MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

I want to wish on this beautiful Christmas Eve Day a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. I hope everyone enjoys today and tonight and that everyone is with their lovede ones and for those who are not with us and no longer with us that they know they are still missed and loved so very much. Today is such a special Christmas Eve cause today Jace turns 6 Months old. It has been a very fun and hard 6 months for little Jace. He is so handsome and cute and we are so very blessed to have him in our family. He is a constant ray of light and I love him to death. He has a Wonderful Big Sis who just loves her brother and is so helpful with him. We look forward to what 2010 brings for the Hubbards and for Jace watching him grow fast. I can't believe it has been 6 months since he was born it only seems like yesterday he was still a little baby. I love Christmas time and this will be his first and although he doesn't understand or know I look forward to tomorrow to see his smiles and giggles as we open presents as well as the look on Ashtyn's face to see her open gifts. She has been so excited this year being over 2 1/2 yrs of age, just to see Santa. She loves Santa and has seen him know at least 6 times. Jace is nto scared of him neither. She loves all that Christmas is and brings and loves the Nativity etc. I can't wait for tomorrow cause it will be a great family Christmas. Last night was special cause we had the missionaries over and it was a great time chatting with them and we watched Reflections of Christ on DVD. I love watching it and the Pics that were taken here in our state and look forward to seeing the sequel to it next time which they are going to bring by. If you haven't seen it yet it is a must and it fills you with thought,joy, and the spirit. WHat a Nice week and what a great evening yesterday. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL and may everyone have a beautiful eveing and day. We love our whole Families and Wish the best. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

Jace's First Tooth

Wow!! After 2 months of teething, pain, drooling,etc. my little man finally broke his first tooth today. He broke his bottem left tooth and I am so excited now if only the others would start to come just as quick ( wishful thinking). This is such a wonderful time of the year with Christmas 14 Days away and all the holiday shows and movies the cheer and all the fun decorations. Of course I love hot chocolate and Baking at this time of year. I have all my Christmas cards ready to go out this weekend and I will finally have all my shopping done this weekend as well, although I tend to forget something for someone and come the 23rd or Christmas Eve I am out and about like a mad woman to get what I forgot. So with the Santa soon to be on his way and all the fun Christmas parties and crafts to do the next 14 days will be exciting. I hope Jace definitley gets his other front teeth in because we all know how the song goes..... All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth. I love family and I love especially this time of year and boy has the year flown by. Well time to count down for Santa Claus. Yes Santa I have Been a Really Good Girl!! Ashtyn Loves Santa and has seen him at least 5 times already this year. I have never seen someone who is not only not afraid of Santa but runs to go see him no matter where we go. Of course she makes it clear what she wants. She tells him right away she wants a bike, a helmet, a baby doll, and a fishing pole. She is too cute. I am also glad Jace is not afraid of Santa. He sits on his lap just fine. I will have to post a pic of them with santa. What a good time for all to be had. Happy Holidays!!

Thanksgiving Day And Christmas Pics!!!!!

I hope everyone had a Joyous and fun Thanksgiving. I baked all day Wednesday and cooked my Cranberry Sauce Thursday Morning. As a family we watched the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade cause that has been a tradition since I was a little girl. Afterwards we went over to Aunt Diane's house for a great Thanksgiving Dinner with tons of Yummy foods and some wonderful time with our family which we always love seeing and spending time with cause it makes for a very awesome and fun day. we later enjoyed Dessert. I made a Glazed Chocolate Pumpkin Cake which everyone who had it seemed to like and of course my famous Chocolate Cheese Fudge and yes it has cheese in it. Of course that was everyones favorite and I am always happy to share recipes for anyone who wants one or wants me to make some to try. That evening we had our white elephant exchange which is always fun if not funny.Of course we all looked and planned our Black Friday shopping games of attack. What a fun day Thanksgiving was I always enjoy this time of year.

Black Friday we were up at 5:00 a.m. to head out amongst all the shoppers to get in on some great deals. We got a brand new Christmas Tree which I will take Pics and Post later. Also got some great deals at some places we put on layaway for Christmas and some we bought that day. There were all kinds of Deals and it was so much fun to go shopping as a family with Mom!!! We had a nice lunch and a tired fun filled day once again and I hope all of our family got what they were looking for or found their own great deals but most of all had fun spending time together.

Today Saturday we went to see my Best Friend and my Kids godmother Bonnie who is a manager for JC Penny Portraits and we got the 2009 Family Christmas Pics. We will be sending out Christmas cards Next Weekend so I need adresses for those in the famiy I do not have.But for now besides the new Family portrait on this blog are some of the little ones since of course this is Jaces's 1st Christmas and he is now 5 months old and looking cute as ever. Of course we can never forget Princess Ashtyn who likes to take Pictures and is still talking about all her fun she had seeing Santa Claus Yesterday and her Day at Aunt Diane's which she loved. So we hope you enjoy and we will be posting santa Pic later with Tree pic and will be emailing copies of Santa pic as well. Hope everyone whom we did not see over the Holiday and the weekend had a great one!!

Hectic Veterans Day!!!

Well folks if any of you got to watch the News at all from yesterday morning on to last night you would have seen the major story of the day involving a FIRE on 78th st and Baseline. Well my family and all others were very Blessed and Thankful to have Heavenly Father watching us cause that is my next door neighbors house that went up in flames and almost could have taken out the neighbor to the North's House and our House as well. At 3:10 yesterday morning I was awoken by 2 loud pops and what sounded like someone was breaking into my vehicle or shed and was on my property. When I woke Todd and he looked out the front he saw a light in our yard when he opened the doorhe saw our neighbors home up in at least 20 ft high flames and yelled for me to call 911. After waiting 15 min to get through to 911 The police and fire showed up at around 3:30 but before they did there were plenty more loud explosions of propane and gas and even higher flames as the fire spread fast and over to our trees and the explosions blew out the other neighbors house as well as one gentleman was cut badly on both arms after jumping on the roof to keep that house from going too. Another neighbor hooked up a hose to our water to soak our trees and shed etc to help keep that frie froming coming intoour yard. Firemen got everything hooked up and started to put out the fire sending everyone back into their homes except us and the other neighbor we were told to evacuate as far away as we could so after all of that and already having some of our most precious Valuables and the kids in the car we had to unload our stroller and the kids and take off on foot down to baseline to avoid the smoke leaving our car nad home behind for the firemen to use our yard to fight the spreading fire. We of course woke Kelsey to come get us and in th emeantime other neighbors walked down to bring us water and offer diapers etc. We were told by police it would be daylight before we could come home. At 7:30 we arrived home. There was fire and smoke damage to our trees on their backsides our yard soaked in mud and our porchway as well. Our car and House wreaked of Smoke really bad and our whole area still does and probably will for a while. Our neighbor whose house was condemned for years lost everything including a camper parked up against our wall on her side and some of her valuables she had yet to put in storage. I was interviewed by channel 12 news and was recorded while talking to the other Neighbor and some nearby neighbors about the events as we heard and seen them for fox 10. This Fire is still under investigation as to what was the cause but again we were all blessed to be safe and watched over and that no one was killed and the injured neighbor is doing well minus the 60 stiches he has in his arms.Again a hectic and scary Veterans Day and one none of us will forget for a long time. I hope everyone had a nice Holiday and got to do something nice and fun. We are Thankful for our Family and for the nice Neighbors that came together and look forward to the upcoming Thanksgiving. I hope you all enjoy the rest of your week but most importantly Thank Heavenly Father for his Love and Watchful eye.

Jace's First Month

I can't believe it has now been 5 weeks since Jace was Born. It only seems like yesterday when we wlcomed him into the world and our lives. He has truly been a wonderful blessing. He is so Loved. He has had a trying first 5 weeks though as we tried to get his weight back to birth weight, which that took 3 weeks with a combo of breastfeeding and supplementing formula all to find out that he is allergic to the proteins that are in Dairy so no more BF for me cause I just couldn't give up dairy. I mean if I did what would I eat not much LOL!! Anyway then after finding out no dairy or milk fo rhim right now the other problem he has is Acid Reflux and gas or tummy issues so he was put strictly on a formula called Alimentium which worked but he would always be hungry and it is so expensive so then we tried Soy which was ok but mad his reflux and gas worse so now we are on a formula called Nutramigen and he is on a Reflux med called Zantac which is made for babies. He has had some problems with the Zantac so when he goes to the Doc in a few weeks we will see what she wants to do for him. The Nutramigen has helped his gas quite a bit though he still has some bad nights or days and he has gained weight and he likes it so all in all he is now doing well and becoming much more happier and alert. I do know that Jace likes Baths but hates tummy time and if he had a choice he would be without clothes all the time to . He loves to be held and swaddled and enjoys his Pacifier. We just had this past week Pics done of him and they are cute. The funniest is a pose in which Todd was holding him in his hands naked and what did Jace do he peed on him. It was funny and it showed up in the picture.Ashtyn loves her little brother. She is a good big sis and loves to help when she can and gives hugs and kisses and says he's cute, however she still has some jealousy issues but I know she will soon outgrow that.We adore Jace although he keeps us up some nights when his tummy bothers him and he has colic so it takes along time to soothe him and get him to rest and go down and believe me he tires himself out but still won't wind down. The only solution I found to this is when he starts as soon as we take him outside in the fresh air he is as quiet and calm as a lark. It is just to funny but I guess he likes the outdoors cause it is soothing to him. Again this last 5 weeks have been a joy but also trying and frustrating in trying to keep him healthy and happy. We look forward to the months to come and I only hope he outgrows his tummy issues and that he can be a much happier baby. Jace We Love You!!!

Happy Birthday Jace Michael Hubbard !!!!!!

Announcing the Birth of our Handsome and Oh Sooo Cute Little Baby Boy Jace Michael Hubbard who was born on June 24th 2009 at 9:43 a.m. weighing in at 7lbs 8oz and 21 in. long. The Repeat Csection went really well and was much easier this time around. We were blessed to have no complications for either one of us. Since that wonderful morning when I first held him and bonded with him I felt a connection allot sooner this time. We have been enjoying our stay at Mercy Gilbert this place almost feels like a hotel more than a hospital.(Sure if your the patient, but if your the husband like me, then you get the mini sofa to sleep on.) I have been up and walking since the first night and it is making recovery much faster. My recovery is going much bettter than when I had Ashtyn and my incision is barely even visible and healing well too. Jace's breast feeding is going better than planned. He has had very little trouble finding what he wants and latching on to it. We have Jace's circumcission scheduled for June 27th the day of our planned discharge from the hospital. Of course we will need to wait until he does his first wee wee and can show that he can still eat well after the procedure. We all hope that he can complete the tasks before cousin Amirra's 2nd birthday party is over, I am looking forward to sticking my feet in the pool this weekend.

Whats New!!

So whats new with the Hubbards. Well it has been a very nice couple of months. Had my Baby Shower which was tons of fun despite the fact that not many showed but it was still fun and those that were there enjoyed themselves and so did I. I got alot of nice things, mainly clothes which I had already gotten plenty of to start with myself thanks to doing garage sales every weekend which has been fun. We also have enjoyed taking Ashtyn to go play in the pop up water fountains at Tempe Market Place and she has enjoyed running around looking at doggies and Kitties. Ashtyn is also still in the middle of being potty trained and has done extremely well and can tell us when she needs to go. Every once in a while she has an accident or does not make it but she is almost there. We also got Ashtyn her very own toddler bed. I will post Pics when we finish staining it into a Cherry color to match the nursery. SHe is doing very well sleeping in it and always is excited anout it though there have been two times we have caught her out of her bed on the floor sleeping near our room the next morning. Hmmmm.............. I know someone else who used to do that when she was little and I am not naming names LOL!!! Otherwise besides being a monkey who loves to climb and being a normal 2 yr old with all the glory that comes with that age Ashtyn is doing great and is as cute as ever and I believe she will be a great Big Sister.

Todd has been working alot as usual but has been working on waiting for an interview and a promotion. Well 2weeks ago that finally happened and now Todd is the Warehouse Manager and in charge of the prisons Warehouse, Comisary and maybe a couple other things to come. Thingas are definitely looking up for us as a family and that will alow us to start looking for a house again and hopefully get a new one before November. Todd is also getting excited about being a daddy again.

I on the other hand have just been enjoying this pregnancy and the time with family and friends. However it has been a hassle with not having my Jeep cause The dealership sold em a Lemon for a brand new vehicle so it si alot their fault but the Fault lies with the manufacturer of Jeep. After 10 times in the shop for a leak and finding out we definitley had a Lemon Law Case the dealership wanted to settle by making everything right to keep us a s customers and to not go through the courts so as of yesterday 6-9-09 I now am the proud owner of a New Dodge Journey wich is beautiful and awesome for a brand new car and it has alot of great features for our growing family as well as seats 7. It is an awesome crossover vehicle. Other than that drama I am 14 days away from delivering Jace Michael Hubbard unless he makes an early debut but only the next 14days will tell. I am exhausted and in a little pain but otherwise great. I cannot wait to hold and meet Jace. So far this last month has been a real blessing and I hope they keep coming. I feel as if we can finally start to acomplish and reach out goals and look forward to a good rest of the year and finally a vacation in Sept with the family reunion and although we will be going and popping in to save money and enjoy ourselves more we will be hanging out in San Diego so Yeah!!!!!! Again can't wait. I hope everyone else is doing well and enjoys their summer and hope we get to keep in touch.

For now we wait for the arrival of Jace and I or Todd will let everyone know whats going on there. Have a great week!!!!!!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

Happy St. Patricks Day to all.

Today is a beautiful day weather wise and a super special day cause 31 yrs ago today I was Born. Yep I am 31 yrs and frankly I don't feel that way, well alright every once in a while I do LOL!!!
SO I have nothing special planned except to have free ice cream with my Princess who celebrated her birthday last thursday, and with my loving husband who is such a hard working doing his absolute best. We really won't celebrate my Birthday until next friday the 27th of March cause he will have that day off then we will go out to eat and enjoy the evening. As for tonight just well wishes from all day to relaxing with yummy ice cream and counting all my blessings while watching Dancing With The Stars and American Idol. Now what would make a perfect Birthday and this is just well wishing is if the Publishers Clearing House would show up on my Door tonight and say I won some money LOL!!! Heck a girl can dream somewhere can't she? SO for now all I can say is I wish everyone a great week and remember to Beware the Ides of March!!!

Happy Birthday TO ME!!!!!!!!

Love All

HAPPPY BIRTHDAY ASHTYN!!!!!

Happy Birthday!!!! Princess!!

Holy Heck I can not believe that it has been 2 yrs since Ashtynwas born. It only seems like yesterday that we were at the hospital and she was being born and we had all sorts of family there to visit and support us. You are such a beautiful and smart little girl and become more so ever day I watch you grow. Your daddy and I love you more than you will ever know and we are so blessed to have you in our lives. I hope with whatever presents or family come to celebrate that you know how much fun you are to be around and what joy you bring to our lives so Have A fun Day Princess and a great year. I will be posting todays and yesterdays birthday picks on a new post in a bit. As for today We will be taking Ashtyn to the Park for cupcakes and juisce and to play well at least with one of her cousins and If any one else wants to join we will be at the park next to Skyline High on Crismon and Southern. We will be enjoying her favorite which is playing in the park outdoors on a beautiful birthday day then this evening we will be goin gout to dinner for her birthday at Famouse Daves!!! I know she is going tohave a smuch fun today as she did yesterday with my parents. Have a Beautiful day Ashtyn its all about you!!! Love you Mommy and Daddy!!!

Name Poll

Ok as I put in my last post we have picked out names and now we have narrowed it down to our top 4 so if anyone wants to chime in on what sounds good to them great. Here they are in no particular order:

Dakota Grayson Hubbard
Jace Michael Hubbard
Chase Ryan Hubbard
Atticus Monroe Hubbard

Well again feel free to give your opinions or comments and thanks everyone for taking a look. I hope everyone is enjoying their week especially with the rest of the week being nice weather so go out and have fun.

ITS A..................

BOY!!!! Yes you heard right folks despite all I did to pray for Ashtyn to have a baby sister that will have to wait cause she is getting a baby brother. We are so excited to be having our first boy and look forward to all the joys and blessings he brings. It did take me a couple days to get use to the fact that a boy is what I get but we are soooo happy. Now to decide on what to name him. I have a good list of 8 but one name had to be knocked off the list after our cousin who just had her son decided to name him Lincoln. You must have ESP April but Lincoln is a good name. So now we are down to 7 and I have my top 4 and Todd has his. I will have to start a baby name poll to get opinions cause everyone is mixed. So for the time being he is just called our lil boy. Well all else is going good and we hope we get blessed with a house real soon so that we can be set for our newest addition but I guess I should never complain too much cause I am thankful for all we have and have been blessed with. Ashtyn is doing so well she is a joy to our lives everyday although she can be a stinker with her troublesome antics but we adore her. Right now though everday she is obsessed for some odd reason to go into car to go to wamart as she puts it. She says she wants to shop for baby. Again too funny too cute. Ashtyn we love you and you are the best. Its amazing that it seems like yesterday she was being born and in 1 month she will be 2yrs old crazy. Where does the time go? Well I hope everyone has a beautiful week and enjoys the upcoming Valentines Day. Till Next Time.