And then there were three

We are officially outnumbered. And quite fortunate to have added a beautiful little girl to the mix. So far she is pleasant and cries very little. Keep it up Little Girl.

The baby and I will head home today and the boys are very happy about that. Although it will be a tired couple of days, months, years... I am really excited to see our new family unit in our new house in our new neighborhood.

Ah, memories

Now I remember what it is like to stay up all night, to hear the desperate plea for help when there is an air bubble, and those first few messy diapers! It is all coming back to me!

She sure is cute though! Except she looks a little mad in this picture. But she is sleeping so that is good. Now I have to think of a fitting blog name for her. I mean we FINALLY decide on a name and now I have to think of another... Come on.

When the boys came for a visit yesterday, Little Man asked, "Is she a real baby?". How cute is that. Oh, and Squeaker wanted to touch her spit bubbles. Ahhhhh. Should be fun having this new plaything around!

After

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Before

or maybe this is the "After" for the pregnancy? Anyway, off to the hospital. Can't wait to meet you little girl -- or as Squeaker says, "Baby Sister".

Undecided

I know the whole "planned c-section" is what many families choose when given the option - usually having had a prior c-section. I am scheduled to go in tomorrow morning and am still really hoping, hoping, hoping that this baby comes on her own. I don't know why, maybe just because I don't really want to have the surgery, or maybe it is just because I like drama, I am not sure, but I sure would love to go into labor on my own. Both the boys came when they wanted to, so why can't this baby girl? There are some benefits to knowing when you will have the baby: GaMommy is babysitting, less stress and anxiety, etc... but I still think that she should have joined us by now. It would have been so nice. So, I am going to walk up and down the stairs until the boys wake up from their naps. It seems like the only logical thing to do. I have like 20 hours -- let's go already.

Oh, and I think we have a name. We can check that one off the list. Although, since she is arrive tomorrow, I am sure you can deal with the suspense for just one little day.

Happy Father's Day to us

Several appliances later, we are flat broke. We went out on Saturday to buy a washing machine and were unsuccessful... mainly because we brought the boys with us. So, Sunday, we decided to do it again, mostly because we are glutton for punishment. And, surprisingly, when you set your expectations so very low, you have nothing to do but come out ahead... and with a refridgerator. Uh, so, we got sidetracked. But it is a great fridge and we DID need one. It was on the list. The washer was first, then the fridge. Then the dishwasher and then the dryer which should take care of all our major appliances - unless we can't figure out how to get our a/c to work before it gets hot.

Anyhow, after spending a good amount at our local home improvement store on our shiny new fridge, we decided to go celebrate father's day and go out to lunch. While at lunch, GaMommy informed us that there was a sale on a washer at our local major electronics store, so we sent the boys home with her to nap (she is wonderful!) and went to check out the sale. Unfortunately, the sale was really good and the washer was amazing. And, most unfortunately, the dryer was also on sale so we got both. YIKES! We spent the rest of the afternoon diverting our attention away from our bone dry bank account and just relaxed and did nothing. Just as a father's day should be!

So, after emptying the dishwasher and having to rewash 25% of the dishes, I think we need to win the lottery to increase the likelihood that a new dishwasher finds its way to our house sometime soon.

It was a good father's day and we are so thankful to have such a wonderful Daddy to take care of us. Daddy, you are wonderful and we love love love you so much.

What to Do?????

I found my camera. Woo Hoo
I took two or three pictures. Horray.
My camera stopped working. Boo.

What am I going to do? If I run out and get a new camera, my current one (which is lovely, by the way) will start working again. :( If I don't get one, I will go into labor tonight and miss the most important day of our little girls' life... Oh, and we can't buy a camera because we need a washing machine that cleans the clothes instead of making them dirtier. I don't know how that is possible, but it is.

1 week to go

Yikes. Really? 1 Week???

So, I had my last OB appt before the scheduled arrival of our little baby girl. Everyone, and that list now includes me, is convinced this baby is going to hold out until next Thursday. She is still flipping around all over the place, turning head over heels and doesn't appear to want to settle down. Although I am significantly uncomfortable, I do believe that she is doing it all for me. I mean, our house is coming along and in a livable state, which is good. I highly recommend moving 3 weeks before you are due to have a baby - especially if you are particularly exuberant 'nester'. :) I might even be able to park my car in the garage by next week!!!! :)

Check off list:

living room converted to playroom CHECK
Bassinet assembled CHECK
family room comfy and pretty much 'put together' CHECK
Baby clothes washed CHECK
Bedrooms cleaned and ordered CHECK
Car seat installed CHECK
Clothes washed (this week) CHECK
House vacuumed CHECK

Still left to do:

Find trash can
dust
have baby
make some dinners
replace essentially all appliances
fix roof/balcony
clean garage

Fun times ahead this week! Woo Hoo!!!
And, it is Father's Day on Sunday. How exciting.

Lost

Oh my, I don't know what to do... I lost my camera! I am lost without it. I tend to take, on average, 100-200 pictures a month-- this month... a big fat goose egg. :( I am especially anxious about this with the new baby coming. Whatever will I do???? Luckily I found my SLR today, so at least I can carry that around. I just hope that I am quick enough to take pictures of my speedy little ones.

So, anyone know where it is??? I can tell you this, it is not with the sleeping bags that were lost for 2 years. Those have been found. I need to find the new black hole. I seriously have looked everywhere!!!!! But, I guess I haven't since it is still gone.

"Closure Update"

On this post, I had mentioned how many things we had on our task list that I wanted closure on... well, here is the update:

• Baby still has no name     Narrowed down to 2 names, for the moment
  
• Our new house is a MESS and unlivable for the moment     House is livable but a mess... the garage is cleaner but the house is fuller
  
• I thought I was done at work, but found out on my 'last' day that an IEP had been scheduled for this Thursday, so I have to go in... AGAIN     Work is done, checked out, and not to be thought of until August
  
• Our house is full of boxes, misplaced and broken down furniture.     Fewer boxes, more "stuff" (although not yet put away), and furniture might be in its final resting place
  
• Squeaker is a royal mess -- he is wild, excitable, teething, etc.    Squeaker is mellowing out.  He is sleeping in our old queen size bed, in his own room, sleeping through the night again, and in general, doing well (knocking on wood as I write this)
  
• I don't fit into my clothes anymore.     Clothes still don't fit, maybe even fewer fit?
  
• Little Man wants to move into our new house and asks several times a day if we can. It is driving me crazy.     Moved in, living in the chaos, and everyone except Squeaker is happy with our new home (Squeaker asks to go "HOME RIGHT NOW" several times a week -- meaning back to GaMommy's house)
  
• We need way too much stuff for our new house - that is what happens when you get rid of everything (cleaning supplies, condiments, everything you don't move cross country)     Our purchase list is dwindling... just need to acquire some yard equipment which is low priority given we have found the fridge and washing machine are WAY below my low standards. 
  
• I am uncomfortable and would love very much if baby-no-name comes a bit early, assuming the ultrasound goes well on Monday     Ultrasound went well and baby can come but the time to come early is running out.  I am scheduled for a c-section on the 25th!
  
• We have not moved out of my mom's house and really can't given the state of our new house -- okay, I would put up a picture, but I went to the house yesterday to meet with a roofer and the boys were HORRIBLY behaved (I know, you are shocked) so I couldn't even take a minute to catch our mess on camera. Besides, the garage door needs repair... ooo, next bullet
  
• Our house needs a new garage door opener, roof repair, huge and dangerous trampoline gone out of the backyard, gaping hole of a spa covered and secured, exposed wiring in boys' bedrooms covered, side gate latches installed, new windows, screens, oh dear... is there more, probably, but this is a good start.     Have had quotes on our repairs and are deciding on which are the most important to get done.  We have cleaned and covered the spa and the trampoline has been relocated to GaMommy's house.  Oh, and exposed wiring covered appropriately.  
  

I CAN'T FIND MY CAMERA!!!!!  Lost in the move!!!!  :(  BOO HOO BOO HOO

Oo-De-Lally

The song of the month, compliments of a recently discovered VHS tape watched approximately 4 times in the last week -- We finally have cable, so it might have been watched more often than that. ;)

Oo-De-Lally - Robin Hood and Little John

Mommy's cranky

9 months pregnant and feeling like 12 mos pregnant... so just leave me alone for 5 minutes!

Note to self: what kind of a crazy woman brings two energy-filled, loud, and impatient children to home depot, by herself when 12 months pregnant, anyway????? Dumb dumb dumb. need to rest. too much to do. can't rest cuz brain won't shut off. Need to nest...now.

On another note, we finally have internet in our house. woo hoo. unfortunately it is not wireless (yet) and although I would very much like to hole away in the corner of the house that has the ethernet cable, I cannot without assuming that the rest of the house is likely to be destroyed or a child injured in my 'absence'.

Brief pause

Let us pause briefly to mention that despite a rocky start to sleeping in the new house, we now have 2 simultaneously sleeping boys. I am so excited I can't relax enough to take a nap myself, which I desperately need!!!!!

WOO HOO

Counting Down

3 weeks from today, Baby Girl will arrive on the scene whether she likes it or not... hopefully she will decide to come a bit earlier... cross your fingers. Three weeks is a long time and really not all that long at the same time. 3 weeks, holy cow! Where did these past 9 months go?????

Closure

I think I need some closure on a few items... some may call this 'nesting', I call it 'way too many things on my mind':

• Baby still has no name
  
• Our new house is a MESS and unlivable for the moment 
  
• I thought I was done at work, but found out on my 'last' day that an IEP had been scheduled for this Thursday, so I have to go in... AGAIN
  
• Our house is full of boxes, misplaced and broken down furniture.
  
• Squeaker is a royal mess -- he is wild, excitable, teething, etc.
  
• I don't fit into my clothes anymore.
  
• Little Man wants to move into our new house and asks several times a day if we can. It is driving me crazy.
  
• We need way too much stuff for our new house - that is what happens when you get rid of everything (cleaning supplies, condiments, everything you don't move cross country)
  
• I am uncomfortable and would love very much if baby-no-name comes a bit early, assuming the ultrasound goes well on Monday
  
• We have no moved out of my mom's house and really can't given the state of our new house -- okay, I would put up a picture, but I went to the house yesterday to meet with a roofer and the boys were HORRIBLY behaved (I know, you are shocked) so I couldn't even take a minute to catch our mess on camera. Besides, the garage door needs repair... ooo, next bullet
  
• Our house needs a new garage door opener, roof repair, huge and dangerous trampoline gone out of the backyard, gaping hole of a spa covered and secured, exposed wiring in boys' bedrooms covered, side gate latches installed, new windows, screens, oh dear... is there more, probably, but this is a good start.
  

Anyhow, my mind is constantly going and I just want to sit here all day and finish up some craft projects and I really can't because I can't sit for more than 20 minutes without feeling like someone hit me with a sharp object from behind or having to go pee.

Wait, I really shouldn't be posting anything these days, seems like all I can muster up to write are complaints complaints and more complaints. My point is supposed to be, we need to get some of these tasks completed so we can all have piece of mind.