so tired!

Beach trip is being postponed... Bella and Josh were sick last week. Josh thought it was just his allergies... then Bella got sick and got a fever. Yesterday I woke up with a sore throat and by the end of the day both the boys had coughs and runny noses sooo... I think we are going to try to go early Tuesday?

Last night was rough Noah was up late, didn't want to sleep in his crib, he felt clammy and was congested. I couldn't find the baby vicks. Josh just held him and gave him ice water and played Jack Johnson for him for an hour. He made a new play list called "sleepy time." For some reason Jack Johnson has put all of them to sleep as babies. Then Bella was up 4 times, at least?? I lost count, she was scared. When she wakes up she stands in the living room and yells until we come get her. She gets scared sooo easily. She won't even go upstairs by herself. I know part of it is just being in a new place. FINALLY at 4:30 she fell back asleep! Then Jack was up at 6:30 along with a very fussy Noah bear. So to keep the boys quiet I let them watch...
BARNEY!!!
Josh can't stand it! Anytime it comes on he immediately turns the tv off. It always makes me think of my best friend from middle school. Whenever I would go over to her house her Mom would have tapes of Barney on for her little sister. Sad thing is I think the episodes they watched were probably that old!

Fun at the beach!

We took our first trip to the beach since moving!! We went to Mexico beach and stayed two nights. It was so much fun!! We couldn't have asked for better weather. The kids had a blast. Bella was a little fish in the water. If we were out of the beach then she was in the water. She also got TONS of shells. Now she wants to make necklaces out of them.. So I'm trying to figure out how to do that. They also had a chance to use their boogie boards Derek's mom had sent them. Bella just floated around on hers. But Jack, kept standing on his and asking me to push him, on his surf board. LOL! It was so cute and funny. Noah liked it too. Josh just held him in the water for a long time and he just laughed and floated around. An awesome trip! We are already making plans to go back to the beach for a day trip Saturday!




The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Noah is now scaling this HUGE chair we have that used to be my Grandpa's. He thinks he's so big. Now, not only does he climb and sit up in the chair. He sticks his feet in the little holes in the back of it and climbs up it! Like a little rock climber. Then he tries to get he blinds so I had to turn it around. I have the funniest video of Jack and Bella sliding down it! When Jack was about Noah's age.

in the sunshine state!

After two days in the car, two nights in motels, and a mini-meltdown we finally made our way to Tallahassee. We drove by our new place to check it out late Monday afternoon. The guy that we were sub-leasing from was still packing up stuff so I knew it wouldn't be totally move in ready. Still, I got nervous when we drove up. We ended up waiting around outside for a few minutes before he showed up. There were mini liquor bottles and trash thrown outside next to the door and aluminum foil taped over the window. Then he let us in... there were huge stains all over the carpet, shot glasses on the kitchen counter and it reeked of smoke. At that point I freaked out and couldn't even really take it in. I thought man we have made A huge mistake! This can't be IT!

I was literally holding back tears and then ended up crying on the drive back to the motel. I spent the next day feeling like my dog had died. It sounds SO selfish and spoiled. I feel embarrassed just thinking about it. But it was just nothing how I had pictured it. then I started thinking about how we have SO much. How lucky we are and how very far we have come. I was already home sick and just SO exhausted from driving. Josh's Mom was so nice she even bought us a new vacuum and took all of us out to eat. Still EVERYONE was on edge and moody and there was lots of family drama. There was all this weird tension that had to do with other things not even related to the move. So it just made the whole mood very weird.. But by the time everyone left Thursday it looked awesome! We got out most of the major stains and aired the place out and the kids loved having a house with stairs and a bathroom that they both can share upstairs.
I really love it now. It's silly how attached you can get to the idea of things. I guess after living out in the middle of nowhere in the country any move is going to be a big adjustment. Also, Josh's Step mom was awesome and made beautiful curtains for Bella's room and downstairs. So sweet of her! We are just a couple minutes from Bella's school. We already took the kids out to play on the playground there. And Bella was so excited. I can't believe my baby will be in school in just two weeks!! We are making the most of the next couple weeks, and are going back to Mexico Beach for a couple days tomorrow!

We also went to Lake Ella, and it was really beautiful. The kids loved all the
turtles.

On another note Noah bug is walking!! He officially took his first steps the day after his first Birthday but just yesterday and today is really on the move!