She's got to be crazy!

Some of you may be thinking that I have got to be crazy. Being pregnant and sick, babysitting full time and undertaking a kitchen remodel project all at the same time ~ You might say "she has got to be crazy!" I would have to say it has been challenging. But I keep telling myself there is a end and it will be so worth it!

I know I have been posting a lot about our remodel lately -- but that has been our crazy life for awhile now. So, hopefully the next post I will be showing the finished product. Yay! So exciting! More pics to come . . . hopefully sooner than later (kitchens are kind-of essential to everyday living -- it has been an adventure without one:)! )

Getting there. . . Part 3

A few video clips of our Remodel going on,
thanks to your ~ MC Trevor . . .

Kitchen Remodel . . . Part 2

The demo is finally done and the electrician came and wired our kitchen -- We love our new can lights! It is now ready for sheetrock! More to come . . .
































The hard work is finally done --Trevor spent until 2 am stuffing garbage bags full trying to get rid of the mess. He filled 50 garbage bags full! It was a mess.

Our Kitchen Remodel . . . Part 1

This is our kitchen ~ One of my favorite colors is Plum -- so I painted my cabinets Plum and cream. The pictures make it look really dark almost like black. Trevor Put in the garden window when we re-did all of our other windows in the house so that is new. The lighting left much to be desired. Old floresent lighting Yuck! We put up a makeshift breakfast bar a few months ago and it really didn't get put to much use so we threw that out of the new plans and by that we had a console table holding all my cookbooks. We have a food cabinet in the corner storing our appliances and cereal and anything that is tall cause nothing will fit under the cabinets they are too low and the shelfs in the cabinets are fixed so they don't move and they won't fit anything tall in them either. The one thing I did like about the kitchen was the base of drawers. There is another pic of my oh so fabulous dishwasher that sounded like my washing machine -- It did clean good that was a plus. Also my oven that is still in really good condition. The contractors said that the kitchen must have been built for little people cause it is like 3 inches too low (counters) you can see in the above pic the counters don't even meet the dishwasher and stove height. The last pics are of some of the demo --- all the walls were made of solid wood slats so we didn't have the mess of sheetrock to deal with which was a plus. More pictures to come . . .

Our Family Photo

We are hoping that it gets easier to take pictures as a family as our children get older. We consider it a success if we can get out of the shoot with at least one picture that is decent! There is always at least one child always looking away or not smiling. Why is it that children find it so hard to look at the camera and smile? These ones actually turned out pretty good ~ I think it totally depends on if you have to wait an hour before your appointment because the photographers are running late. My kids aren't happy if they have to wait a long time in the waiting room and then are told smile for the camera! Say cheese! They are just ready to be done and want to leave. This time we didn't have to wait so it was fast and I do think that makes a difference with little children.

Update . . . IntelliGender Results

Update . . . .
Here is the IntelliGenger test that we took.

Now keep in mind this isn't 100% accurate ~ Actually the lab tests were 90% accurate and since 2006 in real life studies it is about 86% accurate. So this was just for fun. It will be neat to see if the results match the ultrasound results (which will be the end of April)
So here it is, the Results . . .
The test said it was a . . .
GIRL
Stay tuned and I will tell you if the test was right!

Everything is an adventure with boys!

Raising Boys ~ Wow what a subject to tackle. Everything is an adventure with boys. But, My husband cracks me up. There isn't a day that goes by that my boys don't race to the door to see Dad when he comes home. And that starts the spiral of events. The boys jumping on him, one on his head & one on his back, chasing and tickling and yelling and jumping. What I call 'rough housing'. And inevitably it always ends in screams and crying (mostly cause mom is watching and should save them). I'm sure I should be running interference but occasionally I am sitting on the sidelines just repeating the phrase "find your happy place, find your happy place!" :)
Anyway my husband cracks me up cause he isn't afraid of getting them all wound up. Being a pregnant woman and all that goes with that I am just thinking has he lost his mind? At this point in the day I am ready for a break and he has just let the lions loose! I guess boys will be boys! And I can't help but love them! Even the big kid at heart~My husband.