Just a little something to show I'm still Alive....

I have about 4 unfinished blog post waiting for me to have time to upload pictures and post them. But in the meantime I thought I would spout off at the mouth err hands a bit. No I haven't fallen off the face of the earth I have just been overly busy! Between working full time, being a full time mom, and full time wife, all while still finding time to make beautiful things! This past week I have been in training at our downtown office and trying to make up hours. I have been covering my bosses areas of responsibility as well. One is on vacation and the other has been in and out of training all week. I have been delegating work to the guys, covering a meeting, and keeping the peace with an angry customer. So all in all I am looking forward to this weekend. A weekend of rest, a weekend of catching up on blog posts, a weekend of going to the beach, and a weekend of bike riding and enjoying the beautiful Florida weather with almost all of my beautiful family!

I was talking to my sweet Austin last night at bed time and he was (and has been) telling me how much he is going to miss me this weekend. I told him I would see him Monday but that wasn't good enough for him. Let me explain my situation a tad bit before I continue. Austin is my oldest son from my first marriage and while I have him full time during the school year (except for 2 weekends a month) I don't see much of him in the summer. Last Summer Austin had a melt down after not seeing me for a month. He started going a tad crazy, screaming at his dad, having problems sleeping and well the list goes on. I'll never forget that day when I got that call from Austin's dad telling me I needed to come immediately to Tampa and pick Austin up! My heart was beating so fast. Of course the question "what's wrong is everything ok" came flying out of my mouth! He explained about the breakdown and told me Austin had to see me ASAP. So since that day Austin hasn't spent more then 4 days max away from me. So I am worried about spring break this year and then of course the impending Summer vacation! So back to my story I spoke with his dad this morning and voiced my concerns  he said he would be keeping a very close eye on him. I hope he does so. He's not always the most reliable person!

Well I think that's all I got for now! Have a great weekend everyone!

This weekend's plans!

So at 3pm today my weekend begins, and boy it is going to be busy! After I leave work today I have to head out the Lehigh to check on a sick friend of a friend and take her some food. Then after that it is home to change and get ready for dinner tonight with the hubs! We are going to the cheesecake factory and then a walk on the beach! (weather permitting)

Saturday's plan's are as follows:
at 9:30am we have a house viewing, then two more at 10am, and then one after that at 11am! So super busy morning! Hopefully we will be able to find one that will work with us. Then after that we are going to grab a bite to eat and head home for some more packing and cleaning. Then at 5pm we will be heading to Naples to have dinner with our dear friends Haley & Joe! Were very exciting about this since we hardly ever get the chance to see them! And that will pretty much round out our Saturday!

Sunday morning we will head to church (probably) the early service then do some grocery shopping. (since we are completely out of food) Then home for more packing and cleaning. Oh yes and I can't forget that I will be making meals for the week and baking my yummy cake that I have been so excited about all week! My wish is that by Saturday we will have a house nailed down and know where and when we will be moving. Then that way I can make the calls and turn off our service at our existing place and connect it at our new place. Which brings about a lot of oh no(s) what if there is a deposit (which there is) and how much will this deposit be? I anticipate this move costing alot of money! But I know God will provide and put me at ease with my anxiety!

So there is my weekend plans nothing too exciting!

The boss for two days...

So last week both my bosses were out of the office on Thrusday and Friday. So I basically put their hats on and got a taste of what it is they do. And let me tell you it is completely insane! I thought I was busy, then you add both of their workloads (well partial work loads, because there was someone here that was somewhat covering for them)to everything I have going on then it equals more insanity then you could ever imagine! I absolutely loved it! I live for a job that constantly has me on the go! I guess that is one of the reasons that I love being a mother so much! My phone barely stopped ringing those two days! I told Jim (boss #1) That he should let me do more of that stuff more often, since I enjoy it so much! Jerry (boss #2) told me that since I did such an awesome job of holding down the fort then he is going to start taking more vacation (of course he was joking, but it was a nice thought) Boss #2 is somewhat of a pain in the butt at times. He has his really nice moments but then he flips a switch and it's no more mister nice guy! He starts yelling at people for no reason and is completely unrulely. It because's a problem so much so that I have his guys in here every week telling me how much they dislike him and dislike working for him! I feel badly at times because I understand how they feel... But at the end of the day he is my boss and I leave him and all this other stuff at work when I go home.

So on another note I am going to be an Aunt again! I am super excited! Another wee one running around! Too bad I wont see much of him or her (well only in pictures) since my BIL & SIL live in LA. But we will definitely be visiting once a year if not trying to see them twice a year. We would really like to try and keep up with them and all of the kids. They grow so fast and there is so much we don't get to see....

Our weekend was somewhat hetic. We worked in the nursery for the Good Friday service at church. There were 6 babies and only my husband and I to tackle them but we did well! The kids were so wonderful! Then we were at my mothers all day Saturday which was a ton fo fun! We went there to help her with a veggie garden which turned out great, then we cleaned up and went to Kohls! I love kohls it is so much fun to shop there! I got $10 Kohl's cash to spend from now until the the 20th! It really does pay to shop! If you haven't been there yet you should go!
Then we came back and barbque'd! All in all it was a very nice day!

Sunday of course was a wonderful day where we Celebrated the resurrection of my personal Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! It was a beautiful day and we spent it by working in the nursery again! God is so good! We love being with the babies!

Well I have no more ranting to do at the moment!

An eventful weekend...

Well my weekends are usually crazy if you have ever read my blog you would know. This weekend was less crazy then others but still crazy nonetheless! Lets see we had to ground Austin for the first time friday night and it broke my heart! He has never been grounded before and well this was very new to him! So he spent the whole night in his room. And well there was alot of crying. So that was our eventful friday evening. Then saturday Austin already had plans with my mom and sister for over a week and I didn't want to brake them so we let him go over and spend the day with them. And I told them no tv he is grounded from the tv. So he didn't watch any! And Jon and I went a did a little shopping for his mom's birthday. We decided that, that evening we were going to go over to her house and make her a yummy birthday dinner and surprise her which we did because we got there and she was still out shopping at the mall and I started on dinner and ended up braking one of her dishes. I felt awful after doing this. And we all sat down and had a nice meal. And then afterwards we headed home. Austin went to bed and Jon and I stayed up and talked for a bit. Then I started having false labor pains that was really fun. And here is where the crazy weekend comes into play! Jon went into over protective husband mode and thought I was going to go into labor that night and the whole time I am trying to sleep he is running around our bedroom like a mad man packing my overnight bag for the hospital! And everytime I would start to doze off he would ask me what I wanted for the hospital. I finally told him I don't care what is in the darn bag I am trying to sleep and I am not going into labor tonight so just come to bed. But noooo he was dead set on this fact and everytime I moved or made a noise he was like is it time to go. Oh Lord I love my husband! I think that is what I kept repeating over and over in my head! Yes, I know this was very sweet of him for caring so much but he was up until 1am and everytime he moved I woke up. Or everytime he asked me a darn question. So ontop of the pain I had saturday night and sunday morning which kept me up when it didn't keep me up my husband did. So neither of us slept well and I was tired all day sunday. I finally got to lay down for a nap around 2:30pm and then I guess after an hour of me sleeping Austin decided to come and join me for a nap. I woke up at about 4:30pm to Austin pressed up againist my back snoring. Which I thought was sweet! Then Jon made us dinner while I laid down on the couch in the front room. I was still tired but refused to go back to sleep because I knew I wouldn't get any sleep that night. So we had some yummy Chili Jon made and then gave Austin a bath and put him to bed. And then we followed shortly after about 9pm, I think. Which didn't do me alot of good because at 9:30pm Austin came in our room and told me he couldn't sleep so I was up for another hour dealing with that. And then once I finally fell asleep I woke up at 2:30 in the morning wide awake with Ethan kicking me. So yes another sleepless night. And that folks was the extent of our exciting weekend!

A very eventful weekend....

Well lets see this weekend was very busy for us! As most usually are but this one more so. Friday after work we went and did our grocery shopping that was a first for us because usually we do our grocery shopping on Saturdays. But we had so much to do Saturday that I opted for Friday evening. So we got all that done and then came home and unloaded all the food and put it up. We had company over Friday night so after we put the groceries up we just waited on our company and played a few games of cards. Then Manders can over and see made us yummy beaner lasagna! (That is what she calls it.) I call it mmmmmgood! So then after dinner we all hung out and talked lat into the evening. Jon fell asleep on our love seat and Manders and I continued our conversation up until I think about 11pm. Which if anyone knows me they know that ever since the pregnancy I have been in bed by 8pm, 9pm at the latest. So I was very tired. So we woke Jon up and said our goodbyes and then I went into the room and went to sleep.

Saturday....
I got up at 8:30am. Which was very hard for me to do. The bed was so warm and comfy and I didn't want to leave! But we had a lady with progressive coming over at 9:30am and I needed to get the house cleaned up a little and get ready. So she got to our house a little after 9:30am, we talked over what we needed and then she left. So then we left for the day and headed out to do Christmas shopping. Whew it was a long day! We got home about hmmm 3:30pm I think. And we went to town wrapping presents. There were a lot of them and were not even close to being down yet! And then while we were doing that Jon washed all of Ethan's laundry, which was very sweet of him! And then once it was all done we folded it and put it all away. Ethan's side of the room is so clean now and all we are waiting on is the change table and then the room will be complete! So after all that was done probably around 7pm we just hung out and watched a little TV and then went to bed.

Sunday.....
Another busy day. We got up at 8am and got ready for Church. We headed down to Naples about ummm 9am for the 10am service and arrive early which was nice we got to talk to The Todd's for a bit. Then after the service we went out to lunch with Lee and Julie (Jon's father and step mother.) It is always fun when we spend time with them! Then we went to the Christian book store we had some things to buy and Julie had a coupon which was great! So we got what we needed at a much cheaper price! I love sales/coupons! Then after the Christian book store we said our goodbyes and headed down to my mom's house to see my little sister and her new dog. Her dog was very pretty she is a chocolate pit bull and very friendly. For some reason she really took a liking to me. And kept jumping on the couch by me and licking my face and nibbling my ears! Silly little thing! So we spent some time with them and then headed out yet again on our next Sunday adventure... We got to Nadine's (Jon's mother's) and helped her out with a few things. She didn't know how to work her DVD player, she thought it was broken, and of course it wasn't. It was only a matter of turning it on and putting in the DVD and pressing input on the TV. She flipped out once we did this and asked us how we fixed it. Which Jon and I got a chuckle out of. He told her it was never broken and showed her how to work it. So now hopefully she will know how to operate her DVD player in her front room! Then the next task was printing her off a map with directions to the hospital that we will be staying at once Ethan is born. That was yet again another simple task, and third she had bought an mp3 player and wanted to know how to get music onto it. So then Jon spent the next 45minutes downloading the software and putting music onto her mp3 player. She was very happy once she heard a song on it! So yes 3 easy task and we didn't even break a sweat! Will we were there she had some stuff she had gone through that she didn't want anymore so we got to pick through all of it and we ended up with... Ton's of picture frames and ton's for the fridge too. This cross stick thing she made and hung in Jon's nursery when he was a baby and a VCR/DVD player. We actually are trading the VCR/DVD player for our DVD player at home. But trust me it is a great trade! And this way when we use the video camera she gave us for Christmas and when Ethan is born we will be able to hook up the camera to the VCR/DVD player and record the camera tapes onto DVDs. So we were very thankful for that and all the other stuff she has given us. Which has been a lot! So after Nadine's we headed home and got there around 6pm and then Jon went back out and got us some dinner since we hadn't been home all day and I had nothing out to cook. While he was out I finished wrapping all the presents that we hadn't finished Saturday evening and then Jon got back,So we ate dinner. After dinner we hid all of Austin's wrapped presents away and both of us sat down and took a load off! And well that was it for our eventful weekend folks!

The start of a new week....

The weekend was very nice. Jon and I didn't do much of anything which honestly was lovely! We went grocery shopping on saturday and then pretty much sat around and read. A nice quite weekend in! Sunday I made soup from scratch! It turned out ok next time i will do some things differently! But everytime you bake something for the first time it is always a learning experience...

I really wish I was home today.... It is such a nice day for yard work and some reading! I have tons of stuff to do at home that I should've done on the weekend but well sometimes you just have to be lazy. And being pregnant makes you want to be ten times more lazier! I really dislike that the most about being pregnant oh and the fact that I am breaking out in a ton of pimples! But all in all it is a lovely experience. I am really looking forward to Ethan coming and getting to stay home for a whole month. But then what??? I mean I never really thought about that. Jon and I always assumed that we would put Ethan into a daycare facilitly and I would go back to work. But what if there is no daycare facilitly that takes childern that are a month old... hmmm I guess I should check into that... And I guess I am always looking on the what if side of things. Maybe I need to stop looking at the what if's and start looking more towards God! I can't always think about everything that could possibly go wrong that will just leave to diaster! And it shows that I don't believe and have fatih in the Lord! If I am meant to go back to work after Ethan is a month old then God will provide that for us! And if I am ment to stay home then God will provide for us! Either way I look at I know the end result is that God will provide! So what am I so worried about really??

So I have a doctor's appointment at 10am today... Nothing big is really happening he is telling me the results of my blood work from last month and he listening to the baby's heartbeat. Yes isn't it insane that he has made me wait a whole month to find out the results of my blood work that coould mean not so very good things?? Like the baby harbours downsydrome or something else! Yes his office was suppose to call me but never did... I am also finding out that I really don't like my medical insurance! It really sucks. I have to pay the doctor's office one lump fee and then I don't have to pay anything else for his services at his office. I still have to pay him to deliver the baby though, well whatever my insurance doesn't cover! So I am finding these insane bills that are coming in the mail, but hey it is all part of having a child right! All the bills go up you have more of an expense, So many things are different! But the end result is great!

Well almost time for me to head out and get on my way to my doctors office so I can be there early and wait 45 mins to be seen! That is usually how it goes at his office!

Friday!

Yes today is finally friday! The day we all work towards so we can spend the weekends with our families! I am looking forward to having this weekend. Ethan has been moving and kicking alot more and I feel like I just need to take an easy! I have been going full speed all week! Trying to keep the house up and take care of the family and cook meals almost everynight and work full time it is really a killer! But hey that is life!

So I have put some thought towards what we are going to do this weekend, And well Jon and I have both decided that a lazy weekend suites us very well! I thought saturday maybe some grocery shopping and I want to bake these cookies called chocolate pieces they sound so yummy and well I really love to cook now! It's like I really want to be a stay at home mommy now and I feel like I am taking on that role but I just can't stay at home now.

I don't know if I ever mentioned that Jon and I went and registered at babiesrus and it was fun, But I will never again give my husband the scaner again! He went completely crazy! I mean I have never seen anyone with so much drive towards scaning so much stuff! So an hour and a half later we have almost 100 items on our registry! It is really great to see him so excited he is like a kid in a candy store!

I think we are going to start going to our church service on saturday night's. We have gone twice but we always seem to running between our home church and the other campus in Naples. We always try to go to Naples to see Jon's dad and step mom. Then after chruch we always go and see his mother and then my mom and sister. So we always end up spending our whole sundays in Naples. That's why I think this weekend we are just going to be lazy! Also we don't have Austin this weekend so it makes it soo easy to be lazy!