Once again the blog is suffering. How is it that it’s summer and we still have nothing noteworthy to blog about? This post is really more for me than for anyone else. My kids have a funny word that they made up several months ago. Pootiecox. I have no idea where they came up with it and when I ask Oakley what it means she says that it’s a secret word that only she and Nash know and not even McKinlee knows what it means. If I ask Nash what it means, he says he doesn’t know. I’ve heard the word used as a verb and a noun, so I don’t know that it really has one specific use. They use the word often and it is just funny to me. Coy asked me the other day if in 20 years we’d remember them using this funny word, so I decided I better blog about it so it’s never forgotten.
And a few pictures….Nash hates clothing. If we go somewhere he obviously wears clothes, but the minute we get in the house his shirt and pants come off. He does always have a diaper on, with the exception of this picture.
Nash fell asleep on Oakley a couple weeks ago while they were watching a movie. It was so sweet. Oakley isn’t a fan of clothing either, but just to clarify, I do wear clothing. All the time.
We are now 9 weeks away from baby and we have done nothing. No nursery, no name, no nothing. I’ve never been pregnant in the summer and I must say that it is a whole different experience. I’m realizing that winter babies do have their advantages for sure!!
We had the busiest weekend! On Saturday we attempted to clean the garage. It is a project that has been 4 years in the making and I have tried to get Coy to help me do it for a long time. He finally agreed this weekend. We started at 9:00 in the morning and finished at 5:00 that evening. We took everything out and then power washed the floors and hung some shelving. While we were in the process we had a couple different cars stop by to look at our “Yard Sale”. A couple hours after we finished the garage, we headed to Melba for the annual fireworks show there. It was one of the best local shows we have ever seen. The kids loved it! On Sunday night we had a BBQ with some neighbors and then enjoyed some very illegal fireworks displayed around the subdivision. We set up the tent in the backyard and enjoyed the show. We left the fly off the tent, so it was just all mesh. It was the best way to view fireworks…laying down in your pajamas wrapped in a blanket. The kids loved that, too.
Today we went into Boise and met Coy at his office for lunch. His office is right on the greenbelt by the Boise River, so we have met him a couple times since the weather has been nice. Today we took a picnic and ate by the river. The kids think it is so fun to ride their bikes/plasma car along the river. We just have to laugh at how funny Nash looks as he cruises along. The looks he gets from other people are pretty funny, too.
The kids have discovered the doggy door.
This is going to be a problem.
The projects in preparation for baby. I have been waiting to start anything until we found out the gender, so as soon as I got home from my appointment last week, I took all the baby clothes out of the closet to begin organizing. That was eight days ago. This is what the room looks like now:
I made a small pile of 0-3 month girls stuff that will be used right away and a small give away pile. I had intended on putting everything else in totes according to size and gender because I have never done that and it is a pain to find stuff I need. It was just too big of a job, so I walked away from it with every intention of going back to it with renewed motivation the next day. In the meantime, the kids made their way in there and ransacked everything. My two nice little piles are now mixed back in with everything else. They also found the baby toy tote and had all kinds of fun with them. The room is a disaster. I have to keep the door closed to prevent myself from hyperventilating when I walk by. I can’t stand these kinds of messes, but I have no desire to do a dang thing about it. Instead I did this:
One of many blankets to come. In addition to the crib bedding and curtains which I hope to start soon. I think I have decided on colors and even have some fabric in mind. We were just notified that our crib had been recalled, so we now have to pack it up and send it away, wait for a reimbursement check to come and then shop for a new one. I hope that is a quick process because we are only 3 months away. Where did the time go?
