Crawling is in the near future!

Yesterday, Eva managed to scoot about 6 inches on her tummy! Crawling is near...let the fun begin!

Trip to PA was canceled so Stephen was able to help his dad with a project on the porch. I made it out to the 1/2 price rummage sale, so between all three days managed to score all of my Christmas gifts (for Nicky, RJ, Lily, Emily, and Megan), Eva's entire winter wardrobe, Eva's Christmas presents, and some maternity clothes for a close friend for under $150! I am psyched! And I got some really adorable clothes for girly. We got 8 toys brand new still in the package, so all in all, I am very pleased. :)

Planning on taking the rest of the weekend to chill. Mom might be coming up, time for some winter clothes shopping as it is COOOLD now.

We have a tooth!

Finally on Friday, October 22nd, we have a tooth. I'm kind of surprised it is here actually. It seems like she has had all the signs for several months now.

I was just telling Gina how I was starting to think it was my imagination. On Thursday, Izzy spent the night and we were all feeling Eva's gums talking about hard they were and how long they had been that hard. On Friday, Carrie, Izzy, Eva, and I rode down to Fredericksburg for a girls day and while waiting for lunch, sure, enough, there are the little ridges in her mouth! It is on the lower left side and just the top, but definitely is a tooth. :) She has been such a good baby with it and looking back on it, last week was the first week that we had some uncontrollable crying. On Wednesday, she screamed for several hours in the morning and it was the first time that I remember not knowing what to do with a child. It was horrible- turns out that tooth really wanted to come through!

I'm happy she is feeling better and for the first time in months, she is sleeping through the night again! She is still waking up around midnight to 1am crying, but last night, she found her paci (we've been attaching it to her blankie), put it back in and went back to sleep. Little girl is now a tummy sleeper, so we only leave a recieving blanket in the crib now. She sleeps in a fleece sleeper with socks, a sleepsack, and a recieving blanket on top. Because we don't control the temperatures, in fact, we close all the vents from up stairs, it does get kind of chilly down here.

This weekend, I hit Frilly Frocks and Polliwogs on Saturday and got Eva 9 Gymboree outfits with tags still attached for $47! I am really excited about that. Normally I couldn't afford to shop at Gymboree, but some of the clothes I got were from this spring's collection. I am constantly amazed at the amount of money that people in Northern Virginia throw around.

On Thursday, I have another huge consignment sale to hit. I'm hoping to get the rest of Eva's winter clothes there. She is in serious need of some actual winter clothes, not spring clothes with tights and a jacket.

On a side note, if anyone is using the Hylands teething tablets, now is a good time to stop. They have had a recall as of today. http://www.hylands.com/news/hylands-teething-recall.php

Some more October pictures :)

Our camera deperately needs a charging so I can get some new pictures! We were just noticing today that Eva is growing out of her changing table already! :) Thank goodness we got it for $10, so its not a big deal. I was just realizing that we furnished Eva's room for $60. We paid $10 for the changing table and $50 for the rocker. Izzy gave us the crib for a baby present and one of the Baileys neighbors gave us the dresser.

This past Friday, Eva and I went to a rummage sale and it was so fun! Crazy, cold, but fun. Izzy came along to help out with Eva. We got several pairs of jeans for $1 each, a bag of clothes for Eva for $7, some CDs and DVDs for $1 each, set of the Bobbsey Twins books for 50 cents each, a jewelry box for Eva for $3, and the list goes on. All in all, it was well worth our time. :)

Little Miss is rolling all over the place. She just won't stop for anything. :) Since we are doing baby led weaning, we have started introducing a couple of foods for her to play with. At this point, it is about learning and not really about nutrition. I know she is ready for more solids, so we are introducing them as fast as we can while we still watch for allergies.

She is not eating as much as I would like during the day because of her teeth, so she is waking up a lot to eat. It doesn't really bother me because they are basically a dream feed and I can study while holding her. :) I could numb her gums up or give her Tylenol during the day, but I'm really reluctant to stick medicine or drugs in a body that is not my own.

Pray for me that I can continue to be a testimony to some ladies that I have been communicating with online. They are all Christians and it is a great encouragement to hear from other Christians that are like minded and open. I want to be a testimony to them like they have been to me.

I am currently working 4 days a week and I love having Wednesdays off, a nice break in the middle of the week. We've been staying busy with lots of play dates to get some interaction for Megan and Nicholas.

At the end of the month, I'll be hitting a kids consignment sale in our area for some more winter clothes for Eva. She still has lots of dresses and leggings to go with the dresses, but she really needs some pants and shirts for the days when it has been super cold. I'll also have my eye out for some hats and socks. She is still not fitting shoes, her feet are still too chubby. :)

Working my way through school has been really hard with everything else going on. Between work, school, my house, teething Eva, and Stephen, my life has been nothing less than one big race. Mom keeps reminding me to prioritize, but that is much easier said than done. When Stephen is home, I want to be with him. But since I just got home from work, I really need to make dinner. But I'm behind on school, so I need to do that. Ugh. Like I said, prioritizing is much easier said than done. This weekend has been good because I've gotten more done than normal. I'm only 2 chapters behind instead of 7. You still can't see my couch because of all the clean laundry, BUT my kitchen counters are showing. I have two laundry baskets full of clean laundry that IS folded and not put away, BUT I have a sleeping baby and a happy husband. I think I'm doing okay...for now. :)

Until next time...