A busy month!

I can't believe it has been over a month since I've updated our blog! I must admit, I have sat down a few times to write an entry, but just wasn't in the writing mood. I'm not really in the writing mood right now either. I am not sure what has gotten into me. But, I definitely need to just do it!

This month has been very busy...

We had settlement on our house shortly after we returned from PA. We closed on 8/2 and then the movers came on 8/3!! Unpacking was miserable!! I don't want to move again for a very long time! My parents were here during our first week in our house. We did a lot of unpacking and painting. Ryan's family arrived about 4 hours after my parents left and spent the 2nd week with us. We, again, did a lot of painting and housework! We were very fortunate to have all of that help right off the bat because Connor would have kept one of us busy at all times and I don't know how we would have gotten anything done!!

Since our visitors left, we have gotten to work on a few more small things around the house. We are "painted out" and I think we are going to resort to hiring someone to do a majority of the rest. We have a ton of projects on our "to do" list.

Here are some pictures of the work we've done on our house:

Our master bedroom -- before it had purple walls and a floral border!

Master bathroom -- it also had purple walls and a floral border

Connor's bedroom - before 2 walls were dark blue and 2 walls were tan - it had a sports border

Eat in kitchen -- we took down a chair rail and border -- before the bottom half of the wall was maroon.

Kitchen -- before it had a lovely fruit border!

Connor turned 14 months old last weekend! I seriously do not know where the past 2 months...or even 14 months...have gone!! He is growing so fast and is such a silly little boy...

A few of his "new" things:

-He says "Ashley" but not mama!
-He can also say eyes, outside, tree, cheese, and of course daddy!
-His molars are coming in! The poor kid is getting 5 teeth at once (4 of them are molars)!
-When you ask him where is eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and belly are, he knows what to point to!
-He has a special silly face that he always makes at me because he knows he can get me to laugh.
-He LOVES to be outside! When we aren't outside, he will stand at the door and whine and whine until he gets distracted by something else or I take him outside.
-He is going through a whining stage! ekk! I'm working on some signs to hopefully alleviate that!
-He's still eating everything in sight! He can chow down on an entire banana and granola bar for breakfast!
-He's getting pretty good at showing us what he wants. When he is hungry he goes to his high chair and when we wants a drink he goes to the fridge.
-He loves to sit on the couch with us. He thinks he is big stuff!

Tomorrow we go to his 14 month check up! The last time it was a circus trying to get him to sit still during the visit. I'm sure tomorrow will be even more difficult as he continues to grow bigger and stronger! I'm excited to see how much he weighs because he eats sooo much, yet has to burn off a ton of calories because he goes nonstop.


If I have time I will post his "stats"!