Memphis... We are Here!

We made it to Memphis! It was a long three day drive (with many stops for M.J.) but we finally rolled into town about 3p.m. Sunday.  L is very excited to get working for the summer! I'm glad he is excited, because I don't know how he does his job day after day, but I'm so grateful that he is such a hard worker and he provides so well for M.J. and I.  I had a pretty hard time when we first got here, because of all the hype and excitement of moving and then "Bam" reality hits we are actually here..... and lets just say the hotel we are staying in right now is not the nicest...... we are on the first floor and our windows have no screens so L just climbs in and out of the window instead of using the door..... also one of our windows does not lock so thats pretty scary.  We also love the fact that the people next to us smoke like crazy especially at like 10:30 at night when we are trying to sleep and all we can smell is smoke.  I would take pictures but I don't think I want to remember this time.  But I can rough it for a week, until our real housing will be ready.... lets just hope that its as nice if not 100 X nicer than this place we are in! Its already really hot here in Memphis though, it is like 80 degrees outside and humid... it is going to be a hot summer!  M.J.  is doing awesome though! He is such a trouper, and growing so fast! He will be 7 months tomorrow I can't believe it! More about that later! For now here is a picture from our drive... It was little M.J.'s turn to drive!

New Home... Kind of

Well we did it! We put money down on a lot in Centerville for a town house to be built! We are so excited! We will finally have our own little home for our family! 

Here are some pictures of us on the lot before it is built!

If you look in the back that is kind of what our new little home will look like! And we have an awesome view of the beautiful Centerville Mountains! It should be done in the middle of August so perfect timing for us to come home from the summer. 

Zoo Fun

So L's Mother and Sister came into town because his mom had to spend some time working here in Utah, so we decided it would be fun to go to the zoo.  I have not been to the zoo sense well forever so I was excited to go and see what cool stuff they had.  It was a pretty nice day outside, it was a little chilly but it was very sunny, and the zoo was almost empty so it was an awesome experience. My favorite was the Giraffes! I love Giraffes they are so awesome! I would love to have a pet Giraffe!

The Elephants were cool too!

 Gorillas are crazy cool too, especially because I had just watched Tarzan so it was cool to see one up close!

Of Course M.J. had a lot of fun, he didn't really react to any of the animals, I think he still is a little young and unaware of what goes on exactly! But I had to get some cute pictures of him anyways!

We also had an amazing time on the train.... lets just say if you haven't ridden it you are not missing anything!

We had a lot of fun and we were so glad that L's sister and two of her kiddos came with us!

Boarding...

L took me snowboarding for Valentines Day! It was really fun, I have only been once before so it took me a little bit of time to remember how to stay up... but I think I improved a little bit! I fell a lot, and was really slow, but we had a blast!  It was really weird to be away from M.J. for that long though...... Here is the one picture we got from the  day.

I guess we got two! The funny part of the day was the fact that I did manage to run into a slow sign!

Six Months Old!

I can not believe that I have a six month old.  It seems like it has been forever sense I was pregnant but at the same time it feels like just yesterday I was taking him home from the hospital... aah the dilemma of having children... they grow up too fast.  Our little M.J. is already crawling, he is all over the place and getting in to everything.  His favorite thing is the dog food, he loves spreading that everywhere!  He can also pull himself on just about anything... which makes it very difficult for this Momma to get anything done!  He is liking solid foods OK, but he gets super distracted with anything and everything, and now has learned to pull himself out of his bumbo, so I can no longer use that as a make shift high chair, it looks like I will have to cave and buy one!  His favorite thing to say is BA BA.... I'm not sure what it means he just says it all the time no matter what is happening.... I'm hoping it will turn into MA MA one day!  But, he is just the most incredible little boy, I don't know how I got so lucky.  He is just so fun, and has so much personality.  He had a pretty traumatic week this past week though unfortunately, most was his crazy parents fault.  Monday, he got his six month shots, which he took like a champ!  Surprisingly he barely gained a pound sense his four month appointment, I think he has lost a little weight sense he has started crawling, but he was 19.8 at his appointment.

Then his mom is an idiot, and locked him in the car with her keys, while she was at the store.... I had the biggest heart attack! Luckily my friend was with me and was able to keep me sane, and even Luckier the police were there within 5 min, and had the car open in 30 seconds.  So it ended up being OK, but I still felt awful!  Then the next day he fell of the bed and bonked his head.... So lets just say we are ready for this week to be over.  It hasn't been the best!  But we are moving on and getting ready for our big move to Tennessee and Mississippi in a few weeks.  I am not too excited.... I mean I am excited we will be with L this summer because last summer was awful and really hard... but it is going to be a crazy couple of months, moving from place to place, with our cute little M.J. and crazy K(our little doggie).  We are going to miss Grandma and Grandpa, and Aunts and Uncles helping us out.  It will just be Mommy and Daddy.... while Daddy is working crazy busy hours..... but enough of me venting.... I just need to have a positive attitude and everything will turn out great!  (Hopefully if I say that enough it will)  Here are some pictures of our little M.J. at six months.... I still can't believe how much he is changed and how fast he is growing.

Yes I am a crazy mom and made him  a little 6 month old cake... well bought him and wrote on there six months (same thing right) lol.  We also got him a few little gifts to celebrate like the little einstein piano stand and play.  He really likes that.  But we are just so happy with M.J. and I feel so blessed that I get to stay home with him and take care of him... it is a dream come true to spend all my time being a mommy!  I love it and I love my little man so much!  We are so blessed!

First time playing on grass

It was a gorgeous day today, so we went and took M.J. out to play... He played on grass for the first time. ... he didn't love it LOL! I had to take some pictures anyway! I love my little M.J.

Perfect Game!

We took M.J. bowling the other night.  He actually seemed to enjoy all the lights and the action of watching little kids bowl.  We had him help us push the ball down the little cheater ramp thing and he seemed to like that too.  He helped Mom get her best score ever of 94!  Lol, I am not very good at bowling, but overall we had a really fun night, and It was fun to have M.J. enjoy himself as well!