Tis the Season'

Well Christmas came, and we all had much to be thankful for. It's great having family here; Jake's parents and sister are down from WI this week. It wasn't feeling too much like Christmas till they arrived. What with palm trees and no snow its hard to adjust to the 'Christmas feeling.' Anywhoodles, the last few days have been a blast. We have been busy showing the family this sunny side of the state and enjoying some great Mexican food. Delish!
Isabelle got to many presents to count, so much so we had round 2 and 3 during Christmas day. We don't do the whole Santa thing; so we started Christmas Eve!
Her hit toys are her tickle me Elmo from Auntie Sara and her tree like tent that she demand we play in all the time. She gets so excited and in your face saying 'tent, tent, yea?' What a cutie...Jake got this awesome saw. So he will be busy making and creating some cool things for the casa.I will post pics later.

On a not so good note, my grandpa is in the hospital. As I type I have to fight back tears. Please pray for him and my family. His birthday is days away and we are hoping he can come home soon...he's a tough old man, and we want him here much much longer.

Sunday Night

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excuse the messy house, hence relaxing Sunday :)



What a relaxing day. We were able to Skype with my sister n law and her hubs; Isabelle's God parents. Then off to church, where Isabelle held the bulletin and 'sang' along with us. It was so cute, however I thought it inappropriate to take my camera out and take a picture. So I did not, now that I know she likes to sing along, well I can catch her. After church we finally went to Target where we picked up Isabelle's toy and book organizer. I got rid of her other toy organizer, it just wasn't doing the job any more and I was tired of seeing all her toys out, I like them hiding.
Isabelle's room is 75 % finished. For her birthday she is getting a toddler bed, so her day bed will be put up for later use...
We still need to put together her shelves in her closet, and with the help of my father n law, a tree with an owl will be painted on her wall! So stay tuned ya'll. It's going to be off the hook.

The Packer game is on and Jake is all ready yelling, I love it.
Isabelle is about to go to sleep and I am going to read my blogs.
Happy Sunday, enjoy your week.

5 more days till Christmas!!!

P.S. Santa came early and I gots me a camera! oh Snap! Mine broke back in August, so THANK YOU baby.

10 days and counting!

Well we are getting excited down here, Jake's parents and sister will be here in a week for Christmas! Wohooo! Christmas is just around the corner and we are together as a family. Oh snap, no deployments, no nada.
Last night after Isabelle was showing signs of recovery she got to do a little art project. Followed by eating a piece of toast and apple sauce. This is what she thought of mom telling her to sit, and not get up until she had finished.
I am off to Christmas shop in a bit. Happy Wednesday.

Look at these snazzy colors :)

Soo, kitchen is done! Wells painting wise..still trying to figure out how to use my counter space and have on lonely box left to unpack...so I'm almost there.

Jake and I are in LOVE with the colors I picked. Kitchen is awesome! Now we just need to finish Isabelle's room...:)

Thankful Lady over here!!!

So, I just want to start by saying Good Morning Vietnam! Haha, NOT really, I just can't get that line out of my head. Really though, it's a good day today. So I would like to start out by saying Thank you to my Heavenly Father. I am so happy to be a SAHM. (Stay at home mom.)
Saturday night into Sunday morning Isabelle and I were puking; gross, nasty, awful, just the flu rearing it's ugly head. We are totally healed as of today. But along with the flu comes other things, like the poopies! Uhm yes, I am blogging about Isabelle's diaper. I am not kidding when I say I changed her 'sharted' diaper 9 times between 7-4 yesterday! It was n-a-a-a-s-t-y! And by the 4th time all I could do was laugh at the sounds that were coming out of my beautiful little girl! I mean come on, at that point I just had to say okay God, this is a little funny. It was that moment that I just was so happy to be able to take care of my sick little girl. Now I do miss getting ready and going to work,my adorable heels and wedges that get dusty in the closet. Though none of it is worth me being a mom to my daughter. She is learning and talking so much, she is growing taller, and just plain silly. How could I even think right now of dropping her off with someone else? So in the midst of poopy diapers, laundry, dishes, and still taking care of me...well Praise God for allowing me to do it. When Isabelle looks up at me with her big green eyes and says 'hi mom' it melts me every time. When she wakes up from her nap with her blanket and comes to snuggle, I couldn't be more thankful. (Well sometimes I am in the middle of something, but who cares!) When she falls down and scrapes her knee, it's Mommy she wants.
I see so many of my friends working, dropping their kid(s) off, or being stay at home moms but complaining all the time. Always on face book putting the negativie up, who cares people. Get over it! So you're having a bad day...get over it!
Find the good in your job. You might not be getting a pay check but it's a darn good job you have, and your child or children look up to you every morning. You are their hero, our kids minds are so innocent and so full of life. So soak it up mommies, because we know how fast time flies. For my mommy friends who are busy dropping kids off and trying to stay on top of household duties, well I hope you can find time to enjoy yourself and your kids. Because again, it goes by too fast.

So here are a couple bible verses that I like"

Proverbs 17:22
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

Proverbs 22:6
Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

Wohoooo, we are in our first home! Finally!
It has been one long, emotionally, and exhausting week. After many delays(all due to Wells Fargo) we finally closed on our home Thursday afternoon. The bank manager did a very poor job taking care of our closing paperwork. Needless to say we should have closed day after Thanksgiving. We were homeless for two nights, and it wasn't a nice feeling. Christmas shopping money being wasted on hotel stay, fast food, and a rental truck was too depressing when thought about. BUT, the optimistic women that I am, all I can say is 'who cares!' God took care of us and we are now in our home.
It just feels good to be in our home now, and enjoying putting up Christmas deco and watching Isabelle run around the house. She loves her new found space as well as Jake n I. A brand new house...Ahhhhh...so happy are we.

So here are a few pics of the house...more will come next week. Our goal is to have our bedrooms and kitchen painted by Sunday evening.

FYI, I am loving my stainless steel appliances n double door fridge! Yep, I am bragging. :) Thank you Lord for a wonderful husband that has provided all of this for Isabelle and I!