A day late

2010-11-02T14:13:00.000-07:00

For the past few days between 3 and 6 everytime I go out to smoke this squirrel comes down off the roof and wants to attack me, I stomp at it and tell it to get out of here and that just seems to provoke him and he actually will come at me. Every squirrel I have been around since I have lived here won't get near a person and now this one within a minute of being outside is down ready to get me... I hate it!

2010-05-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

I am so addicted to these wood crafts! When we went to Micheals I saw this cute 4th of july welcome sign that I wanted so bad, But it was 10 dollars so when we got home I designed the stars and found my cute font and Nick cut out all the things that I needed, I ended up doing something completly different than what I saw at micheals but it turned out sooooo cute!

2010-05-09T09:56:00.000-07:00

This is what I got for Mothers Day! Well one of the things anyways... I have been dying for Nick to cut me out wood letters, And last night we finally found the jig saw, So I printed out the font I wanted and Nick cut me out my wood letters! We went to Micheals this morning to get the things to decorate them and now they are finished and i looooooooove them! I can't wait for him to start cutting out all the other words I want done!

2010-02-06T18:35:00.000-08:00

It is official!! We will be in Utah in 10 days! We bought our Tickets yesterday.. This time Nick is coming with me, This will be our first trip together.. Nick hasn't met all my family yet so I am so excited for him to meet everyone, I'm really hoping it will change his view on Utah haha because right now he is pretty certain people from utah are hillbillys.. So maybe when he see's just what Utah is like he will feel better about moving there.

These last few days have been hectic!

Thursday we got our tax return, And we have been planning on getting a new tv and entertainment center. I found the entertainment center I wanted a few months ago and we found a great deal on a Sony Bravia but when we got to the store they were sold out!! Figures! But we went to get a TV and we weren't leaving without one. We ended up getting a 47 inch Samsung. The entertainment center we got has a mount inside it so now I don't have to worry that my little dilly bop will pull it down on top of him or something..

Today we went shopping trying to find him a coat so he doesn't freeeze, We shopped alll day and left with everything but a coat. We can't find much of any winter clothes anywhere. We might just have to go somewhere once we get there.

One day down ten more to go!! I am so impatient.

:)

2010-01-28T13:40:00.000-08:00

I have been slacking on my blog lately! We have moved and since we have moved I don't have a whole house to clean anymore so now I have even more time on my hands than before... So today I started to play around with photoshop.. I made me this new Valentines Day blog...Wellll I actually made like 3 this just turned out to be my favorite.

Here are the other two blogs I made today.. Kinda plain but I am new to this..

2010-01-13T06:33:00.000-08:00

Happpy Birthday baby boy :) I still can't believe he is 2, It feels like just yesterday that I was bringing him home from the hospital, And in a blink of an eye here he is 2 years old..

I don't know if many people know this, But when I got pregnant that was not what I wanted at all.. I wasn't ready to have a baby. I spent a good part of my pregnancy confused and scared and didn't know what to do. The second I saw him though all fear and doubt was gone and I loved him more than I ever thought I could love anyone. That first night with him is a night that I will never forget, I was so exhausted but I didn't want to sleep, I couldn't close my eyes- even for a second.

He keeps me going when things get hard, I am so lucky to have such an amazing little boy who is so full of happiness. When I see him smile or hear him laugh it is impossible not to get the biggest smile across my face.

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Happy Birthday little Dilly Bop! I loves you so much :)

2009-12-26T18:34:00.000-08:00

Well... Christmas has come and gone :) We had a really good Christmas this year but I can't believe how fast it came!

On Christmas Eve we had to go to the mall to do a little last minute shopping for each other, and while we were there I wanted to take Dylan to see Santa since we hadn't done that yet. We went to the International Mall which is a really high end mall.. Their Santa set up was unlike anything I had ever seen before. They did a theme around The Polar Express that is one of my favorite Christmas movies. But they had these huge snowglobes with the characters from the movie, and had a great big one in the middle that you could walk through and it would snow on you. It was very cool I wish we could have had Dylan go see Santa but he was going on break for an hour and we didn't have time to wait so he just got to look down on the whole thing.

We went to Nicks grandmas house for Christmas Eve, We made her a picture with Nick, Sean and Dylan in it for Christmas.. She told everyone she didn't want anyone to buy her anything so Nick wanted to make something for her instead and she did love it, it even made her cry. She got Nick a really nice 10.0 mega pixel full HD camcorder, I got a really nice professional pedicure/manicure set it came with the little grinder tool with all these different attachments to grind and file your nails, She also gave me an Italian cookbook.

We got home around 9:00 and put Dylan to bed and Nick started to put Dylans table together while I made the cheesecake to take to Christmas dinner. It was about 12:30 by the time we were done.

We woke up at 7, and we had to wake Dylan up... He was not too happy about it at first it took him a little bit before he got into it. But he had fun ripping into all the presents. And I had so much fun watching him :) Nice really did a great job shopping for me I got every single thing that I wanted, Even some things I did not expect at all.

Later we went to Nicks dads house to have Christmas lunch/dinner there.. As soon as we got there we opened our presents which was like a whole second Christmas.. Dylan got a huge tonka truck, a four wheeler, 3 cars, a cellphone, keys, and an xylaphone. He loves that Tonka truck.

2009-12-22T07:20:00.000-08:00

Me and Nick went shopping this past weekend to get presents for each other.. This has been a really hard year for me when it comes to buying him presents I have absolutly NO IDEA what it is that he wants or needs.. I've asked and asked but he always tells me that I don't have to get him anything.. So after 5 and 1/2 hours of shopping I only have a total of 4 presents for him.. This is our first Christmas together as a family and I wanted to do something special for him that was a present from Dylan. Originally I wanted to do those clay things that you put your handprints into but I couldn't find anything for that, So I got a peice of canvas, some paint and a poem and made him this...

I didn't like how it was all a white background so I took some paint and sponged on this blue color...

I sure hope Nick will love this present from Dylan, But I am sure he will.

2009-12-14T21:25:00.000-08:00

December has been one busy busy month!

On the 4th, Nicks mom got out of prison after a long 2 years. She had been planning on moving to Texas where Dave has been living, So they were only here for the weekend. They visited for awhile Friday night and Saturday morning we helped them pack their uhaul.. When we got to their storage Nicks mom gave Dylan his present she bought him... his very own drum set. He loved it, and he knew just what to do he is my little natural born drummer.

Nicks mom, Dave, and Nicks little brother stayed the night saturday night, We all had a really nice visit and they left for Texas sunday morning... It was a sad goodbye for everyone.

This weekend we were finishing up shopping for our parents Christmas presents.. We stopped by micheals craft store to get our stockings I looooove that store, I wish they had a hobby lobby and a quilted bear here though. On our way home from shopping we stopped at Nicks dads house to get some pictures taken for his grandma, Dylan was not having it at all, he just wanted to play in the dirt.

I am so ready for Christmas to just get here seeing the presents under the tree everyday makes me anticipate it that much more.. I just want to let Dylan open one... haha but I think I can wait it out its only a few more weeks. It is so weird that it is weeks before Christmas and there is no snow.. and we are in the mid 80's .. We have had a few cold fronts and some days it never got over 60.

2009-12-02T20:17:00.000-08:00

Today was Nicks birthday, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :D
His Grandma took us to dinner at Olive Garden and then they came back to our house for cake, Last night I made nick a chocolate cake with chocolate peanut butter frosting all from scratch.. It was alot of work but it sure was worth it!! Everyone loved it. I don't know why but I have been baking alot lately.

We got rear ended 2 weeks ago, and today we were advised to get an attorney by the medical biller, To help handle everything. When we got rear ended I was sitting on the floor in the middle area since there was no bench seat so I had slammed into the metal divider. I thought for sure I had broke my back when it happend, Everything hurt from my middle back to the back of my head. We went to the ER but they never did any Xrays, And I have sill been having pains.. And Nicks neck has been hurting worse than it already was, but he never got checked... So our attorney referred us to a pain and wellness center today and told us the sooner we see them the better so we spent a few hours there... I loved every second of it. First I saw the chiro, he poped my neck and cracked my back, Crazy how he did that and when I heard my back crack I was certain that something was wrong because it just did not sound right but it felt so good. After he was done he took us to the therapy part, Where we got electro massages, I hated that part of it because it was pretty uncomfortable for me, That lasted 10 minutes and then I got the real massage, i've never had one before but it felt so good, and the last thing i got was an ultra sound that was suppose to help my muscles not have the spasms. We go in once a week for three weeks to get this massage done, and then after 3 weeks it will cut back. Nick and I have to go get an MRI done saturday... I hate confined spaces, and I've never had a MRI so I am pretty freaked out about it..

So we spent most of Nick's birthday getting massaged, What a good way to spend it :)

I feel better than I have felt in awhile..

I just hope everything goes how it is suppose to with the attorney and everything, and it doesn't turn into such a big headache.

2009-11-30T19:54:00.001-08:00

Well, We are officially finished with Christmas shopping!! Just have to get some stocking stuffers in a few weeks.

It was such a busy busy weekend. Black Friday shopping.. Then Saturday Old Navy had another sale on their fleece blankets and thermal shirts all 5$ so we had to go get us some.

Sunday we decided to go to Kmart and pick up our layaway and not wait for the due date. After we picked up the layaway Nick wanted to go to Big lots to see if they had a recliner there for Dylan ( I had looked online for a recliner because he loves to watch movies in his room and he always sits in his little car and i feel so bad ) I found the perfect chair online but wrong color so we were going to shop around for the right color. But I was ready to just go home and relax so we didn't go.

Later on that night I had to go to walmart for some yeast I was making home made cinnamon rolls, So I asked Nick if he wanted to just go in the BigLots next door to walmart and he said yeah... Wellll as soon as we walked in there was the little microfiber recliner in Navy blue!! the color we had been wanting and it was at the first store we went to!! So of course we HAD to get it!! and Dylan loves it we had to let him test it out when we got home.

So with his chair being bought, That finished Christmas up for my little guy. Now I can spend the rest of the month pondering on what to get Nick.. This is the tough part for me.

Nicks grandma bought Dylan a toy chest, and a table and chair set for Christmas, Because Dylan loves to color and he has no table to color at. She told us to go online and pick it out and now we're just waiting for it to arrive at our house any day now..
The toybox is a little plain but I want to buy some wooden sports balls from Micheals and put them on there and maybe velcro some padded sports fabric on the top so it can be like a seat.

I am so excited for Christmas day to get here already... I can really hardly wait. :)

2009-11-27T18:22:00.000-08:00

What a lonnnnng couple of days it has been!

Yesterday we went to Nick's Grandmas house for Thanksgiving, I thought it was going to be awkward and weird but it was actually really fun :) There was soooo much food Everyone brought about 3-4 sides on top of what Nicks Grandma had already made. We made Pumpkin Cheesecake, Pumpkin pudding, and Greenbean casserole.

We got home around 7, and tried to go to bed early cause 4 in the morning was going to come fast, However Dylan had a different plan for us, He was wide awake and ready to play until about 1 AM.. So we got a late start this morning but we were out the door and on our way by 6, We went to walmart first it wasn't as packed as I had imagined it would be thankfully and we even got front row parking! We weren't really planning on doing any Christmas Shopping we had about 90% of our Christmas shopping done on November 1st... We just wanted to get the tree and all the decorations and get out, Buuuut we did end up getting a few more gifts, Then we were off to Old Navy.

We got home around 8:30 and I made us pumpkin pecan pancakes (I am for sure pumpkin'd out now) And then put Dylan down for a nap he was so tired but so much excitment going on he didn't sleep at all while we were out and about.. So I put on the Christmas music and while he slept we put the treee up! I could not wait to get my tree put up I've been dying to do it all month long. We did colors that I've never done before but I think it turned out cute. It reminds me of How the grinch stole Christmas colors, Red, White, And a bright greenish color are the color scheme we have, can't really tell that well from the pictures.

2009-11-23T18:18:00.000-08:00

2009-11-11T14:06:00.000-08:00

Jace's birthday invitations :)

Halloween '09

2009-11-04T12:07:00.001-08:00

This year for Halloween Dylan was a pirate! We bought his costume and it was a size to small, They had put a 12-18 Month size costume in a 24 month bag so his costume was pretty snug. Poor baby, But he didn't seem to mind. This year was the first year I was able to take Dylan trick or treating I was excited all month to be able to do this. Nicks grandma was taking us this year since Nick couldn't go and I didn't know the area well enough to go alone, She got to our house at about 4:30 she brought us dinner Stuffed shells and meat balls (it was soooo good). We left to go to Nicks dads house after Dylan got finished eating.. I had bought Dylan an eye patch to go with his costume but he would not wear it, So I found on the internet how to paint one on :) So when we got to Nicks dads house I started doing dylans face paint, He did not like me painting his face especially around his eye it was pretty difficult to do but after 45 minutes it was all finished and it turned out just how I had imagined it would :)

Around 7 we were off to go trick or treating :) Dylan loved it, He was so cute walking up to the houses with his little candy bucket. We walked a little over 2 miles that night so you can imagine how much candy we have! Dylan wanted to eat it all as he got it.

It was a fun night, But I was so exhausted and happy when the night came to an end :)

2009-10-29T16:46:00.000-07:00

Oh what a horrible day I've had today....

Never in my life have I ever experienced something like this. This morning started off just like any other morning.. I woke up, Changed dylans diaper, and got him his breakfast. He likes to sit on the floor and watch tv in our bedroom while he eats his waffle so we were just sitting there and I heard a noise that sounded like it came from the kitchen I still am not sure what it was but it sounded like something broke.. I thought maybe for a second that Nick had got off work early and waited and watched down the hall expecting to see him walk out of the kitchen, When he didn't I called him to see if he came home when he said no- it was that second that fear took over me. I told him I thought someone was in our house I heard noises.. He told me to go check while he was on the phone with me, You know... There is nothing worse than thinking someone is in your house as you walk into a room expecting to see some stranger standing there.. But I had no choice. I got up and walked down the hall and I found noone was there I felt a sense of relief but not total relief.. I checked both doors to make sure they were locked and then walked back into my bedroom. It was about 5 minutes later I started to hear some noise from the kitchen again... It sounded like my cupboard was being opend slightly and shut, thats all I could hear over and over again, My first thought was OMG there is a ghost in my house messing with the cupboard door all the hairs on my neck were standing up.. Dylan ran out of the room before I could catch him and he was standing looking into the kitchen and it was like he was staring at something.. I watched him carefully sure he was staring at the ghost opening and closing the cupboard door.. and I decided I better go see what he saw, When I got to the kitchen I realized someone was trying to get into our house through the back door, and what I had been hearing was the crobar taking chunks of our door frame out.. I coughed really loud so they would hear me to see if that would scare them off buuut as soon as they heard me cough they started to move the door handle and it sounded like they were working faster. I've always wondered what I would do if I were ever in a situation like this.. I completly lost any sort of rational thinking, My thoughts were grab my baby and run.. And that is what I did I ran out the front door and there was the neighbor man outside smoking I asked him to help I was hysterical and a mess, He walked around front to see if he could see anything but he couldn't so he went around back and still saw noone... We have a charcoal grill and we had 2 bags of the ashes sitting on the steps one of these guys must have dumped it accidently and they stepped in it so the black rug we had outside had their shoe prints all over it.. I'm thankful they got that much because there were no finger prints and nothing left behind. The scariest thing to me is that they were almost in, they only needed a few more minutes and they would have been in.

My whole sense of security is gone, I don't know that I will ever feel safe again here.. Who knows what would have happened if they had got in..

The hardest part is feeling so unsafe and so alone all at the same time.. These are the times when I need my family around the most..

It's been way to long..

2009-09-01T08:47:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since my last post.. Alot has happend since I stopped blogging..

I will be home in 5 days!!! I can not even describe how excited I am to be comming home for a month. I have been waiting for this day since 2 weeks after I got here haha.

Dylan grabbed my hair straightener when I was getting ready and burned his little fingers, We took him to the ER because of the way the burn had looked it really scared me. He was ok nothing too serious they just wrapped his arm and told us to leave it on for 24 hours. After that apply neosporin every day.

Hmmm what else is there... I learned how to cook chicken cutlets and they are my favorite chicken meal [ we have it every week now, haaaa :) ]

Last night I was alone alllll night, Nick had to work over night in Orlando. I think I put too much thought into it because it wasn't nearly as bad as I had anticipaited it to be. :)

We were driving home Sunday and we passed this cute little house that was up for rent, It is right around the corner from the apartment we live in now.. I called the lady yesterday and the monthly rent is only 50 dollars more than what we are paying now. Nick wants to do rent to own or just buy it, until we can move to Utah then we could put it up for sale. I am inlove with this house it is the perfect size for us and it has a really big back yard, Dylan loves to play outside and a yard is something we need for sure. I guess we will see what she says when she calls us back :) But I hope we end up getting it.

2009-06-22T09:05:00.000-07:00

What a fun weekend we had :)

Saturday we went to the flea market, I love the flea market! There are so many different types of treasures you can find. It was a very hot day Saturday the hottest it has been all year, after about an hour at the flea market I was miserable so we left and stopped at baskin robins for some ice cream to cool us down.

We got home about 530, And Dylan was still just ready to go go go! He sat in his room and talked and talked as he played with his toys

I was in the kitchen getting all the stuff ready for dinner, Nick was using his new grill that he got for fathers day we were having hot dogs :) I realized how quiet it was and went to check on my little dilly bop.. And there he was asleep on the floor in the middle of all his toys, haha too cute!

Sunday we went over to Nick's dads house for a BBQ. He just bought 2 lab puppies.. The yellow lab is a girl and her name is sierra, and the black lap is a boy and his name is riley. They both just love Dylan, And I don't think Dylan really knows what to think of them! These 2 puppies follow him around everywhere. Sierra is a little wild and very playful. Riley is pretty calm and likes to sit next to dylan in the grass and catch the grass that dylan throws at him. Sierra likes to chew on dylan and he didn't like that one bit.. As soon as she started to chew on his hand he got up to walk away and she would jump up and grab his shirt and he'd fall to the ground and they thoought he was just playing with them so they'd jump on him, After that he had had enough, So we pulled out the kiddie pool for him to play in until after dinner.

Great grandma Joann came over around 3 and brought Dylan this cute little doodle thing, and a sand bucket and a shovel. He loved it.

We had dinner, hamburgers and hotdogs. And I made a macaroni salad. After dinner Nicks dad was going to take Dylan in the big pool..
While we waited we put him in the little one, He really likes when we turn the shower head on over his pool like its raining on him.

:)

Dylan has alot of fun in the big pool, But because he LOVES to splash water... in the tube and on the floater thing he is very limited on how much he can splash, So he wanted out after about 30 minutes and wanted back into his own pool where he could splash as much as he'd like.

He made me laugh. He likes to try to catch those drops of water on his tongue, He did this so much, it was just so cute.

Overall we had a really great and fun Fathers Day weekend :)

2009-06-20T09:35:00.000-07:00

This heat is starting to be a little to much for me! Last night at around 10 pm it was still in the 90's.. Ahh! And this is just the beginning.

Friday Nick had the day off! But I had him running all over the place for me, I sold my gazelle, I just felt that I wasn't getting that great of a work out with it, and after 2 weeks and loosing only 3 pounds I was starting to get a little bit discouraged. So I put my gazelle up for sell on craigslist and it sold in a week, And now I got a cute little treadmill. We have a smaller apartment with no room for anything big, So when I saw this I had to have it. It is very small and folds up flat and i can just push it under the bed when im finished. It is a manual treadmill but I like this a whole lot better than the gazelle, It just feels more natural to be walking instead of swinging my legs back and fourth.

We got back home around 430 and had nothing else to do so it was time to just relax. around 730 we had pizza for dinner, That is Dylans favorite food he can eat 2 peices now! and he just sits and says mmmm the whole time he is eating it.

Look at that messy face!

I was just about to start reading when Nick came in the room and said "lets re arrange Dylans room" I have been on him for weeks wanting to re arrange he always says no he is too tired. But I guess when you have the whole day off and 9 pm rolls around and there is nothing to do you start to find things to do to pass the time. So thats what we did. I think it looks a whole lot better than before! Now I just gotta get him to throw away this brown recliner!

2009-06-17T12:45:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've updated with some pictures of Dylan.. I just haven't really been taking pictures, I have been slacking.

Friday we just kind of had a lazy day and didn't do much.. We bought Dylan this book a few weeks ago and he loves it, He is always carrying it around and going through each page pointing and saying whats that. He says whats that to everything lately..

Saturday we went over to Nick's dad's house to take Dylan swimming, He loves the water! After he was done we turned on the shower on to rinse him off, He just wanted to play in it so we let him for awhile.

Today I went shopping for Nick's Fathers Day gift, I have the hardest time shopping for him these past few years. I decided to get him a grill because he loves to BBQ. So i went I got his grill and everything that goes along with it, I know he is going to love it! Let's see if it makes it to Fathers day before he gets to open it.. But I am having some pretty high doubts about it going that long :)

I got my dad a Card, And a Florida Gator Tshirt lol.. Just as a kind of funny gift. But he better wear it ;)

2009-06-10T15:19:00.000-07:00

It's 90 degrees today, I really don't think I can ever get used to this kind of heat! Me and Dylan went for a walk today but it was so hot I was miserable the entire time, But he sure didn't seem to mind :) And that is really all that matters.

I decided to put off the whole quitting smoking thing, I started a diet and wanted to stop smoking all at once.. Not realizing quitting made me want to eat more ha.. So my goal is October to be done with smoking.

I'm really suprised with myself, I have not slacked on exercising and it has now been 1 week!! :) Nick bought me a gazelle Sunday so I have been using that everyday. I learned how to jog on it and today I jogged a mile and a half I was aiming for 2 miles but when my legs start to burn and feel like jello I can't keep going.

While I exercise I always crank up the radio, And a song came on that made me miss home so much. I look back and I can remember when I was younger I hated where I lived, I always wanted to live somewhere else. And now that I am somewhere else I can't wait to come back. Utah will always be home to me. And I can't wait until I can move back. I just get a knot in my throat when I think about being home.. I come from a family that is extremly close, and now I am here around a family that isn't close at all. It gets hard sometimes.. I guess not everyone is lucky enough to have a family as close as mine.. BBQ's, Family reunions, And get togethers.. I never knew how much i'd miss these things.. I guess people that grew up in big cities just have different ways of life. I am soo thankful for a family like mine and not just my Parents and Sisters- But my Aunts,Uncles and Cousins too. :)

2009-06-04T15:30:00.000-07:00

I'm super exhausted today! I took Dylan to the park today, He definatly keeps me going, He didn't care about all the slides and toys, He just wanted to walk and walk and walk.. chasing him wore me out and fast, But he had a good time and it was nice to take him out were he could just go.. When we got home I fed him his lunch and then it was off for my walk. It's been suprisingly easy keeping up with these walks. I haven't slacked off or missed a day yet, However I am only 3 days into it. But I actually really enjoy walking. Nick went with me yesterday for my walk, It was nice to have him go with me and we ventured out a little further that time. As for the smoking.. I cheated today I had a stressful day and all I wanted was to just relax outside and have a smoke.. So I did.. I'm trying not to be so hard on myself- slip ups happen.. And to quit smoking is definatly something that is hard to do.

2009-06-02T13:51:00.000-07:00

Today is my first official day of no smoking, I've been procrastinating quitting for a week now.. I quit in July of 2007 when I was pregnant with Dylan.. And for whatever reason I started again Thanksgiving day 2008 BIG MISTAKE that I really wish I hadn't made, I felt so much better health wise when I was not smoking, I could actually breath. I could walk with out running out of breath. Which is why I am quitting again..

I've decided to start walking, It will be good for me and Dylan both to get out of the house and venture out. Today was the first day and I feel really good after my walk. I walked about a mile and a half.

I really just want to become healthier I think it will help alot with my anxiety and panic.

November of 2006 I started a diet I had read about on the internet about a 600 calories a day diet, It also said you need to be seeing a doctor if you go on that low of a calorie diet also.. But I just figured it wasn't a big deal and I would just try it out and see if it worked. And it did, I became totally obsessed with counting calories. And pretty quick I found a good combination to use when eating I ate a yogurt for breakfast, a lean cuisine for lunch and a yogurt for dinner, And I was taking trimspa pills and I exercised as much as I had time for, I was then working 12 hour shifts.

Somewhere along the line I believe that this diet caused my gal bladder problem so I decided to quit doing this diet after I had my surgery.. That pain from my galbladder was horrible.. I didn't want to risk more problems from this diet. I lost alot of weight on this diet in a very short period of time 3 months, I went from 246 to 195 and for the first time in a long time I felt really good I was on my way to being where I wanted to be And just seein the results on the scale that would give me the drive to keep doing what I was doing until I started to have problems, I had surgery for my galbladder March 2007 then I got pregnant in April.. So all that weight I had lost, I was gaining it back during my pregnancy I gained about 28 pounds... And I have not been able to loose it not that I have been trying or anything either.. And obviously it doesn't just come off. haha wish it did though.

I haven't stepped on a scale since August of last year, Nick bought me one because if I am doing a diet I have to be able to see how I am doing.. I was actually terrified to step on the scale I honestly for some reason knew I was going to weigh over 300 pounds or be close to it.. And what a relief standing on that scale I am no where near that much lol, I haven't lost all my baby weigh but I am definatly going to work towards this with everything I have and succeed. I've just never really had the drive to do it, But once I start and get serious about something I have the drive to acheive whatever Im working for.

My goal is to loose 50 pounds by the beginning of Septemeber.. :) So I really hope that I can make it :)

2009-05-24T17:01:00.000-07:00

It feels so good to be able to be home relaxing. We've had such a busy weekend! Saturday we went to Old Navy to get Flip Flops for $1, It was just as bad as day after Thanksgiving shopping too many people in a store =/ .. Me and Nick went shopping and got some new clothes, I really needed some summer time clothes, Wearing jeans here in Florida just doesn't work. Its way to humid and it feels like my pants stick to my legs. Yuck!

We bought new curtains today :) I've been wanting to get curtain since i moved in this place.. They look really good.. I want to get some kind of floral vine thing to wrap up around the top.. I just have to find a place that sells what i am looking for.

2009-05-17T14:23:00.000-07:00

Not too much has been going on today, We started our day off going to exchange our new comforter.. The one we had got was a navy blue but it just didn't look right so we took it back and got the white one that i really wanted :D It was a little more expensive but worth it. I bought a down comfoter years ago and ever since then I just can't sleep with anything else, And they are so expensive. Luckily we found this one on sale for 109 dollars, It has the sateen stripes and 450 thread count so its super soft. Our room has been neglegted as far as decorating goes. We've always bought stuff for the living room or dylans room.. So our new project is the bedroom, We're just going to take it slow buying a few things every week so hopefully it will be done in a month haha..

Then we took Dylan to the puppy store, I wish I had brought my camera. He goes crazy for the puppies.. I just want a puppy soooo bad! one day though! :)

2009-05-16T17:54:00.000-07:00

Nick's grandma came by this morning to bring over the pictures she had bought for us, When we had our family pictures taken Dylan was throwing a fit and we just wanted to get out of there so we didn't really pay to much attention to picking out the pictures we wanted and later realized there were some pictures we really wanted, So his grandma bought them for us online, And we got them today :) now our wall isn't empty anymore.

After his grandma left we went grocery shopping, Came home ate lunch and then we were off to go shopping.

I have been wanting to make a little decoration to hang over the entry to the hallway for awhile now, So today Nick took me to michaels to get the stuff I needed.
It turned out pretty cute :)

After we left there, We went to Target and ended up getting some really cute outfits and flip flops for Dylan.

Then we were off to bed bath and beyond to get a new comforter and sheets, It was definaltly time to get some less masculine bedding ;) It had been such a long day for the little dilly bop. When we got home we sat him on the couch with a blanket and me and Nick went to put our new bedding on when we came back out, Dylan had fallen asleep on the couch ( I was wondering why he was being so quiet)

2009-05-14T17:58:00.000-07:00

Today I got to visit with my Aunt Norma and Uncle Chris... They came to Tampa from Cocoa Beach. They got here at 2, We went and grabbed a light lunch and then went on a tour of Tampa. Dylan has started this new thing he likes to stick his fingers down his throat till he gags. He kept doing it and doing it until he threw up all over himself and the carseat.. We ended up pulling over in the wendy's parking lot and cleaning out his carseat and cleaning him up. After that big ordeal we went back to my house to wait for nick and get dylan into some clean clothes.

Nick got home about 6, We went to dinner at Cody's Roadhouse. I love that place the inside of that restraunt has such a nice atmosphere. We had a really good visit.

It was so nice to see family, It's been 2 months since I have seen any of my family.. And I think it was just something that I needed. I try to avoid thinking about this and talking about it because it just makes me want to cry, But I really do miss home. It is extremely hard to just move away from all you have ever known. From all your family and friends. A small town girl moving to a big city, I have always been one to not go do anything alone, If I had to do it alone I would just not do it. But I have been doing quite a few things alone, which is huge for me. If nothing else at least I can say that I have grown from this experience.

I love having my family together, It is so nice to see Dylan with his dad. And having that extra help has been great. I just wish I didn't have to be so far away to have my family together. Just seeing the way Dylans face lights up when he see's his dad, That is my motivation to make this work. And I know we won't live here forever, That is what keeps me going.

I have been having a really rough time these last 2 weeks, missing my family. Wanting to see my mom and all my family. I've had some pretty down days. And then my mom called me about my aunt Norma wanting to come out here to visit, It couldn't have come at a better time, I saw some of my family, Part of what I am used to and i think it gave me enough to make it until August when I can come home for a visit! :) I can't wait for August to be here.

Mothers Day!

2009-05-10T13:03:00.000-07:00

Happy Mothers Day! :) It was my first Mothers Day with my family together this year. Nick let me sleep in today. When I woke up I had a dozen pink and red roses, A mothers day card from both of my boys :) and I got a gift certificate for a day at the spa :D

Around 12:30 We headed over to Nicks dad's house to go swimming and have lunch. Dylan had so much fun swimming.

Later on we're going to Nick's Grandma's house for dinner.. So I'll post new pictures from then later.

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Made this for my mom :)

Digital Scrapbooking.

2009-05-06T18:40:00.000-07:00

We used to scrapbook every sunday, All of us girls would get together and scrapbook for hours. It was so much fun, I've always loved to scrapbook. I'm not sure exactly why we stopped scrapbooking, But I sure do miss it- Especially now that I have a baby and a ton of pictures :)

After joining the blogger world and looking through blogs, I found out about digital scrapbooking, I got everything I needed to start doing this. So far it's been really fun and ALOT less messy.

I've only made 2 pages so far but I love it!

Orbs...

2009-05-05T18:37:00.000-07:00

Today I was taking pictures of my house to show to my sister.. And when I uploaded them and started to look at them, I noticed these white spots. I've watched plenty of shows about ghosts to remember that these could possibly be ghosts! And if you know me, It has me completly freaked out!

Orbs are believed (by many) to be ghosts in the form of balls of light. They are life forms that travel in groups and are believed to be the human soul or life force of those that once inhabited a physical body here on earth. Psychics claim to talk to them on a regular basis, and ghost hunters encounter them quite frequently. It is said that they are those spirits that have willingly stayed behind because they feel bound to their previous life or previous location for whatever reason

Ghostly orbs are the most photographed anomalies caught on film by ghost hunters and are quite photogenic (when they want to be). They can be completely transparent or display themselves in a bright solid form. It is not hard to capture them on film in their circular form. It is theorized that ghosts prefer the form of an Orb (ball of light) because it takes less energy thus being the mode of choice among the ghosts.

Sleepy Baby

2009-05-05T18:28:00.000-07:00

Dylan hasn't done this in awhile..

We ate dinner, And dylan wasn't quite finished so me and nick went to smoke, We leave the door open so that we can watch him. And he was being pretty quiet, Usually he is rambling on and on. We came back in and he was asleep in his highchair. :) It's funny how fast they can go from being wide awake to out like a light.

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Dylan loves to play on our bed! he walks back and fourth and jumps up and down. I always get so nervous because he is getting more and more brave everyday and he gets closer to the edge and thinks he's so funny.

2009-05-03T15:22:00.000-07:00

Dylan loved playing with Lucky. That is our neighbor's dog, That is usally on a chain downstairs.. But today he was off the chain running all over the backyard. So we sat outside for awhile and let dylan play with him, and as you can see he had a blast :)

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:) Got the internet today, FINALLY.

Adding more tomorrow.