Crazy Buzy

Well things feel so crazy right now! We are busily trying to look for a place to rent, we need to move in about 3-4 weeks, which just feels so soon! I found a place we are in love with (its just three doors down from our current house) and I sent in the application but I'm nervous on whether it will go through or not. We are trying to find a car we would like to buy and get that all square away. I have been sick, but am starting to feel a little better. I go to the doctor again on Tuesday, excited for that! Last weekend was busy but fun. Got to spend time with both of my sets of parents and got stuff done around my house too! I have pics I will post soon. This weekend I am seeing Sex & The City (twice) and excited for some girl time! As much as I love my baby its been a long time since mommy had girl time! That's about it for now. Just trying to get ready to move and keep up with the daily grind. Hope you are all doing wonderful!

Sara

Contemplative

So, lately I have been checking out everyone's blogs, visiting links on peoples blogs and finding people from high school. Its so weird to see them and what their life is like since I knew them. It has made me very contemplative over my life the last four years. I have always been excited to do things and jump in 'em with both feet. I got married young and actually I guess done everything young but I wouldn't trade anyone of it for the world! So I wanted to jot down a quick little timeline of my life since I met Kevin.

• Dec '02- Met Kevin over Christmas break, we were a couple by New Years.
• May'03- We got engaged when I was a junior in high school
• January '04- Graduated high school
• June 19, 2004- We got married in Boise and honeymooned in McCall
• July '04- Went to New York for about a month to model competition; decided I wanted a different lifestyle
• August '04- Started working at Chatterbox
• June '05- celebrated 1st anniversary in McCall and had a blast!
• February '06- Pregnant for first time
• June 16, 2006- Miscarriage at five months, a son named Carson
• July '06- Bought our first home
• Summer '06- Got to travel all summer for CBX going to trade shows and teaching classes. Through CBX I've been to Vegas, Chicago, Little Rock AR, Mall of America just to name a few
• October '06- Pregnant with Addison
• January '07- no longer working for CBX
• Jan-July '07- I got to just be pregnant and spend time with family and friends. My pregnancy kept me pretty busy, went into pre-term labor at 14 weeks, on bed rest for a month then on limited activity, weekly doc apt & ultrasounds, genetic testing, hospital stay, then finally...
• July 7, 2007- Addison Marie born
• Nov '07 - started substitute teaching part time
• Jan '08- got hired on at AISG and started working full time since Addi was born
• April '08- pregnant with Baby Tobias

Today- I look back on my life and feel blessed, I have always been surrounded by my family and friends; they have guided me and supported me through all excitement in my life. I have learned some pretty hard life lessons, but lessons I know that I needed to learn and they have made me the person I am today. The places I have been have blessed me with life-long friends. I'm 22 and half, and can't believe everything that's happened, I can't believe its been almost five years since I graduated high school or that I've been married just shy of four years. I still can't believe I'm a mom, or that I'm pregnant again, but if you know what you want from life why wait? I guess, basically, I LOVE MY LIFE!

Addison Birth Announcement

I love, love, love this! It's Addi's birth announcement that my friend April made but I never got to use because I was a slacker mom and never sent them out! Something I totally regret now! But I wanted to share it with you all because it is so beautiful. I think I am going to see if I can work with April to create Addi's one year b-day invites, she has a company doing graphic design work and I just love it. I know so many people that do graphic design and they are all so talented. When I used to work at CBX I could just sit at Jesse's desk for hours and watch her design. It's one of my goals to learn how to do this. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Love,
Sara

Busy but good weekend

What a busy weekend, but lots of fun! Friday night I stopped by my moms after work and she decided to come run errands with me, I was really glad she did because its been a while since we've gotten to hang out. We had a really good time chatting in the car, we picked up Addi from daycare, went to Fred Meyer and got some Mother's Day things, went to Costco and got some formula. I ran into my babysitter that we always had as kids there and it was so cool to see her, she looks just the same as I remember her and has a cute little girl. Then drove back out to Eagle to get my car and head home, so it was a little late when we got home and Addi went to bed way past her bedtime, poor girl!

Saturday we got up early and went and met up with April and Becca at Other Mothers in Boise for the $0.25 sale! It was great, I got a garbage bag of clothes for $8 and a brand new Graco stroller for $25! I was thrilled with my finds, Addi got so much cute stuff but I need to go through it cause I'm a little worried shes going to have all these cute pieces but nothing that matches well to make an outfit. I also bought some newborn baby boy stuff, because I have myself convinced I'm having a boy, but I figure if I'm not I'll just sell it at a garage sale for $0.25. We then headed over to Becca's to try to make a Mother's Day present for my mom but it did not work! We were going to try to take the baby's hand prints and you stamp them in a circle and it creates a flower, we were going to put these all over an apron for my mom but their hand prints were just big blobs of paint, so we'll wait till they are a little older. We ended up getting her some nice things but I always prefer to give handmade gift. We then got to head over to Jesse for a play date! There was Jesse and her daughter Gracie, (which if I have another girl I'm stealing your name Jesse cause I love it so much) and Nicole and her son Finley. We did cheese and then chocolate fondue and just had so much fun. I always have so much fun with these girls, I can just relax and be myself. Can't wait till next month girls!

Sunday was a nice day. Kevin got up with Addison for me so I got to sleep in until 9:30! We went over to my moms and Kevin made eggs and hash browns and bacon for us and my grandma and sister made asparagus and a fresh berry salad. It was such a yummy brunch. We just hung out all day eating and being outside, playing Wii, I took a nap. Then we went home and Kevin put Addi to bed and I got to watch my Sunday night shows and then we watched The Golden Compass, it was pretty good but I want to watch it again.

I hope you all had wonderful, deserving days with your families! I know you are all inspirations to me of how to be a wonderful mom and I would be lost without all your advice. Here are a few of my favorite mother quotes:

My mom is a never ending song in my heart of comfort, happiness, and being. I may sometimes forget the words but I always remember the tune. ~Graycie Harmon

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother. ~Abraham Lincoln

Love,
Sara