.moving catch up. sneak peek of house.

.we are living.

.barely some days. but living.

.we are a pretty boring family. and i have yet to walk around and take video of our home...hopefully by this weekend, since Andrew has Monday off.

.andrew- he LOVES work. he works about 9 hour days. he leaves around 7:10am and gets home between 5:30 and 6. He tries to work about 5 hours of overtime. B is VERY attached to her daddy lately and always asks, "where'd daddy go?" in the morning and RUNS to him screaming "ddddaaaaaadddddyyyyy" when he comes home. he works hard through the week at his job and works hard at home in the yard and around the house on the weekend. such an awesome guy.

me- well, im a mommy. a stay at home mommy. and i am thankful for that. i was just telling one of my best friends today, i dont think i ever realized how emotionally draining a stay at home mommy is. you literally stay at home all day every day with the kids and clean the house, wipe poop, make breakfast/lunch/dinner/. etc etc. dont get me wrong, i truly thank andrew everyday for working so hard for me to be able to stay home. there are just some hard days when i need an "out" and cant wait for andrew to walk through the door.

brooklynn- she is talking more. she still is not very clear, but since i am around her so much, i understand her and 95% of the time know what she is saying. she is a complete night owl and early bird. really kills me. she has started fighting bedtime. we are talking 3 hours of constantly putting her back in her bed. and naptime. she fights too. she is starting to think she doesnt need a nap. but too bad. mommy needs at least 45 minutes of alone time. she is smart and knows what she is doing when she acts out. i was telling my mom about it yesterday, and my mom was like, oh wow, she really does know what she is doing. she really is getting more fun every day. but she also is showing a lot more attitude.

parker- this kid has become my best eater and sleeper. he does not fight sleep unless there is something wrong with him. (last week he was teething and woke up a couple times throughout the night). but i can put him down at 8pm and he will sleep until 9, 930 sometimes even 10 when i finally wake him up. he is SUCH a happy kid unless b is picking on him. and even than, he deals with a lot of rough housing from her. he keeps like its his last meal. he EASILY out eats brooklynn every meal. he has a build like his daddy. tall and thin. he is WALKING. i cant believe it, its really weird to be honest.

.so the pictures are totally out of order, but it shows a few sneak peeks of the house. i want to write down now that i am VERY thankful we are able to live in a home and how this is SUCH an awesome starter home. its beyond a starter home. we got the house for such an awesome price, and we hope to do a "big project" once a year and make it really what we want.  andrew says that when i talk to people and talk about what i want changed to the house, i dont sound happy. I AM HAPPY. and i am REALLY excited to start projects with andrew. really. we installed ceiling fans, and a crib the other day and had a blast. so there are a few things we eventually want to change, over 6 years but i am VERY happy with the house. make it known. so when i mention something that we want to change, its not NOW and its not because i am not happy. however, i am getting antsy to start painting. lol

.so the pictures are again, WAY out of order. but oh well, im too lazy to fix them.

 .parker for a long time was crawling around with a bottle hanging from his nap (like his uncle tyler)

 .LOVE the double jogging. best 60 bucks i paid EVER...oh and i sold my single for 70. WIN.

 .we went to the apartment pool one day to swim since seaworld is closed mon-wed for another week.

 .she LOVES to try and change his diaper, and he lays SO still and lets her. 

 .so i was packing and the kids were quiet...too quiet...and i found this. b had found the markers.

 .thank goodness she marked on her, her brother and the box...no walls. phew.

 .another "its too quiet moment" they pulled everything out of the bins while i was packing away the apartment..

 .more disaster.

 .alright so here is our kitchen. this is us totally moved in. i remember getting everything totally moved in, and looking around and thinking, "where the heck do i start?"

 .front door, hallway packed with junk to be unpacked.

 .seaworld. he is such a good kid.

 .b checking out the fish.

 .we have had a few dishwasher problems. so friday night after working all day andrew pulled it out and cleaned EVERY single part. 

 .thanks aunt heather for the cute dress b wore to church. best i could get without her throwing a total fit.

 .b up past her bedtime, putting stickers all over herself.

 .and b got into the chalk and colored my tile.

 .see, dont you like blue tile?

 .me: "b, what did you do?"

 me: "b, this is naughty, we color with chalk outside, not inside." (see her reaction)

 .the kids LOVE getting into the cupboards. LOVE it. i aint a fan.

 .packing up, and i look over to this...whats wrong with this picture?

 .playing in the cupboard this morning. (can you believe how old b looks?)

 .cupboard fun.

 .you feel so relieved your moved in...and than you look around...

 .where to start?

 .goodness....

 .he is ready to ski too.

 she is SUCH a daddy's girl.

 .backyard (we hope to built a small storage shed in the backyard back by that box...EVENTUALLY)

 .first mow...it took him over 2 hours to do the small backyard because the lawn was SO long.

.hey mom, capture this cute face.

.thats it for now, we have seaworld play dates this week, and getting things done around the house. 

.i will REALLY try to have a video posted of the house before we leave for utah next week.