Inspiration Friday

After hearing this week about Kim Kardashian filing for divorce after being married for a little more than 2 months, I was upset.  Not about them in particular breaking up, but about how some people look at marriage.  It seems as though a lot of people have the mentality "if it doesn't work out, we'll just get divorced."  I feel that people are treating a marriage too lightly - this should be a forever commitment not a until something better comes along commitment.


Let me say that my marriage is not perfect by any means.  We go through our own ups and downs but we always know that the other will be there for us.  We have our fights, sometimes too often but I know that I am the one who instigates the majority of them even when it may not have been my true intent.  (For those of you that know me, you know that I'm a sensitive person which doesn't help matters here!)

So for my inspiration going into this weekend, I wanted to make a list of the top 5 reasons I love my husband so much!

1. He has a vast sense of humor - this is so great because he smiles and laughs so much.  It makes me want to do so more too!
2. His knowledge about cars and sports- he may not be a mechanic or athlete, but his expertise in these areas can come in very useful (and be a little sexy at times too!)
3. How large his heart is - he may come across as a tough guy, but he can be so loving and caring (but it also means that he can be vulnerable and get hurt too).
4. He is a dreamer - this is good for me as sometimes I'm too grounded.  We balance each other well here!
5. He was smart and chose to love me with his whole heart and make a commitment to us and our family.

Love you!

Daddy with Owen:

Daddy with Quinnie:

Old and New

We have been in our house for a little over a month now. Still have some boxes that are needing to be unpacked. It is just hard to unpack boxes of stuff that you haven't needed in the last month...what do I really need out of those boxes? There are quite a few decorations to put out, but I don't want to do that until I know all the stuff I want in a particular room, you know?

O is talking more and more and surprises us with new words every day. Last night we finally got his snake toy out of the box and he knew it was a snake, and that it hisses. When did he learn that? The cutest was when I was eating a piece of oreo cheesecake. He was on my lap and we were all talking about our days. Daddy said that he had a long day. At the same time, O and I said "i'm sorry daddy." It was adorable.

We are hoping to start potty-training O soon. We bought some Diego pull-ups and he seems to be interested in wearing them soon. He likes to go into the bathroom and help me out, but if I try to put him on his potty chair, he gets upset and won't even sit! Don't know - I don't want to push him too soon, but he is 30 months old and is a big boy in so many other ways.

Tonight we are having a friend over for dinner for a change, that should be nice. I hope O is his sweet self while we have our guest. We'll see!

new things

After gma and gpa's visit, O has been having a tough time. On Thursday, once we got downstairs, it was "grandma" and then when we got home, it was "is grandma here?" On Sunday, when daddy was taking O outside to play, it was "papa?" He has also been very clingy when I drop him off at daycare, even today.

Our little family went out to Lowes yesterday to look at some things that we will need/want in the near future - a grill, lawnmower, a hose, decos, etc. Got to wait for this month's credit card bill to close first...still waiting on that tax refund to help us out some, ya know?

B got up a couple of blinds this weekend - the one in the master bathroom made me happy as I got to take my first soaker tub bath last night. This is definitely the first tub that has made me feel a little "smaller."

We watched a little comedy central last night - there was blue collar, ralphie may and larry the cable guy roast on. I haven't laughed like that in a long time!

Houses....again

We went house hunting in a different area last night. I liked the area a bit better - much quicker to the interstate, quite a bit less taxes (9.64 per 1000 vs 13.40) and nicer schools (from what I have heard anyway). Wasn't as blown away with as many houses though. There were 3 that we liked out there. Our realtor had us meet with some very reputable builders to show us a couple of the homes out there. She told them where we were looking to spend and one of the houses (the one we liked) was $20,000 above that. She thinks that means that they believe that they might go down on the price. Of the "lived-in" houses that we saw, there were two we liked, one more than the other. The one we really liked was priced decently (about where we would really like our max to be) has 4 bedrooms, finished basement, pretty kitchen with cherry cabinets, wood floors, an island, a pantry, but it has a really small breakfast area. Good thing it has a formal dining (and formal living) room. It is on a corner lot, but not the biggest backyard. The other one was more of an "ok" house, but ok enough to work. It also has 4 bedrooms, a big kitchen and breakfast area, but no finished basement.

We're going to look some more tomorrow, so hopefully Owen will lay down for an early nap. It will be the first time we have him with us while we are looking. His opinion matter though!!

Poor Daddy though-his only day off for awhile and we are looking at houses. But hey, at least we are getting out of the house!

I'll report again later.