Our room FINALLY!

This is a picture of our bedroom as it was for the past 6.5 years. We painted it red before we got married, before we moved any furniture in. We loved the color but it was time for a change! I found a duvet cover that I liked and decided to match the new paint to it. 3 walls are light tan and the 4th wall is teal. I hadn't put the duvet cover on before taking the "after" picture, but you get the gist of it. Randy installed a new ceiling fan and I found lamps on craigslist ($30 for both!!!)

Happy Birthday to Randy

We celebrated Randy's birthday at lunch today since he works at night. Ethan was a big helper and helped make the cake, decorate it, and he put on all of the blue candles. As you can see from the pictures, it was a blazin' inferno! ;-)

Jake is 21 months old

Jake is developing very fast right now and really communicating well. He uses two and three word sentences and doesn't have any trouble getting us to understand what he is saying. We introduced the potty to him last month, but won't be really training until after he turns two. We are having so much fun with him!

Conversation

With Jake getting older, Ethan is able to interact with him and I overheard one of their first conversations. Here's how it went:

Ethan: "Jakers, you have to listen to me. I need you to listen. Say 'yes ma'am'."
Jake: "Yes, ma'am""
Ethan: "OK, so, we have to be quiet because Harvey is sleeping. Do you understand?"
Jake: "Yes, ma'am. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"

Ethan-isms

Randy's Mom came over to watch the boys while we went out to dinner for Valentine's Day, but earlier that day I took the boys to a nearby playground. Ethan got a splinter for the first time while playing but he wouldn't let me or Kathy pull it out, we had to wait for Randy. So, when we got back from dinner Ethan said "I've been whining and crying the whole time about my splinter!" When Randy to pulled it out, Ethan cried and cried (well screamed really) while he was doing it. Then we laid in bed together to help him calm down and while crying he said "this is really incredible!"

If you ask him if he wants to do something, he says "I would LOVE to!"


Randy was reading a book about volcanoes to Ethan and Ethan tried to say "eruption," but pronounced it wrong, instead saying "eruftion." Randy said, "no it's e-rup-tion." Ethan said "whatever, Daddy."

We were shopping for jeans for Randy and we had been to several stores and not a single one had his size. I was muttering under my breath, "this is ridiculous, no one has a single pair in the right size!" A minute later Ethan shouts "This is RE-DICKEROUS!"

Ethan is interested in volcanoes, space shuttles, and octopuses. He randomly spews "facts" about them (Dwight Shrute style) such as:

"OK, so, volcanoes have lava in them."
"OK, so, space shuttles have fire in them."
"OK, so, an octopus will bite you."
"OK, so, when lava melts, it turns into ice"

You can't be right all the time. :)

Long car rides

Jake: "Mahhhhmeeee. . . . .mahhhhhmeee. . . .MAHHHMEEEE. . . .MAHHHMEEE!!!"
Me: "Yes, Jake?"
Jake: "(points out the window) Treeeeeeeeeee" (sounds like E.T.)
Me: "Very good, it's a tree!"

Repeat until the car ride is over.

Open for Business

Randy opened the shop on Feb. 1st and has been pretty busy already. We are adjusting to our new schedule and it seems to be going pretty well. Randy worked really hard to remodel the shop before he opened and I am really impressed with how it turned out. He built a wall, put in cabinets, painted, built a shop vac box, and much more. See for yourself!