Another List-Spring Cleaning

I need to do another long-term to-do list. I'd really like to get this stuff done in the next 2 weeks, because then I'll start doing motivated moms daily. So this keeps me kind of accountable.

• dust complete den DONE
  
• dust all wall hangings around the house
• have Jon clean the hanging over the TV I can't reach
  
• dust my room
• dust Zach's room
• put "to be filed" stuff in cabinet
  
• clean refrigerator
  
• clean guest bath
• clean master bath
• clean baseboards in bathroom/kitchen
• clean all windows
• Take stuff to Goodwill
• Sort through baby stuff- decide what to keep, what to give 2 sister-in-laws
• vacuum couches
• put car seat in Z's room
• clean up our closet

Ok, I think that's all, but I may think of others

Did you hear?

Zach's going to be a big brother! :) Due Dec. 7 :) So excited!

Update

So, apparently I need to update... ::sigh:: Umm, life's been busy? Easter was good. We went to the Vigil mass Sat night, then on Sun. Blythe and Aaron invited us over for lunch, where I tried lamb for the first time. It was good! I want to have it again sometime... Jon's started his 4 on, 4 off schedule, 12-hour shifts now, so we're about to try to get use to that. Jon's building me a desk for scrapbooking, so that's taking up my entire dining room. Kind of funny. I'm really excited about it....

We're on a BIG weight loss/debt free campaign. We're working our butts off to get out of debt and, while it'll be hard, we really hope to do it within the next year. (well, with the exception of student loans and car payment). I also really need to lose this baby weight. We've been watching calories and I've been consistently going to the gym. I've been spending 30 min on the treadmill, and I also just bought some small hand weights yesterday, so I'm going to start doing those as well. I miss my wedding body :(

Zach's doing well- found his feet recently. It's cute because he holds them up while I change his diaper lol. He's rolling from his belly to his back, but can't figure out how to get back over. He still talks and squeals and blows bubbles. He's definitely all boy. He is 6 mo tomorrow. We got his 6mo pictures taken last week. Here they are. He doesn't have his 6 mo checkup until the 17th. Military is stupid sometimes. I didn't realize I needed to call 3-4 weeks in advance to make his appt! Oh well. He's also been eating solids a lot. We decided to do homemade baby food, so right now, I have tons of squash, sweet potatoes, peas and peaches in the freezer. Jon's going to go buy a small deep freezer today.

I recently joined the mom's playgroup at church. I really enjoy knowing some other mom's. Including Zach, there was 3 babies born within 12 days of each other. Zach, 6 days later another boy, 6 days later a girl. I don't know if I'll go to everything. For example, next week is Chucky Cheese. That'll probably just be loud and kind of annoying, but we'll see how I feel next week. We also went to the young married couple's group this month- it was a dinner out. We're also meeting up next week to make baggie lunches for the homeless, so that'll be nice. The couples between the play group and the married couples group seem to overlap a lot.

Anyway, I guess that's an update for everyone :) Sorry it's been so long, I've just got a lot going on. :)

Snow

I woke up at 1:30am w/ Z, and looked outside, as I always do to see if anything had shown up over night. Nope. When J got up at 8, he came back in the room and said "Holy cow babe! Come look at this!" It is the first wet snow we've had, so it stuck, and it was what I had always pictured snow, instead of half melted by the time we get up. It was just so beautiful.
We got Z all bundled up in his snow suit and hat and mittens. Then we went outside to the park. Jon made a tall snowman. Zach and I watched. Then we helped Zach make his first snow angel and I made my first one as well. We had a lot of fun.

Rambling update

I'm soooo excited. One of my best friends told me on Sat. that she is pregnant. I could not be any more happy and excited than I am for her. I'm sooo glad God has given her this blessing and pray that he will keep her safe, healthy, etc.

I am back from FL. While I had a great time and it was really nice to see people, I'm soooo glad to be home. Our house has been a little interesting. Jon took 6 days off work because he's got his promotion test on Thurs. Please keep him in your prayers, as this promotion will really help us in many ways.

He was suppose to have 4 days off afterwards as well, but they have screwed up his schedule again. But, apparently, they are totally redoing it starting the 15th or 17th, going from 6 on, 4 off, to 4 on, 4 off, 12-hour shifts. I am really tired and frustrated and annoyed with his job, and keep trying to remind myself that there's nothing we can do about it, but the lack of planning, organization, the last minute crap, not being able to plan anything, etc. is just really ticking me off.

Zach is growing up so fast. He's been teething and had a small cold, so he's been VERY cuddly lately. I've loved the cuddling. He's definitely beginning to develop a personality. It's really cute and funny. He is constantly smiling and definitely a happy baby. I just LOVE the lil guy so much!

Sat. night, we finally got to go out with the young married couples group from our church. It was a lot of fun. We went to a sports bar and there were about 10 couples there. They all have at least 2 children, except for us, and one other couple that has a 21-month old, so it was really nice to meet some other parents! I'm really hoping we'll be able to go to more events and that Jon's stupid schedule won't prevent us from going. Many of the women also attend a playgroup at the church, so I'm going to try to go on Wed. I really need to do things like that, even if it means being somewhere at 9:30 in the morning haha. Well, that's a quick rambling of updates.

Tomorrow

Well, I leave at 5:30 am for a 9am flight tomorrow morning. I'm going home to Jax! Wahoo! I'm really excited. Just wanted to say if I don't update for a while, that's why. Also, I posted blog links on the side for the blogs I visit of friends :)

My great, golden birthday

Today was my Golden birthday (24 on the 24th). It was great for the most part. It did start off bad. I woke up with a 459 blood sugar! AHH! My pump had messed up. It was still high during church and about an hour afterwards, was finally down to a somewhat better number. Anyway, went to church this morning, felt like I wasn't going to make it through.

Came home, vegged a little, cleaned a little, talked to my mom for a while, etc. Then, a lady from church came over to babysit. She was soooo excited to babysit. She wants grandkids, but doesn't have any yet, so she likes watching Zach. She said he was great (of course! :) ) Then our friends from church, Kelly and Matt, came over. They recently got engaged. We headed to Macaroni Grill. We got calamari, YUM!, some pasta dish that was penne, ham, chicken and shrimp, YUM!, and then they brought me tiramasu! WAY YUM! We talked, and talked, and talked and REALLY enjoyed eating out with Matt and Kelly. Then they were so sweet and paid for our meal! Then we were right next to the resort where they're having their wedding reception, so they took us there and went and showed us. It's really pretty! Kind of reminds me of Disney's Wilderness Lodge.

Then they dropped us back off at our place, and since it was only 9:15, we decided to try to hit a movie. We went and saw Vantage Point. It was REALLY good! It was the only thing out that looked good, so I'm glad we had to see that one. It was funny b/c we got there at 9:35 and thought it was too late to see the 9:15 movie, so we asked for the 10:00 showing. We got in, saw a preview, and the movie started. That's when we realized we were seeing the 9:15 showing. we were really glad!

Anyway, it ended up being a great time! I much rather hang out with friends for my birthday. :) But, Jon did kind of get me some Mary Kay stuff and technically, a flight to FL in two days, wahoo! Anyway, tomorrow I plan on laundry, packing, and early bed, since we have to leave the house about 5am on Tues!

Today

Today, Jon got home from work at 6am and slept until 2. Then he got up and we went to Goodwill and bought several more books for our book collection. THe entire big bookcase Jon built is PACKED with books now. It's great! Then we got some Chic-Fila :) Afterwards, we went to Walmart, and did well on getting the things we needed. We got Zach a Bumbo chair! HE LOVES to sit up, but I can't keep holding him constantly. He seems to like it so far. THen we got some Valentines decor that was 75% off, and some fabric. Jon's going to teach me how to use the sewing machine- don't laugh! Yes, my husband can use a sewing machine and I can't! Then we went to Hobby Lobby, so I could get a three shelf storage unit to store my 12x12 scrapbook paper. Then we came home, called Jon's mom because it's her birthday, cuddled for about 10 minutes, then Z woke up, and Jon left. It was a fun day. I love going "out" with my husband. :) Well, I just love being with my husband and doing anything with him.

Pray please

Some of you may remember my neighbors from when I lived with my aunt- Thomas and Janice. Well, Thomas' brother and SIL had a baby 11 weeks ago. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor and died 2 days ago. :'( Please pray for his parents, Meg and Joe, and for Thomas and Janice. THank you.

Ice Festival

About an hour and a half from where we live, there's a city that is BIG on casinos. They have tons. Well, we're not in to gambling, but they were having an ice festival this weekend to get people to come out and hopefully go to the casinos. So, we went to see the ice festival and ignore the casinos. It was really cool. We drove up there, snuggled Z up, ate brats and ice cream in COLD weather lol, and just had a fun time. Then we went to a museum as well that was more geared towards kids, so we took a few pics of Z in the museum.