recent events...

Here are a few pics to show what we have been up to lately :). We are just pluggin away... anxiously awaiting the return of daddy! I have kept busy finishing up last minute stuff. I've had a running to do list since Mark left but now I am finally getting to the stuff that couldn't be done until right before he comes home! I feel like I am nesting all over again as I look around the house and fix, organize and clean things I haven't paid much attention to before. Whatever it takes to make these last few days go by faster!

This is Dakota at a birthday party learning the Hula...they mentioned that the Hawaiian word for ocean is Kai...and she was quick to say that her puppy's name is Kai :). (she is multi-tasking too by the way as she spent about 3 hours trying to blow up that balloon...persistent little thing)

I had to throw this pic in...I am always asked where Dakota gets her curls from...and I never thought it was from me...until the other day when I let my hair air dry and then let Mariah work her magic...tada...CURLS.

I think his facial expression says it all...Bodee has officially found the toilet paper. All bathroom doors have to be closed now. He loves to go into the bathroom while his sister takes a bath!

Here is Dakota painting her sign for her daddy...it says, Welcome Home Daddy...Let's Wrestle. That's all she keeps saying she wants to do with him when he gets home. And she was nice enough to write her name AND Bodee's name on the bottom.

Remember the infamous chain? Well take a look at it now...feel free to count the links, however, it's not truly an accurate count. We still don't have a final date for him coming home but if all goes according to plan, I won't have to add any links...and hopefully I'll be taking a few away (hint hint). Dakota loves taking off a link every night...we have to count them before AND after she takes it off.

Bodee got a few new teeth...I took this picture before the top left one pushed through. It was just a few days after the top right. He now has all four on top

And finally, poor kid. He was standing up next to my bed flirtin with his sister who was up on my bed. I walked out of the room and came back to a screaming little boy with a bloody mouth. When I asked Dakota what had happened, she said she didn't know. Soooooo, I'm gonna just say that he fell down and hit his mouth on the side board to my bed...even though she may have had something to do with it. I can normally get her to come clean on things but she never did...so maybe she was innocent. Anyway, his gum is still swollen over his top right tooth but it looks a lot better today. As if teething doesn't hurt enough...:(