Blessings

This is going to be long....

We've been in NY for 3 months and about a week. It's been good and kind of rough. Justin was blessed to find a job to get us out here but we needed something that would have him closer to home and be home more often. He'd leave around 6:40am and not roll in till 7pm. I love staying home with Titus but around 5pm he's done with mom and ready for someone new to come home and play with him. My mom gets home around 6:30pm so that's a long wait for both of us. Justin has been looking every where for a new job. Walmart wear house, a cable company and moving up with his current job. Anything that would change his situation and pay more.

We've been trying to wait patiently and it's difficult. I think almost everyone wants things to workout quickly but we've been waiting, stressing and praying. Justin old manager from Spokane called and told him about a new position and she thought he'd be perfect for it. Weeks of different interviews and keeping in touch with them. Justin was still unsure if the position would even be approved and accept a new hire. This week they finally told Justin you have the job and you start Monday. He'll be working from home and he'll have more income than his job he finished on Thursday. Prayers answered!

I'm so happy Insight offered him another job. In Spokane he really felt confident in his work and overall enjoyed it. I'm proud of my hard working husband and glad he's so consistent. He easily got the job by constantly calling and checking in. I'm excited he'll be working from home. Most wives think that is an awful word but he'll be working and it's not like he'll just be hanging out with us. I love spending time with my husband and I'm excited to have lunch with him everyday. I'm exciting for Titus to see his daddy when he wakes up and I'm excited it won't take Justin an hour to come home. He just shuts off the computer and BAM! He's hanging our with us. I'm happy I'll have a car when and if I need it. There are a lot of pros to having him "work from home". Doesn't mean we'll always have this luxury but I'm happy for the time being.

We're still trying to get use to the area. Things aren't as convenient as Spokane or Temecula. I've been cooking a lot of stuff, I haven't made since I lived at home or have never made. Justin loves it because now he knows I can make home made spaghetti sauce. We're still looking for stuff to do with Titus, doctors and etc.

It's been nice living with my mom but kind of strange. I haven't lived at home since I was 18 so I feel a little loser-ish. It has been awesome though. Titus loves seeing his grandma. If he had his way grandma would play with him 24/7! He's so in love with his grandma. We have dinners all together and get to spend time together. It isn't much, with her long hours and then me putting Titus to bed around 8:30-9pm but it's been nice and a blessing to us three. We do look froward to having our own place but we hope we still see my mom a lot. Titus is so excited to see his grandma. It's so cute till he cries and screams for her to say hello to him. He's become a very opinionated little boy. He does the same to Justin and myself.

Titus turned one just 8 days ago! I still can't believe my baby is one. Time seriously flew by! I feel a little robbed of my moments with a little baby and that it went quickly. I thought he'd stay little for a lot longer but now I'm watching him grow and learn every day. It's exciting to see his new tricks and his personality. He's pretty silly. He thinks he's funny and always thinks if there is laughter it's all for him. 80% of the time it is but we'll laugh at a movie and he grins and laughs. He's become very vocal. He's having a hard time not being able to say what he wants or needs so I deal with some screaming and crying when I can't figure out what is needed. Around his birthday his third tooth popped out and this week his fourth popped and another is almost out. He's trying to stand without holding onto stuff for a few seconds at a time and walking while holding onto stuff. He's a FAST crawler. He's very busy!

His party was great. Most of my family here showed up to celebrate with us. He doesn't know everyone super well so he was pretty shy. Clung to his daddy, mommy and grandma most of the time. He went to his great Aunt Jenn but mostly was with daddy. When cake time came around I prepared myself that he'd freak and cry. He was unsure but finally dug into his smash cake. My Aunt T did an awesome job with the cakes! We hurried into gifts and we helped rip into his presents. People had to leave to go home and make dinner and get ready for the following week. He is so loved! Got cute toys, pjs and books! It's awesome how much everyone loves my baby boy! We left the party after cleaning up the church, with help from my uncles and within 2 minutes Titus was sleeping in the car. He must have had a nice time.

Life has been a little crazy

Let's just say Justin and I weren't ready at all for our big move to New York but we've been here for 17 days and it's going pretty well.

Justin had a phone interview with a company out in Troy, NY. They loved him and offered him a job. Seriously everyone loves my sweet and hard working husband. It didn't hurt that my moms BFF works as a manager there there.

We pretty much had about 3 weeks to get ready to move. Justin was calling tons of moving companies to figure out what was the best route to go. We had a few options. 1. He drives the truck and I follow 2. He drives the truck and tows our car and Titus and I fly 3. We find a moving company, drive our car with a 9 month old. 4. Moving company drives and we fly and we had a few other ideas. I wasn't thrilled about being in a car for about 10 hours a day with a 9 month old who already HATES the car for 5-6+ days. That just sounded rough but then again I didn't want to fly alone and have to cart around a car seat (that weighs about 50 lbs) , diaper bag and a baby. Finally after about a week or so of looking Justin found a company that would drive the moving truck, load it and unload. We really thought we'd be driving my car. Going to Seattle for our anniversary was an okay drive but on the way back to Spokane, Titus had a hard time. Seattle from Spokane is only around 5 hours.... that would be half of one day! I was very nervous about the whole thing. Justin finally found a company that would pick my car up, load it and deliver it to us. We looked into plane tickets and I thought it was a great deal and worth our money to fly. (We had one layover... It was amazing.) 

Everything seemed like it was going according to planned. I was doing as much as I could with a baby around. But little things take so much longer with a baby. I would run around our house as soon as he went down for nap and bed time. Justin and I thought we had the majority of everything packed. The night before the truck came we decided to wait to pack our bathroom, bedroom and kitchen. Bad idea. Thank God we had Ben and Heather out. They went to town and started throwing stuff away and were packing machines! Lorraine was awesome to have around so when I could pack she'd entertain Titus and try and keep him happy along with her two boys. That last night we packed till around 10:30pm and it wasn't 100% done but we all needed rest.

Justin woke up early and did some last minute things. The truck showed up around 9am and had everything gone in 4 hours. Our house was pretty empty. We kept a few extra things. We had our blow up mattress, a few pans to cook on, clothes, baby stuff and some blankets. We told everyone we were camping in our house for a week and that's what we pretty much did till they came and picked up our car. We ended up staying at Lorraine and Zach's for two nights. Justin went back and cleaned the house and tried to sell his ghetto car. We didn't have success with selling the POS (I lovingly named his car that). He was told it would be better to just donate it and let someone fix it up and give it to someone in need. We didn't expect that to happen but we needed it gone.

We hung out with Justin's family and Lorraine's family as much as we could.  For two weeks I was with Lorraine almost everyday. Almost in a car accident with her, went to CDA, and Pig out in the park. Around late 2004 Lorraine and I have almost been together daily. There were a few times we'd go on trips without the other and when she moved to MO for a few months but around 7 1/2 years we've been by each others sides. We've known each other for about 10 years and a few years we only lived down the street from each other. She is my sister that God forgot to give me at birth. ;) Instead He gave us to each other later in life. Out of everyone her and her boys will be missed the most by me. I look forward to visits from her and us visiting her.

We will miss Justin's family in Spokane area but know we'll see them and they'll hopefully see us. We keep saying this isn't forever. If Justin gets an amazing job in Texas or Florida one day... maybe that's where we'll be. Right now with having a baby, I feel like I need to be close to my mom and family here. If I had my way I'd move my dad, my awesome step mom, sisters, grandma, grand-Paul and of course Justin's family and Lorraine's family here. (I need to get back to topic here)

The movers over estimated someone's load and ended up not being able to bring all of our stuff in one truck. The stuff that they decided was essential was kinda strange but at least we had some stuff. Lots of our boxes were crushed and same with plastic bins. They misplaced Titus gates. They had really bad attitudes to look for them and one guy said, "all this work for some stupid little gates." I thought it isn't stupid because these gates cost about $60 each and we have two!!! We aren't sure if anything is broken yet. I'm really hoping nothing is broken. A few days later our car showed up. Let me just say almost everything has been some what unorganized. It's been testing my patience. I just keep saying at least we're here and stuff is actually getting here. Earlier this week our last truck came in with the rest of our stuff. I was late meeting him. They give us a time frames and normally aren't on time so I thought my mom, Titus and I will have breakfast and then be on our way. Justin calls just minutes after 9 saying the truck is already there. It takes us about 15 minutes to meet with the guy. He seemed irritated but nice. He ends up getting the ramp out and putting it in place. It wasn't secure and he starts to walk on it to put it into place. It didn't go into place. He ended up landing on his back on the ground. My mom and I looked at each other and I quickly ask "are you ok?" He seemed fine but it was probably the best thing I've see for a while. I held my laughter in. I texted Justin telling him it was AWESOME! Justin laughed. :)

So all our stuff finally is all here. Justin has been doing some work around my mom's house to make us all feel comfortable. Specially in our room in the basement. I bought some carpet for our room. My uncles picked it up for us and delivered it. Kurt and Justin got it down, cut and stapled to the floor. It looks 80% better down here. I just need to organize our room and make it look nice.  Justin is the best husband! He's been trying to fix little things here and there, spraying for spiders and other creepy crawlers. I love him! I don't tell him enough how much he's appreciated but I really do appreciate everything he does. Then to top everything off he works all day, comes home entertains Titus, does stuff around the house and loves up on me and the baby. He's AMAZING! God has seriously blessed Titus and I!

We moved upstate New York. Right now we are in the middle of nowhere. Seriously. The closes Wal-mart and grocery store is about 30-40 minutes away. I'm use to having a Target about 15 minutes down the road. We want to stay close to my mom once we find our own place but I cant live this far out. Right now I'm sucking it up and dealing with it. I've decided if its not needing, I'm not going.

Justin is looking for another job already. He needs something closer or something that pays a little better. Everyone can pray for that one. Besides that and all our little bumps in the road we're doing okay. We're happy, healthy and have each other.

Third Anniversary

The start to us dating :)

Engagement pictures... We have fun ;)

The day that changed it all. August 9, 2009

It was just us for a little while ;)

Pregnant!

The happiest day of our lives! Welcome Titus William

Happy Anniversary Justin! I love you so much! You are such a big blessing to me and now our little boy! I'd still marry you all over again. You're really an amazing husband and awesome daddy! We are so lucky to have you! I cant wait to see what our future holds and I cant wait for many more years with you by my side. I LOVE YOU!!! xoxox

Summer!!!

Summer is finally here! I've decided Titus is an awesome age for the summer. He's starting to sit but cant actually get around... yet. When we were down in Cali in June I'd sit Titus only to crash into the sand and come up with a face full of sand. It was awful and funny all at the same time. Now that it's July he's a little more stable. We have high hopes for our summer but we'll see how it plays out. We want to try Silverwood (a local water/amusement park) and camping. Lorraine, Benjamin, Isaac, Titus and I already did a road trip down to Cali and picked up Lorraine's dad, Ben on the way down. It was okay except Titus isn't the biggest fan of the car. Then once we were down in San Marcos area he came down with a cold and would projectile vomit before bed or in the middle of the night. It kind of jacked his amazing sleep during the night going from waking up once a night to about 4 times a night. We got to see good friends and family on the way down and staying in California. My mom surprised me down there. It was awesome to finally spend my birthday with her. I hadn't had a birthday with her in about 7 years. I've told her about every year I'm over 20 years old and I hate my birthdays without you. Guess she was tired of me crying about it. ;) Grandma Lorna had such a good time with Titus. She is an awesome great grandma! Overall the trip was a success for Lorraine and I with 3 little boys. Justin, Titus and I flew down the Utah to surprise my dad for Father's day. The waters have been tested out for many more flights around the U.S. It was great seeing my dad, Lisa, sister, brothers and everyone else. Lisa told my dad the house was flooding and he came rushing home from work only to find Justin, Titus and I in the laundry room. He told us we sucked but it was more since he had to go back to work and pack up for the day. We had a great time with him and everyone else. We hope to see them sometime this summer. Yesterday was the 4th of July. We had a nice little picnic with Justin's family, Lorraine and her grandma. We hung out for hours at Discovery park. Probably one of the coolest parks around or that I've ever been to. I've loved this park since they opened it. Walking around I remembered when I'd take the kids I use to nanny there and now I get to be there with my son and nephews. Later that night Lorraine and her boys came over for dinner. She brought fireworks and once they were all gone we had Justin run to state line for a few more. He seriously is the best. It was a great day! Overall our summer and our lives are blessed everyday by our baby boy! Crazy how much our lives have changed and I cant picture Titus not in my life. He's completely changed Justin and I. I never knew I'd love someone so little so much. We strive to give him the best. Justin is the best Daddy. We are seriously so blessed to have him around. I cant imagine raising Titus without him. He rolls around with Titus on the floor and takes such good care of him. I'm so lucky to say that I'm a Mommy! Titus is really a good/happy baby. Everyday I try to be the best mommy I can for him. I never just want to be a "good enough" mom. I've had moments where I haven't been the best but I keep trying. We aren't perfect but I want the best for him and that means I need to give him my best.