3 Year Anniversary!

Yesterday it was Jerry and I's anniversary and I HATE that I don't have a camera!!! It's coming :) sooon..... Anyways....Jerry is so so so good to me. He is my best friend.....and it's so nice to have someone that makes me want to be better every day. He is patient and kind and I don't think it's possible for him to have a bigger heart, because it is bursting out of his chest, he would drop anything to help anyone in their time of need. He is hillarious and he is all mine and that makes ME the luckiest girl in the world. It seems like just yesterday we were dating , and now look.....3 years of marriage and a toddler later..... :)I love him more than ever. He makes the life journey exciting and fun...sure we have our "moments" as all married couples do... but at the end of the day....I look at him lying next to me and thank my heavenly father for all that I have and all that's to come, and I thank him for trusting me with Jerry's heart, It is the possession that I hold more dear to me than anything else on this earth. Happy Anniversary my Hubba :)!

Mesa Weekend

Jerry had never been to a pro game before so I had gotten him tickets to the Braves and Diamondbacks game for his birthday. He is OBSESSED with the Braves....It was so so SOOOOOO much fun....That stadium was awesome....And to top it off the Braves won. WOO HOO!!!!


The reason my husband looks like a lion, is because he is ACTUALLY the lion in the Wizard of Oz and they made him grow out his hair and beard. I love it....and by "love it" I mean "Hate it" :) But it's all for the art right? ha ha :) He is HILLARIOUS in the part.

We also got to spend a little time with my mom and sister Dani which is always so great. I'm bummed because I didn't have a camera when they were around but oh well....We got to Mesa late thursday night, then spent Friday during the day with my mom and sister...then went to the game (they watched Cohen). We came back home (and when I say "home" I mean my grandpa's place...he wasn't there...but he let us crash at his new lil winter home :). On Saturday my mom and Dani left for Florida, and Jerry and I spent the day together walkin around ASU

Later that night we had dinner with my Uncle John and Aunt Barb. They let us swim and lets just say it was the absolute high light for Cohen!!!! He had a ball!

It was very hard to come back to real life. We needed the getaway :) and finally, it's that time of month again (okay that didn't sound right.....)

COHEN IS 16 MONTHS OLD!!


He has mastered the word "please" in sign language...funny it's the only word we taught him in sign language and it's the only word we will not SAY! :) But it sure is dang cute. Other than that word he is our little parot, copying everything we say.


He has learned to close the door and frustrates himself when he can't open it up again.

He is getting super independent at eating time....hardly wants me to touch anything....he's really startin to get the hang of using utencils....now getting him to use the right SIDE of the utencil is another thing. :)

He did get sick again a few weeks ago...had the flu real bad. Couldn't keep ANYTHING down...and maintained a super high fever and the "runs" he has since gotten better...and we are GREATFUL

His 1st molar broke through which puts us at 9 teeth!

He is starting to stand on things to get to OTHER things i.e the phone or anything type of technology for that matter.

And he is just full of loves and laughter and a few tantrums but it sure is fun to watch those wheels turn as he is learning everyday. He is such a sweetheart. Bedtime is my favorite time of day...not because he's going to bed, but because he will snuggle with me while I read him a story and we say our prayers (Which he folds his arms and says Amen!!!!It is dang cute) and then we sing our songs and he knows it's time to be quiet and he lays his head on my shoulder and till I'm done. It's this moment every night that though it's hard to make ends meet at the moment.....I'm reminded that I have it all.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

I love being mommie to this cute little boy.

I want to take a minute to express how much I love my own mother. She is the strongest person I know. She has taught me so much and it seems that the longer I've been on my own....the more I need her love and support, because honestly there are times that though I've grown I still feel my wobbly knees, and a little unsure of the world around me, that sometimes, still even now, I just want my mommie. And she is there. Always. She gives me perspective, wise council, and always reminds me that I am okay the way I am. Weaknesses, strengths and all. I hope I can be 1/2 the mother to my son that she was and is to me.

I also want to express my love and appreciation towards my Mother in Law Jenny. She has raised the man of my dreams and I will never be able to ADEQUATELY express what that means to me. She has opened her home to us as we get Jerry through the rest of his schooling and has done so, so warmly. She is a valiant soul with a tender heart. I have learned much from her as well.

Happy Mothers Day to both of you!

15 Months

Cohen is such a character. He has a couple words besides "mama" and "dada" added to his vocabulary. "Stop" seems to be the favorite...sometimes he says it because he knows how...and sometimes...he says it with the stink eye and you KNOW he means business! ha ha. "Up" is also a favorite....along with "Diaper" yes.....that's all we hear throughout the house "di-PUH" He is so funny. He can and has said other words but only in copying what someone is saying....these are the words that he is learned to use on his own.

We are living with Grandma and Grandpa Moser now, and he seems to love that....Grandma's closet is like Disneyland. LOVES it in there.

He loves to be outside....loves eating rocks and running in the street (we're workin on it :) ).

He knows how to fold his arms for prayer and how to say please in sign language(except he does it with so much force that it comes across as "Give it to me NOW" but :) baby steps right?

He also still loves story time and at bed time he knows when it is time to be quiet...I've started whispering after I sing to him and he'll whisper "mama" back...and put his head on my shoulder.....and just make noise in a hush. I'll put my finger to my lips and say "Shhhhhh" he'll try to copy (he's SUCH a copycat :) it's adorable) by putting his finger IN his mouth and saying "SSSSSSSSSSSSSS"

He's a lot more sturdy of a walker these days although he walks on his tippy toes when he walks quickly.....he has some mad calf muscles...Grandma Skinner would be proud!

We took him to a girls softball game at UNLV last weekend and he was the life of the party..he would dance to the music and go up to strangers and just gibber gabber at them. The whole section was just entranced with him. Everything he did you'd hear at least 10 people laugh! He's quite the entertainer. He goes up to random strangers and puts his hands up in the air like he wants them to pick him up . Which is all cute and dandy NOW but when he's 6 and getting into strangers cars.....uh... :)....not so cute!

His hair is pretty long in these pictures...he's since had a hair cut and looks like a little man....we'd show you but our camera is still broken.......I feel like I'm missing a limb!!! But thank goodness for Marissa and her mad camera skills from our Easter Pic nic!

Here are a couple more

This was all of Jerry's side of the family just before our little Easter Get together.


This is typically the look i get if he is either A. About to blow me a kiss B. Ate something hot" or C. is teething....pretty sure it's C. :)....because he got another tooth in to make 7! I love bein his mama!