I know if I don't write about it now I probably won't. Cody has been working so hard on getting the house ready for us to move in. We tore up all the carpet upstairs, so in the living room, hallway, 3 bedrooms, and office. We tore up the laminent in the kitchen and the dining room had carpet so that got taken up as well. Originally we were going to put tile in the entry way and not even mess with the kitchen quite yet. Looking into tile we realized that it would be a lot cheaper to do laminate hardwood floor and keep the rock in the immediate doorway. We had been discussing how it would work with replacing the carpet and having it all blend together when we eventually put in new kitchen floor. We changed plans and found out we could put flooring in the entry, kitchen and dining for about the same as tile only in the entry. 

We have been painting like crazy today and thought it was going to take all weekend. Cody's family came to te rescue! His mom watched the girls all day so that I could be there helping him. His dad and brother also came over all day to help paint and the entire upstairs is just about finished. We didn't think we would even get half way done today. 

The bathroom ended up being a lot bigger project than either of us anticipated. We thought changing the shower behind the door into a closet and putting a shower head in the tub would be a lot easier but it's taken a lot. Cody's brother came up last week and helped a lot and Cody laid the last of the tile on the floor at 2:30 am the other night. 

It's been a long and rough process but it will be so worth it in the end! We can't wait to have it finished and be moved in. 

I forgot to mention... Everything in the house was originally PINk!!!!! I mean everything! 

The hall without the cabinet doors

Almost finished bathroom! 

Living room looking towards the door 

Living room from the front closet 

Ellie "riding a horse" 

Dining room and kitchen 

Right after Cody ripped out the shower, it was at least 2 inches of cement on the bottom! 

This week we took away Ellie's pacifier for good. Cody was gone over night on Monday and that was the day I did it, big mistake on my part. It was a very long day and an even longer night. We've noticed that its been effecting her teeth lately and she just constantly wanted it. I was tired if her crying for it constantly (she was only allowed to have it for naps and bed time). She was screaming for a while so I finally made a slit in the tip and gave it back to her. She was sad and just kept saying its broke. The only nap she got that day was in the morning on the couch while watching a movie. That night she went to bed ok, I waited until she was really tired and put her in bed but she woke up screaming at midnight. We played musical beds with the two girls. Ellie was in my bed but would randomly wake up and scream that it was broken. That woke katelyn up and eventually she was wide awake and would smile everytime I tucked her back in, I threw her in Ellie's bed but Ellie didn't like that and it only brought on more screams from Ellie. I was so glad when it was finally morning. 

Without the pacifier that means no naps. At all. It's been a long week without naps. I've been turning on a movie in the afternoon for Ellie to have some quiet time and she has fallen asleep a few times. I even tried letting her take a nap in her tent but she just thought that was way too much fun to sleep. 

I was really worried about how night time would be. The first couple nights were hard just because she has always been really good about going in her room and going straight to sleep. But the past two nights she has done just that and its nice to feel like we are back to normal. 

And since I've update about our eventful week with Ellie, katelyn has a new trick up her sleeve. She is now rolling over! And she has learned how I scream, no doubt from hearing her sister do it so much. 

Cody has been working a lot on the house. We are hoping to be in before Christmas, that's my goal at least but he's doing most of the work by himself so it takes a little bit longer than anticipated. The girls are happy that it is Sunday so that they get to see their dad for a whole day and not just a quick hello or goodnight. 

I hate waiting. Absolutely hate it! And I have little patience for waiting which is probably why I’ve been forced to do so much of it lately. It feels like the past month has been spent waiting.

Waiting for the opportunity to buy a house. Waiting for the  government to open back up so we can buy a house. Waiting to close on a house. But we got the house! Now its waiting to get it all put together so we can move in. Waiting for Cody to have time to work on it. Waiting for Katelyn to get sleepy so we can go help. Waiting…

Waiting for a few hours at Lowes. At least we enjoyed looking at the Christmas decorations for a few minutes to help entertain us.


Sunday Ellie was sick and had a high fever. We spent the entire day waiting for her fever to go down and for her to start acting normal again. Thank heavens it only lasted one day, I was getting tired of the same disney movies over and over.



I've been waiting for Katelyn to roll over. She is almost there but not quite.



We've been trying to patiently wait for the November birthdays and Christmas. I am extremely excited for Christmas because I ordered some black boots but I have to wait... I've already finished shopping for the girl's and can't wait to see how excited Ellie will be.




A few other things that I've been waiting for are... to see progress of working hard to get this baby weight off, to get Katelyn moved out of our room and in with Ellie, to see family around the holidays, for Ellenor to start talking more. It seems like I keep waiting for the day when I can actually finish a to do list and not have only half the things I should get done crossed off. But despite waiting, we are trying to enjoy each day and make the most of it.