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.

Fun at our house!

This is the crazyness right now at our house...This is a view from the inside! They were nice enough to put up plastic to help keep the dust down throughout the rest of the house. Gold Star!

It's loud and seems like it is never going to end, but ultimately it will all be worth it! This is step one of our adventure to finish a room in the basement. They are putting in a full size window to replace the tiny 1ft x 2ft window that the builder originally installed. (You can see it in the second picture.) The guy who we have doing it is great. He's done a lot of home improvement projects for people in our neighborhood. He's priced right and totally honest. Something hard to come by these days! An added bonus is that he was a superintendent for Richmond American homes and actually did quite a bit of work on OUR house when it was being built.

What room are we finishing? A CRAFT AND SEWING ROOM!!! HOORAY! I can't wait to get a room all to myself. Scott can't wait to get our dining room back...and the office. He's such a great sport. It really will be nice though, to have a place that I can dedicate to my sewing/business/scrapbooking. It will definitely be fitted with doors that can lock, to keep little 'helping hands' away when they are not needed!

Like I said this is step one. The bulk of the work will be done in April when Scott's dad comes out for a few weeks to help. Something fun to look forward to!

Crazy Hair Day

Kyle always seems to amaze me. He is growing up so fast and picking up on SO much more than I give him credit for. Yesterday was one of those days that was rewarding and fun to be his mom. (It's the little things in life that I am talking about here.)

After he got out of the bath tub, and I had finished showering he came into my bathroom where I was doing my hair and said..."Mom, I want to have a crazy hair day today. Like Larry Finchfeather." He used asked so nicely and used his words so well that I couldn't resist!

You see, Grandma Sandy gave Kyle a bunch of books for Christmas. He LOVES to have us read to him, and is super quick at memorizing the books and 'reading' them back to us. One of his new favorites is called "Crazy hair Day." Although we didn't put his hair in 'rubber bands and spray it with halloween hair color' like the character in the book, we did managed to pull off a faux-hock (spelling?). He was proud of his 'crazy hair' and had to show it off to everyone we saw yesterday. You can't hardly see it in the picture, but the important thing is that he was happy about the do!

Two shows...Two reactions...

I'm publicly admitting that I'm an addict of the following shows, but what do you do? :) I'm dying to hear what you thought.

First - Sunday night - Amazing Race.
Was that Cheese challenge/roadblock not the funniest thing that you have seen in like forever? Scott and I were laughing SO HARD. I was laughing so hard that my chest hurt and I couldn't catch my breath. In fact, just thinking of it now makes me laugh again. I don't know what it was about watching people fall/run/slide down the hill with huge cheese wheels that was so funny. Did any of you Amazing Race watchers have the same reaction we did?

Second - Monday Night - The Bachelor.
I'm the one who likes watching the Bachelor. (I didn't want to implicate Scott!) This has been a fun season to watch, and for like the first time ever I have guessed the girls correctly that he's gotten rid of. (It's a personal triumph!) I called it a few weeks ago saying that Melissa and Molly were going to be the final two. Anywho, Scott was subjected to watching The Bachelor with me last night because both of the TV tuners were recording something...Bachelor on one and 24 on the other. We hate commercials, so we started the Bachelor (since it was an hour ahead) to let 24 run for a while.
SO, getting to what I really wanted to talk about. It was Scott's turn to laugh his head off. When they showed the preview for the final rose ceremony and all the crazyness of Diana showing up, Scott was laughing SO hard. I just couldn't believe it. So my question is...what do you think? Is it for real? Is she SERIOUSLY trying to get him back? I'm dying to find out.

Okay, that's all. Your input is appreciated!