8 months and more house progress!

Oh how time flies...( do I say that alot ? :) ) Jett turned 8 months - and is crawling! Did I actually write that? With the other boys, I was soo excited by each new milestone...but not with Jett. I just want to freeze time. Hes the bestest baby and I love love him and every stage. Hes babbling tons, eating more variety finger foods, hes loosing interest in his afternoon nap( ALREADY?!) and unsure how long that will go on. Hes difficult to get down to sleep these days...and honestly hes in a terrible habit of wanting his back rubed until he does fall asleep. And believe me depending on the night this can last 30 minutes or more. Its Jonathans fault! hehe. He loves spoiling our little one but its created some bad sleep habits. We are planning on our Canada trip still in a few weeks and we are itching to get outta here! The other night we got tickets to the SL REAL game. Oh boy...soccer fans are crazy...and we had the BEST time. Or I did!! I would take the boys again it was quite the treat. Jonathan has been busy as usual with the house. Its a lot of time, which is scarce to finish up and or start new projects but one more project down! The boys bath took a long time as the details and plumbing issues but Im thrilled with the end result. I really had fun picking out the finishes and details, and Im trying to keep consistency in the home as we remodel. I have stuck with the subway tile for the bathrooms intentionally but wanted to break it up with the penny round. For the master bath that is the next project, we will continue with the subway tile but with a few twists...Im excited to see how things end up. I really am happy with the way the house is coming along. Its been a long road. Its a home that has a footprint I cant change, and issues that I have with things that wont ever be different, but when I walk into rooms now there are less and less things I dislike. I find myself happy when I am home and enjoy being there now. I see how much work and investment Jonathan has made in making our home a place we can enjoy at the expense of his own personal time and its made me love him all the more. He constantly is learning new things and I hope that its a labor of love.

House progress and Jett is 7 months

2 teeth have made their debut - and boy is jett getting use out of them.  chomping on just about anything he can...
some strange sickness hit our house...the parentals have been down and out for about 2 weeks.  between bouts of migraines, and head colds, a case of vertigo, its been a fun ride!  colby has spent the week tiling our main living area and up next the boys bathroom.  while I love the look, its construction zone for a while again!~

 out-takes of me trying to get pictures of the kids when Noel was here....BLAH...nothing worked :(

...And that look on Noels face! lol!

 The after ripped out pergo floor with hardiback laid....and the tile once installed.  Still need to grout and redo the entire main floor trim.  FUN times for Jonathan!  But its such a nice improvement...while I cant re-carpet the house yet...this is a step in the right direction!

Far too long

Well goodness Im terrible at this blogging thing. Blame it on everyone that has an Iphone and taking pictures but never sending them my way. So I have to rely on facebook these days. We have been busy- who isnt? We have done a significant amount of backyard planting...and love seeing progress. Basement is 99% done! SO happy about that. Details are just left. Finishing up the closets, getting the lights installed....but its functional...and we are using it for the most part. Noel came out for a long weekend. Not nearly enough time honestly. We love having her whenever- but it was a quick trip....we miss her so much. Jonathan had a birthday...37!!!!! the picture below is when he was way deep into his martial arts practice....a fun find. ;)Im not sure really what to say. Our lives are so hectic...the house is in the middle of demo ( we are redoing the pergo floors on the main level and redoing the boys bathroom. Then next on the list is the master bath. We have so many projects going on...its exhausting. However we are close to completing the main items on the list from when we moved in the home 2 years ago. We have a long way to go still- window treatments, replace all the doors, finish the backyard details, eventual full remodel of the kitchen( the lipstick on a pig thing will last a few more years) new carpet. So all in good time but once the main floors, and the bathrooms are done we can do things as time progresses. Work is a big challenge for Jonathan. Its a roller coaster of sorts- and not in a good way. Its been a significant issue for us and we are hoping that things will someday mellow out. Grad school is still plugging along. 3 more classes and his international trip and hes done! so hopefully by December it will be over and next up the student loans yipee! ;) Summer plans? Well other than our trip to canada we are staying around. we are so looking forward to the time off we can hardly stand it! Crossing fingers the weather will be divine. Jett is the cutest thing on the planet these days. Happy, healthy. He is a joy to us. Seriously I cannot express the amount of love I have for all my boys, but Im just so thrilled that our last child is a happy one. We just cuddle and kiss him non-stop and Im in heaven everyday being his mom. While not doing anything specific...hes eating solids, sitting up for the most part...hes just hanging around getting fatter by the day and watching his big brothers run around him. I guess thats it! The update for the last month. Hopefully Ill be doing better regarding updates here....Im still interested in capturing our day to day here and posting pictures so family- send them my way!!! xo

GOINGS ON...

Things are busy as expected with 3 kids, but with soccer coming to a close and school almost out...the lazy days of summer will begin. Jonathans been traveling a lot to SF and its been a lot of work finishing our basement. The final touches are being done and yippeeeeee- another project crossed off the list. The boys in all- are doing great. Tristan will be finishing up his preschool year and taking summer preschool...Jett is rolling around all over the place, starting to eat solids but much prefering his bottle and becoming quite the chunk. Elijiah is back into scouting for the summer, and maintaining his straight A's. We are starting a new chore chart process and I got it from the "Entitlement Trap" book which is excellent so Im hopefull that we can actually have him be motivated to do them, and be more consistant around here. We had a bit of a meltdown of great porportions with regards to computer time which was a pretty big deal and its been a concern of mine what we are going to do with preteens and teenagers and technology. Its a fact I cant get it out of the house...but I sure want better limits on use. Excited for the warmer weather and upcoming events/projects-a few weeks ago I got a really hankering to move again. When Im not happy with a house I tend to just move on...literally. This house has been a pain for us, and taking up way to much financial resources, however I mellowed out and decided moving wasnt in our best interest...we will continue to fix it up and when Elijiah moves out determine our next move. Id like to build- so we are putting that on our 10 year plan.