Operation Deep Clean

I have made it my goal to deep clean this house... something I rarely do (cleaning is not my strong suit...).  To accomplish this I have decided that I would do one room a day.  It seems manageable.  The goal is to basically touch every surface, vacuum, mop, dust, pick up, etc.  Today I tackled the office and I am proud to say that I completed it all (although I am just now finished at 9:30..).  I figured if I blogged about it I might be held more accountable and feel like I had to complete it.  So that's why you are all hearing about my cleaning goals.  Wish me luck!

And because every post needs a cute picture:

Hiking to the sand dune!

Vacation re-cap is still coming - promise!

2 Months Old!

We got home yesterday from a great trip up north to our family cabin, it was a very relaxing week and Ella had many firsts!

I will have some good posts recapping our trip coming up, but a special little girl turned two months old yesterday so I have to cover that first... plus I am ready to just relax so I will coordinate more detailed posts when I have more energy!

Ella heads to the doctor next week so I don't have her latest height and weight, but I think she is probably close to 13 pounds.  She is in Kirkland brand size 1-2 diapers (LOVE Costco diapers and wipes!) and size 3-6 months clothes.  She is such a happy, content baby!  She smiles and coos all the time now and holds her head way up during tummy time.  She loves to look around and see what is going on around her.  She loved being at the cabin and slept all through the night, but typically she is still getting up once at night, which I can't complain about too much :)

This week she found her thumb and is officially a thumb sucker!  It took her awhile to transition from her fist to just her thumb but she seems to have it down now.  We love her so much!

Time to take the last of the vacation laundry out of the dryer!

Hiatus

The blog will be on a temporary hiatus until late next week because we are packing up the car and heading north!  I am so excited that I will be spending the next week looking at this view...

The last two days have been super stressful and busy as Nick has been gone allllll day with a work conference.  The funny thing about living near corporate is that he would normally fly to Milwaukee for these meetings and be totally gone... it seemed like it would be awesome to live here so he would be "home" when there were meetings, but I still don't end up seeing him until 9:30-10 because they have evening events planned for everyone.

Ella and I have been busy doing laundry, packing, planning and grocery shopping.  Tomorrow we have to spend the morning dropping off the fuzzies at their respective boarding places and then wait for Nick to get home, finish packing and hit the road!  Here's to hoping she can enjoy a 7 hour car ride!

Watching Mommy pack some groceries