Lucy is here

Lucy is here! She was born 2 weeks early and definitely surprised me! I had been at work all day and then just walked across the hall and delivered her. Okay there was a little more to it than that, but that's the jest of it. We came home Sunday night and have been trying to get used to having a new baby since. That consists of...

Elly never listening to what we say
Me having emotional times of crying semi-regularly
Scott waiting on me hand and foot
Sleeping at random times and in random places during the day and night
Making quick runs to the grocery store to pick up random items
Having a wonderful new baby girl addition to the family who is a sweetheart!

So I guess it's pretty much the same adjustment that all families go through. Even though it's a little rough at times...totally worth it

It's official. I'm pretty sure nesting has begun.

the light switch by the door

It's official! After living in our house for just over a year and a half, I figured out what the light switch by the door does. It operates an outlet across the house in the living room. Who knew?

newbiggirl bed

Elly is now in her "newbiggirl bed" as she calls it. It was delivered yesterday. I have to say that I wasn't too sure about it...nap time yesterday afternoon did not go well. It consisted of quite a bit of crying, followed by, "mommy? mommy? mommy?" for a while, and then a door opened. She wouldn't lay back down after that.

Bed time however, a different story. She laid right down and went right to sleep. Sure she woke up twice during the night, but overall...not bad. I decided when she woke up at 5 am that I was not ready to get up yet, so I laid down with her in that new bed and we both fell back asleep. One thing is for sure...her bed is more comfortable than mine.

So far today...she laid right down and went down for her nap this morning...yay.

splash park

Well...Lucy's room is now almost done. Scott worked long and hard yesterday to get the strawberry ice cream looking paint on the walls. It's very pink in there, but I like it :)

As it always seems to, life is still going by at an incredibly fast pace. The summer is almost over and it feels as if there is still so much to do before Lucy's arrival in October. However, this week has not gone by without it's share of good times. We've been swimming a lot lately it feels like, which is fine with me. Elly has really taken a liking to the splash park. She actually tries to push me away the whole time we're in the pool and attempts to climb out of the toddler inner tube we have for her.

We have also been able to frequent the splash park. Scott was able to go with us for the first time a couple weeks ago. Here are a couple moments we captured while playing...

cranky hormones

The retail business redeemed itself last night. After we had gone to the Home Deopt, Scott suggested ice cream. The most friendly lady helped us at Dairy Queen and was very fast.

In other news, I am sitting and just watching today....not allowed to participate in the painting of Elly's room. Instead I am trying to entertain a cranky 18 month old who is getting more teeth. It's not so fun, especially with my hormones all cranky too! I'm trying to convince Scott to paint Lucy's room this weekend, too. Then it's all done. We'll see.

crazy busy

Our lives have been crazy busy these past couple months. We're trying to keep up with a growing toddler, work, spend time with each other, lead a community group at church and get ready for baby Lucy's arrival. Things in the house have slowly started to change and while the mess is getting to me, I think it's all going at a good pace. Today we hope to buy some paint so we can finish the walls in each of the girls' rooms. Plus my friend Emily is helping me sew some curtains for the rooms so we might go buy some fabric. We had a fantastic 4th: swimming and hanging out with friends and playing cornhole, but we did miss shooting off fireworks (they're illegal here for those of you who were wondering).