Janie Baby

Yesterday Jane took her first steps. I wonder how long it will be till she can do it on her own. She is 9 1/2 months.

New House!!!

Dave and I are buying our first house! We got in on a great incentive program to buy new construction homes. There were a list of floor plans to choose from. We chose a condo that is part of a four plex. It is three levels with 1835 sq ft with 3 bedrooms and 3 baths. Just today I was able to go and pick out my flooring, paint colors, countertops and lighting fixtures. It should be finished by December 31st (hopefuly before November 30th to get the first time home buyer stimulus). This is what it will look like when its finished.Here is our view from our front window. Beautiful wild flowers and corn fields. This is what it looked like last week. Today when I drove by it had the second story framework up with some drywall. The roof should be on by the end of next week.

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Seven Days!!

Tommy has been wearing underpants for 7 days. He is doing soo good. No more diapers. He is officially potty trained. WOO HOOO!!!

The Gremlin

This little girl is so cute but man does she know how to make a mess. Ive started calling her "my little gremlin" because she is so fast, gets into everything and has no shame. If she is caught red handed she doesnt see anything wrong with it, she just laughs. She even has a funny, but kinda scary, meschevious growl. She has a temper on her too. Ever since she started crawling and pulling herself up on things these have become some of her favorite things to do. Get into the diaper basket and pull everything out. Get stuck under the chairs and try to eat her way out. Stand up and scream instead of taking a nap. And last but not least, run away naked and be an agent of mass destruction. Ive seen her eyeing the trash can, so Ill just enjoy this time before she is able to spread my trash and dirty diapers everywhere.

But even with all the mischif she is still the sweetest little girl. She is a very serious baby and it has been a challenge for strangers to get her to smile. So far only one checker at WalMart was sucessful. Most of the time she will just look at them and not show any expression at all. Even Daddy has a hard time getting a smile sometimes. She is definatly every thing opposite from Tommy. He was happy, easily smiled and never really got into anything. I love my kids.

St Louis Zoo

This was a fun zoo. It was really hot! Tommy loved the waterfall and Jane loved the drinking fountain pool.

Happy Fourth of July everyone. We had a blast. We got to see a cool parade in the rain and fireworks with our good friends.