the simple things

that make my day. . . 

the kiss on my forehead i get every morning before my husband goes to work. 

the kiss on my forehead i get every night when my husband comes home from work.

early morning snuggling with the sweetest little boy. 

the smell of fresh brewed coffee in the morning.

mid day naps.


singing the itsy bitsy spider, and patty cake patty cake over and over again.

old movies.

my friends. 


my family.

seeing a smile on noah's face. 

knowing that every night before i go to bed my family is safe. my family is healthy and my family is happy. 

“It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.” 

Wordless Wednesday

 the many faces of noah.

A grateful heart

Do you ever just have days where you stress over everything? That’s how my day was. I stressed over everything, every little thing, things that don’t even need to be stressed over. And then I managed to stub my toe and spill my coffee all over me  all at the same time and so I  then I thought my day was ruined. And in that very moment my toe throbbing and coffee spilled all over me I looked over at Noah who was sitting in his bumbo and laughing at me, and my heart completely melted.

I thought to myself are these the kind of things we let ruin our days; spilled coffee and stubbed toes? I always hear people complaining about the littlest things, things that don’t even matter, things that are so stupid to be upset over. Usually I try not to complain but today I caught myself doing it and I felt so selfish and ungrateful. I mean I have so much to be grateful for, so many of us have so much to be grateful for.

I have a wonderful husband, who has an amazing job and supports me in everything, I have friends and family who are always there for me when I need them, I have a roof over my head and food on the table, and most importantly I have a beautiful healthy baby boy, what more do I need? What more do any of us need? I don't want a little bit of spilled coffee to ruin my day, there are so many people in the world who don't have a steady paycheck or food on the table or even a healthy child and my heart truly goes out to them. 

So no more complaining about spilled coffee and stubbed toes, no more stressing out over things that just don't matter. 

The only thing I need to do is look over at this sweet little face to know that I have a million things to be grateful for. . . 

-Always T

Staycation

This past week was a rather eventful week. Our little family of three was finally reunited. Ryan came home and to say we missed him is an understatement, but we made it through. Seeing Noah and Ryan together for the first time in months was such a heartwarming experience,Noah has been glued to Ryan’s hip since. But I’m not complaining.

I was so nervous that Ryan would come home and Noah wouldn’t remember him, he was a little stand offish at first but once he realized who Ryan was he has been so attached to him. And Ryan has been so attached to Noah. Since he has been home Ryan insists on putting Noah to bed every night, and has been waking up with him every morning. Most guys want to come home from deployment and sleep as much as they can, but not Ryan he wants to spend every possible second with Noah, which is one of the reasons why I love him so much, he is such a hands on father, he wants to be a part of every single aspect of Noah’s life down to the tiniest of things.

This week consisted of lots of day dates, long drives, shopping, trips to the beach, pretty much a little bit of everything.

Our staycation started on Thursday. Ryan, Noah and I went to this little Mexican restaurant here in town for lunch, Mexican food is Ryan’s favorite and after months without it he was craving a huge burrito! Noah was quite jealous of our burritos, but he did get some pretty tasty green beans instead!

After our little family lunch date we went to one of our favorite little towns by the water for some coffee and to walk around and do some shopping for Noah.

Friday we stayed in our pj’s half of the day and just lounged around and watched cartoons. That afternoon we went on a nice long drive out to another tiny little town out by the water, and it was gorgeous. Washington is absolutely breath taking in the fall, I love all of the trees when they change their colors.

Saturday we had somewhat of another lazy day at home, did some grocery shopping and had lots of play time with our little mister. We ended our day with an amazing dinner cooked by Ryan. . . Chimichungas! So good. And a movie night, with popcorn, candy, and wine, we watched Fast Five which was Ryan’s choice, and Bad Teacher, Noah also decided that he wanted to stay up late and join us.

Sunday was the last day of our staycation and we took full advantage of it with another trip to one of are favorite beach side towns, we drove around and did some window shopping and came home and had an early Sunday dinner like we do every week and just relaxed.

It was by far a great 4 days spent. Now its time to get back to reality, and get back into the swing of things.

Untill next time.

-T 

Were Back!

We are back! We went on a little break for awhile, I wasnt to sure If i wanted to keep blogging, So I deleted all of our posts, and now of course I regret it. I miss blogging, and it is such an amazing way to keep all of our friends and family updated on our lives and mostly on Noah's. So like I said before . . . We are back! and we dont plan on going anywhere any time soon =)

So Noah is now 6 months old. Its kind of crazy when I say that out loud. Where did the time go? Where did my little newborn go? Now I have a six month old who eats rice cereal and baby food, and who sits up all by himself! As much as I miss my sweet little newborn,

I cherish this time I have with Noah, he is learning and growing so much every single day and turning into quite the little character. I love watching his personality develop every day and can not wait for the coming days, months, and years. And we hope you join us on our new journey!

-T