Turned Around

I turned M2's car seat around the other day. I was not sure how he would react but he seemed to be okay with it. He was content with facing backwards and now they are "recommending" to keep them rear facing until 2 years but I thought I would give it a shot now. It is nice being able to turn around and see his happy face.

He has a goofy good, but still my cute little man.

Wordless Wednesday

Life Seems to Just Happen

Life seems to be going by without me even noticing right now. Wasn't it just the beginning of September? Our life seems to getting more "normal" for us.  Normal for us has been Matt working two 24 hour-shifts a week along with a 12-hour one as well.  Every week if different, every month is different and October has been one of those months that I think to myself.."what the h _ _ _ are we doing?" He has worked almost every other day for the whole month. November is going to look a lot different.  Thank goodness I am into my second trimester and in a coma state most of the time.  More on pregnancy later. For now here are some pics which I know is what you really want to see anyways.

He is loving to get inside of this and her and sissy fight over it often. 

First day of school..yes, I realize this was in September. Forgive me.  She was so excited and loves
going. She is there three half-days a week. She practically runs in and won't give me a kiss unless I go get one. 

We are blessed to get to see some friends who have been overseas for over 3 years (they are back for a few months).
We spent the whole afternoon with them..eating, at the zoo and hanging out. What a surprise this was. 

We got to go to the stingrays and pet them..M1 loved it; she did not want to touch the little sharks though. 

One day I looked over and M2 had gotten this tomato off of a window and ate the whole thing. 

Gran got to come for a visit as well. It was wonderful to have her. I can't believe I did not get more pictures of her and the kids.  Christmas will have a lot more I am sure. 

Wordless Wednesdays

Right of Passage

M1 had a one Right of Passage checked off her list yesterday.  I was in the kitchen cleaning and she was in the dinning room and asked if I could give her a haircut.  I was shocked bc she has not wanted me to cut it for the sole reason that she wanted it to become "magical." So, I said "sure, give me a few minutes to finish up in the kitchen." A minute later she came into the kitchen with scissors that were about to cut her hair. I raised  said in a reasonable voice "NO, don't do it yourself." She knew right away that she was almost in trouble, but then I noticed a bit of her hair looked cut. Then I saw she was holding her hands behind her back..he had a clump of hair back there. I was shocked but I was able to keep my cool. She felt really bad and I did not want her to remember this for ever like I do when I cut mine when I was little.
My mom was not happy when I chopped my hair a couple of days before Easter.  She was not happy and I still remember her voice from that day.  I don't blame her....b/c if M1 had done this the day before Easter I probably would have freaked out too.
M1 actually did a pretty good job by herself ( I was impressed).  I wish I had a picture of what I looked like after I cut mine back in 85'/86' to compare the two of us.

This is almost all of what she caught. 

This is so cute. She didn't so bad, right?

This is my favorite. 

Not the best picture, but I will take a better one soon.

Thanks to my friend, Eraka who got her in on short notice. 

Texas!

Sorry friends and family that these pictures have not yet been posted. I had started a week ago and then forgot about it.  It was so nice being back in southern Texas. We are got to see several great friends and eating lots of great food. I love me some mexican food..I think I gained 5 pounds or something.  

One our way to the Lone Star State. 

What great friends we have. 

M1 loved being with her friend Lincoln. I think they are playing a game here on a phone.

BEACH TIME!!

Our New Home

I realize we have been in our new home for a little while now and some of you have wanted to see proof of the fact.  We are slowly getting settled and I finally got some paint on the walls.

We love these chairs our realtor gave us and Matt made the planter...I was impressed. 

The new dinning room color.  I look forward to getting our new table. 

This is the view from the dinning room. This is the cleanest it has been in a while. 

The view when you first walk in the front door. 

These are the the grates all throughout the house. I love the character. 

The newly painted fireplace. 

The sunroom/playroom. Wanting to paint this too..any ideas?

My man working on the new wall in the kids room. 

Kids room in progress. 

M1's side

M2's side

This is where M2 has been sleeping (my closet). He loves it and sleeps so good. 

Our bed around

The other half of our room.

Well, that is the first tour. I will post more as the progress continues. I did not include the pics of the guest room because it is not picture worthy yet; I will get there.  For the time being I hope you liked the tour.