Laundry Room

It's amazing how it's the littlest things in life that make us happy! We had a very nasty laundry room and we used to joke that if the clothes fell on the floor as we were moving them to the dryer that we needed to rewash them because it was just dusty and 'icky' in there! Now it's bright and clean with a beautiful tile floor, drywall and shelving!!! It's so nice that my husband is so handy! I can't beleive I didn't take before pictures, it is quite a transformation!

Ava's "2 year day"

No it's not her birthday celebration...it was her 2 year checkup and 2 year picture day! She was some-what cooperative for both. Others involved, however, may disagree! My sweet neighbor and friend Brittany takes all of our family photos! We are so lucky to have that kind of talent mixed with patience to capture their personalities! She had a great idea of using a raincoat, umbrella and her boots plus taking them downtown! It was fun and even though I feared she wouldn't have a lot of "usable" ones, it turned out awesome! Of course, now I have to have all of them. She didn't smile in alot of them but that really is her curious, taking it all in personality! Can't believe she is this big!
PS I've lost 8 pounds and we are in the middle of week 3! I think I can, I think I can...

Birthday Card

I made this adorable card which I cased but I forgot where I found it so I appologize!

It was 72 degrees out today and I was able to get the kids to the park for some fun with some of our playgroup friends. Anyway, this weather seemed to fit this card for our neice Courtney! Happy Birthday to you...

Today the kids had so much fun outside...thank God for these days. They do help get us through until summer! Alex immediately saw a huge mud puddle and asked if he could go back into the house to put on his rain boots! "Yeah, why not?" I said. Then Sophia wanted hers and of course Ava had to follow suit. They had a lot of fun but you can probably guess that the story ends with someone falling into the puddle. Well, this time it was Ava. She sat in it for a minute then started to cry. Luckily it was nap time so we went in pretty quickly to clean up and head to bed! Love my babies!!

Busy, Busy

I'm not sure how Moms who work and have kids who are involved in alot of different activities! I only work PRN and my kids are just 5.5, 3.5 and 2 and I feel like we do alot of running! It is alot of fun watching the kids enjoy their activities and learn new things! Ava is doing a "together time" gymnastics class that includes me so I end up more tired than her even though the opposite was my intention!!! She loves the trampoline and it is a fight to keep her off of it! If she learns nothing else, I am hoping she learns to wait her turn!

Ava just had her 2nd birthday and boy has it hit me hard! Between cleaning out the closest and packing up the final of the "baby clothes" and thinking of transitioning to no diapers or pacis has been keeping me in tears. I love the baby stage so I definately miss that but I know that each stage is fun and now she is easier to go places with...I think!

I also started P90x today and WOW, I haven't done that many pushups in one workout ever! I have done well with drinking water only and I had a meal replacement shake this morning and a good lunch. Let's hope I can keep it up! If I can see results quickly it will definately help with the MOJO!

I had a great time at the Crop for the Cure in Evansville this weekend. I got alot done but most importantly I got the "oh so needed" girl time! I haven't laughed that hard in awhile.