Wow, I suck at this.

Its been almost a month since I've updated. And its prolly gonna be short and sweet cuz I am exhausted and Alyvia's already asleep! YEEESSSSS.

* I got a job.. at Walmart. Its money & better than nothing, but temporary! I still wanna find something better. Its so hard to leave Lyvi during the day...but I gotta work for her sake!

* Alyvia is now eating (actually, devowering) jar food! Her favorites are sweet potatoes, peaches, pears, bananas, and sweet peas! She'll eat a full jar in one sitting, and sometimes some of another, then drink 4 oz of apple juice after! Oh she loooooves her apple juice too! My booger is gettin SO big.

* Still searching for our own place, but TRYING to be patient. Hopefully within the next month or two... I keep tellin myself it'll happen when its supposed to, but havin our own place will help us feel like our own family. I am grateful for what we have now, its just somethin we're lookin forward to!

* Dev and I are working on things. It's a stressful life; he works 2 jobs, goes to school. I work and am startin school back up again now that Kent sent my credits to Franklin... and we have a baby that is our #1 priority; I'm so protective of her. I know its annoying to some people, but I also know they understand cuz they've been there too. We moved the date of the wedding, and are gonna plan accordingly. Hopefully we can pull it off for like 4 grand.

* We are plannin a 50th bday/25th anniversary party for Russell & Talea. I need to go shoppin w Tash and help her with the costs! I work the night before, and requested the day off (hopefully they give it to me, or at least the night). I need to CLEAN, bake, decorate, cook...! It'll be fun.

* I miss my mom. Its summer and I havent had the chance to spend anytime with her yet! She's watched Alyvia a few times...until this Tuesday, she hadnt seen her in 2weeks! We gotta make it down there more often.

* Oh and I am plannin on enterin Lyvi in the Ashville 4th of July baby contest! I gotta make sure I dont work first. Its on June 30th (there ya go tash!) at 5PM. Attention all other 0-6 month babies: watch out for Miss Alyvia Grace! She's a gorgeous one :]

Work in the morning, time for bed. NIGHT!

I'M MORE THAN READY!

Its about time for me to go back to work. Thats not what I'm ready for...it's gonna kill me the day I leave Lyvi. I'm with her every minute of every day; it'll be a rough day when I start working again. Thats why I would like to have weekends off, so I can those 2 days with my booger!

I've been looking and looking and looking... driving around, calling people, checking postings on the internet... this freakin job market sucks :( BUT I do have an interview tomorrow at an insurance place; it is insurance sales but I figured why the heck not at least go see what they have to say. And I have another interview June 3rd as an office assistant in Reynoldsburg. Its an open interview, so anyone could come, but I'm gonna prepare myself, hopefully get a new interview outfit, and research the company so I'm more than ready and hopefully get the job!!! PRAY FOR ME!

Kent FINALLY sent Franklin my transcript. Franklin sent me a letter and said it'd take a week or 2 to let me know what would transfer and what I needed to take Summer quarter.

What I AM ready for is to get our own place! As soooooon as I get a job, we can start getting the necessities together then REALLY start lookin at places... YAY :)

Alyvia does something new every day... She let out her first big, long, most adorable laugh on Memorial Day. I almost cried.. It was soooo cute! She will be 4 months June 17th! I cant believe it.

Happy Mother's Day!

A day late, but its the thought that counts! My first was great :)

Friday Dev had to work so I went into Bdub's to see my mom and she bought my dinner.

Saturday was when we had to celebrate Mother's Day cuz Dev had to work AGAIN Sunday. We went to Columbus to watch my sister's volleyball tourney, his grandma's after for mother's day dinner, then to a friends grad party for a little bit; we didnt stay long cuz Lyvi was pooped. I was completely surprised when I got my gift; it is a gift certificate for an hour long aromatherapy massage! I cant wait to go get it :) The card was super cute too. Dev outdid himself, and set the bar pretty high for the many mothers' days to come ;)

Sunday I spent the whole day with my mom; grandma and grandpa came over for lunch. Its always nice to visit with them. Jacob is playing baseball and loves it, but is still scared of the ball. I told him we'd have to work on that! As soon as me and Lyv got home, we crashed; she was out by 8, and I wasnt too far behind her.

Decisions, Decisions.

My cousin got married yesterday! It was such a cute, simple wedding; you could tell a lot of love was included in the decorations and planning. She has 2 little boys and now a wonderful husband. I'm happy for her!

Dev, Alyvia and I had a great time at the reception. It was at the Elks in Cville. I saw some family I havent seen in a while, and of course danced a little :] Dev did the chicken dance, and TRIED to do the electric slide... my mom was crackin up at him.

Since the wedding, I've been brainstorming ideas for every aspect of our future. I am going to steal one of Allie's ideas for our wedding...ok, well 2. One of em is a BIG money saver. Mom said she's already talked to someone about being the dj at the reception, and we'll prolly do the flowers ourselves.

I called about a job today, but have a back-up plan: if anyone (that I know) would like their house cleaned once a month or so, let me know! Then started to weigh out the options of either buying land and putting a pre-built home/building a house on it, buying a home for sale, or renting for a while first. We'll be able to talk about it more once I am working. I just cant wait to do our own decorating/landscaping etc. I already know the colors I want in each room of our house... :)

Dev got into medic school :) Yes, I am happy for him, but this next year is gonna be long and hard. Once he's out tho, he'll be able to get an even better job making more money and I can finish school quicker.

I have been tanning, thank god! I cant stand being pasty white. I've already got a good tan going for summer! I hated wearing shorts because my legs looked terrible, but I dnt have to worry about that anymore. And I've started workin out every day again! All in all, I feel better about myself.

My brother turned 17 today; I cant believe it. And my little sister will be 15 in two weeks :( Time sure does fly. I got to spend time with them friday night; I stayed at my moms cuz she worked late and Jacob missed Alyvia. He wants her to call him Uncle Bub :)

Dev is at the firehouse for the 2nd time this weekend, and I cant sleep... errrr. But I'm gonna watch another movie, so night!

Prom, growth spurts, and love!

Tonight has been kinda rough. Lyvi bug hasnt felt well all day. We took her temp and she didnt have too much of a fever, but we gave her some medicine just in case and stripped her down to her diaper. She did fine up until about an hour ago. Didnt have a fever, but she was sweating, my guess was the house was too hot and she was too uncomfy. She is now laying beside me not wanting to sleep... I'm just glad shes not cryin anymore.

I started playin co-ed softball with Josh. First game wasnt my best...I havent played in 2years and you could say I was a little nervous. I'm like the smallest girl ever there- hope I dont get line drived or knocked out! We play again Thursday, I know I'll do better; no more first game jitters!

I love Devon more and more each day...We have been absolutely WONDERFUL lately and I cant get enough of it! We agree on more, listen to each other, go do things as a family while trying to save a little to get our own place. We went shoppin at Easton Friday cuz I got my tax returns. Cowgirl boots, shorts, a few tanks and a summer dress, plus some amazing smelling perfume! And we got him a nice new shirt :] It was such a nice night to be out and about. Lyvi stayed up the whole time; she loved all the lights and commotion.

Yesterday was my, I cant believe it, brother's junior prom. I went over to my mom's to help him get ready cuz she was at a volleyball tourney in Wittenburg (that lady is busier than anyone I know, bless her heart). I took pictures, and of course got a little emtional; my little bro isnt so little anymore! Well, he's always been big, but younger than me...and he turns 17 Sunday. Then my little sister turns 15 the 17th! We're all closer than ever I think...they adore Alyvia. Especially Jacob, who is 7. He gives her kisses and tells everyone "i love her" :] So cute. He'll be more like a big brother to her. My mom and I are becoming best friends. I am so happy about it, especially after the long, hard past 20 years of my life. She has been thru more than anyone I know and is the strongest mother/woman/person I know in this world. I love visiting with her, I need to do it more often than just once a week.

Dev worked last night, so we were just lazy all day today before he went BACK to work at 7pm. Errr I hate that he's gone so much, but I understand (at least try). He has next Saturday off for my cousins wedding... I'm pretty excited about that. We'll see some family we havent seen in a while. The reception is at Elk's in Circleville, and thats an option for me and dev's wedding, so we're gonna decide if we like it or not.

Oh! And Lyvi bug got her shots Tuesday. They went pretty well...she only cried for about 3 minutes. She now weighs 10.4 1/2 pounds and is 22inches long! She is growin, growin, growin! She never fails to amaze devon and me. She laughs and smiles constantly, kicks and dances all the time too! That little booger is my reason for breathing :]

This next week isnt very eventful. I gotta do some more job searching... wish me luck!

This is what life's all about.

For starters, Happy (late) Easter!

Friday, Dev, Me and Lyvi went out to eat with Adam and his girlfriend Jolie. She's the complete oppostie of anyone he's ever dated before, and I liked her a lot! Champs is where we decided to go, Mmm Mmm Mmm! It was a fun night. Speaking of Adam, he bought Dev's bike! Hallelujah! I know dev was kinda sad, and so was I, but he understood that it had to be done for the sake of our family. And plus, at least somebody he knows bought it. It will save us like $400+ a month. That much closer to gettin our own place!

Saturday was when we had to celebrate Lyvi bug's first easter cuz dev had to work on Sunday. We went and got her picture taken with the Easter bunny, came home and I made a yummy dinner, colored easter eggs, and gave lyvi her first Easter basket! She obviously didnt exactly know what was going on, but it was still fun!

Sunday I went to church then headed to mom's house. We went out to eat at Texas Roadhouse; again Mmm Mmm Mmm! She got lyv an Easter basket too, then I visited with my friend Lacey and her little girl Alaina. She is expecting a baby boy in 3 weeks! So exciting. When I got home, Tash and Josh were here. We visited for a little, and I gave them a bag of clothes lyv was growin out of already. Ahh she's gettin so big.

The past 2 days have been lazy ones. Dev took the day off yesterday, thank god, I've missed just cudldin all day. He had to go to the fire house last night, works during the day today, but will be home tonight! Lyvi is currently wakin up from a nap. She slept through the ENTIRE night for the FIRST time last night!!! I was so proud of her. :)

I get quite a bit of money back from tax returns! Happy about that, but some of it has to go to stupid Kent State. But with the rest of it, I'm gonna start tanning, get some cowgirl boots, and a few spring/summer outfits. Dev needs some clothes too.

I'm gonna start workin in the beginning of June, once my mom and Talea get out of school so they can take turns watchin her every other week. Then hopefully soooooooooon after that, we'll get our own place and start savin a little for the wedding!

I think thats the jist of it. See ya!

Year full of Blessings :]

SO, you all probably already know, but Aunt Tasha is gonna be a mommy to a gorgeous little girl in August! Lyvi is excited; she was full of smiled today, and I'm sure she can't wait to meet her little cousin! I am so excited for her and Josh... that little girl is gonna have 2 of the best parents in the world :]

Alyvia Grace is growin like a darn weed... Dev was almost in tears the other night because its already gone by too fast. She gets more beautiful by the minute. A few of her outfits are already getting too small... it makes me sad. But, what can ya do? Her next dr appt is April 21st. It'll be her 2 month check up so that means its time for shots.. ahhh!! I'll probably cry just as much as she will.

Dev has to work on her first Easter, I'm pretty upset about that, but he's trying to give up the first 12 of his 24 hrs. I think we might take her to see the Easter bunny Friday night, since Dev has to work both Saturday and Sunday.

My momma's birthday is tomorow, and I'm gonna visit her at work on Friday. Thats what she wants for her present, lol.

And tomorrow I think I'm gonna take Lyvi bug to Slate Run park. Its supposed to be gorgeous!