Life in the fast lane

Well, things have seemed a bit hectic still. We are mostly settled but there are about a million little projects here and there that I need to do. Weston sure is loving all the room to run around and play but has had a few incidents already. He seems to fall down even more then usual (including the stairs...again - yes, someone please call CPS) but he's a pretty tough guy and doesn't seem to mind the small mishaps. Here are a couple recent pictures of him. 

Yesterday he was playing on his rocking horse and was cheesing it up for the camera.

Marlene sent Mark home with these tiny little cupcakes the other night. She thought Fussy would enjoy them and he sure did as you can tell! Notice how he abandoned all of his pretzels?

Also, I finally took a picture of the outside of our house. I haven't taken one of Weston's room yet because it is still just so far from what I want to be done in there so I'm going to wait until it's cuter. He's doing good in his big boy bed though and loves everything about it. Our next task it to get him off his paci and honestly, I think I want him to stay on it more then he does! He goes to sleep so much better with it and he knows it's time to go night-night when he has it. But...I don't want two kids on a paci (actually, I'm hoping this baby won't take one at all. Weston only got one because he started sucking his thumb and you can't take that away from a kid so we stuck a paci in his mouth before he got addicted!). 

Things are going good around our joint. We feel so blessed to have so many wonderful things happening in our life right now and know that it's from our Heavenly Father. This pregnancy has been such a breeze for me and even though I'm starting to get uncomfortable it's not very bad at all. It helps that I've only gained 7 pounds! Not the case with Weston! But I'm glad because it's easier to chase Weston around. Now we are just counting down the days for Mark to hear from the site when he can start and hoping it will be before the baby comes!

Home Sweet Home

I finally took some pictures. Weston was asleep so I don't have one of his room and thanks to the Idaho weather I didn't get one of the outside either so I will post those soon. Also, we have an extra room downstairs that is kind of storage for all our books since we don't have bookshelves and a bathroom that I don't have finished that I will post pictures of at a future date. And of course the nursery! I probably won't have that room done for a little while. But here's what I do have:

This is the view when you walk through the front door.

 Here's another shot of the upstairs living room. This room requires some imagination. Once we have money we will have a love seat and two chairs to go around the coffee table. =)

Here are pictures of our kitchen and dining room. My washer and dryer and just on the other side of the kitchen. Love the backsplash.

Here is our upstairs bathroom. I do have to admit that I miss our big bathroom from our apartment! Not THAT much though.

This is our bedroom. I have no pictures up in here yet but I took a picture anyway. This is only about half of it. We have another dresser behind me and a spot for the bassinet but where a chaise or chair and ottoman will eventually go. We have a huge walk in closet too.

This is the downstairs living room. This is only a portion of this room too. On the other wall in the corner is my desk and then a big open wall where we will put our bookshelves. We would love to get a game table of some sort for down here. There's tons of room for it.

Here's another picture downstairs. I love having our entertainment center put together. 

So that's it for the most part. We have felt at home since day one. I have been somewhat overdoing it (honestly, not intentionally) but I just wanted to get things done so I could have the stress over with. Now I just need my feet to stop hurting!

A Traumatic Tale

Last week I got really sick one night right after Mark left for work. I felt really nauseous and like I might throw up. I've only thrown up one time in the five years that Mark and I have been married - I just don't do it. So this was really unusual for me. I managed to get Weston in bed a little early and sure enough, I was in the bathroom not long after that. I haven't been that sick for a long, long time. It was horrible. Of course, we're trying to pack the apartment and everything else so it was just not great.

Well, about two days later we had a pretty busy day and Weston was on the go all day crawling all over the boxes and playing with everything we were trying to pack. He seemed to be having a pretty fun day. That night we were going to dinner as sisters since Becky was home from Boise so I gave Weston an early bath and we headed out to get some laundry detergent before meeting my sisters since I had none. I'm at a red light and I hear this gurgling sound behind me and I turn around to find my poor, sweet little boy absolutely covered in vomit and not stopping. The look in his eyes will haunt me forever. He was so shocked and looking at me to rescue him. Besides spit up Weston has never thrown up in his whole life so this was  new experience for us both.

It just so happened that this happened right as all the lights were red so I hurried and flipped th most illegal u-turn you've ever seen, hit the curb, and went blasting into the mall parking lot to try to help him. All the while Weston is screaming and I'm trying not to lose it. I figured I'd get him as clean as possible with wipes and then head home to finish. So I get out of the car to help him and find I have ONE wipe. I did what I could with it and stripped Weston. I get back in to head home and figure I'd better call my sisters to cancel. It's at this point that I lose it and start bawling as I'm talking to Becky. Weston is hysterical in the back seat and my heart is totally breaking because I can't do anything for him except get him home. It honestly is making me sad even now thinking about it.

So I get Weston home, give him another bath and am starting to get him dressed when my sisters come through the door with dinner and laundry detergent. I couldn't stop crying. I don't know what I would have done without them. They cleaned Weston's car seat and helped me as he continued to throw up two more times after we got home. He was so pale and looked so fragile. It was so incredibly sad and the saddest thing I've experienced as a mother thus far. I had been thinking a few days before as I was throwing up that Weston never had and I was so thankful...that's what I get. Mark got sick this weekend as we were in the middle of trying to get settled too but luckily he didn't throw up. Sick kids are the worst! 

I really want to post pictures of the new house but my OCD is refusing to allow me to take pictures until the last box is unpacked and the last picture hung so I should have them up by the weekend. =) We are loving it though and things are great. Here is a picture of Weston from the weekend. He spent Saturday at his Aunt Sarah's playing with her and her girls while we moved in. He loved it.

Weston's "Chair"

So I wanted to post these pictures before we start packing and things get out of control crazy. We're moving in just about a week but I haven't really packed anything yet because I don't want Weston crawling all over the boxes.

Anyway, Weston has developed this new little habit of emptying out the contents of one of his toy drawers so that he can sit in it. It's so funny. 

Then plays with all his toys around him. These are some of the recent pictures I've taken.

Weston and I don't have many pictures together because I'm always the one behind the camera. On Sunday though he was being so silly I got the camera out and decided to try to take one of us. I love it. He's such a cute little guy. His jabber is becoming so close to words now it's crazy.

 He seems to understand everything I say to him and it's so helpful. But I do wish he could talk to me!

4 Things About Me

I was tagged so here I go!

Jobs I've had:

1. Receptionist at Dollar Cuts

2. Receptionist for business real estate company (California)

3. Editor for The Final Word (at home - current)

4. Mom!

Movies I've watched more then once:

1. 50 First Dates

2. Harry Potter

3. How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

4. Ratatouille

Places I've been:

1. Nauvoo, IL

2. Catalina, CA

3. Ensenada, Mexico

4. St. Louis, MO

Places I've lived:

1. Polson, MT

2. Idaho Falls, ID

3. Shelley, ID

4. Oceanside, CA

People who email me regularly:

1. Becky

2. Sarah

3. Marlene

4. Taunya

Favorite Foods:

1. CEREAL

2. Nachos (home made)

3. Lasagna

4. Sweets

Things I'm looking forward to this year:

1. Owning a home!

2. Having a little baby girl

3. Watching Weston play outside this summer

4. Mark having a new job

TV shows I watch:

We don't have TV but some of the shows we can't give up that we watch online are:

1. The Office

2. House

3. Life

4. Umm...that's it but I really love So You Think You Can Dance and will probably go to my sister's house to watch it this summer. =)

People I tag:

1. Becky

2. Sarah

3. Bridget

4. Heidi

Now go to a picture folder and choose the fourth picture. I figured this one was appropriate since this is what I have to look forward to this summer. This was just a little more then 3 weeks before I had Weston. I love being pregnant but I'm not sure how I feel about being the size of a house in the middle of summer... GIANT!

We're Moving!

Well, about a week ago Mark and I decided we were going to start looking for homes since our lease was up on the apartment and he's supposed to be starting a new job at the site doing security in the next month or two. We didn't know what to do so we decided we'd better make a decision and pray about it and the Lord would let us know if it was wrong. Well, here we are a week later as home owners!! We had our inspection today and everything looks great. It's a house on the west side of town so it will be great when Mark starts out at the site. It's been completely re-done inside and out and besides some basic cleaning we can just move right in and have no hassles. Mark and I both feel extremely blessed by the way things came about and have fallen into place. We know this is where we're supposed to raise our family and we are so anxious to get moved in. We're scheduled to close on the 26th of this month so keep posted for pictures next month once we've got everything done!

Feeding Fiasco

Weston went on a little kick after his bout with the flu where he wasn't wanting to eat. He would chow down breakfast, but when we tried to give him lunch and dinner he would just shake his head. However, he wanted to snack all the day long. So Mark and I decided that wasn't okay and we needed to get him back into the habit of three meals a day. I had a minor melt down one day after Weston threw chili on the tan carpet and Mark took over. Well, the next day Mark had a melt down and decided he was just going to force Weston to eat. Go Daddy! It worked and he's been a hundred times better about eating now and is back to his old self. However, this is what I was left to clean up after the Daddy vs. Fussy battle:

It wasn't pretty but at least we know who wears the pants in the family! I just love the look of defeat on his sweet little face. He's so cute!

Flu, Flu, Go Away

So things have been a bit crazy around our house. Last Thursday Weston came down with a fever in the middle of the night that stayed around 103 for all of Thursday and Friday. I took him in and it turns out he has the flu. So we got a medicine since it was within the 48 hour window and the next day he was tons better. But he has continued to just be clingy, whiny, fussy, and not eat. Yesterday he felt warm again and today his fever is back in the high 102's. I hate seeing him like this. My little guy is super healthy and this is the sickest he's ever been. He doesn't play, eat, or smile. I wish it would just go away! Now I see why being a mom is so hard. It's not easy when you only get 4 or 5 hours of sleep a night to still do everything required of you! Anyway, hopefully he'll get better and our lives will return to normal some time in the near future.