These pictures are not really in order. Mom and Dad came by our house when they got back from their trip on Sunday and they let me upload their pictures. So, I thought I would share a few. And, a couple other random ones. The one of Josh was on their memory card. That's just funny. It's after a haircut. The ones of Alex are super cute, of course. The first one is Alex in his new outfit that Nathan's mom sent. It has a jajaja on it (helicopter). Then, the one with him sitting at the table. He was so funny. He had put both the toquitos in his mouth like he was a walrus. And, of course, I ran to get the camera and he wouldn't do it anymore. Then, this is the weird thing he does. Except it's not even that great of a picture. Usually he has his jets lined up perfectly in a straight line. He does this with crayons and cars too. He's just like his daddy! The last one of him is in his other shirt he got from granny jules (Nathan's mom). One thing I'm excited about is that he's started trying to say all kinds of words. Before he wouldn't even attempt. Now, he tries but they don't always sound like the word. It's so cute and he has a little bigger vocab now. He says hat, truck, girl, boob(I think he got this from Nathan somehow), poop(this he definitely got from Nathan), and I know there are a few more but I can't think of them right now. We have a date night tonight! I'm so excited! This friend of ours is watching a bunch of other kids that night and offered to watch Alex for us. We're going to Monterrey Mexican Grill. I've been wanting to try it for forever. Nathan gets to go there all the time with people from work. He goes out to lunch to nice places about everyday with people from work on the company. Must be nice. He has been working really hard lately, though. The last few days they had this guy come out and teach them a bunch of stuff about the jet. Last night Nathan had to take the guy out to dinner and I got to go too. It was fun. We went to Texas Roadhouse, mmmm. I had a steak! We had this girl Rachel watch Alex again. Second time now. He loves her. I think she's going to be our main babysitter. She's been a nanny before and babysits a lot. Last night she brought over a ball and this bubble wand thing. They played outside with it and she said he really liked it. It makes me feel good that I'm leaving him with someone that genuinely likes him and plays with him a lot. Last night he was trying to say her name and everything. It's so cute! Well, I've got to go change a super stinky poopy diaper. Adios!

I got the cushion for the bench done. Cute huh? I think it turned out pretty good. Then, there's a couple pics of Alex running around with the oven mits. Uber cute. Then, Alex this morning in his pjs. The ones Joanne and Jeremy gave him for christmas. I think? Last, Poky. So, this morning kind of sucks. It has to be the worst day for freezing rain. We haven't had bible study in a couple weeks because the first time there was bad weather, then everybody was sick, and now we're not going again today because of the freezing rain. Normally I wouldn't mind, but I'm actually really in to this study. We've been studying Esther and I really like it. It's interesting. And, I feel like I actually have decent answers on my homework. Nathan took my car this morning cause his was so frozen over. That's fine though cause I don't think I would go anywhere anyway. Oh, and this is the morning mom and dad fly out to Seattle. They were supposed to fly out early this morning and I'm guessing their flight was delayed or cancelled. I tried calling them but they aren't answering their phone. They're probably really frustrated. It's hard to believe that just a couple days ago it was like fifty degrees and sunny and now it's like winter again. So sick of winter and all the freezing rain and snow. I don't know if I could live in Wisconsin or one of those uber cold wintery states. So, has everybody got their taxes done? We got ours done yesterday. Yeah! That's always a big weight off your shoulders and we're getting a nice return this year. Not to mention the added money that everyone's getting back in like May or so. We're so bad. We've already decided what we're going to spend our money on. First off, countertops for the kitchen. Woohoo! Then, a trip out to Cali before Alex turns two and we have to start paying for him. Maybe a cruise too. We'll see. And, Nathan wants to buy me a gun. That's almost more of something for him. Haha! So, ya, I was thinking we would put it towards some of our debt we have but this will be more fun. We've been working really hard on paying off our debt so in a way we kind of deserve to spend it on ourselves. Right? Nathan's been training in their jet all week and he's already done a flight in it out to Pheonix. I get pretty excited for him just cause I know how much it means to him. It looks like he and the other guy are the only ones that will be flying in it. He keeps telling me that after he takes his checkride in the jet that the crazy hours he's been working will get better. So, lets hope so. He's been gone like everyday this week till seven or later except for yesterday because we had this appointment to do our taxes. I'm hoping he won't be gone super late tonight. I miss him when he's gone so much. At least they have four pilots now and after he takes his checkride he should be home more than before. Hopefully. Okay, I'm going to say this on my blog because posting stuff on Joys doesn't seem to do anything. You need to post some more scrapbook pages or pictures or something. It's been too long. I need my fix.

Oops I wrote way too much!

Okay, so Alex's room is almost done. Well, knowing me, it will probably never be completely done. I keep adding and changing. That's how I roll! The first pic is kind of dark because the sun is coming through the curtains. But, I finally finished them. I'm so proud of how they turned out! They look perfect in his room and he loves all the jets on them. The last picture is of the toy chest I just bought today. I went over to the Salvation Army around the corner and got it for a mere $20.
Of course, I think I way overpayed for it in the whole experience I had to go through. I was just browsing the store like I always do seeing if I can find any steels. Well, Alex and I found this chest and he loved it. He can open and close it really easily and can get up on top to sit on it. It doesn't have a bottom, but it doesn't really matter. I was thinking that if I couldn't get anyone to help me take it to the car then I would wait to get it when Nathan got home from work. So, I went up to the cashier and asked her if anyone would be able to help me take it out. I said that I would be fine carrying it out, but since I had Alex with me there wasn't really any way I could do it by myself. She was really nice and said sure that she would find someone. Well, she asked this other girl that was working there if someone could help me bring it out and she was the rudest person I've ever met. Right off the bat she was saying that they never do that and it's not their policy to. Then, she said that she was too busy but if one of the other girls decided they wanted to they could. She said that it's not that heavy and I could put Alex in a cart and carry it out myself. I was thinking am I supposed to push the cart out there and carry this big awkward thing at the same time or what. So, I told her that I would pick it up later when my husband got off work. Well, after she left the cashier who was really nice again said that she would help me carry it out. So, I went to get the sticker off of it so she could ring it up for me. When I went back there to get it, the witch saw, and I guess took it upon herself to bring it out to my car at that very moment. So, in the middle of paying for it she walks down the isle and said where do you want it and walked out the door. I was in shock. Who treats someone else like this? So, I grabbed Alex and ran out the door so I could open my car. After she put it in there she said again that it wasn't their policy to do this. I could not believe this whole ordeal. I'm kind of proud of myself though. Not once when she treated me so badly was I rude to her. I even thanked her for bringing it out to my car. But, I think I'm going to pull a Nathan and write a letter about my whole experience. I just had to get that off my chest.
Anyway, I've decided that I'm going to make a little seat cushion for Alex's chest with the extra fabric I have left over from the curtains. I'm excited! But, it's yet another project for me to put off work on the kitchen. It's bad I know.
Oh, I should probably write about my valentines day and birthday. First off, Valentines pretty much sucked this year. It started out really nice with Nathan acting like he was going off to work and then he comes back with a card, a potted plant, and a candle. I always like getting potted plants that I can try to keep alive even though I always end up killing them. I have a black thumb! Anyway, he went off to work after that and was gone pretty much all day. He got home around five and ran out to spangles to get us some dinner, because I didn't really feel like cooking that night. Then right when we were starting to eat he gets a call and he has to go fly a part to hugo, Ok. I was pretty upset and couldn't believe that they would have him do this on valentines day night. He would've been back around ten except that the gps wasn't working on the plane. So, he tried a bunch of things trying to get it to work. So, he calls me and says he'll probably be coming home because he can't get it to work. Well, I'm all excited and start getting ready for him to come home and then he calls me back and says that he has to go anyway. So, he didn't get home till 11:30 that night. I got to spend a total of about and hour and a half with him.
My Birthday was a lot better though. We had this girl from Nathan's work watch Alex for us and Nathan took me out for dinner and a movie. He wouldn't tell me where we were going to eat so I was all nervous not knowing what to expect. He took me to P.F. Changs. I had never been there before, but I had heard it was really good. It was nice and romantic! We sat in this little enclosed heated veranda. I was nervous at first that it would be too cold but it was really nice with these big torches all around you. I had shrimp and scallops with rice and snow peas. Very good. Then, we went to see Definitely, Maybe. Good movie. It was nice to finally see a girlie romantic movie. Nathan really liked it too. He said that's one we'll have to buy. It was really cute. Then, we came home and used the valentines day gift I got for him. Haha! He did pretty good. Except that he never got around to getting me any gifts. So, he said that I could go get the pedicure I wanted and buy something else that I want. It's kind of funny because if he would've gotten me something it would be a gift certificate for a pedicure and a gift card to somewhere else. So, I don't mind too much that he didn't go out and get me the cards. This way I get to pick where I get my pedicure. You all have to let me know how your valentine's days went now! Oh, and thanks for all of my presents! I was so excited when I opened my package from Joanne cause I was really hoping it would be some kind of picture thing. And it was! And, I love hobby lobby Joy!
Oh, and no pregnancy yet. We'll just have to try really hard next month again. Poor Nathan!

I thought I would post some Alex pics since it's been a while since I've posted. We're all sick at our house right now. To make it worse, the neighbors are getting a new roof on their house so the dogs are going crazy with all the noise. I think Poky is worse than Chalupa about this. He runs around the house all crazy howling really loud. He acts like he wants to go outside to go potty but all he does is stand on the back step and howl at the roofers. So, I haven't gotten very far on my projects. Nathan was off this last week and he goes back on tomorrow so I was planning on getting a lot done while he was home, but he's worked about everyday except Saturday and Sunday. Sunday we had this class Nathan wanted me to go to so it's not like we were home that day. And, now we're sick. I can't wait till Friday! My bday. We've got a babysitter and we're going to go out to dinner and see a movie. I'm so excited. We never get to do these things unless we go to Salina, but I think we've got a couple babysitters now. So, hopefully that'll change. Hopefully we're all better by then. I've already gotten a package in the mail from Joanne. Nathan says I have to wait till my bday to open it. Oh, also, I get to pick the movie for my bday. I can't remember the last time I got to pick the movie. The last movies we've seen are cloverfield and alien verses predator. Exciting huh. It's a good thing I like about every movie. But, for once we get to watch a girlie chick flick.

Okay, so I didn't know how you take pictures of your scrapbook pages or if you scan them in, Joy. But, I just took pictures of them in the album and they're pretty glary. Oh, well. I just thought you should see what I did with the stuff you sent me. I was so excited when I got the package. I opened it right away and went through everything. I was going to wait to scrap cause I have so many other things going on. Then, I started playing around and I couldn't stop. That's kind of how I am when it comes to a project. This is from our Whidbey Island trip. Next I'm going to do our honeymoon/anniversary trip. It'll be fun! So, I think I've picked the color I want to paint our kitchen. I'm thinking grey. I was looking through my magazines at Kitchens with white cabinets and black countertops, which is the color countertops I want to get, and there was one that was grey. It looked pretty cool! I just didn't think tan would really work that well and grey should look awesome! Oh, and Joanne, I don't know if all Beagles have as bad farts. I'm kind of guessing that Poky eats some weird things when he plays in the backyard and that's what's causing it. He sleeps with us and last night I kept waking up to horrible, awful farts. Okay, have any of you seen yo gabba gabba? It's a kids show on nickelodeon. It has to be the weirdest, most annoying show ever. Usually, that's when I take my shower. But, I'm doing laundry this morning, so, I don't want to take one until the washer's done. So, I'm sure all of you are aware that my birthday is this next month. Well, if I get pregnant this cycle I should find out somewhere around my birthday. Wouldn't that be a good birthday present? Hey, Joy, I've decided that you need to start trying really hard this month to get preggers. That way maybe we could be pregnant at the same time. Wouldn't that be cool? I like having a preggers partner. It's nice to have someone to talk to about all the stuff you're going through.

The first couple pictures are of our kitchen. I've been scraping the old wallpaper off so that we can paint it. Not kidding, there are at least four layers of wallpaper that I've counted! I just hope it turns out good. Of course, it can't be any worse than how it was. The wallpaper was peeling apart in places and not the color I would have chosen. The next pictures are of Alex in his diaper with his daddy playing with jets on the couch. It was the cutest thing! Last night, Alex brought his tub of jets to daddy to open for him. Then, he just sat there playing and talking to Nathan. And, the last, is of Poky sleeping on the couch. He has such a friendly face! Not such a friendly butt though. He's sleeping next to me on the couch right now and he won't stop farting. His farts smell so bad! Oh, I just got a bunch of scrapbook stuff from Joy in the mail and I can't wait to start. I just have to wait to finish a few other projects. Like, painting the kitchen and sewing the curtains with the fabric I'm waiting on for Alex's room. I just painted Alex's room last week and I'll post pics as soon as I get the curtains done.