We are busy, busy, busy ( Read more... )

The crew pulled in just before 1 this afternoon.

I'm now sitting her by myself while some banana bread is baking, the dishwasher is going, and Eric is napping. Everyone else is at the movies... mom, dad, Bun, Steph, Joe, Faith, twench, and Lauren. It's nice to just sit. I haven't for over a week. It's been worth it though. The house looks good and ( Read more... )

Four evenings and a partial day to go...

twench's family arrives on July 4. It had been a couple years since his mom and step-dad had brought some cousins with them. This year Steph, 13, and Joe, 9 are coming. In addition, Bun and Faith are coming about July 5 (plans not finalized) and Maria and Phil come either the 8 or 9. There may be a day ( Read more... )

After thinking one of Eric's teeth was about to pop any day now for a couple months, it finally did. This tooth was the last one of the front eight. The gums had been white for such a long time and the bump kept getting bigger and bigger. The boy must have strong gums.

Just a few over the last couple days...

* A snuggle with Lauren after an early wake-up on the couch in the living room

* Observing Lauren's absolute joy about going to swim lessons

* Eric's smile

* Watching Lauren and Eric play together - literally and side-by-side play

I want to send some pictures we took while on vacation in Pennsylvania in the thank you card we're sending. Since it has been two weeks since the trip, I was happy we were able to go through them this weekend and pick the best ones. I planned to drop them off for developing yesterday when I went grocery shopping but forgot them. "No problem," I ( Read more... )

Odd.

My engagement ring band just broke.

It is soldered to my wedding band so it is still wearable and not noticeable. Great. This is just one more thing to add to my ever growing to-do list.

I discovered last night that Eric got his seventh tooth - the left upper first molar. From the looks of it, it probably popped over a week ago. Today, I see his eighth tooth just starting to peek through the gum line - the bottom right second front tooth. Unfortunately, on top of the mouth pain, he's got a sore bum. Very, very pink. Having ( Read more... )

The fabric on our patio chairs gave way last summer. We knew this would happen when we bought them in '99. I was bummed though because we had a certificate for free replacement slings. We goofed or so I thought until Saturday. Before we went to order new slings, I looked up the detail on our chairs so we would order the correct ones. Score!! ( Read more... )

We got notification yesterday that Lauren was able to get into the swim class we registered her for so we decided to tell her last night. Her reaction was priceless. She gets this huge smile on her face and runs to each of us to give us a great big hug and says, "I love that." Needless to say, we are now counting the days until the pool. :)