In the buff...

I couldn't resist putting this up. Tonight after Bo's bath I was actually on the phone with my mom. Bo started to get restless and wanted out of my arms. This was all before I had a chance to get him dressed or even a diaper on him. Luckily we didn't have any accidents :) He just played away in his room, reading his books. I couldn't help but to run get the camera.

just doing a little reading before bed

is that not the cutest bum you've ever seen?

Still poses for the camera...naked and all!

Just being Bo

We had a great time having daddy home Thursday & Friday night. Bo was so excited to see daddy!! There were a few times Jarrod would hand Bo to me and he'd start crying...not exactly sure how to take that, but just shows how much he loves his daddy.

Bo has been busy trying to find ways to entertain himself. Thursday he was playing with the trucks in the kitchen (they go much better on the hard floor). I was in the family room and all the sudden I see this long white roll of something come my way. Bo had gotten into the cabinet under the sink, I know I'm a terrible mom for not watching him better. Since we have the house on the market there really isn't a point in child proofing the cabinets so we just watch him carefully (most of the time). He loves to unroll the toilet paper in the bathroom and now apparently paper towels. I let him have him fun, until I realized that was our last roll. I rolled up what I could and then folded the rest.

He had a blast!

Even Maddie got in on the fun.

The next thing he discovered was mommy's hiding spot for his toys. Most of his toys we have packed up, but I have been keeping some small ones in the ottoman and giving him one at a time. How much fun is that for a little boy? Like all little ones his age he loves to pull EVERYTHING out at once and then go off to another activity. Well I got caught putting up a toy and next thing I know there's a little man lifting up the top to the ottoman. His face just screamed "JACKPOT...Found my toys!!!!".

"Hmmm what do we have here?"

"So THIS is where you've been keeping my toys!"

"It's much easier to get to everything if you just climb inside"

We miss daddy very much and are already ready for him to come home. He did get to see Bo take a few steps which was very exciting. Looks like we might have a walker soon!

Party Time!

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Learning to entertain himself...

So I've been a little neurotic lately about the house. Since it has to be "show ready" within a matter of minutes I've been trying my absolute best to keep it clean. I literally had a lady call on Monday wanting to show it right then!! Bo was napping so I asked for 15 minutes to wake him up and get us out of the house (not to mention I have a dog to get out as well). Apparently she couldn't wait that long so we lost that visit. At night I do my best to have everything ready so all I have to do in the morning is get up and make our bed. It's very hard trying to do all of this with Jarrod out of town, a dog, and a toddler who keeps looking at me like "Mom, why are you letting me have only one toy to play with?" (and a small toy at that...one I can throw in the ottoman if I have to). So the other day I walked into the kitchen and little man had found some other "toys" so I let him have his fun! I've had to clear the counter tops so my utensils are now at his level. At least he's learning to entertain himself!!

trying to get into the pantry...guess he needed some ingredients

Bo's First Brithday Party

This past Saturday we celebrated bo's 1st Birthday with all of our friends here in Austin. It was a monkey theme party and we definitely had a house full of cute, adorable little monkeys!! The party started at 3:00pm and the last guest didn't leave until 10:30 so I guess you can say it was a success. Not sure who had more fun the kiddos or the parents. We will miss our friends so very much. Thank you for celebrating this exciting milestone!

Happy 1st Birthday!

My sweet, precious, baby. I simply cannot believe that you are a year old today. I think back to this very moment a year ago and remember daddy bringing you to me in recovery. You have brought so much love and joy to your father and I. You are our world!! I never knew I could ever love something as much as I love you, and every day I fall more and more in love with you! Thank you for being you and for being the most precious thing that has ever come into my life.

Happy 1st Birthday Angel. We love you!!!

Ready, Set, Stage

So the "staging" process has begun. The stager which our realtor hired came by yesterday and honestly it went much better than I thought it would. Guess we keep a pretty neat and clean house after all. She had a lot of good advice and then there were some things we nicely just nodded our heads and smiled.

Today we spent most of the day rearraning furniture, we had our kitchen painted a "neutral" color, we did minor things like touch up paint on all the walls, and we finally painted the horrible blood red wall in the master bedroom that we inherited from the previous owners. We also hung new hardware in the master bath and a few days ago I planted new flowers in our flower bed out front and on the back patio. I'll be honest our house is very bland now and it definitely doesn't feel like our home anymore, which makes me very sad. Not a lot of decorations, all of our personal pictures are down, boring colors, etc... However, I know in the end it will pay off once we are able to sell it.

Tomorrow Michelle is going to bring RJ over for a playdate with Bo. She is going to watch him for us so we can finish moving things to our storage unit. At this point most of the big things are done. We still have some things to move inside and smaller "decorative" touches to do. Saturday we are focusing on cleaning the inside and outside, including windows. Doesn't this just sound like so much fun?? Jarrod leaves Sunday afternoon to start his new job. I can't believe it's time for all of this to really happen.

We'll keep everyone posted as much as we can.