The biggest news for us is that we are adding another little girl to our family in July. This has been a much prayed for child and after a slightly rough start, everything is going going well. Kaylee is excited and wants to name the baby Sophia (after the show Sophia the First). Tyler is willing do Sophie instead of Sophia...but I would rather have Lydia. So, we'll see what ends up happening. We wanted to do family names as middle names, and because Kaylee's middle name, McKenzie, is from Tyler's family, I get to pick the middle name for this little one. We are thinking Lucile after my great grandmother.
In addition to getting a baby sister, Kaylee is also getting a new room. She was in the smallest room of the house, but with a new baby sister (who she will end up sharing a bedroom with eventually), they get to move into the second biggest bedroom. Kaylee is excited to pick a paint color and to pick some new things to go in her room. She will also be moving off the floor (her mattress has been on the floor to keep her from hurting herself if she falls off), which she is not as thrilled about. But, she is eager to have the baby in her room with her. She will be a great big sister :)
Over the last year, there have been a lot of changes in the house as well, I've painted most of the rooms now (including the ceilings--who puts tan on all the walls and all the ceilings!?!). I've reupholstered one of my wing-back chairs (see the craft section). We've made some book shelves that attach to the walls and a spice rack for inside the door of the pantry. My next project is to get the closet in the girl's room organized. I think I'm going to add another shelf and another hanging bar so that I can keep their stuff separate in some way. We'll see though...
Cooking has been a wild adventure this last year. Tyler got an Indian style cookbook and has been cooking up lots of yummy curries. The only one that flopped was the fish curry...that one was nasty. He also finished building a wood burning pizza oven. So we've been having pizza parties until it got too cold. He'll have to fix it up again this spring though because the finish on it got destroyed by the cold this winter. I've also attempted French macaroons, which turned out pretty good...although I'm not sure what they were supposed to be like since I've never had one :) Lemon and poppyseed has been my favorite so far.
Kaylee is a normal three-nager. We thought we might get away with having a nice, sweet tempered little three year old--but no. She's crazy and moody--especially this last week because she's been sick--everything is a drama. Lately, if I say no, she's been in the phase where she will just yell at me that she doesn't like me anymore and she wants me to leave the house :( I've been trying to teach her that it isn't me she doesn't like, but the fact that I've said no. She doesn't get it though, so I just end up telling her that I love her and letting her have her tantrum. Then I give her a big hug afterwards. It's not fun, but hopefully she'll grow out of it soon. She's also obsessed with princesses and pink--where did she come from!?! ;)
Let's see, what else has happened? Tyler has been getting more responsibility at work, he's been sent a couple times to be a recruiter at colleges in Utah. He loves board games and cooking. I'm still working on tons of DIY projects at a time, although, being pregnant now, Tyler won't let me do as many. Rightly, he says no spray paint, no polyurethane, no sealing in lead paint and a few other things--so those projects are waiting in the wings. I have had him do a couple of my projects, but he whines too much and it's not as much fun for me. Kaylee is doing at-home preschool and doing really well. She is also doing a music/dance class and an art class (both free at the local library. Love libraries) she loves both of them!
I think that's about it. We're all doing well and having some fun along the way! :)
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