Goodbye 2012, Hello 2013

*a post I never published! I even forgot about it until I just looked in my feed. Oops!


It doesn’t surprise me that its been over a month since I have updated. I am really good at reading other people’s blogs, but updating my own seems to be my downfall. Christmas has come and gone, and now it is a new year! 2013. Wow where did 2012 go?

2012 was a great year! Nothing over the top happened, but everyday life happened and it was good. I am thankful to have had another year, full of ups and downs and all the in betweens!

Last time I updated I had just taken Luke to the doctors to check his ears. Well since then he got his tubes, and fingers crossed, he has not had an ear infection since…Praise God!! He was so miserable before!

We had such a great Christmas this year. We went up to our family cabin where it was nice and cold! It even snowed! ( I live in Arizona, I get excited when it drops below 60 degrees). It snowed on Christmas Eve, and spending time with family was such a blessing! Luke didn’t love the actual snow, but we went sledding down our street and he LOVED it!! He must have gone up and down that street 20 times! 

 Of course Santa and all of our family were so good to him and he got so many new things!! He is a lucky boy!

I got to spend over two weeks off of work for winter break with Luke. It was amazing!! I’ve said this before, but coming back to work after a break is REALLY hard. Luke got attached to mama, I got attached to Luke, and believe me there were tears shed on both parts come Monday morning.  It is Thursday and it’s still hard. I don’t think I’ll ever fully be 100% content until I get to stay home with my kid(s). I knew it wouldn’t be for a while, and I am thankful for my job, but it’s still hard.

 My days are busy, but I get to come home to such a special boy and a wonderful hubby…..no matter how my days go….I am blessed!

I don’t have any “resolutions” this year. Just to continue my 90 day challenge with body by Vi, and become a better version of myself! I also want to be intentional in everything I do. Put my phone down more, and play on the floor with Luke more. Go to the park more and spend less time on my ipad. Make memories with my family, and not regret that we didn’t have more! Live with a purpose and live in the now. I admit that I can sometimes live in the “ What is going to happen next” mindset, that I don’t enjoy the now! Oh how I hope this changes this year!

Oh any blog more……….

Thanks for reading my ramblings!

Breanna

Hello...it's been so long!

I feel like I need to introduce myself again, it has been that long since I have blogged! I actually don’t think I ever really did “introduce myself” even when I started this blog! So here it is: I am a 27 year old, Wife, Mom and Teacher. I teach during the days and love on my sweet baby boy, (umm…he’s 2 now…I guess he is not a baby anymore L) when I get home! I have an amazing husband who I have been with for almost 10 years, and married for a little over 4 of those years! We have been through a lot, and I am so thankful for is selfless love and care that he has for our little family!

Okay, well what have we been up to?

~We moved into a new house! Right before we got married, Nick bought us a house out in the West Valley. As much as I loved it, we were really far from most of our families and wanted to live closer to family. So we did. We moved, and now live within 5 minutes of both of our parents. We have a yard for Luke to play in, and are close to Nicks work. My work on the other hand takes me about 30 minutes to get to now, but it’s not too bad!

~Luke turned 2 in March!! WHAT?!? How the heck do I have a 2 year old? I swear he was born yesterday! As much as it makes me sad how big he is, he is at SUCH a fun age! He is starting to talk like crazy, and understanding way more than I think he does. It is amazing what you say or ask him to do and he does it! He has a big boy bed now, (which is a whole new post to write about) and is taller than ever! Most people think he is way older than 2 when they see him! I just adore him and LOVE being his mama! (even with the lovely fits he is throwing lately)

~This school year is almost over for me….It has been quit the year. It was my first year teaching 5^th grade. I was really blessed to work on such a great team, but man I have realized that I miss the little ones! Going from teaching 1^st grade to 5^th grade was a big jump, and as much as I loved their independence and maturity (ha, did I really just say that? For the most part, they were NOT very mature) I will not miss their “pre-teen” attitudes and the DRAMA! Oh my the drama!!! “I am mad at her because she was talking to the boy I like, and she knows I like him and she is just talking to him to make me mad” and blah blah blah……. It will NOT be missed! I wish my 5^th graders all the best going into middle school, and truly do hope that some of them do a lot of growing(up) this summer! 6^th grade is going to be a nice awaking for some of them!!!  Oh and I am teaching 2^nd grade next year! Yay J

~It is getting stinking HOT here in AZ. I feel like we had a pretty nice winter this year. I felt like it stayed cool a little longer than usual, but man I feel like the heat just hit hard….. I really dislike excessive heat, so why I live in Arizona, I have no idea!! I love warm weather during the day, and then a cool down at night! But that doesn’t happen here once May hits!

~We don’t have much planned this summer, except a California trip in late July! Maybe we will get up north to the cabin a few times too!

Well that’s really all I have to update about! Kinda sad considering I haven’t blogged in almost 6 months! Hopefully I will be better at keeping up on my posts! Who likes reading a blog that never updates! Not me! But I am pretty sure only like 2 people at the most read this blog anyways!

Have a great Thursday!

Ear Tubes and a few pictures!

I really need to stop writing my blog posts so late at night. I am exhausted and really need to go to bed, but I have things I want to write down!

I took Luke to the ENT doctor today! It went how I expected. He needs tubes in his ears :(. We have his surgery scheduled for next week. I know it is a pretty common procedure, but it still makes me nervous. I know he is in God's hands, but do you mind praying for my sweet little man?! Thank you!!

I know that once the tubes are in he will feel so much better! It's what is best for him!

Here is a picture of him today at the doctors office. He sat for about .2 seconds and the rest of the time he was running and climbing all over the room. I am sure the doctor thought I was parent of the year :/ He was obnoxious as I was trying to listen to the doctor explain everything to me. And then he pulled my necklace off and broke it. Awesome! The joys of having a 20 month old. Terrible 2's could quit possibly be poking it's ugly head out at us.....Am I ready for this?!?

  Here are a few random pics from this week! He loves his baths!

Putting Ornaments on the tree......

Happy Tuesday!

It's hard....

Today is Monday….. The day after a holiday break is always hard for me. I long to be home with Luke so going to work after being with him is HARD. Don’t get me wrong, I am SO thankful for my job. I have a great job. I love my students, my coworkers and the school itself. But it is still hard to leave him and spend my day with 24 other kids. 20 school days until winter break…..I can do it!! Plus getting my summers off makes it worthwhile!

Luke has a doctor’s appointment tomorrow at the ENT (ears, nose, throat). The poor kiddo has had 5 or 6 ear infections in his 20 months of life! So sad!! Every time he gets a slight runny nose it goes straight to the ears and they get infected. We have been to the ER with him a few times because of it and countless doctors appointments. I am over it and I know he is too!! Hopefully he will just need tubes and it will help with the ear situations!

I never did write about our Thanksgiving. We actually didn’t end up spending it with our extended families. Luke was sick and we didn’t want to spread anything to the little cousins so we stayed home. It was a very quiet Thanksgiving, but I did attempt to cook a Thanksgiving meal. It turned out okay, but noting like what we are used too (Sorry Nick). I was very thankful for my little family and the time we got to spend together!

I put up the Christmas tree last night. It is an itty bitty little thing, but its perfect for us. I will hopefully get the ornaments on it tonight. As I was leaving for work this morning, Nick was teaching Luke to throw the candy cans at the tree and that’s how they stick. Lovely. New tradition? I asked if the tree was going to be still standing when I get home and he said he couldn’t promise me anything :)

I started my 90 day body by vi challenge today. So far I am doing well! I had a shake for breakfast and for lunch and ate a healthy dinner tonight! I also walked/jogged on the treadmill for 45 minutes tonight as well as did some light arm weights.  Gotta keep myself accountable! Writing it down should help. If I don’t change my ways, my body and habits won’t change either! 

 

Hope you had a great Monday! 

 

He got his mama's ears

I don't have a lot to write about tonight, but I just wanted to "write" a few things down.

Luke has yet another ear infection as well as croup (sp?). We ended up back at the ER last night because he had a high fever and was acting really miserable :( we have been to the ER 4 or 5 times in the last like 6 months. We need a frequent visitor pass or something ;/. They ended up giving him a steroid to help with the swelling of his throat ( from the croup) and then some antibiotics to finish up from his last ear infections. It's been never ending!! If there is a germ to get Luke will catch it and get sick. Starting "school" hasn't helped either! But.... Hopefully as they say, he will have a strong immune system when he gets older! That sounds peachy in all but I (and I am sure he) would really like to not get sick so often right NOW!!! It's awful watching your child feel miserable. I would take his place any second! But I know it's life and we handle it the best way we can!

With all that said, we will not be spending Thanksgiving with any family tomorrow :(
The doc said he is contagious for up to 5 days and we don't want to get anybody sick. I am so sad to not be with our families tomorrow :( but as long as Luke is on the mend then I am SO thankful for that! I am even considering maybe trying to make a Thanksgiving meal myself for just us. I usually only bring the pie to Thanksgiving so making an actual meal could be a challenge, but I just my try and see!!

Well little man is asleep and Nick is at work, so I am going to watch, "Magic Mike".

Goodnight!

Random thoughts

Happy Monday!
I only have a 2 day work week and then it's Thanksgiving break! Thank goodness! I couldn't decide on one topic to write about so I thought I'd just do a random thoughts post!

1. I can't wait to enjoy Thanksgiving with family on Thursday. It really is one of my favorite holidays. SO much to be thankful for!

2. I need my hair colored so bad! I'm gong for the all natural ombré look without trying.... And it's not cute!

3. Luke slept horrible last night... Hoping he gets a better night sleep tonight! (I am exhausted too)

4. I am in a dinner rut. I need more healthy ideas ASAP. Prefferably kid friendly too :)

5.  My house is a mess.....

6. What it is it about cooler weather that makes my skin go crazy! My hands are so dry they keep cracking and bleeding. Gross and painful.

7. To be honest, I'm kind of missing the crazy exercise lady for the Target black Friday commercials this year. What happened to her?!?

8. I'm really excited to start my 90 day body by vi challenge on Monday. Join me please?!?

9. Confession: I am watching "Dancing With the Stars" just to see the "Bachelor" season premier commercial for next season. I'm cool like that!

10. I will never buy microfiber couches again.....

Okay, my random thoughts have become REALLY random so I will stop!  

Have an awesome Tuesday tomorrow my friends!

Catching Up and Body by Vi

 How have I gone over 3 months without posting? I have thought of about a million blog posts to write about, but never actually sat down to write. Life is as crazy as ever! Luke is 20 months old already! I can't believe in 4 months I will have a 2 year old. Where has the time gone? I say that all the time, but really where has it gone? He is at such a great/fun stage. Learning all sorts of new words and becoming a little person! I will do a whole "20 Month" post on him soon!

I plan on blogging more. I just need to get in a habit. I've never been one to stick to something for too long, so it's about time! Speaking of Habit..... I am about to embark on a journey that will help me change my lifestyle. Not that my life is bad! But I mean my eating and over all health lifestyle. I am starting a 90 day challenge to get in great shape and become as healthy as possible. I have ALWAYS been one that needs to watch what I eat and exercise. If I don't, well, I gain weight. I am NOT one of those people that is just naturally thin. I never have been. The only times I have been thinner was when I was consistently working out and watching what I ate, something I should be doing anyways , but I still never would reach my ultimate goal. . Well to jump start my way to a healthier lifestyle I am going to be doing a 90 day challenge with the Body by Vi products. I am so excited to get started! I did a trial of the yummy shakes for a couple of days and LOVED them. They were so good and kept me full! I also had great natural energy and felt better those couple of days than I have in a really long time!

 I am no salesperson by all means. I actually HATE when people try to sell me things, but I want to encourage YOU to take this challenge with me! Even if I don't know who you are! If you want to get healthier, have more energy and lose weight, join me! If it doesn't work for you, there is no pressure to keep using the products! Give it a try and see what you can accomplish in 90 days! I am looking forward to my next 90 days! oh and one of the best parts is I will be saving money each month on grocery bills! I am really looking forward to that!

Visit my website and take a look around and if you have any questions please feel free to ask!

http://Breaz24.myvi.net

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