A Day in the Lives of the Princes

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

For My Mom

I keep saying that I'll post pictures of our house, but haven't taken many yet. Here's the family room...it's the only room that's painted and mostly done. I'll post more pictures in January after the floors have been put in and the rest of the walls have been painted. :-)

Halloween

We moved into our new house a few days before Halloween, so we got to trick or treat in our new neighborhood! It was a lot of fun getting to meet all the neighbors. Grant wanted to be a bee again this year (which made things a lot easier) and so we thought Kate should be a ladybug to go with him. She ended up staying home with Daddy, answering the door, while Grant and I trick or treated.

At the end of the night, all was quiet and I found these two in the kitchen, sharing a little drink.

Mr. Caterpillar

Grant's been finding lots of cool bugs in the backyard. Yesterday he found a black caterpillar and Kate got to examine it.

Kate Kate

Don't you just want to sqeeze her?

Kate's New "Crawl"

Kate is getting much closer to walking since we got her a walker. She's finally figured out that she needs to get her little rear end up in the air in order to stand up, but she hasn't figured out how to coordinate that with her arms. The result is this funny new crawl.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZFCXZgek8I

Doctor's Visit

Both the kids had appointments with the doctor yesterday. Last year's picture of Grant's checkup was quite sad, so I had to be sure to update with this year's picture. Quite an improvement!

This one is really blurry, but I love how you can see them both smiling. I couldn't get another one with them both smiling at the same time.

The smiles lasted all the way until the shots. Then there was just incessant screaming. I think they were glad to see us leave. On the way out we ran into Grant's new preschool teacher, so that helped make his day a little brighter.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Chillin' at Lowe's

I love how when you have little ones, a simple trip to Lowe's for boxes is an adventure. We tried out lots of chairs and benches and then got to watch a forklift in action.

Glamour Girl

Kate LOVES my sunglasses so when I saw this little pair in her size I had to get them. She smiles so big when you put them on her. :-)

Friday, October 7, 2011

Kate and Grant in the Car

I shot a very rough video of Kate and Grant in the car while we were at a long stoplight. Yet again, she's demanding food from Grant. Yes, it's a very common theme these days. Hopefully soon I'll remember that you're not supposed to hold the phone sideways while doing a video (which is why it's such a skinny video)...oops.

Typical Dinner Prep Scene

Sharing a banana

Kate, cheeks full of banana, realizes she's taken her last bite and looks for more food

Kate sees that Grant still has some banana and demands he give it to her

Grant turns his back, trying to protect his snack so she tickles him

She's sure if she works at it, he'll give in

GIVE ME THE BANANA

After a banana and a half, she had some pasta. Good thing Grant was done by then or she would've insisted on eating his as well.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Kate's 1st Day Crawling!

What I Get to Wake Up To

Somebody Found the Snacks

Kate is starting to really feel at home. She knows where the snack bin is and I found her helping herself to some raisins.

Fun with Dad

Hanging out...Nate put the play fruit basket on Kate's head and told her it was an "eating hat." Her love for eating outweighed her dislike of things on her head.

Giving Daddy a kiss

Everybody loves Daddy!

Got Milk

In an effort to cut down on the number of bottles I wash, I decided to cut them out completely. I wonder when Kate will be able to hold her own "bottle."

Thursday, September 29, 2011

And So We Begin Again

So, we cancelled our offer on the house we planned to purchase. When we did the home inspection, there was water dripping from the living room ceiling onto the carpet. To make a long story short, the listing was notified of the problem, assured us it would be fixed, then had someone go and paint over the water stain. We completely lost confidence in everyone we were dealing with on that end and decided it was unwise for us to continue in that purchase. If they were willing to paint over a water stain and claim that they fixed the problem, we were very worried that there were other problems lurking and were simply painted or carpeted over. So, our Realtor submitted the cancellation this afternoon and we made an offer on a different house! Our offer was accepted tonight so escrow starts Friday. We are in a 25-day escrow, so hopefully we can move out of our home without having to rent back from our new buyer for too long. We are SO thankful that the Lord made it abundantly clear that the other house was not a wise choice and that He kept this other house on the market in the meantime.