the house...

things are coming along nicely...we are not done yet but everyday we get closer. a dear friend of mine has offered to paint the baby's room and it should be finished this weekend....that's really where we are...get that done and then i should feel a lot better. i have no pictures of anything mainly because i can't find my camera charger...AARRRGGGHHHH!!!. the two things i've been looking for are the charger AND the plate for the microwave...they are probably in an obscure box in the back of the garage...

keep praying....we're getting closer and closer...

interesting weekend...

we had a really great weekend!! friday night we went to see the light up night fireworks downtown with my brother and his sweet family...sasha is growing up so fast....we had such a nice breakaway from the monotony of unpacking...we went to visit the dinosaurs the night before so by the time saturday rolled around...we were ready to focus on the house. max played at granny's house all day so we were able to fly through a lot of the boxes and living room. we have pictures but i'm waiting til we are DONE to display them...

saturday, my dear friend, denise came down with her family and they all worked on our house til the wee hours of the morning...denise painted, the boys broke out the toys, and eric and i cleaned up vomit a few times...wells had about four or five trips to the potty to poop and he threw up 3 times...of course, i'm concerned about the blanton boys getting sick but denise wasn't concerned. what a saint...

then sunday, my sister had a smaaaalll second shower for me. she said that it's ok beause the gender changed and we needed some pink...and boy did we get some pink...super fun...wells did well when he was with his friends but when we arrived home, he was quite grouchy...he crashed early and now i'm being silly and staying up when i should be sleeping...not good...

click here to see the gift both sides of my family chipped in for....so sweet...

a conversation that i had today

my friend jen from work and i are entranced by the twilight series. i know it's sooooo bandwagon but i'm hooked. today we were talking about where you go when you die if you're a vampire...i said just into the dust because your soul is gone...she said she thought it was that they went to hell...this conversation started and i haven't laughed like this in awhile....

jen: "what would your personal hell be?"

me: "being trapped in a small room with a lot of pedophiles."

jen: "why? they aren't going to hurt you? what do you have to be afraid of?"

me: "because i 'hate' them so much. i can't imagine anything worse than being surrounded by sex offenders."

jen: "then never go to community basket in aspinwall...they get some kind of tax break for hiring sex offenders...it's like shooting fish in a barrell..."

me: (what appears to be complete silence but really is unbelievable laughter)

i'm so happy to work with some reallllly funny people...

in the midst of the chaos

i have been reading through my blog and it's been pretty ME focused...the goal of this blog has always been to update folks about our life but i wanted wells to be the focus. he has really dropped down the list....so here goes some FUN quotes from the kid...

"some kids say 'over therw' but i say 'over there'..."

while singing this little light of mine he laughs hysterically when we sing

"hide it under a bushel...NO!! I'm gonna let it shine."

also, chris' personal favorite...

"shine all over johnstown, i'm gonna let it shine." (vbs favorite)

"mop!! MOP!!" 

apparently a child in his preschool class yells this word when the teacher mops the floor. wells finds it hilarious so he too yells it, bringing much frustration to the teacher but absolute hilarity to chris and i...

"who's my biggity boy?"

"i'm not your biggity boy anymore...i'm just the big dog."

when i've been gone for awhile, he greets me with

"baby!! i've missed you!!"

and proceeds to lift up my shirt and kiss my belly

and some of our favorites...

"NO!"

"i'm not doing that right now!"

"mama, cool it!"

"daddy, you need to sit for a time out. i warned you already"

"you're making me crazy!"

(that one stung...i say that to him....ugh!)

these quotes are pathetic...he says such "doosies" all the time...i need to write them down more often...

why i love my new house...

this transition to a new house has not been simple. from the mortgage issues we had to the current sewer issue...but we love our house. we have been so happy here...it's been a lot of work but sooo worth it.

i have a lot of pictures to post but i can't find my camera right now...surprise surprise!! if i were catholic i would have (oops, i forget her name...ironic huh) the patron of lost items all over my house...but i'm not so here's my casual shout out for some help to the Almighty...

ok, i love this house because, it's easy to get everywhere. my big fear with "suburban life" was that we would be so far away from everything...we are about 10 minutes from the zoo...15 from oakland, and last night we went to IKEA and the drive didn't seem long at all...it's crazy...

another reason...i can do laundry all the time...i know sounds sucky but when you can't do it whenever you want....THAT'S SUCKY!!! we had a washer and dryer in our basement for a long time but no electric line hookup. they would laugh at me when i went into the basement....

max's bedroom is fabulous...we finished it last night. it's amazing. he loves it. kids are so hilarious because i thought it would be such a tough transition getting him out of our room...he was thrilled to sleep in there. now he did have a nightmare and woke up at 3 am but he was amazing going to bed. really strong....oh, i just love the crap outta him. 

the nursery is small and not at all done...but it's really cute. the ideas are in place and hopefully they will be implemented this week. our room is going to be left alone for now. we want to do something really fun but we don't know what yet so we're not rushing to decisions. the dining room is painted but not assembled. that shouldn't be too long and the living room is almost complete...the basement is good enough for now and the basement is slowly being emptied. 

it's hilarious because i didn't realize how afraid i was living in lawrenceville. i triple checked the door, checked the windows every night, and refused to shower at night unless chris was downstairs. two nights ago, i left the windows in the living room unlocked because i was cleaning them and forgot. we were on the second floor in lawrenceville, only a vampire could access them. now we are on ground level and i'm not afraid. 

not to mention we have great neighbors, a huuuuge yard, and more space than we know what to do with....it's been a good life so far....max is so happy, we are so happy, and our new pets are happy...more about that to come...

funny news...

chris and i were watching the end of terminator 2...and they were giving random trivia questions...they stumped us with...

"which actor was turned down for the role of the terminator because the casting agent didn't think that any audience would believe him as a ruthless, heartless killer?" 

click here for the answer

i felt the same way...i could never picture him like that...

we're in

i have some pictures of the new house to share...but my camera is dead. i'm going to wait until we are completely finished with the house to post them...we are really having a fun time...but woah, are we spending a lot of money...as much as you think that you are ready because you came from a house into another house...you still have dramatic needs. curtains, bath mat, new shower equipment, etc...am i complaining? no...we are excited to spend money...but ugh, it adds up quickly...

just wanted to let you all know that we were in and living here...please don't hesitate to stop by and visit...we would love to have visitors...just be prepared...it's not done yet...

today's the day...

i woke up at 430 this morning, ready to start the day. apparently, i'm the only one that motivated. my mum, sister, and chris are all KNOCKED OUT!!! we went to sleep at 12 am which was about 3 hours earlier than i anticipated. so that was great! we painted the house last night, living room and dining room. tomorrow am, we can't start until 1 pm to move bc of MANY things out of my control, ugh, i hate surrender! so chris, his mum, and bekah are painting max's room. i'm up, so i'm heading to walmart to get some more boxes....that is the actual reason we got into bed so early. not enough boxes!! i had NO IDEA we had so much CRAP here...

yesterday, i bought a little treat for our new home...as i was walking into the store, i got a FRANTIC call from our realtor stating that our money had not been wired to the lawyers, so the check they wrote to the seller was not going to clear. chris was at the house painting and didn't have a phone....the realtor had said, tell chris to stop painting...it's not your house yet. ...after, melting down on the couch and being saved by a friend who happened by, an hour later, everything was resolved. 

this has not been an easy 40 days. i have complained, whined, not cried much, SHOCKINGLY, but i am reminded of someone else who suffered for 40 days, to a much worse extent than this, and am comforted in knowing that in the midst of our hard time, He is there.

growing up, my mom had "footprints" the poem (?) on our wall and i never read it. it looked so retro and i wasn't interested...when i finally read it...i memorized parts of it...and now 20 years later, ugh can't believe i can say that about my own life, i hold tight to that. "no, my child, it was then that I carried you." i can honestly say, that these past few weeks, i know that i was carried.