Close Call

So I stayed in bed a little longer than I should have this morning, and when I decided I should probably get going, I hopped out of bed and went to the bathroom. I heard a news story on the TV about a virus that has been going around infecting computers, and since our computer has been infected I stepped into the bedroom to hear the TV better. The room got black, and before I knew it I did a face plant into the carpet!! I got carpet in my left eye and scratched up my wrist, but other than that I am OK. After all was said and done, I realized how lucky I was that I moved into the bedroom where there is carpet. In the bathroom there is tile, and a counter, and a glass shower I could have seriously hurt or even killed myself falling on! Also, Mike had already left for work, so I would have been all alone had it been more serious. I am feeling very grateful for that story on the news that caught my attention...I guess you could say I was saved by a virus!

Re-fi

Since the rates have been going down lately, we really wanted to re-fi our Mortgage loan. We have been watching it go up and down for the past several months. We held off for a while partly due to wanting a better rate, and partly procrastination. The wait has certainly paid off because we were able to lock in today with our Credit Union at 4.875%. This will save us quite a bit of money each month, and we are pretty happy about that!

Cute Cousins

I've been meaning to post this for a while now, but finally got around to doing it. Here is a cute picture of Liam and his cousin Madison. This picture was taken in Nov. 08. Liam is 11 months, and Madison is 20 months. Madison's Grandpa is handy with Photo Shop, so he put the cute background behind them. It kinda reminds me of a Disney Movie. We all thought how cute Madison was holding Liam, and their expressions are priceless too!

March Already?!

Ok, I seriously need to update my blog more. I just realized that it's been nearly a month since my last post. Hopefully this spring and summer we will have more exciting things going on, and I will have lots to blog about! We kinda hibernate in the winter time. We have been working on one of our winter projects over the last couple of weeks. We finally found some shelves at Costco for storage in our basement. Mike has put them all together, and there are 9 in the cold storage room, and 3 in an adjacent room for Misc. storage. We can now look out for good deals at the various stores, and start stocking up our own mini store. We are also pretty excited to have our own garden this year. When we lived at the Townhouse we did have a community garden for a few years, but it will be nice to have our own space to grow what ever and where ever we want! We will hopefully be able to can some sauces and such, and store them for later use too.


We are also excited for warmer weather so that Liam will be able to play in the backyard. Near the end of last year we had our whole yard landscaped and a patio put in, so he will be able to play in the grass, have some toys to ride on, and play in the kiddy pool. We think that he will love the pool. He used to be afraid of getting his face splashed at bath time, but lately he loves to splash!! Last night was the funniest bath time yet. He started to splash and then dad squirted water through his hand at him, and he started to giggle and laugh more than we have ever heard him laugh!! He just kept laughing, and we were laughing at him laughing. We laughed so hard our muscles hurt. It was sooo funny, I wish we had a video of it. Anyway, he will be 15 months on Saturday. We just can't believe how quickly he is growing up before our eyes!

Liam's Laugh

We love Liam's laugh....although sometimes we have to give him a little tickle to get him to laugh for us : ) This was taken January 23, 2009 when Liam was 13.5 months.


Liam's Cute Laugh! from Mike and April on Vimeo.

Spring Fever! (Life Update)

So, I know I haven't been blogging much lately. Not a whole lot of new stuff has been going on lately, so I haven't had much to say. Although I do try to blog on Liam's totsite at least twice a month to give an update on him. (That site is linked off to the side,under 'my sites'-->>) I have been pretty lax about my workout lately. I finally have dropped down to my pre-pregnancy weight, so my motivation has also dropped. BUT, I do want to keep up my routine, maybe not quite as intense, but I would like to continue something, just to keep in shape and to stay healthy. I am looking forward to springtime. It will be nice when the weather gets warmer and we can do activities outside!

Picture Project

After I scanned my baby pictures into the computer, I put them in a new photo album. I then realized how nice it was to have an actual book to flip through and see my pictures. We had come so accustomed to having our pictures on the computer, that I had only printed a handful of Liam's baby pictures. So, I've spent the last couple of weeks organizing and printing his digital pictures and putting them in a photo album. It has been pretty fun to see all his new born pictures, and to see how he's grown and changed over the months!