We Are The Littles

Here are a few pictures of the house, after a trimming and a new find. More to come…

Since Gabe is now in his cushy vacation spot that is Port Harcourt, Nigeria, I guess I will post a POTD (picture of the day) for your enjoyment. Today presented a very proud moment for our wee wun, Justin. He woke up at a very early time of 10:00 a.m. or so and wiggled his tooth a bit to see if it would finally pop out. It did! He walked proudly down the stairs to show me his accomplishment. This is our POTD! Now, we will definitely have another visitor to the new house tonight, Ms. Tooth Fairy.

Gabe called me early this morning around 7:00 a.m. to let me know he had arrived safely. I am just sitting at home now, twiddling my thumbs, waiting for him to call me back again once he is settled in his Nigerian pad. Tic Toc, Tic Toc, Tic Toc! Let the countdown begin to his homecoming and Gabriela’s arrival.

BTW. I will post more pictures later. One is my amateur find at a thrift store that I hope my MIL (mother in law) will like. The other is our home’s new look! Over the past weekend, my MIL souped up our living and dining areas. She is awesome. She also helped me and my friends cater a very successful baby shower that was a mixture of traditional and not-so-traditional touches! Gabe will put those pictures up in his spare time! Have a good day everyone. I am about to tackle my notorious junk closet and head for the pool some time today to tan my baby bump!

Well, the month of May has historically been a chaotic one for almost everyone’s household who has kids and any form of extended family relations. May is the month where you see your bank account dwindle. First, there are graduation gifts, end of season parties, last minute doctor’s appointments, end of school parties, and buying parting gifts for teachers, school personnel, bus drivers, scout leaders, volunteers, blah blah blah. Our family is no exception to this chaos and money sucking month. In fact, we not only have to celebrate two birthdays (James and Savannah), but we also managed to add a grueling move, two birthday cake projects due on the same day, driver’s ed for “the mouth”, a baby shower, and a VERY pregnant and moody woman (me) to the mix. Gabe and I have been hot, testy, and have gone from moments of elation to feeling just down right sorry for ourselves! Today, we decided to play hooky from unpacking boxes and cleaning and just go to watch a movie to be mindless and carefree for a while. So, what movie do two children from the 80’s go see? You guessed it, the new Indiana Jones movie. I think it is safe for me to say (with Gabe’s support) for all of you to SAVE your money! Use it to go towards your graduation gifts or something. I will not give much away except some good things should just be left a lone. To me, this movie made Indiana Jones seem more like King Solomon’s Mines (the awful movie with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone) genre and that is just not the way it was. However, I really loved being in the theater, next to Gabe, escaping with him while resting my head on his shoulder and munching on popcorn and M&M’s, sometimes together. Then, we went to a new dive and ate a huge BBQ lunch with fried pickles, chopped beef, pulled pork, sausage, fries, and fried okra. We will definitely have to take my in laws there! Of course, it was not healthy, but we were on a roll. We also had my 32 week doctor’s appointment. We got to see Gabriela again today! My has she grown. She is huge. She already had turned head down which explains why I feel more of her movements all over and more intensely. I get a lot of Braxton Hicks now and walk very funny because of her big ole head. But, I must say, she is a beauty. I could tell by the Ultrasound that she has my lips and Gabe’s nose. Gabe could not make any of this out to save his life, but we all could. The doctor and I kept pestering Gabe about how he could not make the images out that were so obvious to us. My poor baby. Oh, well, we have another picture of her which Gabe will put up for all of us. Anyway, the doctor ordered me on one year’s bed rest and no house work. Too bad, he was just playing. We had a great jolly visit. I even let Gabe go peruse the nearby Best Buy to cap off our excellent day. I, of course, stayed in the car and read yet another magazine that I stole from the Doc’s office. I think I have a problem.

Okay, well the house looks like a house now. The bedrooms look like normal rooms. We have a few “hidden items” to unpack still, but as long as they stay hidden, the house looks nice. I love my kitchen. Our neighbors are VERY friendly. The boys are outside more than inside, playing with the mass of little girls on our block! We tried to have a dog play date for Rocky with the other neighborhood dogs. Let’s just say, it was not a huge success. But, we are all happy, exhausted, but excited to be in our new home. Did I mention that I love my kitchen???

Although I did not care for the new Indy movie, Harrison Ford was still awesome. I just wanted to throw that in there.

*GABE’S EDIT* - I put the newest picture of Gabriela up. You can see it here. I can now tell what is what in the picture. Can you?