So, so, so excited!

     Can't wait to meet our sweet baby boy, John Patrick <3 love him more than anything and everything already!

I think I need to stop making promises

     It seems every time I make a promise to post on my blog more often, I go even longer than normal between posts. So I am NOT promising to post more...or ever...maybe now I can keep up on it and won't have to post a bunch of news in ONE article!

     Last time I posted, I talked about my camera and how excited I was to try new things with it. Well, the desire to learn more photography skills have kind of dwindled with news of a much higher magnitude. I suppose I could still use the camera, but honestly, have been very preoccupied and haven't even wanted to do much of anything in that regard. 

     On to my news! I'm sure many of you already know by now, at least I hope so! 

John and I are expecting! Due November 29th, the day after Thanksgiving. Our little turkey will be so dang cute :-D.

     This was our second ultrasond, done at 10 weeks 6 days.

     I had a small hemorrhage that we had to check on, but it was all gone and all was well! In fact, baby was kicking up a storm. John called it his little Karate Kid (can you say adorable?).  We find out the gender a week from tomorrow, an announcement will follow shortly ;-). Pretty excited! All this time worrying about whether or not I'd even be able to have my own children, and I am suddenly blessed with this little miracle. I can't wait to meet him/her. I already love this baby so much! Definitely looking forward to letting you all know what Baby Lewis will be....the anticipation is killing me!!!

When The Men Are Away, The Women Play

     John went out of town for a couple of days this week and I was left trying to figure out something productive to do with my time, seeing as how I rarely get much done when he is around... :-P. With my new business starting up, I realized the need for more space in the already small and cluttered space that is my bedroom. Still having some tax return money, I bought a small office set to help with the organization of everything pertaining to my Slumber Parties, and set to work cleaning up, getting rid of things, and making space. In the midst of all of this cleaning and organizing, my new toy (i.e my camera) arrived in the mail. SO FREAKING EXCITED I can't even tell you ;-).

     I haven't had a chance to play around with it much, but my mother, as well as Button and Dash had fun posing for me. I can't wait to actually go out and have a little bit of fun with it, though that probably won't happen for another week and a half when we all go down to Zions for a day. Now, THAT will make for some great pictures :-D.

     When all is said and done, however, even though I have kept busy, I do miss my man...luckily for me, I get to see him tomorrow :-D yay!

First Hike of 2013

     Yesterday the temperature got up to about 53 degrees. Not exactly warm, but kinda toasty when compared to below freezing! It was quite nice, and we all decided (a week ago) to get out and go on a hike to celebrate the warmer weather while we could. Seems like everyone else had the same idea because there were tons of people there! I don't mind sharing a trail with others though, sometimes you get the opportunity to meet some pretty cool people!

     John, Meaghan, my mom, our animals (Chango, Dash, and JJ) and I all went up Battlecreek. It was snowy, and kinda tough to walk in, but it was so much fun, and we all got ourselves a bit of exercise! Just what the doctor ordered. I just have to say, I love having these people in my life. I don't know what I'd do without them, especially Meaghan. It's great to have a bestie that'll get out and do stuff like this with me... Ahhh good times :D


   
Seriously love gettin' out and doing stuff like this, and I'm determined to get out as much as humanly possible all year long! Even better than having just a best friend to come with me, is having a boyfriend willing to do the same! :-D The cherry on top...He doesn't mind when I snap photos of him :-P.

     Little man got to have himself a bit of fun as well, and had his first snowy encounter! He had a long day, being drug around, going to the pet store, meeting new people, and finally tunneling through snow! He didn't know what to do with himself when I put him down. Was a lot of fun to watch him try not to freeze his little feet off.

   

Can't wait for more fun this summer when it's finally warm enough to actually get out.

LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL!

   

Open for Business!

     I finally got my Slumber Parties kit in the mail, inventory is done, and I have officially made my first sale! I'm having to start out pretty small, considering I don't have a whole lot of money to get myself started, but putting all of my sales toward getting more stock will definitely help! I'm so excited to start this new chapter in my life, and to finally be able to feel like I'm doing something worthwhile! Plus, it doesn't hurt to know all of my sales will be going toward more stock and the leftover money is money that is not already allocated to go toward any bills...aka I may actually get to go shopping on occasion!

     Being completely honest, though, it is all a little bit overwhelming. There's so much to learn, and so many things I still need in order to keep my business and myself organized and stress free! One day at a time, Emily, one day at a time!

     Things keep on looking up for me, and I see even better things on the horizon. Here's to a new month, a new career, and new experiences.

So far so good...

So at the end of December I recall stating to practically everyone that this year (2013) was going to be absolutely amazing. I am here to report that so far, that's exactly what it is! I've gotten a new job, two in fact. I've made some new friends, purchased a camera with my tax return; a camera that will, no doubt, get an insane amount of use this summer. I've officially gotten rid of the ex, and.... I've met someone new :D! And it's not even March!

We all already have so many fun things planned for the warmer months, and I can't even describe how excited I am! Camping, fishing, hiking and much much more, all of which will, of course, will be accompanied with blog posts and pictures ;).

Tax Refundddd

     So excited for this year's tax refund! I've decided, that my bills are always going to be there, so I'm going to spend my tax return on something that will make me happy, and then something else that has the potential to get me ahead in the long run rather than for only a couple of months.

     This year with my taxes, I plan to finally purchase for myself a digital SLR camera, so I no longer have to use Dave's! It's going to be so great and I can't even begin to describe how excited I am. :-D :-D :-D

     ALSO, I'm going to be starting my own business. I'm going to be doing slumber parties! Pretty excited, and they say you get back as much as you put into it...so it's got the potential to make me some pretty decent monies!