Spring is in the air

What a day! Emmie had a good 12 hours of uninterrupted sleep and was happy as a clam all day. She couldn't have been a sweeter or cuter little girl today. We had a "Girl's Day", just mommy and Emmie.

We started the day by putting our house on the market. Sad, but not real sad until it actually sells. The market isn't a great one for sellers, so we will just wait and see. We may end up staying put, but only time will tell.

I'm not sure if she is too happy about this situation...

Then, we went on a walk to pick up Daddy's car. On the way we stopped and had lunch on the patio at Verde. Emmie was a hit and everyone loved her. She loved her cheese quesadilla.

We went to the park and played on the swing and with the toy cars. By the time we were finished there she was exhausted! The park was awesome today, full of little ones, sunny, with a slight breeze.

We headed to Mimi and Papa's. Emmie played with the neighbor's 2 little girls. Drawing with sidewalk chalk, blowing bubbles and playing basketball. Champ enjoyed himself too and ran himself tired!

Happy Spring! Don't you just love it!?!

It's been awhile

Apparently, I have taken a bit of a hiatus from the blog. Yikes!

Well, its been for good reason. Brent and I took a little vaca- to Steamboat, CO.

You may be asking yourself, why is a pregnant women hitting the ski slope? Well, we planned the trip prior to finding out I was pregnant. And I didn't hit the slopes. I wanted to terribly, but then you read up on the risks of possibly falling or having someone run into you and you get a bit scared. So I read and napped. Things I don't get to do normally. I hit the spa for a pregnancy massage, mani and pedi. I hung out at Slopeside...

and had a couple non-alcoholic beers. Very anticlimactic, but it made me feel part of the crowd. And honestly, I like the taste of a beer every once in awhile and the Beck's treated me to that.

We went with Brent's buddies and their friends friends. It was random, but fun. Brent skiied his face off. His knee held up and I don't think we will have to go through another round of surgery (thank heavens).

We have also been prepping our house for a probable sale. Putting a house on the market is no joke. Ugh! Kyle, our realator and friend, has us in high gear. With Baby 2 on the way we are quickly running out of space in our sweet little home. Emmie's toys take up most of the space. So I have been slightly overwhelmed as you can imagine. We don't have to move, but we are going to roll the dice and see what happens.

Dealing with fever/illnesss #100 of Emmie's awful winter. I swear there has to be an end in sight with Spring on the way, but only time will tell.

I have also started a photography course which is so fun and interesting. But I have homework each week. The homework is fun, but it still has a deadline.

Baby 2 has started moving in full force and has been hungry. Note to self, don't make a batch of brownies while pregnant or this is what will happen. Brownies are the one thing that I have no self control over. I am ashamed to post this picture, but I am hoping it will prevent this from happening again! I never forgot how those litle kicks felt. It truely is awesome and I love it! We still do not have a name yet, but we are working on it. Stay posted.

Would you believe it if I told you this 14 month old has started to test my limits. I need advice. She is so sweet... most of the time. But she is really, really smart. She is just pushing buttons to see how far she can go. I am chalking it up to a phase. I keep telling her that I am the adult and make the rules, but feel like I am wrestling a lion half the time. My parents tell me not to give in to her now or I will have a mess on my hands when the new baby comes. This is when parenting gets tough. She has always been a good sleeper, but goes through phases along the way. I guess I feel it more now because I am tired and pregnant. She is just so dang smart and learning her limits is all part of the gig. I am the one who is having a hard time with it, but we will make it through this together. And I will soak up the sweet moments when I can.

There is a toilet in my bedroom!

Well, this is a first. I doubt many can say they have had a toilet in their sleeping quarters before. Today, I can. With the addition of a fourth, well fifth including Champ, we are running out of space in our 3 bedroom/1.5 bathroom. So changes will have to be made. As we begin to get our house ready (to sell that is...) we had some bathroom issues to tackle. Our tile was glazed at some point before we ever moved in. Over time, the paint has chipped away and the old tile began to show through. So instead of spending thousands to remove all the tile, we chose to reglaze and freshen up the space a bit.

What a beautiful seafoam green. Thankfully this will be covered up. When they sanded it made a mess. The entire house was covered with a white dust. They did NOT do a good job of covering things up. Everything else went great.

The beautiful green tile will also be covered with some pretty new tile.

What a difference

Tree update

Whoa! What a mess. So a couple weeks ago Brent spent the weekend tilling the yard (not an easy job) and planting new seed. Our yard was pure weeds before, green weeds, but weeds nonetheless. Then this tree falls and we are going to have to start from scratch again. So if you have never had this happen, FYI... if the tree is on someone else's property but falls onto your property it is your responsibility to have things taken care of. Well, we had to pay a deductible but the tree will be removed, a brand new shed will be built (although it looked like it was still standing the shed was totaled), and landscaping will be done. In actuality the one tree that fell brought done a pine with it and a few smaller trees. Another tree actually fell the opposite way into our neighbors yard and almost hit their house. A lot more damage was done than we originally thought.

Some of the brush that the workers piled on Brent's freshly seeded yard :(

Wood for sale! or some major bon fires to follow...

The shed... so sad!

If a tree falls in the woods (or your backyard)...

...you can definitely hear it. As I was having sweet dreams this morning (and Emmie was soundly sleeping too!) I heard a big crash. I woke Brent- who claimed it was only thunder. sure... I knew something had fallen, it was just a matter of finding where it happened. We checked the front... nothing. We checked the back and low and behold a HUGE oak tree had fallen into our yard! It nearly crushed the shed (and if you only knew of the blood sweat and tears that Brent put into that masterpiece...). Luckily, my handy husband built such a sound piece of construction that the tree only damaged the roof. The shed is still standing. Emmie never woke up, but Champ sure did. He wanted to know what in the world all the ruckous was about. And this is the result...

Only part of the damage to the shed