A Boring Post

This week has flown by for me. Partially because the weekend was a huge blur of fun stuff. We had dinner at my brother and soon-to-be sister-in-law's on Friday night, followed by an evening of drinking wine (just the SIL and I, that is, a much needed night of good conversation and the aforementioned wine). Saturday we joined them again for dinner for the season's first hard crabs, Sunday we cleaned out the basement to make room for the rest of our stuff and Monday was a Holiday followed by the reunion of our good friend who had the audacity to go away for the weekend for a friend's bachelorette party. Tuesday I worked in Baltimore, and Wednesday was my first real day back in the office since last Friday. To say I was busy would be the world's largest understatement. 

Last night consisted of a grocery shopping/Arrested Development marathon. We ate Potbelly sandwiches and hung out on the couch. My kinda night. Things are getting better. I knew they would, I just had to have patience. 

Have Faith

I have been diligent in trying to letting my anxiety go in many facets of our life right now and I'm starting to physically feel better. Actually, emotionally too. And whatd'ya know? A little prayer and positive thinking worked. Our house appraised for the value we needed it to! Next up, meeting with our contractor tomorrow morning.

We have a busy weekend coming up, tomorrow as I mentioned we're meeting Evan and the Peanut and I are going to squeeze in a play date with my friend Kristy and her daughter. Evan, Kristy and their daughter were good friends of ours in Baltimore. In fact, their daughter is just 8 days old than ours. So it was nice going through that transition from married couple to parents together. Kristy and I have shared many horror stories over the past 10 almost 11 #wherehastimegone months.

Sunday is a 'lax day hopefully to kick off a busy Monday. Tuesday, I am commuting to Baltimore. Next week we're going back up to Bmore to pack up our stuff and the following weekend we are moving out. Tears commence.

Oh well, there's no use in getting sad yet. Afterall, 5 hours stands between me and a three day weekend with my loves!

Happy Memorial Day weekend!

I'm Over Selling Our House

The home inspection addendum came back and while it isn't terrifying there is a potential costly fix on there. A friend of ours is a licensed contractor and I am crossing my fingers he can fix it! I should know more on Saturday what the damage will be. In addition to that worry, now we have to make sure the house appraises for what we've asked. I didn't realize that was an issue until I just spoke with our Realtor...  Thank you short sales and foreclosures in our area...

However, despite the hiccup in our plans, I am grateful to be safe and still have a home. The pictures I've seen from the aftermath of the Oklahoma tornadoes is so, so sad.

Annnnd, here are some pictures from the weekend.

Peanut's first baseball game

The little rascal slept in until 9:30 Sunday morning... I however was up  at 8am

First haircut! 

Weekend Photo Dump

Feeling pretty blessed after a great weekend with family and friends. Friday evening holding my breath still our house in Baltimore went under contract! Up next, the house inspection. Fingers and toes crossed that there aren't any unforeseeable problems in my near future. Saturday morning we put a deposit down on a lot for our new home and Saturday evening we celebrated my sister-in-law's college graduation/birthday with a surprise party. Sunday wrapped up an awesome weekend with Mother's Day. 

Our piece of dirt- Lot 169- spot for the future Facini house

Intense conversation

Smiles with Gigi

Tuck Photobombing 

Outside with Gigi

The husband and I at the surprise party

Rockin the pony tail! 

Life... It's An Adventure

Many threads are hanging loosely in our life right now. Tied together, amazing things could happen. Left loose, well.. life pretty much stays status quo for the time being. With that being said, I have to have patience now. I have to wait to see how everything plays out. As I mentioned in a previous post, patience is not a strength of mine.

So, to help me through this process I'm going to remind myself...
"Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.  And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus"
-Philippians 4:6 

Let the chips fall where they are supposed to. I just pray where they're supposed to fall is aligned with where we want them to fall. 

Life... it's an adventure.

Happy 10 Months Peanut

Our Peanut is just two months shy of her first birthday! In the thick of birthday planning, I forgot to the 10 months post. Thankfully my husband reminded me.

This month our little crawler hasn't sat still. If she's awake, she's on the move. 

She is starting to pull up, especially on things she shouldn't.

She's shown us that she knows what she likes and what she doesn't. And when she doesn't like something, watch out! 

She is doing a little better at eating textured foods. She seems to really enjoy chicken, pasta is hit or miss, lunch meat, bread, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green beans and macaroni and cheese all seem to be okay. She doesn't love it but she'll eat a few bites.

She's very verbal and is starting to understand words. When she hears a dog bark she asks "tuck, tuck?" meaning our dog Tucker. It's adorable. 

She loves the outside! 

She can clap and thinks every one should too, especially if she pulls up or plays "so big". Along with that, she plays patty cake by herself now.

She absolutely, without a doubt, loves Chicka from Sprout. 

Happy 10 Months Peanut! We can't wait to see what fun things you do next!!

Not My Golden Rule

The golden rule of marriage, or at least what I perceive to be the golden rule of marriage, is to not go to bed angry. I don't believe in that rule. Not one little bit. There are plenty of nights I go to bed angry at my husband. I believe in digesting information and emotions before letting them explode. I have a mandatory two hour cool down window when I'm legit angry about something. Any sort of emotional release prior to that window and you're at risk of  being on the receiving end of shrapnel.  Ranting and raving might make one's self feel better but that's what your girlfriends are for, not your spouse. Name calling or leveraging a split is immature and self-serving. I'm not saying that the occasional outburst isn't warranted or needed but on average I've learned you get a lot further by having an actual conversation.

My girlfriend and I were talking the other night about the ridiculousness that ensues when couples fight. The lengths people go to torture the other during a fight is absurd. I've had my fair share of nasty fights with the husband, when I was much younger, but lately I've learned we can avoid the headache and heartache that partners with fighting if we remember we're not 12.

The last few weeks have not been a walk in the park. I've been sour a many a night and put myself to bed waaaaay too early just to avoid the boiling volcano of emotions. We've had many chats, some offering solutions, some where we simply had to agree to disagree. But with the right attitude, any grievance can be resolved. At the end of the day,  I got married I meant for better or worse. If we can't have a decent conversation about our disagreements, there is going to be a whole lot more worse than better. Sometimes, it's just better to sleep it off. Or at least toss and turn for a few hours.