Statue Race

There is a statue here in Fayetteville that is Isabelle's favorite. Every time we come around the cornor it is a race to see who can say "Look, a statue!!!" first. Ah, the simple things in life. LOL

33 and counting ...

As of yesterday I am 33 weeks pregnant. I feel like I am 33 months pregnant. This has been the most uncomfortable pregnancy ever. Okay, maybe not ever but for me at least. Dr. Graham says that he thinks Kinley might be early but that is just a guess. With my luck she will wait until our scheduled c-section date of November 18th. That is how my luck is going. Outside of heartburn, I think I have had every ailment known to pregnancy and it has not been fun. It hasn't been much fun for Josh either. I think he is ready to have his sane wife back just as I am. However, I wouldn't give it up for anything. I am so excited to meet Kinley and to see what she looks like and what kind of personality she will have. No matter what she is already loved and that is all that matters.

Isabelle's first day of school

Today Isabelle started her first day of 4 year old preschool. When I mentioned it to her yesterday she was very excited. Funny enough though, she didn't want to get out of bed this morning. For a kid who is usually up between 7 and 7:30 I had to drag her out of bed at 7:50. One would have thought she was a teenager already since she kept trying to hide under the covers. Finally I coaxed her out with a pancake topped with nutella. Once she heard it was already on the table she was more than happy to get out of bed.

After she was filled with chocolaty goodness she was good to go. She got dressed and was ready to go out the door by 8:20. We had plenty of time for pictures. :) Once there she barley looked back, in fact I didn't get get a goodbye from her. Mom who?

I reminded her new teachers that she is highly accident prone and I don't think they believed me much. However, not to my surprise when I went to pick her up they informed me that she fell ... over her own two feet. Am I surprised? Not in the least. See, I told ya. (that is one of Isabelle's favorite things to say btw).

She has had a great first day of preschool. She is growing up so fast and my heart is filled with love for this little girl. I can only imagine the great things that she will do. The sky is the limit my beautiful Isabelle, the sky is the limit! I love you!

Waiting out the storm.

I have two of the greatest friends and right now my stomach is in knots because one of us isn't getting along with the other two. While, the reasoning behind this rift is silly and has been blown out of proportion I still find myself wanting to make everything "all better". At least this time I am not the only one feeling the burn so hopefully, all will be resolved and life can get on as normal. I have learned the hard way that I tend to say things before I think and then they come off a lot harsher than intended. So for once I am keeping my mouth shut and am going to wait out the storm ... literally since it just started raining. :)

Take Two

Obviously, I have not kept up with this blog. However, given the fact that I am due to have another baby in two months I thought it would be nice to keep a journal of the happenings of the Tomell household. After playing catch up with Isabelle's photo album I realized that this is the time to write things down or they will forever be forgotten. Fingers crossed!

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And baby makes THREE

So Danielle called a couple weeks back and told us the exciting news ... They are expecting! It didn't take them as long as they thought. She is due October 25th. I can't wait to find out what it is.