Paradise

I think Ellie (and we are too) is in paradise! She loves our new house and all the fun stuff we've been doing. These are pictures of her enjoying our time in our new house. We're trying to get settled and get our boxes unpacked. We love it here so far!! More to come.

Our First Home...FINALLY!

We got a call last night from the previous owners of our new home and they moved out yesterday. 2 days earlier than they expected, which meant 2 days earlier that we could move ing. Of course, I'm not finished packing and none of our stuff is there, but we went this morning just to walk around and see OUR house!!! We'll be doing little projects throughout the house this week, then moving the bulk of our stuff on Saturday.

We finally decided on a fridge - it has french doors and a freezer on the bottom. Thanks for all the words of wisdom everyone gave! We tried to listen to everyone and weigh our options before we bought one. We got a great deal from Lowe's and it is being delivered Thursday morning.

Our couch is our big hang-up right now. They have a back-order on the fabric we want, so they want us to change it. We have to go back to the store today to see what the difference is...I'm going to be really frustrated if it's not what we thought we bought. It is supposed to be delivered Saturday, but maybe not.

Ellie is so excited! She wants to jump on her "tram-a-tine ALL day"!

She told me in Wal-Mart the other day to "be patient, mom". I'm trying!

She also said this morning that she was "tee-pen-ding"...translation = pretending.

She's learning some big words and appropriate times to use them and it's so fun to watch her learn! I'll post new pictures soon.

Advice

Okay. So we need some advice. We're having a hard time deciding on a refrigerator for our new house. I mean, when we went to pick out a couch, it was so much fun because we looked around, decided on what we liked and didn't like and as soon as we found the one we bought, we knew it was "THE ONE". We've enjoyed so much of our time looking for stuff for our house...but the fridge is a different story. Everyone tells us something different and it's not like we can try one out and see whether we like it or not. Here are our top choices...let us know if you have any advice.

~French doors with the freezer on the bottom
~one door with the freezer on the bottom
~a "side by side" with ice and water in the door

What's Kickin'?

I am a picture jukie. I'm not as bad as I was when Ellie was younger, but I still take a ton of pictures. They are all so cute that I can't help but share them. I'm horrible about printing copies of them, though...I need to work on that. Here are some random ones.

~me (and Ava) at 25 weeks (yes, I still have 15 weeks left, but not much room left for her to grow?!?

~washing Dad's dirty feet

~labeling the packed boxes

~Ellie wanted to make sure we didn't forget her, so she climbed in a box!!

~pure joy while swinging

~painting - her new favorite thing to do

~I love to watch my baby sleep - she's such a doll

~making our own pizzas (like Caillou)

It's Potty Time!

Ellie is finally potty trained! She started going in the potty when she was like 16 months old, so we thought it would be a breeze...but I think she started too early. She would go if we took her, but she wouldn't tell us, so we've used pull-ups for quite a while. Anyway, today is day 5 of staying dry, wearing panties all day, and telling us (or even going on her own) when she needs go - no more asking if she needs to go! She's even doing #2 in the potty now. What a relief!

A very good day.

We had another great day today! We took our time getting out of bed today and getting ready, then headed to the Library. We hadn't taken her in a long time, so she thought she was in heaven. I had a meeting with my supervisor for my new job and it went really well. It got me really excited about my new job, which should be starting withing the next week or two. We went to more furniture stores and think we might have found a bunk bed for Ellie. She loved it! We're still debating, though. At 5:30, we got to go to our new house and meet with the current owners. They showed us around and explained how they keep the pool, the fence, the deck, the driveway...all in good shape and we were able to measure some spaces that we'd like to put some of our furniture, just to make sure it will fit. Ellie discovered the trampoline! It took me forever to get her to get on it with me and even then, Ihad to hold her and jump (not easy when you're 6 months pregnant?!?). Once she did, she was hooked. She learned how to get in and out of the net on her own and was running and jumping by herself in no time. She told Jeff, "I want to do this all day!" She was talking to his parents, "Nana and D", and she told them, "When Jenny moves to her new house, we get to put our stuff in and live in our new house!" It was precious. We are all SO excited!!!