Working on the deck...

Well lately, our lives have been revolving around getting our new deck! It has been quite a long process and we finally finished it last night. I can't wait to use it and I am so happy it's ready before summer starts. A friends of ours is starting to use this product. It's called Granicrete. But, before we could even put down the surface, Jeff replaced the whole deck with new plywood. Last week, he worked out on the deck every night. He would come home from work and start on the deck and have a quick dinner and back to work on the deck. He is such a hard worker!!

Needless to say, that left me looking after the kids every night on my own. All I can say is, I can't imagine being a single mom...it would be SO hard!! I'm so thankful to have such a loving and helpful husband. Anyways, we love the new deck and it turned out great! The only problem now, is that it needs to harden for about a month. So we can't really use it until then:( I told Jeff I was so excited about having our mother's day BBQ out on the new deck. But, I guess we'll have to stay in the backyard or inside this year!

I am back to doing my work out videos again! I was not motivated for several months, but now I seem to back into the swing of things. In fact, I worked out 4 times last week. I was pretty happy about that:)

And now the finished product...

The kids are doing great! I can't believe that Meggie will be 5 in just over a month. She has been talking lots about her birthday...and what she wants. She wants to have a princess party this year, so we will try that!!

Speaking of princess parties...last Sunday my dear friend had 6 little girls over for a little princess party. Megan went home with her after church and they made cute little sandwiches. All the girls were dressed in princess dresses. They had a little lunch together and then watched Cinderella together on the "big screen." They had such a fun time. I'm so thankful for friends that invest in our kids' lives...what a blessing!

Gabby didn't get to go to the princess party because it was during her nap time. And it worked out perfectly, that both Gabby and Marty slept pretty much the whole time Meg and I were at the party! It's a good thing to, because Jeff was...working on the deck!!

Gabby is loving playing with babies these days. She gathers all her babies and makes beds for them and wraps them up in blankets. It's so cute to watch her imagination develop...I love it! She also has been playing so nicely with Megan lately. They often go down to the playroom together and will be playing for quite a while. And both Megs and Gabby love to play with Marty and carry him around...he doesn't seem to mind!!

I just bought a new comforter set for our bed. I have been looking for something with green and brown and I was so excited when I found this one...and it was 40% off!!

I think Marty might be ready to drop his morning nap. He has been sleeping in a little later these days, about 7:30am and then he doesn't want to go down for his morning nap at 9:30am. But, when he misses the morning nap and goes down around 12:30 or 1pm he sleeps for 3 hours or more! So, I don't really worry if he misses the morning naps, because he's still getting lots of sleep time. And he is still happy to go down for night at 7pm...so I can't complain!

I looked in his mouth the other day and he has 2 molars!! He still only has the 2 front top teeth and he has 3 lower front teeth and now the molars. I didn't even see them until they were through. He hasn't been unhappy at all!! Oh, and this morning I was having breakfast (peanut butter on toast) and he wanted I bite. So I thought, okay my mom's at the walkin clinic today, so if he does react I can take him in right away. I gave him 2 tiny bites with a little peanut butter on them and I just watched him for the next 1/2 hour and he was totally fine...and I think he liked it!! I was nervous to give it to him just because he's so little yet, but the allergy doctor said just give it to him. The earlier the better.

My mom and I spent the day together on Saturday because Jeff was working on the deck and I didn't feel like hanging around the house all day. My mom and I took the kids to a big garage sale and then we went to the playground to let them run around. We went back to my parents place and Gabby had a nap in my parents bed. She looked so cute and small in their bed! And Marty slept in the playpen...but not as long as he does when we are at home.

Well, that an update on our week. I need to take more pictures of the kids...this week most of the pictures were of the deck:)