Kris is excited that it is all done and we can get rid of the eyesore on our porch, but I am going to miss those little guys. I hope they come back next year when we have a new overhang built. Here's hoping.
Bye Bye Birdies
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Well That Didn't Take Long
The birds have flown the nest. It's kind of sad really.
Kris is excited that it is all done and we can get rid of the eyesore on our porch, but I am going to miss those little guys. I hope they come back next year when we have a new overhang built. Here's hoping.
Bye Bye Birdies
Kris is excited that it is all done and we can get rid of the eyesore on our porch, but I am going to miss those little guys. I hope they come back next year when we have a new overhang built. Here's hoping.
Bye Bye Birdies
Friday, May 14, 2010
2 Years Old
Truan turns two on May 17th. Because I am 9 mos pregnant, currently, life feels extremely redundant to what happened two years ago. I wont go into the long haul of labor again, but I do want to share how much I love this little boy. He is becoming such a grown up person already and yet he still feels like my baby. Maybe this will change when Devyn arrives,and maybe this feeling will never leave me. I love being able to hang out with him all the time! He gets smarter and more fun every day! Kris and I are always amazed by him, we pinch ourselves to make sure we aren't dreaming of this spunky little person!
Here are some things Truan does:
-He loves to give Dad a kiss on each cheek before he goes to bed.
-His favorite cartoons are Ninja Turtles, Spiderman and Dinosaurs
-He is always willing to help mommy by throwing things away in the garbage, "fold" laundry, and "cooking"
-He sings and counts to himself. He normally sings "The ABC Song" and counts "one, two, four, fise, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!"
-He is always aware of any airplane or bird flying overhead
-He loves to point out everything we pass by in the car, "Mommy! Cars! Mommy!Cows!"
There's so much more and the list grows constantly! Today Truan brought me the camera and wanted me to take a picture of him in his Batman Pajamas. This is his camera face.
I love you Truan, Happy Birthday!
And this was another day when Truan asked me to take a picture of him.
And here's a video, for Aunt Steena. Since she's always asking for videos!
Here are some things Truan does:
-He loves to give Dad a kiss on each cheek before he goes to bed.
-His favorite cartoons are Ninja Turtles, Spiderman and Dinosaurs
-He is always willing to help mommy by throwing things away in the garbage, "fold" laundry, and "cooking"
-He sings and counts to himself. He normally sings "The ABC Song" and counts "one, two, four, fise, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!"
-He is always aware of any airplane or bird flying overhead
-He loves to point out everything we pass by in the car, "Mommy! Cars! Mommy!Cows!"
There's so much more and the list grows constantly! Today Truan brought me the camera and wanted me to take a picture of him in his Batman Pajamas. This is his camera face.
I love you Truan, Happy Birthday!
And this was another day when Truan asked me to take a picture of him.
And here's a video, for Aunt Steena. Since she's always asking for videos!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Spring Babies
I am sitting in my 9th month of pregnancy and it seems as though the nesting stage has spread. This weekend, Kris decided to tear down our porch overhang. It was due to come down, considering the MDF was swollen and falling apart. (take a look at the pictures, it didn't come down in whole pieces) The project needed to be done...but 4 weeks before the baby was due? Anyway, thanks to Kris and a few friends the whole thing came down in an afternoon.
If you've read my blog each Spring, you know about the family of birds that have visited us each year and made their home in the eves of our overhang. I love them. I feel so pleased and giddy inside that they chose our back porch to make their little family. Each year, we listen for the chirping of newly hatched babies. And each year we are never disappointed.
And so they came. And they made their upgrades to the nest. And the mommy sat on her eggs, and now they're here! Snuggled so sweetly in their nest.
They had not been informed of the demolition project that took place this weekend and so we left that one eve standing on it's own. So now we have this random eve, balance upright with our doghouse and BBQ, and I'm afraid it will have to stay that way for the next 6 weeks or so, until those babies leave the nest. I am so sad to think that this may be our last Spring with this Feathery Family. Plans of rebuilding the overhang is still undecided and I'm afraid that the disturbance we've made during the tearing down, may deter these birds to come back. Even if we had a new spot for them.
SO, I took some pictures, to document our Springtime Visitors.
Note: I climbed my fat pregnant self up onto the doghouse to get these shots....that should have been documented as well. ha ha ha.
This shows how the structure came down as sawdust and NOT in whole chunks of MDF.
The lonely eve, can you see where the nest is? It's hard because it's under the shade.
Now can you see them? What are you saying? That I take bad photos? Ok.
Look at them!!
You can't tell where one ends and another begins!
So sweet.
And here's mom and dad. They sat close by and yelled at me the whole time I was taking pictures. They were NOT impressed with me taking family photos.
If you've read my blog each Spring, you know about the family of birds that have visited us each year and made their home in the eves of our overhang. I love them. I feel so pleased and giddy inside that they chose our back porch to make their little family. Each year, we listen for the chirping of newly hatched babies. And each year we are never disappointed.
And so they came. And they made their upgrades to the nest. And the mommy sat on her eggs, and now they're here! Snuggled so sweetly in their nest.
They had not been informed of the demolition project that took place this weekend and so we left that one eve standing on it's own. So now we have this random eve, balance upright with our doghouse and BBQ, and I'm afraid it will have to stay that way for the next 6 weeks or so, until those babies leave the nest. I am so sad to think that this may be our last Spring with this Feathery Family. Plans of rebuilding the overhang is still undecided and I'm afraid that the disturbance we've made during the tearing down, may deter these birds to come back. Even if we had a new spot for them.
SO, I took some pictures, to document our Springtime Visitors.
Note: I climbed my fat pregnant self up onto the doghouse to get these shots....that should have been documented as well. ha ha ha.
This shows how the structure came down as sawdust and NOT in whole chunks of MDF.
The lonely eve, can you see where the nest is? It's hard because it's under the shade.
Now can you see them? What are you saying? That I take bad photos? Ok.
Look at them!!
You can't tell where one ends and another begins!
So sweet.
And here's mom and dad. They sat close by and yelled at me the whole time I was taking pictures. They were NOT impressed with me taking family photos.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Rain Rain ....Feed my lawn!
It's rainy, which is good because that means I don't have to water my lawn. But bad because now we're stuck inside the house all day. To keep my mind off it all, I pulled out my sewing machine and begun a few little projects that I've wanted to do for a while. Check 'em out:
It's an I Spy Fish! You put random toys in it for your kids to find!
Truan soon realized that his toys were inside the fish and began being very concerned that they would never escape: "Help, man! Help, Ball!" I didn't plan for that.
And a towel bib. Cause we can never have enough bibs around here!
Stay tuned for more projects from a husbandless, home-bound woman.
It's an I Spy Fish! You put random toys in it for your kids to find!
Truan soon realized that his toys were inside the fish and began being very concerned that they would never escape: "Help, man! Help, Ball!" I didn't plan for that.
And a towel bib. Cause we can never have enough bibs around here!
Stay tuned for more projects from a husbandless, home-bound woman.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Missing Kris
Kris accepted an offer for a new job. He is working as a Territory Manager for Ecolab. With this new job, comes the requirement to fly to Minneapolis for a week for training. I hate it when Kris is gone. I cry every time.
I am lucky to have my little Truan Face to keep me entertained and busy while he is gone. But I still tear up when Truan calls for daddy when he wakes up or when he turns to me and says, "Daddy? Working?"
Before Kris left we had the Best Saturday! Kris and I spent Truan's morning naptime in the backyard, prepping the garden, pruning, clearing off and hosing down the back patio. Then we grabbed some lunch and took it to the park for a picnic. The weather was perfection! Truan had a blast going up and down slides until his fat face was pink, Kris had fun running after him and I enjoyed watching from a distance enjoying the sun! After the park, we bought our plants for our vegetable garden and planted them. For dinner we sat out on our clean back porch and roasted hot dogs on sticks over the fire (that I made!). We finished off the night by giving Truan a bath. (I just love the smell of a freshly scrubbed midget) And then Kris and I snuggled up together and watched some SNL. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day together. Which makes it that much harder to have him gone.
So if anyone knows a good book that I could lose myself in, PLEASE let me know.
Miss you babe!
Here's a few clips of yesterday (I forgot my camera at the park, so no park pics. Sorry)
"Helping" build the fire.
Stoked, Can't you tell?
"Dad, I can do it on my own!"
Kris doesn't like this picture, but I just love both of their faces in this picture!
Mmmm, enjoying the fruits of my labors!
I asked the boys to look at the camera and say cheese! This was their cheesiest.
I am lucky to have my little Truan Face to keep me entertained and busy while he is gone. But I still tear up when Truan calls for daddy when he wakes up or when he turns to me and says, "Daddy? Working?"
Before Kris left we had the Best Saturday! Kris and I spent Truan's morning naptime in the backyard, prepping the garden, pruning, clearing off and hosing down the back patio. Then we grabbed some lunch and took it to the park for a picnic. The weather was perfection! Truan had a blast going up and down slides until his fat face was pink, Kris had fun running after him and I enjoyed watching from a distance enjoying the sun! After the park, we bought our plants for our vegetable garden and planted them. For dinner we sat out on our clean back porch and roasted hot dogs on sticks over the fire (that I made!). We finished off the night by giving Truan a bath. (I just love the smell of a freshly scrubbed midget) And then Kris and I snuggled up together and watched some SNL. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day together. Which makes it that much harder to have him gone.
So if anyone knows a good book that I could lose myself in, PLEASE let me know.
Miss you babe!
Here's a few clips of yesterday (I forgot my camera at the park, so no park pics. Sorry)
"Helping" build the fire.
Stoked, Can't you tell?
"Dad, I can do it on my own!"
Kris doesn't like this picture, but I just love both of their faces in this picture!
Mmmm, enjoying the fruits of my labors!
I asked the boys to look at the camera and say cheese! This was their cheesiest.
Monday, April 12, 2010
In the Life of Truan
So here's what's been going on these days:
Every time I pull out the camera Truan wants me to take a picture of his tattoo. It has completely rubbed off by now, but here is the lifespan of the tattoo while it lasted.
Next big thing in Truan's life these days is "Coll-ing" (coloring). He enjoys his dinosaur coloring book and crayons, but mostly, he likes to sit next to me at the table and draw with a pen and paper. Love it.
ANd hiding, Truan likes to hide:
Every time I pull out the camera Truan wants me to take a picture of his tattoo. It has completely rubbed off by now, but here is the lifespan of the tattoo while it lasted.
Next big thing in Truan's life these days is "Coll-ing" (coloring). He enjoys his dinosaur coloring book and crayons, but mostly, he likes to sit next to me at the table and draw with a pen and paper. Love it.
ANd hiding, Truan likes to hide:
Easter
Ok, I'm finally putting Easter pictures up! I took a bunch of pictures of Truan at the Easter Egg Hunt, but as I scrolled through all the pictures I remembered how windy it was that morning. I don't have a normal looking picture of Truan. His face was scrunched up in every one! The good news is, we saw the Easter Bunny and Truan didn't cry! Score!
Truan has no idea who the Easter Bunny is or how a basket of goodies showed up in his bedroom, but it was fun to have a kid old enough to do the Easter Traditions with!
He'll be so glad when he's 17 and these pictures pop up! Our Easter Flower! Ha ha!
The Easter Flower gets aggresive, "Put down the camera, mom!"
Looking for more Easter goodies
What? Is it windy??
"How much longer do we wait in the cold??"
The Easter Bunny!
Coloring Eggs!
Are those a pair of cute boys or what??
Truan has no idea who the Easter Bunny is or how a basket of goodies showed up in his bedroom, but it was fun to have a kid old enough to do the Easter Traditions with!
He'll be so glad when he's 17 and these pictures pop up! Our Easter Flower! Ha ha!
The Easter Flower gets aggresive, "Put down the camera, mom!"
Looking for more Easter goodies
What? Is it windy??
"How much longer do we wait in the cold??"
The Easter Bunny!
Coloring Eggs!
Are those a pair of cute boys or what??
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