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
