I LOATHE January...

there, I said it, "loathe". Strong word, I know but it's the truth. For whatever reason, January brings me sickness. Last year I got some virus that lasted 4 months!!!! I was a mess!!! Well here it is, mid January and I've been stuck on the couch all day with a fever, stomachache and headache. It's NOT cool. Thankfully Max dotes on me by rubbing my hair and arm.... my grandma brought me some peppermint tea too... Chris on the other hand, I had to beg him for a drink at 3 pm! No offers for anything before that! He needs a smack when I am feeling up to it...

Stupid January.

A few more pictures

We made it over to the house during daylight hours yesterday and I got to snap a few pics of the interior.  My absolute favorite is the ceiling in the study... it has drywalled beams, painted the cream color of our trim and inside those beams we painted them a dark, dark brown.  I LOVE IT!  I tried to get a good angle but this was the best I could do...  (click each pic to make it larger... I accidentally added them in a small size)

ceiling in the study...

We also have all the tile work done, except for the walls of our shower... here a few of our tile choices throughout the house...

part of our bathroom, turned sideways.... weird.

our shower tile on the floor...

the master bath floor, close up.... my FAVE tile...

Max's bath tile...

My blog is screwed up...

just so everyone knows... I can't get my pretty background back and I don't have a "layout" button to change it anymore.  I'm  mad.  I got 4 hours of sleep.  It's not the best day ever (Max taught me that line.)

Max is hilarious, if I do say so myself...

First of all, his new year's resolution was to go bowling... he accomplished that goal on day 2 of the new year.  :)  It was interesting to me that he is left handed when writing or throwing, yet when he bowls he rolls it from his right side... he does swing a bat right handed though, so maybe that's why - it's kind of the same motion?  Anyway, Max scored a 79.  Not too shabby.  Thank goodness for bumpers! 

Also... and this is the fun part... two days ago Max went in his room here at Grandma's to take a nap.  We thought he was asleep but 20 minutes later he came out for a drink, then he came out for a potty break, then he came out to tell us something... you get the idea.  So turns out he didn't have a nap at all.  That night I went in his room to get his jammies to get him ready for bed and his bed was a sight to see!  He had every stuffed animal, blanket, magazine, etc. that he could find in that room lined up along the perimeter of the bed, tucked behind the headboard, piled in the middle and more... what in the world?  When I asked him about it, he said it was a party!!!  That is what he was doing instead of napping??

And yesterday I put a movie in for Max while I took a shower.  When I was done I came out to check on him... this is how I found him... lying on his back, feet crossed and touching the tv stand, licking on a big ol' sucker and watching Scooby Doo.   What a life!

Nice weather for painting...

My FAAAAAAAVE chair-to-be fabric

Max modeling in front of the floor model of the couch we ordered

The exterior painting of the house has been started; we've had temps in the 40's the last few days so they jumped on the chance to get this stage done.  We did just find out that our appliance delivery date has been moved to Feb. 10... yes... FEBRUARY!  Man.  They are more behind than we thought!  Anyway, here are a few pics from the weekend... the green color isn't as dark as I thought it would be and the trim isn't as light as I'd hoped, but it looks great nonetheless.  We also did some damage with the credit card at the furniture store this weekend... we bought a leather sectional for the great room and my very favorite thing is the new chair we are having made.  I took a pic of the fabric... I LOVE IT!!!  I don't know if those are leaves or acorns, but whatever... it's sooooooo cute!  

the front exterior paint...

Our Math Whiz

Chris and I had our first parent/teacher conference with Miss Heather this morning at Max's preschool.  It was scheduled for just 20 minutes and I wondered how in the world we would squeeze all our questions into one session, but at the 15 minute mark, we were already done.

Here's what it boils down to... Max is a math whiz and pretty much an overall genius.  Well... you know... kind of...

Miss Heather did sing his praises saying he is so well-behaved and very respectful to everyone in class.  She also said that there are a few kids that get in "trouble" daily and Max is smart enough to know not to associate with them; he knows who is good for him and who is not.  

She also bragged (er... I am bragging) that he is the most advanced in the class at putting patterns together, which she taught us is an early math skill, and she is very impressed.  He MUST get his math skills from his dad cause I got a C in Calculus in college... shhh!

We let her know that we (ok, I am) are becoming more and more bothered by the fact that Max prefers to play with girls and girly things.  She said he does choose girls in class too, mostly so he can love on them, but she will make more of an effort to have him associate with boys when she can.  She also made us aware of the fact that he is very good at sharing EXCEPT when it comes to the dress up clothes... if someone takes the veil off his head, she said "watch out".  Grrreeeeeaaaaaaaaat...

Anyway, it was very fun getting to sit down with Miss Heather today to hear about what a bright, fun, charming boy we have... what parent wouldn't love that report?

Happy 10th Anniversary to us!

Wow.  Either I got married young or I'm getting old... or both?  Ten years ago today, Chris and I tied the knot...  I can't believe it's been that long ago!  Time truly does fly.  

I reflected a bit on the last 10 years as I started making this post:  we've each had two different careers (well, 3 if you count parenting!), are working on building our third home, had a child, taken trips, and been healthy and happy... what a great start!  

I hope the next 10 years don't go by as quickly... and I wish them to be just as happy as the last 10 have been...

Happy Aluminum/Tin Anniversary to us!  :)