so classy!

I just got readmitted into UND! Woo, I get to go back to school!

I will be pursuing a Fisheries and Wildlife Biology degree. I am super excited to get back to school. It's something that I tried pre-Air Force, but was super lazy and unmotivated about and ended up with a crappy GPA.

But...I am ready to wipe that slate clean and start fresh!

Anyone have advice on balancing school and wife/motherhood?

"people who say they sleep like a baby usually don't have one"

(Title quote by Leo J. Burke)

Hello!

Adalia had a super rough five hours in the middle of today. TOTALLY wiped me out. I am not sure if she is teething, stressed, sick, or just crazy.

She is convinced that she only needs one nap a day though now. She went from a steady three naps a day, to one nap of about two hours. She is still super tired trying to play and go for walks with this new nap schedule that I end up with quite a few pictures like these:

We moved one van load of stuff from our house in Moorhead to my parents house. We are excited about this move! It will be challenging to live with my parents for a few reasons, mostly because we have a scream-y seven month old, but we are ready to handle that and sure that God has a great plan in all of this. It is just temporary, and we may need to just remind ourselves of that on rough days!

My Papa and Nana are coming to visit soon and I am so excited to see them! It's been too long! I have some cool sewing projects that my Nana can, hopefully, help me out with!

Tomorrow will be a busy day for me. I must send off some bills, forward our mail, call our banker, go for a run?, shower!, and hopefully do some work in the third floor where we will be residing! Once we get settled in I will post pictures of our new "home".

That's about all I have to share! Hope you are all doing well! Goodnight!

"now i lay me down to sleep"

Okay...please excuse my terrrrrrible drawing abilities.

This is an idea I have for an infant/toddler bed rather than having a crib. It is a built-in bed with a sliding decorative gate.

Here are my terrible drawings of my idea!

(above, bed....below, gate)

So, there it is! I am very excited to put this in our kids room in whatever house we move into. I want to do trees in Hunter's room for sure. I also got a bear rug (teddy bear that is) that I want to hang on his bedroom wall like an animal mount. I think that will be so cute to do like an outdoorsy, North American hunting theme in his room!

In Adalia's room, I may do nature-ey stuff as well, but I might make her gate design a little bit more girly, with some flowers or birds.

Anyway, let me know what you all think!

i lied...

So, Tom and I had to make an inpromptu trip to my parents house this weekend, hence me breaking my promise and not blogging yesterday. We are moving and will be living with my parents until our housing plan is figured out. After putting in two offers on two different farms and getting turned down, we are a bit discouraged and confused about what to do next. Anyway, we had to get my parents house ready to have four more crazies running around.

I have the plan drawn up for the built in crib and will post it no later than Monday.

For now, I am going to gobble up some cold medicine, take a boiling hot shower, and hope that I can get a wink or five of sleep.

Please forgive my lack of diligence in writing. I will make up for it!

For now, please comment and tell me if you think I should get another perm or keep my hair straight. QUANDRY!

(permed)

(not permed)

(not permed, just styled)

reunited...and it feels SO good!

Me, Tom, Hunter and Adalia all under the same roof again till Sunday evening.

AWESOME!

I dread our times apart, but just love and cherish our times together!

This will be SUPER brief, but I promise that tomorrow I will post this GREAT IDEA I have for a built-in crib...diagram will be included!

For tonight, I just wanted to check in to say hello. This week was a wild one...Adalia decided that she is far too old for napping (at only seven months) but was too tired to even play and ended up staring at the ceiling, paci in mouth, resting her head on a giant teddy bear multiple times each day. So, between her wildness, and the general chaos of life, I am extremely thankful to have my capable, muscly husband back in my zip code again!


Goodnight, world!

"now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning?"

(Title quote by Coleman Cox)

I loved my husband, my son, and my daughter.

I prayed.

I visited with a friend.

I didn't take a disagreement with my husband too far or too personally.

I prayed, a lot.

I said hello to the people that I passed on my walk.

I prayed some more.

That is about all that mattered. No fancy words, no endless rambing.

woo, over a thousand views! and my first VLOG

I am so excited! A thousand! Yay, fun fun!

So, today, I will do a ... VLOG! What a strange word...

Anyway, forgive my two day old hair-do and my crumpled pajamas. I am a momma first, then a blogger...so showering did not make my priority list for this morning!

Enjoy!


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