Kids & Renovations!

Our life is Busy busy! Lately we have been so so busy doing stuff on our house. .. Tearing a wall down, painting the kids rooms.. doing molding and wood work in the kitchen, cleaning up the yard.. the list goes on. Sometimes i feel like we are only meant for two kids with our busy lifestyle! But no!.. i do want another, at least one more. We will see how it pans out but within the year im hoping to be pregnant with child #3! It sounds so crazy, 3 sounds like a lot when your used to 2 and busy with 2. But we are mentally, emotionally and financially preparing ourselves lol cuz now that we started to have kids i want them to be all close in age. Anyway thats just been on my mind lately. Babys babys! so cute :).

Gavin Had been the biggest helper with renovating the house. He gets so excited when we do stuff. "Thanks you mommy!" he said after i painted his room. aw (so sweet). We are still working on the potty training, well, the #2 part if u know what i meen. Pee is no problem, day and night he has it down and even wakes me up to go. But poo no way! Its a constant battle and i try everything.. Getting mad for a week, not getting mad for a week, time outs, prizes, bribes. ... etc etc. Im just hoping it will just click!!! Cross our fingers!! He is getting so smart though. Loves to read, loves to make dinasour and lion noises all day, torments his adorable brother and plays with him too. He has started to help him, and teach him stuff (really picking up on the big brother role :)) which i love! He gets up every night at least 3 times still! and Im the pushover mom who goes and lays with him every time. (i figure the time will pass and ill miss theses nights so.. ) He doesn't eat, lol. We really don't know how he survives on water and milk. I love watching all his phases the older he gets. I cant believe he will be 4 soon! He is my softy and mommas boy, i love him to pieces!!

Deklin Is the opposite most the time. So hilarious this one. Has so much energy and fire in him. Its so funny to watch, ill have to catch his attitude on video and post it. What a little rascal! He keeps me on my toes thats for sure. Right now he is hitting and pinching and throwing things. . Cries a lot for attention but gives kisses and hugs and blows kisses to me when we leave and runs and laughs when we get home. Such an age.. 18 months and so much personality. I really love it but it sure keeps me busy. He is saying so much.. momma, daddy, he even says Duke (our dog..) but its more like "dooo". :) He is my good eater.. loves meat (haha, for those of you who know I'm a vegetarian will understand why that funny. . most the time i just cook it and put it on the side for brandon.. so gavin never really wants it.. im happy deklin does though! He loves to play hide and seek, and take baths. He is picking up on every noise gavin makes so he likes to make loud noises too (i love that though ). He is sleeping through the night! Which is great cuz if i had both kids waking up all night i wouldn't survive the day without losing it. Such a cutie pie! I could squeeze him all day!

Stephanie's wedding is coming up!! Yay!!!! I don't think ive wrote about my baby sis!! She is marrying Brandon's cousin and living here!!! Freaking awesome!! lol I'm really excited and so happy to have my sista friend here with me. There is nothing like family. So we have been wedding planning and shopping while renovating the house! Its nice to stay busy, I don't think I'm the stay at home all week type of mom, Which is why the summer needs to come ASAP!! THEN i wont go out and spend money we can just hang outside and go to the park lol.

So here are some recent pics of my adorable munchkins and some random things we have been doing. Deklin is usually napping while we paint so Gav was the big helper with these projects and in most the pics. :) Ill keep you posted for more before and after pics!!! Brandon has been working so hard for me. love ya babe :)

I have the best husband.. I really wanted to do a half marathon this year before we had baby number 3! SO... we both are training for one that is on July 4th 6am... 13.1 miles. Ya i know.. me run a marathon.. haha But we are doing it and training as we speek. Im up to 2 1/2 miles on the tread mill and have alot of work to do.

oh and ps.. we traded in our excursion and got a jeep commander!! woo hoo! so glad to get rid of that money pit vehicle.

(Drinking their main snack before bed to fill them up.. packed with fruit spinach and flax seeds, they still love em too!)