Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Life Changing

Where do I even begin?  Lets see…today we become first time homeowners, tomorrow we get the keys, and on Thursday we are moving in!  We are so excited to close this chapter in our lives and start a new one in the house where our kids will grow up, go to school, make new friends, celebrate many Christmases, have many birthdays, and reach numerous milestones.  Things have been busy and a bit crazy the last few weeks, which is why I have been absent from the blog.  I also have been horrible at taking pictures!  However, I didn’t want to leave you guys hanging with a picture less post, so I went through my phone and will share some of my photos from there with you. 

So, what have we been up to?  Visiting our house every weekend to check out the progress, and on this particular trip, melting my heart with their sweetness.

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Spending a couple of days at grandma and grandpa’s while Derek was in Boston.

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All 4 of their grandkids has loved the dog bed.  It was Adi’s turn to claim her spot.

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Braedon and I made a snake out of toilet paper rolls and he loved it!

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Rocking all around cuteness!

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Providing mom with blackmail.

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Trying to fit in any little space possible.

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Impromptu picnics at the park, followed by bird chasing.

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Making sure mom doesn’t get a lick of privacy.

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Eating until our stomachs bulge.

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Cuddling with our animals.

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and sending dad some instant love while he is away for business.

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Some other life changing things going on around here.  In a month I will be going in for my first of three surgeries due to my Ulcerative Colitis.  This will be a tough year for everyone and I just pray for extra strength and patience for my family to get us all through.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Keeping busy

Well, we are 3 weeks from our move in date and we are getting excited!!  In the mean time, we have been keeping ourselves plenty busy and entertained.  I will leave you with a picture dump of some of our daily shenanigans.

Cuddling with animals.

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Cuddling with mom.

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Playing in tunnels.

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Building towers “as big as giants.”

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Then knocking them down.

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Popping packaging material.

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Sitting in drawers.

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Having picnics.

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We’ve also done some painting, playing at the park, and long trail walks.  These kids sure do keep me on my toes!

Monday, February 4, 2013

Adi’s dance moves

Adi loves to sing and dance and will start dancing whenever there is music on.  Yesterday during the Super Bowl, she was our half time entertainment! 


Friday, February 1, 2013

The adventures of biking and drains. But mostly drains.

Today was the first day in awhile that it hasn’t been really rainy, so we took advantage and got outside for some bike riding fun!

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Braedon biked and Adi…

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Well, lets just say she was a little preoccupied with the drain.

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Getting a closer look…

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and still pondering over the drain.

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Braedon loves racing his bike!

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In between drain checks, Adi did a little meandering herself.

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Oh, and you can never be too careful when backing down the stairs.

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Starting the stair crawl the further away, the betterSmile

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Right Adilyn?