You know you are pregnant when....
Okay so it just BARELY fit with the tray table, but I couldn't breathe with it down.. 29 weeks today and it was surreal this morning packing up at Dads' lake home that next time I came back I would be doing it with two kids! Now that probably won't be for a while but still it was a huge eye opener!! 11 more weeks until we meet our baby boy or girl!
Olivia and I had a great trip to Georgia. She did remarkably well on the flight there even with the almost one hour we spent on the Tarmac due to de-icing. Although she found it was very "awesome" it still tacked an hour onto the flight which was not so awesome towards the end. Nevertheless it was a good flight. We arrived and got the rental car for the weekend (My first time renting a car!!). Olivia really wanted to get a red one, like Lightning McQueen and we ended up with a Kia Soul. It was definitely a BOX but I was surpised with what a great drive it was. It was basically an SUV without the truck. Something that would never work for our particular situation (we most certainly need trunk space!). But it was a great ride!!!
There was SNOW in Georgia.. Yes, snow. There was actually a good amount of it too! Which was incredibly weird to see. Towards the end of our trip however it was warming up, about 50ish on Sunday which felt like heaven!! Olivia was able to play outside for almost two hours. She just loved it.
We were up this morning at 5am, 4am central time and haven't really stopped since. The flight was smooth on the way back and everything went off without a hitch! It's nice to be home though!
I was welcomed back with a painted bedroom!!!! It looks amazing! Our bedroom was the last room in the house to be painted. I was really hoping it would get done before the baby came and Joel pulled out all the stops (one his one weekend off a month) to get it done!!! The walls were so dirty before and had the same texture as sand paper, the wall paper border had been stapled, you heard me.... Stapled in addition to being glued to the wall. It was just gross. It's amazing to have it done!! I hung some pictures today but wow... It's just amazing!!!! Thank you hunny!!!
Now it's on to yet another week. Some goals of the week. Finish the dresser, it's all prepped, just needs to be painted. Do a deep clean of our bedroom, now that it's so nicely finished we need to declutter it!! And finish Christmas Thank you's.. I am so terrible, it's already the 17th and although I have a number of them done, they have not been sent out yet.
I hope everyone had a great weekend! God Bless!!!
Love,
The Kangas Family
Monday, January 17, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Lessons learned
So my hiatus from Facebook all in all was only 2 weeks. Sounds silly being so short but I truly learned a lot. Within a few days of being off Facebook the urdge to constantly check my Facebook was gone. Within another week the idea of thinking "great that should be my Facebook status" was gone. It's amazing how much time can go to a silly social networking site. My life got to the point where it was revolving around Facebook, and the "FACE" that I was trying to uphold. In the past few weeks I have spent close to zero time on the computer. I found myself one day spending a lot of time on the What to Expect When You Are Expecting Website. This was when I realized that it doesn't matter if it's facebook or something else. If it becomes too much of a focus in your life you can lose yourself.
My comeback to Facebook came with a few changes. One of those was I deleted 30 some Facebook albums. I had a LOT of pictures that were on Facebook going back to 2005. I'm a wife now, a mother, some of those pictures did not need to be on there. Another change I made was I turned off notifications for all of the various Facebook things. Now when someone sends me a message, or an event invitation, or just replies to ANYTHING I don't get an email causing me to jump on to Facebook to check a response.
The last few weeks I have also gotten a LOT done around the house. The biggest of these was taking ALL of the baby clothes from Olivia from random bags, small boxes and organizing them into bins according to size. It was such a HUGE undertaking. Everything was quite a mess from two moves. Another benefit of this organization is my husbands car fits in the garage!!! Do I wish we would have tackled this project when it wasn't 10 degrees outside, of course! However it is what it is and wow is it so nice to have done!! On all of the boxes I pulled the boy clothes/neutral clothes and put them at the top of the bins. So if we are having a boy.. We know exactly what we have for the different sizes. I was happy to find that we did have a good amount of gender neutral things for 0-3 months and newborn.
It is getting so much closer to the baby coming. These last few months have really skyrocketed quickly with the Holidays and such. January hasn't been too much different. Olivia and I are going to Georgia with my dad today. We're mostly packed up and ready to go. I'm really looking forward to a weekend where it isn't below zero windchill. I was packing yesterday and said to Joel, "What does 40 degrees feel like." I seriously cannot remember, lol. I'm ready for winter to be done. Yes, it just started. Yes, we have two more months at LEAST left. But for the record I'm ready to be done with Winter. Olivia and I spend so much time outside when it's warmer outside. The backyard, the park, the zoo.. It's just amazing. I'm glad that she'll get to ride her bike around the lake house. Also really looking forward to swimming!!!
Anyways.. Life is moving so quickly. We're getting the house ready for the baby. Our crib arrives at the end of the month. It's all happening!! We are so excited!!
Have a great weekend everyone!
God Bless, The Kangas Family.
My comeback to Facebook came with a few changes. One of those was I deleted 30 some Facebook albums. I had a LOT of pictures that were on Facebook going back to 2005. I'm a wife now, a mother, some of those pictures did not need to be on there. Another change I made was I turned off notifications for all of the various Facebook things. Now when someone sends me a message, or an event invitation, or just replies to ANYTHING I don't get an email causing me to jump on to Facebook to check a response.
The last few weeks I have also gotten a LOT done around the house. The biggest of these was taking ALL of the baby clothes from Olivia from random bags, small boxes and organizing them into bins according to size. It was such a HUGE undertaking. Everything was quite a mess from two moves. Another benefit of this organization is my husbands car fits in the garage!!! Do I wish we would have tackled this project when it wasn't 10 degrees outside, of course! However it is what it is and wow is it so nice to have done!! On all of the boxes I pulled the boy clothes/neutral clothes and put them at the top of the bins. So if we are having a boy.. We know exactly what we have for the different sizes. I was happy to find that we did have a good amount of gender neutral things for 0-3 months and newborn.
It is getting so much closer to the baby coming. These last few months have really skyrocketed quickly with the Holidays and such. January hasn't been too much different. Olivia and I are going to Georgia with my dad today. We're mostly packed up and ready to go. I'm really looking forward to a weekend where it isn't below zero windchill. I was packing yesterday and said to Joel, "What does 40 degrees feel like." I seriously cannot remember, lol. I'm ready for winter to be done. Yes, it just started. Yes, we have two more months at LEAST left. But for the record I'm ready to be done with Winter. Olivia and I spend so much time outside when it's warmer outside. The backyard, the park, the zoo.. It's just amazing. I'm glad that she'll get to ride her bike around the lake house. Also really looking forward to swimming!!!
Anyways.. Life is moving so quickly. We're getting the house ready for the baby. Our crib arrives at the end of the month. It's all happening!! We are so excited!!
Have a great weekend everyone!
God Bless, The Kangas Family.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Not as hard as I thought it would be.
So it's my second full day without facebook. I honestly thought it would be a lot harder than this. After about the first day the compulsive I need to get on there and see if anyone replied, if there is anything new, passed. Yesterday I found myself gravitating to the WTE website under the expecting in April category. I quickly realized that by replacing my facebook screen time with another avenue of it would be doing the same thing. Shortly after I logged off and haven't returned since. I wish I could say the state of my house is better because of the time spent off Facebook. But to be honest sleeping has been nonexistant for me these last few days. I imagine if I was spending large amounts of time on Facebook the state of my house would be worse. So i guess that's something.
Olivia is fast asleep lying with her princess Belle doll in the family room. It really is adorable. Today I was able to take the most relaxing bath ever. It was amazing. It's nice to get a little break in the day here and there. It's so cold out there, Olivia and I went to church this morning and the walk was just brutal inside! I have a feeling it's going to be like this for a while. Hey, it is only January!! There are still at least three full months of winter left (YUK!!!).
Other than that there is not much more to report. We ordered our crib today! I can't wait for it to come!! It's beautiful!!! It doesn't come for another month or so, so I'm glad we ordered it when we did. If I get the energy in this next few days I'd really like to tackle the dresser and get it moved upstairs. I think I finally figured out how I want to arrange the nursery. Olivia and I rearranged the play room downstairs and it works much better!! She's been spending a lot more time playing in there. It's nice to have a playroom that is utilized opposed to just holding toys.
So that's all I know... Going to go pour myself a cup of coffee and enjoy a little quiet time before the peanut is awake!
God Bless and Happy New Years!
Love,
The Kangas Family
Olivia is fast asleep lying with her princess Belle doll in the family room. It really is adorable. Today I was able to take the most relaxing bath ever. It was amazing. It's nice to get a little break in the day here and there. It's so cold out there, Olivia and I went to church this morning and the walk was just brutal inside! I have a feeling it's going to be like this for a while. Hey, it is only January!! There are still at least three full months of winter left (YUK!!!).
Other than that there is not much more to report. We ordered our crib today! I can't wait for it to come!! It's beautiful!!! It doesn't come for another month or so, so I'm glad we ordered it when we did. If I get the energy in this next few days I'd really like to tackle the dresser and get it moved upstairs. I think I finally figured out how I want to arrange the nursery. Olivia and I rearranged the play room downstairs and it works much better!! She's been spending a lot more time playing in there. It's nice to have a playroom that is utilized opposed to just holding toys.
So that's all I know... Going to go pour myself a cup of coffee and enjoy a little quiet time before the peanut is awake!
God Bless and Happy New Years!
Love,
The Kangas Family
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