A trip to Anna's

Up late at night playing Angry Birds with Dad. This is one sure fire way of getting her to sit still. 

Our friend Anna lives out on a farm and invited us out for an afternoon. Bea loved everything about it except for the horse. I think it's just too big right now. 

 

Blowing bubbles in the rain water. 

 

 We love Rachel!

At the end of the afternoon, she was almost asleep in the hammock, but managed a smile for us all!

 

 

 Making cookies with Mamma.

I'm going to be glad to see my parents when they come in less than 2 weeks, but I'm going to be REALLY glad to see my Kitchen Aide mixer. I miss you friend.

 

summer is coming

 

I'm pretty sure this is not the first time this is going to happen this summer. 

 

Resulting in this. 

 

Stealing a moment with Daddy before he left for school.

no words needed

new things

Sorry, but I'm not going to have Easter pictures. This was the only one I took that day, and as you can see, she is a blur, as she is every Sunday. Our church meets in a movie theater and she loves climbing the stairs and running the long hallways. We did have a great Easter though, despite the lack of pictures. Jason played drums at both services at church so we were there too. Then later in the day we had a few friends over for dinner.

While we eagerly (understatement) await the arrival of the newest Shrontz addition we decided we couldn't wait anymore, so we got Bea a fish. She loves the silly thing. We're hoping that we don't kill it and if we do it happens before the 30 day guarantee is up!

She found a bell the other day in the tool box, so I clipped it to her. She loved it. It also helps me keep track of where she is.

 I have been looking for a child's table and chairs for a while. I have been eying these at a consignment shop near my house. I finally stopped and looked and they weren't that bad, so I bought them, and got a $5 bookcase also!  I love good bargains. 

I also whipped up a couple of throw pillows for the couch last night. I decided to actually used some of my stash, so they're really fun!

Tomorrow I'll be 35 weeks, which means only 4 more weeks until c-section date! Hopefully the baby comes before that.

moving

 I guess I should have known how the day was going to go, by this picture. 

A word of advice to anyone who has a child under the age of two and is eight months pregnant. 

DON'T MOVE. 

That said, I'm so glad we did because this place is better than we remembered when we saw it the first time, and know that this is going to be such a great home for us. 

It's just exhausting being as pregnant as I am, and trying to put things away, all the while making sure Bea doesn't get into things she shouldn't and having to be OKAY with the mess she is making that is allowing me to get what I need to get done. 

It ended on a much better note. Jason hung a bird feeder because we actually have trees and I got to sit and snuggle with Bea before she went to bed. 

I need to finish the laundry...yup I have LAUNDRY, but I wanted to post some pictures of the new place and most of them have Bea in them, because, really, who doesn't want to see more of Bea?

Oh and I promise to take a picture of my ENORMOUS belly and post a picture of it soon!

 She always wants the best view!

 We actually have room, plenty of room for a table in our kitchen. No more eating on the couch!

 Looking a the kitchen from the living room.

 Ah, my amazing, studious, hard working husband in the living room.

 Bathroom

 Our bedroom, it has 3 nooks so the biggest one is for us.

 This will be the Jason nook.

 And eventually this will be the baby nook!

 Moving is hard work mom. Are we done yet?

Oh and someone got new boots. I'm sure she would wear them to bed if I let her. 

Despite our rough day, I am so glad we are here. The owners who share the house with us are really nice and they have a daughter a little older than Bea. I have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of time with them over the summer. I also have to mention our AMAZING friends who came and took time that none of them had to spare and moved us, chased our child around, took our dog over night, unpacked boxes, and then stayed for a little while afterward. We are truly blessed to have the people around us that we do. You are all redeeming this state that I am beginning not to hate so much.