Weekly Storytime

Every week Elizabeth and I trek into the city. If we were still in Naperville we would never go into the city every week. Nashville is probably easier to get around in then just Naperville. Anyways, we go because she does not have any social time or even time to sit in listen in a semi class situation during the week. Most kids at her age are in a mother's day out program by now. We are not going to do it for a couple of reasons. One is we can't afford it. It actually isn't that expensive but we still can't. Another reason is why do I need to put her in one, I am not working and am at home. I might put her in once a week if we had the money for the classroom situation. But we are praying that BSF finally pulls through and she can get 2 hours of bible filled learning. Don't get me wrong, a lot of the mother's day out programs are tied to a church. BSF is way more bible based than probably most Sunday school classes.

We are not in a BSF class because there is no 2 year old teacher yet. We signed up when we should have and are just waiting. I am super excited to get this type of teaching because I have never had any type of bible education besides what I have done on my own.


Onto baby news, I gained only 3 pounds this past check up. Not too bad. I wish I would have kept last times weight gain. OH well. The heart rate is about 150. The doc seems to have no worries. We are normally waiting longer in the waiting room than the whole appointment. Next month we get to find out the gender!!! With Elizabeth she was upside down and they could not tell. We shall see this time around. I will keep you posted.

New pictures

My camera is fixed.












Sunday morning breakfast with my daddy. I love powdered sugar.










Story time at the library with my daddy. Even though at times I complain about my hubby's schedule but right it allows him to come to story time and watch Elizabeth love it. So fun!!

Where have I been?

It's funny how I look forward to reading others who update their blogs every day but it seems I am not one who does update. Sorry.

A lot has happened in our little home in Tennessee. Actually not in our exact home but in Nashville. Since the last of the hurricanes where the refineries where at risk, it has cause a gas shortage for us. Would you believe that on Sat morning over 85% of the gas stations has NO gas. It was kind of weird. Adam gets mad at me because I am telling everyone I know. I have not been out yet today so we will see if there is gas.

In my old home in Naperthrill a lot has happened as well. My father broke his wrist cycling and my mom finally quit her job. It is weird for both to happen in the same week.

My pregnancy has been going well. For some reason I pee more times at night than during the day or at least it seems.


Elizabeth is doing well. She has taken to calling me "mama" instead of "mommy" . It makes me giggle every time. She recently got her Halloween costume . Fairy wings and tutu. So cute! Can't wait to see it on Halloween.

12 weeks and 5 pounds!

Had a check up today. Yikes. I gained 5 pounds. The thing is I want to gain less weight than the last pregnancy. I am not on the right track. I could use the excuse I visited friends this weekend and ate a lot of good tasting but not good for me foods. But honestly, I have been so hungry this time around. By the end of the day I am annoyed with being so hungry. We are having to buy more groceries. Not only am I eating more but so is Adam. He is running in a marathon in Oct so he is having to consume more calories as well.


These friends I visited are friends I hope to have for a lifetime. The wife, Erica, has been my friend for over 10 years!! WOW! We met our senior year of high school. She went to another high school but somehow the good Lord had us be roommates for 2 years in college. We don't see each other very much but when we do it seems as if we just saw each other. It is great to have a friend like that.

Learning early

As Elizabeth gets older I wonder if she is learning everything she needs to. One thing I do know she has learned, is to clean. She loves to help me mop and vacuum the floors. She also likes to help me wipe the table off and empty the dishwasher.I am waiting for the day when she will clean without any help.We celebrated Elizabeth's birthday way late. We were moving and then on vacation. So we had a little party for her. We invited more but this is all the kids that showed up. It was just enough. We grilled out and then had the traditional Allen cookie cake.


With soccer season on hold for me because of a new baby on the way, we are able to do some fun things as a family. We went to a local park and went for a stroll. Something else she does is no longer sit in the stroller but pushes it.





Lastly, I wanted to share with everyone her latest accomplishment. Adam went to get her out of bed before we drove him to work and came running back downstairs. He says to me," go look." I run upstairs and lo and behold find her underneath her bed?!! For those of you who don't know, we switched beds. We bought an antique toddler bed where the sides come off. We took the sides off and this is where it left us.

2 months late isn't that bad,right?

June 30 th was our dear Elizabeth's 2nd birthday. However it fell between us moving and then going on vacation. So we decided to postpone it until further notice. We got finished with all that and decided to do it July 26th. However earlier that week we decided to go to St. Louis to celebrate Grandma Doris's birthday.

Here we are almost 2 months later and we are having some friends over that have kids around Elizabeth's age for her birthday. We are going to grill out and paint wooden dolls. (we'll see how that goes) For those of you who do not know my sis or my bro and have not celebrated a birthday with us, we always had cookie cake. We always got it from The Great American Cookie Company. So I am doing that for my daughter as well if not so I can have a piece as well. So good!

I cleaned all morning and now we are getting ready to go and buy the food.

Nashville in August

I grew up in Chicago. It got hot and humid every summer for a couple weeks or so. We would hangout inside or go to the pool.

Nashville seems to never cool off. It is 630 pm and I do not even want to go out now. The pools are incredible warm, they do not have time to cool off over night. YUCK!! I know it is only the beginning of August but I can't wait for it to be over.

Another thing, my daughter has reached the age where she likes to watch the same DVD over and over. I grew watching Annie over and over. She loves Finding Nemo. We are on day 3. I am on the lookout for any other Disney films we can introduce.

We go to the doctor a week from today. Crazy that we are this stage in our lives.