Happy Birthday Jake!

Today is Jake's birthday! We (as in T and me) have a couple of little things we made and put up around the house and tonight the 3 of us are going out to dinner! Last year I remember we were so anxiously awaiting Ty to get here that Jake's birthday wasn't really about Jake.  We had a couple of family issues that put a slight damper on the day.  Although we both aren't sticklers on celebrating your birthday on your birthday, this year is a little bit of a make up for last year being so awful.

So Happy Birthday Jake! 

This is now the 4th birthday I've spent with you.  Time seems to fly by so fast.  I am so grateful that I have every birthday forever to spend with you.  Thanks for all your hard work and effort to provide the life we have, I couldn't imagine life without you!  I'm excited to celebrate another year together and look forward to many more.  Love you!

 

Thankful

I struggle with the holiday Thanksgiving.  I sometimes feel there is way too much hype for a meal of mashed potatoes and turkey.  I understand the significance behind the idea of coming together to be thankful for what we have, but I struggle to see why so much emphasis should be put on doing it one day out of the year.  Why can't every day be spent trying to show our loved ones how much we love them and expressing how grateful we are for the lives we each live.  Maybe if we did it more, it would get lost and turned into another mundane activity of life. All I know is as our family gets back into our routine (for 2 weeks) I find myself wishing I expressed my feelings more frequently.

There are a million things in my life that I am grateful for.  So many that I think I would bore anyone reading this including myself. So instead of making people want to vomit, or break their computer I'll do just the basics.  The things that I can't imagine my life without.

I am most grateful for a loving Heavenly Father and my Savior.  I truly would be lost without the knowledge of them and who I am.

I am grateful for my marriage. So many countless, wonderful things have stemmed from that decision.  To be sealed to the person I love for time and all eternity. Including the opportunity to be a mother.  It has changed me and consumed me in ways I didn't know were possible. I am grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who quietly whispered it was time and that I was ready for this sacred and special responsibility. 

I am grateful for my parents. There have been distinct moments in my life where I have noticed how blessed I am to have them and how different my life would be without them.  They are two of the kindest/funniest people I know, and I hope to always strive to make them proud.

T kept doing this all night, I guess being on a plane cramps his style

Now onto the best time of the year! Jakes Birthday, Ty's 1st Birthday and Christmas. Let the holiday magic begin!

Over-Achiever

I feel like there is always this battle going on in my head when I choose to craft. My type A, first child, semi perfectionist personality conflicts with my ADHD project personality. I start a project make the beginning perfect but half way through I'm totally bored and have found something else I want to do. I decided that Ty really needed a quiet book for the traveling that's coming up during the holidays. Of course I only thought of this on Wednesday and we fly out Sunday. So now my kitchen table looks like this. And I am covered in glitter. Luckily I'm thinking this short deadline will force me to actually finish.

But on a positive note Ty really likes the 2 pages I've done so far and Jake gets home tonight! Hope he doesn't mind eating on the couch all weekend!

#HatingMondays

 

"You know what stripper? You are kind of a disgusting skank!" 

Thats for you Torrie

That is how I feel about Mondays. 

They disgust me. Not in a funny way like those people on the TLC shows My Strange Addiction, or Virgin Diaries. But in a very serious I hate you way.  They remind me that my lovely weekend as a family is now over and everyday life and reality smack me in the face.

This typical Monday was worse than normal Mondays. 

A: It was a reminder that one of my besties was gone. Who was I going to relive hilarious high school moments with now? Or lounge around eating and drinking cokes with?

B: Where did the nice 70 weather go?!?! It says 29 but my cars a liar, 2 seconds later it dropped to 26...gross

C: Hate waking T up at 4:30 to go to the airport because when we get home around 5:30/5:45 he thinks it is go time for the day and doesn't want to sleep.

D: Once again for the next 4 days I am a single parent.  The single parent part isn't too bad its everything that comes with it. 

-Becoming a crazy pariond person. I blame it on growing up in Hemet. You never know who might be waiting in the shadows to shank you. 

- Doing the dishes, because my dish washer is out making a living.

-Meals for one. I hated cooking for myself in college and I hate it now. Thus I live on eggs, waffles and baked potatoes. Not together though because that's sick. 

I will definitely be spending my afternoon walking around Target sharing popcorn with T and drinking a LARGE diet coke. Because even when I leave Target with nothing I am always in a better mood.   

 

  

 

Tis The Season

I decided to add bubbles to Ts bath and it was literally the funniest thing.  After a couple of minutes of staring at them he proceeded to try and eat them.  He repeatedly dipped his open, mouthed face into the water and then stare at me.  It's these little moments that crack me up and remind me how precious it is having him in our home. I am so lucky to be a mom.

Life Lately Through My Iphone

I don't know if its the fact that T is getting bigger and doing more things that I want to document or the fact that its the holiday season and we are definitely taking advantage of living somewhere fun by doing various activities. Whatever it is it has me filling up my phone with pictures of this little guy!
   

Halloween with T, Superman Cape and a Diaper have never looked so cute, 1st Birthday Present, Family trip to Cider Farm

Papa and T in their Raider Gear, Morning snuggles to MM Clubhouse, Christmas/Birthday Shopping

Little shopping buddy, Eating is always a funny experience, 1st Time eating frozen yogurt with Aunt Kenzi 

   

ps I have no idea why I cant move the captions closer...sometimes I am completely inept when it comes to technology!