update

Okay, so it's a good thing that I didn't have updating the blog on my list of new year resolutions because that's been a total fail. Sorry! Here's a bit of an update.

Life has been crazy good, crazy busy, and down right CRAZY lately!

Butch changed jobs so he is no longer working in Alaska! YAY!! He is home pretty much every night- with the exception of occasionally working out of town. But, it's nothing like 3 weeks 23 days in Alaska! Still working/thinking about our future house plans but nothing concrete has happened.

Beckham is growing like crazy and talking up a storm. You can pretty much have a full on conversation with him now and he's not even two! Speaking of him turning two shortly I am in full on party planning mode. I love it! I'm super excited and sad at the same because he is growing up so fast. I posted a couple baby pics last thursday for #tbt and it made me so sad. I mean, not sad-sad but I just can't believe how much he has grown and will continue to grow in the future. It's just going too fast. I am having a bit of baby fever. BUT- I am not planning on getting pregnant again until we are in a bigger house! We literally have no room for us right now, I can't imagine bringing another baby into this small house. So, back to Beckham. I had planned to post an 18 month dr visit update but when we went to the doctor Beckham has a runny nose and a little cough so he couldn't get his shots or anything, so I didn't make a post. Then we had it rescheduled for 3 weeks later and he still had the same cough. I am convinced it was all allergies because he seemed to just come and go and he didn't act like he felt bad. Who knows? So here we are he's now 20 months and we still have no had 18 month shots. I called the nurse and she said it's fine to wait until after flu season to come in, so that's what we are doing now. Beckham is still obsessed with being outside all day-everyday which does not help his allergies but I've come to terms with the fact that he is ALL BOY and the weather is just starting to warm up so I'm sure we will be outside a lot in the next few months!

What else is new? Umm...we got a little puppy! She was free we adopted from Craigslist. Her name is Bella, she is bad and Beckham loves her! Shes chihuahua mixed breed, but she really is sweet- just not potty trained yet and that's driving me a bit crazy.

Also, I took Beckham to his first carnival a few weeks ago. The town we live in has a little festival every March and they always have a little carnival. Beckham was only tall enough to ride one ride but he absolutely loved it!

On top of being a full time Mom, Wife and Teacher, I am also a student in the Grad School so that should tell you why I haven't posted as much as I wanted to lately. Again, my apologies but the blog is just having to sit on the back burner for a while. I do, however, have an A (I'm expecting to keep an A) in my class and I have already registered for two this summer. Yes, I am insane!  I'd rather just get it done now rather than later.

So, I guess that's all I really have to say. We've just been having fun around here nothing too wild going on. We are just living life one day at a time!

Savoring the Sweet Stuff

As I try to fulfill my New Year's resolution (blogging once a month, minimum), I feel like it's more about quality than quantity when it comes to these blog posts. My whole purpose of this is to one day, be able to look back and savor the sweet moments I had with not only my son, but me whole family. It is so hard to focus on life's simple pleasures in this fast pace world we live in. So, today as I sit at my computer I just want to vent a little and and express how truly blessed I am.

Satisfaction has never come easy to me and I admit that. I try to be happy in the moment but most of the time I am thinking about ten other things I need to do or am working towards. However, here lately I have really been trying to stop and 'smell the roses'.

Right now we are currently looking for our forever house. I tend to fall in love with every house we see, at that time, and then a week later, I am over it completely. But, last night Butch and I were talking and he really made me realize that we don't need to settle. We have a house right now that is just fine. And as the saying goes, "The grass is green where you water it." So, I have come to the realization that we need to just water this grass until we either find the perfect piece of land to build or the perfect house, in the perfect location. Because, as I've said before, I am not moving again! The next house we live in, I will die in! I am so sick of moving, and I am not doing it again with a baby or possibly two depending on the time frame.

Also, I am somewhat stressing over this post partum body size. Beckham is now 8 months old and I still have about 20lbs to lose. As summer fast approaches I am not happy with this size and I seriously need some motivation. I am thinking once it warms up some I can start swimming or playing outside with Beckham, but somethings got to give. However, this is another thing I am never satisfied with. I look back at pictures when I was my smallest and would kill to be that size again, but I know at that time I still wasn't happy with my body. But in reality, I have a husband that loves the size I am (he thought I was too skinny before...whatever) and this body just created a life. So, I refuse to put too much pressure on myself. And that's that! :)

Beckham.... my favorite subject. He is beyond perfect. He is the constant in my life by far. I know that when I am having a bad day, he always makes me feel better. He is growing up so fast; I can't even keep up! You know when people tell you to enjoy every moment with your babies because you'll blink and they'll be grown. UMM...I have tried really hard not to blink and it's just not working. He was crawling at 5 1/2 months, and almost immediately started pulling up. Now, at 8 months old he can stand for a few seconds on his own and I just KNOW it won't be long before he is walking. (Which can't hurt the whole losing weight thing!)

Easter 2013

 

Butch.... definitely my second favorite subject. He is so good to Beckham and I. He is such a great Daddy and husband and I don't thank him enough for all that he does. I tend to get on his case about hunting and fishing so much when he's home, but it's only because I love him so much and always want to be around him when he's here! But, that's not fair to him because he is working for 21 days straight and when he's home he needs time to himself too. It is such a double edged sword but I am trying really hard to let him go and do his thing and not nag so much. Anyways- Beckham and I are incredibly blessed to have a man in our lives that works so selflessly. He could easily find an OK job around here but he does what he does to make a better life for us! What more could you ask for in a man?

Anyways, I am going to sit back and savor the sweet stuff; because, after all my life is pretty sweet!