March was a busy month for us too. Luke had to start job searching all over again. Before we found out about him being laid off though, I had used our Sky-miles to buy a plane ticket to go visit my MN family for a week in March. My siblings were on Spring Break so I felt it would be a good time to go see them. I got the tickets before I was feeling crappy, so of course when it came to the day of travel my body decided that it needed to die on the plane. On the day we were supposed to leave to go to MN our flight kept getting delayed which did not help with my stress levels. By the time we got on a plane it was really late and Carlos was pretty cranky with me. And since Carlos wasn't 2 yet he didn't need his own seat so I got to have the pleasure of holding him on my lap while taking advantage of those air sickness bags. Man was that fun or what? Needless to say I have learned my lesson and know to not fly alone with a toddler while pregnant. I was really lucky and had nice people sitting next to us on both flights that helped me with Carlos. And I had invested in a portable DVD player which also saved my life for most of the flights and while we were waiting in the airport for our connecting flights. We watched a lot of Aristocats and 101 Dalmatians. Oh and Cars 2 as well. I love the Pixar films because most of them are almost 2 hours long so it keeps him occupied for a while at least. Anyway, when we finally arrived in MN and got to our hotel I discovered that my suitcase was locked. Silly me thought that if I didn't lock the lock on my luggage that I wouldn't have any issues of getting into the suitcase so of course I didn't bring a key. Little did I know that TSA would take it upon themselves to LOCK my suitcase and thus cause me even more stress. Good thing my Dad has tools like a dremel tool because the next day Grandma Shelly came to the rescue and cut that stupid little lock off for me. Now I have learned two lessons when traveling. 1) don't travel alone with a toddler while pregnant and 2) don't put a lock on your suitcase unless you plan on bringing the key. Because you never know if it will be locked or unlocked when you get it back.
Anyway, the next week was filled with lots of fun times with my family. Every morning Carlos woke up and asked when we were going to "Grandma's to play with the cars". My parents still have the car mountain that my siblings would play with when they were little and all the Hot Wheels too so needless to say my car loving boy was in heaven. :) We walked to the park near my parents place a couple times while we were there and Carlos loved it! We also walked to my siblings old Elementary School where my Step Mom works now and played at the playground and took a little nature hike as well.
One of the days we were there we went to the Mall of America and did some shopping and checked out the Aquarium that is there too. We met Dad for lunch at the family favorite restaurant, Rainforest Cafe and soon discovered that Carlos does not like robotic animals that move. Or the sounds of a real rainforest for that matter lol. Because every 5 min or so the monkeys would move and make noise or it would thunder and rain. Carlos was totally freaked out for most of the meal so he got a lot of snuggle time with Grandma and Poppa that's for sure. Before we left the mall we got him a Lightning McQueen and a Mater toy from the Disney store so I think that made up for the traumatic lunch.
A couple of the nights we were there we took advantage of my hotel pool and went swimming. Carlos is like his Mama and Aunt Megan and prefers the hot tub over the big pool. I couldn't get into the hot tub all the way so Aunt Megan and Uncle Dusty took the little guy for a swim a lot in both pools. He sure loves them! Uncle Logan needed some time to warm up to Carlos again as he just wanted to snuggle up to me and Carlos didn't like the idea of sharing his Mama. By the end of the week though I think they both got along a little better. Hopefully the next time we see them it will be easier on both of them since Carlos will be older. But who knows, my kid is a bit crazy. And Logan doesn't handle crazy little kids well (but who can blame him? I can barely handle it and I don't get a choice in the matter being that I'm his Mother lol)
Another day we were there Dad took Megan, Logan and I to see The Lorax. Carlos stayed home with Grandma Shelly and snuggled and "helped" make dinner and Uncle Dusty was at Tennis practice I think. The movie was so cute! I think it made me cry a little though, but of course my pregnant hormones didn't help lol. It was nice to get out and spend some time with my siblings and not have Carlos climbing all over me. And I think Grandma had fun with some one on one time with the boy too :)
The last full day we were there (I think) Shelly, Megan, Carlos and I drove down to Rochester and visited the Burton's and I got to see one of my High School friends (Kaylene Polley) and meet her sweet little girl, Ann and husband, Tom for the first time. It was great catching up with her and having our kids meet. Ann is just over a year younger than Carlos so he didn't quite understand that she couldn't run around like he does, but he soon figured it out and was actually very gentle with her. We took them to the park near their house and played for a little while before heading back to the Burton's to see the rest of their family. The Burton's are a long time family friend so my parents go visit them often, especially on holidays and when the kids have time off at the same time. This year their Spring Breaks weren't the same so when we went to see them the kids were in school, but their Mom, Ann (yes I know a few Ann's lol) took them out of school early so they could see us. I hadn't been back in Rochester for almost 6 years so it was fun to see them and catch up with them too. But our day trip had to end so I didn't get to visit everyone that I would have liked, but not everyone's schedules worked out so I'm just glad that I did get to visit some friends at least. Hopefully I won't wait as long to go back and visit.
One of the last mornings we were there we had breakfast together (minus Dad) at my hotel. It was one of like 2 mornings that I got to eat a waffle instead of cold cereal since someone was there to distract Carlos for me to make myself one. Don't get me wrong though, I do like cold cereal and it was one of the few things I could keep down during my first trimester with this baby so I ate it often. ;) That and applesauce. Which happens to be a staple in Carlos' diet.
Anyway, while we were on vacation, Luke was back in GA job hunting and gave me a call one day saying that he got a job offer for a job in Virginia. I didn't like the idea of moving (again) or leaving my beautiful house, but you gotta make sacrifices and go where the job is. The job offered almost twice as much for the salary than the ATI job and Luke would actually start working right away. So he ended up taking the job and started on April 16th (but more on that in the next post). So when we got back from vacation we started planning out and doing little improvements on the yard and such before Luke left. But I'll include all that in the next post as this one is getting way too long. If you are still with me, thanks for sticking it out and reading all this! Next post will be about April and all the stuff that we crammed into that month too. I'm just glad that I got to spend some time with my family before the real craziness began for us. Thanks for letting Carlos and I come and see you! We love and miss you all! :)
Thursday, September 13, 2012
February- the month we got some news
Not much happened in January this year. We were just getting settled into our new home and waiting to see when Luke would actually start working at his new job (which turns out to become a huge stress factor in our lives for the next couple months).
February was full of news for our family, some good and some not so good. I'll start with the good. On February 8th we found out we were expecting baby number 2!! We waited until Valentine's Day to tell our parents the exciting news. And about a week after telling them is when I started getting really sick. It's true what they say, no two pregnancies are alike. I was never sick with Carlos, only throwing up once the entire pregnancy. I did have serious heartburn and some slight nausea, but not the kind that made me feel like I needed to camp out in the bathroom all day. This pregnancy however was totally different. I was constantly nauseated and miserable. It was both a blessing and a curse that Luke wasn't working in an office at the time because then he was able to help me make sure our toddler was being taken care of. Poor thing would have starved without his Daddy that is for sure. Speaking of Luke's job situation, about a week after finding out our happy news Luke got laid off from his job. He got his 2 weeks notice and as of the 1st of March we were no longer going to be receiving pay or benefits from ATI. (and we found out that 4 or 5 other people were put in the same situation as us...let's just say that ATI is NOT a good company and everyone should avoid them.) That really messed up everything because I couldn't get in to see a doctor before we lost all those things which ended up stressing me out even more (and let me tell you, being sick, pregnant and having stress do NOT go well together). Plus we had a mortgage to pay and we didn't know how long it would take for Luke to get another job or if he could even get one in our area. Luckily Luke was able to file for unemployment and for the month of March that is what helped us not have to dip into our savings too much. And I was able to apply for Medicaid, but wouldn't get to use it until April. Anyway, I'll delve into that in a different post.
So February was both a good and bad month for us. March seemed to get better and that is what my next post will be about.
February was full of news for our family, some good and some not so good. I'll start with the good. On February 8th we found out we were expecting baby number 2!! We waited until Valentine's Day to tell our parents the exciting news. And about a week after telling them is when I started getting really sick. It's true what they say, no two pregnancies are alike. I was never sick with Carlos, only throwing up once the entire pregnancy. I did have serious heartburn and some slight nausea, but not the kind that made me feel like I needed to camp out in the bathroom all day. This pregnancy however was totally different. I was constantly nauseated and miserable. It was both a blessing and a curse that Luke wasn't working in an office at the time because then he was able to help me make sure our toddler was being taken care of. Poor thing would have starved without his Daddy that is for sure. Speaking of Luke's job situation, about a week after finding out our happy news Luke got laid off from his job. He got his 2 weeks notice and as of the 1st of March we were no longer going to be receiving pay or benefits from ATI. (and we found out that 4 or 5 other people were put in the same situation as us...let's just say that ATI is NOT a good company and everyone should avoid them.) That really messed up everything because I couldn't get in to see a doctor before we lost all those things which ended up stressing me out even more (and let me tell you, being sick, pregnant and having stress do NOT go well together). Plus we had a mortgage to pay and we didn't know how long it would take for Luke to get another job or if he could even get one in our area. Luckily Luke was able to file for unemployment and for the month of March that is what helped us not have to dip into our savings too much. And I was able to apply for Medicaid, but wouldn't get to use it until April. Anyway, I'll delve into that in a different post.
So February was both a good and bad month for us. March seemed to get better and that is what my next post will be about.
Monday, September 3, 2012
New Year 2012
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| this is where we found him when we got home from celebrating the New Year. Silly boy didn't want to sleep in his own bed I guess lol. |
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| Tom was a fireman for the AF and now he just works in the office as a civilian. We got to go look at a truck and Carlos got to sit in the driver's seat. |
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| Driving the fire truck :) |
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| trying to start it |
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| Add caption |
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| Hi Baby! |
Homeowners :)
Here's a post of pics of our Beautiful Home in GA. Oh how I miss it dearly.
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| The Front Yard view of our Beautiful Home |
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| view from the front door looking into the entry way |
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| view of the entry way from the formal living room |
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| view of the formal living room from the entry way |
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| view of the back hallway from the formal living room |
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| view of the formal living room from the back hallway |
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| pics in the back hallway |
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| more pics |
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| downstairs bath between the formal living room and the office |
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| downstairs bath |
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| the office |
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| the office |
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| the office closet |
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| view of the hallway between the formal dining room and the family room (that's the Garage door on the end there) |
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| closet under the stairs |
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| closet under the stairs |
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| view of the front door from the family room |
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| view of the formal dining room from the family room |
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| view of the family room from inside the dining room |
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| family room |
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| family room looking toward the kitchen |
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| family room |
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| family room |
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| my big beautiful kitchen |
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| the breakfast area/kitchen |
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| view from the breakfast area toward the family room |
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| upstairs guest room |
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| guest room |
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| guest room closet |
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| guest bath |
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| guest bath |
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| guest bath |
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| view from the guest bath of the upstairs. the door goes to the baby's room |
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| view from the baby's room door |
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| view from the master bedroom door |
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| door straight ahead goes to the laundry room. the door on the right goes to Carlos' room and the door above goes to the attic |
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| door on left is the baby's room. the door that's open goes to the Master bedroom |
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| attic door |
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| laundry room with my beautiful washer and dryer (I REALLY miss them too) |
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| Carlos' room |
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| Carlos' room |
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| Carlos' room. closed door goes to the Jack and Jill bath between the kid's rooms |
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| Kid's bath |
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| kid's bath |
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| baby's room. door on the left is her closet. open door goes out into the hallway and the door on the right goes to the bathroom |
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| baby's room |
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| Master bedroom view from the door |
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| Master |
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| Master |
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| view from the "owner's suit" looking toward the Master bath and our closets |
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| view from our bed looking toward the door to the hallway |
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| Luke's closet |
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| my closet (of course) |
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| inside my closet |
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| master bath |
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| my side of the bathroom |
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| my side and the shower |
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| Luke's side with the closet and the toilet |
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| love this shower! |
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| Luke's side |
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| closet |
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| our big backyard |
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| backyard |
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| backyard |
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| view of the back of the house from the back fence |
And there you have it. It's a lot of pics to go through, but it is a BIG house. I can't wait to be able to live here again and really get to enjoy it. But that won't be for a long while.
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