Pics of the House

Here are just a few pics of the empty house! Feels good to have a home ;)

Tchau,
Sara

Moving

I can't wait to move into our new house so Belle knows what a real backyard is instead of a cement patio!

We have the keys and are going there today after her nap. Out shipment from Brasil should be arriving at our new place on Friday morning! We will see how much we have to get rid of once it arrives. Along with our shipment comes our storage container that we packed before we went to Brasil.... I have no clue what's in there!!

Power, cable, gas have all been scheduled to come and we are working on painters still. Not sure if our marriage could handle the painting! (Just kidding of course but it wouldn't be pretty!)

I will take pics as soon as I can and post them up later tonight!

Tchau,
Sara

Closing!

Fingers crossed that closing proceeds without problems!!

Tchau,
Sara

Easter Bunny

Can't send my child to play with other kids and a nice teacher but she will sit on a giant Bunnies lap ;)

Oh and she cried when she had to leave him....

Tchau,
Sara

Quit School

Turns out Belle wasn't ready for school. I gave her 30 minutes and she still didn't calm down. I decided to wait until she is a little older :)

I cried, she cried. We got doughnuts and made the day better!!

Tchau,
Sara

School Time

I started looking for a place to put Belle twice a week so she could interact with other children, learn, and start spending some time away from me. I went and interviewed The Children's University and fell in love immediately! 

It looked like something from the movies. The hallways are littered with school projects, maps, letters, numbers, and even birds in cages! The science room has koi fish and turtles along with a rabbit :) and then when you go out by the playground you see a Llama, a pig, chickens, turkeys, and goats!

Belle couldn't stop running around pointing and saying every word that she knew. I couldn't stop smiling knowing that this was the place for her and that she would really thrive here.

Yesterday was her exploration day to see if she would tolerate it and to makes sure that she was thriving. The class times are 8 to 230 but I was only planning on leaving her there from 830 to 1130 so she could nap at home instead of at school.

I dropped her off right as her class was walking to Spanish class and she gladly took the aid's hand and followed suit with the rest of the children. I smiled inside as I walked away to chat with the teacher. (maybe this is where I went wrong? Not saying goodbye?) After talking to the teacher for a minute about Belle I left the school wondering how I was going to convince her to come home when I picked her up.

Since I didn't get pictures of her in the morning I snuck in a little early to get pictures of her in action. When I walked into her hallway there she was, holding hands with the teacher walking the halls with tears in her eyes. I will NEVER forget the look in her eyes when she saw me. Words cannot even describe the gut wrenching feeling that took over my body. I ran to her and held her so close while tears streamed down my face. 

I talked to the teacher about what happened and it turns out she started having a hard time about two hours into the day :( My heart lays in broken pieces yet to heal. 

Nate and I discussed that Thursday we are going to take her again but I will pick her up at 1030! I have her teachers cell phone number so if she starts to crumble before then I will speed over to pick her up!!!

Argghhhh!! The emotional roller coaster kids put you through! I believe in my heart that this is something that she needs and is ready for. If she proves me otherwise then we will just hold off until she is ready!

Tchau,

Sara

Grown Up

Lately something has clicked with Belle and she seems way too grown up for me! Maybe because her vocabulary has really exploded recently or possibly the fact that she counts the stairs when we walk down them. Either way the girl has got it going on :)

She wants to read by herself, put her shoes on, get her own drinks, put her clothes on, and anything else you can think of. She won't even let me color side by side with her or dance when she is dancing to music!

Her favorite word is NO and it used to be cute but now I have to think of creative ways to get her to say yes... Like which jacket do you want to wear? Instead of asking her to put her jacket on. This way she feels like she is making the rules but not really.

Oh I have tons to learn! I just can't wait to get into our house and start making it our home! Finally!



Tchau,
Sara

Updates

Closing on the house is still moving through! As far as I know we still plan to close on march 11th... But I have learned over the years to not hold all my eggs in one basket.

Belle is sprinting into the terrible twos. I wouldn't say she is terrible but just really mean to me!! I really do thin she is just trying to assert her independence and I get in her way. Such a big girl already!

Nates job appears to be going good. Travel is always expected when entering into a new position so I assume that things will slow down in he next few months. Fingers crossed.

Lately I have the feeling that I smell like urine or poop. Mostly both but it sounds better to say just one of them. Not sure what's going on with Pampers and Huggies but they are not doing their job! This is actually an entire blog post alone. Especially when the phrase, "what do you mean you don't know where the poop is", comes into play.

The apartment living is a different beast. I feel the need to buy our downstairs neighbors tons of alcohol to drink the noise we make away. I never realized a toddler could put on a solo concert every night.

That seems to be covering it for now! We I finally boot up my laptop I will upload so more cute photos and maybe I will be able to get some more of the house!!

Tchau,
Sara

Sara Harris

Gary

Not sure if anyone remembers Gary, the dog we left behind for Brazil... Well, I stayed with his new family last night!

He has a new brother that just turned one and is the same old dog that he used to be ;)

I walked in the door and he couldn't stop smelling me and trying sit on me or just around me. So cute and really sad at the same time!

Belle had fun with a new friend, Louie, riding around in the red wagon. She wanted him in their with her all the time and kept giving him his drink and making sure he was staying put. Already a control freak!

She slept well and I was pleasantly surprised! Given the amount of change I couldn't believe we didn't share a bed. My little girl is growing up so fast.

Today we met up with Nate and are spending the weekend visiting friends and a few quite moments together as a family.

Tchau,
Sara

Leave it to me

To park right in front of the play ground..... Wouldn't be a big deal except for the fact that it just got done raining so everything is super wet!

Crying fit commence!

Tchau,
Sara