Our new house slideshow part 2

We found out last week that we get to move into our new house on October 17th!! This is a week earlier than we originally thought. Since we don't have to be out of our apartment until October 31st this will give us some time to paint some walls and take our time moving in. All of the walls will be painted a "khaki" color before we move in but we might decide we need a few new colors. Hopefully everything will be spic and span so I don't have to clean (except our apartment when we move out).

All of the dry wall is up now. We went in the afternoon so I could snap a few pictures (see slideshow link below). It looks SO much bigger with the walls up! Everytime we go in, it makes me more excited! I am not looking forward to the repacking and the unpacking again but it will all be worth it when I don't have to live in an apartment anymore

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home again, home again..

Libby and I are home again. We had a good time in Michigan. We just hung out, ate and Libby played with her cousins. We went swimming at Aunt Judy and Uncle Rob's one day but the rest of the time was too cool to go swimming or to the spray park. Libby had a good time playing with "JoJo" and Ben. Ben and Libby are definitely "kissing cousins". Ben would walk up to Libby, take the pacifier out of her mouth, they would kiss and then he would put the pacifier back in her mouth. They did it a few times and it was too cute. You would never have known that a few days before Ben was pushing her around.

Libby was a pretty good traveler on the way home. This time I had to go though security alone and all was going good until I had to take Libby's DVD player out of my carry on. She saw it and started screaming. I put it in the stroller with her for our 25 minute trek to the gate and everything was fine. She had a couple small fits when we had to board the plane and when I had to shut it off for take off. As soon as the plane started moving she fell asleep and slept until just before landing. I would absolutely do it again since she was such a good girl.

Summer Vacation part 2

Friday August 15th we went "Up North" to my grandma's house on Lake Huron for the weekend. It was the first time I had been there with the whole family for 12 years. Libby was pretty good considering she was in a big house full of strangers (well, strangers to her) and all the other kids there were boys. Libby made a little progress since a few weeks ago when we were there but she still HATED the sand. She literally gagged when I put her on the beach without shoes. She would sit in the sand and play if she had shoes on-for a short period of time. Libby loved the water however I did not. The lake is a lot dirtier, rockier and more shallow than it was when I was a kid. It was also windy so I was afraid that she would get knocked over by the waves and swallow dirty lake water or hit her head on a rock. I think she had a good time playing with her cousin Ben on the beach and chasing "JoJo" around the house. Maybe next summer she will like the beach and sand a little more.

We're leaving on a jet plane....

Thursday August 14th Libby and I left for Michigan (again). I was very nervous about flying alone with Libby. I got a new movie for her DVD player, some new books and brought her new favorite snack-pretzels. I didn't know how I was going to get though security with all of our electronics, a stroller and a little girl. Luckily when we checked in the airport gave Mike a pass so he could help me though. Mike stayed at the airport for a little while then he had to leave for work. Libby and I had about 45 minutes before we boarded the plane. We watched the planes, Libby ate some grapes, and we strolled around. I made sure we boarded the plane last, I wanted the smallest amount of time on the plane as possible. Libby was PERFECT the entire trip. I didn't even have to get her DVD player out. We sang, read books and ate our snack. She liked looking out the window, seeing the clouds and being "high in the sky". We had about a 25 minute trek from our gate to the baggage claim (because I had the stroller we had to wait for about 4 elevators) and she just sat quietly in her stoller. Our luggage had already been put out by the time I got there. I hope I didn't jinx myself and she is that good on the way home.

On the road again...

On Friday August 1st we got home from Kansas City about noon. Mike wanted to be home to be at work much earlier however, he spent most of the night vomiting. I don't know what got into him but it must not have been a bug since Libby and I didn't get it. Needless to say I drove home while Mike slept.

After we dropped Mike off at work (he was feeling a little better), Libby and I came home took naps, took baths, unpacked and repacked. We were on our way to Sioux City for the night. We went out to dinner with Jeni and Sophie then went to Mikey and Melissa's to pick up our mail. Apparently the post office only forwards your mail for 2 1/2 months these days because they had a TON of our mail. It was nice to visit the old house again. I don't know if Libby remembers living there or not but she sure had a good time playing with Jaelyn and all her toys.

After we got back to Jeni's we took the girls on a stroller ride around the neighborhood. Libby played a little bit and then we all went to bed. Libby slept all night at Jeni's house. I am glad too because she needed it.

In the morning Libby and I went to give Taylor her birthday present before her big party. The kids played for a while then it was time to head to Cherokee. My Aunt Beth and Uncle Tom were at my grandparent's house for the weekend. Libby was pretty good during our visit. She was getting tired so it was time to leave. It was sure a lot of driving, but it was good to visit with everyone.

Oceans of Fun

Wednesday July 30th-Mike, Libby and I headed for Kansas City. Mike has some clients to meet up with so Libby and I (and Mike's boss, wife and daughter) decided to tag along. Wednesday night we headed downtown to eat-however, when we got there every where was too long to wait to eat with two little girls. So we ended up eating at the Waffle House across from our hotel. I didn't mind because I LOVE Waffle House. Thursday while the boys were working, the girls headed to Oceans of Fun. The guys meet up with us in time for lunch. Libby was such a trooper. She didn't have much sleep the night before since we were in a strange place. We were there for almost 6 hours. Libby took a short snooze on a lawn chair but otherwise enjoyed playing in the water.

Thursday night we meet up with Josh, Jessica, Avary, Ben, Tina, and Baby Bailey. We went out to dinner at Cheeseburger in Paradise at Legends. Avary and Libby had a good time playing together at the fountain when we were done eating. Mike and I got a little shopping done before Libby started to melt down. I am glad it worked out for us to make a visit to KC before the summer was over and Jessica and Tina had to go back to work.

I made a little digital "photo album" that I hope you all enjoy!

Oceans of Fun

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Our new house slideshow

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Here is the link to the the slideshow of our new house for those of you that may not have gotten it by email. I am not thrilled with my gmail account. The contact feature is not very useful sometimes. One of these days I am going to switch to Cox but I need to figure out a user name first.

Always on the go...

Since I haven't posted for a while-I am going to try to do what I did last time and update chronologically.

On Tuesday July 22nd Libby and I made a quick trip to Sioux City. My very good friend Pam's mom passed away on the 18th. So, I made a big batch of chocolate chip cookies and took them to her at the visitation. I also got the chance to visit with a bunch of my old friends. While I was at the visitation, Libby stayed with Uncle Nick, Aunt JJ and Baby Jordyn. Nick said she didn't even notice that I was gone. She had a good time playing with Husker (their dog) and Jordyn.

We stopped to visit Taylor and Caleb before we went home. They had gotten a new puppy-Chloe. She is a cute little fur ball. Libby didn't get worn out enough though, she stayed awake until 10:30-the whole ride home.

Then on Thursday we went on our annual cabins camping trip. MIke had his training/convention for work so he didn't get to go along. This year seemed a little different since we only live about 15-20 minutes away now. The weather was OK this year but the bugs were certainly biting more than I remember. Libby had a good time watching DVD's in the cabin, going swimming one day, and playing with all the dogs that were there. She was a pretty good sleeper too. Unfortunately I did not take one picture this year.