A case of the Mondays

I've had a Monday.
A trip to Walmart with both kids, tons of laundry, messy house, and two sweet babies fighting naps, and quite honestly, being anything but sweet. I'm tired.
But...
We had an awesome weekend! Nothing special, a lot of carpet cleaning, and just hanging around the house... But really nice!!
And...the ear infections of last week seem to be better, and James get tubes on Friday!
So, in general, life is good!
But I'm still cranky. But I'm working on it. ;-)

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Friday confessions

Ok, here are my Friday confessions, in no particular order:

1. I'm trying really hard not to stress out about the possible government shut-down. I know that God will take care of us, but the enemy is really working on me.

2. I'm trying even harder not to be angry. (see #1)

3. I need to diet.

4. #3 probably won't happen due to #1 and #2. Oh well.

5. I'm starting a new writing project. It will probably spill over into this blog eventually... We'll see!

6. I'm on my second cup of coffee, and I'm already thinking about a diet coke. Pathetic!

7. I have big weekend plans... To shampoo my carpet! And I'm actually excited about it! (even more pathetic)

8. Only two months until birthday month! I'll have a three year old and a one year old! Holy crap!!

9. My gardenia is about to bloom! This makes me ridiculously happy!! ;-)

10. Heading outside to play with the little boy! Have a great weekend!!

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Friday Confessions

OK... I'm back.

No apologies... no explanations... nothing. But I'm back!

And, in an attempt to force myself to blog more, I'm totally ripping off the idea of Friday Confessions! So, here we go...

1) I have totally blown my diet this week. I started Weight Watchers last Friday, and by Thursday, I had given up. But I'm planning to get started again on Monday.

2) I need a Diet Coke.

3) I am completely dependent on my pillow. I am at my parents, while my fabulous pillow is on my bed... in Mobile. Le sigh.

4) This is a lot harder than I thought.

5) Tuesday, I found a great shirt at Target. It fit perfectly, and it was one of those great shirts that can go with jeans or a suit! And it rang up for $3!!! I went to Target today to get it in another color... if it was still $3. It wasn't. I bought it anyway!

6) I want to be a photographer.

7) I LOVE my car!!!

8) I have no idea how real bloggers do this!!! I sit down with my laptop... and my mind goes completely blank! I suppose if I tried more often it might be easier! :)

9) It is not even 9:30 and I am seriously contemplating going to bed. I'm getting old!!

10) I have no idea when I will update this blog again! Hey, just being honest!

Updates

Things are moving right along... just very, very slowly!!

We are approximately 90% finished with our DIY projects, and hope to finish them all this week. Well, "hope to" isn't exactly the right phrase... we are meeting with the real estate agent Thursday night, then leaving town for two weeks so he can show the house. (Without me having to try to keep it clean with two kids and two dogs!) So, we're keeping our fingers crossed!!

In other news, nothing has really changed! Harley is growing like a weed, and she is so sweet! She is holding her head up, smiling, laughing and sleeping through the night!! And James is a great big brother! He loves to help, and loves his sister! We've gotten used to being a family of four, and now I really can't imagine it any other way!! Hopefully, I'll get around to downloading some pictures while we're visiting the grandparents next week!

Harley Elizabeth

On Thursday, June 10, we welcomed our baby girl Harley Elizabeth into the world.

She was 7lb 5oz and 20 1/2 inches long. She looked like a little doll- so tiny!!

(At least to us- Big Brother was a whopping 8lb 8oz, and the same length!)

She had a very healthy set of lungs... she didn't just cry when she was born, she screamed!

But she calmed right down when she was close to me or her Daddy, so we didn't mind!

Her apgar scores were great... 8 and 9, just like Big Brother.

But a couple of days later, she had to go on the billi light.

Our little glow worm.

(I LOVE this picture... I think the glow makes her look like an angel!)


James is such a good big brother. He loves Harley (or as he says, Haa-eeee!) He wants so badly to help... with everything! Bottles, diapers, blankets, pacis, you name it. Unfortunately, he is about as gentle as a 2 year old little boy!I'm worried that he will love her to death!

But at least he likes her!

Big Brother keeping a close eye on Sister.

We are so blessed... two beautiful, healthy children.

Everyone's adapting as well as we can... I'm typing this with Harley sleeping in my lap!

Overall, however, life is good! Harley is a GREAT sleeper, and in general pretty laid back.

Which is a good thing, because...

WE'RE MOVING!!!!

Please don't ask when.

We have no idea.

We have to sell the house first.

To do that, we have to finish all of our DIY projects.

And do quite a bit of painting.

And move a LOT of stuff into storage so our house looks as big as it is.

With a 2 year old, a newborn, and 2 dogs.

And Jason's new job, which requires roughly 2 weeks of travel a month.

Every month.

We may be in Mobile a while!!

Updates to come.

Maybe.

If I find time to blog about this.

If not, updates will be on Facebook or Twitter.

(Hey, I do what I can!)

Have a great week! Time to feed the baby!