I dreamt that I gave birth to a sinister wooden puppet

... so I think it's funny that part of my "nesting,"getting ready to-do's, baby ready mayhem --- is to update my blog. By the way I'm being induced tomorrow (!!!) I've wanted to show our new home for a while... like a while a while, but i just haven't been able to get my house how I like it, and it's still not there but oh well, I just took some quick pics of the our home as is. So Living room: painted it a cream color (vintage white) and put new carpet in throughout the house. We plan on putting our free trim probably in the spring. Kitchen: boring ... I don't know how to decorate a kitchen, I'm not a knick-knack person. My curtains are cute, too bad there's such a heavy glare, oh well.Playroom: Painted blue Boys room: have the paint, but doesn't look like I'll get around to it :) -- considering I'm being induced tomorrow. Just think green. And I want to refinish the dresser. M. bedroom: we put new tile in the bathroom ... it had carpet when we moved in! Bleh! that was the first thing to go. And it's actually a lot bigger than it appears in this picture. (sidenote: do you see the bear on our bed? Sethy makes sure that it's there everyday. It's Jeff's when he was little and Seth absolutely insists! he is so cute.) Well, we're very happy to have moved. REALLY HAPPY, and here are some reasons why: New House vs "Weird" green-house -It has light switches -It has light fixtures -electrical wiring isn't off -more than one outlet in a room -pipes do not freeze -cabinets in the bathroom -We can open the windows -seal is not broken on windows -no mold -washer and dryer work -2 bathrooms -carpet -No wood paneling walls -dishwasher -garbage disposal -accessible driveway in the winter -roof does not leak -No dangerous stairs -No mice -And IT'S OURS. NO CRAZY LANDLADY! ... to be fair... I will miss our orchard that had a variety of apples, pears, and plums and 5 acres with no neighbors ... we rented that house for the space, and it was fun in the summer ... but JUST the summer. And finally "The Plan" -- we bought this manufactured home for 30,000 (really an amazing deal, our neighbors just bought theirs for ~65,000).. got 3,000 back because of the stipend, so really we got the house for 27,000. Jeff will be in school for 4-5 years, and if we pay off 5,000 a year and hopefully we can sell if for at least 40,000 with all the little updates, we'll use that as a down payment and start building our more-or-less permanent home. Whew, we'll see how everything pans out in 4-5 years :) _________________________ Moving on _____________________ I love my boys. Quick update on where they're at.

"Levi Rivers Ritter!" or "Little One" Are usually how I address him.

You really don't know how funny this kid is, he kind'of clams up in public, he observes everything! -- Seth is the same way too. He loves music, some songs he knows: "Baby Beluga,""Mr. Sun,""Baby of Mine," "ABC's,""Down by the Bay,""Twinkle Little Star,""Ba Ba Black Sheep," And really so many more. He makes a stage out of anything, he'll stand on our ottoman and just start belting out lyrics, with a pretend microphone. And of course he dances. He's learning the sounds of the alphabet ... I don't know how many he knows, he doesn't perform on command he'll start being silly (hmm... sound like anyone, JEFF?) but I know he knows the sounds of A,B,C,D -- I think he can recognize most of his letters, and he really likes to practice drawing letters on the chalk board -- especially the letter "L." He's always asking Jeff and I to make letters for him. I think he can count to 15? colors ... shapes knows the basics, loves creating boats and cars with legos. kids are amazing they absorb information like sponges.

Sethy, or Sethy-sweet

Ok, my other amazing kid. Really how did I get so lucky? He still likes building with legos, do you like the design of his airplane? He's really just so absorbed in learning letters and reading. He wants to learn so badly, -- I find him practicing his letters, making words with magnets, always wants to type an email to Daddy when he's at work (and yes, he knows where each letter is positioned on the keyboard (for the most part, if it's not instant he's aware of the location) and can type out really any three letter word) He's getting the concept of time and loves checking the clock for us, getting the concept of numbers ... that they just repeat themselves in sequences of 10. I love watching my children learn and grow and can't wait until I'm not pregnant so I can focus more on them!