Giveaway!

I have so much to catch up on! I have Luke's 17 month post to finish! But on a quick note
This past Mothers day Luke and I got some really cute pictures taken by Cortney Talbott.
Well she is having a really awesome giveaway right now! If you go to her Facebook page you
Will see her amazing photos as well as her giveaway! (p.s. it involves an adorable Stella and
Dot neckalace) So go and enter!! her website is www.cortneytalbott.com

16 Months Old!

My sweet little man is 16 months old today! He is changing so much lately and growing up way too fast!! We are having a blast together, and I am SO blessed by him!

Here is what you are up to:

~You are 29.8 lbs
~You are 34.6 inches tall (holy cow, you grew over 2 inches since your 12 month appointment)
~You wear size 4 diapers and size 24month/2T or some 3T clothes!
~You are sleeping through the night for the most part. Every now and then you wake up, but you usually go back to sleep on your own. Your bed time is 8:00pm and you usually get up between 5:30am-6:30 (or 7:00 if I am lucky)
~You are still taking two naps a day
~You don't sit still EVER!! I am SO glad you are so healthy and active, but goodness you are a crazy boy!!!
~You love to be outside and able to run free! We went to Colorado this summer ( I will write a whole different post about that soon) and you had a blast. So much playing and running around!!
~You are generally a good eater. You are a texture person, so usually if you don't like something its because of the texture. You always feed your food to Bear. It never fails.
~You are starting to really communicate with us now. We have taught you a few signs and you use them like crazy. You say and sign "more" and "eat" all day long! I love that you are telling us what you are wanting though! You sign for: sleep, ball, please and thank you(only sometimes, we are working on those).
~ You babble so much! You sound like you are telling stories all of the time. I wish I could translate the things you are trying to say. It makes your daddy and me laugh because you say it like it is the most important information ever!
~You say quit a few words, but only use them every now and then!
~ You have a little temper and are throwing some lovely fits every now and then!
~You LOVE your daddy!
~You are SO ticklish. Your laugh while getting tickled is THE. BEST. THING. EVER!!!
~You love getting chased and run everywhere. You rarely walk anywhere. Running is your choice of transportation!
~Bear is your best buddy. He takes a lot of pulling and grabbing most days!
~You are so funny when I vacuum. You run around the house screaming and making this really funny noise {I tried to type our what the noise sounds like, but it just didn't look right}. It cracks me up!
~You look like you are about 2 years old! Please stop growing up SO fast!!!

Luke,
My little buddy. I can't believe 16 months has approached us! You are beyond a blessing to me and I can't imagine my life without you. Your love and innocence for life is so contagious and I find myself wanting to bottle that up and never let you grow up! You are growing up and as sad as that makes me, I am loving watching and learning new things about you everyday. You have made me such a better person and I couldn't thank you enough for that!

I love you SO much sweet boy!

Love,
Mama

15 months old {and all the time in between}

15 months old! I can't believe it! I kind of skipped the 13 and 14 month posts. Not because I meant to, but because life got crazy and the blog took a back burner. I don't like to forget to "write" things down, but I am going to do my best with remembering everything that has happened and is happening now!

What has Luke been up to since he turned the big ONE.......

~You still wear a size 4 diaper, although I think we are ready to go up to size 5!
~You wear size 24 months or 2T clothes. And some 3T. You are a big boy!
~I am not sure how much you weigh but when you went to the doctors a month ago you were just on the edge of 29 pounds. I am guessing around 29-30 pounds. You go to your 15 month appointment soon, so I will know more about your height and weight then!
~You wear a size 6 shoe, but are more comfortable in a size 7...you have huge feet my little man!
~You are completely off the bottle and only drink from sippy cups now.
~You went through a really picky eating phase during your 13-14 months. I know you were teething really bad, so I think that had something to do with it. You also got another ear infection :(. Thankfully this time the meds worked and we didn't end up in the hospital. (Thank you God).
~With that said, you got all four of your molars( I think that's what they are called?) at the same time. Ouch my love. No wonder you didn't want to eat anything :(.
~I think you have a total of 14 teeth now. Or somewhere close to that.
~You like to throw all of your food to Bear. We have to put him outside or in another room while you eat. If we don't then you don't eat. Such a stinker you are!! :)
~You are talking/babbling so much! You say~Mama, Dada, Ball, Down, Row, Row {as in Row, Row, Row Your boat, one of your favorite songs right now} Ashes, Ashes {again, because Ring Around the Rosie is another one of your favs}, Ready, Set, Go {more like Re, Se, Goooo}, More {and you sign it at the same time}, No!!!{All.DAY.LONG. Probably because I say it all day long to you. Oops},  bye bye, Nigh Night, Sleep, Go, Bear, Uh Oh, I {working on I Love You...so far we only have the I down}, Milk {More like Mil....we are working on the K part}, and 5 million other babbles that I wish I could figure out. You love to sit in front of your Spider man toy and talk to him! So funny!
~You literally run everywhere you go! I love seeing your little legs moving and you get so excited!
~You don't sit still for more than 2 seconds. It's made for some really awesome restaurant moments!
~You have really slimmed out and are SO tall!
~You are eating pretty well, but I don't know what your favorite foods are right now. You switch it up on me and keep me guessing on what you will actually eat. It varies day to day. I can usually get you to eat~ spaghetti, pesto pasta, grilled cheese, p b and j, mac and cheese, hot dogs, rice, cheese quesadilla, pizza, turkey, chicken, bagels {most breads really}, avocado, strawberries, grapes, blueberries, raspberries. applesauce, you love the fruit/veggie pouches. I think your all time favorite right now is string cheese!
~You are going through a hitting stage. Not sure where it is coming from, and I don't think you mean it to be mean {okay, sometimes you do}, but I am not liking it. You are so sweet, but can get a little stubborn and then you hit. Not sure where you got that from {not me nope, has to be your dad ;)}
~You love to tickle people. You make a cute tickle tickle noise while you do it. LOVE it! With that said, you are really ticklish. I can admit 100% you go that from me! You hate to be tickled, yet you love it at the same time! :)
~You are still taking two naps a day. Usually at around 10am and 4pm. But I think you are getting ready to move it to just one nap a day.
~You are sleeping through the night. Usually from 8pm-7am ish {although, since mommy has been on summer break you have been sleeping in until 8:30 for the past week. Thank you baby. I am sure I have now just cursed myself and you will be up at 5 am tomorrow :)}
~Your hair is coming in blond and your eyes are still pretty dark, but I can't pinpoint the color. They are a brownish/greyish/greenish color.
~You are a little sponge and repeat so many things you hear. { Nicholas, if you are reading this you know what I would say to you about this :)}
~ You LOVE your daddy! He is pretty much your all time favorite person ever! And as much as I joke with you and daddy about it.....I am SO glad you have such a great man in your life that would do absolutely anything for you! Such a blessing.

I LOVE your squishy cheeks :)

Your favorite bears!

You love brushing your teeth!

This is usually the face I get when I ask you to smile :)

Well my love,

You have continued to bless your daddy and I more and more each day we spend with you! You are such an amazing little boy that has taken hold of our hearts. You have made motherhood a pure joy and I look forward to all the wonderful times we have ahead.

I am so proud to be your mama.

I love you baby,

Mama

Catching Up!

I am SO far behind on my blog. SO much has been going on, but at the end of the day I never actually sit down to write. Luke is 15 months old already! Holy cow where has the time gone? I feel like I say that every month, but seriously...... It's weird to be at the point in life where I am getting the " So, when are you going to have your next baby?" Um, I still have a baby, what are you talking about? Just kidding, just kidding...kinda. As much as I have always wanted at least 3 kids, I am really content with just my family of 3 at the moment. Luke is SO much fun right now, it is hard for me to think of the possibility of feeling like I am going to throw up all day long and take care of a baby Toddler. If someone could guarantee me that I won't feel as sick as I did with Luke during my next pregnancy, heck I'd be popping kids out left and right ( okay, not really.....that sounded kinda weird). I LOVED being pregnant, so when the time is right for our family, I will be more than ready!

Besides my baby boy growing like a weed, I am FINALLY done with teaching for the summer! PTL! That was THE longest school year of my life!! We had to extend the year by two weeks to make up for the time that we lost due to the move, so I just gone done on Friday. I never thought it was going to end. So many things happened this year that I would never wish upon to any teacher, but now that I look back, it helped me to realize how flexible you to have to be when you are a teacher and I have personally realized how well I can adapt to any situation. I like to think of it as a really great life lesson and I am now moving on.....

With that said, I had decided that after this school year I was going to try and find a job teaching closer to my house. I was driving close to 30 miles each way to work every morning and evening, in horrible traffic. It would take me close to an hour to get to work and from work each day. SO much time wasted in my car. I always joked that I should get Rosetta Stone in my car and learn a new language. As the year was coming closer to an end, I began to get calls for interview in the school districts close to my house. I had a few interviews that I thought went great, and a few that I knew from the minute I sat down it was not a place I wanted to work. To make a long story short....I wasn't getting any offers and I was getting pretty discouraged. I had even contemplated staying at my current school, so that I would have a job. Well little did I know that God was just waiting for the perfect job for me to come along.... In the Spring of 2010 I did my student teaching at a really great school in a really reputable district. I had an amazing mentor teacher and a wonderful student teaching experience. When I was done student teaching, that school wasn't hiring, so I ended up at the school I just taught the last two years at. Well two weeks ago, the school I student taught at invited me back for an interview and they offered me the job on the spot!!! Yay!! So it is official.....I will be teaching 5th grade next year!!!  I am beyond excited. I never imagined that I would be teaching 5th grade, but the more and more I get used to the idea the more excited I get! I know that my students are going to challenge me and I hope in return I will challenge them and have a really awesome school year! I feel beyond blessed and am going to LOVE my 8 mile drive to work every day!!! :)

Now that I am on Summer break, I am ready to just relax as much as I can, and spend time with my sweet Luke! Being a stay at home mom has always been a dream of mine, so while I am not home full time yet, it is nice that I can do my second passion for 9 months and then get to be home for the other 3 months....it's a win win for now :)

I plan on doing an entire post about Luke tomorrow. He is SO funny these days and I have SO many things to "write" down so that I will never forger this amazing time in our lives.

Happy Monday my friends!

Mother's Day 2012 {just a little late}

I never did write about my Mother's day this year! It was such a perfect day! We went to church and then my boys sent me off the the spa! It was heavenly! After the Spa we met up and went and saw my mom at the memorial garden! I needed to see my Mama on Mother's day too :) Then we just hung out the rest of the day! Such a great day! Thank you to my sweet husband for making me feel so special!



{Me and my little man the day before Mother's Day}






Sunday, Funday!

This post is going to be short and sweet. I am trying to type this on my iPad, which takes forever! Nick and I took Luke to the Wild Life World Zoo today! We had a really good family day! Luke seemed to have had a good time! Other than it being a little toasty out, Nick and I enjoyed it also! Here are a few pics from our day!(actually I lied, my stinkin' iPad won't let me add pics.... They will follow soon!) Happy Sunday!

Kelly's Korner- Friends!

Good Morning!!
Yesterday I linked my blog to Kelly's Korner. Her link was for people searching their area for people that blog or to become "friends" with. I am kind of a shy person, but really enjoy meeting new people. Friends can be hard to find, and yes I have a handful of amazing women in my life that I am lucky to call friends, but it never hurts to meet new ones! Becoming a mom has opened a whole new window for "friends". It would be nice to have a network of moms to share the everyday happenings that go on! Anyhoo I guess a little about me is in store in case any new "friends" read my blog!

I am a mid 20's(actually more like "later" 20's, but who's counting) Wife and Mom. I have been married for 3 years to a wonderful man! We have a 13 month old son, Luke that has been the biggest joy in our lives! I have lived in Arizona for most of my life, but have moved around a few times in between. I am currently a 1st grade teacher, that has had a crazy teaching year! I truly believe it is a blessing in disguise and everything will work out for the best! I love to spend time with my family and friends, shop, read, photography(my dream is to be a photographer someday) and traveling (Hawaii is my favorite vacation spot, and hope to back again, hint hint to my hubby if he is reading this :). I love being a mom and never in my life did I think I could ever love somebody so much! I look at him and realize how much my parents love(d) me and I never truly knew how much until I became a parent! It's amazing how life changes when you have a child. My life is crazy, trying to be the best wife, mom and teacher has been challenging. I thank God everyday for the many blessings he has given me, but I couldn't get through this crazy life without him!

Thanks for stopping by!

~Breanna