December has brought us the first snow! It was beautiful and so much fun to see. Ellie enjoyed it until she fell in…then it was over for her. You can see her thrill in it when she is standing by the snowman…
My brother-in-law was honored with this award while serving in Afganistan. Check it out here.
Thanks John for serving our country bravely! We love you and look forward to you coming home!
The past couple of weeks have been a little more difficult. Eliana is teething and Craig has been sick with the flu. Where is the fun in that? I have noticed Eliana has been waking up at nights. She has been crying out and sometimes I have to go and others I don’t. Saturday night she was crying on and off through the night. I finally realized that she is probably teething and trying to cut her molars. The four front teeth have not bothered here before. I started to investigate and noticed swollen gums and can feel knots. I have noticed a change in bowels and a diaper rash. Not to mention IRRITABILITY! Wow! I had also noticed she had been digging in her ear. I had already taken her to our office for Dr. Caroline to look in her ears and they were fine. So we are loading up with Tylenol, Teething tablets, and Orajel. I am not overdoing it. I just have to do something to help comfort her. Last night she slept much better and so did I. I just hope this ends soon because it is the pits!
Okay. I just got off the phone with Babies R Us because I was looking at a Maclaren Triumph stroller. I was online and had a coupon for 10% off all strollers. Since the store did not have the color I wanted I would buy it online since they were having free shipping. The lady in the store said we could use our coupon. So I go to order it or see how much it would be with the coupon. It would not apply the coupon. So I called them and found out that Maclaren does not allow store coupons for their items. After I asked “Ashley” why they did not tell us that in the store, she said, “The store has different rules than us.” So let me get this straight…Babies R Us and babiesrus.com are different? Seems like customers ALWAYS get the short end of the stick. Ah…I am frustrated.
Can someone please tell me a brand of diaper that does not leak? I have tried Pampers, Walmart, and Target. I have moved her up to size 4 and still leaking!
Here are some random pics from October…
Craig and I have decided to keep a journal/blog of our house building process. Check it out here. We are still working on the looks of it.
We moved this weekend! What a weekend! We are still tired and still unpacking. We were blessed to have Eliana stay at my parents in GA for 5 days. I am sure it felt like an eternity to them! She had fun and is worn out. We have rented a storage unit and for 2 weeks or so Craig has worried that our stuff would not fit. I had to be positive and tell him not to worry about it! It will all be fine. Saturday came and it started early by trying to round up our two cute and adorable cats. HA! Our plan was to catch Molly first since she is the devil cat. No such luck. So we had to let them be and keep the doors closed as we moved. We had Molly trapped in the bathroom and Kitty in another room. We Kitty got out of that room and disappeared. Aline said she went upstairs and someone else saw her downstairs. I did not worry about her until I started to look for her. No such luck. I saw the look on Craig’s face and knew she was missing. I started to look outside and she was nowhere. About 10 minutes later Dave found her wrapped up in my heating blanket in the closet. I had looked in the closet but not IN the blanket! She was curled up and hiding. By this point the guys were heading out with the first load in the UHaul. Jenny, Aline and I stayed behind. Our mission: to round up the cats! I was able to get Kitty with not much of a problem. I am not sure if Aline and Jenny were fully aware of what Molly could do and what noises she could make while trying to round her up. I went in to the bathroom and sat on the tub while she growled and purred at the same time. I finally got in the tub with my towel in hand and she let out the most horrible noises ever. Jenny came in with the carrier and with one swoop she was in! Now, I am not sure if you get excited about little things but here are three girls celebrating and high fiving because we got a cat in the carrier! It was great! Now on to taking them to their new home…the basement of Dave and Erla’s. They made it okay. Later that evening when we were basically done Craig and I went down to check on them. No cats around. Where are they? I looked up and saw that two tiles in the ceiling were moved from a previous leak. No. They could not be up there. No way. But Kitty loves to climb and jump. Still. No way. YES WAY! Kitty was in the ceiling! Craig was able to get her down. Now we had to find Molly. Happened to find Molly behind the couch still hissing at me! Quickly closed up the ceiling! They are now adjusting to new life. Molly has stopped hissing at me but stays her distance. Kitty is all over the place!
Thanks to all who helped us! It was greatly appreciated!
My bible study this morning took me to Proverbs 4:23. In my Bible I had underlined these verses several years ago. As I have been doing this study and flipping through the pages of my bible I see many verses that I have underlined and regrettfully forgotten about them. It has been a joy to revisit so many of them and remember the time in my life it had spoken to me.
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. Put away perversity from your mouth; keep corrupt talk far from your lips. Let your eyes look straight ahead, fix your gaze directly before you. Make level paths for your feet and take only ways that are firm. Do not swerve to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
Today I made Taco Soup. I was curious to see if Ellie liked it and to my suprise she did pretty good with it. She even at the black beans!
1 cut up chicken (I buy a rotisserie chicken and cut it up the night before to save time)
5-6 cups of Chicken stock
1/2 green pepper
1/2 onion
1/2 tsp. garlic salt
1 can Rotel
1 can Cream corn
1 can Petite diced tomatoes
2 cans black bean drained
1 pkg. taco seasoning
1 pks. Ranch dressing mix
Pour a small amount of stock in the pot and cook the onions and green peppers to soften a little. When that is done, pour in all the rest. Let it come to a boil and then turn down until ready to eat. I like to cook it for several hours. I think the flavors combine and taste better. We serve it with cheese and saltines! This makes plenty of soup to eat on for several days. We usually freeze some of it for later. Enjoy!
