New pics

I have been just typing a lot recently and not posting pics! I didn't even do a picture of the day yesterday for Jared. I was too busy scrubbing baseboards.
Time to rectify that. Here are some we took this weekend at a friend's place. They have a son who is just a couple of months older, but in the interest of internets privacy, he is not in these pictures (although we have some cute ones of him!).



I'll do a picture today for sure and post something for that, but for now that is all I have!

Have a great day! I'm off to scrub cabinets, counters, and the inside of the refrigerator. Try not to be envious.

This month is slipping away!

I'm both grateful and horrified at that! At the end of the month we will be packed up and whisked half way across the country. In the mean time we have to continue to live and keep on schedules created for Miles, take advantage of the time we have left with friends here, plan our move, coordinate the move, and prep our rented home for returning it to the management company. We are pretty sure that they are going to do what they can to keep the deposit. Anyway, that is another post all together! Right now I want to focus my thoughts about things to be done this month. Specifically things to prep the house so that there is as little as possible for Jared and his father to do before setting out on their drive.

I'm working up a to do list by room but the general starting point for each room is as follows:
Remove Art
Patch Walls
Paint Patches
Move Furniture to center
Wash Windows
Scrub Baseboards
Scrub window Sill
Vacuum floors/corners
Sweep
Mop
Polish Floors
Remove Blinds
Wash Blinds
Replace blinds
Second coat Spackle
Second coat paint
This will be difficult to do in the office, but everywhere else I can manage on my own more or less. This will leave very little overall to be done while the movers are here or after they leave. There are 6 main rooms and I hope to hit at least 3 this week and complete their checklists.

Eleven months old

I can't believe that you turned 11 months old yesterday. You have grown so much that you are hardly the same person. You are crawling very well and quickly too. If your father and I don't close the bathroom door, you notice almost immediatly and you are off! You love all the stuff there is to do in there! You also love to climb on things. Anything! Even though you can't get off of the things that you crawl onto. You are starting to understand that Mama and Dada are your parents, now if only you would sleep through the night! We are moving home to Texas soon, and I can't wait to see you playing in the yard and being spoiled by your grandparents. You have come so far, and have so far to go! We love you baby!

How'd you find out?

Swistle is asking how'd you find out (that you were pregnant)? How fun! Lets see...

My husband and I planned on having kids. In fact we had been talking about it a lot! We were doing some long term planning trying to decide when to start trying to get pregnant. We had decided to start tying in about September of 2006. Well, on a Sunday early in June we went 4-wheeling with a friend. It was fun and something I had never done before. While we were out bouncing around I noticed that my chest was very sensitive. I thought about it all day. When we got home I asked Jared to come and chat with me on the bed. I was so nervous. I knew we both wanted this, but were we ready? I said, "what would you say if I told you we were pregnant?" He looked at me and was not sure what to say. I told him that I was a bit late (not much), but that and a funny feeling was about all I had. He said we should go out and get a pregnancy test. we came home with it and he was excited for me to take it, but I was too nervous. I told him I'd do it after dinner, but just before we sat down I knew I couldn't wait. It was a faint positive, but positive. I called the doctor the next morning and got them to schedule a blood test for the following day (Tuesday). That test too came back positive. Then we started getting really excited.

The following Sunday was to be Father's Day. I told Jared that we should send a card to each of our fathers saying Happy Father's Day Grandpa and see who called first. He was not too excited about that idea. We did decide to wait to tell the parents until Sunday. We called his parents but his mom was out. His dad was suspicious of why we wanted to talk to both of them at the same time and guessed. They were very excited though. It went much better when we told my parents. I got both of them on the phone and I said Happy Father's Day, and Jared added Grandpa. My dad was so excited. We managed to wait to tell anyone else until the end of the first trimester.

I don't know how common it is, but my sister said that she knew because her chest was sensitive too.

Out cold!

Works For Me Wednesday - Backwards

This week Shannon has decided that Works For Me Wednesday will be backwards. Bloggers ask questions and the commenter leaves advice.


Here is my question:

We are moving in just a few weeks. We are being moved by my husband's company and they have been generous enough to hire movers for us, so we do not have to pack ourselves. Also, we have decided that Miles and I will fly to Texas (where we are moving to) the day before the packers show up. Both of sets of our parents live there, so Miles and I will stay with them while Jared oversees the packers and then drives to meet us. The flight is about 3.5 hours from CA to TX. We will be staying with parents for about a week, then in our home with minimal furniture (while we do updates) for about two weeks. Any must know advice for the flight or the move with a one year old?

Thanks in advance!

Photo of the day

It's lunch time!


Jared is working again today and I sent this to him. He just replied saying that it looked like someone was having a good time. I do like the idea of sending him a picture.

The weather is really turning here again. We have had so much rain recently. They used that as an excuse for standing us up this weekend when they were supposed to come by and survey the items that have to go out the window. It was not raining in the house! Anyway, hope this storm is not as bad as the one this weekend.