Happy Mother's Day!

I couldn't let Mother's Day pass without a post dedicated to the wonderful mothers in my life.
First, I am especially grateful for my own Mom. She is just the very best mom and grandma ever. I am so proud to call her my mom and am so thankful for the example she sets for me. She has always been my hero and I love her so so much. Noah is so lucky to have her for his grandma. The year before we had Noah, Taleesha and I gave my mom a little decoration that says, "The only thing better than having you for a Mom, is knowing my children get you for a Grandma." and it so so so true. Trev, Noah, and I are so grateful for everything she does for us. Mom, I love you. Thanks for everything, Happy Mother's Day!

[Taken Last year on Mother's Day]

I also want to tell my Mother-in law, Shamae, Happy Mother's Day! I will be forever grateful to you for bringing Trevor into this world and helping to shape him into the wonderful person he is today. I am so grateful for the example you are to not only Trev, but to me as well. You are a wonderful mom and a great grandma!! I am thankful for your fun personality and great advice. I think you are one of the strongest women I know and have put up with so much throughout your life. We love you very much!

[Stolen from FB. Last summer while Trev was in AIT]

I am also thankful for my amazing grandmas. I have been so blessed to have 5 amazing women to call my Grandma. They are all such wonderful examples to me and I am thankful for each of them. I have always thought of myself (and more so the older I get) the perfect mixture of my Nanny and my Gramma Julie. Haha, they are cooky, but 2 of the very best people in the world. I am also grateful for Trev's Grandma Rassmussen. She is so kind and loving and welcoming. She is a wonderful example to me. I hope one day, Trevor and I can be like Grandma and Grandpa Rassmussen.


This Mother's Day, I am so incredibly grateful for my sweet, sweet Noah boy and this new little guy inside me. I feel so privileged to be called Mommy. It is my greatest blessing and calling life. I always wanted to be a mom   more than anything and it truly is the best thing I could spend my life doing. Noah has taught me more in his 2 years of life than I learned in any of the 21 years before him. I am slowly becoming a master of patience and my quick temper is not so quick anymore. I am learning all about boys, since we only had girls in my family! (haha my family is learning too!) My husband summed it up so perfectly a few weeks ago, "All your freedoms are gone and you don't have fun like you used to, but everything is so much better than you could have imagined. But it's the best mistake you ever made." Since having Noah, I am always emotional on Mother's Day. I feel like the luckiest girl on earth! :)

[the only pic I have capturing my 2 favorite boys!]

Family Update

Hey Hey! I think it's time for a whole family update! :)

Noah is doing great. He is such a  boy, loves to throw rocks and dig in the mud, he will find the only dirt patch in a whole yard of grass and be entertained forever! He has recently learned how to climb out of our back porch. (The back porch is like a little cement rectangle and the walls are probably 3 feet high) Anyways he will get a lawn chair and then stack a stool on top of that and then climb his way right over the wall! Haha, this little man sure keeps us on our toes! He loves reading, watching movies, showing off all his sweet tricks, driving trucks, and playing outside. Finally, he is sleeping in his own bed every night. (granted most of the time by morning he ends up in our bed.. but it's a start!) Potty training came to an abrupt halt when he simply decided he didn't want to go in the potty anymore. He was doing so well and now he won't even think about it. We have tried everything! I guess when he is ready it will happen! Darn! I was hoping for it to be on my time! Let's see... I know I have said this before but he knows all the letters and most of the numbers, we are now working on colors and shapes! He loves animals and the sounds they make. His favorite food is still spaghetti and corn on the cob. He is getting more and more used to the baby talk. We have got most of our baby stuff out and ready and Noah is pretty particular about what is HIS and what is the BABY'S.. haha. Trev tried to give his one of the "baby" blankets and Noah freaked and was like "No No! Baby Baby!" So we gave him his "big boy blanket" and he was a happy camper! It was funny. We just love him so much. We can't get enough of him.

Trevor is almost done with school, actually today he is taking his very last final for the semester! He is pretty excited for a break! However, he leaves for drills this Friday and will be gone for 3 weeks. He will be able to come home on the weekends, but still! And then he will be home for 1 week, then off again for I think a little over 2 weeks. And we won't be able to see him that whole time. So he is off to a busy start to his summer. He and Noah are best buds, they play their hearts out and Noah definitely thinks Dad is more fun than Mom because he plays rougher and does "boy" things. Ha. Trevor is pretty amazing, he works so hard for our little family and loves us so much. I am so very grateful for him. 

As for me and baby #2 we are doing good, just getting bigger each day! I have heartburn like crazy (though still not as bad as it was with Noah) I have also been having braxton hicks.. something I never had (or never knew i had) when I has prego with Noah. I am always out of breath and I have a really hard time chasing Noah around. Haha. I definitely think pregnancy the 2nd time around is harder, because I am not only growing a baby full time, I am also raising a crazy toddler. And I they say, oh you are tired now just wait til you have a newborn! But I seriously think that even when I have a sleepless newborn it will be easier than growing this baby! :) I have been blessed, I am healthy and happy and have a loving &supportive husband and family. I don't have one single stretch mark, and best of all my sweet baby is healthy and doing great! One thing no one every told me was that I would lose bladder control. *TMI* Seriously, I know I have posted about this before, but it honestly gets worse and worse the more baby grows! It's getting ridiculous! I have more accidents than my un-potty trained 2 year old! LOL It's not quite that bad yet, but I am anticipating it. Trevor says he is going to buy me some depends for mother's day. I tell you what, growing a baby (and then of course, delivering that baby) is not a pretty thing! Anyways, we are down to singe digit weeks now, a few days less than 9 weeks! Woo! I can't wait to meet this little one! We have most of our baby stuff out and I am planning on getting the rest out probably this weekend. Oh ya, and we still don't have a name for this baby yet. But to be honest I probably wouldn't tell anyone what his name was if we did have one. But with Noah, he didn't have a name until about 30 min before we left the hospital, so we don't have a very good track record for naming our kids.The pic below was me at 30 weeks I believe.

Well that's the end of our FAMILY UPDATE!