27 here i come...

So before i turn 27 (which i am thrilled about since i am the only one excited to turn 30 soon) i thought i would take a look back in the past year.

My 26th birthday was awesome since that was the day that CSP and i found out that we got approved for our home (we are renting but it was still stressful waiting). A month later we packed up our tiny apartment and moved into our large home. You would think that i would have tons of room for storage, oh no not me. I love to "collect" everything, CSP calls it hording and thinks its all trash. Hey you never know i might need that tiara one day that was given to me on my 16th birthday that has been sitting in a box for 8 years! Moving on...

the summers were spent letting travis run in the sprinklers or swimming in grandpa dougs pool. Which is really nice since Grandpa Doug lives about 6 blocks from our new home. I had an awesome tan, that i wish would stay with me year round. Travis became a little fish and we started to teach him how to blow bubbles in the pool and put his face under the water, but he wouldnt make an attempt at wanting to swim, maybe this summer. Adrienne and Brian came out in the summer and CSP felt the need to rent scuba gear and taught Brian how to use it sitting on the bottom of Grandpa Dougs pool... weirdos

work kept CSP and i very busy and our 17millionth atempt at getting married came and gone, which was hard since i wanted so badly to get married. in time it will happen (thats what i keep telling myself). Travis and i spent a week in August visiting with both my parents, which was nice because on my dads side we had a "family reunion" and i got to see a lot of my family that i rarely get to see. Travis has become quite the little frequent flier and loves to "go on airplanes", he loves turbulence and is always saying really loud "the plane is broken". haha i am sure the people around us dont appreciate that.

August also brought a new member to our family. CSP really wanted another dog since we gave tyra back to his parents (long story). and we ended up finding one... he is sher pei chow mix and is the cutest thing in the world... he has grown into a big baby, but is definately my dog now haha...

Halloween was awesome esp since Adrienne came out, and Travis was the cutest Batman i had ever seen... What can i say i am obsessed with my kid :) . Travis's "gf" (but travis will correct you in telling you that she is just his friend) Kylie came out with us and we (jenna, kylies mom and i) had a blast watching them have fun.

thanksgiving was spent here in AZ with CSP's family and it was nice and quiet... which is not something i am used to... damn i need more kids to make noise for the holidays haha. CSP's dad found all the old video game consoles and travis was in 7th heaven playing duck hunt... come on you all remember duck hunt...

Last year was also my first and probably last atempt at black friday, totally not worth getting up at the butt crack of dawn for a stupid leap frog... plus i am really bad at keeping things like gifts a secret... if i have it in my possesion i really really want to give it to the person...

Christmas was spent in san diego, which was really nice for me since it had been awhile... CSP drove out there and spent a few days with my family, travis saw santa at the mall and told him he wanted a Wii but when he said it, it sounded like he was asking for weed... haha. travis made out at christmas and i was in heaven just watching him get sooo excited about everything he opened even if it was clothes...

New years, was lets say i think i am getting to old for new years... CSP and i stayed up drinking mimosas... ok maybe i was drinking them and he was drinking the champange out of the bottle... thats my BF... but i stay up late, make munchies, midnight comes, no kiss so at 12:05 i said i am going to bed... not happy.

january was Travis's birthday and of course like everything else i went way overboard.... he wanted chuckie cheese so i made it happen... then he wanted a monster truck cake, made that happen and he even got to go see monster trucks that night with CSP and CSP's parents, which he loved! i was bummed that i couldnt get to see him enjoy it but it was nice that him and his dad got to bond...

March we got another 2 members added to the family... Our baby kitty became a momma kitty, and had a litter of 5 kittens... only 2 survived, which was hard to explain to travis but here is how our conversation went:

T: "mommy why did the babies die?"
Me: "well honey, (thinking of what to say), god wanted a few kittens to live with him in heaven so he took some with him and left us with two" ( fingers crossed he would say ok and leave it)
T: "mommy i dont like that, can you tell him to give them back"
Me: oh crap what do i say to that... so i just kept telling him "well honey, i cant, but dont be sad, we have 2 that we can play with"
T: "ohhhhh okkkkk"

which brings me to today... work is good, i am back on my old schedule 4 days on, 4 days off, working 1am-1pm... rough i know but those 4 days off are well worth it! CSP and i getting along better than ever... a little trip to the east coast 2 weeks ago really helped that also... while i was gone the only thing i wanted to do was be at home with CSP and travis... so what can i say i am all in love with my life now.... i know cheesy....

I hope being 27 brings even more joy to my life... like becoming a MRS. instead of MISS, or maybe hopes of a new baby (that isnt an animal this time), or a new car (wink wink)... but regardless (or irregardless... thats for you KHW), and maybe just maybe, i will get CSP to learn how to do "chores"... a girl can dream cant she....

pics

thats my boy

shamu

the polar bear was eating a starfish

travis and daddy

travis and auntie "chell"

its been awhile...

So a dear old friend (Eric) mentioned to me that it has been awhile since i posted and i felt really bad. haha... so i will try to post more often... this one is for you Eric.

In the last couple of months we have celebrated Travis's birthday. i can not believe he is 4 already, i miss being able to hold him like a baby, and i miss when he couldnt talk haha. but in all honesty he is amazing. he is very smart, funny, and adorable, but at the same time he is my own little devil. some of his new things that he says are "grandma when are you going to take me back to the circus (circus is church, haha)" , "lock and load (when he is playing nerf guns with his daddy)" , "its not my problem (when i am asking him to clean his room)" , "bring it on sista (when playing with my sisters)" , and my absolute favorite "i love you more".

for those of you that really know me, know that i am constanly battling with the idea of having another baby. i want one so bad but at the same time, i love love love the time that i am having with travis. there are so many things that i want to do with him while he is an "only" child. but at the same time it breaks my heart when he wants to play and there isnt anyone to play with him.

so back to what has been going on... he had his 4th birthday at chuck e cheese ( i hate that place ), and it was monster truck themed, which he loved. good ole me was even able to find ninja turtle monster trucks... very hard to find sometimes. Then that night travis, CSP and CSP's parents went to Monster Jam, in which travis fell asleep... How in the world does a child fall asleep at monster trucks, but he couldnt wait to tell me about the tires falling off some of the trucks.

then michelle came to visit us in Feb, and travis was estatic. we took her up to flagstaff and went sledding which was a BLAST. it was travis's first time in the snow and my second time. it was cold and wet but very fun.

then travis and i went home to san diego for a few days and got to go to sea world. I can never ever get tired of that place and i dont think travis can either. it was nice and sunny but still chilly, but apparently travis was promised that he could go on the water raft ride, and we got soaked!!!! but the look on his face warmed me up.

and recently adrienne and michelle drove out here to az to visit us... boy o boy was travis in 7th heaven. i cant put into words how his eyes light up everytime he sees them or how sad he is when they leave, and its times like that, that make it extremely harder to live so far away from my family.