2012 and Our life

OKAY!!! So I am updating my blog per the request of a friend and it is WAY over due for an update. It is now April of 2012 and A LOT has happened. In January, Josh started school at West Georgia Technical College. He is on an 18 month program. We also found out in January that we are expecting baby #2 so we decided it was time to move out of my parent's home and moved into a two bedroom apartment. It was a long time coming and a long time moving and unpacking. We are still trying to get everything unpacked and organized. Brayden is now two and he is such a joy to have. I love being able to spend my days with him and I am so blessed to have his sweet spirit in our home. I am also excited that he is going to be a BIG BROTHER to a little brother in September. We are working on him with understanding that mommy has a baby in her tummy. I have so much fun being a mom, there are its rough times of being pregnant and tired but Brayden has been a good boy. As I stated in the paragraph above, we are expecting baby boy #2 and we are SO EXCITED. There was a lot of stuff that we had from Brayden, we did not get to use,that we will use now with this baby. Life has its ups and downs, and we have our happy days and days we stress but I would not trade it for anything and my family is worth it all. This is all I have for now. Josh is coming home from the park with Bray and I am making lunch. Chat with you all later!

2011 SO FAR!!

It is April in the year 2011 and this year has been pretty full!! Brayden is a crazy 15 months old and he is constantly moving. Mommy has to spend her day chasing him and telling him 'NO' for playing in the dog water bowl, to pulling on Maya's tail, to pulling the fake grass from the fake trees my parents have, to climbing on the couch and running across it. Whew!! what a handful he is. Brayden does not sleep through the night, but we are trying to figure out what causes our goober to wake up. Right now he is on a nebulizer because our doctor thinks his breathing gets restricted during sleep so we are trying to open his airways up. well.....he does not like the nebulizer but we will see how this works...so far he has slept through one night with the nebulizer and the other 2 he wakes up crying and just wants to cuddle in OUR bed (and i am thinking, that's gotta stop, even though i love to cuddle) But we will keep working on it!!

Gina (I) is doing school again. She is doing online school from Ashford University to get her Bachelors in Healthcare Administration. So far the professor seems to really like her and she has a 97% in the class on week 3 out of 5.

Josh has been working for Delta since July of last year and is now going for training on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd of April at KIA. The money pays well and we are hoping to finally be out on our own finally with our little family and keep moving forward instead of feeling like we are standing still. Cannot wait to move forward with our lives, and family!

All in all this year has been good to us. Easter is coming and i cannot wait for Brayden to actually participate in the Easter egg hunt with Ava and Camryn in Gram and Papa Norms yard. I am truly grateful to my parents for putting up with the 3 of us living here this past year and a half. I hope to repay their kindness somehow. I love my family(ies) they are my life and i do not know where i would be without them. In March, i lost my Grandma Wheeler and we flew up to PA to see ALL of the family and it was great to be with everyone again and to remember how important family. Never take it for less than what it is. Family makes our lives rich!!!!

ALMOST ONE!!!

EEEKKK!! Our son turns one on monday, its saturday!! yikes!! He is sooo big and walking! He is everywhere and into everything...he is ALL boy! he tumbles, rolls, and throws a ball, and he LOVES to dance. He watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and helps empty the dishwasher. Like i said he is just one grown little boy.

Having nieces before hand has not prepared me for my son, but i LOVE all the surprises he brings. His laugh is addictive and you just want to see him smile because it shows off his 8 teeth. He falls and gets his bumps and bruises but he is one tough cookie!! He sleeps thru the night and i enjoy every bit of it. He is just our joy and reason for smiling and thinking everything that may be hard right now. I love being a mommy and i cannot wait for what else is in store!!!

Crawling, moving forward and good things!!

So Brayden is 7 months almost 8 and he is crawling like no one's business...he LOVES to pull up on everything and stand. He may get to brave for when he stands he lets go with both hands and most often falls if no one is there to help him. He is one crazy kid, he also has 3 teeth about to get a 4th and is cranky at night. He doesnt sleep as well as he used to but its A-OK. Mommy adjusts to it.

As for Joshua, he has a part-time job with Delta which he starts tomorrow and we hope this is a great oppurtunity for him to go to school which he also got accepted into in August to start school in October (fall) semester from Griffin Tech now name Southern Cresent. We hope to move out into our own apartment or home soon. HOPEFULLY!

We have waited a long time for this and we hope it will give us the opportunities we need to be on our own again.

Life is great and moving in a forward motion, which i love. I have also begun to do crafts which i hope to sell, and work on my children's books when i have time, like when Brayden naps. :D I want to attend an online school and have been looking into that these days but for right now i enjoy what i do, stay home with Brayden, for each day with him is a BLESSING!!

I love Brayden and Josh so much, they are my family, where my home and heart lie!!!

My half year old!!!!

Brayden is 6 months old and is a handful already. He rolls and scoots to where he wants to go and what trouble he wants to get into. He is a little ball of energy. He has started to try applesauce, fruit puffs and cherrios. His first tooth has also broken through and so he has a little white tip popping through his gums. YAY!! HE ALSO sleeps for 7 hours solid throughout the night another YAY!! As you can tell he is mommies little monster. He weighs about 19lbs and is about to outgrow his 6 month clothing...he just keeps growing and keeping my life interesting and constantly moving. I LOVE IT!!!

5 months and counting!!

So Brayden is now 5 months old almost 6 and he is such a sweet spirit. He smiles sooo much and makes Josh and I so thankful to have him apart of our lives and family. His little personality is so genuine already and all his own. He has a smile that captures everyones attention in the room, grocery store, church, etc.. He has a laugh that is SO contagious that you make him laugh by your laugh. His eyes take in the world around him, he can even tell when mommy comes in and walks back out of the room, he can tell when daddy comes home, and he loves to watch the dogs play. He has accomplished rolling from back to tummy and tummy to back, he can sit up with out much assistance and he is in LOVE with his Johnny Jump Up (it hangs in the doorway and he just jumps from anywhere from 20 mins to an hour). As we get into the summer he and I are in a mommy and me tadpole class, he is great! I dunked him under and he didnt cry like all the other babies..hes my tough little man. Another thing that makes him tough is on his last shots he didnt cry he let out a small whine but shortly stopped and continued to chew on his passy. Daddy and i seem to think he is teething due to his irritability sometimes, his drooling, putting everything in his mouth and the way he just wakes up at night for no reason. poor baby...hope his teeth come in soon, but he is just like his dad. Mom Trish or Nana says Josh started to teeth at about 4 months as well, so...thats a daddy thing not a mommy thing...:) but life goes on and i glad that i get to stay home with him. Josh is working for Mr. Turf and loving it! Life is good and we are blessed with a job, our families that live close and help us out and with our son!!!!!

TWO MONTHS!

Brayden is now two months old and we can already see his lil' personality beaming from him. He has been such a joy. He loves to sit and stare at daddy, because daddy can make him smile the biggest (we think its because Josh looks funny to him...:D he he he). He loves to sit with mommy and watch her make funny faces...he LOVES bath time and loves to look at the dogs and the olympics. One of his favorite things to do is dance!! He just loves to SMILE and he is such a HAPPY baby.

We are living with my parents still while Josh is trying to apply for jobs with police departments around and close by. We are waiting to hear good news and are getting help from neighbors, friends and family. We hope that something comes along soon! :D