Missing Family and Setting Goals

It has been a great week with my family!! I have so much enjoyed having them here. They left this morning and I was so sad to see them go. It was crazy at times and my house was chaotic a lot of the time with the kids but I miss them soo much! Eli even missed them. Tonight he kept telling me they went bye and asking about Chloe.

Today also began my day of losing baby weight!! I was motivated before but after Monday became even more motivated.We went shopping to get the kids Easter outfits but I also tried on some pants because I am in between sizes. It was not pretty and decided right then I am kicking into high gear when it comes to losing this weight!!! Today I did Zumba and also went for a nice long walk carrying Lilliana in my Ergo. She has a fussy time at night. It happens every day at the same time and I found that wearing her in the Ergo she is completely calm but I have to be walking around. So, I used that to my advantage and just walked. She was a lot less fussy tonight and it was more enjoyable to be able to just relax tonight. Tomorrow I will take the kids for another walk and probably do one of my excercise DVDs. I am determined to lose this weight!!!

While Tosha was here I made some more hair bows. Here are some of the ones I made. I plan to make some more tomorrow. I love doing it and Chloe looked adorable in her bows that I made for her. All in all it was a great week and I am looking forward to my visit in July home to spend with all my sisters and their families!!

The Three Grand Kids.

Miss Chubby Cheeks smiling in her sleep!

Having fun with Family

My mom, sister, and niece arrived Wed night very late. We have had so much fun with them here. Eli and Chloe are having a blast!!! It is a little chaotic at times but they are enjoying themselves so much. Its nice having extra hands to help and my mom is an excellent cook and its nice having her cook for us.

Today we celebrated Eli's birthday finally. I decided to scratch the Curious George party and just make cupcakes because of how many people were going to be at the bowling alley. zoomba The kids made cupcakes yesterday for it. They had a blast. Today they bowled together and we celebrated Eli's birthday. It was a lot of fun. Here are some pictures of what has been going on and a video of them bowling. Its interesting having a 3 year old and 2 year old around but so much fun!!!

We are all in New Rooms.......Finally!!

Yesterday was spent rearranging everybody's living space. We all got new rooms. Anthony and I are upstairs now and Eli has a much bigger room. Lilliana will have her room after my mom and sister leave in a week. It felt good to finally get all that done. The only problem is we will have to take stuff out of Eli's and our room to lay carpet, and do some more painting. We knew that would happen but while my family visits everybody has space!!!

Last night I slept terrible. It is cold in our room upstairs so today I have to get a space heater. We also are on the bed I do not like anymore. It just is uncomfortable but it will have to work until we can figure out how to get our box springs upstairs....old house and the stairs just won't allow for it. Or we buy the split box springs and I am sure it happens soon because it was miserable. We are not stressing about any of these things right now because we just want to enjoy my family visiting.

Eli is enjoying his new room! He loves all the space. His old room was so small!! It worked for a while but now that he is older it just is not working. He even slept well in it and did not get scared. At one point I thought I heard him but it was our silly dog whining. I can't wait for he and Chloe to play this week. They will have plenty of room.

I was reminded yesterday while we were moving all sorts of stuff how good God is! We have been so blessed with people giving or buying our kids things and us too for that matter. In many ways I think we have too much!! God is good is in his provision!

Feeling Settled

It has been a busy weekend. We spent Saturday finishing our painting and getting a few last minute things that we needed to complete rooms. Anthony got the carpet for the bedrooms that we bought but the owner was not at the store and on vacation and his daughter did not know where the pad was. He was supposed to call us that night so we could come get it but he did not. Soooo that put us behind. Sunday we just had some touch up stuff to do and were going to lay the carpet well we still had no pad so decided to just not even worry about it lay out the carpet but not actually put it down and put a few things in the room so we could switch rooms so my mom and sister had a place to stay when they come wed. Its not ideal but honestly I feel so much better about it and now we are not stressing and hurrying to get it done. It was not to be able to just relax today and not worry about getting it done. I am also loving how it will look when it is completed the carpet laid out with the paint looks awesome. It will be so nice when it is finally complete.

Eli is still not feeling 100% neither am I for that matter. I feel a ton better but have some congestion. Consequently this weekend and today has not been the most pleasant because he is whiny and just out right being bad. I know he does not feel the best but it can't be an excuse so we have been dealing with that. He is trying to say even more words and his use of sentences is amazing. I was carrying Lilliana in my Ergo and looked terrible. I had been painting and was sweating and just a mess. Anthony told me, "Your Hot!" Not even two seconds later we hear Eli say, "Your Hot!" LOL I told Anthony got to start watching what you say. So Anthony said to me, "Your Beautiful!" Eli turns and says, "No, Your Hot!" I am in for it with this child.

Lilliana is such a good baby. She is now sleeping primarily in her bassinet at night and not in bed with us. She has only been waking up once to eat so that is great. She is also holding her head up on her own now. I can't believe how quickly she is growing. She is even trying to sit up when in your arms. She just likes to look at everything. She stares a lot at me. She is more serious than Eli was at this age and does not smile as much but just takes everything in. Its so fun to see the difference in them. She prefers mommy over anybody right now too which can be a little frustrating. Eli loved Anthony and me both and was not particular but she is. We have also found Eli is very calming to her and if neither of us can calm her down he can. He will just sit by her and talk to her or touch her and she just stops. Its so great the bond they already have and he is such a good brother to her!


It was nice to spend the weekend with Anthony. I really missed him last week. We spent a lot of time working but it was nice to work and just talk. We have fun dreaming about what we want to do with our house. Too bad it never seems we have enough time or money to get it all done. Oh well, it will eventually get done I hope:)   Anthony took tomorrow off so we could switch rooms and I think he just wanted to spend some time with us. Last week was a long week. It is nice we are at a place where he could just take tomorrow off. I was happy he surprised me and decided to do that. Here are some pictures I have taken of the kids the past few days. The ones of Eli show how much he did not feel very good. They also took a bath together for the first time so there are those too.

Taking their first bath together. Eli loves her so much.

Bright and alert



Not feeling so well but look at those eyelashes!

Sister for Sale will trade for a bike

Lilliana is One Month!!

I can't believe it but Lilliana is one month old today!! Its amazing how time just flies by. She is starting to be awake more and has been interracting with us more. She just sit and stares and stares. We love her and she has been such a good baby!

Anthony also got home tonight so I will be cutting this short so we can spend some time together. All that to say we have a long weekend ahead of us because of a mess up from Home Depot and paint we will be getting our rest and hopefully finishing our bed room this weekend!!

One Month!

Holding her head up very well and look at those cheeks!

Its been a LONG week!!!

Well Anthony has been out of town all week and of course right before he leaves the kids get sick and so do I. Needless to say the rooms are a little behind schedule but I am hoping to get them done tomorrow.

Monday Eli would not eat or drink. He would not even talk and all he did was lay around. That is not my child. Of course I could not get him into the Dr. I also was starting to get a crazy sore throat. Lilliana was cranky and obviously not feeling well either. I could not lay her flat on her back or she would  start having problems breathing. I was able to make an appointment for Tuesday though.

Tuesday I took them to the Dr. They had strep and so did I. Mind you this was my first outing by myself with both of them!!! It was a little crazy!! I had to go to the grocery store to get antibiotics for all of us and of course it is the Meijer I LOATHE!! Its too crowded for the area and always busy no matter what. There are a ton of stupid college kids from MSU there all the time and they just make it miserable. I also picked up a few groceries in hopes that Eli would eat. After that wonderful adventure that I have to say went pretty well we made it home and slept and relaxed the rest of the day. Eli was throwing up all night though because of a bunch of mucus in his stomach because he wont spit it out. So I was exhausted!!

Yesterday everybody was beginning to feel a little better I was tired but it was ok. We went for a walk and Eli played at the park. He still had a night of the runs from his medicine and was throwing up so it was another long night. It was so nice to see the sun though and have warm weather.

Today everybody is doing great!! Eli was fairly good and is starting to be  himself again although the whining is still there so I am hoping that goes away soon!! We decided to get out as it was 70 plus I needed out of the house. I had to get some cloth diaper soap so went to the Cloth Diaper store in Holt and got that and also got an Ergo baby carrier. My moby wrap was just too hot and not cutting it this time. With Eli it was great but I have not been enjoying it as much this time so I got an Ergo thanks to my wonderful husband. Then we went and got groceries and I broke it in. It was so nice and I feel like supermom that I accompolished that!!! All in all it has been a rough week but that is ok. It has taught me a few things and I feel like I am getting more organized and into a better routine! The verse I kept going back to was Phil. 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me." It was a very trying week but in the end I MADE IT!!

Rooms almost done and Everybody is SICK!!

So this weekend we have been working a lot on our room we will be moving into. We ran into some problems so of course it has taken longer. I think that is normal though. All that to say I will be painting tomorrow and Monday and then Anthony will lay carpet next weekend and we move in. I will also be painting Eli's room and carpet will go in it next weekend. I am very excited.

Sadly through all this everybody is SICK!! Eli and Anthony being the worse. I have a slight sore throat and Lilliana is stuffy although I am wondering if it is just the adjustment period they go through. I am worried about her the most as she is only 3 weeks. She has an appointment this next week so hopefully everything is still going great!!

Not much else is happening. We are just getting into the swing of things and enjoying our family. Eli has been rather naughtly lately because he is sick plus I think the terrible 2s have come upon us but other than that he is good. I took some pictures the past couple of days so I will post those. Oh and and update on the furnace. The furnace Anthony wanted was already spoken for but there are some other houses coming up that are possibilities so I am hoping and praying one of them is it!







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3 weeks old!

We caught Eli sitting on the couch with a bag of potatoe chips spilled everywhere just shoving them in his mouth!!!



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So sweet!