Mother's Day and more.......

Awwww......Mother's Day! What a time of year I look forward too! Especially now that I am a momma myself!
 I was always the kind of kid who would surprise my mom with things when she got home for work for no reason.........just because! I loved writing her notes and putting them on her pillow, cleaning the house spotless, and giving her a foot rub when she got home from a long day at work (which I didn't do a lot.......just on days I knew she really needed it) I did this because I love her so much, because compared to the pain she went through having me, taking care of her and helping around the house was the least I could ever do! I miss my mom sooo much! It's hard being 800 miles away from her, especially on celebratory days like Mother's Day! But being so far didn't stop me from getting her something special!

Gardners Gift Basket....... she loves to garden!

Flowers :) Both were delivered to her work......Surprise!

I wrote her a little poem:

You gave me life, you gave me love,

The grattitude I feel won't be enough.

You fed me, nurtured me, and helped me grow,

Who I am today, to you I owe.

She was definitely surprised! Wish I could have been there to deliver them myself along with a hug and kiss......maybe next year. :)
It's crazy even though I am a mom myself, I still get up in the morning on Mother's Day thinking this day is all about my mom, which of course it is but I don't even realize that I get to share that same special day with her now too. :)

My mom was pretty sneaky herself...........

I love this smell!!! Thanks again mom!

The rest of Mother's Day for me was relaxing. Josh helped a lot with Kaizen so I could relax and get some other things I wanted to do done. Then after resting for a bit we went out and mowed the lawn and did a little yard work........the yard was just begging for some attention so we decided to give it some. We also let the dogs out with us to play and took the big dog Buckley out to play in the water behind our house! He loved it! Dumb me forgot to take pictures.......once again I was just too caught up in the moment! I just need to tie the camera to my wrist when I go anywhere :)

I finally finished my menu board..........

It was so fun to do! Kaizen slept while I got it done :) Such a good baby........

I got Kaizen some cute little flip-flops...........

                                                         I just love his little feetsies!



And here is some feeding time pictures.......

Okay at this time I would like to tell you about Kaizen's name........ We have had our kid's names picked out ever since I can remember and for the LONGEST time (right up until a few weeks before he was born actually) we were planning on naming him Kayson..... we loved it but it seemed pretty close to Jason and we wanted something different.......something we've never heard of, so Kaizen popped up and we Fell. In. Love. but just to clarify.....you say his name like Kayzen not like Kyzen......just in case anyone was wondering. :) some people get it right and some don't.

Anywho.......It was a pretty good weekend! I very much enjoyed my very first Mother's Day! :)

Yummy!

Whenever I get sad, happy, mad, glad........basically any emotion really! What makes me feel better is cleaning and cooking! Something about being in the Kitchen with a glorious aroma feeling the room excites me! I love cooking for my family! I absolutely love it!!  And today I did just that! Haven't got the cleaning part yet but that is soon to come don't worry! I had to blog about tonights wonderful meal first!

 So I started menu planning awhile ago but it didn't really work out as Josh's schedule is so unpreditable! But I am trying it again but this time it will be a little different. I will have meals planned and if I find out that Josh won't be able to make dinner it will get jumped to the following night.........and so on and so fourth!  I know........some of you are thinking "uh derrr! why didn't you just do that the first time" And I honestly really don't know why I didn't, I just gave up on trying there for a bit.......but now I am back on and I'm excited!!

 I am in the process of making a menu board with this cute magnet board I bought awhile ago! When I finish I will post pics!!

Anyway....... tonight we had Slow Cooker Salsa Chicken with Cheddar and Herb Biscuits (thanks to my sista Kristina! Whenever I feel like cooking a good meal and cant find anything anywhere else, I go to her Pinterest board on food and she always has good recipes! So thanks sis!) It was absolutely delish!! It's defiinitely going to be a keeper in my recipe book!

                                                                                                                                                              

We invited some of Josh's coworkers to come over so they got to partake as well! No pictures though.....I didn't want to freak them out with my picture taking illness! :)

I am soooo glad it is getting warm outside because looking at the same walls everyday all day was getting a little rough........O who am I kidding.......A LOT rough! I need to get outta here........with my baby in tow of course, we need to get outta here and enjoy the nice weather while it's here.

I just love this boy!!

I do miss my family and friends back home.......I miss hanging out with everyone, getting together and just enjoying eachothers company! It's funny........God's plan......... You are never where you think you'll be and always where you never pictured. But I understand that this is where I need to be right now! I couldn't imagine being away from Josh, how hard that would be on him, on me, and eventually even on Kaizen! That's why I KNOW this is where I should be! We will move back home one day........but for now I will just value those home visits and try to take it all in while I am there around the people I love so so very much!



Randomness

Updating the blog.....

Not much has been happenin' in this neck of the woods! Just spending time with my little man and cleaning! It has been raining here for a little while so we havent been outside much......thank goodness for movies and toys right!!

It was quite funny today...... I was feeding Kaizen some oatmeal with a spoon.....first off he hates the spoon......he normally eats his cereal in a feeder bottle that Josh's mom got us which he loves! But...... I think he needs to start learning to eat with a spoon so I have been trying it a little bit everyday and I have to tell ya......I have one smart little boy!! As I was feeding him today, he would pucker his lips and try to spit it out so when he started to do this, I looked at him and politely said "No" and his eyes got big and he swallowed that cereal........everytime! This could be a good or bad thing already knowing what "No" means, he might start telling me no sooner than I would like lol, but still......what a smarty!  (sorry no pictures of it :( I will be sure to remember it next time)

Umm... I finally was elligible for an upgrade on our Verizon plan so I got me an iphone! I already had the ipad so I knew I would love it.....and I soooo do!!!!

My cute case for it......I am not a really big fan of the color pink

but if I have to get something pink......this is the ONLY shade of it I like!

Gosh I wish I had more to say.....but it's been quite boring around here lately! O! Josh and I went and watched the Hunger Games on Wednesday! I have been bugging Josh to go watch it ever since I started reading the book! Lucky for me.....we have the same taste in movies so he was glad to come with! It was awesome......both the book and the movie! Shane and Abbie watched Kaizen at our house so we could go! So thankful for them.......I know they have a brand new baby of their own but they were so willing to watch him and I'm thankful!

We are planning on making a trip back home in June.....for a wedding (ahhhhhh! Carissa!!), visiting family.....of course, and making a trip to the Primary Children's Hospital to meet with the Pediatric Neurologist there! Nothing is wrong.......just going for a second opinion......that never hurts!

We are all happy and healthy and planning on keeping it that way!

Now.......I need to finish laundry and cleaning and since this is happening......................

I'd better hurry!!