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Blessed.

Im so incredibly blessed.

blessed to be where i am at right now in life, but also blessed for my past.

 Friendships I've made (even though we aren't in the least bit close at all anymore. but thats ok cuz we always pick up where we left off! and i cherish friendships that have that ability). Friendships that didn't work out, friendships that did.

Im blessed for all my trials, my auto-immune disease thats attacking my metabolism, my bad knees, my health issues that made me gain a million pounds, all the people who have hurt me and used me. all MY mistakes.
Because of those things... i am a warrior, I'm a champion, NOTHING will hold me back. It EMPOWERS me to be better and work HARDER!
Im not bitter, I'm not hateful, i actually THANK people for treating me poorly cuz it teaches me patience, and forgiveness, and without those people, i wouldn't know those great attributes.

But most importantly... I'm so blessed and thankful for where i am at RIGHT now!

Every path in the past has led me to the people and life i have right now.
i have an amazing husband. We aren't perfect but we have a perfect ability to TRY and MEND. My amazing babies here on earth and the ones who were taken back early to watch over us until we meet again.

My amazing family. The saying "we may not have it all together, but together we have it all" should be our family slogan. We all clash at times, but no matter WHAT, we are die hard for each other.

My amazing JOB. What i do is a little bit out of the norm of a standard job. In a traditional job.. its all about putting others down to make you look better. If you want to get to the top of a company and make the real money, you have to claw your way to the top. Be better, look better, its all a competition. If someone is better then you in the company, they are a threat..

NOT IN MY JOB

In my job, the only way you can be successful is to reach down and HELP your team. There is no competition. You are your own boss, go at your own pace, make as little or as much money as you choose.
We CELEBRATE everything!
We celebrate our health. We celebrate our achievements. We congratulate and get so excited for people we don't even personally know!
My team goes OUT OF THEIR way to help me.
I couldnt feel more blessed in the path that led me here!

And lastly....
Im so incredibly BLESSED for the FRIENDSHIPS I've made. The people in my life are so in tune with true happiness. Im surrounded with such positive people who are selfless, caring, & empowering.
They lift me up when I'm down. When I'm sad, they are right by my side. But better yet.. when I'm HAPPY, they are even more RIGHT BY MY SIDE cheering me on. Ive been so used to the opposite of that for WAY too long. I feel like we are always laughing, growing, and helping others.

This is a movement!

A shift in whats "normal"

i refuse to get stuck in the ways people think are just "normal" in life.

Its not normal to wish bad on people.

Its not normal to hope to be better then others.

Its not normal to go to school our WHOLE life, PAY for lots of school, acquire debt, just to HOPEFULLY get a job, so slave away at all day, 5 days a week (if you're lucky and its not 6 or 7 days a week), to retire at 65 years old to FINALLY live your life how you truly want.
I REFUSE to be left feeling helpless if i lost my job tomorrow,
how would i pay my bills.

I REFUSE to beg for certain days off.

I REFUSE to have to acquire vacations days just to pay bills while i take time off.

I REFUSE to work opposite of my husband.

Im DONE missing out.

i live my life PASSIONATELY, fully, and INCREDIBLY!

and i get to help people feel healthy and financially safe at the same time!

I AM SO BLESSED!

Always Be My Rock....

Inhale...................exhale!

Lets talk about my husband.

My hypothyroidism a huge part of my life. So i apologize if i talk about it a lot.

As you know, my thyroid is off right now. It was low, so they upped my dose, and it takes 6 weeks for your body to adjust to it. Well when my thyroid is off.... my life is off.

Thats really the best way to explain it. I just FEEL... off.

Im tired, im ornery, my insides hurt, the scale doesnt change, but i FEEL fatter or more bloated (not that i actually am... i just FEEL that way). Its hard to explain. I have less patients, im more moody, but as i mentioned... the best and PERFECT way to explain how i feel.. if OFF.

I just dont feel like me!

I hate it... and i know it will pass... its just hard to deal with.

So lets get to the husband part.

(as im already starting to tear up)

This MAN... is heaven sent. I swear he is the only man on this planet who could handle me.. 

and he handles me like a CHAMP!

He knows just the right things to say, he knows just the right things to do. He has so much patients with me, he is just amazing! I have days where im so snappy, im so short tempered....and what does he do?? He comes home with FLOWERS for me!! Im here like "what?! i was so mean to you today... i dont deserve this!" and he just smiles and says "get ready, we are going out on a hot date tonight"...

HEAVEN sent he is...

I seriously have the best husband ever! He reminds me every day of how beautiful i am..
He loves me for me, accepts my bad traits and habits, & doesnt try to change me. Lets me be me. We're a normal couple, we get in arguments, but we BUILD from them. Change for the better and respect each other's wishes and upsets. Jeff is #1 for taking things as constructive. He treats me like a princess. Attends to my emotional needs. Helps me with the house and kids. He doesnt expect "stereotypes". Our relationship is based on respect, love, and emotion. 

I dont always cook dinner, the house isnt always clean..and he NEVER gets mad.

He doesnt expect the "stay at home mom duties" from me. He doesnt make me feel like i'm an "object". Like im SUPPOSED to do these things. We are EQUAL.

He is understanding to my photography job and when swamped with editing. He is understanding to my second babysitting job. Even though i am home.. i am busy. He gets that! He is understanding to my thyroid and my lack of energy...

We are all adjusting right now.

Adjusting to my thyroid, adjusting to jeff's new job (i will blog about that, no worries), the kids are adjusting.. everything is adjusting right now... and Jeff is just my ROCK.

He is so understanding, so sweet, he is my everything!

People always tell Jeff that he is a lucky guy....

But the truth is... IM the lucky one!
i couldnt ask for a better man by my side :)

Jobless {Piss On Pepsi}

Ok, so my "week from hell" vlog got so long, i said i'd do a second vlog about the part of Jeff losing his job. So here it is!

I edited and re-editing this video ALL day yesterday. I tried to edit it down as much as possible, review it A LOT to make sure i did this video as tastefully as possible. I sat on it all day and made sure i was 100% to say what i said... you'll understand when you watch the video.
I took a lot out. We'll just say that haha.

So again, sorry its so long.. just listen to it while surfing facebook in another screen!

Christa vents are funny!

As disclaimed in this video, im not trying to make anyone look bad, BUT, it IS what it IS.
Also, Jeff worked for Admiral Beverage, not Pepsi national.
Here in Utah county, thats how that works.

Anyway, enjoy!
((if you dont care for the vent.. positive part and what our plan is now, is at 9:38))

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"Everything happens for a reason. Live it, love it, learn from it! Make your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile!!"

Have a sense of humor people!
:)))

Half a DECADE Married......

(all pics in this post are from our dinner date celebrating our 5th anniversary this year)

Its true guys. Ive been married for half a decade!! Jeff and I have almost 7 years together, and 5 years married officially under our belt! On November 10th 2007, i married the love of my life. I was 18, and he was 19. Everyone told us we wouldnt last.. we were too young.. i could do better.. but here we are, 23 and 24 years old, own 3 vehicles, own a house, 2 babies, and 5 years HAPPILY married!

When i met Jeff, I was 16, doing well in high school. Working on getting my CNA (which i accomplished) had college plans. Was working and paying my own car insurance etc. I was the good little "church" girl who had so much going for her. Jeff was 17 years old, a high school drop out working at a tire and lube shop living at his mom's who still made sandwiches for him ;) I understand why people doubted us (especially doubted Jeff), But i saw so much more in Jeff. I fell in love with my little bad boy stereotype with piercings, tattoos and smoked cigarettes. I looked past all the blinders and saw who Jeff was on the inside. A boy who had lived a hard life but despite all that, was a beautiful person who had goals for himself. He wanted to better himself. And i wanted to be there to encourage his journey.

We had MANY bumps in the road, but Jeff was ALWAYS building, growing, bettering himself. He brought out the best in me. I had my own issues. We complimented each other so well. We grew this bond for each other that was so deep. We relied on each other more than anyone can understand. We tried to date other people being as we were so young..but it never felt right. We always went running back to each other within a matter of days.

  By the time we got married, Jeff got his GED, was paying rent in  his mom's legit basement apartment, just got a new job at Pepsi Cola bottling Company that had awesome benefits, yada yada. We got married.. bought a house in 2008, a month later, got pregnant with our daughter Braylee. She was born June 23rd 2009, and 3 years later.. we had our little Bade man, born September 23rd 2012.

Life couldnt get any better. Jeff treats me like his queen, and i'd do anything for that man. We are equally yolked. Step by step, together in unison. I'd be lost without him, no doubt about that. He is the best thing to ever happen to me. He gave me my beautiful children.. im loving our life together and i get this overwhelming happiness and satisfaction picturing our future MANY MANY years together ahead of us. Together forever.

(Bray took the left pic, dont mind my 12 chin.. we werent ready, i was throwing my head back to laugh, and it was an awkward angle haha! Besides! I had just had a baby a month prior.. dont judge me! LOL)

Happy 5th Anniversary babe!

Adjusting To New Baby.. {Week 1}

Alright. Lets talk about how we are doing with new baby :)

I heard that going from 1 kid to 2 kids is the hardest. After that (kid #3,4 etc) is easy peasy. And well, i dont have 3 kids, nor will i probably ever have 3 kids, but it makes sense! I mean, your fist kid is used to ALL the attention, ALL the toys to themselves etc. Yea, they play with other kids here and there on play dates, day care, school, whatever. But they always get to go home to being the ONLY kid! So where there is a new sibling.. all that changes.

Now week one for us was BLISSFUL! So amazing.

We were at the hospital for 3 days with room service, nurses to help, great food, and babysitters at night so you can get some sleep! Braylee was on vacation mode with her cousin Kallee and was just loving life!

Braylee LOVES her brother. She gets the biggest smile when she see's him. Always says "Thats my baby BROTHER!" "He's so cute mom!". She always wants to hold him and help anyway she can. 

She'd come to the hospital, get so excited over brother, and then say "k cha-chee" (thats what she calls my sister). "Lets go to your house to play". She seriously was having the time of her life haha.

 When we left the hospital, we went to go get Braylee, and she did not want to come home with us haha. Kinda made me sad.

 We had a game plan for Braylee to make sure she didnt feel "replaced" or have resentment toward brother. We planned that Jeff and i would takes turns having one on one time. Take Braylee out for ice cream of something. Jeff was so excited to take Braylee to dance during his week home from work and Braylee was too, she is such a daddy's girl.

 (4 days old going to first doc appt)

 But even when brother was home with us.. Braylee was SO good with her brother. Always wanting to help, always wanting to hold, its the cutest thing.

But Braylee with US, is a whole other story!

During the fist week, Braylee was REALLY testing her limits with us. She'd find the SILLIEST things to make a big deal about. She became more mischievous, sneaky, and down right defiant. She'd do something bad, we'd get after her about it, and she'd just smile and laugh! (little terd lol).

But Jeff was home from work so it wasnt all that bad! We'd take turns with our patients level with who dealt with which kid haha.

 Ok now for Baiden's side of the situation and coming home!

Baiden is the EASIEST baby! He is so so chill and SO super sweet. Braylee was a hard newborn. She wouldnt sleep, was backwards with her nights and days when she did sleep, and developed colic which made for a REALLY fussy baby. Jeff works REALLY early, and LONG days (especially during the summer when Bray was born). And he drives truck. He can NOT go to work sleepy. So i was doing the up at night thing all by myself, then she'd be up all day and Jeff would be gone all day. I was a new mommy, it was just HARD.

 Baiden though is so sleepy! He sleeps all night, all day. Well at night he wakes up about every 2 hours to eat, but then goes right back to sleep! And Jeff was home the first week (didnt do that with Braylee cuz we NEEDED the money). So getting up at night was actually fun!

I loved the new baby thing and snuggling him at night and feeding him. And i always had Jeff if i did need a break or needed to nap during the day (which i never did).

So yea, week one was AMAZING! Yes Braylee was a little difficult but not bad at all! I loved the help from hubby and everything was just wonderful. 

We had this sweet new baby and a beautiful baby girl who loved him! It is SOO amazing seeing her as a big sister. Words can not even describe the amazing feeling it is being a parent of 2 and seeing your kids interact. And having a boy is SOOO different!! My bond with him is so different.

Everyone worries "how can i POSSIBLE love another person as much as i love my first child?!". Oh, its possible. Your heart just grows 10 million times bigger! But i personally never worried about that.

What i worried about, was Braylee feeling replaced. I mean, it is what it is, newborns are SO demanding and need LOTS of attention. But Braylee is doing very well. I think it helps that she is 3 though and not 18 months-2 years old like most age difference is with other parents.

Anyway! Thats week one!!

Week 1= AMAZING :)

Happy Birthday Hubby!

Today is my husband's birthday!

When i met Jeff he was 17 years old, and now he is 24! 

So crazy to think ive known him that long. Ive been by his side so see him change from boy to man!

Anyone who knows Jeff when he was younger, knows that he had A LOT of maturing to do :) We'll just put it that way. We had many rough spots in our relationship but for some reason.. always managed to keep it together one way or another. Then one day, everything just clicked! And we got hitched :)

Almost 2 years later, Braylee was born. Everyone knows that once you become a parent, you change. 

Your priorities change, you have different views of whats important in life.

Braylee was a HUGE adjustment, as with anyone's first child.

We were in a financial rough spot with my medical issues during pregnancy. Jeff was working 3 jobs, and Braylee was a REALLY hard newborn. But SOME HOW, we made it through a REALLY hard time in our life.. and out sprang this TOTALLY different man.

Im tearing up just thinking about it.

When Jeff became a father.. he became a better person, a better husband.

He already was an amazing person and husband, dont get me wrong. But Braylee really softened him. I guess that is the way to put it. He just GREW more in maturity.

And with our second kid on the way.. i see it happening even more!

(maybe we'll have 10 kids if he keeps getting more amazing! ;) WINK WINK, not happening lol)

Im sure this post sounds silly. Like really?? Your husband is still growing up??

But yea, when you meet the love of your life when he was 17.. of course he is still growing up!

Most (smart) people get married at age 25, when the maturing is done.

But i wouldnt have it any other way..

I got to witness and help the process :)

And ultimately i think that makes our love and bond EVEN MORE strong :)

So happy birthday Jeffrey Alton Cox!

You are the best thing to ever happen to me 

(aside from my kids, but i wouldnt have them without you!)

Another year older, another year wiser, another year better :)