Sunday, March 24, 2013

told you so...

See I knew this would happen- It's been almost two months since my last post. I suck. There I said it.

We're nearing the halfway point of this deployment and my heart cannot wait until May 22, or May 30, or June 6...whenever it is Jamie comes home and I can have my heart whole again and my family back together.

Life has been stupidly INSANE since he's been gone and just for shits and giggles I decided to add another item on to my plate so drum roll please..... WE'RE BUYING A HOUSE! that's right, we've chosen to stay in the Dirty Jerz for a while longer. We close on the house on May 13.. which gives me just enough time to get in there paint and decorate the walls before my husband can say no to anything I do ;-)
Here she is! what we will call home come May 13, 2013
 
 
I am over the moon excited to finally have a house that I own and something I can truly call my "home".  The next few months will seem like a whirlwind experience with doctors appointments, house meeting, homework, and also a trip to Florida to throw my sister from another mister a baby shower!
 
This month we also get to celebrate Easton's very first Easter. My little boy is growing up so fast and it's hard to believe that on Tuesday he will be SIX months old. I'm not sure where the time has gone, and it's hard to believe at one point how sweet and small my baby was. He already seems more like a little boy than a baby. He's eating solid foods now and loves his fruits (any kind will do!), carrots, green beans, and sweet potatoes. I'm working on making my own organic baby food for him but so far he doesn't seem too thrilled about it :-/ Easton is also getting his front two teeth and by the way he acted today, I'm thinking it will be any day now. He talks so much, and he has the sweetest baby giggle and smile in this world. He loves to play and has gotten pretty good and grabbing, holding, and switching items from hand to hand. He can also hold his own bottle! His sitting is coming along and soon I'm sure he'll be able to sit on his own. No rolling over still, but I think it's because he's waiting for daddy to get home before he starts moving ;-) I knew he loved me.
Easton and the Easter bunny- he ain't scared!
 
 
School is going well but with everything that is going on I'm definitely burnt out. I cannot wait until August- the finish line is in view, I just need to keep my head down and stay focused for another few months, it'll be over before I know it and then I'll be able to truly enjoy my family, friends, and my new house- just in time for Easton's 1st birthday!
 
We are gearing up for the busy season at work- Fall 2013 registration opens this week which means work will most likely be stressful and make me want to drink everyday from now until at least October when student's start calling about their refunds. Oh Joy.
 
Something tells me that if I make it through all of this it's because I've been highly medicated. That is the only way I foresee any of this all working out and going smoothly. I'm asking for continued good vibes as we go through this crazy time in our lives and also for Jamie we're hoping to hear some GREAT news within the next few weeks. News that would without a doubt change things in our household, all for the better.
 
I would also like to wish my FIRST baby and very happy happy happy birthday! HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY FROCEOUS KITTY! I love my baby boy and I am so thankful that after all the things we've been through together he is still around and he still loves me. There truly is no greater unconditional love than that of an animal.
My sweet sweet baby boy <3
 
 
 
In closing, I'll leave you all with this little gem of a picture:
basically my son is a bad ass.
 
Everyone have a wonderful week!




Wednesday, January 30, 2013

doctor's visits and deployments

Today was my first "holy shit what do I do moment" as a mother. I picked Easton up from the babysitter after work and she informed me that his left eye seemed to be a little irritated. Once we walked outside he had a total panic attack started screaming, his eye started tearing nonstop and he wouldn't open either of his eyes- my poor baby was in pain! so what do I do? Call my momma, duh. Frantically I then called the doctor hoping and praying that it wasn't pink eye. After dye in the eye and a black light turns out our baby boy merely scratched his cornea and it should be healed with in 24 hours. Until then, he gets eye drops to ward off any infection and we get to visit the doctor again on Friday. In good news, our growing little man now weighs in at 15lbs 6oz.

In other news, while we thought Jamie would still be home until February- he left us for 4 months yesterday, the 29th on January.. it has been a rough week and a half since we found out they moved up his leave date running around trying to get everything done. Watching him say goodbye to Easton was one of the hardest things I've had to witness so far. Watching someone who does not show his emotions actually become emotional broke my heart.
Here is Jamie and Easton for the last time for four months!
 
 
There are alot of other things that are going on in our lives right now, some very good things that hopefully we will be able to share soon- some big career moves are hopefully on the harizon, so please send good vibes in our general direction and it will be greatly appreciated.
 
The kattens waiting for me to get out of the shower and feed them.

 Although the pictures don't show it, he really loves his bouncer!
 
 Its cute when hes grumpy, sometimes.
 
 Easton and his baby blues
 
Easton on his 4 month birthday! such a sweet happy boy



Sunday, January 13, 2013

HOCKEY IS BACK!!!!

HOCKEY IS BACK!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYA!!

... Since becoming a mom, I've quickly learned that there simply are not enough hours in the day. I have also learned that on the days when you have A LOT to accomplish, that your child will be the cuestest, sweetest baby he has ever been making you want nothing more than to snuggle all day.

The first full week back to work has offically come to an end, and boy what a week it was. Easton seems to love daycare, he is spoiled rotten there and he seems to be learing more and more every day. It truly is awesome to see him develop into a little man more and more everyday. Work seems like I never even left, I went out on maternity leave at the end of the busy time and came back from maternity leave at the beginning of busy time (I guess I should've planned that a little better). The good news is that being busy means the work day flies by.

My next class begins on Thursday and then after that, the Master's degree is merely 2 classes away from being mine! I cannot WAIT to be done.... I should be taking a final right now but there are entirely too many things spinning around in my head to focus on the development of adolescents versus adulthood and how religiousity plays an influence in the lives of individuals, so that too like many things will have to be put aside until another day.

Looks like Jamie will be deploying the first week of Feb. meaning we only have a few weeks left with him around. Part of me wishes he were gone already because emotionally and mentally prepping for deployments are stupid and the sooner he goes, the sooner Easton and I can fall into a routine and the sooner he comes back.... We'll be counting down the days until June comes!

... I guess that is about as much of an update as I can give, hopefully within the next few days we'll have some exiciting news to share but for now, I think it is time for me to go study the back of my eyelids.

Hope everyone has a wonderfully amazing week!


Sunday, January 6, 2013

Hello!
Welcome to my first stab at blogging. I've decided to attempt to do this for many reasons, the biggest reason being a small attempt to keep our families and friends updated on our life on a little more personal level. With this being the first post, I'd like to start with a little catch up...

2012 was for sure our biggest year to date as a family. Easton James was born on September 26 at 8:19am. He was the missing piece to our family puzzle, with him around we are now complete. Our princess Bella turned 5, Froceous turned 4, and our sweet Jackson turned 2. Jamie and I celebrated our 26th and 28th birthdays, our 4 year wedding anniversary and we also celebrated 1 year of our cat Froceous being cancer free! Jamie had the chance to travel the world (literally!) and I began working on my Master of Arts in Psychology while continuing to work full time... As you can see, 2013 has some pretty big shoes to fill!

I'm hoping to stay on top of this blog as much as I can with updates and pictures, we'll see how well I do. I would like to extend a warm welcome to you as you read our journey through life, growing up Wellbrock!