I Feel Spring Coming

In addition to the spring season in the air, I have also felt a lot more spring in my step these days. I can't tell you how good it feels to not be sick everyday. I have had much more energy in the past couple of weeks, and I can tell my nesting stage is kicking in. I feel like 5 months just isn't enough time to get caught up on the last 4 months of things that I have been slacking off from because of feeling ill.
Some of the big upcoming events and projects in our home the next 5 months will be:
-20 week ultrasound - the big official reveal of our baby's sex
-Gathering together newborn baby stuff- this will not be hard if it is a girl, however,if it is a boy like we were told, we will be really busy!
-Putting together the nursery for baby.
-We are moving Bella out of the baby crib into a "big girl" bed. We have decided to do bunk beds in the girl's room and have been looking for good ones for awhile now. Robert has decided he can make them a lot better than what we can afford to buy. He promises it will be a good idea and money saver. I am very thankful he is so handy, but having done in a timely matter here is the key.
-We are in the middle of shopping around for who and what to do for a fence around our backyard. As spring/summer fast approaches, we feel with such fast growing neighborhood and small children wanting to run around the yard- a fence is a must!! If anyone has any good references for fence builders or where to get materials for a fence, let me know. Of course my husband has also told me he'd rather put the fence up himself rather than pay someone way too much money to do it for him. Along with the bunk beds, the big question is when are you finding the time to do all this?
-I am so behind schedule for the insurance billing I do from home. Doing a less than great job at my job is just so annoying to me! Working from home is great, but it just chews at my heels all day and night because it is right here. I can't get away from whatever I didn't get done that day, and it haunts me from the next room. I need to get a lot more done before having this new baby. I will leave it at that.
-Robert is going on another business trip to Mexico in June. Actually, it will be the week of his 30th birthday. He is very busy trying to keep up with the demands of his job.
-Alyssa starts all day Kindergarten in August. Right around the time the baby is due.



Rob took the girls to our church's annual daddy/daughter dance. The girls had a blast with him, and it was so fun to dress them all up to go out on a date with daddy.


One of my favorite times of the day and something a lot of friends think is pretty amazing, is that both my girls always nap at the same time everyday. It gives me 2 hours of quiet to myself, and I can get a lot of things done. The other day I snuck into their room and snapped these pics of them napping just to remind myself later how cute they are when they sleep.

Bella has graduated out of her highchair for meal time and snack time. She decided she was way too old to be sitting in that baby chair! This was a pic of her at lunch time the other day. She loves sitting up on the big kid chairs at the bar.

We have been SO happy to see the sun and feel the warm breeze this past week. It has been so nice to go outside and play with the girls. We have been using the park in our neighborhood alot this week. Alyssa loves the swings and she is trying to master the monkey bars right now. I have some funny video footage of her trying to do them by herself, I will post it later.