An Overdue Update

What happened since my last post? 17 weeks of pregnancy! Right around the last post, the usual first trimester yuckies hit me full force and I cleared any unnecessary tasks from my schedule...including but not limited to dishes, cleaning, writing, etc.
Now that I am over half-way to our November 22nd due date, I'm ready to dive back into the blogging world. I have missed writing! I have missed sharing some of our funny adventures! I have missed sharing the cuteness of Miss Kimberly as she is rapidly growing.
A quick summary of the past 4 months... the 6 month project Jason worked on in Las Vegas completed the beginning of May and we were able to go home for a wonderful month of enjoying home & catching up on trailer repairs, house repairs, vehicle repairs, lawn mowing, doctor appointments, taxes, etc. Yes, a month goes by pretty quickly without the "vacation" feeling when your schedule is packed with "catch up" details! However, the weather was lovely, cool, RAINY, and it felt good to be back in small town.
June brought us back to work and we are now in & out depending on doctor appointments for precious baby on the way.

Some photo highlights:

Snuggles with Daddy when he gets home from work. 

Walking baby doll on Easter Sunday while wearing a new hat.

Loving mom's heels.

Transition to a toddler bed in May.

Chocolate pudding... what else is there to say? :)

While attempting to weed the overgrown front flower bed, I looked over & guess what I found!

She reminded me of all of the "houses" we made in my dad's hayfields & wheat fields. I'm sure he was THRILLED having everything knocked down prior to harvest! 

To come? I would like to do a series on "Life in a Travel Trailer" as well as resume sharing our daily adventures of life on the road & at home. Be sure to email me any questions you have about life in a trailer so I can include them in the series!
Have a joyful week!

Springtime Fun

Days seem to go smoother if I keep Kimberly busy with appropriate activities...instead of the ones she likes to tackle, such as taking pens to the furniture, finger painting with yogurt in the living room, or climbing to new heights.

This week we cleaned out a cabinet in the kitchen and I discovered just how many paper bags I had shoved in there! (Yes, I did take my insulated totes to the store today... although insulation against the heat was admittedly my main motivation.) Ripping the paper bags open and coloring on the inside makes for great fun. Kimberly loves stepping on our pictures too... something about the crinkly noise paper bags make.

We often go for walks; Kimberly pushing her stroller & dolly while I push the "back-up" stroller.

Checking out leaves in the grass.

A little grossed out by the leaves in the grass :)

Note the hats on both babies as well as Kimberly's purse hanging on the stroller...just like mommy.

Fearless Mending

There are a number of things that I am very good at procrastinating at. Mending really isn't one of them... at least when it comes to my husband's jeans! You see... I am actually an excellent mender. If by definition an excellent mender means that the specific spot mended will never tear again.

Raspberry Jam for Kimby

It's sometimes the little things from home that make living on the road "homey"... like raspberry jam made from our raspberry bushes.

Great and Special Visitors

It was with great excitement that we welcomed Grandpa & Grandma Jeske into our home away from home the beginning of January.
Thank you for visiting us despite the colds we had!!

Big smiles across the room

Grandpa, you make funny noises!!

Grandma, I can put socks on my hands? This is fun!

Socks or mittens...hmmm.

I like this new game!!

We sure love you Grandpa & Grandma!

Tea in the Fort

When you live in a small space, you often run out of space. To combat that, Kimberly & I create lots of forts and play in the even smaller spaces until it is time to pick up our toys and then it feels like we have a GIANT living area!
The other day, I was a guest in Kimberly's fort. She is a very gracious & entertaining hostess! If ever you receive an invitation to have tea at Kimberly's, I highly recommend leaving the dishes, laundry, dinner, work, etc for this special moment.

Welcome to my fort!

Don't mind the static as you crawl through the door! 

This was the response when I asked if I could have a cup of tea. I had tears in my eyes, my little hostess was so sweet!

Notice that in our tiny forts, we maintain an emergency exit... just in case ! :)

Such hospitality, she shared the last drop of her tea!

This was funny, she randomly fell over backwards laughing the entire time. Silly girl!

"Would you like any more tea?"

"My turn!"

Snack Time

Squirrels... grrr

Lesson learned this last week: Anything hung outside to dry MUST stay off of the ground!!

This WAS the nicest kitchen towel that I had brought with us...

 I will not hang wet towels and dishcloths on the handrail anymore. The wind came up and the squirrels came out. Lesson learned. Learned well.
In other news...
Laundry is so nice these days. Kimberly finds great enjoyment in watching the clothes tumble, which gives me a solid 5 minutes to accomplish other chores!

Uhm, looks like Miss Kimberly got vegged out watching the washer! :)

Cloth Diapering in a Fifth Wheel?

My favorites hanging in the sun.

Yes, it can be done! When I first heard of moms of my generation cloth diapering, I seriously wondered if they lost their minds. Why, why, why would you EVER do something so crazy as that when clearly progress has been made in the diaper world with disposables?!?
Then a friend of mine showed me her daughter's cute cloth diaper... and I started hearing more moms talking about how much cloth diapers have changed from the old rubber pants that I had in my mind. Next, as if the cuteness of the diapers hadn't already won me over, I read about the toxins in the disposables. (Yes, we all survived disposables, but I am funny in that way, once I read about something being so horrible, it is really hard for me to forget the horror...with the exception of articles that speak horrors of dairy. I can easily ignore that.) The final news that sealed the deal was the cost savings.

Does the laundry bother me? Nope! I love my Maytag Neptune! ... that is at home. Is packing dirty diapers to the laundromat as bad as it sounds? Not really.
Am I totally loving hanging them up to dry and sun bleach? Well, you be the judge!




Sun bleaching diapers, brewing sun tea, sunning a Basil plant... welcome to our home!

Kimby's Bed

The other night Kimberly decided to start wiggling around in her sleep, so we modified her bed a little. Of course, she had to crawl in bed right away to see if this new bed would suit her!

She likes it!

Snuggle time with Daddy!

It is looking like Kimberly is going to have the same beautiful blue eyes as Jason.

Is this our first pet?

We have a friend here. It is very quiet and sometimes we don't even know it is out to visit.

Can you see our friend?

It is very shy. If you open the door, all you will hear is the sound of its nails scratching the tree as it scampers to hiding.

Meet our lizard friend!