What We Wore Again

I wasn't sure whether I was going to participate again this week, until I saw this picture Will snapped in the church parking lot on this rainy, dreary Passiontide Sunday. Obviously I couldn't resist posting.

Walking beside him, by the way, it looked like the umbrella was floating along on its own. So hilarious. Oh, and it wasn't even raining anymore. 

Zelie's Mass outfit:

Squish squish squish.

Outfit deets:

 - Moi: The trench. (Here's the black version.) It's sort of new-to-me in that I bought it a year ago when I was working full-time and thought it would be a nice, light coat to wear to and from work. My third time wearing it, a co-worker pointed out that the security tag was still attached. You know, the one that makes the door beep. Door always beeping and then the store workers waive you through saying oh, your'e fine! Only I wasn't fine. The security tag was still attached. It took me a year to go back to the store and have it removed. They didn't even ask for a receipt because I was wearing a fussy Zelie in the Ergo and Will was throwing.a.fit trying to get out of the stroller making everyone in the store very uncomfortable, so that was nice because I definitely don't know where the receipt is one year later! (Where was Will? He was trying on khakis. So many khakis.) Blouse is LOFT (also worn here). Pants are Old Navy Maternity (derp - only 6 lbs to go though). Shoes are J. Crew Factory. 

 - Little Will: Jacket purchase documented here (Target). Khakis from Gap. Boots documented here (Target). Just realizing how much I document clothing purchases for the little man. Strange. Little Will's outfit inspo BTW:

Source.

 - Zelie: Dress is Baby Gap. Bow is Zozu Baby. Jeggings are Koala Baby hand me downs. Blanket is Little Unicorn. 

Big Will looked the cutest out of everyone (you should see those new khakis ;) ), but of course he ran off before I could document. 

Have a blessed week. One more left until Holy Week!

Linking up, of course:

What We Wore Sunday

Clawing my way out of my sleep deprivation hole to present to you another edition of "Theresa Pretends to Fashion Blog" thrown together in the hurried minutes before leaving for 8:30 Mass. 

This week we had (a) one formerly well-rested baby transitioning from the rock n play to the crib (more on that this week, I'm suuuuure) and (b) one toddler growing more stinking molars (seriously, who decided we needed so many sets of them anyway?). As a result I have mainly been using nap time to partake in my favorite coping mechanism of staring aimlessly at the wall eating ice cream. Rough week, y'all. Here's to a new one!

Of note: 

 - The winter static cling situation almost rendered every photo taken NSFW. And yet I have no idea  until looking at these pictures because I don't own a full length mirror and I'm wearing what I like to call my Spanx of Steel. Anyway, WHERE ARE YOU SPRING?

 - The explanation regarding sock on Little Will's hand. He wandered into his room after we already dressed him and found the one sock with the race car on it (i.e., his "choo choo train sock" - ???) and insisted on wearing it. I wasn't going to change his socks so our compromise was that he got to wear it on his hand. YES, he kept it on his one hand all the way into the church.

 - Which was a longer time than usual because our car needed a jump start for the third time thanks to the toddler who likes to pretend "drive" and turn on all the lights and signals. (After the second jump start I stopped letting him do it, but I guess I didn't drive enough in between jump starts? IDK. The battery is only a year and a half old.) 

 - But we made it in by the responsorial psalm! (Just goes to show that Will is now a professional at jump starting the car.) 

 - Little Will got an A- for his Mass behavior today. He stayed in the pew the whole Mass, which is so so rare for him. I can hope he's turning a new leaf, but it's probably just the result of feeling off from the teething. I only docked a few points because he got in a screaming match with another kid somewhere in the church. Seriously, it was like some sort of whale call where one child across the church made a high-pitched scream and Little Will thought he had to answer it with a high-pitched scream. It's a hard cycle to break. 

 - Zelie got another A+ today. She didn't even need to nurse during Mass for the first time in probably two months. Lots of happy noises and minimal farting FTW.  

 - I KonMari'd my wardrobe this week which leaves me with approximately three Mass-appropriate ensembles that fit. I would LOVE to do an entire post about what's left in my itty bitty Fourth Trimester wardrobe (9 lbs to go!). Requirements include: pooch friendly, nursing friendly, somewhat resistant to bodily fluids of all varieties, machine washable (obviously), AND no ironing required. But we'll see if I ever sleep again. 

Outfit deets:

 - Me: Dress is LOFT (currently on sale!!). The boots are Lucky Brand bought from 6pm.com a couple years ago for under $100 and they are awesome. (These are similar.) 

 - Zelie: Sweater is Baby Gap. Obsessed with the quality of this little cable knit sweater! It has held up really well through frequent machine washes and dries. (This looks similar.) Her leggings are Whole Parenting Goods. All Nell's stuff is great quality, too, and leggings have major longevity size-wise. She's also rocking an adore-a-bull onesie from Bullpin Apparel.  

 - Will: Shirt is Baby Gap. (This one is similar.) Pants are Old Navy. The sock is from Target, I think. Just call me if you really like the sock and want the sock. You can have the sock. We've got two of them. 

Linking up with Rosie, who also creatively has the word blog in the name of her blog. Kindred spirits!

Click on over. 

A WIWS Revival!

It's been almost two years since I've participated in the What I Wore Sunday link-up, but we're bringing it back, baby. 

(For a stroll down memory lane, here's my first time linking up back in 2013, getting a stealthy "bump" shot while 4 weeks pregnant with Little Will. OH EM GEE. Blog attention for the dogs. Whoa.)

Anyway! Rosie is spearheading the WIWS Revival! Take a photo of what you wore to Mass this weekend, post to your blog or Instagram, and link-it-up bay bay! I have found so many blogs and made some lovely friends (no really!) through this link-up, so I hope it gets boppin' again. 

It's also a less than totally awkward excuse to remember to get pictures of myself with the kids. I seem to only take photos of myself when there's a baby bump to acknowledge. I'll be so happy I schlepped myself in front of the camera years from now, I just know it. 

WELLLLL, HERE WE ARE.

Mad props to my photographer who had me change my pose just slightly so that I was blocking that pile of little boy clothes on that dusty table behind me. He's always had an eye for fashion blogging.

We Vigil Massed it last night to attend another baptism today. (Our second Sunday in a row!) Little Will is two years young, and little did he know at the time that he was about to embark on the memorable occasion of his first ice cream cone ever after Mass. He got chocolate wasted and spun in circles around Cold Stone Creamery. Definitely my child. Baby Zelie is two months and some change and is GOING HARD in that jean jacket, am I right? She shed it about five minutes into Mass. So short lived. Sort of like all that hair she was born with. Mom (that's me) is sporting a J.Crew Factory tunic that was actually purchased after Rosie herself shared the link to the sale on her Facebook page a month or two ago. Nursing and postpartum pooch friendly. It was a final sale type situation (like $15 including shipping), but this is similar if you are looking for something like it. 

Find the rest of the pretties HERE. 

A Homecoming & an Easter Baptism

These two. 

Will finally arrived home on Good Friday! It took a couple days' adjustment---I'd gotten pretty used to having our bed all to myself (wink wink)---but I'd say we found our groove. At one point, I was worried that I'd be a control freak when Will got back, worried that he needed to change William's diapers just so, bathe him just so, hold him just so. Right. Flash forward a few weeks and I was so ready to hand that baby off . . .  not a concern. Laughable even! And Will was feeling pretty awkward that he asked how I did everything anyway. Just a few days later and he's wrangling this squirmy, bucking babe with the best of them so I'd say we're good. The other night, Will handled bath time and bed time by himself and I was just up in here like, "SO MUCH TIME FOR ACTIVITIES!!!!" I did laundry.

It was a bit of a hectic Easter weekend, with Will's homecoming and the baptism. We had grandparents and godparents in town for the blessed event. The baptism went off without a hitch. We got mad props from Sister Carolyn for our response to "What do you ask of God's church for William?"*, an old man complimented little Will's dress, and the baby did not cry nor puke on Father Jim or in the baptismal font. 

He is risen indeed.

A little glimpse of Friar William's receding hairline.

Now go ahead and try to tell me the dress is not ideal.

*I had to text Will because I couldn't remember his response. His text: "Welcome him into the church, celebrate his new life in Christ, and educate him in his faith. Holla back." Don't think he said that last part in front of the whole parish, but feeling particularly humbled that God let us become parents. 

Holla back.

35 Weeks

35 weeks down, 5 to go! It feels so recent that I was typing out the words "30 weeks down, 10 to go."  The third trimester is definitely going by fastest of all (though I hear the last month is the slowest/worst - we'll see). This week, Baby Brez is thankfully once again the size of a recognizable piece of produce: a coconut. (Source.) If my hunger/insatiability is any indication, William could be nearly 6 pounds (or more, let's keep it real, I cannot stop eating). 

Not my best look---I could be wearing a shirt that actually fits---but sharing anyway. I mean, what are blogs for? The look is shamelessly stolen from Susan's recent outfit post. Linking up with FLAP for What I Wore Sunday. (Sweater - Target, T-Shirt - Old Navy (very clearly non-maternity), Tank - Old Navy Maternity, Skirt - Motherhood Maternity). There was a baptism at Mass today (with an awesome family we met at our baptism class, btw), where we got to see exactly how our shebang would go down, which has us so so so excited. It was also good to see one at our new parish in action, because I maybe/probably zoned out multiple times during the baptism class. (In my defense, it was from 7 to 9:00 PM, when I'm practically sleepwalking.) 

Daisy, as you know her, had to get involved in the photo shoot. 

I apologize Ace's butt is such a distinctive feature of this shot . . .
but . . . you know it makes the photo.

Will changed before I could get an outfit photo of him (he looked super cute, in my humble opinion), so I'm posting this gem as punishment. That wrinkled stinker. 

Even Ace is rolling his eyes at that outfit choice.

Pregnancy Stuff . . . 

Overall Weight Gain: 35 pounds last time I weighed myself, which was probably a while ago, but we'll just run with it. I really think I may stay within my goal of 40 pounds gained, especially if what I read is true that you stop gaining wait the last week or two. The only thing holding me back will probably be water weight as I'm starting to feel the swell. (Note in the photos above that my wedding rings are on my necklace rather than my hand!) 

Exercise: Squats and walking, but very little of each. Mea culpa. 

Cravings: Still craving the milk! Will told me I should ask our OB "if there is such a thing as too much milk." (Cause of death: MILK. ????) I've also just been hungrier and thirstier in general, which makes sense to me, considering. Put on that weight, little dude. 

Updates:

• My 35 week appointment had to be rescheduled for next week because (gasppppp - how dare he?) my doctor was delivering a baby during my appointment. Hopefully I'll have lots of exciting updates next week. 

• I had my first painful Braxton Hicks contractions yesterday. (I've been having pretty frequent BH contractions for a few weeks, but certainly not painful ones.) I was sitting at a Christmas party gift exchange (yes, a little late, but it's a family reunion as well, so, makes sense?) and had three painful contractions in a row. I got up, started walking, and they went away. We'll see if they actually did anything at my appointment on Friday. 

• Again, I'm starting to feel pretty swollen. My hands, wrists, and face are noticeably larger (at least to me), especially when I get hot, when I can't get my rings off. When I cool down it's fine, but---let's face it---I'm hot most of the time. It was 40 degrees outside today and could have sat outside an hour taking in the sunshine and cool (or, to the non-pregnant, cold) breeze.

• Our due date is in exactly one month. 

Sibling Bump Wars:

Probably only a couple days ahead of me in this pic from last week.

We are getting close! These bump wars are soon to become birth wars. Who will be the first grandchild: MOLLY or WILLIAM? It will be a distinction our children may care about from approximately ages 5 to 8 . . . . Life changing stuff. We will know pretty soon. Alert alert alert - we are over halfway through the dreaded month of January! 

33 Weeks

Hanging in there at 33 weeks. Baby Brez is over 4 pounds now and is the size of a durian. (Again, baffled by the choice of produce. Thanks thebump.com.) We are getting more and more excited to meet this little boy! Luckily, we are only 3 1/2 weeks to full term, when we can really start pleading with the little man to make his appearance. ;)

Linking with FLAP, as we are known to do. We were out running errands when we decided Saturday Vigil Mass was a good idea, considering Snowpocolypse 2014 is on its way to the St. Louis area! Apparently everyone else in our parish had the same idea, and it was a packed house. We Catholics plan our sacraments around the weather. Because we be nerrrrrds, y'all. 

So anyway, this outfit wasn't chosen with going to Mass in mind, but here we have it. The sweater is  new one on super sale from Old Navy Maternity. (I did suck it up and buy a few LARGE sweaters for this last month or so of pregnancy. If the sweater fits.) The scarf was picked up on our trip to Ireland a couple years back. The leggings are Motherhood Maternity and my absolute favorite thing to wear lately, for obvious reasons. Not picture, just an old brown pair of Uggs. I've had them since college, but of course they are in fabulous shape, since I've only worn them a handful of times on trips home the past four years! Oh, and the glasses are actually new from Firmoo. They were the free ones where you pay only $7 for shipping. Well, they were sent from China to our old address in Delray Beach for some reason (I think it was a Paypal mix-up), returned to sender (in China), and then shipped again to the States to finally find its home on my face in Illinois. It only took a month and a half, but here they are, and I feel like I really got them for a steal of a deal because I got two shipments from halfway around the world for the price of one.

Moving on! What did Will wear? Funny you should ask that because . . . 

Killing it with his blogger pose once again. We were dressed for the home-brew beer store and Target, not for Mass, but Will is still ever the fashionista. Yep, Will is brewing some craft IPA right now that I won't get to try thanks to that hullabaloo about drinking alcohol during pregnancy. I thought it was a little rude of him to start this hoppy hobby now, but he insisted that his skill level is "about a Jesse Pinkman, Season 1, right now." (Bitch! . . . Sorry, couldn't resist.) So, I guess it's best that I wait until at least Season 2 status. 

Overall Weight Gain: 34 pounds as of my last prenatal appointment on Thursday. Physically, I am just really starting to feel it, i.e., feel like a house, an old rickety house. I've got the waddle, the inability to touch my toes, and a bladder that is apparently the size of a walnut. 

Exercise: Lots of walking. Last weekend when it was freakishly nice out, we all went for a walk on the 2.6 mile loop around our community. Despite the last thing I just said about feeling huge, I felt great!  Just need to be more consistent.

Cravings: Typical sweets (ice cream/soda), but also MILK! I could drink glass after glass. 

Updates: 

• The baby was breech at my last appointment at 31 weeks. At my appointment Thursday, the doctor did the quickest of ultrasounds to show that he was head down. PTL! (I thought so when I felt the baby's hiccups wayyy far down, but I really wasn't sure what was going on in there.) The ultrasound was impromptu, and so it was only a minute long, two tops, but we got to see our boy's sweet little face, which has chunked up quite nicely since our last ultrasound at 19 weeks!

• I passed my glucose screening with "perfect" results, according to the nurse. Doing this test after the most epic Thanksgiving meal, where I surely consumed 10,000+ calories, I was more than a little worried. Very relieved to have passed!

• We scheduled the rest of our prenatal appointments up until delivery. Really, it isn't very many! I'll tell you, seeing the printout of appointments is very effective in kicking your butt into gear to realize, oh my gosh, this baby is coming soon. Within an hour, I scheduled our hospital tour, started reading The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (my immediate fears have moved on from childbirth to breastfeeding . . .), and started another nursery project. My to do list is still quite lonnnggg, but I'm more motivated than ever to get it done. It's funny how at this point I want the baby out soon very much, but no I don't, because I have so much to read and do before he's here. The paradox of emotions that is pregnancy.

• My doctor is open to doing an elective induction after 39 weeks (February 12), so that we can be assured that Will is at the birth. (Will is being sent off to Alabama for 9 weeks on February 17, 2 days before our due date.) We are obviously hoping the baby comes early naturally on his own, but we are happy to have this as an option! In any event, natural induction methods shall commence at 37 weeks. LET'S GO, BABY.

• Pregnancy brain. It's a thing. A very real thing. Therefore, please excuse any spelling errors, grammatical errors, or complete skipping of entire words/phrases within this post.

• Another tiny nursery sneak peek . . . (hoping it's done in the next couple of weeks, but we have stuff to spray paint and therefore need some decent weather!):

Those maps backing the shelves are flight maps of areas where we've lived, including Will's hometown, my hometown, Charlotte, and South Florida. We got the maps from Will's Uncle Danny, who was an air traffic controller for many years. I love how they turned out and plan to use them on an $8 Goodwill find.

Battle of the Bumps:

My sister, Shannon, at 34 weeks, looking fab as usual. I can't wait to meet my Molly wolly ding dong!

I'll be sure to provide an update later on as to whether we actually get any snow. Earlier this week they called for 5 inches and we saw a light dusting!

30 Weeks

I'm 30 weeks now, and the baby is curiously the size of a cucumber. (Source.) 10 weeks to go, and oh so very close to close to single digits. Where has the time gone?

(Sweater - Target, Jeans - Old Navy, Canine Companion - Tri-County Humane Society)

As has become custom here, I'm linking with FLAP here in my Mass outfit. This here is one of two church appropriate sweaters I have left. I would buy more maternity stuff, but I'm spending all my money at Lowe's these days (notice the new paint job behind the tree?? Probably not . . . backlighting, meh). So next week, I'll probably just be wearing what I wore last week. Maybe I'll get crazy at Christmas and purchase a Target maternity sweater dress? Stay tuned for all things exciting maternity fashion . . .

Now that Will knows that Sunday photos wind up on the blog, he got a little more creative for you guys. 

Skins just scored a TD. 

The pillow belly really helps with the camera adjustments, by the way. Thanks to Sarah and Kallah for the technical help.

And, a Christmas miracle for you . . .

We kind of got Ace to sit still enough for a photo by the tree!

Daisy (as you well know) is a ham:

To the pregnancy stuff . . . 

Overall Weight Gain: 27.6 pounds so far gained as of this morning. Considering I've only gained a pound this past week, yes, maybe I did celebrate with a Twix bar after Mass today. Healthy meals this week include split pea soup and chicken chili (of which I've been eating off of for days because Will "prefers" beef chili - boohoo). 

Exercise: Typical moving in stuff. Unpacking and painting. I am SO SORE from painting yesterday! I get a little too aggressive with the roller. 

Cravings: Sweets. Cookies 'n' cream ice cream. I eat a full batch of kettle corn by myself while Will is at work. (It's the best not having to share.)

Updates:

• As mentioned before, yesterday we painted the living room (full post on that experience is forthcoming . . .  TRUST ME, it deserves a full post). And today we are doing the nursery.

• I have my first appointment with my new NFP-only OB on Friday and I'm so excited! Will was able to get off work for the afternoon, which I'm thankful for. He has actually never missed one of my prenatal appointments. (I know, I'm spoiled.) Also, a huge thanks to Erika for putting me in touch with the person who recommended him.

• As per feedback in my last bump post, I am totally going with the baptismal gown for baby Brez. People are generally more dressed up at our new parish then they were in Florida, so I think it will be well-received. 

Battle of the Bumps:

Shannon at 31 weeks!

29 Weeks

Yesterday, we hit 29 weeks and Baby Brez is the size of a butternut squash . . . aaand we have a Christmas tree! (We got it the day after we moved into our new house. It was FREE thanks to Trees for Troops. Of course, we got last picks so it looks like our tree has scoliosis, but nothing abundant decorating can't fix.) 

(Shirt - Target, Jeans - Old Navy, Boots - Aldo (old), Necklace - J.Crew (old)) 

Linking up with FLAP! We went to Mass at our new parish yesterday and I think I am in love! I can be super picky about how I like Mass celebrated (it's a problem I take to the sin bin on the reg . . . working on it), but I reallyyyy loved it. I am looking forward to registering as parishioners, getting involved, and, last but not least, scheduling a BAPTISM! 

Speaking of baptisms, I'm taking this question to the blog . . . 

Boys in baptismal gowns . . . Yea or nay?

I have my eye on this one for the baby that is not horrendously expensive and that I can use for future kids, male or female. 

Will my son be teased for life for wearing a dress? I'd say Prince G pulled it off . . .

And he knows it. (Source.)

Baby Brez's dad wore this little number:

and will be teased for life, but not because he's wearing a dress, ya know? (But don't think I don't see those scalloped sleeves, tough guy.)

I was sneaky getting What Will Wore Sunday once again . . . Let me get a "test shot" of you to set the aperture . . .

I had to recreate.

Overall Weight Gain: As of two days ago, it was 26 pounds. Not bad after a Thanksgiving feast for the ages!

Exercise: I haven't stopped moving in a week! So much unpacking and moving of furniture on top of generally keeping the house in order and feeding ourselves. Our diets have much improved since cooking our own meals again. Also, the commissary on base is amazing! I was really pleased to find super affordable organics.

Cravings: My crazy sweet tooth as usual. I am not above a Cold Stone trip in 8 degree weather! 

Updates:

• We are almost fully unpacked! We just have a few more items of furniture to put together (read: Will has a few more items of furniture to put together) and, of course, no hanging things until we paint! But we are definitely getting comfortable in the new casa.

• SNOW!!! In our first week in the midwest.

Surprisingly, these two Florida pups are loving life (really strange considering Ace doesn't even like wet grass):

• Finally, Daisy Paws:

Just because. 

27 Weeks

I'm 27 weeks today, and since I'm never quite sure when each trimester begins and ends, I'm self-declaring myself in the third trimester! (Woot woot.) Once again I feel compelled to share that Baby Brez grew this week from the size of a head of lettuce to the size of a rutabaga! (Source.) (I feign excitement because I don't think I've ever seen or heard of a rutabaga before just now.) 

Too windy to venture outside the cover of the condo walls...

(Sweater - Target: Liz Lange Maternity; Jeans - Old Navy Maternity; Boots - Aldo (old).) 

Linking up with the FLAP girls for What I Wore Sunday, the last of our Florida residency (and the first time I got to wear a sweater and boots). Happy Solemnity of Christ the King! And Happy 25th Anniversary, Father Phil! And holy moley it's the end of the Year of Faith! (Today was a mixed bag at Mass, for sure!) Next up: ADVENT. So excited. I know I will have plenty opportunity to wear winter clothes when we move to Illinois, but it's almost December, it was finally a chilly and windy day, and I am impatient. Also, I just bought this sweater like 6 weeks ago, I've only been able to wear it once in Maryland, and it's already getting too short to cover the growing bump! Oh well!

What Will Wore:

"You didn't get my boots!" - Will Brez

He's a trooper, that one.

To the pregnancy deets . . .

Overall Weight Gain: Our scale is in storage, but I have an OB's appointment tomorrow and will be weighed. At my last appointment four weeks ago I was at 19 pounds. I'll be sure to let you know if the number compels me to cry tears of shame versus make a mad dash to Olive Garden. I'm not feeling confident because Friday night's date night consisted of Chipotle followed by Cold Stone, and I do in fact feel enormous, but we'll see!

Exercise: Still lots of walking (though, admittedly, less than in weeks prior) and squats! I'll do squats anywhere. 

Cravings: Apples, wine, and fountain soda. So random. I was also thinking today about how I can't wait to get unpacked so I can Whirley Pop to my little heart's content.

Strange Observations: 

• This past week was the first time the baby's movements creeped me out. It was the first time his movements seemed slow and deliberate across my belly (rather than just constant quick jabs). I found myself thinking, What are you trying to tell me, baby??? 

• I definitely have a higher tolerance for spicy food now. I used to be a wimp, but now you can bring on the hot sauce. 

The Sister Bump Wars!

Shannon at her baby shower yesterday (28 weeks). :)

Have an awesome week! Eat lots of turkey. 

25 Weeks

25 weeks, you guys. This week, baby Brez grew from the size of a cantaloupe to the size of cauliflower. (Source.) The third trimester is so close I can taste it. I can't believe how fast the second tri went by after the snail marathon that was the first tri. I have a feeling the third trimester will go by just as quickly between the Thanksgiving, the move, and the holidays. The time will go quickly, but I physically will not be moving quickly in any way, shape, or form. 

Some WIWS linky goodness: Shirt - Target, Jeans - Old Navy Maternity.

Hmm . . . sometimes it takes full-length photographs of yourself to realize it's time to retire a certain garment. I bought this shirt a few months ago and I'm happily surprised it made it to 25 weeks. Here I am last time I wore this shirt to Mass and linked it up, at 17 weeks, so about two months ago:

Yowzers. Time to go into the storage bin known as the graveyard of pre-maternity clothes past.

I've been hurting this week. Hurting, as in the naked little boy living in size me has been kicking me in the same spot in the ribs . . . repeatedly. It's effecting the entire right side of my abdomen, especially my back. I've been doing inversions and trying to keep things more aligned, in general. The biggest help has been seeing a new massage therapist: my husband. Speaking of my husband, here's what he wore to Mass:

I call this look, "Florida, retired." He has the no-look fashion blogger pose down. I'm in envy. We'll get him to work on the tilt next week.

Daisy and Ace creep on our photo shoot. Ace is camouflaged. Can ya spot him?

Our to-do list before the big move is about a mile and a half long. We conquered some of it by gathering our important paperwork and getting Will, Florida born and bred, an inexpensive winter coat. I also snagged this little bump-friendly number, just because, cold weather and 30% off sales. Winter is coming. This week we are going to sell one of our cars (yes, we'll be a one car family for an indefinite amount of time) and take an inventory of everything that will be going with the movers.

Will these two make the list? 

Yeah, you should be nervous.