7 Quick Takes

Here are 7 quick takes from our week. (I can't figure out how to steal the cute graphic off of Kim D's blog, but this idea comes from her and the Conversion Diary Blog).

1. Housing: It's been a busy week! At the beginning of the week, I was full of gloom and doom a the prospect of tyring to find a rental house that was not Mel's parents house. After a few frustrating days of looking in the paper, checking Craigslist, and seeing one terribly lame house, I decided to sign up with an agency that "brings tenants and landlords together". After parting with $50 bucks, we were given a list of houses. We found a house to rent the very next day! It is colse to A's work, in a quiet neighborhood, on an 1/2 acre (which means yard work for the first time in Adam and I's lives together), has 3 bedrooms, 2 living rooms, a laundry room, and huge concrete basement for storage. It's only $50 more a month than we pay now! I have a great feeling about this house! It's going to be an excellent place for Liam to come into his 2's- and I'm already planning gardening projects we can do together. We move in July 15th, so stay tuned to updates.

2. Poor little Liam is teething in the most ferocious ways. He's 14 months old and only has 2 teeth. 2! Now, his mouth looks like the spine of some underfed dog- all bumps and knobs. Accompanying the teething pain is a persistent fever, random vomiting, and other not-so-nice excretions. Let's hope these teeth make an appearance sometime this week (we are all so tired of him feeling bad!).

3. I just have to share this one because I'm a dork- I bought an iron chiminea at a yard sale across the street today! It was only $20 and I have decided that it is an essential part of our new house-renters lifestyle. I'm already fantasizing about autumn nights, baby tucked into bed, Adam and I sitting on our patio with glasses of wine and a fire in the chiminea....

4. In my third week of being a work-at-home/stay-at-home mom, I think I'm finally getting into the groove of things. Liam and I are having so much fun (other than the vomiting, see above), and I have found that having a routine helps me get more done. While he naps, I write, or blog, or teach my online British Literature class. It's a good deal.

5. I am stumped: how does the women at Conversion Diary.com have enough time to write such a thorough blog with 4 kids? Obviously, she has time management skills that elude me...more on her and her blog later...

6. Adam and I are happy, but would love a vacation. Sigh. Or a night out. But, all this depends on the baby-sleep routine- which is sort of on hold until we move.

7. The Brains and the Muscle of the Operation: So the other night we were having dinner with Ash, Bread, and Loki B. It was great as usual. One of the best parts about being friends with them, however, is the fact that our boys are only 6 days apart. This is excellent because it means a well-stocked changing table, lots of fun toys, and seriously funny moments between the boys. Loki is a quiet, sweet child with a great vocabulary. Liam, on the other hand, is an action guy who is always going. (I think he taught Loki to screech after our trip to the Covered Bridge festival, sorry!). Together, they are trouble- now and for a long time to come we imagine. The pictures tell part of the story....(Can I add that Liam slept incredibly well after pushing Loki around for 20 minutes?)

Have a great weekend!