Just Another Post

We went to a splash park yesterday for a birthday party.  E had SO much fun.  She is such a water baby.  It was a nice day yesterday which means it wasn't hot or humid so the water got a little cold.  So, even though she's shivering, she keeps going back for more!  Silly girl!  And of course I forgot my camera!  One day I'll get this prepared mommy thing straight.  So since I don't have any new pictures, I show some old pictures I found! :)
These are at City Creek Center in Salt Lake when we went in April.

 E learning how to use the doggy door.

 E and her favorite person

One of E's favorite toys is my old cell phone.  She loves to sit and talk to grandma on it.  The reason I say she call's grandma is that my mom is the only person she talks to on my working cell phone and when she repeatedly says "hello" into the toy cell phone, she gets very upset when no one (aka grandma) doesn't say "hi" back.  

E also LOVES to look at pictures of herself.  She points to all of her pictures and says "me! me!"  Although, somewhere in there we've messed up because now any picture with a kid in it is "me!"  We were getting new auto insurance the other day and the agent had a picture of her nephew on her desk and E kept saying "me! me!"  We'll work on that.  The only other people she will recognize by name in photos are mom, dad and Tilly.  Go figure.

We're finally starting to settle in more.  We've found the bottom of all the closets finally!  One day our living room will be complete and organized when we can afford a bookcase and a desk since those wouldn't fit in the moving truck.  We're still adjusting to Tyler's school schedule and one car.  In Logan we had a wonderful bus system.  Out here it sucks!  One day maybe we can have two cars and our lives will be simpler...and E will have a more "consistent with her schedule" bedtime.  Until then we'll just keep plugging along!

We're Here!

Well...we've made it.  We're here in Greensboro, NC.  And even though my apartment still mostly looks like this even after a week of living here

This is the only picture I'm willing to show :)

 ...we are indeed alive.  Here are the highlights of our last 2 weeks.

Tyler graduated from Utah State University.  Sadly, these were the best pictures I could get.
Yes, this is on the jumbo-tron

 Yes it is actually Tyler down there.

E didn't want to cooperate.

The whole family...and E still refusing to cooperate.

A few hours later we moved everything out of the old apartment and early Sunday morning they drove off...

 39 hours of driving ahead of them....don't they look happy?

Then me, E and my mom flew out on Tuesday.  I didn't get any pictures of that.  It was too hectic and crazy of a day.  No eating, and barely making our connection.  After my cousin picked us up from the airport we just collapsed on her couch with dead looks on our face.  We sadly weren't very exciting that day.

Then Wednesday we moved in. The apartment is luckily bigger than our last (it should be since there is another bedroom), but the kitchen is smaller.  Now I had a small kitchen before, but this one is TINY.  BUT...its redeeming quality is that there is a pantry.  If it didn't I would have probably sobbed.  Not cried...sobbed.  It's that small.
Here is the big difference we've had since moving.
The view from our apartment

 and driving around town...

Ya...definitely not in Utah anymore.
But so far so good.  Tyler started school on Monday and we haven't seen him since.  Poor guy!  He also landed a great internship at a local hospital which will REALLY help with the whole med school application process.  His boss used to be on the admittance committee at Florida State and has already offered her services.
So, while there are moments I sit and wonder how we are ever going to survive, or cry because I realize how far away I am from everything and everyone I've ever known (and because I'm pregnant) or pray that we can make some friends, I'm also grateful I still have one little buddy!

Til next time!

Life Lately...

I realize I haven't had a decent post in a while, but realize you likely aren't going to get one for another little/long while.  Life has been crazy and I just want to hide in my room on my bed and sleep...and eat chocolate or cereal in between naps.
This week we have been packing, watching Barney, and more packing.  I'd say we're about 95% done with only the essentials to live off of for the next 7 days.  My house is a disaster, my front room is boxes galore with a pathway to the TV (thank goodness we sold our couches).  Emma has been teething molars (yes, multiple) and possibly had/has a cold on top of it!  The littlest things upset her, sending her into a crying fit that takes at minimum 20 minutes to calm down.  She must be held at all times and Barney must be on the TV at all times...you therefore must be watching Barney with her if you want to avoid a headache.  So, being the tired, emotionally, physically and mentally exhausted pregnant mother that I am, I give in to Barney ALL THE TIME.  I do believe I will be singing Barney songs in the nursing home all the time when I'm old and senile. And if I'm lucky, Tyler will be sitting next to me joining in!
Tyler has finals this upcoming week and graduates 1 week from today...which is also moving day!  So needless to say our lives are not going to slow down anytime in the near future.  There is still so much to do, but with all the packing and screaming my brain can't think past the next 2 minutes.  So, until like 2 weeks from now--so long.  I'll post pictures of graduation and our epic move then.  If I live that long.
And thank you for reading my vent! :)

Baby #2...

Yay! We're very excited!

Mommy's Little Helper

So as mentioned in a previous post E loves the dishwasher.  This has not changed.  She can have her beloved Barney on and hear the dishwasher open and immediately come and "help" me put away the dishes. Her favorite is handing me the silverware one by one to put away (whether its clean or not I might add).
Well the other day she decided to help me "load" the dishwasher.

Guess we have a little work to do. :)

Happy Easter!

Just a few pictures of our Easter morning.
I'm lucky to have gotten as many pictures as I did!

Happy Easter!

Patience

More and more everyday I am learning how little patience my daughter has.  Lately her favorite toys are sorting blocks and stacking cups.  She likes to put the cylinder shapes into each of the stacking cups.  In the past few days, however, she has been trying to put the squares in the stacking cups.

This only works in the bigger cups of course, but yesterday she wanted the square in the yellow cup (which is the smallest cup that will fit them) and the square has to go in a certain way (obviously) to fit.
So...this is what happens when E can't get the square in the FIRST time

Ya, I know I'm in trouble.