Another List-Spring Cleaning

I need to do another long-term to-do list. I'd really like to get this stuff done in the next 2 weeks, because then I'll start doing motivated moms daily. So this keeps me kind of accountable.

• dust complete den DONE
  
• dust all wall hangings around the house
• have Jon clean the hanging over the TV I can't reach
  
• dust my room
• dust Zach's room
• put "to be filed" stuff in cabinet
  
• clean refrigerator
  
• clean guest bath
• clean master bath
• clean baseboards in bathroom/kitchen
• clean all windows
• Take stuff to Goodwill
• Sort through baby stuff- decide what to keep, what to give 2 sister-in-laws
• vacuum couches
• put car seat in Z's room
• clean up our closet

Ok, I think that's all, but I may think of others

Did you hear?

Zach's going to be a big brother! :) Due Dec. 7 :) So excited!

Update

So, apparently I need to update... ::sigh:: Umm, life's been busy? Easter was good. We went to the Vigil mass Sat night, then on Sun. Blythe and Aaron invited us over for lunch, where I tried lamb for the first time. It was good! I want to have it again sometime... Jon's started his 4 on, 4 off schedule, 12-hour shifts now, so we're about to try to get use to that. Jon's building me a desk for scrapbooking, so that's taking up my entire dining room. Kind of funny. I'm really excited about it....

We're on a BIG weight loss/debt free campaign. We're working our butts off to get out of debt and, while it'll be hard, we really hope to do it within the next year. (well, with the exception of student loans and car payment). I also really need to lose this baby weight. We've been watching calories and I've been consistently going to the gym. I've been spending 30 min on the treadmill, and I also just bought some small hand weights yesterday, so I'm going to start doing those as well. I miss my wedding body :(

Zach's doing well- found his feet recently. It's cute because he holds them up while I change his diaper lol. He's rolling from his belly to his back, but can't figure out how to get back over. He still talks and squeals and blows bubbles. He's definitely all boy. He is 6 mo tomorrow. We got his 6mo pictures taken last week. Here they are. He doesn't have his 6 mo checkup until the 17th. Military is stupid sometimes. I didn't realize I needed to call 3-4 weeks in advance to make his appt! Oh well. He's also been eating solids a lot. We decided to do homemade baby food, so right now, I have tons of squash, sweet potatoes, peas and peaches in the freezer. Jon's going to go buy a small deep freezer today.

I recently joined the mom's playgroup at church. I really enjoy knowing some other mom's. Including Zach, there was 3 babies born within 12 days of each other. Zach, 6 days later another boy, 6 days later a girl. I don't know if I'll go to everything. For example, next week is Chucky Cheese. That'll probably just be loud and kind of annoying, but we'll see how I feel next week. We also went to the young married couple's group this month- it was a dinner out. We're also meeting up next week to make baggie lunches for the homeless, so that'll be nice. The couples between the play group and the married couples group seem to overlap a lot.

Anyway, I guess that's an update for everyone :) Sorry it's been so long, I've just got a lot going on. :)

Snow

I woke up at 1:30am w/ Z, and looked outside, as I always do to see if anything had shown up over night. Nope. When J got up at 8, he came back in the room and said "Holy cow babe! Come look at this!" It is the first wet snow we've had, so it stuck, and it was what I had always pictured snow, instead of half melted by the time we get up. It was just so beautiful.
We got Z all bundled up in his snow suit and hat and mittens. Then we went outside to the park. Jon made a tall snowman. Zach and I watched. Then we helped Zach make his first snow angel and I made my first one as well. We had a lot of fun.

Rambling update

I'm soooo excited. One of my best friends told me on Sat. that she is pregnant. I could not be any more happy and excited than I am for her. I'm sooo glad God has given her this blessing and pray that he will keep her safe, healthy, etc.

I am back from FL. While I had a great time and it was really nice to see people, I'm soooo glad to be home. Our house has been a little interesting. Jon took 6 days off work because he's got his promotion test on Thurs. Please keep him in your prayers, as this promotion will really help us in many ways.

He was suppose to have 4 days off afterwards as well, but they have screwed up his schedule again. But, apparently, they are totally redoing it starting the 15th or 17th, going from 6 on, 4 off, to 4 on, 4 off, 12-hour shifts. I am really tired and frustrated and annoyed with his job, and keep trying to remind myself that there's nothing we can do about it, but the lack of planning, organization, the last minute crap, not being able to plan anything, etc. is just really ticking me off.

Zach is growing up so fast. He's been teething and had a small cold, so he's been VERY cuddly lately. I've loved the cuddling. He's definitely beginning to develop a personality. It's really cute and funny. He is constantly smiling and definitely a happy baby. I just LOVE the lil guy so much!

Sat. night, we finally got to go out with the young married couples group from our church. It was a lot of fun. We went to a sports bar and there were about 10 couples there. They all have at least 2 children, except for us, and one other couple that has a 21-month old, so it was really nice to meet some other parents! I'm really hoping we'll be able to go to more events and that Jon's stupid schedule won't prevent us from going. Many of the women also attend a playgroup at the church, so I'm going to try to go on Wed. I really need to do things like that, even if it means being somewhere at 9:30 in the morning haha. Well, that's a quick rambling of updates.