A trip to the park!

We've had some awesome weather lately! Windows down in the car and music playing loudly kind of awesome.  So what do we do on awesome days like today? Go to the park, of course!  Here are some pictures of our park time; which also happened to be Cecelia and Caleb's first park trip!

I would say our first day at the park was a success! Hopefully this beautiful weather keeps up and next time, Dad can come with us.

In other news, we've decided to not sell the house at this moment.  We loved what the Realtor had to say, but  now is just not our time (our words, not hers).  We decided that it was in our best interest to fix up the house we live in now and put it on the market in about 2 more years.  We went yesterday and purchased a new Stainless Steel stove and over the range Microwave.  It will be here Sunday and I am so excited!  

The next project will be the guest bathroom.  I will make sure I post before and after pictures of that when its complete, along with before and after pictures of the new kitchen appliances!  

I'm excited we decided to go this route- I think it will be in our best interest!

Somewhat Wordless Sunday

I don't really have much to say so I am going to bombard you with pictures.  You're welcome!

She's just so darn cute!  As you can see, she's starting to smile so much now! I'd say its about 50/50.  50% shes smiling and the other 50% shes less than amused and starts crying.  I'm trying to figure out a sure fire way to get her to smile...so far, no such luck.

What are some things you do to get your little one to smile?

More on this whole moving thing

As I told a friend of mine earlier, I have a Patron taste on a PBR budget. (We can afford more than PBR, and would actually never think of drinking it, we're more Bud Light type people- but you get what I'm saying).  Of course, I would love to live in a house like this

This house ^ is actually going for 1.2 million.  Its a nice house, but the inside is ever nicer...

But we're thinking these are more in our price range

   

Both of these houses are in our price range and in the subdivision I want to move into.  Plus, their in the city where Jeff works, and right next to my Sister and Brother in Law.  

The 2 story house is actually cheaper than the one story...we'll see whats up with that.  

I wish that when Jeff and I first looked into buying a home we would have waited.  Waited for this crappy economy to fall out so then we wouldn't have had to worry about selling our home.  

Hopefully we'll find someone to buy our house, and we'll be able to make a profit...

I hope this works out to our advantage

Jeff and I want to move.  We always knew that when you bought this house that we wouldn't be here forever. I LOVE LOVE LOVED this house when we first bought it.  Actually, it was just lust.  I loved the idea of having our own place but now I realize it wasn't this house that I loved...just the idea.

Jeff works in GC and I've always wanted to move there.  Its in the school district we both grew up in and if we live in GC he'll get to come home more while he's working.  We have a house that we both do like, but sometimes I can't help but think that maybe I just want to move so I can have some change.  If you don't know me, then you don't know how much I like to change things up.  You're probably thinking "uh..you just had a baby, isn't that change enough" the simple answer is, no.  

We're finally getting into a routine with Cecelia and when things become to "routine" for me, I get bored; hence the wanting to move.  I like to do things on a whim, so when I got this idea to move in my head last week, I was ready to pack up our stuff and take off that minute; but Jeff is planner and that would have totally thrown him way off.  It's actually crazy to think that Jeff is actually agreeing to this, so while he is, I'm having the Realtor come over and look at our house this week.  (It's always best to not have him stop and think otherwise he'll change his mind.)  

Enough with my rambling- Cecelia weighs 10lbs! My little chunk!  She had to go to the Dr. this week b/c of a mysterious rash.  The rash, we have come to find out, is a result of Cow's Milk Sensitivity.  So she's now on soy formula.  (yes, we stopped breastfeeding, but I won't say why b/c I shouldn't have to justify my reasoning for not breastfeeding.  As long as I'm feeding my kid, thats all that matters)  Her rash is better, so if it doesn't completely go away, we'll be making another trip back to the Dr.

I now leave you with my favorite picture of her to date

Epic Fail, Snowmageddon. Epic Fail

Well, Snowmageddon came and went.  All without anyone taking notice.  Now, I do have to say that I do not blame the Meteorologists.  This is not an exact Science, and if it was you wouldn't need them to give you the weather b/c we would already know, now wouldn't we?

Low pressure systems; any pressure system for that matter, are tricky little creatures.  Any and I mean any shift in the system can cause some crazy things to happen.  Just think, if this system would have stayed on more of an eastern track, even just moving a little more east, we would have gotten slammed

Warrenton, Mo.  

But instead, we got this

You can't tell by this picture, but our windshield cracked....stupid cold

Oh well. I'm ready for winter to be over.  I'm ready for some of my two favorite boys to be twinkies and play in the sun together.  The only thing that will make this picture better, is that this summer there will be a beautiful little girl in a bikini will her milk belly hanging out.

Speaking of warmer weather, Phil did not see his shadow today!  You know what that means!!!  I wonder if Phil knows how much we rely on him to come out of his hole.  He's a very important man.

Snowmageddon 2011

If you know me at all, you know I am the go to girl for weather.  I have had my friends call  me and ask me "whats the weather supposed to be like this weekend, we didn't get a chance to watch." I'm always watching the weather on a local channel or tuned into The Weather Channel and have 2 different weather apps on my phone. I'm obsessed.

On December 31st, 2010 there was a tornado outbreak here in the Mississippi River Valley and I could not be pulled away from my computer or T.V. I was like a kid on Christmas morning.  Now, they're calling for a historic snow storm for 29 states.  Missouri and Illinois are the bullseye for this massive low pressure system coming up from the southwest.  I can seriously, hardly contain my excitement.   The thing everyone is agreeing to; take the Blizzard from 1982

and the ice storm of 2006

and combine them into one.  That is what in the forecast for us Monday-Wednesday.   For the purpose of remembering, I took a picture of our SUV outside today.  I will update with a new picture after it's all said and done

Attention!

A very dear friend of mine, Natosha is having her very first giveaway!  I was very excited to see that she was having one (so I can enter, and b/c she has basically taught me everything I know about blogging and cloth diapering).  Her blog SevenOneSix, is the "everything" blog.  Anything from DIY, Crafts, Cloth Diapering and her adorable little boy; plus much more.

Her giveaway is sponsored by Brittany from Love Stitched.  This is an awesome shop on Etsy.  This girl has talent and there is something for everyone- with AMAZING prices.

The item being used for the giveaway is one of these rings in one of the colors that you choose! I love the bold yet calm colors to choose from.  Even if I don't win the giveaway, I'll probably have to buy something from Brittany's shop!

Stella Rings from Love Stitched

So go on over to SevenOneSix and enter yourself in Natosha's FIRST giveaway!