Settling In

Now that our Wisconsin house is off our plates, and we have another little one on the way, we've decided to officially settle down here.  We are building a townhouse (I won't post exact location here). We debated between an older house closer to everyone, or new construction just a little ways out, and decided that new construction is safer for mine and B's allergies.  K met with the builder this week to do a pre-drywall walk through.  Enjoy the pics!

Standing in the Living Room, looking at the front door and stairs.

Standing near the stairs in the living room.  That will be a wall with a cutout looking into the Family Room.

Standing in the Dining Room looking into the Family Room.

Standing in the Family Room looking into the Dining Room. 

Standing in the Dining Room looking towards the Kitchen.  That is the door to the garage in the back.  The half wall here is for the bar top. 

Standing in the Kitchen (door to Garage just to the right).  This will be a half bath.

View from the top of the stairs.  That will be our bedroom.

Standing in our bedroom.  The back bedroom to the right will be for baby.  The one to the left will be for B.

Standing in our room.  To the left is our bathroom with the full size shower stall.  To the right will be our large, walk-in closet!

Standing in B's room, looking at the closet.  Just behind his closet is the hall bathroom, and next to that is the Laundry/Utility room.

Standing in B's room, looking toward baby's room.

Another view into baby's room.

Another view from B's room, looking out into the hallway.

View from the front door.  We are standing in the living room.  The wall upstairs is the back wall of the closet in baby's room.

Mother's Day 2013

Highlights of this year's Mother's Day:

• "Mommy, I'm making you muffins!"  (followed by a kiss)  Ultimately, they were inedible as B somehow turned the oven up to 500 degrees when K turned around and burned them.
• "Hi, mommy!  Happy Mother's Day!" (followed by another kiss, as he gave me my gift)
•  Lunch at Ruby Tuesday
• B critiquing the dresses I tried on for a friend's upcoming vow renewal.  He actually came up to me at the register to make sure I was getting the "flower one" (I did...he has good taste!).
• B snuggling with me, at least for a little while, on the couch
• Feeling baby move around like crazy last night and today

Naked Toddler Strikes Again

Toddler wakes up from nap.  Mommy and Daddy go into his room.  We smell something stinky, and find a naked toddler in his crib.  There's an empty diaper next to him.  Daddy lifts his blanket, and there are two "presents" for us underneath it.  GROSS!

Stinky

My child never ceases to amaze me.  He knows the first three and current presidents.  He knows a good chunk of his alphabet (including being able to name several letters when I draw them out).  He's figured out how to climb into his crib, and how to climb to turn on the bathroom sink.

He was still sick this morning, so I stayed home with him.  I put him down for a nap in his crib (because he was far too crabby for his big boy bed).  I heard him making "woo"-ing sounds, so I gave him a few minutes to fully wake up, and then went in his room.  When I walked in, he was standing in his crib, completely naked.  His clothes were neatly in a pile, and next to it was a poopy diaper, which he was pointing to, saying, "Stinky!"  What amazes me most is that he a) got his diaper off cleanly without making a mess in his crib and b) he was just standing there waiting for me to get him and clean him off.

I can only imagine what he'll do next...