I need a break...

from studying for a final, so what do I do? Blog. I have some cute pictures of the 4th so I need to catch up. But, about my schooling...I'm in the Bachelor's of General Studies program at the Y and am on my way to graduating.. I have 5 classes left before I'm done...but with 2 kids, it'll prob take me 2 years to finish, and I'm okay with that. Sometimes I get discouraged because HOW am I suppose to go to school (and do well) with two kids AND Jeff working????? I sit and stew over it and it ends with my crying. Jeff is always so good at saying the right thing. He says to not think of everything all at once, but rather just focus on one class at a time...and he's right. It's exciting, too. I'm happy I decided to finish my degree. My plan is to graduate April 2014.

Anyway, back to those cute pictures I was talking about. We had the most relaxing, non-chaotic, non-greasy foods, non-fireworks, non-horrible parking 4th of July. It could be because we didn't know of any 'cool' spots yet, or because we have two small kids and didn't want to keep them up late. Nonetheless, we didn't do much, and we were completely okay with it. Jeff had to work a few hours that morning, so the kids and I went to the pool. 

Ok so it wasn't 100 degrees like everywhere else, but it was low 70's and hey, that's great for Seattle...SO we play in the hot tub. 

Isn't our club house/pool pretty?? 

This is how Reese spends her days while I'm lounging and Boston's running around in the pool. She loves it. 

The wind started to pick up so I decided we should go home and put the kids down. When Jeff got off work the sun was shining and it was beautiful! So we went back to the pool!!! We decided to also have our bbq at the clubhouse.

These pictures are hilarious. I snapped them at the perfect time. Jeff started to stress me out a little bit the more and more he would scoot back...Boston loved it tho. 

How perfect is his form? Flawless.

Since the 4th, we got Boston arm floaties and a water noodle and he can totally swim on his own with those only. I don't leave his side but he can swim up and down the pool. It's so cute. 

When we got home we got out pop-its for Boston. He thought those were the coolest things ever made. He was not happy when there weren't endless amounts of them. I'm not a cool mom and didn't buy sparklers...I made an attempt at Fred Meyer but they didn't have them, so I didn't want to go searching...oh well, next year. 

And...like I said we didn't go see fireworks so I don't have pictures of that...but we watched a total of 5 minutes of the NY firework show, so that counts right?? 

Spokane & Red Sox

I failed at taking pictures while I was in Spokane...I took 1 picture and it was of Boston holding Reese. 

My sister's boyfriend was getting baptized so I wanted to go and support him! It's such an easy drive back to Spokane so I decided I'd take the kids and go for a long weekend. After I decided I was going to go, I got a bridal shower invite to one of my best friends bridal shower! I guess I was suppose to go to Spokane that weekend.

The drive was great, kids were great, BUT having zero help (sis and mom helped as much as they could, but no one replaces the help of Jeff) it was tiring. If you follow me on instagram and facebook, you saw all the pics from the drive and such. 

The weekend went by SO fast! My mom took my little sister and I shopping which was really nice. I got some cute shoes and clothes! The bridal shower was great; it was nice catching up with Brit and the wedding plans--they get married Thursday in Mexico!!!!! I'm a bridesmaid so I'm actually heading back to Spokane in two weeks for the reception. As always, the baptism was great. Tyler is a great guy--I'm very happy and excited for him.

This is the only picture I got on my camera that weekend...

Reese is so big...but also so cute.

Boston's on this new kick of wanting to hold her. He even pats his hand on her belly and rocks back in forth. Reese also just loves him, seriously. Boston says anything to her she gives him the biggest smile. It's so stinkin' cute.

I'm excited to go back for the wedding and see my family! I miss being near them. Oh we also went back to our old house and my step dad has done so much work there! He replaced the whole deck, stairs, put trim, painted, etc. It looks so good. I joked and said we are moving back in!! It looks really good. 

In other news, for Jeff's birthday back in April, I bought him tickets to see the Red Sox in Seattle. We were both very anxious to go. My mom's twin watched the kids. Boston loves 'aunt jean' and sometimes calls my mom 'aunt jean.' Poor guy gets confused having a twin grandma. 

Jeff said this picture wouldn't look as cool in real life, but this is the roof closing on the field. It didn't make a sound when closing, the game didn't stop either. It was kinda cool to see how smooth it all was. 

It's been fun living in a city where there is so much to do!!

The next pictures are just because. Reese loves looking at the tv and Boston enjoys laying next to her. 

The next picture just cracks me up. I go into Reese's room and see Boston's dinosaurs by the window. He has such a creative mind lately. He is so funny and I love finding his toys in random places. 

Things are going great in Seattle. I really enjoy it here. Ya the sun hasn't made a huge appearance, but it's been nice going to lots of parks, and when the sun does come out we lay by our pool. The pool is Boston's favorite place in the whole world. That little boy sure is funny. 

Some things...

I sure love playing with my cute kids! They make me SO happy! Especially since Reese is now becoming more of a baby...like smiling SO much...'talking' (oh the cute talking!) and interacting more. Boston copies me when I'm talking to Reese in a high pitch voice. It's really funny actually. He is starting to become a little more rough with her...which I'm not sure how I feel about it. 

This girl loves her bumbo...

I've also added some things to her room...pouf balls and her frames. 

Look how big her closet is?? Our room and Reese's room have walk in closets...Boston doesn't have one but he does have a longer one.

If you look close enough, Reese has her little tongue sticking out.

During the day when Reese just wants me to hold her, putting her in the Bjorn is best thing for the both of us!

He sure does love his sis

ha ha how creepy does Boston look??? ha ha I laugh every time I look at this picture. Some cute things about Boston...

-one of the first nights we were here, he woke up in the middle of the night screaming because he thought a bee was in his room... ha ha seriously screaming! We thought he had a bad dream but one night I was comforting him and I heard the bee noise!!! He's a smarty. I think it's his heater...

-he can count up to 10 by himself, we're still working on the alphabet

-we tried to see where he would be at for potty training. We attempted it for a day, but then realized he has no idea what is going on and could care less. So we will probably see where he is at come fall. He did look super cute in little underwear tho. 

-he has to get in and out of his car seat or throws a fit...and has to shut the door

-LOVES playing in our hot tub...it's not quite hot enough to play in our pool but I'm sure he'll love it. 

-is enjoying us reading to him more...like he sits for longer than 10 seconds.

-when he gets up in the morning, he now comes into our room...it's a little creepy when he stares right at our face and we wake up to that

-when him and Jeff play baseball, he doesn't care to throw the baseball with his free hand but rather with the glove...ticks Jeff off.

-still loves his puzzle...Jeff and I have to switch back and forth playing with him because we both hate that puzzle. 

In other news, we love it here. I have a play group which is wonderful, and Jeff refs basketball games on the weekend. He loves doing that. He said that even when he starts his job he still may do that. We still need to go check out the zoo, and we'd like to get season passes to the aquarium. I am going to sign up for a race shortly, just trying to figure out the best weekend! I'm heading back to Spokane next weekend because my sister's bf is getting baptized! He's great. That'll be fun to see Ally and the family. I'm excited and I know Boston will be thrilled to see grandma and grandpa. Anyway--that's it for now!

Our new home

Ok, I can sort of breathe now. It was SOOOO busy the last two weeks that I couldn't even thinking about the blogging world. But it's time to update...:) 

We are in Seattle!! We actually live in Lynnwood, which is 15-20 minutes north of Seattle. We really love it here so far. We couldn't have chosen a better area. We kind of picked a complex, looked around the area and signed our lease, so the exploring part happened later when we moved here. There is a way cool mall about 2 miles away...Target (which it's actually almost a super target but they can't be called that because they don't actually have a deli...whatever it looks like a super Target), a cool little shopping around across the street with a brand new Fred Meyer, parks in every direction, Wal-mart a mile away etc. It's just a great area. We've been warned about the traffic here so the fact that everything is so close to our home is great because I won't have to get on the freeway at all. 

Every box is now unpacked...things aren't in their place but boxes are gone which is a relief. Everything happened super fast that I can 'relax' when both kids are sleeping. We got home from Arizona on a Thursday, packed the rest of the house up that night, got the moving truck Friday morning, packed our truck Friday morning, LEFT Spokane Friday at about 1pm. Wait, it doesn't stop there. Jeff had Boston and the moving truck-- I had Reese and the car. We got to Seattle about 6pm...UNPACKED our whole truck that night just the 2 of us with 2 kids...my dad and step-mom arrived with our other car at about midnight....it makes me tired just thinking about everything again. Saturday we started unpacking everything...oh it was busy!!! Fast forward to now...we are getting settled.

I feel comfortable to show our home now that boxes are all gone, BUT it's still a mess...so bare with me.

This is what you see right when you walk in..Boston's room on left, bathroom on right. (Did I mention the bathrooms are HUGE??)

Boston's room (so messy, sorry)

Living area

Then on your right my messy kitchen

View of living room from kitchen

Reese's room (which is still bare)

Like I said, decorations are coming...I'm just taking a break from unpacking. I'm not adding pictures of bathrooms because let's be honest, nobody wants to see a bathroom and we all know what they look like. Annd...our bedroom was messy when I was taking pics. :)

It's pretty big, too. I believe it's 1367 sq. feet so it's spacious, but it's still an apartment. :) 

I've been good at taking pics with my phone so here are some other things we've been doing...

Moving, sword fighting, Reesie smiles, Ikea shopping, fit throwing, Hobby Lobby shopping, soft ball game watching, Seattle exploring, playground playing, Sunday night lovin'. That about sums it up!