These are the days of our lives...

It's been a week since my last post and boy what a week it was!
Monday - I went home sick from work. I think something was in the air.
Wednesday - daycare called, trip to the doctor says: Aubree has pink eye
Thursday - still banned from daycare (24 hrs after starting meds) We brought daddy lunch and met some teachers, so that was pretty fun.
Friday it was back to work for me.

In the meantime, our house is still on the market. We had been talking about different possibilities to increase our chances of a sale. First on the list was to make the kids bathroom look just a tad bit spiffier!
SO, Friday afternoon while Tom took Brock to soccer practice and Aubree was taking a nap, I began to disassemble the bathroom. I had bought a nicer mirror and clock to "complete" the room. I had everything done and was ready to take the existing mirror down when I ran into a roadblock. It was GLUED to the wall! So, hair dryer in hand, and fishing line to "saw" through the glue, I'm going at it in the bathroom. Midway through (I thought), Tom calls to let me know someone wants to look at the house the next morning! OF COURSE THEY DO! Well, that pretty much sealed the deal that we HAD to finish the bathroom that night. We managed to complete the project by 10pm. Just about 4 hours to replace a mirror! In my head, that was a 30 minute project!

Bathroom - before
(I never did center the mirror after we converted from a single vantity to a larger one)



Bathroom - after
(new mirror, pictures hung in an actual pattern, clock added to take up wall space)
I would probably do more if we were planning on staying, but we're not. I'll focus my attention on our new bathrooms if the house ever sells. ;-)

In the midst of a rainy Saturday (soccer game was cancelled), we took Grammy and Aunt Jenna (who had come to watch the game) to target and Chili's while the house was being shown (11-1). Brock felt really warm the whole time we were out. He had a steady 100.6 degree temp all day. (here's hoping it doesn't turn into the flu!) We got home, the kids began to make the usual "kid mess" and Aubree went down for a nap and the phone rings again. MORE lookers from 3-5! So out of the house we venture once more. It was quite an interesting day.

(here is where I would talk about the A&M game with Loni & Carlos, but if you know how the game went...you'll know why I am skipping the re-cap)

This brings us to Sunday. Another very rainy night (yay rain!) and an under-the-weather mommy, made for a lazy morning. I actually fell asleep on the couch for a bit. This is VERY unusual for me, which goes to show I'm not exactly 100%. I awake from my nap to a phone call. MORE lookers. They want to show the house from 2:30 to 4:30. We looked at the clock and it was 2:30 right then! We were able to get out relatively quickly and headed to the pumpkin patch.

When we listed our house in February, ours was between 2 others like our floor plan in terms of price. The two others must have gotten desperate and drastically lowered their prices. They have both sold. There is one house like ours which just went on the market, but it's priced 10K higher than ours at the moment. This makes ours the cheapest of our floor plan in the neighborhood. This could be the reason for a sudden increase in showings. We'll see. All I know is I'm SOOOO ready for the home selling business to be over. It's very hard keeping this house clean! ;-)

Stay tuned for pumking pics on another post.

My! How Things Have Changed!

Then...and Now. We promise they really are our baby girls. (Even if they look like their Dads!)

This weekend I had the wonderful pleasure of taking my baby girl and driving north on 281 to Spicewood, TX. (Just on the outskirts of Marble Falls) We went to visit my very dear friend Kelley and her baby girl Addison. Kelley and I go back just a few years. Like, to the first grade! We've seen each other through girl scouts, Hutsell Elementary, Katy Junior High, Katy High School, first cars, first boyfriends, four years at Texas A&M, a (seemingly) 10ft x 10ft dorm room, a couple apartments, Aggie Football games (whoop!!!), Aggie tennis, rowdy nights, boring nights, study nights, Ring Dunk, graduation, first jobs, engagements, weddings and SO MUCH MORE!
It was such a joy to spend a low-key weekend doing what we now do best! Parenting!!! It is amazing to think that we used to sit around and wonder what in the world we were going to do that night. We don't have to ask ourselves that question anymore! Aubree and Addison are sure to plan the daily/evening agenda for us. :) This weekend was spent watching our girls and asking ourselves a new question. WHERE did they go now? We've come a long way but it is such a wonderful journey. Our girls weekend was perfect. Since we both become temporary widows around hunting season, we just might need to make this a recurring event!

Revolving Door

I've decided trying to keep a house clean with small children can be compared to being stuck in a revolving door. I can't tell you how many times Tom and I picked up this room this weekend! But the kids have fun and in the end...that's what counts. Right??

Back in the Game

It's fall, and it's time for the beginning of YMCA SOCCER!
Last night we had our first practice. Brock was so very excited to go to soccer. He's been wanting to go for a couple weeks now and would get upset with me when I told him I couldn't take him! The kids had a great practice. I did my "soccer mom" duties and successfully signed all families up for game snacks. After practice Coach Carol handed out the new jerseys. This season we are sporting a very nice green. I had prepared Brock ahead of time that he might get a new number this season. He doesn't always deal with change nicely!! He has moved up a couple spots from his old number '9' to new lucky number '7'.
We had our first game this morning! Brock did great! This season the team is playing in the 5-6 age bracket. Brock is over a year younger than most of the other kids. While in height he doesn't appear any younger (if not older) than the other kids, you can certainly tell the difference when they play. There is a certain amount of focus, concept and determination that really grow from year to year. Brock received many compliments on his improvements over last season, but we still have a ways to go to catch up with all these older kids! He was fantastic though, and I'm SUPER proud of him!

(Love this pic...but see what I mean about focus? hehe!)

Fit of a Princess

Our little princess has PERFECTED the art of throwing fits. And she's ONLY 13 months old!!!

So for all you out there who think I'm lying when I tell you what a drama queen she is, watch this.

The story begins...
We're playing by her room. Aubree gets ahold of my cell phone. She hands it to me. I take it. Then this happens.....

A Lot of Fun

We haven't really had any "big moments" in the past few weeks. We are all trying to rest up to face the next two months which seem to already be filled with non-stop traveling, to-do's, soccer and more! We have been enjoying some family time and watching the kids enjoy being kids.
Of course the camera has enjoyed the family time right along with us, so here are a few of their comical moments the past couple weeks.

Happy Faces!


Bouncer Buddies



Tent and Tunnel Time


Little Posers



Brock and Sarge hiding from the storm; Aubree practicing her Mission Impossible moves.


Bathtime Bubbles!

Through the Rear View Mirror

It's been a rough day, but even on our hardest days, God reminds us that He is here. Today I saw that reminder looking through my rear view mirror.
I was heading home this afternoon with the kids in the back seat. Those who know Brock & Aubree know that Brock isn't necessarily the affectionate big brother many thought he would be. However, Aubree thinks her big brother is THE BEST!
Aubree was pretty fussy and I thought a blanket might calm her down. The only blanket in the car happened to be Brock's Thomas the Train blanket. I asked Brock if Aubree could use his blanket. He politely said "sure". I put the blanket on Aubree and she quieted down almost immediately. I'm catching glimpses through the rear view mirrow and as her thumb goes in her mouth, she looks over at her big brother and grins. He looks at her and smiles back. They stay there, eyes locked, smiling at each other for probably a good 5 seconds. It must have been contagious because this mommy got a huge smile on her face. Thank you God for these two precious children.
I would love to have that picture, but it will have to be remembered in my ever-failing memory, and through this blog. :-) (I'll use a stock photo for the post!)