Just Life
Waiting. . . .
We are pretty consumed by our circumstances right now, so we haven’t thought much of blogging.
We are planning on moving to Raleigh as soon as this house sells (or burns down, whatever).
Josh is still working at the church (until the 15th) by day and burning the midnight oil with all of his contract work.
I’m staying one step behind the kids to keep the house “ready to show” and researching the schools in Wake County to see where we want to live. (which changes everyday as do the school districts, apparently)
In the meantime, here’s what we’ve been up to:
Fun in the snow at Mimi’s house.
Charlotte turned. . .
Got some presents.
Olivia was slightly less than amused.
Banana Splits for the Birthday breakfast.
Yum!
Had a party with our friends.
Creighton reached cake Nirvana.
And then, Olivia’s school had a Family Dance.
We were instructed not to dance.
(I tried anyway)
Group hug with the besties.
Horsing around with Dad.
and an inflatable sea serpent.
Successful first quarter at Peters Inc.
I’ll post all of the Easter pics soon. Off to enjoy all the yellow-coated goodness outside in the sun.
Big Boy
Creighton is getting so big. He is walking everywhere, and the “snakes and snails and puppy dog tails” in him are spilling out all over the place.
Just look at him:
He’s gonna be a Lady Killer.
At Home
Life at home has gotten pretty good, pretty quick.
I feel like I’ve got my house under control (relatively speaking, of course–I am still me) and the kids are used to having a one-woman-audience and only one room of toys.
I am looking forward to all of the “Ups” that come along with being at home with kids and I feel prepared for all of the “Downs”.
The days are long, but the years are short!
I’m grateful for this opportunity.
Thanks for working so hard for us, Josh!
What I came home to…
Olivia: Dad I lost my tooth today.
Me: Really.. that’s great. How did it happen.
Olivia: I pulled it out.
Me: Really??
Olivia: Yeah…Mom, tried to tie a string around it and pull it but it didn’t work. So, I just twisted it around, wiggled it, then twisted it, then wiggled it, the twisted it and it came out.
Me: eeehhh. Did that hurt.
Olivia: No.
…and only 4 days to Kindergarten.
Happy Birthday, Man Cub.
It’s been a year.
It’s been the best one so far.
The world is better place with you in it, Creighton.
We love you!
Time is Flying.
We have more to blog about than ever before but, because of that, we have less time to blog than ever before. Go figure.
Josh went to Spain. I’m only a little bitter.
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Creighton got moved up to the big tub. Bath time is a whole new adventure.
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He also started to crawl. . .
and stand up (excuse the baby barricade). . .
he has five teeth now . . .
and got a visit from his Mimi.
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And oh, my Charlotte. She is going to be a star.
A dramatic finale, n’est-ce pas?
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As for my oldest child, we just got her registered for Kindergarten. Kindergarten!
She looks so old in this picture.
That’s all for now.
Enjoy!
Catch-Up
Life is busy! So in a nutshell:
We finally took a pic of the new paint on the house.
The girls got pony rides at Fall at the Farm.
Josh ran The Big Pumpkin 5K.
Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. Cooked my first turkey. Auntcy and Christopher (hopefully Uncle Christopher soon, hint hint) came to visit.
Creighton got his first tooth with another coming in, but Olivia still hasn’t lost her wobbly one.
Charlotte is still a walking improv skit.
Looking forward to a slower end of the year!
A Sunday Snapshot
Enjoy this shot. It’s rare but it happens from time to time. No one’s screaming. No one’s crying. We are all smiles. I enjoy the Sundays that I work the 6pm. This is the easy shift… cartoons, milk, juice, naps.
Katie gets the tough shift today. A full work day startig at 4:30am, after nap crankiness, then dinner and bed time… whooo. Love ya babe!
I’m a Lucky Gal
Today Creighton was having a pretty rough day. His Mom forgot to put his Miracle Blanket in his diaper bag. Naps don’t go well without his Miracle Blanket.
But, because I work in the best environment EVER, we were able to navigate through naptime this way:
I just brought my laptop downstairs and worked while he slept. I could hear my girls giggling and having a good time down the hall.
It just doesn’t get any better than that.
Quit Your Whining!
That’s actually for me, not my kids.
I had plans to blog about my overwhelming week last week. I took pictures of the 84,000 items we have to load up every morning, and I was going to whine.
But then I thought about it. I have way more reasons to be grateful than I do to complain.
My Girls
Today was a long day. This week has been along week.
But that will be a different post. Today my girls made me smile.
Watching my girls cuddle on the couch today has been the highlight of my day.
It doesn’t get any sweeter than that.
Finally caught one
He’s been treating us to smiles for a while now, but they are just so hard to catch on camera.
I got one today.
Enjoy!
All Quiet on the Home Front
Well, we survived yesterday. There were some tense moments, but the girls got a nice lesson in delayed gratification. There may or may not have been an ice cream bribe involved. All in all, I think I can do this.
Today is pretty quiet. We’re just haning out and I’m trying to the the house clean (translation: everything shoved into closets) before small group comes over tonight.
Here’s a few pics of the boy:
Only 5 hours until the rest of the clan joins us.
The First Day Of The Rest Of My Life
Today is my first solo day as a mom of three. The houseguests are all gone and the girls are home from preschool.
I’m only on my second batch of coffee, and so far, we’re doing okay. No injuries. No Joan Crawford moments.
Tummy Time is a hit.
Charlotte is in her own little world as usual. She’s “teaching letters to her Pollys” right now.
Only 7 hours until Daddy gets home.
Seen better days
So, the Doc came in this morning and said that the nurse from last night was wrong. I am not 4 cm, I am somewhere between 2-3 cm. She asked the nurse to stop the Pitocin that had already been flowing for half an hour.
Now I am home. Waiting. Again.
Doom.
The doctor just told me that they won’t induce until the 5th of August.
That was not what I wanted to hear.
Eviction Notice
Although the baby could show up at anytime now, there is an official end to the insanity in view. This morning the Doc told me that an induction would be scheduled for Wednesday, July 30. Both of the girls showed up before their inductions happened, so we’re hoping for the same thing this time. There just has to be a plan in place for them to rebel against it. Apples don’t fall that far from this tree
16 Days.
I can live through 16 more days.
That darn ticker!!!
I don’t know about you, but I keep staring at that stupid ticker on this page and wonder why it is moving sooooo slowly. The Dr. said I wouldn’t make it to August, which means that I have 38 days left at most, but I can’t figure out how to change that darn ticker up there. It says that I have 45 days left, and that is not okay. That is 7 days that I will not be able to bear, y’all. Fix it Josh.
Anyway, that’s what’s pretty much consuming my world right now. (That and the fact that it’s time to start Christmas design planning at work.)
So here’s what my nearly 34 week baby bump looks like, measuring right at 34 weeks.
If that’s not a Willy Wonka Christmas candy experiment gone wrong, I don’t know what is .
Happy Monday.
Potty Princess
Potty training makes me crazy. It makes me even crazier that she wants to wear this dress while doing it and prefers to be called “Giselle” instead of Charlotte (from the movie Enchanted).
But look how cute she is:
How can I get mad at that sweet little thing?
And, for the record, we are kicking some serious potty training behind today.
I hope I didn’t just jinx it.