Just call me the shredinator

Oh my GOODNESS! I could not believe how much junk mail we had accumlated in Theo's office. I spent literally over two hours this morning just sorting through it all. And that's not counting the time we both spent over the weekend. I have made two trips to the recycling place this morning already. It is CRAZY! That's what we get for not staying on top of it I suppose. But most of it's done now. I just have to shred all of the stuff that has our address or other info on.....which is several hundred pieces of paper. I just want to torch it all personally but I think Theo would prefer to shred it all. But today, instead of wasting my precious "nap time" on the shredder, I am blogging. I need a break from the madness for a little while.

Theo had his work going away lunch today so we got home from that a little while ago. Carter is napping right now but should be up any minute. When Theo gets back home from work, there is a lot more that needs to be done so we'll both hit the ground running. Well I won't be running....more like leisurely strolling. Anyway, just wanted to give you guys an update. More to come but internet will probably be limited once we cut our house phone off. So until next time.....have a great week :)

Pure Chaos

To say our house looks like a natural disaster came through it would be the understatement of the year. It is pure CHAOS here at our home. Fortunately, my friend, Margo, from work finished painting Carter's room yesterday so all of his stuff is semi back in its rightful place. But I can't say much for the rest of the house. Our garage, laundry room, hallway, den, and all bedrooms are crammed with stuff that doesn't belong. It is a madhouse here. It is driving me a little bonkers but I know it's only temporary.







I really can't wait to get settled in our new house in our lovely new state! I have always wanted to live in Colorado....ever since I was younger and my family took a few camping trips there. It's funny how the Lord worked it out for me. I probably never would have had the opportunity to live there had I not married Theo. Of course all of you who know us are more than welcome to come for a visit just about any time. The only exception is right after baby girl is born because we want to get settled with her first. But after the first few weeks, everyone is welcome! We will finally have a guest room....at least until baby #3 comes along :) Yes, we are already talking about a third baby but obviously won't make any definite plans until baby #2 is here and a few months old!

Two more days until the packers come. I posted a question on facebook for my friends to answer regarding moving and am grateful for all of the advice. I'm so anxious about having too much junk. I don't know how we got to this point. I can't blame Theo for all of it :) because I most certainly have a lot of stuff too. We are both working on purging a lot of stuff this weekend. Praise God we sold some of our furniture and a local charity is coming to pick up what's left on Tuesday! Goodwill wouldn't come until the 25th so I was a little worried about who would come get it. So I prayed about it and when I called the other charity, the lady said "How about Tuesday the 14th betweent 1 and 4:00?" I was like thank you Lord. That was perfect timing. I have a doctor's appointment that morning and then the packers are coming Wednesday at 8:00 so it truly was perfect!

We put a "for rent" sign up yesterday and have already had two calls about the house. I am trusting God to find us renters in a timely manner so this burden will be off of our shoulders. I really am trying to keep stress to a minimum for the baby's sake but it sure has been hard. I know things could always be worse so I'm thankful that so far, everything is working out. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we get ready to close one chapter of our lives and open another!

Finally

Our house is finally up for rent. I listed it on a website today and will put a sign out in the yard once Theo gets home. I wish we hadn't waited so late to do it, but there is nothing I can do about it now. We are pursuing other options in terms of a property manager and hopefully our "new" option will work out better. This has definitely been a test in trusting God but I know He will provide exactly what we need in the time we need it.

The packers are coming Wednesday and Thursday. We will spend that Friday-Monday cleaning, finishing up painting, etc. These next 10 days are going to be CRAZY! That's all I can say. And if I wasn't pregnant, I would definitely be drinking a glass of wine :) We will be heading out most likely that Tuesday (the 21st) to be in Colorado by that Thursday. I am ready to be there. I will definitely be sad to go but I really can't wait to get settled in to our new house (well, technically, it's not ours....we're just living there for a little while but you get my drift). Please pray that we will find good renters for our house in a timely manner!

I have a doctor's appointment with my new OB on the 29th and will try and do a hospital tour that day as well if Theo is off. Carter and I went to my friend Tamela's house so Carter could play with her twin boys this past week. While the boys were eating lunch, one of her boys looked up at me and said "Miss Jaime....is your belly getting full?" I couldn't do anything but laugh. It was so cute. I tried to explain to him there was a baby girl in my tummy just like his mommy had when she was pregnant with them. But I think he thought I had just had too much chicken! :)

Speaking of baby girls, my good friend Georgette had her third baby this morning.... a beautiful baby girl. I will admit I teared up when I saw the baby's picture on my cell phone because I wish I could be there to see her in person. They moved back in March and although we talk frequently, it's not the same as living down the street from them. Hopefully once we are settled in Colorado, either they can come for a visit or we can head to the east coast to visit them.

And just because I try not to post without pictures, here is a cute one of C-man.



Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Feelin Hot Hot Hot!

I don't have any pictures from Carter's first baseball game because the game was on Thursday....not last night :). Oops. Oh well, we went down to the festival plaza to listen to some music but Carter was "fleakin' out" the whole time and screaming so we didn't stay too long. We obviously didn't stay for the fireworks. When we got home, he didn't want to sleep in his room because he could hear the neighborhood folks popping fireworks. So finally after 10 trips up and down the hall to escort him back to bed, at 10:00 p.m. we let him go sleep in our bed.

And then this morning, I woke up at 6:00 and our air conditioning wasn't working. Ughhhh! It was blowing air, just hot air. On a positive note, I went to church this morning and we had a special music guest there and so the praise and worship was AWESOME. If you are looking for some new praise and worship music, google "Ricardo Sanchez" and get a copy of his new CD. I'm going to buy one soon.

We have been lounging around all day and are about to go out to dinner with some friends because there is no way I'm turning on the oven or stove tonight to cook dinner. Our house is a warm 85 degrees right now. If the AC folks don't come tomorrow, I'll be camping out at mom's :) Carter is sans clothes right now because he is so sweaty! It's going to be a steamy night and I don't mean that in a "wink wink" kind of way :)

In other news, I finally ordered a scrapbook desk. When I tell you this is a big deal for me, I mean it's a BIG deal! I've been looking for months for the perfect desk. I loved the pottery barn one but couldn't justify spending that much money....although I came close with this desk from JC Penney's. Yes, I know we are moving but being the genius that I am, when I ordered it, I had them ship it to the JC Penney's closest to our Colorado house and we can pick it up when we get there! If you want to see a picture of it, click here. I'm getting it in white and am only getting the desktop and two filing cabinets because that is all I can afford right now. But eventually, I would love to have the whole shabang! I get my scrapbook room inspiration from Amanda's scrapbook room. I don't have near this much stuff and probably never will but I loved her white desk and have been wanting one ever since I stumbled across this website. I can't wait to get settled in and start scrapbooking again. I probably won't have time until the baby is 12 but that's okay. At least I'll have an amazing desk to stare at in the meantime.

Happy 4th!

I hope you are all having fun celebrating our country's independence. What a joy it is to live in this nation. Although it's not perfect, I can't imagine living anywhere else.

We have had a fun-filled weekend so far with more to come tonight. Last night, we met some friends at a local church for a pre-July 4th celebration. It took Carter a little while to warm up but once he got a hot dog in his system, he was playing like crazy. They had bouncy castles inside that he couldn't get enough of.




It was time to leave though when the fireworks started because as we suspected, he was terrified of them. This boy is so funny about sounds......especially loud booming ones. This morning we slept in and then headed to sci-port. This was the first time Theo has gone with us in a long time and I think he enjoyed it more that Carter :)







Tonight we are headed to a minor league baseball game....Carter's first sporting event! We'll stay as long as we can but it is so hot here that I'm not making Theo any promises as to how long I'm willing to endure the heat. I'll try and post pictures of the game tomorrow or early next week.

Tomorrow we'll head to church and then relax for the rest of the day. I loving hanging out with my two favorite fellas!

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In other news, my friend from work has been coming over to paint the inside of our house. Right now, the house is an absolute disaster with very few things in their rightful place. The chaos is driving me a little crazy but I guess it's all part of preparing to move. I just wish we had painted years ago because I think it's going to turn out fabulous. We currently have mostly white walls everywhere...boring....and now I'm being a little bold and painting the walls a very light taupe. I know, I'm really getting all crazy with the paint color. The kitchen is painted a darker taupe and isn't too much different from the original color. She is also repainting the trim for us to cover all the mistakes I made when I painted a few years ago. I don't think I'll ever be allowed to paint again but that's okay! I'll stick to scrapbooking and sewing.

Garage Sale

Yesterday, Theo and I had our first garage sale. Let me tell you, it was a LOT of work! We made a little money but unfortunately we didn't sell our furniture. Getting rid of three couches, an entertainment center, coffee table, and sofa table was kind of the point in having the garage sale to being with. Oh well. I'm going to put an ad in the paper and if we still don't sell it before we move, we'll probably just give it away to a local organization.

I was up at the crack of dawn....well actually before that....getting all the stuff organized and making sure everything was priced. Theo had to drag all of the furniture out of the garage and eventually dragged it back in once the garage sale was over. He was such a big help and I couldn't have done it without him. It was so HOT yesterday! I called it quits around noon because the baby and I couldn't take it anymore. Carter did well during the sale. He actually slept until 8:30! God must have known we needed to be outside without worrying about him running into the street!

We sold most of our small stuff which is nice because now we don't have to box it all up and send it to goodwill. I do still have quite a few books left which I will take to the library. We didn't sell any clothes but didn't really have a lot to sell to begin with so I'll drop those off at a local charity this week. Other than our furniture, we pretty much got rid of everything else! Yea!



I don't know if you can tell...I have a 25 cent sticker on my forehead. Theo thought it would make a funny picture and assures me I'm worth way more than that!



Our packers come in a little over two weeks and we'll be heading out in three weeks! I can't believe it's almost here. Time to kick into high gear. I'm finally starting to get over the sad part of moving and am excited about our new adventure. I LOVE Colorado and have always wanted to live there. Now that the garage sale is over, I feel less stressed. I have a friend of mine who I used to work with coming over today to give us a bid on interior painting. We signed and sent the lease on our Colorado house this week. Now we just have to get our house on the market to lease and we'll be set! Please continue to pray for us during this stressful yet amazing time in our lives.

A new way to save on airfare

or alternately titled: Carter preparing to move!

This has been his new favorite game. We left a suitcase out in the living room for several days and once he figured out he could fit all the way inside of it, he insists on playing in it. If only it weren't illegal.....we sure could save money on airplane tickets that way! :) Just kidding!

In other news....four short weeks until we are almost to Colorado. We are still in the process of signing a lease on a house up there (it's been a painstaking process but we want to make sure all t's are crossed and all i's are dotted). Once we are up there, I will definitely post some pictures of our new house! I'm so excited we are moving into such a big house. We could definitely use the space.

This week I have been trying to organize things for the movers. Although if you saw our house right now, it definitely does not look organized. But like I tell Theo, there is a method to my maddness! I have packed all the baby's stuff, all my scrapbook stuff and have a large tupperware container of stuff I don't want the movers to take. I also took most of the pictures off the walls but left the larger ones for the movers to bubblewrap and pack.

We are having a garage sale this weekend so once that's done and hopefully a lot of our junk is gone, I'll feel better. Mom is keeping Carter all day Friday while Theo and I clean, purge, move stuff, and get ready for the sale. I feel like an hourglass has been turned over and time is quickly running out! I'm trying not to stress too much especially for the baby's sake but I just can't help it. All of this is happening so fast and I'm ready to be moved and settled. Please pray for me, for us, that this will be a smooth transition and that there will be as little stress on the baby (and Carter) as possible. On that note, Carter is down for a nap so I think I'll do some yoga. Nothing like yoga to relax my mind (if not my body!)