Another little update...

So a little catch up...
This last week, as I mentioned before, had Dustin's sister and husband come and visit us. It was so much fun having them here, we miss them already. I wasn't good at taking pictures when they were here, but we did have fun, and that's what is important.
So here's a little update on all of us...
Dustin: Is still loving his job, in most cases, :). He's getting faster, which is good, because more commission for him. He is the 2nd counselor in the Elder's quorum. He's constantly drawing, so that hasn't change. I thought I loved art until I met this man... And his birthday is coming up, well like in 1 month, but I've already started planning stuff for it!
Thomas: Is always on the move! He is loving the freedom of being able to move. He's still doing the army crawl thing, but he's more interested in walking now that learning how to actually crawl. He loves holding our hands and walking around. He loves kicking the soccer ball around, I really think he will like soccer when he's older. He loves to talk, and he likes to smack his lips so they make a smacking noise. He loves bananas, bread, and cheese quesadillas. And his first birthday is coming up in 2 1/2 months and I'm already making plans!

As for me, I'm liking that it's not the busy season here in Orlando anymore, for many reasons: 1) because now Sea World is less crowded and closes earlier so Dustin doesn't have late shifts anymore, 2) cooler weather should be on it's way, hopefully... (when I say cooler weather more like nice, warm weather instead of hot)! and what I'm most excited about is... HARRY POTTER WORLD.... I know I'm a nerd... but that's what I have been most excited about when I found out we were moving here, but we haven't gone yet because we wanted to go on the off season so we didn't have to wait in huge lines and everything, we don't know exactly when, sometime in September or early October. I have been even more excited ever since I passed the Hogwarts castle on the way to the Thomas' doctors apt. I mean how cool is that?  I know probably not that cool, but for me it was! So getting all pumped up last week I started rereading the books again since it's been a while, and I remember why I love the books so much! So basically house work and everything else is on a hold for a bit. So that's pretty much what's been going on with me, and that I'm now teaching sunbeams in our primary and it's been a fun, challenging calling.

That's what I saw!

Here are some other recent stuff/stats:

• I've seen nine cockroaches since we have been here, not fun.
• Dustin & I rode a roller-coaster for the first time together ever, we got pregnant right away after we got married so I couldn't ride on any and ever since than we have had to have one watch Thomas while the other person goes and take turns.
• We went on a date without Thomas for the first since we have moved to Orlando, it was a little traumatic for Thomas since we never leave him.
• We have had two hurricane warnings but none have hit us so far, thank goodness.
• Thomas & I have been stuck in the rain many times this last month
• Thomas & I probably have seen the Dolphin and Whale show at SeaWorld more than anyone else (I have that thing almost memorized)

Family Pictures

This last week Emily, Dustin's sister, took some family pictures for us. We didn't get as many as we hoped because the sun came up way too fast so we had the sun heating us up so it was hard to not be sweating and squinting our eyes. Also during the pictures we got attacked by red fire ants, OUCH! Those things hurt when they bite, luckily they didn't get Thomas, but the rest of us sure got a handful of bites.  So considering we were out there for maybe ten minutes with bad lighting, Emily did a great job!

So we didn't get as many pictures as we wanted and poses, but I'm just grateful that we finally have some pictures with all three of us, usually it's one of us with Thomas! So thank you Emily!

Thomas' First Time on the Beach!

This week Dustin's sister, Emily and her husband, Scott are visiting us & we are loving having them around.  They came Wednesday night, so of course the first thing we did is headed over the beach Thursday morning. I was very excited since we haven't gone to the beach since we moved here and we've been wanting to take Thomas, and HE LOVED IT!!! He probably thought he died and gone to heaven. We went to ClearWater beach and it was BeaUTiFuL!

My two boys!

Nap Time!

Tatter-TeLL TuESdAy!

Dustin: Did you know Dustin is allergic to cats? Yep, they make it so he can't breathe and itch. I like this about him because it guarantees that we will never own a cat, I'm not an animal person in the first place, but I really don't like cats!
Jessica: I hate making decisions, it is the worst, even the small things I would rather have someone decide. It's sometimes a problem for me, because I end up not getting things done sometimes, or I make a mess of something because I keep second guessing myself, or keep changing my mind, something like this happened today and when I told Dustin about it he just laughed because it something I do often, and I always make a big deal about it.
Thomas: Did you know that Thomas almost broke our lamp this last week, I left the room one second, and CRASH! I was scared it fell on him but luckily it didn't he didn't even notice, he just kept playing.

TaTter-TeLL TuESdAy!

Dustin: Did you know that Dustin never had braces? Yep, his teeth are naturally straight, let's hope that passes along to our children!
Jessica: I have really sensitive skin that I can't wear any foundation on my face or I will have a rash. Once when I was in 5th grade it was popular for girls to wear sparkles on their face, so one day I put some on my face and the following day my face was all red, I remember being so embarrassed about my red face.
Thomas: Did you know that Thomas plays with his ears like I do.  I always play with my ears since I was little that they don't have that much cartilage in them, it's just skin, so watching Thomas playing with his ears makes me wonder if his ears will be like mine.

Nine Months!

I swear each month goes by faster and faster...

This last month Thomas has learned to crawl, well, army crawl. He also will clap his hands and gives you a high five!

He weighs 16.5 Ibs, so he's on the little side, but eats A TON!

We love him to pieces!

Ripley's Believe it or Not!

Thursday we went to Ripley's Believe it or Not as a family. I have been wanting to go since we have been here since I loved watching the show growing up so Dustin took us! It was fun because I like how the weird and crazy things they have. 

So right as you walk in, they had these fertility statues that they claim if a woman rubs her hands on one of them she will get pregnant soon, we thought it was funny because there was a movie going on about people testifying it's power, so first I told Dustin to touch it, than I finally did, so we will see if truly works. ha ha I took my chances...

the tallest man.

This is a sculpture of WALLIE that they used for the movie, it is all made of scrap metal. For our first date Dustin and I watch WALLIE.

We also got our picture taken! ha ha we thought this was so funny we ended up purchasing it. We did one with Thomas in a Shrek picture but it didn't turn out as good so we just got this one.

Catching up, with pictures... with A LOT of Pictures.

Do you ever feel like you are constantly busy and running around but at the same time feel like you haven't accomplish anything? Well I have been feeling like that the last couple of weeks, I have been running around but yet I haven't gotten anything done, maybe it's this whole mommy thing. It also could be that I was working on an art job that I was doing for someone {it's always nice getting paid to paint!} in my ward, so a lot of my nights and free time was doing that so a lot of things were neglected such as: cleaning the apartment, and some dinners were sacrificed {sorry Dustin}, other art projects, and of course blogging ! :) So sorry if you have commented on my blog and I haven't commented back, so I'm saying now thanks for the comments  & I always love them. 

So here are some pictures of the last few weeks, and of course they are of Thomas! But can you blame me? He's too cute not to!

Here's Thomas looking in the mirror, which he loves!

I realize I rarely have pictures of me, so here's me and Thomas after a bath. And check out my sweet BLUE camera.

Thomas is getting so close to crawling these days!

BATH TIME!

My little cutie!!!

When Two Artists Get Together...

Sometimes for fun Dustin and I will draw a shape or a line on a piece of paper and than switch and have the other person continue with the drawing, and we keep switching off. We like doing this because well, one, we are artists and we like to draw, but we also get to talk while doing it, and it exercises our creative minds. So here are some from the other day, they are not great works of art but there is something fun about them, at least I think...

 

TaTter-TeLL TuESdAy!

Dustin: Did you know that Dustin's favorite band is Weezer, he can listen to them all day, and anytime they have a new CD he will buy it even before he has even heard the music. Last year I remember he mentioned Weezer had a new CD and that we should get it, and I asked him if he had heard the music from it, he's reply was: "No, but it's Weezer they won't let me down, there isn't a CD I haven't liked" so you guess it, we got that CD that day. He really likes the lead singer, Rivers, that Thomas was almost named after him. Ha ha
Jessica: Most of you guys probably already know that I do like a shopping but I don't like to take all day like some girls. When I shop I like to go in and out of a store fast. I look, if I see something I like I get it and go. And after and hour or so {if it's in a mall or something}  I'm done for the day, more like for a month or more. I don't really like going in and taking my time and seeing and touching everything. Also I HATE trying on clothes, that I rarely do, I only do it if it's something I'm really not sure how it will fit, but other than that I just pick the item and go.
Thomas: Did you know all of Thomas' toes are all the same length {except the little one, that one is a little shorter than the rest.}They are also very long and skinny like his dad's.