Wow it's been almost two months since I last wrote. Time really does fly by. I have finally completed this fall semester. It was a hard and crazy 4 months. I have now realized that I can no longer be a full time student. I just can't quit, even if it takes me years, just keep going and ill get there someday. The kids are doing great, we had our first Thanksgiving in our home and it was a lot of fun. The left overs are also great. We let Jacob use a champagne glass and he was so excited about it. It was the only glass he would drink from for days. Happy Holidays.

4 months today

Four Months has gone by so quick, JuliAnne is now laughing, rolling over, holding her head up, making funny noises and reaching for her toys and mommy's hair. I wish we were closer to family, so you guys could enjoy our precious children growing up. :( hopefully this video will make you guys feel closer to us and part of these wonderful memories.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We thought JuliAnne was small enough to fit in a pumpkin
My Candy!

Our Little group. There is 2 More kids missing, it was impossible to get a group pic
AHHH!
I'M Ready!

Trick Or Treat!

Jacob and his chicken friend Brynlee

Halloween was so much fun this year. We had so many First timers, there was madison who is 4 weeks, JuliAnne 4Months, Shay 7 Months, and Olivia 11Months. Lots of babies! Jacob wasn't to intersted this year in carving pumpkins, but Trick or treating he was a pro this year. Its crazy that this was jacobs 3rd Halloween. where did the time go? Jacob was running from house to house, he was always 1 to 2 houses ahead of the group. Last year he had to look at every piece some one gave him before he proceeded, but not this year he knew there was more candy to get at the next door. The only thing we need to work on is the door bell ringing. He would keep pushing the button until somone came to the door. Jacob was of course Tigger his new favorite thing in the world and he loves to bounce, he did that for a while to, bounce from door to door. Our little JuliAnne was a Ballerina, Jonathon dressed up as a cowboy and i was a devil. I Hope all of you had a wonderful safe Halloween.

The dogs enjoyed their time in the house during the storm. I was even brave enough to let them sleep in my house too.

I think I'm going to hold off on buying a trampoline.

This is our highway 67 in between the base and the First Cabot exit. so crazy.

Who's sick of the rain, say I!

It feels like it has been raining forever. I finally let my dogs sleep inside last night, i felt so bad for them. My neighbors trampoline will not see another storm. I've lost count of how many times that expensive toy has flown over the fence. But it is finally bent in half. Early this morning i had a doctors appointment. It usually takes me about 40 min to get there, but today it was an hour and a half of dead stop traffic because of the flooding. Finally i was getting ready to get off the freeway, "yea I'm almost there" And then bam my head hits the steering wheel. Somebody ran into my new beautiful SUV. I looked out the rear view mirror and their car looked so bad, i wish i would of took a picture of it. I first call my husband, because its a weakness of mine to let people go. which i probably would of done this time too, if he didn't show up. Thank you Heavenly Father that no one was injured. My vehicle had a little crack in the bumper that i didn't even notice til Jonathon came and some damage to the hitch. I blame the rain. Now me and this lady are standing outside of our vehicles in the pouring rain. I don't blame her, I was lucky enough to make it into town without wrecking, i could barely see the car in front of me. Rain is good, to a point. then after a week strait. i feel like praying for the man up stairs to turn it off, so my kids can go play outside. These are the times when i miss Arizona, the sun is still shining when the rain is pouring, it's still warm enough to play outside when it rains and it only lasts a couple hours, maybe. I finally found my trash can yea, it was across the highway three houses down. sorry for walking in your front yard, I just need my trash can, thank you. lol. made a new friend.

I Love Halloween!

I love dressing up as a kid, now I get to dress up my kids. Circle of life! Heck I still love dressing up.

while shopping at Sams Club the other day, Jacob saw this huge Mickey Mouse and he wanted it so much. I thought it was so cool as well but i was aslo thinking what on earth would i do with this huge mickey mouse. Its bigger than his bed. So i decided to look at the price. Wow $80 thats crazy, than another thought came across my mind what if money was no object. Im not saying i want to be rich, but if money where no object where would i be living right now. I honestly don't know where My family would be. I know i am blessed for what we do have, but sometimes i would love to just do something crazy and buy a 5 ft mickey mouse. After pondering the thought Im glad Im on a budget, because when I do get to splurge I appreciate it so much more. But the thought is still pestering me, where are we suppose to raise our family. I hate that we don't have a set plan, for when we get out of the military.

I know some may think I'm silly. But im so excited, I didn't think the tummy time was paying off cause all she did was sleep. Until today when i put her down and pop the head came up. i couldn't run fast enough to get my camera, video camera, and cell phone. luckily she kept her head up long enough to get the moment documented. I am so blessed to be a stay at home mom, i would of hate to miss this moment.

Look What I can do!!

I asked my friend Katie when she put her baby in the bimbo and she said 3 months. so then i decided to see if Julianne was big enough, not thinking she was. to my surprise she is. she still looks to small to be in it. ill just keep telling myself that.
of course Jacob has to do it too. they are so funny together.

We got another dog!!!

Ill take you back 7 months ago. Sariah was so small. its sad how fast she grew.
And now shes huge and we felt she needed a friend that she could rough house with.

A lady in Cabot was giving away pixie, she is so sweet. Jacob was showing her around the house


Its weird having two dogs. I never thought sariah was spoiled, but now i know she was. she wants all the bones and she wasn't to happy about having to share her dad. I hope they become friends.

Two Months Has Flown By

Ever since I've started school I have been slacking on all kinds of things like updating my blog. The kids are asleep tons of homework could be done, but it will be there tomorrow. My babies are growing up so fast. Jacob is trying to be a good big brother and he is. Life goes by to quick, So my advise to everyone and myself keep up on your journal writing. reading old journal entries is so much fun and I can remember a memory so much more. Even when i read back to a normal day 5 years ago.

JuliAnne's 2 Month shots.

Her first ones since the hospital.
Can you feel her pain.

Military Ball

It was so much fun to get dressed up, it almost felt like the Prom in High school except 100 times better since it was with my eternal companion. The night was perfect thank you sarah longeway for watching my kids. It felt so good to be young again, dancing and laughing with friends all night and coming home to a quiet home with kids all tucked into their beds. We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends here in arkansas.

Going to Arizona!

I am so excited about going home to Arizona to visit. we are leaving very early tomorrow morning and we have decided to make it a family road trip. I know were crazy driving,especially with a newborn and a 2year old, but hopefully Jonathon and I can make it a fun trip for them. I think what is so exciting about this trip is that it is going to be the first time my family is going to meet the newest member of the family. She has grown so much in one month, I wish sometimes that i could go back and enjoy those days when Jacob was small. It's funny how much of a rush I was in with my first to see him crawl, then walk, talk more. I have now learned to just enjoy them while their young and when their parents are everything to them.

To be honest sometimes I go back and forth about going to school, because i don't won't to be away from them at all. I Know a education is important and its harder to go back once you stop. But it breaks my heart that i can't give all my time to them and be the fun mom i always imagined me being. I tell myself i only have a year left, but they grow so fast in a year. But my kids are my motivation, I want to give them every opportunity in the world and set an example that an education is very important and it can be done while raising a family. There are so many things in this world I have a passion to learn about. I would love to learn more about photography. I took all of these pictures myself and it was fun. I would love to be able to learn to play the piano and it would be so much fun to take swing dance lessons with my husband. But I know the time will come when are children won't be small anymore and they won't care about hanging out with mom and dad every minute of the day. I know parents think its a pain when their kids cry when you try to leave them with a babysitter, but my new look on life is enjoy your kids wanting you to always be with them.

Count Your Blessings

We recently had a pretty bad storm hit my area, our little family was very blessed this time with are saftey and no damage to our home. Last time we had a section of our fence ripped off. This time it seem the damage was all around us. Our neighbors trampoiline flew over there fence and wrapped around an electric pole. What is really shocking to me is when i drive down the road and see trees that have been around for longer than me and they are ripped out of the ground and thrown like a paper airplane.

This house is my other neighbors house, their fence is connected to mine and three 6 foot sections are gone. For any of you that have had to replace fence, its not the cheapest thing in the world. I am so thankful for my heavenly father keeping my family,home, and our dog safe during these storms, when they were right outside our door.

My Life Has Changed

Being a mother is not easy, being a mother of 2 is even harder. I take my hat off to the mothers out there with two babies in diapers. No matter How hectic the day is, I love my Life. and when i step back and look at pictures, The day doesn't seem bad at all.
Learning experience this week: don't try to take family pictures when a child is sick with an ear infection. we went to the old mill in arkansas to take family pictures. my sis steph took over 200 pics and these are the best ones i could post. lol jacob was sick and didn't want to participate at all. but up side stephanie and andrews pictures turned out perfectwhenever jacob is sick all he wants is to be held and sleep in mom and dads bed every night.

Jonathon is a pro at taking care of two kids already.

our little family

Sad story i was going to upload my photos from my camera onto my page, Jonathon's birthday and new baby pics, 4th of July and so on. but i have been a slacker and waited. so back to the point of my sad story, i was messing with my new camera and i accidentally clicked on format and for any of you that understand that concept which i didn't and it deleted all my pictures. I started balling immediately and Jonathon couldn't get me to stop for hours. so i am sorry but these are the pics from my cell phone. Good news though there is hope for my lost pictures, the geek squad said they could recover my photos but it would take weeks for them to have it done for me. So yea but still sad. i hope everyone enjoys the pics.

This is JuliAnne Sue Lewis, 6.5 lbs, 19 3/4 in long and a 13 1/4in head
Born July 2 @ 2 :39pm Jacob was attached at first sight. He wanted to hold her right away
Jacob calls her sister

we just love to stare at her and try to figure out who she looks like.

Already a daddy's girl

Sometimes ill pump just so Jacob can feel like my big helper. He loves to feed her even if she is not hungry sometimes.