Being a Mom

    I have SO enjoyed these past few months, and although there are days where I feel like I am a single parent, I LOVE the time I get to spend with Colton :)  He is such a good boy!  I'm starting to get a little nervous (but SO excited) to have another simply because I am worried about Colton.  We have our little routine of where we go every day and the time I get to spend with him and him only. 
   It's all about to change and he doesn't even know it!  I know every growing family goes through it, but this is our first time so I guess I am a little anxious to see how he reacts! 
   Anyway, I absolutely love being a mom and there are definitely days when I wish I could do something else for once, but nothing brings me more joy than being able to spend each and every day with him! 

I am not going to lie though....I love it when Matt is home to "babysit!"  And although Matt has an unbelievably busy schedule, he makes time to spend with Colton and I :)  Colton loves spending time with his dad, even if it is watching him do homework on the computer! 

Anyway, I am pretty much loving being a stay-at-home mom right now.  There have been many days where I have been looking for a job to reduce our loan situation when we are finished, but really there is nothing I would rather do than be able to spend time with Colton,  and although I am nervous, I am so so excited to bring Colton's little sister into this world as well :)

Happy Halloween :)

Well, the Halloween festivities lasted a week here..wow!  I am not even a huge Halloween person, but we sure did have fun!  We carved our Pumpkin Wednesday night...Colton Kind of got into it!

At least he knows when he uses a spoon...you are supposed to feed yourself right??

Thursday night they had a Law School trick-or-treat that we went to...
Friday night they had Trick-or-treating at the mall.  It was PACKED...but still fun.  Colton loved picking out his own pieces of Candy. 

Here is Colton and Kardynn.  He loves her, and her mom made the Minnie Mouse costume homemade...I really have got to get creative!

Eli and Colton were both monkeys together!

Colton and Koston.  My dad got this outfit from China a while ago...and I tried to squeeze Colton in but it was too tight...so I was glad someone got to wear it!

The whole gang after a lot of walking around tha mall :)  They were all so good!

Saturday night we had our ward Halloween Party and trunk-or-treat which was SO fun!  And Sunday...Colton got to pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters!  I am pretty sure he liked that more than trick-or-treating itself...partly because after they got a piece..he also got a piece.  I will say, since Halloween- I think Matt is the only one who has eaten a piece of candy...I have been too busy eating my pumpkin cookies I made :)

Party Animals

     So, We heard that the University of Idaho was a party school before we came up here-- like big time.  I thought, we are married with a kid, that is not going to affect us.  However, little did I know all the married with kids people like to party too, just in a different way--and I love it!  There are SO many activities it's crazy!  From game nights, to birthday parties, in fact- parties for every holiday or event, girls nights, dinner invities,  you name it, they do it!   Here are some pics from last weekends' Halloween party...more to come this weekend :)

Bevyn, Colton, and Kardynn

Colton thinking he is quite the stud around all these girls!

                                               I think these are the CUTEST pictures!!!

   Rachelle, Alyssa, and I.  It's so fun to live so close to them and

 our kids love to play together, they make the weeks without Matt fly by!  Oh, and I am a basketball--haha.  Matt and Colton are basketball players (I think it's the last time I try and be creative having us all dress alike, it just didn't quite work out..oh well, I'm pregnant!!)

   We have also had some fun birthday parties...a few nights ago it was Colton's little friend Koston's 1st birthday party.  Liesl (his mom) is SO crafty, along with everyone else around here.  Anyway, she decorated so cute I had to capture the cuteness :)

We also managed to get a picture of the kids sitting all together not crying!  I think they are all pretty dang cute.  Jay, Colton, Eli, Bevyn, and the Birthday Boy Koston! 



I am SO grateful for the awesome group of girls that I have met.  Matt's school worked seemed to pick up a ton in October and I don't think there has been one night where he hasn't studied long after I went to bed, and that is after putting in an 11 hour day at school already!  He said it's going to pick up even more in November, so I am bracing myself!  Anyway, I'm glad I have gotten to know some fun girls to keep me sane!  I still do look forward to Sunday's ALL week knowing Colton and I can have Matt all to ourselves for one day :) 

Stucki's come to town!

Last weekend, Matt's parents drove up here from Pocatello to see us!  It was awesome.  I was wondering if Colton would REALLY remember them, and at first he was a little timid, but by the time they left he was running around the house yelling for his grandma and grandpa, wondering where they went after only 3 days!

Matt's mom has a great camera, so I thought we could take some pictures of our little family!  I didn't really want to pay to get them done being pregnant, because I will most likely want pictures next spring with our family of 4...and I thought she did a great job!

We also went to this beautiful place on campus, The University of Idaho Arboretum & Botanical Garden
They have trees (and usually flowers) from all over the world planted!

Matt's parents were also able to come see Colton's Oh So exciting swim lessons!  They get to play for 30 minutes to an hour before class and then a 30 minute class.  I was so excited Clair brought his swim suit so he was able to get kicked in the stomach by Colton during the class instead of me:)   Colton is quite the dare devil when it comes to jumping off the edge, and he Loves to go underwater!  I'm hoping next year he'll be able to do the class without me!

Colton and Kardynn play so good in the shallow end before the class, including dumping water all over each other and cracking up!

Anyway, it was SO nice to see them for a few days and to have a break from our noraml routine.  We got to go out to eat (which we haven't done ONCE since my parents left after bringing us here), go shopping, and entertain Colton!  Thanks so much for coming, it was great!!

P.S. Did anyone else notice my pregnancy ticker is under a 100 days??? By a week!!

What a week

Our week: The good and bad

-Colton finally got a hair cut as you can tell from the above pictures :)  It wasn't as traumatizing as it looks!

-We got to go to "Play dates" for Colton every day this week, which he loveS!

-I worked out 5 days!!

-It was Matt's Birthday-- the big 27!!!

-We got to go out to dinner, just the 2 of us, while my friend watched Colton :)

-We have dinners we are going to yesterday, today and tomorrow--So no cooking for me ALL weekend!

-My belly POpped out (At 24 weeks), don't know if that's good or bad?

HOWEVER

-Matt has studied an average of 14 hours a day (Really, maybe even more) 

-I started to get Leg cramps and restless legs and can Not sleep!

-Colton decided no matter what time he goes to bed, he is going to wake up early (Early for me is 7-730)- lucky for me it's getting dark early, so I'll be putting the boy to bed @ 730! 

Some exciting news, Matt's parents are coming to visit this weekend and I realized it's been 2 months since we have seen family-- we are SO excited!  I hope Matt is able to take a little time off studying to spend with us all :)