Thankful

Ok so I know this is only a week late but we've had a busy week so I'm just getting around to it now. These last few months have made me so much more grateful for the little things in life that most people forget about or take for granted (myself included). So here are some of the things I'm thankful for this season.

Our families

I am so thankful to have a family that supports us and stands by us when things get hard! Our families have been so amazing with giving us advice and comforting us when things have been hard and that is something that mean a lot to us! I'm also so grateful that our son has these people in his life even if he doesn't get to see them all the time he knows he is loved and that's the biggest thing. Thanks for sticking by us we love all of you very much!



My hubby

Carl is such an amazing husband and daddy Gav man and I are so lucky to have him. He works so hard to make sure we have a place to live and food in our tummies. He does all that he can to show us how he loves us. He know exactly what to say when I get upset, he is my one and only. I love you Carl!

Monster man

My Gav man! I love this little boy more than I will ever be able to explain! I can't believe almost ten months ago I was meeting my little man for the first time....what an amazing feeling that was! I will never forget that moment. He is so much fun and with him our family fills more complete than it ever has before. I love you Gav you'll always be mommies little monster!

Eating turkey on Thanksgiving!

Work

Carl and I are both thankful for work even though Carl is the only one with a job outside the home he is very grateful to have the work he does even if it isn't exactly what he is wanting to do for the rest of his

life! We are grateful that he has  a job that brings in money for our family!

Friends

I am so grateful to have the friends that I do. We are so lucky to have great friends in our life right now! I have made some of the best memories in the last year with all of you! I'm also thankful that I came to the realization that I don't need negative, selfish, drama, people holding me back from making new friendships and rekindling old ones! I'm so grateful to have other mommies in my life that I can turn to for questions, play dates, and just a good vent sesh! Thanks to you who have supported us and stood by us we love all of you very much!





A home

I'm so thankful for my parents for letting us move in with them so that we could rent our house until we get back on our feet! Even though we are not in our own house I'm still grateful to have roof over our heads and a warm place with a family who loves us! It's been though going back to my parents house but in the end it has been so worth not loosing our house or having to sell it for a lot less than we wanted to! I love being able to spend so much time with my family we have had some really great times here in the last month or so!







Halloween & 9 month update!

First things first...We dressed Gav man up as a monster for Halloween and I just have to say he was the cutest little monster in the history of monsters! We had so much fun dressing him up and taking him around to visit everyone on Halloween! We started our day out visiting great grandparents then we went to my moms work and got to visit all her friends at work then after that we went to visit my little brother's girlfriend Rylee and our friend Emily at their work. Can I just say these girls are so cute they love Gav and they even went out and bought him some baby treats! We finally finished with our visits and we came home and I was changing little man out of his costume which he LOVED wearing by the way and found these huge rashes on his legs they looked like ring worm so I called his Dr. and they told us to bring him in so we did and come to find out this kid just has REALLY bad Eczema! So after we got that all taken care of and picked up his prescription we came home to show Grandpa and Uncle Zach Gav in his costume and they both loved it! Then later that night we met up with Matt, Mel, Liv, Court, and Pat at their new house and hung out for a little while! So all in all we had such a great Halloween!

Gav had his 9 month check up on the 4th and he is as healthy as can be! Her are the stats for 9 months!

Weight 18.6 20th % 

Height 28 in 25th %

Head 50th %

Crawling all over

Loves eating beans, crackers, cottage cheese, animal cookies, Bananas and so much more!

Still has 8 oz bottles 3x a day

Baby food 2x a day

Still in size 3 diapers

Still fits in 6 month clothes

Laughs when everyone else does

Says mama, baba, nana, and papa still no dada and that makes dada sad :(

Claps

High fives

Waves

I'm sure there is a ton more I just can't think right now! This little boy is my best friend I love him so much and I can't believe he is going to be one in just three months!

Two teeth!

The monster man now has two teeth! I love when he smiles and laughs how you can see these two little teeth sticking out it's oh so very cute! We got him his first toothbrush this last weekend and we brushed the two little guys tonight for the first time and he loved it! Hopefully that will follow him as he grows!

This is the reaction we got when the brushing was over....he was pretty sad about it!

A lot all in one!

Well this post is going to be jammed packed full of thing that are happening around our house! First things first Carl lost his job a few months ago and it was one of the hardest things we have ever been through! It was a shock to me and it definitely threw me for a whirlwind! We have been so lucky to have the friends and family that we do! Everyone has been so willing to help us out you are all truly amazing people! I hope that we can help any of you the in the same ways you have helped us! Carl was working with his uncle for a bit and we were and are so grateful that his aunt and uncle even thought of him! Carl is now working with one of his great friends doing construction which he seems to be liking for now. He also got a part time job at Home Depot which will work out great with school!

I have been going back and forth about writing this part of this post for sometime now.....and this may sound stupid to some and I know I shouldn't care about what people think of me but I do. I know that there are people out there that want nothing more than to see me and my family fail and I find that completely sad and pathetic that people sit around and hope and wish and wait around for bad things to happen to other people so they can go around and say did you hear and laugh at the cost of others happiness. With that being said here goes nothing....We have recently decided that we need to rearrange our lives and our living situation. We have decided to rent our house and move in with my parents until we can finish school and buy a new house that will fit our family in the future!  We also had to find a new home for our two sweet beagles...this was soooo hard for us we were so attached to those little dogs! I know in the end that this will be so much better for them we have had a hard time finding time to give them the attention they need with Gav. So we get to start packing up our house and we will be moving in a short two weeks!! I hope we have enough time to get our whole house packed up and moved before the weather gets too bad!

Moving on the the Gav man! He is 8 1/2 months and soooo much fun! He has the cutest little personality he is definitely figuring things out for himself! Here are a few highlight of the last few weeks...

Loves baby food and eats a fruit and veggie twice a day (lunch and dinner)
Loves to say mamamama over and over
Has two teeth!
Claps and waves and everything and everyone
Crawls all over the place
Pulls himself up on everything
Loves dogs
Hates the bouncer
Loves Backyardigans
Size 3 diapers still
Still eating 8 oz. bottles
That is the Gav man in a nut shell! Now for some cute pictures of the little guy!

3 years already!

On the 13th we celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary! I'm so lucky to have my sweet boys I love them both so much! This year we kind of did a low key celebration....we went to dinner at Archibald's at Gardner Village then we walked around for a while and took some pictures then after that we went and got a treat and went for a drive. It was so fun to celebrate with my boys. Here's to so many more years with my hubby! Love you!

Now for some pictures...