This weekend Ashley’s mom and sister came to visit for the weekend, so we got to see our beautiful little niece Cyah – she got some new Spongebob pj’s yesterday on our shopping trip for Ash’s Mom’s birthday, and when I went to take a picture this morning, she put her hands on her hips and gave me a cute little diva post…
Then she wanted to give everyone kisses, starting with the “pup-pup”
So this last week was Red Ribbon week at Jordin’s school – a big anti-drug campaign. On Monday, he got a bright red plasic bracelet with a monkey on it that says “Don’t Monkey With Drugs” – he told us when he came home that they talked about how you don’t talk to strangers or take candy from them cause drugs are bad and “drugs are for losers”
So throughout the week, I’d randomly say, “Hey munchkin – I’ve got some drugs, ya want some?” – to which he’d reply, “no way! drugs are for losers! and you’re a winner daddy greg!”
So for each day of Red Ribbon week, there was a theme for the kids to dress up to:
Monday was “tie up drugs” – all the kids were supposed to wear a fun tie to school 
Tuesday was “Don’t get mixed up in drugs” – the kids were supposed to mix and match outfits
Wednesday was “put a lid on drugs” – the kids were supposed to wear a hat to school (but Jordin was grumpy on Wednesday and didn’t let us take a picture)
Thursday was something to do with cowboys or the west or something – the kids were supposed to wear western wear… so we skipped that day…
And Friday had something to do with showing spirit (sorry, don’t remember the tagline) – the kids got to wear either their school spirit t-shirt or a shirt for their favorite sports team 
A few weekends ago we ventured over to Ft. Worth for Greg’s Grandmother’s 90th birthday -
click on this to enlarge and check out the date – pretty amazing to think of all the things she’s seen in her life…
Jordin had fun playing with Greg’s uncle David
Ga-ga and her children
Jordin kept pretending he was a giant monster that was attacking the buildings (it was a model of their retirement facility)
Greg and his grandma…
And finally – Jordin showing off his awesome dance moves, accompanied by Uncle David on the piano:
So for those of you who haven’t been to our place before, the carpet was in pretty bad condition – it was already in pretty bad shape when we moved in, but with a kiddo and 3 dogs, it got even worse. Needless to say, it really wasn’t the ideal baby-friendly surface.
So we decided to put in hardwoods… easier to clean, much better for the baby, and also a nice boost to value when we move in a few years… We checked around and found out it was pretty darned expensive to get installed… So i talked to Dad and we figured we could do it ourselves…
It ended up taking 3 weeks to finish up… it was a MUCH more difficult project that either of us anticipated… but now that it’s done, it’s amazing. It actually makes the downstairs look a lot bigger…
here’s where we started pulling up the carpet…
and with all the padding gone and glue scraped up (still day one, but already with a giant blister on my thumb)
we put the tv and electronics in Jordin’s room, and the rest of the furniture on the patio – which wasn’t very well thought through, cause that’s also where we cut the boards, so everything was COVERED in sawdust…
close to the end of day one – a good portion already laid
the doorway from h-e-double-hockey-sticks… overall, we probably spent about 5 or 6 hours just on that little doorway area – between crooked walls and messed up doorjambs, it took forever to get it right…
But after weeks of laying floor planks and putting in new baseboards and installing carpet-to-floor transition pieces… and getting new bookshelves and a new dining room table… we’ve got a much better looking (and more baby friendly) downstairs…
Ok, so we’ve been horrible blog posters and haven’t updated in almost 2 months… between Jordin in Kindergarten and homework and soccer and work and prepping for the arrival of Max, we haven’t had much time to update our little corner of the blogosphere…
So this one is a bit of a catch-up post, and we’ll follow it up with some pics…
We’re really gearing up for the arrival of baby Max. We’ve installed hardwoods downstairs, along with bookshelves in the dining area – that allowed us to get rid of the big shelf system in our room. We also broke down the big computer desk and just kept one small size. That’ll allow us to scoot our stuff over to one side and have plenty of room for the nursery. We’re going to start the repainting this week.
Jordin is doing great in Kindergarten. He has tons of friends and is really popular – every day when I pick him up a bunch of different kids always tell him goodbye, and when I ask who they are, he always says “I don’t know them” – his teacher adores him and he’s really loving homework – most of the time we do all of his homework for the week in one day…
Ashley is doing really well – getting bigger by the day. Little Max is really active, except for when I touch her belly. It’s pretty funny actually – he’ll be kicking away, but as soon as I put my hand on her tummy to feel, he stops – then as soon as I take my hand away, he goes to town again.
We’re three weeks in to our Bradley Method classes… for those of you who don’t know (which is probably everyone, as it’s not that well known), it’s a natural childbirth method. We’ve decided that we are going to try for a completely natural child birth (yep, no epidural). The classes are teaching us relaxation methods and different ways to handle the labor without drug intervention. We’re also hoping to have a water birth, as we feel that it’s one of the best ways to bring little Max into this world.
Greg’s doing well with his job – he’s really enjoying his new position as Director of Media and Marketing. His company is really flexible on the hours he works, allowing him to come in at 6:30 am and leave at 2:30 – so he still gets his 40 hours in, but he gets to pick Jordin up from school every day.
That’s about it for the broad-view catch up post – next up, some fun pics…
