Liam's room

Over the last two weeks we have completely remodeled our guest room and created a nursery for Liam.  Decorating is still underway but I wanted to share some of the progress we've made so far!


This is what our guest room looked like before



Dad cutting in the new doorway



closing up the old doorway



framing the closet



closet and doorway, and room is painted



crib and dresser are in!



still working on decorating but we've got his name up!









My Adorable Emily

Emily has really been piling on the cuteness lately!! Last night she and Bailey were dancing around the living room, which was pretty cute in and of itself, but then she walked up to Will and said, "Daddy, would you be my prince?"  :)

Then she drew this picture of me:

I love that I am smiling AND my belly is smiling. I guess Liam is happy, too.

Cheeseburger confusion

We got lunch from Wendy's today, and Emily said she wanted a cheeseburger with nothing on it but ketchup.  She's only had a cheeseburger once before, and last time I ordered one for her I forgot to say "ketchup only." So, they put pickles and mustard on it and she was deeply offended.
So I ordered a plain cheeseburger with ketchup, and she wouldn't eat it because it had "three things on it! ketchup, cheese, and sausage!"

I said, "That's not sausage; that's the hamburger!"

She was expecting a slice of cheese with ketchup on a bun, apparently.

Love that kid!!

Green beans

Last night we put Emily to bed at 7:30.  She usually goes to bed between 7:00 and 8:00, depending on how late she slept that morning and whether or not she has school the next day.  So it was a perfectly reasonable bedtime for her. Well, an hour passed and all was quiet, so I assumed she was asleep.  That is, until we heard her bedroom door opening at 8:34pm.  I went over to check it out:

"Emily, why are you still awake?"

"That means I'm still hungry.  I didn't get everything I wanted at dinner.  And I want to have some green beans."

"Green beans?  I am not making green beans at 8:30 at night!  You had plenty of dinner!  You need to go to sleep!"

"But I wanted to have green beans with dinner!"

"Well, I'll make green beans tomorrow night, okay?  It's time for bed now."

Part of me wonders if I just should have given the kid green beans.  I mean, have you ever heard of a kid who asks for GREEN BEANS for dessert?  LOL!!

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we visited a pumpkin patch at a nearby church and let the girls pick some pumpkins to decorate.  They had a great time.  Emily was super excited about the "pumpkin faces" as she called them--wooden pumpkins with cutouts for you to stick your face in:

 

They loved looking at all of the pumpkins.  Emily was amazed at the different kinds of pumpkins--smooth and bumpy; orange, white, green!; tiny, medium, and "the hugest one I never seen!" Finally, we chose some pumpkins to bring home.

Bailey's big girl room

I've been meaning to post some pictures of Bailey's room.  She got a new paint job and a princess theme now that she's a BIG GIRL!!  She loves her room and so do I!

Emily's book

Last night Emily made a book and wrote "the beginning" and drew a picture of a man.  Then she scribbled a bunch of "words" on the opposite page.  So William says, "Who is that?"

And Emmy goes, "That's God." 

So Will says, "Is that what God looks like?" 
And she replies, "Well, he doesn't look like a octopus!" And then she "read" the book to me: "In the beginning God said LET THERE BE LIGHT FOR THE PLANET and there was light!" LOL!! :)