Happy Birthday to Abby!

Abby turned the big 5 on Friday the 20th. It is so hard that she is already 5. She is doing great in school. She has learned so much, it is almost unbelievable what they learn in preschool. Things she knows I know I didn't learn until Kindergarten. I took the day off work and we went to Columbia to spend it with Abby. We took Austin with us also so Abby could have someone to hang out with. Abby had a picture appointment and Molly had shots in the morning so that took most of our time. We went and ate lunch and then headed over to "Going Bonkers." It was a lot of fun. Abby and Austin had a blast. Aunt Steph was even great enough to get in and play also. I was pretty tired when we left!! That night Abby got to open her presents from her Mom and Dad and a few from Mema and Papa and Auntie. Here are a few pictures.

A gumball machine that she has been begging for, for quit some time. I don't know where she saw one at but she was dead set on one for her Birthday!

Some more Moon Sand. It is an ice cream set....pretty cute! Abby loves Moon Sand and has quit a bit of it. It is a little messy but so fun to play with. I do have to say that it is better than Play Dough!!

The best present ever I would say. She got a infant car seat for her baby doll from Mommy and Daddy. It is the cutest thing ever and she loves carrying that thing everywhere. It is amazing what they have these days!!!!

My little cook!!

Mom has the party kitchen that Kim and I had as little girls out on the back porch. Abby has played with it but not for awhile. Isaac and Molly discovered it the other day and now it is Isaac's new favorite toy. He will go out there and play for an hour at a time. It is so stinking cute. So I think I am going to have me a little cook. It will be so much fun to have his help in the kitchen. Watch out, we were be cooking machines!!!

Look at that mess on the floor. He has managed to get all the plates on the floor and is just discovering that there is a telephone. I looked out there once and he was holding the phone on his shoulder just a talking. I about died laughing!

What Mom, would you like me to make you something to eat?

In need of a haircut!?!?!?!?

A few weeks ago Isaac's hair was so long that I could have swore he would have passed for a girl. I would pull his hair up in the center and he looked so cute so I decided it would be funny to dress him up as a little girl. We just borrowed an outfit from Cousin Molly and a pretty bow and we were set to go. Even though he is my precious boy I couldn't help but to do this. I think I may have a little something to hold against him the rest of his life if need be. These pictures will never be lost.

Wouldn't I just make a pretty little girl???

Just showing off my head full of curls in the back. Aren't they just beautiful!?!?!?!?!

Another Busy Weekend!!

It has been a very busy but enjoyable weekend. Friday was Abby's 5th birthday, it is so hard to believe that she is already 5. I took the day off and we all went to Columbia. Abby had pictures at Sears that morning and Molly had shots so all morning we got to spend at appointments. We went and ate lunch at CiCi's and then headed of to "Going Bonkers". We took Austin with us so he and Abby had a great time playing. And yes that is right, I got to play some also. It was a lot of fun though. I noticed this evening that one of my knees is really sore and is kind of bruised. It just hit me that it is from Friday.

Mom started not feeling well in town but stuck it out with us. By the time I got her home she was really not feeling well and was running a fever. So us supposed that she must have the influenza A and B that Abby started out with 2 weeks ago, Molly had a week ago, and Kim had last week. Mom was pretty puny yesterday but was feeling a lot better today. Abby started running a fever again last night complaining of a tummy ache but seemed better today. It seems she has been sick a lot here lately! I am just crossing my fingers that Isaac and I don't get this stuff. I have no idea how we have escaped it this far but we have.

We were able to have Abby's birthday celebration this evening at their house. She had a lot of fun and got a lot of neat things for baby doll. She is really getting into playing with her baby dolls. I will try to get some pictures posted this week.

I also have the new pictures of my house. The floors are totally completed. They have one more week to "cure" and then they will be ready for hard traffic on them. Mom is going to tackle the back porch this weekend and next weekend. It is going to be a job but hopefully it wont take very long. I will try to get those pictures posted soon also. We are still planning on moving in April....yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

House Update

As you can imagine Mom has been working a lot on my house. She is working to get the floors totally completed by the end of this week. Upon completion they have to set for 2 weeks. That means not much traffic and nothing can be left on them, they have to have time to "cure". So if they are done by Friday they will be ready for furniture on the 27th. Can you tell I am getting a little excited!!

This is the spare bedroom again, also known as storage room for me. This room is completed with 3 coats of polyurethane on it. It is so smooth, it almost looks like there is glass on top of the floor.

This is the living room with just 1 coat on it. It was hard to get a picture of it but this is the best one I got. She put the 2nd coat on it Saturday morning so will finish it tomorrow!

This is the front room and it has 2 coats on it. It now has all 3 on it also. They are just beautiful! Can't wait until I can enjoy them myself!!!!!

Grouchy Isaac

Saturday morning I was home with Isaac. I was very excited to be able to be home with him and be able to sleep in. Well guess what they never have the same idea as you do. He wanted to get up early so that's right, we didn't get to sleep in. We got up and I fixed Isaac breakfast. He started getting very cranky and it was only 9:00. I dealt with him for a little bit and played on the floor with him. The next time I knew he was crawled up on my lap and was fast asleep. I laid him on the couch as I was going to be going outside to help Mom and Dad trim trees. Needless to say he ended up sleeping for 2 1/2 hours. I could not believe it. When he woke up he was very happy and was ready to go. Guess they know when they need a nap!!!

This was when I was trying to keep Isaac entertained on the floor. He was in the process of throwing himself on the floor when I caught this pictures.

Running to Mommy whining, Mommy,Mommy.

This is how it all ended. Fast asleep taking a very nice LONG nap!!

PS: Does anyone think it is past due for a hair cut. I can not believe how fast it has grown and long it has gotten.

Beautiful Weather

With the nice weather that came this week Isaac got to enjoy some time outside. He LOVES to be outside and threw a fit when it was time to come in. He is just getting so big, being very independent.

Isaac enjoying some time in his swing.

Isaac pointing to something while playing outside. He was telling me some kind of "story" I am sure.

Isaac showed a lot of interest in Sly but would not get any further than this. He just got close enough to drive Sly crazy. He was really wanting to play, barking continuously. Isaac just stood there and kept blinking and jumped every time Sly barked.

We hope everyone else was able to enjoy the nice weather like we did.

Bachelor...

I have to confess to everyone but I was an avid Bachelor watcher this season. What a rollercoaster of events. I can't say I agree with what happened Monday night on the after the final rose ceremony but I do have to understand that it is his life and he has to follow his feelings. And you got it I was back tonight to watch part 2. So they say Jason and Molly are together and happy so yeah for them. I still feel sorry for Melissa as she did not ask for that. I thought it was pretty funny, she gave him a run for his money. The one thing that literally cracked me up is when she called him a bastard.......oh my gosh!!! Well I guess we will have to wait to see the premier of Jillian in May. Can't wait I am sure I will be just as an avid watcher than as I am now!!

Snow

So Friday evening they were calling for some snow for our area. According for the weather guy we were supposed to get 4-5 inches of snow. Well I woke up Saturday morning and there was a dusting on the ground. I got up and headed into work. As I was driving it started snowing more and more, heavier and heavier. After I got to work it just snowed and snowed, and needless to say we got the whole 5 inches of snow in Blackwater as Boonville didn't get hardly anything. I think they might have gotten the dusting and that was it. We went to Columbia on Sunday and once again NO snow. It was the craziest thing ever. We were just on the line of it, I guess. We Abby and I were able to go out and play in the snow some on Sunday. She had a really fun time. This was really the only snow that she was able to go out and play in this season. I sure hope we don't get anymore though. I am READY for spring!!!This is what that pretty snow looks like. I took it up on myself to scoop the patio off. Yuk!!

Oh My Gosh, Check This Out.....!!

Mom got the wild hair today and decided that she wanted to polyurethane one room just to see what it was going to turn out like. I think the warm weather had a lot to do with it also. Well this is what it turned out like......isn't it just beautiful!!

This is the spare bedroom also known as storage for me. This is what they look like just after one coat. Mom will put 2 more on having to sand them between each one. If you can't tell I am just very excited about how they turned out. They even look better than what I had expected!!

This just shows you the difference in the floor. What you see is the doorway going into the room and the base on the door way has not been done yet and obviously the floor has been. Isn't it just beautiful?!?!?!

Thanks to Eric my kitchen is pretty much back together. The new cabinet is set, counter top on, new sink set, and back splash up. You can tell the doors are off the cabinets b/c Mom is refinishing them also and we had to paint the walls behind them. It was the worst job ever, well probably not the worst but it was not easy. Especially way back in the far corner. I had to climb in the cabinet and basically lay down to get it done. But it looks much better done.

Well this is all I have for now. I am ready for bed...night!!

MY HOUSE!!!!!

As promised, I am finally getting pictures posted of my house. We have been working on it every minute we can. It is amazing how many little things that have to be done. There was this closet that needed to be painted so about a month ago Kim and I set off to paint it. We knew that there was going to be some work involved because it appeared that the paint was peeling off the wall. Anyways, when we really got to looking at it and deciding what to do the closet had been wallpapered and then someone decided to paint over the wallpaper without trying to take it down. It was a total disaster. We ended up having to spray a water/vinegar solution on the wall, let it set for a little bit, and then scrape it with a paint scrapper. It took a whole day but we finally got everything off it. Today we sat out and put the bonding coat on it. Now tomorrow I think we are going to get a coat of paint on it. The house is coming right along. I can't wait to get it done and get moved in. We are getting closer everyday.

This is the big pile of carpet that we pulled up off the floor. It was very disgusting needless to say. There appeared to be 2 layers of padding and then OLD carpet. The caret had been so worn that the padding was starting to just disintegrate.

This is the residue that was left on the floor in 2 rooms after pulling up the carpet. The carpet had been glued down therefore not coming up real easy. We then had to get down on hands and knees and use water and a good 'ol pain scrapper and scrape it off. Thank god it was only 2 rooms, one of which was pretty small!

This is Isaac's room showing that residue again on the floor. His room butts right up to mine. The door you see in the back goes into my room.

This is supposed to be my kitchen. Where the wall looks all torn up used to have tile on it. We tore all that off and in some places went all the way down to the lathes. The cabinet in the middle of the floor is a new cabinet that we had made.

This is my living room. You can see the door way to the front room to the left of the picture. There are big double doors that fold across the doorway if you wanted to close it off.

This is the front room. Back when the house was build this was used as a formal dinning room. My plan is turning it into my scrapbooking room. The walls are painted green so it should be very relaxing. I am very excited about it!!

This is my bedroom. Just painted a tan color. That is Isaac's door on the left.

This is Isaac's room all painted in blue.

This is the kitchen again showing the orange color that I thought I wanted. Needless to say I changed the color of the kitchen to a tan color. Makes it look a lot better.

This is the bathroom. It is pretty small but is plenty for what we need. On the left is the vanity and on the right is the tub/shower.

This is the front door. It comes into a little hallway, which leads into the front room.

This is the spare bedroom, which I will probably use for storage. You can see the floor though, this was what they looked like after Dad had ran the sander over them.

This purpose of this picture is to show the difference in the floor. You can see where Dad had run the sander and where he hadn't. It was amazing the difference that it made.

Well, these are all the pictures that I have for now. I will get more posted when I get more taken. Mom has been over there cleaning this week so it is getting closer and closer. Next week she is planning on starting to polyurethane the floors. She thinks she can get it done in 3 days so she is just trying to get 3 days in a row to get it done. Until next time, Isaac is doing great and happy blogging!!!!

The Love of Pictures

Last night I got my camera out and had a fun time taking pictures. Isaac cooperated very well. He just starts smiling as soon as he sees the camera. Isaac is getting so big. He is turning into a little monster that gets into EVERYTHING. There is nothing that is out of his reach. Since he has started climbing on things he thinks he is unstoppable. I have to watch him very closely because he tried to climb on things that he shouldn't be. I am afraid that he is going to really hurt himself. It is too early to have to make that emergency run to the hospital with a broken bone and anything like that! Hopefully I will never have to do that but I have had many people tell me Boys will be Boys.......oh my!!!!

Isaac sitting in his booster seat eating some cereal. He looks like a toddler sitting there.

What a look. The next few pictures are just some snap shots catching that perfect moment. Sometimes the best pictures are the ones when they are not looking straight at the camera.

Check out all that hair. After 3 haircuts I don't think it is going to get any thinner. I love his hair now but I am sure he will hate it when he gets older.

Isn't this precious. Ten perfect fingers and.......

.......Ten perfect toes!!

Molly and the Cookies

A few weeks ago we made chocolate chip cookies. All of our favorites. Molly is quit the sweet eater so of course she wanted some.

Molly looking in the oven wondering how she can get to the cookies.

Oh here, maybe I can try to climb in. Uh, Molly I don't think that will work very well!

Dang it, how far up there are those cookies. I know they are up there!

What, me? I'm not doing anything!

Molly finally was able to get her a cookie. Needless to say, she ate the whole darn thing.

Molly is doing very well. She is growing up so fast also. He is walking everywhere and is really starting to jabber. The funniest thing she says is baaaaaaad piggy. Whenever her pigs falls on the floor she says baaaaaaaad piggy. Too cute, what they catch on to.

What a Big Boy!

Remember the other day when I told you that Isaac had started climbing. Well I promised pictures so here we go.

Isaac has climbed up on the hassock and is getting ready to get on the couch.

Yeh, he has made it. He was so proud of himself when he would get up there. He knew he was doing something new. Now he doesn't understand why I always make him get down. I don't want him to get used to being able to play on the couch. That is just asking for that emergency room visit!

Here, Mema, I need your help down!

FUN!

I had the joy last weekend to do some card making. Kim, Mom, and I made some greeting cards and gift tags for a benefit auction. I put them arranged so cutely in a tin and we donated them for the auction. Well needless to say I was pretty proud of what they brought. They sold for $45.00 and there was 2 ladies that wanted them so now I have to make another bunch because I told them that since they both wanted them we would just make some more and they could just make the donation to the family.

I took a picture of the cards that I made. I just had to share with everyone. I just wish I had more time to make even more. They are just so darn cute!!!