Jakes Birthday:)

Well, Today is Jakes birthday so i thought i better at least post something to tell everyone how grateful i am to have such an amazing husband:) Jake is most definatly one of the most compassionate, honest, and wonderful people I know, and i am very proud to have him as my husband and my best friend! I am so blessed that he was raised by wonderful parents who made him the man he is today! So I guess I have Bill and Linda to thank for that :) Jake, I love you so much and am so grateful for everything you do for me and our family:) Guess that means LeeRoy and Dolly til the baby is born:) You are such a great example to me and will be for our son:) So people... Here is to another wonderful year for Jacob Lee Saxton with many more things to come!

We went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner:) It was delicioius! Here's the birthday boy with his ribs!

A few weeks ago the office manager at Jakes office called me and told me that they were going to have a suprise birthday party for Jake! I was so excited to have a secret from Jake! haha, and he had NO idea! Well i walk in to give him his lunch that he forgot at home and he says,"oh you brought my lunches, thanks! but im going into a meeting so i gotta go.." so i was like,"i know! go ahead!" so i follow him into the break room and it was a fake out! It was a birthday/ BABY SHOWER for us! Sadly, I forgot my camera:( But,it was the sweetest thing! They had decorations and presents, and cake:) and lunch! It was so great! It makes me and especially Jake really happy to know that he works with such great and welcoming people! So to all yall at the Dental Corner, THANKS! Yall are wonderful!

This is just a picture of the dogs to show how big Dolly is getting! Shes the sweetest little thing and is so snuggly.. I love her.

And here is a new picture of me at 35 weeks! Just a few more to go!!

Well, next week i plan on posting a lot, my Dad is coming into town and we are getting into the house so hopefully we will get lots of pix and have a better update for yall! See Ya!!

My husband, the rescue!

OK! So just a few minutes ago Jake was outside with the dog when he runs in the house and is scrambling around to find the branch trimmer thingies... "There's a bird with string all wrapped around it, and its stuck on the tree!" Yes, THE tree because we are in Kansas and the only trees we have are about 10 feet tall that are planted! lol, anyhow we run out side and this is what we see!

Poor bird! He was all kinds of twisted in that string!

Then Jake clipped the branch out so we could try to get him out!

Then Jake clipped all the string off the poor little bird...

Then I thought the bird was dead! :(

Then I poked him with a stick and he flew away into another tree!! YAYY! (this pic is upside down, it wouldnt rotate and im too tired to try, lol)

My man! He has the best heart of anyone i know:)

This is just a sweet picture of my first day back with the dogs, they laid on me ALL DAY! they missed me:)

My Last Trip Childless!

So this past week I was able to go home to visit my family for the last time before the baby comes! Katie and my mom threw me an AWESOME shower! AND Amy, Derick, Kurtis and Sarah came to suprise me too! It was so great to have them all there visiting, I was bummed that Jake couldn't be there to join in on the fun (as well as Ryan and his family) but we had such a great time!! I did all of my favorite things which usually includes eating something, haha. I had Chick-Fil-A twice while I was there, a hot dog and a DC from Price Club (or Costco as the rest of the world calls it) and delicious doughnuts from Ukrops:) Yumm Yumm YUM!! We had such a great turn out for the shower! We fit 50 people in our house! If Katie knows how to do something its throwin a GREAT party! Our house was full of great friends and great family, and tons of laughter. I am so glad everyone who came could make it!! It was so great to see everyone! While I was home it was also Kates birthday! big 27 baby!!! we had fun going to El Paso and having ice cream painted on katies face... and up her nose:) hahaha. We played the Wii and Amys competitive face returned! Amy is probably the funniest person to watch play games, especially on the Wii! She is so hard core... Dont worry, im posting a video:) So all in all, it was a blast, and I pretty much have the best family in the world:)

Kate and Nan sharing pizza at Price Club

Me enjoying my hot dog and DC next to Nan:)

Sisters plus Kurtis before the shower!

Me and Lindz at the shower! Belly to belly:) lol

Kurtis lovin on Sarah, so cute!

GG and Sarah:)

Kurtis taking bark off the tree. He got a little splinter in the process but took it like a champ.

Birthday dinner for Kate at El Paso:) YUMMM

Our waiter getting the fried ice cream ALL OVER Katie. Don't let her tell you any different.. she loved every second of it! Even the red sprinkle up her nose:)

AFTER! I made her take a picture with me, and then my memory card was full... so she had to wait to wipe her face off til I could make more space on the camera LOL

Am, D, and Sarah at El Paso, Kurtis sis NOT want to be in a picture, lol

Katie rockin Moms Solar shields, bahaha so great!

Katie blowing out her imaginary candles, cuz i didnt see the text to pick up candles... my bad! LUFF YOU!!

Derick and Sarah outside!

Kurtis drawing hop scotch and more outside!

Katies new birthday dress from me and Jake. This dress is SO Kate and she looks awesome in it! Love it:)

The Easter Bunny also came early to give Kurtis a scavenger hunt while Aunt Jax was home. It led him to the Alvin and the Chipmunks Squeakquel, where there was a clue for daddy too! Derick was then led to his new Ipod touch! What a kind Easter Bunny to do this early so Aunt Jackie could be a part of the fun!! I LOVE SCAVENGER HUNTS! haha

Mom, Sarah, and me before dinner:)

After all of my fun I was really excited to get home and see my husband! A few weeks ago I was eating my DSO's (Double Stuffed Oreo's for all you non-gholson speakers, lol) and I told Jake, "Probably someone should make a container like this but just have Reeses Peanut Butter Cups all lined up inside!"

One of my MANY random thoughts... But when we got home from the airport he says, "you want and oreo?" Me being me, I said" "of course!" he grabs the bag and pulls open the seal and BAM!

Yep, you said it, my husband is the man!

Well...That about wraps up my latest and greatest... See ya next time!

When is it Spring again?!

Well, not too much has been happening around here! Jake is keepin busy with work and i am still waitin on this baby to be ready to come, lol. Im gettin a little bigger everyday and the baby is getting more and more active! I swear you'd think he was havin a party in there or something!I remember when Amy was pregnant with Kurtis we used to joke that she had the baby Hulk in her belly, but i swear, i have the baby Hulk 2 in mine! He is so crazy! Im still working on his blanket, ill post a picture of that when i get back from VA at the end of March. (Moms gonna help me with the trim. I could probably do it myself but its way more fun to do stuff with my mom! ) We have a doctors appt in two weeks with another ultrasound and then we start going every two weeks! I feel like its going by so fast now! Its crazy to think we are actually going to have a REAL LIVE BABY soon! We cant wait to meet him and to see what he's gonna look like, and what his little personality will be like, and all that other stuff!

Lets see.. oh! the olympics ended, FINALLY! You can call me whatever you want, but i was so over watching the same events over and over EVERYNIGHT! omg, and how annoying is Lindsey Vonn?! If you mess up on a race, just say hey.. that really sucks that i fell.. not " oh, well i had a hurt shin, and then i broke my finger, and then i fell this morning while i was trying to figure skate, blah blah BLAH!" So yes, needless to say, i am glad those are gone and that the Biggest Loser can return:)

The thing that takes up most of our time is playing with our dogs Leeroy and Dolly. Jake asked me last night why i havent updated the blog, and i told him... we haven't really had anything to blog about have we?! haha, but he quickly reminded me that we had a video to post of Leeroy chasing the geese by the pond we have here, lol. He's so proud... For those of you who don't know Jake well, he LOVES the Dog Whisperer, and Jake is quite the dog whisperer himself! Ceasar says, (please read the following with a mexican accent) " Every dog must have a job, so that they feel a sense of pride and accomplishment." So Jake set out to find Leeroy a job, and he found one! haha, everytime we go outside, Leeroy knows if he is good on the walk that he will get to "herd" the geese back into the pond. Dolly doesn't have a job yet, but she is doing a great job with her training! She can sit and waits when she is told to wait... She does a good job following Leeroys lead, and she so stinkin cute! The potty training is comin along, hopefully she'll be pretty much there by the time the baby comes! Anyhow, here are some pictures for your enjoyment!



And here is Leeroy and his Geese:) And Jake being so proud! haha

They love eachother so much:) "She's the best thing that ever happen to Leeroy" as Jake says, lol

Heres Dolly! She jumped off the couch and on to Jakes back while Jake was playing with Leeroy. So cute...

Here's Dolly trying to snuggle with me when i was working on the babys blanket, i had to fold it up so she didnt get snags all over it...

This is the last pedicure I'll be able to give myself until after the baby comes. A task that usually takes a few minutes took FOOORRRREEEVVVVVEEERRR! It was actually pretty funny if you were watching. I should've taped that to put on here.

Heres me at 27 weeks, I think im bigger then the last picture... What do you think?!

WELL THATS ALL!! until next time...:)

Here's A Few To Catch Ya'll Up!

So I am attempting to catch everybody up, and try to be a better blogger... This is our trip to VA for Christmas. It was kind of weird without Amy and Ryan (and their families..) but, we had a blast with Mom, Dad, and Katie at the house! And of course the holiday season was beautiful with all the snow! We had a white Christmas for the first time in... I don't even know how long!! We did the usual, Brunswick Stew tradition:) It was my first year participating in the WHOLE experience! Jake had no idea all the work that went into it, haha. It is not just a one day deal, but it was awesome doing it with Katie, Dad, and of course, Nan! Here are some pictures of the Stew making!

This is us pickin chickens and beef:) Katie got a little sad when it got down to the ribs, haha
We found a sharp bone that looked like "Scars toothpick" from the Lion King.. Here's Kates impression :)

After pickin chickens we went home to do some shoppin and had a snowball fight! Thanks Kate:)

Day 2 of the stew making!!! This is a picture of us in the garage. Yes, you make the stew in the garage... It aint moonshine! Don't judge! haha Good thing i had Poppa's stadium jacket to keep me warm! haha

Jakes first stew experience!! This is the ore we use to stir:)

You cant make stew without a few Diet Cokes in hand! Gholson tradition:) For those of you who know me its one of my favorite traditions! haha

Here's Katie stirrin!

Me making cake balls:) Mmmm... I could definatly go for some of those right now!

This is me at about 18 weeks. Ignore my busted face.. I was gettin ready!

Me and Kates Christmas nails!!!!! Ready for our Christmas Eve party at Nans!!

Jake and Brian with baby James! We were SO glad B & B came to join us for Christmas Eve!

Brittany with Me and Kate chattin like we do best!

When we got home that night we decided since there were no kids.. we could open our gifts whenever we wanted!! haha, it all began with a scavenger hunt for Katie and Dad! .. and ended with and brand new WII!! along with the Wii Fit Plus! dad got Tiger golf and Katie got Jillian Michaels! We had a blast playing all together! FUN!!

Jake got a little Mad Gab and Tim for Christmas! (After he told me Christmas eve that we sould just get something small for eachother... after we had decided not to get anything cuz we got a new laptop... so i had to scramble last minute to buy him something! lol, sooo jake)

The reason Jake decided that we should get eachother something... because he wanted to get me these GREAT boots! I love them!!

Us playing on the Wii! I will soon post video of mom doin the hoola hoop! haha, its PERFECT!

Leeroy and Dolly aka Ms. Peebody (the newest addition to our family.) She is SO sweet and her and Leeroy totally love eachother! They play ALL DAY!

Heres Dolly watchin Jake brush his teeth.

This is me at 24 weeks!

Well! Theres a little update! I am really gonna be better at makin updates on here for yall!! Hope everybodys doing great!