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December 8, 2014

Happy Monday!  We’re in the home stretch for the big move on Friday but still lots to be done at the old house like packing…and lots to be done at the new house like FIXING THE NEW HOLES IN THE CEILING.  Oh, yes.  Robert and I walked into the house on Saturday morning to find this…

leak

Yep. Water dripping down from the kitchen ceiling. Talk about feeling like you have the flu! We both felt sick to our stomachs. The plumber got out there right away and luckily, it wasn’t a major problem.  From my rudimentary understanding, a flange on one of the pipes in the bathroom above the kitchen split causing water to leak down through the ceiling.  The pipe is now fixed and the sheetrock and everything else will be fixed soon.  We might be moving in with some holes in our ceiling though…

holes

But, we can handle that. Now we just REALLY need the floor guys to get their job done so everyone else can get their jobs done!  Tick Tock!

In other news, the boys and Susan have been busy cleaning all of their outside toys so we can pack them up.  check check!

toys

We took Spencer back up to the doc on Friday for his ongoing congestion/snot battle and got some Amoxicillin which seems to be, finally, knocking everything out. I was so afraid he was getting the flu too but, so far, the boys and I have all stayed flu-free and Robert is feeling much better.

sick

Friday night some friends threw a little baby shower dinner for me and my friend, Jessica.  It was fun and made me feel very special!

baby shower

Jessica and I are due within a week of each other and I can’t wait for these babies to be friends!

baby shower

Finally, the boys looked super cute for church on Sunday where Maxwell sang a few Christmas songs after the 5th grade pageant. Adorable. I tried to get a picture with them and…

church

yep, that’s about right. I did take some other pics of them before we left the house that I’ll share later.

See you all tomorrow!

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Long weekend happenings

December 3, 2014

After our great Thanksgiving, we thoroughly enjoyed having a few days off together with no plans!  Well, no plans other than check on the new house, go to Lowe’s (shocker), and start cleaning out our current house for packing.

Robert and I took the day off Wednesday and we were all up and going early. After a morning trip to Lowe’s, we decided to stop off at Bass Pro on the way home just because…

bass pro

For the record, it’s actually a great place to go kill an hour on a cold day. There’s tons to see and they have a whole Winter Wonderland area with Christmas decorations, crafts, a carousel and Santa!  We were too early that day for Santa but we may be back!

bass pro

The boys had a blast and I was shocked at how many people were already there at 9am in the morning!

We then had a great Turkey day but, the day after Thanksgiving, Spencer was sounding really congested, croupy, and wheezing so we made a trip up to the doctor to get him a steroid prescription and another albuterol mask.

doctor

I hate when my buddy is sick but he handled it all just fine…wind chapped cheeks and all!

spencer

The rest of the weekend was spent stopping by the new house…

house

going back to Lowe’s (check out Maxwell’s awesome bed head!)…

bedhead

and enjoying the pretty weather.

outside

We even took time to make the new house look Christmas-y!  This makes me pretty darn happy!

xmas house

Finally, on Sunday night we put on our Christmas shirts to go to the Advent Workshop at church.

xmas shirts

cheese

The boy made some cute crafts and we all got into the Christmas spirit!

advent workshop

We’re in the home stretch now for our big move and it can’t come soon enough!

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Check check!

November 24, 2014

Happy Monday! Productive weekend? yes! That much closer to moving into the new house? yes! I got so much good stuff done this weekend – cleaned things out so we can pack,  made some more decisions on the new house, stuffed/addressed/stamped all of my Christmas cards, all of us made it to church together – check check! I even went to the grocery store on Saturday night to avoid the rain and crowds on Sunday. It feels good to get stuff done! The boys benefit from our productiveness too – a new movie from our run to Target, a trip to get frozen yogurt as a treat, and even a trip to Lowe’s….doesn’t get much better than that (well, unless it’s Home Depot if you ask Maxwell)!

lowes

lowes

lowes

lowes

Alright, off to check more things off the list! See you tomorrow!

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Bob the Builder

November 21, 2014

Bob the Builder and his crews have been busy this week building cabinets…

bryon

painting painting painting…

paint

and unexpectedly tearing up the bedroom floor!

bedroom floor

Needless to say, these two are loving getting to visit a real live construction site daily…

new house

But we’re all ready for it to be finished!

new house

Soon!  have a great weekend!

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Weekend

November 17, 2014

Happy Monday! Our weekend was kind of like…second verse, same as the first!  Starbucks, new house, play, football, Starbucks, new house, etc.

One major difference from last weekend?  The temps! It was COLD around here! Luckily, I had just gotten the boys some new puffy coats on sale at Gap…

puffy coat

Adorbs.

We started the weekend on Thursday afternoon (bc Friday is really part of the weekend, right?) with much needed haircuts…

puffy coat

and then a trip to the new house to check things out where I always have even more help than I knew I needed!

new house

Saturday morning, Starbucks for us and some ChickFilA for the painters because everyone was there working!

new house

That afternoon, we squeezed in some fireman play…

fireman

and watched AL beat undefeated Mississippi State!  Roll Tide!

roll tide

Sunday, Starbucks…

starbucks

new house…

new house

and then Maxwell got a special treat – Lila’s birthday party at gymnastics!  Fun stuff!

gymnastcis lila

A fun, busy, and productive weekend. Here’s to the same kind of week ahead!

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