It's about time

Ok so i know its been like amonth since i posted last but its been beyond crazy around here! I am so irritated at this stinkin computer b/c i can't upload any pics. Seems pointless to blog without pics! so we are switching out computers in the next couple of days and ill plan to blog then with pics and what all has been going on...

Carolina's Nursery Progress

Well i know it has been a while since my last post so i figured I'd jump on here and update everyone. I've been doing alright here at home since being laid off. It's really been a blessing, I have been able to complete alot of projects that we otherwise probably wouldn't have been able to complete. I am now 32 weeks pregnant and feeling it a little more everyday. Since my last post we've done ALOT in the nursery as far as projects and painting so ill post some pictures of that. I've done several craft projects including painting a shelf, two hat boxes, her lamp, her mobile ( justin actually made that), the boys painted some pictures for her as well, and her name blocks - which i had some help from my girl Dara- thank God!@ :)


( Pictures to come- having computer issues for some reason uploading)

The boys are both in baseball and it is in full swing. They've both done very well. Here's a few pics of them in their uniforms. Irey hates having his picture taken so excuse the sour look on his face lol :)

Getting back to blogging

Well, as most of you know i was laid off on the day of my last blog. i haven't really been online since then very much but i do plan to get on here more often. I am a little scared of what is going to happen with us financially but i know everything will work out. I have enjoyed being at home everyday though and have gotten a LOT accomplished in preparation for Carolina's arrival. I have lost my camera somewhere in my house but i have pics from recent events and plan to blog those in the next few days. Hope everyone is doing well :)

Carolina's Nursery Step #1

I am so excited! This past weekend I actually had my husband at home on a saturday! That almost never happens! So instead of being lazy, after going to the ball park for the boys practices, we started in Carolina's nursery. We moved everything (the gear) to a more suitable location and started spakling the walls! Justin spackled the holes and i got out the Mr Clean magic eraser and started cleaning off the scuffs and spots- this room used to be the boys playroom, an office, a scrapbook room, & a guest bedroom- therefore the walls were pretty dirty! After the spackle dried we sanded them down and went to Home Depot and bought the paint! SoOOO excited about that! Tomorrow while i am at work Justin and my father in law, Gary are going to start painting her room! By the time I get home it should be pink!

Here are a couple of pictures of the process ;o)

Romeo Cole

So yesterday Cole decided he wanted to dress like daddy for school. He wore a white button up shirt untucked, with kahki pants. He looked very cute!

But when i went to pick him up he told me he could never dress like daddy again. I asked him why and he said b/c all the girls go crazy and pull on his clothes.lol. That they think he is too cute and he can't handle it.lol.

The last time he dressed up was around Christmas time and he wore a suit, a jacket, white shirt, blank pants, and a zip up tie. THe girls broke his tie from pulling on it. At first he was mad, then Irey told him that it was b/c they all thought he was cute, so then he was ok with it. But he has vowed never to dress up again. lol

My little studd.

Justin's birthday

Well, Yesterday was Justin's birthday, he is now 28 like me lol :o) a geezer i know. He was lucky enough to take the day off, while i had to work :( But i had my 25 week doctor appointment at 3:15 so i was able to get off at 2:30 so he could go with me. We heard the heart beat and my next appt is for the Glucose Test- yuck. I've gained 5 lbs, which is more than i had wanted to gain but really not so bad in the grander scheme of things. I just woke up one day and had a big belly! Anyhow, everything else is fine with the baby. Afterwards, we went to Gary and Ann's for some dinner and cake. It was a really nice time, I love those people! :)

Wordless Wednesday

16 weeks Pregnant....I'm 25 weeks now, use your imagination! Big MAMA! :)

Exciting ...Restarting

So I have a clean living room, dining room, and kitchen at this very moment! This may not sound that exciting to most people but for me its like a miracle. I hosted my girlfriends bridal shower saturday morning and then had guest over for justin's birthday saturday night, so to still have a clean house is amazing. We had between 20 and 25 people in and out of our house this weekend.


justin and I really busted booty to get everything looking nice before our guests arrived on saturday so i vowed in my head that after they left i was cleaning up immediatley no matter how tired i was. It was too clean not to try and maintain it. So taht is what i did, as soon as they were gone ( granted the ladies helped me clean up alot! ) i started cleaning up, like as soon as i shut the door saying good by to the guest of honor. i was able to pick up all the mess and put the chairs back where they went and wash the few dishes i had to wash and start the dish washer and put the cake and other things away. ---CLEAN HOUSE again! :)

Then we had more guest come over in the evening for justin's bday. We just did hot dogs and chips and they had some drinks and what not. So while people were mingling i just picked up here and there, and then we went out to 3 $ Cafe to hang out ( i was glad b/c that meant i didn't have to clean up any mess :)) then sunday morning, i got up did the couple of dishes that were left wiped off the table and picked up a couple of things and again CLEAN HOUSE- let me rephrase- clean downstairs :) Did i mention all the laundry is done and put away! Told you its a miracle.

Tonight, I am starting the boys back on their chore schedule. I told them about this yesterday and hopefully they got all their whining out then.........we shall see.

I also and putting them in bed earlier than normal, baseball starts this weekend and i need to be prepared and not grumpy!

I am excited about the changes i plan on making in and for our household! Wish me luck!

Working Mom / Stay At Home Mom

I don't really know how to start this post because I don't really know what i want to say except my life long dream was to be a stay at home mom. I have never wanted to be the high powered, all mighty, working woman climbing to the top with the big boys. Which is probably why my couple of trys at the College thing never worked out so well.

I've just wanted to be a loving thoughtful respectful wife, a wonderful caring loving mother, a home maker, the person that makes my home inviting to my family and friends, a clean place where people want to be, and children run and play and laugh and sing songs and build forts and color on the walls and break windows and have tickle fights.

But right now, I am the full time working woman, part time maid, feels like part time mother, part time friend, part time wife. I think i need to realign some things here.

My house is a disaster most of the time- which is not entirely my fault- i have to perfectly capable little boys that can do things to help around the house, i have just never enforced it with them, so they come to expect if they don't do it I will. - that usually turns out to be the case. I jsut pick up after them b/c its easier. They have chores that are assigned to them and they used to do them every day but at some point we got out of the routine and I have never stepped back in to enforce it again.

here is my day:

I go to work at 8:30 every morning, get off at 4:30 and pick up the boys at 5:00ish, go home sit them down to do their homework, try to help them if needed by the time they are done gripping about having to do homework and completing it its usually about 5:45, then i try to find something to make for dinner, b/c most of the time i forget to take something out the night before, make something for dinner/eat dinner its now about 6:30/6:45. Clean up the kitchen X 2 b/c i probably didn't do it the day before because I was tired. so now it's about 7:15 and while i've been cleaning the kitchen or doing some other chore of my own the boys have been pulling things out of their toy boxes or begging me to play video games- which i say NO to on school nights everytime and i dont know why they even ask- i tell them go pick up your things and lets get ready for a shower, sometimes they pick up the stuff, sometimes they just look at me like i said something in Japanese or something, and i give up and just say GOOOOO. ( at some points during this time i might or might not loose my cool - especially if the dog gets in my way or pesters me or something) ok by 7:30 showers have begun and we rotate them out and by 8:00 both boys are bathed and in PJ's. about 2/5 nights they come out with no pj pants on b/c i haven't finished the laundry and they have no jamma pants. Most nights i let them lay in their beds and watch TV until 8:30 or 9:00- depending on if they are quiet or not and then i turn the TV off in their room and go sit in the recliner and exhale. Please keep in mind I am currently about 6 months pregant and really feeling it. My husband- AWESOME. he does this that or the other everytime he is off of work. He helps me in some way shape form or fashion- either laundry, dishes, taking out the trash- anything i need.

Please understand- and i really have no clue if anyone reads my blog but- i love my children, i love my husband, I made my bed and i lay in it everynight exhausted. This is not exaclty how i had imagined i would handle motherhood and working and all that but this is how my day goes. on the weekends, i clean everything else that didn't get cleaned during the week. so i spend my life currently- working, tutoring, cooking, cleaning, sleeping and not doing NEARLY enough loving on anyone.


i must make some adjustments.

Adjustments:

1.I have decided that starting on Monday we are going to go back to the boys doing their chores DAILY.

2. I will assign myself days of the week to do laundry and stick to them. If Justin is off work on laundry day, he can help if he wants to.

3. I will make time everyday to spend time with each boy, including my husband, individually- not cleaning or tutoring

4. Every weekend I will spend time in the baby's nursery until it is complete.

5. Everyday I will make sure my husband and children know they are more important to me than a clean house.

These are the things i plan to start with. i think its a good start. My sweet husband got promoted but we don't feel like it would be comfortable for me to quit working just yet or after the baby. We want to have a good nest egg and not have to worry about things. So hopefully by the end of this year maybe. I know it's alot of pressure for my husband to keep having to push himself to rise up the ladder and get promoted again and again so that i can stay at home with our children. All i want in the world is to be able to have my days go something like this:

Make breakfast for the boys, daddy, and carolina. Send daddy off to work with the lunch that i packed him from dinner left over's b/c i didn't forget to take something out to cook. Take something out of the freezer for tonights dinner, drive the big boys to school, take Carolina to the park afterwards for a morning walk/stroll, come home get ready for morning nap time, clean up the living room and vaccum, dust, scrub while Carolina is napping, get her up and fix some lunch, do a project ( when she's older ) or maybe go see daddy at his store for a few minutes to get out of the house, come back and pick up the big brothers from school or the bus stop ( i have only seen my boys get off the bus 3 times since they have been in school and Irey is in 2nd grade ) come home and fix them a snack, while i help with homework..............you get the idea.

Stay at Home moms that read this: please do not be offended if i in any way glamorized what you do on a daily basis, i realize that there is much more that goes into what you do, adn frankly i would love to find out first hand. i know you probably feel like a maid a babysitter and probably feel like you don't get enough credit for what you do. but if your husbands ever liked having a clean house and never told you that they appreciated coming home to a clean nice smelling house, send them to mine to take a peak at how incredibly hard it is to maintain any type of cleanliness while working 40 hours and trying to act like a normal person.


I am going to stop this post now b/c it just feels like i am beating on the keyboard with a furry. I want to be a stay at home mom. period. at this point in my life, i can't be. i know and trust that one day i will be a very proud, under appreciated, tired stay at home mom- and I can't wait. :) I love my husband for trying so hard to make it happen for us and our family. That's all.

Things happen for a reason...

So originally when looking at baby bedding-prior to finding out the gender- i was looking at pottery barn's kids catalog and fell in love with this one set called Sophie for a little girl crib set. It was way more than i had decided to pay for a set so i just kind of pushed it out of my mind but it was for sure my number 1 choice. But i soon decided I should probably just go with my second choice which was the "Love Birds" set through Target. I ordered the set and then i was checking the status of my order and was informed that the set has been discontinued and they had cancelled my order! So i was bummed for a few minutes but then just started searching online for others that i liked and wondered onto the Pottery Barn website and There it was ON SALE! I was so pumped. Still more than choice #2 but i took it as a sign :) and I ordered it. I should have it by the end of next week and i CANT WAIT!

A side note

This is a song I just can't listen to enough. I don't know if it's his voice or what but i just love it.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUFDOlO6B2w

Scary Situation

Everyone said " every pregnancy is different... and you're older now so it will be different..." you were OH SO RIGHT!


I took the boys over to popop’s b/c I had to be at work early this morning and Justin was closing and I was cleaning at the house and started feeling really dizzy. But I kept on cleaning.

Justin called and begged me to stop and just sit and relax since I was home alone – he didn’t want me passing out all by myself or falling and waking my head. So I sat down and ate a bowl of cereal thinking maybe my sugar was low.

Felt better for a minute and then all of the sudden I felt sick to my stomach so I went up stairs to the bathroom and then started throwing up. Towards the end of the throwing up I threw up blood. Not a lot but enough to where I was concerned enough to call the nurses line for my doctor to see if I needed to go to the ER or something. In the midst of leaving a message on the nurses line Dara called and I called her back and told her what was going on and she said she was coming over to stay with me until Justin got home or if I needed to go to the ER.

The doctor called back and I explained everything that happened and that I have been sick with upper respitory crap for a while and so on. He said that there was no need for me to go to the ER unless it continued for 3 or more times in a row basically. He said that during pregnancy your mucus membranes are already swollen and more likely to produce blood ( b/c ur body is making extra for the baby ) – like when you brush your teeth and your gums might bleed where when not pregnant they wouldn’t. but he said it would be in my best interest since I was still dizzy to have someone with me until I was feeling better since I was all alone. So Dara came over and tried to make me eat food- which I didn’t want to do at all. But I ate some chips and drank some Gatorade and stayed up until Justin got home from work. Then she left and the hubs took over the babysitting.lol I am ok now I feel perfectly fine other than the cold junk.

It was scary for a minute there. Nothing like that EVER happened with my boys. And i have been "sick" more in my 2nd trimester with this lil baby girl than i was the entire time with both my boys put together. I still have the cold junk going on and i am wondering if it is Rhinitis of Pregnancy, which can last your ENTIRE pregnancy- but luckly...it clears up within 2 weeks of delivery........only 4 months lol ha!

I pray i get over all of this mess, my body is certainly not what it was when i had my boys and this pregnancy is COMPLETELY different just like everyone said......at least i am past the half way mark and my sweet little angel will be here before we knew it and i will forget how sick i have been. ;o)

Big Boy Cole Man

Well, we have had some exciting past few weekends! We celebrated little Cole’s 6th birthday on January 31st at Sparkles Skating Rink. It was tons of fun. He had a pirate theme so I had a “pull apart” cake made by a friend of a skull and cross bones. It was very cute and YUMMY!

Justin got promoted so he has been working like a dog recently, bless his heart, it feels like I have hardly seen him.

On Cole’s actual birthday February 7th (Super Bowl Sunday) he and I made him a cake….well two actually because my stinkin dog jumped up and ate half of the first one we made while Cole and I took potty breaks! Luckly, we hadn’t iced it yet!

But we just made another one , after Cole came down and saw it, it broke his little heart. But he got over it after I told him we would just make another better one. He helped me do everything from stirring to adding ingredients to dropping in the food coloring into the icing until it was exactly the color he wanted it to be.

Then we made a few other things and waited for Daddy to get home from work so we could sing and eat it! I will admit it was pretty good. I think he had a pretty good birthday, I mean it lasted for 3 days! Party on the 31st, then party on the 7th, then dinner at Waffle House last night! He was a happy boy!

It's a GIRL

Well, It’s a GIRL! We are so excited! We went to the doctor on January 28th and I was sooo nervous. I don’t know why but with the boys I just knew they were boys before the ultrasound but with this one I was very uncertain. But Baby H is officially a GIRL!  Without a doubt. We have picked out a name and it will be Carolina Hope Hairfield. We picked Carolina because we got married in South Carolina and Hope is just such an encouraging thing no one can take away !

She is due June 11th and we can’t wait to meet her face to face. I am now almost 22 weeks and have only gained a total of 7 pounds ( which I honestly thing is wrong actually- I think they wrote it down wrong and I’ve gained less) but either way 7 pounds so far ain’t bad at all  Considering how much I gained with both the boys. She currently weighs about 12 oz ( a coke cans weight ) and is about as long as a Barbie Doll! Over the next few months she will most likely gain about 7lbs and grow about 8 to 10 inches! These are the months I really have to do good with my healthy eating! During the ultrasound she had her little hand on her forehand, already being a sassy pants! The ultra tech had to take lots of pictures so by the end when she was ready to take some shots for us to have, Miss Carolina was OVER IT! She started kicking and punching me! lol, we could all see it on the screen and I could feel it at the same time, it was soo awesome. I got a little teary eyed and I think justin did too but not 100% sure. The lil sass is pretty active mostly in the mornings and there is no doubt about what I am feeling! She is currently in the breach position but they aren’t concerned because there is plenty of time for her flip back around!

We are very excited and have already started our “window” shopping and trying to pick out the crib set and see where we can get the best bargain for it. I have some really cool

ideas for the nursery walls ( I never got to have a nursery with either of the boys ) and I’m letting my nesting kick in! I think it’s a little early but I’m a natural nester even when I’m not pregnant. Over all we are very excited and extremely blessed!

OMGoodness do things get any better?

yesterday was sad, today AWESOME! My husband got promoted today, found out that we wont have to pay as much to the doctors as we thought we were, we find out baby H's sex tomorrow morning and who knows what's next! Things are looking up for the Hairfield's! Watch out world - we're taking you by storm! Praise be to Him, for he knows the desire's of our hearts and has a plan for all of us. We were lucky enough that our desire's and his plan go hand in hand...

Let it Be

Today was a rough day for me emotionally. It went from no biggy kind of day to tears in the bathroom, to irritation, to blah/whatever.

But i think we have finally ironed out some things as far as our insurance and the baby/delivery and that sort of thing so i am thankful. My husband really is my hero. he didn't know i cried a little today but he didn't really need to know, there was nothing that he could do about it. But what he could do- he did. He crunched numbers. That is the ONE THING in the world that can frusterate me so much to lead me to tears is NUMBERS. And God bless him, he is awesome with them.

So for now, I'm ok. Tired from the emotional roller coaster, but nevertheless, ok.

Cole's birthday party is coming up on Sunday at Sparkles and i designed his cake ( cupcake cake ) and we are all pretty excited about it...

More later.....haven't gotten much work done today.

Happy 6 month Anniversary.....

In Light of the fact that today is mine and Justin’s 6 month wedding anniversary, I figured I would give some of the details of our wedding day……

The night before we didn’t really do much, the girls came to my room and we had some drinks and that was really the extent of it. Justin and his boys went out and had a good time- I suppose lol. I left him a note in our bathroom so he could see it when he got back to the room.

Saturday morning, we got up and all my bridesmaids met up for a “bridal breakfast” at a nearby hotel. We were all looking really cute lol NOT! Then we went back to Dara’s room to meet the “hair lady- Maggie” and start getting everyone ready.

I can’t remember who went first but Jamie had gotten hers done and came to me and asked me for the preacher’s name and number so she could call and confirm with him all the details- me thinking she was just being the Maitron of Honor and doing her “duties” gave her the number and she went outside. Then came back in and asked Kelly to come with her to get some cokes and junk out of her room….

I was getting irritated because two of my 5 bridesmaids were gone, I went out onto the balcony and saw them running around by the pool and then over to the Tiki Bar, I was like thinking………WHAT THE HECK! They are supposed to be in here with me keeping me calm not running all over the hotel gahhh. So I went in the bathroom where becky was getting her hair done and asked her if she knew what was going on and she was like “no I dunno what they are doin” (she’s not a good liar either) so I was getting more and more worried by now. … did they know something I didn’t….was justin MIA?....did the preacher bail?..... freak out mode was starting to set in…… and the one person in the world that can calm me quicker than any other is Justin- and I am not allowed to talk to him!

Then they returned and I was kind of giving them the cold shoulder. ( my mama had arrived by then ) And Jamie noticed my mom was there and said “oh good, im glad you are here”…….the fear began to rise…….then she proceeded “ You can’t get married on the beach………”

Me “WHAT? WHY? WHO SAID THAT?”
Jamie” B/c it is illegal inside city limits of Myrtle Beach…”
ME” Says who?”
Jamie”Everyone, the front desk staff, Maggie, your preacher…”
Me” my preacher? I just talked to him Thursday morning and walked down to the beach and he said everything was fine”….tears are now welling up

Then Maggie “the hair lady” came out of the bathroom and said “She’s right, inside city limits it is illegal unless you have a permit. If the beach patrol catches you they will stop the ceremony and fine you at least $500 and make you leave.”

Me: DEVISTATION

Me “jamie, what did the preacher man say when you talked to him?”
Jamie” he said that what Maggie just said was true but that if we got caught he was just planning to tell them he was a family friend”
ME ”WHAT?” Sheer panic
Jamie” but don’t worry I’ve already talked to justin and his dad and we are working on a few things”
Me” are you sure he’s coming?”
Jamie” he said “”I don’t care where it is, I just want to marry her””
Me – some relief



Jamie” there is the Myrtle beach state park that is supposedly pretty and not very far and you could get married there legally.”
Me : well then let’s go check it out”


( Jamie called my preacher man to let him know we were going to look at the state park and that the ceremony might be there instead – he was annoyed)

So my mama, me and Jamie loaded up in the car and rode over to the state park…all the while it is getting later and later and later in the day. we get to this place and the line to get in ( in cars) took 30 minutes! We drove around and looked for a spot and all we saw was sees of people that were there for family reunions. I swear there was probably about 7 different colored T-shirts for the family reunions happening that day…..again…the panic. And anger now.

Finally we found this really cool big ole tree and thought ok I guess that would have to do b/c the beach portion was pretty full of people and a pretty good walk from where you had to park and the park was really big and a good possibility that people would get lost.

We drive back and Maggie says ” I actually have the number to a chapel that we have connections with in North Myrtle Beach and can still do the wedding on the beach for you, do you want the number?”
Me “yes of course”


( so Maggie called the other preacher man, while I had Jamie call the old preacher man and FIRED his butt!! All while my mama had run up to her room for a moment )

When mama returned she came baring gifts. TEQUILLA and two shot glasses to be exact. She poured her and I one, I drank it- and felt minutely better for the moment. Keep in mind it’s about 4:00, I was no way shape ready to be getting married. Still no make-up, crazy hair, clothes not changed, and a little stinky from running around.

Situation RESOLVED. The chapel man – from Maggie- worked out perfectly. He would marry us at 6:30 on North Myrtle Beach. And it would us an extra $100 but WHATEVER at this point.

It is now about 4:20 and this place is now 20/30 minutes away instead of just walking out of the hotel. So I had to get moving PRONTO. Sat down with Maggie with a sigh of relief, everyone else starting doing their make-up and getting dressed and everything calmed down. all of my girls had made fun of me about my “binder” this binder contained EVERYTHING wedding related. From phone numbers to addresses to colors- EvERYTHING.
Jamie said “Chrisy, I hate to do this but……..i need your binder” !!!!HA

So I gave her my binder, she called all major families involved and gave them directions and time to be there and then they passed on the info to everyone else.


THANK GOD.

We got to the location, everyone was there and waiting on me. Amazing. The place was beautiful, quiet, there was hardly anyone around. ( Not like at our hotel) the sky was the most gorgeous colors, the sand was soft and there were these amazing dunes, the colors of the girls dresses and guys shirts stood out perfectly with the sky. My family had made the heart on the beach with the flowers. Everything was done. It was time.

My dad was waiting for me, my heart was pounding, I was so scared he wouldn’t be there. I don’t know why- there would be no reason for him to chicken out but maybe every bride feels that way. I walked onto the stair case for the board walk with my dad, all the bridesmaid and groomsman had already headed down to the spot on the beach. Every step I took I could feel myself holding my breath waiting to make sure he was there……

And then….there he was, his back turned to me so he could have a surprise when he saw me for the first time not so far away. Then he turned around, smiles from ear to ear, from both of us.

My dad gave me to Justin and I had arranged for Kelly’s future step son to play a song on the guitar “My Last Name”- the song he proposed with- as a surprise for justin. I whispered under my breath to Justin “glad you could make it” cheesy smile- and he said “what, you’re the one that’s late!” lol, we both cracked up. The rest of the ceremony really is kind of a blur. I remember the preacher man was VERY good though. I liked all the things he said and the ceremony was beautiful. And at the end of the day justin got his wish “ he didn’t care where we got married, just that we got married” and we did. 6 months ago today. 

Love you baby.

Some Wedding Pictures---a little late lol

Wow its been a little while

Well, it has been a little bit since i updated but things have been busy and for whatever reason i couldn't get on blogger to update the other day. Anyhow...

Decemeber 31st: Justin and I went to the doctor for a check up and to hear babys heartbeat- i just love that- Justin got to hear it for the first time and it was awesome. Doctor says baby and I are doing great, I only gained 2 pounds since my last visit so that's a definate plus! See most of my friends are so annoyed because they have pretty much hanious preganacies with sickness, fatigue, the hole 9- but me- not so much. I am pretty much the picture of health. Nothing really has changed about me while i am pregnant- and it has been that way during each pregnancy. See what my friends dont realize is that i have side effects of being pregnant as well only they are sickness and the normal things- i gain weight and ALOT of weight but otherwise am in perfect health- no diabetes nothing like that. So that is my pregnancy struggle. But this time i am trying to be better and watch myself more b/c i really don't want to be a whale again. so 2 lbs is an awesome thing! While all of my friends pop out their babies and still look like models. So if the worst thing that happens to me is i gain weight - then so be it! He said that the baby is probably about 5- 6 inches from head to rump and my uterus is the size of a cantalope!

Later that morning my boss called me and actually asked me to come in to work! so i did and banked some time for some free time off later in the month---the 28th to be exact when we find out the babies gender!!!! woo hoo

Justin worked late and then took a coworker home so he wouldn't have to walk in the cold and got home about 11:00 - we cleaned some things up and put things in the attic- (Christmas stuff) and then waited about 10 minutes for "NEW YEARS" at midnight- then 12:02am we were in bed lol. We are such party animals.

January 1: we got up and started running arrends. We went to target and got our crib! Well actually we went to one target witht he intention of getting the crib but they didn't have it in stock so they sent us to a different target and i found one there i liked better AND was on sale! So we got it & paid CASH! what a good feeling that was- thanks to Mama for our Christmas money! After that we met Dara and Kayleigh for some brunch and picked up the changing table that she is letting us borrow :o)

We went to Home Depot to try and find some new hardware for the chest of drawers we have but with no luck! They don't carry 3 1/2 inch drawer pulls anymore! how crazy is that! so i think i am going to start scowering goodwill for a new one that we can refinish for the baby.

Then we dropped the crib off and loaded up the double bed from guest room/ babies new room, and took that over to my dad's so they can use it until we need it again. then came back home and played games with the boys, well i played with Irey and little did i know- Justin and Cole were upstairs putting the crib together!!!


That's pretty much the only exciting things we've done lately- more to come :)