A Walking Disaster

That's what I informed my mother I am--or at least have become in the last 24 hours. Since last night, I've managed to squirt dishsoap in my eye (which is about as fun as it sounds, possibly less) and strain my lower stomach muscles (you know, the ones that hold up the baby) by doing the oh-so-dangerous task of sitting on the couch.

This afternoon, I got a huge chip in my fingernail because I ran my hand into the corner of the wall. Seriously...who does this??

I'm hoping that all this klutziness isn't a sign of impending labor. But it's okay--I packed the hospital bag today.

Where I've Been

Two weeks ago now, we moved! This move has definitely been the most challenging (ripping up linoleum anyone?), but also the most exciting (we own!). The house is starting to feel more like home each day, and I got almost giddy the other night when I asked Chris to hang pictures in Timmy's room and he was able to pound nails in the wall.

Loving some Pinterest inspiration

Speaking of Timmy, he loves our new place. Freedom to crawl everywhere (no stairs) and a yard! He's getting much better at standing on his own, and playing independently, too.

A little morning reading

I know I said Baby2 had a name, but we're not quite so sure now. It depends on the day if we've settled on one or not. I'm currently voting that we wait until he's born and see if he looks like a ____ or ____.

Back to searching Pinterest menu planning!

Back (And Items of Note)

 How many times can a blogger declare she's back from an unintended break before it comes true? Christmas was a wonderful time of family and friends. We came back tired but ready to embark on our next adventure--home ownership!

We got the keys last Thursday and so far have cleaned, removed/prepped all the doors, drawers and cabinets for painting, put the first coat on the doors and ripped up the dining room carpet. And yes, I get tired just looking at the list of what we've done. Hopefully the painting will be done by the weekend. That, along with installing laminate flooring and putting up curtains are on our pre-move in list. So, so excited to live in a house that we own. One that has space for entertaining, a larger garage, no stairs and a real yard. Meanwhile, any spare evenings are spent at the new house and I've come to accept that easy meals and two slightly chaotic residences are just life right now.

A week from Thursday my little boy will be one year old. Yikes. He's not walking, but loves to stand and does pretty well on his own. Cheerios are his new favorite food. Other favorites are his finger puppet books, blocks and teddy bear or fuzzy lamb, depending on which stuffed animal is clean. ;)

Baby2 (who has a name, but we're keeping it a secret) is doing well. Somehow the third trimester sneaked up on us like crazy; yesterday was 27 weeks! 

                                       

Repeat Ad Nauseum

I feel I could start all my posts with "my poor neglected blog..." But as the kitchen is clean, Timmy is just stirring from his nap (as opposed to full out talking and partying) and I've made remarkable progress on my to-do list, I figured I'd take time to write a little.

Hard to believe yesterday was the first Sunday of Advent. It definitely flew by this year. Thankfully, I am not feeling as behind as I was. I've come to accept that our house will be in a perpetual state of chaos until we get things settled in our new home (yes, we're buying a house!). I'll have to write the story someday. In all my spare time, obviously.

Saturday I used some birthday money to buy fabric for a knitting needle roll to house my double pointed needles. I'm hoping to finish it tonight, but we'll see. Sometimes I'm so brain-dead in the evenings I can't do a whole lot (hence the blogging at noon thing). Once it's done, though, I can start on the wrist warmers I'm making for myself and the hat for Chris. Very excited about those.

Well, Timmy's ramping up the party noises now so I suppose I should get him up and feed the boy some lunch.

Behind

That's how I'm feeling these days...Christmas cards are still a mess of ideas on Costco.com and our Christmas letter is a draft in my Google docs. The fall wreath is sitting on the bookshelf (taken down due to wind) and we've only done a few activities on our Advent calendar.

But! There is hope. I chose super simple Christmas baking this year and half of it's done. I should be home all day today and plan to catch up, clean up (so we can get our tree tomorrow!) and hopefully wrap a few gifts. And yes, I should be doing those things rather than blogging, but this poor blog has been so neglected as of late. It doesn't help that half the topics I want to write about involve Christmas things that must still be kept under wrap (no pun intended).

Timmy is looking more and more like a toddler every day. He quit nursing cold-turkey right before Thanksgiving, which I've finally come to accept. His favorite foods now include fruit, yogurt and bread. H2 is an active little fireball (kicking more than Timmy ever did, I'm certain) and makes a me a little concerned to think about having a baby even more energetic than Timmy. Yikes.

Speaking of my little bundle of energy, I hear noises coming from the monitor so I'd better get off the computer. Have a lovely third week of Advent, friends!

Grateful Praise

Lord of all to Thee we raise, this our hymn of grateful praise

...for the saving love of Jesus, undeserving as though we are

...for the godly man along whose side I have been blessed to journey through life

...for the babbling, crawling and smiling baby boy who wakes with giggles and brightens each day

...for the new little boy kicking inside me, increasing our anticipation of his arrival

...for e-mail, Skype and picture mail, keeping us in touch with family and friends far away

...for a roof over our heads and food in the pantry

...for our charming small town and the quirks we love about it

...and for so, so much more

My Poor Neglected Blog

I haven't intentionally been not blogging, but life seems to be whizzing by these days. After a tiring few days with a sick baby, I'm so thankful that he's been sleeping better than he has in his life the last few nights. Too much to hope it might continue?

Just because he's cute

Thursday is Thanksgiving and I'm so excited. Like before, we're having people from Chris' work over who need a place to be. Our menu is very similar to last year. Turkey, mashed potatoes, rolls, corn, gravy, pumpkin pie and Oreo turkeys will be adorning our table.

We've been hard at work on Christmas presents over here, but unfortunately, I can't show them until after Dec. 25th lest the recipients get a peek at what will be awaiting them under the tree. I was wanting to knit myself a scarf, but after finding out we're having a boy and browsing baby hat patterns on Ravelry, a little blue hat has been cast on my needles.

Speaking of baby boy, his name may end up being TimBob2...so hard to find another name! ;)