it's been a long time coming...

WOW! It's been forever since I last blogged. So it looks like my last post was about my resolutions. Honestly, I was doing awesome and was well on my way to meeting them. I was eating healthy and working out 5-6 days a week. I lost 15 pounds and then in April a disc slipped in my back which took me out of being able to work out, which led to me forgetting about my healthy eating and before I knew it I gained back all 15 pounds. Boo!! I keep trying to get back into it, but I swear it's all in your head and I can't get my head back into it. I think I need to pin up some pictures of me at my heaviest and hang them around to motivate me.

So, let's see.. what else has happened since I last updated. Probably one of the biggest things was my parents came back from their mission in Singapore. I have loved having them home and Chloe and Seeley are happy as well. Chloe spends ever waking moment with my mom and every day Seeley asks if we can go up and see Franny. Plus, with Franny and Dave coming home it also meant that all my family has been coming around. It's been so fun to see my siblings that I haven't seen in awhile, not to mention Seeley has gotten to see and play with his cousins. My sister has a daughter, Caitlin, that is three and her and Seeley had so much playing together. Whenever he sees pictures of her he get's all excited and shouts "Kee" I wish she lived closer so the kids could play together all the time.

Another big thing is Rey got an AMAZING job opportunity with Fidelty. He officially starts Sept. 22nd and gets benefits starting day one. This is HUGE for us because he is going to be making more than enough money for us to get by and actually we are planning on house hunting after we get our taxes back in march or april. It's so fun to think that we will finally have a house of our own and get to be our own family unit in a place that actually feels like ours. Don't get me wrong, we love living with my parents and it helps that we have our own apartment area in the basement, but it's never felt like home really.

Speaking of Rey's work, I have started back up at work. Late July my old work called and said someone just walked out and quit and they needed someone asap and asked if I would be interested in a part time position. It worked out perfectly that my parents had just gotten home from their mission and offered to watch Seeley. We wont really need me working with Rey's new job, but since we are planning on buying a house soon we figured all the money I make will go in a separate account and be used just for future house stuff. The extra money Rey's job makes while we live at my parents will go towards the down payment and all my paychecks will be going toward things for the house like paint, a lawn mower, grill, patio furniture, and I am hoping we will even have enough for a nice sectional.

So yeah, that's about it!

Resolutions & Goals

Wow! I can't believe that it has almost been 2 months since my last post! I seriously feel like it was just Halloween. I would normally write about Christmas and how much fun it was, which it was to an extent because Christmas morning with Seeley was a blast, but working on Christmas, especially when Seeley is getting older and starting to be more interactive about it is a total downer. So, in a nutshell it stunk that I had to spend it away from Seeley, but the time that I did spend with him was magical! He loved waking up to all of his new toys and didn't know what to play with first!


2013 was a fast and very crazy year! My little man turned a year old, which I still can't believe, I got a job, and now I am quitting that job! While 2013 had some great moments I am definitely ready for 2014 and what it has to offer. I think what I am most looking forward to is my parents coming home in July! I miss them tons and Seeley has changed so much and I can't wait for them to get to know him all over again. Another thing I am looking forward to is carbonation!! Honestly, I don't really miss it that much and don't plan on drinking it a lot, but I have been getting some nasty migraines recently and a little diet coke would work wonders right about now. Plus, I have been itching for a cherry limeade for quite some time now.

So, now that I have almost gone a full year without carbonation I figured it was time to make some more resolutions and goals. Last year I only had the one, but this year I have quite a few and hopefully I can stick to them because I think they would help me become an all around better person.

My first goal is to lose 30 pounds! 33 to be exact! In 2013 I was able to lose 20 pounds so I know if I really put my heart into it and stick to it that it can be totally accomplished, plus I have set some short term goals that I HOPE will help me stick to it. First, by Easter I want to be at the weight I was when Rey and I met. That means I have until Easter to lose 11 pounds. Then by the time Dave and Franny come home I hope to be at the weight that I was when Rey came back from his second deployment which means I need to lose 18 pounds by then. Then, I hope to have lost all 33 by my birthday! That will put me at my goal weight and then hopefully by my birthday I can be a couple of pant sizes smaller and buy some cute clothes!

My second goal is on the more spiritual side and I plan to read the Book of Mormon every day this year and finish it! My dad just finished reading the Book of Mormon every single day for the past 40 something years this December! I think that is amazing since he has not missed a day since well over the time I have even been alive. So that is goal number two!

Goal number three is I want to do fun and creative things with Seeley. I pin fun toddler activities on pinterest all the time but have yet to actually do any of it! Especially with me quitting work and getting to be a stay at home mom again I want to be the best one I can be!

Lastly I want to spend more quality time with Rey. In all honesty I'm not sure how feesable this one actually is, but I miss spending quality time with him so I want to try and get more date nights in, even if it is something like going to costco for dinner and renting a redbox! I miss my naldy and I miss spending time with him.

So yeah, those be my 2014 goals! I know it is a lot, but I know it can be done. And I am sure you could care less about my goals, but I figured just getting them out there into the universe will help me stick to them!

Halloween 2013

 Last night was by far the best Halloween I have ever had. I had some pretty fun halloweens as a kid and even a teenager and loved coming home with almost a full pillowcase of candy but nothing can beat watching Seeley have fun.

The first thing we did was take Seeley to the south towne mall at 4. Every store had someone handing out candy and it was a great way for Seeley to figure out the general idea. At first we had to carry him from store to store but eventually he figured it out and wanted to walk himself. It was so cute to see the little guy carry around his bucket, grab the candy from the person and put it in his bucket. His favorite were the dum dum suckers because he could open them himself and eat them whenever he felt like it.

After going to most of the stores we came back for dinner. I made some yummy taco soup! After we are dinner we went trick or treating in the neighborhood. By this time Seeley was a trick or treating pro and loved walking up the doors and getting his candy. We even decided to make a stop at mikaele and Bobby's place and Laura's. Seeley even decided that Laura's house looked like a great place to visit because he just walked right on in and made himself comfortable. By the time we got home it really was Seeley's bedtime but he was definitely on a crazy sugar high so we let him stay up for awhile. Honestly the best part of the night was watching him freak out and get excited every time the doorbell rang. His whole face would light up and he would start screaming and run to the door. 

All in all it was a very successful Halloween and I can't wait till next year when Seeley realizes even more what is going on.

It's on like donkey kong!

So as you may all remember I got crazy into eating healthy and working out awhile back and so far have lost 15 pounds. Well, I got sick and just really never got back into it. Well the other day I saw a picture of myself and got remotivated! This past Thursday I pulled out the myfitnesspal app and have been once again tracking my calories and started doing my last chance workout DVD. It's an awesome workout because its a 35 minute work out and it beats me up good! In fact my legs are still sore! I also have the 30 day shred and just bought ripped in 30 to add into the mix. We also ordered a gate that we can put around the treadmill so as soon as that arrives I will start running again which will be nice because I can add that to my workout DVD and get in an hour workout everyday. Anywho! Back to why I said its on. Well, Rey wants to get into shape too so he suggested that every week we decide a price like a back massage or redbox movie pick and the person who loses the most weight each week wins. I am pretty stoked because I really feel like this will motivate us and help us not to cheat. The cheating part is my biggest thing because late at night I get snacky and even though I just restarted on Thursday I have already cheated! Anywho! Just thought I would post that and update you all since hopefully when I lose that weight I will probably post on here and brag since I know most people don't like weightloss/working out posts on Facebook.

Just Checkin In!

I figured I should update my blog since it's been quite awhile and I'm at work and super bored. I figured the title was fitting since I check people in and I'm at work.. and I'm also checking in with my blog peeps! I'm so punny! Punny! Get it? Like funny but a pun! Yeah, I'm bored. Normally I work Tuesday-Friday 2:30-10:30 and then Saturday from 3-8, but this past Saturday I had it off so instead of two days off I got three days off and it feels weird to be back! It definitely made me miss being a stay at home mom because I love spending as much quality time with Seeley as I can. It was a fun weekend too since Rey's grandparents are in town and they are staying with us and it's so fun to see them interact and play with Seeley. Seeley definitely loves his great grandpa! They had an instant connection! Since going back to work Seeley has really gotten clingy with Rey and now with his grandpa I think he is really starting to become more comfortable with males. I read that around 18 months boys generally start pulling away from their moms and start associating more with males. So maybe with me going to work that is going on a little bit sooner. I dunno, kind of makes me sad when we go places and he only wants to be held by Rey, but it is what it is. I know that Seeley loves me, and quite honestly, I love that Rey and Seeley love each other so much and already have a special connection. So let's see.. I don't feel like much else is going on in my life.. lame i know, but it's true. I work what feels like all the time and any spare time I have is spent with Seeley. I have been reading a bit more since I get super bored and you can only troll the internet for so long. It also helped that both a girl I work with and Mikaele mentioned goodreads in the same day which has been awesome. I'm finding so many good books to read. Right now I am reading the Mortal Instruments series and to be honest I'm kind of disappointed.. It's been slow and I hate reading things where it takes 100 pages for it to get exciting. I'm actually starting the book elixir tonight, which was written by Hilary Duff. I'm expecting a fun little fluff piece so that should be fun! Anywho.. I wish I had more to update on but I really don't.

working mama

well, i just got a job!! woot woot! i'm going to be working at the front desk at the homewood suites in midvale. one of my old friends that i used to work with posted on facebook that they were looking for a full time employee, and i had been contemplating going back to work anyway. i love being a stay at home mom more than anything but between mine and seeley's dr bills and rey's recent er visit our savings has been getting lower and lower. as you all know we are living in my parents house and the idea was to save money so we could have a decent savings and have a bunch of money to put on a down payment.. well that is not happening right now so i'm going back into the working world. plus, as rey gets further into school it's getting a little harder and i'd love to make things easier for him, especially if he can drop some shifts at work and mostly concentrate on school because that is going to be the number one way in which we better things for ourselves.

so yeah, i'm pretty excited to get things going, but a little nervous at the same time. i'll be working 4, 8 hour shifts a week, which means 4 days a week rey is going to put seeley to bed and that makes me a little sad since i've always been there to help and have always read him his bedtime story. i know rey will be fine since he is so good with seeley and seeley loves him but it still makes me a little sad. i mean, i've spent every single day with seeley for the past year. in the end, i know seeley will be fine with his daddy and having extra money will be awesome! well, i think that's all that's new for me.

the bad and good news

well, first i shall go with the bad news! the other day seeley got a hold of a spoon and decided it was his new favorite toy, in fact he is still holding it now. basically he was carrying it around with him all day. after playing with seeley outside i picked him up and began walking towards the door and pulled out my cell phone to look at the time. seeley decided it would be a fun idea to hit my phone with said spoon and my phone went flying out of my hands and right onto the cement stairs of my porch. yep, my screen cracked, and it cracked bad! i can sort of use it, but not really. luckily rey gets paid today so we are going to get it fixed today, but it will be a sucky $150 to fix it, which basically means that we don't really have any extra spending money this month. plus, i hate spending money on myself these days. i love buying things for seeley and i feel like i am taking away from him by having to fix my phone. basically it's lame and really depressing me, but it is what it is.

well, now onto the good news! i have a ONE year old! it is so crazy how fast one year goes by when you have a child. it's funny because on those nights when you are up all night with a crying newborn and only getting 1-2 hours of sleep at a time you feel like this time will never come, but here we are. pretty sure i'm the luckiest mom ever because i got blessed with the coolest little guy ever! he already has a silly and goofy personality and he just gets smarter every single day. this past year has been so fun and so amazing to watch and see this little guy grow and explore the world around him. plus there is absolutely nothing better than a snuggle from your little one, especially when they only want to snuggle with you! seriously though, it's the best! basically i can't get enough of this guy and i look forward to so many more years with him. anywho! that is all!