Stupid Old House

Our house creaks like an old house, our house is drafty like an old house, and on the plus side our hardwoods are beautiful....HOWEVER, our house also needs a LOT of TLC!!

Our heat has gone out AGAIN, and our bank account is already in dire straights, so this is just one more financial obstacle we can't afford! Cantrell's heating and air is on their way to repair the issues, but at the same time we are trying to consider if it's worth fixing or potentially just replacing...which = more $$$!!

Luckily Jack is at Nana's which REALLY helps because he can continue his normal routine. Below I've included some pics from the last month...those at least make me smile in all of this confusion!
Think warm, productive thoughts for us!!


Snuggling up with his feet propped by the fire! :)


Playing kitchen with Uncle Jack! Little Jack loves his Uncle Jack!


The boys, Jack and Dawson, at the aquarium!


With the fishies...


Touching a crab


Watching the fish...the boys were too cute!! :)


Enjoying his inauguration cupcake from MagPie's..this was "The Hawaiian" cupcake.

January Doldrums

I find myself in that part of January where I am just ready to usher in a new month! The month has passed rather quickly, but not without it's fair share of sickness and bad weather! Knox county got a "snow day" out of the bad weather, but I am not sure I wouldn't have traded that one day home for higher temperatures these past few weeks. It has been so miserable!

The cold temperatures are really taking a toll on our house, seeing as we have had a pipe burst and our heat repaired - adding to the list of items that will have to be addressed as we continue to live in our home over the next few years!

Jason, Jack and I have also all been sick some time in the past two weeks. At first I had a stomach bug and Jason had some respiratory issues with coughing and such. Jack and I have had some sinus yuckiness we can't seem to shake, as well as a cough. I am so ready for spring!!!

On a positive note, we continue to enjoy Jack's growing vocabulary. He never fails to entertain us! His birthday is coming in a few months and I can't believe he will be TWO!! Where is the time going??

Love to all and YAY for February!! ;)

Happy 2009!

Wow! We are already into 2009 and I can't say I have any complaints so far! :) School has started back and overall it was a fairly pleasant week as school week go. Next week is a five day week and the week after that includes the MLK holiday, which means it will be another four day week - fabulous!! :)

Jack has finally started talking! He is coming up with all kinds of words including; mama, dada, nana, bath, bubble, dog, ball, diet coke, elmo, more, please and of course his animal noises. He makes noises for all kinds of animals from a sheep to an elephant to a dog - he is WAY too cute!

He can also show you his body parts from his hair to his hiney. My favorite one is his nose...when you ask him where he nose is he says, "no," (short for nose) and points his finger up his nostril, basically picking his nose. Well of course mommy, daddy and nana have all laughed at this so that just encouraged a habit! He thinks it's hilarious!

We, or maybe I should say Jason, are finally taking down the Christmas decorations. I just hate doing that and I don't know why. It's hard letting go of the holiday season, but at the same time it's a bit depressing to continue to look at my garland and bows when I know we aren't celebrating anymore. You'd think I would just suck it up and put it all away...but oh well!

My new addiction is the Sudoku on Jason's itouch. I put on the twilight soundtrack and just play forever....or as long as I can get him to lend it to me, which isn't always very long! :)

I hope your new year has begun as simply and uneventfully as mine, because I am assuming that's a good omen for the entire year! Happy 2009!!