busy life

I guess this is what a busy life is like! Every Friday after I drop Maddix off at one of my sister in law’s houses’ I get Maddix withdrawals. I am so done by Friday and so is he! Even though it’s hard to leave him, I really think that it is so good for him and that he really enjoys getting out of the house for a few hours to play with cousins and grandma’s. He get’s so excited when I tell him we’re going to Mimi's or that grandma is coming over, or that he get’s to go play at Trevin’s, Tate’s or Eli’s house. I just try to remember that it is good for him and that it will be so worth it! The good thing is that I am really enjoying school. Of course it stresses me out and of course it’s hard and sometimes I don’t want to be there, but I really enjoy what I’m learning and I love the clinical side of things. I love my teachers and all my new friends that I will be with for the next two years! They are all awesome. I am so lucky to have the support that I do. Brig get’s to be home with maddix every afternoon when i have clinic and he’s home with him all day on Wednesdays. My family is so amazing. They surprise me with dinners, they watch maddix, and my mom is always giving me something whether it’s dinner, vitamins, bread, etc. I am so blessed. It’s hard to believe that midterms are in a week. I am a 1/4 way done with my 1st year! It’s also crazy to think that I’ll be working on patients in January. It makes me so excited! As tough as school is, I know it’s the right thing. I love learning. I am so grateful that I am able to do this right now.
Maddix is growing up way too fast. It doesn't help that each day has been flying by so fast since school has started. He talks so much. His obsessions as of right now are baseball and bikes. Brig bought him a baseball tee and bat. He is so good it’s crazy! His daddy is very proud of that. He points out every single bike he see’s. He is already wanting to sit on the toilet. It’s pretty much the cutest thing ever. I put him on there and he holds onto me so tight so that he doesn't fall in! ;-) Maddix could live outside if he had the choice. He doesn't care that it’s 115 outside. He just wants to run around and be a boy! Thank goodness it’s starting to cool down. I’m sure grandma and Mimi will appreciate that :) Maddix is starting to be more cuddly, which I am 100% okay with! He has never been a cuddler. He will let me rock him and hold him before he goes to bed some nights. It’s my favorite time of the day. I could cuddle that little guy for hours.
Well this is a small update of my life right now! As crazy as it is trying to balance family and school life, I wouldn't change it for the world. It really makes me appreciate the time that I get with my family. We try to have fun while I’m not at school..and between studying ;)
P.S…I’m so excited to watch General Conference tomorrow! Tune in on LDS.org to watch the prophets and apostles speak to us. It will change your life :)

Maddix playing with Jimmer at the park

 

Maddix giving me kisses through the fence :)

Our picnic with bubbles and grapes…2 of his other very favorite things

P.S.S- my little younger brother got his mission call about a month ago! He is going to Recife, Brazil in February 2012! So excited for him!!! You’ll be an awesome missionary Nate!

what a fun day looks like around here

this morning maddix slept in for me. i can’t complain. we ate breakfast, then took jimmer on a long walk.
we got ready and headed to the gym for body works plus abs class. my very favorite class. maddix loves the kids club now :) well…he doesnt cry anymore is what i mean.
when we got home, he took a nap.
i ate lunch, laid out, went swimming, cleaned.
maddix woke up, ate lunch then the party started.
first we made a race car track. after about 20 minutes of watching the yellow car fly down the track, maddix got jealous and wanted to slide down it himself. our race track then turned into a slide. why had i never thought of this before?? we were entertained for about 45 mintues with an ottoman, a yellow race car, and a pillow to slide down on.
then we watched “happy feet” and ate cheerios.
after that, we made chocolate chip cookies for daddy {his absolute favorite}.
naptime! {lasted about 20 minutes}
daddy came home and we decided to go to the mall and walk around. maddix couldnt get enough of the slide in the kids play area. he got a huge smile on his face each time he went down. it was priceless! my favorite part was that we walked around the whole mall, even went into stores and we didnt even spend a penny! this never happens. go us!
time to make dinner. maddix ate a banana popsicle {frozen banana on a stick. he loves it! genius. plus it takes him forever to eat, it’s perfect} while dinner was cooking maddix pulled out all the tin bowls from a drawer and began stacking then one by one on top of each other. he would take one from the drawer walk across the kitchen, set it on the floor, go back and get another one and so on. after we ate dinner, brig bathed maddix while i cleaned up. maddix loves his bubble baths ! its so fun to watch him sit and play with the bubbles and to see how entertained he is by the smallest things.
i got ready and went for a run and maddix went to bed. i decided to take jimmer since it was getting dark. he did awesome! he’s never ran that far before so i was a little worried, but he was the one that was keeping me going! when i got home i made a delicious strawberry banana protein shake, drank it, showered, and now im enjoying doing absolutely nothing, but blogging and pinning my heart out. oh how i love pinterest. best thing ever invented.
{{{{ps if i ever get super rich i am going to make so many yummy fancy dinners and desserts! {cooking fancy is expensive!} but for now i will just keep pinning them and drooling over them :) }}}}
today was a perfect day in my opinion. i love my family. i love that i have been so fortunate to spend all day with maddix :)
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our life

i always blog about little everyday moments, but i realized i haven't really blogged about what we’re actually doing with our lives :)
brig is still working at University of Phoenix as an enrollment counselor. he is loving it and totally rocks at it! he enjoys going to the gym everyday during his lunch to keep up his nice body for his wife, which I'm totally okay with ;-) he is still working on his bachelors in business management right now and will be done in August 2012. he has been thinking of some different careers that he might be interested in, but still trying to decide. brig is the membership clerk in our ward. he recently got home from his Alaska trip where he brought home 80 lbs of fish!!!! don’t worry, we already sold it all in less than a week. crazy.
as for me, i am very fortunate to be at home with maddix everyday. however, i do start dental hygiene school in 3 weeks which will definitely change that schedule just a little ;-) i usually spend my days going to the gym, running errands, cuddling maddix, feeding maddix, cleaning, eating, spending money (one of the many reasons I'm excited to start school!) and doing other mom stuff! i am a beehive advisor in our ward which i love.
maddix will be 18 months next week. holy cow. NURSERY TIME!!! WOOO HOOOO! I've already been taking him in there for the past month a little at a time to get him used to it and last week he actually stayed the whole time by himself! i am so excited for this :) he is such a hilarious kid. he is always trying to say new words. he loves to copy us. his most famous words that we here multiple times a day are bi (bike), ball, dada, momma, ma (not quite sure what this means yet, he says this when he points to everything), tst (toast), ps (grapes) oats, baba (sippy cup), baby, hi, bye bye. he still loves to be outside, which i refuse to do obviously (unless we’re swimming). he loves to dance. in my opinion he has the best little boy smile ever. he has 12 teeth (finally his last molar came through! hallelujah)

we are loving our neighborhood, ward, friends, jobs, house, maddix, each other, and everything else that we have in our life :) we are so grateful for our knowledge of the gospel and that we are sealed for eternity. we love spending family time together. playing racquetball, swimming, playing the piano, dancing, eating talking, grocery shopping, etc. brig was just saying how nice it is to have every night together to just relax and hang out together. i told him we better enjoy it now because it definitely won’t stay like that for long! well, hope you enjoyed my update :)our attempt at a family picture, not too bad?

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monday night we went to the dbacks game with my brother in law and sister in law. they hooked us up with sweet seats! brig was in heaven..

had to capture this moment..unfortunately i was a little late. he was reading the red tractor book to his right, while sitting on his toy truck. but instead, i caught him hitting everything around him with his toothbrush, while sitting on his toy truck. lovely.

maddix strollin’ the mall.

he is the most independent kid i know. doesnt want me to hold his hand. doesnt want to follow me. maybe im just not cool enough for him??

and this is me attempting to lay out with jimmer…

lets just say, he ended up in his kennel inside the house after about 60 seconds.

he jumped on my back, ate my hair, and my ipod.

later jimmer!

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have a fantastic weekend :)

as for us, we will be celebrating brig’s BIG 24TH!

water

we had way too much fun outside today.

lets just say, you can tell how much fun we had by how pink maddix’s little cheeks were.

he went crazy with the hose! and now every time we go outside, he jets right to it.

i sure am loving this age. i think i say that at every age though…it just keeps getting better!

puppy update: jimmer can play fetch and i’m proud. jimmer can bite and i’m not proud.

oh and puppies are a great form of birth control. in case you were wondering.

outside

we’ve been spending lots of time outside lately. we just love to go out in the front yard and play together on the grass in the beautiful weather! im pretty sure i’ve already mentioned how much maddix loves being outside. we spend about 75% of our day in the yard, on walks, or at the park!

today for lunch we went to joes farm grill for my moms birthday. we took jimmer so he could run around and play with all the kids. 

 

{HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the best mom that a girl could ask for. i love you mom!}

Jimmer…

I’m not talking about the incredible BYU basketball star that everyone and their mom is obsessed with..

I’m talking about our 7 week old Golden Retriever.

Yes that is his name, and yes my husband is obsessed with Jimmer Fredette.

I told him that I’m sure there will be at least 12,345 other people that will also name their new dogs Jimmer this year.

oh well, all that matters is that he makes both of my boys happy!

i think he’s adorable..

everyone tells me, “you think he’s cute until he pees on your carpet!”

well, he’s peed on the carpet plenty of times and i still think he’s adorable..maybe until he chews up my favorite jeans or couch?

when that happens, i will reconsider. but for now he’s just a cuddly puppy that sleeps all day.

{i may or may not have wanted the puppy due to being a tad bit baby hungry but not being able to get pregnant due to dental hygiene starting in the fall…}

pulling weeds

so remember how i said that maddix loves to be outside? well i think that was an understatement. he is obsessed!!!
today i took him outside for what i though was going to be a minute. he walked over to the driveway and sat down on the curb by the rocks between our house and our neighbors house. i sat and watched him as he picked up rock by rock, and then a pile of dirt, and then some more rocks and placed threw them on the driveway..he did this over and over again. so i decided to pull some weeds while i was just sitting there. i would move over a little bit to another section of weeds and he would get up, walk to where i moved to, took a seat and began again! i thought he would get tired of throwing rocks and dirt onto the driveway after 10 minutes..but nope! we were our there for about a half hour. i realized he was getting a little red so we went inside. he was NOT happy about this. he could’ve stayed out there all day long! this makes me excited for this summer. he is going to love the swimming pool!!
this picture explains his love for baby einstein. normally brig or i will sit with him and point things out in the movie and try to teach him, but today we were desperate. brig doing homework and i was making dinner. the is the only thing that completely distracts him. i have been showing him the same baby eintsein movie since the day he was born and it is still the only show/movie he will sit through! i don’t get it..
i cant get enough of his little hand chillin on his double chin.