Dusting it off

I've decided to give the blogging thing another shot. I've been doing some crafty projects and realized I can post about them here. Here's a big update of what's been going on the past 6 months with us :)

• Haleigh is 4 now, and finished her first year of preschool. She can't wait to go back in the fall.
• Hayden will be 2 in August, and adds 5 more words to his vocabulary every day it seems. I just converted his crib to a toddler bed, and he's doing great with it.
• I still have cats Shan, Belle and Lillie... and have added a Cocker Spaniel puppy named Oscar to the household. He was surrendered at TAHS and is about 9 months old now. He's crazy!
• I have put away my single mom card for the past six months as Rob came into my life early this year and I haven't let him go. He understands my geekyness.
• The house is still fantastic... Haleigh shares the upstairs part-time with Rob's daughter Kenzie. We started painting it, but only got so far as getting everything white. Still want to add some pink and Tinkerbell stuff.
• The bathroom is in process of being updated... dad already installed the new vanity. Next is pulling the tile off and re-drywalling.
• I think the kitchen floor will be the next big project... the carpet has to go!
• We tore out the gnarly bushes in the front and made some nice flower beds. Looking for some small bushes and I'll plant bulbs this fall. Next is powerwashing the porch to get all of the blue paint off, and talking to Invisible Fence about containing that puppy to the backyard :)
• C's dad built the kids a swingset with a slide... they absolutely love it. We're outside as much as we can be with the bikes and the swinging, and the hose if it's warm enough. The dog loves trying to eat the water as it comes out of the hose.

So that's what's been happening the past few months... I've also been doing a lot of crocheting and trying to learn how to knit. I'll be posting some of my projects here probably shortly.