Overdue Update

So I have more to say then I could possibly have the time or energy to update. Life has been crazy! The end of 2011 was wild, crazy, different...let's just say chaotic! Between school programs, several sickness, tubes for Livvy, a boys trip to Dallas for the BYU bowl game and the holidays we also decided to build a house. Although it's been a perfect winter to build a house with the minimal amount of snow I now know it is the WRONG time of year to build a house because life is too crazy! Ok, I know, when is life not crazy? But with all the holidays and everything that goes on with that it has not been ideal. However, now that the holidays are over we've had more time to dedicate towards the house and it's really exciting! And when I say "we" I really mean me. Eric has been a lost cause when it comes to picking colors and countertops, etc. and he knows it. After our first meeting with the builders discussing the exterior of the home we came back home and Eric said, "I'm no help to you. You need someone to bounce ideas off of. You need to call your mom." True statement! I told Eric that meant that he couldn't complain about any choices I made then! All he cares about is getting his ethernet cables and figuring out where the TV will go. Things are moving along quite nicely though and I think we'll be moving sooner than anticipated. My sister texted me the other day offering to come help pack and I suddenly got a pit in my stomach. I hadn't let myself think about moving or packing until the first of the year. Well, it's the first of the year! Last time we moved I had 1 (mellow) child...I now have 3. The youngest of which is 18 months old and a complete monkey! Olivia is literally into everything and is everywhere! My other kids weren't like this. And she wasn't either for the first year...and then she learned to walk and there was no turning back! She is out of control. Adorably out of control but, nonetheless, out of control. With each passing day she gets a little better at playing with Micah and Hailey and they are great tattle-tails (luckily) but I still can't get an uninterrupted shower, 2 free arms for more than a few minutes at a time or...well, you get the gist. And I am usually so tired that when she naps I lay down or take a break too! Hailey was exhausting at this age but it was because she cried all the time not because she was into everything. I am constantly keeping Olivia from severely injuring herself. I can't seem to stop her from climbing on top of everything so I just stay close by and teach her how to do it the safest way. She has also not caught on to the whole idea of talking yet. (We're hoping the tubes help with that!) Instead when she needs, sees, or demands anything she just shrieks so high and loud the neighborhood dogs come running. Needless to say the thought of trying to pack and move with this little one sounds a bit...shall I say, overwhelming? Don't get me wrong, I adore Livvy's energy and to see how she figures out to do things. Sometimes you can just look at her and see the wheels turning in her head. I just can't open the dishwasher, fridge, door or cabinet without her trying to climb in. So it looks like I will be doing a lot of packing late into the night but I've always been a night owl anyway. But for those reasons and more is why I have been and probably will continue to be slightly absent in my blogging.