Whaaaa!!! I don't want to move!

Please don't make me go!  I am content right where I am.  Maybe after tomorrow I will have less anxiety, but this sucks.  The movers come tomorrow and I have no idea what to expect.  I'm trying to get the basics together so that we can continue to live semi-comfortably for the remainder of the week, but it is hard to prepare for the unknown.  Are they going to take everything in one day?  Do I get any say so in what goes where?  What if they pack something I need?

Oh well, I guess I'll just have to get up tomorrow and put my big girl panties and face the day.  I think the worst part will be on Wed, Thurs, and Friday when I am trying to take care of Harper with an empty house.  I do plan to keep some toys, but not too many.  I guess we will be finding other things to do outside during that time.  

We are also having trouble deciding how to conquer the drive.  Do we drive as far as we can on Saturday and then have a shorter trip on Sunday?  Do we take our time both days ( I don't think that is physically possible for me)?  Do we just play it by ear?  What if we can't find a hotel that will house the dumb heads (dogs)?  I guess it will all fall into place and I will have to deal with it.  Since I'm 7 months pregnant, it is not recommended that I take my super happy pill, so I'm planning on have a great attitude the whole week;-).  Please say a prayer for Tommy...and for me...and for the baby and the dogs.

This is going to happen one way or the other, I just hope I live to see the other side.....

Casper goes to the pool

Hello followers and readers from afar.  I know that I have amassed quite a few readers and am so blessed that you have chosen my humble life to follow.

Today we took Casper, I mean Harper, to the base pool over at Oceana.  She had a blast as usual.  They are really kid and parent friendly and let parents decide whether or not their children should be using the slides.  Harper really liked the short slide that led right into the big pool.  The slide was about 4 feet wide, 6 feet long, and had a nice gush of water running down to the bottom.  The slide also sat on about a 35 degree angle.   Tommy would stand in the pool and I would push her down.  We probably did this about 15 times.  At that point her lips were too purple and it was time to warm up over at the baby pool.

Daddy and Harper had lots of fun at the baby pool too.  I sat on the edge and cheered, but didn't quite feel up for a dip today. 

Here are some pool shots of Casper and Daddy:

Another of them playing jump it:

This weekend was Opsail in town and the Blue Angels were flying over at the ocean front.  We didn't want to bother with the rednecks and beach crowds, so we just hung out at the baby pool and they did their own little show for us flying back and forth.  Of course, they did two awesome maneuvers that I was not able to get on film!!!  But I did get a couple of them coming back to land.  Check these out:

These guys were very close, but you can't tell on the picture :(

I wish I could have captured them in formation.  It was just like having permission to buzz the tower even though the pattern was full.











Great day for the Evans family!!

Where have I been you ask?

Well, to sum it up in the nice way, I'm pregnant.  To some of you this might not mean too much, but others I'm sure understand my absence.  I was diagnosed with Hyperemesis (which is something I would not wish on my worst enemy) and am finally feeling like my old self again.

Not too much is happening around here.  Tommy is finishing up his intern year and Harper and I hang out and party all day.  I've actually started taking her to some Gymboree classes and she seems to like those a lot.  She prefers the slides, climbing, and the foam wedge toys.  She also has a mad crush on the class mascot "Gymbo."  I thought most kids were afraid of clowns...but she likes to get up on him and make out when he comes out for song time.

We are moving to Pensacola at the end of June and are just starting our search for our next temporary home.  We will be there until February of 2013 and then off to our next destination.  

We are expecting a little girl on September 6, 2012 and we are so excited!  Not that I have any ill feelings towards boys, but Jet and Will set the bar pretty high and I'm just not sure any child of mine could pass their high standards of behavior.

I've started a new hobby...scrapbooking.  I did some in high school but this shit is serious business now.  I cannot believe the massive amounts of cutting and decorating and embellishing that goes along with a few pictures.  I'm hoping that I get the mother of all die-cutting machines for mothers day - the Silhouette Cameo.  It is pretty awesome and can make tons of way cool stuff that my little mind cannot even begin to imagine.  We will see though.  


Well I just wanted to touch base and let all of my devoted and supportive readers know that I am alive and well, just put off for a little while.  Love ya!

Atlanta or BUST!

I don't really know what this saying means, but in my situation, our trip to Atlanta was a bust.  The stomach flu visited our home the Sunday before we were to depart for Atlanta on Wednesday.  At first Harper was a little under the weather...some vomiting and loose stool, but nothing major.  Then I got the stomach flu.  As usual, I ended up in the emergency room in the wee hours of Tuesday morning.  Tommy, the baby, and I were holed up in a private room (thank god) and my IVs were running wide open. 

Long story short...we made our flight on Wednesday and proceeded to get everyone, I mean everyone, sick.  My mom, step-dad, 2 brothers, dad, step-mom, step-sister, and niece all got the stomach flu.  Not to mention that Harper, my dad, and I spent our last day in GA at Scottish Rite Children's Hospital because Harper just could not stop have diarrhea or vomiting.  It was possibly the best trip that I've ever taken.

I hope that the stomach flu avoids your household this time around and that you can all enjoy foods besides bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast.  Good luck to ya!

This is Harper passed out at the ER in her cute little hospital gown.

Life Update

Hi Everyone!  I hope that the new year has started off with a bang for you and yours.  It sure has for us!  We just found out that we are expecting our second child in September!!!  I am extremely pumped and can't wait for junior to get here.  Granted, I've only been pregnant for about 5 minutes, and you never know what can happen in the first few weeks, I am still excited to be sharing this great news.

On another front, Tommy as accepted a position as a flight surgeon with the Navy and we will be shipping out of the Hampton Roads area to Pensacola, FL this summer so that he can attend flight school.  After his six months there, we will be moving again to places unknown.  We are hoping that he will be accepted into the July class so that we can move before the arrival of our little bundle of joy.

Little Harpy has been taking her first steps too!  Currently, she only wants to go about four or five steps, but I'm sure that will be changing as her confidence builds.  She has also been under the weather the past few days.  Tommy calls it NDV, or for us regular folks, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea.   We are going to the doctor tomorrow and hopefully he will set is up so that she will be feeling better for our trip to Atlanta on Wednesday.

Not much else is going on.  I am sleeping a lot when the baby sleeps, so my crafts and sewing have been temporarily put on hold.  I haven't even done my nails in the last week.  

I'll be back next week with the details from our trip to Atlanta.

Thanks for reading,

WE

Holiday Nails!

So I've been really loving my fingernails!!  It does take some time to paint them myself, but much less time than going to the salon and waiting for them to dry.  I just paint them at night on the stand and then apply them the next morning.

Here are some shots of my holiday nails:
This is Essie Scarlet O'Hara and Set in Stones

I can't seem to get my formatting correct.  My apologies!
I had another color combo that looked awesome, but I didn't take any pictures.  You will have to take my word on it.  Give OPI Ink and OPI Sparkle-Icious.  It was a match made in heaven.  I wore those for NYE.

Lastly, the past few days, I have been sporting this little number since it has been actually cold here.

Essie's Carnival over Sweet Talker.  I got lots of compliments on this one.

 

 

 Peace, Love, Dope
WE

Good Ol' June Bug

As many of you know, June is my 2.5 year old chocolate lab.  Despite that she lives with a smart dog, June just can't keep up with Mandy, my 6 year old black lab. 

This is Juney:

Here she is just relaxing.








This is more of June is really like in real life:

    






As you should be able to tell from these pictures, she is our special child.

My parents have given us their shock collars and we thought it would be a good idea to train the dogs so that we can let them out to do their business without a leash.

Let me just say that day 1 was a total disaster!  Poor June just can't seem to get the hang of this, so we'll continue to try with her.

She would not even go outside for the rest of the day.  More updates to come as the situation progresses.