closed!!!

well, it's officially official!

we are no longer homeowners!!!

we were able to meet the owners during the walkthrough and they are awesome.  we're so happy that they'll be moving in.  with a little boy already, a baby girl on the way and two dogs...something tells me they're going to fit in just fine!

oh, and did i mention the husband is from texas!!!  see, this whole thing was meant to be!

chase

operation wear the kids AND the dog out!

this went on for a good 5 more minutes.

look alike

i couldn't resist posting this.

apparently graham is channeling his inner uncle tim with his awesome bed/hat head!

of course uncle tim said he had a lot to learn.  ha!

luckily we'll be in texas soon enough and he can get lots of lessons!

love

since the other furry ones have been in texas, these two have definitely grown to love each other much more (not that they didn't before).

well and maybe mojo knows what's coming, but she's definitely turned into mom mode and has to be wherever graham is.  graham even calls mojo 'his dog.'  he tells her goodnight and gives her hugs.  of course she loves every second of it!

two of my loves!

happy valentines day!

wacky winter

yes...this is about a foot or so of snow.  winter...i've had enough with you!

luckily we have AWESOME neighbors to help grady shovel all this white stuff!

wish i could go out there and play in it, but probably not the best of ideas!  :)

no question...virginia is making our last winter here count!

36 weeks

technically full term!  WOAH!  time flew!

my energy has definitely declined drastically.  i power through it though and try to take it easy as much as possible.  grady has been a huge help with picking things up for me or going up and down the stairs for me so i don't have to.

it's getting VERY tight in this here belly!  every little kick, bump, shift or turn is magnified these days. i often will pick up my shirt when she's really active and just watch the show.  it's pretty amazing.

speaking of running out of room, that's made me get out of breath pretty quickly as well.  even just doing a presentation at work sometimes will make me winded.  oi vey!

i think she may have dropped a little as i feel more pressure down low.  i feel like everytime i stand up to do something, i can't sit down until i run to the little girls room!

well and while on that topic, i'm consistently getting up every 2-3 hours at night.  guess i'm just getting myself ready for feedings right!

and i'm shocked...i've only gained 20 pounds this entire time!  which again, scares me to think that all this weight is really little miss!  how big will she be?!

blood pressure was a little high this time at the doctors, but did another test and everything came back fine.  just need to start slowing things down a bit...which is really hard for me!  i mean, i am a hertel!

still craving cereal and of course...ice cream!  but actually recently i've been on a guacamole and pretzal kick too.  it's my go to side with my lunch these days.  

we're getting close here little miss hannah.  we're so excited to meet you VERY soon!

ready to start a new chapter in our lives.

doe eyes

two of my loves.

can't you hear the 'but mooooooom!'

a new do

captain ADORABLE is more like it!!!

swoon!!

a little sprinkle!

all i can say is WOW!  so much love and pampering for this little miss!

thank you SO MUCH to colleen for hosting a very special sprinkle for hannah.  it was perfect and i loved everything about it.  so creative too!  scrapbooking pages made by guests so all i have to do is print out photos!  and cookie favors which were delicious!  i LOVED it all!

and OMG, this girl is going to be a fashionista for sure. so many cute things, i'm so excited for her to get here so i can dress her up in everything!  and some awesome mom helping accessories that i've been dying to try out since they came out after graham was born.  

thank you to everyone!  we love you!

snow fun

we're enjoying it while we can!  snow that is!

there was just enough snow left from an earlier snowfall for some sleding, romping and running!

it's something we're going to miss playing in....but not shoveling!

happy birthday michael

for michael's 4th birthday, we all headed out to chuck-e-cheeses.

always fun to be had!

daddy won a lot of tickets for us and we were able to buy some cotton candy.  to our surprise though...the dude didn't like it?!  well, looks like more for daddy, hannah and i!

33 weeks

here we are...growing growing growing!!

seriously, i know i keep saying it...but for real...i am carrying her all up front.  

and maybe it's just me, but i feel like i'm getting to be as big as i was right before graham...already!  wondering how much bigger than graham this little girl is going to be.

she's still super active, which is always a good thing.

weight gain and blood pressure are still on track.

feeling good overall, just feeling large and tired!

didn't take long!

we had multiple offers come in on the house today.....annnnnnnnnnd.....

WE'VE ACCEPTED ONE!!!!

wow, house was only on the market for 6 days!

texas...here we come!

open house

it's finally here!!!  we've been working so hard for this day.  we're really hoping it all pays off!

here are some photos of our hard work.

show day

sooooooo, most of you know by now, but we are putting our house on the market to move to TEXAS!!!  we've been putting in a lot of sweat into getting the house ready and it's finally here.  SHOW WEEK!  

the house has been on the market since tuesday evening and we've had several showings already while i've been at work.  might not sound like a big deal, but as grady has been gone this whole week bringing the cats to grana and grampa's house, i've been single momming it, working momming it, as well as house showing momming it!  oh yeah...and on top of it...pregnant momming it!  :)  it's been A LOT of work this week keeping the house clean and in order just in case we have a showing, but i have a feeling it's all going to be worth it.

so our open house is tomorrow...but by friday evening we already had about 5 showings for today.  so graham and i headed to the mall bright and early to play on the playground for the first showing.

while we were at the mall, we got about 3 more showings scheduled.  so we stopped at friendly's for lunch and ice cream!

and then as we were just getting home and settled down, we got 1 more showing!  since it was only going to be 1, i got graham in the car and decided to drive him around until he fell asleep, since we didn't have time for a nap at all.  this is what happened next!

wow...so we were out of the house from about 8:50am until about 5pm!!!  9 showings....and that's BEFORE the open house tomorrow!!!

cross your fingers!

and thankfully grady gets back tonight.

this momma needs a BREAK!