10 THINGS

Sydney tagged me so I am going to write 10 things about myself that not a lot of people know!

10. I sleep with my eyes opened! CREEPER I know!

9. Kenzie's 2nd birthday is June 24th and I am already starting to plan it! Hello petting zoo and pony rides! YAY for Farm Themes!

8. Jake offered me $200.00 to spend at Buckle if I would eat a piece of shrimp. I had an anxiety attack and could not make myself do it. Sad I know but seafood is so gross

7. Jake and I decided when Kenzie was a baby that she would not ever sleep in bed with us...now even when I want her to take a nap with me she won't so I settle with taking a nap with the dog and cat and I LOVE IT! Something about Kane right up against my shoulder and Panda on my stomach makes me feel so safe. My pets are my other children!

6. I too (like Sydney) am obsessed with shoes well not so much shoes more like HEELS...I am lucky enough to have a husband who kinda understands my obsession and lets me splurge on myself when I really really start to get the "shoe itch"

5. I love listening to Kenzie on the baby moniter when she is in her crib talking to herself. I think her voice is the sweetest sound in the world.

4. I cry during any animal shelter commercial or publix commercial. (If you dont know what publix is google it on YouTube watch the chicken gumbo one and the valentines day one)

3. I really want to chop all my hair off but am WAY WAY WAY too scared to do it!

2. When it comes to actually starting the process of buying our house I freak out! I guess buying a house really makes you grown up!

1. I love my hubs more than anything in the world. Every night when he is asleep I kiss in between his shoulder blades three times (I LOVE YOU)

Ok so I am going to tag.... 1. Jessie
2. Jennifer
3. Robin
4. Whitney
5. Rachel

Kanye West

I love celebrity gossip....a little too much. I am addicted to http://www.theskinnywebsite.com/ and http://www.usmagazine.com/ I probably look at them at least 3 times a day. I also love my magazines...I guess I look at the gossip as my little escape from my world. Anyways last night was the VMA's...I only watch them to see what everybody is wearing and to see the drama that always goes down every year.

This year I was so sad when Kanye ruined Taylors moment. I know everybody is probably sick of hearing about it but she is such a sweet wonderful down to earth person and for Kanye to take her moment away was a DOUCHE BAG thing to do. I think its so cool how everybody is ralling around right now. I have always known Kanye was a jerk but I still have always said he is a very talented person now I think he is an A-Hole and I will never buy cd's or songs of his again! LOSER!

You Go Girl!

Back-Talking

How is it that Kenzie ,who is only 14 months old and has a vocabulary that consits of ma-ma, da-da, pa, kitty, doggie and tiki, can back talk me? Her usual lunch is made up of peanut butter sandwhich, gold fish, and some kind of fruit...this is her favorite and because she is so picky I don't ever change it up. She likes her tray clean at lunch time (not literally) Today I figured I would try to change it up and give her some left overs from last nights dinner because she loved it so much. I warmed it up cut it up and then gave it to her thinking she would be thrilled! WRONG all I got was a baby throwing food at me and when I sternly told her NO she started to back talk! I could not believe it...it was so hard not to laugh but she needs to learn that is not ok! I just can't believe at 14 months old I already have a mini me! What am I gonna do? :)

Personal Trainer

So today I went for my first personal training session! Jake has known this lady for a while because he basically lives at the gym. When he first told me his "lady" trainer friend wanted to train me I got really put off! There was no way I was gonna let a skinny pretty lady train my flab back into shape so for the past few weeks I have said NO WAY. I finally broke down and went for it...lets just say im not jealous in the least bit anymore. My trainer is a body builder...you know one of those women who is super built and very very spray tanned. HA she was so nice though she asked about goals and stuff and I told her I just wanted to look in the mirror and be happy again. After spending an hour with her she really knows her stuff and is going to make this really fun for me. She even made cutting sugar out of my diet sound fun (ok I wouldn't take it that far) I am excited to start getting back to my old self again and in the spring if I'm down to my goal weight....Jake and I decided that I deserved a HUGE present for myself so that is a very large motivation for me!

Birthday!

So this past weekend was my birthday. It was a lot of fun and kinda stressful. I got my main present like 2 weeks ago, see I HATE HATE HATE surprises and Jake kept rubbing it in my face that he was getting me a surprise so I was a brat and got my way and made him give it to me then. It was this super cute new Nikon camera that has a really cool touch screen. I was so excited since my other camera just broke and Jake's camera gives me a headache. I have loved taking picutres with it and playing around with all the cool options on it.

My actual birthday was on Friday but Jake had to work all day so we didn't do anything until Saturday. I woke up on saturday got ready and Mom and I went shopping. I had seen these shoes online at buckle and was going to get them no matter what. Whenever I go to the mall I usually skip over that store since it is so expensive but I needed those shoes. One thing lead to another and I bought an entire outfit from them. I walked out of that store feeling like a million bucks after spending a million bucks. They have this way of tricking you into not feeling guilty about spending a lot of money....I will say though I will start to shop there from now on I know its more pricey but they jean are magic! Every pair I tried on made me look 20 pounds skinner and that was amazing! After shopping I went home and got ready. My favorite food is Japanese from this little restaurant called Kiku. Jake and I went with our friends Chris and Nicole and had a really good time. After that we went to their house and next thing I knew it was 2:00 in the morning and panic hit! I looked at Jake and said OMG what if mom and dad didn't bring the baby moniter into their room and Kenzie is in the basement by herself screaming and nobody is helping her. That thought made us both jump up and run to the car and leave...I know we are pathetic.

The next day Jake let me sleep in until 11:30 and we just layed around til it was time to get ready to go out to my family dinner. We all met up at olive garden and had a great time.

All in all my birthday was a lot of fun and my husband is so sweet for spoiling me as much as he did! Thanks Baby!

Mommy Life, 5k/Work Outs & House Hunting

I stay at home with Kenzie while Jake goes to work. I would have never imagined myself doing this because I start to itch if I stay in one place for too long. For example I have moved a total of 11 times in my short 22 years on this earth. I love staying at home with Kenzie but I am starting to itch. I thought running would help and it does a little but I still get that jealous feeling that Jake goes to work while I stay at home all day. I feel like I need a part time job or something but as soon as I start to look I feel guilty because my pay check would pay for day care and thats about it. I would not be bringing in any money and if I'm not bringing in any money why would I go back to work. I am going back to school in January (I hope..thats the plan for now) but I still just itch all the time to do something. I think I'm going to get some books on baby sign language and try to teach Kenzie sign language.

My 5k is September 20th. Yay...I'm very excited about it. I have been running three miles and everyday I am improving a lot. I can feel my old habits slowly coming out again. My shins though are not too happy with me. This morning I got Kenzie out of bed and went to walk up the stairs to get her some breakfast....I just about died. So I took the day off but I will go back tomorrow no matter what. The best way to work out shin splints is rest a day and then work them out. UGH

House hunting sucks! I really thought we would look at a few houses and WHAM we would find one...WRONG . I have my own opinion of what would be best for us and Jakes is the opposite. The only thing we agree on is location. We both love Dawsonville but he wants a house with a lot of land and in the middle of nowhere but I want a house in a neighborhood. I grew up in this neighborhood where all the kids were best friends. Some of my favorite memories happened there. I want Kenzie to grow up with friends all around her. Jake agrees with that with the work he does he looks more at the business side of things. Land is worth more in the long run so therefore he wants the land to have a better turn around when the economy gets better. I keep telling him the economy is not gonna get better anytime soon so whatever we decide we will be there a while. Long story short...we can't even agree on houses to look at. Our goal is to be in a house before Christmas but we will see. As for now Mom and Dad's basement is nice and cozy!

I have been a slacker on pictures so here are a few.