Gettin' fatter -- Week 4

At first I wasn't sure if Isis was pregnant or not. But now, 4 weeks later, it's very obvious she is. It's actually interesting how similar pregnant cats are to pregnant women -- sleeping a lot, eating a lot, shedding, mood swings....Seriously, she's moody! It's pretty funny. She spends literally all day hiding from the kids (Cambria) under our bed. Then she'll come out after we've got them down for the night, jump up on our bed and sleep some more.

Even though she's not as tolerant of Cambria these days, that still doesn't deter Cambria from loving on her just as much! Isis will put up a good fight if Bri picks her up (because Bri picks her up around her stomach usually), so Cambria's now taken to just cuddling with her on the floor. Isis would be rolling her eyes in this picture if she could. :) But Cambria still just loves her kitty and is really excited about the babies coming. It's going to be so fun trying to keep Cambria away from Isis after the babies are born! Yikes.

Our new house!!!!!!

I cannot even tell you how excited we are!!!!!!! We've been waiting for this for the past 7 years, and it's finally happening!!! We close on May 21st! Here are the stats -- it's about a year old, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2140 square feet, 3 car attached garage, 1/2 acre lot, formal living room and family room, laundry room, walk-in pantry. We had the home inspection today, and everything checked out perfectly!

We've got a few updates to do. The main one is replacing the linoleum in the kitchen and the carpet in the dining room with laminate flooring. We're also going to remodel the entire master bedroom and bathroom (you'll see why). Like seriously, we're reconfiguring the entire room, including moving the french doors (getting rid of them completely, moving them to the other wall, or just turning them into a window, we're not sure yet). We've got extensive plans. But I'll spare you the boring details there. We need ceiling fans, a light fixture for the dining room, lots of little stuff. The yards also need some TLC, and the back will need sprinklers (the front already has them installed and wired -- woo!!).

Anyway, I'll just stop blabbering and show you the pictures! :)

Front
(Those are 4 rose bushes up by the house.)


3 car garage

Huge back patio

Half of the back yard

The other half
(This is where my garden will go -- my kitchen window above my sink overlooks this part of the yard, which will almost make doing dishes enjoyable. Almost.)


Double front doors
(I've always wanted double front doors!)


Kids' bathroom


Kitchen
(The laundry room is straight ahead.)


The laundry room and huge walk-in pantry
(Don't mind the inspector's ladder.
The pantry is opposite the washer/dryer.)


The master
(Now you can see why we're remodeling the entire thing! lol
But seriously, this was the ONLY compromise we made in the entire house,
so we couldn't pass it up!)


The sunken formal living room
(The arched doorway leads to the family room.)


Family room view from the dining room
(Sorry about my weird shadow in the picture -- I accidentally had the flash off!
Notice the fireplace? In Yuma. Seriously?! But I love the french doors!!)


Dining room view from family room
(To the left is the kitchen, to the right is the entry/formal living room.)

SO. EXCITED!!!!!

Two year old portrait

I did a photo shoot with Cambria the other day. She wasn't in the mood to cooperate, so only one of the pictures turned out. I can't believe she's almost 2.5 already!

Our little Bri

All in a day's work

Is this not the face of an angel?

With a face like that, would you think her capable of messes such as these?

I'll elaborate on the messes, in case it's hard to tell what they are. The top left is an entire container of ground black pepper, 2 packets of ranch dip seasoning and about half a container of marjoram. The top right is an entire box of Cascade. The bottom left is an entire roll of toilet paper with the cat food suspiciously sitting on the toilet. Which brings us to the bottom right, which is cat food and kitty litter, mixed together IN the litter box with the toilet bowl scrubber. Oh, and litter all over the floor. Used litter.

And yes, these 3 messes were all made in the same day, as per my title. All I can say is, it's a dang good thing she's so stinking cute.

Asher funnies

This boy is too funny. He's developing quite the attitude (gotta keep up with his sisters!), and it just has us in stitches most of the time. He gets really into it, putting his hands on his hips and giving us "the look". We can usually hold it together until "the look" comes around, and then you just can't help but laugh. Us laughing only makes "the look" worse, which only makes us laugh harder. It's a glorious cycle. :)

Another funny thing about this boy of ours is that, when he's tired, he can fall asleep anywhere. We came home from some errands the other day, and I started making dinner. I called the kids to come eat, and Asher didn't come. So I went looking for him. Could not find him anywhere. Then I start to panic. We all went outside and did a search everywhere we could think of. I came back inside to grab the phone, being * this close to calling the police, when I saw him!

We should have gone to church

Asher hasn't been feeling well the past few days, and I woke up this morning not feeling well myself. So we decided we should stay home today. I think we were punished. :)

Derk and I were just laying in bed, minding our own business, when I realized it was quiet. Quiet is a baaaaaad thing in this house. So I turned to Derk and told him he'd better come with me to locate the monsters, because, chances are, they're doing something very awful that will require his help.

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner, folks!

What did we discover? Eggs. Two dozen, to be exact. Brand new cartons. All smashed on the kitchen floor. Silver lining? They were on the kitchen floor, not the carpet. That's a huge blessing. I know. Because when Kyrie was about 3, she cracked a dozen eggs on the carpet. Huge pain. But still. Two dozen eggs.

So we walk in, Derk starts to laugh, I grab the camera and start snapping away. I don't have pictures to post of the actual mess because Asher wasn't totally dressed in the pictures, but I do have some that I was able to crop.

If you know Derk, you know he's pretty spontaneous. I don't know how I didn't see this coming! Derk begins to clean up the mess. Derk notices there is one egg left! What does Derk do with remaining intact egg?

The fate of the lone egg

Asher doesn't appreciate Dad's sense of humor.

The rest of us thought it was hysterical -- it was well worth $4 worth of smashed eggs, just for the laugh! I laughed myself silly for hours afterward. I already have the scrapbook page for this all worked out in my head. It's going to be great.

How long before he tries it again? Any guesses?

From stringy to chic

Cambria's hair has been a pretty big hassle. It's so fine and thin, and she refuses to keep any hair ties in it. So it's always stringy and crazy and in her face, and she just looks like a big mess. I've had the idea of cutting her hair on my mind for a while now, but after seeing how cute my niece Abbie looked with her new hair cut, I decided I was going for it. Tonight was the night. I armed myself with all the necessary supplies -- a spray bottle full of water, a comb, scissors and a popsicle! -- and went to work. She did really well, and I think the difference is pretty amazing! So without further adieu. . .

Before

After

I didn't know it was possible for her to get any cuter!

Yuma County Fair

Today we decided to go to the Yuma County Fair. The weather was perfect, and we had such a fun time! We were warned that it wasn't a very good fair compared to others, but we thought it was just as good as the one in Coeur d'Alene. We were really bummed to discover that they don't have those wristbands you can buy for the rides. It was something like $40 for 28 tickets (and each ride costs 5 tickets!), so we opted to forgo the rides. The kids weren't very happy about that at first, but they got over it quickly when they saw all the other fun things to do.

They loved feeding the goats!


There was a booth that did free arm painting. . .


Lots of yummy treats. . .


Some really fun exhibits for the kids. . .


A hula hoop face-off between Derk and Kyrie. . .
(Kyrie kicked some major butt! Notice she's using 2 hoops?!)


And some pretty cool shows!

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

The kids are already anxious to go back again next year!