Movin and Groovin

So it turns out that I LOOOOVE moving. <-- That is a very much sarcastic statement. I have moved all my stuff soooooooo much since my freshman year in college that I could care less to move ever again. I really really like the place we currently live in, but we decided that we need to downsize a bit, and make some sacrifices. We would like to be able to save money for our wedding, and with baby #2 coming, downsizing seemed to be the only way to be able to do that. The place we are moving is still 3 bedrooms, but it is one level instead of two, and has 1 bathroom instead of two, and one detached garage instead a 2 car attached garage. It might take some adjusting, but in the end it is what is best for us! Our lease wasn't up until June, but with the baby being due July, I really felt I wouldn't want to unpack a million boxes while being ridiculously huge? It has been quite the task finding someone to sublease, but we finally got things worked out. We even get first months rent free at the new place, so that will give us some extra money to get some things for the baby. We find out if the baby is a boy or a girl TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY! I can't believe it! Cody and I are so excited!! My pregnancy seems to just be flying by. A week from tomorrow is my birthday (not that it is relevant AT ALL), on the 23rd I am going to a Alexi Murdoch concert (LOVE HIM!) and we get the keys to our new place on the 21st! We get the keys to the new place a week before we have to be out of our old place. I think this will be really really nice. We don't have to hurry our butts off and move in one day. We can get all the little stuff moved first and save the big important stuff for last. Maybe this way we can manage for Cody not to have to take a day off of work. (Although I LOOOOVE when he doesn't work!) With everything going on this month, on top of packing all of our belonging...moving and settling in our new place...I think the next 2 months are going to fly by! Lots to do! I am just crossing my fingers that everything works out as planned and goes smoothly. :)

MOA

Today was a wonderful outing! My sister, Dexter, Rachel, Sammie, Jessie Walton, and I went to the Mall of America! Usually I am sooo not a fan of the Mall of America. It just is always so busy and its just so unnecessary to go to shop there when you can go to any regular mall and go to the same stores. We wanted a change of scenery, and just wanted some exercise. None of us really had any shopping we wanted to do, which was awesome! (I am a by myself kind of shopper. I am impatient and don't enjoy waiting for other people to try clothes on and browse, so I do myself and them a favor by shopping by myself.) I have not gone clothes shopping in probably 2 years but that is a different story. Anyways, we got TONS of exercise, and I even got to indulge in QDOBA! My favorite fast food joint ever! I went there seriously 3 times a week when I lived by Milwaukee, since they were everywhere and so delicious! They are NO where here except the Mall of America, so I definitely hit jackpot with that one. Watching Axton and Sammie play together is just so cute. Axton sees Sammie and his eyes just light up and he gets the biggest smile...but Sammie wants nothing to do with Axton. Its like, he's already after girls, but she's still in the ewwwwwwwwww boys cooties. She walks so fast, Axton can hardly keep up with her and once he does sneak up on her, she sees him and runs the other way, its hilarious! Anyways, I suck at keeping up with my blog and I have no idea why. I can find time to go on facebook everyday but not to once and awhile write a blog. So I'm going to make an effort to change that. (Even though I say that all the time).

Logically Logical

Just some random tidbits of information I'd like to inform you of at this moment in time.

1. I am sick of my background on here and want to change it. Considering I am way too lazy, it probably won't happen for awhile.
2. I am in love with Aldi plain bagels. They are like no other bagels. After being toasted, they are crunchy yet so fresh at the same time. It literally is the only breakfast I can keep down. I have been eating a plain bagel with cream cheese on it for breakfast everyday since the beginning of November. I look forward to it when I go to bed at night.
3. Axton should be called the destroyer. I get he's at the age where he is so curious of his surroundings but DANG. I've never done so much picking up in my life. I'm only going to be doing more of that once the baby comes. YIKOLAS! I guess it wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't such a neatfreak. Let me clarify, I am not a neatfreak as a matter of fact. I just really don't like clutter. Aka, Axtons toys taking up every square inch of my carpet. Wouldn't it be luxurious if he could pick a toy out of his toybox, play with it for a bit, and then nicely return it as he picks out a different toy? Pffffff, I'll keep dreaming! On a positive note, I do love watching him explore and learn about his surroundings. He's just so precious.
4. Morning sickness plus Axton's new time for pooping (morning time) is not a good mixture for me. It really is a challenge.
5. Axton does this thing where when he is eating at his highchair and he is done eating, he starts slyly throwing his food on the floor so it looks like he's done. I just wish he could understand what I'm saying when I say to him on a mealy basis, "Axton, I really don't mind if you are full and can't finish your breakfast/lunch/dinner. But please understand that it is not necessary to act like you ate it all by sneakily throwing it over your shoulder or to the side. It actually creates more work for me than if you would just leave it on your tray".
6. Bills suck.
7. I just got Instant Netflix since Cody got an Xbox 360 w Kinect for Christmas. Man is it nice. Instant Netflix ROCKS.
8.Goodbye for now.

Long Time No See!

So it has been literally ages since I have written. There really isn't much for Axton to do in our spare bedroom where the computer is so its hard to find time to come on here and write! I will have to update you on everything going on in my life!

I am so excited for the holidays, it is my favorite time of year! Family, Food, and Fun! Axton is getting so big! In less than two months he will be one years old! I can't wait until his first birthday party, it will be so much fun! I'll probably be an emotional basket case but who cares! Time is going by so fast, and it seems Axton does something new every single day!

On another note, Cody and I have set our wedding date! We will be making our lifelong commitment to each other on September 1st, 2012! I can hardly wait! I am definitely NOT the wedding planning kind of person. At. All. Good thing I am the least fancy dancy kind of person ever so it shouldn't be difficult. I know we want our wedding outside, and the ceremony to be private with closest family, and closest friends. But of course we will have a reception for many to be apart of!

Some more exciting news is that Cody and I are expecting another baby! I am currently 8 weeks along and my due date is July 16th. I think anyone that knows me knows that I am soooo not a fan of the whole pregnancy thing, but that is just part of the deal! Ready or not I am taking on the roller coaster of a challenge again! When I found out I was pregnant with Axton there was just a lot of stressful things in my life that came along with it. It was a really hard time for me with a lot of big decisions to make that would change the path of my life. The first couple months of my pregnancy with Axton was very very rocky and emotional. In the end of course, everything turned out just the way I wanted it to and I can't imagine him not being here! With this pregnancy it has already been so different. There aren't any huge decisions to make, across state moves to make, etc etc. It is just Cody and I celebrating the fact that we are creating a life, and boy do we feel blessed! Sure, it would have been nice to be married first before having another baby, but Cody and I aren't going to let anyones personal thoughts about that get us down! I have never felt so lucky in my whole life. A wonderful Fiancé, lovely son, and now we get to look forward to making our family one person larger! What a gift! We weren't going to let the cat out of the bag for a while yet. We were going to tell everyone on Axton's first birthday party when everyone would be together! It didn't turn out that way because I am already showing and there is just no way of hiding it! With Axton I wanted to start showing as fast as possible! With this pregnancy I had the knowledge of how hard it is to find clothes etc for a growing belly so I wanted my belly to take its time in starting to show our bundle of joy! Not the case however! I have heard from many people and read online that your second baby you show waaaay sooner than your first. And that is definitely correct. I am showing now at 8 weeks like I was at 12 weeks with Axton. Its crazy! So far, I am feeling horrible, tired all the time, you know..all that good stuff! Every morning and throughout the day I feel soooo sick! Like I could vomit at any point in time. I just am not a fan of that what so ever, can't wait until it passes! I plan on keeping updates on my blog of my pregnancy, so if I don't write for awhile someone just say something to make me!

I made this this morning and couldn't stop laughing so feel free to enjoy!
http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/Fbc9E84IOuiS08Yyjk3H

Ok, you're right.

So Cody and I were at Savers in Eau Claire looking at Halloween selection pieces, and I wanted to go look in the purses. I saw the green and white one and I really liked it along with the dollar fifty price. Cody says to me, "yeah right, you need something like this (red purse that looks like underwear) so I don't have to hear you whine and scrounge around for ten minutes when you're looking for something in your purse. Ok. Point taken.



Funny thing is, I asked him if I could take a picture of him holding up the purses and he actually agreed. After the fact, he realized I was probably going to make a blog about it, and was frantically "scrounging around in my purse" for my camera to delete the picture. Too bad soo sad.

Also, I got the green and white purse. Bahahahaha!

So Much Fun!!

This past week I have had so much fun, and the next few days will be so much fun too! I hardly ever get to see Cody because he works 2 jobs, but it seems like we've gotten to see so much of each other lately! On Wednesday we got to spend the whole day together, and we decided to go to Valley Fair! I was very excited to go to Valley Fair because I haven't gone in a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry long time (a couple years at least!) Anyways, we got there and there was fortunately not a lot of people there at all. The problem was, every cool ride we went on made me feel like I was going to barf everywhere! When I was younger, I loved going on rides! I could go on a roller coaster and after it was over, run around to the line and get right back on! Not this time let me tell you. The wild thing didn't even have a line, all day long..none of the rides really did actually. But could we go on them repeatedly? NO! Poor Cody :( I never understood how people could get sick from rides but I totally get it now. Barf-O-Rama. If the ride didn't make me freakishly sick to my stomach, then I literally felt like I was going to die and never see my son again. On a more positive note about Valley Fair, we had a real good time at the water park and on the water rides! The only ride we went on repeatedly was the Wave where we got soaked to the max. We were like little kids on that ride. Anyhow, now he has 4 days off in a row!!! I do not remember the last time we got to spend that much time together. This afternoon we went to Avatar 3D. That was really fun! We never saw Avatar in theaters when it originally came out because we didn't really have the money. Once it came out we watched it and became Avatar hardcore fans. We were really kicking ourselves for not seeing in it theatre 3D. When we saw the previews for it coming back in theaters 3D our dreams came true. Needless to say, it was AWESOME-loved the bonus scenes. The 3D glasses after wearing them for 3 hours really gave us a headache though! Tomorrow we are going to the State Fair, and then on Monday we are having a grill out with Cody's Family. Should be a great time! Feel so lucky to have the best, most loving family ever!

Yes! Yes! Yes!

I am ENGAGED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can hardly believe it! My life couldn't get any better, honestly. I am soooooooo happy! I shall tell you the story of our engagement :)

It was August 20th, about 10 pm..and I was sitting on the computer dilly dallying around. Axton was in his crib sleeping. It is impossible for me to go to sleep until I have gone and checked on Axton at least 10 times before I can comfortably sleep knowing he's alright. I know, he's 7 months old, and I STILL check on him a million times before I go to bed..AND during the night! He sleeps through the night, but my motherly instinct just won't let me wake up during the night and NOT walk in his room and check. Cody gives me a lot of grief for this, and finds it rather humorous. Cody can't fall asleep at night unless I'm in bed next to him..so when I'm dilly dallying on the computer forever when he wants to go to sleep, he will come into the computer room and pester me until I say, "FINE I'LL GO TO BED!" For some reason, that night he wasn't getting after me..which I did find rather peculiar but I wasn't about to say something about it. After awhile, I get off the computer, walk into Axton's room for the 9th time that evening probably..and there was Axton in his crib playing with a ring. Axton has a night light in his room, but it was still kind of dark. I had to squint a couple times to see if what I was even seeing was real. -----Back tracking a little bit now...I have to tell you that on Friday's Cody works both of his jobs. He works at bloomer ford from 8 to 12 and then from 2 to 7:30 he works as a tire technician at Sam's Club. I really hate Fridays because it seems like forever until I see him. I begged and begged and convinced him to come home after working at Bloomer, and before going to work at Sam's Club. So he came home, I made him lunch, and then off he went to Sam's Club. When I got home that evening, I made dinner, and anxiously awaited his arrival home. When he got home, his breath smelled like beer. I was like, why does your breath smell like beer if you just got home from work? He's like, ooooooh I had a really rough day so I had to get a beer at the gas station before I came home. Whaaaaaaaaaaat? Wait a second, you mean to tell me you drank while you were driving home? What the hell? He's like, it was a rough day! I couldn't believe it...so then I was like that is the dumbest thing you could ever do, blah blah blah etc. So....back to the story. As I was squinting and realizing that Axton was playing with a gorgeous, not just any kind of ring in a ring box...I look behind me and there is Cody on one knee asking me if I would marry him. Awwwwwwww :) :) Gives me chills just thinking about it. Instead of me saying Yes right away, I said are you serious about 12 times..and then I said, wait! You didn't go to work this afternoon! Followed by, You didn't drink that beer in your car did you!!!!!!!! And THEN I said...OF COURSE I WILL MARRY YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so cute because he was sooooo nervous, and shaking. Which is just funny because as if I would have said No!!! Anyways, that is the story of our engagement. I am very excited, and absolutely love my new bling on my finger! As far as setting a date and planning? We aren't really set on anything. I am almost 100% sure that we want a destination wedding...as far as where we still have to figure that out. And most likely it will be in Feb of 2012. I will keep you updated on my decision making I'm sure!!!
P.S.
Axton is 7 months old and just the cutest stinkin little boy in the world for real! Here is a picture of him at 7 months.


Not Really sure why but looking at him from behind just melts my heart because he's just so precious. I love his fuzzy head!