How Time Flies

Wow! I know it had been a while since I last wrote an entry but I had no idea it had been this long!! So many things have changed! I guess I will start from the beginning.

Gabriel started preschool and he absolutely loves it!! We couldn't afford to keep him in gymnastics right now but he just started teeball and his second practice is tonight! He loves that as well and his first game will be this weekend (I think) which should be very interesting.

The biggest thing that has changed is the fact that I'm now 32 weeks pregnant and due June 1st!! We are having another little boy and his name is Lachlan Arthur. Gabriel is absolutely thrilled to be getting a little brother and has already shown me what an amazing big brother he will be. Things have been a bit hectic trying to get everything ready for Lachlan's arrival but his nursery is finally done! I cleaned out my car last night and my hubby and I started talking about when we would have to put the carseat and stroller into the car in case I go early (which I'm pretty sure I will) and when to start packing our hospital bags. I really can't believe that in 8 short weeks, I will be the mommy of two amazing boys!!

 

 

We got maternity pictures done and this one is my favorite!! It's amazing how quickly these past 32 weeks have flown. It seems like yesterday when I excitedly told everyone we were expecting again! And now, in a few weeks, we will be getting everything ready to bring our second little man home with us.

 

Gabriel will be turning 5 on May 5th and then I'm pretty sure that Lachlan will be born at the end of May instead of in June...and if that's the case, May will be a very crazy month for us from now on. Because I got pregnant, I didn't get another job so I could stay home with Lachlan like I did with Gabriel. Josh has changed jobs a few times and might actually be getting another job soon that will (hopefully) be very beneficial for us.

 

My dad now lives in South Carolina for his job and my mom might be moving down there a few weeks after the baby is born to be with him...he comes home on the weekends...so that's going to be really difficult because I'm close to my family. And we are coming up on a year that Tyler has been home from overseas and that makes me nervous because they could send him back. If my parents are both living in SC and Tyler goes overseas right after Lachlan is born, I'm going to be an emotional wreck!!

 

So that's basically everything that's been going on in my life...well, the big things at least. I hope you all are doing well and I will try to write more later. Although, it might not be until after Lachlan is born and then I will have baby pictures to post! Yay!

Up To Date!

So, I haven't written in a little while so I thought I would post a little update.

My brother Tyler is home from overseas! He got home safely at the end of May and life seems to have picked right back up where we left off. Hopefully, he won't have to go back overseas for a long time, but we never know.

Only July 7, 2012, Josh and I celebrated our five year wedding anniversary. I can't believe we've been together for so long, and (really) I can't believe we made it five years. In the long run, five years doesn't exactly seem like a long time, but to a married couple, five years seems like forever! We've had our ups and downs...mostly downs...but we are closer than we've ever been and working through things better than before. We know we have a long road ahead of us, but we're doing it!

I took Gabriel to his first gymnastics class this week and he absolutely loved it! I've been wanting to get Gabriel into gymnastics for a while now because he is always flipping and swinging on things and balancing...he's a natural...but I had to get Josh used to the idea. He thought gymnastics was girly, but I finally convinced him to let Gabriel try it. We are also going to get Gabriel in teeball or baseball as soon as we can because that's another thing he absolutely loves (and he's really good too).

Also, Gabriel might be starting preschool this year. We hoped to get him into the Christian Academy I was working for, but we can't afford it, so we are having him screened at the end of this month to determine whether he will be going to preschool this year or if we have to wait until kindergarden next year. If he does start this year, I'm going to be getting a job (which I'm very much looking forward to), but I'm not actively looking right now until I know for sure whether he will be starting or not.

I've been working on the fourth part of my Four Kingdoms series, but it's been slow going. I've also been working on another novel of mine and I have almost 40,000 words so far. I'm very proud of what I have so far with that and I can't wait to finish it and my Four Kingdoms series and really focus on editing it and getting it ready to have someone read them all. A friend of mine and I have been discussing the pros and cons of self publishing and every other alternative, so we'll see where that takes me.

Well, I suppose that's everything that's really been going on in my life for the most part. Until next time...

I feel so old!!!

My baby boy just turned 4 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is one of his presents! His birthday party was superhero themed because he is a complete and total geek (just like his mommy and his uncle and his Poppy and his Nay)! All of his presents were some superhero or another and...surprisingly...he didn't get any repeats. He got Thor, Iron Man, Spiderman, and Flash action figures, Hulk hands, a plethora of superhero clothes, and much much more!! And he had a blast!

My husband and I decided to get him one big present that we knew he wanted and we knew no one else would be getting for him...

And he loves it!! This is his (girl)friend Malia with him in his new ride and cool new Batman shades! I can't believe how grown up he is!! I know I'm only 23 years old, but I feel so old the older he gets hahaha.

But he sure is a cutie!



Yay!

So, I finished the first rough draft of the third part of my Fantasy Series...

They are short...not a novel by themselves...but I had planned on having them all together to make one novel with three parts...and so far, combined, I have almost 100,000 words.

They are far from being finalized, but I am very excited and proud of myself for getting this far!!

Four eyes!

Yup...I'm a four eyes once again. I wore glasses ten years ago for one year and then I didn't need them anymore because the problem corrected itself...but I need them once again.

What do you think? Can I pull them off?

I guess I can't be a real bookworm without having glasses, right? At least I fit the stereotype now haha.

Hi

I know I haven't been able to write very much on here since I don't have internet, but when I do write something, I get no feedback. So I have a task for all of my followers.

If you read my blog at all, please just leave me a comment on this entry so I know some people actually read this...if I don't get any responses, I'm not sure what the point is of keeping a blog that no one reads.

Thanks.

Gabriel's Christmas 2011 Pictures

I can't believe how big he has gotten...and how fast it has flown by!

This is my favorite of them all!!


He looks thrilled haha

Cutie!

He posed himself in this one haha

My handsome man!!

I know...some of you don't care...

...but I'm not posting this for you. I am posting this because I am proud of myself for accomplishing this!





Now...well, once I actually finish getting it all typed up...onto the editing!

The hits keep comin'...

Well, this year so far has been an interesting one. Tyler has been overseas, except for when he came home to surprise me for my birthday, and that has actually been a lot easier than I thought it would be (so far). But now, while he is still overseas, my parents (where he lives when he is home) are being forced to move to a different part of the state.

Now, my family is very close, and that is why I thought this year would be ridiculously hard on all of us (and it has been, don't get me wrong), but now my parents are moving. We live about twenty minutes away from them and we go over to their house at least once a week if not twice a week or so and since they are going to be moving a few hours away, it will be moved down considerably. I am really not looking forward to it and I know they aren't either.

On a good note, Josh and I are doing a lot better than before...our marriage hasn't been the greatest so far...and it is definitely better now than it has ever been. We are even sitting down together and drawing out our dream home that we are going to build sometime in the future...(it could be twenty years from now before we can afford it, but I really hope it doesn't take that long.)...

I took some pictures of Gabriel this week and they turned out so great! I was going to make them Christmas pictures but they look more like Fall pictures so I am going to take some more Christmas pictures a little closer to December. I will post those pictures soon.

Well, that was a bit of a random post but I don't have a whole lot more to say at the moment...catch y'all later!

New Hair Color

So I got bored with going back to my natural hair color and I decided that I wanted something different. I really liked being a brunette but I thought it might be fun to try an auburn color. When Mom and I went to look for a color, I didn't see the one that I liked but I saw one that was pretty so we took it home to try...

I LOVE IT!!!!

What do you guys think??

Goodbye, Tyler...

Gabriel saying goodbye to Tyler at the airport...

Hey, guys!

Hey there, everyone. I just wanted to write a quick entry so that everyone knows I haven't dropped off the face of the earth haha. Tyler came in from overseas to surprise me for my birthday and I will try to post the video of it sometime for those of you who aren't on my facebook...but he leaves tomorrow to go back and he won't be coming back until at least May 2012...I am at my mom's right now where they have internet and I will be back here tomorrow or Sunday so I will try to write another entry...a longer entry...then. Hope everyone is well...

Grr

Once again, we don't have internet. We had to cancel it because we can't afford to pay for it right now. So, sadly, my next List of Five group of posts will have to be put on hold...you guys are really going to like this next group too and I am excited to share but they will have to wait. I am sitting in a Barnes & Noble right now because it has free wifi...so I won't be posting anything for a while until my parents get internet at their house (which I think is supposed to be soon) and then I can take my computer over there and use their internet. I will miss you all!!

You've just been overhauled!

I'm making sure I have the perfect five for my countdown before I start it again so it will be just a little bit longer before I do that again...




In the meantime, I have been giving my entire house an overhaul! It is ridiculous how much I have done in the past three days and how much still needs to be done...but we switched Gabriel's room to the third bedroom. It is a bigger room than the one he was in and it is painted a dark teal color from when it was Josh's old bedroom. He now has a full bed instead of a twin and it looks so much like a little boy's room instead of a baby room like his other one did.

If Josh and I ever have another little munchkin, the other room will be turned into a nursery, but for now it is going to be a library/home gym and I can't wait!! I have already moved my bookshelves in there from my bedroom and put a table in it for a television eventually, but what do you all think?

I have an Ab Circle machine and The Wave and they are both going in there. Tomorrow I am getting a Pilates Reformer and that is going in there and then it will be complete (once we get the tv obviously) and I'm so excited!!

Now, for the bad news from this week. Mom, Dad, Gabriel, and I were supposed to go up to Ft. Dix June 16-19th because Tyler had a pass and that way we could see him off because that is when he is leaving to go overseas. Well, he (and everyone else going) had to get a Smallpox vaccine yesterday and that means that there is a possibility he could give the disease to someone within the first 30 days of getting the vaccine. As much as I want to see Tyler off, there is no way I could take the chance of Gabriel getting anything. I cried for an hour...Mom and Dad are still going so he will still have someone there and I will see him when he gets back, but I was devastated.

I guess that's it for today. I will take more pictures tomorrow when I get my reformer and get it set up in my gym :) and then when I get everything in the house set up and cleaned. I can't wait until it is all done.

Again??...ABSOLUTELY!!

I'm going to do another list of hunks...and this time, they are almost all new! Gotta keep it updated and fresh! Bet you all can't wait!

Too Soon...

So Tyler leaves this Saturday for New Jersey. He doesn't leave for Afghanistan until the middle of June and Mom, Dad, Gabriel, and I are going up there to see him off, but he leaves here this Saturday.

We had his going away cookout yesterday and it was great. I don't have a lot to write but I wanted to share a picture with everyone because it is precious!!!





My little man with his Uncle Tyler...isn't it adorable?!?! This one is definitely getting printed out and hung up somewhere in the house...and soon!

Day 1 of 365

My newest tattoo (number seven) and my motivation. My mom and I have decided to take this year that Tyler will be overseas and turn it into something positive and work towards a common goal...we are going to use him as motivation to get in shape and, for me, basically better myself in every way. He doesn't leave until June, but I am starting now to get things rolling.

Have you all seen Monsters, Inc.?? Well, this is one of Gabriel's favorite movies and he watches it as often as I will let him. There is a part right near the beginning where Mike (the little green monster with one eye) wakes up Sully (the big blue monster with purple spots and horns) and he is like a personal trainer. He is yelling at him and motivating him and getting him to work out and do what needs to be done.

I wish I had a little green monster to help me get through my workouts. So I am going to channel my inner Mike. When I'm feeling a little unmotivated or I feel like giving in, I am going to picture Mike standing there yelling at me and keeping me motivated. "Less talk, more pain, marshmellow [girl]!" He says 'boy' right there because he is talking to Sully who is, obviously, a male monster...so I will have to switch it up a bit.

Haha man, you can tell I have a kid when I use an animated movie for motivation...along with my tattoo...But this gives me a year. I have a few goals along the way and I hope it doesn't take me all year to lose the weight I want but it does give me a little bit of room to have a bad day every once in a while and just pick it right back up and keep going.

He's three!

I can't believe how much he has grown over the years. He is tall enough now that everyone thinks he is a four year old. And it is insane how much he has grown just from last year. I can't believe my baby is three!!

I can't believe it...

My little man is turning 3 in three days!! On Thursday, I will be the mother of a 3 year old!! I can't believe how fast this time has gone. It seems like just yesterday he looked like this...

How can he be turning 3? He's not so little anymore!! This picture was taken in the hospital when he was just a day or two old. I can't believe how much he has changed and just how fast these three years have literally flown by.

On Thursday we are going to Natural Bridge to the Safari Park, the drive thru section and the walk thru section, because he loves animals and some of his favorites are there. He will be able to touch and feed a giraffe and I know he is going to love it!

Josh and my mom have off that day, dad took off, and my brother will be back tonight from training so we are all going and I can't wait!.

And then Gabriel's Spongebob birthday party is on Saturday...I will definitely post pictures!

Easter Pictures

I decided yesterday that I wanted to take some Easter pictures of Gabriel...here are some of my favorites. Let me know what you think.









Josh said that he had a cheesy grin in this picture but that is because when I say, "Smile!" Gabriel says, "Cheese!" haha










I love this one for some reason. He looks like he would rather be anywhere else than taking pictures but it is so cute! :)










Another 'cheese' picture but I love the way he is sitting. My handsome little man!










I LOVE this one. It is one of my favorites! I am going to get this one blown up so we can hang it on the wall somewhere...maybe in our bedroom. Ain't he a cutie!?!

And this one is my favorite of all the pictures I took...I think I took 17 or 18 pictures...I'm going to get this one blown up to hang too.

So what do you all think?