Weekly Goals for Jan 3-9

1. Organize Living room.

2. Paint 3 stripes in my laundry room.

3. Scrub Kitchen.

4. Cut out remaining denim for Alix'z quilt

5. Find a reading schedule for Fast track reading of the BoM.

New year New goals.

so its that time of year again... the time where everyone starts "resolution making" and where most people fail with in a week or 2. i have decided to make a few big resolutions but then i'm going to shake things up a bit.

my big goals for the year are

1. to start, continue and finish a 365project. Which you can learn more about HERE you can follow me there or through my Facebook.

2. to find and share my joy in at LEAST one thing every day.

3. (this is where i am shaking things up a bit) each week i will make small goals for that week and report on them as i get them finished.

so there you have it. can i do it? we shall see!

Turning 30

Im finally going to admit it!

I DONT WANT TO TURN 30!!!!

IM NOT READY TOP BE 30!!!!

there its out . You all know my secret, and the source of most of my stress the last few months. Every time i think about it i feel like crying. I know there is nothing i can do about turning 30 its gonna happen no mater what i do so i had better make the most of it or it is going to destroy me. So I was surfing facebook earlier and was inspired by something a friend said and i'm going to roll with it. I am going to create a list of 30 things that I want to do before turning 30. Now I only have about 2.5 months and those months also involve Birthdays, thanksgiving, and christmas so its not going to be easy. but i'm going to do it! and now I shall make my list and anyone who reads this can hold me accountable.

1. Finish my Laundry room

2. Go out on a date with my Hubby with no children.

3. Read 1 book with more than 200 pages from start to finish

4. Finish Fall Semester with passing grades

5. Go out on a Girls Only Night.

6. Make a Denim Quilt for AlixZander.

7. Take my Family on a small weekend getaway

8. Take AlixZander somewhere fun just me and him.

9. Have Friends over for "game night"

10. Find and read the book oh how to get AlixZander to sleep again.

OK there is the first 10 Any ideas for other things I can do? Time to go feed the baby.

3rd dodecamonthaversary

AlixZander turnes 3 in just a little over 2 months! Its time to start obessing about his birthday party. The boy is obsessed with trains! So we will most likely be having a train party for his birthday. I was sitting here looking over pictures of Train cake pictures and Alix picked out one that he really likes. have I said that I LOVE my son?? Out of all of the detailed beautiful train cakes he picks out a very basic very much doable train cake! and I know exactly how Im gonna do it too! the only thing I need to do now is find a good recipie for a good solid but still tastes good wheat free cake. Im gonna do everything I can to let my kid have as normal life as possible Alergies be Damned! LOL

Oh my!!!

The baby is in bed... the 2 year old is curled up next to me... we are watching Backyardigans.... and I FEEL LIKE BLOGGING!!! This could be a MAJOR breakthrough!! Yeah Right! LOL

So since the last time I blogged apparently i really didn't I guess an update is in order!

AlixZander will be 3 in 2 months and 7 days AHHHH!!!! He is an awesome kid! and most Definitely 2. His sleeping habits are worse than a newborn! But I LOVE every inch of this kid. He now knows his entire alphabet and only occasionally has problems telling the difference between X and K and L and J and still wont say W but if you ask him "where is the W" he knows. He also knows all of the major colours except Green. As of today he knows what numbers from 1-9 are with only occasional problems mixing up 1 and 7. I feel his speach is way behind but we can't get his speech tested untill we can get his hearing tested and thanks to Idaho budget cuts we are having a hard time finding a place to test his hearing. We are also having some eating issues but All and all he is growing wonderful and doing awesome!

Nicademus was born April 29th. My water broke about the same time that my Doc left town! he was born perfect with no issues he only ever left our room for moments to get checked out. and now he will be 5 months old in 7 days ... Yes if you are looking back at when alix turns 3 Both of my children were born on the 29th! makes it easy for mom (yeah right). he can mostly sit up on his own. he laughs at everything expecially his brother. and is so different from his brother.

Jonathan is still working for Sony and still loves it! I am taking classes from Academy of Art University in San Francisco Via online classes for Photography and I LOVE every minute of it! I entered 9 Pictures in the EISF and won 1 blue 1red and 1pink ribbon! i am so excited that I was able to walk away with some ribbons.

Im gonna try and learn how to post pictures on this blog yet! so keep your eyes open for photos!

Try try again

the short return of mommy time

Every once and a while AlixZander will allow me some "Mommy time" his bedtime is sometime between 8 and 9 and Jonathan gets home after 9. tonight happens to be one of the Blessed nights that AlixZander went to bed at 8pm...

Last night he went to bed at 8 also but I was so worn out and swolen that I didnt move the rest of the night.

So i thought tonight I would just ramble on some of my thoughts lately and go from there.

This Pregnancy has been so much diferent from the way AlixZanders was. I know it has a lot to do with the fact that my life in general is in a much better place that it was at that time. plus im not nearly as stressed about everything and just generaly happier.

Plus I think chasing a 2 year old keeps my mind out of the worry places.

the bigest diference right now is that I am COMPLEATLY uncomfortable. with AlixZander I never really got Uncomfortable. but for the last month I cant sleep in my own bed, I can barely walk, I cant lay down at all I sleep in a recliner!! My Pelvis and hips hurt so bad that im ready for this to be all over with.

But at the same time I know in my heart that baby brother will come when he is good and ready. im just impatient and uncomfortable.

Also right now there are people in my life that I miss very much. I do have contact with these people but I miss seeing them, i miss talking to them in person and on a regular basis, I know as we grow up things change and its all good things but sometimes I wish that things didnt have to change.

I have started a new Obsession... as i need to have obsessions and I needed a new hobby anyways and one that dosent take a lot of time and dosent take much more energy than what I am already using... I have started a 2nd blog, yeah I know I can barely keep up with this one but im hoping by doing 2 I can do better at both... the 2nd blog will be only about Food!! I LOVE to cook and experiment and now I can share my Experiances with others... the link to it is

likemomalmost.blogspot.com feel free to pop over there and check it out!

Ok I know this is probibly the most disjointed post ever but its helped me clear out some thoughts and now I need to get on Jonathans dinner and get it ready for him he should be headed home shortly

Night all