Whatever you wish for you keep

Life in the South has been good. We are all enjoying it very much. Especially the mild winter. It was 75 the other day and I took Amidala for a walk in a t-shirt and capris. Amidala is getting bigger and smarter everyday. Her and I have a lot of fun together each day but that may be changing soon as I have a job interview next week. Hopefully it goes well. For now I'm prepping for the interview and coordinating what I will do with Amidala for the couple of hours I will be gone.
Since moving into our own house we have been extremely busy but have gotten to take time to enjoy some of the great nature features that NC has to offer. With that note here is a 101 in 1001 update.
#7: Since moving we have been going to church with the in laws. We usually go once per month as trying to get there with a 2 year old is sometime challenging. But we have gone at least once per month in the last 6.
#16: Anakin and I have been watching a lot of Sci-Fi series in particular Star Trek: Voyager and Battle Star Galatica. I know these aren't movies but series but I usually don't watch them so I included them in this one.
#17: Before we moved from Quincy, my last full week at work I offered my seat each day to someone on the T. To my surprise most people did not take me up on the offer. But at least I tried.
#23: We finally went to another farmer's market. The one we went to here is open everyday and is huge. There are about 6 building full of stuff and then outside there are plants and more crafters. It was great to go and we will probably go back in the summer.
#73: During Christmas I offered to babysit for my nephew while they went out to dinner with my in-laws. Amidala had a great time playing with her cousin.
#79: Anakin and I started a savings account before we closed on our house to have some money put aside for work we needed to do on the house.
#98: Going stargazing is something I always wanted to do and Anakin and I did on our deck in January. Since there are no city lights to compete with it was great and I saw so many more stars. We will do it again soon.

That's all for now.
-Rachel

Back to Blogging

So life has been so busy I haven't had time to post. We just bought a house and are always working on it. I'm still at home with Amidala. But this year I want to get back into blogging so here's giving it a try

My Big Girl

Yay for the weekend. I know I don't have much merit in saying that while being a stay at home mom but I enjoy getting to spend time with my family. Amidala is now officially a big girl. She sleeps in her big girl bed, starts day care again on Monday, and has no more binky. At her new day care they are not allowed to have in the two year old room so upon reading that, we decided to take it away so it was a non issue when she needed to transfer up to that room. We started on Monday and she has been doing great! With some incentives of course. She go a new Nala and a doodle pad for being a big girl. We went to visit her new school on Wednesday and stayed for about an hour and a half, so she could get used to it and meet the new kids. A couple of the kids had binkies and Amidala pointed at them and said babies mommy. She is such a good goober.
Today is exciting because I have a phone interview and this will hopefully lead to an in person one next week. More to come on that.
Since we were so busy before we moved I didn't have time to update my 101 in 1001. So here is an update since we have been in the south.

#42: I had a goal of cleaning our basement while we were in Quincy but since we had to move it was cleaned in the packing/sorting and trashing. So I do have a clean/organized basement, I just don't get to use it.

#52: This summer Anakin and I have been taking Amidala for nightly walks in Crown Colony before we moved. It was nice to get out get some fresh air and exercise and let Amidala burn some energy before bed.

#72: Anakin and I went on a date with my friends Jen and Evan. We went to Rio's in Quincy which is an all you can eat Brazilian BBQ. It was delicious and I definitely ate way more than I should have.

#91: Drinking enough water is hard, especially while working. Anakin and I found these water bottles called Camelbak's and they are great. I can honestly say I drink a ton of water with it.

Hope you all enjoyed this update and hopefully I will have some news on the job front soon!
-Rachel

The Big Move

So from the short post earlier this week, you probably have figured out we are now living in NC. We drove down over the course of 2 days, 20 hours in the car with Amidala in our car and the cats in my inlaws. It was a long drive that was rerouted due to Hurricane Irene. All in all the drive was not too bad, we saw some beautiful scenery in New York State and Central Pennsylvania. The mountains out there are beautiful and so peaceful.
On day two we began our treck from central PA, through West Virginia and Virginia for most of the day. We even went through South Boston, VA. And the last leg of the trip was North Carolina, which was about an hour and our first run in with rain.
The family and I are happy down here and doing well. Anakin started a new job two weeks ago and I am still on the hunt but have a promising lead from Fidelity. Since I am not working I have the pleasure of spending my days with Amidala. She is quite the artist and we are accumulating quite the surplus of art at age 2. Hopefully everything works out and I get a job soon.
Speaking of Amidala, she will be two in 5 weeks!!! Where does the time go. It seems she was just turning 1!!
That's it for now. If you would like an Amidala original please let me know, I hate to get rid of it.
-Rachel

New Start

So the family and I moved down to NC three weeks ago and are finally settled. I have a big update to post probably tomorrow. We are all fine!

We come together no mind of the weather, We gonna love each other til the end of time

A lot has happened in the last month for us. Amidala is now 1.5 and running amuck amuck amuck.She also got her tubes put in and we have seen a huge improvement in balance and speech. Her vocabulary has exploded and she repeats everything.
On a not so light note this past Wednesday a series of tornados went through my home town of Springfield, MA. There were two confirmed touch downs, one going right up main street and one closer to the Wilbraham border. My family is fine and is my grandfather's restaurant. It was very scary trying to get ahold of my sister and mother not knowing where they were and if they were ok. Thankfully I heard from my sister quickly via text that she was ok. My mom texted back that she was ok about a half hour after and I was so relieved that she was ok.
My thoughts and prayers go out to those also affected by the tornados and hope everyone is safe and recovering

-Rachel

Happy Mom Day

This is how was greeted by Amidala when she awoke from her nap with some help from dad. It was the cutest thing ever. If this kid could get any cuter she did here.
This being my second Mother's day it was great. We were planning on make homemade donuts for breakfast but after Amidala spent the better part of the morning getting sick we decided it was best to stick to cheerios. Poor munchkin had some bad post nasal drip that resulted in her getting sick.
After a laid back morning and lunch we took Amidala to the playground near us again. She loves it there and had a ton of fun on all the slide. We had to cut the trip short due to some parents not watching their older children who decided to climb up the slides. Since it was no longer safer for little miss to be on them, we came home where Anakin made some great curried pineapple chicken! And we ended the day with ice cream cake!
Here's a picture from the park

-Rachel