Weekend?? What Weekend?

I cannot believe it is already Monday. I am so thankful for the gorgeous weekend we had. Brandon and I looked at houses on Saturday afternoon and found one we really like. It is brand new and ready to be moved in to. We spent Saturday night and all day Sunday cleaning up, picking up, and fixing little things around the house. This morning the realtor came by to do a walk through. If we de-clutter some closets and touch up some spots with paint we can have the house up for sale by the end of the week. I am looking forward to it! Our realtor is also going to be contacting the realtor for the new house and get the ball rolling. I know this could be a stressful process but I am ready to get it started. My energy levels are running on low these days but I am hoping that will improve. Libby is continuing to do well. We are clapping now when someone says "Yeah". She is in to everything she can. This morning she had her paws splashing in the toliet. You cant turn your back on her for a second. She is a hoot. Well....just 2 months until beach vacay!! I am so ready!!!

Busy, Busy, Busy

I have been super busy lately and I can't believe I am even getting the chance to blog. Libby is taking a morning nap which doesn't happen very much anymore so I dont have long. She is teething and not feeling well so hopefully she will get at least an hour to an hour and a half in. She has a low grade fever. We are getting serious about buying a house. We went and looked at one the other day and it was a no go. We will not put our house up for sale until we find one we want to put a contingency contract on. We have 3 more we want to go see. However, if we really like one we see the next few days, it will be time to buckle down, make some small changes around the house and get it cleaned up. I have been struggling to keep up with the house lately partly because Libby has done away with her morning nap and partly for other reasons. I cant imagine have to keep it up at all times. Whew. It's gonna be stressful. I am not complaining one bit, God has blessed us so much, I just hope that I am up for the challenge. Yesterday was an unproductive day so I am hoping to get my stuff together, roll up my sleeves and get to work. There is so much to be done. I feel like I am constantly picking up and then I need to clean on top of that. At night when Brandon is home would be a good time to clean up but by then I am so tired I'm not worth anything. I apologize to anybody i have snapped at lately. I am a little irritable these days with all the stress and things going on. Well I better go before pig wakes up. Hopefully I can at least unload the dishwasher!

It's all I got

I am sure there is info I can share but I am exhausted. Another busy weekend went by and didn't get everything I wanted to accomplish done. I am having a hard time keeping up these days. So...I will just be lazy and post a pic. I will try to blog at the beginning of the week!

Bring on a New Week!

It's Monday and normally I am sad about that but I am looking forward to starting a new week. Last week was not so good. I was sick for about 3 days and Brandon had to work all weekend which makes me super sad. When Brandon works on the weekends it makes it hard on me because I am not able to get stuff done. My "to do" list continued to grow and there was nothing I could do about it. I didn't get accomplished even half of what I wanted to. Because of everything going on and Brandon working majority of Saturday and Sunday, we didn't get to go to church which made me even more down. We got up super early so that he could grocery shop before going into work. Libby slept okay last night. She got up once because she had wet the bed...okay how does this work..there was a puddle of pee in her bed, her pajamas were wet, but her diaper wasn't? Who knows...She was crying in her sleep and I had to wake her up to change her pajamas. She woke up at 5 something this morning so she is already back down for her morning nap. One day she will sleep all night every night again...one day... It's funny how for a 2 month span she slept through the night every night and those are the days of the past. I am hoping teething is the culprit because that means this will eventually end.
I did have Brandon do some bargain shopping this weekend which made me happy. Kroger had their 10 for $10 deal which is awesome. We got 3 bottles of gatorade, 2 cans of soup, 1 toothbrush, 1 4 pack of toilet paper, 1 pack of baby carrots, 1 tub of ranch dip, and 1 tub of sour cream. You cant beat it! I love saving money! Well I must go and be productive before Pig wakes up from her nap..have a good week!!

Scrooge

I am officially a scrooge. I have been in the worst mood for the past week. Libby is still not sleeping good through the night, the cold nasty weather is making me foul. I have no motivation to do anything. I need some sun and hot weather in my life asap! I cannot remember a time that I wasn't at least somewhat tired. I dislike my mood and I want it to go away! I have been praying for God to help me through this funk cause it is so bad I can't even stand to be around myself! Now that is bad!

On a positive note, Libby has officially started crawling and crawled up stairs to the kitchen yesterday all by herself. Really? As I was watching her I was thinking...is she really doing this? She will be 9 months on Thursday. I cannot believe how fast she is progressing. She is a wild woman. I am so glad Brandon happened to be home on lunch cause no one would ever believe me.

I have been following the shooting in Arizona on tv the past few days. I am so saddened and burdened for the families of the victims. I am deeply touched by the 9 year old girl that was so excited to meet her Congresswoman and was tragically killed. Sometimes situations like these make it hard for me to understand. I know when its your time, it is just your time but a sweet innocent 9 year old? Thats just so hard for me to take in. I am also deeply saddened for the shooter's family. As much coverage that has been on I have yet to hear anything about his family. It is assumed a lot of times that oh he must have a troubled past or not a good family but that could be so far from true. Mental illness is real and it effects all kinds of people whether they be rich or poor, come from good families or bad families, raised in a Christian home or not. Coming from a family where a close family member is severly mentally ill, my heart goes out to his family. I can put myself in their shoes and could not imagine the pain they are going through. I not only pray for the victims, but I pray for the shooter and his family too. I just wish there was more that could be done about mental illness. To know that people are hurting so bad inside that they think their only option is to do something so horrific as to hurt and kill others is so sad. The shooter's family could have been my family on Saturday. It really puts things in perspective and makes me think. I pray and hope that nothing like that would happen but I guesss I just want to make people aware that it is not always the family's fault. I hope people don't make them suffer for his actions and that they pray for them and reach out to them like they do for the family of the victims.

Sooo Tired!!

Okay so it's back....Libby is going through one of those phases where she isn't sleeping through the night again. Her new trend is to wake up just a couple hours after being put down with a blood curdling scream. I think she is having nightmares! Then she gets up one more time after that. This has been going on for almost 2 weeks and I am exhausted. Brandon has really stepped up and helped out. He has been getting up one of the times with her even though he has to work the next day. Another reason why I love him so. I am a person that requires a lot of sleep and it is super hard on me when she goes through these phases. I wake up cussing and grunting and groaning. The other night I was up at 11, 12, 1, and then lastly at 2. He was sleeping downstairs cause he was having allergy issues which equals super loud snoring. I was about to go wake him up and tell him I was done with it but luckily it stopped after that. Can't blame teething cause there are no teeth or evidence of any. She will be 9 months next week and still no tooth. I hope this ends soon. I am exhausted all the time and it is effecting my mood and attitude.

On the good side Libby is a wonderful baby. She is scaling the wall walking down the hallway, pulling up and letting go for a few seconds at a time and is able to entertain herself and play really good. Yesterday she played 2 hours straight by herself while only coming up to me and interacting with me only a few times. She is so funny to watch. She just rolls around on the floor and acts silly. She has discovered her female parts recently and that has been a hoot. Forget bath toys..why do you need those to play with when you have a body part that is covered up 99% of the day exposed for a few minutes. Good thing she is so daggone cute and funny or I would be trading her in for a baby that enjoys sleep!

It's been a while

I have been wanting to blog more but when I have the time I don't have anything to say. I can no longer blog or get on my computer while Libby is playing anymore. She is obsessed with the laptop. She comes over and pushes buttons and pulls the screen backward. If you try to get out of her reach she cries. So I just give up. When she is napping I am running around doing housework therefore there is rarely a chance I get where nothing else needs to be done. I did do some picking up and some housework...of course there is other things I could be doing but it's okay to just sit sometimes. That is something I struggle with. I feel guilty a lot of time just sitting when there are things to be done. As Libby gets to be more active I have to be more active. I can no longer leave the room or accomplish anything while she is awake. I have to get creative when I need to do something when she is awake. This morning she was suppose to be napping while I took a shower and dried my hair. Of course she didn't so I had to pull the pack and play into the bathroom and let her watch me dry and flat iron my hair. She stood up and looked over the side almost the whole time. Love her little heart!
Brandon and I have been praying about what 2011 will bring. We are saving money and praying about selling this house and buying another one in the next year or so. We want to take our time with the process while continuing to put money back in savings. We have been so blessed with Brandon's job. We are so thankful he works for a great company and he got a nice bonus that was unexpected. They are so flexible and laid back. I am so glad that I am able to stay home with Libby. I would not give up the time I have with her for anything. I am willing to make financial sacrifices so that I can be with her. I am also praying about some friends and family that do not know God or may not have a relationship with God and that maybe God can use me. Here lately God has put into perspective that things are done on his time and not mine. I can have my plan but ultimately it comes down to whether it is in line with his plan. So bring it on 2011..with God on my side..I am ready!