at least for our time in this house. We have had our love/hate relationship with this house, but at the end of the day it was/is our home. We will always have memories of our home here and are sad to leave. However, we are super anxious for this next chapter in our new home. I'm sure we will have a whole new set of love/hate issues with the new place, but we'll cross those bridges when we get there. Some things we will greatly miss: Haydn being able to go ride his bike around the neighborhood and not worrying, our 'family walk' route that is about 2.5 miles including hills, the parks close by where the boys can go hit balls off the T and play soccer, knowing that people are watching for Emmitt in the streets (he really is an escape artist!), laying on the front lawn watching for shooting stars, living so close to our longtime friends, and our friends of the last 20 months. It's amazing what we take for granted and don't realize it until we are leaving or it is taken away from us. Thankfully we aren't moving too far so we can still visit all our friends!
We are really looking forward to a VERY short drive to and from work for Adam. We also look forward to Adam being able to have lunch with us if he wants (which will be super helpful after this baby comes...and expected at first). There's several other pros' to this list that I won't get into now.
The move starts tomorrow and I'm super anxious. I am ready to get it started...AND over. I look forward to my mother-in-law being here this weekend to help with the boys (I know that wasn't what she wanted the visit for, but I will be forever grateful for the help and piece of mind she is giving me). I'm ready to get things settled and prepared for our new addition (the crib set up, clothes ready for him, meals and snacks ready in the freezer, etc). I'm also ready to get settled back into our schedule again and not have to worry about packing (or unpacking). I remember always loving to move when I was younger but now that I'm the mom moving, it's not so much fun!
Hopefully we won't be offline too long, but if it takes awhile for me to post again it's because we are!
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
So Much Time, So Little to Do....Errr
I cannot believe it has been almost 2 YEARS since I last wrote. I don't even know if anyone still follows along or not. I plan on getting back on the bandwagon and updating in one location on the happenings of our family. If nobody is following, well, I have a 'journal' then.
So much time has passed, and I have written so little...and we have had some big changes in our lives in the past 2 years. The condensed version: We had a baby, put our house up for sale, sold our house, got a job offer that required us to make a HUGE move, made that HUGE move with a 3 month old baby and barely 4 year old, settled into our new home, and quickly fell into the busy life of a family with 2 active little boys.
Fast forward a bit, 4 year old informs us that it would be in his best interest to home school him (he has a huge love for learning), he started reading, memorizing, and doing simple math. After being in preschool for a year, I felt confident enough that home schooling is an option. Started collecting materials and supplies I thought I might need and started home school over 3 months ago. So far, so good!
Little baby is now a big toddler into everything...literally gets into everything. There is nothing out of his reach if you can reach it. Makes for a long, rough day when trying to get anything accomplished that takes your eyes off him. He may be busy, but he sure is fun!
Now, we have yet another little boy on the way and this is wearing me out! Pregnancy has been easy for me in the past, but this time around I have experienced morning sickness for the first 16 weeks, Braxton Hicks every single day, weird things that gross me out (slimy things are beyond my gagging control), and general feelings of BLAH. This little boy likes to move too! While I'm worn out now, I am really looking forward to having another boy in my home. I love them and they are SO MUCH FUN!
As if this all wasn't enough, we wanted to move closer to Adam's work and get settled in before baby boy comes. Well, we found what we think might be the perfect place to call home for the next couple years, and it's VERY close to work. The catch (because there is ALWAYS a catch), is the BUSIEST weekend of Adam's job. Did I mention that Adam will be busy? Let's just say that I don't plan on seeing Adam much the week prior to this event or the day after. And we are moving???? I AM crazy! We will make it through and one of our awesome friends has already offered to take that Monday after the super busy weekend off from work to help us move. I'm hoping I'll be able to get most of the smaller things moved on my own throughout the week prior to the BIG move day. This gives me about 3 months to get everything settled and ready before we have a newborn in the house again.
During all of this, I still have my "into everything" almost 2 year old and my "home schooling" 5 year old to entertain and hopefully help. We are going to attempt to school through our move. (I know...I already admitted it, I'm crazy!) I think we can do some simple projects and focus on our 'core' subjects that we do every day. Hopefully we will be able to get everything set up right away and get back into the groove of things within a week after moving. (I think this might be possible since it's a local move.) I did finally admit to my mother-in-law that I am stressing a little more than I thought. She reminded me of our moving day almost 2 years ago...when I broke down in tears and showed a side of me that I wished NONE of the people who were there saw. I'm trying not to get too stressed (more Braxton Hicks!) because my stress comes out as anger and nobody should have to bear that!
Well, this is a little longer than I had planned (and I hear my "into everything" son getting into 'something') and should probably get going. I have so much to do and so little time to do it in. Alas, I will continue to update.
So much time has passed, and I have written so little...and we have had some big changes in our lives in the past 2 years. The condensed version: We had a baby, put our house up for sale, sold our house, got a job offer that required us to make a HUGE move, made that HUGE move with a 3 month old baby and barely 4 year old, settled into our new home, and quickly fell into the busy life of a family with 2 active little boys.
Fast forward a bit, 4 year old informs us that it would be in his best interest to home school him (he has a huge love for learning), he started reading, memorizing, and doing simple math. After being in preschool for a year, I felt confident enough that home schooling is an option. Started collecting materials and supplies I thought I might need and started home school over 3 months ago. So far, so good!
Little baby is now a big toddler into everything...literally gets into everything. There is nothing out of his reach if you can reach it. Makes for a long, rough day when trying to get anything accomplished that takes your eyes off him. He may be busy, but he sure is fun!
Now, we have yet another little boy on the way and this is wearing me out! Pregnancy has been easy for me in the past, but this time around I have experienced morning sickness for the first 16 weeks, Braxton Hicks every single day, weird things that gross me out (slimy things are beyond my gagging control), and general feelings of BLAH. This little boy likes to move too! While I'm worn out now, I am really looking forward to having another boy in my home. I love them and they are SO MUCH FUN!
As if this all wasn't enough, we wanted to move closer to Adam's work and get settled in before baby boy comes. Well, we found what we think might be the perfect place to call home for the next couple years, and it's VERY close to work. The catch (because there is ALWAYS a catch), is the BUSIEST weekend of Adam's job. Did I mention that Adam will be busy? Let's just say that I don't plan on seeing Adam much the week prior to this event or the day after. And we are moving???? I AM crazy! We will make it through and one of our awesome friends has already offered to take that Monday after the super busy weekend off from work to help us move. I'm hoping I'll be able to get most of the smaller things moved on my own throughout the week prior to the BIG move day. This gives me about 3 months to get everything settled and ready before we have a newborn in the house again.
During all of this, I still have my "into everything" almost 2 year old and my "home schooling" 5 year old to entertain and hopefully help. We are going to attempt to school through our move. (I know...I already admitted it, I'm crazy!) I think we can do some simple projects and focus on our 'core' subjects that we do every day. Hopefully we will be able to get everything set up right away and get back into the groove of things within a week after moving. (I think this might be possible since it's a local move.) I did finally admit to my mother-in-law that I am stressing a little more than I thought. She reminded me of our moving day almost 2 years ago...when I broke down in tears and showed a side of me that I wished NONE of the people who were there saw. I'm trying not to get too stressed (more Braxton Hicks!) because my stress comes out as anger and nobody should have to bear that!
Well, this is a little longer than I had planned (and I hear my "into everything" son getting into 'something') and should probably get going. I have so much to do and so little time to do it in. Alas, I will continue to update.
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