First Night

Yesterday was our big move day. Brian and the boys from the elders quorum did a great job getting a majority of the big stuff over to our new place. Since our beds were included in the big stuff, we were planning on spending the night in our new place. After much deliberation as to the sleeping arrangements for Leah and Annie, I finally decided that they would sleep in the same room on bunkbeds (Leah on top, Annie on the bottom). It was a tough decision because Annie can climb up to the top bunk, but then is unable to get herself down. She also loves to annoy Leah, so I was sure that drama would be involved and I was right. Brian's grandma and aunt came down from St. George and took the girls out on the town for the day. It was a huge help and we really appreciate their assistance. Well, the girls were just worn out from all their running around, so I was hoping that they would be super tired and just climb into their beds and go to sleep. On our way home from dinner and a quick trip to get lightbulbs (seriously, who thinks to pack up all the lightbulbs?) Annie fell asleep. I figured that I would just put her pajamas on and lay her in the bottom bunk and all would be well. Wrong. She woke up during the changing and was charged and ready to go. We finally tucked them both in and then waited to see what would occur. Brian and I were also exhausted from our day, so we got ready to bed down too. It took the girls awhile to settle down, but soon they were quiet. About 15 minutes later, Leah wakes up and is crying hysterically. I go in to see what is the matter and find Annie perched up on the top bunk. Apparantly she climbed up, found Leah's water bottle and dumped it all over Leah, who was peacefully sleeping. What a mess! I put Annie back in her bed, helped Leah get dried off and told them to go to sleep. Leah did fine until morning. Annie ventured into our room at about 4 am, but went right back down. I obviously should have considered another sleeping arrangement, but what do you do? Annie will just have to learn that it is not nice to dump water on your sister when she is sleeping.

Finally

Here is the view from the street

The kitchen/dining area
The kitchen
The family room
The backyard (this could also be described as heaven on earth)

Well, yesterday was a big day for us. The first thing that happened was that Brian finally got things squared away with the school district and was officially offered a contracted position. Yeah!! He will go in and sign the papers today. It was a lot of running around and stress, but all of his hard work has finally paid off-literally. Second, we signed papers for our new house. We were pleased to hear when we got there that all the paperwork on the seller's side was present and accounted for so we should close today or tomorrow. Another yeah!! This is good news since we have to be out of our place now by the 10th and oh yeah, we have a baby coming in less than two weeks-yikes. Our lives are crazy, but I guess that is just how things are for us. Thanks for all the offers for help while we pack up and move. I'm sure we will be cashing in on those offers soon. These are the generic pictures for the posting. Once we are in, we add some more with our personal touch.

Surprise!

I must start out by saying that I have some pretty fabulous friends. Yesterday I was planning on going to lunch with a couple of friends, Mical and Melissa. They wanted to take me out before this baby comes. I was excited to get together with them. Well, lunch ended up being a surprise baby shower at Mical's house. I was supposed to meet at Mical's house at 12:30. I got there rang the bell and she answered the door. As I walked up the stairs, a group of my friends jumped out and yelled "Surprise!" I was so shocked I almost peed my pants. I had no clue that this was even in the cards. Apparantly Mical and Melissa have been planning this for weeks. Brian was invovled to get a list of girls in my current ward to invite and he diligently extracted from me some things that we needed for this new baby. I got a bunch of diapers (thank you, thank you, thank you), some clothes, blankies, and other necessaties for a newborn. We played a fun game, ate lunch, and just visited. It was a great time. I knew that I had wonderful friends, but they really pulled out all the stops for this one. I was beginning to dread the fact that I can no longer jump in the car and go, but will require the constant companionship of a 17 pound diaper bag. However, after yesterday, I feel that at least I have some essential items to toss in the bag.

Eight

Eight!!
This was fun!

8 T.V. Shows I love to watch: I don't think I have 8, but I will give it my best shot

1. The Office
2. Seinfeld-no longer on the air, but the DVD's are fabulous
3. Arrested Development-also not currently on the air, but thank heavens you can check out DVD's at the library
4. Ace of Cakes*
5. Barefoot Contessa*
6. Anything Rachael Ray*
7. Punky Brewster-I just checked this little treasure out at the library and what memories came flooding back. Two words for you-Cherrie, refrigerator.
8. Sid the Science Kid
*Disclosure-we don't have cable, so the shows on the Food Network I only get to see when I am somewhere where they are available, so they are not watched on a regular basis.

8 things that happened yesterday:

1. Drove Leah to preschool
2. Put together Annie's dance book
3. Graded quizzes for my micro lab
4. Took Annie to dance class
5. Ate lunch at Alison's house, where Annie managed to get into a bottle of red fingernail polish. Aargh.
6. Attempted to make French bread, which wasn't the greatest.
7. Got both girls in the tub (which is usually Brian's job) and in their beds by 7:45!
8. Watched the season premier of The Office-way to go Jim!!

8 favorite places to eat

1. Cafe Rio
2. In n Out Burger
3. P.F. Changs
4. The Cheesecake Factory
5. The Pizza Factory
6. Lonestar Steak House-I don't go for the meat, but the lovely sweet potatoes
7. Winger's
8. Ligori's (only to be found in Utah)

8 things I am looking forward to:

1. Closing on our house
2. Painting the walls of the new house
3. The arrival of baby girl number 3
4. Watching Leah and Annie meet their new little sister for the first time
5. Wearing pants with a zipper
6. The visitors that will come to see our new addition
7. Halloween-let's be honest, who isn't looking forward to free candy
8. A pedicure and lunch with friends tomorrow

8 things on my wish list:

1.To write a children's book
2. Go back to school for a PhD
3. Get my food storage in order-or in my case just obtain some sort of food storage
4. Figure out a way to work that food storage into our everyday diet
5. For Leah to stop using the words "punk," "How dare you," and "Who cares?"
6. To become a healthier individual
7.For Annie to stop deliberately antagonizing Leah every time they are in the same room together
8. A bald head to be a socially accepted hairstyle for a non-cancer patient, non-punk, non-Sinead O'conner loving 30 year old girl

Now 8 people that I tag:

1. Mary
2. Carrie
3. Alison
4. Nancy
5.Tiana
6. Christi
7. Brian
8. Anyone else who thinks this little exercise might be entertaining

Scheduled

It is official. Baby number 3 is scheduled to arrive on Monday, October 13th at approximately 7:30 am. It still just seems so unnatural for me to know this information on Saturday, September 12th approximately 9:45 am. I have not come to terms with the fact that this is how it is going to be. It didn't help that I was not consulted as to when this baby would arrive. I was just given the information and told when to show up. I know that for some this kind of planning gives comfort and reassurance. I, however am just disturbed by the the whole process. For now, I am just hoping that my water will break on Sunday, October 12th at approximately 7:00 pm.

Preschool

Today was Leah's first day of preschool. She was supposed to start last week, but we were in Utah for my dad's funeral, so today was the big day. She's had her outfit picked out for weeks and yesterday we got her a backpack big enough to fit her homework binder. She was super excited to go back to Ms. Heather's. I'm glad that she enjoys school. Hopefully her attitude won't change as she gets older.

The Binkie Fairy

Well, the time has come for Annie to bid farewell to her beloved binkie. For a long time she did really well and only used it for sleeping. However, as of late she has been asking for it more and more. seeing as how she is getting older, her usage should have been decreasing, but that was not the case, so action had to take place. I talked to her for a couple of days and told her that the binkie fairy was going to come and take her binkies and leave her a present. She was semi-excited at this prospect. Leah on the other hand was thrilled with the idea. Last night was the designated night for the fairy to visit. Annie gathered all her binkies and spent a little time with each one. She tried to hide on, but wasn't successful. When Brian put them in the container to leave out for the fairy, she flung herself into my arms and just sobbed. It was quite sad. She only cried for a few minutes before she finally fell asleep. At 5:45 this morning I hear her laying next to her door saying, "Bink, bink" over and over again. Aargh. Well, she managed to rest a bit more before we got up for the day. Leah showed her what the Binkie fairy had left and she seemed pretty happy with her stash. She is well on her way to kicking her little addiction for good.