Babies Room completed:)

I reign victorious over another room! The babies room is done... Now for all of you who think I am being as good as I had hoped and getting it organized as I go, not so... this is in prep for the party:) I am going to have to go back through and redo:) Dang... but I have to have it pretty for tomorrow!

Before

After:)

Playin in the Rain

Amy let the boys go out and play in the rain this last Wednesday and I wished I could go with them but I hate being wet with no dry clothes so I got to watch from the garage until it let up a little and then I could go and watch them play in the rain run off! Thanks Ame for the entertainment:P

Shortly thereafter the rain play I got to witness Amy do sweatintotheoldies... :D Very fun to watch!

Bathroom is DONE!

Its a huge improvement:)

What do you think!

Before

After

Herculean Effort/ A little Embarassing:)

So as of today Wednesday the 10th our house guest is officially supposed to be out, which means.... I am undertaking a huge effort to get our house in order for not only Leland's first birthday but so that we can enjoy our space without the clutter! I figure there is no time like the present since we have already been in this apartment for almost 8 months:)

This is the kitchen
This is the living room/ entry way

This is the bathroom

Lelands Room

Our Room

Computer area

Check back for the after pictures when I finish each area I will post it:)

Mom and Dad's visit

Mom and Dad came out for a visit and we had a great time! It flew by much to our dismay... and we know that it really did because Dad even said it did:) Anyway I am so grateful for such wonderful parents and my wonderful sister who was gracious enough to host all of us, even though I only live 20 minutes away to save on gas! Thanks Ame! Sadly because my brain is dead most of the week is a blur:) But I know we went to see Kung Fu panda which I actually got to watch as Dad was sweet enough to come to retrieve my whining kiddo. Leland did pretty well, but alas at this age they just aren't that interested in sitting in front of a movie. I laughed out loud most of the time... but my favorite lines are by far "my tenders" and "stop I'm going to pee" very funny in context believe me:D needless to say it is a movie I will own for me, I mean Leland! We did Gatti Town which is always fun and who doesn't like an all you can eat buffet especially when Dad takes the kids all except the two little ones into the arcade and we get to sit and eat Cinnamon bread with a cream cheesy icing.

We also went bowling on Labor day which was a nice change of pace and how fun it was to watch Eli get so excited for his turn. Leland enjoyed his grandma's singing and I enjoyed watching everything!
The Rodeo was a blast we went to the Stockyards in Fort Worth, which even people who were raised here have no idea that they have a rodeo on the weekends, because I told some of my friends we were going to a rodeo and the only one they could think of would be in Mesquite. I am sure that one is good but this one was lots of fun as well. As mentioned in an earlier post I fell at this rodeo. here is the story for those of you who have been waiting for it:) One of the muscles in my eye is slow to act so in the dark and when I do quick changes in what I am looking at (like reading and all the sudden looking up) my vision gets a little blurry, now I do have glasses to correct this problem but I never wear them. I know what a waste of money. I never wear them because up until yesterday I didn't know where they were! Anywho, I was going to meet dad and help him bring the stroller up that had my sleeping baby in it (that dad had just walked all over to get to him to finally go to sleep) and totally miscalculated the steps, I looked down in the dark, thinking okay only one more... well there were two and I went down pretty hard. Poor dad was sure I had sprained my ankle and kept asking me if it was alright, although I was laughing so hard I had a hard time reassuring him I was ok. Thankfully from our group it was only Dad that witnessed otherwise I may never live it down. But I got a swollen wrist from it, and a scratched up leg. The wrist is fine now and the cuts are healing and I am still giggling and hoping that it was graceful! Anywho I am waiting for some pictures from Amy's camera but I will post what i have :) Thanks so much mom and dad for an awesome week! You two are the best!

Sick again

Leland is sick again with the high fever, only this time it is accompanied by a cough and a stuffed up nose at least he is smilie!

And if you have any tips I would love to hear them!

Rant... so don't read it if you want a happy post:)

Uhmm so its been a rough day! Mom and Dad left this morning... NOT FUN... miss them already..... but I got up at 4:55 to make sure I got to see them before they left... knowing me this was not the brightest idea. Not a morning person. But I got up because I love them and it wouldn't feel right to just have them gone with no hugs... With that said, I went to go back into bed at 5;50 and realized I would be getting up in 20 minutes to take Brian to work so I could get to our 8:30 church... so I laid down for a cat nap, then jolted in a panic.. the car seat was in Dad and Mom's rental... so I tried calling Dad's phone a few times, nothing so I went out to the garage to look for it just to make sure I shouldn't head for the airport, and I scared the crap out of poor Mike, who ripped the garage door open ready to defend his family... SORRY MIKE! I went back into the bedroom feeling like kind of a jerk, and hopped in the shower. I fell at the Rodeo we attended on Friday night leaving a good cut on my ankle (I will tell that story later) and I shaved over it because I was in a fog, that really hurt! Skip to taking Brian to work, he got there like 25 minutes early so we chilled in the car and then he went in, not bad, I drove on to church... also not too bad, but I had a shooting pain behind my eye and when we got to primary it was practice for the primary program, they told me I could go to relief society which would have been nice, but I felt bad for the presidency and i really would like to know how it was going to go down, since they want us to sit with the kids on the stand. Headache + Primary with minimal teachers= painful 2 hours of church! Then I get home, I haven't been home for a week since mom and dad were here and it smells, I automatically blame Brian in my head for not taking out the trash... but then realize its the dishes that haven't been done since the day mom and dad got into town, August 31. Mind you this is my job, however we have a house guest that STILL isn't gone and is complaining about HIS life:) Why this annoys me so much is because he claims to be so much better at Brian with that whole helping around the house thing... but hello if you are in an apartment that starts smelling like vomit... look around and see if you can help out. I am going to have Brian talk to him tonight, because if I do it he may just realize how frustrated I am with him, and he is a little tender right now... WHATEVER! So the dishes are done, and I am staring at his clean clothes pile on the couch and thinking how nice it will be when he is gone. Really he is a good person, but I need my space, and I don't need the little snide comments he likes to make... I am making brownies right now, so I expect I will feel better shortly:) and Hope is coming for dinner so that will be AWESOME! I am so glad she said yes, as it is quite awkward when the above mentioned house guest is here, mainly because he puts his two sense in on our conversations.... which is not welcome unless you are Alison and can roll with the punches! So sorry to rant but that is what I originally made the blog for! I will catch you up on the week with the parents another day when I can focus more than the complaining side of me:)