Jackson Family

Family Pictures

2011-04-20T15:48:00.000-07:00

OK... so we have been married for almost 6 years and have only had family pictures done once. So, for my birthday this year i asked for family pictures now that Evan is a little bigger. We had Michelle Johnson do them and they turned out AMAZING! (if you want her number or email leave a comment and I'll get it to you.) Here they are.

We went to Marley park to take the pictures and the park was so beautiful and the grass was very green and pretty.

This is the first picture of just the two of us we have done since our engagement pictures.
Daddy and the kids.
Mommy and the kids.
I wasn't too sure about the yellow wall but i think it turned out really pretty.

Lexi is so photogenic and a beautiful little girl. She kept getting mad at Michelle because "her name was Rapunzel not Lexi" so she re-edited this picture with that caption at the bottom. It made me laugh when i saw that.

Evan's face in this picture makes me giggle but at least he is looking at the camera.

My 2 beautiful baby's! And of coarse Evan's fingers are in his mouth... like always! :-)

There are also a couple more pictures on the top of the right side column.

Evans blessing

2011-04-20T13:12:00.000-07:00

Evans blessing was so beautiful! Spencer did an amazing job and we were so lucky to have the Jacksons down to spend time with us and be a part of his big day. Thank you to everyone who came and here are some pictures of our familys from before the blessing.

Evan's Baby Blessing

2011-02-23T13:47:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to let everyone know about evans baby blessing.

Sunday March 27th at 11:00 AM

La Loma Ward building

301 W. Wigwam Blvd.

Litchfield Park, AZ, 85340

We will also be having a luncheon at my mom and dad's house after sacrement meeting. If you need directions or the address leave a comment with your contact info and i will get it to you. The Jacksons are also coming down for that weekend so we are so excited. Hope to see you all there!

Home Daycare

2011-01-27T16:00:00.000-08:00

hey guys i am trying to get started doing day care so if you know anyone who is interested leave a comment and I'll give you my information. I am looking for about 3 kids to tend and i am going to charge $115 for a week or $25 per day for part time. I would like to get started as soon as possible so please let me know. Thanks everyone!

My beautiful children!

2011-01-19T13:58:00.000-08:00

Now that evan lost his newborn look and is starting to look like a little boy i wanted to get a few pictures of them both together. I obviously dont have a studio but my bed works just fine. :-) Here are a couple that i took.
Here is one i thought was just precious because you can tell he knows who she is and he loves the sound of lexi's voice. She talked to him a lot when i was pregnant and you can tell he already loves her so much. She is a great big sister and a wonderful daughter, i couldnt ask for 2 better children!

Here is a picture of his adorable smile. He has been smiling for a couple weeks now and is so happy and playful but it took until now to get a little one on camera.

I am so grateful for the oportunity to be a mother of these 2 beautiful children and love every minute i have with them.

It took almost 2 years but the dreaded day happened....

2011-01-08T09:45:00.000-08:00

Spencer got assaulted by an inmate on Wednesday afternoon. He called me around 5 or 6 and let me know he was involved with a fight at work and was punched int he face. From my understanding a Mexican-American inmate was refusing to lock down and so when the officer tried to cuff him he started fighting and then the rest of the Mexican-Americans in there joined in the fight. If i remember right Spencer said there were about 8 inmates and 6 officers involved. His captain was punched in the jaw and a couple of the other officers got body shots but Spencer got the worst of it. As he was trying to get the inmate off his captain he swung back around and clocked Spencer right in the face. He was also covered in pepper spray since he was spraying everyone in sight to try and stop the fight. There were a bunch of other inmates out of their cells so if the other race groups wanted to get involved in sure that one of the officers probably would have been seriously hurt which is scary to think about. I was able to get a few pictures of his face so here they are.

Wednesday night at the hospital

His face was really swollen and Spencer said it was hard to see out of his left eye. He had a couple other big bumps on his head and had a really had headache but besides that he said he felt fine. They sent him to the hospital just to make sure everything was ok since he was hit in the face pretty hard. The doctor said he didn't have a concussion and there were no scratches or anything on his eye. They sent him home with some pain pills and told him they recommended he not go back to work for a few days since he would be on pain pills and was having a hard time seeing.

Friday Morning

He is feeling much better but he says its still a little tender. This picture doesn't do it justice thought, most of that side of his face is pretty green and his eyelid is really dark.

It could have been much worse so I'm so grateful he just got punched in the face, as horrible as that sounds. He could have been seriously hurt or even killed so I'm grateful him and the guys he works with were able to get it under control before it went too far. I love Spencer and I'm glad hes ok but his face will just be a little colorful for the next few weeks. :-)

Labor and Delivery

2010-11-26T15:26:00.001-08:00

I know its been almost 2 weeks since hes been born but I've been busy with a new baby and Spencer's family has been in town so I've been a little pre-occupied! :-) On Saturday the 13th, later in the evening, i was having some sharp pain so i called the OB on call and she told me to come in and get checked out. Since i was so close to my induction date they wanted to make sure everything was ok and see if i was in labor or not. i was dilated to a 4 so they had me walk and within an hour i dilated to a 5. They decided to admit me since i was strep positive they wanted me on anti-biotics before he was born. I was able to get to a 6 on my own but after that my labor just stopped, contractions and everything. I waited all night for the morning shift to start so they could call the doctor and not bother him since it was on a Sunday. They came in at about 7AM and gave me some pitocin which started up the contractions again. I had gotten an epidural at about 10:30PM the night before so by that time i wasn't feeling any pain so life was great. A couple hours into the pitocin they checked me again and i wasn't dilating very much so i told the nurse that my contractions with Lexi didn't get hard until my water broke. They were finally able to get a hold of Dr. Erickson and he came down about 10 and broke my water. The nurse then did something i have never seen or heard of before but i am now a big believer in the "magic peanut". She put this thing that basically looks like a peanut shaped exercise ball in between my legs and had me lay on my side. As soon as she got it in position i started to feel pressure and in a few minutes later i kept feeling the urge to push. She checked me again and withing 10 minutes i went from a 7 to a 10 and we were ready to push. She had me do a couple practice pushes and then Dr. Erickson came in. Once everything was ready i gave 3 big pushes and he was out. It was so different with his delivery because with Lexi i couldn't feel anything from the waist down but with him the epidural took away all the pain but i could feel where i was pushing and pressure. I cant even begin to explain to you how happy i was to see his beautiful face after 9 months of imagining what it looked like. He was just as beautiful as i had hoped and i was totally balling because i was so happy that it was all over and he was finally here. I didn't tear as bad with him as i did with Lexi so my recovery was much faster. The other thing that was really cool was the fact that my mom and Natalie were able to be in the room with us for his delivery. My sister finally got to see what childbirth is like from a different perspective. I love my mom and my sister and was so happy they were able to be there with me and Spencer to see the birth of our beautiful son. Evan has been such a good baby and Lexi loves him so much already. I was a little worried how she would react after being an only child for 4 years but you can tell she is so happy he is here and she is going to be a great big sister. The only "problem" if you can even call it that right now is she wants to help a little too much. :-) she is really gentile with him and loves to give him hugs and kisses. We are all so happy he is here and healthy and cant wait to spend every second with him. Its amazing... how you can have so much love for 2 different kids. I didn't know it could be possible to love anyone as much as i love Lexi but i love Evan just the same. I love my husband and my kids and am so grateful for the opportunity to be a mother and raise 2 beautiful children with an amazing man.

EVAN IS HERE!

2010-11-14T14:14:00.000-08:00

getting ready to go to the hospital!!

THERE HE IS!!! Evan Spencer Jackson was born on November 14 at 10:25am. He is 7 lbs, 3 ounces and 20 1/2 inches long. He is absolutely adorable and we already love him to death!

Lexi already loves him so much! She was so excited to meet baby Evan!

What a cute family!

1 week and counting...

2010-11-09T13:08:00.000-08:00

I had my weekly checkup today and i am now dilated to a 3 and 90% effaced. The doctor could feel his head so hes already very low and in position so his guess would be before this Thursday, but if not i will be induced on Monday morning. I have been having contractions and a lot of lower back pain yesterday, all last night and today and there is a lot of pressure in and around my hips so i think he will be here in the next few days. I am so excited to see his handsome little face and i will have my sister or my mom post pictures of him once hes here. Wish me luck!

Dr. Update

2010-11-01T12:27:00.000-07:00

I went to the doctor this morning and i am dilated to a 2 and he said i was pretty thin already. I am scheduled to be induced on the 15th but he said he doesn't think i will even make it that far. Hopefully he will wait at least till next week so Spencer will be able to have thanksgiving off. We are so excited to be here and i cant wait to see his handsome little face! :-)

Best target trip EVER!!!

2010-10-29T18:39:00.001-07:00

OK so for one of my shower gifts i got a target gift card so today me and my mom went up to the target on happy valley and as we are finishing our taco bell in my moms car i see this....

ITS WALDO!! We started laughing but this picture was a little far away so we finished our lunch as fast as we could and almost ran into target to try and get a better picture. Never in my life did i think that i would be playing wheres waldo in real life at target. We were giggling through most of the store till we found him!

He took off his beanie but we were laughing so hard the entire time so it made everything worth it. I took this with my phone and i felt so silly because it makes noise when it takes a picture so i had to take it then run away. My mom kept joking we should have asked him to put the beanie back on and peak around the corner of one of the aisles so we can take a picture of him. Needless to say this was probably the best target trip EVER!!!

Playing catch up...

2010-10-21T16:22:00.000-07:00

Ok so I'm a bad blogger... a lot has happened in the past few weeks and i haven't blogged any of it yet... :-P. So my shower was a couple weeks ago and it was so much fun! A lot of people were out of town but we had a good turn out and i got a lot of cute stuff. 1st off i would like to thank my mom and sisters for being awesome and throwing me the shower. Natalie and Kim made me the cutest cake EVER for the shower and it even had his name on it. I LOVED IT!!

Here is a picture of a couple stuft animals Kim crocheted for Evan. They are so soft and cuddly cute i loved the how cute they turned out!

Here is a picture of my and my moms craftiness! :-) We sewed this "car seat canopy" without a pattern and it turned out really cute for neither of us knowing what we were doing. lol My mom is good with the sewing machine and i knew what i wanted so between the 2 of us i think we did pretty awesome.

On Tuesday my mom and dad came over to our house to bring the crib. i was able to get Lexi's room a little re-organized before hand so things would fit a little better but i was still worried it would be too crowded with 2 dressers 2 beds and a toy box but everything fits perfect. These pictures were taken from the doorway of the kids room so you have some perspective on how perfect everything fits. this is Lexi's bed and the polka dots are her closet. the brown dresser is going to be Evans (you can see the bottom of his car seat on top) and that is half of the toy box.

Here is the other half of the toy box and the white dresser is Lexi's dresser and of coarse there's the crib for Evan. Its a tight squeeze but everything fits and it doesn't feel too crowded and that's all that matters.

Here is a close-up of Evans sheets and bumper. i love the pattern of the sheets because the animals are so bright and happy looking and the colors match really well with the other colors in Lexi's room so it worked out perfectly.

As for me I'm about ready to be done being pregnant. It doesn't help that I now have everything ready for him to be here and i still have about 4 weeks till hes going to be here. i talked to my doctor and i should find out this week or next when I'm going to be induced. he said they are going to induce me on the 15th and they are going to call me once they get everything scheduled. I'm so excited for him to be here and its starting to feel more real since we have all our baby stuff back in our house. I have Lexi's party, another baby shower that my visiting teacher is throwing me on the 28th then Halloween and a couple doctors appointments (my OB, Lexi's yearly and my cardiologist) and after that all I'll have to do is wait for Evan. I'm excited that I'll be at least a little bit busy for the next couple weeks to help time go by a little faster.

3D Ultrasound

2010-09-22T17:54:00.000-07:00

I went to the doctor on Monday for my check up and my 3D ultrasound and i have to say... hes going to be cute! :-) We got a couple good pictures and a video that i posted below. He's already measuring almost 4 pounds so i imagine hes going to be big :-/. You can see in a couple of the ultrasound pictures that he has chubby cheeks and being able to see his face make me even more excited for him to be here! During the ultrasound Lexi kept asking why he was yellow. The woman doing my ultrasound explained to her that's just the color they chose the picture to be, he is colored just like her. She was really funny during the whole thing she just kept asking questions. Evan wasn't being so cooperative, he had the cord right in front of his face and kept wiggling so it took a little while to get these pictures and you can see the cord in a couple of the pictures.

You can see his face in the top left corner.

You can see in this one he has the same nose as Lexi... cute as a button! :-)

This is a cheek shot and you can kind of see his lips and you can see the cord in front of his face.

This one looks a little creepy because of the stuff in front of his face but i like it because you can see him smiling.

Here is the link to the video of the ultrasound (my blog wouldn't let me upload it so i had to put it on YouTube.) If you watch it you will get to see him swallowing and he takes a big yawn about half way through. Its so fun to see him acting like a baby because the past ultrasounds hes been pretty calm. He was very active during this one! We are so excited for him to be here and with the baby shower around the corner its starting to seem more real that we will be here soon. I am now going every 2 weeks to my doctor and from what we were talking about and with how big he is probably going to be i will more than likely induced the week of November 15th. We are happy for that because now i know Spencer will be able to be there for the birth and he will be able to take time off for the baby and be able to spend time with his family when they come down for thanksgiving too! I will be 38 weeks on the 15th of November so i don't think he will come before that but I'm hoping he doesn't decide to come even earlier... but then again i have no control of when hes ready to come! :-) Lets just hope he can wait till then.

Our Project

2010-08-21T13:36:00.000-07:00

So with me now being a stay at home mom i have gotten so much done in my house. Honestly i have cleaned my entire house top to bottom including organizing the kids room, pantry and my closet. With all that being done i was having a hard time finding things to do around my house. We had found a side table next to the dumpster in front of our apartment about a year ago and haven't really done anything with it. It was ugly and a little scratched but the table itself has a nice style and didn't have anything majorly wrong with it. i have been trying to figure out what to do with it but never found an idea i loved. Now that I'm home most of the day i got tired of looking at the ugly table so i was thinking of ideas of what to do with it. So i found a picture online of a branch with cherry blossoms (our front rooms is kind of a "around the world" theme so it matched with some of our more Asian decor) that i loved so i brought it home to Spencer and told him that's what i wanted on the table. I sanded down the entire table and painted the legs and top the solid colors i wanted and Spencer painted the design on the top. It turned out so good and our grand total on the table was only about $20 including supplies and the paints so i think it was a great find and I'm so happy with how it turned out. Here are some pictures of the before and after.

Here is the table before. I started sanding the top and one of the legs before i realized i needed a before picture so it did look a little better than this originally

Here is the top after a little bit of sanding.
Here is the table before the design. It took quite a few coats to get the coverage we wanted from the red and tan and it looks a little more orange in this picture. Its like a lipstick red.

Here is a picture of Spencer starting the design. The only caption that fits the look on his face is "you're dumb" :-) he thought i was being silly and didn't need to take a picture of him painting it but oh well... i did it anyway! :-)

Here is the finished product! It turned out awesome and the gloss coat we used on top of that made it super easy to wipe off and its has a nice glossy finish.

i am so happy with how it turned out and i also love that Spencer got to use his talents on something in our house. He is a very talented artist and i wish i can do more to get him back into it so i may find another few "projects" he can help with! :-)

And the name is...

2010-07-22T19:04:00.000-07:00

We have officially decided this new little baby boy's name will be Evan Spencer Jackson! We are so excited for him to come in November and its now seeming more real now that he has a name. I also had some awesome coupons for Joann's so I went out and bought some letters to put up in the kids room. I did the same thing for Lexi so now the new baby has some too! You cant really tell in the picture but the sides of the letters are a bright green and I love those colors because 1) I love bright colors and 2) Lexi and Evan will be sharing a room so these colors go with the bedding I want for his crib and the colors in Lexi's room. I'm so excited!

SPLASH PARK

2010-07-15T16:00:00.000-07:00

So yesterday all of us (Kim, Nat, Rachel and My Mom) and all the kids went to the Goodyear splash park. Everyone had so much fun! My shoulders, chest and a little of my back got totally fried because i was so worried about Lexi getting burnt i forgot to put on sun screen for myself. oops... Also i was putting all of our stuff down after putting sunscreen on the kids and all of a sudden the strap of my swim suit completely snapped off the back! So with a little help and creativity from my mom we converted my strappy swim suit into a halter top at the splash park! :-) Here are some pictures from our day of fun...
Kolsen wanted me to help him get under the dump buckets. This also counts as my 20 week belly shot :-)

I was surprised how well Lexi did. She hates getting water in her face in the tub but she loved every minute of it.

She was a little nervous to get dumped but mommy got dumped too which made it so much more fun!

Stomping on the water shooting out of the ground... such fun!

Playing in the water tunnel

Running through the water tunnel

Splish Splash

This is my only complaint about kids swimwear.... She had a CONSTANT WEDGIE the entire time and kept having to pull it out. LoL

LEXI POSE! I like this picture because the shadow looks cool plus it just sums up Lexi... :-)

We had so much fun and are already planning on going back with daddy! :-)

Baby Names

2010-07-11T13:42:00.000-07:00

Ok so here is my dilemma... as you can see i have posted a poll about baby names (i have also text my friends who don't usually check my blog and asked their opinion and it was a tie). I keep going back and forth between the 2 and Spencer isn't being much help. He just keeps giving me the "we have 4 months to pick a name" bit and he wont give me his opinion other then he has said he likes both of those names. I love them both! So i have looked up the meanings of both the names and here's what they mean:

Evan-God is Good

Brayden-Brave

They both have good meanings so that didn't help much. His middle name will be Spencer but that also sounds good with both names (Evan Spencer Jackson or Brayden Spencer Jackson). I like the name Evan because i think its a very classic name and i have always liked it. I like to name Brayden too because its different and i don't know very many kids named that. Lexi likes both names and it depends on the day which name i think we are going to choose. I have also double checked on both my side and Spencer's side and none of our relatives have those names that i know of, which is a good thing. I am stuck... Spencer does have a point that we have a few months to decide, but its just that with Lexi there was no questions that was her name from the very beginning and with this little boy its been harder. I am just kind of ranting because i am hoping that voicing my opinions will help me to decide which one i like more...... i don't like decisions......

To my wonderful husband...

2010-07-02T14:48:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY!

Spencer,

I want to thank you for everything you do and have done for our family. I am grateful for each and every day I get to spend with you and I love you more then I can ever say. I know these last 5 years have not been easy but I wouldn't trade them for the world. I think because of our trials it has made our relationship so much stronger and I appreciate it much more. We have made a beautiful little girl and have a wonderful little boy on the way and I couldn't even begin to imagine having this joy with anyone but you. I love you with all of my heart and I hope to have many more years to show you how much I mean that. I LOVE YOU!

With Love,
Heather

The Big Announcment......

2010-06-28T12:37:00.000-07:00

ITS A BOY!

We had our 18 week ultrasound this morning and its definatly a baby boy! I tried to get the bum shot on here but the quailty didnt look good so we will save him some early humiliation. We have no clue on a name yet but i will post it as soon as we figure it out for ourselves. Lexi is so excited to have a baby brother and spencer didnt quite believe me when i told him but he is so stoked to have a son! My appointment was super early this morning so he didnt go but it was fun for me to be able to tell him. We are so excited to welcome this little baby boy into our family and cant wait to see him!

Spencer has one less organ...

2010-05-19T13:30:00.000-07:00

OK so the surgery was almost a week ago and Spencer is doing great. The surgery was only about an hour long and it went really smoothly with no complications. He is still a little uncomfortable and one of his incisions is still pretty painful but hes recovering well. Today was his first day back to work so we will see how that goes. He has his 2 week follow up next wednesday so we will hopefully find out everything is ok and the problems hes been having is fixed. thanks for everyone who called to check on him.

Ultrasound and a Surgery...

2010-05-05T15:07:00.000-07:00

Baby Jackson at 10 weeks

Here is the 2nd ultrasound Ive gotten on our new bundle of joy. The first one you cant really even see the baby so i didn't post it (Sorry this one is kind of fuzzy too its a cell phone picure of a picture.) The tech was checking on the heartbeat and got a quick picture for me. The baby has a very strong heartbeat and is measuring right along with where it should be. Its so fun because it actually looks like a baby now so Lexi was so excited when Spencer showed her the picture. She told him that when mommy's tummy gets big enough it will turn into a door and the baby will walk out.... she has quite an imagination. Instead of telling her the gory details of what REALLY happens i'll let her think my tummy is a door. :-) She is so fun and you can tell she is really excited about this baby. It is starting to seem real and we are all very excited.

And now about the surgery... Spencer has been struggling with stomach problems for about a year now. I will spare you the details but after lots of testing it looks like he is going to have his Gall Bladder removed next Thursday. Its not a major surgery and it should only take about a week, maybe less, to heal up and the doctor said he should feel better almost immediately. The doctor said they can do it Laparoscopicly (sorry if i spelled that wrong); he said they will make 1 cut above his belly button and 3 just under his rib cage and they wont be very big. The surgery itself should only take about an hour and if everything goes well he should be able to leave the hospital the same day. I am nervous because I'm a worrier but we are both glad there will be an end in sight for his pain. Keep him in your prayers and i will let you know how everything goes.

Blah....

2010-04-23T16:44:00.000-07:00

Ok.... I am just going to say it.... this better be a boy! :-) lol I'm totally joking and we will be so excited if its a girl too but i have been so much more sick with this one so i hope that means its a boy. I have already broken my record for puking (2 times isn't a hard record to break but still). I have tried the nausea medication which helps a little but not much and every time i drink cold water i throw that up too. I am having such a hard time finding things that taste good and its so frustrating. Anything with too much fiber makes me sick, anything that's too spicy gives me horrible heartburn anything that is sweet makes me gag.... is my first trimester over yet??? sorry if that's TMI but i don't know what else to do. any help or suggestions?

Baby #2

2010-04-09T14:46:00.000-07:00

OK baby update time! i went to the doctor on Monday and got an ultrasound. he said everything looks great. There is only one baby and I'm due on November 29th so that means I'll be 7 weeks on Monday. The baby was so small so it was hard to see but she was able to zoom in when she did the internal ultrasound and i could see the baby's little heart beating. She printed off a picture but i don't know how to use my dads scanner so I'll try to post it soon. We cant wait to find out if its a boy or a girl... Lexi thinks its a brother. :-) Lets hope shes right. This pregnancy is already very different from the last one. I feel so sick all the time even though i dont really throw up but i was able to get some nausea medication from the doctor and that has helped a lot. Lexi has been a great help around the house and is very concerned that i dont feel well. I love that little girl with all of my heart and we are all so excited about this new addition.

Lots of change!

2010-04-03T12:55:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone! Rachel just posted all the photos of Lexi's photo shoot on her blog so heres the link: http://iluvmysnakes.blogspot.com/ She edited some of them so check it out!

Also, some of you may not have heard but i got laid off on Thursday. They were doing cut backs due to everything thats going on, i don't know details so i don't want to put words in their mouths buts thats my understanding. I was 1 of 4 who got let go on Thursday but i was given the option to go back until Tuesday. I went back Friday and finished the stuff i was working on then i left. It was really hard to say goodbye to everyone there since i had been working there for over a year. Everyone asked me how i was doing and honestly... i don't blame them. From a business standpoint i can see why they needed to do it and i don't feel like it was directed at me. Out of my department i was the least experienced so it was a logical choice for me to be the one to go. I know it was a hard decision to let those people go as well as me but i firmly believe everything happens for a reason. I think everything will work out for the best even though it may seem a little hard right now. I'm trying to be as positive as i can because there is nothing i can do to change their decision. I have made some really good friends and i am very grateful for the opportunity Alan and Debbie gave me to try something totally new to me. This is a new chapter in our lives and we will end up on top... i know it!

Also, my 1st appointment and ultrasound is on Monday so i'll make sure to post those as soon as i can!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!!!

Photo Shoot

2010-03-26T18:54:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone here are some super cute pictures Rachel took of lexi. make sure you pay attention to the last one... that ones my favorite! :-)

MY LITTLE MODEL

SUPER CUTE!!!

DANCING QUEEN!

....Wait for it....

SOLD!!!

2010-03-21T18:43:00.000-07:00

OK so drama about the truck... we found a buyer on Thursday that wanted to take the truck for about 300 under what we were wanting for the truck. Ive never sold a truck so i took the offer. they then called back 5 minutes before they were coming to get the signed title and cancelled their offer.. ARGH!!! so i called our second offer back and we got the truck SOLD for more then what we accepted for our first offer which was a blessing in disguise!!! finally... we are glad its over! :-)

Tootsie found a new home...

2010-03-20T14:07:00.000-07:00

We found tootsie a new home. One of the ladies i work with decided she wanted a bigger dog. She doesn't have any children so her dogs are her babies. She has a decent sized backyard and 3 other dogs. So now tootsie has a place to run and friends to play with. It was a hard decision to make but i think she is much happier there.

Tootsie Dog...

2010-02-05T14:02:00.000-08:00

Our family has come to a very hard decision... we are going to find tootsie a new home. We have had tootsie since she was about 7 weeks old and she will be 3 the end of this month. We were trying to get into a house and since it looks like that is not happening as soon as we thought i don't think its fair for her to be stuck in out tiny apartment all day. We don't want to just give her to the pound because we love her very much and want to find her a good home with a family that will be able to give her the attention she deserves. She is very loving and absolutely AMAZING with kids. If anything she loves Lexi too much... lets just say Lexi's face is right it tootsies level and she loves to give kisses! She has never been aggressive with anyone and will love you all day if you let her. If you know anyone that is looking for a good famiy dog she is it. Like i said before she is almost 3 years old, house trained, she is a staffordshire terrior and she has been fixed but besides that has had no medical problems. She has a lot of energy and loves to play with her bone and tennis balls. We have a crate, big fluffy dog bed, shampoo/skin care products, lots of toys, a leash collar and harness, a big container of dog food and treats which she gets to take to wherever her new home is. If anyone knows someone who would like her and give her a good home please call us or email me. We would like to find her a good home since we cant keep her. We love her very much and this has been a very hard decision to make but we think its best for her... :-(

FOR SALE

2010-01-23T14:24:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone! We are selling spencers truck so if you know of anyone who is in the market for one let me know. We would like to sell it as quickly as possible.

1999 Ford Ranger EXT Step Side, single cab, 4.0 liter V.6, 5 speed manual transmission, 108,000 miles, air conditioning needs recharged, windshield has a crack but body is in good shape.

We bought the truck to tow Spencer's dirt bike but we don't have the bike anymore and we already bought a new family car so we need to sell this truck. it runs awesome and has been a very reliable truck for our family. We are asking $3,700 OBO so if you have any questions or you are interested in buying it please email fordranger99forsale@hotmail.com or call or text me at (623)680-4507.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/cto/1567331062.html

Quick Update

2009-09-19T15:59:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone sorry it has been forever since I've posted. It seems like i don't have time for anything anymore!!! lol here's a couple updates.

Spencer:
Well on the 26Th of this month will be 6 months since he has started working for DOC. He loves his jobs and has had some pretty good stories com out of it. It is hard on him but i love him being able to do something he is proud of and enjoys. Me and Lexi miss him when hes gone but love it more when hes home!

Lexi:
Lexi is still the crazy silly little girl she always has been. She will be 3 next month (crazy i know) but it seems like she has been in our lives for a lot longer than 3 years. She is such a bundle of energy and keeps me on my toes. We are still trying to potty train and are slowly fazing in her "big girl panties". She has Minnie mouse, princess and Tinkerbell panties and LOVES THEM!!! lol Its silly that something so little makes her happy but it has helped her because she doesn't want to get any of them yucky! We have had a few accidents but for the most part she is doing really well. But we are still having to work on her telling us BEFORE she has to tinkle! :-P

Me:
Nothing to exciting on my end. I'm still at Gorenter as the receptionist and not much else is going on right now. My car broke down twice in the last 6 weeks and we have had to put a lot of money in it to fix it but besides that not much is happening with me.

I will try and post some updated pictures of us when i get them. Yhat's all for now! :-)

Birthday, Graduation and Lots of Partying!!

2009-04-17T13:32:00.000-07:00

22 years ago on April 15th i was born into this great world.... lol I love birthdays! Everyone is always nice to you and you get free stuff! My morning started out really nice i got up out of bed got ready and got Lexi up and dressed and got to my moms house earlier then i should have. I for some reason got their over half an hour before i had to leave. I don't know why i got up and ready so early and/or why i thought i had to but i did! lol I get there and my mom was making me German pancakes (MY FAVORITE) but little did i know that was just a distraction! I finish breakfast and go out and to my surprise my car has been written all over! It says "your hott", "honk its my birthday" (i got 3 honks and a big wave!) "I'm 22 today"!! I loved it! So i call into KMLE to request a song and Tim and Willy sang happy birthday to me! I have it recorded and will see if my dad can help me post in on here. It was so cool they actually played it on the radio! Then i get to work and i find a donut on my desk from one of my friends at work so i got a second breakfast. The day went by pretty smooth. Lots of compliments and well wishes and then after me and a few of my work friends went out to miracle mile i get another surprise. One of the guys had bought me this brownie cake thing that was dipped in chocolate frosting from Karsh's bakery. YUM!!! Then i got off work a little early had dinner with my family and had MORE chocolate! It was defiantly not a day for diets! lol So tomorrow me and Spencer are celebrating by going out with a few couples for an evening at Dave and Busters! I'm so excited. ALSO as a birthday present from the Jackson family i am treating myself to a massage at lavenders day spa tomorrow morning! I'm SO excited for that too! :-)

OK so the biggest hurdle for Spencer is over... HE PASSED HIS PHYSICAL TEST!!! We were really worried about it because of how bad his shin splints got but he called me yesterday around 8:15 to tell me he passed. We are all so proud of him and i am SO glad its almost over! He comes home tonight and this is the last weekend he will have to go back to Tucson. I'm so excited to have a husband again! :) he graduates next Friday and I'm sure we are both ready for this to be all over! these 9 weeks have gone by slow and fast at the same time! I'm so proud of Spencer for all that he has accomplished and i love him with all my heart. 1 more week and he gets to have a career he truly enjoys!

Now for the partying.... For those of you that want to come we are having a party for Spencer's graduation from the academy. It will be at my moms house at 6:30, SATURDAY the 25th. We will be having dinner and snacks so please let me know if you coming so we know how many people to cook for. Lori and Anthony are coming down so they will be there too if you want to stop by and say hi. We are so excited to celebrate Spencer and would love to see any of you who would like to come! Any questions call me 623-680-4507. Thanks guys!

6 weeks and counting...

2009-03-13T10:38:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick update!! Spencer has been in the academy for about 3 weeks now and he is doing good. Hes having problems with shin splints but other then that he is doing really well. The 1st test he took he was 4th in the class and the second test he took he had the second highest score at 96.5% (i think... either that or 95.6%) I am very proud of him for studying so hard and doing so well! He has made a few friends that he rides home with on the weekends which is nice and saves us gas money! lol He got his uniform last week and i LOVE the way he looks in it. The shirt is a little baggy but we are going to see if G-ma Davis can take it in a little bit. This is his "formal" uniform, once he starts working at Lewis prison in buckeye he can wear a polo and his BDU's (there like tough guy cargo pants! lol jk ;-) ) Its nice getting to talk to him in the evenings but its been hard for me being by myself all week long. I've been spending a lot of time at my moms which i don't mind but they might be getting sick of me ;-)!!! lol Lexi misses him too. Almost every day on the ride home she says "we're going to go see my daddy?" and i have to remind her that hes in Tucson and she says"daddy is in Tucson ill see him later" because that's what i tell her every day! She love to talk to him on the phone too and has started telling him about her days! You can tell he really misses her! I love my husband with all of my heart and countdown the weekdays till he comes on Friday night! I miss him but I'm so proud of him for all hes doing to better our lives. I'm glad he has finally found something he truly enjoys as a career!

C.O.T.A.

2009-02-17T11:14:00.000-08:00

WE FINALLY GOT THE GOOD NEWS!!! For those of you who don't know, Spencer has been testing to try and get into the AZ corrections department for a few months now. We have been waiting for about a month or so now for the call saying when he starts. We knew he had the job because he finished and passed all the testing we basically were just waiting for an opening in the academy. So one morning late last week Spencer calls me and said they called him and told him he starts on Monday February 23rd! I didn't even know what to say i was so excited but i thought we would have more time to get things ready. The good thing is we will be making more money and have good insurance right away but the bad thing is he is going to be in Tucson for 9 WEEKS!!! I am going to miss him so much while hes gone but i will be able to see him (hopefully) on the weekends! I am so excited for him to be able to do what we wants to do and have a career he enjoys!! I'm driving him down to Tucson for his training this Sunday and i will try to borrow someones camera (because ours broke) and take some pictures of the academy and his last day before his academy training! I am so proud of him for trying so hard to get a better job to support our family. I love him very much and don't know what I'm going to do without my best friend for 9 weeks! I love him with everything in me and i am so proud of what a loving and amazing husband and father he is. i know he will be very good at being a corrections officer and i am so excited for him!

I LOVE YOU SPENCER AND I'M SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

snow, snow, SNOW!!!

2009-01-10T12:09:00.000-08:00

Ok so our trip to Utah was so much fun! We left the 23rd and came back on the 29th so we had quite a bit of time with his family which was nice! The ride up was pretty good all things considered! We were able to borrow a DVD player for the car from my aunt which I think the car ride would have been much worse without it! Tootsie did so well too! She just cuddled with Lexi’s car seat the whole way (when she wasn’t staring at me from the front seat creeping me out!) It took us about 13 hours or so to get there but we would have been there sooner if we would have known that the entrance to the freeway that takes us to Utah from Vegas wasn’t closed (with no detour signs to tell us how to get on because the only entrance was closed). Besides that and the snowy traffic and the nasty road grime that covered our window that we couldn’t get off because the windshield wipers weren’t working very well! I’d say the car ride up there was pretty good!

Once we were like 20 minutes from the house his mom started to call and Spencer wanted to surprise them and so we didn’t answer. So we finally get to the house and the garage door was open so we just walking in expecting everyone to be there and we would just walk in and say hi. So we get into the house and were like “is anyone home?” and Lori is on the phone so we go around the corner and she was surprised to see us and told Carrie (who was with Tessa on her way to Wal-Mart and on the phone with mom) that we were here. So they rushed home and we went and found Trevor and dad and gave hugs all around. We had dinner and just kind of relaxed the rest of the night.

Then around lunch time on Christmas Eve everyone came over for their prime rib dinner! Jeret has gotten so big since I last saw him and Rylen was so tiny and SO adorable it was so fun to finally see her in person. I didn’t get to first see Jeret till he was close to a year old! Lunch was AMAZING and autumn made that ribbon jello stuff and I honestly could have probably ate the whole pan in one sitting (ya right I would puke but it was SO good) and then we went into the front room by the gorgeous Christmas tree and did your presentations. For our family presentation was lexi singing jingle bells and everyone loved it. She can only get to the one horse open sleigh part and that's all she knows but it was so cute no one cared that she didn’t know the whole thing. Chris played a Christmas song on his ukulele and it sounded so cool! I liked it! Autumn and Destin read this story that was so adorable! The story was about this little girl and her daddy. Her daddy came in to find that she was wasting the nice gold wrapping paper and was wrapping a box and he scolded her and told her not to use the wrapping paper on that box. She told him it was a present for him. He opened it and the box was empty, so it got upset with her again that she wrapped an empty box and that was wasting but she them went on to tell her daddy that she has blew a bunch of kisses into the box so that way whenever he wanted a kiss from her he would just have to open the box and get one. Then the story went on to say she died a short time later and he kept the box of her kisses next to his bed for many years and was very special to him. So then autumn let Jeret pass around these gold wrapped boxes and inside them were Hershey kisses and she gave us all a copy of the story! I thought it was very creative and a good story. The rest of the evening we spent just hanging out. Spencer, Trevor, Carrie, and Tessa played video games for a little while. Then when it was time for Lexi to go to bed we picked out some cookies for Santa’s plate and put milk in his Santa’s cup and Lexi thought it was for her and tried to drink the milk so we tried to explain how Santa would come and drink the milk and eat the cookies and I think she kind of understood but not really. So then we put out the broccoli (we didn’t have carrots or celery) for the reindeer and put it on the porch. Then we put her to bed and played games for another couple hours then went to bed ourselves.

When we were woken up at like 5 or so in the morning by his siblings I went in to try and wake lexi up and I said “lexi wake up its Christmas!” and her response was “merry Christmas mommy” in her very sleepy voice. So I then proceeded to ask her if she wants to open present and she gave me an animated (as animated as she could have been at 5 o’clock in the morning) “YA” so we got up and she barely woke up enough to open a few presents. And so we saved a couple and let her fall asleep while we opened out presents from the family. Once we put her back to bed we got out the vanilla ice cream and cheerios. Now I had heard of their family tradition about ice cream and cheerios and didn’t quite know what to think about it. It sounded so weird and I was kind of scared to try it. But I actually liked it! It just made the milk a little thicker and creamier! Then around lunch time Autumn, Destin, Chris, and Michelle came over. We had the traditional Christmas ham for lunch (which was a generous gift from Spencer’s boss at his work Christmas party) which really good. We hung out with his family and decided which gifts needed to be exchanged or returned and got to just sit and talk for a few hours! After that we took lexi and went to go play out in the snow! She liked it but she didn’t like to lie down to make snow angels or touch the snow! She did like walking in it and climbing up this little hill covered in snow in the Jacksons front yard. We built our own little snow man even though he didn’t have a face or anything besides weeds for arms lexi liked him! He was still up the day we left! And then Jeret came out after a couple of minutes and they played out in the snow together and had a blast. She also thought she was a penguin! In the snow clothes she had on she waddled like a penguin and it was SO FLIPPINN HILARIOUS!!! I was crying I was laughing so hard!!

Then someone told Jeret to start throwing snowballs at people and I have to say that kid has pretty darn good aim! Whoever he was trying to hit he did with a little bit of force behind it too! And the dogs… OH MY GOSH!!! Tootsie loved the snow so much she made her feet bleed every time she went out in it. The first time we took her out it was because she couldn’t tell what was concrete and where the ground was, so she would take off and she ground her nails down to the point of bleeding. The second time is they had these thorny weeds under the snow that were tearing the tops of her feet up if she played too long. Spencer finally took her into this field across the street from their house and let her and teddy romp for like 30 minutes, they played so good together!! We all loved the snow!

Friday and Saturday we just hung out around the house and did a little shopping and just enjoyed being near his family and being in the snow! On Saturday we went to wingers for lunch and then after dinner we went to see temple light and then down to Provo to see Michelle and Chris. Lexi thought the salt lake temple was a castle and that a statue of Joseph smith was Jesus. It was so cute. That had all kind of nativities from different countries and lights EVERYWHERE!!! It was absolutely beautiful! I’d never seen the temple lights up there before and it was such a cool experience to go see it! Then we went to Michelle and Chris’s and hung out for a few minutes then we went to go see these lights some guy put to music super high on this hill with the huge billion dollar houses and it was so cool!

On Sunday was Rylen’s blessing. She was one of FOUR babies blessed that day! The church building was beautiful and probably very old. She was in this little crocheted dress Destin mom made for her and it was beautiful! Then we had the lunch at Destin’s parents house and they have a bigger dog that thought he was tough and protecting the house. So we get close to him and he was all black and lexi looks at me and says “mommy it’s the big bad wolf!” I cracked up! He really did look like a wolf though and it was funny that she had put that together! After that we went back to autumn house to celebrate Trevor’s birthday. We had a really yummy dinner and a delicious desert! Lexi liked their fishes and the birdie was very interesting to her. She has never really seen one that close and she got to touch it for a second and then Destin thought it would be funny to put it on her head and she wasn’t too sure about it but she was all smiles and thought it was silly. Then we went home packed and went to bed.

The ride home was just as good as the ride there except the fact we left at about 5 am and got home after 8 pm! The only reason it took that long is we didn’t step on the gas the ENTIRE WAY over the Hoover dam. It took us over 2 hours when it should have taken less than 10!! Oh and we got pulled over just outside of Provo. We borrowed grandma’s car and she had a temp plate on it and her windows are super tinted so we got pulled over for that and “impeding traffic” which was a big bag of bologna. Spencer was doing over the speed limit and once he saw there was a car behind him he didn’t have time to move over before the cop pulled him over because there was a car next to him. But he was all smug and kind of rude about it. He ended up not giving us a ticket but I just think he was bored and jumped at the chance to pull someone over! Tootsie didn’t like that there was a strange man with a flashlight talking to us through my window! She kept growling and woofing at him! She never bark barked but she wasn’t happy! Oh and when we stopped at this gas station a couple hours out of Provo we got out and realized it was 5 DEGREES!!!! It was so flipping COLD!! Oh and lexi has hands for feet! By the time we got home she had realized once her movie was over if she pushed a certain button with her toes it was start again! It was really funny!

Then we got home and everything went back to normal! I'm so glad we went up there! It was way fun and I'm so glad we went! Hopefully it won’t be so long in between this visit and the next though I loved playing in the snow and being able to get to know his family a little better!

( i will post the videos i was talking about in a little while. our camrea is messed up and hard to deal with so i will post them as soon as i can!)

UTAH

2008-12-31T18:59:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of our trip to utah!!! I dont have time to post stories but i will soon so be patient. Enjoy these pictures and sorry they arent in order.
destins birdy on lexi's head
holding baby rylen
catching snowflakes
beautiful nativity at the salt lake temple (its in the water!!!)
walking in the snow
BRRRRR it was cold at the salt lake temple! doesnt she look all cute bundled up?

us outside of the salt lake temple!
our snowman

lexi and nana

building the snowman
we didnt want to make snow angels!!!

AWWWWWW ;-)

getting ready to go outside and play in the snow

my little snow tootsie!

too sleepy to open presents

our first baby doll!
almost asleep after opening presents

putting broccoli out for the reindeer because we didnt have carrots!
I DONT WANT TO WAKE UP!!!

puting cookies out for santa
pouring santa some milk!

picking cookies out for santa
helping papa read night before christmas!

listening to her "quiets"

SHE WAS DOING THIS THE WHOLE WAY TO VEGAS!!! it really started to freak me out!

this is all spencer could get of the welcome to utah sign! :-P
looking out the window

I Appreciate Everything You Do!

2008-12-20T08:55:00.000-08:00

Mom and Dad- I love you so much. I know i have been the problem child over the years and i wish i could go back and make your life's easier by not being such a pain. I appreciate the fact that even tho i was pretty bad most of the time you stuck by me and helped me through it. I appreciate you doing everything you can to help us out! I appreciate every day that Lexi gets to spend with you. She loves you very much and i couldn't ask for a better person to help me mold my child into the beautiful intelligent little girl she is. I feel like most of the reason she is so smart and polite is because of you guys! You are a wonderful grandparents to her and amazing parents to me! I know i don't say it enough but i do love you more than anything in the world and i can thank you enough for helping me with Lexi and everything else you do for my family! I love you with all of my heart and wish i could truly express how i feel but i promise i will try harder to do so!

Natalie, Jason, Kim, Cameron and Rachel- I know i haven't been the best sister in the world but i love you guys very much. I appreciate your love and willingness to ignore my silly quirks. I love that i can be myself around you and have fun with you guys no matter if its the midnight showing of twilight or hanging out at moms house or spending the night at moms house the day before Kim got married! i love how close we are and i wouldn't change it for anything! I don't say it enough but i love you and am very grateful you guys are my sisters!! and as for you Davis boys... your just trouble! hahah jk. i love you guys and i have always felt like you were family even before you married my sisters. i love that i can joke and mess around with you guys and you play back. i love your sense of humor and that you can always make me laugh. i love you guys very much and appreciate all you do to help my family!

Lori and Anthony- I know we haven't been family very long but i do love you a lot. You have been great in laws and I'm very lucky to have you as my family. I am very to have in laws that i get along with as well as i do with your family. I am very grateful that i can call you when ever i want just to talk! I love your family very much. I love your son with everything i am and i am so grateful that you raised a very good man and i wish you could be down in AZ with us all the time to see what a wonderful father he is to Lexi. I could not have asked for a better husband!

Autumn, Destin, Michelle, Chris, Carrie, Trevor and Tessa- I am lucky to have you guys as my sister-in-laws and brother-in-laws!!! I know i haven't know you long and haven't gotten to spend much time with you but i do love you guys and appreciate you willingness to accept me as your family. I always feel very welcome and loved when we come to visit and i love that i can feel comfortable around you guys. I miss you guys very much and am so excited to come up and be able to spend time with you and the babies! I love you all very much and i want you to always remember that!

MERRY CHRISTMAS... this one makes you think!

2008-12-10T11:20:00.000-08:00

*Twas the month before Christmas*
*When all though our land*
*Not a Christian was praying*
*Nor taking a stand.*
*See the PC Police had taken away,*
*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*
*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*
*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*
*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*
* December 25th is just a ' Holiday '.*
*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*
*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*
*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*
*Something was changing, something quite odd! *
*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*
*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*
*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*
* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was nowhere to be found.*
*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears*
*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*
*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*
*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*
*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*
*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton!*
*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*
*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*
*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*
* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*
*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*
*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*
*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'*
*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*
*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*
*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS, not Happy Holiday!*

Best Buddies

2008-12-05T13:17:00.000-08:00

Ok so i went over to my friend Jenna's to do each others hair. (ILOVE MINE BTW) I brought Lexi along because their little girly is about the same age as her. When we got there it took Ashtyn a few minutes to warm up to her but after she did they were like best friends the whole night. Lexi loved having a little friend that she could play with. They went and got out the dress shoes and played together in Ashtyns room with all her cool toys. And then there are these pictures which are so stinkin cute i love them!!!

This one is when they were eating their suckers (which Ashtyn so kindly shared) and watching "Po" (kung fu panda)

This is them having goldfish crackers and carrying they're babies around... ADORABLE!!!

And this was after they jumped on the bed for a little while they cuddled up together and thought they were so funny!

they had so much fun that lxi crashed assoon as we got home! its nice having an excuse to go over to a friends house!!! "I have to go see jenna cuz lexi wants to go play with ashtyn." ;-) i love it.

MOTHERS

2008-12-05T11:51:00.000-08:00

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best..'

Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade...It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother...

Cute video from a long and stressful day!

2008-11-26T09:20:00.000-08:00

OK so yesterday was one of the worst days EVER. i don't want to get too into it but i was stressed out from work, having a bad hair/body image day, I'm PMSing and i got pulled over on the way home from work (10 minutes from my moms house) and got a ticket and now we have to fork out an arm and a leg to get it dealt with. so my AMAZING parents took Lexi for the night so i had one less thing to worry about. so i guess she was in a silly mood because she did this (what shes doing in the video) for like over an hour with my dad. my mom said Lexi was just giggling really hard the whole time. anyways it cheered me up this morning and thought y'all would enjoy it!

The Straw Hat!

2008-11-24T10:29:00.000-08:00

Ok just as a little background for this story... lexi loves hats. You can ask jake (her 22 year old bf ;-> ) or spencer. she'll take them and put them on her then on you... everything about them she loves.

Ok so she was over at my moms yesterday while i was at work and she found my dads straw hat that has the little neck strap to keep it on that he uses to do yard work and was wearing it around the backyard. She was running around saying "i'm a cowboy i'm a cowboy!" she was having so much fun playing with it and then (i dont remember how) but it fell off. the strap was still around her neck so the hat just fell on her back so she looked up at my mom and said " I'M A TURTLE!!!" i was absolutely cracking up when my mom told me that. she has such a vivid imagination it just bring a smile to my face every day! well that story made my day and just thought id share it with you guys!

Halloween

2008-11-04T12:43:00.001-08:00

ok here are some pictures from halloween and in one of the pictures lexi's face looks kind of dirty but i swear its just silver glitter. hehehe ENJOY!!!

Lexi's Birthday

2008-11-04T11:51:00.000-08:00

ok so first off i don't feel like it's been long enough since she's been born. it doesn't feel like it's been 2 years. she is such a wonderful little girl i have loved every minute of life with her since she has joined our family. she is so stinkin hilarious ALL THE TIME it makes life so much more fun. well we had everyone over to my moms house on her birthday (the 25th) and had pizza and opened presents. she got some really fun stuff. we got her a "big girl bed" sheet and comforter set (which we wont get to use for a little while cuz we bought a toddler bed for $25 but that's beside the point.) you can kind of see it in one of the pictures below... she also got a Mr. Potato Head which she has named Mr. Funny Head. and she got a couple puzzles and a SUPER CUTE little framed scrapbook page that Carrie made for her. oh, and the Jackson's got something for her i didn't even think about...... she got some princess dress up clothes and LOVES THEM. if she finds it she has to wear it and gets mad at me when i try to take them off. its so stinkin cute. i wish we would have been video taping her when she tryed it on for the first time cuz as soon as we put it on her she screamed LOOK AT ME!!! it was absolutely the funniest thing i think shes ever done. she was totally serious too. she wanted everyone there to see how beautiful of a princess she was. she had a lot of fun at the party and got some really cute stuff. and of course theres blowing out the (cuz i was a scatter brain and didn't bring cake mix) the birthday brownie! she thought she was supposed to evedentally spit the candle out but finally she got how to do it and did it in one blow. in the picture at the bottom you can kind of see her spit flying past the candle. thought that was kind of funny.

Our crazy little life!!!

2008-10-24T13:30:00.000-07:00

OK so its been over a month since I've blogged and i apologize. it's just been kind of crazy. OK so I'll start from the last time i blogged. well we are still trying to potty train and shes getting better and better each day. even more crazy than her potty training is the fact that she'll be 2 TOMORROW!!!! I'm so excited. these past 2 years seem to have just flown by! Spencer is doing good, hes trying to get on the corrections department so keep your fingers crossed for us. as for me?!? where do i start. i am not at super cuts anymore. i am sad to not be working in a salon anymore but i am very happy at my new job. i still plan on doing hair on the side and whenever possible so i can keep up on my skills. [so if you need your hair done and you would like me to do it at your house or mine call me ;-) ] as far as my new job i work for Gorenter.com as a scanner/file clerk/whatever else needs to get done girl ;-) . it is kind of different working with mostly family, plus the fact that the most staff I've ever worked with was 6 other girls. so 1. having guys working with me and 2. having that many peoples names to remember is something I've had to adjust to. i really enjoy where i work and everyone there. OH OH OH and I'm A PROUD AUNTIE OF LITTLE RYLEN CLEA CHRISTIANSEN!!! autumn had her baby yesterday around noon she weighs 6lbs 5oz and was 18 in. long. she's so stinking cute i cant wait to see her at Christmas time! well i think that's everything. if i don't blog before then everyone have a happy Halloween!!!

A Very Proud Mommy

2008-09-02T12:22:00.000-07:00

It's kind of funny but i have never been so excited about someone going potty on the toilet in my life!!! Yesterday me and Spencer both had the day off but while he was at the gym Lexi decided to go hide in the vanity area and try to poop in peace. When i found her a minute later she says "Mommy I'm Pooping" so i got her on the potty as fast as i could and closed the door a little bit so she could have her privacy and SHE WENT POOP ON THE BIG GIRL POTTY!!! I was so proud... like i said before, its silly for being proud of poop but I'm proud of her. After that every time i took her to go potty she went! She has also gone both times i took her today!!! I think her problem before was that i would sit next to her and try to kind of cheer her on but i think she doesn't like to be watched while shes on the potty. It seems to be working so lets hope she stays on the right track. I'm so proud and so happy that soon we won't have to deal with diapers anymore!!! HOORAY!!!

New E-mail

2008-08-25T11:44:00.000-07:00

Hey all just letting you know my e-mail address changed. its hjstyles@yahoo.com mail me or something!!! ;-)

POTTY TRAINING

2008-08-14T11:13:00.000-07:00

So yesterday we're just hanging out at home and lexi comes up to me and starts saying "go potty? go potty?" so we took her to the potty. she was a litttle scared cuz we dont have one of those training potty seat things so i think she was scared she would fall in or something. she didn't go, which wasnt a bad thing, but i was just surprised she came up to me and asked me. she did that 2 more times yesterday so i think we're going to start trying to potty training her. if anyone has any good tip or tricks on potty training little girls please let me know.

HOORAY!!!!

2008-08-04T11:49:00.000-07:00

SUPERCUTS IS FINALLY OPEN!!!!! the store phone number is 623 572 7040 and my cell phone number is 623 680 4507 so come see me or call me if you want to!!! its so pretty and new!!!! i'll try to post some pictures when i get some. YIPEE!!!!!

LAKE PLEASANT PAVILLION
9947 W HAPPY VALLEY PKWY SUITE 106

PEORIA, AZ 85383

MOMMY AND ME

2008-07-19T21:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some really cute pictures of me and lexi that rachel took. Spencer had a night out with the guys so i had rachel take some "mommy and me" pictures of us. They turned out awesome... ENJOY!!

!!!ADVERTISING!!! For beautiful portraits such as these, email me at heatherrjackson05@yahoo.com and i will have my wonderfully talented little sister call you!!!

Lexi... Part Model, Part Musical Genius

2008-07-15T12:58:00.000-07:00

Job Update

2008-06-28T13:06:00.000-07:00

hey everyone the construction on the store isn't going as planned so i'll let you know when it opens. we're hoping by the end of this week beginning of next week. we are doing a soft opening whenever it's done but the grand opening is august 1st.

NEW JOB

2008-06-04T12:27:00.000-07:00

hey everybody good news... i got new job!!!! i am going to start at the new supercuts off of 99th and happy valley road as soon as it opens. the owner's hoping for july 1st so if your in the neighborhood, once it opens, stop in and see me. i don't know the number to the store yet but if you want to know anything just call my cell (623-680-4507).

Supercuts
LAKE PLEASANT PAVILLION

9947 W HAPPY VALLEY PKWY
PEORIA, AZ 85383

2008-06-04T11:56:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of cute pictures of Lexi that my sister took. Enjoy!

Shake your groove thang!!!

2008-01-17T15:49:00.000-08:00

Here is a showcase of all of lexi's dance moves.

Picture Updates

2007-12-10T12:52:00.000-08:00

Here are some new pictures of lexi. I will post pictures of the sealing as soon as i get them from shanna.

A Forever Family

2007-11-20T13:01:00.000-08:00

Just as an F.Y.I. for everyone who didn't know me, spencer, and lexi are being sealed together this saturday. The endowment session is at 9 for anyone who would like to come. We are also having a luncheon around 1 or 1:30 for everyone. The luncheon will be at grandma davis's house and if you need directions please call me at (623) 606-8260

LEXI'S 1 YEAR OLD!!!!

2007-10-31T15:28:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend we threw Lexi a big birthday party. a lot of our family showed up and it was a blast!!! of course we had chocolate cake for her to make a mess with, she got some really cool toys and have fun with her aunts and uncle and grandparents that came in from out of town. she also got blessed on sunday but we forgot to take pictures so once my in-laws send them to me i will post them.

Party Dates

2007-10-08T11:30:00.000-07:00

LEXI'S PARTY
Oct. 28th at 4:30pm-Whenever
***We are doing a BBQ at my mom's house. If everyone would bring enough meat for your own family and a side dish to share we will grill it for you. We will provide drinks and condiments. If you could please R.S.V.P. as soon as possible we would greatly apreciate it. To R.S.V.P. contact Lori Richardson (my mom) at (623)825-8580.

Spencers Big Project

2007-02-27T12:32:00.000-08:00

here is a few pictures of our pet bearded dragon. he also build a tank for him all by himself. its pretty big but its so much easier to clean and get Harley in and out of. eventually we will do something to the inside to make it look more like his natural habitat. but for now its pretty plain

OK OK I DID IT!!!

2007-02-27T12:20:00.000-08:00

hey everyone sorry i havent posted in a while ive been so busy with work and just other things that have been going on. she is now eating baby food and is starting to be able to sit up for a few seconds on her own. she also is rolling all over the place. as soon as i find out how to upload videos on here i will load one of her first bites of food and one of her rolling over in her crib. but for everyone who has been on my back here are some of our most recent pictures of her.

2006-12-10T12:34:00.000-08:00

Here are some cute pictures of Lexi (5 weeks) in her new hoodie! We bought it for her because she doesn't have a jacket that fits her and its getting kind of chilly here. It has a heart on the side with a couple of fairy wands and the onesie has crowns and hearts and wands on it. its super cute!! It is so amazingly soft i just love holding her while shes wearing it.

The Hospital

2006-12-08T13:55:00.000-08:00

Here are some other pictures of us in the hospital. The one above is us right after she is born. This is my favorite picture from the hospital because you can see the love is Spencer's eyes as he is talking to his mom on the phone. They weren't able to make it to the actual birth but they came down my last day in the hospital. the one in the top right corner is me and spencer while i was still in labor. And the one just to the right is us plus my incredibly handsome nephew Kolsen.

SHE'S HERE

2006-12-08T12:44:00.000-08:00

hey everyone, lexi is finally here. she was born on october 25th at 9:39 P.M. she weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 20 inches long. i was in labor for about 7 hours, my water broke naturally and i pushed for only about 35 minutes. i had an epidural so i didnt feel much for about the last 3 hours of labor so that was nice. there were no complications and she is very healthy so im happy!!! she passed all her tests in the hospital but she had a high jondice count so we have had to keep her on a special UV blanket the 1st few days but shes better now and its going down so she is doing great. shes so beautiful tho. i think she looks a lot like her daddy and she has the cutest little dimples! :-) its amazing that you can love someone so much that youve just seen for the first time.