Always a Tie!

So my picture voting poll isn't going as well as I'd hoped, since we seem to always have a tie. Now we currently have a 5 way tie between the colors.... So in honor my my sister's birthday this past Friday I will choose her family's theme color as the winner. See the new picture below to see what color is the winner. And please feel free to comment here on any suggestions that may be more exciting for next time's poll/picture. I will try and use all suggestions in the next poll (if there are any!). I will wait a few days until creating a new poll.... and if no responses at all are made, I may just quit doing it. Ok - happy Sunday!

We're Really Doing It!

Our Realtor is coming over on Friday to put a lock box on the door and a "For Sale" sign in the front yard! How scary is that? I'm getting really sad and anxious at the same time about moving!

First of all I have to keep my house clean! Holy Crap! If you know me well - you know that's not one of my strong points. And now that I will be moving into my 8th month of pregnancy and bending over and going up and down the stairs is getting harder and harder, cleaning will be... well... let's just say... AWFUL! So I will need a plan. I don't have one yet - but I really need one!

Second, I'm really sad to leave my backyard. We have spent a lot of time getting it the way it is and now we really enjoy being back there. When we moved in we knew it was a big fenced in backyard, but the back third or so was covered in brush and yard waste (from previous owners just dumping in the back of their own yard!) We removed all that and created a wall and a small brick patio/seating area... There was a giant tree in the front of the yard by the house that was actually tilting the concrete patio. We had that removed and now we are actually getting grass to grow all through the yard. We had our own dog who pooped all over the yard, but we sadly gave her away late this past winter and now the yard is poop-free. Basically it's just nice, and we will be really lucky to get a fenced yard this size again. Oh well...

We just have to have another bedroom. The kids will be too close in age and too far apart in schedules to share a room. And by the time they become 'n*sinc' with each other's patterns they aren't going to want to share a room together.... Nola will want her dolls and dresses and shopping cart full of stuff, and Logan will want his cars and trains and blue crap all over....

So here we go - putting the house on the market..... Once it's up and listed I will put a link for you all to see it and spread the word to anyone who is looking to by a great 2 bedroom house with a wonderful backyard! I hope I survive!

Any bets on whether we will make it out of here before the baby is born? I bet: NO!

75 Days to Go!

Until my due date that is... who knows when he will actually get here. But I just feel like there is no possible way I will be able to be pregnant for 75 more days! I feel huge! And it's so hot outside I can't even stand it. Little one wants to go "Outside Play?" all day long and I just have to tell her no and try and find something else to keep her busy indoors. It's just not even healthy for me to be out in 90+ degree weather!

And I'm sweaty all they time! I take a shower to cool off and 5 min later I'm sweaty again. And I have fans and the AC on and I still wake up in a sweat with the back of my neck and hair wet! Gross! And I can't tell what the actual condition of our house is... I think it's like a sauna and the rest of them are probably freezing! Oh well! I'm pregnant and they're not! I can't exactly run around naked for the summer - no one wants to see that - not even me! And last night I took off my wedding ring. I'm not really swollen yet (NOTHING like last pregnancy!) I still have ankles and wrists and my calves don't look like they're going to pop or anything, all of which was true by month 6 last time! So at 7 1/2 months I just took off my rings in 90 degree weather - I'd say that's pretty good!

I have to go see my OB every 2 weeks now - what a pain! All I do is wait to see her (usually like 45 min in the waiting room), then walk in, have my belly measured and the heartbeat listened to (all of which takes 5 min tops) then I leave. I know it's necessary to a point - I just don't want to have to haul me and the kid out in the heat every 2 weeks. Once a month felt like too much!

Oh, we had our Hospital tour this past weekend. It was great! I think I will like this hospital even better than the one we had Nola in.... which I thought was going to be impossible. I was really bummed about having to change (due to different insurance this time around) but I think it's going to work out for the better. This hospital seems more like it's geared towards natural labor and family care... not as much of a baby factory as others in the area. It's a little smaller but they have more one on one care - so I'm glad about that.

Against my better judgement I am going to include a picture or two of myself (with Nola). We were having a photo shoot this weekend and I got a few belly shots for records sake. So here goes:

Baby Go-Gan's Room

Nola calls Logan, Baby Go-Gan. It's cute... She points to my belly when I ask her where the baby is. And when I raise up my shirt for any reason she points and says, "Baby Go-Gan!" Just thought I would share with you all my plans for the baby's room (if we ever get around to moving so there will be an actual room).

This is the fabric I am going to order to make New Baby's crib blanket and any other accessory that we may need. In case the picture isn't coming through, or you're just so inspired by this blue camo that you want to order your own, here is the link to the website I am buying it from:

http://www.vtarmynavy.com/blue-camo-fabric.htm

All the other stuff I am just going to mis-match from blue, blue camo, stars (blue and white)... Not a very cohesive theme - but hopefully it will be unique and come together enough to look good, and not like a military room. If you would like to see some of the other things I have chosen to buy, take a look at my Babies R Us registry.... (it's not for gift giving reasons, although feel free to buy me whatever you want to - ha ha ha - it's just a list for my own sake). Here is the link to that as well:

http://www.toysrus.com/registry/index.jsp

Search by my name or my registry #: 71443388

I have already made a blanket (crocheted from yarn) for him but I wanted to have the "quilt" type blanket too. Nola sleeps with both, the blankie I made for her and the comforter her set came with.... So I assume Logan will too. Here is a picture of the blankie that I made for him:

And since Nola's pronunciation of Logan's name sounds like the artist Paul Gauguin, I thought it may be appropriate if we find a print of his work to hang in the nursery somewhere.... Most of his work is of naked Tahitian women, but I think this one might work:

Breton Bather

SlingBlade Nextdoor!

Have you ever seen the movie Sling Blade? The guy, Billy Bob Thornton's character, can fix anything with a motor.... Well - my husband can break anything with a motor - or a chip, an internal computer, anything that runs off batteries or gets it's power from the wall.... Anything... He has a 'magic' touch.... or he is touched, one of the two! So far I think he has broken two small stereos or boom box type things, two iPods, the CD player in his and my cars, two weed whackers, two push lawn mowers and a riding lawn mower! What a man I married!

We currently are on our second lawnmower (that stopped working this morning), our second weed whacker (which was still not working this season as of this morning), and a completely dead, grass killing, space taking up, riding lawnmower.

Our neighbor has fixed many things for us over the years, helped figure out problems around the house and in general has been our personal handy man and mechanic. He's probably about 85 years old. And it drives Kirk crazy that our elderly neighbor can touch something that his own hands have destroyed on contact and bring it back to life... hee hee hee (makes me laugh every time). First thing he always says to Kirk is, "You got gas in that thing?" ha ha ha!

Well, today alone he fixed our weed whacker (for the second time) and then helped Kirk figure out what was wrong with the lawn mower... then took the riding lawn mower over to his driveway, took it apart, fixed several things inside it, put it back together and started it right up!

I don't know what we're going to do when we move.... I guess we will just have to stay within walking distance from our current neighbors... otherwise we may never be able to keep up with our yard work! I'm now currently trying to figure out what the best gift for them is... He's 150 years old so he has every tool and 'thing' he wants.... but we really should get them a thank you for all their help - any suggestions?