Weekend Update

We've been quite busy lately. I feel like we're more busy and see each other less than we did when Joseph was IN school. Maybe he's just catching up on sleep. I don't know. I hope it works itself out.

Carly for one is really getting quite the personality. She can be so sweet and loveable or shy and kind of a snob. She will litterally turn her nose up at you and give you the cold shoulder if she doesn't know you and you try talking to her. It's funny but embarassing sometimes. She really is a sweetheart when she lets you get to know her. She's currently into books and will bring one to you while she climbs up into your lap and will snuggle for a good read. I love that. She is afraid of women, but not men. She is also afraid of all animals...including our friend's baby kitten. Ba ha ha, poor thing, but it's seriously so funny to see her try and climb up the kitchen cupboards or your leg when the little kitty comes up to her. Last week she was standing on a chair (where is this child's mother??) eating and the kitty jumped up onto the chair....Carly freaked and backed up, falling and smacking her face on the table and then on the granit tile....not so funny. She's following in her momma's footsteps and is obsessed with make-up, clothes, and underwear. I'm not even joking. You will always see her trying to put a sock on, a shoe on, shorts, wearing ella's panties like they are purses, walking out of my room with my panties rapped around her neck like a necklace or one of my personal favorites: walking around with a bra dangling from her back. I don't know how she did it but she came teeder totering out of our room with this bra on her rapped from one shoulder to the other.












Ella is as sweet as ever. She loves being a big sister and tries to "help" Carly all the time. She's always trying to make new friends and wants to dance and be a rock star. She's on the waiting list for dance class (yeah, momma didn't jump on the boat fast enough for that one.) and is signed up for summer movie camp at the local theater where she gets to see movies just for kids every Wed. So she's excited about that. She is still saying things that totally crack us up. The other day she said to her daddy, who had just woken up, "Daddy? Can you please have some gum? Yo bref sinks." and,(after I came home from the gym)"Um, mommy, I don't love your smell." Oh, Ella, thanks for being you. I'm pretty sure the word "like" isn't in her vocabulary. It's always, "I don't love these pants.", "I don't love it when you do that", "Do you love it??". She is really enjoying cartoons and I'm doing my best to think of things to keep her busy so she's not watching them. The heat is already in the high tripple digits out here so we've got to stay indoors most of the day. She loves to play board games, dolls, baby, play doh, swimming, water table, "school" and she just learned to write her name (well, like 2 weeks ago, but someone's been too lazy to write about our current family events till now.)







I've been trying to keep the house clean but I feel like I move one step forward and two steps back with the kids in the house all the time. I've been working hard to get to the gym 5-6 days a week which has been quite the feet. But I think I've got it down. Joseph sleeps till about 1 or 2 pm so I lay Carly down at about noon for nap and put on a movie for quiet time for Ella and go to the gym for an hour. Usually everyone is still sleeping by the time I get home but if I feel like staying longer then Joseph will wake up with Carly. I've also been "craft'n" lately. Yes, I said it. I know some of you ladies are crafty but those who know me know I've never really been like that. But some things look doable to me so I've tried them. Like:



wipe cases that match my diaper bag




The girl's Easter Dresses:






Made out of these(Thanks Swank for the heads up. They turned out pretty cute):




And Crystal, I've already bought a place mat to make a purse out of it but haven't found the time to get there yet so it's soon to come. If anyone wants to make any of these things I don't have the links b/c I'm computer illiterate and don't know how to set up the link. So you can just comment to me and I'll e-mail you the link. :)



Joseph is working hard. He's currently out of school and decided to take the break from school as opposed to going to school non-stop. (good call. We sure miss him!) He's doing great at his job right now and has really picked up on things and everyone seems to love him. He's only been there 6 months and is already up for a few different promotions. Nice job babe-a-lou! It's sure been fun to have him around but I can't decide if I'd rather have him right when he gets home from work and then spend the morning and afternoon with him or if I'd rather have him for after nap time and then to help me with dinner and bed time and then....alone time. Probably the latter. :)

We all are healthy and happy and are glad it's summer. We've got one summer vacation planned where we're hoping to see as many people as possible so we hope to accomplish that. In the mean time, if anyone wants to visit us out here in AZ feel free, we love to have our friends and family come see us.