Letting the Cat out of the Bag

Well, Here it is. We are expecting Baby #2  due April 28, 2013!

We are in our 12th week. Everyone is doing good! The move was more stressful because I couldn't help like I wanted to & this is why. I have had a hard time hiding the belly for about 4 weeks, so sweatshirts have been my friends, but I'm done trying to hide it. Honestly, this time around has been easier compared to when I was preggo with Madison. I've had no morning sickness, though I did have some food aversions (mostly to beef/venison). If it wasn't for the exhaustion that hit me last week & is still continuing this week, oh & the belly, I could forget I was pregnant & actually have a time or two!

Lets hope the delivery is a little smoother this time too! Another 20 1/2 hours with 18 of them on Pitocin doesn't sound like fun!

Things I've learned living in the new house

Things I've learned in the last week while living in the new house.

1. Its beautiful to wake up & watch the sunrise over the farm field behind my house from my deck or if its chilly my kitchen table. However, its not so fun to have a farm field behind the house when they harvest! (see #2)

2. When they harvest beans, this bean dust floats through the air all over the place & coats everything in it!

3. There are way more bugs & spiders around here! Note: Have hubby spray around the house for spiders & bugs!

4. The oven smells & smokes during its first few uses & its normal!

5. Its truly a pain in the butt & an all day event to water a Semi & 1/2 of Sod!!!! Plus you have to do it every day for a while!

6. Our electric company has been easy to get along with & very helpful as we get everything set up for the Geothermal including getting our heat plus rate (lower rate for heating & cooling)

7. Living in a new neighborhood (lots of new construction) isn't so bad as long as the construction isn't next door! (So far we are lucky!)

8. Our town has no Police station! We are covered by the County Sheriffs! There are at least 2 around here. 1 right around the corner! Plus it seems the Sheriffs do a loop through the neighborhood every night!

9. The town grocery store never seems to be very crowded.

10. I miss living closer to all the shops & stuff, but I hated the feeling of living so close to everyone else! So I would rather drive a little bit to get to the shops!

11. No matter how much room it looks like I will have in kitchen cabinets, its never enough! 

12. Same goes for the pantry!

13. New washer & dryer makes laundry more fun (for now!) That fun could wear off.

14. No matter how much unpacking I do I feel like I keep finding more!

15. Trying to unpack & watch a toddler is hard work! 

I'm sure there is a ton  more, but thats all I can do now as a certain toddler wants my attention now!

Adventures in moving

This has been quite the adventure. We were down to the wire Friday on whether or not we were going to be able to move stuff this weekend. Friday afternoon we got the Ok from the inspector on the final inspection. Then upon talking to our builder, they still needed to do touch up paint, caulking, fill nail holes, get my dryer (needed to side vent it & they were waiting for the kit) & a few other small miscellaneous things. So we opted to move things in, but keep it all in the middle of the rooms so that they could do what they needed to. With this happening we could not stay there & opted to stay at the townhouse.

I am currently typing this from a camping chair in my living room. I have been sleeping on a twin air mattress. We have a tv on the floor so that we can occupy Madison while we do a few things like last minute packing & cleaning the townhouse.

Its not ideal at all, but its what we had to do to make things work the easiest. Starting tomorrow night we will be staying in the new house as we have to have the townhouse cleaned. So that will give me Thursday to do so.

Our luck throughout this process as really stunk. Days before moving my cell phone stopped working properly so I had to go to Verizon to see if they could fix it. They could not & ordered me a new refurbished one. Thankfully it was no charge because it was within the first year & I did get it the very next day. Then on Friday the battery in my husbands truck started to take a crap so we had to replace that. Then yesterday I got a call from my doctor's office. I was suppose to have an appt today & well, it got moved to Thursday because they had me scheduled under a different doctor & my doctor is not in today.

Its all been stressful but nothing that we cannot handle. Its definitely been an adventure!

Stressed to the Max!!

We are suppose to be moving into the new house starting tomorrow. Well, it doesn't look like that is going to be the case. We will not know if this weekend is going to be a go on moving in until tomorrow afternoon. We need our electrician to show up, sod to be put in, clean up to be done, appliances to be installed & the final walk through to be done! I think it could be done! However, that is if everyone pulls their crap together & gets to the house to get it done! I'm so stressed out & there is nothing I can do about it!

We are suppose to be closing on both places one week from tomorrow. The buyers of the townhouse would like to get into the townhouse that day, but I don't know that, we can make that possible for them! If we can't move this weekend, I don't know when we can move. Dan can't do it all himself during the week next week & we cannot afford to hire movers to do it. Its kind of late in the game for that too! I'm under a weight restriction for lifting so I can't really help Dan much at all! This plan old sucks because what are we suppose to do? Ask people to use their vacation days to help us move? Who would want to do that? Who at this late in the year would have vacation days left to use?

I just want things to work out.

Looking up!

Things are starting to look up. We accepted an offer on the townhouse Saturday afternoon. We have a tentative closing date of Sept 28! Our house is scheduled to be completed Sept 8th & will be able to move in shortly after so we will be out of the townhouse by closing for the new owners.

There is a ton of stuff to get done & I need to pick out a few more things for the house. We have to pack up & move. We have to get paperwork together for the bank. We need to look into pricing things out for the house as well.

Must get back to my list making!

Difficult time & some pessimistic views

I still miss grandpa. Last week I broke down cried over it. My husband had my daughter outside teaching her how to cast her Mickey Mouse fishing pool. She was getting good at it for a 2 year old. He sent me a text telling me what she was doing so I could come see. I took a peek out the window & I lost it. I cried watching her. I cried because she will never have the opportunity to fish with my grandpa. I cried because all the memories of going fishing with him came rushing at me. I cried because I miss picking up the phone &; telling him whats going on. I will always cherish my time with him. It makes me smile when Madison says Grampy likes hot dogs & when her face lights up at hearing or seeing a train because he lives on in those moments.

One of my best friends lost her mom in June. She honored her mom's memory with a culadah ring with her mother's birthstone. She was sweet enough to get me one with my grandfather's birthstone. When I wear it I feel he is nearby keeping an eye on things.

Something else has been bugging me lately. I had a dream the other night. It was more of a memory really. A memory that came back to me in my dreams. It was of the last times I went to see him in the nursing home when he was talking. He said something about Madison being his only great grandchild, which to a degree is true but he said in a way that he had always known she would be his only one. Its not like he won't have other great-grandchildren, because he will. He just won't know them like he knew Madison.

It not just been things with Grandpa thought that have been difficult. My other issue has been selling the townhouse. We are getting so far into the building of the new house that I kind of lost hope of selling the townhouse & being able to move into the house we designed & built. I have resigned myself to the thought that we are going to lose our house because we won't able to sell the townhouse in a timely manner. As I stated to a few people already I have become the ultimate pessimist when it comes to the house because optimism just hasn't helped me out at all.

A week without my baby

I spent all of last week without my little girl. I know you would think that I would have found the time to blog, but truth be told, I was a slacker.

I spent my first day without her in a total funk. I went grocery shopping & it wasn't the same without her. I enjoy taking her grocery shopping with me. She squeals with delight as I push the cart around. She doesn't ask for things at all. She just wants to hold the list, which is fine with me as long as she will show it to me so I can get everything on it.

The second day I was out of my funk because we checked on her the night before and she was doing fine & having fun with her grandparents. I got all sorts of errands run & checked out the new house, though I did take one of the dogs with me as I did these things.

All week long whenever I went anywhere I kept checking the back seat for my baby girl. It always made me sad that she was not there, but at the same time happy that I do check for her especially with the hot weather.

I kept the house clean & took a few naps since I didn't have a toddler to chase after. I did get to go out with the hubby for dinner twice while she was gone plus we went to a festival one night too. It was a pretty boring life without my baby for a week, but I survived

By the time it was Saturday I was ready to go claim my baby & spend an ton of time with her. We went to go pick her up & my baby was stunned to see us standing in Grandma's kitchen! She would not let me out of her sight & I got a million hugs & kisses! I loved it!

Since her homecoming we have spent a ton of time together. She grew at least an inch since she was gone & her hair is definitely thicker! She is putting together 4 word sentences too! I can't believe it!