Hurray!! We are FINALLY moving.

It may not be to our own house yet, but we found a 3 bedroom basement apartment last night. We have put our deposit down, and given our 30 day notice to our current apartment complex. I'm so anxious to get moved. The house is on an acre of land, and the owner has a swing set, and sand box. As we were driving down the street to find the house, we noticed that most of the homes have horse property- with horses. :D

We survived without Josh, but alas he is leaving us again this week for a night, possibly two. I'm glad these tradeshows only come a couple times a year. I'll have to post some pics of what it is that he building at the shows... it's quite impressive. Sounds like the show has gone GREAT for the company. That is always a good thing.

Anyway, need to get some laundry done. Oh joy. :)

He's lost and gone forever.... or just a few days.

Well Josh just left a bit ago to drive down to lovely Anaheim, CA- where it will be arounda lovely 75 degrees. I'm a bit jealous, can you tell? I'm a bit uncomfortable knowing I'll be without a Hubby for a couple days. The only time we've been away from each other for a night was when I went to my Grandparents house in ID for two nights. It was at that point I decided I didn't really want to go on any more trips without him. Now we have 3 kids which makes it that much more difficult. Anyway, I'm sure I'll survive somehow. We have two Grandma's who I know I could call and ask for help at any moment if I needed it. I had considered just going to stay with my Mom for the whole time, but then I know for sure I would get NO sleep. I guess we'll take it day by day.

I got our taxes filed last night. Hurray!! I love direct deposit- we should have our federal return within 9 days. Sad to say that most of our return will be going to pay off our sweet little boy. But that's okay- better spent on him, than on lots of toys that we don't need.

Well my little boy just woke up from his nap and is calling from his crib- what a patient little boy he is. I'm glad I'll have our babies with me, perhaps it'll help me be a little less lonely. Wish me luck!!

A big thanks to Mr. Sandman.

I think it must be a miracle, I currently have 3 sleeping children! This is not a common occurance, but I am enjoying the silence. Josh is extremely busy with work again. His work is preparing for the upcoming CHA conference in Anaheim, CA. He has been given the responsibility of setting up and taking down at the show... I think he may be a bit overwhelmed, as he's never been to one of the shows before, but he will do great.

Today I have been working on a daily sticker chart for the kids- to help us do all the things we need to in a day. I think it will help ME out a lot- structure is good. I'm hoping it will help the kids be a little less bored each day as well. I can't help but be a bit anxious for some warm weather so we can spend a little time each day outside. We have considered finding a new apartment again, because our lease will be up at the end of February. It would be nice to have a place where we are a bit more comfortable playing outside, and a place where we could go for walks with out being close to the heavy traffic. I guess we'll see. We are surviving here, even if we are CRAMMED in to our little place.

I applied for a work-at home position doing data entry. I recieved an email yesterday from them asking for some typing test results and such. The email indicated that training would begin next week!! I haven't heard a word today, so I'm guessing they have filled the position- probably for the better though. They wanted someone who could work 10 hours on monday, and 8 hours on Tuesday. That would be some hectic days, and leave me with some very deprived children.

I better get off and really enjoy the quiet for a few minutes before the kids wake up. :)

Wednesday... the middle of the week. :)

My last post must have been a day when I had a little too much time to think about all that is going on. Usually it's too busy to realize how chaotic our lives are. :) Yesterday we managed to only have one roll of toilet paper completely unrolled and all over the bathroom. I'm sure this happend while I was feeding our little one. At least no one was hurt!!

Our baby is 4 weeks old today. We had our first verbal conversation yesterday and it was adorable! It's so fun to see them stare so deeply into someones eyes... making them wondering what the little guy is thinking. He's been a very good baby so far. He seems to have some painful gas issues, but I think the Mylicone drops have been helping a little bit. And he sleeps pretty well about every 3rd day. (My guess is that we really won't be tested beyond that which we can handle!!)

The big kids have been adjusting, and at least for the past few days have been playing together nicely. However I think the whole apartment complex knows if our little boy is upset. He has developed quite the screech when things don't go his way..... You can tell that he is on his way to being a big 2 year old. Our little girl went to her first Sunbeam class on Sunday. She was so excited to be one of the 'Big kids' at church. I asked her teacher how she was, and she said she wanted to talk a lot. Hmmmn. They may be in for a long year! She has turned in to quite the talker. It occasionally drives both Josh and I crazy because we don't ever get to talk to each other. :) But I keep telling Josh that she is a girl, and girls talk a lot- at least she says 'excuse me'. Which usually turns into her saying it several times in a row very quickly so we can't hear each other to finish whatever we were talking about in the first place!

Looking to trade Mommy for newer model- ours is malfunctioning.

So I knew 3 kids was going to be a new challenge- and I've been and am optimistic that perhaps one day I'll get the hang of things. But for now each 9 hours (including driving time) that Josh is gone to work is pretty chaotic. I do have to say that I at least have succeeded in keeping all of us clean and bathed- that is an accomplishment right? And we usually get meals at somewhat regular time. (Daddy has been doing dinner- thank goodness for one normal thing that we can count on each day!!) Other than that I have a big Sister who likes to torment her little Brother- and a 18 month old who doesn't understand being quiet- even with many 'shhh's' and trying to teach him to whisper..... which leaves us with a baby boy who gets woken up from his naps very frequently- and a Mommy who is nearly at the end of her rope on a daily basis.

I'd like to say that our home is a very peaceful and orderly one. One where we eat 3 healthy meals a day, one where each of the kids get the attention they need, and a home that is clean and ready for last minute guests. Growing up I don't remember any craziness in my home. I think this is because I was the youngest (by 6 years) and most of the kids were moved out by the time I would have noticed! It would make me feel a lot better to know that it was crazy at times. :) At least we are making it from day to day, and we are all together at the end of the day as a family. I think I had just forgotten that when there is a new addition to a family everyone has a lot of adjusting to do. A lot of people had told us that child number 3 was the hardest to get used to. It will get easier right?