Routine Life

Life has been pretty routine around here. The weather is changing (and we are freezing) and fall is in the air. Chris has been here for a little over a week and life is moving right along. I've kept him pretty busy assembling entertainment centers, desks, bookcases, hanging pictures and all the other fun things associated with moving into a new house. We are pretty much settled in now: boxes unpacked, pictures hung, etc.

The kids are adjusting well. They have made friends with the kids next door and run between our house and theirs all afternoon. It is so great that they are able to play outside and ride bikes without the worries of cars, strangers, balls going over the wall, etc. They are making friends at school and are doing well.

Sports are taking up lots of our time. Carter continues to score at least one goal in each soccer game. He is playing in a tournament this weekend and has at least 3 games on Saturday, possibly a 4th game depending on how they do.

Cade is doing great at football and is happy to have his dad here to give him some pointers. They won their game last Saturday! They have made huge improvements over the last couple weeks and are looking good.

Cami is enjoying gymnastics and has almost mastered a cartwheel and handstand. She will be starting hip-hop/jazz dance next week as well. She is loving preschool and making lots of friends.

Chris is still waiting for his PT license for the state of WA to come through, we are hoping it will be this week. He is ready to start working doing home health and getting his clinic up and going.

I am 33 weeks pregnant today. My c-section is scheduled for 7:30 am on 11/10/09. She still remains nameless. I can't wait to meet this little baby. She has been extremely active and is constantly moving around. I'm hoping she is getting it all out now and will be a perfect newborn, calm and sleeping through the night from day 1. Probably not with my luck but at least I can hope. She is currently breech so I have a nice big head in my rib cage. I can't believe only 7 weeks until we have 4 kids! Time has gone by so fast.

I had to post a picture of my new favorite product: the wonder hangers. Our closets in Vegas had the greatest built ins that held so much! We could fit all our clothes, food storage, linens and games in our master closet. The new house, not so much. The closet space is horrible! This was my side of the master closet last week, actually my stuff was taking up both sides of the closet. We got these wonder hangers (an as seen on tv product) and now....

all my stuff fits on one side! I love it. It still has a long way to go to be totally organized but it's a start and Chris can at least hang his stuff up now.


This last picture is something Cami drew yesterday that I thought was very sweet. She brought it to me and made me guess who and what it was. I guessed it was someone laying in their bed. I was wrong. After many unsuccessful guesses she finally had to give me some clues. She said it was someone who was dead in a box. I guessed Snow White. Wrong again. My next clue was it was someone she and Tommy (her little cousin) knew who had died and this was them at their funeral with the stars and sun and their flowers. By this point I had given up. It was a picture of Grandma Jane. (My grandma who passed away in Jan.) I can't believe she remembered going to the funeral and putting flowers on the grave. I was glad to see she had drawn Grandma with a smile on her face and looking peaceful (I love the extra long legs!) She is such a sweetie (when she wants to be) and is so smart it amazes me everyday. She is so excited to be a big sister and take care of the baby. I just can't believe my baby is about to turn 5! She has grown up so fast.

So this is our life in a nutshell. Nothing too exciting, just the same old. But it seems like the days and weeks are just flying by.