The Longest Weekend Ever!!

Last weekend was our weekend to see Emma, it was our turn to drive to Georgia. However we did ask Gaby if she would meet us in Tallahassee because she was suppose to bring Emma last month and didn't. Her excuse was that she didn't have a car because it's broken, which I'm sure it was last month because it's a  piece of hud!! However it is in the divorce agreement that it was her month and she failed to follow through, again. Anyways we ended up going all the way to Georgia which is about 7 1/2 hrs away so to drive there on a Friday then back to Mississippi then return on Sunday we spend all of our time with Emma in the car. So when we do go there we just rent a hotel, it get's spendy but it's the only way to get the most time with Emma. This time Wylie, Richard's dad, came with us. I was worried about all the traveling because I have not been doing well in the car since getting pregnant, and my worries were spot on!! The whole drive there I felt so sick and uncomfortable, I just wanted to get there!!!! We FINALLY get to Georgia around 8 p.m. and I was just so ready to get the heck out of that car!! For one I was uncomfortable, two....The Smell!!! Yes Wylie is Not ashamed to fart in front of me and being trapped in a car with him for 7 1/2 hrs was not pleasant!! He STUNK!!!! So whenever we get Emma Gaby likes to chat our ears off!! Sometimes I just want to say Gaby......WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOUR STUPID CRAP!!! But we are nice and we listen and nod our heads and make grunting noises to let her feel like we are still listening, sometimes she says things that we can use later so yes we just listen. This time it was all about how her car needs all these repairs and how her ex-boyfriend tried to screw her over with it and blah blah blah. I noticed that her car was sitting behind her house and I was wondering why it wasn't at a shop if it was needing fixed. So we finally left her trailer park and get to the hotel, I am just exhausted and want to go to bed. So backing up a little in the story, I had everything packed that morning and sitting next to the door to get loaded up. This included my bag, Richard's bag, my laptop bag, the portable dvd player and Emma's bag with her clothes, shoes and toys for the weekend. Before we left the house I grabbed my purse and said "Richard can you grab the bags and get them in the car?" He replied, "Why yes I can surely do that my wonderful wife, you just go sit in the car and relax. I got this covered." Ok so that wasn't his exact answer Lol but he said yes!! So imagine my surprise later when I find out that we are not only missing my laptop and the portable dvd player, which really isn't a big deal, but we are also missing Emma's bag. He did manage to load up my bag, his bag and his laptop. I was so angry!! I thought oh great now we have to leave Emma in the Hoochey outfit that we picked her up in!! He said that I never asked him to grab the other bags, and that he didn't see them.......Grrrrrrr they were in the pile with all the other bags and when oh when have we ever left without having Emma's Purple Barbie Bag?!?!?! So I was frustrated as we headed to Walmart to buy Emma some underwear, flip-flops (on sale for a $1 woohoo), a dress for Sunday and some shorts and t-shirt to play in. Then we just let her sleep in the Hoochey outfit since they were pretty much pajama's anyways. I just needed a good night's sleep to get past that day......HAHAHAHA like that was going to happen!!! So not only does Wylie fart, he also snores louder than I thought humanly possible!! I am a very light sleeper so I was awake most of the night!! I figure I got maybe 4 hrs of sleep, when we got up for the day I was already very, very cranky!!! Then I had the lovely morning sickness...Twice that morning!! I was exhausted, sick and cranky!! It was Not a good day at all. Then to make it all better Richard freaking had gas too!!! It was some of the Nastiness gas I have Ever Experienced!! And he had it by the truck load, he thought it was hilarious, I seriously was about ready to throw him out the window!!! I just wanted the day to be over so I could get sleep. We did go to Lowe's and got me some very good earplugs so I did actually sleep through the night. It was fantastic!!!! Sunday I was in  much better mood and well rested, as I was getting Emma ready for church I asked her if she went to pre-k on Friday, she said yes and I asked her who took her. She said her mom, so I asked how her mom took her and she told me in her green car, now this happens to be the car that is broken, so I said I thought the green car was broken. She said it was but now it's fixed, hmmmmmm that's interesting. After church we took her back to Gaby's at 1, we told her that is when we would be there, and she wasn't there oh and guess what, neither was the green car that is suppose to be broken and that was sitting in the back on friday. Hmmmmmmm very interesting!! Finally a half hour later Gaby show's up with a friend and was all "oh I didn't realize what time it was blah, blah blah!!" Apparently this friend is letting her use his SUV for the week so she can move, yes she is moving for the second time this year!! So this is our last trip to Georgia, from now on we will be going to Florida. Which is about a 15 min. longer drive than we already do!! So finally we start the long drive home and once again it was the same issues as the drive there!! I was oh so happy when we made it home! I wasn't feeling good so I went to bed only to wake up later that night sick!!! I have been sick all day today and I figure it was from all the traveling and all the fast food!! That is my last road trip for a while!! It should be the last time we have to go there anyways because next month is Gaby's month to bring her here then in Nov. and Dec. they are suppose to meet in Tallahassee for the Holiday's. So hopefully everything works out for the rest of the year how it's suppose to, we just hope that Gaby can get that dang car fixed!

Owen Burke Groves Coming Jan. 13th 2013

We were so excited the day we found out that we were pregnant!! Then came the dreaded waiting period for when we would tell our families, we waited until July when we went to Idaho to break the news. We played a game called Things to tell everyone, someone reads a question then everyone writes there answer and you have to guess who wrote what. So before we played me and Richard found a question that I could use to say I was pregnant, when it came to that question I wrote my answer but no one really got it. So when they guessed it was my answer I said "Yes, Yes I Am!!" They finally took it seriously, all except Maricella LOL she was a little behind. Then when we returned to Mississippi we told his family, I guess I'm just not good at announcing things because they didn't get it at first either. But eventually everyone found out and we were glad to have the secret out! I can't believe only a year ago I was single and living it up in Rexburg and now I'm married and pregnant, it's just Crazy!!

This is the first picture of our little man, he's so tiny!!

Yep that's a boy! Richard was so excited :)

His scrawny little arm!

20 Weeks!

Love my little man already 

As for being pregnant I will really have to forget about all the sickness or be really baby hungry to have another one anytime soon after. I have had constant morning sickness and in the beginning I was sick all day! Now it's usually just the mornings so it's not that bad but I still have my days when I just have to lay on the couch and hope I don't throw up :( The first time I felt him move it startled me and now he moves non-stop when he is awake. Richard was finally able to feel him move not to long ago and he just absolutely Loves it! Today I realized that I can now see him moving so it's freaking me out a little, it's slowly hitting me that there is something alive inside of me! Ahhh.....Can't wait for these next couple of months to go by so I can hold my little guy and love on him!!

Mississippi Life

Well I realize I haven't posted in a very long time and A Lot has happened. So I'm sitting at home all alone at home while Richard is at work and decided it was about time I did some updating! I'm just going to briefly tell what has been going on since the move to Mississippi.

Our Reception in Mississippi

Yes I realize that I am kinda weird but Richard loves me anyways, I'm so lucky I found him  :)

 Every third weekend we make the Long drive to Georgia to spend time with Emma. She is the most adorable little girl and I love being her step-mom! It's hard to find new things to do every weekend we're there but we try our hardest to have a good time with her while we can.

Having fun at the zoo!

All of us sitting on the turtle

 My mother-in-law has had two strokes so she's not really suppose to drive, it doesn't always stop her, but usually I become the driver. Anna, my best friend/sister-in-law had her wisdom teeth out while she was home. It was a fun time. I'm sure she appreciates me putting this picture up :)

Smile Anna!!

 So the house Richard bought is nice and big but it has a lot that needs to be done to it. When I moved in, Emma's stuff was in a corner of his room. We have three open bedrooms but they really needed to be fixed up. Project Time!! Even if Richard doesn't want a girly-girl, well I don't care I'm still painting her room pink. When my parents brought all my stuff to Mississippi the room got furnished with my old bedroom stuff. I think it turned out pretty darn cute! 

Emma seeing her room for the first time. She loves it and tells everyone she has a new pink room :)

All ready for church, she loves the popcorn song and the daddy song!

 Emma has never had her hair cut, because her mom refuses to cut it, you can seriously see all her baby hair at the end of her hair. It is very long and her mom usually keeps it down and ratty. I love putting it up and getting it out of her face for her, so whenever we have her I get to play with it and do all kinds of different things.

She loves all of her new hair flowers and doesn't let me  finish her hair without one in.

It turned out super cute!

At the gardens with Grand-mamma and Pop-pop

 We had to celebrate her birthday a month late because her mom wouldn't let us have her, even though it was our weekend. Very frustrating but woman in the south can pretty much get away with anything they want. It's ridiculous!! But we had fun when we finally got to have a party.

Daddy and the Birthday Girl in her new favorite tutu  that I made!

New stuffed animal from her favorite Uncle Weston!

Emma and he Tinkerbell cake!

Pretty Girl

 We also had to celebrate Easter late, but we made it a good time.

Searching for the eggs

Do you see all the eggs on the car, it took her a while to find them lol

What a haul! 

Today I took my mother-in-law to the dentist, she had to get three teeth pulled!! She was a little drugged and needed a ride home. While I was there I checked out our garden and I'm worried about our potatoes but our cucumbers and zucchini look awesome. I can't wait until they are ready, I really want some cucumbers in vinegar, Oh yumm it's making my mouth water just thinking about it. Mmmmmm well now I have to go find something to eat that will have to take the place of cucumbers. 

Happy Easter!!

Ok first things first, if you have never played the game Quelf then I want you to get in your car right now,........go on get in your car, drive to the nearest store,........are you driving yet, and Buy this game!!! It is So Much FUN!!! Especially if you are with your family and you're not afraid to act a little stupid. Ok so by now you should be back home with the game so now you need to play it........Seriously play it now, it's ok I can wait till your done.

So you're done playing, good wasn't it Amazing!! Yeah I knew it would be. Alright so here's what happened on Easter in the Jacobson household!! We went to General Conference then went back to my parents for a delicious dinner and a fun Easter Egg hunt. I was the only one missing an egg by the end so if one is found it's mine!! After the egg hunt and after we went through all our loot, some of us played Quelf, the best game ever, here are some of the great things we had to do.

I had to wear a belt, Laura's belt, on my head for most of the game!!!

Ty had to make a mask and wear it, lol it was pretty scary!!

Ty also had to bellydance hahaha :) He was pretty good at it!! heehee

Oh how cute!! Matt and Brandon had to dance like they were at prom. Precious :)

So lately I've been attempting to make different cupcakes. I'm going to try and document what I do so here it goes. I started out with a simple chocolate fudge cake mix and added some raspberry extract. I then filled them with a cream filling, which after much experimenting with it, I have found the perfect filling!!! They tasted amazing!!

Before........

After!!! I took some to work and they asked me if I bought them. I said no I made them, they told me that they taste better than the ones at Cocoa Bean!! That kinda made my day :)

These are the ones I made for my family. I have to admit that the first batch, which I tried with a new recipe, Did Not turn out good at all!!! lol but I guess that's just part of the process. Things will fail. I used a different recipe and went from there. They turned out pretty good :)

I also made chocolate covered marshmallow easter eggs. This was my first time making these and they turned out good, just a couple set backs like the chocolate getting to hot after a while and it was melting my eggs. lol but all in all they turned out great for a first attempt. This week my roommate want me to help her make a cake for her friend using fondant. I'm way excited, I've always wanted to play with fondant. So I'll let you know how that one turns out.

Home sick so time to update :)

Well I've been pretty busy lately and haven't had a chance to blog, but today I'm home with strep throat so I figured this was my chance to update everything. I started my job at The Medicine Shoppe and I love it!! I was pretty nervous starting out and just hoped that I wouldn't mess up to bad. I know have the cash register down and have moved on to filling prescriptions, this made me super nervous because these go to people and what if I mess up and are they sure I should be doing this Ahhhhhhh Yeah I freaked out a little but so far everything has been going good. Right now I'm doing a little program to become a pharmacy technician. I figure this would be a good career so even if I don't go back to school this will be something I can always do.

So I have been living in my little apartment with one other girl, Lindsey, and we get along great and we each had our own room and it was just the perfect size for two people...... well this didn't last. A couple days ago I got a call from Paul, my landlord, saying another girl was moving in and she, well her parents, were paying for her to have her own room so me and Lindsey had to move in together. So first of all we weren't happy about that. Then she moved in and Paul catered to her every need. Now we've had problems in the past trying to get Paul to fix stuff, like our garbage disposal, but for Karen he put up curtains and put a new door handle on her door that locks with a key!!! SERIOUSLY!!! Wow Karen way to be untrusting of us before you get to know us, that's awsome!! Oh and when she introduced herself to us she said "Hi, I'm Karen and I live next door."................WHAT?!?! No you live next wall!! Then she makes comments to her friends basically that this is her place and we are just lucky to be living here at all. Really Karen, I've been here 7 months Grrrrrrrrr......Hopefully it gets better because right now me and Lindsey are just frustrated!!

Updates...

I realized I haven't posted in a couple of months so I updated with 4 new posts. Just a couple things that's been going on here in Rexburg. One last thing that I want to rant about for a minute. So as you all know I've been looking for a job for a Very long time. A couple weeks ago I finally got a job at The Medicine Shoppe and I was so excited and thankful. He told me I couldn't start until I got a background check done, because working at a pharmacy they have to make sure I'm not going to take advantage of it. He gave me the pack of papers I had to fill out and the card to take to the police station to get my fingerprints done. I got this at 2:30pm on Tuesday. He said he would like me to get it back to him before 5 so he could send it that day because it will take 2-3 weeks to get done. So I first went to the police station to get the fingerprints done. They were releasing someone that day so everyone was busy and I had to wait. Finally at 3:45 I was done with that. Then I filled out the paperwork and it said I needed to signatures from reputable business people and a copy of my diploma. This was a problem!! I called my mom and we figured out to have her fax a copy of my diploma to my uncle at work, then he signed one spot for the business people and he got his boss to sign the other one. I was so relieved, I rushed back to The Medicine Shoppe and got it back to him by 4:30. He then said he would get it mailed first thing tomorrow..........WHAT??!! I just rushed all around town to get this done before 5 and you're not mailing it today!! Grrr whatever as long as it's done that's fine!! So here I was thinking all was good and that I would be starting soon......Oh I was wrong!! Friday morning I get a call from my boss-to-be and he said "you brought in your paperwork on tues. right? Well I lost them." WHAT??!! You gotta be kidding me, they haven't been sent yet and you lost them!!! He called me later and said he found them and he mailed them. Well that's just great but now I have to wait even longer before I can start. Don't get me wrong I'm So, So, So grateful to get this job but it's so frustrating that I'm running out of money and me starting keeps getting delayed!! Grrrrrrr.........ok just wanted to get that out and it feels good. Thanks for listening sorry if it was boring and whiny. Enjoy the rest of my posts :)

Typical Sunday in Rexburg....

So we have 4 guys who are our neighbors and sometimes we will go over and hang out with them because they have the big house and me and Lindsey just have the small one. Well on sunday some of them decided to pay us a visit. They came over with rootbeer bottles that looked like beer bottles just to freak us out, then they decided to show us just how strong they were by tearing our phone books in half. That was fine until they decided to start throwing it all over the place. It continued to get smaller and more of a mess.

Devin with his rootbeer chillin in the mess!!

It took about 8 try's to finally get a good picture of us throwing it all in the air lol

The guys said they would clean it up......

Devin was just like a kid in a big pile of leaves...

They cleaned by putting it in..........

Our fridge...

Our cupboards...

Our stove (kinda a fire hazard)...

And our bedrooms!!

After we kicked the guys out we cleaned it ourselves......

Then we just had to play in it :)

We decided to get back at the guys by giving it all back to them. We put tinfoil in front of there laundryroom door and filled it with the paper so when they opened the door it would spill into there house. It was easy to do because our houses are connected through the laundry room so we didn't have to stand outside and risk them catching us.

We are very sneaky!! :)

It was Very Loud and we were afraid they would hear it and come see what was going on so we turned on the dryer, which is pretty much the loudest monster ever, and nobody wants to be in there while it's on.

Lindsey filling the tinfoil!!

Our finished product, now all we have to do is wait for them to open the door.

Later, after they opened the door, they tried to get into our house and get back but we locked our doors :) so they just left all if the paper in the laundry room. Later that night they were all gone so we broke into there house and put the paper in there beds. We forgot to lock our front door and when they got home they came running in, screaming, with arm fulls of paper and they threw it in our rooms again. We finally just threw it all away but it was such a fun day!! :)