The last little while!

i've been planning on going to school for so long and it's finally here! i'm so excited and rather than going part time i have decided to go full time at night, so that i can keep my job that i need anyways! i'm a little sad that's i'm going to miss a lot of time with robert by going down this road in life but i very strongly believe that it will benefit him in the long run, and my best friend is going to be taking him while i'm at school, i'm such a lucky girl! so lucky to have everything i do! so i'm going to study really hard and try to clep out of a few courses and then go from there! Ahhhh i can't even explain how excited i am and how great of a day i had yesterday!!!haha i have a school girl crush on my best guy friend and we can't seem to get enough of each other, daycare went down over 100 dollars a month because robert is turning 2, work is going fantastically and i now have amazing benefits that are 100% paid for by my company and life seems pretty wonderful!!!... FINALLY huh! BTW here is a funny pic my brother took of robert and myself at the mall on Saturday!

YAY!!!

Sooo, yesterday i got an email about my fafsa, student grants! and i got it, i'm not sure exactly for how much but i will receive but it will make a huge difference! i'm very excited and it just makes me that much more greatful for the changes that i am making with my life! i couldn't be more happy! I have decided to go in to the dental field to become a DDS so if anyone needs a super cute and very good dentist about 18 years from now (because that is how long it could possibly take going part PART time) look me up!

"All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist
any day." ~ Evelyn Waugh

Blogging!

okay i haven't blogged for.... well along time since i was at my dad's place back in may! i've been going through a lot of really big changes the last few months. my husband and i are getting divorced, and it was heart breaking at first, or at least i thought! i let something happen, i lost myself in the relationship, i left LEIGH behind and changed almost everything about who i was in order to be what i though a good wife was. not many of you know the detail of what happened, and that is as it should be, but i've been changing and it's a really good thing. i've found the Leigh i love and love to be! i'm strong again and can rely on myself for anything i need, and it's so nice! nice to not "NEED" anyone for anything. the people i spend my time with are the ones i choose to surround myself with because i value them and feel that being around my "FRIENDS" adds to me and who i am. for the friends i have lost over the last 3 or so years i'm sorry, and for those of you who stuck by me thank you, i love you, i'm back for good!

"A woman uses her intelligence to find reasons to support her intuition." ~ G. K. Chesterton

South Carolina

Robert and i have been in south carolina all week and we have been having a good time. wednesday we went up into north carolina to the cherokee indian nation since it is part of our heritage and then into tennessee. it was fun and a good trip here are some of our pics from the drive.

And of course!

just like any other little boy... he just had to pick the scab! yuck! it was kinda funny to see him doing it though, i wouldn't have thought as young as he is he would pick a scab. ehk. i don't know what happened to it though but i guess i could only imagine. either he ate it(yuck yuck yuck), or it is somewhere on my carpet waiting to be sucked up. i think i will go and pull out the vacuum tonight!

I remember being a kid!

the christmas right after i turned 6 i got my first 2 wheeler bike, however i didn't know how to ride it. luckily by brother josh knew and was very excited to teach me. we practiced and practiced and i had it the first day. i was so excited and felt so big. josh and i had decided to ride on up to my granny's house. somewhere along the way i lost control and crashed. as i lied on the side of the extremely non-busy road screaming that i knew i was going to die, josh went home to get my mom. it's funny thinking back to when i was a kid having a skinned knee was the end of the world to me. i wonder if it was just me i am a little dramatic about most everything, or if it's a girl thing??? Hmmm? anyways yesterday when i changed robert's diaper i noticed he was bleeding! he got his first skinned knee! funny he never cried i didn't even know anything had happened. what a brave little boy i am so proud of him. one of the first GOOD signs that he's not 100% like his mama.

My First Time

so i took robert to get his hair cut quite a while ago, and the girl butchered his hair, and i mean it was awful so bad that she didn't charge us. so over this beautiful easter weekend i decided to take a wack at it my self FOR THE FIRST TIME. he went from extremely happy and excited to absolutely terrified if less than 3 minutes. i must say it did turn out okay though much better than the "professional" who obviously didn't know what she was doing. maybe i should go into the biz...

Sugarhouse Park

we finally made it to sugarhouse park to feed the ducks and have some family time. as soon as we arrived and got out of the car the ducks and seagulls and even quite a few pigeons came running/waddling or what ever it is a bird does. it was neat because they were so hungry and ready for spring to come and for all the park visitors to feed them they were even eating right out of our hands, robert loved it. we did have a good time and fortunately remembered to bring the camera so here are some pictures of the fun we had at the park feeding our BUNS to the birds.

My Admission

Okay i will finally admit that i am the one. i am terrible at making sure i get things in the mail. i have had a box full of christmas presents for my sister and her kids that has been sitting here since before christmas as well as envelopes full of pictures for her and my dad that have been here even longer! waylon's friend josh came to visit back in october i think, anyways he left his glasses and wanted them mailed, and again nope still here is a box already addressed and everything just here waiting to be sent! i am the worse, but if any of you are reading i am going to seriously get all this stuff sent off, but don't be surprised if it takes a little bit. i am just starting to come to terms with this problem and can't make too many promises too soon in the process.

Blogging

Lately i have been dropping the ball with my blog things have just been getting a little too busy over the last few weeks! Robert and i have both been sick and are just now starting to feel a bit better, and boy am i glad about that. having a sick baby is definitely no fun, with all the fever crying and wining. it's also heart breaking when there is nothing much you can do that you haven't already done. now that all that is all over i am glad to get back to my blog and to my regular routine. thanks for having me back and look forward to some good stories!

sometimes it's hard

some times being a mom is hard. Robert is going through a little distructive stage. his violent stage was short lived and i hope this one will be too. i just have a hard time dealing wth it and i know it is sad and maybe even hard for some people to understand but sometimes i consider running away! NOT FOREVER but for long enough to get over the stress, it would probably not be longer than a couple of hours but a rest just the same! i do love my son very much and would never really leave him but i think every mom needs some time to her self and i am one of them that just doesn't get it very often and by that i mean never! i always feel too guilty to leave or to go do anything and i am ready to change it because if i don't i will explode! so i guess i am saying that i am in some desperate need of some girlfriends and a night out ... or maybe just some shopping! then back to my little angel or so he will have you believe!

two thinkg every little boy needs

today my mom came to stay the night just like she does every time she has a meetings in salt lake, and as usual she brought Leny (my brothers dog) and Squiggi (my dog that lives with her) and of course their raw hide bones and such! tonight as my mom was ironing her shirt for tomorrows work day, robert ran around the house with her phone listening to her MP3's and playing with one of the dog bones! and apparently that is all i need to have here to make him happy on a bad day, he went from tired and moody to happy and content in no time at all. thank goodness for technology and dog treats!

a new week and a different time!

happy monday!

yes it is monday and not too many people like monday, but after the nice weekend of family time i like to have robert all to my self a bit and get things back on track, and back on schedule! this week in going to be a bit nicer because this is the first week of day light savings and we get an extra hour of day light tonight, which is just another sign of warm weather and fun at the park! although the weather is kind cold here today and it is snowing it in nice to know that we are on our way to summer, and robert can soon play out side for the first time really last year he was too small.

have a good monday!

the day that used to be my day of resting, shopping and all tha is holy!

SATURDAY!

i used to love saturday it was my day to do whatever i wanted to do. now i have a son and am limited to doing what we can do together! thus meaning no going outdoors if the weather for cast isn't bright and sunny!

so today we will be staying home to do some sort of cleaning project or something lame. the plan was to go to Sugar House park and feed the hamburger buns that my diet will not allow to the ducks, well to the seagulls i guess those damn things, but nope this idea is dead in the water unlike the seagulls! they never go away.

i am sure robert and i will find something to do that will occupy him, he is just at that age where i know he is going to do something i just don't know what it is, he is very unpredictable. all i can say is WAYLON late night movie night please!

just to let you know

Dear Family.
i just wanted to take a minute and jot some of my thoughts down. i want to thank you for all your love and support over the years, i wouldn't be here with out you, and could never thank you enough. thank you to my mom for all that you have done for me all my life, which is so much i can't even remember all that you have done, but mostly her love, to my dad for knowing its never too late to start a good father daughter relationship, to my sister shandra for loving me and talking to me for hours when i feel lonely, to my sister heather for always being there and teaching me the stuff a big sister teaches a little sister, to my brother jason for taking the time to write me letters and think of me from basic training, to my brother joshua for teaching me how to ride a bike, and for taking me scraping!, and for my little brother robert for being by best childhood friend and being my protector against the world. i want to thank my husband waylon for loving me and taking care of me and our son and being the love of my life, you know that i can be who i want to be and encourage me to do more and be more every day, and my son robert for showing me what "real" love really is, i couldn't live a day with out you! i love you all and thank you for making me who i am today!

reminder to self!...

Dear Self,

I know you are quite busy, however you mustn't forget those who mean the most to you! for instance i have seen you in action and although you love waylon you need to let him know a little more often. he is definitely not a mind reader (damn men never are) , and everyone likes to be reminded of how much you really do love and appreciate them every once in a while. don't take all this the wrong way i know you are busy and your heart is in the right place, this is just a "Friendly Reminder" you know just like the ones the elementary used to send home to your parents when you were young! i just care and don't want to see you taking the ones you know you can't live with out for granted.

Sincerely and always yours

Leigh

At last!

today is going to be a good day i can already tell. i am just laying in my bed surfing the internet as it is 10:08 AM and my son is still asleep! hooray! i can't explain the excitement maybe i will have a little nap before he gets up but i don't think i want to waist the time on sleeping. this doesn't happen very often any more. there was a time not so long ago, even just a few weeks ago when he would go to bed at 9 and not wake up till noon and be ready for his 4hour nap at 2 just in time for day of our lives (my favorite by the way). that has ended and it would probably be to my advantage if i just forget all about it and move on with thing, because i know it was all in it's own time, but i miss my free time. i better be done with this and go have some mommy time before he wakes up! BYE! and i hope you can find some of your own private time to do with what you please!

he has no problem, making it happen in his crib!

i'm blogging this so late because i have had quite a long day! it all started when i woke up in time to start getting ready for a doctors appointment, when i heard robert holler my name form his room. i walked in to see something i pray i never have to deal with again. apparently robert decided to take his won diaper off and found the present inside..Ewwwww... it was everywhere the only thing i could do is run to grab my phone to call my mom. she has dealt with just about everything having five kids, and to top it all off as i stood in the door way looking at him as i was explaining the the whole fiasco to my mom he very hapily smiles at me and peed. after cleaning all that mess up i returned to my room to get ready and handed the little angel over to his daddy. i can only hope this is one of those once in a life time experiences!!!

i knew the boy was keeping something from me and now i know what it is!

so for the last few days i have noticed robert's bottles are disappearing, and i have no idea what is going on we haven't been anywhere lately that we might have left them. i was just kind of getting a little irritated at the fact that i didn't know what was happening to them, and i will admit that i am a little OCD when it comes to having my things in order.(my closet has to be color coded as well as all my make up) i just like things in their place. so last night when i was vacuuming in roberts room i lifted his bed skirt and there they were .

three empty bottles amongst other toys and such. i was glad to find them and i realized that i must not have noticed them on the floor... and just maybe they possibly got kicked under the bed???... i didn't know i was just glad to find them. now after breakfast robert and i usually watch baby Einstein (his favorite). so just like every other morning i walk in to his room to get him to watch baby Einstein expecting to find him playing with his toys or reading a book and he often does, but nope!

he is rebuilding his collection of empty bottles, which in turn just makes one more habit that i will just have to figure out how to break... any ideas...?

its just the beginning

i have decided to introduce my self to the wonderful world of blogging!
my name is Leigh and i am 23, i live here in Salt Lake City with my husband (Waylon) and my one year old son(Robert). i didn't always live in SLC, in-fact i came here from a very small town in central utah where you know everyone and they all know you! i was most excited to, as they say "Get Out" when i moved here to the salt lake valley in june 2005. it is quite different here, in my small town the store closes at 10 and 6 on sunday, i love it here and have met a lot of good friends surprisingly a lot from small towns who them selves "Got Out". i still miss a lot of people and am greatful for the experiences i had to grow up in a small town, but i am definitely a city girl. i met my husband in may 2006. i had just started a new job and for the first time was living quite comfortably on my own earnings. waylon and i dated for only a few months before moving to phoenix together, we moved back in december and got married in february 2007, a few months later i found out that we were going to be parents, and everything changed forever. our little boy was born on december 1st 2007, we named him robert. little did we know this is where real life started. Waylon and i and even robert have been through a lot in our family life so far, just like most families have i guess, but we are very happy and are happier than we have ever been and i am excited and looking forward to writing and sharing my stories with all my readers.