Our New Adventures

I was going to have a post making you guess where we were going - Purdue or Florida State. But, it's been long enough that many people already know that we've decided on Florida State to attend in the fall. Not only have we decided to go there, but we visited, went house hunting and now have a house under contract in Tallahassee. I guess that's pretty official, right? Oh, and did I mention WE GOT A HOUSE??? kinda.... as soon as it's all closed on. Anyway, I'm way excited!!! I have pictures, but I'm using Preston's laptop which isn't where all those pictures are, but there are some from online that I'll post. The master bedroom sinks are awesome! And it's great for Sadie - fenced yard, doggie door, and raised garden boxes. Plus, we got lucky and have a garage. Most houses we saw didn't. I guess you don't need them in Florida? Anyway, we're excited about our new adventures!!

Having the computer in Brayden's room is not conducive to blogging

The title says it all. I want to blog. I really do. Maybe I'm weird, but I'll think at random times during the day "I should blog about this." Unfortunately, my blogging times are Brayden's sleeping times. I could blog when Brayden naps during the day, but somehow always have other things to do ... imagine that. When Brayden goes to bed for the night I'm in the mood for blogging and uploading pictures and telling everyone how much I love my life, but the light from the computer keeps Brayden awake. I think we're going to figure something out for that. Until then, I'll blog when I can.

Being a REAL Mom

For the first time in almost 4 months, I now get to experience being a real mom. My mom is back in Malaysia for 3 1/2 weeks, my grandparents are overseas for about 3 1/2 weeks, and tomorrow Preston gets to go visit Purdue in an attempt to decide where to attend grad school in the Fall. So where does that leave me? Here. Alone. With nothing to do but be a mom and no one to do that with. You'd think it wouldn't be that bad, but I have to admit that I'm a little nervous. This is about the time that I am SO grateful that Brayden goes to bed at 8-ish every night and sleeps until about 8 so that I know I can have some time to myself. All I can say is wish me luck!

And did I mention that I have to leave at 4:30 AM to get Preston to the airport tomorrow? Bleh!

Arizona

Roadtrips part 2 was visiting Travis and Katy in Arizona. It was a perfect time to visit. They had 70 degree weather for their winter and it was nice to have the back door open all day and be able to go on walks without a jacket. We played lots and lots of games, which is so fun. They prepared lots of great meals for us and we got to go on a picnic too. They just bought a house, which is SO nice. Apparently Phoenix is in the top 4 places that got hit hardest in the economy. Lucky for them :) Anyway, it was a lot of fun to see our friends and their cute puppies too! Thanks for letting us stay a while guys!

Beautiful scenery on our way there.

Brayden's old school travel bed that my mom let us borrow. I loved it!

Guy bonding time.

Cutest, smiliest boy ever!

Brayden's priceless look when you blow in his face.

Travis and Katy with our little man

Yay for "match mommy day"

Up in the air with Daddy

Our picnic in February!

Brayden trying to make a getaway with our icecream ... good thing we're in control of the stroller.

Us getting ice cream from the ice cream truck! I didn't know those still existed.

Our group picture on our way out. We already miss you guys!

And finally, we stopped in to visit Michelle in Cedar City on our way home.

Washington

Preston and I recently had the realization that we now have time to do the things on our "someday" list. So, we've taken a couple road trips to visit friends and family. The first place we went was Washington to see Dan, Julianna, & Mikayla (Preston's sister's family). They had a fun weekend planned out for us with bowling, yummy restaurants, games, pedicures, and seeing Pike's market in Seattle. We enjoyed it so much we stayed an extra day. It was over Valentine's Day that we went, so I got to enjoy the Mortensen tradition of the men making yummy dinner for the ladies :) We may have to start a tradition of our own. Unfortunately, I left my camera card when I was uplaoding the pictures onto their computer, so I had to steal some from their blog. Thanks for the awesome weekend!!!

Happy Birthday Preston!

It's a little late, but Preston had a birthday last Friday on the 5th. Preston got to go skiing during the day with Rob and then we went on a date with some friends to get Chinese food and then play at Boondocks. Brayden got to spend the evening with Grandma and Grandpa :) Overall a great day. Oh, and I was proud of myself for making a cookie cake that actually turned out really yummy!

Breastfeeding

Brayden's officially 2 months! Woohoo. It's sad to think that it's taken 2 months to finally be rid of the pains of breastfeeding. There were days when I seriously didn't know how long I could last. It hurt worse than labor!! Well, a different kind of pain I guess, but it was a lot harder for me to handle. Luckily, we got to the bottom of it. I have a yeast infection which causes it to be very painful. Brayden has Thrush, which got passed to me and will continue to get passed back and forth until we can finally get rid of it. We're treating it right now and I feel SO much better! I'm just so happy that I don't feel like giving up om breastfeeding anymore so I had to share.