For Better......For Worse, but not for granted.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

This and That

I sure can't believe January went by so fast. Lots of fun things going on in the Miles house!

January 17th marked a special day for Jason and I. We have been together for 10 years! It blows my mind to think of us THEN and to see how far we have come NOW. Jason is my very best friend and I cannot imagine my life without him. I don't tell him often enough, but I am so very thankful for the father and husband that he is.

Jaxon is now 21 months old. It hurts my heart a little that my sweet baby boy is growing up. Jason asked me the other night when we were going to turn his crib into a toddler bed. With a deep sigh, I replied, "When he turns 2." It is such a bitter sweet time in his life. I miss my sweet baby, but I so much enjoy watching him grow and learn fun new things. For example, I came home last night from eating dinner with a couple of my girlfriends, and Daddy had taught him this: Daddy, "What does Mommy say?" Jaxon, "NO! NO! NO!" Daddy, "What does Daddy say?" Jaxon, "YES! YES! YES!" LOL It really is funny.

Two weekends ago my besties (Marissa, Courtney, and Traci) and myself took a little road trip to Oklahoma to visit Rhonda and Ava. Sweet Ava turned 4 in December and we drove up to give her some birthday gifts and hang out with Rhonda. Rhonda's husband Thomas watched Jaxon and Ava while us girls went to get mani's and pedi's. While we all agreed that they were fantastic pedicures, we might as well have let Ava and Jaxon do the painting! Ohhhh our paint jobs were awful! LOL None the less, we all got to hang out together and catch up, which is what it was all about anyway. I am so very blessed to have great friends and I hope they all know how much I love them.

While listening to KLTY on my way home from work one day I heard that Elmo and Friends were coming to Grand Prairie to the Nokia Theatre. I immediately told Jason and we got tickets for Feb. 27th. I really don't know who is more excited, me or Jaxon. Elmo is his favorite and we watch him all the time on T.V. I have heard great things about the show and cannot wait to see the look on Jaxon's face when he gets to see Elmo live!

My job is going really well. I really, really love all the people I work with. Last Tuesday night we had our team outing and we all went bowling in downtown Dallas. I really enjoyed myself, even though I suck at bowling! LOL I suppose the one and only thing I can complain about is the traffic. While typically it is really not that bad all, heaven forbid it be raining! Thursday Jason stayed home with Jaxon as he had a little bit of a cough. I called Jason crying my eyes out (again) at about 6:30pm because I still hadn't made it home yet. It was cold and rainy out and I35 was just a mess! I can say though, that I LOVE when school is out because I fly home! So come on summer time!!

I made just a couple Resolutions for 2010, being a better blogger for one, and $aving $aving $aving! I set aside a monthly goal that I would like to save each month (for our moving fund) and I am proud to say that I was able to make that wonderful transfer today! Jason and I know we will be in this house for the next year or two, but I want to start saving now so that we are able to make a healthy down payment on our next home.

I hope that you all are having a great start to a new year!

Friday, January 01, 2010

2010

Happy New Year Everyone!
Jason and I didn't do anything exciting to ring in the New Year. I let Jaxon sleep with us and about 3 minutes to midnight Jason woke me up to tell me the ball was dropping. We watched everyone celebrate on tv for a few minutes, kissed, and I fell back asleep.

A year ago today Jason got some terrible news that his boss had passed away. I won't ever forget that day and I still continue to pray for his family. Russell Kasper was a fantastic mentor, and friend and I know Jason misses him a lot.

Jason and I invited a few friends over today to cook a New Years Day lunch. After finally getting all the dishes clean, my kitchen back in order, and settled down, I have to say how fun it was! Jason and I spent 2 1/2 hours in the kitchen cooking together. He made a Spinach and artichoke dip from Rachel Ray along with his mothers famous cabbage, and grilled chicken and steak kabob's. I made his mothers potato salad, and broccoli rice casserole. I have to say that I am super proud of myself (I even called my mother-in-law to gloat a bit) because I finally mastered the broccoli rice casserole AND I made her potato salad to Jason's specifications! The whole time I was making it he kept looking over his shoulder telling me, "it has to taste JUST like moms!" I played nice for awhile and the last time he said something I told him he was going to make it himself if he didn't hush! LOL The food was amazing! Jason said it was the "fanciest" meal we had ever made together, lol. After we all ate we played a couple of games of Chicken Leg and then ate some yummy Junior's Cheesecake that Courtney brought over. It was nice to get to enjoy a good meal and spend time with good friends.

One of the gifts Jaxon got from his Nana and Papa was a tent with a connecting tunnel. After cleaning out and reorganizing my spare bedroom I set up Jaxon's tent and we played in it for a bit. I set the tunnel up in the hallway and thought I would take a try and crawling through it.......yep, I got stuck! That made for a good laugh!

All in all it has been a pretty productive day! Now, going to try and start a new book....Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult.