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This week has been crazy!
Ben left for San Francisco last Saturday the 27th for a week. The 26th we signed a lease to our new place. So I decided that while Ben was gone, I could keep myself busy by moving everything over, and getting it all set up. I didn't realize how much we actually had! I thought that we had sold pretty much everything before Hawaii, but when I started going through the storage room and the garage... I came up with mounds of stuff!
I slowly took loads over, came back and realized that I had another entire car full of stuff to go. I had about 7 car loads, plus my dad and my brother each had a truck full. I started Sunday the 28th, and just spent a few hours there during Noah's nap. As the week continued, I knew I needed to spend more time there, or it was going to take forever to get it all set up.
Meanwhile, my grandpa was in town, so I gave up my room for him, and slept on a mattress in the family room. I kept feeling like spiders were all over me, and the clock kept dinging... I did that for two nights, and slept pretty poorly. That didn't help at all for my energy level.
Alas, I have one more load to take over, and then I am all done! I thought that moving things over slowly would be nice because I wouldn't have to rush, but I kind of think that it is worse because I felt like I was never making any progress.
Pictures soon to follow!
Happy 4th!
Friday, July 3, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Growth Chart
Before I went to bed last night, I went in to check on Noah. After readjusting him into a normal position, I noticed how much he has grown since those very first moments he spent in the crib.
We recently got a growth chart from Uncle Aram, but we have already missed the first two years. When I looked back at some pictures we had taken of him sleeping, I realized we have growth chart right there.
Here is our little baby... who is now just a little boy. So big! I measured him at 3 feet tall yesterday!
Here he is right after he was born: (Notice he is probably half the size of the nursing blanket below him)
Probably around 9 months:
Here is the precious now at 2 years: (the crib is probably 6 inches from his head and feet)
We recently got a growth chart from Uncle Aram, but we have already missed the first two years. When I looked back at some pictures we had taken of him sleeping, I realized we have growth chart right there.
Here is our little baby... who is now just a little boy. So big! I measured him at 3 feet tall yesterday!
Here he is right after he was born: (Notice he is probably half the size of the nursing blanket below him)
Probably around 9 months:
Here is the precious now at 2 years: (the crib is probably 6 inches from his head and feet)
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Softball
Ben just got his first baseball glove, so we played catch for... geez, I would say 2 hours yesterday! Playing catch is a lot of fun. I haven't 'played' in the yard for a long time. My throwing arm is really sore today. However, I sustained worse injuries during our time playing ball, which I felt is important enough to share.
My brother agreed to play with us a little bit, and he also has a bat, so we thought it would be nice to go to the park's baseball diamond and play some softball. We rotated playing outfield, pitcher and batter.
I was first up to bat with Ben pitching. He couldn't get his underhand pitches right over the plate, so he wanted to try a pitch overhand. I misunderstood him thinking he wanted to use a baseball instead of a softball. So I turned to look for the baseball and by the time I looked back up, Ben had thrown the pitch, which wasn't very accurate either because it hit me right in the head. The force of the hit threw my head sideways into the bat. My whole head felt like it was shaking. I knelt to the ground crying hysterically while Ben ran to see if I was okay. Overall, I was just really scared. I didn't have a headache, and other than some throbbing at the injury site, I felt okay. So I decided to continue playing.
A little while later, Aram was up to bat while I was pitching. I have been practicing throwing with both hands, so when my left hand throws weren't looking very good, I switched to throwing right handed. I don't have a right handed glove though, so I was playing without one... not that I would have caught the ball if I did have one. Anyway, most of his hits went straight into right field, so I wasn't being extra cautious. So I threw a pitch and he hit it as hard as he could. It was coming straight for me, and I couldn't do anything about it. I turned to the side, and it hit me smack in the elbow. I thought my arm was broken! I could still move my fingers and squeeze my fist, so I knew it wasn't broken, but I was in some intense pain. Aram came running over and tried to encourage me to just breathe for a few minutes. Once Ben was there, I had lost it again. I was sobbing, and there was no stopping it.
We ended the game there.
Now I understand why men and women play sports separately. I won't play softball again with boys! They are just too aggressive and rough.
I am pretty bruised, but overall not in any serious danger. My head hurts with just a tiny bit of pressure on the wound, but no headache or anything. My arm only hurts in one position, and again only if the wound is touched.
Whew!
My brother agreed to play with us a little bit, and he also has a bat, so we thought it would be nice to go to the park's baseball diamond and play some softball. We rotated playing outfield, pitcher and batter.
I was first up to bat with Ben pitching. He couldn't get his underhand pitches right over the plate, so he wanted to try a pitch overhand. I misunderstood him thinking he wanted to use a baseball instead of a softball. So I turned to look for the baseball and by the time I looked back up, Ben had thrown the pitch, which wasn't very accurate either because it hit me right in the head. The force of the hit threw my head sideways into the bat. My whole head felt like it was shaking. I knelt to the ground crying hysterically while Ben ran to see if I was okay. Overall, I was just really scared. I didn't have a headache, and other than some throbbing at the injury site, I felt okay. So I decided to continue playing.
A little while later, Aram was up to bat while I was pitching. I have been practicing throwing with both hands, so when my left hand throws weren't looking very good, I switched to throwing right handed. I don't have a right handed glove though, so I was playing without one... not that I would have caught the ball if I did have one. Anyway, most of his hits went straight into right field, so I wasn't being extra cautious. So I threw a pitch and he hit it as hard as he could. It was coming straight for me, and I couldn't do anything about it. I turned to the side, and it hit me smack in the elbow. I thought my arm was broken! I could still move my fingers and squeeze my fist, so I knew it wasn't broken, but I was in some intense pain. Aram came running over and tried to encourage me to just breathe for a few minutes. Once Ben was there, I had lost it again. I was sobbing, and there was no stopping it.
We ended the game there.
Now I understand why men and women play sports separately. I won't play softball again with boys! They are just too aggressive and rough.
I am pretty bruised, but overall not in any serious danger. My head hurts with just a tiny bit of pressure on the wound, but no headache or anything. My arm only hurts in one position, and again only if the wound is touched.
Whew!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
A little bit of Noah
I have three videos that are pretty adorable. I just wanted to post some things that Noah is doing lately, and give everyone a little treat of Noah! (I was just informed that the video's are pretty boring... sorry! I will try to get better ones up.)
Have a great day!
Have a great day!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
New Job
Ben and I have been living life for 4 months now without any income at all. We decided that it would be good for Ben to stop working on all side projects and work solely on a personal project at the beginning of January. That was to go on for three months, and then he would get back into free lance work.
We saved up enough money to get us through March, and with the help of my parents 'for allowing us to live with them rent free' it was possible for us to do this. Because of that we only had to pay a small amount in bills each month. Ben began looking for work in March hoping that we would have a paying job by the end of the month.
Unfortunately, we had some big things come up that took the already depleted savings account into absolutely nothing! The biggest set backs were medical bills from my surgery in January, our trip to Oregon, and taxes! All of a sudden we were coming quickly into April with no means to pay our bills. Some bills went unpaid for a couple weeks, and we truly couldn't spend anything! No eating out, definitely no shopping... we were having difficulty buying things that were necessity.
Ben did get some jobs lined up at the beginning of April. We are just now receiving small payments from those. Though the little bit really does count right now, I was thrilled to hear about this new opportunity for Ben.
I don't know much about the actual job... I was mainly focused on the money and how often we would be receiving the money! :) It is awesome! The company wanted to hire him on as a full-time salaried employee instead of doing contract work for them, which is great because we get extra benefits with that. They are going to be providing health benefits, 401K plan, paid vacation... oh and that little thing called "Guaranteed Income!" Just having health benefits through them will save us so much money!
It is definitely an answer to prayer. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us through this situation. We are a little behind now, but at least we are heading in the right direction. We just need to stay disciplined and smart with out finances so we can get out of the mess we got ourselves into.
We saved up enough money to get us through March, and with the help of my parents 'for allowing us to live with them rent free' it was possible for us to do this. Because of that we only had to pay a small amount in bills each month. Ben began looking for work in March hoping that we would have a paying job by the end of the month.
Unfortunately, we had some big things come up that took the already depleted savings account into absolutely nothing! The biggest set backs were medical bills from my surgery in January, our trip to Oregon, and taxes! All of a sudden we were coming quickly into April with no means to pay our bills. Some bills went unpaid for a couple weeks, and we truly couldn't spend anything! No eating out, definitely no shopping... we were having difficulty buying things that were necessity.
Ben did get some jobs lined up at the beginning of April. We are just now receiving small payments from those. Though the little bit really does count right now, I was thrilled to hear about this new opportunity for Ben.
I don't know much about the actual job... I was mainly focused on the money and how often we would be receiving the money! :) It is awesome! The company wanted to hire him on as a full-time salaried employee instead of doing contract work for them, which is great because we get extra benefits with that. They are going to be providing health benefits, 401K plan, paid vacation... oh and that little thing called "Guaranteed Income!" Just having health benefits through them will save us so much money!
It is definitely an answer to prayer. Thank you to everyone who has been praying for us through this situation. We are a little behind now, but at least we are heading in the right direction. We just need to stay disciplined and smart with out finances so we can get out of the mess we got ourselves into.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Memories
I was going through some video's of Noah when he was younger, and I just fell in love with these two all over again.
He used to make this noise all the time! It was hilarious...
I just love how he tries to read me a story. It sounds like he is really into it.
I hope you all enjoy these. Have a good day!
He used to make this noise all the time! It was hilarious...
I just love how he tries to read me a story. It sounds like he is really into it.
I hope you all enjoy these. Have a good day!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Happy Birthday Noah!
Our little Noah just turned two! This year we were able to celebrate with both sides of the family, which was amazing.
We had cupcakes with the Rasmusen family the morning before we came back to Colorado. It was awesome because Noah kept licking the cupcake like he would with an ice cream cone. We actually just taught him how to eat an ice cream cone when we went to the beach in Oregon. He has gotten lots of treats lately.
I was able to throw a party together in just a couple days once we got back to Colorado. We had friends and family over for pizza and cupcakes. His party theme this year was "Cars". He is crazy about them! He got some really nice gifts... luckily some cars were included.
He got a remote control car, and was absolutely amazed with it. He was so funny! He would push the button on the remote and it would move, but it also shocked him when it did, so he would scream! I love this video.
Happy Wednesday!
We had cupcakes with the Rasmusen family the morning before we came back to Colorado. It was awesome because Noah kept licking the cupcake like he would with an ice cream cone. We actually just taught him how to eat an ice cream cone when we went to the beach in Oregon. He has gotten lots of treats lately.
I was able to throw a party together in just a couple days once we got back to Colorado. We had friends and family over for pizza and cupcakes. His party theme this year was "Cars". He is crazy about them! He got some really nice gifts... luckily some cars were included.
He got a remote control car, and was absolutely amazed with it. He was so funny! He would push the button on the remote and it would move, but it also shocked him when it did, so he would scream! I love this video.
Happy Wednesday!
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