One more time

We have torn apart our bedroom hoping for our floor guy to come around on Tuesday to finish out the wooden floors. I am really getting tired of messing around with this stuff. We have completely moved this house TWICE. I am ready to get it done with. Luckily, this is hopefully the end of the remodeling upstairs. We still have to paint, but there won't be much more moving large pieces of furniture around nor sitting in a room full of boxes.

Yesterday peanut and I spent the day together. We got up early and went to IHOP. Then it was off to Target to register for baby Will's shower. Peanut gets excited when we talk or shop for baby Will. I let her pick out the blankets and things. She wanted to get him a Winnie the Pooh Paci and wanted a teddy bear for herself. I bought them both because I thought they might be nice presents to "give" to one another at the hospital.

We then went to some garage sales and a plant sale at the local bakery. THEN we watched a MOVIE. I took her to Horton Hears a Who. I think it was a little above her. She did really well and may have watched the whole thing had the move not started 10 to 20 minutes late. She was really impressed with the whole idea. For a couple of days she was telling people that she was going to see a movie. I don't think she is really ready for feature film type movies. The story lines are a little hard for her to follow.

Flood and Easter Pics

I was pretty happy with how this family photo turned out. Notice someone just sitting on my bump.

She got two Easter baskets, but I think that we forgot both of them for the Easter egg hunt. She really enjoyed looking for eggs. Today she was excited about going to church because she thought she was going to get to look for eggs with her grandmother.

I bought this dress at Tuesday morning sometime last summer. I really loved it. I think it is so classic looking. She really likes it too and feels really pretty when she puts it on.

"Two Silly Girls" watching the water scream through the open gates on the dam.

I think the peak was coming through about this time. It was amazing to see so much water. I think the river was flowing at about 10 times its normal flow rate.

Ghosts

"Who will go to the pool with us this summer?"
"Daddy"
"yes, daddy. who else?"
"uncle billy"
"well, Uncle Billy won't be able to go." I was completely shocked she said this.
"Papa and GRANDMA"
"yes, papa and grandma"
"and Uncle Billy"
"Uncle Billy would like to go, but he can't".
"Where is Uncle Billy, mommy?"
"Uncle Billy went to go live with Jesus, babe".

She looked confused, and I could tell she didn't know what else to say. She wanted to ask more questions, but maybe she could sense my overwhelming sadness or maybe she just didn't have the words.

The thing that makes me so sad is that I know he would love her so much. He would think she was the greatest thing since sliced cheese (because really cheese is more difficult to slice than bread). I think he would be so proud to know how much she looks like him. He would also be proud to know the name of my new son.

So we escaped this one. I don't want to explain death to a 2 year old. It is too hard. She needs to enjoy her life before she realizes that it won't last forever.

Welcome back

it is nice to have my peanut back.

she is downstairs right now destroying her play room.

Man, i love that little girl.

Nothing

It was the poops or the vomit that bothered me. it was that I couldn't console the aching in her tummy. this morning the aching was still there. so was the whining and clingyness even though the vomit and poops seems to be gone. So i took her to the doctor.

and waited

and waited

then after 1.5 hours, i saw the doctor. Evidently our clinic sees kids with asthma kids first thing in the morning which throws everyones day off. If it happens regularly, then maybe they should schedule for it. Not to sound like a blkajerlker, but really, how many 2.5 hour visits can one person stand.

So we saw the doctor. He cleaned her ears and found the missing tube (YUCK). They tested her for a UTI for the cramping and "my vagina hurts" complaints. LUCKILY, they didn't have to catheterize her. She gave a clean sample peeing into the "hat". (Hurray for starting potty training)

No UTI. So we wait, and hope the worst is behind us. i think it is. She perked up once we got to the doctors, but she still wasn't her usually talkative and inquisitive self. She is napping now, so maybe when she wakes up, i will have my old peanut back.

Easter Weekend and stuff

We took a much deserved weekend off this weekend. Well not so much off, as we didn't work the entire weekend on the house. We spent the morning doing housely duties. Mr. T. went to dump with 2 tons of trash. I cleaned the house while peanut simultaneously tried to dismantle it. The kitchen is just about organized with some "workable" counter tops. We moved all the appliances into the kitchen again so everything is in one central area for cooking. Such luxury!! I am still cooking on the backdeck (that is where the grill is with the burner I have been using). The "man" came by today to measure out counter tops. If they are not back ordered they should be here in 3 weeks. (For those that are counting, that would be week 37 in baby Pumpkin time)

We went to my mom and dad's house for what may be the last visit we do as a family there. They are moving down to Little Rock in about a week. Dad got a new job with TSA working part time. We are really excited to have them closer, and I think they are really looking forward to the change. Yellville is nice but isolated.

It was nice to get out of the house and spend a weekend together as a family. Every time we spend time together like that, we always think we should do it more, but life gets in the way. The last couple of years have been hectic and as ironic as this sounds, I really think things will slow down after the summer is over. With school and house renovations out of the way, we should feel much more at ease with our time. Unfortunately, the house will still need to be cleaned and there is that whole exercising thing we like to do.

Peanut was awesome in the car on the way to mom and dad's. She partied for about 2 hours before falling asleep on the way there. On the way home, she was so tired, that we didn't even make it out of Marion county before she was out. She was in good humor most of the time. My mom and dad took her to church to show her off while Iain, and I stayed home and slept. We caught up with them for Easter service and the Easter Egg hunt (which my mom organized, GO MOM).

Today was not so good a day. Peanut has vomiting and poopiness. It isn't constant, but I do think it is causing periodic cramping in her stomach. She hasn't eaten too much today, but does seem to be holding in the liquids pretty well. We will see how she is tomorrow, before I decide to take her to the doctor. It seems like once she vomits or poops, she feels a lot better for about 30 minutes before she crashes. It is so sad to see your active toddler telling you that she needs to take a nap or that she is tired. She is little miss cuddles, but unfortunately, her favorite position is to lay right on me, which she can do right now without cutting off my oxygen. One day I won't be pregnant.

(I picked this picture because every family picture we take always has 2 or 3 of these. Peanut never wants to stay in her dad's arms)

HELP ME INTERNETS

So we have always had this idea that we would do wood floors in the kitchen, but now we are thinking different. It looks a little too woody to me now. it looks good in the light, but not so much in the dark. it looks like way too much wood.

so we are thinking about tile. What do you think internets?

the middle piece will look like piece of furniture when it is done.

the big hole is where our built in microwave will go. the other big hole is the refrigerator

The bar.

the floors next to the cabinets. Please leave comment. I like the idea of all the flooring being the same, but maybe a nice tile in there would be a better option for us. If I would have known about the tile, i would have gone with lighter cabinets, but either way, i love them.

We are also not going to put trim up on the cabinets afterall. It just doesn't look that good. I never really liked it, but ordered it because I thought I needed it to match the trim that might go below the cabinets for the under cabinet lighting.