I am FINALLY posting for the first time in 23 days, and oh my
ALOT has happened! During all of this time we have been settling into our new home
Internet free! We have had lots of trouble getting our wireless
Internet set up. Finally after Sam spent 10+ hours on the phone and took a day off work today, our
Internet is up and running! The only part of the
Internet that I really missed was Blogger! It was torture not getting to keep up with all of my faves in the blog world, and I missed posting! Thankfully when school started back on January 5
th I started being able to sneak a peek at all of the blogs that entertain me on a daily basis....
shhhh don't tell! ; )
We had an awesome Christmas break, spending time with Sam's side of the
fam before Christmas and all of my side on Christmas day. Sam and I got to go on a date by ourselves on New Year's Eve. We got to have a quiet dinner, and we saw Marley and Me. It was a needed break. ; ) I won't lie and say that moving during Christmas wasn't a little (maybe
alot) stressful, but the extra time to get things in order was great. I did NOT document these holidays very well...I guess because things were
sooo busy. I took a total of 38 pictures from December 21st-January 13
th. That is SO not like me! I can't wait to get back to my old picture taking ways and keep up with my blog!
Here is a quick update...organized in the format of the ABC's of the Stewart's last 3 weeks.. ; )
Adjusting to being back to school after a GREAT holiday
Being made aware by Brenda and my mom that all of the pecans laying in my yard are
valuableCaden's stomach virus : (
Deciding that the people who built this house knew how to create great storage
Eating way too much fat free banana pudding
Giving up the
paci's for good on Christmas Eve (Santa took them to babies who needed them)
Having space space and more space...praise the Lord!
I LOVE the holidays...even when they are mixed with moving ; ) I also love my blog's new look courtesy of
Cara!!
Jumping for joy when my
Uggs arrived at my door...thanks Mom!
Loving time at home with my kiddos
Much needed free time that I had being
internet free (amazing how much time blogging takes)
Not knowing any neighbors ; (... but meeting ones that seem nice
One set of lost keys at The Parks Mall..an antic carried through by Mr Carson..Funny huh
Chels?
Playing on the new fort
Quiet neighborhood ; )
Realizing how blind and deaf my dog is
Slick falling in my neighbor's pool (see letter R!)
Three hundred dollars spent on a plumber the week after we moved in
Understanding that my kids have trouble sleeping in a new environment..1 hour + to fall asleep!!
Venturing out of my comfort zone in the kitchen (a.k.a. trying to learn to cook ; ) )
Watching the interesting guinea hens that live on our street...weird I know!
Xtra room to live together as a family... ; ) I really am not taking all of my extra room for granted
Yearning to know how to decorate all of these blank walls????
Zany crazy kids using all of this open furniture free space to run run run!
*Here are a few of the 38 pictures (sad I know) that I have taken over the last 3 weeks*
Christmas morning
Car Bear playing with his new Rescue Heroes Fort
The girls and their new kitchen
Cade got Rock Band
The girls and
Cade in wearing their new slippers
Emma Claire got a Baby Alive from Aunt Madonna and Uncle John...it is way cooler than any baby I owned as a kid!
Ella Cate feeding the Baby Alive
building a "dragon" with their new blocks
Carson got cowboy boots from
Grancie and Robin...he LOVES them!
sweet Courtney came to play over the break. They had fun with the girls' Dora house from Nana and G-Dad
Their shirts say "Girls Rule", and Emmy said that their fun purple hair thingys were "like a cheerleader" : )
Emma Claire and Ella Cate
Playing Rescue Heroes in our empty dining room
Carson played with this remote control robot for at least 2 hours this evening. It was a hand me down from his cousin, and he was THRILLED to have it!
Cade read to Miss Ella Cate before bedtime
