Crazy Weekend-Saturday

Jacob was feeling well enough to stay at Grandma and Grandpa's While Jason and I attended a marriage conference at our church called Love and Respect. It was really good, but the last half of the day got kinda long. Since Jessica refuses bottles still, we had to take her with. she was good for the most part but i had to be in the cry room with her for most of the conference. after the conference we went over to the local hotel to visit with Aunt Joanie and Uncle Rich who were in town for the weekend. Aunt Joanie was able to meet and hold Jessica for the first time and even though Jacob was not there, they were able to visit him at Pam and Dave's with their boys Ben and jack earlier that day. after the hotel we went out to dinner with mom, dad, barb, trav, Trevor, Ariana, and Mia to say goodbye to trav as he was going to leave the next morning to survival training. (pray for him!) then we went home to get ready for the next day, and were very thankful that Jacob was staying the night at Pam and Dave's!

Crazy Weekend-Friday

last weekend was a crazy one. The Twins had their fourth birthday party at chucky cheese's and Jacob had the flu and was unable to attend. Jason stayed home with poor Jacob while I took Jessica to the party.

We found that Jessica loves blue cheese dressing (that's what is all over her hands) and the twins are able to for go their increasing feelings of the flu for a night of fun. Jessica met chucky and even all of the adults had fun playing the games.

basements and toes?

so Jacob was really enjoying the basement all cleared on one half and the walls textured. when he wasn't running around the basement he was riding his four-wheeler.

Jessica continues to baffle us with how "baby like" she can be. every time I change her diaper she grabs her legs and nibbles on her toes. since her toes are clean, I don't mind so much!

We found that Jessica loves carrots... all over her face! Jacob enjoyed a cookie after his dinner and got a kick out of the mess his sister was making. believe it or not we were able to get more carrot in her than on her. Of course it was off to the bath RIGHT away and here is proof that she does have some hair growing.

what's been goin' on

so of course we have been busy.

Grandma and Grandpa Kuethe paid us a visit and were able to see and hold Jessica for the first time. She did pretty good, Jacob on the other hand refused to have any pictures taken with them, he was a bit sleepy and pre-occupied with toys. He received a very soft power ranger blanket that he calls his super soft blankie. He loves it.

Jacob was having lots of fun playing with Trevor, then tormenting him, then playing with him again. Trevor seems to enjoy playing with Jacobs toys and is able to have some free time to do so in the evenings after his school work is done and before bed time.

In between all of this we are still working on the basement and stairwell. I have painted the stairs and Jason installed the lights with some help from Lucas and Ryan. I had to paint them three times. the first color i picked didn't look right, then it took two layers for this color to cover the ugly color. We textured all but one of the walls (a small one) and we cleared and cleaned the basement floor to get it ready for carpet (with Lucas' help) and that took almost all night.

Wedding

On February Ninth we attended our friend Shirley's wedding It was a very nice affair.

We were able to visit with friends while Jacob ran wild with the other kids, he of course had a blest and talked about it for the next few days.

Jessica was passed around. She looked very cute and was in a great mood, she even slept there for a while!

Busy Busy Busy!

so, our new houseguest has started school so now our house gets up at 6:30 am every day. yes.. EVERY day, even weekends! Jacob continues his wonderful talent of getting mommy and daddy up 10 min before the alarm goes off. The morning is full of bookbags and breakfast and out the door by 7:15. a 30 min drive to school, drop him off, 30 min home, kids and cleaning for the next 5 hours before i have to go back to pick him up. This even isn't enough since we are in a crunch to get the basement done. after school there is about an hour of homework, dinner, settling fihgts, baby care, showers, dishes, bed. I am practically falling into bed by the end of the night.

The basement gets closer and closer every day. I am going to get paint for the stairwell tomorrow, wednesday we will hopefully be able to texture the walls, prime on thursday, carpet gets installed on friday, saturday we put the room back together and barb and trav will be here on sunday. I will load pictures later so you can see the progress.

well, my 10 min i allowed myself on the computer is over, so i have to get the kids to bed!

TTFN!

So, lots have been happening in the last week since I blogged last. My nephew Trevor has moved in with me while he is attending school in Sparta, and while Barbara tries to keep her head from exploding with all of the stuff she has to do to get back to Wisconsin to live with me for six months while Travis is in Texas. (was that a run-on sentence? )

Then I have learned what a little antagonist my son can be, he really is! He found out quickly that the giant stuffed lizard "Lizzie" is Trevor's most prized possession, so he has threatened to do many things to him. (including burn him in the pellet stove!)

I am still having trouble getting Jessica to eat food (puree) If she thinks she is nursing the rest of her life she is sadly mistaken! she needs to start weaning NOW! Plus she still won't take a bottle, so I have started the process of going through different brand nipples to see if I can find one she will use.

Jason is still looking for a job, working odd and end construction as it is offered to him, but wanting a full-time construction job.

I am applying for a kitchen sub and pre-school aid sub at a local elementary school and hope between the two of them I can get in full time hours. (hence the Jessica needing to wean.)

We are closer to getting the basement ready for Barb and the kids than we were two weeks ago, but still very far off, we may need their help getting it ready for them! Ironic?