Last couple of weeks continued

My internet shut down before I could finish my last post of what has been going on in the past couple of weeks. My Mom, Erin and her kids came down to visit during their spring break. The traveling went really well for the most part. The kids were troopers and made the 12 hour drive. We had good weather for the most part. It rained a little on Saturday but other than that is was sunny and warm. The kids got to play outside a lot and went swimming in the lake which was cold but they did not care. We have a pool at our complex that they swam in for 5 min. before we got kicked out. Apparently it wasn't open yet but they never covered it or anything so I thought it was open year around. They need to get a permit every year and that is not until May. So we were bummed, but Pete's dad has a condo on the lake that has a beach area so we went over there instead. It was a busy few days but it was wonderful having family down here. We went to some parks, Jake went rock climbing and got a private viewing of the Nascar track. So it was a good spring break for him. All the kids played well together. The push car was a big hit. Lindsey pushed Pj and Ty in it all weekend long. It was fun to see PJ interact with them since he normally does not have many kids to play with. It tired him out and it took a few days to get caught up on his sleep again. I am glad that it worked out for them to come down and see where we live. Thanks again for making the trip Erin and Mom. Hopefully you can do it again soon.

PJ's first booboo of the summer

We were outside playing and we do not have a lot of grassy areas for PJ to play in. So he has to play on the asphalt. He was going after his ball, feel and hit his head pretty good. It was one of those that you could hear the thud and it sounds worse than it actually is. Pete was right next to him when he did and decided that PJ can not play on the asphalt anymore. I was like good luck with that one since there is no where else for him to play. He got a scratch on his nose and that was about it. One of many scratches to come.

My last few weeks

I will have to do this in a few post since a lot has been going on in the past few weeks. As you can see we got out king size bed. We bought it from a guy that worked for Pete. He was only down here for about 7 months and thought he needed a king size for some reason. So when he moved back to MI he didn't need it anymore so we bought it. He lived in the same complex and we did so they just had to carry it across the parking lot.

PJ thought dad needed help. It was the first time he had a screw driver and he knew what to do with it. What a smart kid.

He had to try out the box spring while the guys were getting the mattress

Then of course he needed to be the first to try it out.

Looks like he approves!

I'm so excited!!!

Well some exciting things happened in the last few days for me. I went to the Doc. on Monday and found out that I am measuring two weeks early and at my 20 week ultrasound I was measuring a week ahead so it could be possible that we might have our baby earlier than we thought. I am trying not to get too excited (since PJ was almost a week late) but since we are not positive of when this child was conceived it could be possible.
Also exciting news, our friends Tim and Mandy had their baby on Sunday. They had a beautiful baby girl and they named her Natalee Kay. Sorry but I forgot how much she weighed, I believe 7 something. I can not wait to meet her, it was hard for me to not be able to go visit them in the hospital but I will see her in a few weeks when I come home one last time.
Also, my mom, sister and her three kids are coming down to visit us next week for a few days. Erins kids are on spring break so she thought that they would come see where we live. I am so glad that it worked out and that my mom is able to travel with them. They are driving so hopefully all goes well. So now I have something to look forward too next week.
Petes mom came down this week for a few days as well, so it has been nice having family come visit. Anyone else is more than welcome to come visit.
Also, one last exciting news, we are finally getting a KING size bed. I have been wanting one since we got married but we just have not gotten one. For any of those few people that have slept in the same bed as Pete, know that he takes up a lot of it and he tends to stab you with his toenails. I swear he sharpens a point on them just to stab me. Gross I know but he thinks its funny. So this weekend we will both have all the room we need when we get our bed. I believe either Friday or Saturday will be that glorious day.
So that is all our exciting news that has been happening down here in NC.

Our Home (that we do not live in)

This is a picture of our house after we got the front yard ready to seed. It now has landscaping around it and grass almost everywhere.

I thought I would update you on our house situation. During the holiday season we did not have any action on it (which I did not expect anyway) but now that spring is hopefully coming soon for MI we are starting to have showings on it. Within the past 4-5 weeks we have had about 5-6 showings. Our realtor suggested that we drop the price, so we did not really wanting too but it has helped get action on. We have another showing tomorrow so we just keep praying that people will continue to go through it and hopefully someone will make an offer. We do know that one family has been through it 3 times and really likes it. We just keep praying that that someone special will come along and will be able to enjoy it since we cant. It was really hard leaving it since we put some much heart and sole into it to make it our own and we really were not able to enjoy it that long. But we feel that God wants us to be in NC at this point so we are here. Work is going really well for Pete and the company. They are trying to find permanent guys to work down here. They have about 3-4 now but will probably need a few more. They are not steady yet with work but they are definitely getting more and people are starting to refer them. So people are happy with their work which is really good. Other than that we are getting ready for our second son who should hopefully be here in 2 months if not sooner. PJ is doing really well. He is walking really good and loves to be outside. So this summer should be really fun now that we can go to parks and he can actually play on the toys.

I will update again about our house if anything else happens with it. Hopefully next time I write about it, it will be to say that we are not the owners of it any longer.

Happy Child = Happy Mom

PJ and his dukes (dukes = burp cloths, I use to carry them around when I was a child and we called them dukes) He likes has to have a least two when he goes to bed, but in the meantime he walks around hugging them. I thought it was cute so I thought I would share with all of you.

He was just in a good mood that day so I took some pictures of him. It is so nice to see a happy child isn't it?

My Parents made a visit to NC

My parents drove down to visit us a couple of weekends ago and we had a great time. They left MI on Thursday and then went back on Monday. The weather was in their favor when they were here so we were able to be outside alot. It was mid-60's most of the weekend. PJ was happy to have someone else to play with besides his parents. We went to a National Whitewater Rafting park that is man made. They are going to hold the Olympic tryouts there in April. When we were there they had the Americans and Canadians there that were doing a few races. So we could have saw a Olympian finalist that day. My dad took some pictures of them so we will have to see. There is also the biggest outdoor rock climbing wall there and 11 miles of trails there as well. It was a great place to go hang out and watch people for the afternoon. PJ is now officially walking and he had a lot of practice that day. His legs were so tired but he did not want to ride or be carried. After a great afternoon at the park we were going to go out for dinner. My mom and Pete made a bet and my mom lost so she had to come down to NC and buy Pete dinner. We were looking for a BBQ place since that is known down here. We got a GPS when we moved down here and named the lady that talks Julie. Julie did not help us one bit. She brought us to restaurant's that were either not open or did not exists anymore. Me being pregnant and hunger was getting a little impatient. The picture of the Hog Wild restaurant was our 2 stop but there were a lot of driving around in between the two. PJ was tired and crabby and so was his mom. We finally found a restaurant that is actually owned by a MI man. We had been there before but is was not a BBQ place. So next time they come down we will find a good BBQ place. We also went to another park about an hour away that has a whole bunch of activities for kids. Animals, play area, a train, fish and snake aquarium, and lots of kids. So we went up there and let him play for a while. Then almost every night we played Wii, and it was very entertaining. My dad beat Pete up a little but thats alright (he accidentally hit him a few times with the remotes). We had a great time with them and were thankful that they were able to come down. We look forward for our next visitors.