Ten on Tuesday

I'm stealing this idea from my sister-in-law Jamie, cause I need to be better about remembering the little things. I'm pretty good about posting big stuff, most of the time, but it's all the little things that I don't want to forget. So here are ten things that have been on my mind, or things going on around here lately.

1. Halli has a very overactive imagination, which I love. Seriously, she's always creating something, and she's awesome at getting her sisters involved. She's essentially bossing them around, but they like it most of the time. It's the HUGE mess that comes with her overactive imagination that I have a problem with. On any given day I'll find a fort made in some random room, homemade signs all over the house featuring different stores or shops that she's created, or one of her MANY handmade books that she creates for anyone or anything. Someday I'll figure out how to contain the mess, but for now I think it's just part of her creative process.

2. Jaden had his 2 month check-up today. It was 2 hrs at the doctors office, I don't have time for a 2 hr appt. that should only take 30 min, but whatever. He's a little worn out from the shots, but he did great. He's also a whopping 15 lbs., off the charts, and a little over 24 inches which put him at 85th percentile. He's an amazing baby that is generally content with whatever, thank goodness. Now we just need to figure out how to get him to sleep through the night.

3. ahhh, sleep, how I miss it. But I did finally get to take a nap on sunday, it was awesome!:) Between school, preschool, Lexies naptime, which is never when Jaden is sleeping, and errands that I have to run, naps are way too low on the totem pole.

4. Lexie has anew nickname, it just comes out of my mouth about 5 times a day...she's the "little pill". Not quite the nicest name, but this girl is REALLY trying my patience lately. We have tried to get her to color on paper, and only paper, but she's two. I think she's colored on pretty much every wall in our house. One day she took a marker and colored on every step, all the way up the stairs. Nursing a baby is seeming to give her way too much free reign in our house. She's also learned how to push a chair up to the counter in the kitchen which then gives her access to anything and everything on top of the counters. That used to be my safe spot to keep things away from her. I may pull all of my hair out soon.

5. Basketball is over. Summer of Seals is over. We'll have the new renters in the house tomorrow, so no more cleaning up the rental house. Besides anything pertaining to Young Mens, or work, I have a husband again!:)

6. I saw Peyton playing with a magnet toy the other day, and then, when she was done, she put it away. All by herself, I didn't even have to ask!:)

7. I'm making new pillows for our couches, cause the ones we have are awful. The best part, I just bought some placemats at target, and took part of the seam apart, and filled it with batting. A brand new pillow for $4, that takes very little sewing, and they're cute too.

8. There's a pile of laundry on the floor in my room that I need to fold. I've been either running around like crazy so I haven't done it, or when I've had a few minutes, I just choose to ignore it. Is that bad? Maybe tonight it'll all get done.

9. I've started insanity workouts. They're SO very hard, and I should have some amazing looking legs by the time it's done. I'm enjoying doing them though, and feeling like I've actually had a really hard workout. It's been a long time since I've felt that worn out. But I do think that when you're nursing and not sleeping through the night, it's a little hard on your body. I'm taking fenugreek every now and then and trying to drink enough water so I don't lose my milk. Being exhausted from no sleep will probably not go away till he can make it all night.

10. I've had tons or orders lately for the lil' pumpkin baby shower invites from my etsy sight. Must be that time of year! It's so fun having a way to earn some extra money, even if it's not alot. Someday when I have more time I'd like to make more of an effort with graphic design, I really enjoy doing it, and would love to be able to somehow have that translate into some sort of income. But for now, I've got my hands quite full with these 4 little munchkins!