Randoms

~The new house is coming along nicely.  We have all of our stuff moved but there are still quite a few boxes in our front living room that need to be unpacked.  You never realize how much crap you have until you have to pack it all up and move it.  We lived in a tiny house but we've managed to fill our new house (three times the size) very quickly!

The one thing that I will say is amazing in our new house is the closet space.  I am loving how much closet space each room has.  It's nice that Ashlyn finally has a proper closet.  Um...how awesome is this closet of hers?  And there's just a little sneak peek of the bookshelf in her room.

 

I will post more pictures of the new house once I'm completely unpacked and organized.  We are pretty happy with it so far.  I would be jealous of my daughter's closet if I didn't have such an awesome closet myself.  Stay tuned!

~I have to say that so far I am not impressed with this mini van of ours.  It's not so much the van itself that irritates me, it's more the fact that I said I would NEVER drive a mini van.  And here I am, driving a dam mini van.  Everyone said I'd love it once I got it but I'm so not loving it.

The only thing that makes it worth it is the fact that I know I'm getting a third child.  Oh yes.  My husband and I bargained for this thing.  Mini van equals third child.  Period.  I've already got names picked out.  (I'm so not kidding)

 

 

~I do love my new comforter set.  We decided that we weren't going to paint our bedroom in the new house because the color isn't that bad but our blue and white plaid comforter just wasn't matching well enough for my liking.  So I ordered a new one.  And I'm in love!  It's the little things that make me happy!

 

 

 

~I'll post more on this in his six month update but my little Chunk is finally sleeping through the night!  He usually goes down around 10:30 and wakes up anywhere between 5 and 7.  It's been amazing.  If he gets up at 5, my husband feeds him for me and puts him back down and he usually sleeps for another 2-3 hours.  It only took us six months but we are finally there!

 

~Now that my Chunk is sleeping through the night, my little girl isn't.  For some reason she has been waking up in the middle of the night and coming into my room.  It's usually between 3am and 4am.  I don't know if she's having bad dreams or what but it's been rough. 

 

She usually just stands at the side of my bed until I wake up.  It scares the crap out of me!  I let her lay in bed with me until she falls back to sleep and then I usually put her back in her bed.  It's hard since she can get out of bed now that she's in a toddler bed.

 

I'm really hoping it's just a phase and that she will grow out of it.  I don't mind the cuddles but I hate that she's up walking around in the middle of the night.

 

~Not having cable kind of sucks ass.  I really don't like not being able to just turn the TV on in the morning and flip to a channel so Ashlyn can watch cartoons.  I hate that I have to search on Netflix for something to watch all of the time.  Plus Ashlyn watches the same things over and over again and my husband and I have hardly had any time to sit and watch any good movies.

 

We don't really want to spring for cable anymore.  We felt that we were paying way too much for cable and we just wanted to cut some costs.  We just signed up for Hulu so I'm hoping that helps with the boredom of Netflix that I have already.  I certainly don't mind being able to watch the first few seasons of Parenthood that I missed, though.

 

We might spring for some kind of antenna so we can just get some local channels.  Anyone have any input on any kind of antennas we can look into?

 

~I've also been sucking ass on the weight loss.  I had a really bad week and called it my 'binge week.'  I was well over my calories for the week and may have even gained about 3lbs back.  I certainly don't lose 3lbs when I'm under that many calories for the week!

 

It's ok, though.  I'm starting fresh today with a ten day cleanse.  I'm hoping it helps to get me back on track.  I also ordered a polar fit watch and am patiently waiting for that to come.  I plan on taking my workouts up about 50 notches and really using that new watch!

 

I am also considering ordering the exercise program that Netflix and Hulu have.  You can get all kinds of workout videos for only a few dollars a month.  It's that or order some kind of video.  Not sure but I know I need to get my butt in gear!