She is my Sunshine :)

My new back yard! JUST KIDDING :) Mothers day at my Mom's.

Still Here!

I just can't seem to give this blog the time I used to. Even my laptop has been used far less since we moved. Being a home owner makes for a lot more chores in comparison to condo living. Our new digs are coming along slowly. So much to be done! This house was pretty neglected. Thankfully my Dad was up for a week and tackled some of my to do list :) Abby had a great time with her Grand-dad and was really sorry to see him go. We still have a lot to do and right now I am living for weekends that we have nothing to do but hang out at home all weekend. They go by so darn fast that I feel like I can never get anything accomplished.

We have settled in nicely though. I couldn't ask for better neighbors! The neighborhood is great. Lot's of kids. We really haven't met anyone out side of our cul da sac yet but everyone waves when we drive by. We will start taking some walks soon ad hopefully meet some new friends for Abby :) Here are a smattering of pictures over the last several weeks. First up planting flower seeds. Ignore my nasty driveway. A weed kill was in progress and I have more gravel coming for the driveway.

We took a little road trip to Syracuse NY for my Grand-mothers memorial service. 12 hrs long and the longest little one has ever been in the car. She did great though. Bringing her own little potty was the best thing I could have done :)

Playing lacrosse with cousin Josh.

Meeting new cousins in NY :) Abby and cousin Gracie.

Posing in Cousin Wendy's yard with all the pretty flowers.

Posing with cousins Josh and Ben. You can see she was quite thrilled during this Kodak moment.

More cousin fun :) Abby loves to talk about her cousins in NY and misses them a lot.

Back at home reading to her stuffed animals.

Reading books with Grandad.

Meema and Da moved the swing set over to our back yard from theirs. It need some spiffing up but little miss is thrilled to have her own swings (despite this non smiling photo)

Sprinkler fun. We have has some scorchers lately.

Ist school production

In celebration of week of he child Abby's school had a little program. It included 2 poems and 2 songs :) I was able to sneak away from work long enough to see the show. It was too cute! Below Abby in her class waiting to put on their costumes.

My sweet little flower :)

Lining up.

Studying the crowd.

Mary Mary quite contrary. How does your garden grow?

All done :)

Sweet girl

Wahoo! Just finished my taxes. Yep I'm a last minute kind of gal. We are loving spring time. And little girl especially loves her back yard. It needs some work big time! I would say it is about 98% weeds and 2% grass. The fence needs to be expanded and totally changed out for that matter. We have a pretty view with horses all hidden by that tall fence. Trying to decide if I want to part with my tax return and get the new fence done with. Anyhow today was especially nice after work. I gave Abby a bucket of water and a paint bush and let her go to town. (had seen this cool idea on other blogs). She thought it was great fun too :)

Serious catch up pictures and posts coming soon. Thanks for everyone still following :)

Howdy

Wow! Unintentional bloggy break. Abby and I have been busy. We are all moved in and loving our new house. I'm totally broke but it's worth it because we really like it here. Abby loves her new house. We still have boxes here and there and pictures leaning here and there so no real pictures yet. My parents had the main rooms painted and replaced all of the carpeting for us as a gift before we moved in. All I have left to paint are the two Bathrooms and the laundry room. There are plenty more things to do as well. Our yard is a disaster but my Dad will be here soon to help shape it up for us. Boy does it need it. Have to say it is super hard to unpack and settle with a three year old assisting but we are getting there ever so slowly; Little Miss has been quite sassy since we moved in and having some serious tantrums. I'm sure some of it is the move but I was worried it might be attachment related as well. Thank goodness for the Rumor Queen forum. I put a post there and found out it seems to be mostly just age related. Yikes she can throw a fit. We were averaging about one an evening since we moved. Over little things like no pop sickle before dinner or being told she couldn't do something. Thankfully after about a month of these she seems to have settled. (Knock on wood) She has been tantrum free (of the big ones anyway) for the last four days. Will catch up and update more soon. Here are a few pictures of my growing fast little girl :)