Miscellaneous updates

- I gave the kids haircuts the other day. Thomas' was getting unruly and scraggly again, so I pretty much buzzed it off. I wasn't intending to make it quite as short as I did, but it's cute anyway. And Zaylee's hair was really long - halfway down her back when wet. But with that beautiful length came tons of tangles, and hair brushing was on the verge of being torturous for Zaylee. She actually requested that I cut her hair, so I gave her a chin-length bob. It's much easier to brush now, and very cute.



I know these pictures aren't the best, I accidentally had my camera on a weird setting. And Thomas had food all over his face.

- We finally got our tax return money. With the credit for buying our house, it was quite the sizable return. We were able to completely pay off our van and our credit card. So now, except for our mortgage, we're completely out of debt! And we even had enough to put some into savings. Good feelings. :-)

- Audrey turned 4 months old on Sunday. And we think she's the coolest little 4 month old around!




She had her 4-month well child visit yesterday. She's now 24 1/4 inches long, and weighs 12 lb. 5 oz. She's strong and healthy, and right on track for development. It's fun to see her learning new things. She has recently started reaching for things; when I hold a toy in front of her, she'll get this intense look of concentration on her face, slowly grab the toy and then bring it straight to her mouth. It's very cute.

- With the weather finally starting to really warm up, the kids have been having a blast playing out in the backyard. They like playing with sticks and rocks right now, but they'll soon get a fun surprise - we got them each a tricycle for Easter. I think they'll have a total blast with them when they find them outside on Saturday! Hopefully the weather will cooperate with these plans, it unexpectedly started snowing this morning and hasn't stopped. Blah. I like snow, but now that we've gotten a beautiful taste of spring, it's kind of irritating that the snow came back.

- When the weather does warm up again, we'll be ready! Seeds, shovel, hoe - I'm ready to start gardening. We're planning on several tomato plants, a pumpkin patch, and a few other veggies. I'd like to try growing pinto beans as well.

- I'm in the process of putting up a clothes line. I wanted something that can be put up when we need it, but taken down and put away when the clothes are done. It's hard to describe how we decided to do it, once we get it done I'll take pictures. But it involves hooks and pulleys. Right now I'm just waiting on the weather to clear up so Jeff can tie the line properly (he's much better with knots than I am). Then it will be ready to hang clothes on. Yay for saving money and helping the environment!

And yay for finally getting on and updating the blog.