Being a SAHM, well, it kinda sucks

Obviously this picture is a left over from when we were still in Pekin, but I haven't uploaded any new ones yet. Plus, I love Ebeth's face!

It's not that I don't like my girls, because I do 99.9% of the time. But, I have absolutely NO ADULT INTERACTION during the day. None. I don't know anyone! And there's only so many times I can start up conversations with the check out ladies at Wal-Mart or King Soopers. Let me give you a run down of what our typical day is like...

6:00AM--Julia is up for the day. Normally, this is proceeded by at least one if not two wake ups during the night. We eat breakfast with Evan before he leaves for the land of the Air Force.
7:00AM--Ebeth usually wakes up between now and 8:00. She is easy: kisses Julia, eats 2 bowls of cereal, and then scampers upstairs to watch her shows on the upstairs tv. I usually let her watch about 1.5 hours.
8:30AM--Julia's ready for a nap, since she's been up for 2.5 freaking hours. She'll sleep for around 2 hours, so I clean the ENORMOUS mess she's made from breakfast, tackle some part of the unpacking that hasn't been touched yet, do laundry, stare at facebook, and think about what the heck I'm going to do till 5:30 when Evan gets home.
12:00PM--Lunch. Ebeth has been so sweet about wanting to help in the kitchen. She helps plan what we eat for lunch while Julia crawls around the kitchen pulling on my pant legs and crying to be fed.
1:00PM--We go for a walk. Usually to a park, but sometimes just aimlessly because Julia loves loves loves being outside. And, we must sunscreen it up before we go anywhere because we are a lot closer to the sun.
3:00PM--Julia's ready for another nap. This one usually is less than an hour, so I just read or answer the millions of questions Elisabeth can ask in mere minutes.
4:00PM--Start texting Evan and asking him when he's coming home.
5:00PM--Start dinner. Julia will sense I'm in the kitchen preparing food, and follow me so she can cry at my feet. This is when I become Mom of the Year, and turn on Yo Gabba Gabba because it's the only thing that Julia will watch and be entertained. I also usually throw animal crackers on the floor at her to appease her as well.
5:30PM--Evan comes home and I shower him with kisses and toss him the baby.

Now, honestly, both girls are very good. Julia's a giant handful, but so cute. And Elisabeth is the best big sister. She has a captive audience with Julia, so she's always singing and dancing with her. The lastest thing is that Elisabeth puts Julia on her walking toy and they "learn to walk" together. It's so cute.

I'm just anxious to meet people and maybe get a job. I found a daycare center for Julia that I'm super interested in and have also applied for. Evan is always worried that I'm "settling" when I teach daycare, but I love working with those ages. Plus, I really want to work in the same place that Julia's at. She's never been in daycare and I feel it'll be easier for her and me if we're together. So, we'll see.

Time to attend to the crying baby next to me that I'm ignoring to finish this post! See, Mom of the Year.

Our last weeks at Pekin.

First, let me show you how absolutely muddy my child was at my parent's house. She was so happy. Me, not so much.




Mother's Day weekend, Jana, Kyle, me, Ebeth and Julia headed out early Saturday morning for Race for the Cure. This was Julia's first race, and she was psyched. It was chilly, but sunny and the mixture made it great racing weather. I'm always amazed at the amount of people who show up for the race. I try to capture the river of people as we're walking. This was the first year that Elisabeth actually questioned why we were racing, what breast cancer is, etc. She was very proud of us for participating.
Jana carried Elisabeth on her shoulders for a while.

Elisabeth asked for a dog to be painted on her face. The lady did an excellent job, but Ebeth was a little disappointed it was Blue from Blue's Clues. She was hoping for a dalmation.

After the race we went over to The Shoppes of Grand Prairie for their activities.
While there, we ran into one of Julia's buddies--Logan. Logan is 2 months younger than Julia, but only one inch and a couple pounds lighter.
Love.
Ebeth got to go on a horse ride. Julia was captivated watching Elisabeth ride.




Only two days before we left for Colorado, Elisabeth had her dance recital with Dianne's Dance World. She had a jazz dance, tap dance and was in the finale. She came into the dance classes mid year, and did a fantastic job of catching up to the other (older) girls!









Julia and the cat were bonding while watching Keith in the front yard. They are BFF.
They're the same height!




My cousin Jamie's eldest, Baylee, had her 3rd birthday party. The theme was Disney Princesses.
Grandma and Julia. Isn't Julia so happy? ha!

We're Here!!! We're Here!!!!

FINALLY!!!! After 2 days on the road, we arrived at our new home around 4:00 on Tuesday! The ride wasn't too bad, except for Elisabeth puking in the car Monday morning and both she and Julia developing colds. Of course. Evan did such a good job picking out this house! It is enormous and I'm still adjusting to having a basement, yard and garage. You get used to having only apartment luxuries after 3.5 years, ya know? My mom drove over with me and the girls. She stayed with us till Sunday, when we dropped her off at the Denver airport. I don't know what I would have done if she hadn't been here to help. There were so many boxes and things that needed to get done. She'd watch Julia, give her naps, feed the girls, play baseball with Ebeth in the basement, and help me with anything I asked. She was a complete godsend! Now I have to stinking learn to do it on my own. Thankfully, Evan had a four day weekend, so we got to have lots of family time. Although, I bet he's very excited about getting to escape to his office tomorrow...because it's rained the entire time we've been here and the girls are going crazy! So, I don't blame him for wanting to escape. (Who am I kidding, I'm wanting to escape to his office tomorrow)

Here are some pictures of the past week...

The girls napping in the car. This only happened once when they were both asleep at the same time, so we got pictures.

After being cooped up and unpacking for 3 days, we went out for lunch on Friday. We ate at a place called The Airplane Restaurant, where they literally turned an old plane into a restaurant. Ebeth loved it!

You even got to go into the cockpit and hang out!


This is the storm that was headed our way after eating.

Poor Memaw was forced to sit in the backseat. That's what you get for being barely 5 feet tall!


On Saturday, we hurried as fast as we could inbetween storms to visit Garden of the Gods. We did a little bit of climbing and exploring before it started raining again.
Memaw hung out with Julia at the bottom of the rocks.


This is the Balancing Rock. For obvious reasons.
We're totally coming back sometime and actually walking the trails, packing a lunch and making a day of it! It was absolutely beautiful!!!!


After our drive through the Garden of the Gods, we went over to Manitou Springs, next to Colorado Springs, and looked at some shops. We also found a cool park that was inhabited by hippie children. My mom thought maybe they were dressed up for a party. Silly Memaw.
Julia makes this face all the time. She's so lemony.
Elisabeth was very nervous about climbing this wall with the rope. But, after several attempts, she did it! She's so determined.
Julia is not a fan of slides.
So, Evan kept making her try.









On Sunday, we took my mom to the Denver airport. For once, it wasn't raining in the morning.

Elisabeth moves nonstop. So much so, that she's a blur in this picture.
Goodbye, Memaw! We will miss you!

I downloaded about 200+ pictures, so I'll share some of the other pics another time. Now, I must get back to Julia's room, which is still a bit of a mess. But, she's a baby, so she doesn't care. :)