2 years!

Tyson and I celebrated our 2nd Anniversary on Monday!

I can't believe we've only been married for 2 years.

I feel like we've just always been together.

It's weird to think about life when we weren't together.

I feel like that was all just a really bad dream.

Since we just barely bought a house,

we're a little tight on money.

SO,

we decided to just spend the day together...

and seriously it was so fun!

Tyson and I haven't had that much time together for a really really long time.

I hardly even get to see him anymore since he's always either working or going to school.

So this really was such a good day.

We were up watching "24" late the night before,

and at almost exactly midnight (just a few minutes after),

Tyson was like "Andee. Happy Anniversary".

I just thought it was cute that he paid attention and noticed!

When we woke up that morning it was just kind of relaxed.

We got to sleep in (As late as Kali would let us),

and then we got ready and brought Kali to my parents to hang out for the day.

Then...we headed over to talk to a recruiter with the National Guard.

Ahem.

yes. you read that correctly.

Since before we even were married,

Tyson has been talking about joining the military.

He's wanted to join for SO LONG...

but I've been against it.

I'm sorry but being a military wife hasn't really ever been something I've dreamed of...

but these late couple of month Tyson has seriously not stopped talking about it.

He's going to school for HVAC,

but he just doesn't know if that's what he wants to do forever.

and he doesnt' feel like he's progressing very much.

He's been so stuck on joining that I can't keep saying no.

It's messed up.

He's the one providing for our family and I feel like it's messed up to refuse to agree with him doing something that he'll actually love...so (after shedding some tears) I finally gave in a couple of weeks ago...but I wanted to go with him to speak with the recruiter because I had some questions.

We went on our Anniversary because it was the only free time Tyson could find...

and when we left, Tyson was in the process of joinig.

He's seriously so excited!

I've never seen him so excited about a job.

So as long as I look at the bright side....

I'll be able to deal with it.

I know that he'll be happy.

After Tyson joined the Army,

we went to lunch at the Olive Garden.

Then we saw the movie "Brave"

such a cute movie btw. I highly recommend it.

Afterwards,

We decided to begin a new tradition.

since we were tight on money we decided not to get each other a big gift.

Instead,

we were going to pick a store and find something in that store that reminds us of what we're experiencing that year.

So we're doing this every year from now on.

no need get buy each other an extravagant gift.

That's what Valentines day, birthdays and all of those other holidays are for ;)

We chose Hobby Lobby as our store.

It was so fun to look around...

and then I found it.

 

Perfect right?

a little Army guy.

Here was Tysons gift to me:

 

He said that he got me these because 

He smiles every time he thinks about us and the family we're creating

Marrying me was a dream come true

and he's excited to soar through the rest of eternity together :)

They weren't colored yet obviously,

so we went to a park bench and colored them together.

haha.

This was seriously the most simple day together,

but it was so much fun! 

Cheapest Anniversary Date EVER! 

I'm so glad I'm married to my soul mate.

There was a time in my life that I truly thought I'd never find him.

Little did I know...

he was right in front of my face!

and now we get to spend forever together.

I love you Tyson <3

Kalista is 15 months old!

I know I missed last month!

We've been super busy moving and all!

So I'll try to add everything to this post!

 

At 15 months

-She says more and more everyday. As of today she can say "Uh oh" "Dada" "No" "Nice" "baba (for milk)" and she will say "mama" only if she wants me to hold her!

- she'll sign more, milk and all done...sometimes...when she's in the mood! haha

-She'll show us where her nose is..but only if we ask her when she's not focused on something else

- She says "hoo hoo" When we ask her to tell us what a monkey says

- She's PRO at giving hugs and kisses

-Whenever we ask her to give us a hug she'll give us a hug and then go "ooh" [because that's what we do whenever we she gives us one.]

 

 

-She loves to play chase. If I say "I'm gonna get you" She'll take off running as fast as she can.

-She'll give the cheesiest smile...especially if she knows she's getting all of the attention

-She'll speak really fast in gibberish and just go on and on...it's very apparant she's telling us a story.

- Sometimes she'll speak gibberish and then laugh at the end like she's saying something funny

-Whenever there's some sort of sitcom on TV, she'll attempt to laugh everytime the 'audience' does.

-She LOVES music still and will try to sing along when we sing

-She is obsessed with books. She'd choose a book over any toy any day.

-She's becoming a picky eater...which I was hoping wouldn't happen. haha

 

- She loves to clean up and 'organize'...She is always finding something that I've cleaned, makes a mess of it and then cleans it up the way she wants it. It's so cute!

 

 

-She waves bye bye whenever someone says bye, or she knows we're going bye bye

-She LOVES to go outside and waves bye bye and goes to the door when she wants to be outside

 

-She'll play upstairs in her room for hours on end as long as I have all of the other doors closed.

-She is officially off bottles and has replaced going to bed with a bottle, to going to bed with a book!

-She's a definite morning person and wakes up talking and playing

-She only takes 1 nap a day now instead of 2 :(

-She's beginning to throw temper tantrums

-She has the most hilarious fake cry lately that I've ever heard. She'll open her mouth and make the fakest sound ever

-She loves water. She loves to swim, play at the splash pad, sit in the bath or play with the faucet.

 

-I still constantly worry about her. Seriously I'm checking on her like 20 times every night.

-I'm still addicted to her and I don't think it's going to change for a LONG time!

 

-We're like best friends and even though I'm not important when Daddy gets home, during the day...we have so much fun together. I LOVE being a mommy!