Still Unpacking

Yes...we have been in here for 2 weeks, and we are still unpacking.
But my front room is starting to look better. We have it down to just a few boxes left.
Bubba's room is pretty much taken care of,
the kitchen is pretty much done,
the bathrooms still need some work,
and our room?
Yeah, that's a WHOLE nother story. :-)

Yesterday we went to church. It was probably the last time going to church in that ward. I am COMPLETELY going to miss it. I was serving in the library, and had made some VERY good friends there! I was very sad to say goodbye. :-(
So the next time we go to church, we will be attending our new ward. :S Wish us luck.

Bubba now has a bedtime routine, and he seems to be doing very well with it! He hardly ever cries now when we put him down for a nap.

Sam had a job interview today. We will find out later this week if he got it. But it would be kind of cool if he got it. :-) I'll let you know more about it, when I find out more! Hopefully I will be telling good news.

Bubba is starting to talk a little bit more now. I still can't understand a lot of what he says, but he is starting to use a few more words to communicate with us. Still a jabberer though.

Last night, we went to Kaleigh's Seminary graduation. I can't believe she is graduating. When I got married, she was 10 years old. Now she's graduating High School. But I don't like to think of myself as older. I still feel 18. :-) And will continue to be 18 until I die. (yes that's right :-))

Alright, off to put a child to bed!

Girls Night Out and Funerals

I love GNO. There is no other feeling for this.

My WONDERFUL Aunt Wendy came down from Logan and we decided to do a Girls Night Out. We got some Pizza (YUM! I love Pizza...on my list for all time favorite foods..) and some Rainbow Floats from Pace's in Layton. (Well..some preferred to go to Zeppe's in Layton, so we split for that brief time :-)), played Nertz, and watched a movie. Sam took Bubba for the evening, Dad and Curtis went hunting, and Brandon was at work. So we thoroughly enjoyed a house to all of us girls and no kids.

In attendance besides Wendy and myself, were my mom, Tanielle, Kaleigh. Jackie, Tabitha, and my aunt Cathy. It was a lot of fun, and memories were made.

Pizza was Little Ceaser's and we had Hawaiian, and Triple Meat. And of course breadsticks and sauce. D.I.V.I.N.E.
At Pace's I had a fresh strawberry rainbow float. Yummy. What is a rainbow float? It is soft serve ice cream inside a slush mix. Very.VERY.Good.

I have never played Nertz with 8 people before, and things got a little crazy. Cards were being thrown, embedded into heads, sound effects were made. It was a BLAST.

We watched Valentine's Day (the only reason we watched this one, was because Taylor Lautner was is it :-) Although his role in this was not nearly as good as what it is in New Moon..) But it was a funny movie that had me laughing throughout it. It also made me cry (curse hormones).

That is what Girls Night Out is. Days I look forward to. :-)

As for the second part of my post...
It looks like we are going to be heading to california this week. Sam's grandmother passed away late last night. This lady was truly an amazing woman. When Sam and I were married, we went to San Diego for our honeymoon. We stayed at his grandmother's place (His aunt Becky had actually moved in with her and had built on to her house for her own family, and was taking care of her) And she was always wanting to do things with us, make sure that we were ok, and just wanted to take care of us. I have ALWAYS seen her happy! I don't think she was ever mad. She had a positive thing to say about everything and everyone. Truly amazing.
Her funeral is going to be this next weekend, so we are seeing what we can do to make it down for it. Hopefully everything will plan out. :-S

Anyway, enjoy :-)

melting of my heart

This morning, I didn’t want to get out of bed. Like, REALLY didn’t want to get out of bed.

I was warm, I was comfortable, bubba was eating breakfast with his daddy, and I was content.

Well, Sam had to eventually go to work after bathing Bubba. He put a diaper on him, put him in bed with me, and said “ok, he’s all yours!” We snuggled down into the covers and just enjoyed the morning. Bubba then started playing peek-a-boo with me and the covers. I got an idea that I wanted to capture these moments. Because they don’t happen all that often!

So, I grabbed my camera, and just played with Bubba, the covers, and the light coming in through the window. He got sick of it after a while, and went to his room and read stories. I was happy he let me follow him. So I kept taking pictures until I filled up my memory card. We then snuggled and watched a movie on the couch. So to describe this morning, bliss.

Pure.Bliss

By the end, he was mad. He wanted to take pictures, and not have any more taken of him. Yes, I'm training him right :-)

So I let him take a picture of me. This was what came out. I was pretty pleased with it. :-) See, I really AM training him well. ;-)

We also went out today to finish up the remainder of the Birthmother present that we will be sending to Crystal hopefully within the next week!! I can't wait to send her what we've got!!

We also went to a party tonight at a good friend's house. It was a lot of fun, and I absolutely LOVE meeting new people! It's making me open up more, and not be so afraid. :-) There was a photobooth there, and I had a lot of fun taking pictures in it. Haha, I will try to show those to you later. But Bubba never took a nap today, so he started getting REALLY onry! So we decided to leave the party a little early and head over to my parents (it was Bubba and I). Bubba really misses his aunts and uncles! We have such a hard time pulling him away from them! He knows now that when we say bye, we are leaving, and he doesn't know when he is going to see them again. Poor kid. Hopefully things will keep adjusting quickly.

He is going to bed easier too. We now have a routine that we pretty much follow every night, and he seems to know what it means. So luckily the last couple of nights haven't been so bad. He hasn't even cried when we laid him in bed. Awww...I sure love this little guy. I seem to be able to enjoy him more now. We can do things just the two of us. He loves to just snuggle next to me and watch what I'm doing, or we can sit and play with his toys, and it is just fun.

Anyway, how's that for my second day blogging? I at least got it in before midnight. :-)

Ok, so I now have internet at our place. It is still going to take a while to get everything set out and decorated to how I want it, and I don't think I will EVER get it to how I want it. Haha.

Here is a picture of Bubba from a few weeks ago. It was a warm day, so we took advantage of it!


And I guess you will hopefully be reading more about us, because per my mother, I have to update this once a day. (I tried to do once a week...but it wasn't good enough ;-))
So mother, starting today, I will try to be better about blogging. Even if all you get are short little excerpts.
We are excited to see what our future holds, as we start out as a little family again. :-)

Quick Update

Well, if you haven't heard by now from my facebook, twitter, etc. (I really should update this when I update those...but then you would be getting TONS of posts a day :-))

WE MOVED!!
We have moved out from my parents basement.
which really, they are excited too, so I won't try to hide my excitement. :-)
Hunter has his own room
I have somewhat of an office area
We have our own kitchen, and bathroom, and parking
Woot!

We moved into a 2 bedroom townhome style apartment here. It is smaller than our one we had in Logan, but it is bigger than what we've been living in for the past 2 years.
Can you believe it?
It's been 2 years almost to the day since we have lived on our own.
Excitement, and scared
I've gotten too used to having family around, not being alone, being around a ton of people. To all of a sudden, just Sam, Hunter and I. It's different....

But it's a good different. :-)

So this is just an update. Once I have everything unpacked, I will be posting pictures of it. So hang tight. :-)

Also, I will only have internet off and on for a few days. So bear with me. :-)

Spring

It is SPRING! You can feel it, you can smell it, and you can SEE IT!
Want some proof?
Here you go!

I love spring.
For some reason, Summer is too hot, Winter is too cold. Spring and Fall are juuuuust right.
I also love how everything changes in these seasons.
Ahhh....I just love it.
And it seems to help tremendously with my mood!
(I know what you are thinking, "tara in a bad mood? NEVER!", but alas I must admit that it does happen every once in a blue moon.)

The grass is getting greener, the house is getting warm enough that you can just open the windows and let the cooler breeze blow through the house, the blossoms are blooming making the world smell so fresh.
The allergies are in full blow...
Wait, this is supposed to be positive.

Anyway.
Things are still kicking around here.
I am amazed at how quickly bubba is growing.
(wait Tara, you said that in the last TEN posts..., but it is still true.)
He found a ticket the other day, that is shaped like a credit card. What did he do with it you ask? He went and closed a door, and used the ticket to slide in between the door and the side, and then tried opening the door.
Like this "key" was going to unlock the door.
Silly boy.
I have NO idea where he has gotten it from, as we haven't stayed in a hotel with him!
He just amazes me. completely
He loves to dance, and is the cutest dancer I think I have ever seen. :-)
And he is STILL getting spoiled by everyone who comes in contact with him. :-)

Something else I am pretty excited for, is he actually knows when he needs to go to sleep now. He still fights it a lot of the time,
but he KNOWS!
And sometimes will happily go down for a nap, or bedtime now.
Ahhh..makes it so much easier!
We are still working on talking.
Although, I know he CAN talk, because he will repeat things.
But he just doesn't talk a lot. But I know that will get better.

I am sitting here typing this, while waiting for photos to upload.
I am SO blessed to be able to pick up more business with my photography!
SO.BLESSED.
I am going to be pretty busy the next few weeks, and am SO excited!
Sam is currently sitting next to me, fast asleep.
I love that he supports me in what I love to do.
Even if it is sitting by me while I edit my butt off late at night. :-)

Anyway, I am going to try and post more of what is going on. My mother says that I need to do it more often. SO, like a good daughter, I will try to comply. :-)

Enjoy.

Update?

Haha, so..I guess it would be nice if I would come on and actually update huh.
I guess I feel like no one really reads my blog but my family, and they are all here anyway, so what's the point of posting it on a blog, when they witness it.

But for the purpose of giving my mom something to read when she gets online, here we go. ;-)

What have we been up to? Not a whole lot honestly. Trying to survive the sudden blast of winter that mother nature threw at us last week, and just trying to get through each day.

Bubba is growing up SO fast. I can't believe all the things that he knows how to do, or is learning to do. Some of his favorite phrases are of course "mom", "let's go", "no" and "stop" ("stop" being said with his hand up in front of your face. SO cute) He is now 2. Crazy. I don't count the months anymore. I count the years. I don't know if I am ready for that. So I still might count the months. :-) (Just don't tell anyone..)


He loves the camera. He is always trying to pull it out and says "cheese" but whenever I try to take his picture, he runs and doesn't want it taken. Typical. I think I just need to give him a rest from it.

He loves to smile and giggle. He can be SO silly when he wants to! He is just learning how to jump, and of course jumps off of the stairs. So far he has made it down 2 stairs in one jump. He LOVES it. I on the other hand worry about what bone he is going to break...

He is starting to snuggle more now. Which I love and also dislike at the same time. I love it when he snuggles me, but at night when he climbs into bed with me, it sometimes keeps me awake. (Yes, he sleeps in bed with me. When Sam is gone 4 nights in a row, I hate sleeping by myself, he sleeps, and then he is in a habit, so he sleeps with us even when Sam is home. It's rough. But don't hate)

His favorite movie is "Princess and The Frog" and he asks to watch it at LEAST once a day. (I'm tying to limit it) He will point to the TV and say "pincess!!" And he gets so mad during the movie when the prince dances with the wrong girl. Somehow he knows.

I try to enjoy every day with him. He is such a blessing in my life. I love and adore him to pieces. :-)

As for Sam and I, well, Sam still works for the Boys Ranch. And so he is gone usually from Friday to Monday working there. I recently quit Bath and Body Works so I could focus full time on my photography. Which I am happy to say is going well! I am going to be trying to incorporate more photo stuff on to this blog, and just try to merge the blogs somewhat together. So make sure that you are following my Photography blog so you can follow all things that I am doing!

Sam and I are hoping to be moving out here shortly as soon as we can find a place that will work for us. So we shall see how things go!

Anyway, I guess I will end this. Thanks for checking up on me, and I hope there are people out there actually reading. :-) Enjoy!