We're still here...

Boy, it's been a while since I posted. I keep thinking of things to write and pictures to post, but time has escaped me these last few weeks. But here's a short summary of what we've been up to:

For Mother's Day, Nick set aside some money for me to repaint our bedroom and bathroom, something I've been wanting to do for a while. After several trips to Home Depot, 5 different samples of different blues on the wall, buying 3 gallons of paint that ended up being too light, going back to Home Depot to have them darken it, we now have a beautiful blue in our bedroom and bathroom. I really love it! I have discovered in the process that finding a good gray-blue is hard! I had a vision of what color I was looking for, but everything I put on the wall turned out way differently than envisioned from the paint chip. So now we have a custom color that has turned out beautifully. :)

For Father's Day, we traveled to Indiana for the week to surprise Nick's Dad. We had a lovely week with Nick's family, including seeing some uncles, aunts, and cousins. I think we managed to pull off the surprise, and we enjoyed relaxing with Nick's parents for the week.

This last weekend we enjoyed some time with Pat (Nick's younger brother) and Sarah and their son Tyler, as they were passing through Charlotte on the way to Raleigh. They had never seen our house before, so we enjoyed having them here for the night. Nick's other brother Sean and his wife Stacey will be here for the 4th, so we have been blessed with lots of family time- a real treat when we're so far away from everyone.

Kathryn unfortunately came down with a stomach bug last night, but it seems to be short lived. She hasn't thrown up at all today, but I can tell she's not quite up to her normal energy level. Nick and I commented to each other that our marriage has reached a new milestone of cleaning up remnants of dinner on the crib sheets together, trading off giving baths to K, and a late night trip to the store for some Pedialite. :)

So that's pretty much what we've been up to these last few weeks. Hopefully I'll get some pictures on here soon. I'm playing with the Symphony for their 4th of July concert this week, which I'm looking forward to, so it may be a few days before getting my pictures off my camera...stay tuned!

.cutie.

Melts my heart!

.amazing.

We switched Kathryn into her toddler bed this week, and amazingly it has gone so smoothly! We've had the bed set up in her room for several months, so she's been really used to having it there. On Tuesday she was very tired at naptime and kind of crawled into the bed asking, "I sleep in big girl bed?" So I thought sure, might as well give it a try. We were going to wait until July, but if she was interested, I was fine with that. So I moved the bumper to wrap around the toddler bed, and I think it really feels like her crib. She LOVES having a pillow and a "big blanket," and she hasn't gotten out of bed once (she easily can if she wants to). I am so thankful that this transition has gone smoothly...once again, an example of something that has spent a lot of my thoughts, worry, fretting, proving to be completely fine in the end.

So now we're looking to move Daniel in with her in the next few months. I am hoping that transition goes as smoothly as this one has!

.little man.

It's hard to believe how much a little person can capture my heart in 3 short months!

.life in pictures.

I'm keeping pretty busy these days, but here are a few shots of the kids together. Hopefully I'll get to write more soon, but I hear my sweet two-year-old awakening from her nap...