"You're baby is getting HUGE!!!!"

First off just want to apologize for not posting in what seems like forever :/ (yikes). My last few weeks of summer were spent doing last minute things that I knew I would not be able to do once school started so blogging took a back seat.

School has started...and so far, I think it is going to be a great year. It is hard to believe that it has really started back and that we are almost in September... DON'T BLINK or life will pass you by!!! One of my sweet rugrats proceeded to raise his hand in the middle of our language arts lesson (I call on him obviously thinking he has a question in regards to the lesson) and while looking at my belly, announces very loudly- "WOW! You're baby has gotten huge!!!!" :D That made me feel real good ha. I will say I was wearing a dress and my bump did look extra large that day.. NEVER a dull moment with a bunch of 10 year olds!!! Here is a picture of me (and Jax) on the first day of school...

We have been busy (as a bee ;)) here lately and it seems we don't ever time to just sit down! Jon had all four of his wisdom teeth extracted last week and has been such a trooper! He has such a high pain tolerance... (Not me ;)!! We wil be spending this weekend relaxing and I know I am looking forward to it... Especially after my first week back! Can not wait to sleep past 5:45!!! Oh- and CAN YOU SAY SWOLLEN ANKLES?? Omg- I hope they go down. My left one is worse than my right and right now it is hard to see them ever being normal again ;/ I guess they are adjusting to 12-13hour work days!! I did start walking last week but took this week off to adjust to being back at work ;) I hope to start back tomorrow.

Hubby has been doing alot of projects around the house here lately!!! He hung the curtains in our bathroom as well as the last mintute stuff in the nursery :D The only things we have to do is install the crown molding, a new ceiling fan, and put his bedding in the crib- I am taking it to the cleaners. SO Basically all the "have to do" stuff is done! I AM AMAZED AT HOW IT TURNED OUT! It is just like we imagined and wanted. SO THANKFUL to Jon for everything he has done!!!! Now all we need is our lil man :D

Speaking of baby J- HE IS ONE ACTIVE little guy!!!! This week, especially Wednesday, he has not stopped moving! It is the most amazing (and weirdest) feeling in this world. I can reach down when he is awake and touch my belly and he will respond. I love it and Jon and I get a kick (no pun intended haha) out of it. We love sitting back and watching him move...one of the sweetest things yet! This Sunday we will be 26 weeks- WOW. That belly is growing an growing :). My next doctors appointment is September 5 and I will take the Glucose Test ;/ wish me luck. Oh and my first baby shower is in 2 weeks YAY! Super excited!!! Here are some random pics from the last few weeks...

Baby Jaxson and I at our 24 week checkup :)

The girls in ATL for Leigh's bachelorette party

Amanda and I in ATL

The new curtains... looking forward to taking a hot bath :) 

 Hope everyone has a good weekend!....until next time XOXO!

You're still the one!

Okay, so it is probably my pregnancy hormones going crazy, but here lately I can not get it off my mind that in just a few (short) months, our lives will no longer be the same. No longer will we be able to do what we want, when we want, how we want. No longer will we be able to just "up and go" as we please. No longer will it just be the 2 (well really 5 if you count the fur-babies, which we do) of us. No longer will we be able to leave the house with just 3 things- my purse, his wallet, and the keys. The thought of it no longer being JUST Jon and I is SUPER scary to me. We have been together for over 9 wonderful years, and I am shaken at the thought of that no longer being the case. I know that we will grow as a family and our love for each other will blossom into something greater, but this whole (new) concept has been weighing heavy on my (heart) mind here lately.

***Funny story (that I am feeling compelled to share and if J knew I was, he would put an end to me): Last night as we were laying bed, something of the above mentioned came up, so I decided to tell Jon my thoughts on this, etc. Would you like to know his response...."It didn't change when we got Max. It didn't change when we got LeRoy." :D BLESS HIM. LOL. He was so serious and it was all I could do not to roll off the bed laughing at this statement. I KNOW that raising animals verses a baby is on two TOTALLY opposite ends of the spectrum... I am guessing that he does not realize this. However, the more I thought about it, the more I got to thinking that..YES even though our lives are about to change tremendously, I WE are going to do the best we can to make sure that it remains the same...if that makes any sense (or is even possible). We are excited and looking forward to this new journey- as a party of 6 :)

I also decided to partake in the "Photo A Day" pictures. I have been seeing people do this (mainly on Instagram) for the past few months, but never participated. I am happy to say that I have done each day as it states. (If you are unfamiliar with this, you take a photo (according to the "rules") each day and post it).

Fancy that today is "Something Old" and that I have been having these (hormonal) emotions. I chose to post our very FIRST picture together. I remember it as if it was yesterday...We all went to Red Lobster (my favorite place to eat) to celebrate my 15th (YES, you heard right) Birthday (Jon only 16 himself). My mom, sister, step-dad, and step-brother all joined us and we had a lovely time. So glad my mom snapped this picture of us, because it is still one of my most favorite pictures of us and I love to look back to this point in our lives.

9 years later...he is still the one

Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday

They said "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong

*You're still the one*
You're still the one I run to
The on that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
*You're still the one*
You're still the one I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night

Ain't nothin' better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin'
They said "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holdin' on
We're still together still goin' strong

*You're still the one*
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
*You're still the one*
You're still the one I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night

*You're still the one*
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
*You're still the one*
You're still the one I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night

I'm so glad we made it
Look how far we've come my baby

Okay.. so that is it all for now. My pregnancy hormones and I are done being all sappy...until next time! XOXO



22 Weeks

A few updates of our week so far...

Okay. So the yard sale was interesting. This was my very first one and naturally since J has had one back when he was 9 years old- he is a yard sale expert ;). Needless to say that their aren't anymore 'come at the crack of dawn/early bird' yard-salers -like we thought still existed. We woke up before the sun was even awake to finish getting things set up. Three (long) hours later, we FINALLY had our first customer (yay! we honestly thought no one was even going to show up). Jon's face lit up like a kid at the candy store. Once we got through the first customer, they kept rollin' on in. All in all we made a good lil' chunk of change and were able to get rid of unwanted/unneeded items. I'm calling this the 'Baby J fund' as we will put some of this money towards his nursery *which I am oh so excited about getting back to work on.

Much to my surprise, when we woke up Sunday, Jon decided he wanted to get a jump start on the nursery (yay! I was super excited *and surprised) so we took off to the man store (aka:Home Depot) and got what we needed to start the chair rail and wainscoting process.

The plan was to paint the wainscoting (outside) first before putting them on the walls, but considering it was about 135 degrees (seriously it was miserable, I do not see how people work outside in this heat- bless you if you do!!!) outside on Sunday, we opted to cut them to size and put them on the walls first then paint them later. We were able to finish wainscoting one wall yesterday and will continue to work on this throughout the week :). I am so excited and can not thank Jon enough for doing this (& for being SUCH A HARDWORKER)!! Here are a few pics of Step 2...

Also, this week, I had the pleasure of going around to different daycares and checking them out....WOWZERS, can you say extra mortgage payment and/or 3 car payments? I am in the process of researching them and we hope to make a final decision before I start back work (....which is in 2 weeks, AHH- where did my summer go? *this is a whole 'nother blog post in itself!).

My awesome, amazing, talented, beautiful sister came to stay with me on Monday. Let's just say that I was very excited to see her, as it has been a while. We enjoyed having girl time, catching up, staying up late, talking, eating good, and just having that 'sister-time' (if you have a sister, then you know what I am referring to).

 

Anywho, thats all I got for now... I will post again in a few days. Hopefully, we will have made a little more progress on Jax's nursery! Until next time...