10 MILES!!!

I just finished breaking my record distance and running 10 miles without stopping!!! I am SO EXITED...well my tummy is not doing so well and my legs feel like they are going to fall off but still I am so exited that I was able to do that! i guess it's time to sign up for a half marathon...we'll see....

Oh Everett!!!

So Edwin and I have always been in wonder about how Everett is SO MUCH different than Evan...so much calmer and cuddlier and just all around less active than Evan...well today, after bragging to my boss about how good Everett is in the nursery and how much he loves it, I pick him up and they said he had a "rough day". I asked if he had been crying and they said no he had body slammed 3 kids to the floor and slapped another leaving a red mark!!! This is my sweet little Everett we are talking about!!! I mean I was in complete shock...I know where he gets it from but my goodness I didn't know what to say! The thing is that Everett and Evan have been wrestling more and more and of course, Everett can do no harm on Evan so Edwin and I were just thinking how cute the boys were....well....I guess Everett has learned a thing or two from Evan and we are going to have to watch him....I am still in disbelief!!!

new pictures

It has been a whole week since I have blogged anything...time flies! Here a couple pictures we took this week...the first is of the kids showing me their funny faces...note Everett has his tongue out also :)


Next is of the kids outside looking at the clouds...they like to find animals and such in the clouds...I remember doing that...how fun!

Then Evan goes pee outside and Everett is trying to take his clothes off so he can do it too...he has been doing that more and more but he doesn't ever actually go if I take his diaper off...at least he kind of has a clue of what he needs to do...that is a nice thing about him being the last one. Once I get him potty trained...NO MORE DIAPERS!!!

Growing Boy...

Let me just tell you what Evan ate for breakfast before school!

-A whole Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
-1.5 pop tarts
-a muffin
-4 cheese and crackers!!

I mean this is all before 8am this morning!!! It is just unbelievable what he is eating right now! How much is he going to eat when he is a teenager....that is just a scary thought!

Daddy makes it better....

So I made lasagna the other night and I gave some to Evan. He then proceeds to tell me that "daddy makes it better!" I told him that daddy had no clue how to make lasagna and he told me "yes he does! He puts it in there (pointing to the microwave) and gives it to me and it is better than yours!" What a character! I mean what do I say to that?! He (Evan) got his hair cut today and it is so cute I will have to take some pictures and put them up...right now I need to go get ready because Edwin and I are going on a date tonight! His parents came up for the weekend so they are going to watch the kids...yeah!!!

Lately...

well lately I think I have put moving out of my head...well it would help if I knew where we were going to go! Since we don't know where we are going I can't spend anytime making plans! So everything is STILL at a standstill!!! Anyway...just trying to enjoy my life here with the time I have left...Here are some new pictures...Everett decided he wanted to dip his passy in his food and then suck on it...and this picture is of Everett playing peek a boo with us from the garage, it was so cute! And here is a picture of Edwin in his blues (without his jacket) with Ellie and Evan...I will say this picture DOES NOT DO HIM JUSTICE!!!! Keep us in your prayers!

sick sick sick

Ellie and I got food poisoning over the weekend and it was just plain HORRIBLE!! She and I were locked in my room taking turns in the bathroom all weekend! Poor thing I felt so bad for her! I have to say, though, that it was quite nice to get that time with just Ellie and me...We watched Pollyanna together...I remember watching that as a little girl with my mom and dad so life came around full circle as I watched her watch it...and then I saw her cry at her first movie! If you have never seen the movie Pollyanna falls off a tree and her legs are paralyzed...Ellie kept saying "how sad for the little girl" and then I look over and she has tears running down her face!! It was so sad and cute at the same time! I reassured her that Pollyanna gets her legs fixed but she still thought that was so sad! We also watched Annie which she hadn't seen before either...poor Edwin had the boys all weekend to himself but he made it! he took them to McDonalds and let Everett climb up the top of the play area for the first time! Everett loved it...and Edwin gave them baths as soon as they got home :) Those play areas are just plain gross! But the kids love them! I am off to get some more rest but I will post some pics later of Edwin in his blues! He has to wear them every monday now and he looks SO GOOD!!!

Everett's new discovery

So Evan was into everything at 9 months so I appreciate the fact that Everett has waited until 17 months to start getting into everything! But he has finally realized that he can push the chair up to any counter or drawer and get into things. his favorite is the silverware drawer! I will be in another room and I hear the silverware clanging and I know he has proceeded in taking everything out of it! Here are some pictures...Edwin and I are amazed everyday at his cuteness...I know he is ours so we are quite biased on this one but really is he not so darn cute?!!! I mean yesterday I am laying on the couch and he comes and climbs on top of me and starts giving me big kisses all over my face (Everett not Edwin..ha ha)! He has such a sweet nature to him...much more calm then Evan could ever be :) The thing about Evan is that he is little Mr. Perfect at school! He hasn't been in trouble once! I think he is as calm and obedient as he can be at school and then comes home and runs wild! At least I know that it is in him! Evan and I have had some special little moments together this week...I have to focus on those instead of all the other moments that he is pushing my buttons!

Finally...

It's so funny I put that as my blog title and it has already been a title! Anyway...not finally we know where we are going and not finally we sold our house and not finally we heard back from Marietta but FINALLY someone at least came to look at our house!! Listen at this point I am taking whatever positive I can find and running with it :) I had actually just got Everett to bed and there was someone at the door...they had called Edwin but I thought they had already come by...so I got Everett up and left for a little bit...we'll see if they make an offer but I was just exited that my CLEAN house finally got looked at! No one would believe how CLEAN I have been keeping my house!!! With 3 kids too! Edwin asked me how we managed to keep it so clean for 3 weeks straight but couldn't before! Ha ha! Well...true but it's a lot of work!

1 point mom, 1 point Everett

Everett did really well switching from the bottle to the sippy cup but I gave up on the passy thing real quick :) After he screamed in the bed for 30 minutes I gave in...too much stress right now already...can't handle the screaming right now...I will deal with the passy next month!

Cold Turkey

Well given that Everett is 16 months we have decided to take away the bottle and pacifiers cold turkey today!! He is doing well so far but we will see at naptime how it goes without the passy...usually it is harder on me than it is on them because I don't have a passy to just put in the crying mouth..but we will make it! I will blog tomorrow and tell you how it went :) The sad thing is that it just reiterates that Everett is no longer a baby which means I have no more babies :( I hope I can move closer to Becca and help her with all of hers!!!