Sunday Fun.

After church we went to Gilligans today for lunch. Yes I know this is a seafood restaurant but they had pasta on the kids menu... so here's a picture of Liz, she obviously quite enjoyed her pasta. ;)

When we got home Liz and Jay napped while I cleaned cleaned cleaned. I gave the kitchen a much needed scrub down and then drove over to Big Lots to pick up some storage bins for the sunroom... a couple hours later with 3 loads of laundry down the Sunroom was finally... FINALLY back to normal. I organized my sewing table and all my craft items (I realized I had a lot more inventory than I thought.) So everything is spotless now and we put together Lizzy's new bed! It looks *SO* cute! Check out these pics... she looks so tiny in it! But it'll be something she can grow with for years to come. :)

That was a lot of fun for me. :D And now I can start making Madeline's bumper and bedskirt. I'm going to make Lizzy's bedskirt match the crib's. I think it'll all turn out cute. :) So now I'm pretty much exhausted having not slept at all today and having been on my feet pretty much the whole day. I'm heading to bed early tonight... probably as soon as I finish this post. :D

24 Weeks Picture! :)

So here it is, the great white whale has a new picture! Sorry it took me so long to get around to it, I don't like having my picture taken right now... noooo definately not. LOL But I made a commitment to it, so even though I'm feeling like I must be rolled from room to room right about now, here you go. ;)

Crazy to think I'm now officially in my 6th month! WOW. This pregnancy goes SO slow sometimes, but then all the sudden I'll start thinking that I only have 3 months left and it feels like it's flown by! CRAZY! This is my last month in my second trimester! By the begining of December I'll be officially in the 3rd trimester and starting the grand countdown! :D

So tonight is Lizzy's last night in her toddler bed. *sniff* I want to start getting the crib put together, and I want Liz to get used to a twin before Maddy arrives. (I figure if we have to buy a new matress, I'm not going to get another crib mattress for the toddler bed so that Lizzy can grow out of it in the next year, so we're going to go ahead and get her a twin!) But, we found this really cool metal frame/box spring that doesn't require a seperate box spring so it's still low to the ground like her toddler bed. I like that she can get in and out of her bed so easy. So anyway, tomorrow we'll put her new bed together and then put the crib mattress back in the crib, pink fuzzy sheet on and I'm going to make Maddy's bumper to match the girls room. I think I decided to keep the girls together once Maddy's sleeping through the night. I figure during nap time if Lizzy has issues with getting up and bugging Madeline I'll just have Liz nap on my bed. Easy enough. :) That way we can still keep the playroom a seperate room and all will be well. The girls room is going to be packed once I put the other dresser in there, but at least we'll have plenty of storage for the kiddo's. Anyways, so I have Lizzy's new sheets in the wash right now... they're light pink with tiny rosebuds all over them, they match her Shabby Chic patchwork quilt that she already uses on her toddler bed... but now it'll look like a *real* bed!!! :D I'm super excited about that. I found a new'ish twin matress cover today at a yard sale for $2. I say newish b/c it wasn't in a package but it looked brand new, one good wash with some bleach and it'll be perfect to put on her bed! AND while we were out we ran into our small group leaders who were browsing another yard sale and they told us they have an extra twin matress that they had gotten for their twin boys but decided to use bunk beds instead and needed a double on the bottom, so it's just sitting in their garage waiting for a good home... so they gave it to us! YAY! And at another sale I got 4 pairs of really cute shorts for next summer for Lizzy... for .25 each. :D Gosh I love yard sales. Then Jay just had to stop by the flea market, and we found a doll house... for $2. Yep. $2. So that'll go in the playroom - it's a tall one that Liz can really play with and not have to get on her belly to see inside... so for Christmas we're going to get some more little dolls to put in it. Great stocking stuffers. :D

That's pretty much it for today, I've had a bad cramp in my right side all afternoon so I think I'm going to go lay down for a bit. Hopefully it goes away soon... I think Maddy must have her foot propped up on my kidney or something. ;)

It's 5 o'clock somewhere.

It's after 5. No call from the cop today. Suprise suprise. He's in for a very rude awakening if he thinks he's going to bully us into showing up in court for a bogus ticket. Not to mention, the more I've thought about it... though he'd never be convicted of course... a nice slap on the wrist for STEALING someone's plates without authority might be a nice course of action if we do end up wasting our day for that guy. *grrrrrrr*

Irritated.

Good Gracious, can I just say how much Goose Creek cops frustrate me?! All the sheriffs and corporals are great... educated, know the law, good with people etc. But the regular street cops? Oh dear LORD, I swear they're all touched in the head! AHHH.

So this is leading up to an explanation I promise. Jay got pulled over on Tuesday afternoon/night for a *flickering* headlight. (An hour before it was dark.) The officer wouldn't let him get out and screw the light back in tight... (Clearly a safety issue in broad daylight on a busy street... with Lizzy in the back seat. Yeah. Sure.) Instead the officer shone his flash light in Lizzy's face b/c the tint on our back windows was apparently too dark for him to look through... and it freaked Liz out... she started crying because of the bright light in her face and Jay asked the officer not to scare her anymore with the light. The officer replies "Sir do you want to make this worse?" WTH?! Make what worse? Worse for whom and concerning what?! You pulled him over for a freaking FLICKERING headlight you moron!!! To top it off, since we just bought our car and were transferring tags from our old car, we had to wait until the title came in. So when the cop ran the plates it had our old car (same person, same address, just different car) registered and when Jay showed the cop all our paperwork (which is legally all we had to have as we have 45 days BY THE LAW to transfer the plates) and the cop STOLE (I say stole because he removed it illegally) our license plate! He claimed jay stole it... FROM HIMSELF?! WTH AGAIN?! So he wrote Jay a $300 freaking ticket... MANDATORY that he goes to court, for an illegal plate... that he apparently stole... from himself. *siiiiiiigh* Idiot.

Uh. Hell no. So I call the cop as soon as Jay get's home and leave him a very respectful message stating that perhaps he didn't understand the law... but it's impossible to steal from one's self. And the law states we have 45 days to transfer the tags from the date of sale, which was less than 2 weeks ago. I asked him to kindly return my call and let me know if he would be dropping my license plate off at my house or if I needed to come pick it up, but either way to call me.

No return call. (Not that I was really expecting one.)
So I call him again yesterday, Same topic, same basic message - this time stating that I called back the previous evening and spoke to the dispatcher and asked her to contact the officer and let him know he had a voicemail that needed to be returned immediately. She said no problem as soon as you called in to leave him a message I let him know already. I let the officer know that not only had he NOT returned my call or returned my now STOLEN plate but that now I was making a second call, which I was also documenting.

So I know he got both messages. Still, no return call.

So I go up to the police department today and ask to speak to a supervisor, and the first thing the lady says is "Is this for a complaint against an officer?" Gee... if that's the first thing they suspect, ya think maybe the officers do a lot of this crap to people? She continued "Well all our supervisors are in training so you'll have to fill out some paper work and we can get back with you." Uh, No. I'll wait thanks. "Oh, well I guess I can find a corporal somewhere" As long as she has the power to go over the head of an officer I don't care who you get me. "Please have a seat ma'am."

5 minutes later the corporal shows up, she's a sweet no nonsense gal and I explain to her the situation... she goes and get's me my tag saying we were correct, we did have 45 days. I asked her to speak with the officer about his approach to families and not making small children cry, or threatening that childs father if the father asks the moron to stop putting his spot light in our daughters face. She said she'd review the tape and most definately speak with him about that.

However, the cop was there (of course too busy to face me himself) but the cop told the corporal that he had returned my call AND talked to me AND stopped by my house. To which I informed the corporal that NO, not only had he not called me, but it's impossible that he talked to me when he never even initiated a call... AND unless he decided to stop by the house at some ungodly hour of the night... we were home all evening after that, and NO he did not stop by. (3 lies all in one! How's that for honestly of the law?) *rollseyes*

So I have my tags now. Now I still have to wait for my title to come in... but we STILL have to go to court as our favorite law enforcement officer made it a mandatory court appearance... Nice guy huh? The corporal told me that she'd instructed the officer to get in touch with me before 5 pm this evening and if he didn't to call her back. I plan being very polite and asking that he change the court appearance request... if he chooses to be a bigger ass than he already is... I plan on showing up with enough paper work in the court room to make him look like the proper ass that he is, STEALING our license plate for no LEGAL reason whatsoever. He really... really... does not want a nearly 7 month pregnant woman showing up in the court room embarassing him in front of his friends in the way that I absolutely will if Jay has to take time off for work to show up for this stupid thing.

Hell hath seen no fury like a scorned hormonal pregnant woman. :P

Anyway... I'm hoping my blood pressure goes back down soon as I can tell it's skyrocketing because I was so irritated this morning.

*Vent over - steps off my soap box* :D

Mini Update

I figured I'd update since it's been almost a week since my last update... however, there's really nothing very interesting to report. Maddy seems to be clawing her way out, she's taken permanent residance in my lower abdomen and keeps me up all hours of the night... she's quite the wiggle worm and responds immediately to any music we play. Jay turned on the CMA awards tonight and the second the music came on, little miss started doing the two step... mixed with a little break dancing or so it felt. I keep asking Jay to change the channel when she really get's going... feels like I'm about to give birth on my sofa. *shakes head* As soon as we turn it to the news she settles back down. I'd laugh if it didn't hurt so dang bad.

Anyways. Other than a future career in break dancing (which we all know will have to match her degree in medicine. :P ) nothing much new in the world of Madeline. My sister finds out the sex of her baby next week! Can I just tell you how excited I am about that!!! They're having a boy. I just know it. I can feel it in my bones. (Though I admit to not being all that good at guessing, I figure 50/50 right?) :D I say they're having a boy... and we're having a girl... and next Christmas we'll dress them in opposite colored PJ's. What? Yeah we've been thinking ahead like that. LOL

Okay, so the weather has turned COLD here! GAH. Jay and I made a deal not to turn the furnace on for as long as possible this winter - the gas bills around here are INSANE. So instead we're using portable electric (safe) heaters around the house. We have one for each bedroom and then move them into the living room during the day. They're small and look nice enough, and they keep whatever room they're in nice and toasty.. the problem is when they've been in the living room all evening and it's time for bed... BRRRRR It's like 45 degree's in our bedroom! AH! I admit that I'm looking forward to possibly selling this house. After all the issues we've had with it, the fact that it's drafty as all get out is definately NOT a big winner with us. I hate drafty houses. But that conversation is for another day... for now, we're here and trying to make the most of this house.

And lastly, I've taken on a personal decision to start respecting my husband more. I've taken a long hard look at myself lately and don't really care for what I see. This pregnancy has brought on a slew of hormones and frankly, I don't know how he puts up with me some days. I can be SO grumpy! Poor guy leaves before Liz or I get up and comes back after it's dark... and all I do is give him lip about something or other that I'm frustrated with... like he really needs that you know? Idk... he hasn't said anything. He doesn't complain. But I can tell when I made this decision and really started sticking to it, he noticed. And it's making our relationship even better so that's good.

Ooooh and i got a HUGE deal on some winter maternity clothes! I found a girl on craigslist who was selling 10 pieces of maternity winter clothes for $15! I grabbed at that deal and now have a new pair of jeans, a cute black skirt and several long sleeve shirts that are perfect for this time of year! I do need to go get myself a jacket soon - I've been putting it off and wearing my old one's... unfortunately after Lizzy I'd lost enough weight that all my jackets are smalls and won't zip up around my belly now. So they're great for keeping my arms warm on these frigid mornings, but my belly and chest on the other hand tend to be a bit frigid most days. LOL

So that's it for now. I need to go do some laundry... yes you read that right. Me! Do laundry! Bahahaha. ;) Liz needs some clean clothes for school tomorrow. She only has 2 or 3 fall/winter outfits so we recycle alot around here. Today she found a turtle neck from last winter that I didn't pack up... she put it on, and it actually fit! Weird. I guess her little arms haven't grown that much over the last 8 or 9 months. Anyway, off to do some laundry and such.

It's Business Time!

Okay girls, the kinks are worked out... business name decided, website all prettied up, orders being filled and almost all the pictures in place. As I build up my inventory I'll keep taking pics and adding more but right now the only thing I'm missing is pics of the A-line dresses and pant-alls. The dresses are ADORABLE. Lizzy looks so cute in them. But I want to wait to get some professional pictures taken and then I'll add them to the site.

So... the official business name is Baby Chic. The website is www.TheBabyChicShop.com

Take a peek and let me know what y'all think! Thanks for all the tips and help y'all gave me. You guys are the best!

Exhausted.

I really should be in bed right now instead of writing this late at night. (Yes, I do realize that 11 at night isn't all that late for most of you... but for me, after the last few days I've had, I REALLY should have been in bed 2 hours ago.) But that's beside the point. I needed to update so here we go. WOW This was a crazy week... I thought I'd blogged a few times this week already, but no - not since Saturday. Okay... so we skipped church on Sunday. I woke up feeling like I needed to get another 10 hours of sleep... we spent the day chilling out from our previous crazy days. In fact, I just asked Jay what we did on Sunday and neither of us can recall anything. I'm sure we did something so I may update later. Anyways, Monday we took Lizzy to the aquarium together. We spent the morning downtown and walked around a bit. Good fun for all. Tuesday morning we had Lizzy's big dress up party at school.

She danced in her tutu through the parade for parents and then had tons of fun playing games. I made pumpkin butter cheesecake sandwiches for the kids along with individual sparkly pumpkins with name tags for the kids. Everyone had a great time and we were all exhausted afterwards. Wednesday we went over to the House of Bounce and met up with some great mom's. Our kids all had a great time playing around together. Liz did great for about 2 hours and then got a bit overwhelmed close to nap time.

So we headed out for a long nap. After she woke up we spent the afternoon with Nanny and then I went to decorate our trunk for Trunk or Treat! That was a great way to spend Halloween. We had so much fun, there was a story for kids about how God doesn't want us to be scared of anything. (Really cute and by the time the story was done the kids were really really into it.) then they had color time outside and after all that we Trunk or Treated. The girls had a blast going from car to car, and since it was mostly preschool kids the parents and grandparents REALLY stepped it up with the candy. Instead of all chocolate they gave out gummy bears, teddy grahms, suckers, all kinds of toddler friendly treats. We did get our fair share of chocolate - but Lizzy has PLENTY of treats to last the next few weeks that don't make me cringe when she eats them. Love love love that.

So that brings us to today. We didn't get in until late last night as we went over to Nanny's again after the ToT'ing and ended up staying until 9. She loved giving out candy to the trick or treaters... at one point my mom and I weren't paying close attention and Lizzy handed a little girl about her age a handful of candy - and then held her hand out... the little girl looked at lizzy, looked in her bag, looked back at lizzy and then picked out a treat and gave it back to Liz. LOL Mom saw it right as Lizzy was taking the little girls treat and we all busted up laughing... we gave Liz her own treat, the little girl some more treats and we all had a good laugh over that.

Fast forward to this morning, Lizzy wanted to sleep in but Rily needed a ride to school as her mom had a doctors appointment so she HAD to get her tush up and going. Rily arrived a few minutes after 8 and the girls ate breakfast and watched Pooh. (Usually we have a no TV rule for school mornings, but we don't normally have friends over before school so I made an exception.) The girls held hands the whole car ride to school and then walked right in without a backwards glance at me. *sniff* I love that Liz has a good buddy. Rily's so good for Lizzy. She talks like a 1st grader. No joke. She told me this morning that she had a pair of flip flops that looked like mine, but hers were red. Then she said she liked my shirt and it fit me nice. (A 2 YEAR OLD SAID THIS) I was dying. Lizzy just stares at her when she talks like that. Liz can't talk nearly as well so I'm hoping Rily rubs off on her a bit. (Rily has two older sisters - 13 and 18 so she's pretty well versed in fashion and learning how to get her point across. LOL)

Anyway, after school I came home and worked on my business stuff while Liz napped. I was able to get alot of things done - now all I need to do is get 2 more things from the fabric store tomorrow and then I'll officially share my new site with y'all. Once I get those last two things I can take some good pics and then I'll be ready to go! I finished 2 baby blankets today... SO soft and cozy. Liz claimed one of them as soon as I finished it so that one's not for sale. ;) But I'm loving all the color options, and let me tell you, the ribbon socks are SOO freakin cute. I'm exicted to add those to the site. I've had a ball making them and Liz has had a ball testing things as I go. She wore some ribbon socks to school today and I got 3 orders off of it. LOL Love that!

Okay. So I'm yawning my head off. I better go head to bed. Tomorrow's supposedly a chill day - we shall see. Nothing but small group planned for tomorrow night... I need a laid back day. I'll update again soon. Hopefully the next week or so will be a little slower... I'll get another preggo pic up soon. It's been almost 4 weeks!