ouch!

i just wanted to post that it might be a few days before i post again bc i hurt my right hand (the ligaments we think) on saturday which makes it hard to type.

Sorry I didn't get around to posting yesterday. It's been quite hectic around here. The kids started school yesterday. They have it divided up differently than what they did in Madison. Here they have an elementary school, which is K-4 grade, an intermediate school, which is 5 and 6 grade, middle school, which is 7 and 8 grade, a freshman academy, and then the high school, which is 10-12 grade! Abby is going to the intermediate school and there are 900 students in her school alone! Sam is in middle school and he has 1,500 students in his, and Lexi is at the high school with 2,400 students! Talk about a lot of kids! From what we have heard they are in the best school district around here. The high school football team is undefeated in the whole state of Oklahoma and it sounds like they are pretty good at a lot of their other sports too. Lexi is going to be on swim team at the high school and Abby is taking orchestra to play the violin. And I believe Sam is planning on wrestling. It should be a good school year for the kids. Sam and Abby have already made friends and Lexi will start school on Monday.





I never knew this whole potty training thing would be so hard! We started potty training Chase on Wednesday and he has done pretty good. He will do great all day long, it's in the evening when we have our accidents. Today, X, Chase, and I went to Target. We took Chase to the bathroom as soon as we got there and he pee peed in the potty. A little while after shopping Chase peed EVERYWHERE! It was on his shirt, short, underwear, and all over the shopping basket. We cleaned him up (luckily I brought an extra pair of underwear and shorts), but we did end up having to buy him a new shirt...oh well. We figured he was good to go since he peed, but not 15 minutes later had he peed everywhere AGAIN! I didn't have any extra clothes and this time it was all in his shoes! We had to buy a new pack of underwear and Chase had to finish our shopping trip in a t-shirt and elmo underwear. What a mess! All in all though, he does a pretty good job. He doesn't tell us yet when he has to go, I don't think he quite understands that concept yet, but for only doing this for 2 days he does a pretty good job.

Such a goober!

This coming weekend me, Alisha, and mom have a scrapbooking convention here in Tulsa. I am so excited because that means Alisha and little Nate dogg get to come visit and I am super excited to show them our house and the area. There is definately a lot to do out here...a lot of fun shops and places to go. I am also so excited for the whole family to be able to come out! That will really be fun...because, by then Addison and Avery will be here! =)

I didn't get the picture of the itsy spider yet so that story is going to have to wait till I get it...sorry to keep you guys on edge! =)

This is what the Haynie's do...

After we arrived to our new home we all immediately went to exploring the inside of it and figuring out whose room was whose. The house was built in the '70's so it is definately an older house and has some funky wall papering in it! Mine and X's bathroom has lime green and yellow flower wall paper...which matches "great" with our red, brown, and khaki colors. It is definately quite interesting but I guess it will do for the short time that we will be here! One plus with the house is that it has amazing storage space and shelving in the closets! I love it!

The movers came on Friday after we had been in the house for a few days because we had to clean the house up...once again we were cleaning walls, the garage...every inch of the house. While the movers were here unloading things we didn't have much to do because we needed to stay out of their way so we played around and took some picture...of Chase...he is such an animated little boy! He always comes up with some of the funniest faces when I ask him to smile for the camera. You gotta love it though. He is such a blessing in my life and he has taught me so much. There is definately NEVER a dull moment with Chase. He will state what is on his mind and quite frequently we talk about the "itsey spider" which he is terrified of...(check tomorrow for pictures of what Chase thinks is the itsey spider and the full story.) Spider Man and Batman are also other popular topics with Chase. You gotta love it! He is such a mess.

After the movers were done going inside the house was so overwhelming. There were boxes EVERYWHERE! It was a maze walking through the house. I never knew we had so much stuff!

Honestly though, this is where the work really began...unpacking and unpacking and unpacking ENDLESS boxes! We would unpack some and I would look at the room and it still looked like it had just as many boxes as when we started! One thing that I have realized is that the packers use SO much paper to pack your stuff which probably doubles the amount of boxes you have so we had paper EVERYWHERE...but lo and behold...the Haynie's can always come up with a way to use everything they come across...for fun...

Me going for the dive!Yep, that would be my mother!Sam going for it!Lexi getting ready to dive in!Chase ready to take the plunge! He LOVED it!X and Chase playin in the paper!Abby goin for it!Superman!Where's Chase?

Chase getting ready to go for it!

And here he goes!Playin in the paper with daddy!

Where could chase be?

BOO!

Okay, so I know there are a lot of pictures...but I just couldn't help it. This was actually way fun and we had a blast doing it...and, amazingly, it didn't hurt a bit...it was just like falling into a big pile of fluff! =) The things that the Haynie's come up with...gotta love it!

It's been CRAZY!

With the move and the wedding things have been so crazy! I am so happy to be married and I was very happy with my wedding! A lot of my thanks goes out to Alisha and all of my other sisters in all the hard work that they did in helping decorate and set up! It was a quite stressful day and I must say I'm glad to have that stress off of my shoulders. As always, there were things here and there that I would do differently, but all in all it was what I was hoping for. It was decorated beautifully and overall ran smoothly!

Moving is quite the experience! This is the first big move that I can remember. We moved here from California when I was two years old, so of course, I don't remember it. This move has been a learning experience! I never knew there was so much in moving and we even had packers and loaders at the house doing it all for us! All we had to do was clean the house after they were out and then, of course unpack our stuff. The movers came the day after we got married and it took them three days to get everything packed and loaded...it was definately a hectic time. Mom was losing it and none of us knew what to do. Thank heavens for Alisha..she cooked us dinner a few nights! After the movers were done we had to clean every wall, baseboard, door, the garage, every cabinet, all the floors, bathrooms, and so forth. It was hard work! the house is clean though! (What a honeymoon right?!?!) =) We packed the car up and left on Sunday evening...headed for Tulsa. It's a 10 hour drive and we did it in 2 days since we had a 2 year old and a cat who HATES to ride in cars, and not to mention 6 people in a mini van loaded with stuff! We made it to West Memphis on Sunday at about 1130 at night and checked into a hotel. We got Mihn (the cat) out of her carrier and found that she had ripped 2 nails out! She was supposed to be on tranquilizers but they obviously didn't get down her because they didn't work the first day. The next morning we woke up, ate breakfast, packed up the car (again), and headed for Tulsa. Mihn's medicine worked this time (thank goodness!!) It was about a 6 hour drive, and amazingly it wasn't too bad. Chase had Go, Diego, Go! to watch and it kept him quite entertained.

Watching his show!Mom driving!Abby and Chase!X eating his sunflower seeds!And abby had the camera...

Luckily, we made it to our new home all in one piece! Now, the question is if whether or not we will make it through unpacking all of our stuff in one piece?!

I'm not so good at this...

This is the first time I have ever done this but I am going to try and keep up with this to keep everyone posted on what's going on with my little family since we've moved away from everyone! We arrived at our new home in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Monday evening. It's been a hectic couple of weeks with the move and wedding. It's definately a change here but i am excited to get to know the place. It is definately hot here too! The other day it was 103 degrees at 615 in the evening! TOO HOTT! It's not quite as humid here though! Here soon i'll add some new pictures of our house and what's going on!