All I want for my birthday is.....

My KITCHEN finished! Josh and I started the kitchen remodel in September last year. August was pretty much filled with finishing this project. Good thing Josh has a little extra time on his hands. We finished staining the cabinets and had new granite installed on my 29th birthday! It looks awesome. The only bummer is that we stayed up until 12:30am the other night installing the sink/faucet since the plumbing was a bit off for the new sink. But it's all put together now. Thanks hubby for all your hard work. We will have a party to show it all off as soon as I finish painting the downstairs bathroom. I am so glad to enjoy cooking and baking in my kitchen once again!

My Baby Girl is now 2!

Yes, I know I'm a few months late. Sorry my little Otter-Pop. Glad you had a fun birthday though. We went to Chuck E Cheese with Grammy and Papa and aunt Shannon and then celebrated with the Proffit gang the following Sundayagain. Some of my favorite things about you are when you remind me to say "prayers" before every meal and at bedtime. I love how you request me to sing specific songs such as "popcorn", "cottage", "rock", "bunny" and I know exactly what one you want me to sing. You are a great communicator without saying much. This is a blessing and curse. You are a total charmer when you want to be. You make sure everyone knows you are there and are so friendly saying "hi" to everyone while batting your eyelashes. Your strong will and determination puts mine to shame at times. You are a lover and a fighter. Life would be so boring without you. Your daddy thinks you are awesome. You brother thinks you are fun and silly. Thanks for being a great playmate to him. I love you more and more every day. Thanks for reminding me that I need to be a stay-at-home mommy. xoxo

Late Summer Update

Wow, I am a bad blogger. A lot has happened over the past few months so I will try to be brief in trying to catch up. Josh was laid off from Dynasplint at the end of June....I know total bummer. However this has been quite the wake-up call to us and Josh has decided to go back to school to become a Physician Assistant. This job seems like it might be a bit more eceonomy proof and the job discription fits Josh PERFECTLY. It's a 2 year master program and he might even join the military to help pay for the schooling. We are still undecided on all the details but we at least have a goal of him becoming a PA as soon as possible. Anyways, we left for Wyoming a bit earlier than expected in July, enjoyed the 4th there. The 4th of July is the best in Wyoming since fireworks are legal. I swear each house was trying to "one up" the city's fireworks show. Max used to be terrified of fireworks but was lighting them off in the street with his uncles and cousins by the end of the night. It felt like being in a war zone. Josh and I managed to pull off another great Diamond X Triathlon. We almost had 50 participants!! After the Wyoming vacation with the Proffit family we headed with the Johnson family to Catalina. We had awesome weather, played games, and relaxed by the pool. Josh and I had fun playing with our new 2 seater kayak.
My 2 favorite stories from this summer are:

While in Wyoming, Max was asleep in the tent and at 2am he shouted out "I'm a cowboy" in his sleep. Josh and I were cracking up. The next week when Max was sailing over to Catalina Ryan asked Max when he could teach him how to surf. Max replied, "I'm not a surfer like you and Uncle Russ, I'm a Cowboy".

While preparing for the triathlon, Josh told ME to launch the seadoo by myself. I tried but didn't plug the drain in the bottom and flooded the engine minutes before the race started. Luckily we put it back on the trailer, got all the water out and then it started up again. What can I say, I'm a blond.