Little cabin in the woods...

So last weekend my parents offered to watch the kids for the weekend and send us off to their cabin 3 hours away in Deep Creek. My response? Heck yea! It was a great weekend full of relaxation, hot tubs, wine, and some good old fashioned fun ;)

We slept in until who knows when...ate at the cutest little truck stop for breakfast (or lunch?) both days. We went horseback riding through the woods and had drinks at a lakeside bar. It was so nice to get away for awhile and we came home very refreshed to our babies. Thanks mom and dad!!








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Chase turns one!

On Thursday, my little bubba (aka bam-bam) turned ONE!! I keep hearing "where did the time go" and "he's one already?!" but honestly GOOD GRIEF! This has been one of the longest years of my life and I feel like he should be turning 3 or 4 already! (not that I'm wishing time away at all!) Between the colic (incessant crying for no reason), waking up every 2 hours until umm last week, and us moving all the way across the country, it has been one grueling and eventful year! But I'm pleased to say that our little man is blossoming and developing quite the personality. He is SO smart...you can almost see his entire thought process when he is thinking or wanting something. He points at everything and his current words are: dada, bo (boat), key (kitty), prit (pretty), and up. Still not mommy!!! But he does call me "prit" so I guess that's okay ;)

He is finally sleeping all night and he thinks Leah is SO funny. He loves to be outside and loves wagon rides. And he absolutely adores his daddy. When Tim walks in the door his whole face lights up and he immediately reaches for him. We just love this little guy!!! Happy birthday, Chase Timothy!!















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Leah's lingo

The other morning I was taking a shower while Chase napped and Leah was playing quietly in my room. When I got out of the shower, Leah was putting everything on the floor into my laundry baskets. "look mommy! I cleaned up for GiGi! (my grandma) so she can come visit! It's all clean for her!"
Too precious!!!

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Quick update

Well we have been in Maryland for over 2 months now and I have zero time to blog but I thought I would do a quick update. The weather is turning warmer and we spend A LOT of our time playing outside on the swings and down on the beach and taking walks.

Leah turned 3 this weekend! She had the best time...she went to the movies with Tim in the morning then came home and made cupcakes with me and crafts with Aunt Lynda and then her cousins Olivia and Connor came over for a little party.



Tim only has 2 weeks left in training academy and then life will "sort of" be back to normal again. It's hard not having him here but nice having my mom and dad around to help too.

Chase is sleeping better...as long as I sleep in the bed with him!



He is 11 months now and the handsomest little guy! He is starting to babble and learning some sign language. So far he can say "more" in signs and says "daddy" "boat" "keykey" (kitty) and "up" but still doesn't say "mama!"


My business is booming. April has been my biggest month to date with over 130 orders! A local store has even started selling some of my items which is very exciting.
All in all we are doing great here. Missing our Yuma family of course and looking forward to Grandma's visit in June!






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Getting Settled

It's been over a month since I last blogged. It has been a CRAZY month. We moved! We have been in Maryland now for 2 weeks. The kids are getting settled and we are almost finished unpacking all of our boxes! Tim started his 10 week fire academy that he has to go through before he can start working at PG County. Besides traffic, I think he is getting adjusted too.
My business is up and running again and busier than ever. I have a lot of new connections over here and it's wonderful! I'm starting to get into a day-to-day rhythm. We are LOVING being outside and all of the wonderful things to do over here!
Chase took awhile to get adjusted to his new sleeping arrangements, and after a few nights of screaming ALL NIGHT LONG, I finally gave in and now let him sleep in bed with me. He is sleeping snug as a bug tucked in next to mommy, and we are all getting sleep which = happier family!
Felony (the dog) is doing good. She hasn't even tried to eat any of the cats yet, and is even friends with my brother's dog, Oscar!
All in all it's been so far so good!

xoxo

Single Moms...

Need more credit!! I have been "single parenting" over the last few weeks with Tim traveling back and forth to Maryland to get things squared away with his new job and when he's here he's working. Single moms don't get enough credit! It's hard! I'm so lucky that I have a wonderful husband who is very helpful and that I don't have to do this on a regular basis! So for all you single moms out there.. you are officially my heroes!



I finally took the kids to Grandma's house today so I could get SOMETHING, ANYTHING accomplished without 4 arms and legs crawling all over me. I was able to get my whole closet sorted through of Goodwill/Yard Sale stuff and then packed everything else that was coming with us to Maryland. I vacuumed the entire house, took a 20 minute HOT shower and dried and straightened my hair. When I got out of the shower it was the most beautiful sound - silence! I'm so thankful for those few hours spent at Grandma's house today and when the kids came home they were exhausted and ready for bed! And I'm going to bed early to catch up on much needed rest!

Xoxo

Laughter is the best medicine...

Just ask my kids!! *side note: I was NOT driving while filming this, I was sitting in line at the ATM. Leah was just saying "what's that!" to Chase and he CRACKED up...