May blessings

Major is jumping on the trampoline and playing with the neighbor kids on this refreshingly nice last day of May so I thought I'd catch up blogging, even though this post will be a little out of sequence.

Rewind to the middle of May:
We had an anniversary.
2 anniversaries actually.
A preschool graduation.
And Mother's Day all in one week.

Josh and I shared our 8th wedding anniversary! Josh said it best that day when he said. "It seems like yesterday and seems like a lifetime all at once". Amen and amen. We've been through a lot in our marriage. All of it has made us stronger and closer to each other though. We are still learning about each other but no matter what, each day, each minute I spend with him I am so grateful so to call him my husband is one of my biggest blessings. I am so humbled that God allows me to share my life with him. 

May 14th, 2012

8 years after saying I DO! 

Picture courtesy of the best thing we've done in our marriage :)

Next up: Josh's one year anniversary with Nashville Fire! What a great milestone! I am so proud of Josh. Proud of his dedication and hard work, proud of his drive and willingness to do what it takes to work hard for our family, just proud. He's taking every opportunity that he has at Nashville to be better, do better, learn more. He's awesome and I think they are lucky to have him!

The month of May brought preschool graduation for Major-man. He doesn't officially, officially graduate til next year, but he graduated from his 4 yr old class and participated at the graduation program. It's insane to think that this time next year I will be preparing for him to go to Kindergarten. What?! No, really, WHAT? How can I get that time bandit to just stop. Craziness.  This year he grew so much and made great strides in learning how to behave, listen better, be a better friend, use words instead of his hands, especially in frustration. It was a trying year for us, for him, for his teacher, but we all made it through and on this side, we made it with a lot of growth. I'm really proud of that little toot.

 heading to "school" for graduation.

 Major and his class preforming "the cookie monster" song.

 :)

 Major with his very sweet and very patient teacher, Mrs. Barbara

Lastly on this little May catch-up post is Mother's Day. I already wrote a Debby Downer of a Mother's Day post because my mom isn't the easiest person to get along with. BUT, I really had a great day. I spent it with my in-laws and my boys. It was a wonderful day and no matter what, no matter any other drama, or how anybody feels about me, God felt that I was worthy enough to be called Major's Mama. And for that, I am always blessed and grateful.

Coming next is a post I'm really excited about! I hosted a favorite things exchange with some really sweet girlfriends on Saturday. It was a ton of fun! Hopefully I will get that done tomorrow! Til then friends :)

A perfect day.

Today was...
Fun.
Sweet.
Perfect.

Like one of those days you hope for when your kid is on the floor screaming and throwing a tantrum.
I am grateful for days like today.

Major and I played all day. We jumped on the trampoline, swang, spent time at the park, played with Tillie, did some crafts, made a cake and I let him play wii for the first time. It was an awesome day. The only thing that would have made it better would have been if Josh were home with us. I am so grateful to him, especially for days like today because he is the reason I get to be home with Major. He works so hard for us and I am so so so grateful.

So here's to...
More days like today.
More laughs and smiles.
More cooperation.
More time with my sweet boy. 

Not the post I was hoping to write

I've had a burden on my chest for over a year. My mom and I had a falling out over something dumb last spring that I still don't understand. Many things were said on both sides, things I'm sad and disappointed about. I wish in the moment I would have just thickened my skin and not sunk to her level. I wishi didn't let my anger and hurt feelings get in the way. We've tried a few times within the year to "patch things up" but the damage is done. Nothing is the same and nothing will ever be the same. It's weird, awkward and honestly I am at the point where I don't even care if I see her. At first Major asked about her a lot but he doesn't anymore. She's made no attempt within the year to see us at all. Today, I was unsure of how to handle mothers day. I haven't seen her on mothers day since major has been here, which is 4 years. The first 2 years were excuses about why she couldn't come to church or see us or whatever. Something else was always going on. Last year the crap was hitting the fan and we weren't speaking at all. This year, we aren't really speaking still. She feels like this is all my fault and I should make the effort, I feel like she brought this on and she should. It will never be resolved. I think my reservation comes from many of the things she said. I won't get past those words. Ever. I knew this morning that if I called her I'd probably be upset or disappointed the rest of the day and I didn't want to ruin the day with my boys. I texted her tonight which backfired. Ugh. Oh well. I think I'm just gonna check out if that relationship altogether. It's easier and healthier to do that I think. I'm happier without the drama and stress. Blah, what a sucky way to end an otherwise great day. I'm just grateful to Josh, Major and my in laws for making this day special and enjoyable for me. Josh and Maj are everything to me and I feel so happy to share my life with them. At least going through this crap with my mom let's me know the kind of mother I will never be to Major, no matter what. No matter what, no relationship he has, nothing will cause me to turn my back on him, ever, ever, ever.

Running in circles

It's been forever since I've blogged anything and for my 14 followers who care at all, my apologies. :) It is mostly because of my Ipad. I can get to blogger easily, I even have the app, but typing a blog on there is weird for me because of the keyboard. Anyway, it's been so long that blogger has changed it's format and I'm a little confused by it. Guess I need to do better about keeping up with life on here.

Since last time, Major has been back to the allergist. He is still on Singular, Zyrtek, and a daily vitamin. Added to his list now is Flonase, a nasal spray. That's helped a ton actually. I hate to have him on so many meds but he has to have them to feel better. We are actually still debating on the allergy shots and weighing the pros and cons of that.

Major is playing soccer. We have 3 games left and I am pretty happy. He doesn't love soccer at all. It's been a struggle for us bc he says he wants to play football. Unfortunately, he can't play til he is 5. He's ready though. He tackles the kids at soccer because he says he doesn't like it and wants to tackle like football. It's been a struggle to say the least. Saturday though, he had a great game. He didn't act like a fool and let himself have fun and low and behold, he scored 4 goals. I was so proud of him! Hopefully he can have that much fun this week and have another great game so his Daddy can see.

We started accidentally started a yard project. Josh and I had been talking about doing a fire pit in the yard but didn't have any plans really so when he went out of town for work, I surprised him and started it. When he got home to see it, he had bigger plans and started digging a "hole". For what you ask? I 450 square foot patio. Yea, he really did dig a 450 square foot area with a tiny shovel...It's ok, say it. I did. He's crazy. So we are about half way finished with it. We bought and covered half of that area with pavers that turned out beautifully. At the end of it is our firepit. It's nothing fancy but looks really nice and we are already loving it. On the patio will be a canopy and new furniture. We want to finish Major's side first though. On his side will be an outdoor chalkboard and a race car track for his cars. It will be made of bricks and will be surrounded by rubber mulch. I think we are also going to put his sand table down there too. It should be nice and hopefully we will have it done very soon so that we can enjoy it this summer.

Speaking of summer.....it already feels like it :)   Maj and I have just 2 and a half weeks of school left. Im ready for summer, well for the break, not the heat :) I signed Major up for a little summer school on Mondays and Thursdays. I think it will be great for both of us. Keeping a schedule for him and having some time away from each other should be nice. It's just from 8 to 12 though so it's a small break with I love bc I can run errands then get him back to do all the fun stuff like the pool and the park!

As for Josh, bless his heart. He just works all the time. I'm very grateful for him and his sacrifices so that we can have what we do while I have as much time as possible at home with Major. He is amazing and I feel incredibly blessed to share my life with him. Speaking of, next week we will celebrate our 8th anniversary. Crazy. He's the love of my life and I couldn't be happier to say he is mine.                                                                                   
Well that was about nothing and everything and has pretty much caught me up til now. I'm running a 5k on Saturday so I will post about whether or not I meet my personal goal :) If it isn't humid as Hades I should be fine :)