So I got excited too soon!

I knew if I posted about Kevin and Paige being dry all night I would jinx it. And sure enough... the last 3 nights they both have woken up wet! Last night I made them wear diapers..... Will this never end?

This week

Well, the good news of the week is that we got preapproved to start looking for another house. They're going to accept some of my income. The bad news is that there is just not much that we like on the market right now. We've got a bid in on a bank owned property, but those are hit or miss, so we're going out looking again on Friday. The market is doing better here than in most areas and it seems like home prices are starting to level off some. A lot of the homes that we've seen on the market the past few months are disappearing, so hopefully we can find something soon. Our luck as soon as we do the market will tank again and we'll be stuck with 2 homes below value! Oh well, you're darned if you do, darned if you don't. If we wait a year, we'll probably be outpriced. Albuquerque is suprisingly unaffordable when it comes to housing. It's definitely a case of the haves and have nots here.

Other news is that I am missing Derek!! He is on vacation with Grandma Toni and Papa Pat and 2 of his boy cousins up in Colorado. He is not missing us I'm sure. It sounds like they're having a ton of fun. Today they went up a ski lift and down the tobaggan slides. Hopefully she's taking some pictures! The house is pretty quiet (okay.... quieter but not quiet) without him, but Kevin and Paige really miss him too.

Here's a few funny things he's said over the past month.... Tad asked him to do something once and out of nowhere he shouted back at him, "You're a piece of meat!"

While we were out camping a few weeks ago, I raced him (he's getting faster) and when we got back to camp he said, "My brain is out of control." I said, what? And he said, "I feel my brain beating in my head." He was out of breath and was feeling his heartbeat in his head veins.

They love playing with dinosaurs, and they were in their room playing and I started walking in the hall and I heard him shout, "Here comes the momosaurus!!"

The other big thing over the past few weeks is that Kevin and Paige no longer wear diapers at bedtime now! That is a HUGE achievement and we are so happy! I think they still leak a little sometimes because sometimes they wake up stinkin like pee, but they are doing GREAT! I didn't think they would do this this early, because we've been trying every few weeks and they always woke up wet, but we decided to keep going for a few days to see what would happen and they've really done good.

Paige was playing the other day and she came up to me and said "I'm beeping myself." I said, what? And she said, "yeah my heart, it's beeping."

And the last big thing of the week is that Darci took a "knee" step today! Just once and probably by accident, but my baby girl is getting closer to crawling!! I'm not sure if I'm ready for that yet. She already moves around pretty fast by rolling and army scooting. The other day I had her on the floor walked away to do something, turned around and stepped right on her because she had rolled right over to me. She didn't like that too much. Our apartment is definitely not as baby proof as it could be, so I guess we'll have to work on that.

We've been here nearly 6 months now. So far, we're loving it. Today was 88 degrees, tomorrow will be 89. You can't beat that Arizona! I love going to work in the morning and seeing a bunch of hot air balloons in the air. I love all the parks, especially in the late afternoon shade with the cool winds. I love that the kids are having fun and making friends. I love the zoo and botanical gardens. And I'll love it so much more once we get a house and can feel more settled in. All we need is our family to move here too and then it'll be perfect!

T-ball

I signed Derek up for Tball this summer. He's really good at hitting the ball when you pitch it to him, so he's still getting used to having to hit off the Tee. I think this will be the last summer sport I sign the kids up for... it's way too hot! It may not be Phoenix hot, but its still too hot to sit out under the sun at 1pm for the games! He has a lot of fun though. They actually don't even keep score at the games... they play 3 innings and each kid gets to bat each inning and run the bases even if someone happens to actually catch the ball. It's kind of funny. Here are some pictures we took yesterday at the park. For some reason, when I stretch the pictures, they get blurry, but they're still cute!













Here's a video montage of his very first game....

Darci, Darci, Darci..... 6 Months Old

Time is just flying by with our sweet little girl. She's 6 months now! I love this age... she is so content and happy and just goes with the flow. She wakes up happy and doesn't have to eat right away. She can make a 7 hour car ride with only stopping once! She's grabbing at things, rolling across the room, and is now getting up on her knees and rocking back and forth. And ever since she went swimming over the 4th, she's been kicking her legs like a little fish anytime we pick her up. She LOVES being outside and watching the kids play at the park. We went to the park today and had fun taking silly pictures of her in the grass.
















She decided she had enough with the pictures and wanted to eat the grass instead... We love our little Darci Sahara!

4th of July Fun

Our friend CJ is a volunteer firefighter for Thatcher, so we were able to go to the fire house and watch them clean up the trucks for the parade. Then we got to wake up bright and early for him to pick us up at 5:30am to ride in the firetruck for the parade.


Kevin, Paige & Tad rode inside the cab while Derek got to ride on top.

Parade video


After the parade, we got a hose down from the firetrucks. This is always the best part of the day. Paige & Kevin weren't too into it, but Derek got drenched.



Video of everyone getting drenched.


My sister's kids, Maya, Jack, Will, & Lilly stopped through Thatcher on Saturday and the kids had so much fun playing with them. They also got to play with cousin Caroline all day Friday and really had a lot of fun with her. I can't believe how tall she is now! She's only 6 months older than the twins!

Grandpa grew these zuccini in his garden... I hate to admit it, but that is pretty impressive!


I felt like I needed to relive the 80's and get a perm! My hair is starting to get long again, so I didn't want to cut it but needed a big change, so here ya go. I actually really like it. These pictures are day 1 unstyled. The 2nd picture is me giving Tad a dirty look because he wasn't very nice telling me he didn't like it (he says he does now, but who knows).


Tad has been growing a beard and he thinks it looks really good. I don't like it.


Pool fun in Nana & Grandpa's backyard pool.

This was the first time we took Darci swimming and she LOVED it. She kicked around like a little fish and then just chilled in her swim seat.







Tad celebrated his 35th birthday while we were there. Nana makes the best cinnamon roles around so that is what he decided he wanted instead of a cake.

On the way home we stopped off at the Catwalks near Glendwood, NM. Tad started getting sick there, so we didn't have time to walk further than this first bridge, so we will definitely be going back sometime.