Don't Mind the Mess :)

Cause that's what we are about in be in...not like a mess of trouble...just a mess of packing, paperwork, work, etc!

We are set to close on the town home this Thursday. We have a leaseback for 30 days after close so we have some time to get packing and organized. I swear, like I said before, probably half of the stuff we have here isn't worth even moving. Or else we may move it and put into a "Garage Sale" pile. Who knows? If things continue to go as planned, we will close on the new home a week from Friday! After that, the house is all ours! We will get in and do some painting and some small trips before we make the big move. It still doesn't hardly seem real!

Work has been crazy busy. We JUST got caught up after Gustav and now here comes Ike which means depending on where he is headed, I may be off to Brenham again. UGH. We are also in the middle of changing systems so we are doing all of our work twice. Which means late nights. Well, after 5 which I call a late night. I do not like that at all. Cuts into my Z time. I get to feed, go for walk, bath, and then its time for bed! Definitely will be doing the 7-4 times once we move so that I can get home to my little man!

The HOA had their final blow with us today. We had to trim the tree in the patio in order to close this week. So annoying because there are other trees who surely are bigger and taller than ours and their owners are ignoring the letter just like we did. But $75 later the poor tree has been severely pruned so we can continue on. I felt bad for the tree. And man is there some new sun out there now with out the shade of the tree! :)

Zach and crew are doing well. I have not taken pics in what feels like weeks! I have some on my phone but am not technically savvy enough to figure out how to go from phone to computer. MY dad bought a cool red wagon for Zach and its his new fav thing! They pull him around and he is just checking it all out. Too cute!

I think that's it for now. I am still tired from the night at the Agnews! I will update as I can with what else is going on.

But for now, I bid you adieu!

It is Friday...and I did survive. THANK GOODNESS!

The madness is not ending though, we have Ike & Jospehine, closings and inspections, and I am sure a bunch more stuff to come still. Like PACKING? Seriously, would it be insane to pay people to pack for us? Although realistically I think we could give/sell 1/2 of our stuff so we don't have to move it!! Is it inappropriate to have a garage sale the week you move in!!

Oh, and Z Man has TWO teeth. Backwards beaver, its the 2 bottom center teeth. SO cute!!

Is it Friday yet?

Wow, we had a 3 day weekend and I am already for this weekend again! This has been a LOOOONG week at work thanks to all the storms. I have been working late and its amazing what a difference that hour or so makes. It takes away from some major Z time. So I hope things get back to normal soon at work. It could get worse depending on what Hanna, Ike, and Josephine decide to do! I hope they stay away!!

We have also been busy with house stuff. Getting a few things done from the inspection to our house. Luckily not too much. We are getting our dryer vents cleaned tomorrow and that should about do it, we hope! Our inspection of the new house will be Saturday morning! Then if things continue to go well, we should close on the town home next week and then our new house the following week...I guess we better get packing!

I am trying a new bedtime routine with Zachary and it worked pretty well tonight. Instead of coming back downstairs after bath time for his bottle around 7...we stayed upstairs and read books in the dim light and then bottle. He went straight to sleep.

So this weekend is the start of the NFL. I saw something last week about it on a show and the calling of the wives of football enthusiasts "Pigskin Widows". Funny but true! Matt is not too terrible, but it definitely takes up some time! The new game room may be the only place I find him on Sundays!

Ok, I am too brain dead to think anymore so off to bed....Night night! Is it Friday yet!??!?!

What the heck?!?

Why is Jerry wearing an A&M shirt? And where did he get it from? Seriously, grandma marine drives me insane and its a shame he is wearing the Aggie maroon! Plus he clashes with the red hat. Anyone else watching BB10? What do you think about it?

I love Renny. She is my favorite and I hope she wins overall. Why could she not figure out the Jerry/Michelle baby though? I mean, the baby was bald with white hair on the sides! Who else could it be? C'mon Renny!! And Keisha is starting to bug. I think I want Dan or Renny to win!

Still here

Wow, we have been busy, and are only going to get more busy!!

So....in the last week...we finally got an offer and a contract on our townhome. YAY! Minor things to fix from the inspection. Woohoo.

And then over the weekend, we started house hunting....found our house, made an offer, and they accepted! WOOHOO!!!

Hopefully all falls into place and we close on our townhome and can get our new home!

Now to start packing and everything else associated with the madness of moving! I can't believe we will be in our house in October!

What else? Z Man is doing great. Sitting up. Eating his fruits and veggies. Reaching and face planting when trying to get things. and just being cute. He is excited about his new room, too.

I will try to be posting more and keeping you updated on our big move!! :)

So what's new with you?

Gustav, Gustav....

GO AWAY! I don't want to go to Brenham on Monday. But since I got out of going for Edouard, it will be my turn. So much for my Tuesday off!

toof

I feel one....right in the middle! Its sharp! I think it will be out all the way in the next couple of days! :)

Update

Just a random assortment of updates:
-Z Man's poos improved since the last post. Sunday night he ate 2/3 of bananas and Monday he ate all bananas but no rice cereal and tonight he ate all bananas and rice cereal! Whatever it is, I think it must be ending?!
- We got an offer on the house and we are proceeding! Inspection may be Friday and they want to close on 9/15! The hunt is on for our house! Keep those prayers to St Joseph coming! :)
-The Other Boleyn Girl was good! I enjoyed it and think it did a pretty good job versus the book. There were some things I had forgotten but I love Scarlett and Natalie so that helps too and made it very good.

I think that's it for now. We celebrated tonight with pizza and wine. Its a good night. Oh, and anyone else watching BB?!?!??!?!? What did you think of the veto ceremony???

REAL SIMPLE

I am just now getting on the bandwagon for Real Simple but I love it! My mom has subscribed for awhile now. I perused hers a few times and always enjoyed them so I decided I wanted my own! Great recipes, ideas, tips, what more could you want? I was especially interested in an article in my 1st issue about book clubs! As you know, I started our own book club 5 years ago this August (crap guys, we forgot to celebrate that too this month!!). We have read some great books and some not to great...and sometimes not even read at all. But no matter what, we always have fun! I think its so important for women to have time together. To bounce ideas of each other, share in joys and struggles, and just be together like sisters! I treasure my once a month get togethers with just us girls!

Here is a snippet of the article:
"Whether due to some failing of time management, imagination, or both, my adult life is somewhat lacking when it comes to two activities that I once took for granted: reading and spending time with friends." Which is why my book club meetings are right up there with the first day of school and the season premiere of The Office as unmissable events. In the 11 years since the inception of my book group- cooked up one night by me and two others, all of us still enthusiastic members-I've been on and off community boards, changed jobs and cars, moved houses, fired and hired babysitters, and seen the arrival and inevitable departure of pets (mostly hamsters and fish). But my book group has been constant.
There are nine of us, and we meet ever six weeks or so. The whole operation is loosey-goosey, but we like it that way. We choose books spontaneously, either something wonderful that someone has just read (which feels a bit like cheating) or a title that is well reviewed (which does not predict success with my group-I've chosen some real chunkers that the NY Times has loved.) We do not do author backgrounds or historical references, and under no circumstance do we use those silly book-group discussion guides that you find at the end of certain paperbacks.
The best part of the group, of course, is the individuals in it: our lives as they change over the years; the constant friendship of the women who can, in the same breath, provide you with a dermatologist recommendation, tips for monitoring teenage behaviour on prom night, advice on confronting a friend with emotional issues, and the best local store to buy good cheese. We have watched children grow and lives change; the talk has moved from diapering to college applications in the blink of an eye; from pregnancies to perimenopause in another blink."

While we are just at the diapering stage, I can definitely say our lives have changed a lot since our first meeting 5 years ago...and I can only hope that our book club will continue for the duration too!! I, too, am a book club advocate like this author and encourage any one else to find one. The article also has some great book recommendations, many of which we have read! I think I will bring it to the next meeting or keep it for future choices too!

BLOWOUT CITY

That's right folks, you know what I am talking about, and its not a super sale. The diaper situation around here has not been pretty or very good smelling for the last 2-3 days. I am not sure what is going on. Its not just a situation of "time to go to the next size diapers" cause we just moved up to 2-3 and they fit. I will starting using 3s though for bedtime to contain the situation at least. We have had leakage overnight for the last 2-3 nights, lots of small poo diapers instead of just 1-2/day, very smelly, and a couple of blowouts. I am really stumped on why the sudden increase in these volatile POOS! We woke up this a.m. to one that had gone through the jammies to the sleep sack but had not yet infiltrated the sheets. (WHEW! I ave changed the sheet 3x this week and its not fun). Then later this morning, we were having a great time playing on the floor, I was enjoying my morning coffee and Z started just fussing. I moved closer to inspect him and noticed his jammie leg was wet. Upon unzipping the said leg of the jammies.........there was poo everywhere! Seriously. Up the back, out the diaper, down the leg, to the TOES. I didn't even bother taking them off we just went straight to the bathtub. And although Zach enjoyed his off-schedule bath time, I am perplexed what's going on? At first I thought maybe it was related to the new addition of solids. But then the past 3 nights, he won't even open his mouth to try!! He had been eating with no issues since he first started so why the sudden change? Even bottle eating has changed some, not always finishing them.

Has anyone else experienced something like this? Is this related to teething? I have read that teething can cause a decrease in appetite and diarrhea but I am still not feeling any teeth. Maybe its just a precursor of what's to come? I just am not sure!

I guess I will continue to observe him and see what transpires. The good thing is he is not acting like he doesn't feel well at all. Only ailment is a touch of diaper rash but frequent changes and boudreaux's butt paste seem to be managing that aspect okay.

Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome on the cause of the poops or what to do when your child won't eat! I want to continue on with our solids but when he won't open his mouth, after 20-30minutes of trying I give in.

Anyway, that's about it for now. Zach is cutting some Zzzzzs so I decided to treat myself to watching The Other Boleyn Girl. I loved the book so we will see how the movie does.