single mom..

I don't like being a single mom. Jake left me again.. He got a job in Mesa, Arizona. I do have to say I was very skeptical, but it seems to be working out so far. Well, for the whole week that he has been down there it is going good. But I still don't like being a single Mom. We decided that I would stay behind to make sure everything was going to work out before we packed up and moved the entire family down, and if it doesn't work out he still has a job up here that will take him. So we are waiting to make sure, given our track record with jobs, it seems to be for the best.
I know you are all dying to know what he is doing... He is installing security systems again, but with a different company. It is a year round thing and he is the Lead tech down there. So that makes it nice. Yeah I never thought we would actually go back to doing this, but you never know. So Reed and I (and Becca and Eric) are just hanging out back in the COLD La Verkin at least until the end of the month.
You ask where I am going to have this next baby. I have no idea. especially now that I just got approved for medicade. We will let you know. 

Big Kid Time!!

 I still can't believe he is getting so big!! He is quite the little monster these days. The terrible two's have hit us early with the tantrums and saying no. It has been quite a struggle and so I was scared to start transitioning him into the big boy stuff, but to my surprise those things have been great!

So.. He got a big boy bed! Well thanks to my hoarder of a mother we inherited Becca and I's old bunk beds. They are pretty sweet and I am so glad NOW that they saved them. They are these little bunk beds that a friend made for us in his wood shop class in college, best part they fit a crib size mattress! So they have been through all the Mahoney kids and they still look really good. They are small and they come right apart so they can be separate or bunk beds. Very convenient.
So here he is happy as can be. He loves it. He is so good about going to bed. The first two nights he came and stood by the door and cried and opened the door, but now he will get out of his bed turn off his heater, play a little and get back in bed and go to sleep. It is magical. My other worry was that in the morning he would leave the house cause he can open all the door and locks now, but to my surprise, He doesn't even leave his room until I come and get him. He just sits and reads, and does all his puzzles. It is the cutest thing I have ever seen. It has been so wonderful.


Another big boy thing we started is the potty training. He has been super interested and wanting to try for a while now, but I was the one that wasn't ready. but I finally broke down and bought a little froggy potty. It was just to cute to pass up. We aren't going cold turkey yet. We just ask him once and while if he needs to go and he runs to the bathroom and strips down and pee's. He is so good at it. He loves going in his toilet. We are going to wait until finals are over to go hard core on it.
Funny story about that though. He had to go #2 so he ran to the bathroom and Becca was in the shower and so he ran to our bathroom and someone was using it, He was knocking and yelling and trying to let them know in the jibber jabber that he does, but he couldn't wait anymore so he went over to the rug and pooped there. Haha. It was so funny. No one knew what he was yelling about until they found the mess, but it was to funny to be mad about.

 I forgot to blog about it, but I just had to show how cute these turned out. We had this fabric from pictures, so I thought I would put it to good use and it matched Reed's room so well.  I just got a few sticks from outside, spray painted them, and hung them up, and walmart has the rings with the clamps on them so I just used them. Cost me a total of $15, and they are so fun!

Update

It seems to just get longer in between each time I update the blog. I blame it on pregnancy. I am just to tired and maybe just lazy to do it.  Plus my computer has been acting up at home. I don't think it is going to make it much longer. I am pretty sure that it hates me. I feel the same towards it right now, and if I even think about getting it out while Reed is awake, it turns into a giant fight. So yeah. Its not my favorite thing to do at the moment.
BUT..
we are having another little BOY! So that is really exciting. I was thinking it was a girl since everything with this pregnancy has been so different. But its a little boy. I am excited that Reed will have a brother. I wanted it to be a boy because I loved having sister close to me and an added bonus for me is I don't have to buy hardly anything at all!! I really like that! So much less stress for me.
Another awesome thing that happened recently. is that jake is not working again. Okay not so awesome, but I am just starting to getting to used to it I think. Who knew that a type 1 diabetic couldn't get a CDL, we didn't! We always survive somehow. So I have just stopped worrying. It has really made me put things in perspective, and really decided what is the most important things in my life are. This year has defiantly been a roller coaster year, but we will get through it and I am just hoping for a better 2011. He has a few jobs that he is just waiting to hear back from. So hopefully we hear some good news soon.

ALSO Some that is really awesome that we are looking forward to is Jake's parents are coming HOME! They have finished their 2 year mission in Samoa and will be back Dec 11! We can't wait to see them!

corn maze

We had so much fun at the corn maze down here. Well the corn maze part wasn't that fun, but everything else they had for the kids was great! Reed loved the animals the most!

He is so funny. He makes the funniest faces.

5 jobs later..

Jake has switched jobs for the the 5th time this year.. Yeah 5 times. It is stressing me out. He was doing fine at his other job, he didn't love it it, but it was a job. I think he mostly just didn't like getting up at 3:30am. I don't blame him.
He is now working here.

He is a delivery boy. He loves delivering and has been looking for a job like this. He worked Friday and Saturday last week and really enjoyed it. I am hoping for the best. They really like him and really wanted him to work for them. They did a couple extra things to get him to go there. So I hope it works out. I am done stressing over jobs already.

In other news. I am feeling better. I am going on my 3rd day of not wanting to die. So I hope it stays this way and its not just a trick. I need to schedule a doctors appt. I am being bad. But I don't want to pay for it. It is expensive, even with insurance. We almost qualify for medicade, but not quite so we are just trying to decide what to do. Any suggestions??
I am starting to show already. much faster with the second one. My pants won't button anymore but I can zip them still, but maternity pants fall off still. I am just in that weird middle ground.

Pumpkin, Corn, and Lemongrass Soup

This is what I made for dinner last night. I know you are jealous. It was fabulous. Its not pumpkin, it was squash. It was great. To bad Jake doesn't like squash, but me at Reed just ate it up. You can get the recipe here! 

I love fall. I am so excited for all the holidays. I already have a pumpkin spice candle burning in my kitchen. It is still 95-100 degrees here in the south, but the leaves are starting to change so that;'s good enough for me!


I have lots of pictures to post, but I just haven't felt up to it lately. I will get some up soon. Reed is getting so stinking cute I can't believe it. It is more and more fun with him everyday!

dinonsaur baby

Everytime I open my blog and I look at the baby ticker. I just can't help but think that is a really ugly baby dinosaur. It really does look like a dinosaur though. I know it will get cuter eventually.
So here's to deal. I am sick. I am not throwing up yet, but I am a fighter and I won't throw up till I absolutely can't physically keep it in anymore. I have found if I keep myself busy then it helps, it makes it so I don't have as much time to think about my food coming out of my mouth. So I am blogging.
I am scared about this baby. I am scared about the birth and the heartburn. That is the worst parts. I am excited for the sickness to end and for the 5th month. That is my favorite month. I feel great I am not to big, but big enough that I look pregnant, and I know what I am having so it is so much fun to look at all of the baby stuff. That I love..

This baby did come as some what of a surprise. We had talked about having another one, but we weren't "trying". It took me a year to get pregnant with Reed so I just figured it would take a little while for our next one too. Well I had decided that I wanted to wait a few more months to try so that it would be born in the summer time. It would make it a lot easier on family and anyone that wanted to visit, and on Jake since he is in school now. So I wanted to hold off. Apparently that is all I ever had to was try to avoid getting pregnant and I will. So April 7th is the due date. Just in line with the rest of the family's birthdays. we have 2 on the 2nd, 1 on the third, 2 on the 5th, and 1 on the sixth of April. We are really excited, nervous and scared on what is to come, but can't wait. Everything will work out and I am sure that having another child will be so amazing. We love Reed so much and he has changed our lives more than we could have ever imagined. I can't wait to see what this one has in store for us!