I just have time for a few pictures today...

We are trying to decide what colors to use in our house. There are so many to choose from! Luckily, our builder told us we have to use Sherwin-Williams, so at least that was one decision made for us. We have it narrowed down to a certain family of colors (very neutral), but still haven't made our official choices.

Last week, Scott put some samples up at the house. Sunday night, as part of our date night (woohoo!) we went by the house to look at them. I didn't love the color we'd chosen for all of our living areas, so Scott put another sample up on Monday. I'm hoping to get there soon to take a look at that one. We've decided the colors for Addison and Fischer's rooms, as well as our room and our bathroom. We are getting there... once we've decided on all of them, I'll be sure to post the colors.

Unfortunately, Mother Nature gave us a surprise last night. We had a huge storm here and a tree fell on our brand new house. Luckily, the damage wasn't bad at all, according to our builder. We haven't gotten a chance to go look yet, but he didn't seem concerned at all. The power lines also came down, but that was fixed pretty quickly, so hopefully more progress was made on the house today! That's exactly why our power lines will be put underground once construction is complete.

The next big thing to be done is the cabinet installation. They should be in this week or next week. Yay!

In Addison and Fischer news, we took them to get their Hepatitis A shots yesterday. They were supposed to get them at their 2 year check up, but since Addison had the flu and Fischer was on an antibiotic, we decided to put them off. They did great until we went back into the room to wait on the nurse. Addison knew something was up immediately and became very clingy and tense. As soon as the nurse came in, they both freaked out because they saw the needles. Luckily it was quick, and they got "cool" band-aids and stickers, which seemed to help things. I'm glad we are done with shots for quite awhile!

I hope you are all having a good week!

I can't believe it's April!! This year is already flying by. Once again, I am falling behind on my posts. Here are a few random thoughts to sum up this past week's activities, etc... :

1.  6 years ago today, Scott and I got married...for the 2nd time! We got to have our big wedding on April 2, 2005. It was so fun and I have such great memories of that day!

2.  This past week was pretty rainy. I was worried about entertaining the kids but they did so well playing together and entertaining each other. I'm not sure I love anything more than hearing them make each other laugh!

3.  Addison is still allowing us to put bows in her hair. Most of the time she'll only let Scott put them in but I don't care! I'm just glad she's accepting the bows now. I ordered several on Etsy and I can't wait for them to come so Addison can model them.

4.  Fischer wants ketchup with everything. He also wants chicken nuggets for every meal. He's much pickier than he used to be, so it's getting more challenging to get him to eat his fruits and veggies. I may look into using some of Jessica Seinfeld's tricks - she has a cookbook that shows how to sneak vegetables into most meals.

5.  Speaking of fruits and vegetables... the other day Fischer told me he was hungry. Here is how the conversation went...
Fischer: I'm hungy!
Me: What do you want?
Fischer: Blueberries!
Me:  We don't have any of those.
Fischer: Points to the kitchen and says "Cook it!"

I just had to laugh!

6.  The house is still going smoothly! The doors are now installed and they look great. We are really liking the style of doors we chose!  The first picture is our front door. The door will eventually be stained. The second picture is the door going to the garage, but all of the interior doors look like this.

7.  Also, in house news, Scott and I met with an interior decorator last week because we really needed some guidance for choosing paint colors. With her help we chose several neutral colors. Scott went and got the samples and put them up at the house today. So, after we look at them during the day in different lighting, we'll decide if we like them and go from there.

That's about it for now. Oh, and Scott and I get to go on a date tomorrow night. We rarely get to do that, so I'm very excited! Thanks to Jim and Dianne for watching the kids for us!! :)

Things have been busy busy around here!

Over the weekend, we headed to NC to see my parents. In preparation, Fischer went to see "Missy Yolana" to get another haircut. We actually call her "Miss Yolanda" but Fischer now puts his own spin on it. It's very cute to hear him say it - and funny that he knows her by name since he gets so many haircuts!

Scott took Fischer to his haircut so they could have some guy time, while Addison and I stayed home and packed for our trip. If she wasn't "helping" (by taking out everything I put in the suitcase), she was "supervising" from under the covers of our bed. One of her new favorite things to do is to get under the covers of a bed and say "night night!" She also calls it "getting cozy." She doesn't look happy in this picture but she was so excited to be laying in Mommy and Daddy's bed!

Friday morning, we left early so we could stop at the Asheboro Zoo on the way. We pass it every time we go to my parents, but have never stopped. We figured stopping before the summer heat would be a good idea. It's a very spread out zoo, so we walked a lot, but it was fun! The kids definitely liked the giraffes and elephants the most! Here are a few pictures...

Once we got to my parents house, I didn't take a single picture. That is very unlike me! But, while we were there, Addison and Fischer got to experience several firsts...They had their first popcorn snack (which they LOVED!). They took their first trip to Build-A-Bear. I thought for sure Addison would pick the cat and Fischer would pick the dog. I was wrong. They both picked the same exact bunny! Maybe they were missing Buddy! 

Lastly, and I think their favorite, was getting to feed the deer. My parents always have a lot of deer in their yard, and in order to keep them fed and away from their plants, they put deer corn out to feed them. Starting early last week, Addison and Fischer both said "deer? bucket? corn? when we would talk about our upcoming trip to Gma and Gpa Suttle's house. I couldn't believe they remembered seeing my parents carry out buckets of deer corn. So, my mom bought them each a little bucket and they got to carry it out. Usually, my parents just do it in the afternoon, but because Addison and Fischer loved it so much, the deer got a few extra meals over the weekend. I wish I would've taken a picture! Next time!

Sunday, we headed home in the yucky rain. Yesterday was cold and rainy too, so we were inside all day. I was a little nervous about how the day would go since we've gotten to play outside so much lately. Addison and Fischer were great though - they have really started playing well together lately, so it made the rainy day much easier. Luckily, today, they got to run around outside again!

And in some exciting news... Addison actually left a bow in her hair for more than 2 seconds the other day! It's a work in progress!

We broke out some of Addison and Fischer's new summer clothes yesterday - they were looking adorable in their plaid shorts!

Perhaps Fischer will be a fireman one day... he does love water and hoses!

And Addison loves the phone....

And I love it when they play together so nicely!!

I'm not going to do monthly "birthday" posts for Addison and Fischer anymore, now that they are 2. But I still can't forget about it when it's the 22nd of each month. I can't believe they've been 2 for a whole month now - and we've all survived. :)

Our house is looking great - they've made some great progress on the siding and inside. They finished with the drywall and cleaned up the floors. Today they put primer on all of the walls! So now, we must pick our interior paint colors. The paint decision, by far, is making me the most nervous! We are hoping to have our colors picked out sometime next week so stay tuned for that.  Also, as of now, the projected finish date is sometime in early June. We know that is subject to change, but it's exciting that it's getting so close.

Here is a picture from inside today...

Addison and Fischer have been busy playing outside. Today, they wore shorts, t-shirts, and sunscreen - it's starting to feel like summer already! Their poor legs are already so scraped up from all of their falls, and I know there are more to come!

They are sleeping better at night, but now taking shorter naps. I guess I can't have it all! :) They also now have pillows in their cribs, which they seem to enjoy. It makes them look like such big kids. It's just another step closer to big kid beds.

Fischer has started saying "hocus pocus" all the time. I have no idea where he learned this, but I can only assume it's from Mickey since that's the only show they'll watch. It's pretty funny though. And Addison talks ALL day. She is starting to say long phrases and sentences - sometimes 7 or 8 words. Fischer has done this on occasion also, but she just talks all the time, so she does it more. Typical girl, I suppose.  I took some pictures of them today so I will try and post them tomorrow.

We went to see the house today. We are loving the siding, and can't wait to see the deck, which should be done soon! What you see in the picture is where the screened porch will be, and the deck will be to the right of it, where you see the two smaller windows.

Yay for progress!!