Snowed in Tulsa

Well our short mini trip to Tulsa turned into a long week snowed indoors! We were not prepared for snow/ice weather and cabin fever. I am sure this weather wouldn't be a problem up North but in the Southern states don't have the resources to stay on top of the roads.

Nate made the trek back to Ft Worth yesterday and it took him 7 hours! He told me that our back yard has 6 inches of ice.... Good thing all the plants are indoors! I plan to make the drive tomorrow once the temps rise above freezing.

Cheers to another day snowed in!

Sara

Stuck in T town

The entire family made the trip to Oklahoma and now we are probably going be stuck here for a few days longer thanks to the weather.

Nate went on a hunting expedition and shot a prize 13 point buck that counted out at 193! He wants to put it above the fireplace but we will see.

I thought this week would be spent seeing friends and family but it turns out that lunch with Nana is our social activity for the week. The good thing is that the weather has given us all a four day weekend together. Yea for a makeshift Thanksgiving!

Hopefully tomorrow will bring some cabin fever relief because one day is all I can handle!

Sara

The Tree is Up!

The day after Thanksgiving we took the plunge and put up the tree! It was wrapped in packaging from our move to Brazil... It stayed in storage while we travelled South America and attempted to learn Portuguese :)

It's a small tree that Nate bought me the year we had first moved to Houston and he was going to be working on the big day. I came home and found the house decorated and the tree up! It made me happy but not as happy as I would have been had he been at home. That Christmas I spent alone in my apartment in Houston. Talk about a sobering moment for moving so far away from family!!

I digress. Isabelle is loving Christmas season and so much so that her footed pjs might have to stay on forever... Even when she plays dress up!

Let the Christmas music blare throughout the house (Sorry Nate. I now have a partner in crime!)

Sara

Thanksgiving

Our first Thanksgiving in our new home! It was amazing having family stay with us and be able to give a good meal. The wether was great and I loved seeing Belle interact with her Grandparents :)

I really do cherish each time we get to spend with family. This is something I will always cherish and I hope to instill that sense in Isabelle.

Next we travel to see family in Tulsa and hopefully travel to Florida to finish off all family members. Then Christmas comes and it starts again!!

Get ready for the holidays!

Sara

Brazil Reunion

This weekend we made the drive to Houston to see some old friends from Brazil! We stayed with Cambrey and her little boy Ian whom I used to babysit in Brazil! Isabelle and Ian played together so well that we plan to vacation together in the future. Both of them cried at night when they had to sleep in separate rooms :)

Jane, the Aussie, was in town visiting from Brazil where she still lives and stayed with Carol and Grant who just moved back to Texas last month. James little girl, Marley, is now 6 months old and such a cutie.

I know I failed and did not get a group picture but I tried to make up for it by getting Isabelle with her fellow Brazillian friends.

We are staying one more day in Houston to try and avoid the bad weather. I hate to say it but Houston really feels like home. I guess it's here that Nate and I really grew up away from home. Ya know, first grown up jobs :)

Well say a few prayers for our travels tomorrow and as we prep for Thanksgiving dinner at our home.

Sara

Gymnastics!

Photo Time

Despite all the smiles you would have never known that she had her first stomach bug. The end of last week was spent with her puking :( it was so hard to see. She understood what was going on and would just cuddle with both if us.

Sparring any details I thought the events were over. Then today after a trip to the zoo she threw up in the car! Ahhh poor little girl! Looks like I should have taken the food a little slower :)

Either way she will eat my homemade bread! I have started trying a recipe that gives you a week or two of fresh bread and I am in love. If the next batch turns out the same I will give you the website to try it out too!

Well other than cleaning up sickness and trying not to get sick the weekend was uneventful! Next weekend should be interesting and so should the next with Thanksgiving at our house!!

Sara

Getting Comfortable

Well looks like we are going to stay here for a year or so because pictures are going up on the wall! Not to mention we purchased a new kitchen table :) so that has to mean two years right?

Really though this place is feeling more like home which unfortunately means that in a few months we will probably get an itch to move. Hopefully not though as we are growing older and crave stability more than the younger years!

Sara

Week in photos

Ice cream on a Sunday and look at the volume in her hair?

The next photo belle is getting ready for Christmas already! She looks so old and wise in this pic.

After a long week of runny nose and eye goop we headed to the doctor for a strep test. Micky had to get tested as week and both came out negative!

The dress up phases of toddler hood has taken over! She wants to wear her tinkerbell outfit when she plays with her fairies... The fairy has tiny (so much fun) sunglasses and so Belle has to wear hers too! Moments before this photo she was in her princess dress. Let the pretend play begin!

Sara

Back to Work

The week of Nate being off has come and gone. While it was nice to have him home I also got a taste of what it would be like to have two children.... not pretty. Messy house, dirty dishes everywhere, and serious threats to get out of bed thrown around became the norm of each day. I guess it would more be like having a teenager and a toddler but you get the idea. Of course I helped being lazy by turning a blind eye to the mess.

The sobering reality of the mess hit me today and I am kicking myself. Ugh. I just want to crawl back into bed this rainy fall morning. Turns out that the time change brings the toddler out of bed earlier and makes my eye circles a little darker.

What is it about cleaning house that I find absolutely terrible? Could it be the never ending task of everything? The cyclical monotony drives me crazy! That's exactly why I could never work in an office. Belle brings me quite a few curve balls but the base of my job haunts me. Running the house is key to keeping the family happy. Clean clothes, dishes to eat on and a safe environment to play in and live.

I guess it doesn't help when someone poops in the bathtub. No, Nate didn't poop in the tub but I honestly would be more surprised to find out he took a bath than pooped in the bath. Tasks like these derail me from the dishes. When you have a choice as to which task to clean first you always choose the disgusting one first.

Not sure where I am taking you with this post other to say that all I want for Christmas is someone to clean.... not because I don't have to time but because our family is gross and I prefer to hide behind a facade of cleanliness instead of being faced with it daily.

Back to reality. Back to work. Toddler gymnastics then laundry :)

Sara