The weekend and more

We had a nice weekend. My mom and Michael are here. Yesterday we worked on the office/playroom. We got it painted and Jeff and Michael built a built in desk that covers an entire wall One work station for me and one for Jeff. AAHH!! My own desk!! Yeah! The other side of the room is set up with the girls' toys. Today we went to Chicago and went to the Children's Museum. We had a great time. Both girls played hard. Just in the two months it has been since last time we went, Shelby can do a lot more. She is really getting a personality and she is funny.
Ellie likes school now. Well, I think she always did, but wants to go now and doesn't beg me to stay. I am going to school with her this Friday. I promised her when my mom was here to watch Shelby that I would go with her one day.
Puck is having a hard time adjusting...not sure what his problem is, but he pouts and since we put up the invisible fence we have to drag him out the door.
Jeff loves his job and I LOVE it here. I see us staying for a long time! It is great to be happy! We still miss our friends dearly and I am glad we are close enough to visit regularly!

Our little girl is 1!

I can't believe Shelby turned one yesterday! We had a small party last weekend in Tecumseh and went out to eat at Red Robin last night! They sang happy birthday to her and she eat a lot of her ice cream sundae!! We came home and gave her her present and let he play for a little while before bed! Here are a couple of pictures of her!

Update

Well, I still haven't downloaded pictures, but maybe tomorrow! We still have not painted anything! UGH! We did get the invisible fence put in for Puck. The movers are bringing our stuff on the 15th and I really would like to have some of the rooms painted. It is so hard to do with the girls! Shelby is in to EVERYTHING! The girls are trying to figure how to get along. Shelby torments Ellie and Ellie hits and pushes her back. I'm trying to teach Ellie how to play with Shelby and not just tell her to get away. Shelby wants to be wherever her sister is. Cute, but not if your Ellie wanting to do "big girl" stuff. They did better this weekend. Ellie still gives me a hard time about leaving her at school. At this point I really think it is just for me. Her teacher says she stops crying as soon as I hit the doorway. I knew that because I couldn't hear her. But it really is a pain in the A-S-S! She has friends now and so do I! YEAH! I am part of a moms group. Nothing formal, just moms and kids (sometimes just moms) getting together. Usually something going on most days. 10-12 moms show up usually! Nice to have moms that show up. Best thing is the 3:30 park date...it gets me through that last LONG part of the day. Will miss those this winter.

No time

I was about to give an update and Shelby woke up and we need to go get Ellie at school. Thinkgs are great, house is great. I'll write more later and post pictures.

No more tears!

It hasn't been easy, but it is getting better. Ellie still tells me she doesn't want to go to school and it is a struggle to get her dressed and out the door. She does not want me to leave her when we get to school. But, somehow we have managed this week with no tears! Yeah! It is absolutely heart wrenching to leave her crying hysterically for me! Made me cry too (after I got out of her class)! We are going to our first playdate since moving here tomorrow. Ellie made friends with a girl named Julia in her class and we are going to their house to play. I joined a mom's group and we have been meeting people through that also. The mom who organizes the group has a son in Ellie's class too! We miss all of our friends A LOT, but are managing to make a few new ones. We are looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend.

Bumps, bruises, tears, teeth and a whole lot of rain

Last weekend Ellie smacked her head really bad. It is still healing! Yesterday she and another little girl collided while running at the play area at the mall! We freaked again. She said it hurt, but no swelling! There is still a bump over a week later and it is black and blue! She has had a really rough time adjusting to me leaving her at school! It just tears me up every time. She did better Friday, so I am hoping tomorrow is good too. She told me she wasn't going to cry but that she doesn't want me to leave. UGH! Another tear filled morning?? I'll let you know!
Shelby had one tooth on Thursday and has 4 now! She still only has one on the bottom, but 3 on the top now.
Good news! We are closing on our new house on the 23rd! Yeah! Only about another week in the hotel. We are going to Tecumseh this weekend to get some of our stuff. We would like to keep the house furnished while it is for sale. We have a steady flow of showings on our house and as of Friday we are a 2nd choice for someone if the other house they want doesn't work out! Wouldn't that be nice!?

Rain, rain go away!

Normally I am all for the rain. If I had a yard, I would be all for the rain! Put me in a hotel with 2 kids and a dog, I am done with the rain! We have been spending time every day at the park or the pool since we have been here. That is the only thing that has kept my sanity! After 2 days of rain, I am about to lose it. Ellie has her first full day of school tomorrow and then the weekend! YEAH! We like weekends! Especially because daddy is here! He has been travelling a couple of days a week! Which doesn't help with the sanity thing! If we can get everything done, we may move up the close date on the house! Cross your fingers...it's my sanity!

1st day of school!

Ellie started school today. She was a little anxious and said she was scared because she didn't know anybody and that everybody would be a stranger. So, all the way the there this morning (30 minutes from the hotel, but only 10 from our new house) we talked about that. We get to school and go in and I tell her I'll be back in a little bit and she waved and said "bye, mom". Hhmm! That's it? I guess she had it all talked out. So, meanwhile, Shelby went to the nursery while I went to orientation. Shelby cried off and on the whole time. They managed it though, because no one ever came to get me and she was not crying when I went back to get her. Ellie had a great time and is excited to go back on Friday. Glad we decided on 3 times a week, she likes it and I think she needs it. Ok, I need it too! Especially in this small hotel room for another 4 weeks!!

New house!

Well, we bought a house! We close on the 30th! So, the hotel stay has an end in sight, although it is still 4 weeks away. But, Ellie starts school this week and she goes 3 mornings a week, plus gymnastics is one morning a week. Our house is in St. Charles and is on 1.5 acres. It's 4 bedrooms with a den and a finished basement. Needs a little work, but mostly just making it the way we want it. Not anything we can't move into right away. We are going to paint the interior and put down and epoxy floor in the garage before we move in.

Great long week at the lake!

We just got back from the lake today. The girls and I (and Puck too) went down to the lake last Wednesday and Grandma met us there. Jeff was on a business trip and met us there on Friday. The Rawlings family came down Saturday morning and my dad and his wife got there Saturday afternoon. We had such a great time just haning out. Virginia, Liam and Ellie had so much fun and were so good and fun to be around. Logan and Shelby cruised around together, getting in to everything, falling down, bumping heads, etc. One of the things we miss most is hanging out with them. It was great to see Heidi and Jeff too. The travel time to the lake was about 3.5 hours with stops...not too bad at all! We were glad to find that out.