Some Picture Catch Up

Surprise surprise! I am locked out of another laptop and with that, some pictures of Eden's birthday celebration in Green Bay.

::sad face::

But I do have some recent pics to share, and these first to roll out are of the actual day of her birthday.

In her Bee suit.

::sigh::
Eden is surly like a pirate.
Sometimes this bee can sting you.

But give a kiss and she will turn it all around. She is the happiest baby I have ever met. 85 % of the time.
And oh those lips and eyelashes and curls. She has such a romantic look I like to just look at her.

::again with the sigh::
Anybody wanna nanner sanwich?

Cutie Pie Bee
She nods her head yes or no to everything, and she is very much the little communicator. She is adorable and smart and funny (SO FUNNY!) and snuggly.

Mostly she is snuggly.

She can stand on her own and rise up with nothing to hold on to, but just doesn't trust her foot to step.

She is close.
She also has her very first room.

She LOVES it and is such a good sleeper now.

That was my crib. It was used for my sisters too.

::rainbow and butterfly vomit goes here::

I hear her calling me. I think she's hungry.

She is always so happy to see her sister in the morning. And she is always eager for the after time-out kiss, hug and apology from Madee.

Also, she can climb like a monkey and pull herself and hang on things much like a little leech.

Don't look her in the eye. She'll suck you in.

Hello?

OH MAH GAH yall!

Where have I been?

Well today is the first day our DSL is working. And, you may remember the laptop issue I was having, and I could only get online with Boom Boom's computer, and his laptop is so fancy it just sees me coming and shuts down.

I am not even kidding. It is self preservation and I can totally see where it is coming from.

Here are things that have happened:

* big move
*Eden turned 1Blogger: Family Sized Fun - Create Post
*Madee got a bike
*we found a church we love
*we have made fwends
*we have reconnected with old fwends
*we are hoping to introduce you to some new fwends soon!

In case you totally envy our RV, know that it is now on the market as we have finally found a place to settle and call home. Email me at onomoriah (at) yahoo.com if you want to know more info.

I will be getting some pictures on this old dinosaur laptop we uncovered in the move. I can't wait to share about all our newness.

Lake House Stuff

Like sister hugs.
And hanging bathing suits.

And a fan I love to watch it go around and around...

Happy Lake Baby

Fresh Fruit

Fresh Cute
GOOD GAWD GIVE IT BAAAAAACK!

Giraft
Eden has been swimming and sunning and standing without hanging on to anything. She is SO ready to walk, and has gotten to the frustrating part where she just WANTS it SO BAD and wishes it would just come easier.

So that makes her sleep even better through the night.

And those lips, I swear, I could kiss them ALL DAY. She smacks them together to kiss you back.

LOVE.

Come and knock on my door

Any move is stressful. In fact, I have been known to get tense about knowing I have to move as I am moving into a place, and this move? This is a cross country crazy counter clockwise and not organized kind of move.

And I am stressed.


And at the same time I am very calm about this.

Everything's going to be okay. (If not GREAT!) But mostly I just keep trying to "keep moving forward" and "don't look back" and tell myself "everything is going to be okay" in between.

Serendipitous circumstances landed us the PERFECT house. And I don't mean just *a* perfect house THE PERFECT HOUSE. It s absolutely one of my favorite houses in my favorite areas and it is close to my favorite church and my favorite dog park and my favorite Orlando amenities.


It has actually been one of my favorite houses for quite some time, as it is my friend's house, and the layout, the flow, the space as a whole, is just, well, IDEAL.

The girls and I went to play at the new house the other day and I took a few pics to give you a feel for what it is I am looking so forward to.

This is Poochie and he lives in the house currently. Lucky dog is moving to the beach.

I can only imagine he will be just as cute among the sand and sun and water.

This is one of my greatest friends. We have known each other through many aspects of ourselves, and have found ourselves "orbiting the same planet" as it were.

::upward side eye hand to chin::

We just connect, and it seems that serendipity has joined led us both into our own ideal situation.


This is her baby and my baby, 2 years ago.This is them now.


Ono making herself at home.

There is lots of pretty stuff in the backyard.

This is one of the reasons I love Florida.

The house is so light and even has some floor to ceiling windows that are going to walk right up and kiss my camera on the mouth, oh I just cannot tell you how excited I am to take pictures in this space.

Why yes, E you DO look fabulous.


More to love in the garden.

The girls are already so happy there, I can't wait for it to dawn on them that we are going to be living there ourselves.


I am expecting serious squeals of delight.

Oh and the kids will probably be excited about it too. ;)

More Update

Oh internet. I have not forsaken you.

So many things are going on right now and so many things are yet to be done and as if that isn't enough, random appliances are blowing up and floods must be attended to.

SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED since we last talked that I hardly know where to begin, other than we are streamlining our lives so we can make better choices.

We have found a house. It is the most beautiful and perfect house and I can't wait to share pictures. We move in Saturday and I am so excited that we will all have so much "break out space" and room for "activities".

Currently, we are at my parent's lake house and everybody has their own room and the girls are in baby heaven. I have BBQ sandwiches in the fridge and some diet coke and I have literally not felt so much joy in I don't know how long. It is hot and sweaty, but I have lost 6 lbs on the "stupid fitness regime" so I could care less as long as it keeps coming off.

Remember Matt from Non Bloggers: A Series? Well we got together for performing arts festival fun and you can read about it here on his blog, Random Acts of Coffee.

Madee is as adorable as ever and LOVES THE STAGE.

I can't wait to take her to her first play.

Anyhoo, we met Boom Boom at the lake house and we are kicking it here for a few days until we can move in to the new house.

Eden is going to take steps any minute now, so that is exciting. Also, her 1st birthday is THIS WEEK, so hop on Etsy and buy her lots of stuff.

I will get to pictures later today, but right now I am just really enjoy the serendipity and the balance that is happening in my life right now.

And I look forward to telling you guys ALL ABOUT THAT. When I get around to it.

Withdrawal

My computer is officially 2.

Meaning, that is all it will do. Press some number 2.

And because of it, I am having the withrawals. Shaking, shivers, scrathing, irritableness. You know the drill.

Also, I am quite discombobulated by the whole moving back to my homeland, which is just surreal to me. Like I think I might wake up from a dream.

So much to do, so little time, and I hate to neglect the blog.

But bear with me and things are gonna get really good around here.

Update

I wish I had more time, but I did figure I should at least let all of you know that we are here, we are safe, and it is hot.

We are currently shacked up at my parents' house where my 2 sisters are also currently living.

Boom Boom leaves tomorrow to get our stuff, and the humidity is messing with my keyboard so when he goes tomorrow, so does my main computer. Or the only one we have left, depending on who you ask.

So it may be a while before you hear from me again.

And if someone has a pad in Orlando they need lived in, we might be able to help you out.