Not Me Monday

Not Me Monday was created by MckMama as a way to fess up to all the embarrassing things we do and laugh at our own imperfection. Here are a few things from the last week:

I did not let Ella cry/talk to herself in her crib for an hour yesterday in hopes of her sleeping. When I realized it was a lost cause I went in there right away and picked her up. I would never leave her by herself just to have some “me” time. Nope, not me!

I most definitely did not ignore the dishes piling up in the sink and spilling over onto the counter because I was watching an episode of Grey’s Anatomy online. I would never choose a smutty show over housework. Nope, not me at all!

I also haven’t been asking Kyle to get up in the morning to take care of Ella because I am totally crabby when she wakes up before 7am. I would never make my husband get up early when he will be working all day long. Not me!

Our New Place

As promised (a long time ago) I took pictures of our new house in Eau Claire. Blogger uploaded them in the opposite order I wanted them to be in, but I don't feel like switching them, so we will start in the backyard and go forward.

This is our backyard. The tree is great for shade and Ella loves being outside!

This is Ella's room. Our friends (who happen to live next door!) are letting us borrow that dresser/changing table.

Here is another view of Ella's room.

This is our bedroom.

The bathroom is ridiculously small. Fortunately there are two closets in the hallway for storage.

Here is one view of the kitchen

And here's the kitchen from another view. The kitchen is also somewhat small but it has a big pantry, so there is plenty of storage space.

One side of the living room. The tall cabinet was a wedding gift from Kyle's dad, which we used to use for kitchen storage, now it is Ella's toy storage and a bookshelf. I love being able to use it this way! Also worth noting in this picture is the awesome TV Kyle got as a bonus from his boss!

This is the other side of the living room. We love how bright it is with the big window.

Here is the front of the house. It is a ranch style side by side duplex. We also have a basement and a garage that I didn't bother taking pictures of.

What a Week

Well, we survived our first week in Eau Claire. I certainly didn't think I would be describing life in EC as surviving, but it was kind of a crazy week. When Ella came back from Grandma and Grandpa Haley's on Sunday she seemed really comfortable right away and just explored most of the evening, so i thought she would sleep well. But she didn't and neither did Kyle and I. Ella didn't fall asleep officially until 10:30, 2 hours later than normal and Kyle and I had a hard time falling asleep too. Then I was up by 5:30 and couldn't fall back asleep. Monday was a very tired day with too much unpacking to nap. Then Tuesday I watched Hurshle all day, so no relaxing there! Ella loves having friends around though, so it was fun. Wednesday was a pretty good day, Ella had settled in to sleeping pretty well here and I got more packing undone. THEN- Thursday through Sunday was the great sickness for Ella. She has only had one other bad cold in her little life and that was when she was 4 months old. On Thursday she woke up with snot completely covering her nose and all over her face and a pretty bad fever. She barely ate and slept a ton. That was the story until this morning. Saturday was the worst for sleeping, with a grand total of 19 hours of shut eye for Ella. She hasn't slept that much in one day since she was a tiny newborn! I guess if she was going to be sick, this weekend was a good time for it since it rained most of the time and she would have hated being stuck inside all day.

I am looking forward to this week being better. Pretty much all of the unpacking is done, so this week will be more decorating, hanging pictures and such. Kyle has a softball game tonight that I am hoping will not get rained out so that I can take Ella. We also have bible study again this week, which I am really excited about! We took the month of May off because of the end of the school year and other stuff, and I feel like we haven't seen our friends very much, so I am really looking forward to Thursday. It will be extra awesome because we are going to our pastors house and he and his wife will be talking to us about parenting. They have a lot of wisdom to share and I am ready to soak it up!

It feels like summer is finally starting now that we are settled. I am ready for warm weather so we can go to the pool. Come on sun!!!

P.S. I still promise to post pictures of our new place, I just want to wait until we have some things on the walls so it looks more homey.

We're Here!

Yesterday we officially moved to Eau Claire. What a day! We had some awesome help and it only took about an hour to load the trailer and another hour to have it unloaded in Eau Claire. I couldn't believe when I got to our new place after picking up some food the trailer was empty and some boxes were even empty already! Actually, we have unpacked about 80% of our stuff already. I think that is pretty good for getting to Eau Claire at 2:30 yesterday. Once we clear out the boxes and put stuff on the walls I will post pictures of our new place.