It's so hard to believe how fast these past 9 1/2 months have flown by since our precious little boy arrived. I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day to experience all the new things he is learning to do. Being a full time working mom is definitely not easy, but I'm making it work. Yesterday, Alexander learned to crawl! I'm so excited he finally did it. He has been trying for weeks now to cordinate the arm and leg movement and last night he figured it out. Looks like the days of putting him in one place and knowing he will be there when I return are officially over.
In a short 2 months, he will be 1. It's so bittersweet and so very emotional for me at the same time. I feel like we just brought him home from the hospital yesterday and now it's already almost been a year. It is true when they say how fast time flyes.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Let the count down begin!
Well since my last posting in January, a lot of amazing things have happened. I'm not the best at keeping this blog updated like I should but in my last posting I had made a list of some accomplishments I wanted to achieve before the end of 2009. And let me say, I'm VERY happy to say that great things are coming!
First off, I decided that I needed to be pro-active with my debt management and decided to give up my 3 weeks of vacation I had coming for this year and cash it in and pay off 3 credit cards. Wow, did that feel great! I knew in my head that my goal is to be completely done with my car loan and my credit cards by next April. For some reason that is my completion date and I'm determind to meet that goal, even though I now have no vacation. Oh well, I can just plan on weekend get aways from time to time throught out the year.
Next, I'M GETTING MARRIED!!! Yes, it's true. Finally. I was taken by complete surprise on February 21, 2009. Steve had made a suggestion that we go to Salty's for dinner on Alki that night after I had gotten back from a family birthday party. I though, ok, that sounds great (those of you who know Steve will know going to a very high end seafood restaurant is a big move for him, knowing how much he HATES seafood) So I get home that evening around 6pm and we both got ready and headed for Alki. We had a great dinner, yummy desert, and a awesome drinks. Moving on. Steve had suggested we go for a walk after dinner along the beach because Alki is a place him and I went to on summer evenings, so I thought sure, why not. I was wearing heels and he wanted to go down on to the beach for a walk, the tide was out and it was chilly so I of course griped and said "come on, do we REALLY need to walk on the sand? Of course I agreed and away we went. On our way back up he turned around and said, I have something to ask you, and I immediately knew what was coming.
He got down on one knee and said "Will you marry me? I of course was in such shock I said yes of course I will. I still can't believe it.
We have set the date for June 26th, 2010 at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Seattle. I will finally be having my Big Fat Greek Wedding and I can't wait!!!
I feel like I have a million things to do (which I do) and trying to make decisions with out getting too overwhelmed can sometimes be hard but it will all come together, I just know it.
First off, I decided that I needed to be pro-active with my debt management and decided to give up my 3 weeks of vacation I had coming for this year and cash it in and pay off 3 credit cards. Wow, did that feel great! I knew in my head that my goal is to be completely done with my car loan and my credit cards by next April. For some reason that is my completion date and I'm determind to meet that goal, even though I now have no vacation. Oh well, I can just plan on weekend get aways from time to time throught out the year.
Next, I'M GETTING MARRIED!!! Yes, it's true. Finally. I was taken by complete surprise on February 21, 2009. Steve had made a suggestion that we go to Salty's for dinner on Alki that night after I had gotten back from a family birthday party. I though, ok, that sounds great (those of you who know Steve will know going to a very high end seafood restaurant is a big move for him, knowing how much he HATES seafood) So I get home that evening around 6pm and we both got ready and headed for Alki. We had a great dinner, yummy desert, and a awesome drinks. Moving on. Steve had suggested we go for a walk after dinner along the beach because Alki is a place him and I went to on summer evenings, so I thought sure, why not. I was wearing heels and he wanted to go down on to the beach for a walk, the tide was out and it was chilly so I of course griped and said "come on, do we REALLY need to walk on the sand? Of course I agreed and away we went. On our way back up he turned around and said, I have something to ask you, and I immediately knew what was coming.
He got down on one knee and said "Will you marry me? I of course was in such shock I said yes of course I will. I still can't believe it.
We have set the date for June 26th, 2010 at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Seattle. I will finally be having my Big Fat Greek Wedding and I can't wait!!!
I feel like I have a million things to do (which I do) and trying to make decisions with out getting too overwhelmed can sometimes be hard but it will all come together, I just know it.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Out with the old, in with the new...well hopefully
It's January, the start of a fresh new year & I've recently decided that I really do need to follow through with some New Year's Resolutions, most of which I say I'm going to do every year, and well, never actually get around to doing. So for starters, here are some of my "to do's." Let's see how we do.
1. Get my butt out there and start excercising! I just never feel like doing that after a 8 hour day at the office. Am I the only one? Probably not.
2. Start eating a little bit healthier. I mean maybe only go out once a week, a "treat" to myself.
3. Put some money in my darn savings account. This is just something I can never seem to do. There is ALWAYS that bill that comes up, or somebody wanting a donation to a charity.
4. Plan for a nice summer vacation, destination unknown at this point but I would REALLY like to escape for a week.
5. Improve my relationship with my boyfriend. It's not the best right now and I've put in 8 1/2 long hard trying years and I really would like to see it improve for the better and maybe step into the next phase, say maybe marriage......... hopefully before I'm 30!!! I would like to have a baby one of these years.
I know I only listed 5 things, maybe one of my "to do's" should be to work on this blog. I'm pretty new to this and it's really weird for me to be writting for the world to see. We will see how I do.
So as we start the beginning of 2009, I'm hoping it only get's better from here!!!
1. Get my butt out there and start excercising! I just never feel like doing that after a 8 hour day at the office. Am I the only one? Probably not.
2. Start eating a little bit healthier. I mean maybe only go out once a week, a "treat" to myself.
3. Put some money in my darn savings account. This is just something I can never seem to do. There is ALWAYS that bill that comes up, or somebody wanting a donation to a charity.
4. Plan for a nice summer vacation, destination unknown at this point but I would REALLY like to escape for a week.
5. Improve my relationship with my boyfriend. It's not the best right now and I've put in 8 1/2 long hard trying years and I really would like to see it improve for the better and maybe step into the next phase, say maybe marriage......... hopefully before I'm 30!!! I would like to have a baby one of these years.
I know I only listed 5 things, maybe one of my "to do's" should be to work on this blog. I'm pretty new to this and it's really weird for me to be writting for the world to see. We will see how I do.
So as we start the beginning of 2009, I'm hoping it only get's better from here!!!
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