OOPs! Here is the pic of the front room!

Just some random happenings

THis will be a quick update, but a good one. Mike has been done working his 2nd job for 3 weeks now! I haven't been so happy in ages! I enjoy having him home more. The kids are happier too! Most importantly Mike is so much happier! He is more energetic and more flirty and it feels like when we were first married in some ways...except it is better since we know eachother so much better in so many ways now. I am so happy!

We have started on our remodeling. We have laid the laminate wood floors in the front room. I found the cutest rugs at Target!(here's a pic)

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We have also done the hallway, and Dawson's room and Emm's room. It looks awesome! This weekend we will do the kitchen and family room and maybe the play/guest room, we'll see! Then the weekend after that our bedroom and lastly the dinning room! It looks so classic and totally mystyle now! We are getting the high victorian baseboards and we are gonna add wayne'scoat to the guest/kids bathroom and Emm's room! I am having so much fun decorating, it is a huge passion for me.

I also got my new stove, washer and dishwasher. All of them work better than the old dinosaur appliances we had. I LOVE them all!

School starts next week. I am only taking 6 credits instead of nine. I am taking Math and Communications. It will be fun, not! I am thankful that I can slowly start to finish my degree I started over 10 years ago though. I still don't know for sure what I wanna major in, but I am glad I'm back. I am glad both Mike and I are going back. We will both be the 1st college graduates in our families! I wan to be an example to our kids and really show them that a college education is so important!

We have had alot of sickness around the house. A few weeks ago Mike had the stomach flu, then Dawson had an ear infection and Mike and I both got nasty colds and the kids got mild colds, then Saturday thru MOnday Emm had the stomach flu. I got thrown up on again. I guess it is like a badge of honor for a mom, or something, lol! I did enjoy how cuddly Emm was while she was sick though. I knew she was feeling better today cuz she didn't want to be held.

Emm is talking in 3-4 word sentences now! It is crazy she seems a little advanced for her age. I enjoy listening to her cahtter away all the time. With Dawson he was hardly talking at this age and it worried me. I know he is okay now, but when you a first time mom that can worry you and you can feel like it's your fault. I know it isn't now. Then I see how she can't do some things Dawson did at this age like put puzzles together and recognize all his shapes and colors (ofcourse he would point to the right one instead of saying it). Anyways it is funny how different they are! Emm is so into CInderella right now. She watches it all the time, talks about her all the time and wears her Cinderella dress up stuff all the time. It is too cute!

Dawson is talking more clearly everyday. His preschool has really helped him. They tell me how ell behaved he is at school too. I wish he would always be that way here! He is looking like he might be able to start kindergarten in the fall if he keeps progressing like he is. I also want to start teaching him to read. He recognizes letters and names of kids in his class that starts with certain letters and I am feeling like he is ready I just want to try to find a Phonics program that is fun, yet eduactional. He is such a sweet boy and I love seeing how much he is maturing lately!

Well, that is it for now, I am off to sleep!