Anniversary!

Yesterday was JE and my anniversary. It seems like forever ago that we were in Vegas, and yet just yesterday that we were getting married. Wierd! We left the kids with my sister and headed to Austin. We ate at Texas Land and Cattle each having waaaaay to much food and a bottle of wine. MMMMM it was delicious. Afterwards we went to the Austin Rodeo to drop off my sisters wallet and then down to sixth street where we stepped into a pub called "Logan's" and had some green beer. Then we headed home to put the kids to bed. I got JR a new set of irons, two trips to the golf course, golf shoes, and a golf shirt....this coming right after a GPS so he could find his way around Austin! I got a beautiful necklace a spa day and a shopping spree. I love my necklace, and the spa was wonderful, but I spent my shopping spree on the kids...Bought them both tons of new clothes! I am kicking myself now thinking, I should have just saved the money, but then I get my kids dressed in their adorable outfits and think....yeah, it was worth it! LOL

Also for our anniversary - we got a call from the realtor...we now have a house in Kyle, TX! We are both very excited. We move in April 3. I am ready to have my own space again. I am ready for the kids to have their own rooms, I am ready to have my own furniture and television programs. I cant wait to get into the house for so many different reasons! Above is a picture of the outside of it...It isn't the greatest picture because of the sun...but you get a general idea! I will post more once we get in!

New House

So, JR got to come and look at some houses yesterday and we picked one out and put in the application on it. I am hoping to have an answer by Wednesday! Its kind of funny though...we picked out 2 houses, and although we both liked each house, we each had a favorite - and it wasn't the same house! LOL We went with JR's favorite, but mostly because my favorite already had an application on it. It was the perfect house. It had EVERYTHING I wanted 1900 sq. ft. great floors, GREAT kitchen, new appliances, huge living area, GIGANTIC bedroom (seriously, you could easily fit 2 king size beds in there and still have plenty of room!) The master bath was perfect, stand alone shower, garden tub, double vanity, ENORMOUS closet. The kids rooms were great It had a LARGE half bath downstairs, and another bathroom upstairs. AND a brand new front loader washer and dryer! Large backyard, with a covered patio. Community park and pool right down the street. It was perfect...the moment I walked through the door, it was calling me!
JR's favorite (the one we put the application on) Is GORGEOUS on the outside. And to be honest, I really like the house...it just didn't speak to me! It is a beautiful home. It is 2 story, Huge living room, large very open kitchen (but very little counter space) we will have to buy a refrigerator and a washer and dryer...ughhh! It has a great backyard with a play set...which is awesome...it is also right down the street from the community pool and play ground! It is 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 baths and nearly 1800 sq. ft. The Master bedroom is very large, the master bath is large...but...it has a garden tub/ shower combo. I DID NOT like the closets...granted JR and I will each have our own, but the are SMALL. The carpet really needs to be cleaned...but people are still living there, so I am sure that will happen when they mve out. The kids rooms are small but maageable.
Anyway...that is the description for now...I may be able to post some pictures later!

Game ON!

Last Friday night JR, my sisters, and I took all the kids bowling. When we did this, we got Landry Bell off her schedule of going to bed at 9:00. It took several days, but FINALLY last night, I was able to put her to bed at 9:15 -thanks to the help of my mom! Although I was very excited to get her back on schedule, I wasn't prepared for what happened next. I crawled into bed about 10:30, she woke up at midnight. I fed her and put her back down. She woke up at 4:00, and I fed her and put her back down. She woke up at 7...I laid there until 7:15 then I got up with her. I have fed her and now I am just waiting for 8:15 and praying that Logan will stay asleep so that we can go back down, for I am sick sick sick. I have a fever of 102.8 and I am vomiting. My stomach is in knots, and I feel like someone took a stake and drove it through my right eye all the way to the back of my head and then another stake on the top of the right side of my head and drove it all the way down into my neck. Not to mention I had dry mouth last night, so between getting up to get water, going to the bathroom, and getting up with Landry - I did not get much sleep.
Landry is rolling over - which is part of the reason she is waking up so much...she rolls over and doesn't like it so then she starts crying. Ughhh...well I gotta go, I think I need to vomit again!

One week -

Well we have been here for ONE full week....well JR and Logan have been. I took a 3 day hiatus when I went to Galveston, but it feels like I have been here for a week...actually if truth be told it feels like I have been here a month. Grrrr! We are hoping to find a house and move on the weekend of the 27 - 28...so we have another 19 days to go! I am seriously ready to get out of this house and into my own space! When I was here 3 weeks ago looking at houses, I looked at about 15 houses....I checked the website yesterday, and only ONE new house has been posted since then! I am hopeing more houses become available SOON!
Landry is going to be 5 months old in one week, my anniversary is in 9 days, and Logan will be 3 in 15 days! Geez...so much going on! I just hope the time passes by quickly!

Lice

Oh....and to make things worse, I am going to have to ask JR to check my head for lice. No one told me that Isabella had lice, and I brushed her hair (using my brush) after getting her out of the bath a couple weeks ago....I am weird about my brush, so I always clean it out after each use, but my head has been itching like crazy for the past few days. It may just be because I am paranoid.....but there is a chance that I could have lice....it's freaking me out! I said something last night about my head itching and my dad says - maybe you got lice from Isabella....ummm that would have been nice to know! They have been treating the poor girl's head for a month now and cant get it to go away. Randi has taken her to the doctor and used prescribed meds for it, but it hasn't worked so far. It probably doesn't help that the child has more hair than anyone I have EVER known. She seriously has more hair than everyone in my family combined. Anyway - the whole idea is completely freaking me out! So please say a prayer that I DO NOT HAVE LICE!

ups and downs

Well, I stayed at my parents house for a week while looking for a house...didn't find one. I went back to my house and got the whole thing packed up, moved everything down to Kyle into storage, stayed at my parents for three days, drove to Galveston, stayed with my nanny for three days and drove back to my parents. I was home for a whole 4 hours before getting in to it with my mom. It took four hours for her to use the line, "As long as your under my roof..." I knew it would happen, I just didn't think it would happen so soon. She told me that everything I do and the way I do it is her business as long as I am here - I said, fine - I'll find a new place to live ASAP....as if I am not already doing that! I lived under her roof for 17 years, and it took about 7 years after that to get my head right again. This is the main reason I didn't want to be here. My mom and I have FINALLY gotten to a good place and I knew staying here would most likely mess that up. She doesn't understand that JR and I are married and have our own family. We make EVERY decision together...which she doesn't understand. JR and I might snip at each other, but at the end of the day we make our apologies and promise to do better the next day. I hate being here, the women seriously drives me crazy. I am happy to be living closer to her, but being in the same house is FAR TOO CLOSE! I hope that it gets better...I have decided that on the days she doesn't work, I will take the kids out of the house. She yelled at Logan yesterday over nothing. She criticizes me for the way I raise them, about my marriage. She takes every opportunity to make me feel like I am not good enough. Maybe she was just having a bad day...but I cant take that crap.
My great aunt Carolyn was moved into an assisted living home a couple of weeks ago. She was diagnosed with Alzheimers. It has progressed immensly since Christmas. She is resetting every 9 minutes, it is truly aweful. My grandmother is devastated. She lost her sister Jane about ten years ago, her sister Peggy passed last May, my grandfather passed in July, and now this with her sister Carolyn. I feel terrible for my Nanny. Carolyn only remembers her children some of the time. She calls my grandmother about 15 times a day, she calls my mom about 10 times a day, and no telling who else she calls and how many times. The place that she is living lets her stuff envelopes for them sometimes....and she believes she is "working at the hotel." She gets out at night and wanders the halls and gets lost and cant find her way back to her room. It's terrible. I dont think you can really understand the turmoils of this disease unless you actually see it first hand. She has always been my favorite of my grandmother's sisters. She was here when both of my children were born, even though her own grandkids were having children within a day of both of mine. I love this woman so much. I can't believe it is happening to someone who has always had such a great mind. I cant imagine what it must be like for her. I truly wish there was some sort of cure for this disease.

Phase I and II completed

Well Phase I - packing....is completed. Phase II - moving it all down here and putting it in storage.......completed. Unfortunately as we loaded a boxspring and mattress in the back of JR's truck yesterday to bring it back to my parents house, we encountered a down pour, so now we have to go buy a new mattress. Ughhh! This weekend has felt like an entire week. It has been so long. Our house in Spring is all tile, so after the movers loaded the uhaul it took another hour just getting the place swept and mopped! I started in the back of the house and byt the time I got to the dining room I passed the mop to JR! I have to go back to Galveston tomorrow. I plan on staying ith my grandmother tomorrow and wednesday and heading back here on Thursday. I can promise you that the minute I get back on Thursday - I will not be going ANYWHERE for quite some time, except to the spa on Saturday! I am ready to find a house but, my body will need a good rest, so I dont plan on going on the house hunt until next Monday! Wish me luck everyone!