7 months old...Where does time go?

I can't believe my little munchkin is 7 months old already....he's such a good happy baby! He is a bit of a mama's baby. (He's spoiled rotten!!)
He just learned to sit up this week. He's been kinda slow in the sitting up department. Lets just say that he doesn't have a lot of time to sit by himself and practice, if you know what I mean.

One of his favorite tricks is to cough. He thinks its really funny to cough when you ask him, "are you okay?"

Busy...busy...busy! House update :)

We should have insulation and sheetrock soon!!! I can't wait!!

Meanwhile, we've been busy working on some DIY projects for the new house. We're refinishing our dining room set as well as a coffee table and end tables AND a few other little projects. We've got lots of work to do. THe dining room set is the biggest project. We've taken each chair apart and sanded each piece individually...I just keep telling myself how nice it will be when we get it done.

Here's a before picture on the dining room set.


I'll post the after pictures as soon as its finished...its gunna be a while. This is a big project and with 3 kiddos running around its taking us a while to get it finished.

CX projects

I can finally share some of my scrappy stuff here on my blog. THis is a mini album I made for AUstin about the day he came home from the hospital. Hop on over to Creativexpress.com/blog for my complete tutorial. :)

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More house pictures!

:) It's coming along

Daddy time...ICE fishing

A couple of Saturdays ago Jus took the two big kids ice fishing to Mackay. THey had some much fun and came home with 16 fish!!! It was nice to have a bit of a break from the 2 big kids and get some scrapbooking done. :)

We're getting a new house!

"We have a house hole" Kayleigh says! Just before Christmas they started on our house. We had the hole dug and the footings done before Christmas. Here's a picture of the "house hole."
We should have a house in our "house hole" in April. We're so excited!

A new chapter

...we're getting ready to start a new chapter.....we're MOVING...yup...we're moving again.

We moved into our home about 15 months ago and now it is time for us to move again, this home just isn't the right fit for our family. Soo....at the first of October we put our house on the market and on the 17th of October we had an accepted offer and we are set to close on or before the 12th of November. "So....where are you moving?" may be the question you are asking. Well, for now we are going to be living in an apartment. We're not super thrilled with living in an apartment but it will be just fine. We have a nice 3 bedroom apartment that will work great for us (for now) ;)
While we're living in the apartment we'll continue to look for another house or some land so we could build our own home. (I'm hoping for the latter...I'd love to build a house). So for now, we're packing boxes and looking forward to the our next adventure! Wish us luck! :)

As for the kids....they are actually excited to move into the apartment (I'm sure that will pass quickly).
Cole is LOVING school! He has the best teacher and is doing so well. He comes home from school happy and excited everyday! It's so nice to have him happy and content at school when we're going through a big change at home.
Kayleigh is...well, she's Kayleigh. I'm not sure how to explain that child. I love her to pieces and she keeps us hoppin' She always has something interesting to say. She's reading so well. She loves to read to Austin. She's a great big sister!
Austin is growing like a weed. I went shopping the other day and bought him 12 month clothes, I can't believe he's getting so big. He'll be 4 months old next week. He has the sweetest little smiles and is starting to giggle. He loves to sit in his swing and listen to Cole or Kayleigh read to him.

Here's a picture from earlier in the fall when we sent Justin Mack off to SC. We sure do miss him! It's not the greatest picture but it's not easy to get a picture with 6 munchkins and a Justin Mack holding still and looking at the camera at the same time!