Ok, So I know how this happened, but HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? I must interupt my studying to tell you a little story that happened to me, or us, everyone.



So...the story begins....I was late! Yup late, late, late and not for a date. So as I drove to school last Wednesday, I was thinking, I'll just pick up a little test at the dollar store and take one at school and see what it says.

So I took it at school and the dang thing had TWO lines....so I grab the box to read what the TWO lines mean and it screams PREGNANT! So I called my friend that was at the library and told her to come to the bathroom. She runs thinking I'm stuck in the stall due to a large bug of some sort (not unlikely)!

So she comes flying in and I just point at the test and she just looks at me.....she got so excited and then said "Wait, are we excited"...so of course I start crying b/c I'm scared to death but so excited all at the same time!



So my first thought is......how will I tell Jason. So through studying we formulated a plan, we went to Babies-R-Us and bought a Big Brother t-shirt for Tanner. I'll just put this on him that night and let Jason just see it. Then I thought, I'll have Tanner bring Jason the testS (Oh I went and bought another one thinking the dollar store test was wrong!!!) and then he'll figure it all out.

Side Note: My friend Alex actually went back to the bathroom and dug out the tests out of the trash ....why couldn't I do this, it is my pee however.....I don't know but what a friend!!! :)



So I get home....I say Hi and then run to Tanner's room to change his shirt and grab the camera...which was broken by the way! So Tanner goes to Jason and gives him the tests and they are smaller like dominos I guess, so he just grabbed them and put them in his hand and continued watching tv. So I went in there and said "what did he give you" and he said "I don't know" and then looked down at them and said "does two lines mean not pregnant".....and I laughed and brought Tanner back to him and showed him his shirt.



He just sat there in shock....so I asked how he felt and he said he was SHOCKED and then asked "How did this happen"......



Side Note - Let me just say that this was his idea to try for 3 months and see if it happens again, I guess thinking it wouldn't but wanted to just give it a shot....so technically this WAS HIS idea!



Anyway.....after about 5 minutes he started getting all excited and really happy! So I think we both had that "holy crap" stage of "what are we going to do with another baby".....the projected Due Date is August 8th and I start back school on August 17th so that kinda presents a small problem but I think we can make it work!



All in all...we are excited! I do have to say that I haven't even been to the doctor yet.....I go on Wednesday but I just can't hold back telling everyone!!! :)



Here is the picture of Tanner I took with my cell phone since the camera isn't working!

So, in case some of you have no clue .....it's exam time for me! So, I'm at the library more than I'm home and won't have much time to post videos and pictures. I did post 3 new videos from this weekend, which should be available to the right of this post!

My exam end on the 19th of December....so you may have to come back then for any updates!!

Thanks!!

So I belong to a mommy group here in Oklahoma City. It's through yahoo so it's all through emails and some meetings when we can. I love it, I get to make new friends, talk about my son, my day or anything else that is needed. However....

One of my fellow moms asked about getting rid of the pacifier....(at this point Tanner did NOT have hs any longer). So I proceed to tell her how we got him off of it, gradual but hard and we were so excited when we did it. This was in September I do believe.

Come October Tanner went to the hospital and I felt so bad for him I gave it BACK to him. I know....Jason and I both gave him because he couldn't hardly leave his bed and we just felt so guilty. Well now it's all he thinks about, it's like a freaking drug.
We'll be out somewhere and he will get tired and just say "pacie" "pacie" over and over. So I've had to start remembering to bring the stupid thing along wherever we go and it's so dang annoying.

I have yet to tell my mommy group that we have reverted back and we don't know when we are going to try to take it away AGAIN! I keep making excuses and now it's b/c of my exams. As soon as I'm done with school we are going to get rid of it, which will be Dec 19th! By then I'll say, oh just wait until the new year and then it's gone! Ha Ha Ha!! So I guess I won't be asking my mommy group how to get rid of a pacie anytime soon!!! :)

So....it's that time now for Mommy to let her precious baby have a babysitter that isn't a great friend or family member. It was pretty rough on me dropping Tanner off at the sitters when we moved here. I cried the whole way to school and I probably called the poor girl like 5 times. She didn't mind and seemed to understand!

Now, with Jason having to work a few nights a week and with me having to study for finals, we thought we should find a sitter come to our house. Normally Michelle or Alex will watch him but they are getting ready for finals also, so we had to find someone we could get to come to our house who didn't have to study 12 hours a day for finals!

So I asked my mommy group and nobody really had anyone near me, so then I asked around and still nothing, so I finally posted an ad on Craiglist. I wasn't sure how it would work but I had about 20 people email me and the majority said they could watch him in THEIR home. I specifically asked for someone to come to our house so Tanner wasn't being shuffled around at 9pm.

So I found a couple of girls/women that I really liked and scheduled an "interview" with them. So last friday I one appoitnment at 10am and the second at 7:30pm. Guess what...NEITHER showed up! I was so dang mad! How do people not do what they say they are going to do? One did email me to explain some medical problems for being the reason, which was fine but off my list and I have yet to hear from the other one.

So I had a few other girls I wanted to interview, so I scheduled two more today. My hopes were not high...so the first one showed up and guess what, we loved her! She's married with a 5 year old daughter. She's just looking to make extra money and we live right by her work. So she can come by after work and watch him when we need her!! I was so excited!! So then the second girl showed up and I loved her too. She's a college student who is super sweet! Just loved her! Both gave references, phone numbers, etc. So I have one coming tomorrow night for her first night and the other girl is coming Saturday morning! YEAH!!

I didn't think it would be so difficult to find a sitter....but I'm glad I stuck it out. I'm still going to get some type of nanny cam, I'm not above that! I know people think I might be crazy but I'm headed to the "spy" store tomorrow morning to find something. This is my child we are talking about and unless I know you...I can't trust you with the most important person in the world to me!!

So all those moms out there that have had to deal with babysitting issues...I've now become part of that world!!!

Ok, for those of you that know me WELL....you know that I'm not real shy when it comes to a few potty mouth words!

When I found out we were having a baby, Jason and I laughed at how we would have to watch our language right away so we would never be "those parents".....so I know what you are thinking now "Oh no, what did Tanner say"......and you are wrong!

At this point Tanner has not said anything bad, at least from what we know of what he's saying but lately he's been mocking us like crazy! We get a kick out of making him say funny words. We add funny words and accentuate them so those are the ones he repeats! I guess this is what Moms and Dads do for fun (at least that's what we think or hope)!!!

Another terrible habit of mine is my language while driving, it consists of "MOVE OUT OF MY WAY"...or "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" or..... "DO YOU NOT KNOW HOW TO DRIVE?" so now I hear my mocking bird in the back saying "MOVE" or "WOW" and yelling anything else (not really sure what he's saying) as we drive down the road!

I must admit that it's pretty dang funny but I know those terrible potty mouth words will come up soon enough and we'll both feel guilty and try very hard to not say them anymore!

So hopefully there will be no blogs on the terrible words our poor son repeated but I won't be surprised!! :)

Well this weekend seemed to just FLY by!! Let's see Friday night Jason played Disc golf with a friend, then his friend and his wife and kids came over and we made pizza and played Wii! I think they left around 11pm! So we were exhausted by the time our heads hit the pillows! Tanner actually went to sleep around 9:30 or so and didn't make a peep all night!

Ok..I have to confess, I gave him his pacifier b/c I knew he wouldn't make a peep if he had it! He will stay awake for 30 minutes and just lay in his bed if I give it to him. So when he's sick or nights like that, I give in and let him have it. He still goes to bed without it almost every other night, so I don't feel to bad!

Saturday morning we went to our weekly training session for our financial company and after that I set out recruiting....I got SEVEN people!! Saturday night we went to a Greek Festival with our friends Jay and Lyndi, which is where the new video comes into play! As soon as it's done downloading it will show up on the right with the videos! I must say...TOO dang funny! I'll give you ONE guess as to what he's doing......yup...dancing!

Sunday we were a little lazy, Jason slept in for once this week (I normally get to during the week, well sleeping in consists of 8 am!!).
I had a class from 1-5 today for an exam I have to take for school next month! I ran some errands after and the came home to STUDY some more. WHile I was gone Jason did all the laundry...what a wonderful way to walk into the door, Tanner happy and content and Daddy doing the laundry, does life get any better than that?

Now things are winding down, everyone is getting ready for bed!! This week Jason will be gone for a few days so me and TanMan have to keep the house in one piece! It's always a struggle when Jason goes out of town b/c I have class so late that I have to find someone to watch Tanner. Luckily his sitter is going to do it for me this week, which is so close to the house it will make life a lot easier!

I changed my mind, here is the video here of the Greek Festival!

Ok...I don't have pictures but I hope Missy will send me some soon! My Best Friend Melissa Blair came to Oklahoma City this past weekend!!

Her husband, Dan's family lives here so they came to visit them. Missy and I see eachother about once every 3 or 4 years. Just the way our worlds work.

Anyway...Braden had his 1st birthday party on Saturday and Tanner and I went. I forgot my camera which is so unlike me! But Missy took a bunch and hopefully she will send me some SOON!! She flew back home today so I'll give her a few days!

At the party, Tanner found a new girlfriend, seriously he LOVES the ladies. Everywhere we go, he will find a pretty girl (and I say girl but they are women) and he just attachs himself to them. He wants them to hold him and play with him. I felt bad b/c the lady he choose at the party was Missy's sister-in-law Melissa. Who by the way had her 1 year old there that was sharing a party with Braden and trying to enjoy her son's birthday and Tanner just kept coming up to her bringing her toys or wanting to sit with her. I felt bad for her but he was having such a great time!!

Ok...so hopefully I can post some pictures of Tanner at Braden's birthday party!!!

So ....we are all well!! Yup, Mr. Tanner gave me his sickness and I too have been under the weather, actually that is an understatement. I had not felt that bad in I don't know how long.

So this week we have been getting out of the house, doing some shopping, some recruiting for our new careers and just living day-to-day!! We haven't done anything exciting this past week.

We do have one issue, that has been a constant area of concern, so if anyone has any great tips, I'll glady take them.
HITTING!! Yup, our precious little boy just loves to hit. I have no idea why, sometimes it seems like he does it because he's excited and other times because he's mad. We tell him "NO" or "No hitting" but nothing works! I've popped him on the butt but he now realizes that he really can't feel a thing from Mommy's spankings so he just laughs, no really he laughs when I spank him. So I've stopped doing that b/c it's a waste of time. The only thing I have found that works is making him sit down, no matter where he is if I say "SIT DOWN" he gets all mad. He'll do it but regardless, it's not helping the hitting issue.

Seriously, I can tell him "SIT DOWN, we don't hit" and he'll walk over and hit me b/c he gets mad....are you kidding me? We are hoping this is some crazy stage he's going through but it sure is annoying!!! It's just so dang frustrating!!!

On a side note: I have to admit that I love the fact that he can run around and play now. I know it's more work for me but to see him explore the world is just amazing!!!

So Tuesday morning I woke up to Tanner making a weezing sound and breathing pretty heavy. So I called Jason and we decided I would just go ahead and try to get an appointment with his doctor. Sure enough they had an opening at 11:00am. So my plan was to take him to the doctor, take him to the sitter and head to school!

So I get in the room and right away the P.A. said, he's not breathing well, we need to do a breathing treatment on him!! "WHAT!!" I was in shock, how did I not realize my little boy wasn't breathing well! He was a little clingy that morning but he was playing and running around the house like normal!

So the doctor came in and said the same thing, let's get him going now. So they came in and did a breathing treatment and he was still having a hard time....so they ended up doing two more before sending us to the hospital!! Yup...the HOSPITAL!!! I was a nervous wreck! I called Jason and he said he would meet us there and to CALM DOWN! I felt so guilty for not realizing what was really going on.

So we get to the hospital about 2pm or so and they get him hooked up to an oxygen sensor thing and then hook him up to oxygen (not fun to watch your child have a oxygen tube on his face. You know what I'm talking about, it wraps around your head and goes into your nose. It was so pathetic!

So the\ nurses called a respiratory therapist and they again start breathing treatments. Oh...and after the first one, they hauled him off to another room (with mommy and daddy in tow) to get an IV started in his arm. He was screaming and just looking at us like "why are you letting them do this to me"....it was so sad, it took all I had to not break down and cry!

So after that, he started getting better. They started pumping him with steriods and fluids and he was like a kid on crack! He slowly got better!

We stayed Tuesday night and Wednesday night and finally left about 6pm on Thursday! It was a rough week but all in all he's getting back to normal. The doctor said she thinks it was just a severe respitory infection and he just got it bad this time. We have to keep giving him the breathing treatments for about a week then we can ween him off. He's taking it like a pro, thankfully!!

So our little guy is much better today....and we hope he'll just get better as the hours tick by!! So...anyone that has to have a toddler in the hospital, I feel for you, I really do. Not only does it break your heart but they get so bored and restless that it takes all the energy you have just to help make the time pass!!!

I took pictures of him on my cell phone, I'll try and see if I can upload them, they are kinda cute!!!

So my cousin Mandy has a blog that I follow and I saw that she had this neat feature of seeing who followers her blog...>I thought I would give a it a shot! I'm going to try and keep up the next few months and try to get back into having followers! :)

Thanks!!

So it's been a while but I have been studying my butt off! Although I'm not sure it all paid off this semester, I feel like I did worse actually I know I didn't do that well but I should still pass, so we'll see how it goes.
I have one more exam left which is Friday. Criminal Procedure...oh joy! :) Actually it should be the easiest exam, not b/c it will be easy but b/c the material is easier to understand.

I got a job offer today...YEAH! I'll be working at a law office here in OK City. Thanks to my friend Michelle Roberts who hooked me up! THANKS AGAIN!! Anyway, so I start Monday and I'm really excited. I'm going to hate being away from Tanner but it will be good to be able to start saving a little money now!
I'll have my weekends back so actually I'll have MORE time with my little man!!

Ok...well better get back to studying and for anyone out there that still looks at this blog, Thanks! :)

So it's Spring Break for me....and what have I done....well Mon-Wed I was in the library all day, today I've been cleaning the house and studying! OH YEAH!!

So the big news is.....Tanner will be ONE next week! Yup on the 25th our little guy turns one year old!
We can't believe it....time really has FLOWN by....we are so grateful for all this past year has brought us.

Our beautiful son, I started law school, Jason got back into management (oh he got a new job), we moved to Oklahoma...Ok...so we did all the major stressers....moved, bought house, quit job, got new job, started school and had a baby!! Is there a big enough tax break for all the headache, I think not!!

So lately I've been pretty frustarted with money for school...it seems like every other email I get is about a scholarship opportunity but nothing that I would apply to. I'm not a minority, I'm legal, I'm not single, I'm not below poverty..the list goes on and on....but damnit it's going to cost us $100,000 in loans! I mean where is my break for me busting my butt and doing right by my family?? I just get so mad....So I'm hoping to fill out my scholarship form at school and get SOMETHING. I'm trying to transfer to OU b/c it's HALF the price...OCU is private and they thing we should name our first born Sarkey or GoldStar (only understand if you are the school)!!
Ok...I'm done but I'm still mad!!!

Alright....I should get back to cleaning for Jason comes home...its never a good thing for me to have a day off, the entire house ends up being rearranged! :) Man I am just like my mother!!!

So it's just another day in paradise! All is well here in OK City. I'm heading to the library to study most of the day. Jason is working and Tanner is playing and being wonderful!

So, I'm having to think about working this summer. Since I did so well in school, I'm able to do the on-campus interviews from the top law firms in the city. I guess rumors are that OU students get picked over OCU. So I'm not going to get my hopes up, but it will be good interview experience.
It's funny how it's all coming together in a sense. I never thought I could actually get into law schoool and now I'm here and doing better than I thought I could. So...things just keep getting better and better for me in this aspect.

So Tanner will be 1 in less than 2 months. It is just amazing how time has flown by. I remember the first two months went by so slowly. I was so nervous all the time. I wanted him to hurry up and grow up so I wasn't such a paranoid freak. Now, like everyone else, I do miss that time. When he would fall asleep in my arms and now....no way. He wants in his own bed. He is very independant and I do love that about him. I want him to be able to do things on his own. It's a catch 22. I want so much for him to need me yet I want him to be able to do anything and everything on his own!
I'm a very proud mother and wife, so I should just let things be!

I just want to say thank you again to my wonderful husband! Without him I would not have gotten this far. He has been so supportive in all that I have to do for law school.

Oh, I do have my funny story to tell about a lunch I had last week. So I get a call at like 12:15pm from school. I am putting Tanner in his carseat getting ready to drop him off at the sitter's house. They ask if I could come to a luncheon they are having for a Judge that is at the school from Arizona. So I'm like "sure." Thinking they must just need to a body to fill up the room. So I get there close to 1 and the room is full of faculty. So I go find the lady who called me and ask her and she's says "Oh..yes...go on in there." I then explained how I had on jeans and she assured me that it did not matter.
So I go in and some guy shows me an empty seat. Oh and everyone is all dressed up, suit/tie kinda deal....I'm in jeans and a sweater! It's a small room with three tables in the shape of a U. AND....it's ALL faculty! No...you don't get it...there are like 15 people and me!! At the head of the table is the Dean, the Judge and two other important people. The Dean gets up and talks a little, introduces the Judge and the other two men. Then says "Let's go around the room and introduce ourselves"...I'm like..WHAT...um...oh my God! How did I get in here??? Seriously, So I'm thinking....what will I say. So I say that I asked to come since the Judge is from the Appellate court in the district where AZ sits. The court is actually in Phoenix, so I played it off, I THINK!!
So after that, we all "talk amongst ourselves"....nobody talked to me for a while. Then one professor and the school attorney talk to me. They were very nice to me and I think maybe knew I was uncomfortable...not sure. Anyway...the Judge gets up and talks after that and then we have desert and it's done. I could not get out of there fast enough. Of course 4 of my professors were in the room and wanted me to talk about it in class later that day.
Honestly, it was uncomfortable but I could not have gotten luckier. Got my name and face out there to my professors and the Judge was pretty interesting.
Maybe next time I'll change clothes and at least not be the only one in jeans and birkenstocks!!!

Words cannot express how I feel right now!! Not only did I pass but I did much better than I expected. First semester of law school and I have a C (legal research and writing), B- (Civil Procedure, A- (Contracts) and an A (Torts)!!

The school has you log into a website and watch all day as your grades slowly pop up. So of course I got my C first.....man ole man...I already knew it was a C but I was still hoping for a boost to a C+. I'm terrible at grammar....and I mean terrible. Something I plan to work on this semester. Plus the professor is no real help in making our papers better. As a matter of fact my second memo was worse than the first but that's ok...I'll take it.
So then my B- came in and I was actually really disappointed, I really thought I did my best in Civil Procedure. Then at A- popped up and I was jumping up and down and in tears. I mean I got an A- in Contracts. Now let me first say that prior students have mentioned that last semester this professor is the one that failed the most people. So I was really expecting a C...or should I say I was praying I had a C. Then that A popped up a few hours later, I could not contain myself. I had to call Jason I was just so excited. He was aware of the other grades and I think he was just as happy as I was.
I mean I have a B average my first year of law school. I'm just so proud of myself. It really makes me feel at ease about being here and working so hard. Being away from Jason and Tanner for that month or so studying, it all paid off.

So...now it's back to the books...time to forget about the grades and try just as hard or harder this semester!

Well, I currently have a teething baby and I'm sick. So no sleep for us this weekend!! Good thing Monday is a holiday, hopefully I can catch up on reading and sleeping!!

Thanks for all the support!!!