I have been so busy! I always say that, but it is so true.
Well the house is all deco'd for Christmas, I just have to put Elizabeth's little tree up in her room. She loves the trees that we have downstairs, and usually asks me to turn the lights on for her. I can not wait until Christmas morning to watch her with her presents. It is going to be the best Christmas ever.
Mushy time:
I've been thinking about Elizabeth's birth and the first few months of her life a lot the past few weeks. Those first couple of months were rough at times, especially since my hormones went wacko on me, but they were so wonderful at the same time. I looked back at some old emails I sent to family and friends, and I noticed in all of them I was so full of joy and happiness about my new little baby. My memories of those first months are not ones of my tears and anxiety, but of my love for my baby girl. Memories of her cuddling up on me for her night feedings, and her adorable feet, the cute way she would sniff her nose as she woke up for a feeding, the way she smelled, her sponge baths on her changing table, her first smile and how I loved to get up in the morning and go see that beautiful smile, all the wonderful memories. I said early on that I looked in the mirror and I did not know who I was anymore, well of course not, I had changed. When I look in the mirror now I see a different me than I was before, I see a Mom so full of happiness and love. I so adore the person I am now (don't get me wrong I liked myself before). I'm a mommy and it is the most wonderful thing that has EVER happened to me. My life changed so much on June 22, 2005 and I wouldn't have it any other way. I love how much I miss her when I am away from her, I love how she calls for me in the middle of the night, I love her tantrums, I love her hugs, I love playing with her, I love reading to her, I love laughing everyday with her, and I so love that she completes the puzzle for me. Thank you God for the most amazing blessing you've ever given me, thank you for the tears, thank you for holding me up, thank you for all the love.
Ok, now that I have myself in tears. I just needed to get that out.
Tom and I went to Canyon today to pick out our standards and upgrades for the new house. What a day! It was fun, but very exhausting too. All in all I think we did a good job. Our bathroom colors are so nice, and I love what we picked for the kitchen. We really tired to limit the upgrades to things that we felt would be hard to do after the house is built. I can't wait for construction to start so I can post pictures.
Tomorrow I plan to rest, and maybe bake some brownies.
I'm so friggin tired. My little buggie was up last night, and then I could not fall back to sleep. I'm going to nap in a few minutes, but I wanted to update first.
The playroom is done!!! The carpet was installed yesterday, and it looks great. My computer is back upstairs, and I hooked up the stereo a few minutes ago. Elizabeth loves her Dora playroom. She is having a great time playing in here. Now that everything is up here I can start doing my scrap booking again, and open an ebay account so I can sell off some junk!
We went to Music Together this morning, and Elizabeth and I had a blast. We love that class, it is so much fun. I need to put her back in swimming lessons so she will be ready when we move into the new house.
Ok, I can't keep my eyes open - I'll post more later.
Ok, ok since everyone has been so patient I will LJ about my big news.
We are moving to Boynton Beach! Tom and I are building a new house! Yay, I'm so friggin excited! We have thought long and hard about it, and we've looked A LOT. I had to wait to type my news b/c I wanted to wait until we were under contract (which we are now). The house will be done by next September so we have time to get ready (pack ugh!). We are going to put or current house on the market in January, and if it does not sell we will just rent it out for a while. Anyone looking for a house???? I can't begin to say how excited we are! The new house is going to be 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths, a pool and Elizabeth will have a playroom downstairs. We bought an oversized pie lot on a culdesac. It is going to be great. Yay, yay, yay!!!!
Ok so there you have it! See told ya I wasn't pregnant!
Ok, I'm not pregnant!!!! Tom thinks I am b/c I don't feel good today and I'm so miserable tired. I am not pregnant ok. I'm not!
Anyway I was going to reveal my news last night, but one of my dearest is having computer trouble at home so I decided I will wait until Monday to tell my news. Yes, Jamie I'm talking about you. I PROMISE I will give my exciting news on Monday. I am so friggin excited I can hardly contain myself.
I wanted to make oatmeal cookies the other night so I get the flour out, and then realize I don't have vanilla. I was so disappointed. Anyway I went and bought the vanilla and now today I am too dead tired to make them :( I will do it tomorrow. I always start to make my cookies this time of year. I do oatmeal in November b/c they seem like fall cookies to me.
I just took down all my Halloween decos today, and now I am going to put up the Thanksgiving ones. I so love this time of year. I have shopped for Elizabeth already, and only have a few things left to get her. Tom and I went to Target yesterday and got her some stocking stuffers. She is going to have a blast this year.
