I think we are getting closer to laying tile in our bathroom!!! Charlie should finish the paint (remember — it’s going to be the same shad as a Tiffany jewelry box!!) tomorrow and we will head to home depot to buy our tile. We already picked it out and then heard something about EPI ratings?? So now we have to make sure if has a high enough rating so we don’t waste our time and money. We knew we were replacing the carpet (YES, carpet in our bathroom, yuck!) so we have NOT protected it. It’s actually kinda funny how bad it is. I will definitely have to take a picture of how messy we were.

My sister came by yesterday after taking her daughter to the eye doctor. I have to go the store today so I can get a ruler w/ mm measurements so I can make sure I ordered proper glasses for her from Zenni Optical (glasses starting at $8!!!). Awesome place to get your glasses.

I made a scrap page from WAY back in March….

No, I am not talking about this movie. That I want to see. It looks cute. Besides, after what Disney/Pixar did for THIS family, you have to see it at some point.

No, I am talking about Targets new store brand of diapers.(yeah, so I posted the link just in case you don’t want to take MY word for it) I bought them on a recent trip to target because they were new and had polka dots. Who doesn’t love polka dots?!!

Anyways, I don’t think there is anything else positive to say about them. Well, I guess my peanut didn’t “complain”. Well……… he ALWAYS fights daiper changes so how would I know?! LOL

• They were scratchy and stiff
• they ran small – I bought a 3 and they BARELY fit (Lucas is 14 months and 20.5 lbs.-just barely in a Pampers 3)

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I also finished my 3rd Jodi Picoult book (Nineteen minutes) last night. . .

i’ll have to talk about that another day. I will say I liked it better than the other two (harvesting the heart and My sister’s keeper):D

This weeks menu has been posted and I added another new page (foodroll) that will include recipes I find on varies blogs….

Yesterday started our pretty average, but around 2:45 that all changed. We were heading out for an appointment and the garage door would NOT open. Now, if you know me, you know this is BAD. It’s my only way out of the house (unless you count the back yard). I tried the garage door button AGAIN and still nada. Somehow, a string had been pulled and it thought it was already open — I don’t really know, something like that. Anyways, I called my darling husband because I was starting to panic. Who wants to be trapped in a house with kids and no way to get out (WE MUST MAKE RAMP ON FRONT DOOR PRIORITY!)??

Anyways, he called the neighbor (I need to get that number….) and he came and manually opened the door for me. We got in the van and headed to our appointment. This “delay” almost made me late but Charlie met us there to help me out so I could get in faster and then he headed home to fix whatever hte heck was wrong.

The rest of the day went mostly smooth.

Will is without video games right now and he keeps complaining about THAT….but he really needed the break from it.

Charlie had to work late so the boys and I had make shift dinner. I had La Madeline Tomato Basil. Oh. My. Goodness. This is my favorite soup ever. I am beyond thrilled that it comes in a jar from my local grocery store. The best part is that it tastes EXACTLY the same. The bad part is that I can eat the ENTIRE jar and it has about 64 grams of fat and 680 calories. But it is ssoooo worth it so who cares.

Lucas has chicken nuggets and spoonful after spoonful of avocado. Crazy kid. Will…well he had nuggets and yogurt. No avocado for him, lol.

I got BOTH boys to bed by 7:40. GO ME.

Just when Charlie was on his way home he discovered the clutch was broken in his loaner. It was after 10 so there was no way I could go out after him so he called josh. Two hours later and a little more drama and he was finally home.

I did get some reading in

I decided to not recap until today and now I am not sure I will even come close to remembering everything I waned to include in my update.

Thursday night around 8 my sister Cindy came into town. I have this note on the door that says, “Do NOT ring the door bell, baby sleeping”. I bet you know where this is going, right? LOL. Yup. She rang the bell. I asked her if she saw the note and she said she did, but just thought it was probably there all the time and was just for during the day………LOL. No silly, the doorbell will wake him at night too…and it did. He fussed for about 30 seconds so it wasn’t too bad.

Friday we just did some running around and hit up Ross and IKEA. I know I am going to be in the minority here but I REALLY do not like that store. It was only my second time and I thought I liked it the first time, but….Ikea is not for me. Everything is far too modern. Some of it is okay … but I think i am more of a traditional kind of girl when it comes to stuff for the house.

Will and Lucas liked the play area though.

We stayed up talking untiil about one in the morning…that was fun. I’d never done that before with this sister.

Saturday Charlie had to fix a flat (took it to tire store) before she could go home. (nail). Will was bummed to see her leave but we got ready and headed out to meet friends at Chuck E Cheese. Their safety practices really do work in case you were ever wondering. When we were leaving a girl about 9 was trying to leave with a teenager and their numbers didnt match but the girls parents had already left….I don’t know the whole story and they were eventually alowd to leave, but I could tell she had the girls parents on the phone and they had to find an employee that did indeed know the tewo were “together” earlier at a party. So there you have it. Chuck E Cheese will hold our kids hostage if someone tries to leave with them that “shouldn’t”.

Here is Will playing:

Sunday we just did stuff, and Charlie primed the bathroom so we should be able to paint soon. Sunday another sister (susan), her boys and our stepdad came into town and we all went out to eat. We went to Maudie’s. It is the BEST. Place. EVER. We just love it. There were 8 of us and the bill before tip was under $60. Granted my stepdad didnt eat and Lucas ate off my plate….BUT we did ordere an appetizer. The place just rocks. If you live in Austin you HAVE To go.

That’s it.

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Did you know it was supposedly in the new Transformers movie? I had no idea.

oooh and don’t forget to answer my question on my previous blog entry

Well we tried the miracle blanket last night and WoW . .. that thing is wonderful.

He was still fussy as we wrapped him and for a minute or two later….

but he filled up his tummy, DH wrapped him and then comforted him for a couple minutes… when he finally got quiet DH put him in the bassinet and he feel asleep about 5-10 minutes later and sleep a good 3 hours…..I actually had to pump to empty my BBs…. and then we started making noise to wake him up so he’d eat (dh gave him EBM)

Then he slept 4 hours, ate and then slept 3 or so…