Lonely

Another night and Murry isn't home.  It's only the second night in a row, but it's still lonely.  However, I'd like to focus on the positive side of nights by myself.

Girly Movies:  Last night I watched the movie A Cinderella Story with Hillary Duff.  I'm such a nerd.  It was a cute movie and one I wouldn't watch if Murry were home.

Cleaning:  I was able to clean both of the bathrooms and do the laundry in the past two nights.  (I still need to do the ironing, but didn't feel like it today.)

Blog Time:  I have time to blog and do internet shopping research.  It's been my goal to write in the blog once a week and without Murry here I have time to do so.  Also, we are looking for a forward facing car seat and a new apartment so I have been able to look for those things, too.

I can't think of anything else...  I miss my Murr.  

XOXO,

Aspen

Mommy Moments

Today Emron crawled into the bathroom, not an unusual experience, but the silence that followed was quite odd.  I sat on the couch for a moment listening, but still couldn't figure out why Emron was so quiet.  So I peeked in and there he was elbow deep in the toilet.  When he saw me he started splashing to show me the water he had found.  What a nutty guy.  I pulled him away after a little supervised toilet time, then put the lid down and explained that we can't splash without mom in the bathroom.  He crawled away and played some more.  Then this afternoon we were playing on the balcony.  I had put out a blanket and we were pretending to have a picnic (at least I was pretending to have a picnic).  Anyway, Emron proceeded to find the only water in sight; it was pooled on the running stroller.  He splashed until there was nothing left to splash.  He's such a doll, and loves the water.  I am looking forward to taking him to the beach and the pool once it gets a little warmer.

Look Mom, I'm splashing.

So proud.  So strong.

All done.  I'm gonna get you Mom.

Got you!

We're looking forward to a great weekend.  We're going up to Temecula to look at houses on Saturday and to meet up with friends.  It will be a nice trip, and man would it be nice to have our own home!  I'm excited for the trip.  Sunday we'll be up to the usual, church, relax, Sunday dinner.  Hope you have a great weekend!

XOXO,

Aspen

Obsessed

I am obsessed with the Twilight series.  I'm not the type of reader that usually likes, or even tolerates, fantasy type books, but I've found myself, well...  obsessed.  I use most of my free time to read, if I don't have the ability to read (i.e the baby is awake and wants mommy to put the book down) I am thinking about the story.  I even have asked Murry several "What if vampires existed?" questions.  It's silly, I know but fun, too.  I just started the second book New Moon and I am loving it.  Just my thoughts for the day.

Also pondering whether or not to take a trip to Delta in March...

XOXO,

Aspen

It's Been Three Months

It's been three months since my last post.  I consider this slacking.  Okay, I said it, I am a blog slacker.  But, we've been a very busy family.

Emron's First Christmas.

I  had wonderful holidays.  Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years were filled with good food, good friends and indescribable joy.  Since Emron was born we've (Murry and I) felt our family has become more complete, the holidays highlighted this fact.  We enjoyed each other and the festivities of each holiday, but I don't want to write too much about the holidays as they happened awhile ago.  Suffice to say, we had a great time!

Last weekend I ran my first half marathon.  I was supposed to run my first one in August 2006, but about a week before the race I found out I was pregnant and I didn't want to risk anything with a little, tiny baby in my tummy.  Anyway after Emron was born I started working out again, slowly but steadily and finally decided in October that I was ready to run a race.  I chose to run in the Surf City USA Half Marathon.  The race was February 1st, in Huntington Beach, CA.  My time was very close to my goal of 1:45.  I ran 1:46.44 or about 8:08 minute miles.  Not too bad for a newbie.  I placed 53 in my division out of about 1200 runners.  It was a tough but rewarding event.  As I ran the final four miles basking (probably not the correct adjective) in the sun with the ocean waves to my right I wanted to quit, but I had trained for this event and my family had made sacrifices for me to be running so I just kept going as I sang "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel" in my head.  As I crossed the finish line the announcer said my name and I looked over to see Murry and Emron and I couldn't help but cry!  It was a definitely a mommy moment.

Onesie I made for Karlie.

Last weekend I threw a baby shower for my dear friend Karlie.  The shower went well and she seemed to like her gifts.  We had a good time, but I have to brag now about my husband.  As if wrangling the baby the previous weekend while I ran wasn't enough, Murry took on a lot of responsibility with the shower.  He helped me make food, watched the baby, ran errands, bought balloons, and knowing that I was stressed brought home flowers to make me smile.  He is such a great partner.  The past few weekends have really illustrated how well we work together and how much we love each other.  I am so grateful for him and for all that he does.

Anyway, I'm going to try to get a few things done while Mr. E is napping.  Oh, and it looks like he is cutting at least two, maybe four teeth.  Poor guy!  Last night he was running a temperature of 101.7!  I love my boys!

My boys at the oldest operating McDonalds in Downey, CA.

XOXO,

Aspen