Awesome Help...

Things are definitely chugging along in our attempt to finish the basement. We're getting close! On Monday night we had a bunch of great helpers to prime all the drywall. The whole Madrishin family came over, it was great!
It was crazy and messy, but loads of fun. Everyone worked really hard, got plenty of paint on them, and made a mess, but our mission was accomplished! The basement is primed. (The benefit of finishing painting before carpet goes down is that the kids can help and drips on the floors don't matter!)

Kyle got himself pretty good when his paint brush broke. He thought he needed to cry at first, but then we got him giggling and it was all good!

I can't wait for everything to be done. I'm excited to have the toys in a central location and all my craft stuff in one place...that place not being the dining room!

Another one bites the dust...

Poor kid...this one was blog worthy, and the photo doesn't even to it complete justice!

Kyle is such an active little boy, so he's always got one bruise or another, but this one comes close to taking the cake! - As part of his night-time/bed-time routine, we count to three and then chase Kyle up the stairs. There is always laughing and yelling involved...good fun. Two nights ago there was a bit of genuine screaming too. As he got to the top of the stairs, his footing gave out and he slipped, right into the corner of the wall. His bruise goes from up in his hair-line all the way down his cheek. It was a nasty fall.

Although we could tell he was in a ton of pain, Scott got him calmed down in record time. Daddy to the rescue! After getting him to take a few deep breaths he took him into the bathroom to show him his 'awesome' purple line on his face. Even through the pain, Kyle could value the humor and 'coolness' of his new bruise. It's two days later, the bruise is just as dark and nasty, but he hasn't complained about it being painfull. (I'm pretty sure that a few people in the community have thought they needed to call the DCFS, but what can you do?)


On a different note, I've been terrible at blogging lately. I've got lots of fun pictures to post of our basement. Scott's Dad, Monte has come and gone. The basement has been framed, sheet rocked, mudded and sanded. We've bought our paint. All we've got to do now is clean up all the sheet rock dust and get to painting. Here's to hoping that we can get it all done before the baby comes!

Easter and House of Bounce

I'm a day late on wishing everyone a Happy Easter. So I'll say 'Hooray...it's Spring' instead!

Kyle got to dye easter eggs on Saturday for the first time. He LOVED it! Scott and I had a little fun too. (Isn't that the fun part of parenting?)

Scott's Egg

My egg

All of our creations!

The Easter Bunny made a stop at our house sometime Saturday night/Sunday morning to hide Kyle's dyed eggs and leave the little man with some fun things in his basket. Holidays are so much more fun now that we have a child old enough to really 'get into it'. He gets SO excited over the smallest things, it's great!

Growing up I always got a new dress for Easter, so I've kind of kept the tradition alive for me and Kyle. (Scott not so much because he could care less!) I found a nice maternity shirt and got Kyle his first 'real' suit. I'd say he pulls it off pretty well! (I realize I'm totally prejudice.) I love that Kyle and Scott's suits match.Also, earlier in the week we went to the House of Bounce with a bunch of friends for a few hours. It was crowded because of Spring Break, but the kids all seemed to have a great time regardless. We can't wait to go again when it's a little less busy.Kyle with all of his friends who went to the bounce house.

While the boys have been away...

I'VE PLAYED!

Although it has been odd to have the house so quiet, and I have definitely missed my boys, I've taken full advantage of the situation!! I've kept myself surprisingly busy. Some of the things on my gotten done list:

Scrapbooking

It is not very often that you can completely spread out and take over the whole kitchen for a few days and get some work done. I did precisely that! Scrapbooking is therapeutic to me, so it was fun. Hey, I'm now completely through the first two years of Kyle's life!!

Sewing

Have I mentioned how much I LOVE my new sewing machine? I was able to finish a quilt that I started a week or so ago. Again, sewing without little hands wanting to help is oh so much fun!

Pampering

Okay, so not that you want to see my chubby little toes, but I also managed to find my way to the nail salon for a much needed pedicure! Pedicure's are one of my guilty pleasures in life. I usually only get three to four a year, but I love them OH SO MUCH! To go with the theme of my girly weekend I picked a color that I've never chosen before...neon purple!

I talked to the boys a few hours ago just after they got to the airport in Phoenix. They are making the long trek back home (there were no good flights available, so they've got a pretty hefty layover in Atlanta). I've enjoyed the weekend, but I'm ready to have them back home. We'll be sure to post some pictures of their fun trip...so stay tuned!

(I'll post pictures of my finished weekend projects on my other blog if you want to take a look. http://mylifeasacraftaholic.blogspot.com/ )

No Girlz Allowed!

My two favorite people are off on a fun Daddy/Son adventure. They are currently on their way to Arizona to catch some Spring Training baseball games and spend some time with cousins and grandparents. I'm not sure what to do with myself for the next few days...but I'm sure I'll figure something out! ;)

It's been tradition for a lot of years now for Scott's family to go down to Arizona for Spring Training. I might be wrong, but I think the last time Scott got to go was the spring before we got married (8 years ago!) Last year for his birthday he decided that what he wanted was to not get presents for birthday and christmas for the year and to spend the $ on he and Kyle going out to Arizona for a fun weekend of baseball. He's finally getting to cash in! I hope that they have a GREAT time.

I really am going to miss them.

Another funny comment

Kyle seems to be full of funny comments these days. He seriously has us laughing all the time. This next comment will be appreciated by some of you more than others!

Dad, Tom, this one's for you!

As I am letting Kyle choose what he is going to wear for the day he says "Mom, I want to wear my shootin' pants today."

Seriously? It would make way more sense if we lived in Utah and Kyle actually got to go hunting with Grandpa and Uncle Tom, but we're still not sure how he made the connection between camouflage and shooting. He's right, after all, but we're baffled! Needless to say, it was a pretty funny comment, yet right on the money!

This 'n That

It's been a while since I've posted...there's been all kinds of stuff going on at our house!

Whew! Our contractor came through and didn't just leave us with a hole in the side of our house. (Referencing the last post.) We now have a nice big (egress size) window where there once was just a tiny portal!

Scott got Lasik! Friday, Feb. 27th was a big day for Scott. He got both eyes done. He's been looking forward to having Lasik done for a LONG TIME. There were a rough couple of hours on Saturday and Sunday that he was in quite a bit of pain, but he toughed it out and is doing just fine now! It was a little wierd to see him wear sunglasses inside and out for a few days. Because of the type of surgery he had to have it will take a few weeks for his eyes to completely adjust and his vision to be the best it is going to be, but every day it seems to be a little better.

Okay, when you look at this next picture what comes to mind?
I don't know why, but when I drove up and saw how the snow had 'folded' around the plate of Scott's car, it made me totally laugh. Does anybody else see the resemblance of a handle-bar mustasche? Now that I am looking at the picture maybe it was funnier in person than caught on film. Oh well, just a glimps into my pregnant mind!

PROJECTS!I am starting to feel the need to get the house ready for baby. I looked around a few days ago and realized how NOT baby-proofed our house is. For starters...Kyle's toys needed a more permant home than the basket in the corner. On Saturday, Scott and Kyle built a new storage unit for toys. This is just the beginning, but we had to start somewhere!

What month is it again? Halloween is no where in site and yet on Saturday we had a fun little bunch of Trick-or-Treaters show up at our house!! Ashley, Ryan, Abbey, and Zack all showed up to 'non' trick-or-treat. they cracked us up. Kyle obvioulsy wanted to join in on the fun and quickly got his Jack Sparrow pirate costume on. They let him join their troup and continued on around the neighborhood 'non trick-or-treating.' My comment on the fun... "I LOVE IT WHEN KIDS CAN JUST BE KIDS!"- We are so lucky to live in a neighborhood full of great kids and friends.

Last but certainly not least. A little pregnancy update. The best news of all is that I'm not on bedrest! (At least for the time being, and I'll take whatever I can get!) By this time in my pregnancy with Kyle I was down. I'm feeling okay right now...good days and bad, but I'm just trying to take it easy and do everything the doctors say. I have a doctors appointment next week to re-eveluate, but for now things are okay! I'm 27 weeks pregnant and doing fine.