rearranging

we've been doing some rearranging around here and now everyone is "fitting" much better. above is our living room during the process. not pretty. not pretty at all.

this is the guest room during the process. it's a big room and we figured it could be put to better use with three boys in there instead of guests randomly coming to visit.
this is the guest room after. the three oldest now sleep here. when i say "sleep," what i really mean is "play loudly until they fall asleep in sheer exhaustion."

here is one of the other bedrooms before. cribs take up so much space. i don't have pics yet of the third bedroom, but i can do those for yah if you really can't handle not knowing.

we changed the room into the guest room. now every room has a purpose and isn't a hodge-podge with cribs to the ceiling. yay! hard work pays off. we have an open house on sunday. we'll see how that goes!

the saga continues

no adoption in july

it's ok

don't cry about it

that won't do me any good ;)

our poor family tree.

alright here's the skinny on the "adoption that never was" --maybe that's a bit overdramatic... it's just postponed.

the baby, who has nothing to do with the adoption of elijah, hit his head. he fell. babies do this. -on occasion. fell and hit his head on the floor. shocked yet? nope? exactly.

but because he had a big ol' fat bruise on his forehead, i had to let CPS know, who in turn, had to let licensing know.

and then there's this thing called an investigation
it's exactly what it sounds like. and turns out, you can't adopt a kid while there's an open investigation on your home.

SO...we have to postpone it.
and that's ok. because if this was easy, everybody would be doing it. and we like to be the popular kids who try new things ;)

the end

hopelessly generic

as we have previously established, i am apparently trendy. even though i don't really enjoy trendiness. and lately i have been looking at our suburban life and thinking, "wow. i feel a little generic." this all came about when i was daydreaming about our future home. our house is for sale and i am ready for something different.

we live in suburban san antonio. in a subdivision. need i say more?

there are lots of homes that we've looked at that are similar to the one we have now...but i've been thinking.

dangerous, i know...

and here's what i think about: a barn.

no joke. a big, fat barn and on the inside...loveliness!

i want an acre or two for the kiddos to run around and play. i want an outdoor dining room where we can hang lights in the trees and light wonderful lanterns on the table.

i want home.

family weekend

we just got home from a lovely weekend with the hubs' side of the family. "uncle squishy", the hub's brother, is home from the marines for a really short time. we decided our life needed a little squishiness to it, so we went.

uncle squishy is being deployed soon to serve our country and we needed to give him some extra hugs before he left.

i love being with the hubs and his family. they are huge (in numbers, not in weight hehe) and at any given meal, you are gonna see about 12 people at the table.

and that, my friends, is the kind of family a person should have. momage, my mother-in-law, is unable to cook a meal for one. she cooks in bulk. and it...is...tasty.

and i want you to know that 3 pack-n-plays, 2 packs of diapers, and lots of sippy cups later, we are home and unpacked. the best part was coming home to a clean house, since we cleaned from top to bottom before leaving town so the house could be shown while we were out. any showings? NOPE. but that's ok. a clean house upon our return was lovely.

next up: buying a new washer and dryer. our dryer takes 3xs around before it dries. this is a problem. for earth (being green is trendy and i'm accepting it) and for a busy momma like myself ;)

small tribute

there are three children in my life that i can't post pictures of, but this one i can.

this is my big man. and it's been awhile since i paid a small tribute to him on this blog.

gabe is my favorite 4 year old in the world.

he's pretty much awesome.

this over here to your left is his intense face. --he's very focused.


gabe has had to deal with a lot over the past year. he went from being an only child to being the oldest of 4. it's a hard life. no doubt.


he's smart and funny and says things like, "you're the best mommy. i can always count on you."
he tells jokes like the interrupting cow joke except he forgets to interrupt.



he looks great in hats, enjoys cuddling, and can race cars in our living room with the best of them.

here's to you, gabe. the love of my life. your squishy nose and big cheeks make me happy.