The Arthur's have moved!

It's official. WE HAVE MOVED! It's been a crazy week. The movers came on Monday and thankfully Nonna and Pappy were here to help us out with Macie. In addition to having the movers, we had a new refrigerator delivered, new furniture delivered and painters working in the house. My friend, Tracey, helped me with the paint colors and the colors are awesome! The painters should be done tomorrow so we can finally begin to hang pictures, etc.

I finally located my camera late last night but I haven't taken pictures yet - definitely stay tuned.

Also, Macie was a little out of sorts for a few days, but she has discovered that all this space is fun to WALK around in. :) We absolutely need to get a baby gate since we have a second story loft and Macie is obsessed with climbing the stairs. She is not going to be happy when we gate those stairs off. In the mean time, I am getting plenty of exercise climbing the stairs repeatedly all day long!

Macie and Santa

We brought Macie to visit with Santa Claus today. She looked super cute in her Christmas outfit, but she wasn't very thrilled to sit on Santa's lap. Even with Jim and I both jumping around and clapping and holding teddy bears and jingle bells, this was the best picture we could get out of her. At least in this one she wasn't crying!

Thanksgiving weekend!

Macie's second Thanksgiving was fun and filled with lots of family time. We traveled to Jacksonville to spend the holiday with Nonna, Pappy, Chris, Jamie and the rest of the family.

Here is little Macie Moo in her Thanksgiving outfit. Isn't it cute? I could not stop eating her up with kisses!

Since all of Macie's cousins are boys, she learned to play very well with the match cars!
Macie and Pappy in the garden waving to us...

Macie and Nonna....

Macie and Pappy (aka. Goofy Dennis). He is so goofy that she is always laughing at him!

We are looking forward to seeing Nonna and Pappy again for Christmas. If all goes well, we will be in our new house before the big holiday. Keep your fingers crossed!

Macie and Momma

Since Macie crawls around screaming MOMMA all day long at the top of her lungs, I thought I would post some pictures of us. Although this morning I tried to take her from Jim and she pushed my hands away and said "nwo" (her version of "no"). Daddy thought it was sooooo funny...so I made him change the poopy diaper! I got the last laugh! ha ha.

Oh, and for those of you who have listened to me complain about how my wonderful baby suddenly turned into a crying, clingy, fuss monster over the past three weeks....Jim found a tooth in the BACK of her mouth yesterday. I swear, I look everyday but in the front because she won't let me look in the back. After further review, he found one....in total there were THREE. Poor baby girl. Geez, can you say BAD MOM... ay yi yi.

Macie is excited to be standing in her baby brother's room. She is hiding my "bump" but I promise, it really is there!

Macie wanted to test out the carpet and see how it feels on crawling knees. Hopefully she will learn to walk all over it soon!

Macie...showing her ass. I am sure it won't be the first time over the next 18 years she shows her ass. :)

The Arthur's find a house!

We finally found a house that we love! The house includes 4 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms with a loft. Its located in a nice subdivision in Lutz, which is convenient to everything in Tampa. Not to far north, but not in the city limits either. We went to see the house today for the second time so I have included a few pictures...

Here is the front (that is the neighbor's truck in the driveway)...

A huge shower so no matter how big my belly gets, I will fit! :)
The loft has a big open area, plus a bedroom and full bath. Perfect guest spot!

A view of the formal dinning room and the great room. The master bedroom is off to the side on the left...

We are super excited. This is a great house and one that we will be able to stay in for years to come. It will fit our little family for now and our expanding family in May! We will keep everyone posted!

Joe the plumber!

We spent last weekend in Orlando with Aunt Jaime, Uncle Chris and Dorine. It was super fun! We had dinner, went to Universal Studios and just had a good, relaxing time.

While we were there, Macie decided that she wants to be a plumber when she grows up. Do you think she will change her mind when she discovers stilletto heels?

I am not real sure, but there seems to be a leak in here....

Peek-a-boo...ok, back to work on this leak....

Seriously, the only way I could get her out from under the sink was to con her with a bottle! Once she saw the bottle she came out quicker than she went in...

IT'S A.....

BOY BOY BOY BOY BOY BOY BOY BOY BOY BOY!!!!!!

We are super excited! Although...what on earth will I do with a boy? I dunno, but I guess I will learn very quickly in May! Everything is great: Macie is a daddy's little girl and now I will have a little man. A mama's boy! YIPEE!!

I celebrated by buying my little man some fashionable blue items today!