House Pictures!

Slowly, but surely, we're getting our house together. Here's our bedroom! It's almost done. We ordered actual window treatments too instead of the redi-shade white paper blinds, but they aren't in yet. Other than that the room is complete. I LOVE IT!

Here's Maddox's CUTE monkey themed bathroom.
I had to take a picture of his rug too.
And here's our dining room table, FINALLY. No more eating on the floor. Actually we ate lunch on the floor today because I forgot about the table, but we're getting there.
Party at the Black Sheep Cafe! All of our work girls got together last Tuesday morning to enjoy breakfast and lunch there. It was a blast. I didn't have my camera, so I bummed these pics off of Anne's blog.
Here's Maddox being totally entertained by Kimberly.
He thought she was hilarious!
Maddox wearing my shades!
Hunter wearing my shades! He totally froze and acted like his arms no longer worked. It was so funny!

He finally moved and was able to take them off.

Music Together Class! Here's Maddox getting his stamp from Teacher Chris after class.
Cheese!
The boys playing piano after class.

They boys at Barnes and Noble playing in the kid area.

Well, that's about it for this week. I'm actually at work right now while everyone is moving the rest of our stuff out of Chuck & Jane's house. Then I'll have more pictures to show of our house.

HELLO!!!!

Finally, we're back in our house again! We settled back in Friday night and I picked up to work Saturday and Sunday day shift, so Corey & Maddox hung out a goofed around all weekend together. Apparently, Corey feels comfortable having him on the counter. Yikes!
Just eatin' an apple.
Okay, I think I need it cut up.Playing on the stairs with Cooper.
Maddox's Valentine's Day card from Auntie Jenna & Uncle Andy. He loved to read it like a book, but he didn't really know what to think about the money. The only money he's known so far is coins, so he looked at me kind of strange when I told him that was money. Too cute!

I'm still 1!
Maddox is becoming quite the little boy lately. He's now stringing 2-3 words together. My new favorite is, "Where are you?" He says it so cute and innocent. He also likes to say "brush teeth", "hold it", "I love you", "Bu-bye Daddy", and much more. They grow up so fast!

Maddox's big boy bed! Well, Maddox didn't really ever take to his crib (well we took more to co-sleeping). Anyhoo, when we were getting his bed set up at our new house we decided to make it his toddler bed. We just got the side rails from Chuck & Jane's so it's even safer, but we did tuck a rolled up blanket under the sheet along the one end. He's been sleeping in there for 1/2 the night now and for his naps. He does great in there, but I'm going through withdrawl. I can hardly fall asleep when he's in his room. I guess I'll get use to it. He can't sleep with me forever.
Alright, the hardwood is finally installed! Doesn't it look great? We absolutely love it and I guess the almost 2 weeks it took to install were finally worth it. Here's the bare dining room. The table & chairs will be delivered in the coming days.
Here's the entry way. To the right of the door is a tiny hallway with a closet at the end and a powder bathroom on the side.
Here's looking into the living room from the dining room. There is our lonely couch. That's really the only piece of furniture we have downstairs until we move everything from Chuck & Jane's.

Well, we're a little more settled in and I'm feeling a slightly more organized. I'm excited to share more pictures as we get our furniture for downstairs delivered. I will also take some pictures of our bedrooms, bathrooms, etc tomorrow, but I don't think Corey would appreciate me taking a picture of the bedroom right now.

Home Sweet Home?

Well, not quite yet. We just spend our 8th night at Grandma Michelle & Grandpa Rob's house while we're getting hardwood installed in the dining/living/entryway. They were suppose to start last Monday, but with the snow the wood didn't get delivered until Tuesday afternoon. They started Wednesday, but because of the delay they also started another job on Monday. Then we found out the flush-mount vents weren't in the order and wouldn't be done until possibly Monday. Let's just say we're going on day 9 at my parent's house and there are only 16 rows of wood installed! How frustrating! It's been relaxing here hanging out with the family, but we're ready to get back home and finish settling in, hang up pictures, and decorate! As soon as we're back, I promise I will get more pictures of the house up. To be continued...

We're Back!

Well, it's been a while. In the last month we've offically moved out of our tiny apartment and into our new big house! We ended up closing on the 19th of January instead of the 22nd which was great because we spent the whole weekend painting and cleaning.

Looking back at all of my pictures over the last month there were many silly ones of Maddox and the cats. Here's a nice series of Maddox playing/tormenting Cooper.
Cooper was out of there quite quickly!

Well, we've been getting away with using 3 different "blankies" for Maddox's comfort item, but he now only wants this one. Man, I have to find more fabric to make another one. There's already a hole in it and the corner is coming apart. Yikes! My blanky from when I was little is in shreds. I guess that's what I get for taking it with me to college. Hopefully Maddox won't use this one that long.
Rowan spent a lot of time with us the week or two before we closed because Angie & Kyle were working on their new house. Here he is snuggling with Maddox's baby in the sling.

Oh, and when I put Maddox down for a nap I have to ensure Rowan is safe. Most days he goes in the intellitainer, but this day he wanted to go in the car seat. Crazy kid!

Post-nap cuteness!

Snuggle!
Here's Maddox taking a seat on his cute little step stool we all painted for his birthday. I'll get this picture turned right-side up when I get home. Sorry.

Ketchup! Well, Corey has introduced Maddox to ketchup (aka "dip" as Maddox calls it). He now likes to dip his chicken, eggs, chicken dogs, turkey or pretty much whatever he's eating in it.

Moving Day! The 19th we were all packed up and ready to move right after closing. I wasn't going to spend another unnecessary minute in that apartment.
Grandma Jane came up to entertain Maddox while we worked. Here he is deep into a good book.
Doesn't he look so intelligent and interested?

Our new house! Here's a shot of our messy kitchen/dining room.
Look at all that counter and cupboard space!

Painting! Saturday morning we got help from Corey's family and painted the kitchen and put up light fixtures. We painted the kitchen a minty sage color. The picture doesn't really show the color well.Amy and Hunter came over to visit too. Hunter's concentrating on picking up cheerios in this picture, but Maddox keeps getting to them first.
Sunday - more painting! We painted the living room and entryway a light mocha color. It's so warm and cozy. Grandma Jane came over to help paint and hang out with Maddox again.
He asked for a bath after dinner, so Grandma was on duty. Thanks Grandma Jane!

Corey took a week and a half off, so Monday I was at it again painting the master bathroom.
Spaghetti dinner on the floor. We're having our hardwood installed on Monday, so we've been eating on the floor in the kitchen until we can get our furniture delivered. Maddox is the only one that gets a seat.

NOODLES! Maddox's new favorite food. And he's getting really good with his fork and spoon.
Slurping in some noodles.

Here he is clapping because he's doing such a good job.
Here's Maddox doing his favorite thing - calling Bumpa Rob. He now takes the phone and chats away. He even said, "I love you" the other day. His vocabulary is getting to be huge. He's now tying words together. What a little wiz, eh?
Homemade chocolate chip cookies! I love baking in my new house! And Maddox loves to eat all the goodies. He calls chocolate chips "chipa chipa chipa".

Oh, and an update on potty training. Maddox asks to go pretty much every day. I usually try to offer when he gets up for the day, before and after naps, and before bed. The other day he only had 3 wet diapers and went on the potty chair 5 times! Here's a shot of him at work. He likes to watch the stream flow. So funny.
When he's done he says, "All done!"Hanging the TV! This was Corey's project later in the week. We're getting things done one at a time.

Helping with the laundry. Yes, we stayed at my parent's again for the alumni tournaments in Cannon Falls. Corey's team took 1st again. That's 4 years in a row! Way to go 1997!

Here's Maddox and Hunter rolling around naked at my parent's house the other night when we had a meeting to plan our fundraisers. Aren't they cute!

All is well with our family lately. We're just working on unpacking and settling in. Maddox is terrific and changing every day. He's such a little busy body and constantly learning new things. He's still obsessed with Elmo, loves to eat, loves to nurse more, and just loves his mommy and daddy. He started calling me mommy now instead of mama, which is just so cute. Sometimes I can't believe how much he's talking. People keep asking me if he's almost 2! I guess I don't realize how much he can say until we're out and about and people say something to us.

Now that we're a little more settled I'll try to update more frequently. Oh, and we still have to move all of our stuff out of Corey's parent's house, so if anyone's interested in lifting lots of stuff let us know!