Love my boy!!

I had to journal dropping Thomas off to school today. He woke up pretty happy and ready to start the day. I love talking with the kids in the car for our 7 minute car ride to school. Thomas was telling me how he wasn't going to be sad at school and we talked about how much fun he was going to have. I dropped them off and he gave me a big kiss and hug and just as he was about to shut the door, he said,"Bye Mom, I won't let you down." I definitely got a god chuckle in because he was so cute in how he said it, but it also made me want to smother him with hugs and make sure he knew we are always proud of him. He is so cute. I am not sure where he got that but I told him he couldn't possibly let me down. He is a brave boy and doing great in school. It only took a week. He is all boy but he has a heart of gold. He always seems to want to do whats right. Yesterday he came up to me with kinda a sad look and told me he said a bad word. He told me he said, "that game is stupid." I told him it isn't a bad word, it's just not a word that is nice that we would call someone. I just happen to not like the word so he thinks it's a bad word. I am happy he will come up to me and tell me though. Communication and trust with my children is something I will always try to cultivate. I hope it continues! Love that boy so much!

I also need to give a shout out to Sonic for supplying me with bags of super yummy pellet ice. I get a huge bag for only $1.99. I have the severe ice craving again this pregnancy. I think it might be worse than it was with my pregnancy with Brynnley. I love it plain, but it also tastes so good with some root beer. Anyways, Eric is cute and tries to make sure I am stocked up at all times with my ice. We go through the Drive through often and only order bags of ice! Today a big cup of it made my day as my day was packed with a to do list of errands with my Brynn!!!

It's funny because now Thomas and Brynnley are always asking for ice. I even got my Mom hooked when she was here!

Where to start??

I think I will start with the last couple of weeks....that seems a little less time consuming.

I will catch up on all the fun adventures of the last few months I haven't posted about later.

We are officially in our home and have come very far in organizing all that we can until the basement is finished. Thanks to movers, Grandparents, myself, and hubby. For the first week until school started, we had kids running in and out of the house most of the day. The kids are pretty excited to have other kids their ages in the neighborhood. As soon as we pulled in, they were on the lookout. It took about 10 minutes and it seemed they had found best friends. We love our home and area. I love seeing only the beautiful bluffs(that I will be hiking someday)from the backyard. I love neighbors, but to the side is nice:) Ours are all to the side. From the back there isn't a house in sight. It's a breath of fresh air. Can't wait to have some open campfire, marshmallow roasting kind of nights in the back yard this fall.

I found some way cool super cheap turquoise lockers that our friend and clever painter is going to help me refurbish. I will be waiting a few months for that project. I mean I love a good project, but I know my limits!!

I got all hooked up with super nice OB staff. Only 8 weeks left! Ahhhh! Although my ribs and organs will welcome that gladly. We can't wait to meet our little guy!

We are loving the small town feel already(although my older sis. laughs when I call this a small town....she calls it a city). The people are beyond friendly and welcoming.

We have already explored some of our neighbor towns and found a pretty good local pizza joint. We have heard a lot about things 1 to 2 hours away that we can do as a weekend getaway together so we are looking forward to more exploring! Mount Rushmore being at the top of the list! Any visitor are welcome! Hint hint!!

We LOVE being so much closer to family and have already been to Denver and had family come up to help us unpack. Life savers!! Grammy and Grandpa came first and then Grandma James came soon after. She has been my partner in crime this week in trying to help this tired prego lady pick out everything for the basement.

Oh yeah, we move in and start finishing the basement. Why not? I laugh at chaos in the face. Okay I will admit I am an organizer and am going a bit crazy. Can't wait to have it done so the kids have lot's of space to play and run around and I can organize our food storage, playroom, and all the other stuff still in boxes in the garage ready to find a home.

Kids started school a week ago and have amazing teachers. I am excited for them and know they are going to have a great year. Avery makes a new friend everyday and LOVES everything about school. She tells me she does gymnastics with her friends everyday at recess. Thomas on the other hand is adjusting to all day school and misses home a lot. On the second day of school I asked him what the best part of his day was and he said, "coming home." On day three it was having root beer floats. As of today he is liking it more and more and getting a bit more use to the long day without Mom and Brynn. He also told me the first week that he wanted to stay home and help me clean all day. I am glad he is liking it more and more. I do miss them, but know school is the best thing for them. Mom can only do so much. I give props to Moms who home school their kids. I just wouldn't have the patience. I am grateful for awesome teachers who devote their day to loving and teaching our children. I amazed at how my kids come home and still have enough energy to play outside and run around. I thought Thomas would crash everyday. Anyways, I will post more with pictures of my cute Kindergartener and first grader later.

This weekend I went to my first high school football game in oh let's say 15 years. Eric will be on the side lines and sitting with us in the stand from time to time on Friday nights as the sports doc and we get to tag along. Grandma was with us this week and watched the kids so Eric and I went out to eat and then went to the game. I actually really enjoyed it. The crowd goes crazy(football and basketball are a big deal here) and the music was a pumpin. I got some popcorn and a drink and enjoyed the beautiful night of fresh air, tackles, cheering, and quite a few touch downs! Go Bear cats!!(It's funny because their logo is exactly like the one in Cincinnati and Eric kept asking people why they were wearing Cincinnati shirts when we first moved here.) Anyways, I had to laugh at the beginning of the game they had the winner of Miss America(either 2010 or 2011) announce that she was a proud graduate of the High school. They are pretty proud that Miss America graduated from this High school. I had a great time with my handsome date and also realized I am getting older as the High school kids all looked so little and young. I am not the biggest fan of football but I think we will make this our family outing some Friday nights. I had a good time. I think Thomas would eat it up too esp. being on the sideline with Dad when he's down there. Avery would come home having made 10 new friends, and Brynnley would love eating popcorn and jumping around to cheer on the team. She would probably get a big kick out of the mascot too. Now you know our plans this Friday night!

Don't they look little? Well I was sitting at the top of the bleachers.

Okay not the best picture, but we won!! I love their school pride. It made for a fun night!!

And luckily Eric only had to look at one kid who hurt his ankle before half time.

One of my best pals from Cincy motivated me to get going on my blog again!! Keep motivating me sista! I need it. I miss all my girls so much!!!

Taken before I left. I am the tree amongst the roses!! I have been so blessed to meet some of my closest friends over the years and I am sure that we will live on the same cul da sac in the next life (since most of them will not be heading west in this lifetime)!!!

Leaving my sistas was definitely the hardest part of the move! I miss you all and wish we were planning our girls night out this week! Eat some Greaters with giant chunks of chocolate for me!