So far, so good. The whole family and I are enjoying our time here and are getting to know the land. We are amazed how OBSESSED people are here with BSU football. I knew they loved it, but it is all you see everywhere and all they talk about on the news. Seriously, before amber alerts and robberies, BSU football is always the first story, followed by cat stories. Costco shows old games on the tvs in the electronics sections, and you can actually buy turf from their old field at Noah's store.
We like where we live, but our upstairs neighbors are super loud. Noah and I like to come up with random explanations for the noise. I think they must be be doing suicide run drills at, rolling barrels, jumping and galloping instead of walking, etc. I really don't understand how a 9 month old, a small guy and a very pregnant woman can make so much noise all the time, but they can!
Savannah finally calls our place home. She is liking sharing a room with Jaxon more and more. I think she likes it more than he does. She loves nursery at church and asks to go all the time. Apparently the play dough is key to her happiness. She is listening a little more now and has been binky free since Friday morning. There has been less of a fight than we thought there would be.
Jaxon is happy here... although I think he would be happy anywhere. He is a very easy going kid, although I really wish he would leave the toilet brush and several of the kitchen cabinets alone.
I am happy. There is a newer walmart less than 2 miles away and 5 miles the other way is a really nice shopping center with a Costco, Target and lots more. The mall with Crazy 8 is about 20 minutes and the zoo is 26 min. I have everything I need. Adjusting to not working is odd, but going ok. I am starting to figure out some of the fun cheap things to do around here and we will start going to story time at the library next week. I looked into ballet classes for Savannah, but I think we are holding off for a year because she is not fully potty trained and we don't know how long we will be here. I like our Ward at church, but really miss our old one. Looks like I might start watching a little girl of someone Noah works with too.
Noah really likes his job, but it seems like he works pretty long hours. He gets home and then it's time for dinner, baths and a little playtime before bed. Some days are earlier coming home, but that usually means earlier to bed because he is tired. It's alright though because we currently do not have cable or satellite. We have an antenna outside and pick up nbc, fox and cw. All of the essentials are covered for our tv watching and everything else we will catch up on dvd at some point. Netflix streaming is a common source of entertainment in our home too. I think Noah misses his alone time from when I worked. He doesn't know when to play his video games or watch his weird movies.
Life is going good. I have a feeling we wont be here more than 6 months so I am enjoying small living and simplified everything. I seem to be less stressed too. I think ALL stress will go away when we have health insurance in a month and I can stop being paranoid about colds and being bitten by hobo spiders (so far we have killed 6).
Savannah loves anything to do with arts and crafts. She is getting pretty good at drawing and painting, but due to the opening activity in nursery (play dough and cookie cutters), Savannah has a new favorite thing to do.
Jaxon's favorite thing to do is climb in drawers. Under the stove and the kid dish drawers are his favorite spots. 
I love Jaxon's hair, but some days I really wish I could spike it again. Right now it's just too long to do anything with. I think it is super cute in it's own way and I love the little curl it sometimes gets, but I think it looks like a cross between surfer hair and a mullet.
Should I cut it shorter or leave it alone?
Today is the day my baby boy turned 1 year old. I can't tell you how much I love this guy. He can always make me smile and is such a great baby. I have always heard there is a special bond between a mother and son and I did not believe it until I met this little guy a year ago. 
I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember checking in for my induction into room 1, lots of talking with nurses and Noah, my horrible epidural, my water being broken, then sudden progression and less than ten minutes of pushing before I got to hold him for just a minute, then they took him away. It was almost 4 hours before his breathing was regulated enough to join me in our room 120. I remember holding him almost the entire time we were in the hospital, him meeting friends and family, the first time Savannah met him and she cried, then she came back after a nap and loved him.
Between him going to the hospital at 7 weeks, first smiles, rolling, sitting up, trips to Santa Rosa, San Diego, Disneyland, crawling, walking, ear infections, first words, and so much more... I have loved every minute with my little boy. I love that he plays peek a boo, binky swaps, dances up and down, makes this choking sound when he is excited, eats everything in sight, walks with his arms up in the air, hunts down the toilet brush, and so much more! It's been a wonderful year little Jaxon!
We spent the day together as a family and after some time out, we got Chinese take out, opened presents and let him attack his cake before he took a bath and very quickly passed out. Noah suggested red velvet cake and today I decided it should be a turtle. I didn't realize that red cake for an animal cake can look kind of weird until it was too late. It reminded me a bit of the armadillo cake from Steel Magnolias. 
