Busy May

Hello again. I feel like I have a million things to update on -And I can't organize them into special little blogs... so the month of May is getting dumped into this blog.

To start with we have moved into Nina and Papaw's house. We moved out on April 28th and have renters in our home. We were a little hesitant to rent, but thought we would give it a try when asked and here we are moved into the basement of my mommas house. Its been an adjustment for everyone, but I didn't know it would be as hard as it was on my little baby. She is 2 1/2 and as much as I thought she would never remember or care that we were moving im pretty sure now that she was a little stressed out with the move. I don't remember it being sad when I was packing each box, but when we were done it was super sad that we were leaving our first home as a family. Im sure that im a tad bit more emotional because im pregnant, but still we brought our baby home to this house and painted and decorated and made many memories in this house on Arlington Dr. I was so stressed by what our house looked like everyday and the rush to get it packed in time that I rarely had time to reflect on what actually was happening until 2am on Sat morning when we (the gang of cleaners) left for the last time. Um, I probably should thank my mom and Greg for their help when I was on the verge of having a melt down the last night, can I blame it on pregnancy? Ok then. Still..I dont think it really hit me until a few days later what a huge event in our lives just took place... or maybe it still hasnt hit me... who knows my pregnancy brain keeps me guessing.

Thanks to my family and many 1st offs at work that we got it all packed up and cleaned ready for renters on time. Thank the lord I have an understanding husband who didnt let me do much more than pack the boxes and tape them up. He came home to boxes and things to lift and move every day and Charlee and I would go with him to the storage unit for moral support and to direct what goes where. Charlee just managed to get dirty every time. Papaw Greg made several trips with us too after work. Gavin decided to hire movers for the BIG stuff on that friday. It was well worth it. Everything made it sucessfully to Nina's in one piece.  Nina had the basement cleaned, painted, and somewhat decorated.  We are getting a bathroom downstairs too!

 

I did still manage to take some pregnancy pictures. I wanted Charlee to be involved in as many as she wanted to be in so she gets to hold a little chalkboard with the number of weeks we are.

Manny and Drew went to prom and I tried to take some good pictures for them.  They had a blast and Maddy looked gorgeous.  It WAS the hottest day ever, poor Drew in his tux.

 

Charlee was at Gaetons 3rd birthday party while I was taking pictures, I went to pick her up and she had a blast and of course didnt want to leave, but was so tired she needed to leave. Some of our friends actually told me Charlee looked like me and that made my day!

Charlee got a new swing set for the summer. She loves it and this summer has been pretty much a naked one. She loves being naked, I dont blame her and while shes still little I let her.

We must have told her it was time to go inside... she is pouting.

Manny's Graduation

We also had our ultrasound this day and we made it through without seeing the sex of our baby.  The ultrasound tech was awesome, she showed me everything was perfect and working properly.  Heart, brain, kidneys, and skeleton... it was amazing to see our little one look so baby-like compared to the bean one we got at 9 weeks.  The ultrasound lady didnt even go near the genitals because I have been known to sneak down at work and peek at friends babys little parts.. im kinda good :) So she was a trooper and made our day. Well, Gavin was trying to talk me into caving in the waiting room - I knew he would do that so I was already mentally prepared to hold strong. He will thank me in the end.

Little Charlee couldnt make it through the entire graduation so we went out and played on the.... escalator.  Yeah I know, it was all we had.

Up and down at least 20 times until daddy came out to play with us.

By the time we got to dinner at Harry & Izzys little wee one was passed out.  And thankfully she let daddy hold her because with the belly and heels I almost broke my ankle trying to walk and hold her durring the end of her meltdown before she crashed.

Look who we found in the parking garage after dinner.... Drew!

Maddys Graduation Party

Harper and Charlee

It was a great party and we are all very excited for Maddy and know she is going to have a blast at IU!!

Go Hoosiers.

June should be a calmer month for everyone.

Spring Break 2012 Panama City Beach

We stayed at the new condos Splash.  It was very very nice I would recommend it to any family going to Panama City.  We stayed in a condo with Mimi and Papaw and Gaston, Jenny and Gaeton.  Nina and Papaw came down with Keekah and Manny for her senior spring break with her friends.  Jenny's parents came down as well so we had lots of people to hang out with.  The weather was pretty good for Panama City.

Charlee wasn't exactly thrilled about the beach but she got used to it. She would rather be at the pool swimming around making new friends.  I didn't mind, sand isn't my fav so we would be up at the pool and people would come visit on the way to the bar or to go to the bathroom. Nina/Papaw and daddy came to play several times. They also had a splash pad that was perfect for Charlee. 

When we were actually at the beach... she loved Papaw taking her into the ocean.  There was one day when the waves were calm we took her out to the sand bar and jumped for about an hour over the waves.  Everyone came out, it was really fun and Charlee couldn't get enough of it.

Totally wiped out from all the fun.

 One of the days we got her to stay out at the beach for a long time was when I got out the baby powder.  It is awesome for getting sand off and keeping it from sticking to you. (thanks pinterest) She was playing for a good hour.  The baby powder was gone but she was having fun so that was worth it.  Daddy was covered in baby powder.

 Gaeton and Charlee had snack time and ate some Oreos while they watched Spider Man.

These babies are pretty spoiled... watching a movie on the IPad at the beach.

We went out for MacKenzie's 20th birthday with everyone at Pier Park.  The restaurant was pretty fun and they were known for being "rude and kinda smart ass-like" We all got paper hats with clever little sayings on them. Charlee passed out at the table while I was holding her and the waiter put a balloon on her wrist to be funny.  She enjoyed the balloon when she woke up later!!

This is the only family pic we got on vacation where we weren't in bathing suits.  Thanks to the lady at the next table wanting one of her group... she kindly returned the favor. Charlee wasn't wanting to miss a second of Daffy Duck to say cheese.

This is our other family picture from the trip. Thanks Manny.

So much fun.

I'm a little sad I didn't grab the camera more on vacation, usually I take way too many and everyone is like seriously... put the camera down.  I need to get back to those annoying ways. And it was a good week for our new baby... he or she is 13 weeks now and I can have a slight sigh of relief that we have made it this far. So blessed.

We Are Expecting #2

This is old news by now... but I'm behind! We had been trying for number two for about 8 months.  We found out on Feb 4th that we were expecting our little bundle.  My due date is Oct 10th so one month after Charlee turns 3!! Obviously we are supper excited.

I love this picture:

This was after our first visit and ultrasound to make sure everything looked perfect.  I was not feeling good at this point. 6 weeks was when the nausea kicked in and lasted through week 11 ish. Then it was just normal queasy every now and again.  It was much worse than with Charlee bear... but I wont complain too much because I know it could be much worse. 

Love this picture too: