LATELY HAPPENINGS

We have had so many jolly adventures the last two weeks, so I've decided to bunch them all together as one big voluptuous post!  

This time of year is always so bat shit crazy around our house! Most EVERYONE in our family has a birthday to celebrate in March. When I say everyone, I mean it. Matt, his dad, his uncle, and our nephew are all born on March 13th. Our two nieces are both born on March 4th. Matt's grandma was born on March 22nd. Dodger was born on March 23 and last but not least is our soon to be born nephew, who is due the 22nd! Weird right? I think it might be the Nelson family curse. It's either that, or we all get really frisky in the month of June. Having this many birthdays in one month, means we travel a lot!! It's so crazy and so much fun! It's also incredibly nice to have some family time with just Matt and Dodge. I love to show and experience new things with Dodger. I find that I am totally obsessed with going on adventures with him right now! Everyday I try and do something out of the ordinary with my Mr.D and it has turned into our little thing. I love it. He is growing up way too fast and I want to cherish and take advantage of every moment I have with him. I'll never get these days back that seem to just fly past me and I don't want to ever regret not making the absolute most of the time we have together. 

The car accident that almost stole my husband and son away from me 11 months ago, has made it so I am extremely present everyday. Present, is the only word I can think of right now to describe it. The thought of never knowing if I'll make it home from the quick trip to the the store, or if Matt will come home after work each night has really made me take each moment into consideration. 

Matt kisses me goodbye each morning at 6:30 am before he leaves for work. Instead of being too sleepy to kiss him back or even remember the kiss, my body instinctively jolts me awake when his lips hit mine. I always kiss him 3 times and we say we love each other. I hate the thought of "what if he doesn't make it home" and I didn't show him how much I love him. I can't help but to always have a fear of losing Dodge or Matt in the back of my mind. I am truly grateful for this fear. It helps me to be more patient, loving, and to grab life by the balls and make the most of every moment. The car accident has left me with many physical and emotional scars and I am so incredibly grateful for each and everyone of those scars. 

We never know what this asshole of a world has in store for us and sometimes it's easy to forget that we are NOT invincible. I pray I never take my precious moments with the ones I love for granted.

I just realized that when I started writing this post, I had absolutely no intention on going down this path of emotional jibber jabber, but I am really happy I did. Hopefully you enjoyed the rickety ride of my writing. 

You only live once darlings, so make it count! Go make today your bitch. 

Here are a few adventurous moments from the past two weeks...