Family room with our new furniture and fireplace
Family room
Ava in her new bedroom
Painted and floors installed
Carpet's in and painted
Getting started on the fireplace
Right before the scratch coat and rock went up
These are the neighbor kids that Ava and Carter play with almost every day. Brenna is 9, Alyssa is 6 and Ethan is 3. Their house is for sale, and we are secretly hoping that they don't sell it. I know, we're evil. but our kids will be so lost without them!
Ava's tooth has been loose since May 18, and it was finally at the point where it was bothering her. Daddy somehow convinced her to let him pull it out, so mommy got out the video camera and got ready to get all the action on tape. Daddy, who is used to blood, surgery's, etc..., almost chickened out, which really surprised me. We finally all counted to 3, and her tooth was out and landed on the ground. She was very brave and there was hardly any blood! While still filming her reaction, we caught Carter counting to 3 with a piece of floss around his tooth, and then witnessed him yanking on it, trying to get it out. He wants to be "BIG" like Ava, so he's convinced that he has loose teeth and his need to come out too! What a funny boy!!!
The baby shower that Megan threw for the babies was amazing. She did such a good job and it was a lot of fun! Ava and Kyler got to come, which made them feel very grown up. We had great food with an italian theme- there were even italian soda's, my favorite! We got so many nice gifts, including matching high chairs, matching bouncy seats, a dresser, a bumbo, bottles, bibs, toys, frames, binkies, clothes and much more. I was shocked at how many great things we got for these little guys, it was so nice of everyone to do that for us! The cakes that read "double trouble" were adorable... and I think I probably ate about 5 pieces total since Megan sent me home with the left over cake..... never do that to a pregnant girl, the self control just isn't as strong as usual! I probably gained 5 pounds that week, but who's counting!
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I finally have Ava's big belly beat!!! It was pretty close for a while, but she couldn't keep up! That belly is pretty impressive though! What a big difference in my belly in 8 weeks- it's growing so fast!
Carter's Diego party was so much fun! The kids got to play outside, which was so great considering what the weather forecast was saying! Ava, Carter, Ella, Kyler and Aiden had so much fun playing together. Carter got a lot of cool boy toys and loved his Diego cake. When we sang Happy Birthday, Carter sang along- it was pretty cute! I can't believe my baby is already 3! Boy does time fly when you're having fun!
We rode on a hay wagon pulled by one of Grandpa Al's tractors through the parade in memory of my grandpa, who died on May 18. Grandpa Al always drove one of his tractors in the parade and usually had one of the grandkids on his knee! We put the pedal tractors that grandpa gave Grant and Carter for Christmas on the hay wagon and they sat on them while Tom drove us through the parade. There was a sign on the wagon that said "In memory of our Grandpa Al. Sept. 12, 1930- May 18,2008. It was really hard, but we are so glad we did it. So many of grandpa's tractor buddies thanked us for doing it and many got choked up. He is missed by so many people already, and it's only been 3 weeks. WE LOVE YOU GRANDPA!
The siding is on, now we are working on the inside
Roof is on, time to put up the siding!
Dry wall is done!
Before insulation
We are in the home stretch! The mud, tape and texture is going to happen this week. The floors are all ordered and will be here within the next week or two. The doors and trim are in the garage, waiting to be stained.....by me. Nick and his dad are working on the corner fireplace, which isn't going as well as planned! He blames it on the fact that I am picky, but I'm really not! He just is a perfectionist and so is his dad, which makes for some pretty slow going at times. In the end, they always come up with something amazing and I always love what they build for me! 
He's a natural...I couldn't get him to stop!
This is going to be worth a lot of money some day!
Too tired to Eat!!!
