Home for Rent

For those who have not heard Kevin and I are moving to Huntsville, AL. I know crazy right but I will blog about all those happenings in a later post. We are actually looking for a renter for our beloved home and I thought his would be a perfect place to provide some info.

We are looking for a renter available January 2nd if not sooner. The home is located in Loganville, Ga. The school is district is Gwinnett County and I believe it is now zoned for Archer high school. It was built in 2005, 2,322 sq. ft. ranch on unfinished basement, and is located in a swim/tennis community. The home has 3 bedrooms (4 if you include the bonus room over the garage). The master suite is huge, we have a king size bed with a chest of drawers, nightstands, a dresser and recliner all in there and still have plenty of space. There are 3 full baths, 2 on first floor and the 3rd upstairs in bonus room. All stainless kitchen appliances will be included, washer/dryer hook up, granite counter tops in kitchen, covered deck, and 2 1/2 car garage. I have included some pictures below:

Dining Room

Living Room

Guest Bath

Bonus Room Bath

Breakfast area

 Kitchen

Price is $1300/month with a security deposit of $1000. Please let me know if you or anyone you know is interested.

What's in a Name

I find it ironic how hard it was for Kevin and I to decide a on a name for our baby girl. I have grown up always thinking of names for our kids. I had a girl name ready to go since atleast middle school and it never changed. Kevin and I had a list of both boys and girls names we liked before we even knew we were pregnant.

The day we found out a were having a girl it was like that list was for nothing. None of those names were right. A name is a big deal. There are lots of things to consider:

1. does the monogram spell out something weird. (Kevin's is KMK but people always joked what if his parents named him Kevin Keith Kanzelmeyer then it would be KKK. no bueno)
2. will it sound good when they are little, a teenager, and grown adult?
3. is it easy to spell (poor kid already has to spell Kanzelmeyer)
4. is it short (see above)

the list just goes on. And there were a couple of other things i wanted. I wanted a family name either the first name or middle name. I also didn't want them to have a first name but go by the middle name. Its just a personal thing i don't want them to have to correct the teacher every year when they first call out role. ( i do understand why some parents do it though, it just flows better)

With all of the above being said the hunt for the perfect name for our obviously perfect girl was on. One night I wrote out a family tree of my mom's side then also for my dad's. We have a huge family so there we lots of names. I tried to do Kevin's family tree too but his dad's family is so big (9siblings) even he has a hard time remembering everyone's name. I had left my list out on the counter and one morning Kevin texted me that he found a couple names on the list he liked. Of course Mr. Jokester said he liked my PawPaw's brothers name Foy, i was like really... but then he told me the names he found Lillian and Elizabeth, I don't even know who Elizabeth is but it was too long and common for me to like but i really liked Lillian too. It is my Granny's first name. (this would be my Dad's mom). Funny thing is she was one of "those" :) people that went by her middle name Alline (sp?) so i really never knew it was her first name until my sister had pointed it out one time this last year. We both liked it a lot but we were still a little hestitant to commit. Kevin really likes it because it sounds sophisticated yet still cute for when she is young (he and my mom really want to call her Lilly).Her middle name we decided would be claire (just a name Kevin had put on our original list but i said was too common for a first name). I love how well Lillian Claire Kanzelmeyer flows, its sweet and southern to me and the monogram is cute for me to do all of my embroidering. Plus its a family name which i wanted.

I think it was about 2 weeks after our gender reveal party i told kevin we HAD to decide on a name now and we both just kept going back to Lillian Claire so we knew thats what it had to be. Kevin would even say the name out loud sometimes to see how its sounded. We laughed about how when our parents were mad at us or needed our immediate attention they would always yell our first and miffle name. We tried that a couple times too and it was perfect. lol. We never really made an official annoucement what her name would be so it has been about 2 more weeks and when we say the name we still have family and friends say oh is that what her name is going to be and it felt right to say yes.

So happy to have this decision done with and can not wait to be able to say her name more often. :)

24 weeks

I realize i am really bad about the weekly update. Again not a whole lot going on or changing so i feel silly do a whole post for it. This  post will show what happened in week 22 and 23 and today 24 weeks.

Symptoms: I have a huge soccer ball growing out of my belly, i'd say that's a symptom. It really started to show more week 23. I also noticed more pain in my back on the right side. Pretty much all around more uncomfortable but have to say very thankful i haven't really had the typical pregnancy symptoms.

Scary Moment: **TMI WARNING** Tonight i went pee and when i wiped there was a small amount of red blood. Of course i immediately started to worry. It was not much at all i called my mom and she said since it wasn't much and i didn't have any cramping i am probably ok. If I'm still worried about it in the morning i will call the doctor. Thankfully i didn't read to much on Google about it because i knew i would just freak myself out. Thanks to my friend Emily's blog post i was a little more reassured. If i notice any changes i will be calling the doctor as red blood is not a good sign but if you ever have brown then normally no reason to worry. I would say if it will make you feel better to just go ahead and call the doctor then do so you don't stress yourself out anymore. 

Weight: unfortunately still gaining, about 1lb a week, i didn't really care much before but now i'm starting realize i need to be more observant of what i eat and doing some form of light exercise. I did have one Sunday morning week 23 where my rings were getting tighter on my hand so i went ahead and removed them just in case. Nothing really ever since though. 

Cravings: i have decided i'm probably not a typical pregnant person who craves certain foods. I have started to realize i prefer certain foods over others but its never anything i never ate before. lately i have really enjoyed frosted flakes cereal for dinner. I've also had a lot more chocolate milk lately. I hate regular milk except in cereal so Kevin keeps buying me chocolate milk and i'm not going to let it go to waste. :) 

Movement: 22 weeks i finally felt her move. It was very hard to tell before now but ever since then i know its her. People always explained it very weird so here is my attempt for you future moms to get an idea what to expect. To me it felt like a popping in my stomach. Kind of like popping your shoulder.   I also physically saw movement in my belly this week. i sat in bed for 15 minutes with my video on my phone recording my stomach to see it. again it looked like something popping in my belly. it was really cool and Kevin was able to feel it for the first time too! It hasn't become annoying yet but its not the most comfortable feeling either however to know she is still moving in there is always reassuring. 

Best Moment: obviously feeling her move has been the best!