Day 23- i think

Something I crave A LOT.... exercise, no that doesn't mean I satisfy that craving like i should but i always feel so good after a brisk walk to trip to the gym.

Also diet coke~ a crisp cold diet coke especially in the summer:)

SOmething that makes me different from everyone else..... I have lived in foreign countries:)

I was born the in the Philippines

Lived in Germany, lived in Italy

What makes me happy.....



My husband

Shih tzus!!

The Movie Dirty Dancing

Pecan Pie, YUMMMMMM!

My boys, J-bird and Ca Dub!!

Starting out with a few Oldie pics. Josh and I have been together for 10 years, he was at my sweet 16 birthday party, he was there when i learned to drive, i was there when he learned to drive, we saw each other graduate and accomplish many thing since then, most especially the birth of our two beautiful sons. We hold each other up and give each other renewed strength to endure the challenges of the military and of being parents.

I Love you Josh!!!!




Love you till the end!!!!!!!!!!!!

day 19

Nicknames and why....

Messy Jessie- now now, its isn't because i am dirty to anything, my house though lived in, is at time cluttered and messy but NOT DIRTY, i get this nickname from my bad habits of making a LARGE mess while baking, leaving cupboards and drawers open, clothes on the bedroom floor and light on:) annoying i know, its a growing process LOL LOL

My aunt uses Jessie bear, a character from a story book

Josh refers to me as Jessica Blue eyes~ He loves me!!!!!

Day 18

These aren't in order but the list goes, College Diploma, Doula Certification, Disney World trip. After that I pray, dream and wish for my children to grow up happy and healthy and marry a Christian woman of their dreams. I pray and dream to grow old with my husband and remain as in love with as I was the day I married him and as in love with him as I am today.

week 17

Someone you would want to switch lives with for a day and why????

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......

Since its just for a day, I would say ANY celebrity sooo lets go with Jessica Simpson, she did a ton of traveling on her most recent show and I LOVE her fashion sense:)

love her song lyrics as well, one in particular was on her country album:

Don't be afraid to pray out loud

When your down, dont be afraid to pray out loud, Just close your eyes and let it out, Take all your fears and doubts, He's listening right now, Don't be afraid to play out loud, pray out loud...

top 10 songs on IPOD

Ipod is beyond dead, not even sure where it is at the moment but my itunes are-

You can't hide beautiful

My savior my God

If youre gonna play in Texas

Sissy's song

The Chipmunk Song

Far From Here

Summer of '69

More then a love song

When you're gone

If I die young

Josh and I have been blessed abundantly with two beautiful boys. Jacob and Caleb have brought us so much joy and compassion that sometimes thinking about the years to come makes me tear up, that one day I will send them to school full time and will no longer have a hand in each and every aspect of their lives. I live my days for my boys,

I am their number one fan and worst enemy but through all the bumps and heart ache we will have.

Bryan Adams- Don't tell me it's not worth fightin' for
I can't help it - there's nothin' I want more
Ya know it's true
Everything I do - I do it for you

There's no love - like your love
And no other - could give more love
There's nowhere - unless you're there
All the time - all the way

How I as introduced to Blogging....

Short and sweet, we wanted to keep family informed, I had done www.babycrowd.com with my pregnancy with Jacob and upgraded after his birth, many friends of mine had blogs, so i took the copycat route.

I have two friends attached to ~My Viewing Pleasure~ on our blog :)

part 2

Part 2 of friendships is of course now the boys that Jacob has become friends with.

Devin and Nathan are friend that we have basically had since before jacobs birth, well friends with their parents anyway, and have become friends for life, all the boys love playing out side on their playgrounds and riding bikes, i look forward to sharing many years and experiences with these boys. Jacob is always filled with pure joy at the mere mention of a playdate with the Alexander boys!

Another picture of my friends and I.... Since I pretty much completed my portion of friends, i decided to go with the second social butterfly of the family....Jacob, he is so outgoing and crazy, just like his mama and daddy their isn't a quiet bone in his body. Here a few pics of his friends from over the years~

Kennedy and Jacob, these two met at the birth of Jacob, for 3 years they were siblings, through temper tantrums and hugs, he still mentions her and tells us he want sto visit her in "Norf Carlina"

Isaac and Jacob, from playgrounds to trampolines these to had fun fun fun! Cheesers- Charlie and Jacob, at the beach, these to met at their playgroup hen they were just rollers and crawlers, but didn't become close :( till the end part of our time in Italy, Jacob still remembers watching the tractors go by at Charlie's house last summer:) Cannon, Topher ,and Gabe these boys were Jacobs buds through church and play groups, there mamas as well always showed love and compassion towards Jacob teaching him activities and making yummy snacks.

I know i missed some buddies of Jacob he has a bunch, two special girls not photographed but special all the same are Hannah and Sarah, twin girly friends Jacob had!!!

C'mon get higher lossen my lips, faith and desire in the swing of hips...

Songs listened to when I am happy, sad, hyped and mad...

Music speaks to my heart for sure, when I am any kind of down mood I turn to the Christian radio station. Casting Crowns can move me to tears or utter bliss.

Praise you in this storm is a song to basically live my life by:

~And i'll praise you in this storm, and i will lift my hands, you are who you are no matter where I am, and every tear I've cried, you hold in your hand, You never left my side, and though my hear it torn, I'll praise you in this storm~

Another one more recent is Who am I ~ Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth, would care to kno my name, would care to feel my hurt, who am I...~ These songs speak to heart, lift me up, i am never alone!

Worship music is always fun but can put an ache in my heart~ when i am in the mood to crank the music and do some cleaning or dancing with my boys we tune into the country station.

Sugarland is one of my favs. and through the USO while in Italy we got to hear them live.

All I want to do ,and their stuck like glue songs get me and my boys in the grooving mood:)

happiness for me is also love, love songs i could go on and on with, Josh and i have had a lot of LOVE songs in our relationship~ our wedding song as Jimmy Wayne's You Are, and we also love the song by Big and Rich Lost in This Moment With You.

When I am in a grumpy or bad mood I like Kelly Clarkson's Because of You. very personal meaning in the that song and I can relate to the words. She hold power and impact in that song

I could go on and on about songs and lyrics that move me a certain way but there was just a small view~

day 8

Something you are proud of in the last week...

I am proud of my husband for enrolling and re-starting his college education, he has a new found respect for what goes into a college education and wants to be an inspiration to his children. Working such long hours and still choosing his boys and wife over other hobbies and activities, it can be hard to manage all that goes into a career and family, but somehow he makes it all work and takes pleasure in the joy of his boys.


I LOVE YOU JOSHUA...'till the end!!

Goals

Short term goals for this month and why....
Boy is this a loaded question, as a mother of two young BOYS, I find it difficult some days to accomplish any of my daily goals, the tasks of laundry and bed making slip away from me.

Monthly goals for November I suppose would include within the next 2 weeks I will have one more class under my belts and just two short of graduation. The arrival of my DOULA practice baby is this month and I have a goal to get 10 hours of time in with the family and newborn.

Teaching Jacob to ride is bike as well, we have been attempting a walk/stroll bike ride in the afternoons (when its not raining) and Jacob is doing well:)
Teaching Caleb where his nose and other body parts are as well, he can spot a dog or cat pictured in any book or background of the tv, however we have slacked in teaching him his body parts:)

Something or someone who has had an impact on you...

I would say God has had the most impact on me however, its only through bible study and PWOC that I was accepting of that influence, though I was raised in a chruch I never totally grasped the plans God had for me until I was married, they became deeper then as I said good bye to Josh for a year of single parenting and said hello to PWOC and bible studies.

I cant name each teacher or even each study I have done, however I know that at somepoint during each those studies I was moved to place my thoughts, morals and vlaues on a path the the Lord would be proud off, everything from being a strong christian woman, to a faithful and serving wife to a patient and God inticing mother.

Favorite Super Hero

Immediately I thought of spiderman, but had no real reason, i searched for a inspiring quote from the movie but didn't come up with anything, i guess the only real reason i have is first that superheros are not realistic, they all hold powers that only the Lord God can actually deliver.

Now for the fun side spiderman was part of my life in high school, not because he was an awesome super hero but because the senior boys went through a phase where each had a super hero name; my brother -captain America, Butch and very tall and muscular boy- the HULK, Josh- spiderman, for no real reason:)

Now as i a look at Jacob literally laying on the couch at 7 am dressed as spiderman, he cracks me up and i have to do a reality check any time he talk about a super hero or asks for super hero themed toys. I can not believe my first born is almost to this stage!!!

~this kiss pictured above is pretty romantic as well ;)