Home Sweet Home!

Ok, the title kinda lies. We are in our new homeTOWN, not so much in the new HOME. Our stuff is in limbo. They said they could deliver it on Friday last, but now they are saying that they don't have it and not sure when they will have it.... Hummmm.

So, it is absolutely beautiful here. And humid and hot. But so far it hasn't been too bad. We went to our apartment yesterday and did a video tour... coming soon to the blog. Derek is trying to make the file smaller so it will fit on here. Anyway, we got our car too. It got a little beat up during its journey to Manna. Its not likely that anything will be done about it tho. Derek is funny because he said that he still feels like he's just here on vacation (tho I'm not sure why anyone would come to Manna for a vacation unless they know someone here...) but that he has the perfect rental car. We got a rental car anyway and I gotta say that its pretty awesome. Its no camaro... but its a smooth ride fo'sho. Its a... buick grand marquis or something like that. It might be a mercury, not a buick. But I think they are from the same company anyway so it kinda doesn't matter. Anyway, I can totally see why old people drive those boats. Smooth ride, huge and comfy seats, and the speedometer numbers are HUGE and digital. Haha. I'm one step closer to being the crazy cat lady.

Let's see... Oh, the plane ride over here was fantastic. Our little Liliana was an absolute ANGEL. She didn't even cry. She slept when we took off, finished her bottle, and slept the rest of the ride mostly. She was awake for the landing but she did better than I did for that. She didn't even have a little bit of concern on her face and I was kinda freaking out on the inside. We got to our hotel waaaaaay late on Saturday night. I think we rolled in a little after 1 a.m. and then we didn't actually get to sleep til about 3. We were all pretty dead yesterday.

Anyway, I think we're gonna take care of a few things today... Like getting our mail (our keys do not work for our mailbox!), maybe getting Derek's car registered (at least figuring out what we need to do for it), possibly getting our driver's licenses... you know, responsible things. We'll get to play after our stuff gets here and we get unpacked. I'm gonna try talking Derek into going to Virginia Beach before the week is up and he has to go to work.

So I guess that's all for now!!

Peace out homefrys!

PS Derek got the video to work... obviously... so here's our new place!!

Oh Yes, The Timestamp IS Correct....

Duuuuuuuuuuuude.....

Moving sucks. I always forget how much it sucks til I'm doing it again and I'm up at 1:30 in the morning trying to tie up loose ends. The best part about this move is that I don't actually have to pack anything... its just not easy to get everything done that needs to be done while taking care of a baby. Who, by the way, has been totally healthy until TODAY. Of ALL days, WHY TODAY!?!? She's mostly fine... just having a bit of a poo problem. She's a lady so I won't embarrass her any further. But I kept thinking for the last two weeks "Oh, I'll get to that later." But of course, me being me, I waited til the last possible second to get things taken care of. I did not anticipate the baby being sick tho. I suppose that's one of the lessons I need to learn to be a mama. You know what else doesn't help? Derek is ALSO a professional procrastinator. It is truly amazing that we have made it this far in life together. Haha.

I'm waiting for laundry.... And I was going to finish reading a book I borrowed from my dad, but I thought that getting cozy on the chair would surely put me to sleep and defeat the purpose of my being awake. I also contemplated setting an alarm but I know myself all too well and I would just hit snooze several times. Instead, I'm choosing to be completely, 100% USELESS tomorrow. I'm not sure I get to call in sick being a mom... Seems like I'm making a bad choice here.

I don't know why I feel it necessary to share my every thought right now, but for some reason I just can't stop.

I have a hair hanging off all loose and stuff and its tickling my neck but when I look down it moves so I can't see it... Obnoxious? Yes.

I'm so excited to move. I'm a little depressed that I still have a week left here. I'm ready to go home NOW. But, I've been waiting my whole life (and not so patiently for the last 2 1/2 years) so I think I can make it ONE MORE WEEK. Besides, I still need to see a few people about a few things before I go. (Lol, can we say "mafia"??) I haven't been looking forward to saying goodbye to anyone. But really, the way I see it, the people that love me enough to bother saying "goodbye" are the ones I'll likely see again. And the rest... well, there's always facebook. Haha. And you thought text messaging was the end of personal contact...

Speaking of facebook, two things: first, it was awesome to get rid of my couches as fast as I did. My friend Greg texted me like 2 minutes after I posted "Free to first one with a truck" and then they were gone. Farewell ugly and uncomfortable couches!! And the second thing: I LOVE wasting time doing surveys and Top 5's on facebook. Today I did a top 5 about the people I had on my walls growing up. Now, I still think I'm growing up, but I haven't had any pictures on my bedroom walls since I moved out of my mom's house. Oh, I lied. I did have a picture of AFI in my bedroom at the Ghettos. Anyway, this Top 5 got me remembering the good old times of listening to Backstreet Boys in my bedroom. Hahahahaha... You know you ALL have some silly pre-teen obsession that makes you giggle. And I KNOW half of you can still sing every word to whatever band/musician you were in love with too!!! It was kinda fun remembering all the silliness of that time. And it totally reminded me of a million other fun things... like surprise parties, falling off the bunk bed, when the nasty catfish scared the crap out of Cliff when it jumped in his bed, among other things.

Random: (as if the hair thing wasn't random enough) I totally just deleted the entire post on accident!!! Good thing it "autosaved" like two seconds before. I don't even know how I did it. Technology hates me.

There was another random thought before the last random thought but I totally forgot it. I'll probably bust up laughing when I remember it in like 4 days.

I'll stop lowering your IQ now.

OH! I just remembered the other random thought!!! ...sorta. It was something about my really poor sentences and something else... Yeah, nevermind. (sleep deprivation does this to me.)

Peace out homefrys!!!

Haaaay!

Hahaha... I'm sure only Derek can interpret the title the way I mean it.... hehe

So we're going to get lost in "Manna" in just a minute. We're here to find an apartment. Which we did. And we're pretty excited about it. Tomorrow we're gonna be tourists and go check out the big city. I'm kinda really excited to go nerd out.

We miss our baby doll like you wouldn't believe. Everything we see we say something like "Oh, Liliana loves that!" or "I bet Liliana would like this!" It's pretty pathetic. She is hanging out with her G-Parents on the Holt side and her Great G-Parents Trujillo, so not only is she well taken care of, but I'm sure she's loving having all those people there to entertain her every second of every day. And she's been able to hang out with her cousin Cayson too. My mom is a wonderful person and sends me pictures of Liliana so that makes it a little easier. Not too much longer!!

That's all for now!

Peace out homefrys!

GROSS!

I guess I am officially a mom now... I got pooped on. SICK.

Huggies needs to do better testing on their diapers.

You know what the best part is? If she could have waited like 15 more minutes then she could have pooped on her Daddy!!! LAME!!!!!!!!!

That's all.

Peace out homefrys!

Random Pictures... And An Update

So I can't figure out how to make it so I can put captions on the pictures... I did it once... Maybe I'll play with it when I have more time later.
For now, here's what the pictures are of (starting with the top):
1. Liliana in her Elmo dress. It fits her so well now and I'm pretty sure it won't next week!
2. Liliana and Derek sleeping... they do that a lot. They are doing it right now, actually.
3. Liliana's cute little Winnie the Pooh outfit on the day before Derek's graduation. That's what she wore to the commencement.
4. Our little family on the day of Derek's graduation. It was probably one of the most exciting days ever!!! (And look how cute her polka dot dress is!!! I love it!!!) We are so proud of Derek and all he has accomplished. He is an inspiration to me and will be such a wonderful example for our family. Yay Derek!!!!!
5. Liliana sitting up on the couch. She loves to sit like this so she can see what's going on around her. And look at those long legs!!!
6. Liliana sitting on the couch again. I love her hair in this picture! It sticks straight up in the back!
7. Liliana smiling... I love that smile. This is a close up picture of her blessing gown. It is SOOOO pretty! She looked just like a little princess in it!
8. Liliana in her blessing gown. And look at that big huge smile!

So there are some pics. Ain't she a doll?!? So there's not much to update on. Today was Liliana's blessing. She was (as always) so well behaved the whole time. It was a beautiful blessing and she looked absolutely stunning in her gown. We're still moving (no whining, people! this is a GOOD thing!!!) and that's really all that's happening right now. Derek is working from 6 AM to 3 PM so we get to spend a lot more time together. He's still a zombie by 8 PM, but I'm not complaining. He's getting all caught up on his two years of not getting enough sleep. I think he's really enjoying not being in school anymore. He seems so much happier. Not that he was ever UNhappy, but I guess he's just more relaxed now so it feels happier around him. Liliana is still an angel. She sleeps well and eats well and is sooooo cute! I spend most of the day just talking to her and playing with her. The other day she laughed!! It was the cutest sound ever! ...even if it was at the expense of my eye (I poked myself in the eye on accident and made some odd sound and she laughed). She makes a lot of noise like she wants to be talking. She is very alert. When someone new starts talking or moving around her she will stop everything and all her focus will be on that person for a minute. It makes me laugh. She is such a daddy's girl!! She gives him the biggest smiles. She is also getting better at grasping onto things like her rattle and these little ring things. She loves to sit up. If she isn't sleeping then she wants to be sitting up and looking around, and she's even holding her head up on her own most of the time! My little baby is growing up so fast!!!! As for me, I'm just loving being at home with my Liliana and telling her everything I know. I didn't think I'd love being a mom as much as I do. I actually thought that I would get bored being at home all day with her but I absolutely LOVE it. I don't have time to get bored between laundry, bottle making, and playing with Liliana! But I love every minute of it. Ok, MOSTLY every minute. I won't lie, some nights I sooooo do not want to drag myself out of bed to feed her, but then when I do it I don't mind it. It's just another opportunity to see her smile. She does that a lot and I LOVE it!!! Hahaha. I'm just so happy!!!

5 weeks til we move!!!!

Peace out homefrys!!!

Meh. It's Late...

Hello all.... it is WAY past bedtime but Derek is playing with his new toy so here I am.

LOL.

He's done.

In a nutshell: Liliana is doing well, a little congested but otherwise awesome. She slept all thru the night two nights in a row last week. We loved her even more after that. Haha, I kid, I kid. Derek graduated last Friday!!! It was such a great day and we were glad to share it with family. Now he gets off work at 3 PM and we are sooooo loving that! I am well. Tired and always busy, but well. OH, the biggest news is that we finally have an official move date!!! We are leaving on June 5th. I think. Haha. We have to be there by June 15th but we're aiming for the week before so we can get settled. And where are we headed, you might ask??

Drum roll please....

We're going to Virginia!!!!!!!!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

And that's all folks!

Peace out homefrys!!

(PS I am going to make this blog private pretty soon, so if you'd like to keep reading it please send me your e-mail address and I'll send you an invite! thanks!)

Some Pictures

Here are some pics... I REALLY don't have time to update anything tho. Everyone is good and healthy... and busy!
I also can't figure out how to put captions on the pics... so here it is:
The top is Liliana in her carseat getting ready to go meet all kinds of people for the first time in Clearfield.
The second is Derek and Liliana sleeping at my mom's (which they are both doing upstairs right now :))
The third is Liliana in the dress that my parents took me home from the hospital in when I was born. She was crying b/c I was treating her like a doll and I think she finds it degrading. Hehe.
The fourth is Liliana in her bouncer. She loves it! Her binkie looks HUGE!
The fifth is Liliana all stretched out in her super cute footie pajamas! She's too long for them, but she looks sooooooo cute and cuddly that I put her in them anyway.
The sixth is Liliana in her Sunday dress. We went to church that day for the first time!
And the last is just a hilarious face she was making while being all cozy in her favorite blanket! Its sooooo soft and it makes me feel like cuddling her like a teddy bear when she's all swaddled in it. AND it's a gorgeous color and has her name on it. (It was given to us by Maggie, who knows my love of the color purple all too well!)

Just an observation... she's wearing different outfits in each picture. Hahaha, that's my girl!!

And, with that, I can hear a certain hungry baby calling for me!

Peace out homefrys!