Just one of those days!!

Wow it has been one of those evenings. Why in the world does a child eat one food one week but the next week wont touch it??? It drives me mad!!! Tonight Eli decided he did not want to eat chili for dinner even though just two weeks ago he ate it fine, who knows. So I then decided since there was some broccoli in the fridge from the other night so i though since he loves that I would give him that. Well that was a mistake, after one bite he decided he did not want that either. I tried to make him eat one more bite before getting down and boy was that a mistake, up came everything!!! I guess I should learn to just leave it. I put him straight in the bath. I was so tired today has just been a draining day. I decided after the bath I was just going to sit down and relax so I told Eli to go play in the playroom. A little while later he came back saying uh oh. So he proceeded to take me into the playroom where he shows me that he has been sick again. Not sure why this time. I am hoping he is not sick I cannot stand the smell of that stuff. I decided it was then time for him to go to bed so lets hope he sleeps well tonight and all this was just him being goofy.

I am so ready for this baby to be here and to stop being utterly exhausted. We have set the date for December 27th if he is not here yet. Not to mention that I am more than ready for Simon to be offered a full time position at Apple so that he can stop working 7 days a week. Dont get me wrong I am thankful that he has these jobs and thankful for the health insurance that they offer but it would be nice to have some time as a family. He has been working 7 days a week since February so it would be nice if all the hard work paid off soon, especially before the baby is born.

Favorite Holiday Cards

I cant believe that the holiday season is already upon us. We have had really nice weather here in Denver so we went out earlier this week to take a family picture so that we can get our Christmas cards ready. We are going to send these cards out to our close family and friends. I love getting Christmas cards from friends and family and seeing what the past year has brought them. The first holiday cards that we sent out was a picture of Eli (about 4 weeks old) dressed as Santa Claus, it was so cute. Last year was a busy year so we did not get a chance to send out Christmas cards so I am looking forward to sending our one out this year with an updated picture of us, our family is growing and Eli is growing up fast. I think that Christmas cards are a great chance to send out a photo and possibly an update to those you might not talk to much at other times of the year.

Shutterfly has got some great holiday cards this year. It is a great chance for you to take your own pictures and send it to them and they will print the holiday cards and send them to you. I have posted some links below to their website so that you can have a look at all the holiday cards they offer, they also offer all different kinds of cards for other times of the year or other photo related items.

Christmas photo cards http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery

Holiday cards http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-card

canvas wall art http://www.shutterfly.com/home-decor/canvas-wall-art

TIS THE SEASON!!!

The last 9 months!!

Well a lot has happened since the last post. I believe we left off we us moving into a rental house in the neighborhood where we tried to buy a house. Simon left the insurance industry as it was not what we expected. He took a job with Starbucks so that we could finally have health insurance. He also took a job with Apple because that is where he really wanted to work but since you cant get insurance straight away he works both jobs. He has been working seven days a week since February and we keep hoping that soon Apple will become full time which will then have health insurance.

Eli is growing up fast and has just turned 2. Unfortunately this means the terrible twos have also arrived at our house. I am find most days are a fight with a lot of things. He will not leave the dog alone and insists on fighting with him. He also seems to love the punishments we give him which does not help, so I am finding most days are a struggle to get him to do things and I am hoping that this phase does not last too long. He also started preschool in September and loves it. Whenever I go to pick him up he says no!! This makes me happy that he loves it but also makes me sad that he does not miss me more. It definitely gives me a chance to get things done which is really nice.

I am still working for the au pair company and things are going good with that. It gives me something to do without it being too much. It however is hard with Simon working seven days a week. I cannot wait for him to get a job at Apple it will be so much better for our family.

We also bought a house, we finally got a mortgage approved. We bought the same model house that we had previously had a contract on. We are loving it and are finally happy to be somewhere that is ours.

In other news we are expecting baby number 2 just after Christmas. Finley Michael will be here around the 27th of December. We are very excited but I am beginning to wonder how Eli is going to handle it. He is recently in a mommy only phase so it should be interesting. So with that news we will be spending the holidays here in Denver this year. It will be our first year by ourselves so it will be a nice quiet holiday for us, especially as Simon will probably be working right up until Christmas.

I am sure that there is more but that is all I can think of for now, I will try to post more in the future.

Long overdue update!!

Well this update is long overdue.

Since the last update, Eli has turned one, started walking, and chatting loads. He can say: dog, please, mamma, da (for daddy). He has said some other words but I cant think of them at the moment. For his birthday we went to the Childrens museum as we had recently had a big snow and it was a little too cold to go to the zoo.
Simon started a job with an insurance company. I started a job from home for an au pair company, I love it!!! We put a contract on a new house in Erie, CO. We celebrated Thanksgiving with my German co worker and her husband. Katrin, my co worker and I then participated in the long missed black Friday shopping day!! Boy had I missed that living overseas, I got so many good deals!!!

Then we got ready for Christmas, we went to Memphis for a week. We had a great time catching up with everyone.

January came before we knew it. In January we had to give up the house we had put a contract on because of difficulty obtaining a mortgage. So we decided that we could not stand living in the apartment anymore. So we started to look for a rental house. And luckily we found one really quick and in the same neighborhood that we were supposed to be buying in. We really love the neighborhood and are pretty much all moved in!! I hate moving and will be glad when it is all done.

I will try to keep more up to date. We are headed back to Memphis next week for one week to see a friend and her new baby girl.