Our Life in Alaska and Beyond

We moved to Alaska in October 2012. Scott flew up on Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012, and started his new job the next day on Oct. 1, 2012. I stayed at home at my parents' for a few extra days and then flew up with baby Ruby on Oct. 3 (I think). It's kind of crazy to think back to how we just packed up all our stuff, shipped it to our tentative address (a little four-plex where we ended up staying for about 6 months), and then flew ourselves up. We rented a car for about a week, and then bought a Toyota Camry, which we shared for a little over a year, before buying another car. It all worked out and I'm glad we made it up here, but I'm not sure I would do it again, haha.

So these pics are from Ruby's first Halloween! The first few are from Oct. 1, 2012 at Gardner Village, where I went with my mom and Chrissy after Scott had flown to AK, but I was still in Utah. The other pics were taken at Scott's work right on Halloween. Grandma B. had made Ruby's Dorothy costume and sent it up, and if I remember right, I think it arrived right on Halloween! Her cute little red sparkly shoes were a baby gift from a good friend in my parents' ward. They were perfect! (Robyn also wore this costume for her first Halloween. See here.) (Noelle also wore this costume here, but I mainly just put her in it for the pics. With her being born in a different season it was a bit too small for her and I don't think I could button up the back, haha.) Enjoy these sweet pics of baby Ruby!

I still can't believe how much hair Ruby had as a baby!