Missing milestones

We've lived in Robertsdale for 19 days. Yesterday was the very FIRST time I'd been away from the girls. I was only gone for 1 hour and 15 minutes (VBS meeting) and OF COURSE during those 75 minutes that I was away I missed a milestone.

Audrey's first "use the potty" milestone!!!!!!!!!

Good for you, little Audrey! But next time please reach these milestones when Mommy is at home instead of on the rare occasions that I'm not with you. I'd appreciate it, thanks!

Today, seeing as how I've been going crazy at home, Matt sent me off to find somewhere to read and WIFI on my own. Since libraries are closed it took me awhile to find somewhere to do that. I'd been driving around Baldwin county for 1 hour (extremely frustrated by this time) only to receive a phone call informing me that I'd missed milestone #2.

pardon the pun

YAY!

I had another long and not so great day today. Although tonight has been pretty good! Right now I'm sitting on the patio and enjoying the rain. It's the perfect amount of rain (no storms for me THANK YOU!) AND I've got a good WIFI connection outside (we're not planning on paying for service until the fall when Matt needs reliable internet service for school) AND Matt cooked dinner tonight AND Matt cleaned up from dinner tonight AND the girls fell asleep pretty easily AND the breeze is making me a little chilly (what a refreshing change!) AND the armadillo must be hiding out from the rain b/c I've been out here for 45 minutes and heard nothing from him. YAY!


umm yeah - before I could hit 'publish' I heard Audrey crying, but I'm just going to let Matt deal with that too. Don't judge me.

:)

fun stuff

I've got the Dora panties.



I've got the ready and sort of willing 2 year old.



And as of today I'm (apparently) ready to start housebreaking her.

This & That Thursday

* Matt was gone from Tuesday morning until Wednesday night with a church event. It was a long 2 days! We visited a few playgrounds, couponed for some free body wash, and watched a good bit of Barney.

* My Dad called me Tuesday morning to ask me a favor. During the conversation he wound up asking me how things were going settling in. After my tearful response of, "Matt and the girls are doing ok, but I... I... I'mnotsogreat,butIcan'ttalkaboutit.Let'schangethesubject" Dad willingly changed the subject. I did, however, receive this delivery the next morning from him and Lisa. He said he had wanted to do something for me, but wasn't sure what to do from so far away. Thanks y'all!


* I keep losing things this week. The Barney DVD case wound up stuck under the couch, the mailbox key was washed and dried, and a few other little things have disappeared/reappeared. I feel like I can't focus on anything!

* My girls aren't the only ones that enjoyed the "Festival of Champions" Sunday night. A little girl from church enjoyed it so much her parents hosted a "Festival of Hayes" get together this morning. We all had a good time socializing with Hayes' family and friends!




* We have an armadillo that lives in the shrubbery in front of our apartments. Ick! Although, I'm glad I finally know what the rustling sound is!

Happy Thursday!

A nice Sunday afternoon

I had a pretty good day today. Yay!

As I dressed Audrey for church this morning, I pulled out a little hat that matched her outfit. I put it on her fully expecting her to yank the thing out immediately. I was so wrong! She loved it! She got annoyed with me when I took it off for a second to brush her hair, and she wound up wearing the hat the ENTIRE morning at church.

cutie!

After a nap (for everyone except Julia) we went to the "Festival of Champions." It was an outreach event sponsored by the Baldwin (county) Baptist Association. The afternoon was very hot, but we wound up all having a good time.

We jumped in the jumping house.



We got our faces painted.



We got offended when others passed us on the ladder up the slide.


We also popped lots of balloons (on purpose), played festivally games for candy, acquired a few new bracelets, ate hotdogs & popcorn & snow cones. WHEW!

But the girls weren't done yet. After the dinner break, we decided to go back and do some of our favorite things again...

We returned home just in time to bathe and then cuddle on the couch for a new episode of "Good Luck, Charlie" - our family's new favorite show.

It's been a rough week.
Rough, most definitely.
Most often my anxiety has been due to high feelings of loneliness and boredom.

:)

But, things have been going pretty well the last 24 hours or so. I'm crediting the fact that Matt has spent the last day putting picture frames and such up on our walls. Plus, he's been at home and therefore my feelings of loneliness have been lessened.

After dinner last night we headed out to the pool for a swim. Julia LOVED this b/c it meant that she didn't have to wear sunscreen. I was surprised to find that we had the place to ourselves. Perhaps everyone else had something else to do on their Friday nights.

We've been having the girls "practice" swimming floatie free during the first few minutes of every trip to the pool.


I also wanted to get a picture of Julia. Here's all I could get when I asked her to pose.


Surprising her mid turn of the head though produced a much prettier photo. Of course, she got mad at me immediately after this pic was taken. The child isn't into the camera right now.

This & That Thursday

* All of you know that I'm easygoing, carefree, and laid back. Therefore, the transition to living in a new place has been totally and completely easy.

Ok, no it hasn't. Not at all. I won't go into detail, but let's just say that my sister-in-law very sweetly emailed me this week to check on how we were adjusting to our new place and she received back a tad bit more than the standard "we're doing fine" response. Thanks for checking on us, Amy!

*The girls have enjoyed exploring the area. We've checked out Robertsdale's city playground, ventured out of town in order to go to Walmart, frequented the swimming pool, revisited the library, met a few of the neighboring kids, and played in a few sprinkles of rain.


We've also enjoyed some cake.


* The most exciting thing that happened today was our finding the long lost remote control. Last summer (seriously 8-9 months ago at least) we misplaced this thing and consequently had to change the TV channels manually (how 1960's). Fortunately, while looking for a missing DVD case (that I never did find) I turned up a couch cushion and there was the remote. I guess it got "all shook up" in the move!


* Moving towns also means that I am having to figure out the new area's Publix couponing policy. I know everyone reading this is very interested in knowing that the Publix we went to this week does not double coupons. BOO!! My Green Giant Steamers were a whopping $.69/$.70 this week instead of $.19/$.20! :( **But, the new Publix definitely has a longer list of competitor coupons that they accept. That will be nice!

* I'm trying to think of something interesting and entertaining to type up for your enjoyment, but absolutely nothing is coming to me. I'm drawing a blank. So, adios blog people!