And we're off....

In one hour we will be on our way! The car has been loaded, I've made snacks for the road and Keegan is currently getting clean. I'll have lots to share when we return, we'll be home in a week!

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Packing, packing, and packing

Our family is gearing up for our vacation! Today Keegan and I finished a lot of packing. Tomorrow our day is filled with a run to the grocery store (to stock up on food for the trip), loading the car, nap time (for both of us), and of course driving to Indianapolis to pick up Josh from the airport. I am stressed out thinking that I'm going to forget something important, lucky for me I like to make lists. I've made multiple lists from clothing and entertainment, to the order I need to load things into the car, I'm too organized for my own good.

I was very excited today looking at Orlando's forecast for the next week and saw nothing but sun! A few of the days are even supposed to reach the mid--80's! Yeah, warm weather! We are planning on visiting the local amusement parks including Disney World, Sea World and Busch Gardens and also hope to meet up with some friends that live in the area.

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Entertainment

Over the past week we have enjoyed seeing about a dozen geese on our pond. Keegan is fascinated with them and it adds a little bit of excitement when the neighborhood dogs try to get to them. The dogs will run full force at the birds until their front paws hit the water, at that point they back off and bark frantically at the waters edge. The dogs remain there until the geese leave for the day, only to return in the morning and do it all over again. Ah the entertainment of small town living.

The rest of our days have been very low key. We leave for Florida in five short days! So, I have been packing and preparing as much as I can, but as soon as the bags are packed Keegan gets ahold of them and has a blast unpacking them. It's a vicious cycle.

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More room...

Keegan's crib has been taken down. I've put together and taken down that crib so many times, I could do it with my eyes closed. Now that it is out of Keegan's room he has much more room to play. He has recently discovered jumping on the bed. It is cute to watch him because he doesn't just jump up and down he jumps up and plops down on his butt. He has already learned that jumping on the couch is not allowed because it is easy to fall off, and he has fallen many times.

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Our Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend! On Saturday afternoon we picked up cousin Hannah for a sleepover. Sunday we all took a road trip to Clay City Indiana (about an hour and a half away) and saw our new puppy. His name is Loomis, after the fishing brand G-Loomis (Josh's Pick), and he is adorable! Keegan was fascinated by the mom and enjoyed playing with her, seeing them together made me really happy; however, he wanted nothing to do with Loomis. I'm sure that once Loomis is at home with us Keegan won't be able to leave him alone. The breeder is a very nice woman and her family, they are even willing to hold Loomis for us until we get back from our Florida vacation (three weeks from now). We are extremely happy to finally be getting a dog and can't wait to have him home with us.

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Growing up fast

Keegan has proven to me once again that he his growing up more and more every day. He has been napping in his big boy bed with no problems and now he is sleeping in it through the night! If he continues to sleep like this until Sunday, then the crib will be coming down. My baby is growing up so fast I can hardly believe that he is almost two years old.

Meet our new baby!

I spoke with a breeder today and we now have a dog!

It's a little boy and he is currently seven weeks old. Keegan and I will be taking a road trip to Indiana to see him on Sunday. The breeder is nice enough to hold him until we get back from Florida, at which he will be 11 weeks old. His name is soon to come, Josh gets the final say on what the name will be but I'm sure that it will be fishing related.

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First for me!

Last night I got the fun pleasure of experiencing my first Illinois storm. If the wind and two inches of rain wasn't enough the thunder and lightning made for an interesting night. Still today we have heavy rain and a high wind advisory through tomorrow night. Other then the obvious weather issues our temperatures have been reaching 60 degrees. I hope the rain drys up soon so Keegan and I can play outside.

In other news I have been actively looking for a puppy. Josh and I decided that it's about time for a dog, we've been talking about it for a year now. We settled on getting a West Highland Terrier (Westie) not a bigger dog like we originally wanted but I'm excited. I've found a couple of breeder options near by in Indiana, so if all goes well our family will have another member in four to five weeks!

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Being in a new home means many new projects. When Josh is away at work I keep myself busy by fixing up the house in every way that I know how. Patching nail holes, shampooing carpets, and painting, lots of painting! Along with painting each of the bedrooms a color to suit our personalities I have just about repainted the entire house. The "white" that the previous owner used throughout the house is actually a light pink. I didn't notice the odd color until a pure shade of white was next to it to compare.

Today I had the satisfaction of hanging up our new roman shades in our living room. Typically when anything needs a drill in order to be hung I leave that project for Josh when he gets home; however, last time he was home he taught me the basics and now I have desire to drill holes! (At least I know how to properly patch them too).

Another piece of exciting news for us is that we have made our reservations for Florida. This will be our first family VACATION! We will be visiting SeaWorld, Busch Gardens, and Disney World. Our drive will be just under 15 hours, we hope that Keegan will sleep most of the way.

Something New!

I have been busy making sure to update the pictures on our website on a regular basis and realized that creating a blog would be another great way to keep our family and friends updated.

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