The Hiatus is Over!

So much has happened in the life of the Roberts clan over the last few months!

I haven't made time to blog like I told myself I wanted to, so now I am going to MAKE it happen!

I'll just overview everything that has happened since my last post.

I shared a very personal post that basically exhausted my writing.

I was so emotionally tired after that I almost completely cut myself out of social media but I stood tall and I kept going.

I didn't share that post in hopes people would feel bad for me I hoped maybe that even just one person who needed to read my story would and that it would help them.

Then there is being a mom and all that fun stuff it has kept me very busy and to honest I am a bit lazy and cut corners like no body's business!

Speaking of parenting Asher has turned TWO!!! Crazy right? He is a strong willed kid which I'm sure will pay off later in life, I hope.... ha ha
Asher is now coming up on Three and I can't believe it he is so intelligent, tender hearted, extremely loving and loves to get his way!
This guy has a very specific pallet which includes; fruit, chicken nuggets, grilled cheese, quesadilla's, PB&J, ravioli and SpaghettiO's. Nothing more nothing less, and even on some days he doesn't like any of that and only wants fruit.. This kid... ha ha

For his birthday he picked the simplest cake out of all the pictures I had shown him, go figure...

I love this little stinker!!

Then there is Grace she is already ONE!!! WHAT? Yep, basically she is too cute for her own good. I am starting to feel like I've got the swing of being a mom and I can handle most tantrums that come my way, thanks for giving me some training Asher!

Grace is very busy I can tell she will keep my hands full as well but for now I will enjoy her being little.

She hasn't started walking but she talks up a storm and is a little cuddle bug(which I love!!)She LOVES to eat anything and everything, she loves anything bright and girly.(Nothing like me but I love it!!) she loves getting dressed up, loves Minnie and Sofia, isn't afraid of much and a silent trouble maker, and finally she adores her big brother even when he screams at her to stop talking. 

THEN finally last but not least my best friend Jared. Something I have had the honor of learning this year is how amazing Jared is with kids.

Everywhere he goes kids line up to play with him. He has a true talent. I sure love this guy. It hasn't always been easy for us but we always make it through.

 Our biggest family trial has been the wait for medical school.  I have mostly been support and love during the low times to encourage him to not give up on his dreams. A year ago Jared had the impression he would be pushed to the edge and then off of it and then he would soar, we didn't quit know how to interpret it. We figured it meant at the last moment we would get into medical school but for our second application cycle in a row we were left confused and a little heart broken. We continued with faith and we went for our third round of applications and worried it wouldn't work out again. We even had started to think about other options.

Then we got the email that said we got an interview at the University of Utah for the third year in a row at this point I'd lost hope we'd be staying in Utah, then I remember this morning crystal clear, I was laying in bed trying to avoid getting up and I heard Jared phone ring which always made my heart skip a beat because it was the season of acceptances... Then I heard Jared run outside and I thought okay be calm that is probably just Jared's parents so I stayed in bed trying to convince myself it's nothing then I heard Jared outside what I thought I heard was him crying so naturally I ran outside and I looked at him and he looked at me crying and I asked if it was... He nodded his head yes, and gave me a thumbs up. I of course ran to him and started to sob into his shoulder and then ran to tell my mom the news still bawling my eyes out. 

It was a week long daydream. It didn't feel real but it's real and all that faith we held onto payed off and we got in. It would have been easy to lose faith and give up but thankfully even when other people expected us to give up we never did.

SO it has been an eventful year.

We finally feel like our future is set and we know what's going to happen next.

I am still learning as a mom, becoming the wife I wanted to be, and finding my passions in life.

It has been hard to let go of some things that I love but it has all led me towards things that will ultimately make me happy.

What being a mom and wife has been like for me as follows.. ha ha

Yep my son to a "T"...

I am glad to say we have only missed one date night this year. It isn't optional. We don't have to do something extravagant each week we just have to go out without the kids. 

I love you Jared. I believe in you and I always will. You are superman and deserve to succeed and I know you will!! You have worked hard for the future and it's going to be great!!

Well y'all get the gist. There are a lot of things that have happened but I just wanted to let you all know I am back at the blogging thing and I am ready to share my tips and my life with everyone again!

If you'd like to hear about something specifically send me a message or leave a comment and I'll work up a post for ya.

 So here goes!! Love y'all and thank you for reading! 

<3 <3 <3 <3

This is a little bit of me

Hello I am Ginny

I LOVE playing sports.(especially softball!)

I am a bit weird.

I am a mother.

I love food!

I love to dance, even though I am definitely not a dancer!!

I love music.

I am a professional car dancer. Especially in traffic jams.

I am a wife.

I am an athlete.

I love socializing.

I love making new friends.

I am a Beachbody coach.

I have resting B face

I make TONS of mistakes.

I am a fighter.

I am introverted most of the time.

In a groups of my close friends I am extroverted.

I love to sing.

I Love to go on trips it makes me feel free.

Being a mom is hard!

I have walls surrounding me at all times.

I second guess myself more then I should.

I forgive EASILY but I don't trust easily again.

I miss softball!!!

I am a cell phone addict!!

I am obsessed with puppies!

I love horses!!

I love hiking!

I love camping.

I used to be a "free spirit" but now that I am a mom I am oober responsible.. odd haha

I have a hard time being at home all the time.

I crave getting out and exploring or just to drive.. ALONE. I love driving alone.

I love workout clothes.. It's an addiction.

I like to fill up an online shopping carts with everything I want then leaving it.

I like funny memes.

I love concerts. Crowd surfing is fun if you don't get dropped.

I love to compete. I somehow make everything a competition.. Don't ask me how.. haha

I hate failing.

I love being the best at things.

I am a sore loser.

I love my kids!!!!

I love my husband, he is so much like me but we are wired differently(I'm emotional he's logical and sometimes(rarely)it is vice versa) and fight like cats and dogs.(I'd be the dog because they are better... hahaha) But he is my best friend and we have so much fun.

I love to lay out in the sun!

I am completely obsessed with Disney world and Disneyland! I will move to Cali Or Florida just for Disney!! I'd get a season pass no doubt! It is a freaking magical place! haha

I love Harry Potter.. (hence the name Ginny Weasley engraved on the back of my phone)

Anyways you get the Idea, I've found as a mom that I have lost a lot of my identity to be responsible all the time and to always do the right thing. It is exhausting!!! I wrote this not just for my friends but for me to remind me that I am so much more then just a mom. I LOVE being a mom and I wouldn't trade it for the world but it would be nice to get away for a day and not worry about them every second.. but that is motherhood. I care so much about them I ache when I am away from them and I get overwhelmed sometimes when I'm with them. They are apart of me. It's just how it is.

Then I also need to remember I need to be me too, I won't let myself be so responsible all the time, it is okay if my sons hands are dirty, it is okay if my house isn't perfect, Messes won't be the end of the world. If my son spills something I won't yell, he is a toddler it's okay!

I will dance, I will sing, I will be me!

I will be happy with the way things are and not how I think they should be!

It won't always be easy but I'm going to be me for me and I know every one around me will be happier too.

Thanks for sticking through this post and reading it, it is kinda personal and I don't open up my walls that often but I hope to change that!!

Thanks guys!! Love ya!!

18-20 weeks (a few days late oops!)

December is by far the craziest month I've had this year.
I have been going non stop and my body is feeling it!
I have caught a few bugs this winter and it feels like it will never end!
Asher hasn't been able to catch a break with his little bugs, I swear he has had everything and it doesn't help we've had a million Christmas parties and outings where all the bugs are shared...
Oh the joys of the holiday season..
Other then all the bug sharing it has been an awesome Christmas season!
I haven't been working out as well but I have been eating lots!
Lots of junk that is... uh-o but luckily that is about over and the sweet giving season is ending, THANK GOODNESS!!
Now that things are calming down I will be working out a few times a week again.
I got exciting news with the baby.
I found out on December 22nd what gender we are having.
I found out alone and I had to keep the secret until Christmas...
But when Jared found out he was working Christmas Eve I decided to tell him then but he had no idea I was going to.
I was having a hard time keeping this secret!! I wanted to tell everyone! But for Jared I kept it a secret until he knew..
Here are a few photos of how I told him.

I told him I had a gift for him, nothing big, because he had to work.

I knew what he wanted to be getting but I told him he wasn't getting it.

(the ultrasound)

 This was on the front of out Christmas Tree

 Here is what Santa wrote Jared for me =)

 Then he went searching for the second envelope.

 And looking...

 With a little hint from me and help from Asher..

 He found it and lifted it up to the light to see what might be in there and this is his face when he saw what was in there.

 He pulled out the ultrasound and found out we are having a...
GIRL!!!

I am 19 weeks and 4 days here.

I am sooo excited to be having a little girl.
It will be the 7th granddaughter on my side and the 1st granddaughter on the Roberts side!
We are so excited to welcome her into our family.
I am going to need to get a job to pay for all her clothes.
Every time I go to buy clothes for Asher I glance at the girl clothes and love them, they are all so bright and adorable!
Not that Asher's clothes aren't adorable but I love neon/highlighter colors and that is exactly what girls clothes are.
So here's to saving up so I can buy cute clothes and bows!

I swear I feel her moving constantly!
I really started feeling her probably towards the end of my 18th week.
Before then I had little feelings that felt like it could have been her but I didn't think much of it.
Then I felt her when I was in the 3rd Hobbit. and whenever I am leaning back in a seat I can feel her.
It is the best!

I was leaning towards it being a girl not because I was dead set on having one but because it felt right, I also wanted a boy so that Asher could have a brother close in age.
Anyways, I am so glad it is a little girl!!
I have had a few restrictions with working out come up due to me feeling sick after some workouts but other then that and being sick the past few weeks have been pretty easy....
Well when I say easy I mean my hormones are going nuts and I am cranky from being sick... but I am happy that Christmas is over and all the Christmas parties are over so that I can get back to eating healthy and normalizing my schedule and Asher.
I love Christmas but for some reason this year I had a hard time with all the stress of getting things done, there was ALWAYS another thing to get done that I had forgotten or someone else had forgotten and asked me to do.
So here to next Christmas!! =)

I feel like this post was messy.. haha sorry all! Christmas was so fun life is good and I love being pregnant!!
Thanks for visiting my blog guys!
Happy New Year!
=)

13-17 weeks preggers & Asher is 15-16 months old

I have been deciding if I should blog this pregnancy and I have just decided I will because it documents the pregnancy really well!

The baby bump popped out earlier this time around!!

I reached my previous baby weight and then quickly gained about 5 lbs the first few weeks this pregnancy.

My current weight is about 153 I get up to 157 some days and down to 152 on others but I feel like I am a lot more in control this time around.

I am able to workout longer I feel overall healthier.

In the last few months of my pregnancy with Asher I ate ice cream at least 3 times a week, I ate a lot of frosting, and any candy in sight.

If you know me I don't have much of a sweet tooth, it is usually easy for me to turn down sweets.

So we will see if I can do it!

I've really been trying to work out more this time around, but I had major set backs with being sick constantly the whole first trimester.

I never threw up but sometimes I had wondered if I would have felt better if my body had just let me throw up.

I felt nauseous a large part of my day and I tried to drink a V8 and the thought of drinking it revolted me. Jared was eating some leftover meatballs and I had to run out of the kitchen before I smelt it.

I still can't be around meatballs without feeling extremely sick.

Now at 17 weeks I can't eat too much of anything unhealthy corn dogs, soda, ice cream, candy.

So at least this baby wants me to be healthy!

This is me at 13 weeks preggers.

I am 17 weeks in the photo below.
Yay for baby bump!

Now for Asher he is a busy busy little boy..

He's a little boy! =(

Why is he growing so fast!!

He has been conversing with people a lot, I just wish we knew what he was saying!

You may notice in a lot of the pictures they are blurry, this is because Asher usually doesn't stay still for more then a couple seconds at a time.

He is always running.

If I didn't force him to eat he probably wouldn't, he would much rather be running around.

He can climb up and down the stairs, but the other day he missed a step at the bottom and fell and has been more cautious since then.

He has started to feed himself, and would actually prefer to even though he hasn't got the whole spoon in mouth thing down.

He says a lot of words like dog, uh-o, mama, dada/daddy, yay, go, and so on. he talks so much I'm sure I've missed more then half of the words he has said.
Asher is a pretty awesome dancer, he can't help but dance when he hears a good beat.

He makes Jared and I so happy.

Asher loves his big boy car seat.

Arrow and the Black Canary.

Asher and I watched Frozen and he loved the first few songs and then he was done, oh and he loved the main screen with the snow flakes.

I was getting tired of millions of toys all around our apartment all the time and no where to put them so I created a little nook for Asher and he loved it!

Thanks for visiting my blog!
Have a good one! =)