160-plus pictures

Are you worried that's how many I'm going to post? Ha,ha. I wouldn't put it past me! I never can choose which pictures to post, and I take a lot of pictures!! I won't post all 160 pictures, but that's how many I took on my Canon over the course of less than a week while the desktop was non-functional. I also have more on the point and shoot that I'll upload tomorrow and post, but I figured this was enough for tonight. I am leaving today's date on all these picture posts because since I still journaled over the past week, if I put the real date, they will be lost behind journal entries and everyone might miss seeing one of the groups of pictures!!

As for an update on our home improvements, our house is still a mess. I really should be working on it instead of the blog, but everyone went to bed early tonight except me so I thought I would take the time to share some of our pictures. Our kitchen walls are done. The first paint we bought and spent 3 hours painting was an awful color so we had to re-evaluate the color and paint again. It's brown though! I wanted it a little deeper, but Jonathan and I compromised, and I'm happy with the results. He is working on finishing a backsplash for it, and then I'll probably post some pictures. We still have ceiling lighting to replace and the flooring, but that may take a few months before we get to it. Right now I'm just itching to get my house fully cleaned after all the mess that was created this week!

New Fun Outdoors

Today was Justin's first time in the walker. I know there is a lot of discussions about not using walkers, but we ended up getting one for Katelynn after talking to the pediatrician about it. She ended up using it outdoors a lot when she was little, and it stayed in the garage all the time between then and now. I finally got it out the other week and cleaned it up. One of the biggest challenges outside these days (Katelynn's favorite place to be) is trying to find enough for Justin to do without just being stuck in a stroller. I figured this was the perfect toy for him to play in while she rides her bike, and it was a hit! It may be too high for Justin since I didn't adjust it, but he loved Katelynn pushing him so I didn't lower it down at all.I think he equally loved chewing on the steering wheel. It's a good thing I sanitized it the other day!

Gotta Love Bathtime!

I know I posted when the kids starting bathing together, but I forget if I mentioned that I haven't been able to go back to using Justin's baby tub anymore. He screams bloody murder if I try to bath him in the baby tub, but he LOVES the big tub with his big sister. Bath time has been somewhat challenging at times trying to get Justin all soaped up and Katelynn too so I found a bathseat the other week. This was Justin's first day in it. He loves it! He is sitting up pretty well on his own, but this helps me so much not worry about him falling over and knocking his head while I'm trying to get everyone cleaned up. It also has allowed me to let him play longer in the tub.

Katelynn had to help get his hair all washed, but I'm not sure if she got more of his hair wet or his face in the process. Good thing he doesn't mind the water in his face!

Katelynn and Justin were enjoying splashing around.....

.. can you guess who splashed the hardest? Poor Justin got covered. No tears though!

Sippy Cup!

We actually gave Justin a sippy cup over a week ago. He has a HUGE interest in food and cups. Everytime he is within reach of Katelynn's sippy cup, he grabs it and tries to either drink it or bite it so we decided there was no reason he couldn't have one of his own. We bought him new ones rather than making him share with his sister. I thought he would mainly want to chew on the end since he chews on everything these days, but he has actually been feeding himself the water too! He can't always get it tipped high enough, but I am pretty surprised he is holding it and getting some out when he is positioned the right way!

Dancing Diva

Dressing up in something happens every day around here. It's not uncommon to see Katelynn loaded up in several shirts, paints, skirts, hairbows, and of course her fashionable high heels (if not her 10 different pairs of play ones, then in mine that I never wear). It IS, however, uncommon for her to start dancing and posing for me when I pull out my camera. I got about 50 shots of her dancing around, and each one is hilarious to me!

So, do you think she will mind if I share these with her boyfriends down the road? :)

More Construction at the Miller House

Are you sick of my babbling yet and ready for me to post some pictures already? I have a bunch on my camera to share! Hopefully I'll get some up for everyone tomorrow. We now have our house back to ourselves, but it's F-I-L-T-H-Y dirty. I mean GROSS. So I should probably spend my weekend cleaning it, right? Ha,ha. Not me! I have begged and begged and convinced Jonathan that now is the best time to just continue working on the kitchen since it's already a mess. So, putty is up on our kitchen walls for some sanding work that needs to be done and a fresh new color of paint will be put on those walls this weekend (color still to be determined as we "fight" that one out). I"m so excited! After that, the only thing I want done to our kitchen is a new floor, which I am sure I will convince him of sooner rather than later (but surely it won't be this weekend I'll get that wish!) The worst part is that I'm eventually going to have to clean the awful mess left by the contractor, and it is a huge mess for sure!

Another step in milestones for Justin

This may be a small milestone, but I thought it was pretty exciting (and apparently I showed my excitement a bit much since Katelynn asked me, "Mommy, why you so prowd?"

Justin was laying on the floor on his back, and he lifted his head and part of his back up to try and sit up. He did it twice!!! Of course, he was unsuccessful, but I was still so excited for him!