Well, so far we've made it just over two weeks. Granted, my Mom just left on Friday, so we've only been on our own 1 day, but we made it. :) My Mom was a huge help. She did all the laundry, which seriously NEVER ended, and to add to that, the washing machine broke down just about every 2 loads. Someone, who we won't mention (jk), gave us this idea to flush our water heater and since then Brian's had to take apart many pipes to unclog whatever came out. Anyway, she did all the meals, calmed the kids, got them breakfast and ready for school and lots more, so thanks Mom! You were amazing. My Dad came up for a few days here and there and fixed the doors, cleaned and helped with kids too. No wonder so many countries have multiple families living together. Makes running a house so much easier when you divide it all up! Mom and Dad even had the kids at their house for a couple of days which is my favorite. I love that little bit of one on one time with my babies. I don't get it for very long, but I love just waking up to them next to me and just watching them sleep. So peaceful. I also took the time to try and get a few pictures of me and Charlotte 'cause I knew it'd be a lot harder with the kids around. It was a lot harder than I thought 'cause I would take a picture, stand up, go look at it and adjust for where I needed to be or whatever, hence a few with my head cut off. But I'm pleased with the ones we got.
I thought maybe I was falling behind in taking pictures, but looks like I've taken 747 so far. I haven't weeded out yet though, so it'll be less than that at some point. The kids are really taking to Charlotte. Bella even went in my room yesterday and pulled her out of the bassinet. I heard Charlotte crying and yelled, "who has her?" 'cause Liz and Caroline were with me and I thought Bella went downstairs. I don't think she dropped her though 'cause she wasn't hurt crying and as soon as I picked her up, so I'm hopeful there was no permanent damage. They all love her though. I even caught Cooper trying to read her a book.
Brian has been crazy busy with all the repairs we've had popping up. The other night I was laying down with Cooper and I noticed a spot on the ceiling, so I called Bri in and had him turn on the light. I said, "is that a wet spot on the ceiling?" and he went to poke it to see and his finger went right through it. Yep... a leak from upstairs. We thought at first that it was from a time when I opened the tub before the water was below the door, but then I realized it wasn't in the right spot, so we realized it was from the toilet in the hall bathroom. Brian had taken the toilet up to tile the floor and when he put it back on he wasn't sure he got it back on the o-ring. So he went and bought a new one, saw it was the wrong size, went back out and got another one and then a few hours later realized it was the pipe leaking, not the toilet. Lots of wasted time there! Oh the fun of fixing up a house. So then yesterday he was working in the downstairs bathroom where we had the mold and he saw there was another leak in the laundry room from the sink. AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Bri said, " well, now I'm a plumber!". I think he's enjoying it for the most part and he says he likes learning all this stuff. I'd just rather spend the money on decorating than repairs! He's making our downstairs bathroom look awesome! I'll put up pics of the latests soon.
He's also done a lot with the garden...digging up his beds and trying to get rid of the raspberry and red currant roots. You should feel his arm muscles. GGGrrrrrrrrrrrrr! :)
We also picked our apples yesterday since it's supposed to snow tomorrow. Yuck! The kids, well, mostly Liz and Caroline, were great helpers.
Other than that, we're just moving along with life and are so happy to have Charlotte with us. So far she's been a great baby! We just had her 2 week appointment and all checked out well. She's 50% for weight (8 lb 2 oz) and 75% for height (21 in). Same as the others. So, here are a few pics of this sweet baby!
