Fast Paced Life

Things have been so hectic around here that I don't even know where to begin. I sit here covered in paint and hoping for a little sense of normalcy to return to my life. First let me say that I found a blog through Nikki Spreen called
Bring the Rain. I hope you all will join my in praying for this beautiful family as they return from the hospital without their precious baby girl. It is such a story of faith and hope and love that I am weeping as I write this.

We had planned on having the house finished and on the market by the end of this month, but sadly that is not going to happen. We now are hoping for the beginning of May. Keep your fingers crossed on that one! But things are moving along slowly but surely. Will and I are finishing up with the kitchen this week and his dad is coming in again this weekend to do some more work on the master bath. I can't wait to have a functioning kitchen again!

I am preparing to leave my kiddos for the first time ever! I signed up to go on a woman's retreat next weekend. I really felt led to take some time for myself and to recover a little from the sleep deprivation and constant chaos of the kids and the renovations. I definitely need a little refilling and some time to focus on God as opposed to just making it through the day. If I do okay with leaving the kids and the kids do okay with me leaving Will and I are going to make plans to take a small vacation in August to have some time together without the kids. The last vacation we took without kids was our honeymoon 5 1/2 years ago! It is something to look forward to and we celebrate our 6 year anniversary this summer.

Some funny things the kids are doing lately:

Page - She loves doing chores around the house for money to buy lip gloss and she has really taken to the whole concept. Tuesday I was bringing the girls to school and Page asked me what I was going to do while she was at school. I told her I was going to do some painting in the kitchen. She told me that if I did a good job she would give me 2 pennies for doing my chores :)

Emma - I can't even remember what we were talking about when she said to me, with one hand on her hip and the other hand waving a finger at me, "just make up your mind!" I just about rolled on the floor I was laughing so hard. She gets more dramatic and sassy every day of her little life. She draws on something that she isn't supposed to every day and she just can't understand why I won't let her make things pretty.

Liam - Can I say fire ball! He is so loud and so energetic that I think he might explode sometimes. He chases balls around the house like a puppy dog and he bangs on anything in his reach, me included. He is trying to stand without holding on to anything and has done it a handful of times. He is cutting his top teeth right now and utterly miserable. His eating has finally slowed down a bit to every 2 hours alternating between food and bottles. He is starting to get pretty heavy carrying him around in the Bjorn.

I will post some pictures of the house and the kids when I can figure out where our pictures are being stored on the computer. They aren't where they are supposed to be and I can't figure out what is going on. Anway, pictures to come soon.