New Adventure of Life

This time next week James, Payton, and I will be up in Aniak visiting family. James is mom will also be there. So Payton will get to celebrate his first Thanksgiving (outside the womb) with his grandma. Hopefully I will remember to take pictures so I can share them with you all. Anyways it's been awhile since I have posted. So I will update some stuff. Payton got his first tooth in September a couple days after he turned 7 months. A couple weeks later he got his second tooth. They are both on the bottom. I have tried to take pictures, but he won't show them when he sees the camera.  Payton has also become a big fan of solid foods. He gets mad if you don't feed him fast enough.  In October we went in to Anchorage to do some shopping for some food since we were running low on moose. I have a few moose roast left and that is it. So we went in and got stuff that we were in need of.  The little break in Anchorage wasn't as great as it usally is, but that is because we got

So a lot has happened since we have been back from our trip visiting family back in June. I started going to a Bible study on Sunday nights which means I have met new people. James and I both had birthdays and Payton started on solids. Payton and I also made six months in breastfeeding. Payton also got dedicated at church which I wrote in my last post. The last of our happenings is that we moved.... Okay so we are still in Bethel  we just moved to the next road over. Seriously the number is the same just a different road name and its not an apartment. James and I are renting a couple rooms from some people from church. We have 2 rooms for us and we get our own bathroom. We share a kitchen and the downstairs living room. As well as the washer and dryer. It's about $200 cheaper and a lot bigger for Payton when he starts getting mobile.  Honestly it was an all of a sudden type move. A God thing. James mentioned at the Bible study he goes to that we are in the process of saving mone

Last Sunday (8-3-13) James and I dedicated Payton at church. James went into work early that Sunday so he could take a long lunch and be there for the dedication. It was wonderful having my husband with me in church again, but I am not going to lie it felt kinda weird sitting next to someone again. Normally there is a chair or two in between me and another person.  Here are a couple pictures of the dedication Dedicating Payton to the Lord through prayer with the Pastor and his wife

Well it's almost time for us to head out of Alaska to go visit family in the lower 48. I am beyond excited, but I can't really enjoy my excitement until I am on the plane from Anchorage bound for Chicago. I now understand what James means when he tells me that he won't be happy or excited until we get there. I have last minute packing to do, but I can do it until tomorrow just before I head up to the airport. I can't really enjoy my excitement since we are are flying stand-by. I've known this all along, but I was to excited to care. I mean it's been 2 years since I have seen my family. I've been praying that everything will go smoothly for us, but there is the small little doubt that we won't make because I am just too excited. I've been trying to think positive this week. My family has been telling me that everything will be fine. I know that Satan is attacking me with this small doubt about not making it. I've been praying and asking God that

On Sunday Payton and I got to go visit James at work after church. I had to take our friend Meagan to the hanger after church so she could get her house keys and car from her husband Barney who happens to work with James. So I decided to just hang out there until James was ready to go on his lunch break... Well we got there and they were extremely slow. So I took some pictures. James also took a few pictures. James working hard  Smile!!! Look what I can do! Like father like son

I've been getting stressed out lately. A lot of it has to do with our trip back to visit our families. With me being stressed my milk supply is not as big as it use to be. I would be able to pump after I fed Payton and have enough to store in the freezer. Now I'm lucky if I can get an ounce. I feel like part of the problem is that I didn't pump for 5 days when we were in Anchorage last month so now my body had to readjust to it. I know Payton is getting enough to eat since he is growing. I also know I shouldn't stress about not having enough to pump afterwards. It's also when I pump instead of feeding him. Payton gets 2 bottles a day so James can have some bonding time with him. Plus he normally eats somewhere around the time James' gets home from work. So James' feds him and then I can make dinner. Tuesday and Wednesday I drank roughly 4 gallons of water both days. I also made some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies since I read that oatmeal sometimes help. G

Ever since James and I moved to Bethel I have been making list after list. I make an Anchorage shopping list, a Bethel shopping list, cleaning list and whatever else I need a list for. Currently I am making a list for what we can spend when we visit our families for my sister's graduation and then my father-in-law's wedding. I can't help make a list. I am so forgetful especially after having Payton. I have to make a packing list. I'm making a grocery list for when I am Michigan since I am planning on making a few meals while I'm there. It's is extremely crazy.... Okay enough about lists. I'm sure you would rather hear about Payton. Payton will be 3 months on Thursday (May 16). He is getting big. He just went through a growth spurt last week. One day he was eating a lot and sleeping. He would fall asleep eating to where I couldn't even wake him up. Then he was laying on the floor talking and I looked at him and was like he has gotten big. He is a litt

James, Payton and I went into Anchorage last week for a conference  We got into town before we could check into our hotel. So we went to pick up the car that we had rented and went shopping. We got most of everything we needed in one store, which happened to be Target. I was so excited that we got to go there it made my day. I did also get to do my first public breastfeeding there too. Someone at church gave me a nursing apron about two weeks before our trip. That thing came in handy. Especially at the conference that was three days long. We meet a lot of new people and got to see people we hadn't seen in awhile. James' aunt and uncle were there as well. I really enjoy watching James' aunt with Payton and showing him off to people and telling them that he was her great nephew and that she held his daddy when he was that small. She also kept telling Payton that she looked like his grandma. James finally got his vacation hours. We will be in Michigan for my sister's gra

So the breastfeeding and the getting sleep has gotten better since the last time I wrote. This past weekend Payton only ate once in the middle of the night. He did wake up a couple of times between feedings, but I gave him his pacifier and he went right back to sleep. He has been getting a little fussy, but I think he might be starting the teething stage. He is drooling like crazy and gnawing on his hands when ever he can.  The Saturday before Easter a friend threw a baby shower for Payton which was really nice. He got a new Bible which is called The Big Picture Story Bible, so James has been reading that  to him most days. We also got a baby signing time video which is exciting. He also got a quilt that one of the ladies at church made. There were also clothes that were given.  James and I bought Payton two books off of Amazon with a gift card that was given to us at the shower. We bought him  "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" (we totally forgot that she die

This past week has been an emotional week for me. And it was all centered on one thing... breastfeeding. I'm gonna be honest I'm sorta getting tired of breastfeeding. I've been losing sleep (which I knew was gonna happen with a baby) but it would be nice if I could just wake James up and tell him to make a bottle and feed Payton so I can sleep. I hate that I'm the one that always has to get up in the middle of the night to feed Payton. Don't worry I'm just venting... Anyways I'm sore. Every joint in my body hurts. My back hurts. Our mattress is on the floor so it's hard to get out of bed sometimes. I'm pretty sure my back is out of place and that is probably some of the problem. I feel like I'm constantly getting out of bed after I feed Payton so I can give him his pacifier that he spits out. I'm pretty sure I only get an hour and half or less of sleep in between feeding at night. This has been my problem the whole week. I've been tempted