June 2019

Well we put off packing until the very end of the month (rookie mistake....or really just pure procrastination) but we were able to do a couple of fun things in the beginning of the month because of our procrastination.

First we found out the gender of our newest wee one!

We are so excited ! We are definitely feeling a little bit out of our element, seeing as our only experiences come from having a boy. But I assume much of the newborn stuff is the same regardless of boy or girl...sleep, eat, poop repeat. So we can handle that and the rest will come.
I will say I am enjoying shopping for little girl stuff far more than I have ever had for little boy stuff.

Next we enjoyed our typical day to day things. Riding bikes, playing in the rain, feeding our deer, and an impromptu trip to further our procrastination up to Virginia to see Drew, Jess, Naomi and Vivi.

Then we had not so fun things. Going to the dentist, going to the OB....they are so intrusive..., and last shifts at Duke.

We also had the paci fairy come. Ever since Beckham was little I made sure that paci's were for night time and naps only, so it wasn't a huge deal that he had one, but alas the time had come as he is almost four and our new wee girl is on the way and thus the paci fairy was born. The paci fairy comes and takes pcis away to other little babies who need them but leaves a gift for the big boy/girls who had them.
It took a couple of days for him to not ask for them each time, and only two nights of tears once of twice, but they are gone now and I am glad to be done with them....for this kid....

Mimi and Papa came up later in the month and helped out with the Grannies and graciously took Beckham back with them so Zach and I could pack.

And then some of our moving story.
First our pods were WAAAYYY too little. So we had to throw away so much more than we anticipated which was frustrating and laughable. We also found out our new insurance doesn't kick in for 60 days from when Zach started working but only if he started before July 3, which we did not know . So now I am prego and cannot go to a doctor until October 1 when I am 34 weeks, so pray for me! Luckily Zach is a nurse and can take my vitals as I am still in the boring part of pregnancy so that is good!
We also got our car towed at 11 o'clock at night while it was parked on our side walk waiting to be loaded with boxes. So what turned into an almost done officially move out turned out to include a two hour round trip to get our car plus a $200 tow fee to get our car before midnight....some people....

But besides ALLLLL that and then some it was pretty flawless. This has been our first "grown up" move and we made a ton of mistakes, but we have also learned a ton for next time, so I suppose all in all a good thing. We also have amazing friends who helped us pack and drove us at 11pm to pick up our car. from the tow lot (Thanks Vince and Kait) And thanks to Dallin, Kalen, Tom and James for moving all our stuff as well.

Zach found these ugly sunglasses while we were packing that I thought I had thrown out years ago

With the wrong size pod we ended up throwing away a ton of stuff and unfortunately our graffiti garbage can was one of them. Stickers from various places we had visited so sad for us. 

On our way down to Georgia we found a Pizza Inn...oh nostalgia

 Then we were reunited with Beckham in Georgia and hung out with Mimi and Papa for a few days before heading down to Florida officially.

Our new Spider man book

Good ol' Pink Panther

May 2019

Zach always knew that a move from the smaller MICU at Duke Raleigh to a larger SICU or CTICU was imminent for grad school applications. So we he started to outgrow Duke Raleigh and after a few unfortunate events happened back to back in North Carolina we decided to apply out of state. Zach got an interview in Maryland, Florida (a couple), Texas and Chapel Hill. Well after some deliberation we felt Florida was a good place to start. 

Zach flew down to interview at Tampa General Hospital and voila, we are now headed to Tampa for the next few years. 

I am really sad to be leaving Raleigh. I enjoy being close to family. I love my little neighborhood, I have a wonderful ward and have made some good friends. But alas we are in a transition period in our life. Nothing is permanent and we are still working towards a grad school goal for Zach. So we go where the wind blows opportunities to achieve that. We do feel like we are supposed to be in Florida, but regardless it is going to be a hard move come end of June.

Zach and I's motto since before we got married has always been "adventure is out there" (courtesy from "UP").

So onwards to new adventures and trying to maintain good attitudes during hard moves! (Especially 5 months pregnant).

But after we found that out at the beginning of the month we just hung out the rest of it. 

Eating real food without throwing up later! 

Playing with a friends kitten

First time peeing standing up, roadside and in a urinal

Beckham's first selfie

April 2019

April was spent similarly to March...On a couch throwing up, but Zach did come down early in April and got Beckham and I. While I was so glad to have him back in my life it was hard going back home knowing I did not have Mimi and Papa to help.
The house became a mess and most meals were eaten out, but with help from Gigi and Papa we were able survive the month.

Even Beckham had to help poor momma out. 

Preggy pops....nothing worked though these helped with bad taste in my mouth and the increase saliva

Lots of snuggles and ALOT of movies were watched 

Mostly I watched the Masters

But Finally as the month neared its end the puking subsided some and I could go "out" occasionally (which was me laying around at the park) And once even I ate something other than cheerios.

And then I FINALLY got to see the wee one, which makes it all little more worth it.

And thankfully the Easter Bunny has access to amazon and still came this year bringing Spider-man gear, trains and a flashlight. (Unfortunately because of all the morning sickness Beckham's nighttime potty training hit a huge regression (he was stressed most of the time for me, even once yelling at me to go to the doctor for a band aid) and so hence just the clean dry underwear in the picture)

Link: Easter basket hunting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpGqqf7zkHA&feature=youtu.be

March 2019

Mom and Dad came up at the end of February to help out with the grandparents and since they were there Beckham and I decided to go back to Atlanta for two weeks to hang out with them (two weeks turned into a month and a half) Well thank goodness we did because about three days later morning sickness came in full strength so much of March, April and May were spent laying on a couch and puking. I have not thrown up now, as I write this in June,  for about two weeks which is fantastic. I still get nauseous if I don't take my medicine at night so I stay on that regularly, but glad to be out of the worst of it. I still cannot cook most of anything or anything requiring boiling water...turns out that has a terrible smell..so most of our meals are thanks to Zach.

Anyways back to March 2019.

The pictures are not that great which I apologize for and are taken mainly from my only point of view, which was always from a couch or bed. (Getting a baby here is hard work)

Morning sickness in full swing...so pretty I know

Parenting fail, he fell asleep with scissors...

Thank goodness for Mimi snuggles as mom snuggles were out of commision

On the days where the nausea subsided briefly we would go the park.
Thank goodness for Mimi and Papa, I cannot stress it enough that we would not have made it without them. They entertained Beckham, kept him clean and fed and safe, and made sure I was taken care of as well allowing Zach to work still. Thank you a million times over.