Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day! Before you were conceived, I wanted you. Before
you were born, I loved you. When you were born, I saw your face and
knew I was in love. Before you were an hour old, I knew I would die for
you. To this day, I will!! That about sums it up. Yup!!
Flowers from my parents!
New mixing bowls and towels!
Baseball gloves for the whole family!
Sleeping in and a hot uninterrupted shower!
Time with my family!
Could not ask for anything more!

Clippers

The first Sunday in May was spent at the Columbus Clippers game. We have never been to a baseball game here in Ohio so I was so excited. I was a little sad that the forecast for the day was rainy and cool. We decided to give it a shot anyway. The day was sponsored by Grant Medical Center. We arrived a little after 12 and found our designated area. Great views of the field. The food was great..traditional baseball food. Michelle and Alan met us there and shared the table with us. I think Genevieve and Grisham think they are now apart of the family since we spend so much time with them. I don't know about Michelle and Alan but the kids sure do love spending time with them. Our seats were along the right field. I really do love to watch baseball. Some may think it slow and boring but I think it is exciting and fun. The kids..well not so much. It did take a lot to keep them entertained. It started to rain shortly after the second inning. So we went up into the concession area until it stopped. We had to do this every now and then. By the time the seventh inning rolled around the kids were exhausted and I was freezing. Ready to go. Maybe next time the weather will be more cooperative.

Landscaping and New Fence

As you all know we are trying to sell the house. I use trying loosely. We have a for sale sign in the yard but it is not in the MLS system yet. I wanted to get a few things done before showing it. New landscaping and a new fence were on top of the list. Now they are done. Hurray!!! The front landscaping had started to look sad over the last year or so. The bushes were overgrown and dry, pretty depressing. Then when we had all that snow this winter I think it was the straw that broke the camels back or branches in this case. The snow pretty much just pancaked the bushes. I had about five landscapers come out to give me a quote on the job. After seeing the drawings and plans we went with a company called S.A.T. Landscapers. They did a fantastic job. One Thursday morning I was putting laundry away. Both Brenner and Genevieve were upstairs with me. They both went quite in her room and we all know what that means...Yeah trouble. They were both looking out the window. I peeked through the blinds and saw the landscapers taring out the bushes. It was a surprise! A good one but I didn't know they were coming that day. I ran down stairs to talk to them. I wanted to get a picture of the before and bush removal. But I was too late. So I got what I could get. The landscapers worked very hard and finished it all within a few hours. I am so happy with the results. The house looks so much better. You can actually see it from the street now.
Our next big project was the neighbors fence. It was awful! It falls down with any kind of wind so we were really nervous to have the kids playing in the backyard. Our friends Michelle and Alan were wanting to put in a fence in their yard so we decided to all go in it together. The neighbors decided to pay half of the cost. Both weekends that Scott and Alan worked were rainy. It was amazing that they got as much done as they did. The first weekend they demolished the old fence and cleaned out the original post holes. Then they placed the new poles and put in the concrete. Later after more rain they went over to Alans and dug all of his post holes. Thankfully they rented and auger to do the digging. I think the thing weighed about 200 lbs so they both were sore from wrestling with it. The next weekend the fencing boards were placed and Alan did the gates. Now our neighbors want to hire Scott and Alan to do the rest of the fence. We just have to see. I think they both had enough of hard labor to last a while.

Carolyn's Bed

A couple weeks ago I finally got Genevieve moved into her toddler bed and Carolyn's stuff moved into the crib. I bought this crib set just after Genevieve was born. It was so cute and on sale so I decided to save it for the next baby. There I go thinking about the next baby after I just had one. Can't help myself! Any hoo, Carolyn has been sleeping either in her swing or in the pack n play in our room. So far I haven't slept both girls in the room together. Carolyn has just been napping there. I want to wait until she really is sleeping through the night so she does not disturb Genevieve.

Ahhhh....Playgroup

Now that I am not watching three extra kids, just one:), we are able to get out to playgroup every Wednesday. Since it is warmer we are now going to parks. I love this. It is so nice to be outside soaking up the sun and good conversation with friends. The kids seem to like it too.