New idea

I have been thinking about how much I cherish every moment I have with my little family, and how fearful I am of forgetting these memories that mean so much to me. I guess that is why I have this blog, but I need to update it more. I am hoping I can write atleast a small paragraph once a day about my amazing husband, my perfect little boy, and our bun in the oven. Starting now :)

Logan
Today we took you and got chicken nuggets from Mcdonalds. Your absolute favorite. It is one of the very few things we can actually get you to eat. Than we went to Grandma Connies to visit and play with your cousins and Aunts and Uncles. You also spilled neon finger paint all over their beige carpets! Uh oh. Luckily we got it all up :) Grandma took us to dinner, which you were not to excited about, you hate going to dinner. Than back to Grandmas and Grandpas to play with some puppies. On the drive home, the sound of rain hitting the car put you to sleep and you are now cuddled up sleeping at home :)

Rory
As usual, I shared a lot of laughs with you. We also talked about how proud of Logan we are. We cleaned and scrubbed paint off the floor on our hands and knees and than took Logan on a drive. You sang your usual silly songs with ridiculous lyrics. You made me happy. Like every day you do. You made me feel beautiful. You just finished your phlebotomy class a few days ago and received your certificate and took your test. I am so proud of you. You are so smart and you have such a thrive to learn. You are getting into Welding school next, well that is your plan. I love how you strive to get to where you want and do what is best for your family.

Baby Hoffman
Today, I puked twice. With Logan I puked like this every day of my pregnancy, and I am trying to prepare my self for that. I also knew at this point that Logan was a boy, just by feeling, but I have NO idea with you. Infact, the only intuition I have about you is that there is more than one of you. We are so excited to grow with you and eventually meet you. Brother Logan knows all about you and loves you a lot. He loves giving my belly kisses and hugs. Tomorrow, we will confirm if there are infact more than one of you, and I am super nervous.

8 weeks :)

So our doctors appointment went great on Tuesday. She estimated by the size of my uterus that I am about 8 weeks! We have an ultrasound scheduled for next Tuesday. We are very excited to see our little one! Logan is now almost 16 months. He is a big boy. He LOVES movies! He will bring me his movie to watch. He also will take us to what he wants. Every day we go on a jog and than to the park. It is nice to have that one on one time with him before our next gets here. He is so smart. He loves bugs, tractors and most of all, airplanes. He is just to smart for his own good. He is saying lots of new words. He also loves to sing and dance. He loves his stroller and he hates his bath time :) We are so lucky to have him and we know he is going to be a great big brother.
Rory is just about finished with his phlebotomy class. He passed his state finals. He has one or two more days than he is done! We are looking into buying a townhome at the end of our lease, which we are really excited about! Well, I have some diapers to change! Bye!

Finally

Finally! It has happened! Eagle has landed! YAY! We are officially expecting number two! We are not sure how far along I am. We were not even going to test, but I was about to start a new medication that is not safe for pregnancy, so I had Rory buy me some tests before I started. We expected it to be negative. Boy, I was in for a shock!!! I took it at about ten at night, peed on the little thing, set it down pulled my pants up and BAM! Two bright pink lines! I yelled " Holy crap!" Over and over and Rory ran in yelling your pregnant! It was so exciting. I havent ovulated in a while so I also haven't had a period so we have no clue how far a long I am, but our appt is set up and we will find out soon! We are so excited! Our families are stoked. It's a little early, so we haven't announced it on FB yet, we are waiting for a few more weeks so we know we are out of the war zone. Morning sickness has started with vengeance. Back aches from Hades. And I already feel huge. But this next journey is going to be so fun. Logan is going to be an awesome big brother. I don't quite think he understands yet, but we ask him where the baby is and he points to my belly and gives my belly "loves". Our family is growing and we couldn't be happier. Rory draws blood for the first time Monday. He is very excited and nervous. He will do great! Well, going to go clean! Bye!

Loving Life

Thinking back, the past five years my life has been perfected. My husband is my best friend. He has stuck through with me and stayed by my side through everything. Every day with him is a new adventure. I am so happy. We have our moments of bickering, but with every time he makes me smile, all of our bad times fade away. He reminds me to take a breath when I need to, and to sit back sometimes. I love him and everything he does for Logan and I. He makes me see what kind of people deserve to be in my life, and I realize, I am more important than I give my self credit for. He makes me feel like the end of the world can come tonight, but I'd leave here happy. He has given me everything I ever wanted and he makes all of my dreams come true. If I didn't have Rory, I wouldn't have life. I want him by my side, forever and after, and I know I will have that. I can not thank him enough for what he has given me and how happy I am with him. He is the best dad for Logan, he does everything to give him the best life possible. He plays with him and makes him laugh til he cries. I couldn't ask for more from Rory.

Logan, he is so smart. He amazes Rory and I with every new thing he learns. He is a very early and fast learner. He runs, spins, dances, sings, hums, he can tell us certain sounds of the alphabet, and he is saying so many words. His most recent is crackers and cookies, sometimes drink and bite. He has a big vocabulary. He can make us smile with everything he does. He is officially weaned, since 13 or so months. It was my best accomplishment being able to give him all of the nutrients he needs and more from my body. It was extremely hard at times, but the most giving thing I could do for him. I would do anything for him. He has never had a bottle, and now he is amazing at using cups, with no lid. He is trying so hard to use the spoon and fork with perfection, he is getting really good at it too. He LOVES brainy baby and your baby can read. He also loves Fresh Beat Band. He is a very musical baby. Loves dancing and singing. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect little boy. We love him so much.

We are still trying for baby number two, and have realized I still haven't ovulated, although we thought I had. Unfortunately, I havent since the I conceived Logan. I am trying to not worry about it, but with each passing month and each negative test, I get more and more disappointed. Luckily, I have the most supportive husband who runs to the store first thing in the morning to buy me bundles of pregnancy tests, and holds me when I get another negative. I just have to keep positive and realize it will happen at the best time for us.

Tonight, Rory is letting me and my best girl friend Tiffany go on a little shopping spree. I am stoked, I haven't been shopping since we moved into our apartment. It will be nice and a little bit of therapy :). I am so glad to have Tiffany in my life. She is such a good friend and I can talk to her about ANYTHING and we are so much alike. No joking. We have so much fun together!

Well, gotta get my home clean . Bye!

So we are laying in bed and we notice Logans hands are red and it looks like they are covered in blood, oh crap right?!? So we are trying to pry his fists open to look for the damage ( he is awake at the time ) and get down to the last two fingers and notice he is holding one M&M in each fist, saving them for breakfast I guess. It was so cute.

We are spending the night at my moms tonight, because we are baby setting for her while she goes to the Def Leppard concert! We all pitched in and bought her and Keith tickets for her birthday. I remember her paying for all of us at the puppy store to go one year, it was a ton of fun!
Tonight I was laying down thinking about fun things I have done. I used to go toilet papering every weekend with a close friend when I was younger. Door bell ditching. Walking to Smiths. Sneaking out ( but not really sneaking, my mom always said as long as we didn't get caught :) ) I am just glad I have a lot of good memories to look back on. I remember going to movies all the time with Rory, and riding in his SUPER loud Geo. Laying in bed talking about really random things. I am just so glad I have had a good life, and even better now.

Friday, I take another HPT to find out if we are having baby number 2. How exciting and nerve wracking. This is our third month trying, going into our fourth. I have feelings like I could be pregnant, but not looking to much into it.

I have been doing ab work outs every morning for two weeks now, and can see a great difference. It makes me want to work even harder to get that toned belly I have been wanting! Yay!

I love my husband and baby boy so much. They fill my life with so much love and joy. I am incredibly thankful!

Good friends

So many good things are happening right now. A HUGE photography company is looking for people to hire and instead of accepting resumes, they want to see photos you have taken. I submitted a few favorites, not expecting much ( not looking for a job, but later on when Logan goes to pre-school I would like to get a side photography job) and they responded with 100% perfect feedback. They were very impressed. These are tough critics, and having them say only good things about my photos boosts my confidence in my work. I have spent lots of time and patience learning the necessities with photography and improving my work, to finally have it noticed feels amazing.
Rory and I are in our 3 month trying to conceive. That is not long at all, but having it only take 1 month of trying with Logan, it had me a little worried. We found out I was not ovulating and I hadn't been for a while. Well, yesterday I finally ovulated, which brings my chances of conceiving to a much higher number. We are so excited, it brings us that much closer to growing our family.
I have gained an amazing friend, Tiffany. We are so much alike and complete best friends. Rory is my best friend in the whole world, but it is nice to have a best girlfriend again. She is very understanding, but also tells me the truth when I need it. We tell eachother everything. I can trust her and I know she would never judge me in any way. The best part is that Rory is best friends with her husband and we all get along great!
I am so thankful to be where I am at in life.

I love life!

Tiff and I
My perfect baby and I :)
HAHAHAHA :)
Photo shoot with Brooky and Cadence :)
We have had so many fun adventures lately. My best girly friend and her husband and two kids and Rory Logan and my self went to the aquarium. Logan LOVED it. He ran to every tank to see what is inside. Keira was grumpy and tired, but still as cute as ever and little baby Haylee just hung out as usual. Logan now picks his nose. What a boy! I love him so much. He is getting big! Rory took me shopping for our anniversary, I got a new outit and we also got Logan some new shoes and some cute Hurley shirts. We than spent the night at John and Tiffs and celebrated Johns birthday with Danny. We had a lot of fun. Logan loves their kids and we love them. I love having a good close best girl friend that I can talk to about anything, we get along so well. She is such a good friend and I love her to death. Her husband is Rorys best friend too so it is great that we can all hang out, plus we all get along wonderfully as well as our kids!
I also dropped my phone in the toilet ( unused thankfully) and totally saved it with Rorys help and it is as good as new! Yay!