Olivia & Co.

Ok, I suck. I don't know where the last 3 weeks have gone! Nothing new to report... That's why I haven't posted I guess. I will say, I love the snow, but I may have wished for it a little too hard! It's beautiful, I just hate driving in it. And it's made my last minute Christmas shopping trips that much more stressful. Especially since I didn't even start shopping until yesterday! Ah! Hopefully it settles down tomorrow so I can finish. Another thing I'm loving right now is all the Christmas treats! I have had such a sweet tooth with this pregnancy and my mom has been good enough to make me some delicious fudge and shortbread. Yum! We've also been making sugar cookies and homemade cinnamon rolls. Mmmm. 

Anyway, I just remembered a few important things that have happened that have kept us so busy! This is why the post is titled Pregnancy Brain. I'm losing brain cells by the hour and can't keep anything straight! So I apologize if I'm all over the place!

So we've been trying to buy a house and we found the one we wanted a few weeks ago. We put in our offer and got accepted. So we went under contract and started doing all the stuff you're supposed to do like appraisal and inspection and found out about 10 days before we were supposed to close that the house had been a meth house. Our inspector had tested it earlier this year and tested it again and it came back positive. Needless to say, we were pretty mad! Obviously we got out of the contract and are not buying the house. Luckily, the next day when we were looking at other houses online, we came across a house we loved before but was too expensive. They had dropped the price dramatically so we immediately put in an offer. We are so happy that they accepted our offer, and we are getting an amazing deal. So I guess it was supposed to be this way so we could get the house we really wanted. The bad thing is we might be living with the in-laws for a bit between moving out of our rental and moving into the house. Hopefully it won't be more than a week or two, but it will be worth it when we're in our house :)

I am also sorry to report that I don't really have any recent pictures yet. I am frustrated with myself, I will get to it soon! I know I will definately have some after Christmas though, so I will try to be quick about posting those. 

Well I hope everyone is have a wonderful Christmas season, and is driving carefully in this blizzard!

Merry Christmas!!!!

Well, not really. It has actually been really nice having such warm weather in November, but now that it's December I'm getting into the Christmas mood and longing for a little bit of snow. It just doesn't feel like Christmas time without the snow, or even the cold weather! I'll be hoping for a white Christmas! :) And I am itching to put up our Christmas tree and decorate, but we are trying to buy a house right now and we'll probably be moving sometime right before Christmas. So I might not have a Christmas tree up in the new house until right before the big day. Like maybe the day before. It is really depressing. Oh well... A new house will be a wonderful Christmas present! We feel very fortunate that we're able to buy a house right now, with so many people losing theirs. I know we have a lot to be thankful for, even if I don't get to have my Christmas tree up all through December :)
Olivia and I have been listening to Christmas music the last few weeks though, so that is getting us in the spirit of the season. Her favorite song so far is Little Drummer Boy. She sings the "pa rum pum pum pums" as loud as she can! Oh, and if anyone hasn't heard the SheDaisy Christmas album, you must buy it immediately. It is so good and unique, I can't get enough. I have had my copy for like 7 years now and I haven't been able to find it this year so I had to buy a new one. It is definately worth the $12! Go buy it!
Anyway, we spent Thanksgiving in Arizona at JJ's grandma's house. We had a great time, we mostly hung around her house and relaxed! We were really boring actually. But it was nice to get away and not worry about anything for a week :) We drove the whole way home on Saturday, about 11 hours. It was a long drive but Olivia watched movies and slept the whole time. She did great, I was so happy the she didn't complain at all. It is nice to be home, but now I have to start packing up the house and cleaning in preparation for the move. I'm praying we'll be moved in by Christmas, but nothing is even finalized yet and there a few things we're going to have to get for the house before we can move in. I wish I could just fast-forward the next few weeks and have it all be done! It will be worth it in the end :)
Last thing, I know I said I'd post pictures of the trip, but we really didn't do anything and I didn't really take pictures of anything. I'm the worst, I always have my camera but I always forget to take pictures! I'll see whats on my camera and try to post something. Sorry this was so long, it's been a while since I posted anything. I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving and is feeling the Christmas spirit! :)

I think I have told pretty much everyone at this point, but... I am pregnant! :) And since I haven't posted anything in over a week I thought I should think of something to write. I am only about 7 weeks, so I have a long ways to go! I have been pretty sick the last couple weeks, and I think Olivia is starting to get annoyed with me. I am no fun these days. And I can't lay down for more than a few minutes without falling asleep. So almost everyday I end up taking a nap with Liv and not getting anything done around the house. Or I fall asleep on the couch while Olivia is playing or watching a show and she's left to entertain herself for 20 minutes... or 40. I'm horrible.

Anyway, we are leaving for Arizona tomorrow and will be gone for 10 days. We are very excited to visit JJ's grandma and have a vacation :) But before we can go we have to do all of our laundry and clean the house. I hate coming home from vacation to a messy house! So I'll probably be cleaning all day and putting Olivia to work with me! At least that will keep me awake... hopefully! But yeah, my point about being gone for 10 days was that I probably won't post anything while we're gone, so I will take pictures and post them when we get back :)

Ok, time to get cleaning! I hope you aren't completely bored after reading all of this!
Happy Thanksgiving everybody!