Still here..

boxes are out. and abby is in.

she is just a little butterball and is so sweet.

got a new stroller! wahoo! this one is much more travel friendly for airports and such. the seat covers are reversible so they can match or be different. i switched them to match. i'm that mom that likes matchy matchy:)

she must have known we wouldn't want her to draw on herself. i didnt get mad at her, but when i took some pictures she about cried. sorry for the runny nose. its gross. i know. she has a cold. obviously by her hands, and face, she had been flying under the radar a bit...quietly coloring (we assumed on her paper) at the table...

she ALWAYS has her hands behind her head. so sweet. i love my sweet baby. please stop growing so fast! already 5 months old.

Well i am still here. and staying up later than i should to blog. we started watching The Firm, its a tv show based on the movie/book by john grisham. Can i just say i am not a big TV watcher, and that i am really excited to watch this show every week? its so good. there have been 4 chapters (or episodes) so far, and they are so interesting. anyways, packing is...inching along shall we say? there is a chance we could be out of our house much sooner than expected. some people today looked at the place, and they would want it in like a week. some other people i know are putting in an application want it like the 1st of feb. both dates are pretty close. we'll see. i really would love it, it would save me so much if somebody took over the lease right away. things are well for the most part. poor isabella has had this cold that makes her kind of raspy and she sounds like she is losing her voice. abby seems to have the same cold. andrew and dan seem ok though. i haven't had the cold so much. but having a nursing baby who suddenly doesn't want to eat so much isn't good, and i've felt pretty crappy the last two days. feeling better today than last night (i think i must have had a fever...) so hopefully tomorrow i will be back to feeling normal and get back to packing it on up. dan didn't end up taking his Series 65 licensing test for insurance. he studied so hard the past few months for that. the first time he took it missed it by 1%. so then he said since Christmas that he just couldn't make any sense of it. after fighting for a couple weeks he finally said "maybe there's a reason i'm not understanding any of this". and then he lost his drivers license this week so he couldn't go take his test today without it. he thought maybe that was another confirmation that he wasn't supposed to go take that test today. hmm. interesting how life works out. seems to shut doors as others open. just like we are promised- as certain doors shut, others will open. abby has been doing SO well potty training the past couple days (knock on wood), she has had couple partial accidents but has stayed dry almost ALL day if not all day. im so happy about that. laundry adds up so much more quickly when she is going thru multiple outfits everyday....anyways, i better get on with it. i'll make a quick blog when we head out. dan will be driving solo to NJ in the car next weekend and then flying back to get us. makes me nervous about him being so far and all alone for such a long drive. i just can't imagine what i would do if something happened to him. but i suppose he will only go when its his time...i just hope its not for like 50 years. maybe less. i dont want to live to be too old....