Moving....

Can I just say ~ for the record ~ I HATE MOVING!!!! Although one wouldn't think so - as I do it with such predictable regularity... At least this was only a mile down the road instead of cross country or another state. But - this time I had to move with a baby! It is so much more complicated! Especially when she is now crawling all over - she is under foot and into boxes so fast - I lost her one night - she crawled into the pitch dark bedroom while I was packing something else in the living room. I went looking for her only to find Baby Girl under our bed, eating a stale Cheerio that only God Himself knows where she found it and how long it had been there. Oh wait! It couldn't have been over a year ago - BECAUSE WE JUST MOVED THERE A YEAR AGO!!!!! Do I sound over this whole moving thing? Well - I am. I have moved 16 times since 1994. That does not include a few stints at friends and relatives houses in between more permanent homes. Or at least longer-temporary homes. I don't think even the military moves people THAT often...

Oh well - we are in an apartment for now. It is nice, the neighborhood is excellent and our neighbors are very friendly. Everyone has fallen in love with Baby girl - well DUH! She is just too cute! She just had her 9-month visit - 27.25" and 15.02lbs. Doc is concerned with her weight - too little he thinks. She eats - a lot actually, but she is just so darned active. That girl is always on the move! I'll post her 9-month pics soon. Promise!

Right now I'm fighting a sinus infection that sent me to the ER the other night. It has been miserable trying to move, breathe, and keep Baby Girl safe - let alone be super sick. I'm going to try going back to work tomorrow - I've been off a whole week now with this. Oh well - guess ya just suck it up and keep on going. Lots of prayers for us would be greatly appreciated please - physical and emotional wellness, finances and job growth would be great. I'm sure those are the prayers of 9/10Th's of the country right now.

GREAT YouTube video!

This is a great video to watch all the way through. Enjoy!

Backyard Camping

Am I a glutton for punishment or what? A night off and I choose to spend it sleeping in the backyard with 4 of my nieces, on the ground I might add... Of course in a tent - lent to me by my sister at the last moment because my tent poles went missing (thank you Jen!) We would have had some seriously disappointed girls!

It was the last day of their winter break from school. Since it would be another mild winter night Florida style, we decided to build a small campfire in the backyard (no, I didn't get a permit - bad aunt...) roast hot dogs and marshmellows, eat a few smores and sleep outside in the tent. Since it was just "the girls", Sal slept inside with Baby Girl. I figured he would be sleeping like a baby all night, so I snuck out the portable monitor just in case - he had a rough night too from the sounds of it!

We invited a few neighbor kids for the evening festivities. The dinner menu was hot dogs and potatoe chips. Sabrina decided to try "roasting" a potatoe chip over the campfire. She said it was delicious - but I declined to try it. Next came the marshmellows! So much fun! So much sticky mess! We saved the smores till the neighbor kids went home, as our graham crackers were in short supply. Even grandma got in on the fun - check out that "dainty" photo of her eating her smores! I couldn't help myself!

Around 10:30, the stories were all told and the giggles all out. I had 4 very sleepy little girls in my tent. It took less than 10 minutes for them all to drift off to la la land. Since we were roughing it in sleeping bags - I was a little stiff the next morning. But it was a great night ~ the kind that memories are made of. Try it next time you get the chance. A night of fun and "camping out" is as close as your backyard!

Backyard Camping Photos

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Backyard Camping Photos

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