Deployment

Jacob is leaving soon & I am trying to keep calm. Mainly for Korbin’s sake. Otherwise I’d be a complete wreck!!! 4 days to go. We are going to be out of our apartment on the 16th, clean it & turn in keys on the 17th. I still need to change my address with the post office! Ugh, so much to do! We’re really making progress on packing the apartment. Monday we’re going to rent a U-Haul to move from one storage unit to a bigger one & move the stuff from the apartment. After everything is out, we’re going to stay in a hotel until my mom gets here to drive back to Arizona with us. I’m so glad I started packing early. We only had about a weeks notice of the official date. Gotta love the Army! I’ll update my other blog with all of the Army info & try to keep this blog about the kids. If you’d like to have access to my private blog, send me a comment & I will add you.

She’s Here!

Jace Kennedy White

6lbs 7oz

20 inches long

born 3/6/2010 at 2:41pm

 

Jacob & I are thrilled that Jace is finally here! Korbin has been so good with his baby sister. We have been so blessed the past few days with wonderful friends & family. When we found out that my water had broke I called a HUGE favor in to our friends, the Carters, and they took Korbin for us while I was in surgery & even took him overnight for his first non-family sleep-over! Korbin loved watching movies & going to the zoo with his best buddy, Dawson. We are so lucky to have friends like them! And, of course, my parents drove up as soon as they could. It has been so great having them here to help. Korbin sure did miss them! Tyler should be flying up for a couple of days next week, if his job will give him the time off. 

There is a tiny downside to Jace coming early… it means Jacob leaves earlier than we hoped. Which also means we are going to be even busier these next 2 weeks getting everything ready for Korbin, Jace & me to move back to Arizona.  

Serious Lack of Motivation

I’m trying hard to motivate myself to get anything done, and it just isn’t working. I barely have the motivation to finish this blog. Eventually I’ll get back to it, but for now I’m not going to worry about posting my weekly posts.

Hope everyone is well! 21 days until Baby J is here!!!!

Ta-Da Tuesday

This past week I was awesome! :) I need to brag every once in a while!

Accomplished:

• fixed the sewing machine & sewed more of my blanket (unfortunately it broke again, probably going buy a new one)
• laundry
• organized Jacob’s gear!!!! put it in a big Tupperware bin. YAY!!!
• packed a little more into my AZ box
• went through my closet & dresser & packed away clothes for AZ (stuff that doesn’t fit because of my belly)
• emptied my side table drawers
• packed the stuff that was on top of my dresser
• Jacob rearranged the living room to fit our new 60” TV :) (good job, babe!)

See… I rocked! This weekend is a 4-day weekend for President’s Day so we are making a trip to storage! I’m running out of room to put boxes.

 

This week’s to-do list:

• get Jacob to go through his closet & dresser & pack away clothes that he doesn’t wear often
• make a few trips to storage
• organize all the stuff that has ended up in the playpen (it has become my “catch-all” spot)
• pack away things in the entryway closet
• organize pile by kitchen
• pack, pack, pack

I’m running out of things to do besides pack. I’m hoping I’ll become more motivated once there is more room to store things. We’re going to need to get a bigger storage unit, or another smallish one, to keep all of our stuff in! 

Munchkin Monday

Yesterday we took Korbin to see Disney Live Rockin’ Roadshow! He had so much fun watching Mickey & his friends sing & dance on stage. Even Jacob enjoyed himself! After the show we went to Texas Roadhouse with some friends who were also at Disney Live. When we got home we watched a movie & Korbin fell asleep on the floor, fully dressed!  

On Saturday Korbin woke up with a fever of 103.4, so we spent the morning in the emergency room. He was diagnosed with bilateral ear infections and given antibiotics. As usual, this did not stop him from playing & running around like nothing was wrong. He is doing a little better today, but now has a cough & still runs a low fever.  Thankfully, I have not caught whatever it is that is going around!

Wordless Wednesday

Ta-Da Tuesday

Ok, here is what I have accomplished this past week:

• cleaned/organized our bedroom
• sold our bookshelves
• messed up our bedroom again with all the stuff off the bookshelves :)
• packed all of our DVDs and video games
• washed towels (still haven’t put them away)
• started an “AZ box” (things that aren’t going in storage)
• packed a little

As you can see, I still have not fixed the sewing machine. It sits there mocking me with its thread strewn about & fabric lazily stacked next to it. I just can’t bring myself to go near it!

This week’s to-do list:

• contemplate touching the sewing machine
• re-clean our bedroom
• pack more
• clean up Jacob’s gear!!! (it is EVERYWHERE!)
• do laundry

Maybe I should put this list somewhere other than my blog… like somewhere that I can see it on a regular basis. Hmm… maybe. :)