Craziness

I would say that is the current state of our lives right now. New job. Moving across the country. Trying to buy a home before the holidays. Shopping for a new car. And...............NEW..............BABY. I'm in the business of shocking everyone these days :)

I'm 12 weeks pregnant and almost over the first trimester/sickness hump :) It's been a crazy pregnancy with 3 ultrasounds already but everything is finally looking healthy and I can exercise again :) Pregnancy nausea which turns into very unhealthy eating + no exercise by doctors demands = an awful 6 weeks. Happy to say I went for a run on Monday for the first time in over a month and I enjoyed every minute :)

We're hoping for another one of these...

Calling out to ALL prospective DC visitors!

You better get on a plane and SOON because Phil has happily accepted an engineering position back in San Diego :) That is right...in a little less than 2 months I will be in a state I call home and where I don't have to wear uggs around the house to stay reasonably warm.

So many things to look forward to.

Now...if we can just find affordable housing :)

A Week in Review

The madness began on Saturday

1. Our lovely and very reliable (until now) car broke down on Saturday.

2. Phil left for Philly on Monday morning leaving me car-less and husband-less for the week

3. I got sick and went to the doc...I usually don't run to the doctor for the simple flu but a sign of lymes disease is flu like symptoms several weeks after having a tick bite. My paranoia had to be reconciled.

4. Chase got his first bloody nose from a nasty fall...and it was BLOODY

5. Chase fell down the full flight of stairs to the basement...thankfully this time no blood was involved.

6. Boggie threw up 4 times last night - different places throughout the house and ALL on the carpet...and one of those piles my foot met intimately...GROSS.

CAUTION TO THE READER...Gross story ahead.

7. Chase took a bath and I left the bathroom for a couple minutes (okay, you can judge me) and upon my return horror struck. Could it really be??? Chase had done the one thing all mothers dread in the bathtub...pooped but my darling little man took it to the next level of wrong and put the poo in his mouth. I freaked out, of course, almost vomited (I was still feeling sick), and then immediately texted my brothers and dad because I knew they would help me find the humor in the situation.

I think I had plenty of reasons to be discouraged this week...however I made it through with a smile mostly due to my awesome friend, Amber who drove me not once but twice to go pick up my car, brought me some of the yummiest ice cream known to man over, took Chase and I out to a fun lunch date to Chick fil A, and offered her taxi services any time we needed them. She really is the best! Also, thanks to my neighbor Karen who called everyday to make sure I was okay, and who drove me to the doc, waited with me and helped out with Chase.

LIFE IS GOOD!!!

Fun pics from one of our afternoons stuck at home...

Complaints

OK. So I haven't said a word all summer about being eaten alive by bugs (Phil has probably heard it a couple times) but I can't take it anymore.

We went on a pleasant 30 minute walk yesterday and I came home with...

9 bites from these guys

AND two of these critters attached!! Their stupid heads were already burrowed into my skin...GROSS!!

Have you ever...

Gone grocery shopping without knowing you left your wallet at home??? Such a fun realization when a line of anxious shoppers are waiting to check out behind you and the clerk is standing there with an outstretched arm waiting for payment...OOPS. Also add to the situation an overtired toddler who was making his discomfort known to all who would listen.

CROCS...yes or no???

I've always been a croc hater. ALWAYS. Don't like them, don't want them, and don't really want to see them. What does one do when a spouse arrives home with the despised purchase for our son? Compromise. It was hard...but I did it. Our compromise resulted in this fantastic sun tan.





If you didn't notice...he has approximately 5-6 clearly tanned dots on his feet marking the fabulous design of the shoe.

I think Alisa said it best in a statement she made on her blog, "I truly do not understand these plastic contraptions and their various offspring which seem to be taking over the world two ugly shoes at a time." *

*I did not receive permission from the author of this quote. Please forgive Alisa :)

REALLY?

About a month ago our landlord informed us that they are going to try to sell our home. The real estate agent came by the house and put this wonderfully accurate sign out front!


Text OMG...I think you mean text W.T.H. to 1-800-needs-repair.

GORGEOUS??...you decide...

Bathroom covered in blue tile. So popular these days.

I'm always tripping on the uneven broken artificial tiles in the kitchen.
As far as I'm concerned...gorgeous is an exaggeration when functionality is in question.


Phil's rigged up system so we can have an electrical outlet in the bathroom via the other end of the extension cord. Don't even think about turning the light off while I'm trying to heat my flat iron.


Toothbrush holder has two problems. ONE-the holes are too small to fit a toothbrush (even chase's) and TWO- placed too close to the cupboards so even if we could fit our toothbrushes into the container they would be impossible to access. Very good thinking there.

UMMMM....where's the toilet paper????? Oh, why didn't I think to look behind the towels? No joke...the ONLY towel hanger happens to be directly above the toilet paper ring...both very much permanent fixtures on the wall.