A better day!

Here are some pictures of Ethan and his new truck! It's great for bribery!:)

Today went well. Sophia took an hour and a 1/2 nap this morning, and a 2 1/2 hour nap this afternoon and an hour evening nap. She was happy and smiley all day. My Mom did have some problems getting her down while Ben and I were out. I think it was b/c she was trying to rock her to sleep, which she does not like! She wants to be put in her crib, get her back patted a few times, and be left alone.

I had the chance to eat lunch w/ the kids today. I love doing that. Boston's face just lights up as soon as he sees me. I never tell them, so I can see that excitement every time. Boston said the funniest thing at lunch. I always put a spoon in his lunchbox, when I give him applesauce. Today I noticed his milk comes with a packet that includes a spork, napkin and straw. So I said, "Boston, I don't need to give you a spoon b/c you already get one w/ your milk". He said "Mom, it a fork and a spoon (with excitement). It's like a transformer!" Funny boy!

Lunch w/ Aubrie was interesting. Five minutes after eating w/ her, I saw her teacher. She sat down w/ us and we ended up talking the whole time. It was nice to be at a personal level w/ her. She is a really dedicated teacher and is a really nice lady. I'm so glad Aubrie has her! Of course Aubrie kind of got ignored, but she didn't seem to mind. I think she liked hearing her teacher talk about her personal life!

Ben I had a short date night tonight. We had dinner at the Outback, and the owner happened to be there (who Ben knows really well). She pulled a chair up to our booth and spoke w/ us for awhile. She is really nice. We found out her Dad is a member....missionary opportunity? She comped our dinner which was nice! The server was probably excited about that! I loved when managers comped my customers meals, when I was a server, b/c that usually means your going to get a HUGE tip! After dinner we went to Lamps Plus to find some lamps for our pillars and then we made a stop at Target. As a result we are now watching CLUE..$5.50 Target Special.

Before we started the movie we had to take everything out of Ben's office, to get it ready for the wood floors tomorrow. That wasn't the easiest thing to do w/ all the computer stuff, invoices, paperwork, etc. The thing we realized about 5 minutes ago is that we don't have use of our phones. They are connected through our cable modem, w/ is sitting in a box right now. Good thing our neighbors have wireless networking!;) Here are some before pictures. We had to tear out the carpet and bleach the concrete in Ben's office! Not fun!!!!

Before!!!

3 rooms in 1!

The Rundown

Wow! I've neglected the blog. I can't watch all my season premier's and do the blog at the same time. LOL Guess I need to schedule that out, or cut down on TV...yeah, not going to happen! We keep saying we are not taking on any new shows, but we took a sitcom on this season. So now we watch Prison Break, House, Lost (whenever that starts up again), Back to You....and then Thursday it our huge night; Survivor, Smallville, Office and ER. Thank you for Teevo!
Actually, I probably would had no problem doing both, my blog and my addictive TV habit, but things were a little crazy this week. Sophia was going through this phase where she would sleep and hour and then be awake an hour. It was hard to get anything done. Especially since when she was awake, she didn't entertain herself b/c she was so tired. She slept through the night last night...till 7:00. She usually wakes up at 5:30 for a bottle and goes back down. It was nice, but then I was awake worried about her. She was all smiles this morning. I hope this means she is back to normal!
So here is the rundown of the week
Tuesday-
-Started the Sophia craziness.
-Ethan rode his new "truck" most of the day. He left his paci outside and when he went to the restroom, I took it. I told him I saw a fairy outside and to come look. He ran down the stairs and ran to his paci, which was gone. We have been
telling him about the paci fairy, who takes your paci when she leaves you a gift. We told him the fairy gave us money for that truck. Anyway, the paci wasn't there and he asked where it was and I told him the fairy must have taken it. He said "Mom quit lying. I'm sick of you. It's not funny". Not really back talk I usually would allow, but he was pretty traumatized. I actually tried not to laugh. That evening was hard for him. He kept crying for his paci. I told him he got the truck for his paci. He told me to take the truck back and get his paci back. I laid with him as he cried "I want my paci", until he fell asleep! he hasn't had a problem sleeping since. I have to admit, it was hard for me to see him give it up. It meant he was growing up, and obviously I have a hard time with my babies growing up!
Speaking of babies growing up, Boston had his first T-ball practice Tuesday night. Ben is the coach, and he said he was doing well. Boston seems to be getting so much older, since he started school.
Wednesday
Ethan didn't have school, because his teacher was sick. So I tried running some errands. Since Sophia was only lasting an hour, it was hard to go anywhere.
Wednesday I spent my day trying to finish up a FHE kit I had to make as part of this group thing for church. I had the rameumptom. I had no idea what I was going to do, but it ended up working out. So I spent my day gluing different sized blocks, spray painting, laminating, etc. Oooohh, what fun...NOT! I'm always a sucker for those types of things. That night, after the kids went down, Ben let me take off for a few hours. I needed it! My Mom and I went to Kirkland's (I didn't buy anything this time), Target, and Micheal's. We then stopped at the new Chili's for dessert. The new Chili's is so different. They have changed the floor plan. It's much more open, but just weird for me since I used to open those restaurants. It just didn't seem like Chili's to me.
Thursday
Yesterday started off with Ethan crying that he didn't want to go to preschool; will this every stop? I then came home and was able to pick up the house before Sophia woke up from her hour nap. I can't really remember what I did with the middle of the day; but when I put Sophia down for her third nap for the day she slept for 3 hours!!!! I couldn't believe it. I wish I would have known, b/c I would have started a big project! After she woke up I had to take Ben to pick up one of his work trucks, so on the way back we stopped at Mixteca for dinner. Sophia stayed awake the whole time! When we got home, the neighbor kids came over to play. The all wanted to hold Sophia and she was still happy. By the time I bathed her, fed her and put her down, she had been up for 3 hours! Now that I wrote all this down, she will probably be a pill again. Ha!
Tomorrow they are putting in our wood floors, finally! So Ben and I won't have much of a date night, since we have to spend it breaking down his office. I hope this day goes much smoother than the rest of the week, where Sophia is concerned. Keep me (I guess her) in your prayers!