"Livin' on a Prayer"

"Whooah, we're half way there...whooah

Livin on a prayer

Take my hand and we'll make it-I swear

Livin on a prayer"

Tuesday night, Nick and I went to Bon Jovi with my dad and one of his friends. My dad and his friend didn't sit with us, but we all rode together. It was a GREAT concert. It started late and I was soooooo tired, but it was worth it. Dashboard Cofessionals opened up for them at 8 and then Bon Jovi sang from about 9:15 to a little after midnight!!! Wow, does he sure know how to put on a good show. He sang all sorts of different songs from over the years...from the great old ones we all love-"Livin' on a Prayer," "You Give Love a Bad Name," and "Wanted, Dead or Alive," to some of his newer stuff. One song he didn't sing, which I wish he would have was, "I'll Be There for You." After 20 some years, he still has it going on!!!! I'd LOVE to go again someday!

Speaking "Living on a Prayer," and having faith, God has really been speaking to me about having faith in him and trusting him ALWAYS, not just in the easy times. I've been praying a lot that I would just let go and let God. Lately, I've really felt at peace about a lot of things and I KNOW, I trully KNOW that things are going to get better here soon...i mean SOON. Well then I get an email from one of my greatest friends about her and her husband having the same thoughts-we have to have faith in God. They are making a big life changing decision here (I wont share right now, because it's not my place to and I'll wait for that permission,) but it is one that for sure one would have to have a lot of faith in the Lord about!!! I am glad to have her there to turn to and glad that they know they can turn to us for prayer! I'm so thankful for their friendship and their stories of how Christ speaks to them and also provides for them. It helps give me hope and helps me to trust even more. With Christ and with one another....we have it all and we can make it through the hardest times!!!

"We've got to hold on to what we've got,

Cause it doesn't make a difference

If we make it or not.

We've got each other and that's a lot

For Love-we'll give it a shot!"

"Whooah, we're half way there-Whooah

Living on a prayer.

Take my hand and we'll make it-I swear.

Livin on a prayer."

My Husband the Photographer

Nick has really amazed me with some of the pictures he has taken. He is really thinking about starting some sort of business. I would love to see it go somewhere. I trust it can.

So, to show off his talent-you are going to be bombarded with A LOT of pictures taken by Nick.

I think this one is so cool!

Hope you enjoyed some of the (I swear), thousands of pictures Nick has taken! I know I do!

Splish Splash...

....I was taking a bath

Long about a THURSDAY night

A rub dub, just relaxing in the tub

Thinking everything was alright

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ISAIAH POOPED IN THE TUB!!! No, no pictures of poop in the tub, but it was nasty!!!

Isaiah and Julia were playing along in the tub, like they always do. Isaiah all of a sudden said, "Poop." Julia goes, "Mommy, Isaiah is going to poop!" I got up and looked and yelled, "Ah, he already did-get out!" LOL. Julia jumped out of the tub so fast and I scooped Isaiah out. So then it was up to me, I had to get a cup and scoop all the little turds out of the tub, drain it and fill the tub up again, so the kids could finish their bath. It was not fun at all! Of course, Lil Man thought it was soooo funny!! Gotta love him though!

Love my little fishies!!!

Princess and the Frog

Julia's First Trip to the Theater!

Today, Nana, Julia and I ventured out in the blowing, crazy snow (there were complete white outs at times) to the Oakview 24 to see The Princess and the Frog! Julia was so excited to be going to her very first movie at the big theater. When I asked her, "Do you want to go see a movie with Nana and Mommy?" she responded with, "YES and can we get popcorn there?!" I laughed and said, "How did you know that you get popcorn when you go to the theater?" She told me she saw it on "Little Bill," when she was watching cartoons in my room. LOL! Oh the things they observe!

Julia infront of the Chipmunks display at the theater.

Right when we walked in the theater to get our tickets she said, "Can we get popcorn now?" We got our tickets and again she said, "But we didn't get our popcorn!" She was so worried about the popcorn!

Mommy and Julia

Julia checking out the Chipmunks!

We made it to the concession stands and got a large popcorn! :) Along with the popcorn we got a large pop, a medium sprite for Julia (they only have "small" cups if you get the kids pack which is $6,) a water for Nana and sour patch kids. It cost us $25!!!! Seriously, no wonder why we wait until the movies come out on DVD. It's crazy expensive to go to a movie.

Julia eating her popcorn!

Julia being silly!

How ridiculous that they don't have small cups!

She did so well in the theater! We were very proud of her. We did have to make a couple trips to the bathroom, but overall she did super well! My babies are getting soooo big. I have thought about this day for  long time. I have been waiting to be able to enjoy this experiance with her!

Mommy and Julia

Nana and Julia

After the movie, Nana treated us to ice-cream! Even though it was sooooo cold outside, it was still a yummy treat!!!

Just a quick side note-I got my hair done this weekend. I went to Shauna Fox and I absolutely adore her. I am very pleased. I'll show a before picture of the color of my hair and then an after (well you can see it above as well I guess-just don't mind the style-we decided to go to the movie kind of last minute and I had to do a few things around the house and get Isaiah fed before we left, so really didn't have time to do much with it.)

August 2009

November 2009

February 2010

 No it's not uneven in the back-I just didn't have it brushed down in that section :)

She put 3 different colors in the brown family all over my head-a brown with a gold color, brown with a red tint and then another one, but to be honest, I don't remember what she said. She then put a few highlights in. I love it. I'm excited to try different things now. I think next time, I may even go darker and shorter!!! It was nice to have somebody say, "I think with your skin tone and eye color it would be good to go darker." She said that with my eye color I could pull a lot of different colors. She said the blonder look looks good, but it was getting to be too much blonde. She mentioned that next time I come in, if I wanted to put more blonde highlights in we could and it would look good! :) I just really liked how she came to me and said, "This is what I think we should do...." Thank You Shauna!!!

My Growing Boy

19 months

 Today we had Isaiah's 18 month appointment with Dr. Joseph Straley. I can't believe how fast he is growing up. As I was driving to go pick him up from Christi's it occured to me that he is so close to being 2 years old!!! He's no longer a BABY, he is a toddler!!

July 9, 2008

February 9, 2010

Isaiah Michael's stats today were as follows:

Height: 32.75" (52.16 percentile)

At his 15 month check up, he was only in the 27th percentile, so he's getting taller!

Weight: 22 lb 1 oz (5.07 percentile)

At his 15 month check up, he was in the 4th percentile, so not much change there!

Head: 47.5cm (36.31 percentile)

At his 15 month check up, he was in the 46th percentile, so his head is shrinking ;)!

He had to get 3 shots today! As the kids get older, I am able to control myself a lot better as they are SCREAMING. Today, not so much. My heart started pounding, my chest hurt and my eyes filled with tears. Isaiah was hysterical. His cry was definately a painful cry. He was shaking, he was crying so hard. I felt awful. Here I was holding his arms down, so that he couldn't try to hit the nurse away and "letting her hurt him." Oh it was so hard. I just kept kissing him and telling him, he's doing so good, it's almost done. As soon as the nurse was done, I picked him right up and just cuddled him.

Here he was itty bitty getting a shot! Makes my heart ache!

What is Isaiah doing at 18/19 months?

• He sleeps 10-12 hours a night
• He takes one nap a day
• He loves to jump, dance, and do somersaults
• He says 2-3 words at a time
  (Hi____, Thank You___, Night night ____, Bye bye___, Hot coffee cup, etc)
• In addition to above, he adds to his vocabulary every day-Back-Back (aka back pack), shake a booty, bath, car, monkey, elephant (elphie), hippo, puppy, baby, etc.
• He is learning his body parts and even to say some of them-"Feets," "Butt" (for belly button), "Har" (hair), eyes, and even "PoPo" (for his private)
• He is more independent 
• He loves to use his imagination and pretend
• He still loves his brown blankey
• He has started to stick up for himself against his sissy
• He has started temper tatrums-from screaming, hitting, laying on floor and screaming, spitting-Oh it's fun!
• He LOVES his Sissy and Brother "Koby"
• He has really started to love to have cuddle/rock time before bed (it's a treat, it doesn't happen every night.)
• He has really started his manners-Please, Thank You, coughs in his arm
• He has started to show an interest in using the "big boy" potty.
• He LOVES his bath time.
• He now loves to play with the big kids and be involved

As mentioned before, Isaiah loves his Sissy! Of course though at this age, they can be SO mean to each other. For the most part, they get along great and have a lot of fun together. I love watching them pretend together, laugh together, dance together, and just have a good time. There are times they will have each other cracking up. I am so glad that the Lord has blessed me with more than one child. It so wonderful watching these two grow up together.

Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb

One thing the doctor mentioned today is that Isaiah is advanced in his speech. He said that usually boys develop a little slower than girls, especially being the 2nd/3rd born. Isaiah though, he's proved that wrong. Dr. Straley was very impressed with Isaiah and what he was saying and doing already at this age. He said the only bad thing that comes with being advanced in speech is the temper tantrums are going to start earlier. BOY HAVE THEY!!!

Temper tantrums and all, this little man is such a blessing! He is so happy (for the most part) and such a good baby...er..I mean toddler. I am so thankful for my Little Guy.

I LOVE YOU ISAIAH MICHAEL!