Jump, Jump, Jump-a-roo!

When things are a little stressful and life is feeling crazy, there's nothing better than a little Mya fix! She can turn anyone's crabbiness into happiness in seconds! Her smile is heartwarming and her laugh is absolutely infectious!


She has recently started to really enjoy her jump-a-roo. She is still trying to figure out the whole using your legs to get the jump-a-roo to bounce. The first video is Mya jumping for the first time. Matt is singing his usual...the ABC's. Mya thinks this is a Grammy winning song/performance and smiles everytime he sings it. The second video is Mya jumping while Matt was teasing her with Bongo, the monkey. She thought this was hysterical and so did we! She's not a pro quite yet! She can't jump, grab, and laugh all at once! We'll work on it!

Dinner with the O'Wiegmans

We celebrated St. Patty's Day with Grandma Diane and Uncle Eric today. She made a traditional St. Patty's Day dinner with corn beef and cabbage that Daddy and Uncle Eric enjoyed. Mommy and Mya opted for a less traditional Irish dinner, a sub sandwich for Mommy and cereal and peas for Mya!

Grandma Diane had lots of fun toys that kept Mya entertained!

Mya was getting crabby so Uncle Eric was imitating her sour-puss face! He turned her frown upside down!

Uncle Eric was missing Quentin and Amy who were in Hong Kong, but he had some fun with Mya!

Crushed!

Didn't someone tell me we are in a buyer's market? Didn't someone tell me to be patient because there are SO many houses out there and we will easily find our "perfect" house? Well, my response to that is WRONG!!!!! We put our offer in on our "perfect" house. After waiting more than 24 hours for their counter offer, we returned with our counter. This is where we made our huge mistake. Another 24 hours had passed and we were finally told that there was ANOTHER offer on the table. Had we taken their original counter, the house would be ours! But no... in this "buyer's market" we found ourselves involved in a bidding war! Of course the seller's realtor said we were neck and neck. Unfortunately the other buyers were working with no contingency. This forced us to offer much more than we anticipated paying. But we were sure that we had won the bid by quite a bit and this would cancel out the contingency issue. After another grueling 24 or so hours we learned that the other buyer's were the new owners of MY "perfect" house! I was completely crushed!!!! We had done almost everything right. We had been kind of patient, we had looked at the house more than once, I even walked the neighborhood and stopped to quiz a nanny about the neighborhood. I compare this feeling to being in love with a boy that loves someone else. He chose the other girl!

I have gone through the mourning of our loss. Now it is time to move on. We are looking and looking and looking at other houses for sale. There is nothing even close to comparable to my "perfect house." I hope more houses pop up in the springtime. We have to decide if we are going to buy now or wait and rent???? Decisions, Decisions!!!

Mya and Jasmine

Mya has become completely fascinated with Jasmine. Her eyes follow Jasmine where ever she goes, and she grunts and lunges towards her. Jasmine sniffs and rubs up against her mommy unsure of what she should do about this new little creature in her house. She is curious yet hesitant. Once the poor kitty gets close enough to her, Mya reaches in for contact, usually grabbing a handful of fur. Surprisingly, Jasmine doesn't really seem to care.....for now!

I know I have posted pictures of the "sisters" before, but I couldn't resist snapping some photos of their latest encounter.

The reach-in.....

Contact!
Maybe if Jasmine stays a little farther away they can play nice!

Ok, maybe Jasmine will get a little closer!

Bad Reputation

As I said in my last post, we have finally sold our house!!! WOO HOO!!! While this is completely wonderful, it does leave us with a slight problem. We are homeless come April 29. In the past, it was semi-safe to buy a house while your house was still on the market. But, with our economy in the state that it is in, this is a definite no-no! We learned that lesson from those close to us (not naming names...... A***a and S***e!). Well, now that ours is almost sold (just waiting for the bank appraisal...which actually could be a problem!) we are needing to find a house! I was told by just about everyone that knows me, "Don't rush into anything. Take your time. Don't fall in love." This is such great advice. There is just one problem, I don't work like this. I have never been one to spend a lot of time making decisions. I know what I want when I want it. Most of the time, this works great. Afterall, I did fall in love and get engaged in 11 months! BUT, when it comes to houses, I apparently have a bad reputation. We have moved several times and haven't seemed to find the "right one." Does this make me a house whore?

We set out on Sunday with every intention of looking and looking and looking until we found the perfect house. I even said I would rent if we didn't find it. My mom and sister even came with us to keep me "under control." Here's what happened:

House 1: LOVED it! (This is not a good start!)
House 2: HATED it!
House 3: HAVE TO HAVE IT!!! (oh no!!!)

Really, there was no need to continue looking. We found our house! We did look at a few more but there was really no need. We ended up putting an offer in on house 3 that night. So much for retraining myself or my family keeping me "under control." I have to give credit to my mom and sister, she REALLY tried to make us think through everything. Which I think we did, to a certain extent! We are in negotiations with the sellers.... we'll see what happens. We definitely put in a very low offer so we will see how they react. I will keep you "posted!"

I'm not going to post a picture of the house until we "get it!" Sorry, don't want to jink it!!!

Bye Bye Bush!

Hobble Bush that is! We SOLD our house today!!!! Hopefully the bank will grant the buyer his loan, the inspection will be successful, and the Wiegman's will be outta here!!! I am pretty hard on this house, neighbors (that is well deserved!!!), and neighborhood. It hasn't been all bad... we had lots of good times in this house and it will forever be Mya's first home. We're not sure what the future holds for us??? We hope to get a fabulous deal on a bigger better house. I have had a talk with myself (and many many talks with Matt) about being patient and getting the home we really want. Oh did I mention we have to be out by April 29? YIKES! Anyone need 3 roommates?

Whew.... What a Weekend!

We had a jammed pack weekend planned! Sunday morning we kissed daddy goodbye and headed for Bloomington. We had a cousin's baby shower on Sunday and a visit from one of my very best friends flying in from Georgia. Luckily she makes a few trips a year for State Farm training which just so happens to be in Bloomington! Its a great way to see my friend I miss SO SO much! I had stragically planned our departure time so that Mya would sleep the entire way down and be ready for MANY visits with friends and family. It's going to be a great weekend. What could go wrong??? EVERYTHING!!!!

What's a daddy to do when his wonderful wife and sweet baby girl are gone for a few days? Sulk in sorrow.... mope around in loneliness.... catch up on work? Hardly! An hour into my drive to Bloomington I called to check in on him. I hear, "Turn left up here. Then take a quick right." Hunh? "Who are you talking to?" I ask naively. "The cab driver. I'm headed to the city!" Interesting... did I mention it was 10:15 am??? So much for moping and sulking! Guess he gets a free pass....he's not home alone often! Anyway, his own actions will be his own worse punishment. Again, did I mention it was 10:15 am and he was starting to drink?

My drive was a bit stressful to say the least. My strategic departure time was a complete failure. Mya was wide awake! I was completely stressing because I know my baby. If she misses her morning nap she is a complete nightmare (remember Christmas at Matt's Aunt's house?) I pulled over 3 times to insert her pacifier. All 3 times she greeted me with a great big "I'm not tire, Mommy!" smile! Great!

I was right. She was a complete nightmare. She was a bit cranky when we stopped by to see papa and change my clothes for the shower. She pulled the ole' crying bit whenever mommy left the room (I secretly get an ego boost from this). Once we got the the shower she remained crabby. She held up for the first hour or so. But, it all when down hill when my cousin Natalie tried to paint her hand green for a baby gift. She went crazy and screamed for the next hour. It wasn't Natalie's fault, just one overtired baby! I decided it would be best to leave the shower. Afterall, it was a baby shower for first time parents. I'd hate to scare the new mommy into labor!
The weekend continued to have go south (no pun intended!) when I got a call from Kari telling me there was a blizzard in Georgia! What??? It doesn't snow in Georgia! Sure enough the so called blizzard (3 inches I think...um... come visit IL and we'll show you a blizzard!) had Atlanta airport at a complete standstill. Her flight was cancelled not once but twice! 3 days later she got on a flight and we ended up seeing her for a total of 20 minutes at the airport! She had to get to her training and we had to go back home to LZ. It was a very short visit but it was so good to see her! I am glad she was finally able to meet Mya.

Lots of downs mixed with many ups made our trip to Bloomington well worth it. Mya did great sleeping at Auntie Kristy's house. Auntie Kristy even let mommy watch 3 hours of "the most DRAMATIC rose ceremony EVER" on the bachelor. I think I have her hooked!