Moving

She does this face all the time and it just cracks me up.
This is Valentine's shelf.  She thinks she's so cool when she climbs on it.




So, as I'm sure most of you all have heard by now we are moving to Virginia.  Drew was gone on the high adventure scout trip this past week, so while he was gone I took it upon myself to do some major packing.  I did most of this major packing late at night after Valentine had gone to sleep because it was just soooo much easier that way.  Well, the other day I had missed a crumb of a cookie that Valentine had dropped on the floor so the next morning we had a few ants in the house- so I spent a VERY LONG time vacuuming the whole place like crazy so we wouldn't have any more miniscule intruders.  So it's 2 in the morning and I'm just cleaning like crazy cause I'd made a huge mess with all of the packing.  The apartment looked spotless and I decided to clean out my diaper bag right before going to bed- I pulled out a baggie with crackers in it, which was all crumbs by then, to throw away and I grab it on the wrong end and got cracker crumbs EVERYWHERE.  I started sweating I was in such a panic- do I risk vacuuming at 2 in the morning with my baby asleep on my bed and all of my apartment neighbors or do I risk gross gross ants coming in again overnight?  I tried to solve this dilemma by using tape to pick up the crumbs.  Tape does NOT pick up cracker crumbs- so no one else try cause it's very frustrating.  So, I went into my room, balled up one of my dresses and put it over Valentine's exposed ear (she was sleeping on her side) closed the door and turned on the vacuum.  I don't think I've ever done anything that speedy in my life,  I was THROWING that vacuum back and forth trying to go as quickly as possible.  I ran back into the room to make sure I hadn't woken my baby and caused her to fall off the bed to her death.  She was sleeping like a baby and I didn't get any bangs on my floor from the people downstairs, so I made it.  Phew.  And no ants the next day.  WOOT WOOT.  I think that's some of the worst stress I've ever been through- I don't wish an experience like that on anyone.  Oh, a dog did start barking.

I LOVE her sleeping- she's the sweetest thing ever.
Look at her foot- she always does funny stuff like that while I nurse her.

 

P.S.  I hate going to sleep at night without Drew, I always get scared right when I'm about to go to sleep when he's not there.  I wanted to sleep with a knife or something under my pillow- you know just in case a scary man were to come in and rape or murder me or kidnap my baby- but that didn't seem safe period, not to mention when you have a baby sleeping with you.  So, I wanted like a baseball bat by the bed, but we don't have one.  So I ended up sleeping with Drew's huge megaphone right next to the bed every night- we were so safe!

Sadie's Wedding

Sorry it's taken so long to put these up, I've been a little lazy.  Here are some fun pictures Drew took while at Sadie's wedding.  Enjoy!

P.S.  The police found the Jetta and we're getting it tomorrow!! Woo Hoo!!

Phew

Goodness, the Bridal Shower that Lindy and I threw for Sadie was a lot of work.  A lot of fun work.  And having 2 babies and a 3 year old added a lot more work.  But I enjoyed every minute of it.  I got to be with the Hafers who I love dearly and I got to do a lot of fun cooking/baking/crafting.  Fun.  Since Sadie didn't have a reception she got to invite everyone she wanted to the shower and the invite list ended up being about 80 people.  So naturally we planned on about 50-60 and made enough food to feed a couple of armies (or just 50-60 women around dinner time).  But, we ended up having about 30, so we had pesto coming out of our ears after that and ate nothing else but that and fruit and pound cake for the rest of the weekend and didn't have to do any more cooking- which was fine with me!  We also decorated the backyard with cute red tissue flowers all over.  Man oh man Lindy and I spent a lot of time making those guys- but they looked darling and they were used multiple times- they served as decoration for the presents area at the luncheon after the wedding and we decorated their car with them.  Anyways, it was a fun cute shower- the bride looked lovely and had a good time and so did I- by far the best part of the shower was when Sadie opened up a black lingerie dress and Greta gasped, "Oh! It's a fancy dress!" and grabbed it and held it up to her body.  Who needs dress up clothes?!  Just give your daughters some lingerie- it's fancy.  The end of the shower was a little bit of a  relief, I'm not gonna lie but I had a great time- maybe I'll go into something like throwing parties.... do they do that?  ... maybe when I don't have babies though.... or just when Drew's around to watch them.... hm. 

Thank you Lindy, Marcene, Chad, Neil, Abe, Sadie and Abe's family for all of your help!!!!


This is Lucy- soooo sweet!


Is it obvious that I can't get enough of my baby?  Or that I LOVE to dress her up?
The lovely bride and her helper Greta.

LOVE this picture of them- Sadie is going to be such a good/cute mom!

Pre-shower: this is Abe, Sadie's husband, who so kindly kept an eye on V while I worked- I like him already!

Grandparents

Well, these great-grandparents could not have enjoyed their great-grandbaby anymore.  Grandma and Grandpa didn't ever miss an opportunity to tell everyone that we saw that Valentine was their great-granddaughter and that her great-great-grandmother was still alive at 101 and we have 5 generations in the family.  Everyone.  It was very very cute.  I just can't say enough how much they loved having her in Pocatello with them.  We loved it too, Valentine had a great time with them and all of the toys they had for her.  It was also lovely to see Grandma Hanks.  When we first arrived there and yelled, "There's a baby here Grandma!" she said, "What? I don't want it!"  That made me laugh.  However, she actually did want her and after a minute was holding and kissing Valentine's hand- so sweet.  I was very glad we had that opportunity to see her and my grandparents.  We miss you guys already!