Two Big Milestones All in One Day!!!

Scarlett started crawling last night!!! Jordan would scoot back and call her name and try and get her to come to him. She would get in the crawling position (which she's been doing for about a week now) then she would crawl forward a little bit, then lay down and take a break, ha! Then get back up and try again :) Before long she will be crawling all over the house!! My sweet baby doll is growing up.

And Gavin read a level 1 book all by himself!!!! He's so smart!!! Jordan and I have been practicing sight words with him every night. So yesterday his teacher sent home a level 1 book and he read the whole thing by himself without any help!

I'm so proud of my kids :) and this song is so true and makes me cry every time I hear it....it's just how I'm feeling today.

Taylor Swift
"Never Grow Up"
Your little hand's wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light
To you everything's funny, you got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
I won't let nobody hurt you, won't let no one break your heart
And no one will desert you
Just try to never grow up, never grow up

You're in the car on the way to the movies
And you're mortified your mom's dropping you off
At 14 there's just so much you can't do
And you can't wait to move out someday and call your own shots
But don't make her drop you off around the block
Remember that she's getting older too
And don't lose the way that you dance around in your pj's getting ready for school

Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
No one's ever burned you, nothing's ever left you scarred
And even though you want to, just try to never grow up

Take pictures in your mind of your childhood room
Memorize what it sounded like when your dad gets home
Remember the footsteps, remember the words said
And all your little brother's favorite songs
I just realized everything I have is someday gonna be gone

So here I am in my new apartment
In a big city, they just dropped me off
It's so much colder that I thought it would be
So I tuck myself in and turn my night light on

Wish I'd never grown up
I wish I'd never grown up

Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
I could still be little
Oh I don't wanna grow up, wish I'd never grown up
It could still be simple
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, just stay this little
Oh darling, don't you ever grow up
Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple
Won't let nobody hurt you
Won't let no one break your heart
And even though you want to, please try to never grow up
Oh, don't you ever grow up
Oh, never grow up, just never grow up

Scarlett 5 days old

Gavin 2 years old













2 Years and counting...

Monday was mine and Jordan's 2 year wedding anniversary :) I am more in love with him today than I was the day I married him it just keeps getting better! A lot has happened in the last 2 years...Jordan got out of the army, he got accepted into the police academy, we had a baby, I lost my job, I got a new job, Jordan finished the acaedmy... it has been tough at times to keep on pushing forward. The only thing that has kept us going through all of this is each other. We have relied on each other a whole lot and I am so thankful to have a man like Jordan. He keeps me going and is always so positive. He takes on a lot and always makes sure that I am happy before anything else even before his own happiness. He is amazing and I am so lucky to call him not only my husband, but my best friend. I love you babe!

The pretty flowers that were waiting for me when I got home :) My favorite flower!

So we celebrated out anniversary last Friday. I took half the day off and we went to Kemah and ate sushi and we both tried sake for the first time. It was disgusting haha, but it was so much fun!! Then we went to the mall bc Jordan wanted one of those massages and I shopped hehe :) I finally got some new jeans!! They were on sale for $17 a piece I couldn't pass that up!! Then Jordan's parents offered to watch the kids for us and we were going to go see a movie around 5:30, but we missed the kids too much and decided to meet our family for dinner at Willie's like we do every Friday night. It's become a tradition and it's always so much fun :) Now that may not seem like a romantic anniversary haha but to us it was just what we needed! Just a few hours of alone time it was our first date in over a year. We will never wait that long again!

Gavin (left) Jordan (right)

 Okay how much do these two look alike!? It is so crazy to see them side by side at the same age. Jordan has some strong genes that's for sure!!! And how cute did Gavin's Kindergarten picture turn out?? He smiled so good! I love it :)

Baby Girl!!!

And how darn cute is this?? I just LOVE her soooo much and I am loving her little shirt and leggings :)

Apple of My Eye

I just had to share...look how sweet this picture of Scarlett is :) Love you baby girl!!!  

Oh and I ordered Scarlett's halloween costume yesterday it's going to be sooo funny here's a little sneak peak. I am going to add more to it, but I love it haha!

Little Baby Sushi Roll!!

and Gavin is going to be a Storm Trooper from Star Wars

No pics today just some rambling :)

It is so hard to keep up with blogging, but I am trying!
So just a few things going on in our world...

Jordan graduated the police academy exactly 1 week ago!! I was so proud of him he was one of the class leaders and finished #19 out of 70. He hit the streets the very next day and is loving every minute of it. He is so passionate about his career and I am so happy for him :) I do pray for God to watch over him every day before he leaves. It’s a scary job, but I will bring my fears to the Lord and give Jordan all of my support.

Gavin is doing awesome in tball this year! The last 2 games he has had homeruns and multiple outs, which is good bc in the spring he actually has to do tryouts so I am glad we put him in tball this fall so he could practice and be ready for the spring ball. He also brought him his Reading Folder yesterday. He has to read to us a minimum of 15 minutes a day. Yesterday they didn't send home a book so we just worked on sight words like - I, an, we, see, the, mom, dad, love. He did pretty good he can name every letter we're just having some trouble with what sounds each letter makes, but he will get it :) he's a smart kid and it's only the first 6 weeks of kindergarten.

Scarlett is so much fun her little personality is growing every day. She tried bananas for the fist time on Saturday and she HATED them! I was so surprised I thought she would love bananas, but no....she would just scream when I gave them to her then I would give her a vegetable bite and she would just eat it all up lol. So we tried peaches last night and she ate the whole jar she liked them much more :) She constantly wants to move now we can't sit still with her for very long so we decided to go and buy her a bouncer. She has soooo much fun with that thing she will bounce and bounce for 30 minutes if you let her lol it's so cute. Lately she has this obsession with Jordan too lol it's so funny any time she hears his voice she practically breaks her neck to turn and look at him and she will just sit and stare and smile it's the most adorable thing I have ever seen. She loves her daddy :) He is so sweet with her too I love watching him hold her and play with her, he's a great daddy to her and Gavin they are very lucky kids.

And last but not least...me! lol I don't really have much going on just busy being a mommy and wife :) I went on a cleaning spree this weekend and cleaned the whole house and threw away a lot of unnecessary clutter! I also cleaned out my closet of clothes I have had since high school lol and jeans that will never fit me again no matter how much I would love to fit my butt back into a size 1 haha. We paid off my student loan and my balance at UHCL so I am able to re-enroll in school next semester and I cannot wait!! I feel fulfilled when I am in school and I love what I am majoring in so it makes it easy to go back to school. I just can't wait to finish!! I will take as many classes as I can without taking time away from my family, because they come first.

Well that's about it for now! I will post pics later this week from Jordan's graduation.