Kansas

So our Kansas trip was a success with only a little drama. We got to spend a lot of time with James's family and of course Joshua. He is always so excited when we get tocome up there, but leaving him is so hard. He gets so upset and it breaks our hearts. We spent Thanksgiving up there which was nice. It was a little weird for me not being in Houston with my family, as I have been for the last 23 years, but I really did love being up in Kansas. It is a totally different world up there compared to what I am used to down here. I love his family up there as well. We spent almost the whole time with his family and we got to take some awesome family photos up at Pomona Lake.. Thanks Uncle Paul and Aunt Mel. Over all it was a really great trip and I am already looking forward to seeing Joshua and the rest of the family again. If only I knew when that was going to happen.

On another note, while we were gone Jersey got spayed and everything went well. She was apparently up and ready to play not long after surgery, not that that surprises me at all. She never runs out of energy. She is healing well and acting just like normal. She did get a small infection from the  surgery so she is taking a few meds for a couple of days in hopes of clearing it all up.

I am now only working at the Little Gym part time. I decided to quit the nanny thing, so things are a little different right now. I am not used to having my days off. Kinda sucks that I made this decision right before Christmas, but everything will work out. I am looking forward to starting full time January 18th. Plus Brayden is going to be taking a class there and I think he is really going to enjoy it.

Well I am off to watch some tv and head to bed. I hate that James is  now working the night shift for a week or so, but things sure our quiet around here. I will post some pictures from Kansas probably tomorrow, so check back and if you want to see some of the family photos you can check them out on my facebook. I am still waiting to get all the other ones from Uncle Paul.

Birthdays

So James and I both celebrated our birthdays this past weekend. James's actual birhtday is the 2nd and mine the 24th. We celebrated with my family at Texas Land and Cattle, then headed back to Danny and Shannon's house for presents and cake. I haven't had a chance to post the pictures yet, but I will tonight or tomorrow before we leave for Kansas. James got gift cards to Sports Authority and a gopher golf club cover that Brayden picked out.  I got some glasses with our initals on them for the kitchen, a pair of nice Clark flipflops, a flameless candle set and two necklaces. James's gift from me was new golf clubs which is also his Christmas present. James let me go shopping for my birthday so I ended up getting, two Nine West purses, two pairs of jeans and some other clothing things from my favorite store Charlette Russe.  I am not sure if I will be getting more tomorrow on my actually birthday but I will let you know.

Well back to work for me. Only 1.5 more hours of nannying then Little Gym tonight. Babysitting Jace and more Little Gym tomorrow and tomorrow night then it is off to Kansas at 3:30 AM on Wednesday morning. 12 hours here we come.

More to come on the Kansas trip. It should be fun!

Same Old Thing

So I am offically done being a Nanny as of January. I was offered a full-time spot at Little Gym and decided that was the right step for me to take at this time. I am actually very excited about it. I will be in charge of making the parent-child lesson plans and I will be teaching more classes. I am hoping this is going to be a job that I will continue to love and eventually get the chance at a Managment spot.

James and I are heading to Kansas here in about 4 weeks for Thanksgiving. I am so excited to see his family again. They are definently the ones I get along with best. I am also excited to see Joshua again. Its only been 6 months but still. I am hoping one day he will be living here in Texas with us so we can see him everyday.

The new puppy Jersey is getting along great with Lizzie now. They play together all the time. I knew it wouldn't take her long to adust. Lizzie always seemed like she needed a playmate. NOw if Jersey would just stop chewing on things that she isn't supposed to be we would be in business.

Well I think that is all for the update. I know boring but I hardly have time to do anything now that I am taking on more hours at Little Gym and still Nannying. Maybe in January when things slow down a bit I will actually have more interesting things to write about.

Hope everyone is doing good and has a great Halloween. Pictures coming from the Little Gym Halloween Party as well as some of Brayden.

Babies

So why is that as soon as you say I Do everyone starts asking "When are you going to have a baby?" Since when is it that it has to be rushed. I mean I know alot of people that want to have kids like ASAP after getting married, but is it so wrong to want to wait a year or so. Don't get my wrong James and I aren't going to wait forever, but I feel like I am asked all the time. Now maybe that has something to do with the line of work I do. James and I have talked about kids alot and we know what time works best for us. I feel like these days it is almost like a contest to see who can have kids first. I love kids and I can't wait to have my own, but at the same time I like being able to do whatever I want whenever I want and not have kids to worry about.  Maybe I am an just a little old school, but I enjoy the life without kids, but I know it is amazing once you start adding them to your family. James and I want to start trying to have kids next year and we will be married a year next April. I think that is enough time to have enjoyed the married life and adding kids to it is more stressful but is also so amazing. I mean James and I have already named our kids even though they dont exist yet. Well I just wanted to vent about it. Actually I wouldn't say vent because its not a bad thing, its just a question that both James and I get alot and it gets rather annoying sometimes. Dont worry I will let everyone know as soon as we actually are expecting.

Life Hasn't Changed Much

So I haven't written in awhile so I thought I would update. Nothing much is really going on with us. I am still working at Little Gym and Nanny and so far it is all going good. James is doing good at work. He hasn't been working much overtime which is nice.

. We adopted a puppy that we named Jersey/Our neighbors found her out in the country about a week ago and we were trying to find her a home and didn't really have much luck so we decided to keep her ourselves. We took her to the vet and got her first round of shots and made sure she was healthy, which she was minus some worms which we are treating with some medicine. The vet said she seems to be about 10-12 weeks old and mixed with German Shepard, Chow, Lab and some other dog. She is going to be about 50lbs full grow, which isn't much more then Lizzie. Lizzie and Jersey are getting along more and more everyday which is good. Lizzie is starting to share her toys, even though we got Jersey a few of her own. I think she is going to make a good addition to our family. NO MORE ANIMALS UNTIL THE ONES WE HAVE PASS AWAY.

James and I rescheduled our Kansas trip and I am very exicited to go up there. I miss his family there. I love them and enjoy spending time with them. We are going November 25-29. So we are leaving the day after my birthday and will be up there for Thanksgiving. this will be the 1st year I haven't spent Thanksgiving with my family, but it will be nice to have a change this time and enjoy a few days of not working.

Vicki's wedding is fast approaching and I just ordered my dress this week. I am very excited to go up there for her and Adam's big day. Now if I can just find cheap airfare and hotels for us and my parents we will be in business. I have a feeling this trip is going to cost a lot of money, but it is all for a good cause. I am hoping we can all fly up together, but it looks like I will be going up a day early for Vicki's bachelorette party and then James and my parents will be flying up the following day to stay for the wedding. That is also a much needed vacation that I am looking forward to. Their wedding should be quite interesting and elegant. I dont know much details, but just knowing Adam and how he wants things to be different form normal weddings so it should make for a fun but different in a good way wedding.

Well I will post again later once I find something new to blog about. I know I am aweful at keeping up with this thing but not very much happens in our life at the moment. Once we get pregnant and have kids I will have something to blog about on a normal basis.

Hope everyone is doing well and is staying healthy with all this SWINE FLU craziness that is going on. We have had 2 kids at Little Gym come down with it, but they are doing good now. A little close to home for me. None of the staff has gotten sick yet and I am hoping it stays that way.

Back Problems

So I went to the Chiropractor Friday since my back has totally been killing me. I used to go to him all the time in High School, so needless to say it has been awhile. So since I hadn't been in forever I was considered a new patient and had to do all the exams and stuff again. Well while he was doing the exam he noticed that my reflex on my left leg was delayed and that it is weaker then my right. I never would have noticed any of this if I hadn't gone in for what I thought was just going to be an adjustment. So anyway he is conserned about what he found. I have new strechs that I have to do 3 times a day which he hopes is going to loses the pressure off my lower back and allow my nerves to be normal again. I have to go see him twice next week and then I am probably going to cut down to only once a week because of the price. So needless to say I am a little worried with what he found Friday and I am hoping that the strechs and what not will help fix the problem, if not I am not sure what the  next step is going to be.  I will find out more Monday morning when I go in and he tells me what his thoughts are on the whole appointment from Friday. My back has been killing me even more so since Friday. I could use some prayers if you could send them my way I would appreciate it. I will keep you up to date when I know more.


On another note the jobs are going great, James is working a decent amount and our Kansas trip has been moved to the Thanksgiving Holiday. I was really looking forward to going up there and spending time with his family, but now maybe since we are going over the Holidays I will get to meet more of his family then I did the last time we went up there.

Little Gym/Nannying

So I have been working both of my jobs for about 2 weeks now and it  is finally starting to catch up with me. I am supposed to have Saturdays off, but have been picking up extra hours at the Gym. I am so beyond  tired and sore that I can't even focus. I love working for at the Gym and I love teaching my class and helping in others but I never knew how demanding it was on your body. It always looks so simple when  I had been there in the past. As for the nanny job, it is going well. I have both the kids on Mon and Wed and just the baby on Tues and Thurs so it isn't that bad. I guess now I know how James feels when he works all the time and never wants to do anything. I don't even want to run errands, do laundry or clean house on the weekends even though it is the only time I have to do it. Well I am off to the Little Gym now to cover for Alex who wasn't feeling well. Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day weekend.