Everly Emil

I feel like life has just been this crazy blur since Sloane was born (or since bed rest). Sloane was admitted into the hospital last Friday. Once again, another too close for comfort diagnoses. And once again, prayers were answered and she should make a full recovery. I will post more soon, as we have our first set of appointments with Doctors beginning tomorrow.

We haven’t even begin to pack up, I feel like we’ve hardly been home and when I am home I’m working like a crazy women.

Liam is enjoying preschool, we had parent teacher conferences last week and they seem to enjoy having him as well.

We bought a minivan. Never thought I’d be one to say that I’m in love with my minivan.

Sloane wins the cutest closet award in our family. Hands down.

Oh lovely Tuesday! I’ve been swamped with work and a cold all at once. Of course it has to happen now, but I guess better now than when we are moving huh? Speaking of moving, have I mentioned that about 97% of our belongings have been in storage for over 2 year? I’m not sure what I own anymore. Ready to start unpacking and repacking but with the cold weather comes something else I do not like… spiders! Living in he country, it’s not random to see a spider on the bed, or your arm. Get me to the city yes and Amen!

I did not mean to post about spiders (not I can’t stop itching). So let’s move on to something that is dreamy. And by dreamy I mean this will be the easiest year you shop for gifts, ever.  That’s right, Casi at cupcakeMAG has taken all the hassle out of finding the perfect gifts and wrapped it all together in a Issue. Dreamy to me are the pages of a magazine not having to struggle with what to get is just the bonus.

Y’all are going to need to pre order one of these babies. You can preorder the ultra-luxe 40+ pages of stylish inspiration right to your door for $20 (shipping included)!!!! If you read me often then you are probably aware that I am a contributor over at cupcakeMAG. This cupcakeMAG Holiday Issue is filled with your favorite bloggers and so many amazing treasures. There might even be a celeb siting in the issue… just sayin’. Oh and the best part for me is that I am one of the Guest Gift Picks, which means I was lucky enough to be able to share my favorites on my wish list. So for no other reason, you can order it and see my favorites! How fun is that?

So let’s review-

1. PREORDER the cupcakeMAG Holiday Issue ASAP!  To reserve a copy you need to email hello@cupcakemag.com.

2. Light a fire in your fireplace, grab some hot cocoa, and a blanket.

3. Sit at home flipping through the pages of a magazine making your gift lists for Christmas. Let’s face it, we all love taking a break from the computer screen.

I did something this weekend that I hardly ever do. I didn’t work. Not one single email was answered. And it was so refreshing. This weekend we actually drove down to our (soon to be) new city. We explored the areas around campus and downtown, which are located within walking distance from each other. Something that we’ve decided is fairly important to us is that we live near campus. I’ve been browsing for potential places to call home for a few months now, just incase Luke did get accepted into graduate school, what can I say I’m a planner. We’ve looked into lofts, apartments, and houses. As much as I would love to just rent a house I am not sure how much Luke will actually be home since we hear that Physicians Assistant program is time consuming and feeling safe is a priority for me. It would just be nice to have that added security that I could get in a loft or apartment. Plus, being in an are that a lot of college students live in, most of the houses I’m afraid are going to be right next door to the party crowd, but that could also happen in an apartment I suppose. We did find a place, we are still discussing it but I’m fairly positive it will be what we will call home for the next year or so. It’s a loft style apartment/ new gated community just a few blocks of downtown. Before we had kids, Luke and I lived in downtown areas and really loved the culture of it so I am looking forward to experiencing that once more. we already made a mental note of a coffee house and a few restaurants we plan on walking to.

We took the kids to a park near campus mainly to let Liam burn some energy before we made the trip back home. He did surprisingly well for being in the car most of the day. He was excited to see his “new room and kitchen” as he called them. I don’t think he has any idea of the transitions about to take place in his life and I pray that he handles it all well.

As absolutely excited as I am to move and begin this new chapter, I am nervous. I don’t really know anyone in this new city of ours and honestly I have no clue where to start at the friend making because as a mom I feel like sometimes it’s that much harder to build actual friendships. This will be a fairly quick move, we haven’t picked a date and it’s basically being planned around my work and clients so it will be between now and the end of November. Let’s hope the snow holds off until we are moved in!