Closing out 2012

In June our good friends Katie and Mike got engaged, and we couldn't be happier for them. We finally got our pictures taken as a family LOL. Another one of our friends Lindsay and Mike got married in July. My best friends mom got married in August. And we finished out the summer with Mary Peacock's wedding.

                                            

   Nevaeh started 2nd Grade!











 In September Johnny's grandpa passed away and that was very hard for him and his family. October we moved back into my townhouse as the renter did not work out. We also made a trip back to The Melting Pot to celebrate our 2 year anniversary!!

In November we decided we were going to re do the floors on the main level of the townhouse to get the nasty carpet out and also to hopefully increase value so we could sell. During this process we found out that the sub floor was messed up and uneven. We had to completely re do the sub floor so we make the hardwood level. Thank goodness we have good friends or it would of never got done!!

The nasty carpet before

Re-doing the sub floor

Hardwood after

The Holidays were approaching quickly. We had Thanksgiving at our house with my dad. I cooked a Turkey and the whole shebang. We went black Friday shopping for the first time. It was a fun experience but didn't get involved in any of the craziness because I wasn't shopping for anything in particular. Sparkle (The elf on the shelf) showed up the day after Thanksgiving to watch over Nevaeh for the next month.

Disney World

Surprise!!
 Nevaeh turned 7!! We decided we would surprise her and take a family vacation to Disney World.  It was her first real vacation, and first time on an airplane.

Our Vacation began May 5, 2012. We got to Florida, checked into our rock-n-roll hotel and began the journey around the area. We walked around the hotel to see all of the statues of all the different characters.

  


 That night we had princess dinner plans. Nevaeh was so excited to get dressed up in her princess dress and have a tea party style dinner with the princesses. 

The next day we would go to the Disney park. We got up bright and early and headed for the shuttle bus to take us over to Disney. It was pretty hot that day. Nevaeh got an autograph book and made sure that we stood in line for every single princess so she could get their autograph and a photo.

   

Our next day we made a trip down to Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios. These stops were very short because Nevaeh didn't see any characters at these places that she wanted autographs from. She was also very hot so therefore was getting grumpy. But she did manage to get her face painted. We made it back to Disney that night to see the firework show, and Tinker Bell fly through the air.

The next day we did some swimming at the pool and just hanging out as a family. Later that night  we made it to Downtown Disney, and Planet Hollywood.  Nevaeh had a shirt made with her name on it. We checked out all of the shops and just wondered around. 

 All in all it was a wonderful vacation.

2012 is rolling

 January 2, 2012 was the day that we put down the smokes. As if that is not stressful enough for one person we were doing it together.. It definitely wasn't easy! We were always grumpy, didn't want to go anywhere that had the temptation to smoke, short tempered, and got sick of each other very easy. Ugh it wasn't the greatest time LOL. But we have never felt better and it only has been a few months.

Nevaeh has started Gymnastics and is liking it so far. She doesnt have much arm strength so some of the activities are hard for her.

                                    

Johnny and I decided that we were going to rent out my townhouse and stay with my mom for a few so we could save money in order to buy a bigger house for our family. During this time we found out that we would not be able to conceive a child of our own. We were going to need to start at a fertility clinic to achieve pregnancy. We were devastated, crushed, mad, sad, all the emotions that you could imagine. Our hopes of expanding our family seemed so far away. The cost of doing any sort of fertility treatment was anywhere between $5,000.00 and $30,000.00 just depending on what treatment you need. So as much as we wanted to get pregnant as soon as possible that was going to be on the back burner for the time being so we could save all that we could in order to buy a bigger house. We also had a surprise planned for Nevaeh for her birthday.

Nevaeh's 7!