September memories!

This is more a journal entry than anything!

As I sit here and think that Brandon & Easton's birthdays are coming up, I also realize that Christmas is soon approaching! This is the last week of September and there is less than 3 months to go and we get to celebrate the birth of Christ. I used to feel that my favorite season was Spring but I now feel that I have changed my mind! I am loving fall! The leaves are changing, the weather is perfect (well maybe a little hot) and the coming months give me much to look forward too.

Brandon has been doing our budget for quite awhile now. Well he was doing such a good job that I just trusted him that there was money in the account. I seriously needed to pay attention more to the accounts! Brandon would tell me every week where our money was at but I must admit I never bothered to remember it or check the accounts! So I requested that I manage the budget and bills again so that I am more aware of where we spend our funds and can make myself not buy the "wants" of life so much and focus more on the "needs"! I forgot how much work is involved in paying the bills and managing our budget so that we do not over spend! It is amazing how with the swipe of a card your funds can deplete so quickly! Now I am not saying that we are poor, just simply that in order to make it so that I can be a stay at home Mom we must cut back on spending! I know that there are things that are absolutely unnecessary so my goal is to figure out those things and get rid of them quickly! I also really want to focus more on my Photography business but it is rather difficult trying to juggle so many things. We have made a goal which I truly hope that we can achieve. We hope to have me only working 1 day a week at the most by January 1st! Maybe it is time to live on Top Ramen! Lol, everyone has to do that at some point right? :)

I am still serving in the Young Women's in our ward as the Miamaid advisor! I truly love it! The girl's are great and I learn so much from them. It is definitely a challenge for me because I do not enjoy teaching and get VERY nervous still every time that I teach.

We have been trying to get pregnant for 15 months now! To some that is a very short time. To Brandon and I this is a very long time! We had a somewhat hard time getting pregnant with Easton but not this long. We have heard that getting pregnant with the 2nd one is much easier but that does not seem to be the case for us! I know that when it is our time it will happen but it is so hard to find that patience and faith when I feel that it is the time! In the mean time we are just enjoying every moment with Easton! He is growing up soooo quickly! I swear that it was just yesterday that my 22 month old was born! I look back and remember his sweet little face the day he was born and the instant LOVE that I felt for this new member of our Eternal family! He brings so much joy into our home! His little laugh makes me smile every day! He loves to give kisses. He gives you a kiss and then also kisses both cheeks and says "love you much" He now thinks that he has to sit in a big boy seat at the table not his highchair! It is so stinking cute. We have to put a phone book on the chair for him to sit on and he still can barely see over the table! He likes to drink out of regular cups and tells you "mama share drink" when he wants some! LOVE IT!! He now interacts with friends pretty good and is really really good at sharing. Knock on wood but he does not throw to many temper tantrums and when he does you usually just have to distract him with something else and he is good to go! Well now I am just babbling but I do not write in my journal nearly enough so I wanted to be able to remember all these emotions that I feel! I love Brandon and Easton so much and so very blessed and lucky to have them! Thanks babe! I know I do not tell you or show you how much you mean to me often enough!! You are an amazing Husband and father!!