Day One of the new chapter

Blog is up and running again!!
Soooooooo sorry it was neglected for so long but now that we are settled in NY, I think I will have more time to focus to my writing.

JJ did GREAT on the flight yesterday, we took his car seat (thank God) and he did so well! He slept on and off on the first flight and watched a couple of movies on the portable dvd player and on the second flight he was content for a long time just staring out the window and then watched a movie.
We went thru Minneapolis/St Paul for the first itme, it's a nice airport. We got in early, not a lot of people for a Saturday and we left early. It was great!
We got in last night around 10pm and the first thing we noticed was the humidity!!! oy!! forgot what that sticky, thick feeling was! JJ started to have sweaty ringlets for hair pretty much as soon as we arrived :)
Dad picked us up and after a few attempts, we got all of the bags, stroller, car seat etc etc in the car.

Next thing we noticed--the bugs!! Remember the beginning of Men In Black where you follow that bug until is smashes into the windshield?? That's what it's like here--but the smacking on the windshield happens every 5 seconds! It was crazy.
JJ didn't sleep until around 1:30am, with the time change, new house, new bed etc etc. I fell asleep about the same time, thank goodness dad put an AC in our room. I put Jayson in with us last night--he has his own room but until he gets used to his new surroundings, I want him to stay with me.

Woke up around 6am--why??? IT WAS TOO QUIET!!!! We are in the middle of nowhere on farm land and there is not a noise, not a street light, not a car--nothing!! We are used to being home with buses going by, cars w/ bass, etc etc and there is nothing here! I managed to fall back asleep for a while until Mike woke up at 9ish. We woke Jayson up and had a nice fathers day breakfast :)

My mom and the three girls came over around 11 and we all went swimming and hung out and had lunch. The girls are getting older now (Courtney will be a junior in the fall, Katie will be a freshman, Amber will be in 8th grade) so I let them take care of JJ a lot--what a blessing! Courtney will teach swim lessons this summer so i'm going to have her do some lessons with JJ--that's what aunts are for right??
Grackin came over too on her way home from church, it was nice to sit out by the pool w/ mom and Grackin and gossip and talk about people we knew. I'm getting the hang of this slow farm life after all!!

Oh, oh oh!! Next thing we noticed??? NO PAGER SERVICE!! Wha wha what??? I know, blackberry withdrawl... I have to go into "the city" if I want to have service, haha. That's what made me think to start the blog up again--at least it's an outlet to keep in touch w/ my peeps!! haha.
I rode home w/ my mom and co. so that Mike and I could borrow my step fathers car--91 chevy lumina baby, haha ridin' in style! Another observation--all the cars that you pass on the road have "God Bless America" and flag decals and such on the windows (so does said lumina). Haha, and for the first time in years I used the cruise control!! Been a while since I've been on a highway where I'm pretty much the only car :) heh. And last night?? HIGH BEAMS. Get out of town!! I don't even know if my high beams on our cars at home even work!

By the time I got home, Dad, Cheryl, Steph, Luke and the boys were all here getting dinner ready w/ Mike and JJ. We grilled out and swam in the pool some more (Lord, give me a tan...)
JJ ate a bunch of new foods--he nawwed on an ear of corn for a long time and tried cole slaw and baked beans:)

I'm excited b/c dad tilled about an acre in the back field to plant a garden. AN ACRE. at least. So, right now we are trying to figure out what to plant and will do that this week :) Can't wait to grow my own food!! I'm sorry, but can you all picture me out here?? Sweatin' my ass off, working in a field??? hahahah...

JJ had a milestone tonight--first bath w/out a bath seat in the tub!! He loved it!! OFC I got it on video and camera, I need to figure out how to download stuff then will upload pictures for you guys to see :) Also Vanessa gave me the website to post video so you guys can see JJ grow (and me out in my farm...)

Well, it's 10:15 local time and JJ is sleeping..thus begins many similar nights for the rest of the summer :) Maybe I'll jump in the pool? Maybe I will help Mike get ready for his meeting tomorrow? Keep your fingers crossed--he has a meeting at RSD in the am--what a blessing if he got a job... I'm sad tho b/c Mike will fly back to cali tmw w/ Barry to pack up the house, clean, then drive cross country w/ the two cats... So JJ and I will be alone together for about 2 weeks. Fun bonding time for us but i know it will be tough for JJ and Mike to not see each other for so long.
Ok, enough for tonight--I'll keep you posted on what new adventures we face tmw!! Super Walmart just opened in town so man, tomorrow cld be nutty...
:) L