heading out of town

 

 

president's day was monday so

the bank was closed and i actually had a long weekend.

ronnie's been wanting to visit his family in illinois so

we decided to head out friday night after i got off work.

we hit the road later than expected (7:30) which meant brette was asleep

within the first 30 minutes, but it also meant we didn't get to his

mom's until 2:00 in the morning.

and just to be clear, ronnie doesn't do well driving at night

so i got the 11:00 to 2:00 shift.

fun times.

especially since when we stopped at a gas station for snacks

ronnie brought back mustard pretzels.

the grossest thing i can think of to eat.

so we had rain playing as background noise,

ronnie and brette asleep

and only mustard pretzels and water to keep me going.

it was a long night,

but it was a nice trip.

always relaxing.

 

ronnie sits around most mornings talking to his mom and grandma

while they drink at least two pots of coffee.

its nice to see ronnie actually sit around.

something i could do professionally.

and even though our valentine's day wasn't romantic,

its nice to get away.

in fact, ronnie and i didn't even spend the evening together.

he went out with his cousins, while i went to bed at 9:00.

but i am still waiting on my reese's hearts.

those things are tradition and i don't care where we are,

he better buy me some.

 

we didn't get to see all of his extended family this time,

but we did have a little family dinner sunday night

with a few of his cousins and their kids.

brette loved watching everyone run around.

and she found a new love for bologna.

who knew?

and the next day we headed out.

another long drive home

(in the snow)

but i'm happy we made the effort to go back.

sometimes a boy just needs his mom.

 (you can see for miles)

 (honey, brette's new best friend)

 (the barn at his mom's house)

 (relaxing and playing with B)

it's true - here comes baby #2

i made it facebook official without one word on my blog first.

doesn't seem quite right.

but it's true.

the news is out.

baby number two is heading our way.

due july22nd.

brette and this kiddo will be two years apart.

i was super shocked and excited when i found

out in early december.

after september, my doctor said to wait a few months before

trying again, so ronnie and i had decided to wait until after christmas.

then i didn't get my period in november.

i didn't think much of it because

my doctor said that things could be a little off

and it might take a few months to regulate.

but when i didn't get my period in december either,

i started to wonder.

ronnie was over working on our house one friday,

so on my lunch break i headed that way with a pregnancy test in hand.

and yep, a few minutes later it was confirmed.

pregnant.

again.

i was excited, a little nervous and already

further along than expected.

holy cow.

its seriously a good thing i was so diligent

with birth control all those years,

because apparently getting pregnant is a non-issue.

 

and

now we wait.

 

this is me last week at 16 1/2 weeks.

i'll be 18 weeks on saturday.

and look at miss b in the background.

adorable as always.

another week

omg

there are a lot of good things about living outside city limits,

but trying to find cable and internet is not one of them.

i tried calling 3 cable companies and none of them 

"service my area."

so we decided to get satellite and had DISH come out to set us up.

the guy told us we have too many trees and he has no place to put one

unless he puts a pole in our front yard and even then, 

he thinks once all the leaves come in the reception might be bad.

scratch that.

we FINALLY found a cable company that goes to our neighborhood.

they are kind of expensive,

but right now,

i'm just ready to have internet and tv again.

this week:

ronnie made it home from vegas,

tired but in one peice.

we had a game night with friends on friday

and it was nice to do something social instead of work on the house.

but,

the house is coming along.

curtains are hung and a few decorative items have been set out.

our dishwasher was delivered,

so we now have a dishwasher for sale along with a refrigerator.

someone, come buy them both.

brette recovered from her fever,

just to get pink eye from her cousins.

so that's been fun.

i'm ready to lay down and 

watch some tv.

phew.

this week in a nutshell

ronnie's in vegas for a bachelor party.

brette's running a fever and has a cold.

i got a call to go in for an interview on a job i didn't even apply for.

i locked myself out of the house and had to call the fire department.

and it's only wednesday.

 

 

not sure how long it will be before i get the internet.

apparently, no cable company

offers their services out of city limits,

so i'm working on other options.

in the mean time,

i've been running to the library for more books

and few minutes online.

 

 

hopefully i'll be plugged back into the world soon.

ta da! house pics

i am finally going to put up 'before and after' photos of the house

but i would really prefer you think of them

as "before" and "in progress" pics.

lets be honest,

there's still quite a bit to be done.

BEFORE: living room

 

AFTER: the only thing changed is the wood floors.

 BEFORE: dining room

 

AFTER: knocked down wall, wood floors.

new light fixture is next on the list. 

oh and see that white refrigerator?

its for sale on craigslist. 

spread the word.

 BEFORE: kitchen

AFTER: painted cabinets, wood floors, new ceiling, can lighting

(that rug is not staying.

that's a linda turner quick fix.)

 

BEFORE: family room

 

AFTER: wood floors

 

BEFORE: family room

i don't have an after, 

but i promise to take one next time. 

 

 BEFORE: master bedroom

AFTER: wood planked wall, trim paint, wall paint, new carpet.

 

BEFORE: bedroom two (guest room)

 

AFTER: trim paint, wall paint, new carpet.

 

BEFORE: laundry room

 

AFTER: trim paint, wall paint, new light fixtures

BEFORE: bedroom three (brette's room)

    

AFTER: trim paint, wall paint

 brette's closet - no before pic

BEFORE: bedroom four (playroom)

  

AFTER: trim paint, wall paint

AFTER: guest bathroom. (brette's)

i can't find any before pics 

but everything basically got painted.

it still needs a new tile floor,

but that will come later.

and there you have it.

nothing is decorated or hung on the walls,

but i figure i can work on that slowly

and when i do,

i'll make sure and take some true

"AFTER" photos.

house update: 4 months

DONE DONE DONE

kind of done.

lots of things happened in the last few weeks

and our house is finally ready to move in.

that's right people.

move-in happened last weekend.

can you believe it?

the last room of carpet was installed.

the painters came back to do finishing touches.

we hired our friend to lay the wood floors downstairs.

ronnie and my dad are done with the 

master bedroom wood planked wall.

we still need to buy a dishwasher and

we're busy cleaning the heck out of everything,

but all in all,

i'm super excited.

we already have furniture completely moved in upstairs

and we've spent the majority of our time setting up the kitchen
and hauling all our clothes in.
i did make it mandatory to get our dining room table in
just because i was tired of eating all our meals on the floor
propped up next to the fireplace.
so we even ate a meal sitting in chairs.
its the small things.

we still need to move in our living room furniture,
but that shouldn't take long.

things are looking good.

just to be clear,
even though we're living there,

we still have a lot left to do.

the downstairs walls need work.

some wallpaper removal.

some skim coating.

some walls are getting wood planked.
we need a kitchen island.
light fixtures need hung.

and of course, everything needs painted.

including trim.

so we are far from finished,

but i think it should go a lot faster since

we can cut out all the travel time.
however,

ronnie made it clear that he needs a two week break.

we won't be doing a thing to the house until february. 

believe me, he needs it.

but on our inaugural night there ronnie thought
we should burn all our trash
so we had a little big bonfire. 
this is why ronnie loves this house.

i'll snap some pictures of the house too
soon so you can see it in all its (partial) glory.


ps- my friend, dana, thankfully watched brette for me
while we moved in all our crap,
so brette had a little girls day with charlotte.
how cute are they?

big book of boo boos

unfortunately,

we're adding to brette's list of injuries.

on sunday, we spent the day working on the house

and after lunch out with the family we took

brette over to brian and jaime's for nap.

we thought she was asleep but instead

she was playing quietly in madeline's room.

sneaky little booger. 

so when i picked her up at 3:30 she had not slept yet.

since i had more to do at the house i thought

maybe she could rest and watch an elmo dvd.

we don't have living room furniture up

so i put her in our bedroom

and since ronnie was working in there

i told him to keep an eye on her in case she wanted off the bed.

ronnie said he saw her just in time to log roll off.

wah wah wah.

parent fail.

she cried,

but nothing crazy and she landed on carpet

so we thought she was ok.

that evening i noticed that she would not let me put her down.

at all.

i thought it was because she was tired from no nap,

so i wasn't overly concerned.

the next day i had meetings for work in overland park,

so my parent's watched her.

i told my mom to make sure she was walking fine 

since she never did after her fall.

sure enough, not even 30 mins later

i get a call from my parents that brette was awake and not walking.

not even standing.

great.

i called the pediatrician and they made an appointment for her.

i met my parents in lees summit and got her checked out.

the dr. said she couldn't tell if it was broken or not,

but she was concerned about her hip, thigh and knee.

so she referred me to the hospital for x-rays.

luckily, ronnie's sister works in that department at the hospital 

and came out to meet us.

they also let her be the one to hold brette down on the table which

i think was a lot less traumatic on B.

don't get me wrong,

she still lost it,

but at least she had a familiar face with her.

a few hours after that,

we got the results that it was not broken

(thank jesus)

but she most likely has a bruised muscle and a sore hip.

and as of yesterday she was back to walking, 

but with a limp.

the dr. said she should be fully recovered by friday.

ps- its sucks having to explain to everyone that your child 

might have a broken freaking leg because you let her fall off a damn bed.

seriously.