March 10, 2013 We have been gone 1 month today!

This week has been pretty slow probably because I'm so excited to get done with school and go back to Utah to visit.  It was Spring Break so I was able to make sure I was caught up on everything and try to get ahead.  I have been stressing over getting everything done and in on time so I can make sure to pass all my classes.  When I signed up for classes I just wanted to be done and I didn't care about how many classes I had to take to get there but 6 classes later and 6 research projects( at least 8+ pages or more each) and capstone projects, homework, tests etc. I think I am offically ready to be done and I still have 8 weeks left:(  But I guess I'm almost done so I keep telling myself I can do it!  I really am so excited to graduate and I am so excited to say I have my Bachelors Degree!  To some it may not be a lot but for me I will be so proud to walk across that stage and know that I have a little boy, husband and family & friends to thank for helping me get there.  I won't say going to school while have a kid is easy but I am proof that it can be done and I think it is so worth it.  I'm so excited to go to Utah and see my family and friends.  I can't wait to just have some fun with everyone!

 

This weekend we decided that we wanted to go to the Mall of America because we wanted to go play in the amusement park inside of the mall with Dakota and he LOVED it.  We really couldn't get him out of the rides he was hooked so here are some pictures of his experience

 

 You can't see a ton but Daniel and Dakota were laughing and having a blast I just loved seeing Daniel hanging out with his little boy

 Dakota wanted to go up and down all the escalators so he was keeping Daniel busy

 We went into the Disney store with Dakota and he was so excited to see everything in there we couldn't even get a picture of how excited he was for this cute Mcqueen hat.

 

 

What is something that you were proud of for completing?  I think that for anyone when you accomplish something that you have been working so hard on when you finally hit the end you really feel like you can breathe again.  I really can't wait to be done so I can just be me and take care of my family.  I feel bad for kota because he hasn't got the attention I have wanted to give him with everything so I know he is excited for me to finish so I can give him my attention whenever he wants it and I know he is super excited to go back to Utah because of all the family there that he loves to spend time with. 

March 3, 2013

This week has been crazy Daniel was out of town so Dakota and I had to find things to keep us entertained and man did we stay entertained.  Dakota is always on the go and with the new move he is even more so.  He wants to run all day so when I told him we were going outside to play and that he needs to get his stuff to go outside this is what he came back with.... One glove and his cute crooked hat:)

 They have a really neat fitness facility close to our house and so we decided that we would go visit there to go swimming.  We had to hurry and take a fast picture of him ready to go swimming because he wouldn't hold still he was so excited to go.  We stayed in the pool for hours he loved it. He is just like Daniel with everything because I like to sit by the pool rather then go swimming :)

 Dakota has been practicing riding his scooter and finally mastered it!  He was so excited and plays on it all day.  This is him paying attention to something other then the camera...

 Here is dakota on the scooter I had to take a video because it was so fun to watch him I wanted to remember it.  As you can see we don't have any furniture yet but we got some ordered and should be here soon.  I am excited to get our couches and table because it is so weird to not have anything to sit on:)

 Dakota loves taking his shirt half way off he will run everywhere with it like this it is so funny

 I'm not sure many people know about this program but it is for donating marrow and I have been watching Good Morning America for years and the anchor on their Robyn had to have a marrow transplant and it saved her life so both Daniel and I decided that we would become donors because I would hope that someone would do it for me if I was ever in the situation.  So I just did the testing and it was super easy and free so everyone should sign up for it, you may never know if you will have the opportunity to save someones life.  Look it up, sign up!!

 Dakota and I had a date night while Daniel was gone and these are the treats he picked out when we went to the store.  We love treats in our family and obviously it shows:) 

 This is kota hanging out with mom while I do homework and then he was to tired to wait for me to play so he fell asleep. 

 Dakotas cute smile while I was tickling him.  I just love this kid and can't get enough of him!

 I promise I get kota drinks whenever he wants/needs them but I always find him in the bathroom "dinken" he loves doing this.

 We finally changed license plates on my car this week which was kind of sad especially since the plates are ugly!  At least in utah they have a scene on them... But they had this fun bus for kids to drive so kota got in and asked for a picture...

 Driving the bus!

 Our little Jazz fan he sure loves hats....

 Dakota is just like me when it comes to getting the mail we wait all day for the mail to come everyday.  I don't know why I get so excited to get the mail because it is usually just regular boring stuff like bills but man do we love when there is something fun in there.  This is Dakota with his treats from his cute grandma Carol and Dennis he was so excited for it and wanted to eat everyone of the jelly beans that night:)