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I need something to blog about. But whenever I sit down to the computer, I can't think of anything going on in my life but paint. Cuz that's all I'm doing right now....painting. The funny thing is, we aren't even painting the majority of the house. We hired someone to do that. We're just painting the rooms. So far we've painted the kids rooms, extra room, kitchen cupboards and kitchen, and now we're starting on the master bedroom. I know it doesn't sound like a lot, but it is....because painting is hard. Well not really, but it's time consuming and there is a lot of prep work. Especially since we are painting the ceiling and closets too. And I'm sure I'm boring everyone to tears. But we are almost done. I can see the light. The house is starting to take shape and in just 9 short days we'll be in it. For permanent.

So I'm just putting it out there....incase you are feeling the need to serve (cuz I'm not too proud to ask). We need help moving, and if you are available and willing, we would love it if you would make your way over to our place (or rather, send your husbands over to our place) next Saturday, Feb. 28th, to help us move. It will mostly just be the big stuff. The beds, the furniture, stuff like that. I'm sure a few boxes too. But a lot of stuff is already over at the new house. And that's exciting.

As a final note, I'm putting a shout out to my wonderful wonderful friends (no names mentioned. You know who you are), who have offered and called and taken my kids so that I can get stuff done. Cuz even with my mom here, it's been a lot of work. I REALLY REALLY have appreciated it. You have no idea. So THANK YOU! I'll be back after the move.

Nothing says I love you....

like a basket full of FRUIT??? Hm... I don't think so. 

This is what I ordered for Paul for Valentines Day to be delivered to his work yesterday.

This is what he got.

And the poor sweet guy...didn't even complain or question the fact that he got fruit and nuts and a bottle of water for Valentines Day from me. He just said thanks for the basket and all the great stuff. "Stuff" I said. "What stuff? Didn't you get chocolate covered strawberries?" 

NOPE....Well, he will. On Tuesday. Oops. I guess in the meantime we got a big basket of fruit for free. Good thing it wasn't our first Valentines Day together. He might of thought I was pretty darn strange.

House Update

It's been a while since I've posted and I'm sure you're all on pins and needles waiting to hear about the house. (Ok, probably not, but whatever). We got our keys on January 27th (a Thursday) and it's a been a whirlwind of work since then. Sanding, painting, cleaning, fixing, etc. I'm exhausted, but excited, and really I just can't wait until this month is over and we've moved in. I don't have any pictures of the house since we've gotten the keys, but here are a few before we started working on it. 

This is our backyard. It's not huge and it looks a mess in this picture, but actually it is beautifully landscaped now thanks to Paul's parents. And the grass is starting to grow. We love it!

This is a shot standing from the dining room area looking into the kitchen. All the appliances are out now and the cupboards are sanded and primed, and awaiting a fresh coat of paint.

This is the view from the front door. The fireplace is a double fireplace and can be seen on the other side of the wall, which is the "family room" area. To the back left is the kitchen. You can kind of see the green paint. All of the bedrooms are upstairs.

I guess it's true what they say....

that boys are harder on their clothes than girls. Because the girls NEVER wore holes through the feet of their jammies. Maybe it was all the scooting B did before he learned to really crawl. He used that foot to push off with. Anyway, it's our first clothing casualty so I had to document it. Maybe we should hold a funeral. Okay, maybe not. 

9 month stats

Today was Brandon's 9 month checkup. He's doing great! 

Weight-19 pounds

Height- 28 1/2 inches

Head- 46 cm. 

That's 50% for height and head and 25% for weight.....and here I thought he was a chunky baby. Oh well. He had an iron test too. They pricked his finger and he just looked at them like, what the heck are you doing to me? But he didn't cry. And as an added bonus, his test results came out great. 

And lucky me, Brandon has figured out how to climb stairs. Yesterday I followed him up 3 steps. Guess the gate up the stairs has to go back to being locked. 

Christmas Card Picture

I know this is old news. Way old news by now. But I only got about 10 Christmas cards out this year. And the majority of those 10 cards went out to the first 10 people that happened to send me a Christmas card (because then I had their address handy). Anyway, life got pretty crazy around here with the offer on the house and everything. But I wanted to post the picture of the kids that was suppose to be in the cards that I didn't send out. Cuz my kids are cute and this was a good picture of them. And yes I am bragging. I'm allowed to. I'm their mom!

Don't worry Mom

Disclaimer-Potty business ahead. Reader beware. 

So I hear Leah head into the bathroom while I'm sitting at the table helping Ashlyn with her homework. No big deal. She goes by herself all the time. But after a few minutes of being in there, I think, "I better go check on her". I go in to see how she's doing. She's sitting on the toilet and I ask her if she did "stinkies" or "tinkles"?  She says, "I did poopies Mom (I hate that word, but that's the one she chooses to use) and I got them on my hand. But don't worry, I wiped them off". 

(GROSS!!!!)

 Ok, I say, let me help you wash your hands....TWICE. Good thing I checked on her.