Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Well... little late. But that's okay. Jaxon is 5 months now, growing like crazy!
We had family from my mothers side come to town for the weekends AND my dads side, which means LOTS of people to spoil Jaxon... he loved that. And he got to see Morgan, my aunts little girl who is just weeks older than Jax. It is so amazing how different 2 babies the same age can be. Jaxon is not in daycare, so I never see him around babies his age. He LOVED her. the first time he saw her he practically pounced her in her car seat. He also love his great-great-grandma, who would sit next to him in his little toy and talk with him for hours.
All I have to say, is out of all the very many things I am grateful for, the fact that I have blessed with such a sweet little boy is number one. He is so well tempered and he is so smart. He teaches me and my husband, and he has brought us so much closer together. Second I am thankful for my husband, who goes above and beyond to love me and my son. Times for us aren't easy, for most people they aren't, but he holds my hand through it all and we fight the fight TOGETHER. And third, I am thankful to be an environment that is safe for my family to grow. Even though we aren't rich, we are much better off than most; with family and a good neighborhood and strong values... that is a true blessing.
We just past the anniversary of when I found out I was pregnant last year... and I keep thinking to myself where my life would be if some small events in that time of my life DIDN'T happen. And it physically scares me. I loved my life before, and though I knew eventually everything would work out the way it was supposed to, I was afraid of loosing the life I had. But now, I am afraid at the thought of loosing what those changes have brought me. I would change a single thing about the last year of my life. I love my husband and I love my son, they are the best thing that has ever happened to me.
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Thanksgiving!
11.27.2012
2.25.2012
:) :) :) enough said!
2.16.2012
Colton made me my favorite dinner tonight, tacos! Complete with a romantic comedy! Even though we had both already seen it, we rented "Just Go With It" with Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. Such a cute show! It did make me a little sad that Colton and I don't get to have a tropical honeymoon.. But I'm taking a few days off work, and the pool at Val Vista Lakes clubhouse will just have to do! I love that boy <3
2.01.2012
okay, first of all can I just tell you how hard it is a plan a wedding in 3 months... with almost no money. Thanks to my hard working mother and brother (plus a LOT of help from friends... mainly sister Handy YOU ARE A SAINT) I think we may actually pull it off.
I know it is clique of me to want the perfect wedding in my condition, but I am still a girl people! Up until the day I knew we were getting married I had always planned on some super natural wedding with tree branches as center pieces and a lot of mellow toned tans... buttt of course the minute it was official that went out the window! I wanted a bright happy summer wedding.
I of course plan on posting pictures of the actual thing.. but in case it is a train wreck, I'd like to share my vision and I'll let you decide just how much it did NOT match up!
The wedding is 33 DAYS AWAY! And Colton and I are so excited! I have decided to do a pale yellow and sapphire blue back yard wedding (: So far these have been my inspiration...
It is all coming together and like I already said, I'M EXCITED! Of course we are on a budget, so we will a lot of it will be DIY which I like.
We bought blue paint last night and we are going to goodwill to get some picture frames. I bought my wedding shoes from amazon for $33.00 (cannot wait to see them)
A couple weeks ago we bought a bunch of mason jars from goodwill and we are having a friend do the vinyl A+C as well as the vinyl "I Do" for my shoes (:
Sister Handy is SEWING all the vests for 6 groomsmen and 2 ring bearer AND my wedding dress (like I said, she is a SAINT!)
And we plan on buying white flip flops and gluing blue flowers on them for the flower girls. Who are also having dresses made from tulle (and will probably cost $20.00!)
The most expensive thing I have bought so far... and yes I am including my wedding dress... is the Bridesmaid dresses, which we found on Alibaba for $62.00.
I will keep you posted as a come up with new ideas and what not... but with 33 days until the big day... I doubt there is going to be much time for blogging!
I know it is clique of me to want the perfect wedding in my condition, but I am still a girl people! Up until the day I knew we were getting married I had always planned on some super natural wedding with tree branches as center pieces and a lot of mellow toned tans... buttt of course the minute it was official that went out the window! I wanted a bright happy summer wedding.
I of course plan on posting pictures of the actual thing.. but in case it is a train wreck, I'd like to share my vision and I'll let you decide just how much it did NOT match up!
The wedding is 33 DAYS AWAY! And Colton and I are so excited! I have decided to do a pale yellow and sapphire blue back yard wedding (: So far these have been my inspiration...
It is all coming together and like I already said, I'M EXCITED! Of course we are on a budget, so we will a lot of it will be DIY which I like.
We bought blue paint last night and we are going to goodwill to get some picture frames. I bought my wedding shoes from amazon for $33.00 (cannot wait to see them)
A couple weeks ago we bought a bunch of mason jars from goodwill and we are having a friend do the vinyl A+C as well as the vinyl "I Do" for my shoes (:
Sister Handy is SEWING all the vests for 6 groomsmen and 2 ring bearer AND my wedding dress (like I said, she is a SAINT!)
And we plan on buying white flip flops and gluing blue flowers on them for the flower girls. Who are also having dresses made from tulle (and will probably cost $20.00!)
The most expensive thing I have bought so far... and yes I am including my wedding dress... is the Bridesmaid dresses, which we found on Alibaba for $62.00.
I will keep you posted as a come up with new ideas and what not... but with 33 days until the big day... I doubt there is going to be much time for blogging!
1.26.2012
Many people have been concerned with mine and Colton's intentions with our decision to get married... Colton's father told him it was a mistake, and people have told me I am crazy to think we'd make it.
The honest truth, I know.
If you told me 5 months ago I'd be married by March, much less having a baby by June.. I'd basically laugh in your face. I was enjoying the singles life, hanging out with different guys and having a crazy amount of girls nights. Life was good. Colton lived 800 miles away, I hadn't seen him in YEARS and he had a girl.
But for all you people out there who believe in a God (as do I) he had a plan in mind for Colton and I...
When we found out we were going to be parents the obvious conversation of marriage arose. But NEITHER of us wanted to do it solely for that little boy... we didn't want to make our self unhappy down the road and drag a child through a divorce. For obvious reasons.
Much to my surprise, I fell in love with that boy. The way he treats me, the way he talks to me, the respect he has for my family and his drive to never give up. I will stand by that to anyone who tries to belittle what we have. Our circumstances may not have been traditional, but who's situation ever is?!
37 days until the big day!! <3
The honest truth, I know.
If you told me 5 months ago I'd be married by March, much less having a baby by June.. I'd basically laugh in your face. I was enjoying the singles life, hanging out with different guys and having a crazy amount of girls nights. Life was good. Colton lived 800 miles away, I hadn't seen him in YEARS and he had a girl.
But for all you people out there who believe in a God (as do I) he had a plan in mind for Colton and I...
When we found out we were going to be parents the obvious conversation of marriage arose. But NEITHER of us wanted to do it solely for that little boy... we didn't want to make our self unhappy down the road and drag a child through a divorce. For obvious reasons.
Much to my surprise, I fell in love with that boy. The way he treats me, the way he talks to me, the respect he has for my family and his drive to never give up. I will stand by that to anyone who tries to belittle what we have. Our circumstances may not have been traditional, but who's situation ever is?!
37 days until the big day!! <3
1.07.2012
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tysonfrenchphotography.blogspot.com
12.14.2011
First, can I just ask you to imagine yourself in his shoes... one day your working hard, living a good life is the heart of the only state you've ever known, and one day you move 800 miles away to become a part of some strange family and raise a baby. It was only the cherry on top of the Sunday that it was weeks before the first Christmas he would be spending without his family. I thank Heavenly Father EVERYDAY for the strength that boy had to leave everything and be with me.
And everyday since he has shown me what a sweet selfless man he is.
I know that drive wasn't easy at all for him. He had never driven great distances before, which if any of you haven't... avoid it!
Meeting the family went surprisingly well, but I guess I shouldn't have been so worried. Colton is good with people. My siblings love him to death, and my dad doesn't hate him... so I feel like we are doing good right?!
And everyday since he has shown me what a sweet selfless man he is.
I know that drive wasn't easy at all for him. He had never driven great distances before, which if any of you haven't... avoid it!
Meeting the family went surprisingly well, but I guess I shouldn't have been so worried. Colton is good with people. My siblings love him to death, and my dad doesn't hate him... so I feel like we are doing good right?!
12.03.2011
At this point, I had told Shannon everything. Even though she is at BYU going to school, she was about the only girlfriend I had left, so she gets to hear all my complaining and I LOVE her for being so amazing about it!
My family and I went to Utah to see my grandparents for Thanksgiving. And of course this meant they wanted to meet Colton. Not meet him as the 11 year old I knew in junior high, but as the 'boy who got me pregnant'. Which is something I DREADED for weeks.
That was the first and only time I ever doubted his love and support for me. He came up sick the day he was supposed to come (which I still don't know if that was ever true) and it never happened before we left again for Arizona. For obvious reasons, I got a lot of crap from my family about that whole thing.
But I honestly was much more concerned about being car sick on a 13 hour drive! To this day, I have not gotten morning sickness... but boy was I uneasy on that drive!
My family and I went to Utah to see my grandparents for Thanksgiving. And of course this meant they wanted to meet Colton. Not meet him as the 11 year old I knew in junior high, but as the 'boy who got me pregnant'. Which is something I DREADED for weeks.
That was the first and only time I ever doubted his love and support for me. He came up sick the day he was supposed to come (which I still don't know if that was ever true) and it never happened before we left again for Arizona. For obvious reasons, I got a lot of crap from my family about that whole thing.
But I honestly was much more concerned about being car sick on a 13 hour drive! To this day, I have not gotten morning sickness... but boy was I uneasy on that drive!
10.08.2011
Well, first of all.. the intense details aren't any one's business. Colton and I have known each other for a really long time. His sister and I used to be very close, inseparable practically. So when we started talking it was very innocent. When we were younger Colton and I were like Tom and Jerry, always picking on one another. I had been living here in the Phoenix area and he was in Utah, so 'nothing' would have ever happened right? Wrong! All it took was one vacation.
After I left Utah that week I was very confused. I really liked him, but from so far away? We skyped/talked/texted nearly EVERYDAY! But again, it didn't seem to matter because the distance.
After I left Utah that week I was very confused. I really liked him, but from so far away? We skyped/talked/texted nearly EVERYDAY! But again, it didn't seem to matter because the distance.
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