I Finally Blogged Again!

Whew!!  So sorry for the long blogging absence... it has been CRAZY around here!!  I promise to add more house pics in another post... I've been trying to wait til rooms are picked up to take pictures but then by the time everything is cleaned I usually plumb forget or am plumb tired.  We are all moved in and mostly settled... There are lots of things we want to get for the new house but we're having to wait and get things bit by bit.   That's frustrating for me because I have so many ideas and want everything done NOW, but we are SO, SO glad to just be in the house finally!!  We really love it... and love the neighborhood just as much, if not more.  Here are some things that have gone on lately...

**side note... We hired Two Men and a Truck for one day to move our furniture across town and they were AMAZING!!  After a number of military moves with the slowest, laziest movers in the world we could not believe how well these guys worked.  They were RUNNING from the truck back to the house to get more furniture after loading a piece up.  And they worked so fast that we were able to have them help us box some stuff up and take that across town for us, too.  AND they did all of that without breaking anything or dinging any of the walls in the new house.  Seriously amazing.**

Reid had a birthday... so far 3 is just as trying as 2 was with Reid.  Lol.  

Davis also had a birthday, and I know we took pictures, but I can't for the life of me find where they are.  Worst parents ever.  Guess we may have to recreate his first birthday on his 15 month birthday.  Seriously, how terrible are we to not have any pictures??  Oh, well... we had JUST moved and life was so hectic.  He learned to walk just after his first birthday and is all over the place now.  Loves to blow raspberries and put his pacifier in my mouth and then pull it out.  :)

Also LOVES to climb up the stairs.  AAGGHH!

T-ball started... and J and E are on the same team.  And Reid thinks he's on the team too.  

We finally got TV again after three weeks without it (we also didn't have internet for a month) and it was nice to have everyone comatose in front of the screen for a while.

We've had some crazy cold weather and J and E have loved sitting right by the fireplace.  

We made it through our first Spring Break season as residents of PCB and this banner has flown over our house approximately 27 times a day.

Phil had to go out of town for 10 days and our shower made it much easier to get everyone washed.  They just come to the entrance to get washed up and then go back in the water to rinse.  For some reason it was much easier than the bathtub for me.

We've been outside SO much!  At the park, at the creek behind the house, in the cul-de-sac riding bikes... we just love the neighborhood so much.

The boys have made some nice friends... there are about 47 boys around J and E's age in the neighborhood... Okay not that many, but a lot.

My mom swooped in to save the day for the second half of Phil being gone (it was her spring break)... I cannot even express fully how great it was to have her here for both help and company.  I love you so much, Mom!!

Davis has just been a royal bucket of goo with teething lately (and he only has one just barely broken through... Lord, help us) and it was so nice to have Mom here to help with D's fussiness.

Then a few days later my Dad came!!  Unfortunately, we had yucky weather for two days of his visit, but it cleared up on Saturday and we were able to enjoy some time at the beach. We love you so much, Dad!!  (This was actually their second visit... They came up right after we moved in and helped a lot then, too!)

This is Reid after he woke up from a nap the day Phil left and asked where Daddy was.  When I told him, he gave me this look and said, "But why??"

And lastly, we've been having lots of lunches on the porch before it gets crazy hot again.  This was after our homeschool group meeting when I was just too exhausted to think about fixing lunch.  Thank you, Chick Fil A.

 I will post more house pics soon!  Please keep in mind that nothing is really decorated for real yet... Lots of bare walls and I am still moving stuff around and having to make do with some items that don't exactly fit or work in a space until we can afford to replace them.  And yes, it is very white but that's how I wanted it and I love it!  Lol!