An update from the last few months..

A lot has happened since I have slacked again. I have been meaning to update this blog for a long time but it always seems overwhelming and the longer you leave it, the worse it gets!

Not too much has been new. It seems like we have been doing a lot of house stuff. We just got new hard wood floors which kept us out of the house for a bit. We love them but life was a bit crazy for awhile. I also have been refinishing the staircases to match the floors which has been quite a job..I don't think I ever want to do it again!

Thankfully we have all been healthy this last month. We had a pretty tough winter with ear infections. Lauren ended up getting tubes in her ears. I noticed that her hearing was being compromised and when I brought her in she was not hearing well out of her right ear. It was really hard having two surgeries so close together. She did great until they wanted to take her back to the surgical room. She freaked out and would not let go of me. I had to walk her down to the room..it was pretty awful. Recovery was much better. She was beck on her feet in no time and didn't seem to have pain. Her hearing is beck to normal as well. She and Chloe will often play surgery and it breaks my heart that she even knows what that is at this age. Thankfully they have been minor and hopefully she won't need anymore.

Of course we are still very busy and as Chloe and Lauren get older they now seem to be little partners in crime. A few examples...yesterday after dinner Steve and I are talking in the kitchen while the girls are playing in the family room. I look over and Lauren is drawing designs on our leather couch with a Stick! Chloe also had a stick in her hand but I don't think she managed to get at the couch. You can guess she got in a lot of trouble. The day before.. Lauren and Chloe were playing in Chloe's room and I went to go check on them to find that Chloe has ink all over her clothes. I then see that they drew all over the glider. I guess we have some artist that are confused on where they can draw (even though they know they are breaking rules!) The biggest and probably most frustrating event was when Chloe knocked a 1/2+ gallon of paint down the stairs. This was the first time I cried due to being overwhelmed as a mom. We just remodeled our laundry room and I was painting the trim while Chloe was napping. She woke up early so I quick sealed the paint and put it at the top of the basement stairs to bring down later. A little while later I see Chloe going for the paint and I told her to stop. As I tell her no she gives me her naughty smile and goes to grab the paint which knocks it down the stairs. Of course the top pops off and white paint is all over 3 of my stairs and other items that were left there to be put away(one of those being luggage of Mark and Sara's!) Luckily my mom was in the area and came over so I could scrub my carpet for 1 1/2 hours. It actually came up really well and you can't tell that it even happened. I definitely learned a few thing from that experience.

Spring has been great so far. We are outdoors quite a bit and as you can guess..still loving the mud. Lots of laundry around here:) Lauren is done with school for the year so we are more flexible with our days which has been nice. We are loving walking to the park and playing outside every night.

I thought I would post a few pictures..


Finally potty trained..yeah! Lauren has been potty trained for a few months and mama is loving it. The down side is pulling over on the side of the road and lugging out a potty to prevent accidents :)



Chloe has a little bit of a paci addiction! She even gets a fix off her doll's paci


All winter long Lauren has been sleeping with hats on because her "head is cold" I'm not sure what this is all about but thank goodness it is Spring!



Chloe at Lauren's valentine party



Dress-up is becoming more popular!



We spent Easter in Michigan with Sue and Mike and the kids. We all had a great time!




Candy....another addition Lauren and Chloe have. They loved Easter!



Chloe turns 2!! She has been so much fun..and trouble:) We love you Chlo!



Every Two year old gets into make-up right?



Pops came to visit and it has been the highlight of the girls month. We spent some time at Brookfield Zoo.


Here are the new floors and a glimpse of the new laundry room that Steve tiled.