yeah baby!

Yesterday I went to my midwife appointment.

I got on the scale as usual.

All of a sudden the scale started giggling. (ok, not really, but it might as well have!)

In the last 6 weeks...I gained...14 LBS!

I guess Trae's comment wasn't too far off! :)

Do you hear what I hear??

Today we celebrated Pioneer Day differently out here in MD. We went to Home Depot, Target, Wal-Mart, and Lowes! woo hoo! We also went to the house to measure windows and I found a little something on the front porch. So, I pushed the little button and guess what I heard?!?

MY DOORBELL!

I have a doorbell! yeah! I know, so exciting!

And now, I must go write my talk for Sunday. Somehow Walter got us suckered into giving talks! He owes me big time!

We're BaAaaaAAck!

We made it back to MD on Tuesday and have been trying to recover! We have spent the last 2 days just playing and taking it easy. However, we did take time to go see this...

OUR HOUSE!

It's done! Yeah!

The kids had so much fun running through it! We can't wait to move in next week!

Tonight Walter and I went out on a date. It was totally one of those hot dates where you...go to Home Depot and look at fences, garage door openers, ceiling fans, and the like! Very romantic! We finished the night at The Melting Pot for cheese fondue and chocolate fondue. It was so yummy! However, I think the cheese fondue might have had alcohol in it, cause I'm totally feeling it! Well, here's to my first buzzed experience. Now I'm off to sleep it off!

A day without pictures!

I didn't even pull my camera out today! I didn't want to! Granted, the scenery was beautiful! But I think that after 9 hours of driving through it, it's pretty much burnt into my mind!

We are heading back to the MD! And the daddy! yeah! Today we drove 9 hours to somewhere in NC. My kids did great! We stopped to go potty and they were ready to get back in the car to finish our goal for the day. We made it here by 4:30! woo hoo! I rewarded my kids with some swimming time. When I say swimming, I don't mean beautiful beaches, sunny weather, and sand. I mean, NC swimming time. Which, for us, is during a thunderstorm. So, it was cut short. Instead, I rewarded them with bathing the dog in the hotel bathroom. You know I won't do that in my new house, but since Malachi's stay cost me $50, I figured I'd get my 'washington's worth!' And I did, there is dog hair EVERYWHERE! Oh well, at least we had fun! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY T-BONE!

Last night I put this little boy to bed...



And this morning, this woke up...



Did you see it? We put the terrible 2's to bed and woke up the terrific 3's! You think it worked?? yeah, me neither. But I'm hoping!

 

We had fun with presents, frozen yogurt, and skype! Daddy got to watch Trae open his presents. It was a special treat for Trae and all the kids. They love Daddy/Uncle Gene. He's kind of entertaining.

And lastly, so we never forget...



(like we could! have you ever seen that much hair on a 2 month old??)

Our hairy little baby is growing up!

Where are we??

On our road trip today Winni kept asking, 'what friends are we going to visit now?' Trae kept asking if we could 'just go home now,' wherever that is. And my mom kept forgetting where we were going. Well, to answer them all, we are visiting the House household, it will be home for a few nights, and it's in Dunnellon. Whew! Now be quiet so I can drive there in peace! :)

We headed out of Naples this morning and along the way we met up with Jan, Jen's mom, for lunch. As we pulled up, I remembered our 6th occupant and realized I needed to find a temporary situation for malachi. I asked one of the employee's of Ruby Tuesday what they recommended I do with my dog and they said, 'he can stay on our patio!' I figured it was better than leaving him in the car in the Florida heat, so we did. I went out to check on him and that same employee was sitting with him, giving him water. I was so impressed! And thankful! Now, where can I put my children so I can enjoy my lunch??

We made it to Dunnellon and enjoyed a fun evening at the Fun Factory. It's basically a really HUGE McDonald's play place with some video games. It's like the Discovery Zone of my teenage years. Where did those go?? We had fun and headed home to make homemade pizza. The kids had fun and did a great job!




And, they tasted good! Now, to get some sleep! I am totally surprised by my driving-long-distance ability.

Homeless = Hard :)

Well, we have been homeless now for 22 days! It has acutally gone by pretty quickly! We have been in Naples since yesterday and are leaving tomorrow. Today we went to the Dinosaur Park. We went there in December when we were visiting.
However, this time it was soo hot! We lasted maybe 45 minutes, then we headed for some AC!

Tonight we had a picnic dinner at the beach with Uncle Mark and Aunt Sherri. Then, of course, we had to play at the beach and enjoy another sunset!






My kids favorite thing to do at the beach is "exercise" or jump the waves. They are getting pretty good at it!


Another beautiful sunset!