Almost finished

Tomorrow is my last day to get everything done and I am nowhere near finished...I have about 60% of the packing done....AHHHH! Logan's potty training didn't go so well today. I guess you can't really call it "training" considering I haven't done anything to actually "train" him. One day he just started peeing in his little toilet. OF course, I introduced it to him, and I spent about 5 days repeating, "do you need to potty" about a million times, but one day I just took off his diaper and said lets see what happens....I cleaned quite a few messes but he has gotten to the point that he always pees in the potty. Pooping is another story. He has yet to do it, but I have been taking him in the bathroom and letting him sit on the toilet...I keep him company, but after a while I take him off the potty, and inevitably he ends up pooping on the floor pretty soon afterwards! What kills me is that he knows enough to take off his underwear first....WTF? I dont get it. So I have dealt with that all week but today was the worst 3 times in one freakin day! plus Landry hit her little head...she was sitting on the floor while I was packing and somehow she managed to turn around and fall backwards....I have no idea how it happened...I put her on the floor with the boppy around her (behind her and on her sides) and somewhow she managed to turn facing the back of the boppy and then fall backwards. I felt and still feel aweful.
My patience is COMPLETELY gone.....I am hoping that when I wake up tomorrow, I will have a little more...but at this point I am exhausted. I am ready for JR to come help me, unfortunately he wont be here until around 9:00 tomorrow night. The kids have actually been pretty good - until today I really haven't had many problems. But today was hell. Anyway, I need to get the rest of this done, but I am so sleepy. I dont know whether to keep going or get some sleep...the one good thing - JR has promised me a spa day next week! Probably next Saturday once we have gotten settled in. I plan to take full advantage...I checked out some of the packages, and I think I am going full throttle - massage, pedicure, mud bath or thermal rock therapy, herbal body wrap, and a sit in the tropical hot tub!!!! I think I may deserve it! ehhhh....I am off to bed....sleep will be better for me and my kids, plus if I get some sleep I may be able to accomplish more tomorrow!

Packing it up...

So I am trying to get everything packed up...but I just DONT WANT TO. I have so much to do this week, and I have both kids by myself. I will have an extremely busy week and I honestly I am just trying to not stress about it too much. I am pretty much a wreck. I put JR in charge of setting up the U-haul...plus the trailer, plus the movers, so- that is a few less things that I have to do...however, I am in charge of changing the address, I have to take Landry to the doctor, get everything in boxes, get the house as clean as possible, and SOOOOOO much more. I have no idea how I will get it done, but I will! We are scheduled to move on Saturday! Geez - I have a little more than 5 days! AHHHHH

the Hunt continues

So, still nothing. I found a house yesterday, but once the realtor called to tell them we were interested she found out that it had been leased that morning....Grrr....honestly I am not to upset about it because I wasn't exactly in LOVE with the house in the first place. I am headed back tomorrow to pack up our house... I am going to look at a few more today and if I can't find something then we will be putting everything in storage and staying with my parents. HOPEFULLY it will only be for a week or two, but at least it gives us a little more time to find the "right" house. I told my mom we would give them some money for letting us stay. I am a little concerned..as most of you know, my older sister and her two kids already live with my parents, so this house will have 5 adults and 4 children - ages 7 - 4 - nearly 3 - and 4 months - It will be CRAZY! On the up side - I will have more time to find the perfect house, and we will be able to save a big chunk of money! Anyway....I hopeI can find something today, but if not at least I wont be so stressed. This ought to be a very interesting month! Packing up next week will be hard enough...thankfully we are hiring movers for the loading and unloading....I just wish we had enough in savings to hire people to pack too! LOL At least my family will be able to help us unload and unpack everything!

another day of looking...

So I met with the NEW realtor today...looked at some more houses...and will finish up tomorrow. After tomorrow JR and I will make the final decision on which house we want and go from there. The great thing about where we are moving is that there really aren't any "bad" neighborhoods. This is suburbia! I love small town living! There are so many nice houses that I have seen so far, I just can't get exactly what I want...no carpet, a separate closet for me and JR, a standing shower and separate jacuzzi tub with double sinks in the master bath....great tile work would be appreciated! A bid backyard...plenty of counter space in the kitchen, and a large family room! LOL Oh, and it would be nice if all the rooms were a good size, with large closets - and a coat closet somewhere near the entry! I think the problem is that I may be too specific and the only way to get the exact house I want would be to build it! Hahaha Anyway, all these houses are nice, but I will have to make a compromise somewhere! Grrr...I dont really like compromise! This whole move has really set me back with my whole "stress less" resolution...but, I am doing better than usual! Next week will be the real challenge - when I am trying to pack up the house, and have both kids...JR will be here in Austin, so I wont be able to look forward to his help when he gets off work.....NOW THAT will be tough! Wish me luck...

In Wimberley

So we are here in Wimberley...I took JR to work this morning and he got his work truck. We got to my parents house about 7 last night. It was a long trip with the kids taking turns on crying! LOL Actually Logan slept for the most part and woke up about 30 minutes before getting there and cried the whole way. Then he was such a pain for another 30 minutes...and after I finally got him settled, he vomited all over the floor. I checke his temperature....101.4. I felt horrible. the poor ki is SICK. I checked it again this morning....103.2. He has been sleeping all morning, and I am giving him chilren's tylenol. If he isn't getting better by tonight I will take him to the doctor tomorrow. It is so strange....this is the first time he has been sick sick. He has vomited a few times before, but never accompanied by fever. My poor little guy. Anywho, I am leaving in an hour to meet with the realtor to go look at homes. I am hoping that it will be quick and easy. I am hoping like hell to get this over with in one day...but we will see! Anyway, wish me luck!

Moving again!

Two weeks from now we will be leaving the Houston area! I am incredibly nervous but even more excited! We will be moving to south Austin. JR starts his job on Monday - so things will be a little chaotic at first without him here. The whole family will be making the journey on Sunday, the kids and I will stay at my parents house for several days next week while we look at houses. I am hoping to have one picked out by Wednesday and come back on Thursday to start packing everything up! Hopefully I ill finish it all up the following week, because we ill be moving on the 27th of Feb. I can't believe this is all happening so soon, but we couldn't be more excited. I am sure that everything will work out - I just cant wait. I can only hope to find a home that is as amazing as the one we are in now! Please keep us in your prayers!

Ahhhh.... Boxes - NO!

I think the funniest thing about our situation is that 2 weeks ago when we got our couches, JR and I both made the comment that we were NOT going to be moving anytime soon. We both agreed that if it was possible, we would be purchasing our house at the end of the rental agreement. Of course the next day, we were talking about moving to Katy so that JR would be closer to work. Little did we know that a tremendous opportunity was right around the corner. I spent the entire day yesterday looking at houses online. Whew! The thing about the area we are moving to is that it is much more expensive - but better quality and usually much larger homes. Plus, I love the little neighborhoods. I love that there is no ghetto areas, however; there are hillbilly neighborhoods. This makes me SOOOOO happy because I feel like we are going to get to raise our children in the same manner that I was raised....small town up bringing. I am not saying it is better...only that it is what I am used to and therefore is somewhat comforting to me. I am so very excited about all this, plus, we will only be about 20 minutes from my parents...30 tops! I absolutely HATE that Logan wont be getting to see Davin as much...they have really become such wonderful friends and it will be heartbreaking to not have those playdates anymore. My only comfort is that he will be able to play with Isabella and Isaiah a lot more. Davin is only 71/2 months older than Logan, where as Isaiah is 15 months older than Logan. So, the age difference is a little harder, but maybe it will be a good thing. As it is, Logan has learned SO much from Davin, so maybe being with an even older friend, he will learn more! Who knows! I am hoping to go back to working for the school, although of course that wont be until August, so it will be nice to still be at home with the kids. Not to mention that by the time I go back to work, Landry will be 10 months old! Hopefully I can put Logan in the Early Start program at the elementary school. It sure would save on daycare cost!!!
Okay - so JR and I have been saying that we are going to get in shape for weeks...months really. So, I have done what I can as far as the foods we eat. I have stopped by sodas (and after 2 weeks I dropped 5 pounds!!!) I buy whole grain everything - flour, bread, pasta, etc. I cook from a weight watchers cook book. Anyway, I have done all that, then I started doing yoga and strength training, along with some cardio from the wii fit plus. Unfortunately, I stopped about 2 weeks ago. It is so hard to fit in to the day. I was getting up and doing it before the kids got up, but somehow they would always seem to wake up halfway through my routine. A couple of weeks ago, our friends Brian and Tina told us about this new workout they started call INSANITY. so JR and I decided to give it a try. We had to wait a bit in order to buy the dvd's...there are 13 of them. Anyway, we started on Monday...and it is just AWFUL! JR and I are in so much pain right now! LOL We cant even get all the way through the damn warm up! How sad is that. JR has much more will power than I do and he can push himself further than I can. He is doing a great job and I love that we are doing it together. We aren't hard on each other, but we really encourage one another to go just a little longer than we think we can! This workout is so incredibly hard...you have to see it and do it to believe it. When I first watched the workout, I was litterally scared to try it...and once I did it, I thought I was dying! I literally came so close to vomiting! Anyway, at this point, I am not really trying to lose any more weight. I just want to tone everything up. With my height and build, I really dont think I should weigh any less than 135. 140 is really ideal for me and I weigh 144 right now. So, I am sure that I will drop a few pounds during this process but I am hoping that I wont lose too much weight due to the muscle I will be gaining. So, my thing is to lose the fat! I have a feeling JR will lose quite a bit of weight if we stay strong and keep it up. It is a 60 day program...so we will see. The thing is.....we are about to be going to my parents, and JR will be in a hotel room - HOW are we going to keep up the program during this move??? Well, we may just have to take a hiatus, but stil stay active by going to the gym, or maybe doing the yoga and strength training...and then starting the process over at the new house....bummer....but we are going to try to do it!
Wish us Luck!