Randoms...

It feels as though we are either really busy.... or really lazy. Right now, I'm really liking being lazy.

We've slowly been putting the girls' rooms together. This was Phase Two on the plan for "Get Ready For #3". Phase One was moving.

Holynd is now in a big girl bed, which she loves.... now. When we moved her crib into Sloane's room, Holynd cried and told us that the "crib doesn't go there!" She was even more upset when we moved the big bed into her room. "NO! Where's my crib!?" It was heartbreaking. We had to childproof her doorknobs so that she couldn't get out and since there's no toys aloud in the bedrooms, she had no choice but to give in. Now she's in love. We are taking apart the little toddler bed and putting it in storage. Holynd, for some reason, could NOT stay in that little thing! She would fall out constantly! We decided to give her the other queen-sized bed we had. She's in love. She can sleep upside down, sideways, with her feet on the wall, no pillows, all pillows.... let's just say I feel bad for the man she marries.

I posted this picture just to show everyone why my glass doors are never clean. 'Nuff said.

Holynd and Sloane love the big deck on the back of the house. We spend A LOT of time out there and once my allergies clear up, I'm sure we'll spend a lot more out there. (Husband: Can you put the umbrella up? Please??)

We do have a view now. It's kinda nice. Some people, who will remain nameless, like to come over and spy on the people who camp in Cabella's parking lot.... What weirdos!

It's really nice to eat meals outside. Everything just gets hosed down afterward. I LOVE IT!

And finally........... one of my new favorite things. Oh, I can't believe how much I love this. The downstairs family room is now playroom central. The bedroom area is behind a big closed door, so with that childproofed and a baby gate put up, the girls are pretty much in "Baby Prison" as my mom so kindly calls it. Well, we decided prison wouldn't be complete without a little security. Cameras that is. This baby monitor is amazing. Four cameras in the basement allow us to check on the girls when we're upstairs, without having to walk down the stairs 14 million times a day (oh my little pregnant body is so thankful!). It rotates through the audio on all the cameras and the cameras even have night-vision! This is how we discovered that Holynd was such an erratic sleeper. It also has an intercom system so you can talk through the cameras. As a mother, you can literally have eyes in the back of your head. I love to catch Holynd doing something less then great and call down, "Holynd.... Are you sure you want to do that?!" It keeps my babies on their toes!

We did survive pictures. I love Katie at Peekaboo (Alissa! She says HI!). She was really good with my girls and Holynd loved her little dress-up area with all the headbands and jewelry. The pictures should be here in a week or so! I'm so excited to decorate my bare walls with updated pictures of the girls.

Anywho, I will update soon with pictures from Sloanie's first! She was so cute at her little cupcake party! Oh how I love that little baby.

Sorry for the unorganized, him-hah of a post. I had some pictures I needed to get off of my phone.

CELEBRATE!

NEW FURNITURE TODAY! MY FURNITURE IS COMING TODAY!

We had a BBQ here Saturday. It was a lot of fun and Holynd and her friend got to get into the little pool and splash around. However, after awhile, we were forced inside because the weather cooled off way too quickly. The girls ran downstairs to play and the babies were put to bed. That left the adult upstairs to sit either at my folding table or on my living room floor! :( Luckily, we have good friends and no one minded.

That doesn't mean that I can't be excited for new furniture though!

NEW FURNITURE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait!

Oh, to prevent further inquiries, I am annoucing this: Because of the move, I missed a doctor's appointment. Which means I don't go back to the doctor until the end of the month, which means that I won't be scheduling my 20 week ultrasound until then, which means that we probably won't find out what we are having until NEXT month. :) Amazingly, I'm ok with this. Finding out always makes the pregnancy slow way down for me. After that there's only that STUPID/LAME/DISTURBING Glucose Test to look forward to and then, labor. I'm seriously considering opting-out of the Glucose Test, can you do that? Is it legal? I HATE that thing.

Hello! I'm here!

We are still alive and kicking (all of "us" our kicking now, wink-wink). We are adjusting to life in a house, which has been a little harder then I thought it would be. Every once-in-a-while Holynd will ask to go "home" and it's not any fun to have to explain that our old "home" isn't home anymore.

I'm a little bummed the weather hasn't been all that great. I've got a yard and now we can't play in it! I did get my garden planted. Tomatoes, Jalapenos, Bell Peppers, Cucumbers, Squash, etc. It's going to be good eating around here if everything survives! (STUPID SUN! COME OUT NOW!)

I'll get some pictures posted soon.

So, my pregnant-self is still pregnant. Although, sometimes I forget that "Baby Hamburger" exists. He/she probably noticed though and has been giving me a nudge of recognition every so often - "Just wanted to remind you that I'm here... and you are hungry for a GIANT candy bar". Did I mention I threw out the scale this pregnancy? You'll not be hearing any weight obsessions here. Guess what? The cellulite came back almost instantly and my flapping arms showed up despite all the weights I lifted and yoga I did pre-pregnancy. Instead of obsessing like I did my two previous pregnancies (and probably causing A LOT of eye-rolls from everyone) I've given into the fact that it comes with the pregnancy and that's fine, as long as it goes away with the pregnancy. ;) If you'd like to e-mail me hate and criticism because I'm not monitoring everything that goes into my mouth, you can. I won't pay it any attention and I'll forever remember to laugh when you get the pregnancy-cellulite and arm-flap. ;) I tracked every calorie I ever ate during the first half of Sloane's pregnancy. Hate to break it to ya, but the weight came on anyway and I made myself pretty miserable by depriving myself. So while I do enjoy all my servings of fruits and veggies I need in the day, I'm not going to be worrying if I want a donut for breakfast once-in-a-while. (Maybe for lunch and dinner too).

Did I forget to mention that Sloane has (finally) cut two of the most adorable teeth ever? She waited quite a long time. I was starting to worry a little. She's not a very nice teether. In fact, by the time the first tooth cut, I was ready to start pulling my hair out. Luckily, she thinks Baby Tylenol is candy. ;) Again, e-mails filled with hate and criticism because I give my children medicine when they teeth is always welcome. Just don't expect sympathy when your little ones are teething.