2 years old

Brooklyn turned 2 this last week. It was definitely a day of mixed emotions. I can't believe the time has gone this quickly! It definitely puts things into perspective, and makes when people say, "I'm too young to have kids going to college/getting married, etc." seem a little more possible.

Tim had to work on Brooklyn's birthday, and because Grandma Heaton and Aunt Anna will be here in a few days, we're having her "birthday party" when everyone can be here. Pictures to come....

Brooklyn is quite the talker now. She says funny things all the time. She likes playing at the pool, drawing, reading books, and cooking. She loves Dora the Explorer and Barney, and playing in her room. Sometimes when she is playing in her room and shuts her door and I go to check on her, she says, "Momma go. Shut door." She's also a great singer. She loves singing I am a Child of God, I'm So Glad when Daddy Comes Home, and Popcorn Popping. She is also getting an attitude. :)

2 years old... It's hard to believe.

Overdue... in my estimation

Today I am overdue, like a library book, only I can't collect fines.

Actually, to be honest, and from the looks of that baby ticker on the right, I'm not technically overdue yet, but I am officially more pregnant than I have ever been before. If this were my pregnancy with Brooklyn, I would have left for the hospital at 5 am this morning. *sigh*

If I were to go to court (and believe me, I've considered it. It's a good thing I love you so much Lydia), I'm pretty sure I could press charges for invasion of personal space/trespassing, and vandalism.

When do I get to evict or atleast start charging rent?!

Here's to the next two weeks seeming REALLY short :)

Little Helper

Brooklyn has turned into quite the little helper since we've moved. She loves to:

cook in the kitchen




mow the lawn


plant and water the garden


clean toilets


and do anything with her dad.




But in her "free" time, swimming is probably one of her favorite things to do.



Her birthday is next week. I can't believe she's going to be 2 already!

Scorpians, Spiders, and "what's that?!"... oh my

So after the spider incident, I have been VERY aware of what's on my ceiling and floors before I walk into a room. But at what point does your house feel like a home? Living at my house is like camping. I have to put on shoes to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night (after shaking them out of course), I have to shake out my clothes before putting them on, and I inspect my towel before using it to dry off.

Soon after moving in, Tim and I were in the laundry room fixing something. Then we noticed the thing crawling around inside the light fixture. Turns out it was a scorpion. AWESOME. A few days after the sighting and disposal of our new friend, I was starting to relax about the one-time scorpion deal. They can't be EVERYWHERE right? Then I started reading a book about extreme gardening in the southwest-- in preparation for our garden-building project. I read about pests and what can be done to get rid of them. I read that although scorpions are, well, you know, creepy, nasty, scary, etc., they really aren't a bad thing to have around (says the man who wrote the book). In reality, the only scorpion that you have to worry about is the BARK SCORPION. This is the only kind that is REALLY dangerous. Whew... sigh of relief. Then I read the description of the aforementioned bark scorpion. Turns out it is the kind that we have here. GREAT. I mentioned this to Tim and he smiled, "I know, I just didn't want to tell you."

We have since had several bugs fall from the ceiling into our light fixtures, and though many have resembled the scorpion, they have all turned out to be... who knows what, just something else. We have only seen more scorpions in the garage, where all of our boxes of clothes that we don't need right now are sitting. I can't wait to open them up.

Not to worry. In the past month we have sprayed in and outdoors, put out glue boxes, laid out diatomaceous earth, and invested in several sprays that are sure to kill on contact. And we are getting some HEAVY duty spray today. So if all of these chemicals don't kill us, we should be fine.

I'm still looking forward to seeing a javalina pig for the first time. I think we may have had some in the front yard a few weeks ago because the sensor light kept going on all night, but Tim was gone, and I was too scared to look outside.

What's next...?

Go BIG, or Go Home

My new motto: Go BIG or go home. I think it's fitting. 36 weeks.


The other day we were walking through the parking lot to go into Wal-Mart and an old man yelled to us, "Whoa! There's definitely something cookin' in THAT oven!" I didn't know what to say...