getting a baby sling for our trip down to Mesa AZ tomorrow.

I am very excited for this trip, I'm not sure I'll be able to sleep tonight.

( not that Adelynn will let me anyways lol)

But as I was listening to my family in the next room I realized that I am going to miss these people so much while I am away.

For so long there, I was home sick and the only thing I really wanted was to see my family in AZ .

I realize now that Its going to be wonderful to see my folks but these are my people here the ones that I see all the time and have been such a support system for us have become my family and I will miss them very much.

Funny how that happens.

I'm feeling that Holiday Spirit...

So happy for Christmas Eve tomorrow,

For good Mexican Food, for watching "Its a wonderful life' and "A Christmas carol" and lets not forget the awesome Glidewell Nativity reenactment.

Good Times will be had, & I can't wait!

Merry Christmas everyone!

I pray that Christmas will be wonderful for all of you.

& to the Glidewells I am sorry Topher and Heidi, that I will not be seeing you for Christmas but I can't wait to see you for the new year!

May God bless and keep you until we see each other again!

love

Autumn

Happy

To be Feeling that Holiday spirit.

I went back to church today. &

There really could not have been a better day for us to go back.

I loved hearing the holiday carols as I was walking up to the building, they really drew me in.

I was so excited that we got to partake of the sacrament & feel of the holy spirit.

Something I have not experienced in so long; its was sad.

Joel and I also have a new calling in church.

I am glad that we have a calling because to be honest I've never really had one as an adult.

My years of way-ward feelings toward the church and my anxiety never let me fulfill one.

& now that I have the chance again I am so excited!

It was wonderful to teach CTR 6 class today.

Amazing & uplifting to be teaching them about the Savior and his birth.

What a wonderful blessing to be teaching about the single most important event that has ever happened to this world.

Amazing.

ALSO....

Just felt the need to Say that I am a much happier woman as of the last couple of weeks.

I was feeling so depressed this past month...

Not because of the baby, she has made my life worth living & wonderful/awe-inspiring/beautiful.

I was just so tired obviously from the late nights and also from feeling lonely.

I never saw my husband except to switch off with the baby +

My home was always a mess which was a bummer.

I want to give a shout out to the Fauvers for being so helpful the last couple of weeks.

I know I would have never admitted that I needed allot of help,

so I'm glad you came in there and insisted on helping me.

You knew Joel and I needed the rest, needed the company, needed the help.

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for opening up your home and your hearts to us at this time when we needed it most.

Thanks for showing us a wonderful example of what it means to have that Christmas spirit of giving and loving our fellow man, the Christ like spirit.

Merry Christmas &

love,

Joel, Autumn & Adelynn Fauver

Happy to be

• Happy to be struggling with trials. Living and loving with my family good times or bad.

• Happy to have those sleepless nights with my little one. She's growing so fast before I know it she will be crawling and then soon after walking! I'm trying so hard to live in the moment with her and take it all in. I just don't want to forget a thing.

• Happy to married to my best friend in the whole wide world. He's so good to me. He's a better person than I've ever been. I'm a lucky woman to have him.

• I'm just so happy for my life, I am so happy to be me.

What makes you happy?

Christmas with the Fauvers

I took some Christmas card photos of my brother and sister in laws

Joshua, Heather & Andrew last Saturday.

I don't have a great camera, but I think they turned out pretty darn cute.

by the way they have the cutest kid,

gotta love his cute smile and curly hair!

Can you see the difference?

This is Adelynn at 8 1/2 pounds

she is two months old!

This is Adelynn about a week after the above photo was taken.
with the help of with her new formula and she is now over twelve pounds!

Also...

The snow has arrived!! Well at least a couple of inches...

buts that's allot to an Arizona girl and its enough to make me excited! :)

(Note that I took this right before the snow storm.)

accident

This is Joel's pinkie finger, as you can tell it has pins stuck in all directions at the tip and what seems to be a very shiny fingernail. that's foil to cover the lost nail and stitches and pins to hold together the crushed bone in his finger tip. Gross.

Joel had his finger tip crushed and partially severed nine days ago while working some overtime. He was in a elevator, you know the kind with the steel doors that you pull down yourself? yeah it had a malfunction and the doors can slamming down when he and his co-worker were trying close it up and obv caught Joel's finger in the process.

Joel had to have his finger tip sewn back on with pins put in place for the bone that was crushed that Friday night. & yes he went under for this.

Funny thing is the accident happened that Friday morning and none of the many, many doctors and emergency room doctors he visited wanted to keep the end of his finger but he ended up getting referred to a orthopedic specialist who saved his finger and now after nine days and one amazing surgery later he's starting to get feeling back into his finger and slowly moving it.

on a better note....

Adee is Doing a bit better she was put on a special kind of formula that is called smililac allimentum and its super expensive but has made allot of difference! She is now over twelve pounds and is not near as fussy or gassy as she was just days ago! We are not sure if its a quick fix but I definitely think its a good start! Allimentum formula is a formula for sensitive stomachs that have a hard time breaking down proteins and its hypoallergenic because often times there are food allergy's as well with babies that are prescribed it.

allot has been going down

I will make an update as soon as I catch my breath there's so much to say I've had a wild week!

see you soon




-autumn