The Life

Does life get any better than this? We got to watch this digger and bulldozer work in a new neighborhood across the street from our subdivision. Our house is among the trees across the street.

Finally, at 26 1/2 weeks along (third trimester, here we come) I got my first pregnancy picture. I'm just praying this baby doesn't already weigh 10 lbs... cuz s/he sure looks like it.

We've been enjoying our new yard. We have lots of plans to improve it and make it more useable. Right now we're mostly just pulling out junk trying to clean it up a bit.

Jack loves to mow, or as he calls it "blowing the lawn."

Still my baby.

Happy Easter!

My Big Kitchen

We're finally in our house! It was an exhausting weekend and the work hasn't slowed down either. And we love it and are so thankful! We have so many plans to keep us busy in this house. I only have a few pictures for now but I will definately be posting more "before and after" pictures over the months and years.

The boys love all the new fix-it tasks that have come with this new house. First job - fixing (ahem, replacing) the garbage disposal. Jack's got quite the plumber's butt for the job.

Patrick crashed this morning while I steam cleaned the carpets. The old owners left a steam cleaner behind and it works great! I'm almost as stoked about owning my own steam cleaner as a house!

Story time back at the duplex.

My pumpkin.

Stay cool!

Stuck

Just this morning I was sitting here at the computer when I heard Jack screaming bloody murder. He ran into the room - "STUCK! STUCK STUCK!" That's a DVD case on his head, if you couldn't tell. Thankfully I had my camera with me and snapped a quick picture before he pulled it off his head.

Goings On

We've been busy over here. After the New Year we started house hunting. The process was fun for about an hour and now we're just eager to get into our house. We were set to move this week when we got the bad news that it'll be another month. Apparently buying from bankrupt sellers can be quite a hassle. But it should be worth it! So we're shoving our our boxes aside and trying to live as "normally" as possible until we (Lord willing) get our house and can start making it our home!

The boys supply us with endless entertainment over here. Patrick loves to tag after Jack and Jack is talking non-stop these days. Some of our favorite Jackisms are "I'm so cuuuuuuuute!" "Cannimal" (camal.) "See you alligator." And how whenever we talk about pigs Jack has to mention Patrick.

Cabin Fever: February Edition

Matching-Jammies-Night

It seems I have a picture of Patrick like this in almost every blogpost....

Here Jack's showing off his "Cider" (spider). The boy just loves finding spiders around the house and making them his pets. I think he has been greatly influenced by his new favorite movie - Charlotte's Web.

Some of the great benefits of moving - bubble wrap and packing boxes!

Chicago visit

So it's been a while since I last posted. We've been busy! Busy visiting Grandma and Grandpa and the Mertens Aunties. Busy with buying a house and packing up our stuff. Busy with life in general. Plus I've tried several times unsuccessfully to post pictures - so hey, it's not my fault.

There was a lot of snow in Chicago.

Notice how in the only two pictures I put up of the two boys together Patrick is crying.

Patrick's birthday dinner!

Whattia have to say birthday boy?

But all in all it was a great birthday.