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Is summer really over already...sad day!

So I've gotten to be really bad about updating this blog. Life has been so crazy with Alex being busy with school all the time and having two very active little boys!

We have had a very eventful summer. A few days after Alex finished his first year of school we loaded up the car with all our luggage and both boys and headed to Wisconsin Dells. It was such a long drive but some how we made it alive. The boys were both rock stars and only cried once or twice. We spent 4 glorious days at the Great Wolf Lodge, an indoor waterpark. Jaden absolutely loved it! He went down every single slide they would let him and was as independent as was possible. He also got to play at Magiquest and enjoyed that as well.

After our wonderful vacation we loaded back up in the car and headed to Milwaukee to spend a week with Alex's mom. We had a lot of fun seeing the boys with the Grandma since they don't get to see her often. We also got to go to a children's museum and that was fun, it made me really sad that we don't have one close to where we live.

The next stop on our trip was Lansing, MI for Austins (Alexs brother) wedding. We got to stay at a really nice hotel at a steal (thanks to the military)! Alex was a groomsman and Jaden was the ring bearer. I must say that Jaden was definitely the cutest ring bearer ever! Seriously! He even walked so sweetly with the flower girl, stayed up front the entire ceremony and then walked back. I was so proud!

After our short stay in MI we headed back south. This time we decided not to make the entire drive all at one so we stopped to stay with my Aunt Candy and Uncle Pat. We had a blast even though we only got to spend a few short days.

After that it was time to head back to good ole Mississippi! It was so nice to be home! Granted we have been back and forth between here and Pensacola the past few weeks! But now we are home for a while and it is so nice! I must say it was nice visiting family but it is so nice to be home!

A few pics...

Nap Time Update...

First of all it blows my mind how fast time can fly! So much has happened since my last update that I don't even know where to begin so I'll just hit some of the major events. Alex successfully finished his first semester of Medical school and is now continuing to do great in his second semester. It amazes me how smart he is and how well he is doing in all his classes especially with his busy family life here at home. Even though I don't think I get to see he that often I have recently learned that he is home a lot more than most of the other medical students. I feel so blessed to have such an awesome husband who can balance his school and family life so well.

For Thanksgiving we went down to Pensacola to spend time with my parents and with Alex's dad. It was fun and stressful as it seems most holidays are but we enjoyed being able to see everyone especially since we weren't sure when we would get to go back. A few days after we got back home I went into preterm labor and it was a train wreck! I don't know if anyone knows what it's like to be on Magnesium for 18 hours but I almost would have rather had Hudson early! It was miserable and the only reason I made it through, aside from having my amazing husband by my side, was by staying drugged up and by telling myself I wanted a fat, healthy baby! Needless to say I ended up being induced even though I continued to have contractions until he was finally born. He's my stubborn little man and he is definitely fat and healthy! He was 9 days early (Dec 28) and weighed in at a huge 9 lbs 1 oz! Keep in mind I'm only 5ft tall! I can only imagine how big he would have been if I had waited till my due date. I KNOW my body could not have handled pushing out a 10lb baby!

Back to Christmas...We spent Christmas at home with just the three of us and it was very fun and relaxing even though we missed being able to be with family. Jaden woke us up with his gifts from his stalking in tote which was adorable because he usually comes to our room first and for whatever reason went to the living room first on this morning. He opened his gifts and then Alex and I opened ours. It wasn't much but mostly because we couldn't think of anything to get each other. Overall it was a great Christmas!

Now things are getting back to normal having to kids at home. I am absolutely enjoying not being pregnant! I love being able to put Hudson down if I need to and I love being able to kiss his little face all day everyday! Jaden loves him too and has adjusted very well. He tries to help out but usually just ends up in the way. He loves to being Hudson the pacifier, which he doesn't really care too much for, and it terrifies me because Jaden doesn't know how strong he is, but overall they are great together.

Last but not least, we will be moving out of our apartment into a house in about a month and I can hardly wait! It is being built for us so it is exactly what we want. My favorite part is that it will have a fenced in backyard and a two car garage, both essential in my book especially with two kids!

That's all for now, I can't promise I'll update soon but I will most certainly try.

Hattiesburg Zoo

On Saturday we decided to take Jaden to the zoo for the first time and other than the heat he seemed to love it! He was so calm and really just fasinated with all the animals.

Since this was his first time to the zoo we decided it would be fun to take him on the train. He wasn't to sure about it and before we started going he kept trying to get off. Once we started moving though he held onto his daddy very tight.

So, I'm not sure how often trains derail, especially at a small zoo, but ours did!

Overall it was a very fun trip for us all and we will be sure to do it again. Although we may have to wait for it to cool down a bit outside cause it was extremely hot!

It's been a while...

So, Alex just mentioned that it's been a long time since we last posted anything so I thought now would be a good time you update everyone on what's been going on.

1. I quit my job at the end of May so that I could stay home with Jaden and it has been magical. I will admit that sometimes we do get bored at home but for the most part we have a lot of fun.

2. Jaden turned ONE! He is just so adorable all the time. He does have his moments but they are all definitely just moments. He is so much fun to play with and he copies everything, which is always really funny. He is walking, running, climbing (everything!), dancing, talking (He can say Mom, Momma, Dad, Dada, Hi, yuck, gone, and a few other things that I can't think of right now. He claps, he knows where his nose is and points to it, he can pound it, and he gives head butts and kisses. He has 8 teeth and 1 molar and is working on getting a second molar right now (so sad).

3. We had his first birthday on June 5 and it went awesome. We had a great turn out with lots of friends and family. Jaden went down the slide all by himself and LOVED it! It was awesome! He is also jumping off the diving board by himself.

4. Other than everything I mentioned above we are really just preparing to moving to MS at the end of the month for medical school. We can't believe it's so close to being a reality. To help pay for medical school Alex is joining the Navy. I was a completely against it at first but after talking to others who has gone through the same program it has made me a little more comfortable with the idea.

Anyway, that's all for now. Hopefully once we get all moved in, in MS i'll be better at updating on here.

Who ever said oreos aren't messy...!

So when I got home from work I decided to eat some oreos because, well I'm a fat kid. Anyways Jaden saw me and demanded one and of course I told him that it wouldn't be a good idea and continued to eat. Well Alex came over and I thought he was getting an oreo for himself but I was way wrong. He gave the oreo to Jaden! Anyway, it was extremely messy but of course Jaden couldn't have been more excited! So, here's a few pics for your enjoyment.