Applegators

Febru-any!

2012-02-11T18:40:00.001-08:00

The title is dedicated to subway due to the fact that it is februany! I LOVE $5 subs. We pretty much only get them when they have those deals.

Other than that we are gearing up for Jaxon's birthday party. Anyone is invited (invites have not been send out yet) so if you want to show up, it is on March 17th at 2:00 pm. It's candyland themed and I am so excited for him! I love doing stuff for him and I cannot wait to see his face when he see's all his candy.

I also can't wait for Valentine's Day. Were not doing much since its on a tuesday. We are doing a big date night this weekend though. I am most excited about staying in a hotel and getting 8 hours of sleep!!!!!! That's pretty sad, but we are both so excited to have some alone time. Jaxon shares a room with us so we really don't get much even when he's asleep.

If anyone has good date ideas for our time were in Lexington we'd really appreciate some ideas!!

Our Jack Attack

2012-02-01T17:47:00.001-08:00

Well, it's been FOREVER since I blogged and realize some people actually read this thing so I thought I'd update on our lives.

I've enrolled in an online program to become a Medical Transcription Editor. I'm doing ok so far and looking forward to be trained in a career I can do from home. David also is training to do his Cisco Certifications and is all lined up to do a pretest, follow-up study course, and then the actual test! So exciting!

Jaxon is getting huge! He's 29 lbs so far and walking EVERYwhere. He took his first steps at 9 1/2 months but it took him a good 2-3 weeks to get really good at it. He hasn't slowed down and hardly ever crawls.

He loves phones and will put almost anything up to his ear to pretend it is a phone. This has taken the place of his hair brush obsession that he's had the last 2 months. He will also "Heddo" if he puts anything up to his ear. He loves the dog as well as books. I swear if we could train the dog to read, I would never see my son. He can even turn the pages all by himself!

Birds are very interesting to him and he will looks around for his "bir!". He can also say, "bah bah" which is dog (like bark bark), mama, dada, nana, book, moo and a few times has said papaw.

David's grandma just passed away and we all got to go to Ohio to see family as well as friends. It was sad circumstances but it was great to catch up and feel the love of all the people close to the family and his grandmother. She would have been so happy with how everything turned out.

Were also looking for houses and hoping to move in the spring or summer. We don't really have a time in mind but it's exciting to look at available houses! That's pretty much our life for now. I'll do better updating. Oh, here are some pictures:

buh bye!

2011-12-12T18:09:00.001-08:00

Jaxon has been perfecting his pageant wave as well as clapping the last few months and loves to show off at almost any one who looks in his direction! Last weekend we discovered that if you say "YAY!" he will clap. Today we also notice that when you say "Buh-Bye" he waves! He's hilarious because he totally stops whatever he is doing, waves, and then starts back up with whatever he was doing!

I know it's little but it was so cute. He is also has discovered splashing and how to push open our bedroom door (that doesn't latch). He is adorable!

Nothing much is new except I'm looking into becoming a medical transcriptionist. It would allow me to work AND stay home which would be absolutely great! I'm just looking into it at this point but it's looking promising!

Perfect Dinner

2011-11-16T10:14:00.000-08:00

Does anyone else look on their Pinterest and make their dream dinner? I never have all the stuff in my kitchen to make things on a whim (our kitchen is SUPER SUPER tiny, with no storage) but here is what I would consider a perfect night:

Appetizer - Zucchini Oven Chips

Main - Chicken Gyros

Dessert - Dr. Pepper Cupcakes w/ butterbeer to drink

I would probably have a heart attack after this meal but what a way to go!!!!!

FIRST WORDS!

2011-10-18T09:08:00.001-07:00

So Jaxon has always been a "talker". He is one of those babies who loves to hear the sound of his voice. Even when he was a newborn the whole time he was awake, asleep, eating, or anything he was constantly making noise. He has mastered many sounds. He had ba, da, ra, ga, go, do, dob, bob, etc.

About a week and a half ago, he started saying mamamamama. I figured it was just a new sound even though my heart jumped when he started because you dream your whole life of hearing that sound. I figured at first he didn't know what he was doing, just making noise like usual. Then I started noticing that when I left the room instead of whining he would go "MoM.... mama... mom!!" and I got a little suspicious.

I asked my friend when I went to her house what she thought as he was making the sounds. She said she thought he knew what he was saying because he was looking right at me while he was in the jumper she had at her house and saying "Mama!".

Then finally the other day, daddy was holding him and he was being quiet. He looked right at me, reached out his arms to me and said "Mama" and smiled.

YAY!!!

He has recently started saying "dada" but I don't think he has connected it with David just yet. For now, I am very happy that he knows who I am and that I have a name. It is so sweet to hear his little voice say "mama".

Big Boy Bath!

2011-09-27T08:44:00.001-07:00

Jaxon had his FIRST big boy bath today. He did SO good and liked it A LOT better than he does in his baby tub. He thought splashing was GREAT and loved having free reign.

He loves to drink the water in the tub and tried to drink it right out of the spout. Besides trying to drown himself constantly with the faucet while the tub filled up he did GREAT!

ANOTHER UPDATE: We have a scooter! He is so close to crawling. He honestly wants to skip crawling and go straight to running but were really working hard with him to start walking first. Go Baby Go!!

Picture Perfect

2011-09-21T11:50:00.001-07:00

Jaxon's Preferred Method of Dining

What Dog Blankie????

Someone Got Caught Stealing Nana's Visor!

This Is How You Put This Sucker In Right?

Play Mats Are Not Always for Babies!

Back to reality

2011-09-18T16:10:00.001-07:00

It has been a CRAZY summer. I can't believe I didn't blog about ANY of it. I'll do a short catch up.

In the beginning of July we went on vacation to Gatlinburg Tennessee. David's parents have a time share and went up Sunday after church. We left right after David got off work Thursday and joined them. Then we got a a night to ourselves since they left early (with Jax) and let us have some alone time. We missed our baby a lot but it was definitely worth some alone time.

We had one week off and then Jaxon and I went to Florida with the women in David's family for TWO weeks! David was NOT happy especially since Jaxon grew up so much those two weeks. He REALLY started interacting more, learned to roll, started solid foods, and became a real busy body! We enjoyed the beach but were SO happy to be home.

August was pretty laid back and we started recovering from our previous travels. I started planning Jessie's baby shower and also planned ANOTHER trip to Pennsylvania to see my brother.

Now It's September and we are enjoying the fall weather! Jaxon LOVES being outside and loves playing in the grass and leaves. I love that I can take him out at noon and not worry about him (or me) getting soaked in sweat!

I LOVE fall because that means winter is coming and I cannot wait to have my first winter with my little boy in my arms. He's learning to crawl right now and has started scooting backwards! He decided to sit up at 5 months so he's been progressing right on track!

He loves to laugh and is learning to squeal. Sadly he sounds like a girl but I just LOVE it when he gets that excited. He also Flaps his arms like a penguin when he's excited and rubs his feet together at the same time. Just imagine this little chipmunk of a boy squealing on the couch while flapping like a penguin and rubbing those little feet. He looks SO stinking cute. I'll try to get a video.

Anyways that's us for now! I'll post pictures next post. I'm going to try to make this a weekly thing :)

I need some opinions..

2011-06-09T19:31:00.001-07:00

So I have been noticing pretty much since birth that Jax does not sleep like normal babies and wanted some opinions. Newborns normally sleep ALL the time and he seemed to be the exception but it was definitely a schedule I could work with. He started sleeping through the night at 5 weeks so I am lucky in that department but I don't think he sleeps as much as he should. So far from the research I've done, a regular 3 month old's nap schedule looks approximately like this-

REGULAR CHILD:

Nap around 10:00 am for around 1.5-2 hours

Long nap around 1:30-2 pm for around 2-2.5 hours

Nap around 5:00 pm for around an hour

Bed time around 9 or 10 with a few wake ups depending on the baby

JAXON'S SCHEDULE

Jaxon rarely takes naps. He sleep from about 10:30 pm till about 6:45 am and plays in his crib by himself till 7:30

He'll take one or two, thirty minute naps through out the day and about an hour and a halfnap around 2:00 pm. He just doesn't seem to sleep. He amuses himself really well so I can get SOME things done but I hate just letting him lay on a blanket on the floor or in his crib or swing...

Does this seem abnormal to anyone else? I'm not trying to keep him up so he'll sleep longer at night (although I have heard of women doing that) because I know he'll get over tired and not sleep well. He may just be a kid that doesn't sleep a lot but I thought I would ask around and get some opinions.

I just thought 3 month olds slept more!! :)

New stuff

2011-06-02T07:24:00.000-07:00

Jax is not quite 3 months yet and already has changed so much! He has started teething and his eye teeth are coming in. My little vampire! He has started to start to reach and grab for his toys as well. He found his thumb and while he is not very good at sucking it so much as sticking it in his eye he is improving. I am not encouraging it though because thumb sucking is hard to break from what I hear. I think he will grow out of it.

David is still loving his work although he does not like the hour drive to and from work. I am enjoying staying at home although I wish there were more time in the day! Since Jax is teething he isn't sleeping very well during the day and it is a little hard for me to motivate myself when my drool-ie little cuddly bug is in my arms smiling at me. He is starting to look a little more like me although he is still a "little David".

He has been the best baby and I am so lucky that he is all mine! He has started smiling and laughing more. He LOVES to talk also. He wakes up every morning and lays in his crib just talking to himself for about an hour. It is probably the greatest sound in the word.

I can't wait until he is old enough to take him to parks and let him play in the sprinklers and hear what he is thinking! I am SO enjoying his stationary stage and soaking up every minute but there are always great things to look forward to.

That's it for now. Hope there is more exciting news to report later!!

Is it worth it?

2011-05-13T13:08:00.000-07:00

The other day David gave me the house bug. He said he was looking around at pricing and such and then I caught the bug as well. Anyways so I was looking at a few (hundred) houses the last few weeks and found one I really love.

I wanted to know if any one has heard or has opinions on fixer-uppers. Are they worth it in the long run? The house is an AMAZING price and the inside is VERY nice, it just needs cosmetic things on the outside from what we've seen.

Any advice at this point would be great. Should we wait, or can a nice project be a good thing? Help! :)

My little faker

2011-05-12T10:47:00.000-07:00

Jaxon has discovered faking. He has always been a tricky little guy. He makes the most awful faces to make you think he is crying and then won't. While we are used to this little quirk that he has done since he was literally 3 hours old, it makes some people who hold him a little on edge.

Recently however his expertise has been fine tuned. He has now learned how to fake cough and also that sticking his upper lip out are both things that will get him picked up. I recently had a cold and despite my best efforts he got it too. When he would cry he would also cough so I would pick him up instead of letting him cry it out.

Now he has discovered all it takes is a few fake coughs (that always stop the second I pick him up) is all it takes to get some cuddle time. It took his mommy a little while to figure out that this is what he was doing though! I never thought babies this small would know to do that kind of thing but after close observation for the last week (which he has been cold free) I have determined my little boy is quite the little actor.

He also had his two month check up so here are the results:

Weight - 15.7 lbs (97th percentile)

Length - 23.5 in (90th percentile)

Head - 16.5 in (96th percentile)

The doctor also told me since he is so big I have to give him the same dose of Tylenol that a 5 month old would get and that he is the size of a 4-5 month old, not a brand new two month old. Crazy little guy!!

They also said he was advanced in his talking and motor skills. Maybe this is because he hasn't stopped talking or moving since he was born. We are very proud of Jax and hopes he keeps up the good reports!!

Feeling like Noah

2011-05-03T15:59:00.001-07:00

Somehow I never seem to remember to blog about the big things that happen. I think my life is pretty uninteresting most of the time. I am VERY happy with uninteresting though because it means there is no drama!

Anyways last Wednesday it had been raining really hard for few days and the basement apartment we live in tends to flood. David's parents live upstairs and his mom came down to check the room where the flooding usually starts (food storage room) and all was dry.

She stayed down and talked for about 3o minutes and I decided to go to bed. I accidentally woke David up and when he turned over to turn off his lamp on the night stand I heard, "Did Myah pee?"

When I looked down I knew what we were in for.

Luckily we caught it in pretty good time. Unluckily our place is mostly carpet. With only one large shop vac and one small one David and his dad were losing the battle. I rushed to walmart to pick two more large shop vacs.

Four hours after the whole ordeal started and at 2:30 am we decided to put on the fan and HUGE humidifier we also bought and call it a night. Nothing was ruined and we were safe. The best news? Jax slept through the WHOLE thing and had no idea anything was going on. My amazing husband even went to work the next day. It was a long night for all of us (David's parents helped us out a TON) but in the end we are so lucky we were up to catch it!

Now we just have to put everything back in its place. LOTS and LOTS of work ahead of us.

Step 1- coupons

2011-05-02T12:50:00.000-07:00

Before I got married I felt very domestic. I could cook, keep my area clean, do artsy stuff, scrapbook, etc. It was not until I got married and started paying attention to my married friend's domestic skills that I started to see how much skill I lack! I think in an lds society this is a more common feeling than people express. I refuse to get myself down and instead am starting to focus on one thing a month I can improve on. Small steps.

My first step is to learn to use coupons! I have been addicted to the TV show "extreme couponing" and was inspired. I have informed my husband I won't be going to the same extremes but if I save anywhere from 15-30 a shopping trip I would be happy. Since I am planning which coupons I have and what I need to use I also have started planning a menu of healthy foods.

This technically counts as 2 things this month but they go hand in hand. I ordered a healthy cooking magazine that I had purchased at the store a few times and LOVE the recipes. When the magazine comes I LOVE to get out the scissors and go to town! By the end of my rampage there is hardly any magazine left. I then put the recipes in a accordion folder that is filed in sections. I also love the organization and how easy it has been start.

I am still deciding what step 2 will be. I'm thinking I will start trying to do my laundry better. I have never been a great laundress so tips or hints would help!!!

Anyways Jaxon is doing great. He's been sick lately (I gave him my cold which was just a stuffy nose and cough) and he is such a trooper! He will cough and sneeze and have his nose running and sit there smiling at me and start cooing. He also has slept like a champion. I love this little guy and I am amazed that he is getting big enough that I can start seeing how much he loves me! Motherhood is AMAZING!

Things to remember

2011-04-30T19:39:00.000-07:00

So I am absolutely horrible at not only blogging but journaling too. I know I want to remember all the little things that Jaxon is doing though so I thought I would jot some down. Here are some thing that I want to remember about my AMAZING little guy.

-He sleeps through the night and has since he was 5 weeks old exactly. (8-10 hours at least)

-He is SO smiley in the morning. He giggles and laughs and is so chipper.

-He just discovered his swing. He falls asleep almost the second he sits in it.

-He LOVES the light. Windows, lamps, phones, Ipods... anything will do

-He enjoys being out side. If he is fussy, he will usually calm down if he gets fresh air

-He is so expressive when he sleeps. He makes happy, sad, angry faces and scowls

-He makes tons of "David faces"

-He gets VERY upset if he has to wait for a bottle

-His whole body turns red when he dirties his diaper (gross I know but it is so cute to a mom!)

-He also straightens his body and grunts for a good 5 minutes (no he is not constipated it is a smooth soft poo he just is dramatic)

-He is 14 lbs

-He gets blessed tomorrow

-His hair looks red in the sunlight or camera lights

-He sleeps in his carseat and loves to ride in the car. Even if he doesn't fall asleep he just sits there happily talking to us

-He talks when he eats, sleeps, or is awake. The kid is always coo-ing and letting us know he's there.

-He recognizes David and I and will follow us around the room if he hears us or sees us.

Those are just a few amazing things we've learned about him the last few months. I know a lot is typical but it is special to us. He is such a great baby!!!!

Big Day Out!

2011-04-19T16:36:00.000-07:00

Today Jax and I got out and about. We went to lunch with my best friend and FAVORITE person Kristin Kappes for her Birthday! We went to root-a-bakers in Morehead since I had a dr.'s apt today and was going to be there anyways. After that Kristin took Jaxon home with her so I could go to the Dr and not worry about Jax getting his nap. I then did a few more errands and got to go visit my old workplace and see most of my coworkers and friends!

It was so nice to go back and see familiar faces. My coworkers really were more than just people I worked with, we were all really close and really like family. They were so excited to meet my little guy. Speaking of which, I though I'd upload some pictures too. Nothing new if your my friend of facebook but if not, here he is!!

Sleeping

Smiling at his mama (notice the dimples)

Jax and Daddy's favorite past time. Catching some zzzzzzzzzz's

My two full time jobs

2011-04-11T10:48:00.001-07:00

So for those of you who have wondered where I have been the last month I have recently gotten TWO (yes count them, two) new jobs.

Job #1 - Jaxon Applegate which is pretty self explanatory.

Job #2 - Breast feeding (unsuccessfully).

All I do these days is feed, pump, change a diaper, feed, feed, pump, feed, diaper. When I am not doing that I am eating oatmeal, taking herbal supplements, drinking 120 oz of water, drinking an additional 3 cups of herbal tea (24 more oz) and trying to stay relaxed and get sleep (HA!).

This is all supposed to make my breast milk production increase. Well guess what, It doesn't! My last resort was to see about prescriptions my doctor would give me but I called today and he doesn't prescribe medicine for low production.

I am anemic and have researched extensively the affects on breast milk production and all sources say the same that low iron is a very common cause of low production. I've even found articles of mom's who have gotten their milk supply up and have tried it ALL.

Yes I have tried to JUST breast feed him and not supplement but all that does is end the day with both of us crying and me extremely sore.

I pump throughout the day to measure how much I am getting (yes I realize you do not get as much from a pump but I can see the fluctuation this way) and I can pump 8-12 times a day (not including night feedings or when I feed him during the day) and only get 4 oz tops.

I never feel my milk drop or any need to feed because I have such low supply of milk. I was panicked the first week because I thought my milk hadn't come in but I was making such a low amount I just assumed it was just colostrum. WRONG. I had milk but just such a small amount I didn't notice the difference.

At this point, both of us are exhausted and I am not sure what to do. Like I said the last resort was a prescription so I am going to try to call around and see if any other doctors around here will know anything about the prescriptions I have mentioned and if not, I don't know what else I can do.

I have literally tried everything for almost 6 weeks and still nothing has changed. Yes I nurse ALL the time, YES I have tried not supplementing him, YES I stay hydrated, YES I try my best to stay relaxed, YES he is latched on correctly (I have had multiple people including nurses and experienced mothers check). I would appreciated it if anyone has advice besides the above list I would appreciate it. Other than that, I'm going to hang on for a couple weeks and then just stop. I have no life!!! lol.

I promise I am enjoying my amazing son and all that he has brought to my life, I am just tired of my own boobs! He is such an amazing blessing and a great baby and I couldn't have done this if he was not so amazing. LOVE HIM just not breastfeeding although I have been determined to get past this, I just don't know if I can at this point.

Sorry for the explosion, just thought you might want to know I haven't dropped off the face of the earth!!

Jaxon Ray Applegate

2011-03-11T14:27:00.000-08:00

So a lot of you probably have already heard about our little guys big entrance into this world but for those of you who don't, here it is!

I woke up Saturday March 5th and felt some lower back pain. I thought I was just sleeping weird and ignored it for a while. Eventually we decided to call the hospital and see what they thought and they said to come in and they would check me. We got ready and made the 45 min trip up there to get admitted. They checked me and did some tests and said it was probably false labor and sent me home by 3:00.

We got home and I did some dishes, made some cookies, and did some laundry. I decided to take a nap since I had a long day and went to sleep for about 3 hours. I woke up around 7:00 pm and thought I was feeling contractions. Around 9:00 they became regular, about 5 min apart but not very strong. We decided to wait since we had been to the hospital and got sent home once already.

David and I watched the MSU game until after midnight and then went to bed since we had church the next day. I couldn't sleep and he stayed up with me until around 1:30. I said if I was still having contractions at 2:00 I'd call the hospital. By 2:00 am my contractions had JUMPED to 2.5-3 minutes apart and intensified. We decided to call the hospital and they said to get right in.

By the time we got ready and drove to the hospital again it was around 3:00 and my contractions were 2 minutes apart and lasted 45-55 seconds each. I was wheel chaired up to the maternity ward when the admissions lady out how close they were and got to go straight into labor and delivery.

They checked me right away and I was already in between 7-8 centimeters. I was worried that I wouldn't get the epidural but they said I was still okay to get it and paged the anesthetist right away. They gave me some medicine in my IV to take the edge off but all it did was make me loopy and puke for the next 5 hours. I was NOT a fan of the medicine.

The anesthetist came and told David to leave while they gave me the epidural. I was later told she showed up with crazy hair, combat boots and a shade of hot pink lipstick that should have been on a 6 year old instead of a 40+ Jamaican. I was all alone in a STEAMING room for the next hour and a half while they gave the least effective epidural in the history of labor. I got relief for the next little bit and began pushing at 6:45.

3.5 hours of pushing later and two failed epidural attempts the doctor told me that the baby was not past my pelvis and it didn't look like he would be getting past it at all. At this point I was exhausted, puking, still sweating because the ridiculously hot room, and ready to see my little boy. I practically walked to the surgery room myself (and could have since my epidural had come out for the 3rd time and I had full feeling in my legs).

The next little bit is pretty much a blur since the head anesthetist came in and fixed the epidural for the c section and the medicine finally kicked in. I was also nauseous still and felt better with my eyes closed. I slept until around 12:30 and met my little guy.

Jaxon Ray Applegate (Jax) was born at 10:29 am and was 9 pounds even and was 21 inches long. He has his mommy's nose and his daddy's everything else! He is SO sweet. He even sleeps for 6 hours stretches at least once a day so David and I can get a little sleep. I am recovering nicely (so I think) and hoping to get back to normal as soon as possible even though it is slow going.

David went and got a new camera today so we will be posting pictures later since he is sleeping right now. David has been an AMAZING help throughout this whole ordeal and I have never been so proud to call him mine. I am so lucky to have someone so helpful and encouraging in my life!

Thank you to everyone who has shown support and love at this exciting time in our life!!!

Applegate Update

2011-01-12T14:30:00.000-08:00

It has been SSSSOOOO long since my last blog! Luckily it's all good things happening that has kept me away. David LOVES his job and can't wait to move a little closer to cut back on the commute. I can't wait to move so I can rest a little before our little guy gets here! No names picked out so far but we will keep you updated. Suggestions still welcome :)

We are moving into David's parent's basement apartment at the end of January when I am finally done with work. Moving when your 9 months pregnant will be stressful but the people at church have been so nice and supportive! I even have a girl who offered to help me come pack!

I have a church baby shower this Saturday. My first one and I am so excited! I'll have to take pictures and post. It has made this week go by really show but when I am finally done with the week I will be two weeks away from being able to stay home for a little while so I am still happy about the waiting.

Our little guy is good as far as we know. I was supposed to have a check up on the 3rd but they have rescheduled it FOUR times now and I will be going two months without a check up. That must mean I'm pretty healthy!!

We had a little scare at the beginning of December. I had a fill in Dr. for my November apt. who didn't tell anyone that I needed a follow up ultra sound. My little guy was just being difficult and didn't let the ultra sound tech get a good shot of the right side of his heart.

Well when I went back in December they told me they could squeeze me in that day so I stayed. She said the heart looked great but he was HUGE (even though my belly measured small)! She started asking me all these questions and got me a little scared at that point.

He was supposed to be just climbing up to around 2 lbs at that point and he was over 3.5 lbs. She said I probably had gestational diabetes and that I needed to get tested asap. Luckily that morning I was on my way to my first sugar test.

I barely failed that sugar test and had to go back for the 3 hour test. I passed that one and was told I just make big babies. That should be interesting in a few months. I'm fine with big babies as long as they do not get David's head!!

Anyways that's been our life so far. One tiny bit of drama but other than that our few months have been great! I'll post pics of the baby shower soon.

Boy Oh BOY!!

2010-10-23T15:18:00.001-07:00

Well for those of you who don't have facebook we had the ultrasound on Thursday and MUCH to our surprise we are having a boy!!!!

We knew it was the season for boys but could NOT have been more shocked. We were 100% convinced it was a girl. We had a few little out fits and I had everything all planned out. I even had a 13 piece comforter set (which was WAY on sale so I had to get it).

We went to the appointment and the doctor asked us what we thought it was. We all confidently replied girl and she proceeded with the ultrasound. Even the technician refered to the baby as a girl since she had seen it was the common consensus. She looked at the brain and spine and some other things first before moving to the "parts".

She had already said that he was sitting down on my bladder, which I have definitely felt, and that it would be hard to find the gender. Once she started looking she was a little surprised that she got a clear shot. My boy is DEFINITELY not shy! We got multiple good shots of the "proof" and also got them throughout several different times during the ultrasound!

Our poor little guy has been called a "she" for the past 5 months but hopefully can recover in the coming 5. It has been hard to restart all my planning and gear it towards boys. I don't see all the "cute" things out there like I do for girls. Don't get me wrong, I am VERY excited about HIM it's just hard to get excited about the accessories like I was for a girl.

We do agree more on names for boys so that is a hidden blessing. We still don't have anything we really like but are working on that. We will probably wait a while longer until we HAVE to decide. So that is our good news and we are so glad we could share it with you! Boy oh boy has this baby been a shock in EVERY way and we love him that much more for it!!!!

BIG NEWS x2!!!

2010-10-14T17:06:00.000-07:00

Okay so I'm sure any of you who have read ANY of my blogs realizes that David has had an extremely hard time finding a job. Not just a job in his field or a job he likes, I mean ANY kind of job. He graduated on December 12th 2009 and has been unemployed since. We have handled it very well I think but FINALLY we have news!

Big News #1-

DAVID GOT A JOB!!!!

Not only is it a great job with Lexmark but it is in his field and really a great "big boy" job as I would call it. He would probably not approve of me calling it that but I like it.

Big News #2-

We have an apt. to find out the sex of the baby!!

On 10-22-2010 we will be finding out what my little wiggler is. I cannot wait to find out! David's mother, Margaret is even getting to come with us. I think it will be so special for all of us and expect lots of tears (from the Applegate side ;) ...)

I didn't want to find out what the baby was at first but after a little persuasion from David I decided at this point it is better to know and be able to plan. I think we will be switching off so hopefully the next one will be a surprise.

We would LOVE to hear your opinions on what you think it is. I know I haven't posted much but here is the update on my pregnancy so far.

Symptoms:

NONE! Maybe a little heartburn and excess peeing but nothing really note worthy. I really wouldn't know I'm pregnant if it wasn't for my rounding tummy (pictures to come later). Also I have had no cravings.

Weight:

I won't tell you what I started at but I have only gained 3/4 of a pound much to the chagrin of my Dr. but with my size I do not think we are too worried ;)

Heart Rate:

150-156 (some people have opinions that are effected by this I am told)

Where I carry-

Right now the only part of me that has changed it my upper abdomen. My lower looks/feels the same. The top of my tummy is rounding and TIGHT.

CRIB!!!!

2010-10-04T19:12:00.000-07:00

So we went down to Mt. Sterling to David's parents this weekend for conference. David's mom suggested we go check out a new store in town. It's kind of like a discount home goods store but her Aunt told us they have baby cribs there and to check them out. It was amazing! They had stuff there for literally 1/3 of the price. I was so excited. I was even MORE excited when she offered to buy me the crib of my DREAMS!! It is perfect.

Not only was this our first purchase for our baby but it was such a big purchase. We were so grateful for her generosity and so excited to actually have something for the little one. Now it will not have to sleep in our chest of drawers!!!

I also got to looking at bedding sets and found a great price! $49 for a Brand new (with tags) bedding set but it was not the regular 4 peice it was 13 peices! I got the regular stuff as well as pillows, wall art, toy basket, diaper holder, and a few other things. I am so excited. I will not post pictures of this like I will the crib just because I do not want people to know what we really think it is.

I will be having a voting blog in a couple weeks right before I find out what it is. I go for my next apt on October 11th and will then schedule my ultrasound. We are hoping for the 20th to find out what it is!!! Anyways here is the crib:

http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?GrpTyp=PRD&ItemID=1896a7c&DeptID=70676&CatID=77448&SO=0&SelDim=5~&x5view=1&Ne=5+18+904+949+833&shopperType=G&N=4294940794+4294966477&Nao=42&PSO=0&CmCatId=70676|77448

Time for an update!!!

2010-09-28T16:55:00.000-07:00

I have been dreading this update for so long! I am so behind, where to start?! Well I guess first things first, I'm pregnant! That's pretty big news. While this was not planned, we both love surprises and are thrilled by this one! I haven't really many symptoms. I pee a alot and my tummy is just starting to change (I am half way through my 17th week) but that is about it.

We will be making our Dr. Apt to find out what the baby is in mid October. I didn't want to find out the sex of the baby until it was born but David won this battle so I'm hoping I will get a little more wiggle room in the naming part.

David has a job interview on Wednesday at Lexmark! We have waiting almost TEN MONTHS for this and would appreciate any prayers. We are SO ready for a change.

Other news... lets see... Oh! My sister is getting married. I am going to be the LARGEST maid of Honor in history since my Due date is March 7th and her Wedding will be late December. I already picked out a dress with PLENTY of growing room though just in case.

That's about it for now. I'll try to be better about updating about the baby. Any baby name suggestions would help. Examples of names not welcome: Influenza, Agnes Shagnasty, Bertha... You get the picture.

Also any advice would be great! We are reading books and looking online but there is nothing like experienced friends and family to help fill you in!!!

cleaning cleaning cleaning!!!

2010-06-10T15:15:00.000-07:00

So there's not a lot of news but David talked to our landlord and she is cleaning this week. She should be giving us the keys soon so I'm hoping we will be able to start moving in soon. I cannot WAIT!!! I will post pictures ASAP.

It's Official!!!

2010-06-06T14:53:00.000-07:00

Were MOVING! No not because David got a job, or I got a better one. Just felt like an upgrade. The place we are moving is MUCH closer to town, bigger, and about the same price since it is utilities included!! So nice! Also, David has started applying to anywhere and everywhere. Penn Station, Ponderosa, Shoe sensation.

Although he is a college graduate with a great degree we will have to make do with these jobs until we get the official "Grown Up" job. Gotta get the money flowing!

Pictures will be posted later. We won't move for two weeks at earliest.

PS- I forgot the most exciting part of moving. We will be two doors down from our married friends (of 2 weeks) Lauren and Ben Monett!!!

Pros and Cons

2010-05-18T18:35:00.000-07:00

There are pro's and con's to every situation. I just have to realize that while my husband is away for the night. We have spent the night away from each other before (maybe two nights) but usually I am in richmond with a house full of family and well distracted. Anyways, I am making myself focus on the pro's in this situation. Here they are:

Pro's

*I get to watch any show I want

*I can eat all the good snacks

*THE WHOLE BED

*Special cuddle time with Myah

*I can fall asleep in the dark (David has to watch TV to sleep)

*I can fall asleep in the quiet

*I can watch tv by candle light (Just annoying when other people are in the house)

*I got to go to an AWESOME bridal shower and not worry about getting back

*Computer all to myself

That is a pretty good list I think! The only con I can really think of is missing him but I can live with that for one night.

2010 Census

2010-04-11T16:29:00.000-07:00

Since the first census commercial came on my television a couple of months ago I was so excited. First off I think because this is on official record that will forever say that in 2010 our little family consists of me and David. I still to this day get so excited any time that I can write down that I actually got to marry this amazing guy!

Second, the next time I fill out a census who KNOWS what our lives will be like. It is so exciting for me to think about how much our lives will change and how our family will look at that time. We may have 6 kids, we may have one, we may have none. We may have adopted children, foster children, biological children, or none yet (we are still waiting to start that chapter of our lives and you really never know what's going to happen when you try)

Third, Family History!!! Just think if people hadn't done census' years ago. How much harder would it be to find stuff for records and baptisms and that kind of thing. I hear so often people finding great big branches of their family trees from these seemingly simple population counts.

Fourth, I am a SUCKER for filling out forms! I just love checking boxes, filling in blanks, circling or anything else that has to be filled out. I swear if I could find a job where I fill out forms all day I would be in love.

Anyways just thought I would voice my opinion. David makes fun of me for getting excited when I see commercials or the fact that I filled it out and had it back in the mailbox within about 3.2 minutes after receiving it but it is something that you just can't explain!

Baby Zander!!!!

2010-03-20T08:10:00.000-07:00

We are so excited!!! We give March 19th a BIG thumbs up because....

I have a nephew!!!

Crazy Bobby

And BEAUTIFUL Jen
Gave me my first Nephew!!!

Baby Zander Levi Boardman

Was Born March 19th 2010

At 6:29 PM

6 lbs and 18 1/2 Inched Long

And we could not be more excited!!! More pictures to come. He looks so cute and I think alot like Jen. Bobby and Jen live in PA so we were not able to be there for the birth but are hoping to go up soon so we can see him!!! I for one cannot wait to hold our family's new little grandchild! Aiden is not the one and only anymore.

That will be interesting! I told david that Jessie had the first Girl, Bobby had the first Boy, so we will have to have the first twins! He wasn't so excited about the idea of that but I thought it was funny. Anyways, here he is!!

Not so subtle

2010-03-17T15:55:00.000-07:00

So Myah has started something pretty interesting lately. The other day we were sitting at home relaxing a little bit. Myah had been pretty good that day and was enjoying the nice weather outside. When we brought her in she started playing with her toys and brought her food bowl to us. I thought she was just trying to play with it (AKA eat it) so I scolded her and put it back. She did this a few more times before we finally put it on the counter.

The next night we were sitting in bed and she jumped up with her water bowl. David noticed that she wasn't playing with it like a normal toy though so he suggested I give her water and see if that's what she wanting. He was mostly kidding thinking she would leave it alone if it was full. So I took it, FILLED it with water (which we hardly ever do because she just makes a mess) and went back in my room.

Five minutes later there she was again with the EMPTY water bowl.

SOMEHOW she has decided that whenever she wants food or what she will just bring us the particular bowl that she wants and get us to fill it up. Who does that!? I think it is so funny that she has figured this out and is pretty nice now since we don't have to check her water and food that often or worry about the food going stale because she doesn't want to eat it right at that moment.

Our dog taught herself a trick! We knew our little mutt was smarter than she looks :)

Best Weekend Ever? Maybe

2010-03-13T08:36:00.000-08:00

So these last couple days have been a little tough. I thought they would be great because my boss was going to be on vacation. He is a great boss and everything but who doesn't like it when they aren't being supervised? haha. Anyways I was very wrong. David was sick and it was very stressful and LONG couple days. So yesterday we were driving to our friends house to drop something off and it was raining. I thought to myself "this is going to be the WORST weekend ever" I was even planning on heading to Richmond just to get away from Morehead. Lack of funds made that impossible, but I figured I could keep myself busy and just pretend it wasn't the weekend.

BOY was I wrong! I have never been so glad to be wrong but today I am so excited about. We ALL (David, Myah, AND Me) all woke up in great moods! David was feeling a little bit better and we have great plans! Well as exciting as you can have in Morehead. We are planting some flowers, going to walmart, planning a trip to lowes to plan our future house. I am so excited just to go look and get samples and get started on planning something that most likely won't happen for years.

This week just goes to show you that you cannot always guess what your week (or even day) will look like. So just go with the flow!

I'll post pictures of our flowers, etc later today hopefully.

Organizing made FUN!?

2010-03-11T17:21:00.000-08:00

Anyone who like a clean house NEEDS to go to this website. I have recently found that I am slightly addicted. Let it be known my house is FAR from organized but there are SO many ingenious things on this website for almost anything you could need. When we buy a house this will be my second most visited shopping place.

They even have great holiday specials and sales. It makes me inspired instead of making me think "Oh man this is going to take forever to get myself organized".

Anyways here is the website.

www.organize.com

They even have craft supplies and decor!!!

coach calipari

2010-03-01T15:45:00.000-08:00

So I work at a print shop and have been training a new girl. When the new girl was not in the front today I went up to make a couple copies for a guy who was waiting patiently. I had seen him before but his story was really neat so I thought I would share it.

He went up to Coach Calipari's office to give him something for his birthday ( I don't know what or why because I was entering the information into the machine at this point and was not listening very well). He talked briefly with Coach Calipari and this guy, lets call him Joe, mentioned that his 6 year old daughter LOVES DeMarcus Cousins.

A couple weeks later, Joe gets something in the mail from Calipari. It is not only a program signed by DeMarcus Cousins, it is a note from him saying thank you for coming up for his birthday and some sweet things to Zoe. How nice is that!? The autographed picture would have been great by itself but a letter from John Calipari is so sweet and thoughtfull!

So this little 6 year old girl decided to say thank you she would write her own note and give both Demarcus Cousins an autographed basketball picture of herself, but also send one to Coach Calipari.

Is that not a sweet sweet story? Not only is he an amazing coach (from what I hear. I really don't keep up with that stuff) he is honestly a thoughtful guy! Who would've known.

Fear Not Faith

2010-02-28T15:37:00.000-08:00

I know your probably not supposed to blog on sundays but I wanted to while it's still fresh. I had been pretty discouraged lately about David not getting a job. The first month I was okay because he was getting a break. It was nice for me to see him relax and get to do things he wanted to do! The second month I had so much hope that he'd find something soon and couldn't wait to see what/where it would be! The end of the this third month has been a little challenging though. These last couple days I've felt a lot of worry and anxiety about not finding anything so far. I get my hopes up a lot and although that's the way I prefer to be, it gets a little wearing after a while.

This morning was ward conference and the Bishop got up to talk and what was the talk about?

Living by Faith, Not Fear.

Perfect! Today was so uplifting and it really let me know that I was being watched over and protected. Things will work out and eventually David will be employed and we can start moving towards things we want like my education, saving for a house, kids, cars, etc. It was really uplifting and refreshed my optimism towards this point in our lives.

This is a great time for us because we are married and on our own. We have experiences that in a few years we will wish we could go back to at certain times I am sure! We can travel whenever we want (not much lately due to $ but we still dream of it!) we can buy the foods that we want, stay up as late as we want, laugh as loud as we want, clean when and wherever we want.

It's just an amazing time and while these few months there is alot of unknown I should appreciate it and realize that this time is limited. Someday we will get an itch to have a few kids and start to really settle down but for right now it's just us and I can't wait to see what's in store for us!

p.s.- thanks to my lovely sister for changing my super cute background!! She's pretty awesome

2010-02-27T17:38:00.000-08:00

New backgroud provided by Megean's beautiful, amazing, wonderful sister!

Just "Dropping" By

2010-02-18T14:55:00.000-08:00

So growing up I LOVED visitors. There was nothing better than hearing the doorbell ring. All the dogs would run to the door and you can feel the excitement and anticipation as you race to the front door to see who it is. The only disappointment was the occasional door to door salesman.

As I grew up and moved out on my own I still enjoyed people stopping by because it was usually a girlfriend popping by to say hi or David coming to suprise me. It didn't get much better than that!

Little did I know that when you are in your own house and a newlywed (even though we have been married 14 months I still consider us newlyweds) people "drop by" like crazy! Everyone and their uncle just stops in! I don't mind if it's a visiting teacher or someone who is just making sure were ok but we get neighbors, random people, salesman, people coming by to say our dog is cute and all the most random stuff ALL THE TIME! I don't think it would bug me so much if they didn't stay so long but they generally do.

I shouldn't mind this but a lot of times they are interrupting cleaning, cooking, or other just relaxing. I have never known so many people to just come over and invite them selves in for a quality night at the applegates.

Maybe it's not just us, maybe this is a common thing and I'm being touchy but I like my alone time! Also, I generally in jammies ASAP when I get home so I always have to dash to my room and harness the dog and try to make myself presentable.

Bah Hum Bug to the front door! Am I alone in this?

The Results are IN!!!!

2010-02-11T16:23:00.000-08:00

So Last year around this time we got a new little puppy named Myah. I know i've blogged about her before but this whole blog is about her and we need to clear that up so you know who the heck i'm talking about. Anyways when we got her from a lady I work with she told us she was half lab, half german shepherd.

Well she started getting older and I started to notice she wasn't looking much older. The months flew by and she stayed pretty much the same size. We were expecting about a 60-70 lb dog! And here she was 6 months (they should be 80% grown around this time according to multiple breeding sites) and she was barely 20 lbs!

With all that in mind we always wondered if she had a different daddy then the rest of her brothers and sisters. We had seen all of them and they all look JUST like german shepherds. So that became the family joke. Guessing what in the WORLD Myah really is!

For Christmas this year my mom got david a doggie DNA testing kit. You stick a swab in the dog's cheek, get it all nice and wet and then let it dry for 30 min. Then you stick it in an envelope and they tell you what DNA your dog has.

Test Results Listed Below!!

Notice the empty book shelf. Myah loves to eat anything on the bottom shelf
Happy Birthday kisses from Myah!!
Her favorite position

THE RESULTS ARE:

Level 2 (30%) - Parson Russell Terrier

Level 3 (20%) - Labrador Retriever

Level 3 (20%) - Weimaraner

Level 4 (10%) - German Shepherd

Level 4 (10%) - Pomeranian

Level 4 (10%) - Siberian Husky

She is officially a whole lotta crazy!

Review of the big apple by the applegates!

2010-01-30T20:07:00.000-08:00

So i haven't posted in forever even though i have NO excuse. I can catch up pretty quickly however. For a graduation/anniversary/christmas present to each other David and I went to New York City for New Years! It was an amazing trip and just the perfect balance of relaxing and sight seeing. Although i can't post all the pictures because there are tons, here are some of the highlights.

A beautiful display in the window if tiffany's. Their front door was literally a bank vault which i thought was really neat. This window display was so delicate (it looked like it was cut from paper) and their was a HUGE diamond rind in the middle. it was just amazing
The train we got to ride at grand central station. The ceiling in the main room was breath taking. Way better than Madagascar made it look :)
Us on the train. Notice the crazy red cheeks. That's what happens when you spend hours in the sleet. We still LOVED it. This was after the new years ball drop. Notice my lack of wedding ring so i didn't get mugged.
Inside the Rockefeller Center. It was pretty neat but had VERY crappy bathrooms.

The infamous Rockefeller center tree. Right by the CBS news room. We got to see them setting up for the 5:00 news.

They still had beautiful window displays left over from Christmas and they were all breathtaking. My camera had low batteries however, so we didn't get to take as many pictures as i would have hoped.

Allison and Thomas! Our amazing tour guides. We went and stayed with allison's aunt and got to really experience the subway. We rode from the very end (through the bronx and harlem etc) into the heart of the city. It was very interesting being the only white people in a small subway train for a good half an hour.
Us eating in china town. That was probably my favorite place because of all the cheap shopping places!
Just one of the MANY gorgeous views we saw walking through the city.

Time square. Not as big as i thought, but then again, not much of it was. Still amazing though.

I'll post a few more later and keep you updated. I think once David gets a job and things get more exciting i should be able to post more. right now we are just living our simple little lives and being pretty boring.

I can't wait to get a little more income. Right now were just living off mine and really not getting any leads for the near future. I never thought my college graduate husband would be apply to places like the dollar store and walmart to get us through until he finds a more permanent position. Crazy how things work out but we are just so grateful for my steady job and the fact that as long as we are here i will have a steady income at a place i enjoy. Job security is quite the luxury right now i assume so we pray that we can just hold on and enjoy our time together on our own.

Snow

2009-12-19T06:37:00.001-08:00

So last night everyone was talking about snow and david and i had NO food in the house. So we went out to walmart to get a couple things. Also my friend Karen from highschool was coming to town so i had to get some food for when she came. Annyways walmart was CRAZY. We managed to get a pretty good parking spot and went in. WALL TO WALL people. We were expecting all kinds of snow after seeing the frenzy of people.

when we woke up this morning to let our little myah outside david came in smiling and i new it had to be pretty out there. I kept sleeping but myah woke me up once again at 9 wanting to go outside again and when i went to chain her up i looked up and how beautiful were the mountains! I know there are really just big hills but they looked like something out of a movie. Actually they looked much better. They were already covered in snow, but also it was snowing which made the tops disappear in kind of a mist. It was so soft and pretty. i wish i had my camera (i left it at my sisters at thanksgiving) to take pictures and post! Maybe i'll try to use david's if we can find the memory card...

Applegate Update!!

2009-12-16T17:22:00.000-08:00

So my sister notified me that i have not updated in over a month and honestly i have no excuse :) I do have great news though. David GRADUATED! I felt like it would never come but finally it has. I'm so excited about the possibilities. We have a job that we are PRAYING hard for (any help is welcome) but we will not know about that until after march probably. It is so exciting not knowing what is ahead of us but having so any options.

Right now david is taking some time off while i am still working. I'll be his sugar mama for a while since he will be supporting me the rest of my life (or so i hope). My main goal in life is to be a stay at home mom and although he has taken some coaxing most days he agrees that it would be great if we can manage everything financially. This job we are hoping to get would definatly take care of that for us and put us on the fast track to financial stability. Not gushing money but definatly more stable than we are now. It will be so exciting if this opportunity works out.

Our anniversary was also the day after his graduation which made for a busy week. We stayed home since it was a sunday and just enjoyed time together. I made him steak, baked potatoes, and salad on steroids. OH! and sparkling cider. :) yum yum.

hope that does it for ya jessie. I will update after christmas and probably again after David and i make a trip with our great friends the Loesevitz' to New York for New years! Oh buddy i can't wait.

Crazy times in Crazy Places

2009-11-12T15:49:00.000-08:00

So today was defiantly a blogworthy day. It was INSANE around the office. Let's see... where to start, where to start...

First i was in a bad mood. My boss said something and although he meant well it got under my skin. We had a meeting in the morning and i was SURE i was going to get fired. The only meeting i've been to someone almost got fired so i was for SURE iwas getting fired. Well i didn't, and actually they brought me in there to discuss things that would help me do my job :)

Second we had a CRAZY man come in. Literally 7 feet tall. He started telling me this story about how the shrink wrap we use to wrap our SOTP (Sex Offenders Treatment Program) Manuals ate through is brand new harley davidson shirt and pants! For real? You REALLY think we are going to believe that?

So i ask the boss what to do and he gave him the manufacturer's number. The guy got mad and brought the shirt in, had me RUB the shirt with the shrink wrap and said he was going to come back in an hour and show me what it did. Me, thinking he's crazy rubbed it on my LACE shirt and told him if it ate through either one we would pay him back. He came back two hours later and sure enough, both shirts were perfectly fine and sent him on his way. There is a first time for everything. We work with that all day everyday and have no problems.

Third I went shopping at walmart, and usually i falter. I get distracted and by all the things i don't need to buy and then get to tired to buy/remember to buy all the things we need. Especially if i'm on the phone. However, today i was talking to my sister and bought everything we needed on the list AND quite a few cheap but great suprises for david. All of our groceries (including ribs, hamburger, and chicken) were $70 and i did it in twenty minutes! a pretty good cartful!

Fourth, i rented TWO red box movies david and i have been DYING to see. "UP" and "Ice Age, Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

Fifth. I wrote this blog without re-doing it five times!

Today, dispite all the crazy things that happened and the hectic day we had at work i feel so greatful that i have a great home to come home to and such awesome people in my life. Thanks to my love, support system, and best friend David for all that he does. My sister for making me an efficient shoppes (and human being) . And all my friends for all they do for me :)

Whoops!

2009-11-07T19:12:00.001-08:00

So last monday was a pretty typical day. Work, dinner, relaxing, talking to my sister. Then David decided he would take myah out, and a few minutes later i hear my name. Kind of odd considering you don't need much help to sit there while your dog runs around on her leash, but i go outside and see david on all fours in the wet FREEZING cold grass asking me to take the dog.

I immediately think that she has jumped on him and had some bad aim, if you know what i mean. So i put the puppy inside and go to get him but he will not move or tell me what's wrong. Apparently, as he told me about twenty minutes later when we finally get him over the car port step and up the steps to our house, he went to hop off the porch and landed in a pot hole created by our little ball of mischief herself!

My poor husband's ankle was HUGE! We figured it wasn't broken but it was sprained pretty good. We had a friend get us some crutches and gave him some pain medicine but the rest of the week everything was on me.

You really don't realize how much of a team effort marriage is until you have to do everything yourself. Cooking, cleaning, shopping, taking the dog in and out, getting him drinks, ice, fixing his bandages, and everything! I am SOOOOOOO thankful that he is back in business (more or less) and able to help me with everything again!

He really couldn't stand the crutches and tried to get off them as soon as he could. Not because he was trying to be tough but he has a pinched nerve and it effects his right arm (shooting pains, tingling, numbness, etc) which happens to be the sprained ankle side too.

I need to start taking better care of this poor guy! Pictures to come

Breakin in the hubby

2009-10-28T14:58:00.000-07:00

So i cannot believe that is has been almost 11 months since we got married! It seems so quick. The last couple months have ZOOMED by. I was a little scarred before we got married, not about marriage to david, but just marriage in general. Everyone says the first year is the hardest and that there are a lot of trials and getting used to one another. I haven't seen ANY of that luckily. Being married to David is the easiest, most natural thing in my life. I know there will be hard times in the future but i just thank Heavenly Father everyday for my relationship with David and our time together. He really is great. Lately he's been cooking dinner for me that's ready when i get home! It is such a relief to come home and not have to worry about what to make and what we have and all that stuff.

We were going to go away for our anniversary, but it's on a sunday and he graduates that saturday, so a staycation it is! Any ideas on a way to make it extra special in light of his graduation AND our anniversary would be great! I'm really out of ideas at this point. Or shall i say, have too many to chose from :) I can't WAIT!

2009-10-12T16:28:00.000-07:00

Everyone needs to look at this. This is a local family putting on a haunted trail, just for fun. It's a GREAT location and perfect for some halloween fun. Here's the link!

http://weavertrail.blogspot.com

Check it out!

Nesting

2009-10-09T14:40:00.000-07:00

So it is only october and i am already in move out mode. I'm ready to go! We still have no idea where we are going with david's job but this MUST be what nesting is like. I just get excited easily, there is no bun in the oven, but it is all i can do to not pack all of our things. David applied for our number one job last week and we won't hear from them for a while, but we could be going anywhere. I am so excited about that! We could be going anywhere from Oregan, to Tennessee, to Maine, to Lexington. The possibilities are endless, and that is what is fun. I can't WAIT!! I'll try to keep this updated on the plans...

Quick Update

2009-09-14T15:34:00.000-07:00

So not much is happening in our little lives. David is finishing up school and looking into multiple job opportunities (thank goodness!). We are pretty excited that he has options, even though we have our favorites. I know i am especially excited for him to get done with college because then i get to go! I'm looking into a few different options, but if you have any random recommendations they more then welcome! I'm so indesicive.

Myah is growing up (rather not growing) quickly. She is a crazy puppy but SO calm for a lab. She is such a sweet little girl and we are so happy she didn't turn into a full sized lab. In hind sight a big dog in a small house wasn't a great idea, but she's small so were ok.

Were just excited for new adventures coming up in our lives and can't wait for the change. Can't wait to see where life takes us!

let them eat cake!!

2009-07-31T18:57:00.001-07:00

Nothing really big to blog about today. I was just uploading some pictures off my blackberry (that our lovely myah recently ATE while i was in the shower) and saw these pictures of a diaper cake that i made for a guy at work. i was so proud of it and thought it was pretty good for my first one. Although after i made it i got all kinds of tips on how to make the better/easier, so i'll save that for next time.

burning down the house

2009-06-18T19:25:00.001-07:00

So appearantly I am really trying to burn our poor little house down. Today i was trying to warm up some soup (which i prefer to do on the stove so i can add spices and just extra things) and turned on the burner and was talking on the phone with one of my friends. I was going to go check on things because something smelled funny and smoke was pooring from the stove. So i jump up to check things, and i had the wrong burner on... the one i had thrown the towel i was drying dishes with earlier. i was so scared! i was home by myself, and the house was filling with smoke! myah was running around the house hysterical and the smoke detector started going off. i got it under control and fanned the smoke detectors and everything was fine.

This reminds me of a similar spaghetti incident that happened about a month ago. except there were flames involoved with that one! oh well, what's the worse that could happen? oh yeah, a FIRE!

stuck in a truck

2009-06-08T18:23:00.000-07:00

So the one of our more recent posts was about our new dog myah. She is super sweet and has a great disposition for a lab. Lab's are great dogs, but they tend to have VERY hyper puppy years. Myah is sly but generally a sweat heart and listens so well, bless her little heart. One of her great traits is her ability to stay right by our sides and not run away. David can go outside and let her run free and we never even have to worry about her leaving the front yard. We have come home several times and found her off her chain, but still in our car port waiting for us to get home.

Recently we went to my grandpa's and had her stay at the house while we left for a dance recital that my neice was in (which she ROCKED). When we came home i was so excited to see her and was going to get a treat out of the truck to give her when i came in the house because we'd been away so long.

To my suprise when i looked in the truck there was our little black puppy waiting in the truck!! In order to accomplish this feat she had to wander outside, jump over (or crawl under) a chainlink fence, and scale the side of david's truck and wait in there till we got home.

Normally not too hard for the average size dog but myah is a TINY lab. She is only 19 lbs and is about the size of the average pug. She is almost full grown now and is supposed to be close to 70 lbs at this point in her little life :) we call her our "mini lab"

Love it :)

ocean's blue

2009-04-24T21:49:00.000-07:00

so david has always had this little trick to remember alot of his passwords and pin numbers and he taught it to me. He always says Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1642 (number had been changed to save our current bank account balance) and it worked for him. It seems like everytime i hear that story the year changes so i never paid attention to the numbers and contently punched in the correct combonation as told.

Well I was watching TV and the mini wheat commercial popped up. I love those little wheat guys but wasn't really paying attention because i was on the internet and i hear the one where this little boy is studying for his history test and the rhyme about columbus comes up. "Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492" I looked over at david and cracked up! We were only a few centuries off :) we had a pretty good laugh about it...

Introducing: Myah Applegate

2009-04-13T18:34:00.001-07:00

Our adorable lab mix puppy, Myah. Appearantly we spelled her name wrong but we didn't know how to spell it and that's how it came out. She is so adorable. we got her when she was 3 weeks old (we know WAY too early but that's when she was given to us by her neive owner) and she is now almost 4 months! I finally told david it was either a puppy or a baby. Needless to say which one he picked. jk, i would LOVE a baby, but patience is key at this point. Anyways, this is my temporary baby. So adorable!!!

she LOVES to cuddle in the car

Myah with my little sister kelsey

my dad gave her a bone and she didn't quite know what to do :)

Brudder

2009-04-08T16:49:00.000-07:00

So my brother is in the navy and stationed in Pennsylvania and doesn't get many vacantion days, but he usually comes down for christmas and his birthday (april 3rd) and is in town! He's here for over a week and will be staying for easter festivities. He ventured over to morehead and is staying with us a night to see our house and hang out with us. It's really nice that we have a house with two rooms so we can have guests :) i love it! i also made beef and noodles which my grandmother used to make and it's super yummy. i did pretty ok! David and Bobby are really liking the man to man time because bobby is stuck in a house with three girls this week and and david is usually stuck with me :)

Also, I wanted to talk a little about myah (our lab puppy) and her chewing phase. She has destroyed (and i am listing so i dont' have to go into detail of each story)

-five pairs of megean's shoes
-an 8 pack of paper towels (the good kind too!)
-and entire rope toy
-water bottles
-toilet paper
-toilet paper rolls
-our coffee table
-our banana/gammer chair
-three internet cables
-the fan cords
-multiple pee pads

and is currently chewing on the keyboard (or attempting). She is so sweet though and learning to chew on bones thankfully! I wouldn't trade her in for anything. I love her so much and she is just so tiny and sweet. even if david wants to trade her in for brutus

i love to see the temple....

2009-03-30T18:49:00.001-07:00

So this weekend was really awesome. I got to get off work early for one thing. for another i got to go to the temple! I went with my sister and got to see one of my friends from the ward and her husband get their endowments. It was really cool to go back to the temple and to go with so many friends and family. Also after we got out of the temple we went to this place called "Red Robin" which is a really nice burger joint and it was SO good. The burgers were huge and the fries were bottomless so you got as many as you wanted. i defintaly recomend it. We also didn't get home until 2 am because it takes so stinking long to get home but it was very much worth it :)

maybe this is a sign....

2009-03-13T20:45:00.000-07:00

so today is friday the 13th, and obviously david and i don't really care about that stuff, getting married on the 13th and all, but today kind of makes you think... I was so excited to come home because we had nothing to do the whole weekend. i could clean the house, catch up on laundry, and hang out with my honey! so i get home and david says he has a quiz to take, which is actually good news because i wanted to take a nap before going out together for a date night.

So i wake up about an hour and a half later and we get ready for dinner and go out. We got to a chineese buffet and spend $23 on food (which i HATED doing but david really wanted to and we were wanting it to be a special night) and we barely ate a whole plate of not very good food. Were sitting there talking and i ask him about how his quiz went. He said he couldn't take it because the internet wasn't working. Now if david, the computer networking major, can't get the computer to work something is wrong.

so i went home and looked at it (pretty laughable because i don't know anything about computers) and the ONLY page it would pull up was www.LDS.org

David looked at me and goes "Meg do you think that's a sign or something"

we got a pretty good laugh out of that :)

our new names

2009-03-11T18:38:00.000-07:00

i thought this was really cute so i did it for david and i :)

1.YOUR REAL NAME: Megean Kathleen Applegate

2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother and fathers middle names) O. Ray

3.NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) Paul Bobby

4.STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name) Appme

5.DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Pink monkey

6.SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born) kathleen logansport

7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning) the white water

8.FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) mete

9.STREET NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie) moose track chocolate chip

10.SKANK NAME: (1st pet's name, street you grew up on) roxiey kelarney

11.GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of first name plus 'izzle') megizzle

1.YOUR REAL NAME: David Keath Applegate

2.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother and fathers middle names) Richard Anne

3.NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) George Eugene

4.STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name)appda

5.DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) blue dog

6.SOAP OPERA NAME:(middle name, town where you were born) Keath maysville

7.SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add "THE" to the beginning) The Red Coke

8.FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last name) date

9.STREET NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, fav cookie) cookies N cream peanut butter

10.SKANK NAME: (1st pet's name, street you grew up on) Annie West View

11.GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of first name plus 'izzle') davizzle

update!

2009-02-25T16:02:00.000-08:00

So david and i FINALLY got our internet and cable hooked up. We tried to go as long as we could without it and be more productive with our time. However seeing as how the only thing to do in the wonderful town (or shall i say holler) of morehead KY is go to wal-mart, we finally caved seeing as you can only watch smallville so many times before going crazy.

David waited for the cable man (who actually was early) and made a mad dash to get dressed and everything cleaned up (he's a sleepy head). When he answered the door the installer informed him that he dropped the blocker that limits our channels so we are now getting internet, and 70 channels for the price of basic 20 channel cable! very nice :)

Also i made stroganough last night and was a little afraid of what he would think. He is more used to box dinners and drive through after college and its almost what he prefers. I LOVE to cook and experiment so i decided to go for it. Lucky me he LOVED it. He usually does even though he is cautious about it in the beginning. I also came home to david cleaning the WHOLE house yesterday. I mean he had all the chairs turned over on the table like a resturaunt and was sweeping and swifering (we have hard wood floors) and moved the couch to vacuum our rug and everything. he is SSSSOOOO great! *sigh*

Finally!!

2009-01-14T13:43:00.000-08:00

I am sure there has been much anticipation as you have all waited for wedding pictures. Here is a small selection from the weekend. I am sure she will post more when she gets a chance.

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Megean's bridal shower video

2008-12-03T07:07:00.000-08:00

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House!

2008-10-27T15:40:00.000-07:00

David and i are have signed a lease on a house! we are very excited. I even moved up there saturday and will start work next week. I'll live in our house for a while before the wedding and then after he will move in with me and we will start life. The move and everything went very smoothly and we had alot of help :) I can't wait to put up pictures of our new house. minus david's stuff but he pretty much just has his clothes to move in. Official countdown to the wedding: 47 days!!!!

Brutus

2008-09-28T15:03:00.000-07:00

So david and I went to the animal shelter with jessie the other day to help her pick out a cat. While we were there we and looked at the dogs while she got all the paperwork together to take the cat home. I was all about looking at the cute puppies and small dogs and the playfull dogs but david had something else in mind. He fell hard for a cute rott/lab mix. The whole time i was trying to pry him away from that dog, but he kept going back to the same one.

We left the shelter and weighed our options. We wanted to get him but there was obviously a time crunch considering the dog was at an animal shelter and we wouldn't be getting our own place till december. We tried to figure out what to do but i told him we'd wait a while and see how we feel and what we work out ina couple of weeks.

Three days later i was driving to morehead with the dog. I told david i had some wedding stuff i had to get done and probably couldn't even talk to him till late that night. So when i showed up at his door he was suprise to say the least. Not to mention the look on his face when he saw that i had bought the dog and worked out all the living arrangements and little details without him even knowing. Sneaky fiance's can be a good thing! Here's our cute little brutus :)

Wedding Date

2008-09-18T16:19:00.000-07:00

For those of you who don't know david and i picked a date! December 13th is our lucky day. I'm SO excited but it's weird beind less than 3 months from getting married. Were both in planning mode. We both love to put our input in which is nice because the more heads you have at something, you get more ideas flowing.

Our reception is going to be at the Richmond Ward building. The ring ceremony will start at 6:30 followed by the reception right afterwords :) Marcia Thurman from illinois has agreed to come up for the wedding and do our pictures which we are WAY excited about. She did our engagment photos too and they were amazing. We are so excited!!!

2008-09-06T12:36:00.000-07:00

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Slide Show of LOVE!

2008-08-24T13:04:00.001-07:00

Our Beginnning

2008-08-19T21:19:00.000-07:00

This is our story. This is where we started. The story of the proposal. It all goes back to our first date. jk but our first kiss and the day he me to be his girlfriend was the day we went to the drive in. It's a really great memory and we always want to go back but had a hard time. david said he wanted me to go to his house for our anniversary and left a "ticket" to the movie in my mail box. It was a costum print off he made on the computer but it was so cute that said i was invited for dinner and a double feature.

We got up there and he took me out to dinner and then we went back to his parents house. I was on the phone so i was distracted and he took me to the back yard where he had set up

the back of his house to look like a drive in. He had put up a sheet on the back of his house and borrowed a projector from the church so it would be big screen kind of thing. It was so sweet! So then we watched fantastic four:silver surfer which was playing the first drive in we went to.

It ended and then he show and he played a video of him talking about our relationship and us (hence the double feature mentioned in the ticket he made me) and then he got down on one knee in his truck and popped the question! It was pretty funny because we were on an air mattress to make things more comfortable and he was kind of wobbly. And now we live happily ever after :)