Catching up with the Kids

I feel like I just never write any more! Sorry for not keeping up better! We have been trying to find a house and figuring out what we could afford and dealing with sick kids and all the fun stuff that takes priority over writing fun stuff like this!! You all know how it goes!

As far as the house goes, it looks like we are going to get it! Now we are dealing with the bank and appraisals and all the paperwork associated with actually buying a house! I hate this part of it, but we feel great about the house and look forward to making it our own. I will keep you posted.

The kids are growing up so fast! I can't believe that my baby is 8 months old already! She rolls around everywhere and is trying to be so independent already! I love this age! She has so much energy and squeals and smiles and laughs and is starting to say mama and dada. She loves to bounce in her bouncer and loves it when the kids run around and play with her while she is in it.

Corban is going through a really tough time. We have started calling him Captain Grouchy because that is what he is - GROUCHY! His answer to everything is "NO," or "I don't wan't to," or "I Can't." He torments Gabby to no end and seems to just look for trouble to get into. The only thing that I can bribe him with is Cars! I threaten to throw them away if he doesn't listen, or I tell him he can have a new one if he is good. I must say that I hate this stage and can't wait for him to grow out of it and to have my sweet, loving little boy back again. I crave the good times when he is actually happy and content. I know it's a phase and things will get better. Deep down he really is a good boy.
Gabby is such a character right now! Her imagination is just exploding! Her vocabulary is getting so much larger and she is using words that I swear I have never said in my life! The funniest is when she says things like, "Oh my gosh Mom. . ." blah blah blah, or "Oh my heck." She is not as into dressing up as she was, now she plays with her Polly Pocket Princesses most of the time and her imagination with them just goes wild! She loves to color and do "projects" or crafts of any kind. She can also be quite the little helper around the house, when she wants to.
I just had to enclose the following picture of her. She found my old breast pump in a pile of baby stuff the other day and came walking out with it saying that she found her trumpet. She has gone around for a few days now playing her "trumpet" at random times. I have to admit, it really does look like a trumpet and I am glad to let her play with it as long as she doesn't want to take it out of the house!
Kids are just so much fun! I love my kids and I am so glad that I get to spend so much time with them! I know it would be so much easier on us financially to go out and get a job to help pay the bills, but I can't imagine missing one second with any of these special little spirits. There will be time later to go back to school or go back to work if I need to. But for right now, at this moment in my life, I am exactly where I want to be, doing what I have always wanted to do! And I am grateful for a husband who feels exactly the same way that I do!