Monday, May 5, 2008

Cute Kendall ... bedtime

We have a routine at night with Kendall. This was the first time John had him on the floor and had Kendall walk it by himself. They were in Kerst’s room for the story. John asked Kendall if he needed a drink. Kendall got off the bed and ran to our bathroom (hands raised signing milk…his word for any fluid to drink). He got a drink and John asked him if he was ready for “night night”. He nodded yes!!!! Wow!!! Kendall then walked from our master bathroom into the closet to go to bed (sadly, where his crib is currently…Kerst’s room isn’t large enough for the furniture and Kendall’s crib)! Wow! We were proud of him!

He has also started nodding yes a few days ago! It is slow and deliberate…like he is thinking if he should nod up and down for the answer. He did nod yes months ago before he learned no. Once he learned to nod no, no was all he would nod. It was fun to ask him goofy questions (like do you want a million dollars, do you want some cake) and see him nod no. Now he can nod yes and no and answer the question!

Sold more stuff...

We sold everything except for 2 things on Craig's List (cots for little kids...we used them at the reunion, and an old end table with 2 broken legs)!!!! I even sold the sun room furniture!!! The new owner was SO excited! She was even more excited to see them in person. They were more sturdy than the other sets she had looked at...and it terrific shape! She used her birthday money to purchase them. I am going to miss the sun room and the furniture, but so glad everything is moving out of our house! Yippee!!!

(Update...we sold the cots too!)

Saturday, May 3, 2008

Gotta love Craig's List!

We had our garage sale today. I decided to post 13 things on Craig's list we were selling in our garage sale (our appliances too). In less than 4 hours we sold 8 out of the 13 items! We sold all of our old appliances...yippee!

Still looking for a home for the sunroom furniture...

Friday, May 2, 2008

Kendall finally communicated for real!

Kendall will respond to your questions by pointing, making animal noises, or getting something (where's mommy, where's your nose, go get....etc...)

Last night he came up to me and said "diepuh diepuh diepuh diepuh" and grabbed the bottom of his bum. He was stinky and wanted to be changed!!! I couldn't believe it!

He let me know and then ran off. Silly kid! He hates getting his diaper changed.

Friday, April 25, 2008

He FINALLY said it!!!!

Kendall FINALLY said Mom on Wednesday!!!! I couldn't believe my ears! He has called me dada forever. When you ask him to point to dada, he points to John. When you ask him to point to mama, he points to me.

He doesn't say mama....he says Mom. I look forward to hearing him call for me...let's see if it sticks!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Christmas in CO

Yep. Christmas in CO. I unpacked 20+ boxes of Christmas on Saturday and threatened to set it up (hey, we had snow on Tuesday so WHY NOT?!?)

Unfortunately the movers broke my FAVORITE tree...the one we bought when Julia was a baby. They don't make trees like that anymore. It has a real trunk and nice gaps in between the boughs so I can really load it up with ornaments. That is the tree I use to hang my wood ornaments. We might try to resurrect it for one more year...the on the hunt for a deal for a new one.

Friday, April 4, 2008

John's deals...John's busy

John came across a floor model clearance at a store for appliances!

We are doing a built in 48" stainless steel fridge (flush with the counter) and a stainless steel double oven. He's good at finding those deals...

Now to finish up the kitchen design...

So much to do...John is trying to finish Julia's trim in her room (built in bookcases too) and install the closet door before the carpet arrives on Monday. Yahoo! Her room will finally be done and she will get to move in rather than live among the boxes in the basement.

So far the book cases are looking nice. John has to make sure they are level and square (those tools will be your best friend). John didn't do the framing of the room and some nooks and crannies aren't as square as he would have made them if he did it himself (he is very picky and would still be working on framing the room rather than it being ready for carpet like it is now!). You don't notice the imperfections until you are trying to do something exact like built in bookcases. I guess that is why they make shims and trim.