Ho Ho Ho & Merry Christmas!

Well... I am now officially someones wife (and I'm still weirded out by the change in last name, even though it's pretty cool) as of October 30th, 2010! What a great day, honestly! It was perfect!!! Now I'm just trying to be patient and wait for my pictures, even though its been OVER a month... *le'sigh*

Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate, both physically and in thought! We couldn't have had such a wonderful time without all of you! YES YOU!!! :D

Our first Thanksgiving as a family, and we hosted dinner for both River's parents and my own. Tiny was perfect and napped right as we were about to eat, sweet! I was pretty proud of myself for not ruining any of the food, but my timing however was horrible. Luckily everyone was patient and I made artichoke dip as a pre-dinner dish and that kept everyone's hunger at bay.

Now its Christmas season, we have our tiny little shrub outside lit up and all festive (even though now it is covered in snow and you can barely see any of the lights) and the christmas tree is up, lit and ready for ornaments. We are a little hesitant about ornaments however, as Tiny is making it known that he is capable of "sliding" across the floor to what he wants, as I found him under the couch after looking away for 10 seconds. So ornaments may have to wait until a few christmas-es from now, but we shall see.

I will try and get a picture posted of our nicely decorated and festive house., though I want to decorate more, but just don't know what should go where and what to have that would be easy (and baby proof). Ah well.

Just as I thought graduation was in the bag, now there is another hiccup, but hopefully a few words with the right people (maybe a few tears too) will help get that back in order.

Hmmm... what else what else to share... Tiny is now 7 months old, and I cannot believe how fast time has gone! Through everything, good, bad, worse, and ugly, I cannot wait to have another baby to give Tiny a well deserved sibling... though River and I both agree that that will have to wait for about 5 years or so... (we shall see).

Until next time my fellow humans!

The Parental Units & New Place

Well, we've officially moved into our new apartment (technically a duplex) and I ABSOLUTELY love it! Laundry in the basement that is ALL ours, backyard for Tiny to play (well for now, sit on a picnic blanket while Mommy reads), garage, office, and an actual place to put a dinning room table! There is definitely many more perks to our new digs, but those points are probably my favorite thus far. We still have most things in boxes, but all the essentials are unpacked and in use; also made sure to have Tiny's room all done and unpacked completely!

We can't really afford day care, and so my grand plans forgetting as many hours at work and NOT being a stay at home mom have changed. I am a stay at home mom, but I love it, honestly I do! And I'm planning to soon get serious about my entrepreneur - ness so hopefully that will make me feel better about contributing (plus I NEED something to do too)!

Thinking about getting my Master in Information Technology through online classes, but not quite sure what to do about that just yet.

Today, both sets of parental units came to visit our humble abode and see Tiny of course. Went out for lunch and actually had a great time; talked about wedding stuff, showed off bridesmaid's dresses and shoes, my necklace, and also found a veil in the middle of an intersection on the way back from lunch (could it be a sign that we're moving in the right direction!?).

Not much else to report on. I will get pictures up of the new place once we have everything, or most everything, put away and organized.

Busy Busy Busy & Did I Mention... ?

Well I am getting very busy with just about everything these days; an almost 3 month old son (still not sleeping through the night), wedding planning which is now in full effect and certain people are starting to stress me out with their unnecessary comments and worries, trying to get back to work (even though I'm pretty sure either A. My messages are being ignored about coming back to work B. The answering machine is broken or C. I'm fired :/ ), I have to figure out daycare/babysitter and how I'm going to pay for said services, AND I have to get my school work finalized and completed... SOMEHOW! *gasping for air*

Other than that, life is grand :P

I actually some how managed to convince my parents to watch the little minion Tuesday and Wednesday (well, and I hired a friend to watch him during the day while they're at work). While they are doing that wonderful favor, I'm back in the EC trying to get a few things checked off of my "to-do-list"; so we shall see if I can actually get a check marked...

Since I got back a little later than I had hoped today, I wasn't really able to get a head start on completing stuff, so River took me on a date to the drive-in and we saw a double feature ('The Sorcerer's Apprentice' & 'Knight and Day').

Well I am going to try to get to bed here since its almost..... 3:30am. I should be getting up in like 2 hours to go to Water Hydro but... I don't think I'm going to be motivated enough to do that, me thinks. Who knows though, I've been working through today on about 4 hours of total sleep (not continuous I might add).

'Night!

PS: I am going to see Hanson on the 10th of August which I'm super excited to just see some live music, not necessarily excited because it's Hanson. My friend Keels really loves them so I am taking her with me as a Birthday present for her :D

Beginning of the End & New Beginnings

It is officially the beginning of the end of my last semester as an undergraduate student at UWEC! I am super excited for this year, 2010, as many exciting things are going to be happening in my life and the lives of those around me. I know many others who will be getting married throughout the year, a few others who are also having children this year, and then of course all my exciting stuff that will be happening as well (including GRADUATION!).

My short term goals would be completing the semester with a little bit of grace, if that's at all possible to do @ 9 months pregnant. Having the baby problem free and healthy is another one that I would like :P Also, concentrating more on my free-lance portrait photography and getting the equipment I need in order to pick that up some more.

Long term goals are to find a grad-school with a graphic design degree, get a scholarship or internship or teaching assistant funding of some sort to help pay my way through that schooling, then possibly (after getting my MFA) teach graphic design at the college level...

Tons of possibilities await me, just organizing and finding them are the key! I shall try to keep regular updates this semester as I'm sure I'll want to vent/share whats going on. Also, on a side-note, Jordan and I are considering a possible move BEFORE the baby is born as we desperately need our own washer/dryer!

Until next time... Live long and prosper (I watched Star Trek the other day).