Independence Day

Yesterday was the 4th (which means Daddy was home with us! WOOOO). How sad that was my favorite part about this week, lol. Staying at home with the boys can be tiring and a little daunting, and I love having Darren home with me. Throw in a random day off midweek and I am one happy girl! We enjoyed a day like any other weekend yesterday; a big breakfast all together and spending some time outside in the hot weather. The boys were in their cute 4th of July get-ups and we made plans to go to a BBQ after Cohen's nap. It was a good time; we go to this BBQ every year. Our friends w;ere there, along with delicious food. Cohen got to play with some of the other kids and Darren got to kick ass in volleyball. Os was such a good boy getting passed around by every one. He took a few little cat naps, and we finally left around 8 when he was getting crabby and Cohen was ready for bed. After we got the boys down, Darren went back over there and I got to enjoy alone time with the last season of Weeds and a bag of chips. I also worked on a craft I am making for my best friend's wedding. It's just a little gift for one of her showers. She is marrying Darren's best friend on the 14th (wow it's coming up!). It's a jute-wrapped letter and it's looking really good. Crafts, Weeds, and snacks by myself... Pretty good way to end the night. 

Things have been going really well here. I'm still not sleeping because Os is still not sleeping :) He wakes up about every 2 hours. Sometimes he surprises me with a 4 hour stretch but it's almost always his first stretch (when I'm still up getting Cohen to bed or picking up from dinner). Our days are pretty good since the weather is nice. C burns a lot of energy outside and we go to the park almost every day. My mom comes over once or twice a week, and my sister comes over about once a week, too. It's nice to have some adult conversation besides my coffee lady :) Darren's mom likes to take Cohen now and then and he loves to spend time with her and gives me a little break. Os is such a great napper, so Cohen and I have been able to have some normal days and spend a lot of quality time together. I'll admit by 4 oclock I'm harassing Darren to come home early. He doesn't get to very often, though :( Last week Cohen and I even got to spend an afternoon by ourselves, and I could tell he really loved it. Grams loved watching Oslo, too. I took Cohen to get his hair cut which look AWFUL. The guy messed it up so bad. It breaks my heart. We have to put product in it and make it into a little mohawk to look normal. Thank goodness it grows fast. Darren is not pleased! Lol. 


Here's a photo dump of my sweet patriotic babes:

let there be light.

"Oh look at me, I'm going to update all the time!!!1!"
But wait, I have an excuse. Last wednesday, at 4:30am we heard a loud, scary banging & then our power went out. We were already awake thanks to Cohen, who I'm guessing heard the first loud sound minutes earlier. Darren looked outside the window & just yells a medley of things in panic. I hear "explosion", "fire", "tree", "sparks". I'm obvs in hysterics & I call 911. Darren went down to see that 2 trees had fallen, 1 blocking (TRAPPING) us in the house. The other had completely ripped our powerlines out. Hours go by & nobody has come. I took it upon myself to call PUD (as the 911 operator said she would), & we weren't even on dispatch. Awesome. So after sitting in our freezing house for 5 hours, we bundle up & trek over a ditch to our neighbor's house. Food & warmth! We then spend a few hours with our friends Jared & Mallory before going home at 4:30 in the afternoon & PUD shows up an hour or so later. They cut down the tree & tell us they can't do much about our lines & to call an electrician. WAHHH. We stay at my ILs & the next day we find out its pretty bad, were looking at a week or so. :(

I hate to sound selfish or ungrateful, I know it could be a lot worse. But this past week BLEW. Cohen didn't sleep as well as usual, & would wake up at 6:30 for the day (not his norm). We didn't have any of our food but didn't have much room to fill up with groceries if we were to buy them. The tiny area for him to play wasn't as babyproofed as our house so I had to get off my lazy bum & chase him around all.day.long. It was rough on Darren & I not to have much alone time. Even just to talk about our day & cuddle like we usually do at the end of the day. Living out of a suitcase is not for me (or my 1 year old for that matter).

Fast forward a week, & were home. My car is toast for a week or more (stoopid) but I can't think about that right now. We just got power last night. We have no TV or internet, tho. So I'm pretty bored. Cohen & I have been playing a lot of silly games. Once he goes down for his nap ill be working on a few things for the nursery. Its almost done!! Just some curtains to make, a crib mattress to buy, & a few little crafts to finish. I'm excited!

I'm 22 weeks (& 2 days) but I feel closer to 30 weeks. The baby moves & kicks much more than Cohen did at this point. I'm showing now--I'd post a pic if I wasn't on my phone. Oh well.

Okay time to entertain my kid. Peace out girl scouts.