Time just has a way of continuing to move right along without consulting me. Life has been busy and I decided to give you an update of what all has been transpiring in our lives - minus pictures for now. I do have some sweet ones of the younger two....maybe later.
The main thing holding my attention right now is getting things ready to move. It seems that is the rhetorical question right now. "When are you moving?" The answer is we don't have a date locked in yet. We really had thought by the end of January we would try to move but as the month progressed and Mark had so much snow removal we decided to relax with things and take it easy. And then we figured we would do some things to the house in the meantime. I went over to the house two weeks ago to wipe down walls and do some cleaning and found that all the walls were painted with flat paint!!! I was slightly dismayed since that means no little hand prints were coming off. So, we have been painting (mostly Mark) most of the house. Three bedrooms are finished and the living room is almost complete. We are waiting to paint the dining/kitchen area until we redo the kitchen. That should be happening sooner rather than later. Also, we decided to go ahead and have the basement basically done over. There was painted panelling (which wasn't horrible) but got an estimate for drywall and now the downstairs bedroom and large living area are torn apart. They will be starting the drywall sometime this week. All in all more work than we originally anticipated but we are thrilled to be getting everything done before we move in!!
My other reasons for not blogging as much are.....facebook and pregnancy. First of all, I don't spend tons of time on facebook but when I get a few minutes I check that first and sometimes get sucked into the vortex. I really love facebook!! And for the first time in this pregnancy I have been starting to feel tired. Just depleted of much needed energy. Some of that has to do with not sleeping as well and some of it has to do with working extra hard packing and getting ready to move. Plus, this little girl is one of the most active babies I have carried. Could get interesting around here in a few months!
Judah has been spending enormous amounts of time outside hunting and trying to kill an illusive squirrel. He wondered the other day if there is something you can put over your eyes that helps illuminate where the squirrels are. Basically like some kind of infrared night vision is what he was trying to describe. The fact that the squirrels seem to be hiding from him cause him great frustration. He did manage to shoot a bird yesterday so he was pretty happy until it went missing from our back porch. It seems like some other critter (probably a stray cat) came and helped themselves leaving only feathers behind.
Shane isn't really into hunting but he really is enjoying spending time in the snow and sledding. The cold doesn't seem to bother him at all and he will spend lots of time outside which helps. He plays with Tristan a lot too and loves going to the new house with his dad and getting pulled around behind the four-wheeler on his sled.
Tristan is still really obsessed with balloons! He tells strangers about all the different colored balloons he has popped - over and over. He has a one track mind.
Eden is growing like crazy. She had her well check and we found out she has gained 10 pounds and grown 5 inches since arriving home. She is getting really adept at telling me no for everything and it gets her in trouble.
We took the kids to see the Watoto Ugandan children's choir last night and were once again transported back to Africa. We got to sit in the front row and experience it without anything blocking our view. The children are beautiful, amazing and their stories were compelling. You can check them out at www.Watoto.com They are doing things right! If you get a chance to see them - go!! You won't be disappointed!
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