The 6th Month!

<-------- the curtains i finished the other day that were the final touch!


(i couldn't get the picture to move <------. veiw from the bed to the exit)

I hung up some airplane hooks my mom got and a picture she painted on the far wall.

Were settled and enjoying the everyday life in our new home. Working on making it ours and spending lots of time enjoying it.

Caspian thought it would be fun to hide from me the other day and hid between the screen door and the front door... he pretty much fit.

We had lots of fun playing with that....

So rolling into our 7th month in our house I feel a sense of some accomplishment. I feel like i have officially finished one room in the house... Caspian's room! When my parents visited for Thanksgiving they helped me paint Caspian's room . We painted it Jalapeno Jelly... yes I know sounds weird... well since then I have been adding to the room.

I put up the painting I made while i was pregnant

(laying in the bed looking at the closet.Window is on the right)

Refurbished the nightstand next to his bed. Painted it black and brushed it with a metallic blue

(standing by the closet , other window on the left)

I added some star lights I have had since high school.

(standing in the long hallway like area, closet on the left, other window on the right)

His crib he never goes near and his tent.

(standing in the door looking right ish)

(standing where the airplane hooks are)


















(standing near the lamp)

I hung up a Gaelic Blessing, a Picture from his Birth, and a sun I painted. With his dresser.

(Standing by the crib. )

(standing where the airplane hooks are)

Now that I have finished his room I can work on the others. I have been working on the kitchen.... its almost there . Needs a few final touches ... and an island i am still trying to find....

So exciting .... Can't wait to start on the other rooms ...

Somewhere in the future.....

For it has been TOO long....

The thoughts of you run through my head often,

but my time with you is slim....

My poor blog is left in the cold so often

I think about writing in it all the time.

I have poor time management and

spend more time reading or playing with my kid

(which is by far the most important)

I think about what i should talk about ...

My last post was what happened over the past year.

And thinking about it so much has happened

This year is going to seem so mild ... well lets hope

So far in 2012 I am trying to uphold my new years resolution

Working on not spending as much

Sounds easier than what it is

And its not that i spend a lot of money

Its more of the small amounts here and the small amounts there

they add up .... and I really am trying

there is a tiny voice in my head i fight everyday

yes you want to go to... (name store)

and then the other voice that's there .....

no you don't need to go to or buy (name store/item)

Sometimes i win, and some days my urge wins

The main reason for this resolution is that i really want to go on our planned trip to Europe.

I have always wanted to travel.

I told myself that if it means cutting out trips to the thrift store or getting that doughnut

I will gladly fight the urge and save the money instead.

I have always dreamed and wanted to travel

Culture and Languages amaze me

There is so much to learn and enjoy from all over the world

Lets just pray that i can keep this up for another 9 months

I want this so bad, its almost all I think about as of late

The thought that the trip of my dreams is 9 months into my grasp

makes me jump for joy

I have never been this close to a trip Europe.

I really hope that we will be able to do it.

So far i have about a $1,000 saved for the trip and in my camera fund almost $100

And since I only started saving at the beginning of the year I have to say that

I think i'm doing a pretty good job.

After the new year we have Caspian's 2nd birthday.

He's 2 .... I can't even grasp that.

I never thought I would be a mom

let alone a mom at 24(22 when i got pregnant)

I didn't think i could breastfeed for a year let alone 2!

We just finished that and now are working on getting him to sleep on his own.

I haven't slept in the same bed with my husband since the end of September.

I miss him and not just in the physical sense, i miss our relationship.

Its been hard, working 5am to 10 am and then dropping him off at work at 1130 am.

picking him up at 9 pm... not much we can do about that
we need this , and it works, but it makes marriage hard.

On a highly positive note Shawn has almost been with PNC for a year

and is working on getting a new position within the company.

I am so proud of him. I love that he seems to enjoy his job

And he's even putting in Extra hours when he can to

help us save some money for our trip

(we are trying really hard not to have to put anything on the credit card)

I think he's just as excited about a trip to Europe as I am.

So besides what has been mentioned there is not much else going on

Well hopefully i will be able to post more on a regular bases

Since by the time i write in here i can't remember all that i wanted to talk about

Enjoy and talk to you again soon.