Life Lately

I am currently writing this at a friend's house, sitting on the couch while her son is sleeping until she gets home. My laptop has about one hour of battery life left, so she better get here soon, especially because her internet is SHIT. I don't usually curse, but seriously, I already have a slow computer, and this internet is making it unbearable.

This week was one of the best weeks I've had in a really long time. I've realized just how lucky I am in so many aspects. One of them being my amazing boyfriend. He has been such a tremendous help this week. He helps so much with Travis, which is more than incredible because dads aren't really as hands-on at this age as moms are. But he is so great with him. He'll change diapers, play with him so that I can sleep, and so much more.

Like today, I was cleaning up from dinner, and he realizes that it's time for Travis's bath, and without saying anything, he fills the tub, gets Travis undressed, and starts giving him a bath. It's just things like that. Plus, we never argue. I have no reason to get angry with him. Sure, sometimes things frustrate me, but I get over it easily. Either I let him know, or I just realize that it's not that big of a deal. After talking with a few friends about problems in their relationships, I've realized just how lucky I am in mine.

Just in case you missed it this week,
I shared with you our new hobby: bowling!
I listed ten things that make me happy.
Travis had his first day at the pool! (And be sure to enter my May Sponsor Giveaway!)
I opened up and shared a few things that I'm struggling with right now. You guys really are amazing and so kind. :)
And I had my first Mother's Day this week!

 

I just love this picture. Jon and I could not stop giggling at how cute he looked in this outfit. (Although if Jon ever read this he would say that he does NOT giggle.)

Our first time doing tummy time with the boppy pillow! He's got such great neck strength! Whenever he's on his belly, all he wants to do is crawl! He's only three and a half months old and he's already frustrated that he can't move! Hold your horses, there, Travis. :)

Travis loves his keys. And I love that he can grab onto them and stay content with them for ever. Until he throws them.

We got our Paci Plushie in the mail!! You guys just wait, there will be loads of cuteness when I take pictures of Travis using this guy!

Isn't he just adorable? Yes.

My boy and me on Mother's Day. :)

My dad got this for me to help me out with my kitchen woes. You can read about that here.

I love his eyes in this one. He's starting pulling his pacifier out of his mouth. I can't wait until he'll be able to put it back in! Haha

Chillin' on the couch, again with his keys! :)

I came home to this after an advisement appointment at my school. Passed out. :)

Travis and my sister! :)

I love how the cat just sits like this. We have multiple pictures of him in this pose.

My Mother's Day present from Jon! We actually just got it drilled on Thursday, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to throw it. It keeps getting stuck on my thumb, but the guy drilling it says it's my fault and didn't want to keep drilling it. >.< I'm just way too used to a house ball, I guess.

Travis discovered his thumb!! He still sucks on his whole hand sometimes, but other times, it's just his thumb. It's so cute. I'm not sure which is worse, sucking on a thumb or a pacifier!

I love this picture of us! I think I'm getting Travis into a bad habit of only being able to nap when I'm holding him. As soon as I put him down he wakes up. But I just love cuddling when he's asleep so I can't help it!

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Let's Be Friends Blog Hop

Hello there! It is time for the Let's Be Friends Blog Hop #13! It has been an amazing 13 weeks so far. Bloglovin' is a great way to organize and follow other bloggers, and with Google Reader shutting down it's not a bad idea to promote your bloglovin' option!

We reached our goal of 85 link ups last week! YAY! This week our goal is to reach 100- can we do it? Yes we can. Promote this blog hop by putting the button on your page, or throwing a shout out at the end of your post today or tomorrow. The more link ups we have the more our blogs will grow! Invite a friend, tweet it, or let your facebook bloggy friends know! :)

                                              

Mandi from All My Happy Endings is my other host. She is an awesome friend I have met through blogging. We are committed to growing and promoting this blog hop.

Have fun and meet some friends!

Chloe from Rainbows & Honeysuckle

Megan from One Fifteen Danville

Francesca from The Happy One

Angela from My Silly Life

                               

My First Mother's Day

This past Sunday was my very first Mother's Day! We started the day with a huge, delicious home cooked breakfast with pancakes, bacon, and eggs that Jon made for me. :)

After, we went to Jon's sister's house to celebrate with his mom and family. They had a huge dinner and it was really great to see them because we really only get to every month or every other month. Everyone was of course so excited to see and hold Travis!

Poor guy started getting really tired, but was so overwhelmed by everybody that he got himself so worked up and wouldn't let himself sleep. So Jon's mom was carrying him trying to get him to calm down, and you know what she did? She fed my exclusively breastfed three and a half month old gravy off her finger. Then immediately after asks, "Oh, was that bad?" I just nodded.

Jon and I aren't the type to get into an angry uproar, but we couldn't believe she did that! Finally I was able to feed Travis and put him to sleep until we left. Then we went to my step-mom's mom's house (I know, what a mouthful!) to celebrate with them. We hung out and chatted until they ate dinner since we had just eaten, then headed home.

My Mother's Day presents from Jon's mom and my dad! :)

We celebrated with my mom on Tuesday when she got back in town from a weekend bike ride she'd done in North Carolina. We made barbecue in the Crockpot and she brought over some rolls, baked beans, and cole slaw. My mom and sister usually come by once a week and bring us dinner, and then we usually just hang out watching HGTV until it's time for them to leave. We're all obsessed and now want our dream homes. :)

My Mother's Day present from Jon! :)

I had the best Mother's day, mostly because I was able to spend it with these boys. :)

Trying Times

Everyone hits a hard point in their life when they aren't sure what's going to happen next or where to go in life. Sometimes it's after a divorce, a lay off, and things like that. But sometimes it's also after an unexpected pregnancy.

Travis is a blessing, and we love him more than anything in the world. He is the most beautiful baby boy and he lights up our lives. And we do love that we had him while we're young, that way we'll still be young and energetic the same as he is. But sometimes I wish we'd had him at a different place in our lives.

I had just had my first semester at the University of South Carolina and loved it. So yes, I was a bit of a bum that stayed in my room all day, ate pizza at least once a day, studied, and watching endless HIMYM on Netflix, but I got a 3.8 GPA that semester, and honestly, nothing beats that. I loved the school, I loved living in a dorm, they have the best Journalism program, and I was really bummed to give that up. I almost planned on going back spring semester, but who wants to be 8 months pregnant, an hour and a half away from home and the baby's daddy, walking to class? Nobody. So I stayed home. I finished my Associates degree at the local community college along with a writing certificate.

And I'm more excited than anyone to be going back to school, but honestly, we're broke. We basically live off of Jon's GI Bill to pay our bills every month, I'm not working, and we have to have help to afford our groceries.

I wish that we were able to bring Travis up in a house rather than an apartment where he could have a blue nursery with all of his pretty blue furnishings, all of the books and stories that we could read to him, and a nice yard to play in when he's old enough. But for the next two or three years, I'm not sure how much we're really going to be able to give him.

If Jon gets this job, though, that would really help to turn things around. We'd be able to get a house sooner and we would be living much more comfortably than on only $1000/month, sometimes less.

I wish that we'd been able to finish school, get real careers, move into a house, and get married before starting a family, but sometimes things don't always happen the way we plan. And that's okay, we just have to figure out another way to make things work.

I'm hoping that these next two years of school go by so that I can get a job, but I'll be thankful for the time I get to spend home with Travis in the process. It will be so great if Jon gets this job and then maybe goes to school part time. But he's got so much experience from the Air Force as a diesel mechanic, he might just want to do that instead. I don't think he really knows yet. And I'm hoping that sometime in the (maybe near) future, we're able to get married and be stable enough to expand our family.

I've always wanted my kids to all be close in age, so I hope that none of this takes too long so that Travis can have a little sister or brother!

Pool Day + May Sponsor Giveaway!

This past Saturday the weather was finally nice enough to head out to the pool! I changed Travis into his adorable swim trunks and hat and we sunscreened him up and walked over. Unfortunately we weren't the only ones that had that idea, so the pool was packed.



Doesn't he look so freaking adorable?? Oh my gosh, we have the cutest baby. I walked around the pool with him for a little while, but when I stuck my foot in, it seemed a little too cold for Travis to try.



The steps into the pool are tiny and little kids were surrounding them, so we went to another shallow corner, and Jon got in the pool waist deep and I sat on the edge holding Travis. Then we just dipped his feet in just a little to see what he thought. He had absolutely no reaction at all! He didn't smile, frown, laugh, or cry. Just kinda sat there. So I'm not sure if he liked it or not. He loves bath time, so maybe when it warms up and we can get him a floaty, he'll enjoy it a lot more. :)



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