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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Home
We made it home from Disney and this little princess is all tuckered out but she had the time of her life! Lots of pictures coming soon!
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Thursday, July 22, 2010
Nonsense
I am avoiding packing right now so I thought I would do a little blog update instead of being productive........makes perfect sense to me.
1. What are we packing for? DISNEY WORLD! Yes my lucky little Avery gets to go to Disney 2 times in less than 4 months. We are meeting my sister and my bestie (who also happens to now be the sister-in-law to my sister) and I could not be more excited! I do have to admit that I am a teensy bit nervous that this big ol' pregnant lady may not be able to keep up with 4 adorable little girls, all under the age of 6, but i sure am going to try! Stay tuned for all the adorable pics and hilarious stories that I am positive are to come.
2. I am almost 27 weeks pregnant! That's almost the third trimester I think (that landmark always confuses me). Either way we are moving right along and I am actually feeling really good. I feel like this belly is growing in leaps and bounds now and I promise I will get a belly pic up soon. I am starting to feel big now though and am trying really hard to embrace this stage because I remember missing this belly so much after I had Avery. As far as symptoms go I have been pretty lucky but the past few nights I have woken up to those horrible charlie horses-yeouch those hurt!
3. We are still getting acclimated into the new house. There are still a few kinks we are working out with the landlord but overall we are settled. Since we are just renting we are not painting any of the walls (Matt could NOT be any happier because painting is his least favorite thing to do) so getting Avery's room and Baby #2 room set up has been pretty simple. A house tour post is coming soon too- i just need to hang all the pictures I have that are currently leaning against the walls, make the beds, and make everything look spiffy for ya'll.
4. Matt started back to work which officially marks the beginning of football season. I always enter into August feeling torn because on one hand I am thrilled with the start of football season because its so exciting to hypothesize about how the season is going to go, but then on the other hand I know it means my husband is going to be gone again.......a lot. He does make an effort to be gone as little as possible, which I appreciate, but he's a pretty fun guy to be around and any amount of time he spends away from us is hard to swallow. But he loves what he does and always leaves for work with a smile on his face. Who can ask for more than that?
5. By the way, can you believe it's almost August already? Holy moly this summer is flying by.
6. I am going to try to find a dance class to sign Avery up for and I can't wait to see how she likes it. I predict she is going to love it because we all know how much she loves wearing tutus......
7. Speaking of Avery, she is still rocking the fabulous fashionable hats to sleep in. Nothing is funnier than going to get her in the morning and she is half asleep in her pajamas with this adorable hat sitting cock-eyed on her head. Pure comedy. Ahhhh I love having a little girl.......
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Baby Winston #2's Going To Be Named.........
We decided on Baby #2's name a while ago and I have been desperately trying to get a video of Avery saying the baby's name, which is so unbelievably cute, but of course she clams up for the camera so I have not been able to get it. So without further ado Baby Winston #2 is going to be named.................
Gracyn Paige Winston
We love it and can not wait to meet this sweet little girl!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Last night
When we went into Avery's room to check on her one last time before we went to bed last night, we looked into her room and saw this.............
.........YES that is a white hat with a huge pink flower that she is sleeping in (the flash of the camera makes it look like daytime but its really 10PM at night) and NO she was not wearing that hat when we put her in the bed.
When she woke up I said "Avery where did you get that hat?" and she said "Mommy, this is Avery sleeping hat, OK??!!"
There are no words :-)
.........YES that is a white hat with a huge pink flower that she is sleeping in (the flash of the camera makes it look like daytime but its really 10PM at night) and NO she was not wearing that hat when we put her in the bed.
When she woke up I said "Avery where did you get that hat?" and she said "Mommy, this is Avery sleeping hat, OK??!!"
There are no words :-)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Elmo Live
These pictures are from June....Better late than never.........
Right when she saw Elmo come onto the stage
Right when she saw Elmo come onto the stage
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
We made it!
We are in the new house! Thank Goodness!!!! Boy am I glad to be back in my own bed, with my own shower and my own space again! Moving is such a endless process though, and although the organizer in me is loving getting to purge the old and re-organize the remaining stuff, it is totally wearing me out!
Things are coming together really well though. Avery's room was the first one done, of course, because I wanted her to feel settled and feel safe sleeping in her room. And she actually has done a pretty good job. The first night she woke up a little bit scared at about 1AM and ended up sleeping with me, but the rest of the nights she has made it through the night seemlessly in her own bed. Also sidenote, her bed is converted to the toddler bed and I have had rails on it up until now and for some reason I just wanted to see what would happen without the rails and Voila! She hasn't rolled out of bed yet, and she loves being able to get in and out so much easier! It's weird to see her bed without rails through because it makes her look so grown up!!!
I really like our new house. It has some really cool features (outdoor balcony/patio off the master), but it also has some really odd features too (no food pantry....currently our food is in a hall closet.......weird). But I think its going to be really good for us. It's in a more family-friendly town with fabulous schools and I am really looking forward to getting involved here and hopefully finding Avery some new friends.
One downfall of the new casa is its really really far from my current job. But I knew that when we started looking at houses. It takes me between an hour and and hour and a half to get to work. Yikes. I am planning on continuing the commute at least until the baby comes in October and then we will see how things go after that. I am sure October will be here before we know it.
Speaking of October, the pregnancy is going really well. I was not doing a very good job of staying hydrated plus I was stressing about finding a new house so a few weeks ago I wasn't feeling too hot, but I have made a huge effort to chill out and drink loads of water so thankfully we are feeling a lot better. Honestly the last few weeks have been so crazy I barely have time to remember that I am pregnant. I am looking forward to things settling down and getting to stop and enjoy the end of this pregnancy. Avery is getting really excited about the baby and I am having a hard time explaining to her that the baby won't be here for another 3 months, but she doesn't seem to care. She is excited regardless. I can't wait to see her with her sister.
Sorry I don't have any pictures but we don't have our wireless internet hooked up yet (they come Wednesday!) so I am writing this off Matt's work computer, which does not support our photo software. As I said before I am really looking forward to gettting our internet back so I can keep up with blogging more. I really wanted to do a better job tracking this pregnancy so hopefully I can make it all up at the end! I promise I have lots of good posts coming up soon- the baby's name, new house pictures, Avery's singing talents, and lots of cute ones of the little princess.
Things are coming together really well though. Avery's room was the first one done, of course, because I wanted her to feel settled and feel safe sleeping in her room. And she actually has done a pretty good job. The first night she woke up a little bit scared at about 1AM and ended up sleeping with me, but the rest of the nights she has made it through the night seemlessly in her own bed. Also sidenote, her bed is converted to the toddler bed and I have had rails on it up until now and for some reason I just wanted to see what would happen without the rails and Voila! She hasn't rolled out of bed yet, and she loves being able to get in and out so much easier! It's weird to see her bed without rails through because it makes her look so grown up!!!
I really like our new house. It has some really cool features (outdoor balcony/patio off the master), but it also has some really odd features too (no food pantry....currently our food is in a hall closet.......weird). But I think its going to be really good for us. It's in a more family-friendly town with fabulous schools and I am really looking forward to getting involved here and hopefully finding Avery some new friends.
One downfall of the new casa is its really really far from my current job. But I knew that when we started looking at houses. It takes me between an hour and and hour and a half to get to work. Yikes. I am planning on continuing the commute at least until the baby comes in October and then we will see how things go after that. I am sure October will be here before we know it.
Speaking of October, the pregnancy is going really well. I was not doing a very good job of staying hydrated plus I was stressing about finding a new house so a few weeks ago I wasn't feeling too hot, but I have made a huge effort to chill out and drink loads of water so thankfully we are feeling a lot better. Honestly the last few weeks have been so crazy I barely have time to remember that I am pregnant. I am looking forward to things settling down and getting to stop and enjoy the end of this pregnancy. Avery is getting really excited about the baby and I am having a hard time explaining to her that the baby won't be here for another 3 months, but she doesn't seem to care. She is excited regardless. I can't wait to see her with her sister.
Sorry I don't have any pictures but we don't have our wireless internet hooked up yet (they come Wednesday!) so I am writing this off Matt's work computer, which does not support our photo software. As I said before I am really looking forward to gettting our internet back so I can keep up with blogging more. I really wanted to do a better job tracking this pregnancy so hopefully I can make it all up at the end! I promise I have lots of good posts coming up soon- the baby's name, new house pictures, Avery's singing talents, and lots of cute ones of the little princess.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Patience Is A Virtue
So I was hoping to do a fun new post about how seamless our move went and how fabulously decorated I already have our new house..................apparently God has other plans for us because as we speak we are embarking upon our 5th night in a hotel. Yep I said FIFTH night!
We have been planning for about a week to move Saturday July 3rd, arranging all the stuff (internet, cable, AC, electricity, etc.) to be turned off at the new house and all to be turned on at the new house. We had already met with the movers and put down a non-refundable deposit and at exacly 3:45PM on Friday July 2, aka the DAY BEFORE OUR PROPOSED MOVE, our new landlord called to inform us that some outside inspection of our electric unit had failed to be done and now they were not going to able to turn on our eletricity or AC until TUESDAY! Needless to say we totally freaked out and after a few heated discussions with our landlord we agreed to be put up in a hotel until Tuesday, so that all our stuff would still be moved as planned on Saturday and we would not lose our moving deposit.
Well it is most definitly Wednesday night now and we are still at the hotel. And I want to clarify that when I say "we" are at the hotel I mean me, Matt, Avery, both of the dogs, some random clothing that we were able to pack, and the entire contents of our fridge from the old house stuffed into coolers. Lovely. Also to make things better we had been staying at one hotel from Saturday and then Tuesday morning they informed us that they were oversold so we had to all load up like the Beverly Hillbillies and find another hotel to shack up at while we continue to wait for our power to be turned on. And for now we continue to wait.....patiently. And if you know me at all you know patience is not a virtue I possess. But I am trying, but please PRAY that our electricty is turned on soon because momma needs a good night's sleep without a toddler kicking me all night long and without the dogs constantly licking, moving and rolling around all night.
Hopefully that fun post about our fab new house will be sooner than later or else you guys can go ahead and forward your Christmas cards to the Mariott Suites in South Florida. Until then we wait................
We have been planning for about a week to move Saturday July 3rd, arranging all the stuff (internet, cable, AC, electricity, etc.) to be turned off at the new house and all to be turned on at the new house. We had already met with the movers and put down a non-refundable deposit and at exacly 3:45PM on Friday July 2, aka the DAY BEFORE OUR PROPOSED MOVE, our new landlord called to inform us that some outside inspection of our electric unit had failed to be done and now they were not going to able to turn on our eletricity or AC until TUESDAY! Needless to say we totally freaked out and after a few heated discussions with our landlord we agreed to be put up in a hotel until Tuesday, so that all our stuff would still be moved as planned on Saturday and we would not lose our moving deposit.
Well it is most definitly Wednesday night now and we are still at the hotel. And I want to clarify that when I say "we" are at the hotel I mean me, Matt, Avery, both of the dogs, some random clothing that we were able to pack, and the entire contents of our fridge from the old house stuffed into coolers. Lovely. Also to make things better we had been staying at one hotel from Saturday and then Tuesday morning they informed us that they were oversold so we had to all load up like the Beverly Hillbillies and find another hotel to shack up at while we continue to wait for our power to be turned on. And for now we continue to wait.....patiently. And if you know me at all you know patience is not a virtue I possess. But I am trying, but please PRAY that our electricty is turned on soon because momma needs a good night's sleep without a toddler kicking me all night long and without the dogs constantly licking, moving and rolling around all night.
Hopefully that fun post about our fab new house will be sooner than later or else you guys can go ahead and forward your Christmas cards to the Mariott Suites in South Florida. Until then we wait................
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