Happy Birthday Daddy - we celebrated Scott's birthday this year with some chicken voila (the microwavable dinner kind) and a redbox $1 movie - I had visions in my head of making a cake and having Bryanna help mix the batter but we didn't have any bowls or utensils...there is always next year!
We finally moved in to our new house (well, partially)! Tonight will be our 3rd night sleeping here, the house looks like a disaster, there are boxes everywhere, we still don't have cabinet doors (still have to paint those) and I have no clue where to put anything! I know we will get everything figured out, eventually, but I hate looking at this mess. To finish off the living room, we need base molding, molding around the ceiling, molding around the window and door and I have to paint the baseboard cover. We finally got our refrigerator in last night with the help of one of Scott's friends. Nothing is ever easy, so he had to take off all the doors on the refrigerator to get it in the house - 1.5hrs later they got it in - I never thought I would be so lost without a refrigerator! I cooked our first meal tonight, it's been a while since we have had a healthy, home-cooked meal - we've pretty much been living off of Burger King for the last few weeks! The kitchen is painted, except for the cabinet doors, which is the last thing that needs to be done to finish that room. The dining room needs to be sheetrocked, painted and the baseboards need to be painted too. Bryanna's room needs to be sheetrocked and carpeted, the fireplace room needs a new stove and to be painted and the spare bedroom needs to be painted - got all that! There is so much left to do and we are trying not to get overwhelmed, but it's hard!
Bryanna had her 18 month appointment on her 18month birthday. She cried harder when she saw the doctor than when she got the shots! There are a few men that scare her and he is one of them! She is in the 75th percentile for length and weight - so pretty consistent there. I voiced my concern about her not walking on her own yet and with her being so verbal, walking by holding onto one finger, and cruising around everywhere, he isn't concerned at all. He mentioned she has good leg strength and thinks she is just scared and has to gain confidence first. If she isn't walking on her own by 21 months, he will refer us for PT. Her latest thing is walking around everywhere on her knees - not sure if that is progress toward walking but from what I've read online, a lot of perfectly healthy babies walk late and some knee walk first so we will see!
She is really good at putting her socks and shoes on - she is growing up too fast!
loves measuring things, just like Daddy
our happy girl
We have spent the last month going back and forth between houses, cleaning, painting, putting up drywall, getting new windows put in, getting our hardwood refinished, cleaning again and painting some more! We feel terrible about it, but we have had no time to get a tree or put up any Christmas decorations - what a terrible time to buy a house! Everyone keeps reminding me that Christmas is this Sunday - I just can't believe it! We went to Lowes the other day to look for a tree and they literally had 5 trees, they were short and bare - we thought about just grabbing one up and calling it our charlie brown tree but thought we could get something better. Today was the day to go see Santa and get a tree. We got to the mall, waiting in line for 30 minutes to see Santa, and everything was great. Bryanna was blowing Santa kisses from the line and waving and smiling at him, then all hell broke loose. Once we got up close, I think she realized it was a person and started screaming! I knew this was going to happen, but wasn't totally sure because of how excited she was to see him. We actually don't care that it isn't the perfect smiley picture - it portrays perfectly how she was at the time and shows how much of a scardy cat she is! LOL Next was tree shopping. We went to Sears and Target thinking that maybe we could get a cheap fake tree, since we are only going to have it up for a few days anyway, but you can't buy one under $150, so a live tree it was. We tried Lowes again - all gone, next was Walmart - all gone too, our last stop was the local garden store and they were open! So, $40 later, we have a tree, a very wet tree at that, but at least we have one! You can't have Christmas without a tree because how will Santa know where to put the gifts?
Killing time, waiting for Santa
Santa
Lowes - no trees
We've had such an exciting week this week - my new niece, Audrey Ann Miller, was born December 10th at 8:50pm, 7lbs 11.5oz and 20 inches long. She is healthy and Jess and Audrey are doing good. I can't wait to hold her, only 15 more days!!!
I was at the new house today and Bryanna was combing my hair - I was laying on the floor looking up at her and I saw her slowly stand up...I couldn't believe my eyes! (where is the camera when you need it!). She stood all the way up and balanced herself for a few seconds and then crouched back down. It was such an emotional moment for me and we have been waiting for this moment for MONTHS now! She got all excited after she did it and gave me such a big and tight hug - I could tell she was proud of herself and she knew how proud I was of her.
Grandma and Grandpa Neal came to visit this week - thank you so much! We were able to get some painting done and Dad and Scott drywalled most of the dining room. The windows are almost finished and the floor guy is coming Thursday to refinish the hardwood floor - then we can move in! I can't wait to finally have a minute to relax!
I was at the new house today and Bryanna was combing my hair - I was laying on the floor looking up at her and I saw her slowly stand up...I couldn't believe my eyes! (where is the camera when you need it!). She stood all the way up and balanced herself for a few seconds and then crouched back down. It was such an emotional moment for me and we have been waiting for this moment for MONTHS now! She got all excited after she did it and gave me such a big and tight hug - I could tell she was proud of herself and she knew how proud I was of her.
Grandma and Grandpa Neal came to visit this week - thank you so much! We were able to get some painting done and Dad and Scott drywalled most of the dining room. The windows are almost finished and the floor guy is coming Thursday to refinish the hardwood floor - then we can move in! I can't wait to finally have a minute to relax!
best buds
The house is coming along. It's so hard to get anything done when you have a little one that wants to get into everything! I basically have to pick a room and either clean or move things around - then naptime isn't long enough! The sheet rock guy came today to do the kitchen - it looks so much better already! I can't wait to get the place painted and moved in, it is starting to feel like our own home.
In the kitchen we knocked down that interior roof looking stuff and took down the beam, primed the cabinets (they look decent in the pic but were disgusting!) and added two lights. The cabinets are going to be an off white with a light glaze on the doors and on the wish list is a new counter top and stainless steal appliances. We will eventually redo the whole kitchen but this will hold us over until then. I'm just excited that we have counter space now!
Thank you sooo much Dave & Kelly for coming last weekend - it was such a help! Bryanna had 2 whole days with Grammy Kelly all to herself! Scott learned so much from Dave and we got so much done that we would have never done if they didn't come.
Bryanna is getting to be such a big girl. She is so smart - to keep her busy while I was cleaning, I told her that her baby pooped and needed to be wiped, so she grabbed a rag and started wiping her baby - saying her baby was dirty...LOL, she really knows how to point out all the dirty things.
She started calling me Mommy yesterday. She was saying mama and then meme right after and then finally got it. I'm so proud of her but it just means she is growing up and I miss mama already.
One thing I forgot to write in the last few posts was that Bryanna is really good at her animal sounds. You ask her what sounds does this animal make and she makes the sound. She can do a cat (for some reason she says meow really softly and laughs after she says it), monkey (ah ah), lion (rar), and elephant (puts her hand to her mouth for the trunk)
In the kitchen we knocked down that interior roof looking stuff and took down the beam, primed the cabinets (they look decent in the pic but were disgusting!) and added two lights. The cabinets are going to be an off white with a light glaze on the doors and on the wish list is a new counter top and stainless steal appliances. We will eventually redo the whole kitchen but this will hold us over until then. I'm just excited that we have counter space now!
Thank you sooo much Dave & Kelly for coming last weekend - it was such a help! Bryanna had 2 whole days with Grammy Kelly all to herself! Scott learned so much from Dave and we got so much done that we would have never done if they didn't come.
Bryanna is getting to be such a big girl. She is so smart - to keep her busy while I was cleaning, I told her that her baby pooped and needed to be wiped, so she grabbed a rag and started wiping her baby - saying her baby was dirty...LOL, she really knows how to point out all the dirty things.
She started calling me Mommy yesterday. She was saying mama and then meme right after and then finally got it. I'm so proud of her but it just means she is growing up and I miss mama already.
One thing I forgot to write in the last few posts was that Bryanna is really good at her animal sounds. You ask her what sounds does this animal make and she makes the sound. She can do a cat (for some reason she says meow really softly and laughs after she says it), monkey (ah ah), lion (rar), and elephant (puts her hand to her mouth for the trunk)
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