Changes

Things are going really well in this household :) Mike is loving his job and schedule, as well as the time off. It is so nice that he has off one whole week straight each month. We are looking forward to summer and planning fun things with the kids.

I have officially put my notice in at work, and although I am thrilled to move, I am so sad to leave such wonderful co-workers.

We are also continuing to look for a house. We have only started browsing online, but found a few that we will check out. We have started packing and bringing stuff to store at both our parents' houses. I am think the second week of April will be my last day of work, so we are counting down until the big move!

Mike started the job on February 15th and then had part of the week off to drive back and spend the rest of the week with us. The kids and I stayed back for the weekend since he had to work his first night shift. We met my friend Mandy and her kids at the mall and did some summer clothes shopping at Target and Gymboree. Madison and Bella had a great time jumping all over the place and playing ring-around-the-rosie in the Children's Place store. We decided to continue their fun, and we went to Mandy's house afterwards. The girls played dress up and we hung out and had pizza.

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Monday, February 22nd, I was pleasantly surprised when my wonderful husband had beautiful roses delivered to me at work. It is so hard to go days at a time without seeing him. The kids miss him dearly and love to talk to him on the phone.

Bella wanted to pose with the flowers when we got home :) Later, we made pumpkin cookies.

On Saturday, my parents took the kids to watch my brother's basketball game tournament. We went to check out a house that we found online. We drove by it but Mike's friends mom is our buyer's agent and told us that the house had sold. We were pretty bummed, and sad that we had missed her call to let us know she was in the area and could show us a few. We drove by a couple other places she let us know about and then went and looked at the pictures online. For supper, we went to his friend's girlfriend's parents house and we made homemade pizza. Five other people showed up, so we are lucky that the dough we make is enough for four pizzas. We spent the night at the in-laws without the kids, and then went back to my parents' house in the morning.
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The next week consisted of more packing and cleaning. Mike came down on Friday, so we were all happy since it had been a long week. I picked up a weekend shift at work, so I worked from 8-1pm on Saturday. My mom got here around 3:30 and we went to Toys R' Us and Kohls with the kids. I found some more super cute summer clothes for the kids, and we got the kids an outdoor playhouse. Mike came home from fishing and we ordered pizza for supper and took pictures of daddy and the kids with the big fish!

Sunday was Nickelodeon Live. Bella looked absolutely adorable in her custom made Dora peasant top. She is Dora's #1 fan :) My mom went with us and she got tears in her eyes as she saw the delight and excitement on Isabella's and Connor's faces. It was just so much fun watching them dance and cheer! Afterwards, we all went out for lunch at Red Lobster. I cannot stand seafood, but my mom and husband love it, so I gave in. We had a wonderful weekend :)

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Monday, March 8th, Mike had to go back in the evening for a meeting on Tuesday, and he took Bella with so that she could spend the day with grandma Fran. Late Tuesday night, they came back and Bella was in such a cheery mood. Grandma got her a new talking Dora doll, so we were up pretty late talking about the fun she had at the park.

The kids and I stayed back again this weekend. We met my parents to hang out at my sister's and do some shopping that my mom needed to do. Then we went back to my sister's and I made lasagna for when she got home from her clinicals for grad school. It was great for us to catch up with her since we hardly see her, since she is so busy with school and working. When the kids and I got back home, they were ready for bed and fell asleep early. It was nice to have a quiet night to myself :) Today is a typical lazy Sunday. I am feeling pretty bad that Bella has been missing Sunday school lately, but we are so busy and have been staying here.