We had a great day Friday and Saturday, and I don't mean this in a bad way, but Saturday was the longest day of my life. When everyone is up and at 'em by 6:30 it's amazing what you can get done! We went to the Junker's new house in Parkersburg. They could not be happier with it and we're so happy for them too that they no longer have to live in someone else's basement and have a place to call home! They still have landscaping to do and build a garage, but otherwise they're all set. We went in to Waterloo to visit RJ's other grandparents and went out to eat. It's sure nice having so much family in the same area.


Hope you are all enjoying your Sundays! RJ is cleaning and Henry and I are heading outside to ride his scooter. What a gorgeous day.

Henry found a ton to play with as we sorted through all their stuff.
Pop-pop hiding in the cupboards.
Helping Pop-pop while daddy was crawling under the house.
Helping mommy paint some pretties.
The end!

Okay, forget all that complaining. I just got this picture from my cousin from the reunion last weekend and all is well. :)

Do you ever have days where you want to stay in bed all day? Like, literally. All day. And you wouldn't even care. Oh man, there goes my disguise.

When your husband leaves for the day and says, "good luck", you know it can't be good.

When your little boy is up and as wide awake as ever at 5:45 but it doesn't matter because you've been up since 4:00 tossing and turning anyways, you know that can't be good either.

And when you try to go to a couple of simple garage sales but end up taking 5 detours because of all the ridiculous construction and end up buying a few things because the lady is shoving stuff down your throat and you simply can't say "no thanks" and walk away? Well, that's just down right bad.

Oh, what petty little things. I know you all have stuff and then some going on in your lives way worse than this. It's Friday. Lighten up, self!

Everyone says each pregnancy is different and I've come to learn that everyone is right. I had started to feel pretty good earlier this week and after initially being worried about that, wondered if I was just going to have a super easy time, but now realize that this time around it's just more random. Good days and not so good days. There's a lot of little differences this time and lots of things I think I just don't remember. For example, I cry while watching the Olympics, whether pregnant or not. But it's been a little extreme. The other day I caught the last 15 minutes of Legally Blond and cried at the end when Elle gave her speech at graduation. Seriously. Commercials get me too. And talk about moody! That probably explains the above complaining......

I have my first real appt next Tuesday and I can't wait! I feel like I've been pregnant for forever since this will be the 5th time I've gone in since I've had a positive test. I'll only be just over 10 weeks so I'm trying not to expect to hear the heartbeat since it's a bit early, but of course I hope we do. We heard Henry's at 9 1/2 weeks but it had a lot to do with a very determined and patient doctor, and my appt is not with him.

RJ is golfing all day in Ames with some church buddies and Henry and I are heading up to pick him up and then head to Parkersburg to see his grandparents new house and paint something pretty in grandma's kitchen. His parents are coming down too so I'm looking forward to it. When they're around Henry is glued to them.

Have a Happy Friday, all!

Happy 3 Years!

Alright, here's the before again:

And the after. It took me a while to get this up because, well, you guessed it, I had to clean it first. Some beautiful tile work by RJ, some wainscoting, a bunch of white paint and my favorite color ever on the walls.
So it's been 3 years since we got this house. It was a painfully long process, but so thankful it worked out. We put a bid on it in March and didn't get it until August! Crazy. I don't know if we'll stay in this house for forever, but as long as we stay in this city I want to live in this area so if we moved it wouldn't be too far. The only bad thing about this bathroom...it's the only one and it's upstairs. Oh well.


This game kept us entertained for a big chunk of the afternoon yesterday. He'd hind behind the curtain in his closet and then "scare" me. He nearly hyperventilated he was laughing so hard. It's a rough day so far today, but hopefully a nap cures all. I think he's working on teeth for real this time. They never actually came in the last time. Poor little man.
I love this weather today. I think it calls for a chicken pot pie for supper!





Happy Thursday!

So yesterday afternoon I was feeling quite sluggish. I've been feeling pretty decent the last couple of days, but the usual pregnancy tiredness and crabbiness was still in gear. And then, my batman called. It's like he saw the signal again! He surprised me with a date and a babysitter. Music to my ears. It felt like an extravagent date, but took advantage of some good deals. RJ had got one of those coupons a while back without my knowing where for $25 you get a $50 gift card to Splash and since it was Tuesday, the movies were only $6 instead of $9. We saw The Dark Knight, which we've wanted to see it for so long. It was a great movie, but both kind of agreed afterwards that we are so over going to movies. It's a lot of money, you have to sit still, and you can't talk the whole time. Regardless, it was a great time alone with my hubby. The meal was so fun Henry also had a ton of fun playing with his cousins while we were away.

No more dates until we go to Minnesota at the end of Sept and we're on a mandatory no eating out rule until then. Yikes!

I've got nothing on the agenda today and fear it's going to be a long one. I really haven't done anything since I've been "feeling" pregnant, but am getting so tired of it so I have to get out today. Even if it's just to Target or a park. We're going crazy here!

must....get.....out......

3 years ago, we walked into this. Except that I somehow made the picture backwards...the toilet is on the right.....Anyways, we didn't know about the rotting tile because there was carpet in the bathroom. Gross. But that would explain the hole in the kitchen ceiling.

It's so weird to think back to what this house used to be like. We didn't do any major gutting or anything, but it was so yucky. It's come a long way, baby.

Stayed tuned for the after.....

We had a Bloom cousin reunion up by my parent's this weekend. We had the party at my aunt and uncle's farm and it was a ton o' fun! I had 4 cousins there and my brother (my sister couldn't make it), but her kids did, so all in all there were 15 children and 3 of us are pregnant. Quite a big group!

Henry's Bloom cousins: Elise, Ben, Jack, Maggie, and Sam.
Sweet Elise
Grandpa Bloom and Henry. Henry loves his grandpas!
Cousin Jack
Henry "driving" the big kids around on the Gator.

We finished the fun weekend with lunch in Storm Lake after church, so since we were there we had to take a different route home and it was the nicest drive. It was our most enjoyable experience driving with Henry too. After driving there ump-teen times the last 10 years, it was nice to see some different scenery. I don't see RJ and I living in a small town (though I'm up for anything!!), but I have a slight obsession with them. I adore small town cafes and little stores and saw quite a few that I want to stop at another time. We got back just in time for a party on the Charlton side celebrating RJ's grandpa's birthday. It was a great weekend!

I just saw on MSN the winner of tonight's beam competition........:)!

Have you seen that sprinter from Jamaica? Crazy fast. It looks like he's jogging and still demolishes everyone. I think I'll go into some sort of depression when these Olympics are over.