Whats been going on

So what has been going on lately in our world.......potty training, last minute decisions on house stuff, and your basic work, etc.

Ava is doing great at potty training by the way....or at least I think so. She has learned to tell me more when she needs to go to the potty. Not always, but we are getting there slowly. I have learned to NOT rush her and try to let her wear panties to bed. She requested to wear them Sunday night so I am thinking why not? She must be ready. She did great and stayed dry the whole night. I on the other hand didn't get much sleep because every minute I was waking up making sure she hadn't peed. OH and yea she sleeps with us. I know, I know...bad right? That is another battle I will take up when we move. The second night she went the whole night again. I checked her when I woke up. Then by the time I had got ready for work she woke up and peed.....everywhere! So therefore I was busy that night washing loads and loads of laundry. SO she is back to a diaper at night until she will tell me she needs to go.

The house.....It is basically done. Roller coaster would be a good description of how I feel. I thought we would be done and closed by late Sept/First of October. Then I thought it would be second week in October. My builder was gone last week out of the country. So here we are at the end of October. I am really hoping we close next week. We have just been waiting on the rest of the vinyl to be complete. It is taking forever for these guys to get done.
I am SUPER excited to start moving stuff in. I can't wait!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have started packing a little.

Yeah, and my new addiction is Pinterest. My mind is full of ideas for this new house. It could be a good thing or really bad :) I think good. I used a recipe I found off it last weekend. I am obsessed with Nutella so I made Nutella no bake cookies. YUM!!! I even took out some sugar to make it healthier :) Go me.

Tate Farms 2011

Her new obsession..sticking her tongue out :(

Petting the rabbit

Hay ride!!

buried in corn!

Corn Train....she loves this.

Notice where Ava gets her solemn looks??

We had a good trip to Tate Farms yesterday. I took off work for half the afternoon and enjoyed my time with Adam and Ava. Ava loves it and of course we love taking her. All our Saturdays are either spent doing something with the house or Adam is working, so I just said I would take off work so we could all 3 go. I thought it was going to rain but it was just cloudy. It was the perfect time because it wasn't' crowded at all.

We grabbed dinner together and of course bought some stuff for the house! I can't make a trip to Huntsville without a mile long list of to dos.

Potty Training ...Take 2

Yes I am attempting it yet again. Last Wednesday I went and bought her big girl princess panties. She was VERY excited about them! So far she has done awesome. We have only had a few accidents. She doesn't always tell me, but I just take her to the bathroom very often. Like for instance last night at church I was very nervous. :) I took her like 3 times...LOL.
We even took a trip to Huntsville on Saturday to run some errands and she did great.
I am proud of her but kind of sad in the same way. She looks so big in her little panties.

Happy Birthday Adam...a little late

Saturday was Adam's birthday!!!! We celebrated by going to Chattanooga and meeting his brother and family. It was such a nice day. We enjoyed the park a bit, then had dinner. It was just a good day. Of course that morning started out with "house" stuff and one of a million trips to Home Depot (aka, my second house).
He had a good Birthday!!!

House

We are about a month from being complete!!!! That is if all goes as planned. I am SO excited. Its starting to really look like what I envisioned. I am not posting any pictures till its complete. I want to surprise you all :) I know, like you care....but really I don't have time to take pictures right now. If I did take a picture tomorrow it would look different. That is how fast things are progressing. I love progress!!!

As far as selling our current house.....Well thats not progressing as much as I hoped. We had a couple to look at it last night. They made an offer this morning but it was MUCH less than what we want. It was actually cheaper than what we paid for it. I have a lady coming tomorrow and I am just hoping and praying she likes it and makes a reasonable offer! I am not as stressed as I should be though. I know God is in control of all things. He knows exactly what we need!!!!

Have a GREAT weekend! I know ours will be busy. I am loving this cooler weather though!

Girls Trip Destin 2011

riding the Train

Look a Sandcastle!!

"Stop" in the name in love!

Clear water!

She loves her Nana

Her "Cheese" Face! Notice she closes her eyes.

We had such a fun girls trip to Destin. Thankfully we changed our dates and missed Storm Lee. The weather was SO amazing. I have never been down to Destin when the weather was so perfect. It was only in the 80s during the day. We didn't have any rain and the water was crystal clear. Ava did great on the trip. She LOVED the water and sand. All we heard the whole time was "I wanna go to the Beach". When she would wake up from naps she would yell that. I am so proud that she got to enjoy it. We spent most of our days relaxing on the beach. We would go from playing in the sand to splashing in the water. She even took a couple naps on the beach. I was able to read a whole book in 3 days!! Its been a long time since I can say I did that. I read Water For Elephants. I got some yummy seafood a few nights. Friday was moms birthday so we let her choose the place for dinner. She hates seafood so we had Italian. We did some shopping at night and ate a bunch of ice cream. :)
Oh and we saw 3 sand sharks. I was very close to one. I was playing in the water with Ava and one started swimming down the beach parallel to the shore line. We saw some dolphins too!

We had so much fun!!!!

Mother Nature

Oh Mother Nature!! You are so unpredictable and mysterious. You change our plans when we think we are going to do certain things at particular times. BUT thats life!

First of all right now I am suppose to be in Destin laying on the beach getting some sun.....BUT you thought otherwise. Me,Mom, and Ava were taking a girls beach trip. Thankfully last Thursday when we realized this tropical storm was going to affect the gulf I called, and the WONDERFUL reservation specialists let me change my dates without penalty. And I got some money back due to rates going down :) SO YEAH!!!!!!!! So far the forecast is pretty for the end of this week at the beach. So excited!!!!

We were planning on going to Art Sunday yesterday after church but it was raining all afternoon. OH well maybe next year. I would have probably spent too much money on unnecessary cute things anyways.

And for Labor Day.....normally this day is full of sun, grilled food, and Friends. So far I am still in my pjs at 11 and I don't see me getting out of them for a while. Actually I am enjoying this rainy day!!