My Week in Review

It's been a crazy one!

• Therapeutic dinner out with my bff... topped off by sweet potato fries from Hickory Tavern! YUM-O
• Aubree's not a morning person... which leads to..
• Aubree hates changing clothes
• Aubree no longer likes to wear shoes
• Aubree HATES her car seat
• Got the stare down by a woman in Target parking lot, while trying to get Aubree in her dreaded car seat
• Two trips to the doctor..for the same child
• 35 minute drive to the doc... (one way with mild traffic)
• Need to find a closer pediatrician, but I just love mine!
• I love Leaf Frog Videos! If I'm going to spend all of my time driving everywhere Leap can teach my kids to read, right?
• Took first trip to Buy Buy Baby
• Got hit square the the face with a soccer ball by my darling firstborn (Ouch)
• Had four good runs this week! I'm getting better at it!
• Seen some interesting road kill
• I think a lot while running
• I dream a lot while running
• Done a lot of embroidery this week for other people
• Three kids with severe allergies are taking over my house
• Two parents with severe allergies are not much happier
• New House looks good (got carpet and hardwoods this week and the colors look great)
• Plotting how I'm going to convince my kiddos they can't eat or drink on the new carpet
• SOOOO ready to get out of this house. The wallpaper makes me dizzy.
• Aubree can survive on yogurt alone
• So ready for the toy room to be in a ROOM with doors so I can close them
• Bought 30 yards of fabric off the Internet and got free shipping!!! :)
• Ready to get started on more window treatments
• Sick of waiting around at my house for that time frame when the terminix man is SUPPOSED to come
• Only had 1 1/2 cokes this week (AMAZING)
• Feel stronger
• Had an extra bed mate a few times this week (did I mention how the allergies make my babies feel?)
• Ordered two happy meals at the Lake Wylie McDonald's and got all the way home to realize there were no nuggets in site.... errrr...
• My parents left for vacation again and I'm jealous! I need a vacation, but one with my babies this time. I really want to take them to the beach.
• Picked out a paint color for our family room
• Some people want something for nothing... no one I know In Real Life though .... :)
• I love my kiddos more each day, even when they challenge me.... not speaking of anyone in particular (Aubree)

It's been a busy one!

So Much to Write About... But I'll take the Easy Way Out Right Now!!

Dear Dearest Blog,
I've been neglecting you terribly!~ I'm sorry!! There are tons of things I want to blog about, but finding the time hasn't been the easiest here lately. I want to blog about the beautiful little ringlet curls that flow out of my little darling's head... I may change her name to Annie, although not an orphan, she's a pretty good match for her these days with her head of hair. I also want to blog about my little story teller Grayson.. Good stories (not lies). He has really just started to talk and talk and talk (and never stop) here in the last few weeks and gets so excited telling me whole stories instead of just words here and there. He has come quite a long way in a year since he started to talk... I've got stories to blog about of my favorite little ball player as well! Anderson LOOOOOOVES Baseball! He even hit it from the pitching machine tonight instead of the Tee in a game and got to first base. I was so stinkin' proud of him! Although he still daydreams sometimes in the field, I fee like he has a lot of potential with the sport! He's only 5 right, he has a lot of maturing to do to grow into a great player! Brandon loves coaching, but you can tell the kids wear him out! I've also started sewing curtains for the new house!! It's time consuming, but I will be full of pride when I can hang the curtains that I made in our new home. As well as sewing, I've also picked up a new activity that hopefully will put me in the best shape of my life by the time I turn 31! That nursing diet plan is long gone... darn it!!!!!!!! I've started running...ok let's call it jogging right now, but at least it's something. I really want to blog about that too... When I get the chance. I promise dear blog to give you more attention SOON!!!
Love, Amy

But for now, I'll leave you with some new pictures of the inside of the house... yes, there is an inside too! Things are coming along nicely. We will be getting carpet and hardwoods next week and then they will start fixing things and working on the outside too.

Our entryway staircase (the rails will be stained the same color as our hardwoods)

Morning Room

Brandon inspecting the kitchen

Oops... looks like there's some fixin' to do...

Kitchen again (love all that drywall dust still flying around)

Outside again. The shutters will not stay baby blue (as pretty as it looks... :) ) We will also be getting iron spindle railing on the front porch, which I'm super excited about! You only get it if you have more than two steps and I was so excited when they did our foundation and saw that we had 4!

Master Bathroom

Naked Kitchen (before granite and backsplash) I'm so excited about this kitchen... Don't even get me started about the one I'm cooking in right now. Only three burners that work and the house is so slanted that the pots will slide off the burners.. NOT FUN!

And finally, some pictures of the kids, because we still love our children even though all I seem to be putting up here is the house lately.. I'm mainly doing house pictures these days for family to see since it's changing so often and they can't just drive by it!!!! Enjoy!

First time up to bat...

Proud!

My babies!

She's too cool!

New Pictures of the House

The house is coming right along. We are scheduled to close on May 21st and are getting excited! They have been working hard on the drywall all week and finished it up today. They started on the hardi-plank on Friday and have it about half way done. It's starting to look really good now! They will be doing trim, cabinets, bathroom vanities, interior doors, and our railing on the stairs this week. Here are a few pics to show the progress.

More Easter

We had a fabulous Easter and the EB even came to see us! I got a pic after the bunny left our house.

Anderson checking out the goods

He was pretty pleased with his loot and couldn't wait to put together his Buzz legos

I couldn't get a pic of Grayson with his eyes open. He got a new Leapster game that he hasn't wanted to put down since.

BA--BEE~

Aubree loved her baby that actually sucked from the bottle.. she laughs everytime she feeds her

Check out the girl's crazy hair

Getting to work on Zurg

CHEESE

Pretty Blue Eyed Gal

He does have eyes... I promise! Wanting to take the Leapster to Church

Aubree and Mena

Aubree and Avery

Attempting to get them all to look at me at once is near impossible!

But at least I got them all 3 in a pic together!

I'M DONE MOM!!!

Somebunny Loves Chocolate

HOPPY EASTER!!!!!!!

More pictures to come, these were just too yummy not to share!

Play Ball

I "heart" baseball! I grew up the younger sister of an excellent baseball player and loved to go to all his games and cheer him on! I'm so excited about finally being a baseball mommy! Anderson will be playing T-ball a.k.a. "Rookie League" with Lake Wylie AA this year. Brandon is the team coach, which I think he's enjoying it so far. Anderson loves to go to practice and is excited about learning all about baseball. They had team pictures made this morning, so I snapped a few pics before they left. Although, he does look super cute in Tarheel blue, I hope he doesn't get to liking it too much. (We did move across the state line for in state tuition at some point, right?) The sponsor of the team got to choose the mascot, so our team will be the Tarheels... At least we didn't get too unlucky! One team will be the Gamecocks! :) His first game is Tuesday, so I'll share some pics after that.

Still a little sleepy. Pictures were at 8 am so we had to wake him up. He's in for it when Kindergarten starts. I think he has to be at school by 7:30!!!! He could sleep until 9 if we let him.

Anderson and Coach Daddy

What do you Think?

The kids and I spent the weekend with my parents and had a fabulous time. The kids got to play with thier cousin Keslynne and they had a great time enjoying the outdoors on Saturday! While at my parents, my mom and dad really enjoyed Aubree and her little budding personality. They both keep talking about how much she takes them back 29 years to when I was a toddler. Mom is having trouble not calling her Amy! They even say that our personalities are very similar. I know she looks a lot like her daddy, but I think she looks an awful lot like me 29 years ago.. What do you think? My face was just fatter! Maybe she got "thin" genes from her daddy! :)

Aubree on Sunday at my parents house

A picture of a picture of me about 29 years ago