Big Promotion:Rylee is being promoted to BIG sister!

Yes!! It's true, Burns baby #2 is due August 19th  :)  and it's a BOY! We were able to find out at 14 weeks that IT was in fact a HE. We are now at 20 weeks...halfway done and really excited to see the little Prince. Ry is super duper excited, don't think she knows what's really coming but, do know that she's the best baby shopping/onesie picker outer ever!

What else is new in the Burns household? Well..Eric got a new job on Friday!! He has worked at his current job for a long time but, has had the exciting opportunity to move onto better things :)

I feel so blessed to have such wonderful things happening in our lives. :) will keep posting to brag about all the baby stuff I am getting ready since apparently I am now in GETTING READY FOR BABY #2 MODE

Not so good blogger :(

I wish I could just do good at blogging but, ever since I went from working in an office to doing daycare at home, it just doesn't happen. I just installed an app on my phone for Blogger so, hopefully I can stay on top of it!

   Rylee is now 17 MONTHS! Can you believe it?! We sure can't! The time has FLEW by so fast but, has been the absolutely best year and 5 months of my life. Our daughter is the most beautiful, even-tempered, happy, well mannered child ever. She doesn't cry over rarely anything but, hates when Daddy leaves for work. She plays well with other kids besides the occasional sharing issues. She says Daddy, Mommy, Grandma, Grandpa, Papa, Rylee, please, thank you, up, down, doggie, Lucy, some of her friend names, cookie, cracker, and a bunch other words..so fun! She even says poo-poo when she does! My next goal is potty training her in the next couple months as she seems almost ready! She is everything I could of ever asked for..ever..best thing is...

SHE'S GONNA BE A BIG SISTER!!

Yep! That's right Burns baby #2 is cookin' in the oven!  I go this Wednesday to get an ultrasound to find out my estimated due date/how far along I am!! According to our calculations, we are due on or a couple days to a week after Rylee's 2nd birthday! Great! 2 birthdays within a week of each other...what were we thinking??! LOL totally kidding..we are SO SO SO super excited about the new (hopefully BOY) addition to our family & hope it's as easy of a ride as our first!

There's a little update. Hope you enjoyed!  :)

a better me...

I have decided that I need to be a better me. I have things I would like to do & goals that I would like to achieve...I am pretty much being a slacker.hmph. So here's to being a better me. well besides the weight thing, that can wait 'til next week. (this mountain dew tastes too good for me to start eating healthier!)

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no more buns

now that my hair is long enough to pull in a ponytail I have this 'get up late & pull my hair up' type of mentality lately. I want to start doing my hair more..I bet Eric gets sick of seeing it the same way every day.

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doing laundrytomorrow

my arch enemy. the scum between my toes. I HATE HATE HATE laundry. I have such a hard time getting myself to do it. I've said over & over again that I will do it as it comes..say...every day? every other day? nope! still...there.. in my laundry room sits a pile of clothes that will pile until there is no more clothes left to wear. I will then take a WHOLE day to wash & fold laundry ugh. I need to better myself.

 

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here pig..pig..pig

ah! scary! (well atleast that's what I say when looking at myself in the mirror) I seriously..need to lose my weight..fat....Tina the talking tummy..baby weight from 9 months ago..need I say more. I feel, um...yucky about myself. I hate the feeling when your pants won't button up. your legs unnattractively rub together while walking. going into a store & not being able to find a size that fits. or jumping & thinking..ew..that part of my body is UNDOUBTEDLY not supposed to wiggle, shake, move, or look like a raging ocean wave. I know. I know. This is my own fault. I have overindulged into my love for Butterfingers, muffins & Mountain Dew & pretty much anything that can fit into this sweet mouth of mine.

But, that is definitely not a good excuse. PLAIN & SIMPLE. I need to eat better. I should not have pure Mountain Dew running through my blood lines & salt is not my best friend. I need to realize..Karli, salads are good too. Water is good also. I know that I will feel better once I lose the twenty surplus pounds that is on my body. So why don't I do it? I don't know. I will...next week. 

Dang it Karli! Not next week! Now! ugh.. okay. tomorrow. I will start on my trek to find the long lost body that I used to have.

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oh my heck! how cute!

crafts looks so fun! I have found so much cute stuff to do & never sit down & do it. I am going to do it. I will do it. I have found this cute idea for wall art that I really want to do. I just haven't. Also, some cute baby leg warmers. Unfortunately, I haven't had the time. I also want to start really decking the house out for holidays. But am too busy. No more too busies, no time or just havents. I want to be a crafty person. I enjoy it but, just haven't got to the enjoying part yet. 

4 things..that's all for know folks. I know there is a lot more that I need/want to fix about myself to better myself but, that will come later. More family time with our extended family, date nights, being a better wife, or our new life adventure..that is still in the making (sneak peak: we dream of California) will post more once it is more official. 

Wish me luck..

<3 The Future Salad Eater

8 months??! Where has the time gone?

"Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first"  ~Mignon McLaughlin                                                                
                                        

Driving home from work yesterday in my slobber covered sunglasses listening to the goo-goos & ga-gas from Little Lady in the back seat I thought about how lucky we are to have been so blessed with such a happy little girl...

                               I wouldn't change my life for.. anything. not for anything

 Rylee is almost 8 months now! Is that crazy to think or what?! 

       Where has time gone?

        Didn't I just find out that I was pregnant? 

        Didn't I just have my baby?
       Where has the 8 pound baby gone?!

          (cause she sure isn't that anymore)

Life changes so quickly. She is growing so fast & she has a personality to show it!

8 Things We Love About Our Rylee

1- She is starting to laugh when you do something funny, instead of having to tickle her. 

2-That she is sooo close to crawling but, can't figure out how to get her little leg out of under her, darn it!

3-She thinks the world is her jungle jim, she pulls herself up on every single thing. aah!

4- How she absolutely adores her daddy, especially when he dances with her.

5-When she takes a bath she thinks everyone else needs to too! (SPLASH!)

6-That whenever I take a drink she gets upset & thinks she needs it too. 

7-She is starting to get such a personality, she knows what she wants & when she wants it. She is so much fun to play with now..she is really starting to interact with us.

8-The smile on her face (&mine) at about 5:20 monday-friday when I pick her up from daycare. I miss her so much during the day & someday..someday I will be able to be home with her.

Love you Buggy <3

p.s. please don't grow up too fast..please

happy valentines day honey!

just a look at our lives...in the past couple years

of course this side of us... 

marrying my best friend

  becoming a daddy & mommy                              

wow, looking through all my pictures is so fun. It's exciting to see how much we have changed! 

 eric & karli

boyfriend & girlfriend

fiance'

husband & wife

mommy & daddy

what a big change in just 2 1/2 years. 

I say this all the time but, I am so incredibly lucky to have the husband that I do, so lucky that I always have him to lean on. To enjoy the good times. laugh at our inside jokes. have snot rocket & ice cream fights in the middle of parking lots. get our truck stuck in the mountain & have life flight out looking for us. 

he is my burnt dinner eater. my late night talks. my snorer that keeps me up at night. my hard working hot construction worker. my reliable. my mr-fix it. my kiss & tickle whenever i want. or just to turn the washing machine on when he's in the shower for not talking to me long enough on the phone. to enjoy our family together..better yet add to our family & make our own traditions to do for years&years to come. to raise a family with.

  someone to work hard with to make our lives WHAT WE WANT, 

to make the best of our family. 

he is WHAT I WANT

 ..forever. 

he is my everything. 

my baby daddy..best baby daddy ever.

my funny laugher.

  my husband.

my lover.

my other half. 

my everything i could possibly ask for.

my thing I thank God for everyday.

my man. 

my VALENTINE

i love you eric, you think it's bad now...wait til I'm old & senile...wrinkly..& your stuck sitting in a rocking chair on our front porch when we're old. <3 me