{4} years

best decision i ever made.

so glad i moved here to st g.

so glad i landed the job that i did so that i could meet this cute boy's mommy

glad that she was keen (and brave) enough to set us up.

it was history the night we met. craziness.

love you kaso! let's keep it going for many, many more years!

sealed the deal here.

exciting things to come...

Three birthday's have come and gone, Phew! Today is our anniversary (a post on all that mushy stuff later) and we still have Griffin's big 3rd birthday coming up. Kid turns 3 on a Sunday (poop) so we are having a marvelous Toy Story themed birthday party at a park the day before his actual bday. I am actually pretty excited about not having this little gig at my house. No cleaning, not much decorating, enough said. Not too super excited about the birthday theme but I will do my best to make it fun and love it! Just can't get over the fact that I will soon have a 3 year old. Pretty wild.

Next week we are headed to Disney! I think I am pretty excited about this trip but we will see how it goes. Ha. Not sure what kind of traveler Nolan is these days, yipes. Then the busy-ness will continue with all of the upcoming holidays! I actually love being busy so I am super excited about the next few months.

I am also so ready to break out the jeans, hoodies, socks and comfy shoes. I LOVE me some Fall and Winter. If only we weren't having record breaking highs right now. Blech. Kind of hard to get into the Fall spirit when you are wearing shorts and flip flops and sweating to death!

But Griff and I decorated anyway!


P.S. Kason and Griff love closing their eye's when I take their pics, drives me bonkers! And they know it :)

so long

I said goodbye to Facebook last week and it was the best thing that ever happened to me! I let that dang thing occupy way too much of my time. It feels so good to do other things with my free time. Not having Facebook will probably mean more blogging, which is perfectly okay with me. Seeing how this blog is used as a journal to document life happenings and my "deep" thoughts. Ha. I added my comments back so that I don't feel so anti-social and disconnected with friends and family. Feel free to comment but if not, it's perfectly okay with me! It takes time to comment and sometimes I don't have the time or don't have anything to say. I will continue to blog my heart out no matter if I get comments or not :) So don't feel obligated at all. If you are looking, then I am glad you do!

On to other things...

After 4 years of being in our ward (and never praying or speaking in sacrament, neither one of us) Kason finally got a calling! I have had the same calling for 3 years now and I LoVe what I do. It's about time they gave Kason one though, strange that it took so long? He is going to teach temple prep and although he thinks he won't be good at it, I think he will be amazing. So it looks like Sundays will get much busier and harder for us! Yiiipes.

big changes & no excuses girlfriend

Nolan is officially sleeping in Griff's room. Took the crib apart and drug it in there.


Not too sure that Griff is thrilled with the idea but get used to it, kid :) Can you say three bedroom house? Plus, Mommy needs a workout room while I am able to have one. With Daddy's crazy schedule and out of town work plans, this room will save my little life.



Now I have NO excuse not to get in tip top shape!

30's

Here I am. Thirty stinkin' years old. I am trying so so hard to embrace it and I think it's going alright so far. I have been thirty for a day now. Honestly, I really just can't believe my twenties are gone! Gone gone gone. Here I am thirties, let's be awesome.

Had no idea what my birthday plans were because we have so much going on in August, September and October. Then before I know it the holidays are here and I am stressed to the max! First is Kason's birthday, then Nolan's, then mine, then our anniversary and then Griffin's birthday. All basically in a matter of 2 months. Not to mention there are several extended family members who have birthdays and special dates in between all of these dates. It's bananas!!

{I am making a mental note about NOT having my third baby anywhere NEAR these months and no where near any of the October, November, December and January holidays. I think I would go crazy!! I know sometimes you can't really choose but I am choosing. Period. I want a spring baby and a wintery pregnancy, please. Thank you. I refuse to be pregnant in the summer for a third time. REfuse.}

Anywho....

So the 17th of September rolled around, still no clue about the bday plans, and Kason told me to pack my bag's pronto and that we were off to Vegas. We dropped the boy's off with Mema and Pepa (bless them) and we were off. The rest of the weekend went something like this:

turned 30 on Saturday! {the 18th}
cute hotel
shopping
two really good movies
amazing food
relaxation
tons of bonding and talking
laying poolside
phantom of the opera

Kason and I needed this so bad. Totally renewed and refreshed our relationship. Goodness, Phantom of the Opera is my favorite. It was the best part of the weekend. I think I know that play and the songs word for word, song for song. I love it so much that I cried at my favorite parts (not blubbering, just teary eyed). Emotional much? I am the girl that cries at concerts too. I am just so moved seeing amazing talent and songs/music just speak to me.

Had the perfect birthday weekend. 30 came and went so here I am...officially in my thirties!

Just call me Cougarlicious!

one year stats: little man

16% weight
59% height
49% head

All is well with Nolan boy! He let the doc do everything he needed to do today at his 1 year appointment. Little man seems so chubbs to me but is actually kind of a little guy. Doc B asked if I wanted to mix it up a little and give him shots and I said no thanks! He likes to razz me a little about not vaccinating but he understands my reasoning. Sometimes I am not so totally sure but I feel pretty darn good about not immunizing the kiddos. It helps that I don't have to go through that process [which would killllll me] and my kids LoVe going to the doctor. Not to mention Doc loves that my kids like him and don't scream the second they see him. Ha. Too funny. So all is well.

Just for fun
::Griff's one year stats::
52% weight
85% height
48% head

::birthday {party} boy::

~invites~

~decor~

~friends and family~

~treats and drinks~

~goodie bags::magnet and cookies~

~table~

~rock cupcakes~

~birthday chair~





Nolan was so perfect today. I swear he realized it was his special day because he was beaming and smiley all day long. He loved seeing all of the decor and balloons strewn about. He waited and watched out the window for people to come. I am dead serious when I say it seemed like he knew. I remember Griff being utterly clueless at his first birthday. Nolan is just an old soul. Little man just gets life and understands things.

His birthday party was really fun for me to plan. Thanks to my amazing Momma for her help and some thoughtful ideas. Even though she wasn't here she gave me pep talks the whole way through via speakerphone while I freaked out making the icing for the cupcakes. I am NOT the creative party planner type. NO sirree. And she is usually here in person helping me with events of this nature!

We invited close friends and family and it was really relaxing and low key. A lot of Nolan's little buddies have siblings Griffin's age so he was able to have some fun as well. Griff has been so sweet to Nolan all day long. He also knew it was Nolan's special day because we talked a lot about it. Griff helped me out by bringing all of our construction themed toys out to the front room for the kids to play with. They were a hit! We played, sang Happy Birthday and ate some cupcakes with candy rocks on top. Then we opened presents with lots of help from Griffin and played some more.

I ended the evening by rocking Nolan to sleep and singing Happy Birthday to him. I held him, loved on him and rocked him while I reminisced his sweet little birth one year ago today. Makes my heart so happy to think about the moment I first met the little guy.

So glad you came to us Nolan. You are the sweetest thing and we can't imagine life without you. Happy Birthday Nolan boy!