Okay, I am going to try and keep this short and positive. There are so many changes going on and I feel like I just can't keep up. I am really behind in posts (of course), but as I have just a moment with my little guy napping, I just need to get some things off my chest so I can breathe.
I am so thankful for all the blessings we have had and are going to have. I really am. I keep waiting for something bad to happen, and I think that is why I can't just relax and enjoy the excitement of everything. Anyways, James leaves in a few days. Wow, just typing that made my eyes water. Whew!
Okay, let me try this again... You know how women LOVE to watch romantic comedies? Well, after a while, I stopped wanting to watch them because then I would get all annoyed that James isn't this super romantic guy. (Any other women out there know what I mean, or am I just a dork?) Anyways, I just stopped watching them and then after a long time, I was able to watch them and just enjoy them for what they were, entertainment, not a comparison of what romance was or wasn't in my life. Well, after chatting with a friend the other day, I had my epiphany. James and I already had our little romantic comedy. There was a couple love triangles, some drama, some girl even told James not to marry me! (Yeah, serious drama) Now, that James is leaving, I know that no matter how much romance there is or isn't (according to whose romantic standards you are using), I seriously got my prince charming!
I have had a hard time this week. It is almost like, when he is gone, I can't breathe right. But when he is home, I am fine. I hope that all of this is just in the thinking about him being gone and not in the actual living it. Obviously, we will find out. I think that having it just be the two of us for so long made us really become as one and now I feel like half of me is going to be gone. I know I will survive and so will Landon. I know that James will for sure. I know, you all think that I am strong and that I will be so glad that I did it when it is over. Yes, I have had all of those encouraging pep talks. Thanks guys. I just hope that this will be my only "sad" post during the entire time that he is gone.
It is funny. My mother in law told me that she was proud of us for not letting losing our job and having to tighten our belts tear our marriage apart. I just laughed and said, you know, I think that Heavenly Father has seen us through enough tests that we were already pretty solid. (Infertility being one of the hardest)
Okay, enough of that. I will be trying to get stuff on the blog next week. I am so lucky that my good friend Candy is flying in today and she will be with me after James leaves. That will help me to keep positive after he drives off. Thanks Candy!
(sorry for all my jumping around, but that is much how like my brain works now a days.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Monday, May 3, 2010
Life Changes
Well, I can finally let the cat out of the bag! James has just been hired on by the Park Police. They cover the National Parks. (This is not a Park Ranger)
He starts May 23rd with a week of Orientation here in DC and then.... off to Georgia for training for 3 months! He just put his 3 week notice in at Wegmans today. I have to say, I love Wegmans and will miss them, they were really good to us! But of course, we will be loyal customers! Anyways, we have a lot to do in this short month, but I just wanted to get this out. It has been hard to keep this secret as he has been interviewing this whole time.
I don't know what to expect with James being gone. I have a lot of people telling me that I should go and visit family. I don't think that most people realize that I work from home as an assistant to a Real Estate Agent and this keeps me here a lot. Also, my blanket business has been pretty busy this year. So I have a lot of decisions to make soon.
Not sure how much of this makes sense, as I have a lot going on in my brain. It might be a while before I update Landon's pictures with my parents visits, but I will do my best.
He starts May 23rd with a week of Orientation here in DC and then.... off to Georgia for training for 3 months! He just put his 3 week notice in at Wegmans today. I have to say, I love Wegmans and will miss them, they were really good to us! But of course, we will be loyal customers! Anyways, we have a lot to do in this short month, but I just wanted to get this out. It has been hard to keep this secret as he has been interviewing this whole time.
I don't know what to expect with James being gone. I have a lot of people telling me that I should go and visit family. I don't think that most people realize that I work from home as an assistant to a Real Estate Agent and this keeps me here a lot. Also, my blanket business has been pretty busy this year. So I have a lot of decisions to make soon.
Not sure how much of this makes sense, as I have a lot going on in my brain. It might be a while before I update Landon's pictures with my parents visits, but I will do my best.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Walking
Well, I don't have much time. My parents are coming tomorrow for a week and I just thought that I should get this out there before life gets crazier and I never post about it at all! The other day, I was talking on the phone and Landon wanted to get my attention. The way he has been doing this lately if we are watching tv is to put his face in front of ours and make us look at him. He thinks this is hilarious. So on Sunday, I was on the phone and he was using our couch as a drum set. The next thing I know, he is walking over to me. It was only a couple of steps, but he did it on his own with no provocation from anyone else.
The next day I went over to help my girlfriend that is on bed rest for the afternoon. We were sitting on the couches visiting and the boys were all watching tv. I was telling some story or something when out of the corner of my eye, I saw Landon kind of stamping his feet and then the stamping turned into steps. He was staring at the tv and just started walking towards is. He took about 8 steps before crawling over to the tv. YAY!!!!
He hasn't done it for James yet, but I am sure it won't be long now. Can't wait!
The next day I went over to help my girlfriend that is on bed rest for the afternoon. We were sitting on the couches visiting and the boys were all watching tv. I was telling some story or something when out of the corner of my eye, I saw Landon kind of stamping his feet and then the stamping turned into steps. He was staring at the tv and just started walking towards is. He took about 8 steps before crawling over to the tv. YAY!!!!
He hasn't done it for James yet, but I am sure it won't be long now. Can't wait!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Replacing the front porch
Our front porch has been in poor shape since we moved in, but the snow this year has pretty much killed it. The rail on the side closest to the drive way couldn't take the weight of the snow and the entire bottom rail pulled free of all the posts. The support post on that side has looked pretty rotted for a while, so James decided it was time to replace it. He learned how to support the roof while he was changing the old post out with the new post from The Handyman Family magazine (awesome magazine). He took the car jack out and supported a 2x4x8 with it and braced that against another 2x4. At first I thought he was really smart, but I was anxious about it. When he told me hours later it was a tip from Handyman, I just laughed and said, "Why didn't you tell me that before you started?! I wouldn't have been worried."
Anyways, he took down the first post and out of the entire 4x4, there was one corner that wasn't rotted. The day before he was standing on the porch roof getting leaves out of the gutter. He doesn't know how it supported his 200lbs. Anyways, we spent most of the weekend outside. Landon had fun. He did not like the nail gun, which is funny because the compressor is super loud and that didn't bother him at all. Anyways, they are now all replaced, all of them pretty rotten to some degree, but the first was the worst. James tapped it against the brick pillar at the end of the driveway and it snapped in half! Glad we decided to do this.
James took the first post down, see his support from the car jack?
Landon playing with some flower pots 
I planted some flowers while James worked
James disgusted with the rotten posts
It looks like they weren't even one entire piece, there are several seems we found in them
This was the last one, not too much rot here, but you get the idea about how bad it was.
Left side, see the missing spindles?
Landon somehow got a leaf stuck in his mouth. When I pulled it out, the entire stem was in his mouth. Had to get a picture!
Playing in the dirt, yes, he took his first taste. I think he liked it...
I caught him a few times this weekend sucking his thumb. Where did that come from???
Laughing at James
James watering our tiny Maple tree.
Helping Daddy water the flowers.
Anyways, he took down the first post and out of the entire 4x4, there was one corner that wasn't rotted. The day before he was standing on the porch roof getting leaves out of the gutter. He doesn't know how it supported his 200lbs. Anyways, we spent most of the weekend outside. Landon had fun. He did not like the nail gun, which is funny because the compressor is super loud and that didn't bother him at all. Anyways, they are now all replaced, all of them pretty rotten to some degree, but the first was the worst. James tapped it against the brick pillar at the end of the driveway and it snapped in half! Glad we decided to do this.
James took the first post down, see his support from the car jack?
Landon playing with some flower pots 
I planted some flowers while James worked
James disgusted with the rotten posts
It looks like they weren't even one entire piece, there are several seems we found in them
This was the last one, not too much rot here, but you get the idea about how bad it was.
Left side, see the missing spindles?
Landon somehow got a leaf stuck in his mouth. When I pulled it out, the entire stem was in his mouth. Had to get a picture!
Playing in the dirt, yes, he took his first taste. I think he liked it...
I caught him a few times this weekend sucking his thumb. Where did that come from???
Laughing at James
James watering our tiny Maple tree.
Helping Daddy water the flowers.Landon's First Easter Egg Hunt
James has a co-worker that has his own chickens and he gave us a dozen right before Easter. Since they were already blue and orange, we didn't have to die them, we just boiled them. Then James went out and hid (and I mean HID) them. I could only find one scanning the yard. Silly boy. I helped Landon get the first one, but since I couldn't find the others, James took over. He had a ton of fun. This is really the first time he has been outside in our front yard for any amount of time. He also has learned that Mom and Dad's fingers are great walking aids. He just latches on and off he goes. The other day, I was sitting on the couch, he grabbed my finger and just started walking off. We are now trying to break that habit.
Anyways, James got an egg salad recipe off the Internet and it was AWESOME! I am sure that the organic eggs made it that much yummier. Seriously, the taste is so much stronger and delicious.
What is this?
It is kinda cool
Loves to walk holding our hands
One handed is much trickier
Look at that silly grin
I love to watch him inspect things
What's over here?
Oh, I don't like this uneven ground!
Another one!
Look at that body language! He didn't want to go near the angel hair
What do I do now?
I think he had fun, what do you think?
Landon tried to juggle a bit later... it didn't turn out so well
First hair cut
I don't know about you, but those scissors look scary to me!
Trying to cut
Look at that face!
We finally had James cut with smaller scissors and I held Landon. And after it was all said and done, James threw the hair away!!!
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