They teach them Young in VIrginia

We went to the tomato festival this weekend, it was pretty cool but we had 1) not brought enough money to do much but by some local honey and tomatoes 2) it was raining 3) we had a garage to get unpacking at home so we only stayed an hour. But next year I will plan to stay alot longer.
Here are some pictures of the festival, the traffic (last year 40,000 ppl came to it), the confederate lovers, audrey and daddy walking, the petting farm

Our Appliance Store

who wants to buy this moldy fridge??


(if you move and have stuff in storage, don't wait to the last minute to unplug fridge and freezer, because black mold WILL grow)

all clean though and ready to sell :)

We are selling this fridge, an old fridge the previous owners left, a washer, dryer, microwave, and two wooden shelves...hopefully we can sell them all as they are crowding our newly unpacked garage

almost complete

our dining room is done...still need to put up the door to office and finish the molding...that is tonights task. we got the new carpet yesterday...its all coming together. and tomorrow our stuff comes!! yeah!

hardwood flooring is HARD

We spent all day today putting in the flooring and chasing a toddler and tending to a baby...its TOUGH. but so rewarding when the room is finished.
We learned a big lesson doing our floors, to take out ALL the pieces and sort according to color, dont start a pattern if you are not certain you can finish it. let just say if we intend to sell this house there better be furniture in the rooms or the floors will look a little silly.

Todays Progress

All the walls are painted, the house has been mostly de-golded...who puts gold plated outlet and light covers up??? not me.

We got the bamboo hardwood flooring 3/4 of the way done in the dining room, here are some new pictures

House Projects

Here is an update on the house projects going on

View from kitchen -BEFORE

babes in richmond

With these two faces looking at you all day would you really be trying to get a job?? If only this was how they looked all the time...this is more like what audrey looks like most of the day...its an old picture but you get the idea :)

20 weeks

 Ethan is twenty weeks old!! he is growing much faster than I think Audrey did. Here is me trying to get a 20 week sibling picture, Audrey has been less than accommodating the last few days, I think the move is finally getting to her and she is acting out.

At Ethan's last appointment he is weighed in the 25% and his height was in the 75%, totally different from what Audrey was, I think was 50% all the way. He is long and lean. Hopefully he can stay that way.

Ethan tried rice cereal recently too, this is the usual face after I feed it to him, it does taste pretty gross, but hopefully he will get used to it and start eating it. I forgot how hard it was to get babies to eat.

Virginia is for Lovers!

Lots of things I love so far in Virginia

1. You can buy beer and wine in almost any store and it doesn't have to be a case.
2. The weather is pretty nice, I keep hearing about frost and snow in the north
3.

i started this post back on may 12th...i'm guessing there isnt too much more i am excited about then the beer and wine :) ha ha

no but really here are some more things


3. we get lots of yankees and red sox games on tv cause they play baltimore alot
4. milk is condsiderably cheaper - important with a child who guzzles it
5. most things are cheaper...ie daycare, dog kenneling, food, gas
6. we currently homeless, ie no mortgage so i dont have too much stress in finding a new job-which i havent yet
7. there was yummy festivals like the greek festival that we went to today that totally reminded me of syracuse.
8. there is no worrying about the best way to avoid traffic when going into the city
9. we have friends already! we went out to eat at a sushi restaurant/bar with friends ryan has met through work and i have visited a college friend already. cool :)
10. learning a new place is always fun!

Survivor Heroes Winner

Ryan is the winner!!! whoo-hooo!!! I'm so happy Russell didnt even get ONE vote! I have been watching ponderosa online and got the feeling that not one person was going to be voting for him, so I'm not really surprised. I wish he hadn't one the sprint player of the game though. I saw them on Good morning america and he was like 'america voted me player of the game, so what does that tell you'  oh i just cant stand him :)

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

Survivor Heroes vs Villians Update #14

So my first one is out...i dont think i'm going to win, was colby EVEN in this weeks episode???



Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

Survivor Heroes vs Villians Update

I don't know why but I deleted the last update. I am soooo hoping not to see Russell in the last tribal again. I'm crossing my fingers that the no one else falls for his antics.

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

Munchkins

Here are some update pictures

Audrey is still pretty much not interested in Ethan, but once in a while she does get interested. Ethan is clearly not loving it :)

Here is ethan in his new hat from grammy...isnt it the cutest thing ever?

Survivor Heroes vs Villians Update #8

Oooohhh- WTF happened??? they did not show us all the plotting or parvarti and danielle turned on russell. did anyone else catch that?

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

Survivor Heroes vs Villians Update #7

I don't have much to say, cause i am so mad that rob was voted off and not russell.

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

Front door

Before













After

Ethan 11 weeks

 

Ethan is 11 weeks old now, I just can't believe it. He has slept 8-9 hours that last 4 nights, hopefully this trend keeps up. He is growing so much, getting very long. He is the sweetest little boy I know! His red birthmarks are still very prevalent but I'm hoping they will start to fade. We've decided that he looks like my dad, crazy how genes work, since its not like I look like my dad. I dont think he looks like audrey at all anymore. He has started to smile, but he does it mostly for his daddy...He smiles and coo's at him all the time, i'm jealous.

Survivor Heroes vs Villains Update #6

Our first person out! sorry Dave.  I'm not that upset that Tyson is out, but I would have rather seen Russell go, Tyson is so dumb. A pretty good plan for the villains, Russell is good though- you have to give him that. i'm sad to see James go, he is one of my favorites as well.

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

First Day of School

The traditional first day of school picture was taken today, for ethan it was his first day...he did well- his mom only shed a few seconds of tears...the people in the parking lot telling me it was going to be okay probably didn't think this was my second child! HA HA i guess it never gets easier.

Happy St Patricks Day 2010!!

Survivor Heroes vs Villians Update #5

I'm pretty happy that tom got voted out- not really a fan of him this season at ALL...and colby isn't really my favorite either- even though I have him. I just would like to see the heroes win one more immunity. they are sucking.

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

She is no princess

Thats for sure...

And this is her latest hair style, I can't wait until it has grown out and is manageable.

Survivor Heroes vs Villians Update #4

I was just asked last week who I want to win and not even having to think about it said Cirie....so so sad she got voted out, she is such the mastermind so I can see why they voted her out.

I cant wait to see Russell voted out next week- but he'll probably find the idol- just cause i dont want him to win


Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

Baby Junk Sale - 1st of 2010

I went to my first baby junk sale of the year. I get to shop for boys and girls clothing now! whoo hooo. I noticed the options for boys is alot smaller, seems like overalls is all there was. I got lots of cute polo onesie outfits too. i think he is going to be a little preppy boy :) I also got some cute clothes for audrey and some new toys. I have to work at the sale on sunday that should be interesting- hopefully I wont buy a ton more stuff :)  Audrey LOVES her new toys-

7 weeks old

 

  

Ethan is 7 weeks old today!!

Hard to believe it has been 7 weeks already, but he is growing so fast- he is still pretty small, wears newborn pants- size 1 diaper and is so sweet! He can hold his head up off the floor and has been doing that for atleast 2 weeks now. He has slept 6.5 hours one night- hoping that can continue when I start back to work in 1 week - ack!! But auntie B is coming to babysit him for a week so he wont have to go to daycare for 2 weeks - so nice!!

Survivor Heroes vs Villians Update #2 & #3

I was so glad to see the Heroes win an immunity finally, what is up with just one challenge an episode??

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

20 months

Miss A is 20 months today!!! 

So hard to believe... here she is ready for the game tonight- Go 'Cuse!!!

Survivor Heros vs Villians Update #1

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

bathroom renovations

Here are the before pictures

 

 

After Pictures

we replaced the carpet with lanoliem and took out the tub and but a new one in. We also painted everything and fixed a water damaged wall. I say 'we' technically I should say 'Ryan' he did everything. we started over new years weekend but with the arrival of ethan early we got delayed and just finished this weekend. its nice that its done now. its the last of our major projects for the house- for now atleast

Survivor Draw

Heroes vs Villians

I'm pretty excited about this one, the special last night got me all into it. I cant wait to see what Russell does this time. Especially since no one knows what he was all about yet.

Becky: Stephanie & Courtney
Carrie: Parvarti & Tyson
Cath: Candace & Coach
Dave: Randy & James
Emily: Rupert & Colby
Faye: Danielle & JT
JR: Tom & Amanda
Mike: Sugar & Jerri
Ryan: Cirie & Sandra
Sarah: Rob & Russell

Maternity Leave

So I have 8 weeks off for Ethan, 2 more weeks than I took with Audrey. So far it has gone pretty smoothly. With Ethan being early and having pneumonia they classified him as 'preemie' as far as precautions so that means no germs for 8 weeks. this makes being home a little more difficult because that means I cant take them all to the mall or any public place. i'm thinking i could go to target or the grocery store but I haven't actually ventured out at all yet.
The only major difference with having a boy so far is changing him. With his umbilical cord and circ healing we had that to deal with, but he acts like he is riding a bicycle when we try to change him while screaming his head off. Then when you try to put his legs back in his pajamas he straightens them out tight so you cant do it. Like he knows. He has peed on ryan multiple times but not me yet. Audrey has started acting out- its almost funny watching her sometimes. she isnt too interested in him- she does try to poke him in the face though. here she is is holding him.

Ethan

Ethan was born at 37 weeks 2 days. I expected him early, but not this early. I also was expecting a girl, so he really surprised me. It was pretty cool to not find out the sex until birth. Ryan said he had to first overcome his shock when he saw it was a boy before he was able to call it out. It has been fun to go shopping for new clothes, I have 4 totes full of clothes though that won't be reused yet. Ethan had some breathing complications right away- he was grunting and breathing fast. So they took him to the special care nursery and we were not able to even have him come to my room. It was so hard. After 2-3 days of tests and x-rays and a bunch of scares and mishaps they diagnosed him with pneumonia. That meant he had to stay in the hospital for 7 days to get IV antibiotics. I was not happy to have to leave the hospital without him. Luckily we had the best babysitters for Audrey that I was able to spend a lot of time in the hospital with Ethan. He finally came home Friday and has been a pretty easy baby so far. Audrey hasn't been acting out too much yet either. I'm sure that will change though. He looks just like Audrey did when she was born, except he has very dark brown hair. I'm curious to see if they look the same as they grow up. 

Now we have a long list of things we need to finish that we were suppose to finish BEFORE he was born- this always seems to happen with me giving birth. I need to be done with my baby list a couple months before I am due I guess.

37 weeks - Full term!!!

Pregnancy Highlights:


How Far Along: 37 weeks


Total Weight Gain/Loss: I have gained 21 pounds since the start of my pregnancy


Maternity Clothes: all the time, hopefully I wont get so big that even they don't fit


Sleep: Sleep has become very very uncomfortable, 4 pillows are now necessary, I wake 3-4 times a night. then i lay awake thinking of stuff that i need to do- or one night it was the keeping up with the kardashian episode i had watched that day.


Best Moment this week: Finding out the baby is head down - PHEEW


Worst Moment this week: when the ultrasound tech told me the baby is 7 lb 14 oz (+/- 15 oz)


Gender: we don't know, still guessing girl. we did get a sealed picture of the babys gender, that i wanted for the scrapbook- we are NOT looking at it before the baby is born though- we haven't waited this long to ruin it now


Movement: movement has slowed down a little- but can still see the movement move my whole belly sometimes


Food Craving: wine!


What I miss: SLEEP


What I am looking forward to: getting this monster of a baby out :)


Weekly Wisdom: not going to worry about the size, nothing i can do to change it


Symptoms: lots of back pain, random contractions


We are going to get the car seats in this weekend and hopefully ryan will have the spare bathroom finished by then and i will feel much better. I hope to get a lot of scrapbooking done too. I still can't believe this pregnancy is almost over, it has flown by.

Pregnancy Update - 36 weeks

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 36 weeks 1 day

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I have gained 21 pounds since the start of my pregnancy

Maternity Clothes: all the time, hopefully I wont get so big that even they dont fit

Sleep: Sleep has become very very uncomfortable, 4 pillows are now necessary, I wake 3-4 times a night, and apparently have started snoring, snoring so bad that ryan had to go sleep in another room one night- ha ha. Sleep is pretty much over.

Best Moment this week: Hearing the heartbeat, and the doctor *thinking* that baby could be head down - we go for an ultrasound next week to confirm

Worst Moment this week: having contractions alot, they hurt, or finding out I gained 5 lbs in 2 weeks over the holidays- agh! Or someone at work asking if i'm having twins since i'm so big, so rude...

Gender: we don't know, still guessing girl

Movement: movement has slowed down a little- but can still see the movement move my whole belly sometimes

Food Craving: wings and blue cheese

What I miss: sleep, bending over, not aching all the time, being able to take advil

What I am looking forward to: finding out the baby is head down at next weeks ultrasound

Weekly Wisdom: not much longer to go!

Symptoms: ache all over, have to go the bathroom 2-3 times an hour...the "fun" stage of pregnancy (if there is one) is definately over

when my mom and sister were here we got most of the babies supplies ready, I have a few small things to get ready and then I should be set. I feel much more prepared this time than last baby.

Happy 2010!!

This new years eve weekend was pretty uneventful...being 100 months pregnant i think will do that to mood. but we did have some fun.
Audrey tried some pig tails- but she only lets them last a mere seconds before she rips them out

















This is the bathroom- midway once it was gutted, its been put back together a little, enough to function but not cosmetically pleasing, pictures will come later

this was at the 'bills backer bar' where we went to watch the bills beat the colts- they had really good wings and the diet pepsi was to die for :)

Hope everyone has a wonderful 2010!!!