Time to Slow Down

Well after a little over a month of leave, it's off to a new job for Ryan tomorrow. We have to go to the base and get new id's then travel to a benefits meeting for the afternoon. Picking insurance, savings plans, and all that fun stuff. Tuesday we *think* he will actually start working.

I have to go to the county courthouse and get a waiver for tax to get the plates on our vehicles. Ryan and I both got our new driver's licenses on Friday. Wednesday is my first doctor appointment here in town. Thursday we have a visit from our parent educator. Friday, no plans yet! Hopefully I can do some little jobs during nap, and get a few more nice weekends in September to do some bigger projects before it gets cold and busy with the baby/holidays/special events this fall/winter.

Here's a recap of what we've done since we came down on the 19th.
*Painted the main basement and playroom
*Removed baseboard from upstairs and put it in the main area
*Painted the doors, windows and trims white in the basement
*Sealed the access doors with weatherstripping and new latches
*Painted the stairwell
*Built an arbor
*Installed a dog run for Drake
*Stripped wall paper in the master bath
*Cleaned carpets and floors
*Assembled new family room and breakfast room furniture
*Painted the laundry room
*Painted the kitchen
*Painted the dining room
*Changed all the outlets, switches, and face plates to white
*Power washed the sidewalk and front porch
*Sewed Jacob's bumper pad and valance
*Added 2 overhead lights in the basement bedrooms
*Added a light in the kitchen and changed out a chandelier
*Changed the light in the dining room
*Changed the hall, laundry, and foyer lights
*Added a pool table and 2 bar lights
*Moved 2 florescents into the playroom and put them on the switch with the other two
*Organized the garage
*Hung a few shelves that we had purchased

I think that's *it*. Keep looking for more changes in the months to come! Thanks to my mom, Ryan's dad, and the Binning's for helping us do some of these projects. Thanks to Sam for helping us load some of the stuff that is helping us make due until our truck comes! Thanks to the Rupard's, Jenning's, and Talley's for lending us air mattresses! Thanks to Cathie for the cooking supplies, Grandma for all the furniture/washer/dryer/etc, and my dad for the riding lawnmower! I'm sure there are a lot more people who have helped us out, but my preggo brain is starting to fail!

32 Weeks

I went to my last doctor appointment in St. Louis today. Jacob is still 'looking' good in there. He is head down, and I managaed to 'lose' 4 pounds. So I've only been actually gaining 1/2 a pound a week instead of 6 in two weeks like they said last time! I'm much happier about that.

I've found a local doctor, and will see him this coming Wednesday. But the doctor in St. Louis is still able to see me or deliver in case I'm traveling and go into labor there.

We close on the house tomorrow (yay!) and we came home to a SOLD sign and no lockbox tonight. It's finally happening. Now we just need prayers to get our STUFF. We faxed them, but they have to calculate the difference for cost between our home of record (St. Louis) and here. Then we have to MAIL them a money order or cashier's check before they will schedule delivery. GRRR!

Natalie's A Drama Queen

Literally. We went to sign up for dance tonight and she was talking to the guy a mile a minute. She told him her name, her age, her birthday, her street name. Then she launches into the story about how she was playing outside and slipped and scraped her knee and mommy was looking for bandaids and soap was all over it. The guy asked her if it hurt and she wrinkled up her face put her head in her hands and started fake crying and saying oh my owie, it huuuurts. Then she looked up and smiled. He suggested she enroll in the musical theater class, LOL.

I'm excited about the class for her age, it's called creative movement. They do ballet, tap and jazz basics. They also do some tumbling and gross motor skills. We ordered her ballet slippers today and we will order tap shoes in December. She will also be in the May recital. If you want to check out her studio, it's www.centerstageacademy.org We picked up a leotard, skirt, and tights at Walmart tonight and she's been non-stop talking about it ever since.

We also stumbled upon a craft/fabric store today. It's in the middle of a tuxedo/bridal gown store. They had, I kid you not, a woodland camoflauge strapples a-line dress!!! I told Natalie to pick out some fabric in case we redo her room (we might switch her from the double to the daybed so her bedding may not work out) and she picked out a corn print with cows on it. I said I didn't like it and she said, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH COWS, I LOVE COWS. Guess the country has gotten to her already. She pointed to a fence at a farm the other day and said that fence is for animals to go poop at...go figure!

We're IN

We were allowed early possession as we will not close until next Friday. But with the help of my mom and the Binning's we're getting a start on the amount of work that needs to get done. We've painted the kitchen, powerwashed the front and back patio, de-wallpapered 2 bathrooms, taken down and replaced several lights, painted the playroom and main living areas in the basement, put our mailbox back up, and who knows what else! LOL.


I am a little bit hormonal at 31 weeks pregnant and finding it hard to have so much I want to do and so little I can do. At the end of the day my feet are so swollen. I have a pulled muscle in my wrist from using the screwdriving and painting supplies. We've also eaten out so much already from the selling/moving process that we're trying to eat at home. I have some silverware and one large pan from my mom. I bought some paper platea and a few plastic bowls. But it's really hard to try to cook with so few supplies. We are going to try to put in an order for the truck on Monday, but it will take at least 2 weeks, so hopefully that's accurate.

Anyway, here's a pic if you missed it on Facebook. I'll try to get some more tomorrow when I unearth my camera or my phone.

Fun BBQ

We went to a BBQ for the Jenning's this weekend. We updated our 3 preggo pics. Natalie also got hold baby Allison (The Binning's). She was so happy!




I also went to K-Mart for double coupons. My total was $96 and it went down to $35! I was happy, lots of paper plates and cleaning supplies for our 2 weeks in the house without our stuff from the truck. We should be closing this week so we're going to go up and get cleaning! Thanks to Lynn, Susan, and Tracy for loaning me air mattresses!!

30 Weeks

So this is 2 days early, but I was dressed and cute today so today it is!!! I also have been nagged about not keeping up with my belly pics so I had to hush some people up!!! I will be going to the doctor on Thursday for my 30 week check-up so hopefully all is still going well.



For funsies, here is my 30 week picture with Natalie.

Here's a picture of Ryan as a baby...will this be Jacob??

Back to Deals

Though we are homeless still, I've starting shopping with coupons again. I had $1 off 2 boxes of Froot Loops. Walmart had them for a DOLLAR a box. Well, they rang up .75 cents! So I now have $4.50 on 18 boxes of them, LOL!