Way Behind

From the title, you can tell the obvious fact pertaining to my blog. We finally got Internet this weekend, and I can't believe how dependent we are on it. After Noah's birthday and party were all done with, we had a trip planned to Tucson to look for a house. Of course, Noah was still terribly sick. After a lot of heart-wrenching deliberation, Danny and I decided we would still make the trip but we would leave Noah with his grandparents. In reality, it was the best for him but I hated it and felt so guilty. It was like a short 3rd honeymoon for us, so that was nice. It was so weird not having him with us. I kept feeling like I was forgetting him, and I hated that.

Danny & I stayed at this place for only $69/night & we even got the 3rd night free. It was a really good deal b/c it ended up being like a mini resort w/ a huge room, pool, & we basically had the whole place to ourselves. It was really nice.

The day we went to look at houses we actually only looked at 3 houses. The houses were in this place just outside of Tucson and I already had my heart set on it before we even went there. They have ridiculous amenities like numerous pools and playgrounds, a waterpark, mini-golf, train rides, a lake, etc. etc. And it's all free to us b/c it's included in our rent. Still, our rent is only in the 800's, which is ridiculously reasonable considering it's a house and everything else we're getting. (We're renting for the 1st year to find a place we definitely like before we buy.) I thought the amenities would be wonderful b/c I know no one out here and I have a young child.

The house we got was the 1st one we looked at. It's 3 bed/2 bath w/ 2 car garage and backyard. We loved it and had the lease signed by 2 that day.

It was a great trip & since I still don't have the house to my liking yet, I'll only give you an outside view of it and some pics from our great hotel room.

PS You can't really see the house anyways b/c of the big mesquite and b/c the house is long lengthwise and not widthwise. :)

The view from our room

I don't think I've ever had a walk-in closet in my hotel room before.

A bed so big you don't have to touch if you don't want to.

My Later Years in Review (READ: Makes You Contemplate, Hopefully)

Okay, I know. I make it sound like I'm 70 or something. I know I'm not really old. I'm only 24, but I feel like the years are all of a sudden finding the fast forward button. I guess it's because I have things to gauge time with. This year I'm coming up on my 3rd wedding anniversary and my son is over 1. It just makes me think: What have I done with these last few years (particularly my 20's) that make it seem so fast? Maybe it's because I've had so many big, life impacting events in the last couple of years. So I wrote out a list to see the big events in my life recently.

18 years old
-graduated high school
-moved out of my parents' house to a different state (beautiful Colorado)
-went to college
-got baptized

19 years old
-Ok, my life was fun this year, but nothing life changing that I can remember.
-Truthfully, I had SO much fun this year that I ended up suffering in school. Oops. But, I'd NEVER take back those opportunities and memories.

20 years old
-left college in Colorado Boo
-went to college in New Mexico
-met and started dating my future husband Yay!

21 years old
-got engaged to Danny
-married Danny on December 16, 2006 :)

22 years old
-found out I was pregnant for the 1st time on September 1, 2008

23 years old
-had my baby boy on May 7, 2008 ( 3 weeks exactly after my 23rd birthday) :) :)
-FINALLY graduated college w/ an Elementary Education degree after 6 years
-husband got a wonderful job in Tucson for when he graduates in May
-found out we were pregnant for the 2nd time when Noah was barely 7 months :0

24 years old
-lost our second baby on January 21, 2009 :(
-found out we were pregnant for the 3rd time :) Shock! :)
-moved to WONDERFUL Tucson, Arizona


So as you can see, I've been busy. And this year is just going to get even busier!!! :)