october has arrived

I love fall and I am happy October has arrived, although I am nervous for all the new changes that will be taking place shortly.  Like the new little one that is scheduled to come November 10.  That will be here before I can blink.

 The reason I am most nervous for our new little bundle is of course because although the house is looking great (much better than the picture...can't quite seem to get the colors to look quite right in a picture), it will probably be done 2 weeks after the baby...so not looking forward to moving with a newborn in the winter...after a c-section.  We don't know the exact time the house will be ready, but it is looking like maybe Thanksgiving weekend.  Seriously?  Jeff is going to have a great time trying to move everything by himself...he has a hard enough time asking for any help when it's not a holiday.  It will all work out, but I will admit I don't sleep much at night thinking about how in the world we are going to get moved.  Oh, and how in the world my other little munchkin is going to survive the 4 days I am in the hospital without me.  She is going to have a rough, rough adjustment to her new little sister.  I have no rose colored glasses on when it comes to that little issue.  I am expecting the absolute worst and hoping to be surprised.  Maybe I won't be as stressed once I get in the storage unit and find all my newborn things...I just realized at 1:30 am that all of my baby blankets, burp cloths, nursing cover, etc. are buried in some unknown box. Yeah, I never did fall back asleep.  I do know where the newborn clothes are at least and the big things like the carseat.  Don't ask me why I didn't keep more of the stuff out.

 Other than feeling the stress of the move, we are just plugging along.  Heidi has definitely shown us that she is two lately and has some serious mood swings.  I keep hoping it's those swollen gums where the two year molars belong, but it might be an age thing.  We have had a few meltdowns in the last few days, but thankfully there have been plenty of good, happy faces to help us forget some of the tears.  This was one of those days...she woke up and wanted her shoes on so she could go look at her dad's trailer for some reason.  She didn't want to get dressed and when I came back out of the kitchen I saw she had taken matters into her own hands and put her shoes on over her pajamas.  Oh my--she really does make me laugh.

 The mornings have been a bit chilly so we have had to entertain ourselves indoors a little more, which is not always fun.  Heidi goes through phases of loving to color though, and that always helps pass the time.

 Yesterday we decided to take an idea we saw on Pinterest to paint rocks.  I figured it would be a hit since the girl loves her a good rock.  Her favorite part was hunting for the rocks (which wasn't too hard since our parking lot is all gravel).  She happily collected as many as she could put in her bowl exclaiming, "Oh wow! Look at this cool one, mom!"  Her second favorite part was definitely cleaning the rocks. She would have stood at the sink forever making sure all the dirt was gone.

 I thought the painting would be the biggest hit, but after painting the first one, she wanted me to paint the rest while she looked on.  Seeing the rocks all colorful after they had dried made her a very happy two-year-old.  She couldn't wait to show her daddy when he came home.

We also tried playing with pipe cleaners in a colander (or "pipes in the spaghetti bowl" as she called it).  She mostly liked turning them into alien hats and then "scaring" her mom and dad.  

Other than that, we have been hitting the parks like crazy because we will have a long season without them!  She has turned into a monkey and a dare devil at the park.  She loves going down the highest and fastest slides, trying to touch the clouds from the swings, and climbing the scariest equipment available!  Tantrums and all, we love entertaining our funny little Heidi!