I'm sorry for my absence from the blogosphere of late. Things are been overwhelmingly busy around these parts. Between the renos, and the move, the unpacking and organizing, the attempts at decorating, church and family events and my recent bout of strep, I've been swamped! Not to mention my continuing effort to re-read all seven Harry Potter books before the last instalment arrives in theatres next month. (I'm currently about half way through book 4)
Life here has been very good. We are in LOVE with our new house!! The neighbourhood is fantastic, full of families and lots and lots of kids! We are thrilled to be here and our neighbours appreciate having us as well. Apparently, we have learned through some neighbourhood gossip, our house was the shame of the neighbourhood. The yard is one big dandelion patch, which Matt has been determinedly attacking everyday after work. (every day its not raining that is, so not as often as he would like) So far, the dandelions are winning, but not by much! Matt is making good progress. Rory is so used to him going straight outside after work that when when we played hide and seek as a family this weekend, the first place she would look for Matt was in the back yard. Every time.
Inside the house, I am busy making every room as cute and functional as I can. Rory's room is completely done (yay!) and I am so happy with how it turned out! The kitchen and family room will be done once I take care of the outdated window treatments and lighting. The rest of the rooms are still in progress. We tackle a little bit every month. I have been working with vinyl lately. I have made a couple little vinyl quotes that I have framed and put on display in the living room. I also created the vinyl for Rory's room (the words, not the butterflies). Matt got me a computer program that syncs with my cricut so I can cut out letters in any font I want! I love it!
Rory's finished room
Rory has been growing up over the past couple of months. She is a total talker! She communicates very clearly. I am amazed by how well she can speak. We are working on stringing sentences together. When she asks me for something, I make her say the full sentence as opposed to just calling out the word. Sometimes Matt still asks me to translate what she is saying to him, but it is happening less often now.
The other day we went shopping for supplies for Rory's birthday party. After we finished at a store, Rory said she wanted to go home (or go to "Rory's house" as she calls it). I gave her the option of going home or going to the mall to get a present (for her birthday). She said present! So we left the parking lot and started driving to the mall. Road construction and traffic were bad, so we decided to just head home. As we pulled into the garage, Rory freaked out. I asked her what was wrong and she said, "No Rory house!! Rory present!!!!". We both had completely forgotten about the brief exchange we had had with her previously. So Matt backed the car out and we drove down the street to 7eleven and bought her a kinder surprise. We are in trouble now!
We have decided to tackle the potty training mountain this summer! I am terrified and excited! I have done a lot of research and have decided on a technique that is supposed to be really successful. As June is ridiculously busy, I am planning on training her in July. This weekend we bought her some big girl panties, and may I just say, she is going to have to pack on about 20 pounds just to have enough girth to keep those panties up! And thats the smallest size!!
This coming weekend is Rory's birthday party. I am really excited about it, but also nervous as this is the first time I have attempted a birthday party with other kids. Last year we just did a family one. I have been planning it for a couple of weeks now and am really excited to see it all come together this week. I won't say more about it now, but I will fill you all in next week.
Here are some pictures of Rory from the past little while:
My attempt at french-braiding Rory's hair.
When I was packing, I turned around and saw this.
Rory had given each one of her 'little people' toys a book to read! So cute!
Grandma and Grandpa are always at the table with Baby. Always.
The Easter bunny visited Rory the day we got possession of our new house. Nice of him to come a week early. Rory loved the surprise and all the treats. I ate her chocolate bunny. Mwaa haa haa!
Rory's easter egg hunt at Grandma Beazer's on Easter Sunday.
Rory loves to help. Matt was scrubbing the grout on the fireplace one evening. Rory ran upstairs, grabbed her toothbrush out of its drawer in the bathroom, ran back and started scrubbing away, before Matt or I caught on to what she was doing. Don't worry, she has a new toothbrush now.
Rory's jujube (or "treat") that she got for peeing in the potty! (The one and only time she has done it so far.) I was so surprised and proud that she'd done it! I love my little girl!!
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