New Year?

I can't even believe this year is gone. It feels like yesterday that 2007 had started. And what a year it was! Hopefully this new year will be just as exciting! I was thinking about doing a top ten list of 2007. But really I can only think about the arrival of Wyatt. Everything else seems to be a blur! I'm so excited for baby victoria and baby ike or ivy to be here.(i think it's going to be ivy...but who am i to say!)

I'm not really one for new years resolutions, but there are a few things that I would like to accomplish for this year.

1. Mommy and Wyatt bonding (obviously). We need our time to be a family before I introduce a man *crosses my fingers* into the picture. It would be nice if I found him this year! *wink wink nudge nudge HF*

2. Andrea was talking about how she wants to be tough and start running 5K's and 10K's... SO I think that I will join her. Maybe just the 5K's for now. I don't want to go too crazy or anything.

3. I want to be more organized at work. I am pretty OCD when it comes to some things, but I have found that my boss has rubbed off on me a bit. She just puts stuff wherever she feels the need and I've started the same thing. So i'm stopping that. It totally bugs me, so I need to stop!

4. I am going to make time for myself. Being a single mom I realize this is going to be tricky, so I'm lucky that I have a great family. My pediatrician always asks if I'm making time for myself, he seems to be worried about it. He was my pediatrician in the hospital so he knows ALL about us :) But I'm going to make it happen.

5. New Car. Hopefully I can make this work... my two door honda is just not cuttin it anymore. Wyatt is getting a little bigger, so shoving him in the back seat is getting a little tricky!

6. Sugar and Fast Food... I know this stuff makes me feel like crap, so why do I insist on stuffing my face with it? Ya, who knows. But it's going to stop. I will of course indulge myself every once in awhile, so no need to worry.

I'm sure there are more, but that will do for now. I hope everyone had a good year and has an even greater 2008.

Love you all!

the holidays

I'm actually pretty excited for it to be Christmas. I have needed a break from work and I am going to enjoy it as much as possible! I went and bought a few things for Wyatt. Even though I feel like he has no idea what is going on, I'd feel like a schmuck if I didn't.

Work on the house is coming along! There are a few things that Chad said he would still help me with. But i'm not holding my breathe. If he does, fabulous! He owes me anyway for being so nice to his dumb self. I have to give him credit though, he does make a beautiful baby! So below are a few pics of the cabinets. I need to take a picture of the bathroom. The tile surround on the tub is all in and the floor is done. All he needs to do now is grout it. But... he went hunting, so whatever Joe. He's a funny guy, but sometimes I wonder!







And now my baby is crying... So I better go see what I can do. Oh the joys of teething!

blessing day

I kinda forgot to post these! And I just found them on the computer. Steve blessed Wyatt on Thanksgiving at grandma's house. It was such a great day and I was so hapy that we were able to do it. Steve did great and so did Wyatt. He stayed pretty quiet through the whole thing! I wish I would have thought to get a picture with Steve, Court, Byron, Jesse, and Wyatt but I spaced it. Anyway, it was a fabulous day and I just love him. I can't remember how my life was without him and I don't want to!

3 weeks!

I wanted to hold three fingers up and say three weeks over and over again the way robin does when talking about her next date with Byron and Lynda. She gets so excited. However... in aproximately 3 weeks I will be able to move back into my own place. And I bet you that I am more excited than Robin is about her 2 weeks until date night! For those of you who have no idea what i'm talking about, Robin is my moms sister who is handicaped. She can't wait to go on date night with my unlce Byron and aunt Lynda, they are clearly her favorites and she lets us all know!

I was a little disappointed that they granite place is 3 weeks out, but it's okay. I enjoy getting the help from my family with Wyatt. They are so fabulous. Heck, my mom even did my laundry yesterday. She's probably scared I am going to fall apart at the seams with everything going on in my world right now. Sometimes I can be quite the wreck. But things are working out just fine, as Chad kept telling me they would. Wow, thanks Chad. haha I'm a brat.

Today at work was literally nuts. Wyatt wasn't feeling to hot and just wanted to be held pretty much most of the day. Sometimes I wish that he would pick a more convienent day to not feel well. haha right. I had to finish up with some clients while my boss ran off to meet with another one of our clients Bob. Bob is fantastic and thinks I'm just the greatest thing ever. I bet he wants me to be his grand daughter. But back to the real story. So, I'm going over their Buyer documents and then having them sign a purchase contract for a home they are buying. Which...simple, although i'm not supposed to be doing so we'll just keep that on the DL ya heard! But it wasn't simple. I had to explain pretty much every paragraph, he read through everything and then I had to make about a million changes to it all. I was starting to get a little impatient. And then he made a fuss about his name and was worrying about the way title would record this all to the county. I know this is all a bunch of mumbo jumbo to most of you so sorry. He wanted just his first initial and his wifes first initial and then their last name... no full names. After a call to his lender she ok'd it and I went to change the docs ONCE again. At this point I had been with them for an hour and it was now six, and I was getting things wrapped up, he sends me an e-mail and then tells me not to forward it on to anyone besides my boss. At this point I was like dude you have to be kidding me. I'm sure the look on my face said it all when his wife kinda chuckled and said "she obviously didn't see the e-mail address that it came from" which no I didn't. So she goes, he works for the FBI. HERRO!!! You know, if they would have explained this earlier I would have understood his reasons for being so funny about everything. So I now know a federal employee, and I know where he will be residing in Utah, and No I will not tell you where.

So that's my day. I had a lot to say. I hope all is well with you all!
Love!

the home in progress!

Okay, so here are a few pictures. The before pictures are on my computer at home...which is not hooked up at the moment. So here are these! The first photo is on my family room...full of nothing but...New appliances!! YAY and some tile and lighting stuff, but you get the gist. The second one is of all my cabinets, in their boxes :) But there is a sample picture of what my vanity looks like, which is what all of my cabinets look like! Then there is a picture of the kitchen, and Ryan in my laundry room grinding my floors so that the tile guy can do his thing. Then we have the bathroom and a view of the tub. And pictures of Ryan after his dirty job! I'm really so excited, stressed out of my mind! but i can't wait for the final outcome.!

where have all the good men gone?

so today just wasn't the most fabulous day ever. my little man is all stuffy so we have to wake up at various times throughout the night too "snork" out his nose. which he hates, so it makes it sad. needless to say last night we didn't get much sleep. anyway, for some reason chad weasled his way back in (not completely!), and he promised to help do a lot of the work on my house. he was going to save me money so why not. well after today and speaking with his girlfriend that i didn't know existed and finding out that men like him (lynette i think you can relate) don't just get better overnight...i'm having to find new help :) i'm not really sure why i let him help out in the first place. other than he has this magic man dust or something. it's horrible. although it was an answer to a prayer. not the way i wanted the answer to come. but i'll take it!

but really? where are the good men? i think we need to gather a search party and find them all.

so after this long day my mom and i went to home depot, i picked up my tile, and paint and everything is going to be just fine! all cabinets will be in next weekend, the bathroom should be finished this week and hopefully by christmas we'll be good to go! which reminds me i still need to take pics... i'll get on that!

i'm over remodeling

so the work on my condo is coming along nicely! i couldn't be happier about it...although it has stressed me out to no other (i think i'm really stressed about other things, but placing the blame on the remodel is easier). i will take some pictures of the progress thus far. i have before pictures of the kitchen, but not the bathroom. sorry. and um, someone pray that no one has broken into my house. i went and unlocked it this morning for the plumber and um, he didn't end up coming and i never had time to go lock it back up. *fingers crossed* and thanks to chad coming though on helping with a ton of things i'm saving lots of money. he may be a dinkus, but he's the only man in my life who's offered to help. so i'll take it. so in the meantime... here are pictures of the cutest kid ever! oh and... the new layout deleted the links to most of you... and kate and lynette have hidden their blogs so that I can't get your links. nerds.