1st Week of New House

We celebrated closing on our new house by ordering Jimmy John's to be delivered for lunch. It was a perfect way to celebrate!

We closed on our new house on Monday morning and even though it is only Friday night it seems like it was ages ago. Thankfully the house is in great shape and didn't need a lot to be done before we could move in. But we still managed to create quite a long list to get ready for the big move tomorrow.

We had the house cleaned, carpets cleaned, Matt's uncle put up a tile backsplash for us in the kitchen, we moved a few things, got some furniture from a friend, got some furniture delivered, endured some snow and shoveling of two driveways (Matt did that), rented a U-Haul and got it stuck in one of the two driveways tonight, ordered a lot of pizza, cooked food for this weekend, packed and packed and packed some more. We did all this while taking care of Grace who has had a cold all week. I can't wait until tomorrow night when the move is over. Unpacking just doesn't seem as daunting as packing.

I think I have 98% of the house packed but all that I can do right now is look at empty boxes and not finish. It might get done in the morning or it might not. That is the beauty of not having to be out of our old house tomorrow. It is hard for my organized personality to leave some things undone but it is not hard for my 7 months pregnant body to decide I'm just going to lay on the couch and watch Netflix streaming while stealing internet from the neighbors since all of our technology is packed.

Here's to a great move tomorrow!

The 2 Dads

For the past several weeks Matt has been meeting his friend Jeremiah at the grocery store to shop one morning a week. It is awesome and hilarious! They accidentally ran into each other early one morning and proceeded to shop together. Now they text each other to plan this trip together every week. The only thing that makes this trip acceptable is they bring their little girls with them. And now they are known as "The 2 Dads" by some of the store employees. I really hope this tradition continues so the girls can remember this special bonding time with their Dads and each other. Grace loves it for sure because she talks about going to the store, shopping, Jeremiah, and Livi all the time!

3rd Trimester - 28 Weeks

Another fun thing about Christmas this year is I hit 28 weeks on Christmas day. According to most sources that is the beginning of my 3rd trimester. Again I'm amazed at how quickly this pregnancy is going. Not much has changed since my last post. I've probably gained another 5 pounds from Christmas cookies. I also have discovered the wonder drug for heartburn. It has definitely come back full force and Tums just weren't cutting it. My doctor gave me permission to take Zantac everyday and it is amazing!!!! If you are pregnant with heartburn this is the way to go. I wish I would have asked about it when I was pregnant with Grace. One pill lasts 12 hours and I don't wake up multiple times in the middle of the night with shooting pain. I love Zantac!

The A Family Christmas

We headed back to Matt's parents' house after spending the day with my family to get a good night of sleep for our last Christmas celebration. It was nice to end the celebrations without having to travel again. We celebrated with Matt's family at his parents' house and were able to stay there for a two days.

Opening presents, eating and relaxing was again the theme. Grace got some fun toys that we didn't want to take out of the package during the present opening process. They just had too many smaller pieces that we were afraid would accidentally get thrown out. So she had one big meltdown. Thankfully, she did get some books and toys later that she could play with on the spot.

Uncle Jared helping Grace open a present.

Look what was inside. A Packers poncho!

So cute snuggling with her big bear from Great Grandma A.

The H Family Christmas

After spending Christmas day at Matt's Aunt's we headed to his parents' for the night and got up early the next day to head to my sister and brother-in-law's house for the day to celebrate with my immediate family. Our family has always had breakfast together to celebrate Christmas so we got there early to do that.

After breakfast we opened presents. All of them were great but I was happy to get some new maternity clothes. Something I don't want to spend my own money on right now but really enjoyed having something new to wear is nice. Grace of course got toys:) The coolest to play with that day was probably her new tent and tunnel. We can't wait to set that up in the playroom at our new house.

Hanging with Uncle Brett in the tent.

Crawling through the tunnel.

The U Extended Family Christmas

Matt's mom's portion of the extended U family.

After our mini celebration on Christmas morning we hoped in the car and headed to Matt's aunt's house for Christmas Day with Matt's mom's side of the family. I think everyone was able to make it so it was fun seeing all of his family. We even learned his cousin is expecting a baby just a few months after us so that will bring his grandmother up to a total of 5 great grandchildren!

In case you were wondering we ate food and opened presents. Grace got some books, toys and her very own cat piano!

Christmas Morning

This is what Grace woke up to on Christmas morning. I sort of regret not putting up a tree or filling stockings but it was kind of funny to just see 2 presents in the middle of the living room floor. I have a feeling next year I'm going to make things look a little different.

We woke up Christmas morning and had a little mini celebration as a family of 3. For the past couple of weeks I'd been asking Grace what she wanted for Christmas and she would always reply, "crackers." So, I feel that we really went above and beyond on our gifts for her.

We ended up getting her a pair of Elmo PJ's and an Elmo's World DVD set. I think she may have watched Elmo for 45 minutes that morning while we packed and loaded the car for our travels. It was a perfect gift!

Here is Grace holding her Elmo DVDs.