Edit, DVR, napping and a home

So I must put in a note about the previous blog, I didn't read it before I posted, which usually I do to make sure I spell things right and I'm not saying super dumb things. However, AM wanted to go upstairs and I was blogging with her in the room, so I had to oblige. Anyway, I just noticed that I said I won't have to do those things until Mom's Weekend....I must edit that because I will not be doing all those things listed, at least the thinking about who I will be making out with that night. HAHA. Oops.

I always contemplate getting rid of our DVR because I hate paying for it. And when we switched from our tivo to the dvr with comcast it was a good deal. Comcast then turned into bastards and raised the price super high. So, I think about this a lot. But then fall comes and I think, ohh, we will not get to watch any of our shows at all if we didn't have the dvr. We only get to watch things when the kids are sleeping. It's just too loud and chaotic when they are up. Not to mention I can't stand commercials anymore, at least not when I'm really watching a show and paying attention.

Not much else is new. I feel like our day to day lives have changed somewhat since TC is getting bigger. I need to make sure we're home more now because of his naps. I got so used to AM just napping in the afternoon and we could take off for the whole morning. Not that he won't nap in the car or whatever, but I know he sleeps better when he's in his bed. Like today I decided his morning nap had to be outside the house b/c I was going to take AM to the park and blow off some energy. He only slept on the way there and the way home (which is like 6 minutes). Then everytime he started to go to sleep today, AM was loud. This happens often when we are trying to get him to nap during the day. And when we're trying to get him to go to sleep at night. Now, the main reason this problem occurs is because we live in a small house. His room, her room, the living room and the bathroom are all in a very close radius.
Which brings me to my next story...we are selling our rental, which will in turn put money back in our savings, which will in turn give us the option next spring to put our house on the market and move. We have been discussing this a lot lately and we have decided this is what we will do. Hopefully the rental sells sometime within the next few months. Then we can focus on some little details around here and get it all ready to go and when spring comes, we can fix up the yard a little more, throw some beauty bark and flowers in and we're good to go. We have looked a lot online to see where we want to go, what we can get for what we want to pay, what's best for commuting for C, and for me when I go back to work someday, what school districts we like, and we think we will be moving back to our previous stomping grounds- Mill Creek or Bothell. That's our plan. We are very excited about it. It's hard to wait so long once you've made up your mind about what you're going to do, but that's okay. We'll be ready when the time comes!

Getting old

So, I realized this morning that I am really getting old. It wasn't the fact that I have two kids. It wasn't the fact that I'm 30. It wasn't the fact that I realized C and I have been together for 7 1/2 years already, or that I've already had my 10 year high school reunion. I realized, I like to watch the news. When I was in college, I would come home and hate to watch the news, I would watch anything else (and we didn't have cable so that wasn't much). Now I love to watch the news, the Today show, world news shows, presidential debates or speeches. What? That's crazy. Anyway, I'm getting old. I also realized this was the first year as I watched college football that I didn't think it would be fun to be in the stands like all those drunk college students. My actual thought was, ugh, I am so glad I am not there. (not that I don't enjoy the drunken tailgate, but that's for older kids :) It was the drunk in the stand wearing your college sweatshirt, knowing that it was a full day of drinking, bars, and thinking about what you and all your friends were going to do that night and who you were going to make out with :) HAHA Anyway, not that those times weren't extremely fun, but I am glad for the memories and glad I don't have to do it now. Just in about 18 years for Mom's Weekend :) And please just imagine my kids are in the above pictures wearing Cougar shirts! Although C does say by then I will probably want them to go to UW so I can have them closer....he's probably only half right.

90210 and pics from the week

I love it. I was so in shock seeing ads for this and I didn't know what to expect. However, I watched part of it the night it started and just finished watching the second half on my dvr. I love it. I love that Brenda is on it. I love that Kelly is on it. I can't quite figure out everything yet...obviously Silver is a nickname for her little sister..what was her name, like Emily or something? Silver, as in David Silver's dad..Mel, right? Wasn't he married to Kelly's mom and they had a little girl. Okay, now who's kid is Kelly's? Maybe Steve's? He looks like it, with curly blonde hair...that would be weird though b/c Kelly never got back with Steve as long as the show was on. And now I'm trying to remember back to the last episode....I wish I could see it again to remember how it all ended. Anyway, now I am hooked on yet another rich young tv show (ie the hills....). Oh well, I love it.

And there are a couple pics from our fun week with grandma!

This week

It was a great time in Yakima. Much different with babies and Kelly being pregnant. I think we were all in bed by 11. My only drinking partners were the guys, and that's just not that fun.

A baby that sleeps almost through the whole night almost everynight now.

A fun week with grandma, out and about. Naps are off, but it's been fun. We've been to Target, to Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Super Mall, and tomorrow we are taking AM to the locks to see all the boats in the water (her favorite!). I will post pictures soon, we've had lots of fun.

C and I have been trying extra hard for each other, and the kids of course. But things are looking up. We just decided we needed to make an effort to be nice and get along. It's been a good week so far.

This weather is gorgeous, but I was kind of getting in the mood for fall....oh well, it will be here soon enough!