Party of 4: August 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Weekend stuff

Weekends really go by way to fast. Saturday, Dylan woke us all up early, 6 something. I met Tobi and Edie for lunch at Olive Garden. It was delicious! We had a mini baby shower. It was just perfect with my two best friends. Thanks girls! They got me some much needed, practical items. The only thing I was disappointed in was my cake. I ordered and picked up a small cake in Denton because I love Candy Haven. I don't love all their cakes just their chocolate cake with cream cheese icing. Well, after lunch, we sliced into the cake to realize it was white not chocolate!!! Talk about being disappointed. I had been looking forward to that cake for days. They will be hearing from me tomorrow.

Saturday night, Abe and I went to the Cowboys' game. Thanks to our friends Gary and Shelley who were able to babysit last minute I was able to go. I really wanted to see that new stadium. That may have been my only opportunity to go because everything is so expensive! I didn't get any pictures because I wasn't sure how much walking we would do and did not want to carry my camera around. Good thing because we had to park a pretty good ways a way. We rode with a couple of Abe's friends and they were so worried I was going to go into labor from all the walking.

Yummy, I made Sunday brunch. (Eggs Benedict and a fruit salad)

Dylan playing with her house.

We made a sign for the cats, because they wanted to play in the house also.

Abe working on the baby's room.

Sydney relaxing in the baby's room.

Our other Sunday activities included the usual grocery shopping and cleaning house. We went to the Life Teen mass at church and had dinner at Chili's afterwards. We had a great weekend. Just wish I had one more day off!

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Dylan's First Talent Show

Dylan's new school had a talent show as part of their "kick off" to the new school year. It was so fun watching the kids perform their talents. Dylan's class danced and played their guitars to "Jail House Rock".

Busy, Busy, Busy

Since I haven't posted in a while I thought I would do a quick update (I'm having a slow afternoon at work).

Mostly I have been consumed by getting things ready for this new baby. While I'm excited that the day is approaching (only about 6 or so more weeks) I feel like there is so much to get done. Mostly we have been working on getting the baby room somewhat ready. I know there is really not much of a rush since the baby will sleep in our room for quite a while but I feel the need to get something done! Nesting...I don't remember that setting in until closer to Dylan's due date; but with this baby I feel like I have been nesting the entire pregnancy. I'll post pics once we have the baby's room complete. Maybe Abe can finish painting this weekend.

We also have been in the process of refinancing our house. We closed on that last week! A few weeks ago I heard there were some really great interest rates out there so I decided to check into it. Abe and I were approved for a much better rate than we got 5 years ago so we decided to refinance, combine the 80/15 loan we had and decrease our loan from a 30yr to a 15yr note. We are so excited at the thought of having our entire house paid off in a maximum of 15yrs. Throughout the process we ran into a couple bumps in the road. Our appraisal did not come back good at all. Our house was appraised for less that what we paid for it 5 years ago. I was told that was just the market we were in right now and it will get better. I guess there is no reason to be concerned since we are not planning on moving. We also had to have out house inspected for wood eating insects (termites), $400 later we passed the inspection. They found termites in one area of the house and carpenter ants outside. We had to treat both of those in order to pass the inspection. While we hated to spend that money it was a good thing the termites were found before we had to start replacing walls. Oh and the carpenter ant thing, apparently they can be just as damaging as termites. I didn't know that. I thought they were just big ants. Why doesn't anyone tell you these things? I have come to the conclusion that there really needs to be a class out there for new homeowners.

A while back I talked about an organization in Denton called Loreto House that I was hoping to volunteer at. I really felt a calling to volunteer and help mothers that come through there. I love teaching and because I'm so passionate about breastfeeding I decided to start teaching a breastfeeding class. I had my first class last week. I had one mother attend, which was nice, since it was my first class. I put together a folder for her with handouts that we discussed and that she could keep for future reference. I also included a Denton LLL schedule (because I love LLL and think it is a wonderful support system for breastfeeding moms) , some Lansinoh lanolin samples (the company provided me with free samples) and a wallet size card that states it is legal in Texas to breastfeed in public. I had a great time teaching the class. I hope I provided the mother with some good information to get her off to a good start or at least who to turn to for help if she needs it. I'll be teaching a class every few months or so.

I may have mentioned this in an earlier post but Dylan started her "big girl" school a few weeks ago. She loves her new daycare. They do so many fun things there. She had her first talent show last week. I'll try to post some pics of that tonight. It was so fun watching all the kids perform.