random. plus life.

claire is learning how to talk on the phone more and more, and makes daily phone calls on various phones. her fave is grandpa, i'm not sure why, but i think he likes knowing she is always thinking of him.

its been a crazy busy, and very fun week/weekend. joe's mom, yaya, was able to come and visit for just a couple of days, and despite her worry that the kids wouldn't take to her, they adored her. claire almost instantly went to her, and soon had her playing and pretending as if they do it every day. bubba got to have yaya put him down for sleep a few times, and got lots of lovin' and snuggling, when he wasn't crawling around everywhere and finding things to pull himself up with. the trip was really, really too short! camera, once again, is m.i.a. so we need to get pictures from yaya, but she was here!

joe has been working, working and working some more. we are constantly sending 'i miss you' texts back and forth. sad. but you gotta do what you gotta do, right? 

our biggest news? claire is pretty much potty trained! we've really made a breakthrough this week, so relieved. i say mostly, because she will ONLY go on her potty. so.... mostly. we'll see about going elsewhere. not sure what to do about church tomorrow?

she has also taken up trying to be the new boss around the house. she will try and put me in time-out several times a day, for basically whatever she thinks i deserve. ha- i have yet to fulfill one, but she is convinced that she can tell me what to do. not so my little bug!

caleb crawling is the other big news. nothing is safe anymore! but he usually uses his new ability to come to me and crawl into my lap, over and over again. he is becoming quite the mommy's boy, which i love but is also tiring sometimes. claire was NEVER this way, never needed mommy, totally miss independent. bubba needs me all. day. long. and night. i am thinking he only needs one nap a day now, which I am not ready for, but might be the case. little man is growing up too much!

now that our visit from yaya is over (so sad!), we are looking forward to a few things: going to st. louis next month for one last visit before my parents move to houston. bittersweet for sure, but life moves on. my little sister, and the baby, is graduating high school and is going to come live with us for a couple months. it'll be so fun! she'll be here to watch the kids while i go to girl's camp. oh girl's camp. i'm in charge! yikes. so many things that are 'different' than what i am used to, and i've unfortunately done some complaining, but spending some quality time with some awesome girls is something i'm really looking forward to! it'll all work out. getting ready for a garden- maybe the weatherman will give the go-ahead and say there won't be another freeze? every week i get my hopes up, and then let down. and the pool- so looking forward to getting out of the house, getting sunglasses, swimsuits and sunscreen on, and playing all day long. way too many teaser days lately! 

ramble, ramble. no pictures, so kinda lame. and the hair decision, i think you all have me convinced- short is the way to go for now. i'm a little sad, because i love my hair long, but the time saving is really important right now. so that's that.