Okay, I have no pictures for this, but I just had to write it on here if only so I can remember it. We only have two nights left in our house which is so happy and so sad. Tonight when I was putting Lizzy to sleep I was thinking about how for years before she came home, and especially after Abby died, the room was ready for a child but no child lived there. I used to come home from school sometimes, sit in the rocker, and dream about the day that there would be a baby in that room. Like all thoughts I have these days, this one didn't last long because my beautiful, fantastic daughter looked me in the face, said "nigh, nigh" and then put her cheek up to my lips and made the "mmmah" sound. She then pointed to her crib (her new sign that she is ready to just go in).
What a change for one little room.

Ione came over the other day to help us pack and celebrate Spring. I am so excited that the girls are starting to play together and not just in the same space. BBF????

Here is a mixture of all our Easter fun.

Here are some pictures from Lizzy's daycare. She LOVES this family, and her days look like they are more fun than mine!

I got memed. Jenn tagged me. Here are the memeing rules:

For a definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_meme

(1) Link to the person that tagged you.
(2) Post the rules on your blog.
(3) Share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself.
(4) Tag 3 random people by linking to their blogs. **Sorry, taking the liberty to revise the #.
(5) Let them know they're tagged by leaving a comment.

6 non-important things aboug me:

1. Today is my 30th birthday...okay that's very important :) The non-important thing is that I started my 20's by waking up in tears. Now I think I knew my 20's would have some very down moments, but I woke up today very excited. I think the 30's are the new 20's :)
2. I LOVE pink, but secretly also love brown. I wear LOTS of brown, and for some reason it makes me feel cozy.
3. Cozy is very important to me. I describe clothes, movies, events, food...everything in terms of cozy and not cozy. Matt particularly hates this when I describe food this way. UM...maybe I will just try to spend my 30's in cozy situations...what do you think?
4. I listen to classical music everyday. Lizzy and I listen to it while we cook, my students listen to it while they work (research claims it helps them focus), and I listen to it while I grade/plan.
5. I want one of everything in pink.
6. I claim to have a lot of secrets, but I don't really think I have one. I will attempt to secretly be more secretive.

Okay, so again I am stealing pictures from other children's webpages. But, I also wanted to send a big CONGRATS to Keely and Dave. Matt and I went to their wedding in Chicago on 2/23. It was beautiful and a wonderful excuse to see some of my favorite people. Here are Keely and Dave...hope you had a GREAT time in Costa Rica and my sorority sisters all grown up and fancy.

Okay...so we have been extremely busy lately. Tax season is in full swing so Matt works 6 days a week from 8-6/7. He makes it home a couple of nights a week to put Lizzy to bed, but at least with his new job he takes her to daycare, so he sees her everyday...a big change from working in South Bend.

We also have been looking at a lot of houses. Above is the house that we are putting an offer on...I really like it. We are still waiting for our buyers to finalize their pre-approval, so I am not holding my breath yet.

Lizzy has been going to Gymboree on Sat. mornings. She really likes it, and she is climbing there more than at home...which is where we want it to stay. She is talking more, and she now calls me Mommy, not MaMa. This just happened in the last couple of days, and it is a nice and sad thing for me. Where did my baby go?