3-26 Progress

View of the master bath and our bedroom behind that from 3/26...

 Our dining and living room now with wires.  Joe and my dad swept on Saturday, so it's now nice and clean:).  Joe also put our mailbox up on Saturday so we can receive mail there:).

 View  of the kids' bath...they were pretty excited to see their tub:).

Christ Is RISEN!

We had a great day celebrating Easter today!  We celebrated with my family today (although half of Joe's family was there also--his dad, mom and Rachael came since they didn't have any other plans) and will celebrate with Joe's family next Sunday. 

 

This was my first attempt at a pic of the kids right after church...

 Love her silly cheese face:)...

 Proof that I did get a picture of them all smiling, but it unfortunately turned out blurry:(...

 The best one (Greta was super tired and needing a nap)...

 Gavin during the hunt...

 The baby girls (yep, pretty sure I'll always refer to them as "the babies" :D)...

 Layla with her basket...

 Gibs happily hunting...

 Kassia and Tate were the official "egg hiders" :)...

 Looking at what they got in their eggs (Greta was napping and missed the whole hunt)...

Decorating

It's been fun having appointments with the interior decorator at Baumann Builders and picking out all the stuff for our new house.  The kids think it's fun too to see the samples:).  Can't wait to see it all come together when our house is done!   Hopefully I still like it all then:).

 Our color scheme...

Sick Little Sweetie

Greta woke up a little warm yesterday, but after having some Tylenol, cooled down, but still didn't seem to feel well.  She just wanted to sit by me, so I took advantage of it and just sat down with her because I know these moments don't happen often!  She rested her head in my hand and after a bit I realized that she was sleeping.  Of course I had to leave one hand available for my computer:).  Layla was more than willing to take this picture of Greta for me:).

 She woke up after a bit and sat up, so I gave her a blanket and she fell right back asleep on the blanket.  We ran errands last night and she seemed mellow, but okay.  Then, this morning she was a little grumpy and just wanted to cuddle with daddy while the rest of us went to church, but after lunch and a good night, she was pretty much back to herself tonight.  Hopefully that continues and hopefully she's fine tomorrow!
Love this sweet little sleeping face!!

Heating and Cooling

Early this past week they started the heating and cooling in our house and later in the week, started the plumbing.  We had our electrical walk through on Wednesday and the electrician should be coming in the next couple of days!  I also just met with the interior decorator on Friday to pick out all the flooring and countertops, so now we just have to finalize paint in a couple of weeks and then all of our selections are done!

Girls Night

Layla and I went to a ballet at the place where she takes dance class.  I thought it'd be good for her to see a performance so that she can get a feel for what her recital will be like and also thought it'd be a nice to have something for just the two of us to go to.  The ballet was The Sleeping Beauty and she loved it.  (I myself prefer something with a little more talking:D)  I'm still not sure if she'll take ballet again next year, but she does really seem to like it.  And she's excited for her recital and to get her costume:). 

It was fun having some alone time with my big girl!

Singing Debut

Gibs sang for the first time in church today!! Unfortunately, Joe couldn't come because he had to stay home with a sick Greta and I was there and sitting in the front row, but couldn't see Gibson at all!  Joyce and my dad came and Joyce took this picture for me because she could at least see the top of his head:).  I told the kids when they got home to try to get in the front next time they sing so that I can see them (without being too pushy of course). :)  I took video of part of it and they watched it when they got home and Gibs said he wanted to sing up there again so that he could be on the video.  Poor kid:(.  Layla was one of the first ones to walk up there, so that's how she got in the back row, then when I didn't see Gibs coming with her (normally they don't leave each others sides), I looked and saw he had lost a shoe.  I went to help him get it back on (he said someone stepped on it) and then when he went up there the teachers showed him where to stand in the front row, but I could see him looking all over for Layla.  He found her and then joined her in the backrow.  Hopefully they sing again some time before next Christmas (although I doubt they will:( ) and hopefully next time I can see him!  They did great though. Layla sang nice and did all the motions.  She's come a long ways since the first time she sang at VBS when she had just turned 3 and was so shy she just stood still up front.

 When they got home I told them to take a nice picture together, and in typical Gibson style, this is what I got...

I took a quick pic after church and this was the goofy look Gibs gave...always such a goof!

Stuck

Greta was in the bathroom this morning while Layla was going to the bathroom when I suddenly heard her crying and Layla telling me I needed to come help Greta.  I laughed when I saw her and of course grabbed my phone to take a picture:).  She was pretty well stuck in there! I had a hard time getting it off of her.  Gibs is done with this little potty now (thankfully), it is just still out in our bathroom for some reason (we need to bring it away to storage).

3-7 Progress

Shingles are all on!

Sunday Best

Today to church the kids wore their outfits that were their "holiday" outfits.  I never got a good picture at Christmas, so took one this morning before church.  This was the best I got.  Gibs LOVES ties and bow ties, so I figure that I should take full advantage of that now, while he thinks they're awesome:).

Roofing and Windows and Doors, Oh, my!

The windows and doors went in today and shingles are scheduled for Monday!  These last two weeks have gone by reallly quickly.  Hard to believe all they've accomplished in just two weeks!

 

The door on the side of our house comes into the landing on our stairs.  We figured it'd be handy, whether you're downstairs or on the main floor, to be able to go out that door.  With kids being in and out of the house all the time, we wanted lots of exits for them:).

Left side view (obviously:D)...

 With the framing crew being done today, that meant the Baumann trailer also left so we can now park in our garage:)...

 My littlle monkeys...(well, two of them, the poor third one was stuck in the car)

 Kitchen view looking towards front play room...

Yesterday they put or arches in...

 Gibs and Daddy looking at our covered porch which we plan on screening in so we can eat out there bug-free:)...

 I was going to take a picture of the back entry and without hesitation, Layla stopped to pose for the picture:).  This is looking out our side door and our garage is to the left, a half bath is behind Layla.

Girls

It's so sweet to watch these two girls play together.  It's nice that they have each other especially at times where the big kids play outside and they're stuck inside watching through the window...

 I hope they have this much fun throughout the years having tea parties together:)...

 Layla loves playing outside with the boys, but after awhile wants to come in to play with the "babies".  Greta and Harper love playing with their big couz/sis, Layla.