I'm taking pseudo bets...

since it probably wouldn't be good to make real ones :D

Here are all the factors:

No progress what-so-ever

My due date is in one week

I went 11 days over with Gabriel

Chris graduates on July 1 (Hopefully!)

My parents come on July 2 ( Yay!! :D)

Father's Day is on June 20th


Now the last couple I just put in if you want to take into account any ironic tendencies or "sassability" that our child may have :)

So everybody, any guesses as to when this little guy is going to come??

Something I swore I would never do...

Cloth Diapers.

I'm sure you've heard of them.

The hubby has been mentioning them for a while, but I quickly dismiss them because truthfully I find the thought of them....

Disgusting

Among other words.

Well folks, after the move me and the hubs sat down to do some budgeting. The truth is we have our heart set on a house in the near future, among other things we're saving for, and we thought it would be good to make a little road map to accomplish our goal.

I know... sounds so responsible right? ( Take a moment to be proud, go ahead :D)

Things were going dandy, until we came to the oh so dreaded "Diaper/Wipe" category.

EGADS.

The truth is Older Baby Boy is still sadly a few months away from potty training and when adding Younger Baby Boy's diapers to the mix... well, let's say the amount very nearly jawdropping.

We'd be spending more on diapers then we would be able to put towards a house... Yeah.

I was okay with it for a while, I thought I could handle that. So we don't get a house in the next 10 billion years, that's okay. If our car broke down and washer broke and the kids need new clothes... It's okay, Chris and I have two kidney's and I've heard you only need one.

Okay, so I might be exaggerating a bit :D, but you see where this is going.

Yep... cloth diapers it is.

Again, I have firmly said I would never, ever, ever do it. EVER. I then however ran into these online...
They just look so cute! One-size fits all with a fleecy inside liner and waterproof exterior. Big Boy seems to always get the worst diaper rash so maybe they will kind of help with that... maybe. They make it seem so easy (which I know it shall not be, it will be a big adjustment all the same). We got the Sage green for Little Boy and the Twilight Blue for Big Boy and surprisingly it cost the same as a month worth of diapers would have.

Still having my doubts... and lots of them, but I am willing to give it a go. We shall see if I'm going to become a firm believer.

Wish me luck! Sending a few prayers might not hurt either...

Among other things...

We have been insanely busy the past couple of months!

Since the last post we have had an almost graduation, then no graduation, family came to visit, then a job change, along with the latter came a move to Connecticut and through all of this our almost new addition has been taking up more space then my belly seems to allow!

We were so sad to leave Charleston and all our amazing friends that were there, but I feel that Connecticut is where Heavenly Father wants us to be and in the long run it will be better for our family. Anyone who knows me knows what a complete home-body I am, and though I like new places and adventures, I'm not one who enjoys having to move a home along with her. It's been hard to have faith that everything will be okay with each new move, but in each new adventure we are always blessed with a wonderful, outgoing ward, kind people and safety in our journey... and what more can you ask for then that?

Now if I could just get unpacked we would be set! :D

P.S. Yes I know... pictures pictures pictures. Hopefully I can get some up before Noah comes but we shall see :D

Pictures to come... I promise

Dear Readers (if you are in fact still out there)-

It has been a couple of crazy months!! Which is no real excuse but hopefully it sort of makes up for being very neglectful of this blog (except for changing the background about a thousand times!) The hubs found me an awesome camera for Christmas so we really do have TONS of pictures, just need to take the time to actually load them... which will hopefully be in a couple of days :D HOPEFULLY...

So I here are a couple of updates:

1. We are attempting some form of potty training... YAY! I think we're just going to see what the little boy wants to do for now. He's still not two, so I don't want to push it too much. He's actually managed to go a couple of times on the potty, but I do not think we will be wearing anything but diapers for a while. OHH how I dream about him not being in diapers before the next baby comes, but we shall see!

2. Our sailor is graduating in about a month and a half from the last school portion of his training. We are so ecstatic!!! To boot, we have family coming down... Could it get any better? I say it could not :D

Well, I'll get some pictures up in a couple days!

I ask this...

So what would you do if you saw this in your window ledge amidst a HUMONGO web?
Next... what would you do if you saw 30 to 50 of these cute Brown widow eggsacs on your porch and in between your double hurricane windows?
And lastly... what would you do if you saw these hatch into these little fellows in those same double windows right before your very eyes?

Honestly... I almost peed my pants, and then went to get Chris to kill them... quickly!

Dear Baby, Please Stop Making Mommy Semi-Sick

Geez, who's running this blog?!! Has it really been 3 months?? Craziness!! Gee, I hope everyone is still reading.

So, if you haven't heard we have some news...
We're pregnant with Baby Hall #2!!
We are super excited!!! (Thus the numerous exclamation marks :D)
Chris is hoping for twins... so we can name the Barnaby and Bailey.... hmmm... yeah...
we'll see if that happens.

More posts to come... I promise!!!

For Celiece....

My sister-in-law Celiece asked me, well I would say forever ago, to post a picture of the quilt I made for our bedspread with the help of my very patient Grandma :D So here it is Celiece, I am sorry it took so long!I'm still need to make a couple more pillowcases in the black damask fabric, but I just love the colors!! I don't have a picture of the other side, but it's a really pretty white fabric, which is nice because I can use both sides.

Here our some more pictures of our house... well mainly Gabriel's room.

These are the boxes I just got for his diaper table... they are cute as well as SO useful :D

Don't you just love this crate? My dad found it for me when he was here visiting the time before last... though I will not say where he acquired it...

This is one of the latest thrift shop finds. My mom found some other wonderful wooden toys (one of them is next to the rocking catepillar... it is so much fun because you can use all five sides plus Gabriel just loves it, thank you for finding it Mommy!) and the cutest rocking chair, but I don't have the pictures of all of them yet. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the thrift store here!!! This catepillar I got for 10 dollars and the wooden toy only 4!
Well I have tons more pictures to upload, but that'll have to be it for the day. Soon I'll bring out all the bug pictures I've been collecting, they are HUGE here in the south!

Lots of Love-
Eliza