Time Flies

Has it seriously been 2 months since I've blogged? How did that happen?! Where does the time go. I don't mean to be a slacker but it seems to come naturally anyhow. I suppose it has something to do with having two little people. By the time I get actual free time, I'm too tired to be creative. And don't get me started on how many pictures need to be downloaded off my camera and uploaded onto our computer and eventually this blog. Yikes. I am working today and am lucky enough to be in the "Study Room" where students have to be quiet and do their homework, which leaves me with 6.5 hours in which to surf the net. How happy am I? It's like a paid break! So, here's a recap of what I can recall over the last 2 months and what we've been up to,

I am very, VERY happy to report that we are no longer living in a house with white, vinyl flooring and stained, white carpeting. We finally bit the bullet and ordered new carpeting and hardwood floors. OMGILOVETHEMSOMUCH! My super-duper handyman of a husband spent 4 days installing the hardwood (because hiring someone doubles the price and why pay someone when husband is capable!). I'm fairly certain that A) he had no idea what he signed on for and B) he'll never do it again, but they are beautiful and he did a fantastic job. One of these days I will upload pics of our actual house, but for now here is what we went with.

And, the best part is? We actually went a full 3 weeks without one scratch. That is, until Miss Eva got a hold of the meat tenderizer and tenderized a few wood planks. Good thing for her that mom over measured by 100 sq. ft. and we have lots of extra wood laying around. Math never was my strong point.

In other April news, the kids, grandma and I spent 4 days in Colorado visiting "Unca Byan" and checking out the house in Castle Rock. Unfortunately, I was sick during the entire vacation so not too much fun was had but I still managed to get out and spend some time catching up with friends. I didn't get nearly enough time with everyone, nor did I get a chance to get outside and enjoy the scenery. Hopefully I'll make it back this summer.

And of course I got up early to watch the royal wedding on the 29th. Would I miss it? Please. I am obsessed with the royal family, so not for the world would I even dream about catching the replays later in the day. I spent the night at my parents house and my mom and I had 3 am mimosas, croissants and cakes. I even busted out my wedding tiara for the occasion. I am now obsessed with Kate Middleton. In fact, this is my new favorite website. And I would give anything to have these shoes that she wore but sadly, they are all sold out and I can't bring myself to spend nearly $300 on shoes anyway.

May has been somewhat uneventful. Our weather here in Minneapolis has sucked and I think it's safe to say we got almost no springtime. Most weekends have been rainy. However, the few nice days that we had were spent in the yard. I've been weeding the garden and Thomas planted a veggie garden. I'll try and get some pictures. I've got all sorts of unidentified plants and my new "favorite" game is "weed or not a weed?"

Declan finished up his first year of preschool. I can't believe the difference 9 months makes. He's matured so much. One more year and then it will be off to kindergarten :( I am happy to report that he is FINALLY done with the pacifier. Daddy took him to visit his grandparents in Illinois and told him he wasn't allowed to bring it and if he did then Grandpa Kevin wouldn't let him on the tractor. That was the end of the paci. This was a MAJOR, MAJOR step for Declan.

Eva is FINALLY learning to talk. She doesn't say much but she manages to get her point across ;) So far, her words consist of:

Mommy
Daddy
Puppy
Owww (this means cat. As in "the kitty cat says owwww")
Guck (Evanese for duck)
Mal (Evanese for milk)
Nonni (either banana or her bunny. It's sort of a dual use word for her)
Cookie (this means she's hungry and you'd better produce a graham cracker/pretzel/gold fish/cheerio or cookie STAT!)
Boppa (that's grandpa)
taintu (thank you)
shooo (shoe)
Dee Dee (her blankie)

Eva is our little firecracker without a doubt. Eva wants what Eva wants and will screech until she get's her way. She also climbs onto EVERYTHING and get's into EVERYTHING. Half my life is consumed by cleaning up after Eva. She's lucky she's so darn cute.

We celebrated our 6th anniversary last Friday evening with dinner at Fogo De Chao. We had made the decision to try and NOT spend a small fortune on dinner and figured that since FGC was part buffet this would fit the bill. Boy...we couldn't have been more wrong and we ended up blowing twice the budget. Oops. Afterwards, we headed to the Acme Comedy Club. All in all, it was a great night. I can't believe it's been 6 years since we got married. How time flies.

So, that's a run down of what I've been up to.