Sorry I've been a little MIA on here lately. Chris and I have been working to get the house in better shape. Well, it'll take years to get it where we want it but it's slowly improving. We painted the front door and the front door and window trims white. Makes it look SO much better. And Chris has been really great about trying to get our yard looking better. He mows our lawn every week and he's put Weed and Feed on it. We have A LOT of dandelions. The previous owners/renters didn't care about maintaining the yard at all so Chris mows often to cut the weeds back until they die/are pulled. We're hoping to till up, even out, and seed the backyard soon. The kids can't play in it until that's done. Too many little potholes, they could sprain an ankle.
Last week Carrie and Brandon and little Reese came over for dinner while they were in town. It was so much fun! I wish they didn't live so far away. Caleb had so much fun playing with "ReeseMuff" (his nickname for her). And she is the most adorable little thing!! I loved watching her running around, she's the prettiest, smiliest little girl and very well behaved. The visit was too quick. I posted pics of our kids together on Facebook if you're curious.
Anna will be 1 tomorrow! Did that go quickly or what?! She's really starting to walk a lot more too. After pulling up, instead of crawling, she walks some steps first - sometimes quite a few. And she's saying - or trying to say - so much! She says "doggie", "please (peese)", "Daddy", "Mama", "Anna (nana)", "flower (fla fla)", "baby", "Where is it (is it?)"....And if you ask her "What does (any animal) say?" she says "Baaa". We're working on that one. :) She sleeps 11 hours straight at night - occassionally she wakes up around 5am just wanting cuddle time with me. I rock her for a few delirious minutes then she's off to sleep again.
Caleb is loving t-ball. He told me yesterday "Mom, I think they're going to put me on TV really soon because I'm so good at baseball." :) He's a very athletic kid. He also loves playing basketball. I think he'll want to play that come fall. He and Chris like to get out in the backyard and shoot hoops. I love watching them do that. Such a father/son thing to do. :)
Baby boy is doing well. Getting bigger and stronger. I can now watch his aerobics from the outside of my belly. He's getting closer and closer to having a name. I wish I could say that Chris and I are such planners that we've had names picked out for years but we don't. We never pick out our kids' names until after we are pregnant and know what we're having. Makes it a little more difficult. But, we have a #1 pick that might turn out to be it. Just need to roll it around on the tongue a little longer and make sure it's what we want. I'll let you know when we've decided for sure.
I guess that's it. These updates need to be more frequent -they're always too lengthy. Have a great weekend! (Oh, it's only Wednesday, oh well.)
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