4/16/11: Moving Day...

No, not us. Thank goodness! Moving has got to be one of the most annoying things to do in life. All that packing, going through stuff, throwing stuff out, moving, heavy lifting, rearranging, etc., etc., etc. Definitely not for me! I have moved twice...once from my mom's to my apartment (which Christian later moved in to), and then into our house. Our house is meant to be our forever home...in a great area, good schools, big enough for a growing family, etc. We weren't interested in a "fixer-upper", and we weren't looking to move a few years down the road when we had kids, or cramming too many people into a too small house. So, we really should never have to move again (knock on wood). My BFF on the other hand moves a lot...and I mean A LOT! She is moving in with her boyfriend (well, she really already has), and had to get the rest of her stuff out of her apartment, so we had to help her move it all to her mom's house. Luckily for me I really just kind of hung out because we had the girls, not so lucky for Christian there was a lot of very heavy lifting to do! Ha. After we got everything loaded up, she treated us to McDonald's...YAY.

After we dropped everything off at her mom's house, we headed home for the night. Amelia fell asleep on the way to her mom's, slept the whole time we were there, and the whole way home, so that was the extent of her napping. It was pretty late by the time we got home, so Olivia didn't even end up taking a nap. We made some dinner and just hung out around the house.

We've been taking a more laid back approach lately with Amelia's food introduction lately. They recommend waiting 3-4 day between new foods to watch for any reactions. She's been eating foods for almost 3 months, and hasn't shown any reactions, so we're getting a little more relaxed between foods. And, we're starting to move onto table foods now. We had spaghetti for dinner tonight, so I chopped some up for her in the Baby Bullet, and she LOVED it. Of course...she'll eat anything. I was not as happy when Christian decided to give her a spoon of ice cream later in the evening, but whatever. I suppose I have to let him make some "decisions" to once in a while. LOL. So, we'll see how things go. The spaghetti had some ground Italian sausage in it, and she seemed to do well with it. I'm planning on making her some Chicken and Apples one night coming up, so we'll see what she things about that too!

After dinner (and ice cream), it was time for bed! Hopefully we'll get a better night of sleep tonight. But, all in all, things have been going really well so I can't complain about a bad night here and there it's bound to happen, especially with two teething children. Amelia just did not want to go to bed last night, then was up 3 times...the third time I ended up just keeping her in bed with me. I know, I know, big no-no at this point. But, we all HAVE to get some sleep at some point. She'll be back in her bed tonight, and I'm sure it will be just fine.

Here are a few pictures from today. Olivia and Chuy, "enjoying" sometime in the snow; and Amelia's spaghetti galore :)