Updates!

Wow... is it time to slow down yet? I feel like I've been going non-stop since the beginning of March. Oh wait, I have been?!


I haven't blogged about it yet but I went back to work part-time. I'm working at my dad's bar - not behind the counter or serving or anything like that but I'm working on the books. I'm loving it... honestly I didn't think I would but getting out of the house and learning something new has actually been really good for me. Landon as well! It helps that we found an awesome lady to babysit him! I'm finally getting the hang of things down at the bar - even though I still feel really clueless - and thing are actually starting to turn around down there though, I have no real explanation as to why?! Other than I'm actually depositing the money instead of it being pocketed somehow?! Just sayin'.


Right after I started working our ENTIRE family got sick. I mean everyone! Mom and dad, Adam and  Landon, myself, my sister?! Sick. Sucked...
It started as just a fun old head cold but then over the course of about three weeks migrated from your chest to your sinus' and then down to your throat with a nasty cough. In Landon and my mom's case it turned into a sinus infection because they were so congested. Landon's finally cleared up and then I appeared to get it again... for a total of about a month and a half. Landon seemed to get another cough but it never amounted to anything, thank goodness!


I spent a whole week planning Landon's 2nd birthday party and I thought I had everything planned out for it to go smoothly and OH Boy! was I wrong! There were about 10 kids under 5 years of age and that will never.... ever... go smoothly. Chaos describes it at best. Our main attraction was to be our banana split bar and I even forgot to get everything out! Cupcakes it was?! Oiy. 
Landon had fun regardless that he had no nap and was a bear. He got TONS of awesome gifts and slept fabulous that night :) 

He had his 24 month well "baby" checkup on Wednesday and little {big} man is 30lbs and 30 inches tall! So funny cause he is in the 25th percentile for his height but 75th percentile for his weight. I'm hoping that he's in the process of a growth spurt and he'll even out a little bit! :) She said he's perfectly normal in his speech which I was kind of concerned about since he's still speaking in single syllables. Also, his coordination and athleticism is off the charts! All good news! 
Let me tell you though the instant he turned two we've discovered the terrible two's!!! I think they are stemming from the fact that he was around a ton of older kids the last week from his party and company that we had staying with us that he's picking up on their habits or wants to do things that he can't communicate to me. But, it could also be teething or lord knows what?! Or... maybe he's just a two year old and it's all normal?! :)


After his party, mom ended up getting sick... again! What the hey! Luckily come Easter she was feeling much better and HOPEFULLY this sickness if gone from our household! We dyed eggs on Saturday night which was interesting :) Landon is still too young to know "gentle" but we got a few eggs without cracks so I guess that's a success!
Sunday morning he got to see his baskets which he LOVED! I filled his with Cars stuff and the Cars 2 movie {cause we've seen the original a bagillion times!} - Landon loved it!
Easter Sunday was so much fun! Adam made us an Easter breakfast before he headed out fishing and then Ash and I started the day with a few Mimosa's :) During Landon's nap Adam and I hid his eggs... so fun since last year he was too little to get it. Easter will always be special to us since that's the day that we got to bring him home from the hospital :) 
We had an awesome dinner and Landon played outside ALL.DAY! Literally. He did take a break though to notice a few eggs hidden and we coaxed him to find ALL of them! 

Wow... it's been a while so that was quite the update! I hope I remembered everything...  :)

Happy 2012!

The year of NO resolutions! Ok, maybe just one...

Over the last year, this blog has quickly become a meal plan blog. Oops. It's supposed to be about us and our no-so-newlywed adventures. SO my one resolution is to blog more about personal stuff instead of just having it be a place to document and follow through with my meal plans.

Yes, there will be meal plans but I'll try to update more about what's going on with us. :) Deal? Deal.

So a little update on us... we are nicely settled in over on the west side again... kind of. Back to our roots. We hoped that we could find a place of our own within a few months but are unfortunately not there yet. It's been 7 months. Fortunately, we have very generous parents who charge cheap rent :) So it's only a little sacrifice for us and hopefully not to cumbersome for my empty nester parents to now have a full nest again. Once we got over here we decided that we were going to save a little longer so that we can invest in a piece of property. We'll start by building a detached garage with a mother in law apartment in the back. I really like this floor plan...

Then we can slowly build our forever home. I haven't even looked at floorplans for that... it's just so far off. :(

Landon is now 21 month old {plus a few days!} I need to schedule his 24 month check up - I can't wait to see how big he's gotten. I swear he's getting taller and heavier every single day. I'm really excited for his second birthday party we are planning! Curious George theme... or "Dooooorge" as Landon refers to him as, complete with Adam agreeing to dress up as The Man with the yellow hat. I can't wait to see his face! Landon, not Adam. Haha.
Landon was SO much fun at Christmas this year - he was actually interested in his presents and had such a blast with all our family around! We really did get spoiled this year too and it was so great not to have to rush everywhere and be back in Spokane on the 27th.
Landon's vocabulary is finally picking up and he's learning new words every day. I was a little afraid he was behind on his speech but he's getting there. I just can't wait to fully understand what he's trying to say.
Next, we on to potty training... I'm not sure when I want to tackle that. He loves his potty... he tells me when he poops {after of course} so I think he's getting there but he has no interest in sitting on his potty with a bare butt. So I guess we'll see.

A little update on our furry family is pretty sad but we lost our poor Fosters on the 29th. He disappeared around noon and hasn't been seen since :( I feel horrible cause I let him out last so naturally I feel like it's my fault but he's a roamer and I let him out just like I would have any other day. I've got my eye on the Humane Society's website but I can't imagine someone would bring him all the way in from out here. And I also have signs that Adam will put up on this way to work tomorrow. We are bummed but he had a really good life and hopefully he's somewhere better. We think he was about 12... so maybe it was just his time?! Or maybe he found a new home in a nice new family?! I guess we'll never know unless he turns up but I'm not expecting it. I think poor Joey is depressed about it cause she's acting all funny - he was her buddy.
Before we realized Fosters was missing we tried to find a new home for our little Baby because we found a really nice family with a little girl who really wanted him but as it turns out I think he's our forever dog too. We got him back after two days because he nipped at the kids so I think they are going to find a puppy who can grow up with them instead of trying to introduce an older dog.
And then there were four :( The cat's still kickin...

Happy New Year everyone!