Maggie's Blessing

David and Jenny blessed Maggie Leigh last Sunday and Gabby and I represented the DeVauxs.

Gabby loves holding my hair more than ever!

Maggie and me

Gabby adores little Maggie. She calls her Sweetheart and likes to tickle and kiss her.

Is it March yet?

So perhaps, January wasn't all that bad now that I'm seeing what February is all about! The positives are that I'm really enjoying my new job with Farmers Insurance. I'm training to be a medical claims adjuster. There is quite a bit to learn, but I'm getting the hang of everything and feel like it will be something I like. Gabby has liked preschool (at least on the days she's feeling well).

I'm moving into my townhouse on Saturday. I'm really excited about it. It's 3br/2.5ba, really new, attached garage, close to fabulous shopping, and great amenities are included. I bought Gabby a twin bed that she's really excited to have. I found a really great washer and dryer for a great deal as well. I still haven't started packing, but I think I'll just pull an all-nighter on that tomorrow. I plan on posting some actual pictures once I get settled in.

My poor baby girl just can't seem to get well. Last Saturday Gabby was running a really high fever and very lethargic. I took her to the ER at 10:30 pm. They ran some tests, gave her an iv, and determined it was viral and sent us home at 7am. Jenny watched Gabby all day Monday and she seemed to be fully recovered. I got her nasty cold in the mean time. On Wednesday, her daycare called me because she was running another fever. I picked her up and took her to the doctor. She has an ear infection on top of everything else. This is her first ear infection ever! She's with Jenny again and sleeping away all this sickness.

Oh and of couse it snowed at least a foot yesterday. We did have 2 days of pleasant weather and it was heat wave in the 40's! I'm a bit nervous to see what the next half of February will bring.

I am still feeling so blessed and I'm grateful for my fabulous family and friends supporting, listening, and praying for me so much. I know their prayers are being heard because I can feel them working. It's a very unique and humbling feeling to be aware of so many prayers offered in your behalf. I feel so happy and hopeful about my future whatever way it goes.

Trish

Hurray for February!

January has been the worst month (and in many ways the best) ever! It's not enough that I'm making some monumental changes in my life, but I've had so many other things go wrong as well. I figure February will have some great things in store for me. Here's my list of things that have occurred this month.

• Gabby got a break-through case of the chicken pox just after the New Year. We thought she had some tropical disease, but it was chicken pox. They were only on her face and hands but she may have a couple of scars from them.
• Gabby got the stomach flu and threw up all over Jenny's apartment. I rented a carpet cleaner for them, it was that bad!
• The last day of January she got "the diarrhea"(as Madison terms it). Unfortunately, she doesn't always get to the toilet so I've had some more fun cleaning carpets.
• Last Monday, I was leaving Jenny's apartment and hit a pole and shattered my sideview mirror.
• Last Wednesday, I locked my keys in my car. That wasn't such a big deal since Roadside Assistance covered it all, but an inconvenience all the same.
• Last Friday, I took my car in for an oil change. I was a mile down the road and my car broke down. The oil change dudes tried to tell me they didn't do anything, but I convinced them otherwise. They merely busted a hole in hose. They were able to fix it in a timely manner.
• And to top it all off, Salt Lake has set new records for snow fall in January. I HATE the snow! Nothing shuts down when it snows here, it just makes everything that much more difficult. It has been bitterly cold. I never thought I would consider 32 warm, but I'm learning what cold really is, PAINFUL!

Aside from those things, I've actually been incredibly blessed. I have a terrific new job with Farmers Insurance I start on Monday. Gabby starts preschool then, too. She is so excited for it. I've had some profound spiritual experiences which really have cancelled out all the trials listed above. I just figure all that stuff needed to get outof the way before I start working. I am really glad it's a new month, hopefully things will just get better from here on!

Trish

Gabby in 08

I found Gabby this coat at Target for $8.50. She definitely needs a big coat out here. It is painfully cold her and snowing buckets. I am not a fan of a Utah winter!

We've discovered the Arctic Circle has a great indoor playground. We go there at least once a week. Gabby was enjoying an ice cream cone on this day.....

....her face enjoyed it as well.

Gabby did makeup on me and herself. You can't see mine very well, but she put eyeshadow on my cheeks and concealer on the rest. She applied eye shadow and concealer to her face and pretty pink lipstick actually made it to her lips.

Gabby with Maddy and Maggie

Madison received some makeup and she taught Gabby the finer points of applying makeup and posing. They spent quite a bit of time in the bathroom with the door shut getting beautiful.

Gabby loves her newest cousin Maggie. She held her for about 15 minutes yesterday and was very upset when I took her away. She just stared at her and gave her head lots of kisses.

Bowling with Cousins

Mom, Pam, and Madison came out to visit and we took the kids bowling. They put up the bumpers and gave us a ramp for the kids to push the ball down. They had a blast and were very amusing to watch

And yet another crack-shot!

Hawaii Slide Show

Here are most of the pictures from the rest of our trip to Hawaii. Enjoy!

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