Sorry for the lack of updates, but things have been quite hectic for us. Last Tuesday Hope was involved in another auto accident.. #2 this pregnancy. After being transported to the hospital with neck and back pain, as well as having contractions, she had all sorts of tests run, and both she and Peyton were doing well. The only injury Hope seems to have gotten was an umbilical hernia. We finally got released from the hospital at about 10 PM.

Wednesday we were able to move, even after the events from the previous evening. The move went well enough. We are of course still trying to finish unpacking.. Since we moved we haven’t had a single day, except for the weekend in which we haven’t had contractors of some sort working on the house… As of this afternoon, we have all of the interior work done that we wanted to get done. We still have work to do on the outside.. The pool pump needs to be rebuilt, and we still need to get the retaining wall in the back yard fixed. Those will come in time though.

I’m sitting in class right now while Hope and Paige are at home trying to get as much work done as they can before Peyton is born. Hope has to be at the hospital at 8 PM tonight to begin the induction and I will join her as soon as I get out of class. Tomorrow is my parents anniversary, and from what I have heard Nana is going around telling everyone that she is getting a grandson for her anniversary. Paige gets to spend the next couple of nights with Nana and Grandpa while Mommy, Daddy, and Peyton are all in the hospital.

Today is Paige’s Aunt Sarah’s birthday. Happy birthday Aunt Sarah!

Packing has begun, and we are actually about half way done with it. We are hoping to be out of the house by the end of next week. The closing for the house is currently scheduled for the 22nd.

 Paige seems to be doing well with the move so far, she thinks that packing is a game, but can be helpfull at times.

All is going well with the pregnancy. We have another OB appointment tomorrow. Less than two weeks until Peyton will be around.

Mommy and Daddy decided on Saturday that Mommy needed a new truck since she was still having so many problems with her F-150 and the warranty was about to run out. So, Mommy, Daddy and Paige loaded up and drove down the road and got Mommy a 2008 Ford Escape Hybrid.

For weeks Paige had been talking about “Elmo Party.” Well, the day finally came, and Paige got her Elmo Party, full of an Elmo balloon, an Elmo cake, and Elmo presents. What more could a two year old ask for? The Elmo party went off without a hitch. Paige loved it. I added pictures to the gallery of the Elmo Party.

Well, this last two weeks have been very busy around our house.

Paige was diagnosed with pnemonia two weeks ago, however last Monday, Dec. 3, she had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic that she was given. We ended up spending the night at Arnold Palmer Hospital in the ER. Tuesday, Hope’s truck broke again. The truck would not turn off, again. Even with the key out of the ignition, you could still put the truck in reverse and start driving. One problem though, the steering wheel was locked because the key was out of the ignition. Hope took the truck to the dealership, and got yet another rental car.

The tenant at the rental house decided that December would be a good month to not pay rent since they somehow had a $600 water bill and a $580 power bill. The water last month was $37, and there are no leaks in the system. They seem to think that this is my problem. So, on Monday we decided to begin the eviction process with them. They have one month to be out of th house. This Wednesday, Dec. 12 we went for an OB appointment. Our appointment was at 9am. At almost 10am, the Doctor had just gotten to the office and started seeing patients, we were the third in line. We had to leave because Hope had to go to work. As of today, we have 39 days until Peyton is expected.

While all of this was going on, I was studying for my final exams for the first semester of Paramedic school, as well as A&P.

Last night we went to get family pictures done, and we should have them before Christmas, so I will try to post them on the website as soon as possible.

Today is Paige’s 2nd Birthday Party. It is “Elmo Party” as she refers to it, complete with an Elmo cake.

Daddy had to call out from work today to stay home with Miss Paige. Paige hasn’t been feeling well for a few days, and she started spiking a fever of greater than 103 degrees so we decided it was time to take Paige to see the Doctor. Paige ended up getting two X-Rays, and we found out that she has pneumonia. The nice Doctor gave her some medicine that will hopefully get her back up and running in no time.

While at the Doctor’s office, we found out that Paige weighs 28 pounds..

Since we are expecting to have Peyton here shortly, and we were still using the graphics from Paige’s old site, we decided that we would do a quick little redesign.. Ok.. It isn’t so little, but it is a redesign.

We also recently moved our website to DreamHost and with this move we went green. Our website is now completely carbon neutral. Click on the logo on the right side of the screen if you would like more information on us being carbon neutral.

No one has posted in a while, so I thought that I should just give an update. I have 2 weeks left in my first semester of Paramedic school. My clinicals are done, so I have free time now, and I don’t really know what to do with it.

We didn’t do anything for Thanksgiving since I was at work and my parents were out of town. I ended up working Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Hope was on call at the hospital all weekend. Hope and Paige made a few trips to Lake Eola to feed the birds and play on the playground while I was at work. They both seemed to enjoy the time that they spent together.

Paige is growing by leaps and bounds. She can put together small sentences now. She sings “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” and of course she still loves Elmo!

We went to the OB last Wednesday, and everything is looking good. According to the countdown, we are down to 57 days until Peyton’s due date.

I added about 25 pictures to the photo gallery.

Paige now sleeps in her big girl bed without any problems at all. Normally she will now tell us that she is ready to go “nigh nigh.” She gives each of us kisses and then goes to bed, with one of us following to put her “fee fee” (blanket) on her and close her door.. She almost doesn’t even need us to tuck her in.. She’s growing up way too fast..

Last Friday Paige spent a few hours with some of Mommy and Daddy’s friends so Mommy and Daddy could go out with Mommy’s co-workers.. Paige told our friends daughter that she was ready to go “nigh nigh,” and so she put Paige to bed. Her mother then came and asked where Paige was, and her daughter told her that Paige asked to go to bed so she put her to bed. They seemed very shocked that Paige actually asked to go to bed without any prompting.